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20080305425 | METHOD FOR FORMING CIRCUIT PATTERN - A method for forming circuit patterns having different resistances. The method includes (1) a first step of forming a first toner image using a first toner and a second toner image using a second toner, each by electrophotography, the first toner containing a resistive material, the second toner having a resistance different from that of the first toner; and (2) a second step of transferring and fixing the first toner image and the second toner image to an object to be printed such as a ceramic green sheet, to form a circuit pattern. | 12-11-2008 |
20090218123 | MULTILAYER INTERCONNECTION BOARD - A multilayer interconnection board includes a plurality of laminated ceramic layers. Wiring electrodes are disposed on principal surfaces of the ceramic layers, and dot patterns are arranged around the wiring electrodes. The dot patterns are arranged such that the density distribution thereof is varied such that the ratio of the presence of the dot patterns in the vicinity of the wiring electrode is relatively large and the ratio of the presence is reduced as the distance from the wiring electrode increases. | 09-03-2009 |
20110216456 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device is constructed such that its ESD characteristics are easily adjusted and stabilized and degradation of discharge characteristics caused by repetitive discharges is reliably prevented. The ESD protection device includes an insulating substrate, a cavity provided in the insulating substrate, at least a pair of discharge electrodes including exposed portions arranged to face each other and to be exposed in the cavity, external electrodes provided on a surface of the insulating substrate and connected to the discharge electrodes, and a conductive material dispersed along at least a portion of an inner circumferential surface which defines the cavity between the exposed portions of the discharge electrodes, the conductive material including an anchor portion embedded in the insulating substrate | 09-08-2011 |
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20080205651 | Secure processor system without need for manufacturer and user to know encryption information of each other - A secure processor system capable of improving the security of processor processing by the addition of minimum modules without the need for a manufacturer and a user to know encryption information of each other has been disclosed. The secure processor system includes a secure processor having a CPU core that executes a instruction code, an encryption key hold part that holds a processor key, and an encryption processing part that encrypts or decrypts data input/output to/from the core with a processor key and a memory, and the encryption key hold part includes a hardware register that holds a hardwired encryption key, a write only register that stores an encryption key for instruction to be input and holds the stored encryption key for instruction so that it cannot be read, and the encryption key hold part outputs a hardware encryption key as a processor key at the time of activation and outputs a command encryption key as a processor key after a encryption key for instruction is written. | 08-28-2008 |
20100058340 | Access Controlling System, Access Controlling Method, and Recording Medium Having Access Controlling Program Recorded Thereon - An access controlling system include a managing domain which generates a virtual file for each domain and each resource, determines whether a label can be provided to the generated virtual file, and determines contents of the labels provided to the domain | 03-04-2010 |
20110167278 | Secure processor and a program for a secure processor - The instruction code including an instruction code stored in the area where the encrypted instruction code is stored in a non-rewritable format is authenticated using a specific key which is specific to the core where the instruction code is executed or an authenticated key by a specific key to perform an encryption processing for the input and output data between the core and the outside. | 07-07-2011 |
20140082371 | SECURE PROCESSOR AND A PROGRAM FOR A SECURE PROCESSOR - The instruction code including an instruction code stored in the area where the encrypted instruction code is stored in a non-rewritable format is authenticated using a specific key which is specific to the core where the instruction code is executed or an authenticated key by a specific key to perform an encryption processing for the input and output data between the core and the outside. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089676 | SECURE PROCESSOR AND A PROGRAM FOR A SECURE PROCESSOR - The instruction code including an instruction code stored in the area where the encrypted instruction code is stored in a non-rewritable format is authenticated using a specific key which is specific to the core where the instruction code is executed or an authenticated key by a specific key to perform an encryption processing for the input and output data between the core and the outside. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089680 | SECURE PROCESSOR AND A PROGRAM FOR A SECURE PROCESSOR - The instruction code including an instruction code stored in the area where the encrypted instruction code is stored in a non-rewritable format is authenticated using a specific key which is specific to the core where the instruction code is executed or an authenticated key by a specific key to perform an encryption processing for the input and output data between the core and the outside. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089681 | SECURE PROCESSOR AND A PROGRAM FOR A SECURE PROCESSOR - The instruction code including an instruction code stored in the area where the encrypted instruction code is stored in a non-rewritable format is authenticated using a specific key which is specific to the core where the instruction code is executed or an authenticated key by a specific key to perform an encryption processing for the input and output data between the core and the outside. | 03-27-2014 |
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20100193822 | LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - The light emitting device has a substrate, metallization including silver established on the surface of the substrate, a light emitting element mounted on the substrate, conducting wire that electrically connects the metallization and the light emitting element, light reflective resin provided on the substrate to reflect light from the light emitting element, and insulating material that covers at least part of the metallization surfaces. The insulating material is established to come in contact with the side of the light emitting element. This arrangement can suppress the leakage of light emitting element light from the substrate, and can achieve a light emitting device with high light extraction efficiency. | 08-05-2010 |
20120061706 | SUPPORTING MEMBER AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SUPPORTING MEMBER - A light emitting device includes a support member having a mounting surface. The support member includes an insulating member having top surface and a plurality of side surfaces, a first metal pattern disposed on the top surface of the insulating member, and a second metal pattern disposed on the side surface of the insulating member such that a side surface of the second metal pattern is continuous with a top surface of the first metal pattern. The light emitting device further includes a light emitting element mounted on the mounting surface at a location of the first metal pattern, and a bonding member that bonds the light emitting element to the mounting surface. The bonding member covers at least a portion of to the first metal pattern and at least a portion of the second metal pattern. | 03-15-2012 |
20130037842 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130183787 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - In method of manufacturing a light emitting device, a substrate is provided, and metallization is established on an upper surface of the substrate. A light emitting element is mounted on top of the metallization, and the metallization and light emitting element are electrically connected. The surfaces of metallization and at least side surface of the light emitting element are continuously covered with insulating material. Light reflective resin is provided over the insulating material at a position surrounding the light emitting element to reflect light from the light emitting element. | 07-18-2013 |
20140042897 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a first resin member and a second resin member. The substrate includes a base member, a plurality of wiring portions disposed on a surface of the base member, and a covering layer covering the wiring portions with an opening formed in a part of the covering layer. The light emitting element is arranged on the substrate in the opening of the covering layer and having an upper surface at a position higher than the covering layer. The first resin member is arranged at least in the opening of the covering layer and at periphery of the light emitting element. The second resin member seals the substrate and the light emitting element. The second resin member is disposed in contact with the first resin member. | 02-13-2014 |
20140092597 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a substrate member having a flexible base member, a plurality of wiring portions disposed on the base member, and a covering layer covering the wiring portions and having openings exposing a part of wiring portions, a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected to the wiring portions, and a plurality of sealing members sealing the plurality of light emitting elements, respectively. The light emitting device has a weight of 1 g/cm | 04-03-2014 |
20140133151 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a flexible substrate member having a base member and a plurality of wiring portions disposed on a surface of the base member, a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on the surface of the base member and electrically connected to the plurality of wiring portions, and a plurality of sealing members sealing corresponding parts of the substrate member and the light emitting elements respectively. The substrate is curved so that at least a part of periphery of the sealing member is arranged at a position lower than the position on which the light emitting element is disposed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140209953 | SUPPORTING MEMBER AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SUPPORTING MEMBER - A light emitting device includes a support member having a mounting surface. The support member includes an insulating member having top surface and a plurality of side surfaces, a first metal pattern disposed on the top surface of the insulating member, and a second metal pattern disposed on the side surface of the insulating member such that a side surface of the second metal pattern is continuous with a top surface of the first metal pattern. The light emitting device further includes a light emitting element mounted on the mounting surface at a location of the first metal pattern, and a bonding member that bonds the light emitting element to the mounting surface. The bonding member covers at least a portion of the first metal pattern and at least a portion of the second metal pattern. | 07-31-2014 |
20150034992 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a substrate, metallization, a light emitting element, conducting wire, light reflective resin, and insulating material. The metallization is provided on a surface of the substrate that is made of insulating substance. The light emitting element is mounted on the substrate. The conducting wire electrically connects the metallization and the light emitting element. The light reflective resin is provided on the substrate to reflect light from the light emitting element. The insulating material covers at least part of metallization surfaces. The insulating material is established to come in contact with a side of the light emitting element. | 02-05-2015 |
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20090267093 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a light emitting diode chip, a heat conductive plate mounting thereon the light emitting diode chip, a sub-mount member disposed between said light emitting diode chip and said heat conductive plate, a dielectric substrate stacked on the heat conductive plate and being formed with a through-hole through which the sub-mount member is exposed, an encapsulation member for encapsulation of said light emitting diode chip, and a lens superimposed on the encapsulation member. The sub-mount member is formed around a coupling portion of the light emitting diode chip with a reflective film which reflects a light emitted from a side face of the light emitting diode chip. The sub-mount member is selected to have a thickness such that the reflecting film has its surface spaced away from said heat conductive plate by a greater distance than said dielectric substrate. | 10-29-2009 |
20100148196 | LED LIGHTING FIXTURE - A light-emitting device held on a fixture body includes an LED chip, a heat transfer plate made of a thermally conductive material on which the LED chip is mounted, a wiring board having, on one side, patterned conductors, for supplying an electric power to the LED chip and formed with an aperture (exposure part) through which a LED chip mount surface of the heat transfer plate is exposed, an encapsulation part in which the LED chip is encapsulated on the one side of the wiring board, and a dome-shaped color-changing member made of a fluorescent material and an optically transparent material and placed on the one side of the wiring board. The light-emitting device is bonded to the fixture body with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and the insulating layer has electrical insulating properties and is interposed between the heat transfer plate and the fixture body to thermally couple the same. | 06-17-2010 |
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20100141534 | CABINET OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - Disclosed is a cabinet of an electrical apparatus including: a base; a cover to cover over the base; a gasket placed on a top face of the base and nipped between a bottom edge section of the cover and the base; a fastening section to penetrate through the base from a bottom face to the top face of the base to connect to an inner face of the cover and to tighten so that the base is pulled to a cover side; a seal integrally formed with the gasket to surround on the top face of the base a through hole which the fastening section penetrates; and a hood provided on an inner face of the cover so as to surround a connecting portion of the fastening section and the cover, and the hood being pressed against the seal. | 06-10-2010 |
20100141549 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - Disclosed is a circuit substrate supporting structure including: a base; a cover to cover over the base; a circuit substrate accommodated in the cover in a state standing on the base; a projecting section provided on the circuit substrate in a state projecting from a bottom edge section of the circuit substrate and placed on the base; an elastic piece placed on the projecting section; and a pressurizing section convexly provided on an inner wall of the cover above the projecting section to be pressed against the projecting section from above the elastic piece. | 06-10-2010 |
20100149070 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - An electrical connection structure including: a first terminal attached to an edge portion of a circuit board, and composed of a first nipping portion, a connecting portion, a second nipping portion and a leaf spring portion each formed integrally in order as a single member, wherein the connecting portion exists along a side face of the edge portion, the first and second nipping portion and the connecting portion hold the edge portion therebetween and the leaf spring portion extends from an opposite side to the side of the connecting portion of the second nipping portion so that an interior angle formed by the second nipping portion and the leaf spring portion to be an acute; and a second terminal to be electrically connected to the leaf spring portion, wherein the second terminal is pressed to the leaf spring portion into a direction of widening the interior angle. | 06-17-2010 |
20100315305 | HYBRID ANTENNA UNIT - A hybrid antenna unit includes a circuit board having top and bottom surfaces, a planer antenna element which is mounted on the top surface of the circuit board and which receives first and second radio waves, an antenna base and a top cover that cover the circuit board and the planer antenna element. A bar antenna element stands on the top cover in a slanting position. A processing unit is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and is connected to the planer antenna element. The processing unit processes the first and the second radio waves. A shielding case is mounted on the bottom surface of the circuit board and shields the processing unit. A booster circuit is mounted on the circuit board and is for use in the bar antenna element. | 12-16-2010 |
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20100024398 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst positioned in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine, which can be used with the internal combustion engine to permit efficient use of ozone when ozone is added to an exhaust gas. A NOx oxidation gas supply device supplies air or ozone (O | 02-04-2010 |
20100043406 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust emission control apparatus that is used with an internal combustion engine to occlude and reduce NOx without blocking the exhaust gas purification function of a catalyst. An NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst and ozone supply device are provided in an exhaust path of the internal combustion engine. The NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst includes a cell into which an exhaust gas flows. An inner surface of the cell is coated with a NOx retention layer and a catalyst layer so that the NOx retention layer and the catalyst layer are provided in the order named from the inner surface of the cell. | 02-25-2010 |
20100058742 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - One object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust emission control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that is capable of improving the NOx purification performance. | 03-11-2010 |
20100132337 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - This invention is intended to ensure that an exhaust gas purification device with an NOx storage reduction catalyst and a particulate filter is able to fully utilize an original NOx storage capability of the NOx storage reduction catalyst. For this end, in addition to the filter | 06-03-2010 |
20100313552 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust emission control apparatus that is used with an internal combustion engine to use both a NOx retention member and a catalyst while avoiding a decrease in the exhaust gas purification capacity. A NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst is placed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine. The NOx occlusion reduction type catalyst includes a base material. The base material includes an exhaust inflow cell, which is closed at its downstream side; and an exhaust outflow cell, which is closed at its upstream side and is adjacent to the first cell with the partition wall positioned in between. The exhaust inflow cell is configured so that a NOx retention layer is formed on the inner surface thereof, and the exhaust outflow cell is configured so that a catalyst layer is formed on the inner surface thereof, respectively. | 12-16-2010 |
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20090072253 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR FORMING UNDERLYING LAYER - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor light emitting device including: (A) an underlying layer configured to be formed on a major surface of a substrate having a {100} plane as the major surface; (B) a light emitting part; and (C) a current block layer, wherein the underlying layer is composed of a III-V compound semiconductor and is formed on the major surface of the substrate by epitaxial growth, the underlying layer extends in parallel to a <110> direction of the substrate, a sectional shape of the underlying layer obtained when the underlying layer is cut along a virtual plane perpendicular to the <110> direction of the substrate is a trapezoid, and oblique surfaces of the underlying layer corresponding to two oblique sides of the trapezoid are {111}B planes, and the top surface of the underlying layer corresponding to an upper side of the trapezoid is a {100} plane. | 03-19-2009 |
20090072266 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor light emitting device including: a light emitting part formed of a multilayer structure arising from sequential stacking of a first compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer; a current block layer; and a burying layer, wherein a planar shape of the active layer is a strip shape in which a width of a center part is smaller than a width of both end parts, the current block layer is composed of third and fourth compound semiconductor layers, the burying layer is formed of a multilayer structure arising from sequential stacking of a first burying layer and a second burying layer, and an impurity for causing the second burying layer is such that a substitution site of the impurity in the second burying layer does not compete with a substitution site of an impurity in the third compound semiconductor layer. | 03-19-2009 |
20100019255 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor light-emitting device capable of an attempt to further decrease a leakage current in a current-blocking layer and including (A) a light-emitting portion ( | 01-28-2010 |
20120009711 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR FORMING UNDERLYING LAYER - A method of making a semiconductor light emitting device including: (A) an underlying layer configured to be formed on a major surface of a substrate having a {100} plane as the major surface; (B) a light emitting part; and (C) a current block layer, wherein the underlying layer is composed of a III-V compound semiconductor and is formed on the major surface of the substrate by epitaxial growth, the underlying layer extends in parallel to a <110> direction of the substrate, a sectional shape of the underlying layer obtained when the underlying layer is cut along a virtual plane perpendicular to the <110> direction of the substrate is a trapezoid, and oblique surfaces of the underlying layer corresponding to two oblique sides of the trapezoid are {111}B planes, and the top surface of the underlying layer corresponding to an upper side of the trapezoid is a {100} plane. | 01-12-2012 |
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20090202223 | Information processing device and method, recording medium, and program - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program by which a content viewed at the same time by speakers at remote places and images and sound of the speakers are recorded in such a state that the images and sound of the speakers can be reproduced. At step S | 08-13-2009 |
20100118109 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHODS, RECORDING MEDIUMS, AND PROGRAMS - An information-processing apparatus operated by a user to carry out communications through a network transmits user-disclosure information to an other information-processing apparatus and receives other user-disclosure information from the other apparatus. The other user-disclosure information includes information about content being displayed by the other apparatus. The apparatus produces a determination result indicating whether a requested connection to the other information-processing apparatus is authorized by the other information-processing apparatus based on a response received from the other information-processing apparatus. The apparatus transmits/receives image and voice data to/from the other apparatus when authorized. The apparatus synthesizes content being displayed by the other apparatus. | 05-13-2010 |
20110216155 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHODS, RECORDING MEDIUMS, AND PROGRAMS - An information-processing apparatus including a reproducer for synchronously reproducing content data common to another information-processing apparatus, a user information input for inputting first user condition information including a voice and image of a user, a user information receiver for receiving second user condition information including a voice and image of an other user from the other information-processing apparatus, a synthesizer for synthesizing a voice and image of the content data synchronously reproduced by the reproducer with the voice and image of the second user condition information received by the user-information receiver; an information analysis unit for analyzing at least either the first user condition information input or the second user condition information; and a parameter-setting unit for setting a control parameter used for controlling a process on the basis of an analysis result produced by the information analysis unit. | 09-08-2011 |
20120110081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a recording medium, and a program for allowing communicating parties at remote locations to view the same displayed content and to point to desired positions on the displayed image of the content. A user A and a user B viewing themselves and the content on a cross-faded mode may point to desired positions on the content image with their fingertips. Motion vectors of the fingertips are then detected in particular areas extracted from the image in a manner containing the detected positions. The detected motion vectors are translated into a pointer for the user A and a pointer for the user B, the pointers being alpha-blended with the content image. The two pointers extracted from a single image are associated with the users A and B by use of different Cyber Codes attached to the fingertips of each user, for example. | 05-03-2012 |
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20090148480 | SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION - The invention provides a preparation which shows a satisfactory gastric residence time, has such a size that allows for easy ingestion, can quickly disintegrate after expelled from the stomach, and can be prepared readily in an industrial scale. A gastric retentive preparation having a gastric resident layer and a drug release layer is provided, wherein the gastric resident layer does not disintegrate in the stomach and disintegrates in the intestine. Preferably, the gastric resident layer has a minimum diameter of 7 mm or more as measured after stirring the preparation in the first fluid at 200 rpm at 37° C. for 15 hours under the conditions of the paddle method in the dissolution test in accordance with Japanese Pharmacopoeia and has a maximum diameter of 6 mm or less as measured after further stirring the preparation in the second fluid at 200 rpm at 37° C. for 9 hours under the same conditions. | 06-11-2009 |
20100081674 | FUSED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE DERIVATIVE, AND USE OF THE COMPOSITION FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES - The present invention provides compounds useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a sex hormone-dependent disease or the like. That is, the present invention provides fused heterocyclic derivatives represented by the following general formula (I) which has a GnRH antagonistic activity, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, medicinal uses thereof and the like. In the formula (I), rings A is 5-membered cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon or 5-membered heteroaryl; R | 04-01-2010 |
20100112053 | GASTRIC RETENTION-TYPE SUSTAINED-RELEASE LEVODOPA PREPARATION - The present invention is to provide a levodopa preparation which is able to persistently release levodopa in the stomach, has a sufficient gastric residence time, is in an easily ingestible size and is able to be easily manufactured industrially with an object of maintaining a sustained concentration of levodopa in blood. It is a gastric retentive preparation for levodopa, characterized in that, the preparation contains a gastric resident layer showing a sufficient retentive property due to a high mechanical strength in the stomach and showing a good disintegrating property in an intestinal tract in addition to a drug releasing layer containing levodopa. | 05-06-2010 |
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20090133741 | Photoelectric Conversion Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Photoelectric Power Generation Device - A photoelectric conversion device | 05-28-2009 |
20130026588 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - The object is to improve the conversion efficiency of a photoelectric conversion device. This object can be achieved by a photoelectric conversion device including an electrode and a semiconductor layer which is provided on one main surface of the electrode and contains a I-III-VI group compound semiconductor, wherein the semiconductor layer includes a connection layer that is located at a position on the one main surface side of the electrode and has a tendency that, the closer to the one main surface, the greater a quotient obtained by dividing an amount of substance of a I-B group element by an amount of substance of a III-B group element becomes. | 01-31-2013 |
20130037901 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - It is an object to provide a photoelectric conversion device with high photoelectric conversion efficiency that improves reliability by increasing contact force between a light absorbing layer and an electrode layer. The photoelectric conversion device includes an electrode layer, and a light absorbing layer located on the electrode layer. The light absorbing layer contains a compound semiconductor. The light absorbing layer comprises a first layer close to the electrode layer and a second layer located on the first layer. The first layer has a void ratio lower than that of the second layer. | 02-14-2013 |
20130069187 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - It is an object to provide a photoelectric conversion device with high photoelectric conversion efficiency. The photoelectric conversion device includes an electrode layer, and a light absorbing layer located on the electrode layer. The light absorbing layer is comprised of a plurality of stacked semiconductor layers containing a chalcopyrite-based compound semiconductor. The semiconductor layers contain oxygen. A molar concentration of the oxygen in surfaces and their vicinities of the semiconductor layers where the semiconductor layers are stacked on each other is higher than average molar concentrations of the oxygen in the semiconductor layers. | 03-21-2013 |
20130099226 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - It is aimed to provide a photoelectric conversion device having high adhesion between a first semiconductor layer and an electrode layer as well as high photoelectric conversion efficiency. A photoelectric conversion device comprises an electrode layer, a first semiconductor layer located on the electrode layer and comprising a chalcopyrite-based compound semiconductor of group I-III-VI and oxygen, and a second semiconductor layer located on the first semiconductor layer and forming a pn junction with the first semiconductor layer. In the photoelectric conversion device, the first semiconductor layer has a higher molar concentration of oxygen in a part located on the electrode layer side with respect to a center portion in a lamination direction of the first semiconductor layer than a molar concentration of oxygen in the whole of the first semiconductor layer. | 04-25-2013 |
20130153014 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER - A photoelectric converter is disclosed. The photoelectric converter includes an electrode layer and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is on the electrode layer. The semiconductor layer contains a chalcopyrite compound semiconductor. The semiconductor layer comprises a plurality of sub-layers. The plurality of sub-layers comprises a first sub-layer. The first sub-layer is located closest to the electrode layer. The first sub-layer has a first thickness smaller than an average thickness of the rest of the plurality of sub-layers. | 06-20-2013 |
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20080300095 | Automatic transmission - An automatic transmission comprises first, second and third gear sets | 12-04-2008 |
20090088281 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission is provided. One embodiment of the automatic transmission may include a valve body including control valves for hydraulically controlling a friction engaging element provided within said transmission. The automatic transmission may further include an electric control unit located on said valve body for controlling gear shifting of said automatic transmission. The automatic transmission may further include a transmission case having a peripheral wall for at least partially enclosing a gear shift mechanism and an outer wall provided adjacent to said peripheral wall, wherein said electric control unit is located within a containing space surrounded by said peripheral wall, said outer wall and said valve body. | 04-02-2009 |
20110319227 | IDLE STOP CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle idle stop system is disclosed. The idle stop system comprises an engine, an automatic transmission, a first oil pump driven by said engine and generating hydraulic pressure which is supplied to a friction element of said automatic transmission, a second oil pump capable of operating and generating hydraulic pressure which is supplied to a friction element of said automatic transmission during an engine stop, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the engine to stop when a predetermined engine stop condition is satisfied, and to control the second oil pump to supply hydraulic pressure to a predetermined friction element coupled to a forward starting gear of the automatic transmission, the hydraulic pressure supplied to couple the predetermined friction element when the engine is automatically stopped and when a gear range of the automatic transmission is in a neutral range. | 12-29-2011 |
20120252631 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control device of an automatic transmission is provided, which includes a hydraulic control circuit with a pressure reducing valve including a first friction element for achieving a first gear position and a second friction element for achieving a second gear position that produces a lower speed than the first gear position. The hydraulic control circuit further includes a switch valve formed with an input port which is inputted with the line pressure in a forward gear position range, and which is switched between a first state where the input port communicates with a first oil path communicating with the first friction element in a failure state of power distribution to the plurality of hydraulic control valves, and a second state where the input port communicates with the second friction element in the same power distribution failure state. The switch valve includes various control ports to control its function. | 10-04-2012 |
20140033845 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A method comprises a pre-charge step of pre-charging operating oil; a holding step of holding an operating pressure at an oil pressure less than an oil pressure during the pre-charge, for a given period of time; and a raising step of raising the operating pressure to cause an engagement-side friction element to be engaged. The method further comprises a setting step of setting a pre-charge period in the pre-charge step. The setting step includes predicting a timing at which the engagement-side friction element is to be engaged; actually measuring a timing at which the engagement-side friction element has been actually engaged; and setting the period of the pre-charge step to allow a difference between the timings to become smaller. | 02-06-2014 |
20150051800 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control method for an automatic transmission in which a starting gear shift stage is attained by fastening a predetermined brake element and a predetermined clutch element includes a step of supplying, when a command, which is for fastening the predetermined brake element and the predetermined clutch element that is to be fastened to input output rotation on an engine side to a transmission mechanism, and which is also for attaining the starting gear shift stage is detected, hydraulic pressure to the clutch element and then fastening the clutch element, and a step of supplying, after the step, the hydraulic pressure to the brake element to start the fastening of the brake element and controlling rotation, which is input to the transmission mechanism, to a target number of rotations. It is possible to satisfactorily attain the starting gear shift stage without a shock while dispensing with a one-way clutch. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090125177 | Driving assistance apparatus - A driving assistance apparatus that performs accurate driving assistance in accordance with actual road environment is provided. An electronic control unit (ECU) acquires shape information and vehicular swept path information about a subject vehicle and a nearby vehicle, representing vehicles and movement thereof as rectangular solids. A three-dimensional space is formed as a vehicular swept path for the rectangular solid and a road map generated based on the formed three-dimensional space. A notification is provided if the subject vehicle runs outside a space. Control support is provided to return the subject vehicle to an area indicated as safe. | 05-14-2009 |
20140236383 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus in a vehicle executes a vehicular application software-program and communicates with an information center that manages a general attribute of the application software-program. The in-vehicle apparatus includes an information acquisition section and an information transmission section. The information acquisition section acquires a general-attribute information data while the application software-program is executed, the general-attribute information data being an information data on the general attribute of the application software-program. The information transmission section transmits the general-attribute information data acquired by the information acquisition section to the information center (i) when a period of time for which the application software-program is executed reaches a predetermined threshold period of time or (ii) when an execution count that is a count of executions of the application software-program reaches a predetermined threshold execution count. | 08-21-2014 |
20140280177 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - An information terminal, which is mounted on a vehicle and executes multiple applications, includes a categorizer, a selector, and an executer. The categorizer categorizes the applications into categories. The selector selects a priority application to be executed with high priority from each category according to a driving situation of the vehicle. The executer executes the priority application selected by the selector. | 09-18-2014 |
20150015596 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - When a driving support apparatus is under automatic driving of a vehicle or an automatic driving button is pressed under manual driving, vicinity image data is acquired from an in-vehicle camera. When a predetermined target object is recognized in the vicinity image data, a visibility reduction process is applied to image data of the recognized target object. The visibility reduction process applies at least one of defocusing; decreasing color information; and decreasing edge intensity, to the image data of the recognized target object. In contrast, any visibility reduction process is not applied to any other image data other than the image data of the recognized target object. An image display apparatus displays the vicinity image by a combination of the image data of the recognized target object of which the visibility is reduced and the other image data of which the visibility is not reduced. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100137429 | COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL OR TRANSMUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a composition for transdermal or transmucosal administration, which is useful as an anti-Alzheimer's drug, an antiparkinson drug, an antidepressant, a psychoactive drug, or a therapeutic agent for drug dependence. The composition for transdermal or transmucosal administration comprising an effective dose of a racemate or an optically acceptable substance of 1-(benzofuran-2-yl)-2-propylaminopentane or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and a vehicle, which can be administered without an invasion of skin and mucous membrane, is an excellent agent serving as an anti-Alzheimer's drug, an antiparkinson drug, an antidepressant, a psychoactive drug or a therapeutic agent for drug dependence, which can allow its active ingredient in a sufficient effective amount to stably arrive, through the skin and mucous membrane, at a body or a brain and is free of disadvantages such as a reduction in an active component caused by a first pass effect in a liver, as well as pains, damages or infections. | 06-03-2010 |
20130005800 | COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL OR TRANSMUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The invention provides a composition for transdermal or transmucosal administration useful as an anti-Alzheimer's drug, an antiparkinson drug, an antidepressant, a psychoactive drug, or to treat drug dependence. The composition has an effective dose of a racemate or an optically acceptable substance of 1-(benzofuran-2-yl)-2-propylaminopentane or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof and a vehicle, which can be administered without an invasion of skin or mucous membrane. The composition enables its active ingredient to stably arrive in a sufficient effective amount through the skin and mucous membrane to the body or brain. The composition is free of disadvantages such as a reduction in an active component caused by a first pass effect in the liver, as well as pain, damage or infection. | 01-03-2013 |
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20090033857 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which mounts a back-surface conductive film on one substrate, wherein a reference potential is surely supplied to the back-surface conductive film. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a back-surface conductive film on a surface thereof opposite to the liquid crystal, and the first substrate includes a pad electrode which is formed on the first substrate and is electrically connected with the back-surface conductive film via a conductive member, a conductive film which is formed on the first substrate and below the pad electrode, a first connection line which connects the conductive film and a reference voltage terminal, and at least one contact hole which connects the pad electrode and the conductive film. The conductive film of the first substrate is formed of a metal film or a transparent conductive film. | 02-05-2009 |
20100053531 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The TFT substrate includes a conductive region electrically conducted to the transparent conductive film and a terminal region, on a first side not covered with the counter substrate. The terminal region includes a ground terminal connected to the conductive region and an adjacent terminal which is adjacent to the ground terminal and supplies signals or power source to the peripheral circuit. The adjacent terminal is connected to the peripheral circuit through a first wiring installed along a third side of the TFT substrate toward a second side facing the first side. The first wiring is extended to a middle point of the third side and then connected to the peripheral circuit. | 03-04-2010 |
20100073616 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device capable of preventing the occurrence of crack in a capacitor insulating film due to laser marking is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes pixels arranged in a matrix in a display region above a substrate, a thin film layer formed in a non-display region excluding the display region, and a transparent insulating film extending from the display region to the non-display region and formed on the thin film layer, in which the transparent insulating film includes at least an organic insulating film formed of an organic compound for planarizing a surface of the substrate, an inorganic insulating film which is a thin film formed on the organic insulating film and formed of an inorganic compound and formed with an opening extending to the organic insulating film in a region above the thin film layer, and a transparent electrode layer which is formed in the opening of the inorganic insulating film to cover the organic insulating film exposed from the opening of the inorganic insulating film. | 03-25-2010 |
20100079713 | TRANSPARENT TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A first conductive layer in which a first electrode film is formed, a first protective layer on the first conductive layer, a first hole penetrating through the first protective layer to reach the first electrode film, a second conductive layer including a second electrode film which is disposed on the first protective layer and in contact with a portion of the first electrode film at the bottom of the first hole and the lower electrode, a second protective layer disposed on the second conductive layer and including the insulating film, a second hole disposed on the second protective layer and penetrating through the second protective layer to reach the second electrode film, and a third conductive layer including a third electrode film which is in contact with a portion of the second electrode film at the bottom of the second hole and the upper electrode. | 04-01-2010 |
20110007251 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal is sealed by a one drop fill method, the gap between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate is defined by a columnar spacer in a display region, and the gap between them is defined by a columnar spacer also in a seal portion. In the display region, one layer of a color filter is formed below the columnar spacer. In the seal portion, two layers of island-shaped color filters are formed. With this configuration, the gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate can be maintained equal between the display region and the seal portion. Even when the process for forming the columnar spacer varies, it is possible to eliminate a change in difference between the gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate in the display region and the gap in the seal portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110043743 | Manufacturing method of liquid crystal display device and substrate for liquid crystal display device - A manufacturing method by which a plurality of liquid crystal cells are obtained from mother substrates includes a step of, before applying a sealing material, forming a columnar member disposed in a direction crossing a side of a second mother substrate, wherein the columnar member includes on one end side a first member disposed adjacent to an extended portion constituting a liquid crystal sealing inlet of the sealing material and at the other end a second member disposed to face at least the extended portion of the sealing material along the direction of the side, and the application of the sealing material is performed such that the extended portion of the sealing material rides on a part of the first member of the columnar member. | 02-24-2011 |
20130100389 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device capable of preventing the occurrence of crack in a capacitor insulating film due to laser marking is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes pixels arranged in a matrix in a display region above a substrate, a thin film layer formed in a non-display region excluding the display region, and a transparent insulating film extending from the display region to the non-display region and formed on the thin film layer, in which the transparent insulating film includes at least an organic insulating film formed of an organic compound for planarizing a surface of the substrate, an inorganic insulating film which is a thin film formed on the organic insulating film and formed of an inorganic compound and formed with an opening extending to the organic insulating film in a region above the thin film layer, and a transparent electrode layer which is formed in the opening of the inorganic insulating film to cover the organic insulating film exposed from the opening of the inorganic insulating film. | 04-25-2013 |
20140139769 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. | 05-22-2014 |
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20110005957 | DAMPING BODY FOR PACKAGING AND PACKAGE BODY - A damping body for packaging includes, between an abutment adapted to abut against a precision substrate storage container upon packaging and an outer peripheral wall rising from an outer peripheral edge of a bottom part having the abutment, an outer peripheral bottom formed at a position distanced more from the abutment than is the precision substrate storage container, and a stepped part formed between the outer peripheral bottom and the abutment. Consequently, in the event of an impact from the outside, the stepped part collapses, so that the abutment favorably moves with respect to the outer peripheral bottom and thus can efficiently absorb the impact. This can prevent large impacts from instantaneously being exerted on the precision substrate storage container and efficiently damp drop impacts. | 01-13-2011 |
20110079539 | WAFER STORAGE CONTAINER - A wafer storage container including a container body having an opening adapted to store wafers is disclosed. The container body includes a window and wafer support parts. Delivery components are attached to the exterior face part of the container body. The delivery components includes a bottom plate disposed at a bottom of the container body, a pair of side handles disposed at both sides of the container body, and a robotic flange disposed at a top of the container body. The container further is provided with a lid adapted to seal the opening of the container body. The lid includes a lid main body, a pair of latch mechanism disposed within the lid main body, a retainer member disposed at an inner surface of the lid main body, a seal gasket member disposed at a periphery of the lid main body such that it contacts a periphery of an opening part of the container body and a lid cover. The container body, the delivery components and the lid main body are formed of a self-extinguishing material, and the latch mechanism and the retainer member are formed of PEEK, and the gasket member is formed of elastomeric resin. | 04-07-2011 |
20130032509 | SUBSTRATE STORAGE CONTAINER - A substrate storage container is provided with a container body for aligning and storing a plurality of sheets of semiconductor wafers, and a lid for detachably opening/closing an open front of the container body, in which a robotic flange for conveyance is attached on a substantially center portion of a ceiling of the container body, in which heavy gravity center position adjustment member is provided at a rear portion of the container body such as on a rear wall, a side wall rear portion so that inclination of the substrate container body toward the lid side is regulated with the gravity center position adjustment member. | 02-07-2013 |
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20100039110 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - An MRI apparatus capable of performing a high-speed operation for removing aliasing from the data measured by non-Cartesian imaging in a real space with a small amount of operation is provided. Non-Cartesian data sampling is performed by thinning the number of data by using multiple receiver coils having different sensitivity distribution from each other. Image reconstruction means creates orthogonal data by gridding non-orthogonal data obtained by each receiver coil on a grid having an equal spatial resolution to and a narrower field of view than a target image, subjects it to Fourier transform and creates the first image data containing aliasing components. The second image data is created by using the first image data created for each receiver coil and a sensitivity distribution of each receiver coil. | 02-18-2010 |
20110181286 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND BREATH-HOLDING IMAGING METHOD - In order to make it possible to set the optimal breath-holding imaging conditions according to the subject without extension of an imaging time or the sacrifice of image quality, one scan is divided into one or more breath-holding measurements and free-breathing measurements on the basis of the imaging conditions of a breath-holding measurement, which are input and set according to the subject, and a region of the k space measured in the breath-holding measurement is controlled. Preferably, in the breath-holding measurement, low-frequency data of the k space is measured. Moreover, preferably, imaging conditions of the breath-holding measurement include the number of times of breath holding or a breath-holding time, and the operator can set any of these values. | 07-28-2011 |
20120112745 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - In a non-Cartesian sampling method, a trajectory along which a measurement space is sampled is optimized. That is, data placed on one spiral trajectory heading outward from the center of the measurement space is sampled from a plurality of echo signals. The sampling is performed such that the data is placed continuously, without overlapping, in order from the center to the outside. Alternatively, the data may be overlapped and a mismatch between echo signals may be corrected using the data of the overlapped portion. | 05-10-2012 |
20140055137 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ECHO SIGNAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - In order to improve contrast in non-orthogonal measurement without sacrificing speed, in imaging which combines a fast imaging sequence for acquiring a plurality of echo signals in one shot with non-orthogonal system measurement, the shape of a blade in which an echo train of each shot is arranged is a fan shape having the radius and the arc of a circle centered on the origin of a k space. At this time, echo signal arrangement is controlled such that an echo signal for desired TE of each fan-shaped blade is arranged in a low spatial frequency region of the k space. | 02-27-2014 |
20140081124 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND BREATH-HOLDING IMAGING METHOD - In order to make it possible to set the optimal breath-holding imaging conditions according to the subject without extension of an imaging time or the sacrifice of image quality, one scan is divided into one or more breath-holding measurements and free-breathing measurements on the basis of the imaging conditions of a breath-holding measurement, which are input and set according to the subject, and a region of the k space measured in the breath-holding measurement is controlled. Preferably, in the breath-holding measurement, low-frequency data of the k space is measured. Moreover, preferably, imaging conditions of the breath-holding measurement include the number of times of breath holding or a breath-holding time, and the operator can set any of these values. | 03-20-2014 |
20140197835 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - In the non-Cartesian measurement, image quality is improved while the advantages of non-Cartesian measurement are maintained. To realize the aforementioned, in the non-Cartesian measurement, artifacts caused by non-uniform data density in k-space are reduced. Therefore, each unit k-space is imaged by an inverse Fourier transform, the field of view of the image is enlarged in a direction in which data density is to be increased, and the image after the enlargement of the field of view is Fourier transformed and gridded as unit k-space that has a small k-space pitch in the direction in which the field of view has been enlarged and has an increased amount of data. This processing is repeated for all blades. | 07-17-2014 |
20140361771 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD - In order to improve contrast and image quality in non-orthogonal measurement without sacrificing speed, in imaging which combines a fast imaging sequence for acquiring a plurality of echo signals in one shot with non-orthogonal system measurement, the shape of a blade in which an echo train of each shot is arranged includes a fan-shaped region having the radius and the arc of a circle centered on the origin of the k space, and a region overlapping an adjacent blade. During measurement, control is performed such that an echo signal for desired TE of each blade is arranged in a low spatial frequency region of a k space, and during image reconstruction, body motion between the blades is corrected using data of the overlapping regions. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100052176 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes a first wiring extending in a first direction and a second wiring extending in a second direction which crosses the first direction and being disposed with a space interposed between the first wiring and the second wiring, and including a tantalum layer, a tantalum nitride layer formed over the tantalum layer, and a metal layer formed over the tantalum nitride layer. | 03-04-2010 |
20120146134 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURE PROCESS THEREOF - A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor layer, a gate electrode disposed above the compound semiconductor layer, and a gate insulation film. The gate insulation film is interposed between the compound semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The gate insulation film contains a fluorine compound at least in the vicinity of the interface with the compound semiconductor layer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120217545 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of producing a semiconductor device, includes: forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming an a recess in the semiconductor layer by dry etching with a gas containing fluorine components, the recess having an opening portion on the surface of the semiconductor layer; forming a fluorine-containing region by heating the semiconductor layer and thus diffusing, into the semiconductor layer, the fluorine components attached to side surfaces and a bottom surface of the recess; forming an insulating film on an inner surface of the recess and on the semiconductor layer; and forming an electrode on the insulating film in a region in which the recess is formed. | 08-30-2012 |
20140106527 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of producing a semiconductor device, includes: forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming an a recess in the semiconductor layer by dry etching with a gas containing fluorine components, the recess having an opening portion on the surface of the semiconductor layer; forming a fluorine-containing region by heating the semiconductor layer and thus diffusing, into the semiconductor layer, the fluorine components attached to side surfaces and a bottom surface of the recess; forming an insulating film on an inner surface of the recess and on the semiconductor layer; and forming an electrode on the insulating film in a region in which the recess is formed. | 04-17-2014 |
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20080290754 | AC Motor - The motor includes a rotor including N-pole magnets and S-pole magnets located alternately along a circumferential direction of said AC motor, a stator core including a plurality of partial cores arranged coaxially along an axial direction of said AC motor each of said partial cores including a plurality of stator poles located along said circumferential direction so as to be on the same circumference, and a plurality of loop-like windings each of which extends in said circumferential direction while passing through, in said axial direction, interpole spaces between each two adjacent stator poles in said circumferential direction. The a phase angle difference between each adjacent two of said stator poles in said circumferential direction of the same one of said partial cores is set at a value smaller than 360 degrees for each of said partial cores. | 11-27-2008 |
20100156232 | Brushless AC motor - An AC motor having loop windings is provided, which is able to reduce unbalance of three-phase impedance to enhance the motor efficiency. Three loop windings of the three phases are interlinked with magnetic fluxes Φu, Φv and Φw of the respective phases to provide magnetic paths of the three phases. The magnetic paths of the three phases are connected to the respective stator poles of the three phases to configure the motor. The magnetic path of each of the three phases is formed by processing an electromagnetic steel plate using bending to provide a motor configuration having multiple stator poles. Magnetic fluxes of two or more stator poles of the same phase are collected to a single magnetic path to form a three-dimensional three-phase magnetic path without allowing close contact with a magnetic path of a different phase. | 06-24-2010 |
20140239857 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - An apparatus for controlling a switched reluctance motor with use of a power conversion circuit. In the apparatus, a command voltage setter sets a command voltage for a coil of the motor, where the command voltage is set to change gradually during either or both of a ramp-up period and a ramp-down period of the command voltage. A voltage controller controls an applied voltage to the coil to the command voltage set by the command voltage setter by operating the power conversion circuit. | 08-28-2014 |
20140292244 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR - A control apparatus is provided for controlling a multi-phase, switched reluctance motor. The control apparatus includes voltage adjusters, a controller, and a carrier signal generator. Each of the voltage adjusters adjusts a voltage applied to a corresponding one of voltage application targets on the same salient pole of a stator of the motor. The controller controls each of the voltage adjusters via a pulse-width modulation based on comparison between a command signal and a corresponding one of carrier signals, thereby controlling the voltage applied to the corresponding voltage application target to a command voltage indicated by the command signal. The carrier signal generator generates the carrier signals so that for at least one pair of the voltage application targets on the same salient pole of the stator, two of the carrier signals which respectively correspond to the pair of the voltage application targets are offset in phase from each other. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090325487 | DATA CONTROL APPARATUS, DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data control apparatus that enables data communication among devices with simple operations. A first communication unit communicates with a first device placed on a predetermined surface of the data control apparatus. A second communication unit communicates with a second device. A detection unit detects a position of the first device placed on the predetermined surface of the data control apparatus. A communication control unit controls communication between the first device and the second device according to the position of the first device detected by the detection unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100328495 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus is able to record a moving image in a first image capturing mode or a second image capturing mode. In the first image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to an instruction to start recording and stops recording of the moving image signal in response to an instruction to stop recording. In the second image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to the instruction to start recording, and automatically stops recording of the moving image signal when a predetermined period elapses after recording of the moving image signal starts. The apparatus controls so as to extract a moving image signal of the predetermined period from a moving image signal recorded in the first image capturing mode on a recording medium, and to record the extracted moving image signal on a recording medium. | 12-30-2010 |
20110211802 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR PLAYING BACK MOVING IMAGE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Information regarding frames of a moving image, which are included in a predetermined segment that includes the current playback position and a segment that has not been played back yet, is displayed in a time-series indicator region along with the moving image that is being played back. Furthermore, a segment indicator that indicates the start position and end position of a fixed segment that includes the current playback position is displayed in the time-series indicator. For example, in the case where moving image data at a position corresponding to the segment indicator is generated as a separated moving image file in accordance with a moving image copy instruction that has been given, the user can become aware ahead of time what kind of moving image file would be generated if such an instruction were given. | 09-01-2011 |
20120301119 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus is able to record a moving image in a first image capturing mode or a second image capturing mode. In the first image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to an instruction to start recording and stops recording of the moving image signal in response to an instruction to stop recording. In the second image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to the instruction to start recording, and automatically stops recording of the moving image signal when a predetermined period elapses after recording of the moving image signal starts. The apparatus controls so as to extract a moving image signal of the predetermined period from a moving image signal recorded in the first image capturing mode on a recording medium, and to record the extracted moving image signal on a recording medium. | 11-29-2012 |
20130109318 | DATA CONTROL APPARATUS, DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |