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20110313617 | SOUND-DIRECTED-OUTSIDE-VEHICLE EMITTING DEVICE - A sound-directed-outside-vehicle emitting device includes a storage unit | 12-22-2011 |
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20120166042 | SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Disclosed is a sound output device for electric vehicle including a sound producing unit | 06-28-2012 |
20140375443 | NOTIFICATION SOUND CONTROL UNIT OF APPROACHING VEHICLE AUDIBLE SYSTEM - A notification sound control unit of an approaching vehicle audible system includes a first rotation speed calculation section that calculates a first rotation speed, based on an accelerator opening degree signal of an electric vehicle, a second rotation speed calculation section that calculates a second rotation speed, based on a vehicle speed signal of the electric vehicle, a rotation speed synthesis section that synthesizes the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed, a virtual engine rotation speed calculation section that applies filtering processing to a synthesis rotation speed synthesized by the rotation speed synthesis section so as to calculate a virtual engine rotation speed, and a notification sound signal generation processing section that changes a pitch and a volume of a phoneme signal outputted from a phoneme, based on the virtual engine rotation speed, so as to generate a notification sound signal. | 12-25-2014 |
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20150264500 | SOUND QUALITY ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS OF APPROACHING VEHICLE AUDIBLE SYSTEM, APPROACHING VEHICLE AUDIBLE SYSTEM SIMULATOR, AND APPROACHING VEHICLE AUDIBLE SYSTEM - A sound quality adjustment apparatus of an approaching vehicle audible system that generates a signal of a notification sound, which is emitted from a sounding device provided in an electric vehicle that generates at least part of driving force by use of a motor to the outside of the electric vehicle, is provided with a sound element storage unit that stores sound element data forming an element of the notification sound; a sound-source sound quality extraction unit that analyses the sound element data so as to extract a characteristic value related to the sound quality of a sound element; a parameter setting unit that obtains a parameter for converting the sound element data in accordance with vehicle information, by use of the characteristic value extracted by the sound-source sound quality extraction unit; and a parameter storage unit that stores the parameter obtained by the parameter setting unit. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100310960 | FUEL CELL IN WHICH PROTON CONDUCTIVE GEL IS USED AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a fuel cell that operates in a temperature range of not lower than 100° C., and a method for manufacturing such a fuel cell. | 12-09-2010 |
20130068273 | PIPE-SHAPED THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATING DEVICE - A pipe-shaped thermoelectric power generating device includes an internal through-hole along the axis direction of the pipe-shaped thermoelectric power generation device; a plurality of first cup-shaped components each made of metal; a plurality of second cup-shaped components each made of thermoelectric material; a first electrode; a second electrode. The plurality of first cup-shaped components and the plurality of second cup-shaped components are arranged alternately and repeatedly along the axis direction. The first electrode and the second electrode are provided respectively at one end and at the other end of the pipe-shaped thermoelectric power generation device. | 03-21-2013 |
20130319491 | ELECTRICITY GENERATION METHOD USING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION DEVICE - The thermoelectric power generation element includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed to oppose each other, and a laminate that is interposed between the first and second electrodes, where the laminate has a structure in which Bi | 12-05-2013 |
20150070748 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - The reflective display device includes: a cell having: a display surface; a rear surface; side surfaces; and an interior space; a partition in a shape having radial extension dividing the rear surface into N regions; N rear electrodes respectively provided for the N regions on the rear surface; first side electrodes disposed on a display surface side and second side electrodes disposed on a rear surface side; N display-side electrodes separated by a separator zone in a shape having radial extension; a dielectric layer covering the N rear electrodes; polar liquid portions of N colors respectively disposed in N portions in the interior space; and polarity fluid placed within the interior space. A center of the partition matches with a center of the separator zone. A direction of the radial extension of the partition is different from that of the separator zone. | 03-12-2015 |
20150241289 | SHOCK RECORDING DEVICE - The present invention provides a shock recording device, comprising: a vibration energy harvester comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, the vibration energy harvester converting an energy of a shock applied thereto into a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a ferroelectric transistor comprising a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, the ferroelectric transistor further comprising a stacked structure of a ferroelectric layer and a semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode. The source electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode. This shock recording device does not need a power source used to record a shock. | 08-27-2015 |
20160058272 | CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE, CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POSTURE OF CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope includes a capsule enclosure having an external wall surface; an image pickup device provided inside the capsule enclosure; a light source provided inside the capsule enclosure; a plurality of electrode structures each including an electrode, a water repellent layer, and a dielectric layer positioned between the electrode and the water repellent layer, the plurality of electrode structures being provided on the external wall surface of the capsule enclosure such that the electrode is positioned on an external wall surface side of the capsule enclosure; a power supply provided inside the capsule enclosure; at least one reference electrode provided on the external wall surface of the capsule enclosure and connected to reference potential of the power supply; and a drive circuit configured to apply a drive voltage to the plurality of electrode structures based on the power supply. | 03-03-2016 |
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20080240354 | Method for X-ray wavelength measurement and X-ray wavelength measurement apparatus - A Method for X-ray wavelength measurement and an X-ray wavelength measurement apparatus capable of determining absolute wavelength easily and carrying out wavelength measurement having high precision with a simple structure are provided. The present invention is a Method for X-ray wavelength measurement carried out by using a channel-cut crystal for wavelength measurement ( | 10-02-2008 |
20110268252 | X-RAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF USING THE SAME AND X-RAY IRRADIATION METHOD - An X-ray apparatus that creates a virtual source having a narrow energy bandwidth and enables a high-resolution X-ray diffraction measurement; a method of using the same; and an X-ray irradiation method are provided. | 11-03-2011 |
20120087470 | X-RAY IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND X-RAY IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An X-ray image photographing method and apparatus is capable of photographing a high resolution phase contrast image and a high resolution absorption contrast image in a short time by finely adjusting the distance between a specimen and a detector with respect to an X-ray source. | 04-12-2012 |
20120087473 | SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURE MEASUREMENT DATA ANALYSIS METHOD AND X-RAY SCATTERING MEASUREMENT DEVICE - There is provided a surface microstructure measurement method, a surface microstructure measurement data analysis method, and an X-ray scattering measurement device which can accurately measure a microstructure on a surface and which can evaluate a three-dimensional structural feature. In the surface microstructure measurement method, the specimen surface is irradiated with X-ray at a grazing incident angle and a scattering intensity is measured; a specimen model with a microstructure on a surface in which one or more layers is formed in a direction perpendicular to the surface and unit structures are periodically arranged in a direction parallel to the surface within the layers is assumed; a scattering intensity of X-ray scattered by the microstructure is calculated in consideration of effects of refraction and reflection caused by the layer; and the scattering intensity of X-ray calculated by the specimen model is fitted to the measured scattering intensity. Then, as a result of the fitting, an optimum value of a parameter for specifying the shape of the unit structures is determined. Therefore, it is possible to accurately measure a microstructure. | 04-12-2012 |
20130259200 | X-RAY TOPOGRAPHY APPARATUS - Provided is an X-ray topography apparatus capable of separating a desired characteristic X-ray which enters a sample from an X-ray which is radiated from an X-ray source, and increasing an irradiation region of the desired characteristic X-ray. The X-ray topography apparatus includes: the X-ray source for radiating the X-ray from a fine focal point, the X-ray containing a predetermined characteristic X-ray; an optical system including a multilayer mirror with a graded multilayer spacing which corresponds to the predetermined characteristic X-ray, the optical system being configured to cause the X-ray reflected on the multilayer mirror to enter the sample; and an X-ray detector for detecting a diffracted X-ray. The multilayer mirror includes a curved reflective surface having a parabolic cross section, and the fine focal point of the X-ray source is provided onto a focal point of the curved reflective surface. | 10-03-2013 |
20140003578 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
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20130121460 | X-RAY INTENSITY CORRECTION METHOD AND X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER - An X-ray intensity correction method makes the background uniform by adjusting a raster element and an X-ray diffractometer. An X-ray intensity correction method for correcting the intensity of diffracted X-rays includes the steps of focusing X-rays on a sample for correction placed at a gonio center, entering fluorescent X-rays excited by the focused X-rays into a raster element formed by polycapillaries and having a unique focal point, detecting the fluorescent X-rays having passed through the raster element; and adjusting the arrangement of the raster element so that the fluorescent X-rays can uniformly be detected regardless of the detecting position. Since fluorescent X-rays are used, it is possible to adjust the position of the raster element because if the focal point of the raster element coincides with the gonio center, the intensity becomes uniform regardless of the detected position. | 05-16-2013 |
20150146858 | X-RAY TOPOGRAPHY APPARATUS - Disclosed is an X-ray topography apparatus including an X-ray source, a multilayer film mirror, a slit, a two-dimensional X-ray detector, and a sample moving device that sequentially moves the sample to a plurality of step positions. The X-ray source is a minute focal spot. The multilayer film mirror forms monochromatic, collimated, high-intensity X-rays. The direction in which the multilayer film mirror collimates the X-rays coincides with the width direction of the slit. The step size by which the sample is moved is smaller than the width of the slit. The combination of the size of the minute focal spot, the width of the slit, and the intensity of the X-rays that exit out of the multilayer film mirror allows the contrast of an X-ray image produced when the detector receives X-rays for a predetermined period of 1 minute or shorter to be high enough for observation of the X-ray image. | 05-28-2015 |
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20080271148 | ANTI-WORM PROGRAM, ANTI-WORM APPARATUS, AND ANTI-WORM METHOD - An anti-worm program allows a computer to execute control of communication suspected as worm communication, the program allowing the computer to execute: a communication information acquisition step that acquires communication information which is information concerning communication from a target source; and a communication control step that has a control amount calculation formula for calculating the control amount of the communication from the target source using the communication information and performs control of the communication from the target source based on the communication control amount obtained using the control amount calculation formula. | 10-30-2008 |
20090106817 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A security management apparatus is capable of taking various security measures while referencing machine information and hence excellent in flexibility and widely applicable. The apparatus includes a security diagnostic unit for making a security diagnosis on the basis of security information obtained from a security information providing apparatus for providing information concerning security in a network and further on the basis of machine information obtained from at least one network machine connected to a network to judge a type of security-related processing to be executed for the network machine and also judge whether or not the security-related processing needs to be executed. A security execution unit executes predetermined security measure processing for the network machine on the basis of a result of diagnosis made by the security diagnostic unit. | 04-23-2009 |
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20090051620 | Transparent Antenna for Display, Translucent Member for Display With an Antenna and Housing Component With an Antenna - A transparent antenna for a display, for example, a portable telephone, the transparent antenna performing good transmission and reception, not bulky, and not impairing design of an apparatus. The transparent antenna ( | 02-26-2009 |
20120256865 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member (1) and a lower transparent electrode base member (2) is filled with a transparent adhesive layer (3) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to eliminate an air layer. | 10-11-2012 |
20130153393 | COVER GLASS INTEGRATED SENSOR - A cover glass integrated sensor has an excellent visibility of sharp outlines of the display screen as seen through the cover glass and has a sense of unity in appearance in portions surrounding the display screen. The cover glass integrated sensor includes a cover glass and a capacitance type film sensor. The cover glass includes a glass substrate and a first frame-like light-blocking layer made of a screen printing film formed on peripheral portion on the rear surface of the glass substrate. The capacitance type film sensor has a second frame-like light-blocking layer made of an exposure/development product of color resist material formed on a periphery of the front surface. The capacitance type film sensor is attached to a rear surface of the cover glass. An inner edge of the second frame-like light-blocking layer is closer to the center than an inner edge of the first frame-like light-blocking layer. | 06-20-2013 |
20140016048 | CAPACITANCE TYPE TOUCH SCREEN - A capacitance type touch screen includes a cover lens and a film sensor. The film sensor includes a base film, first transparent electrodes arranged side by side extending in an A direction, second transparent electrodes insulated from the first electrodes and arranged side by side extending in B direction while crossing the first electrodes, a plurality of first lead wirings connected to the first electrodes and drawn to connection terminals, and a plurality of second lead wirings connected to the second electrodes and drawn to connection terminals. The first and second wirings are hidden by the cover lens decorated area. The film sensor includes a top-plate-corresponding-portion facing the cover lens top plate rear surface, and rising portions facing a rear surface of at least one of the first and second side plates. All or most of the second wirings is positioned in the rising portions. | 01-16-2014 |
20140218334 | INPUT DEVICE USING DETECTION OF BOTH CAPACITANCE AND PRESSURE, AND CAPACITANCE-SYSTEM HYBRID TOUCH PANEL EQUIPPED WITH PRESSURE-SENSITIVE FUNCTION - An input device of the present invention is configured in the following manner: an input part includes electrode parts, which are contactable arranged with facing each other and one of which is to be an operation object, and a pressure-sensitive layer disposed between the electrode parts facing each other; a charge/discharge waveform forming part includes a charge/discharge circuit having a constant current source, a switching element, a capacitor and a resistor, and forms a charge/discharge waveform with a capacitance detection part and a resistance detection part connected; a charge/discharge waveform calculating part detects the change of a capacitance and of a pressure in the input part based on the charge/discharge waveform formed by the charge/discharge waveform forming part, and calculates an operation state, an operation position and an operation pressure. | 08-07-2014 |
20140354304 | CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH SENSOR WITH OPTICAL FUNCTIONALITY - A capacitive type touch sensor has optical functionality, low reflection and thin thickness as well as narrow frames. The capacitive type touch sensor includes a cover glass, and a capacitive type film sensor member adhered to a rear surface of the cover glass. The capacitive type touch sensor further includes a polarization plate between the cover glass and the film sensor member. The film sensor member includes a transparent base sheet having a λ/4 phase difference film, transparent conductive films so as to form electrode pattern s on the central windows and fine line routed circuit pattern on the peripheral frames on both sides of the base sheet, and light-blocking conductive films laminated on the fine line routed circuit patterns of the transparent conductive film. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090050454 | CAPACITANCE TYPE LIGHT-EMITTING SWITCH AND LIGHT-EMITTING SWITCH ELEMENT USED FOR SUCH CAPACITANCE TYPE LIGHT-EMITTING SWITCH - A capacitance type light-emitting switch and a light-emitting switch element are provided that operate properly by preventing failure in entry and for which a small number of parts are used. A light-emitting switch | 02-26-2009 |
20100144407 | PORTABLE DEVICE - Provided are a transparent cover having a light transmittance of not less than 50%, in which transparent cover a circuit pattern of a conductive material is provided between two sheet-like transparent substrates, a device main body that couples the transparent cover thereto in an openable/closable manner such that members provided on a surface thereof are concealed or exposed by the transparent cover being opened or closed, an open/close determination part for determining whether the transparent cover is open or closed, and function switching parts for switching functions of the circuit pattern based on the determination of the open/close determination part as to whether the transparent over is open or closed. | 06-10-2010 |
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20110308843 | TRANSPARENT THIN PLATE - Provided is a transparent thin plate including a transparent substrate in a sheet form, a mesh layer formed on a surface of the transparent substrate and made of an opaque material having a structure wherein an outline of meshes is made of bands that are very thin and have a substantially equal width, and having a light transmittance of 50% or more, and a colored layer that is arranged in a state that the layer is laminated in a partial area of the mesh layer and on the surface of the mesh layer, and has a color different from that of the opaque material constituting the mesh layer. | 12-22-2011 |
20120098767 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND PRESSURE DETECTION UNIT USED IN THE INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus includes a panel member having a touch type information input function, a package having a support portion for supporting the panel member, a pressure detection portion provided between/across the panel member and the support portion for detecting a pressure operation force to the panel member, and an initial load applying portion provided between/across/across the panel member and the support portion and configured to draw the panel member and the support portion toward each other, thereby to apply an initial load to the pressure detection portion, so that an information input operation corresponding to a pressing force to the panel member can be performed speedily. | 04-26-2012 |
20120327023 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member ( | 12-27-2012 |
20140240622 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A capacitance-type touch sensor and a display device equipped with this sensor are provided in which the detection of the transparent conductive portions can be suppressed without employing a technique using a dummy electrode. The capacitance-type touch sensor of the present invention includes a resin sheet and a plurality of transparent conductive portions formed in parallel on the resin sheet. In this capacitance-type touch sensor, the difference between the maximum and minimum retardation values of a resin sheet equipped with transparent conductive portions is 3 nm or less. | 08-28-2014 |
20150047957 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH PANEL - A flexible touch panel comprises a base material sheet; a first axis detection electrode, which is provided on the base material sheet and is patterned concerning a first axis; an insulative layer, which is provided on the first axis detection electrode; a second axis detection electrode, which is provided on the insulative layer and is patterned concerning a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis; a first routing circuit, which electrically connects the first axis detection electrode to an external part; and a second routing circuit, which electrically connects the second axis detection electrode to an external part. | 02-19-2015 |
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20100128204 | DECORATIVE PLATE FOR CASING AND CASING - A decorative plate for a casing is attached to a casing, and utilized. The decorative plate is configured by a plate-shaped transparent base member, a color half mirror layer, placed on the lower face of the transparent base member, that is made of a metal thin film subjected to a tint treatment, a transparency-switching film, formed on the lower face of the color half mirror layer, that is capable of switching between transmitting and non-transmitting states, a transparent reflection-increasing film layer, placed on the lower face of the transparency-switching film, that is a composite film formed by alternately laminating a high refractive-index film and a low refractive-index film, and a backing layer that is formed on the lower face of the reflection-increasing film layer in a tightly contact state without having an air layer interposed therebetween, which are successively laminated. | 05-27-2010 |
20100208333 | DISPLAY-PROTECTIVE PLATE FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREWITH - A display-protective plate for an electronic apparatus, is attached to a case of an electronic apparatus to be used, and protects a display surface of a display that is attached so as to be exposed from the case of the electronic apparatus. The protective plate is configured by a plate-shaped transparent base member, a color half mirror layer placed on a lower side of the transparent base member, a transparency-switching film formed on a lower face of the color half mirror layer, for switching between transmitting and non-transmitting modes, a reflection-increasing film layer placed on a lower face of the transparency-switching film, and a backing layer formed on a lower face of the reflection-increasing film layer and located on a portion except for an exposed portion of the display, which are successively laminated. | 08-19-2010 |