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20090304928 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE - A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure includes forming a first structure having a relief pattern on a substrate, forming a sacrifice layer on the first structure such that the sacrifice layer can be filled in a concave part of the first structure and the sacrifice layer can cover a surface of a convex part of the first structure on a side opposite to the substrate, forming a second structure having a relief pattern on the sacrifice layer, and a fourth step of removing the sacrifice layer from between the first structure and the second structure, and thereby bringing the second structure into contact with the surface of the first structure. | 12-10-2009 |
20100118392 | POLARIZER - A polarizer of the present invention having a higher level of polarization performance for a light in the deep ultraviolet wavelength range includes: a substrate transparent to deep ultraviolet light; and a periodic structure including a plurality of structural elements at predetermined intervals on the substrate, the polarizer being configured so that the deep ultraviolet light incident thereon is split into a light component reflected by the periodic structure and a light component passing between the structural elements adjacent to each other, and the periodic structure being composed of chromium oxide or tungsten. | 05-13-2010 |
20130238296 | CALCULATING METHOD OF STRUCTURAL DATA OF DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PROGRAM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A calculating method for calculating structural data of a two-level diffractive optical element configured to form a set of light intensity distributions point-symmetrical with respect to an axis on an image plane utilizing an iterative Fourier transform algorithm executed by a computer includes calculating a light intensity distribution and a phase distribution of a plane of the two-level diffractive optical element which has a Fourier transform relationship with the image plane by performing an inverse Fourier transform for a light intensity that is made by removing one of the set of light intensity distributions from the set of light intensity distributions, and calculating structural data of the diffractive optical element based upon the light intensity distribution and the phase distribution which have been calculated. | 09-12-2013 |
20140145280 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a semiconductor device including: a semiconductor element arranged on a substrate and having two electrodes; a conductive strip in contact with one of the two electrodes; and a dielectric arranged between another one of the two electrodes and the conductive strip, in which the conductive strip has an opening formed therein, the dielectric has a void formed therein, and the opening and the void are connected to each other. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090072923 | LAMINATED BALUN TRANSFORMER - A laminated balun transformer that may be used for lines having various impedances includes a first magnetic substrate, a laminated body, a second magnetic substrate, and external electrodes. The laminated body includes a first transformer, a second transformer, and an insulator that covers the first and second transformers. The first transformer includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. The second transformer includes a primary coil and a secondary coil. The line width of the primary coil of the first transformer is set so as to decrease from the side of the internal electrode towards the side of the internal electrode. The line width of the secondary coil of the second transformer is also set so as to decrease from the side of the internal electrode towards the side of the internal electrode. | 03-19-2009 |
20090243777 | MULTILAYER TRANSFORMER COMPONENT - A multilayer transformer component includes a chip body including a primary-side coil and a secondary-side coil, and first to fourth external electrodes. The primary-side coil includes a body portion, a first lead, and a second lead, and the secondary-side coil includes a body portion, a third lead, and a fourth lead. A first projection and a second projection of each body portion are arranged to lie substantially on a linear line. The first lead and the fourth lead are arranged to be line-symmetrical with respect to a center line which is arranged at an approximate center between respective distal ends of the first projection and the second projection, and which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an overlying direction of the primary-side and secondary-side coils. The second lead and the third lead are also arranged to be line-symmetrical with respect to the center line. | 10-01-2009 |
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20090002334 | ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CALCULATOR - An electronic calculator is very useful for learning manipulation procedure to perform a predetermined process by designating a position on a display screen of the calculator. Manipulation is executed on a touch screen | 01-01-2009 |
20090254597 | PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATOR HAVING GUIDED CALCULATION MODE - A programmable calculator includes: a display unit; a calculation processing section configured to perform calculation processing; a calculation screen display control section configured to control the display unit to display a calculation screen; a base state setting section configured to set, as a base state, a calculation state; a base state storing section configured to store the base state that is set together with the calculation screen corresponding to the base state; an operation pattern storing section configured to store an operation pattern of a series of user operations that are input after the base state was set by the base state setting section; and a guide display control section configured to control the display unit to display a calculation screen corresponding to the arbitrary base state stored in the base state storing section, and to display, as guide indications, the stored operation pattern. | 10-08-2009 |
20140365947 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes: a display device; and a processor configured to: display a graph corresponding to a function formula on the display device, wherein a coefficient of a term included in the function formula comprises a variable; determine a numeric value range of numeric values which are to be inputted to the variable, based on a degree of the term and a display state of the graph; generate an operation receiver for allowing a user to variably specify a numeric value within the determined numeric value range; display the operation receiver on the display device. When a numeric value is specified within the numeric value range through the operation receiver, the processor displays a graph corresponding to a function formula in which the specified numeric value is inputted to the variable on the display device. | 12-11-2014 |
20150081750 | FORMULA DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, FORMULA DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A formula display control device includes a display unit, a text display control unit, a formula designation unit, a template formula generation unit and a template formula display control unit. The text display control unit displays text including a formula on the display unit. The formula designation unit designates the formula in the text displayed on the display unit in response to a user operation. The template formula generation unit replaces a coefficient portion in the formula with an input frame to generate a template formula when a coefficient is included in the designated formula. The template formula display control unit displays the template formula generated by the template formula generation unit as text which is displayed on the display unit. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100082901 | STORAGE SYSTEM WITH LU-SETTING FUNCTION - In a storage system, an operator makes an input only of minimum-required information, and when an LU setting command including the information is accepted, in response to the LU setting command, any internal process is executed using configuration management information about an LU and a plurality of physical storage devices. After completion of the internal process, the processing result is forwarded back. Herein, the configuration management information is about the LU and the physical storage devices, including information about a free area and a free capacity in a storage space of each of the physical storage devices, and information about the LU based on the storage spaces. The free area is an address area occupied by the free space not used as the LU. The free capacity is the capacity of the free space. Accordingly, an LU setting technology with a reduced level of the operator's load of work can be favorably provided. | 04-01-2010 |
20130166797 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Proposed are a storage apparatus and a method of controlling same which make it possible to prevent deterioration in the response performance of the whole system effectively and in advance. | 06-27-2013 |
20140160591 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage apparatus has a first storage device in which the user data is stored and a second storage device which the management information including a primary hash value corresponding to the data management unit including a user data is stored for every data management unit. The storage apparatus (A) receives a read request, acquires a primary hash value of a first management unit which is a data management unit including read target user data from the second storage device, (B) reads data of the first management unit from the first storage device, (C) computes the primary hash value based on the data of the data management unit which is read, (D) determines whether the primary hash value in (A), and the primary hash value in (C) are in agreement, and (E) sends the read target user data to a upper level apparatus when the agreement is obtained. | 06-12-2014 |
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20100075426 | CARTRIDGE, RESIDUAL LIQUID REMOVING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A cartridge is provided that can remove a residual liquid all around the leading end of a pipette, without requiring any new equipment, regardless of the viscosity of the residual liquid. This cartridge includes a plurality of tanks, each of which has an upper opening, and a liquid is introduced into or led out from at least one of the plurality of tanks | 03-25-2010 |
20100274499 | NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION DETERMINING METHOD AND NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION DETERMINING DEVICE - The present invention provides an amplification determining method that can determine whether or not an objective nucleic acid has been amplified with respect to a sample treated so as to amplify the nucleic acid. Signal values showing molten states of the treated sample at respective temperatures are provided, and the maximum signal value (A) is searched for. Further, signal differential values at the respective temperatures are calculated by differentiation of the signal values at two successive points, and second-order differential values of the differential values are calculated by differentiation at four successive points. Among the second differential values, from those in a predetermined temperature range including a Tm value of the objective nucleic acid, the maximum second differential value (D | 10-28-2010 |
20100280789 | MELTING CURVE ANALYZING METHOD AND MELTING CURVE ANALYZING DEVICE - The present invention provides a melting curve analyzing method that can automatically analyze whether or not a peak is present in at least one of two temperature ranges. A signal differential value (A) having a maximum absolute value is searched for among signal differential values at respective temperatures. When a temperature (t | 11-04-2010 |
20130071939 | URINE ANALYSIS METHOD, DEVICE THEREOF, PROGRAM USED IN URINE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - An analysis device includes determination means, capable of performing a first determination on whether a specific component in urine is positive or negative, on the basis of a color reaction between a reagent and the specific component in urine; and optical measurement means capable of working out data on light absorption characteristics of the urine itself with respect to light of a predefined wavelength region. When the data on the light absorption characteristics lies within a predefined range, and a result of the first determination is either positive or negative as established beforehand, the determination means changes the result of the first determination to a false positive or a false negative, or performs second determination to the effect that there is a likelihood of a false positive or a false negative. | 03-21-2013 |
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20100248041 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE AND CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, an electrode and a carbonaceous material. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has an electrode containing a carbonaceous material obtained by a production method comprising a step of heating a compound of formula (1) or a calcination product of the compound, under an inert gas atmosphere in the range of from 200° C. to 3000° C.: | 09-30-2010 |
20100316555 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON - A process for producing a carbon comprising heating a phenol resin at 600 to 1,000° C. under an oxidizing gas atmosphere wherein the phenol resin is obtained by reacting a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R | 12-16-2010 |
20120171571 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME - A negative electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which comprises a negative electrode active material capable of absorbing and releasing a lithium ion and at least one salt selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid salt of an alkali metal, a carboxylic acid salt of an alkali earth metal, a sulfuric acid salt of an alkali metal, a sulfuric acid salt of an alkali earth metal, a boric acid salt of an alkali metal, a boric acid salt of an alkali earth metal, a phosphoric acid salt of an alkali metal and a phosphoric acid salt of an alkali earth metal. | 07-05-2012 |
20120230907 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON MATERIAL - A process for producing a carbon material comprising heating a compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group which may be substituted with at least one selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C6-C20 aryloxy group, a sulfonyl group, a nitro group, a C1-C6 thioalkyl group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a C2-C20 acylamino group and a halogen atom, R′ represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and n represents an integer of 3 to 7, at 800 to 3,000° C. under an inert gas atmosphere. | 09-13-2012 |
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20100238222 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method are realized which can improve a print quality while minimizing the volume of waste ink, running cost and throughput degradations. For this purpose, the scan width is set according to the size and position of the print medium and then, based on that scan width, a location where the preliminary ejections are to be executed and the number of times that the preliminary ejection is to be executed in a single preliminary ejection session are determined. | 09-23-2010 |
20110057973 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method in which even with a variation in ink ejection amount depending on an image print area, the ink ejection amount for preliminary ejection can be optimally set. For this purpose, a print area is divided into a plurality of areas, and the number of ink ejections through a nozzle is measured for each of the areas. Based on the number of ink ejections for each area, the number of ink ejections for the preliminary ejection is determined. | 03-10-2011 |
20130050337 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and an inkjet printing method are realized which can improve a print quality while minimizing the volume of waste ink, running cost and throughput degradations. For this purpose, the scan width is set according to the size and position of the print medium and then, based on that scan width, a location where the preliminary ejections are to be executed and the number of times that the preliminary ejection is to be executed in a single preliminary ejection session are determined. | 02-28-2013 |
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20110027155 | CATALYST FOR CLEANING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING EXHAUST GAS USING SAID CATALYST - An Object of the patent is to remove highly reducing hydrocarbon exhausted during acceleration period, and to remove efficiently hydrocarbon even after contacting with highly reducing hydrocarbon. By using a catalyst having a higher proportion of palladium having surface charge of 2-valence or 4-valence supported than that of 0-valence by supporting palladium together with magnesium oxide, hydrocarbon exhausted from an internal combustion engine especially during acceleration period can be efficiently removed. | 02-03-2011 |
20110165045 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYS AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING GAS BY USING SAME - An exhaust gas purification catalyst of the present invention contains at least a precious metal coated with lanthanum-containing alumina. In at least one embodiment, it is possible to provide: an exhaust gas purification catalyst which can (i) have an increase in heat resistance, and (ii) inhibit the precious metal from being mixed in alumina and therefore inhibit the precious metal from forming a solid solution in combination with alumina; and a method for efficiently purifying, by use of the catalyst, an exhaust gas emitted from an internal-combustion engine. | 07-07-2011 |
20120027654 | CATALYST FOR PURIFICATION OF EXHAUST GAS | 02-02-2012 |
20140037524 | CATALYST FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS - Provided is a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas, the catalyst excelling in catalytic performance and oxygen storage capacity. The catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas is a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas which includes a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a pyrochlore structure and a ceria-zirconia composite oxide having a cubic crystal structure, wherein at least a part of the ceria-zirconia composite oxide is composited with the ceria-zirconia composite oxide. | 02-06-2014 |
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20100151378 | TONER - Disclosed is toner in which is used in an image formation process comprising the steps of transferring an image of toner formed on a photoreceptor onto a recording sheet, and removing any residual toner remaining on any of the photoreceptor, an intermediate transfer member and a secondary transfer member with a cleaning blade, the toner containing at least toner particles (A) and small particles (B), wherein the toner particles (A) have an average circularity of from 0.93 to 0.99 and a number-based median diameter (D | 06-17-2010 |
20120028186 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - Disclosed is a production method of a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic image comprising a toner and a resin coated carrier having a porous magnetic core particle and a resin coated layer, wherein the porous magnetic core particle are composed of a porous ferrite material and have pit apertures on a surface of the particle, and the method comprises steps of blocking the pit apertures of the porous magnetic core particle with rubber particles by dry mixing of the porous magnetic core particle and the rubber particles, forming the resin coated carrier by forming a resin layer on the porous magnetic core particle whose pore openings have been blocked, and mixing the resin coated carrier and the toner. | 02-02-2012 |
20120225379 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - A two-component developer is disclosed, composing a toner comprising parent toner particles with an attached external additive and a carrier provided with a resin covering layer on a surface of a core particle, wherein the resin covering layer comprises a binder resin comprising an acrylic resin and when the resin covering layer is divided in half to a core particle side and a surface side, a nitrogen element content of the core particle side is larger than a nitrogen element content of the surface side. | 09-06-2012 |
20130171559 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPING AGENT AND DEVELOPING METHOD - A two-component developing agent includes toner and a carrier including carrier particles. The toner includes a binding resin. The carrier particle includes a porous ferrite core particle and a resin covering layer. The resin covering layer covers the porous ferrite core particle. The resin covering layer includes ferrite particles. An average particle diameter of the ferrite particles ranges from 0.1 to 1.0 μm. | 07-04-2013 |
20140205326 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer container, a developing unit, a developer outlet and a replenishment developer inlet. The developer container contains a developer composed of a toner and a first carrier. The developing unit develops an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier using the developer. The developer outlet discharges the developer. The replenishment developer inlet supplies a replenishment developer to the developer container. The replenishment developer includes a second carrier. A ratio of a poured bulk density of the second carrier to a poured bulk density of the first carrier ranges from 1.05 to 1.65. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205327 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer container, a developing unit, a developer outlet and a replenishment developer inlet. The developer container contains a developer composed of a toner and a first carrier. The developing unit develops an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier using the developer. The developer outlet discharges the developer. The replenishment developer inlet supplies a replenishment developer to the developer container. The replenishment developer includes a second carrier. A ratio of a poured bulk density of the second carrier to a poured bulk density of the first carrier ranges from 0.60 to 0.95. | 07-24-2014 |
20140363762 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPING AGENT FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE - A two-component developing agent for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles composed of toner base particles and an exterior additive attached on the toner base particles, and carrier particles composed of carrier core particles and a coating resin provided on the carrier core particles. The coating resin includes a sulfur atom and a resin obtained by polymerizing an isobutyl methacrylate monomer, and the toner base particles include a sulfur atom. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090301607 | Solder Paste and Solder Joint - The invention provides a solder paste which has a solidus temperature of 255° C. or above and is improved in the wettability between Bi and Cu or Ag electrode to attain approximately equivalent wettability to those of Pb-containing high-temperature solders even in low-temperature soldering. The solder paste comprises a metal powder component consisting of Bi or a Bi alloy, a solidus temperature lowering metal for Bi, and a solid-phase metal capable of forming an intermetallic compound with the solidus temperature lowering metal, and a flux component. | 12-10-2009 |
20100035072 | Lead-Free Solder Paste and Its Use - A solder paste comprising a solder alloy powder and a flux. The volumetric expansion at the time of melting of the solder alloy is at most 0.5%. The flux contains a bisphenol A epoxy resin and a curing agent selected from a carboxylic anhydride and a dicarboxylic acid. The solder paste can be used in applications suitable for high-temperature solders. The solder alloy has an alloy composition comprising, in mass percent, 70-98% of Bi, a total of 0-0.5% of at least one substance selected from Ag, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mo, P, Ge, and Ga, and a remainder of Sn. | 02-11-2010 |
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20080273716 | Feedback Sound Eliminating Apparatus - A control unit gives acoustic environment instruction data to a picked up sound directionality control unit and an adaptive filter. According to this, the picked up sound directionality control unit generates a picked up sound signal constituted by a predetermined picked up sound directionality. The adaptive filter detects the picked up sound directionality from the acoustic environment instruction data, and reads out the filter parameter corresponding to this picked up sound directionality, from a memory. The adaptive filter sets a delay coefficient and a filter coefficient of an FIR filter, and generates a pseudo echo signal by an impulse response with respect to the received sound signal. Based on an error signal obtained by subtracting the pseudo echo signal from the picked up sound signal by an adder, the adaptive filter sets a more optimum filter parameter, and generates the next pseudo echo signal. | 11-06-2008 |
20090252364 | VOICE SIGNAL TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS - A voice signal transmitting/receiving apparatus includes: a device body; a speaker array arranged in the device body and including a plurality of arrayed speaker units; and a microphone array arranged in the device body and including a plurality of arrayed microphones. By thus integrating the speaker array and the microphone array, it is possible to improve the operability of a user, to acquaint the user relatively easily with the error in the set position and to make the device compact. | 10-08-2009 |
20100166212 | SOUND EMISSION AND COLLECTION DEVICE - It is possible to provide a sound emission and collection device having a compact configuration and being capable of suppressing a wraparound sound from a speaker to a microphone and improving the S/N ratio. In the sound emission and collection device, a plurality of speakers ( | 07-01-2010 |
20110164762 | AUDIO FEEDBACK SUPPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING AUDIO FEEDBACK - An audio feedback suppression device is provided that outputs a sound while changing a phase so as not to generate audio feedback without performing a relatively complicated process. A phase control section | 07-07-2011 |
20110182439 | LOOP GAIN ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND HOWLING PREVENTING APPARATUS - A pseudo noise superimposing unit superimposes a pseudo noise (M-sequence) to an audio signal picked up by a microphone and outputs the superimposed signal to an amplifying system. An calculating unit calculates a correlation value between the audio signal picked up by the microphone and the pseudo noise. The calculating unit estimates a gain of a closed loop based on the correlation value. A gain control unit suppresses a gain of the audio signal based on the estimated gain of the closed loop. | 07-28-2011 |
20120281854 | SOUND EMISSION AND COLLECTION DEVICE - A sound emission and collection device has a plurality of speakers ( | 11-08-2012 |
20130170655 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND AUDIO OUTPUT METHOD - A audio output device includes: a speaker position detecting unit which detects the position of a speaker; a masking sound producing section which produces a masking sound; a plurality of loudspeakers which output the masking sound; and a localization controlling section which controls a localization position of the masking sound based on the speaker position detected by the speaker position detecting unit, and which supplies a sound signal relating to the masking sound to at least one of the plurality of loudspeakers. | 07-04-2013 |
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20080294858 | Storage system and data management method - Provided are a storage system and a data management method capable of simplifying the operation of pair configuration by storing information concerning the pair configuration as pair definition information in a storage apparatus. This storage system includes one or more storage controllers for storing data sent from a host system, and a management terminal for managing the input and output of data stored in the one or more storage controllers. In this storage system, the one or more storage controllers include a storage unit for forming two or more logical volumes to be pair-configured in a storage area of a plurality of hard disk drives, and storing as pair definition information the status of not executing initial copy of data to be stored in a pair-configured copy source logical volume to a copy destination logical volume based on a command from the management terminal. | 11-27-2008 |
20090164531 | REMOTE COPY SYSTEM, REMOTE ENVIRONMENT SETTING METHOD, AND DATA RESTORE METHOD - The input of a prescribed type information element is received from an operator via an operator interface. A first storage system outputs a first type information element required to construct a remote copy environment. A second storage system inputs second setting information, which comprises first type information elements and prescribed type information elements, uses the second setting information to execute a second setting, and outputs the second type information element required to construct a remote copy environment. The first storage system inputs first setting information, which comprises the second type information element, and uses the first setting information to execute a first setting. Since the types of information elements required to construct a remote copy environment are exchanged between the storage systems, the number of types of information elements inputted by the operator are less than the number of types of information elements required to construct the remote copy environment. | 06-25-2009 |
20100082923 | DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF SWITCHING OF STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system includes a controller that controls switching from a system before switching to a system after switching. The controller includes a check unit that checks whether a connection between the system before switching and the system after switching is enabled, or not, a determination unit that determines whether switching from the system before switching to the system after switching is enabled, or not, a fail-over information migration unit that migrates fail-over information included in the system before switching to the system after switching, a user data migration unit that migrates user data in the system before switching to the system after switching, and a switching execution unit that enables the system after switching to receive I/O from a host. | 04-01-2010 |
20100205330 | Method of setting communication path in storage system, and management apparatus therefor - In a storage system having a plurality of storage apparatuses, each of the storage apparatuses stores therein a coupling mode that is information indicative of whether or not to permit setting of a communication path between each of the storage apparatuses and a plurality of other storage apparatuses. A management apparatus is provided to be coupled for communication to each of the storage apparatuses. The management apparatus has a communication path setting part that provides a user interface for setting the communication path. The communication path setting part does not permit setting of the communication path, at the time of setting the communication path, when the coupling modes of both of the storage apparatuses between which the communication path is to be set are set permissible. | 08-12-2010 |
20110191554 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - Proposed are a highly reliable storage system and its control method capable of accelerating the processing speed of the copy processing seen from the host device. | 08-04-2011 |
20120151105 | METHOD OF SETTING COMMUNICATION PATH IN STORAGE SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS THEREFOR - In a storage system having a plurality of storage apparatuses, each of the storage apparatuses stores therein a coupling mode that is information indicative of whether or not to permit setting of a communication path between each of the storage apparatuses and a plurality of other storage apparatuses. A management apparatus is provided to be coupled for communication to each of the storage apparatuses. The management apparatus has a communication path setting part that provides a user interface for setting the communication path. The communication path setting part does not permit setting of the communication path, at the time of setting the communication path, when the coupling modes of both of the storage apparatuses between which the communication path is to be set are set permissible. | 06-14-2012 |
20130007388 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A storage system comprises a storage device from which a physical storage area is created for storing data processed in an external apparatus, a thin provisioning controller creating a physical storage area pool with a plurality of unit physical storage areas from the physical storage area, and creating a logical volume from the physical storage area pool, and a snapshot controller designating the logical volume as a primary volume, defining a secondary volume which is a partner of the primary volume as a combination of the primary volume and difference data, assigning unused one of the unit physical storage areas to the area into which the difference data is to be stored, and setting a volume pair created with the primary volume and the secondary volume into a synchronizing state and a non-synchronizing state. | 01-03-2013 |
20130138909 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - A storage apparatus obtains a snapshot(s) of a first logical volume when needed and saves old data to a second logical volume when data is written to the first logical volume after obtaining the snapshot. A storage area of the second logical volume is allocated in chunk units to the first logical volume and a tendency of order to delete snapshots is judged when the chunks have been completely used up. If there is a tendency to delete the snapshots in their acquisition order, a new chunk is allocated to the first logical volume and a storage area in that chunk is determined to be a save location of the old data. If there is a tendency to delete the snapshots randomly, an unused storage area in a chunk already allocated to the first logical volume is determined to be the save location of the old data. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138916 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - A controller for the storage apparatus: creates a second logical volume in a storage area provided by one or more storage devices; stores management information of a snapshot of a first logical volume, which is to be provided to a host computer, in the second logical volume; and reads the management information of a necessary snapshot from the second logical volume to a memory when needed, executes processing using the read management information, and returns the management information, which becomes no longer necessary, from the memory to the second logical volume. When reading the management information of the necessary snapshot from the second logical volume to the memory when needed, the controller changes the number of generations and address range of the snapshot of the management information to be read to the memory according to a generation and address of the snapshot whose management information is required. | 05-30-2013 |
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20110064442 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - To enhance the fixing quality of a fixing device to continuously fix sheets of a plurality of sizes, a carbon nanotube sheet | 03-17-2011 |
20110286775 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND HEAT GENERATION BELT - The present invention provides a fixing device for fixing an unfixed image onto a recording sheet by applying heat and pressure to the unfixed image while the recording sheet having the unfixed image formed thereon is passing through a fixing nip, the fixing nip being formed by pressing a pressurizing roller against a heat generation belt, wherein the heat generation belt rotates around a rotational axis and includes a resistive heat layer extending in a rotational axis direction thereof, the resistive heat layer configured to generate heat when electricity is supplied thereto and having a plurality of holes provided therein, and the holes are distributed unevenly in the resistive heat layer such that electrical resistivity of the resistive heat layer varies in the rotational axis direction. | 11-24-2011 |
20110293297 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND HEAT GENERATING ROTATIONAL BODY - The present invention provides a fixing device that can interrupt power supply to the resistive heat layer more reliably than the conventional technology, for example, at occurrence of abnormality. Electrodes | 12-01-2011 |
20120076521 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording sheet by passing the recording sheet through a fixing nip and applying heat and pressure to the recording sheet, the fixing device comprising: a heater including a resistance heater part and a supporting member, the resistance heater part having a positive resistance-temperature characteristic in a temperature range above a predetermined level, and the supporting member being insulative and supporting the resistance heater part such that the resistance heater part applies heat to the recording sheet; a current detector detecting a current supplied to the resistance heater part; and an abnormality determiner determining whether the resistance heater part has an abnormality, based on an initial current detected by the current detector at a predetermined time after a beginning of power supply to the resistance heater part and before the temperature of the resistance heater part reaches the predetermined level. | 03-29-2012 |
20120301162 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a temperature measuring unit, configured to measure the temperature in regions that extend partially along the outer surface of a heating rotating body, which includes a resistance heating layer, in the circumferential direction and are aligned in the direction of the axis of rotation of the heat rotating body, and a control unit configured to sample temperatures, measured by the temperature measuring unit in each of the regions, over the entire outer surface of the heating rotating body in the circumferential direction by causing the heating rotating body to rotate while supplying a predetermined amount of power to the resistance heating layer, and to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the resistance heating layer based on the difference between the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature among the sampled temperatures in each region. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100208310 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - The image reading apparatus is provided with: a manuscript table on which a manuscript is placed; a reflection mirror that moves relative to the manuscript table, and that reflects light which is emitted to and then reflected by the manuscript placed on the manuscript table; an image data generating unit that includes plural light receiving pixels receiving the light reflected by the reflection mirror, and that generates image data on the basis of the light received by the plural light receiving pixels; and a positional information acquiring unit that acquires the image data generated by the image data generating unit with movement of the reflection mirror, and that acquires, on the basis of a density value of each pixel in the image data, information on a position of a pixel affected by an adhesion substance adhering to the reflection mirror. | 08-19-2010 |
20110007372 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION CORRECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes: a light source that generates light by synthesizing light from different illuminants, and irradiates an irradiated object with the light; a reading unit that reads light irradiated by the light source and reflected by the irradiated object and generates image information on the irradiated object; a correction amount setting unit that acquires from the reading unit the image information generated by using, as the irradiated object, a color sample formed in a color of light emitted by any one of the illuminants generating the light of the light source, and that sets, according to the acquired image information, a correction amount to correct the image information on the irradiated object generated by the reading unit; and a correction unit that corrects the image information on the irradiated object generated by the reading unit, by using the correction amount set by the correction amount setting unit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013238 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LIGHT QUANTITY ACQUISITION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes: an image reading unit including a light source and a light receiving unit, and being capable of reading an image of a document sheet with predetermined plural reading conditions; a first light quantity information acquiring unit acquiring first light quantity information on a quantity of light emitted from the light source to a first white reference plate and received by the light receiving unit, for each reading condition; a second light quantity information acquiring unit acquiring second light quantity information on a quantity of light emitted from the light source to a second white reference plate and received by the light receiving unit, for fewer reading conditions than all the plural reading conditions; and a third light quantity information acquiring unit acquiring the second light quantity information for reading conditions other than the fewer reading conditions by using the acquired first light quantity information. | 01-20-2011 |
20110013242 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION CONVERSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus includes: a light source that generates light by synthesizing light from different illuminants and irradiates an irradiated object with the generated light; a reading unit that reads light irradiated by the light source and reflected by the irradiated object and generates image information in a first color space on the irradiated object; a color conversion unit that converts the image information in the first color space into image information in a second color space with a color conversion factor group; and a color conversion factor group setting unit that acquires from the reading unit the image information generated by using, as the irradiated object, a color sample formed in a color of light emitted by one of the illuminants, determines the color conversion factor group to be used, according to the acquired image information, and sets the color conversion factor group to the color conversion unit. | 01-20-2011 |
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20080252179 | Piezoelectric Element and Method for Manufacturing the Piezoelectric Element - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric ceramic body containing an internal electrode. The piezoelectric ceramic body is mainly made of a perovskite complex oxide containing an alkali metal niobate-based compound containing at least one element selected from among K, Li, and Na. The internal electrode is made of a base metal material, such as Ni or Cu. The piezoelectric element is produced by co-sintering the internal electrode and the piezoelectric ceramic body. Thus, there is provided an inexpensive piezoelectric element that can be properly used in practice even though it has been fired in a reducing atmosphere. | 10-16-2008 |
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20100083474 | Piezoelectric Element and Method for Manufacturing the Piezoelectric Element - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric ceramic body containing an internal electrode. The piezoelectric ceramic body is mainly made of a perovskite complex oxide containing an alkali metal niobate-based compound containing at least one element selected from among K, Li, and Na. The internal electrode is made of a base metal material, such as Ni or Cu. The piezoelectric element is produced by co-sintering the internal electrode and the piezoelectric ceramic body. Thus, there is provided an inexpensive piezoelectric element that can be properly used in practice even though it has been fired in a reducing atmosphere. | 04-08-2010 |
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20100234694 | HEALTH CHECK SYSTEM, HEALTH CHECK APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Various types of health checks are realized using optimal sensors. The health check apparatus according to the present application is configured such that optimal sensors | 09-16-2010 |
20110050717 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of an analytical precision calculating module, an image analyzing module, and an image providing module. The analytical precision calculating module calculates an analytical precision of an image which satisfies a designated restrictive condition. The image analyzing module analyzes image information based on the calculated analytical precision. The image providing module accepts an image designation, calculates differences between an analysis result of image information of the designated image and image information of images other than the designated image, and provides a list of images arranged in an ascending order of differences thereof as a search result. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058046 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus disclosed in the present application is made up of a detection precision calculating module, a detecting module, and an image providing module. The detection precision calculating module calculates a detection precision that satisfies a designated restrictive condition. Based on the calculated detection precision, the detecting module detects a projection of a designated object from each image based on the calculated detection precision, and calculates the number of projections of the designated object included in each image. The image providing module arranges the respective pieces of image information according to the number of detected projections of the object and provides a list of arranged images as a search result. | 03-10-2011 |
20110161974 | Methods and Apparatus for Parallelizing Heterogeneous Network Communication in Smart Devices - The present disclosure relates to devices, implementations and techniques for task scheduling. Specifically, task scheduling in an electronic device that has a multi-processing environment and support network interface devices. | 06-30-2011 |
20110191056 | INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - The information service providing device of the disclosure of the present application selects sensors which may be used for the implementation of an information service to be provided within a plurality of sensors which the device can make use of, and in addition, selects the most appropriate one within the sensors which may be used and selects an appropriate parameter for the sensors and processing programs in order for the information service to be provided appropriately, and set to these in response to the environment in which the information service is implemented. Furthermore, the information service providing device of the disclosure of the present application provides, with only the receipt of the designation of desired information service by a user, various information services are provided by appropriately combining various kinds of sensors and a plurality of processing programs. | 08-04-2011 |
20110231863 | INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR - An information service providing device selects a combination, all sensors contained in which are available and which has the highest priority, from within the combinations of sensors, which are for implementing an information service. In addition, the information service providing device selects an appropriate parameter for the sensors and processing program selected so as to be provided appropriately in response to the environment in which an information service has been implemented, and sets the parameter to these. By selecting sensors and processing program, and setting parameters, the information service providing device with only the receipt of the designation of desired information service by a user, various information services by appropriately combining various kinds of sensors and a plurality of processing programs. | 09-22-2011 |
20120084232 | FLAT RATE PRICING WITH PACKET-FREQUENCY-AWARE BILLING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE BROADBAND COMMUNICATION - An information processing apparatus stores a first threshold of a common carrier, the common carrier charging according to the first threshold to be applied to a packet communication volume in each first unit period; performs a packet communication to and from a communication apparatus of the common carrier; calculates a packet communication volume in each second unit period shorter than the first unit period; and controls the packet communication based on the packet communication volume in the second unit period so as to keep the packet communication volume in the first unit period below the first threshold. | 04-05-2012 |
20130253675 | LOAD BALANCING FOR GAME - Technologies are generally described for load balancing for a game in a cloud computing environment hosting a game service. In some examples, a method may include analyzing a status of a player character located in a virtual space, the virtual space being configured to have a plurality of areas and the player character being located in a first area among the plurality of areas, calculating a probability of movement of the player character from the first area to a second area among the plurality of areas based at least in part on the analyzed status, and calculating an amount of cached data to copy from a second cache server corresponding to the second area to a first cache server corresponding to the first area based at least in part on the calculated probability. | 09-26-2013 |
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20100231750 | IMAGES CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus is configured so that optimal one of usable position detecting sensors is selected. Specifically, among a plurality of position detecting sensors usable by the image capturing apparatus, e.g., a GPS, a direction sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a velocity sensor, the GPS detects position information at a position where GPS signals can be received, whereas another of the sensors detects position information at a position where GPS signals cannot be received, in accordance with an environment where an image is captured. The position information detected by the optimal sensor is added to an image captured by a camera in a specified form and is displayed or stored. | 09-16-2010 |
20120143361 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for a system for processing an augmented reality image. In some examples, an augmented reality system may include an augmented reality engine configured to provide an augmented reality image by integrating a real-world image and a virtual object, and a message processing unit configured to receive a message related to the virtual object and to translate spatial attributes of the virtual object into audio attributes of a sound file. | 06-07-2012 |
20120319965 | PROCESS MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-CORE ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are generally described for an intuitive process management mechanism in a multi-core environment. An example electronic device may include a processor with a first core and a second core, an operating system, a process-core assignment module operatively coupled to the operating system, and a graphical user interface system operatively coupled to the process-core assignment module and configured to provide a first display screen and a second display screen, the first display screen and the second display screen being associated with the first core and the second core, respectively. An example method for the electronic device may include: displaying a graphical element associated with a process of an application program on the first display screen, wherein the process is executed by the first core; detecting a movement of the graphical element from the first display screen to the second display screen; and assigning the process to the second core. | 12-20-2012 |
20130151508 | CONTENT-BASED AUTOMATIC INPUT PROTOCOL SELECTION - Technologies for selecting an input protocol based on an input content are generally disclosed. In one example, a method for selecting an input protocol based on an input content can include: acquiring the input content; analyzing the input content; extracting one or more indivisible individual units from the input content; calculating a similarity between a first frequency of occurrence of the one or more indivisible individual units and a second frequency of occurrence of the one or more indivisible individual units, wherein the second frequency of occurrence of the one or more indivisible individual units is predetermined with a second value of frequency of occurrence; ranking the similarity; identifying the input protocol based on the similarity; and selecting a first ranked input protocol having a highest similarity. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156331 | AUTOMATIC PRIVACY MANAGEMENT FOR IMAGE SHARING NETWORKS - In some examples, a method for managing a captured image is described. The method may include receiving image data that includes image location data regarding where an image is captured. The method may also include receiving device data from a device. The device data may include device location data. The method may also include correlating the device data with the image data. The method may also include modifying the image based on the correlation of the device data and the image data. | 06-20-2013 |
20130225176 | GEOLOCATION-BASED LOAD BALANCING - Technologies are generally described for geolocation-based load balancing in a cloud computing environment hosting a mobile service. In some examples, a method may include calculating a probability of movement of a user device from a first cell to a second cell, and calculating an amount of cached data to copy from a second cache server corresponding to the second cell to a first cache server corresponding to the first cell based at least in part on the calculated probability. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226914 | CONTEXT-BASED CONTENT LIST GENERATION - Technologies are generally described for providing a context-based content list for an electronic device. In some examples, a method performed under control of an electronic device may include gathering first information on or from one or more devices nearby the electronic device in response to a content file creation event on the electronic device; gathering second information on or from one or more devices nearby the electronic device in response to a content list creation event on the electronic device; calculating a similarity between the first information and the second information; and generating a content list based at least in part on the similarity between the first information and the second information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130254081 | MAINTENANCE-COST-AWARE BILLING FOR CLOUD SERVICES - In some examples, a method for performing maintenance-cost-aware billing is described. The method may include generating a version of a virtual machine image. The method may also include calculating a usage charge for usage of an instantiated virtual machine corresponding to the version of the virtual machine image. The calculation of the usage charge may be based on an age of the version of the virtual machine image. | 09-26-2013 |
20130344940 | DETECTING GAME PLAY-STYLE CONVERGENCE AND CHANGING GAMES - Gaming technologies for detecting convergence in game play and then changing a game to overcome or inhibit convergence are generally described. In one example, a representative gaming method can include: providing a game simultaneously to a plurality of computing devices; identifying a game scenario type that includes game tests provided to the computing devices; obtaining game actions from the computing devices in response to the game tests; determining a convergence of the game actions across the computing devices that pass the game tests; and changing the game tests of the game scenario type such that the game actions of the convergence fail the changed game tests. The game can be a MMORPG, the game scenario can be a battle; the game tests can be opponents; the game actions can be battle actions; and convergence can be repeated game action patterns that defeat opponents in the battles. | 12-26-2013 |
20140052741 | DYNAMIC CONTENT PREVIEW - Technologies are generally described for generating a preview of a content file dynamically based at least in part on content features of the content file. In some examples, a content preview system may include a content feature analysis unit configured to analyze one or more content features of a content file, and a preview type determination unit configured to determine a preview type for the content file based at least in part on the content features analyzed by the content feature analysis unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140126724 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for a system for processing an augmented reality image. In some examples, an augmented reality system may include an augmented reality engine configured to provide an augmented reality image by integrating a real-world image and a virtual object, and a message processing unit configured to receive a message related to the virtual object and to translate spatial attributes of the virtual object into audio attributes of a sound file. | 05-08-2014 |
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20110018130 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MODULE - A semiconductor package is provided with a functionally necessary minimum number of components with which stress concentrated on specific solder bumps is reduced and ruptures of the bumps are prevented even when stress caused by physical bending or a difference in thermal expansion coefficient is applied to the package. The semiconductor package includes a tabular die and bonding pads arranged on a mounting surface of the die. A passivation layer and a protective film are provided on the mounting surface such that central areas of the bonding pads are open. Under-bump metals (UBMs) connected to the bonding pads are provided in the openings, and solder bumps are provided on the surfaces of the UBMs. The diameter of the UBMs provided at corners of the die is less than that of the UBM provided at the approximate center of the die so that the elastic modulus of the UBMs provided at the corners is small. | 01-27-2011 |
20130099353 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including input/output electrodes and a rewiring layer provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. An ESD protection circuit is provided on or in an outer layer of the semiconductor substrate, and the input/output electrodes are connected to the ESD protection circuit. The rewiring layer includes interlayer wiring lines, in-plane wiring lines, and post electrodes. First ends of the interlayer wiring lines disposed in the thickness direction are connected to the input/output electrodes disposed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and second ends of the interlayer wiring lines are connected to first ends of the in-plane wiring lines routed in plan view. Prismatic post electrodes are provided between second ends of the in-plane wiring lines and terminal electrodes. | 04-25-2013 |
20130163130 | ESD PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ESD protection device includes an alumina multilayer substrate, a hollow portion, a discharge electrode pair, discharge-assisting electrodes, and a vitreous substance. The hollow portion is disposed inside of the alumina multilayer substrate. The electrodes of the discharge electrode pair are disposed opposite to each other at an interface between the hollow portion and the alumina multilayer substrate. The discharge-assisting electrodes are disposed dispersedly between the opposite electrodes of the discharge electrode pair. The vitreous substance covers the discharge-assisting electrodes in the inside of the hollow portion. A trial discharge is executed so as to induce creepage discharge between the electrodes of the discharge electrode pair in advance. | 06-27-2013 |
20130168837 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including input/output electrodes and a rewiring layer located on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An ESD protection circuit is provided in the top layer of the semiconductor substrate, and the input/output electrodes are connected to the ESD protection circuit. The rewiring layer includes interlayer wiring lines, in-plane wiring lines, and post-shaped electrodes. First ends of the interlayer wiring lines provided in the thickness direction are connected to the input/output electrodes provided on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second ends are connected to first ends of the in-plane wiring lines extending in the plane direction. The distance between the centers of the first and second post-shaped electrodes is larger than the distance between the centers of the first and second input/output electrodes. | 07-04-2013 |
20150061146 | ESD PROTECTION DEVICE - An ESD protection device includes a semiconductor substrate including input/output electrodes and a rewiring layer located on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate. An ESD protection circuit is provided in the top layer of the semiconductor substrate, and the input/output electrodes are connected to the ESD protection circuit. The rewiring layer includes interlayer wiring lines, in-plane wiring lines, and post-shaped electrodes. First ends of the interlayer wiring lines provided in the thickness direction are connected to the input/output electrodes provided on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the second ends are connected to first ends of the in-plane wiring lines extending in the plane direction. The distance between the centers of the first and second post-shaped electrodes is larger than the distance between the centers of the first and second input/output electrodes. | 03-05-2015 |
20150079273 | ESD PROTECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ESD protection device includes an alumina multilayer substrate, a hollow portion, a discharge electrode pair, discharge-assisting electrodes, and a vitreous substance. The hollow portion is disposed inside of the alumina multilayer substrate. The electrodes of the discharge electrode pair are disposed opposite to each other at an interface between the hollow portion and the alumina multilayer substrate. The discharge-assisting electrodes are disposed dispersedly between the opposite electrodes of the discharge electrode pair. The vitreous substance covers the discharge-assisting electrodes in the inside of the hollow portion. A trial discharge is executed so as to induce creepage discharge between the electrodes of the discharge electrode pair in advance. | 03-19-2015 |
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20130118289 | VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - A vehicle steering system includes a steered shaft, and stoppers which restrict an amount of movement of the steered shaft in an axial direction. The steered shaft has first outer peripheral faces, second outer peripheral faces, and annular stepped portions. Each stepped portion includes a contact portion that faces a corresponding one of the stoppers in the axial direction, a first corner portion that has a concave curved sectional shape and connects the first outer peripheral face to an inner end of the contact portion, and a second corner portion that has a concave curved sectional shape with a larger curvature radius than that of the first corner portion, and connects the first outer peripheral face to the second outer peripheral face, at a position in front of or behind a central axis of the steered shaft. | 05-16-2013 |
20130239714 | BALL SCREW DEVICE, LINEAR ACTUATOR AND VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - A ball screw device has a plurality of spiral raceways. One end and the other end of each raceway is connected via a bridge. An annular flange of a ball nut has a plurality of mounting portions at equal intervals in a circumferential direction. A fixing screw is fitted to each mounting portion. The bridges arranged so as to overlap with the annular flange in position in an axial direction are arranged at positions different in the circumferential direction from positions at which the mounting portions are arranged, and are arranged at unequal intervals in the circumferential direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20130292201 | VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM - Provided is a vehicle steering system that is able to restrict a travel amount of a steered shaft in a housing, that is small and that has an excellent strength. The vehicle steering system is a steer-by-wire vehicle steering system that converts rotative power of electric motors into a movement of a steered shaft in an axial direction via a ball screw mechanism. One of contact portions at respective ends of a screw shaft at an intermediate part of the steered shaft passes through a rotor based on a moving direction of the steered shaft so as to contact a corresponding one of the corresponding stoppers thereby restricting a travel amount of the steered shaft. The stoppers are made of a material different from that of the housing and having a high strength. | 11-07-2013 |
20130340563 | NEUTRAL POSITION LOCKING APPARATUS AND REAR WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A rear wheel steering system includes a rack shaft, a neutral position locking apparatus that restricts the movement of the rack shaft in a rack axis direction, and a pin-driving device that drives a restriction pin. The neutral position locking apparatus has the restriction pin and a pin-receiving portion formed in the rack shaft. The restriction pin has a first pin-sidewall portion slanted with respect to a pin axis and a second pin-sidewall portion parallel to the pin axis. The pin-receiving portion has a first shaft-sidewall portion that contacts the first pin-sidewall portion when the position of the rack shaft in the rack axis direction is at a neutral position, and a second shaft-sidewall portion that contacts the second pin-sidewall portion when the position of the rack shaft in the rack axis direction is at a restriction position different from the neutral position. | 12-26-2013 |
20140144263 | BALL SCREW AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM INCLUDING BALL SCREW - There are provided a ball screw that makes it possible to prevent a situation where a large load is applied to a part of a plurality of balls, and an electric power steering system including the ball screw. The ball nut is a component that surrounds a part of the male thread groove, and has a nut inner surface and a female thread groove. The female thread groove is formed in the nut inner surface, and forms a part of the rolling path. A female thread diameter varies according to a position in an axial direction of the ball nut. The female thread diameter is larger at each of axially ends of the ball nut than at an axially intermediate portion of the ball nut, and the female thread diameter is larger at one of the axially ends than at the other of the axially ends. | 05-29-2014 |