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20090234183 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An electronic endoscope has a light guide for leading a light and a solid-state image sensor for capturing an image of a human body cavity during illumination. In inspecting the number of broken optical fibers in the light guide, a cap is attached to a distal portion of the electronic endoscope. The cap has a test chart. The solid-state image sensor captures an image of the test chart which is illuminated with the light transmitted through the light guide. A photometric circuit calculates an average luminance value “Y” of the test chart from a chart image signal. A broken fiber number calculator calculates the number “N” of broken optical fibers that satisfies N=M×(1−Y/I). “Y” represents an average luminance value of the test chart. “I” represents an ideal average luminance value when all optical fibers are conducting, and “M” represents the total number of the optical fibers. | 09-17-2009 |
20090290018 | Endoscope system with option circuit board - An endoscope system has an electronic endoscope with a solid-state image sensor, a processor device, and an option circuit board detachably connected to the processor device. The electronic endoscope drives the solid-state image sensor based on a clock signal correspondingly to the number of pixels of the solid-state image sensor, and captures images. The processor device generates a first video signal from an image signal. The option circuit board has a measurement pulse generator for generating measurement pulses, a gate pulse generator for generating a gate pulse, a pulse counter for counting the number of the measurement pulses during outputting the gate pulse, and a judgment circuit for obtaining the number of pixels from a count value of the pulse counter. The option circuit board converts the first video signal into a second video signal in consideration of the number of pixels to display the images on a PC monitor. | 11-26-2009 |
20100079586 | VIDEO SIGNAL SELECTOR AND MEDICAL IMAGE FILING SYSTEM THEREWITH - A video signal selector has a selector switch for selectively outputting one of an endoscopic video signal and an ultrasonic video signal, and a selector control circuit for controlling the selector switch. The selector switch selects the endoscopic video signal by default. The selector control circuit switches the selector switch to the ultrasonic video signal in response to input of an ultrasonic image capture command for commanding to save an ultrasonic image. | 04-01-2010 |
20130113145 | MOUNT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE DAMPER - A mount structure for a vehicle damper, configured in such a manner that an end of the piston rod ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130175747 | SPRING SEAT - A spring seat is interposed between a spring and a suspension arm supporting the spring. The spring seat includes a support portion for supporting the spring, and an upright partition portion disposed on one side of the spring seat in a lateral direction of the spring seat. The upright partition portion is formed integrally with the support portion for covering a side surface of the spring. The suspension arm includes a recessed portion supporting the spring, and the partition portion has a height equal to or greater than a height of the recessed portion. The partition portion includes a guide surface for upward or laterally guiding foreign matters coming from an outside of the spring seat in the lateral direction of the spring seat. | 07-11-2013 |
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20080257588 | Capacitor Layer Forming Material, Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Printed Wiring Board with Embedded Capacitor Layer Obtained Using Capacitor Layer Forming Material - A capacitor layer forming material that consists of a dielectric film making use of the sol-gel process excelling in production cost merit, being capable of producing a capacitor circuit of prolonged life having a nonconventional high electric capacity. There is provided capacitor layer forming material ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080283283 | Material for Forming Capacitor Layer and Method for Manufacturing the Material for Forming Capacitor Layer - An object of the present invention is to provide a material for forming a capacitor layer comprising a dielectric layer formed by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method. The material can reduce a leakage current of a capacitor circuit. In order to achieve the object, a material for forming a capacitor layer comprising a dielectric layer between a first conductive layer to be used for forming a top electrode and a second conductive layer to be used for forming a bottom electrode, characterized in that the dielectric layer is a dielectric oxide film formed by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method; and particles constituting the dielectric oxide film are impregnated with a resin component is employed. In addition, a manufacturing method characterized in that the dielectric oxide film is formed on the surface of a material to be the bottom electrode by any one of a sol-gel method, an MOCVD method, and a sputtering deposition method; a resin varnish is impregnated into a surface of the dielectric oxide film; the resin is dried and cured to form the dielectric layer; and then a top electrode constituting layer is provided on the dielectric layer is employed. | 11-20-2008 |
20080310073 | Method for Forming Oxide Dielectric Layer, and Capacitor Layer Forming Material Provided with Oxide Dielectric Layer Obtained by the Forming Method - The present invention has an object to provide a method for forming an oxide dielectric layer, which dielectric layer is formed by applying the sol-gel method, and is hardly damaged by an etching solution and excellent in dielectric characteristics such as a large electric capacitance. To achieve the object, the forming method of an oxide dielectric layer by applying a sol-gel method characterized by being provided with the following processes (a) to (c) is employed. Process (a): A solution preparing process of preparing a sol-gel solution for manufacturing an aiming oxide dielectric layer. Process (b): A coating process wherein stages of the sol-gel solution coating on the surface of a metal substrate followed by drying in an oxygen-containing atmosphere followed by pyrolysis in an oxygen-containing atmosphere sequentially is made one unit step; the one unit step is repeated twice or more times; and a pre-baking stage at 550-deg.C to 1000-deg.C in an inert gas-substituted atmosphere or the like is provided optionally between the one unit step and the next one unit step to control the film thickness. Process (c): A baking process of finally subjecting the coated metal substrate to a baking process at 550-deg.C to 1000-deg.C in an inert gas-substituted atmosphere or the like to finish the dielectric layer. | 12-18-2008 |
20110005817 | CAPACITOR-FORMING MATERIAL AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD PROVIDED WITH CAPACITOR - An object of the present invention is to provide a capacitor-forming material having a stable adhesion between a dielectric layer and an electrode-forming layer. To achieve the object, the capacitor-forming material in which an oxides dielectric layer is provided between a top-electrode-forming layer and a bottom-electrode-forming layer, wherein at least one of the top-electrode-forming layer and the bottom-electrode-forming layer has a two-layer construction constituted with a bulk-metal layer and a composite layer composed of metal and metal oxide which is made to contact with the oxides dielectric layer. In particular, it is preferable to employ a capacitor-forming material having the top-electrode-forming layer which has two-layer construction constituted with the bulk-metal layer and the composite layer composed of metal and metal oxide, and has a layer construction in which the bulk-metal layer and the composite layer composed of metal and metal oxide are stacked to make the composite layer composed of metal and metal oxide contact with the oxides dielectric layer. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013342 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIELECTRIC FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CAPACITOR LAYER-FORMING MATERIAL USING THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIELECTRIC FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a dielectric film excellent in the deposition stability in forming a high-density dielectric film by an electrophoresis method using a dielectric particle-dispersed slurry in which dielectric particles are dispersed. In order to achieve the object, a method for producing a dielectric film using an electrophoresis method comprising arranging a cathode electrode and an anode electrode in a dielectric particle-dispersed slurry in which the dielectric particles are dispersed and carrying out electrolysis to form a dielectric film on one of the electrodes, wherein the dielectric particles contained in the dielectric particle-dispersed slurry are the calcined dielectric particles. | 01-20-2011 |
20150243999 | TANTALUM-CONTAINING TIN OXIDE FOR FUEL CELL ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A tantalum-containing tin oxide for a fuel cell electrode material, comprising tin oxide containing tantalum. The tantalum content is 0.001-30 mol %. When the tantalum-containing tin oxide is measured by x-ray diffraction, the value for [I | 08-27-2015 |
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20100137407 | SINGLE-CHAIN CIRCULAR RNA AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a single-chain circular RNA having a sustained or slow-releasing RNA interference effect, characterized in that the single-chain circular RNA comprises a sense strand sequence, an antisense strand sequence complementary to the sense strand sequence, identical or different two loop sequences between the sense strand and the antisense strand, connecting both strands, wherein the sense strand and the antisense strand are paired to form a stem. | 06-03-2010 |
20110055965 | CYCLE SINGLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID COMPLEX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a circular single-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising a sense strand RNA sequence, an antisense strand RNA sequence complementary to the sense strand RNA sequence, and two identical or different loop moieties connecting the sense and antisense strands, wherein the sense and antisense strands form a stem by pairing, and the loop moieties are selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene glycol, DNA, DNA-RNA chimera, a derivative thereof, and a combination thereof. | 03-03-2011 |
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20080239099 | CAMERA - A camera according has an interchangeable lens unit removably attached to a camera body, and an image-generating processor that generates image data of a subject captured by the lens unit. A memory provided in the lens unit stores distortion data. The distortion data is associated with an approximation function, which represents the correspondence relationship between image height and distortion aberration. The distortion data includes at least one of: coefficient data of the approximation function, and sample data of the image height and the corresponding distortion aberration. Furthermore, the camera has an approximation function processor that defines an approximation function used to process the image data on the basis of the distortion data read from the memory, and a distortion correction processor that carries out distortion correction processing on the image data based on the aberration distortion calculated for each image point by the defined approximation function. | 10-02-2008 |
20080252738 | Imaging Device - An imaging device has an image sensor, and a color filter. The color filter is located on the image sensor and has at least four color elements that respectively have different spectral transmission properties. Further, the imaging device has a matrix-selection processor and a color conversion processor. The matrix-selection processor detects the spectral distribution properties of an object that are present in the series of color signals. Then, the matrix-selection processor selects one color matrix appropriate for the detected spectral distribution property from a plurality of color matrices according to the particular spectral distribution properties of a given object. The color-conversion processor generates R, G, and B primary color signals from the series of color signals by a color-conversion process using the selected color matrix. | 10-16-2008 |
20090295939 | IMAGING DEVICE - An Imaging device has an Image sensor with a mosaic color filter array comprising three or four color elements. The color elements are arrayed such that each color element is opposite a pixel in said image sensor. The imaging device further has a color-transform a processor that carries out a color-transform process on a color signal in each pixel to generate a single color-transform signal in each pixel; and a color interpolation processor that interpolates at least one missing color-transform signal in each pixel using color-transform signals from surrounding pixels. The color-transform processor interpolates at least one missing color signal in each pixel using color signals generated over adjacent pixels, and multiplies the originally generated color signal and the interpolated color signal by color-transform coefficients to generate the single color-transform signal. | 12-03-2009 |
20090295950 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device has an image sensor with a mosaic color filter array comprising at least four color elements. The color elements are arrayed such that each color element opposite a pixel in the image sensor. The imaging device also has a color-transform processor that generates at least one color-transform signal in each pixel while interpolating missing color signals on the basis of color signals from surrounding pixels; and a color-interpolation processor that generates at least one color-transform signal that does not correspond to an opposing color element in each pixel on the basis of color-transform signals, which are generated over surrounding pixels and correspond to opposing color elements of that surrounding pixel respectively. The color filter array is configured such that al least two color elements that have a correlation with each other with respect to spectrum transmittance characteristics are arrayed alternately in diagonal direction of pixel array. | 12-03-2009 |
20090297026 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device has an image sensor with a mosaic color filter array composed of three or four color elements. The color elements are arrayed such that each color element is opposite a pixel in said image sensor. The imaging device further has a first interpolate on processor, a color-transform processor, and a second interpolation processor. The first interpolation processor carries out a first interpolation process for generating a series of color signals in each pixel. The first interpolation processor interpolates missing color signals in each pixel on the basis of color signals generated in adjacent pixels. Then, the color-transform processor carries out a color-transform process for generating a series of color-transform signals from the series of color signals in each pixel. The second interpolation processor replaces at least one color-transform signal that is based on a color signal interpolated by the first interpolation process with at least one interpolated color-transform signal. The second interpolation processor carries out a second interpolation process for generating the interpolation color-transform signal from color-transform signals of surrounding pixels. | 12-03-2009 |
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20130293192 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - A half-bridge inverter is used for a high frequency alternating current power supply to be connected to a primary side of a contactless power transformer, and a voltage-doubler rectifier is used to convert a secondary-side alternating current output of the contactless power transformer into a direct current. | 11-07-2013 |
20130313912 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, contactless power transfer apparatus includes: transmission coil; primary capacitor; reception coil opposing transmission coil through gap; and secondary capacitor. Specification of frequency of the transmission coil and that of the reception coil are equal. At least one of electrical power specification and gap length specification of the transmission coil differ from the reception coil. When the electrical power specification of the power transmission coil differ from that of the power reception coil, the power is supplied from the transmission coil to the reception coil by using smaller one of the power of the transmission coil and of the reception coil as maximum power. When the gap length specification of the transmission coil differs from that of the reception coil, the transmission coil opposes the reception coil through the gap length, which is the specification of the transmission coil. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320759 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER DEVICE FOR MOVING OBJECT - Provided is a contactless power transfer device for a moving object. Each of a power transmission coil and a power receiving coil comprises an H-shaped core, and first, second and third search coils are installed on a magnetic pole object of the H-shaped core of the power transmission coil. A y-direction positional deviation between the power transmission coil and the power receiving coil is detected using voltages measured at the first and second search coils, and an x-direction positional deviation is detected using voltages measured at the third search coils. | 12-05-2013 |
20140084697 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS - A contactless power transfer core used for a power transmission coil or a power reception coil of a contactless power transfer apparatus includes: a winding core part wound by an electric wire; and a magnetic pole core part constituting a magnetic pole portion provided at both sides of the winding core part. A height of the uppermost part of a ferrite plate arranged on a face of the magnetic pole core part at a side opposing a counterpart coil is equal to or greater than a height of an outer circumference of the electric wire wound around the winding core part, and a height of the ferrite plate of a face at a side not opposing the counterpart coil is lower than the height of the outer circumference of the electric wire wound around the winding core. | 03-27-2014 |
20140239735 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR MOVABLE OBJECT - In an example of a system, power is transferred from a transmission coil to a reception coil by electromagnetic induction. A detecting unit calculates a difference between a standard value and a measured value, detects presence of a metallic foreign object on the transmission coil based on the difference, and outputs a signal when the metallic foreign object is detected. The standard value is obtained by supplying electrical power to the transmission coil when a metallic foreign object is absent on the transmission coil. The measured value is obtained by supplying electrical power to the transmission coil. If P | 08-28-2014 |