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| 20100024557 | Ultrasonic device for detecting direction to object - A ultrasonic device detecting a direction to an object includes: a transmitting element of a ultrasonic wave; first and second receiving elements; a diffraction wave phase detector; an initial phase memory for an initial phase of a diffraction wave; a sound speed detector; a phase correction amount calculator calculating a phase shift caused by a sound speed change and calculating a phase correction amount based on the phase of the diffraction wave, the initial phase and the phase shift; a phase correction element correcting a phase of the reflection wave based on the phase correction amount; and a direction detector for detecting the direction to the object based on a difference between corrected phases of the reflection wave received by the first and second receiving elements, a distance between the first and second receiving elements, and a wavelength of the transmission ultrasonic wave corresponding to a sound speed. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100220550 | Obstacle detection apparatus and method for detecting obstacle - A transmission and reception device is located at a predetermined height on a movable object and directed toward an outside. The transmission and reception device includes a transmission unit for repeatedly transmitting sensing waves at a predetermined interval and a reception unit for receiving reflective waves of the sensing waves from a detected object. A peak value detecting unit detects peak values of the received reflective waves and stores the detected peak values. A difference arithmetic unit calculates a difference in the detected peak values with movement of the movable object closer to the detected object. An object determination unit determines the detected object to be a near-road-surface obstacle, which is close to a road surface, when the difference is a negative value. The object determination unit determines the detected object to be an other obstacle than the near-road-surface obstacle when the difference is a positive value. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110149690 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE - An obstacle detection device mountable on a surface of a movable body includes a transmitting portion for transmitting a transmitting wave, a receiving portion for receiving a reflected wave from an obstacle, a distance calculating portion, a direction calculating portion, a distance storing portion, a direction storing portion, a distance change calculating portion, a direction change calculating portion, and a determining portion. The determining portion determines a shape of the obstacle and a relative position of the obstacle to the movable body based on a direction of the obstacle calculated by the direction calculating portion, the amount of distance change calculated by the distance change calculating portion, and the amount of direction change calculated by the direction change calculating portion. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20100308397 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulating film on a semiconductor region of a semiconductor substrate on which a MOS transistor is to be formed and patterning the insulating film; implanting an impurity into the semiconductor region through the patterned insulating film using a step of implanting an impurity into a source/drain region of the MOS transistor, to form, below the insulating film, a resistive layer of a resistance element to be formed in the semiconductor region; and siliciding a surface of the source/drain region of the MOS transistor using the insulating film as a silicidation-preventing film of the resistive layer. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110136306 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes oxidizing a surface of a semiconductor substrate to form a first insulating film covering a first area, a second area, and a third area of the semiconductor substrate; removing the portions of the first insulating film lying on the first area and the second area; oxidizing the surface of the semiconductor substrate to form a second insulating film covering the first area and the second area and further oxidizing the third area covered with the first insulating film; and removing the portion of the second insulating film lying on from the second area and the portion of the first insulating film lying on the third area. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120034751 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a flash memory cell in a first region, forming a first electrode of a capacitor in a second region, forming a first silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, and a second silicon oxide film in this order as a second insulating film, removing the silicon nitride film and the second silicon oxide film in a partial region of the first electrode, wet-etching a first insulating film and the second insulating film in the third region, forming a second electrode of the capacitor, and etching and removing the first silicon oxide film in the partial region. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120045875 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming first to third gate electrodes in first to third regions, respectively; forming a first mask pattern covering the second region while exposing the first and third regions; forming p-type source drain extensions and p-type pocket regions by ion implantation using the first mask pattern as a mask; forming n-type source drain extensions by ion implantation using the first mask pattern as a mask; forming a second mask pattern covering the first and third regions while exposing the second region; and forming p-type pocket regions by implanting ions of indium into the silicon substrate with the second mask pattern being used as a mask. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20090001425 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device has forming a first conductive film over a semiconductor substrate, etching the first conductive film, forming a plurality of first conductive patterns arranged in a first direction, and forming a side surface on an outside of a conductive pattern positioned at an end among the plurality of first conductive patterns such that the side surface has a first inclination angle smaller than a second inclination angle of a side surface on an inside of the conductive pattern positioned at the end, forming a first insulation film over the plurality of first conductive patterns, and forming a second conductive pattern over the first insulation film. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090215243 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an isolation region defining an active region in a semiconductor substrate, forming a first insulating film over the semiconductor substrate, forming a second insulating film having etching properties different from those of the first insulating film over the first insulating film, selectively removing the second insulating film from a first region over the active region and the isolation region by dry etching using a fluorocarbon-based etching gas, removing a residual film formed by the dry etching over the first insulating film by exposure in an atmosphere containing oxygen, and selectively removing the first insulating film from the first region by wet etching. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100308420 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a memory transistor including a first side wall insulating film and a second side wall insulating film disposed on the outside; a high-voltage transistor including a third side wall insulating film having the same composition as that of the first side wall insulating film, and a fourth side wall insulating film having the same composition as that of the second side wall insulating film, the fourth side wall insulating film being disposed on the outside; and a low-voltage transistor including a fifth side wall insulating film having the same composition as that of the second and fourth side wall insulating films. The memory transistor, the high-voltage transistor, and the low-voltage transistor are disposed on the same substrate. A total side wall spacer width of the low-voltage transistor is smaller than that of the high-voltage transistor by a thickness corresponding to the third side wall insulating film. | 12-09-2010 |
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| 20110207500 | BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - [Problems] Because it is not possible to reduce sufficiently the number of base stations that starts uselessly in spite of being in light traffic state, it is not possible to lower interference between adjacent cells and power consumption sufficiently. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120014274 | BASE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BASE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MOBILE STATION - [Problem] The number of the base stations that are activated uselessly cannot be sufficiently reduced even in a light traffic state. As a result, interference between adjacent cells and power consumption cannot be sufficiently reduced. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120063317 | BASE STATION, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BASE STATION, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MOBILE STATION - To provide a base station in which an electric power consumed in the base station can be suppressed and an electromagnetic wave interference between the base stations can be avoided, a method for controlling a base station, a control program, and a mobile station. The base station includes storage means, traffic history generation means for measuring a traffic of the base station for each unit time and storing it in the storage means as a traffic history, and control means for controlling transmission of a control signal based on the traffic history. | 03-15-2012 |
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| 20100124441 | TONER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner containing a lignin resin, a carbon-neutral biomass polymer having a low environmental load and taking global environmental protection into account, as a constitutional component of a binder resin, and having a wide fixing non-offset range and an excellent fixing property, is provided. The toner contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a release agent. Furthermore, in the toner, the binder resin includes a resin A that is a lignin resin and a resin B that is another resin component, and the resin B has a peak top molecular weight of 10 | 05-20-2010 |
| 20110053075 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toner comprising: a component consisting of a thermoplastic resin containing an amorphous plant-derived resin having a carboxyl group; a component consisting of a crystalline epoxy resin having a glycidyl group; a component consisting of a cross-linked resin generated through a reaction between the carboxyl group of the plant-derived resin and the glycidyl group of the crystalline epoxy resin; and a colorant. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110136055 | TONER - A toner having good dispersibility of a pigment and a release agent therein and having excellent low temperature fixability is provided. The toner includes a binder resin, a pigment and a release agent, and the binder resin includes a graft polymer in which abietic acids and an unsaturated fatty acid are grafted to a vinyl resin. An image is formed using such a toner. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110305982 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toner includes a binder resin containing a polyester resin A obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid, rosin, and trivalent or higher-valent alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation, a content of the rosin in a sum of the starting materials being 60% by weight or more, and a polyester resin B obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid and polyalcohol as starting materials to polycondensation; a dispersing aid for dispersing the polyester resin A into the polyester resin B; and a colorant. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305985 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toner includes a binder resin, a colorant, and, a benzilic acid compound. The binder resin contains a polyester resin A obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid, rosin and trivalent or higher-valent alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation, a content of the rosin in a sum of the starting materials being 60% by weight or more, and a polyester resin B obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid and polyhydric alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110305988 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A toner includes a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin contains a polyester resin A obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid, rosin, and trivalent or higher-valent alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation, a content of the rosin in a sum of the starting materials being 60% by weight or more, and a polyester resin B obtained by subjecting aromatic dicarboxylic acid and polyhydric alcohol as starting materials to polycondensation, the polyester resin B having a viscosity of 10 | 12-15-2011 |
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| 20080311503 | Toner, method of manufacturing the same, two-component developer, developing device, and image forming apparatus - A toner composed of small particles excellent in a cleaning property, a transferring property, and charge uniformity is provided as well as a method of manufacturing the toner, and two-component developer, developing device, and image forming apparatus using the toner. The toner contains binder resin and colorant, and includes a particle which has an outline having one or more and three or less bending points in its projection image on a plane. The toner thus contains a non-spherical particle and therefore is caught easily by a cleaning blade as well as coming into point-contact with a to-be-transferred member, therefore being capable of having both of cleaning property and transferring property. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090017395 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner has columnar particles manufactured through: a kneading step of melt-kneading toner raw materials including at least binder resin, colorant and a release agent to prepare a kneaded product; a spinning step of extruding the kneaded product from orifices disposed at the tip of a spinning nozzle to prepare a fibrous kneaded product; and a pulverizing step of cutting or pulverizing the fibrous kneaded product, the toner matrix particles each having an aspect ratio of 0.5 to 5.0 and a d | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090042121 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner capable of ensuring cleanness and the amount of specific charge for extended periods of time and having excellent charge stability and fixing property, a two-component developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. A toner includes toner particles containing at least a binding resin and a coloring agent, and fine silicon-containing oxide particles having an average primary particle size of not smaller than 70 nm but not larger than 150 nm and containing water in an amount of not larger than 2.0% by weight, the fine silicon-containing oxide particles being externally added to the toner particles. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090142687 | TONER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner which takes into account preservation of the global environment and which is excellent in fixability and storage stability and moreover, good in light transmittance and a method for manufacturing the toner, a two-compartment developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. In toner including at least a binder resin and a colorant, the binder resin includes a resin which is a major component and a biomass-containing crystalline resin; and the crystalline resin is contained in an amount of 1 part by weight or more and 50 parts by weight or less based on 100 parts by weight of the binder resin, and a melting point of the crystalline resin is higher by a temperature of from 5° C. to 10° C. than a temperature at which a loss modulus G″ of the toner at a frequency of 1 Hz is 10 | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090170020 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner in which even a toner containing crystalline polyester exhibits excellent fixing property, chargeability, color reproducibility, and long-term stability, as well as a two-component developer, a developing device, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The toner includes toner base particles which contain a colorant and a binder resin containing at least crystalline polyester and an amorphous resin; and a mixed oxide of aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide externally added to the toner base particles, and the toner is so adjusted that the binder resin contains 20% by weight to 50% by weight of the crystalline polyester and that a compositional proportion of aluminum oxide in the mixed oxide of aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide falls within a range of 35% by weight or more and less than 50% by weight. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20120070775 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner capable of ensuring cleanness and the amount of specific charge for extended periods of time and having excellent charge stability and fixing property, a two-component developer, a developing device and an image forming apparatus are provided. A toner includes toner particles containing at least a binding resin and a coloring agent, and fine silicon-containing oxide particles having an average primary particle size of not smaller than 70 nm but not larger than 150 nm and containing water in an amount of not larger than 2.0% by weight, the fine silicon-containing oxide particles being externally added to the toner particles. | 03-22-2012 |
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| 20090187348 | Sample processing apparatus, method of outputting processing result by sample processing apparatus, and computer program product - Disclosed is a sample processing apparatus, comprising: a sample processing unit for processing a sample with an auxiliary item used to process the sample; an output device for outputting a processing result by the sample processing unit; and a controller for determining whether or not the auxiliary item is appropriate for the sample processing by sample processing unit, and controlling, when determining that the auxiliary item is not appropriate for the sample processing by the sample processing unit, the output device so as to output the processing result and reliability information showing that the processing result has a low reliability. Also disclosed is a method for outputting the processing result by the sample processing apparatus and a computer program product. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090323062 | Sample analyzer, particle distribution diagram displaying method and computer program product - The present invention is to present a sample analyzer, comprising: a measuring section for obtaining characteristic parameter information regarding particles in a sample by measuring the sample; a particle distribution diagram generator for generating a particle distribution diagram representing distribution state of the particles in the sample regarding the characteristic parameter information, based on the characteristic parameter information obtained by the measuring section; a display; and a display controller for controlling the display so as to display explanation information explaining the distribution state in the particle distribution diagram and the particle distribution diagram. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100010746 | Sample analyzer, method for displaying analysis result information of a sample and computer program product - The present invention is to present a sample analyzer comprising: an analysis result information generator for generating analysis result information including an analysis result of a sample; a display; a display controller for controlling the display so as to display the analysis result information generated by the analysis result information generator; an input receiver for receiving an input of a comment to one of the analysis result information; a memory for storing the comment received by the input receiver; and a determiner for determining whether another analysis result information to be displayed on the display meets with a predetermined condition, wherein the display controller controls the display so as to display the another analysis result information and the comment stored in the memory, when the determiner has determined that the another analysis result information meets with the predetermined condition. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110035237 | SPECIMEN TESTING APPARATUS, TEST INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND TEST INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - The information processing unit receives input of an user ID and a password when the operator carries out log-in, and executes user authentication process. When the log-in process is carried out by the user, the information processing unit outputs test results together with an patient attribute information including patient ID, name of the patient, attending physician, medical wards, comments regarding patient, and the like. When the log-in process is carried out by the maintenance technician, the information processing unit outputs the test result only. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110054847 | SAMPLE ANALYZER, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A SAMPLE ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A SAMPLE - A sample analyzer comprising: a measuring unit, which comprises a signal output section for outputting a signal representing a characteristic of a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a sample with a reagent, and a signal adjusting section for adjusting the signal outputted from the signal output section, the measuring unit outputting a detection signal based on the signal adjusted by the signal adjusting section; and a result producing unit for producing an analysis result based on the detection signal outputted from the measuring unit and storing the analysis result therein is disclosed. A computer program product for the sample analyzer and a method for analyzing a sample using such a sample analyzer is also disclosed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120109529 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - A sample processing apparatus includes: a first sample processing unit; a second sample processing unit; and a data processing unit connected to the first and the second sample processing units. The data processing unit includes: a display device; an input device; and a controller configured to show a screen image on the display device, wherein the screen image comprises a shared region which is shared for displaying information of each of the first and the second sample processing units, a first operation section operable by a user to control the first sample processing unit and a second operation section operable by the user to control the second sample processing unit, and control the first sample processing unit in response to an operation of the first operation section, and control the second sample processing unit in response to an operation of the second operation section. | 05-03-2012 |
