| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090002838 | Varifocal Lens Device - A first liquid and a second liquid are sealed in a cell, and the first liquid and the second liquid are not mixed with each other, and have different refractive indexes, with the interface of the two liquids being remained stationary by an edge portion of a movable opening member that is made in contact with the interface of the two liquids so that an actuator that is coupled to the movable opening member controls a shape of the interface of the two liquids by driving the movable opening member. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090289433 | LEG-WHEELED-TRAVELING MECHANISM - A leg-wheeled traveling mechanism is provided with a seat portion, two follow-up legs, each having an end portion that is freely rotatably connected to the seat portion, with a distance between the end portion and a tip portion having a foot-rest portion being retractable, two or more support legs, each having an end portion that is freely rotatably connected to the seat portion, with a distance between the end portion and a tip portion having a wheel portion being retractable, a foot-position measuring unit that measures relative positional changes of the foot-rest portions and foot portions of a rider, and a control device that controls operations of the follow-up legs and the support legs, based upon the relative positional changes measured by the foot-position measuring unit so as to allow the foot-rest portions to move virtually in the same directions as those of the foot portions. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100110571 | LENS HOLDER DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT EMPLOYING PLANARY-DRIVEN POLYMER ACTUATOR - There are provided a lens holder being capable of holding a lens and having flange portions at opposite end portions thereof along an optical axis, a planary-driven actuator including driving arm portions having lens holder support points for holding the outer surface of the lens holder at a plurality of opposing positions and having free-end side contact portions, a lens-holder retaining plate having spring-characteristic portions, and fixing frames which form the outer surfaces of a lens holder driving device and fix the respective components. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110029133 | ROBOT, AND CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ROBOT - A robot arm provided with a body unit shifting mechanism that connects a base unit and a body unit so as to be relatively shifted, and joint lock mechanisms that are capable of mechanically securing respective joints is disposed on the body unit, and a robot operation control unit controls to switch between a robot arm operation mode in which the robot arm is operated with one of the joints of the robot arm brought into a free state, and a body unit shift mode in which the body unit is shifted with the joint being brought into a locked state. | 02-03-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090162018 | Hermetically Sealing Member Having Optical Transmission Means, Optoelectronic Apparatus, and Optical Transmission Method - A hermetically sealing member with an optical transmission means transmits an optical signal economically and practically between the inside and the outside of a shielding member covering a printed-circuit board while sustaining the hermetically sealed state certainly. An optoelectronic device and an optical transmission method are also provided. A hermetically sealing member ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100083136 | JOINT EDITING OF AN ON-LINE DOCUMENT - An editing apparatus efficiently performs cooperative editing of a document. Multiple users can edit a document in parallel using the editing apparatus which includes a screen output section, an editing screen, a section for receiving, a selection input section for inputting, and an update section for reflecting the edited content selected by a selection instruction, and updating the document. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100291323 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet recording medium comprising an ink-receiving layer containing a pigment and a binder formed on at least one side of a base paper containing calcium carbonate as a filler and pulp by a cast coating method, wherein the ash content of the calcium carbonate in the base paper is 15-30% by mass, and the ink-receiving layer contains colloidal silica as the pigment having a primary particle diameter of 30-70 nm and a ratio of the secondary particle diameter to the primary particle diameter of 1.5-3.0. | 11-18-2010 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090095510 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MODULE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device includes: an outline configuration including a first surface, a second surface facing opposite from the first surface, and a mounting surface coupled to the first and second surfaces; a first substrate including a first electrode; a second substrate including a second electrode; a resin disposed between the first and second substrates; and an electric element sealed with the resin and having an outline configuration of a polyhedron, the electric element being disposed such that a broadest surface of the polyhedron faces one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first surface is one surface of the first substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the first substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The second surface is one surface of the second substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the second substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The mounting surface includes: an exposed surface of the resin between the first and second substrates, and side surfaces of the first and second substrates adjacent to the exposed surface. The first electrode is disposed at an end of the first surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. The second electrode is disposed at an end of the second surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20110162452 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC MODULE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device includes: an outline configuration including a first surface, a second surface facing opposite from the first surface, and a mounting surface coupled to the first and second surfaces; a first substrate including a first electrode; a second substrate including a second electrode; a resin disposed between the first and second substrates; and an electric element sealed with the resin and having an outline configuration of a polyhedron, the electric element being disposed such that a broadest surface of the polyhedron faces one of the first substrate and the second substrate. The first surface is one surface of the first substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the first substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The second surface is one surface of the second substrate, the one surface being opposite from another surface of the second substrate on a side adjacent to the resin. The mounting surface includes: an exposed surface of the resin between the first and second substrates, and side surfaces of the first and second substrates adjacent to the exposed surface. The first electrode is disposed at an end of the first surface adjacent to the mounting surface and electrically coupled to the electric element. The second electrode is disposed at an end of the second surface adjacent to the mounting surface. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173787 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric device includes: forming a lid for sealing a cavity of a package base by forming a recess part and forming a through hole in an inner surface of the recess part in a metal plate; fixing the lid to the package base containing a piezoelectric vibrating reed so that the recess part may project toward the package base side; providing a metal piece in the recess part; decompressing the cavity via the through hole; and closing the through hole by applying a laser to the metal piece to melt the metal piece, wherein, at forming of the lid, the through hole is formed in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the metal plate. | 07-21-2011 |