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20090137883 | CAPSULE MEDICAL SYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD - A capsule medical system is provided with a capsule medical device to be inserted into a subject, at least one electrode pad having a plurality of receiving electrodes, a receiving electrode switching unit, a control unit for controlling operations of the receiving electrode switching unit, and a position detector. The capsule medical device has a biological information acquiring unit for acquiring biological information of the subject, and a transmitting unit for outputting the biological information from a transmitting electrode through a living body. At least one electrode pad detects the biological information by a plurality of receiving electrodes. The receiving electrode switching unit switches a pair of receiving electrodes among the plurality of receiving electrodes. The position detector detects a position of the capsule medical device inside the subject based on the biological information detected by the electrode pad, and position coordinate data of the plurality of receiving electrodes. | 05-28-2009 |
20110181273 | POSITION DETECTING SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - To provide a position detecting system including a detected object disposed in a detection space and an external device disposed outside the detection space. The detected object includes a resonant circuit that generates a resonant magnetic field according to a driving magnetic field formed in the detection space, and the external device includes at least two drive coils that form the driving magnetic field in the detection space, at least two drive-signal input units that respectively input a drive signal for forming the driving magnetic field to the drive coils, at least one sense coil that detects a magnetic field formed in the detection space, a signal adjustment unit that adjusts a phase and an amplitude of the drive signal input to each of the drive coils by the drive-signal input units, based on a magnetic field detected by the sense coil, and a position deriving unit that derives a position of the detected object based on the magnetic field detected by the sense coil. | 07-28-2011 |
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20110178665 | CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID SYSTEM - A controller for the hybrid system includes: an alcohol concentration detector that detects alcohol concentration of fuel; a demanded coolant temperature setting device that sets a demanded coolant temperature higher as the alcohol concentration increases; an internal combustion engine stopped state determination device that determines whether an internal combustion engine is stopped; an external electric power source connection determination device that determines whether a storage battery is connected to an external electric power source; and a coolant pre-heating device that supplies electric power to a coolant heater until coolant temperature of the coolant reaches the demanded coolant temperature if the internal combustion engine is in the stopped state and the storage battery is connected to the external electric power source. | 07-21-2011 |
20120227720 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The fuel injection apparatus includes: a fuel injector having a leading end that has an internal space in which fuel is accumulated and has a fuel injection port; and an adsorbent, capable of selectively adsorbing an alcohol component in a blended fuel of gasoline and alcohol, disposed in the internal space. The fuel injection apparatus controls an injection amount from the fuel injector such that an air-fuel ratio is a controlled target air-fuel ratio based on an alcohol concentration of a blended fuel supplied to the fuel injector. In this fuel injection apparatus, a fuel pressure is brought to a predetermined high fuel pressure during cold starting of the internal combustion engine. At this time, an adsorbed amount of alcohol on the adsorbent is estimated and any deviation in the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine is corrected based on the adsorbed amount of alcohol. | 09-13-2012 |
20120266843 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a fuel injector having a leading end portion that has an internal space in which fuel is stored and an injection nozzle for injecting fuel; and an adsorbent disposed in the internal space, the adsorbent being capable of selectively adsorbing an alcohol component in a blended fuel of gasoline and alcohol. The adsorbent has a characteristic such that an amount of alcohol adsorption is small when a fuel pressure is low and large when the fuel pressure is high. Adsorption of alcohol onto, and desorption of alcohol from, the adsorbent can be controlled by changing the fuel pressure in the internal space. | 10-25-2012 |
20120318237 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection apparatus includes: an adsorbent disposed in an internal space of a leading end portion of a fuel injector, the adsorbent being capable of selectively adsorbing an alcohol component in the blended fuel of gasoline and alcohol; fuel pressure controller capable of achieving states in which a pressure of fuel to be supplied to the fuel injector is set to a low or high pressure range having a small or large adsorbed amount of alcohol on the adsorbent; and split injection controller that makes the fuel injector inject fuel for one cycle in a plurality of times, when the pressure of fuel to be supplied to the fuel injector is set to the high pressure range. | 12-20-2012 |
20120318241 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The fuel injection apparatus for the internal combustion engine includes: a fuel injector having a leading end portion that has an internal space in which fuel is accumulated and an injection port for injecting fuel; and an adsorbent disposed in the internal space, the adsorbent being capable of selectively adsorbing an alcohol component in a blended fuel of gasoline and alcohol. In this fuel injection apparatus, it is determined whether or not a fuel pressure is higher than a predetermined low fuel pressure when a request is issued for bringing an internal combustion engine to a stop. If it is determined that the fuel pressure is higher than the low fuel pressure, the fuel pressure is kept at the low fuel pressure for a predetermined period of time before the internal combustion engine is brought to a stop. | 12-20-2012 |
20130213362 | FUEL INJECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The fuel injection apparatus includes: a fuel injector having a leading end portion that has an internal space in which fuel is accumulated and an injection port for injecting fuel; and an adsorbent disposed in the internal space, the adsorbent being capable of selectively adsorbing an alcohol component in a blended fuel of gasoline and alcohol. The fuel injection apparatus controls an injection amount from the fuel injector such that an air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine is a control target air-fuel ratio based on an alcohol concentration of the blended fuel to be supplied to the fuel injector. In this fuel injection apparatus, a fuel pressure is brought to a predetermined low fuel pressure when a request is issued for desorbing alcohol adsorbed on the adsorbent. | 08-22-2013 |
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20090160733 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a cabinet, a first display section connected to the cabinet, a first display control section, integrated in the cabinet, which executes display control of the first display section, a second display control section, integrated in the cabinet, which executes display control of a second display section which can be connected to the cabinet, an identifying section which identifies connection of the second display section, and an output section which, when it is judged by the identifying section that the second display section is connected to the cabinet, stops the output of signals from the first display control section, and outputs signals to the second display from the second display control section. | 06-25-2009 |
20100134681 | Information Processing System, Information Processing Apparatus, and Information Processing Method - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus configured to be connected to a conversion adaptor having a video input connector and a video output connector, the apparatus including: a video output port complying with the first standard for connection of the video input connector; an image processing module configured to output a first signal when the video input connector is not connected to the video output port, the image processing module being configured to output a second signal when the video input connector is connected to the video output port; and a bias module connected to the video output port and the image processing module and configured to output a third signal to the video output port, the bias module being configured to change physical layer information of the first signal or the second signal. | 06-03-2010 |
20120002108 | Extender - In one embodiment, there is provided an extender for extending functions of an electronic apparatus. The extender includes: a connection terminal electrically connected to the electronic apparatus; input signal lines connected to the connection terminal to transmit a video signal that is supplied from the electronic apparatus via the connection terminal; a first video output terminal which complies with a first standard; a second video output terminal which complies with a second standard; and a signal converter configured to convert the video signal into a first video signal that complies with the first standard to output the first video signal to the first video output terminal and configured to convert the video signal into a second video signal that complies with the second standard to output the second video signal to the second video output terminal. | 01-05-2012 |
20120162236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SIGNAL OUTPUT CONTROLLING METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a connector, a graphics controller, a port setting module, a selector and a selector controller. The port setting module sets a first port used to output a video signal generated by the graphics controller as a data transmission port compliant with a first interface standard, and sets a second port used to output the video signal as a data transmission port compliant with a second interface standard. The selector connects one of the first port and the second port to the connector. The selector controller supplies a first signal to the selector in order to connect the first port to the connector when a first external unit is connected to the connector, and supplies a second signal to the selector in order to connect the second port to the connector when a second external unit is connected to the connector. | 06-28-2012 |
20120320020 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY PANEL CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a control module executes, after the electronic apparatus is powered on, a process of powering on a display panel, a process of receiving a hot-plug detection signal from the display panel, a link training process, and a process of transmitting a video signal to the display panel in the video signal transmission mode determined by the link training process. The control module stops the transmission of the video signal to the display panel in a state in which the display panel is kept in a power-on state, when a display OFF request event occurs, and transmits the video signal to the display panel in the determined video signal transmission mode, when a display ON request event occurs in a state in which the display panel is in the power-on state and the transmission of the video signal to the display panel is stopped. | 12-20-2012 |
20140307165 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a connector; a graphics controller configured to generate a video signal to be displayed on a display screen; a port setting module configured to set a port for outputting the video signal as a data transfer port that complies with a first interface standard or a second interface standard; a selector that is disposed between the port and the connector so as to connect the port to the connector; and a selector controller configured to supply to the selector a signal for connecting the port to the connector when an external unit is connected to the connector, wherein the video signal complies with the first interface standard. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080225137 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image information processing apparatus which uses more than one wireless IC tag to detect the information concerning a present position of a target object to be shot and which senses an image of the object based on the position information is disclosed. This apparatus is operative in corporation with the wireless tag to display on a monitor screen the information as to the object position and output it in an audible form. Additionally, in the case of more than two target objects being present, the apparatus manages the priority orders thereof. | 09-18-2008 |
20090153649 | Imaging Apparatus - An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit. | 06-18-2009 |
20110249153 | OBSTACLE DETECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - An obstacle detection display device, for enabling to display the information of a result of image recognition at high accuracy, at high speed and without position error of shift, even for an image photographed by a wide-angle camera, is constructed with: an image pickup means; an image correcting means for executing geometrical correction upon a video signal outputted from the image pickup means through image processing, and thereby outputting it; an image recognizing means for detecting object information by executing image processing on the video signal outputted from the image correcting means; a display information producing means for determining display information and display position in the video signal, to be presented to a user, being superimposed on the video signal, which is outputted by the image pickup means, upon basis of the object information detected by the image recognizing means, and thereby outputting them; and a display information superimposing means for superimposing the display information outputted by the display information producing means upon the video signal outputted from the image pickup means, upon basis of the display information outputted by the display information producing means. The display information producing means executes correction calculation upon the display position, by taking an error of positions on the video signal, between the video signal outputted by the image correcting means and the video signal outputted from the image pickup means, into the consideration thereof, when determining the display position of the display information to be superimposed on the video signal outputted by the image pickup means. | 10-13-2011 |
20140092290 | IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SWITCHING DISPLAY METHODS - An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup unit, a cutout image generation unit for cutting out a specified area in a pickup image taken by the image pickup unit to generate a cutout image enlarged at a specified magnification, an image display unit for displaying one or both of the pickup image taken by the image pickup unit and the cutout image generated by the cutout image generation unit, a display image control unit for controlling a method of displaying an image the image display unit displays, a manual focus operation unit for the user to control through manual operation the focus position of the image pickup unit, and a manual zoom operation unit for the user to control the zoom magnification of the image pickup unit. | 04-03-2014 |
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20080317989 | Synthetic Resin Bottle Having a Gradation Pattern, and Process for Injection Molding the Preform for Use in Such a Bottle - The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to change the thickness of the colored resin layer of the preform gradually in the upward or downward direction, by utilizing a tendency of gradual decrease in the thickness of the colored resin layer caused by the flow of the main resin inside the preform mold when the main resin and the colored resin are injected into the mold. The objects of this invention is to provide a biaxially drawn, blow molded bottle having new decorativeness created in which sophisticated color gradations associated with color density are created in the body of this bottle. The means of accomplishing this object involves adjusting the injection pattern including the time of starting and ending the supply of the main resin and the colored resin, and pressure or velocity profiles, reducing the thickness of the colored resin layer in the multi-layered molten resin fluid gradually at an upstream or downstream point of the flow, injection-molding the preform in which a color-gradated portion associated with the thickness of the colored resin layer has been formed, and biaxially drawing and blow molding this preform into a bottle having a color-gradated portion associated with the color density or color shade created on the body of the bottle. | 12-25-2008 |
20110008562 | BIODEGRADABLE MOLDED ARTICLE AND CONTAINER USING THE MOLDED ARTICLE - A biodegradable molded article and a container using the molded article, exhibiting an improved heat resistance. The molded article is obtained by injection molding a polylactic acid resin, wherein the molded article comprises poly-L-lactic acid containing less than 4 mol% of D-lactic acid. The molded article has a crystallized portion at least locally, having a ratio of the crystallizing heat quantity to the melting heat quantity (|ΔHc|/ΔHm), which ratio is not more than 0.7 in a temperature rising chart obtained by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). | 01-13-2011 |
20140327176 | PREFORM EXTRUSION MOLDING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR EXTRUSION MOLDING, AND PREFORM - A process includes: supplying a main resin from outer and inner flow channel, to a joined flow channel at a predetermined supply velocity for a predetermined time; supplying a second resin from a middle flow channel to the joined flow channel simultaneously with the main resin at a predetermined supply velocity for a certain time within the predetermined time; and sliding a shut-off pin to bring the pin forefront to a predetermined position near an outlet of the inner flow channel, open to the joined flow channel, before the second resin is supplied, or during a time starting after a time from the start of the second resin supply and ending with the termination of the supply, so that the velocity of main resin supply from the inner flow channel to the joined flow channel is reduced to a predetermined level by adjusting the degree of aperture for the outlet. | 11-06-2014 |
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20080237666 | Solid-state imaging element and method for producing the same - There is provided a solid-state imaging element having a light receiving part generating charges by light irradiation, and a source/drain region of a transistor, both formed in a semiconductor layer. The solid-state imaging element includes a non-silicided region including the light receiving part, in which surfaces of the source/drain region and a gate electrode of the transistor are not silicided; and a silicided region in which the surfaces of the source/drain region and the gate electrode of the transistor are silicided. The non-silicided region has a sidewall formed on a side surface of the gate electrode of the transistor, a hydrogen supply film formed to cover the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode, and the sidewall, and a salicide block film formed on the hydrogen supply film to prevent silicidation. The silicided region has a sidewall formed on the side surface of the gate electrode of the transistor. | 10-02-2008 |
20100167450 | Solid-state imaging element and method for producing the same - There is provided a solid-state imaging element having a light receiving part generating charges by light irradiation, and a source/drain region of a transistor, both formed in a semiconductor layer. The solid-state imaging element includes a non-silicided region including the light receiving part, in which surfaces of the source/drain region and a gate electrode of the transistor are not silicided; and a silicided region in which the surfaces of the source/drain region and the gate electrode of the transistor are silicided. The non-silicided region has a sidewall formed on a side surface of the gate electrode of the transistor, a hydrogen supply film formed to cover the semiconductor layer, the gate electrode, and the sidewall, and a salicide block film formed on the hydrogen supply film to prevent silicidation. The silicided region has a sidewall formed on the side surface of the gate electrode of the transistor. | 07-01-2010 |
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20100008211 | Information reproducing apparatus and information reproducing method - An information reproducing apparatus has a medium with a linear tracking mark extending in a scanning direction and a linear data mark extending in a direction orthogonal to the scanning direction. A light control unit irradiates the data mark with a first near-field light polarized in the scanning direction and irradiates the tracking mark with a second near-field light polarized in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction. A detector detects light scattered by the data mark and the tracking mark irradiated with the first near-field light and the second near-field light, respectively. A signal processing unit processes a first output signal from the detector corresponding to the detected light scattered by the data mark and processes a second output signal from the detector corresponding to the detected light scattered by the tracking mark. The signal processing unit has a control circuit that carries out tracking control in accordance with an intensity of the second output signal and that carries out access control in accordance with an intensity of the first output signal. | 01-14-2010 |
20100128578 | Near-field optical head having tapered hole for guiding light beam - A near-field optical head has a planar substrate having a first surface, a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, and an inverted conical or pyramidal hole extending through the first and second surfaces. The inverted conical or pyramidal hole has at least one fine aperture formed at an apex thereof and disposed in the first surface and having at least one curved slant surface. An optical waveguide extends into the inverted conical or pyramidal hole of the planar substrate for propagating light along an optical path. A mirror is disposed in the optical waveguide for bending in the direction of the fine aperture the optical path of the light propagated through the optical waveguide. | 05-27-2010 |
20110007612 | Head gimbal assembly and information recording and reproducing apparatus - There are provided a head gimbal assembly and an information recording and reproducing apparatus capable of easily positioning a light guiding portion and a slider on a tongue portion and performing a stable recording and reproducing operation. A head gimbal assembly recording information on a recording medium using a near-field light includes: a suspension that extends along a surface of the recording medium so as to be deflectable in a thickness direction; a support portion that is provided at a tip end side of the suspension so as to be more deflectable in the thickness direction than the suspension; a light guiding portion that has a support-facing portion provided to the support portion so as to face the support portion and introduces a light flux used for generating the near-field light; and a 3-dimensional structure that is provided to the support portion and used for positioning the support-facing portion on a desired portion of the support portion, wherein the support-facing portion has a portion in which a width of a sectional surface thereof perpendicular in a longitudinal direction of the suspension is larger than a width of a contact surface that makes contact with the support portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110075527 | Head gimbal assembly using near-field light and information recording and reproducing apparatus including the same - Of side surfaces of a flexible substrate provided on a flexure, one surface opposing an optical fiber forms a mirror surface inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber. Owing to this configuration, the optical fiber is optically coupled to a near-field light element inside a slider. | 03-31-2011 |
20120063278 | Near-field light generating element, method of manufacturing near-field light generating element, near-field light head, method of manufacturing near-field light head, and information recording and playback device - A core includes a first core, and a second core covering a side surface of the first core, and is formed in a polygonal shape when viewed from a Z direction. A metal film is placed on a side surface in the core, and is formed so that a width of an interface between the metal film and the core is narrower than a width of the side surface of the core. | 03-15-2012 |
20120113769 | Recording head, method of manufacturing recording head, and information recording and playback apparatus - A near-field light generating element has a core that guides a laser light in a direction of a disk while reflecting the laser light, and a cladding that encapsulates the core in an inner portion, and lengths of a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction of an incident side end surface of the laser light in the core are formed so as to match the lengths of a long axis direction and a short axis direction of the laser light that is entered to the core. | 05-10-2012 |
20120206032 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEAR-FIELD LIGHT GENERATING ELEMENT AND NEAR-FIELD LIGHT GENERATING ELEMENT - A U-shaped groove and a V-shaped groove are formed onto a cladding disposed on a substrate, a core and a metal structure are formed inside the grooves, respectively, and then the substrate surface is planarized. Further, after a cladding is formed again, the substrate is cut and the cut surface is polished such that the metal structure inside the V-shaped groove has a predetermined thickness, thereby forming a scattering body. | 08-16-2012 |
20120230170 | NEAR-FIELD LIGHT GENERATING ELEMENT, NEAR-FIELD LIGHT HEAD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A metal film is included which is placed between a core and a cladding, propagates a laser beam along an interface between the core and the cladding, and generates a near-field light from the laser beam. The metal film has a base portion placed on one side surface of the core along a propagation direction of the laser beam facing from one end side toward the other end side, and an extending portion extended from the other end side of the base portion to the other end side in the propagation direction rather than the core. The other end side of the extending portion is exposed to the outside, and is formed with a top portion projected toward the core side when viewed from the propagation direction. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237797 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording layer is formed on a substrate, and a high thermal conductor having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the recording layer is disposed inside a plurality of recording bit regions constituting the recording layer, respectively. Furthermore, the recording layer is formed with a separating portion which divides the recording layer into the plurality of recording bit regions. The separating layer is filled with a low thermal conductor having a thermal conductivity lower than that of the recording layer. | 09-20-2012 |
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20110200928 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - A method for producing a toner, including: dispersing toner particles containing at least a binder resin in a first aqueous medium so as to produce an aqueous dispersion; and subjecting the aqueous dispersion to heat treatment, wherein the electric conductivity of the aqueous dispersion after the heat treatment is higher than the electric conductivity of the aqueous dispersion before the heat treatment by 50 μS/cm or less. | 08-18-2011 |
20110294058 | TONER - A toner containing a wax, wherein the wax has a mass decrease at 165° C. of 10% by mass or less, a molecular chain consisting of C—H bonds and C—C bonds, and a penetration of 5 mm to 25 mm, wherein a product of a ½ method softening point (° C.) of the toner and an amount of the wax on a surface of the toner is 8 to 20, and wherein the toner is obtained by a method including emulsifying or dispersing in an aqueous medium a toner material liquid, which is a liquid containing a toner material, which contains the wax. | 12-01-2011 |
20120021347 | TONER, METHOD FOR FORMING TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - To provide a toner A containing: base particles, each containing polyester, microcrystalline wax, and a colorant; and spherical silica particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm to 150 nm, wherein the microcrystalline wax has an onset temperature of 45° C. to 60° C. as determined by DSC, and a carbon number distribution of 25 to 55. | 01-26-2012 |
20130216944 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, wherein the toner contains toner particles, and wherein a proportion of the toner particles containing one or more voids having diameters D | 08-22-2013 |
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20100215412 | TRANSFER APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A transfer apparatus includes an image bearing unit, a transfer member and a bias generator. The image bearing unit is configured and arranged to bear an image. The transfer member is arranged with respect to the image bearing unit to form a nip portion therebetween. The transfer member includes a substrate and an elastic member. The substrate has a recessed portion with an opening width of the recessed portion being larger than a width of the nip portion as measured in a moving direction of the transfer member. The elastic member is fixed in the recessed portion and wound around the substrate. The elastic member has a volume resistivity of 1×10 | 08-26-2010 |
20110008080 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer medium, a transfer roller and a detecting unit. A latent image formed on the latent image bearing unit by an exposure unit is developed by the developing unit with a liquid developer, and a developed image on the latent image bearing unit is transferred to a transfer. The transfer roller includes a cylindrical portion with a concaved portion formed in an axis direction of a circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, and a transfer material supporting member fixed in the concaved portion and wound around a circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion to support a transfer material. The detecting unit is configured and arranged to detect a rotation position of the transfer roller when the transfer medium and the transfer roller come into contact with each other with the transfer material being interposed therebetween. | 01-13-2011 |
20110044745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt onto which an image is transferred, a roller around which the transfer belt is wound, a transfer roller that sandwiches the transfer belt with the belt driving roller, a transfer medium transporting unit, a guide portion, and a fixing unit. The transfer roller is arranged to form a transfer nip with the roller, and transfers the image from the transfer belt to a transfer medium. The transfer medium transporting unit vertically upwardly sucks the transfer medium, and transports the transfer medium with the image facing vertically down. The guide portion vertically upwardly sucks the transfer medium transported by the transfer medium transporting unit. The fixing unit has a heating roller and a pressing roller to form a fixing nip, and fixes the image guided by the guide at the fixing nip. | 02-24-2011 |
20110200351 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier belt for carrying an image, a transfer roller rotating on a rotating shaft and forming a transfer nip with the image carrier belt downward in a vertical direction from a virtual horizontal plane perpendicular to the vertical direction including the centerline of the rotating shaft, an airflow-generating unit for generating a first airflow directed between the image carrier belt and a transfer surface, and a second airflow directed towards the transfer surface from below in the vertical direction, where the image has been transferred by the transfer nip onto a transfer material, and where the image on the transfer material has been transferred onto the transfer surface. | 08-18-2011 |
20110318068 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - An image-forming device comprising: an image-carrier belt that carries an image; a belt-driving roller that causes the image-carrier belt to move, the image-carrier belt being engaged around the belt-driving roller; a tension roller that applies a tension to the image-carrier belt, the image-carrier belt being engaged around the tension roller; a transfer roller having a concaved portion and a gripper, the transfer roller coming into contact with the tension roller interposed by the image-carrier belt, and transferring the image that is carried by the image-carrier belt onto the transfer material; a contacting/diverging part that causes the tension roller to move and that causes the transfer roller and the image-carrier belt to come into contact with or diverge from one another; a delivery part that delivers the transfer material that is gripped by the gripper; and a support member that pivotally supports the transfer roller and supports the delivery part. | 12-29-2011 |
20120063820 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image-forming apparatus includes a transfer roller having a recessed portion in a circumferential surface; a driving portion for rotatably driving the transfer roller; an image carrier belt for carrying an image; a tension roller around which the image carrier belt is wound for making contact with the transfer roller interposed by the image carrier belt; a biasing portion for biasing the tension roller towards the transfer roller; and a position-regulating portion that, when the transfer roller rotates and the transfer roller and the image carrier belt make contact, causes a position to be maintained at which the image carrier belt wound around the tension roller intersects a virtual circumferential surface that is an extension of the circumferential surface of the transfer roller into the recessed portion. | 03-15-2012 |
20120121307 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A cleaning device includes a cleaning roller which contacts an intermediate transfer belt for carrying an image developed using a liquid developer, a cleaning roller which contacts the other cleaning roller and has a greater axial length than the other cleaning roller, and a rubber blade which contacts the cleaning roller and has a greater axial length than the cleaning roller. | 05-17-2012 |
20140284177 | RECORDING TRANSPORT DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE MEDIUM - An ink jet printer includes a cleaning blade that cleans the surface of a transport belt that attracts a sheet of recording paper by electrostatic adsorption and transports the attracted recording paper, and a pressing roller. The width of the cleaning blade is smaller than the width of the pressing roller that is located downstream of the cleaning blade, and thus, ink, paper dust, and the like that have escapes from both ends of the cleaning blade to the outside and have not been wiped off are caught by the pressing roller. | 09-25-2014 |
20140292907 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a transport belt including an inner layer and an outer layer containing a hydrophobic material and having a supporting surface on which a recording medium is supported, a charging device for the transport belt, a line head having a nozzle, and at least either a capping unit or a wiping unit in a region opposing the supporting surface of the transport belt. While an ink is ejected onto the recording medium, the distance between the supporting surface and at least either the capping unit or the wiping unit is larger than the distance between the nozzle of the line head and the supporting surface. The charging device electrically charges the outer layer with an AC current with a frequency in the range of 10 Hz to 200 Hz. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110221303 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a base substrate having a resonator element fixed to one of principal surfaces, and provided with at least one lead wire; a frame member having a substantially rectangular shape, disposed on the one of the principal surfaces so as to surround a periphery of the resonator element, wherein side surface of the base substrate is provided with a side surface recessed section having a terminal electrically connected to the lead wire, and the side surface recessed section is disposed on the side surface of the base substrate on a side where the resonator element is fixed, at a position where at least a part of the side surface recessed section overlaps an area between two extended lines passing through respective outer side surfaces of the frame member opposed to each other in a plan view from the one of the principal surfaces of the base substrate. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228501 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device having a base substrate on which a resonator element and a semiconductor device are mounted by being disposed in a horizontal direction, includes on one primary face of the base substrate: a resonator element mounting pad that is used for mounting the resonator element; a first semiconductor device connecting pad that is electrically connected to the resonator element mounting pad; a relay pad that is electrically connected to a monitoring electrode terminal formed on the other primary face of the base substrate; and a cutting pattern that electrically connects the first semiconductor device connecting pad and the relay pad, wherein the cutting pattern is cut off in a state in which the semiconductor device is mounted, and a concave dent portion is included on the surface of the base substrate that is a cutting-off position of the cutting pattern. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228505 | PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A package having a base substrate in which an area, in which a resonator element is mounted, and an area, in which a semiconductor device is mounted, are disposed so as to be aligned in a horizontal direction, includes on one face of the base substrate: a resonator element mounting pad that is used for mounting the resonator element; a first semiconductor device connecting pad that is electrically connected to the resonator element mounting pad; a second semiconductor device connecting pad that is electrically connected to a mounting terminal formed on the other face of the base substrate; and a cutting pattern that electrically connects the first semiconductor device connecting pad and the second semiconductor device connecting pad. | 09-22-2011 |
20140035685 | RESONATOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOBILE OBJECT - A resonator device includes a base substrate having a fixation section to be attached to a mounting board and a free end, a resonator element having one end connected to a connection section located on the free end side of the base substrate, and a lid member adapted to airtightly seal the resonator element in a space between the lid member and the base substrate. | 02-06-2014 |
20140291010 | PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A package includes a base portion, and a lid which is placed on the base portion to define an inner space with the base portion and has a metal plate layer and a brazing material layer that is laminated on the metal plate layer, in which the base portion has a metalized layer which is joined with the brazing material layer around the inner space in a plane view, and the brazing material layer has a protrusion which protrudes in a opposite direction of the base portion on an outer peripheral side surface of the metal plate layer. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090251877 | ELECTRONIC PART-CONNECTING STRUCTURE - An electronic part-connecting structure is used in an electrical equipment including a housing, and bus bars which are mounted on the housing and have a plurality of pairs of opposed press-contacting blades to which electronic parts for circuit-protecting purposes are electrically connected by pressing. Positioning ribs are formed in proximity respectively to the press-contacting blades so as to position lead portions of the electronic parts at the respective press-contacting blades. | 10-08-2009 |
20110310632 | ROOM LAMP FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A room lamp for a motor vehicle, including a lamp assembly having a resin clip; a vessel having an opening; and a reinforcing member, wherein the resin clip is engaged with a peripheral edge of the reinforcing member through the opening of the vessel to integrally attach the lamp assembly, the vessel and the reinforcing member, the resin clip is formed generally in an inverted U shape, made of an elastic member and includes a base part connected to a housing, an inverted U shape part connected to the base part and a lock connected to the inverted U shape part, the resin clip has a protruding piece in a lower part of the lock, a side protruding piece is formed in a lower part side of the protruding piece and the protruding piece is located in an engaging recessed part of an opening peripheral edge of the vessel which has a clip abutting surface under a state the resin clip is engaged with the peripheral edge of the reinforcing member. | 12-22-2011 |
20120015531 | PRESS-CONTACTING CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC WIRE - A press-contacting connection structure of electric wires includes a first cover of a holder, and a second cover of the holder attached to the first holder, and a holder mounting part provided on an electric wire connection target member and configured to be attached to the second cover. The electric wires arranged in parallel with each other are held between the first cover and the second cover so that one side portions of the electric wires extend from one side of the holder and the other side portions of the electric wires extend from the other side of the holder. Ends of the one side portions of the electric wires are folded toward the other side of the holder over the first cover, and are bound by a binding band with the other side portions of the electric wires. A press-contact terminal is inserted into the holder through an opening formed in the second cover when the second cover is attached with the holder mounting part, so that the press-contact terminal is press-contacted to the electric wire accommodated in the holder. | 01-19-2012 |
20120220153 | CONNECTOR AND VEHICULAR WIRE HARNESS CONNECTING STRUCTURE - To provide a connector which can reduce a manufacturing cost of a wire harness, and also can enhance the reliability of the wire harness. | 08-30-2012 |
20120241301 | SWITCH - A switch includes a switch knob, a housing, a push pin, and a rubber contact. The switch knob is supported on the housing in a movable manner by pushed. The push pin is pressed in accordance with a push of the switch knob. The rubber contact elastically deforms when the push pin is pressed. A conductive part of the rubber contact is contacted so as to conductively connect a circuit. The circuit is formed by conductors which are a plurality of wire rods provided in parallel. Ends of the wire rods are protruded in a connector opening provided in the housing as male tabs. | 09-27-2012 |
20130058119 | VEHICLE ROOM LAMP - There is provided a vehicle room lamp including a lamp assembly including a resin clip, a roof panel having an opening and a reinforcement having an opening. The resin clip is locked to a peripheral edge of the opening of the reinforcement through the opening of the roof panel. The resin clip is an elastic body formed in an inverted U shape including a base portion connected to the housing, an inverted U-shaped portion connected to the base portion, and a lock connected to the inverted U-shaped portion. The resin clip has an extending portion extending downward at a protruding piece at a lower end of the lock. A peripheral edge of the opening of the roof panel reaches a vicinity of the extending portion in a state where the resin clip is locked to the peripheral edge of the opening of the reinforcement. | 03-07-2013 |
20130098747 | SWITCH DEVICE - There is provided a switch device. Arm springs as movable contacts slide in accordance with a switching operation of a switch knob. The arm springs come into resilient contact and slide on movable contact slide parts. Root parts and mountain parts are formed in the movable contact slide parts and a fixed contact is formed with end edges of bus bars. The bus bars are mounted and fixed to an upper surface of a support part. A cut out part is provided on the upper surface of the support part. The arm springs are formed in the shapes of bars having mountain forms in section fitted to the root parts, and the arm springs are extended in the vertical direction to plate surfaces of the bus bars and arranged to be inclined so that outer side surfaces abut on upper side edges of the fixed contacts. | 04-25-2013 |
20140140086 | VEHICLE INTERIOR LIGHTING - A vehicle interior lighting to be attached into a lamp attaching hole formed in a door trim of a vehicle has a design portion placed on a passenger compartment side of the door trim and a function portion that is placed on an outdoor side of the door trim and that is to be attached into the lamp attaching hole. The function portion has a housing that has an opening opened to the passenger compartment side, and a light source accommodation portion for accommodating and holding a bulb and a light source protective portion that provided with the housing so as to cover the opening and has a light passing aperture of size to prevent the light source from contacting an external member. | 05-22-2014 |
20150027776 | Electric Wire Holding Structure - An electric wire holding structure includes an electric wire holder, an electric wire holder attached portion, and an engaging portion. The electric wire holder holds and arranges a part of a plurality of electric wire and includes a rotation shaft at one end in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the plurality of electric wires. The electric wire holder attached portion includes a shaft supporting portion which pivotally support the rotation shaft and a plurality of press contact terminals to which the electric wires are press contacted, and to which the electric wire holder is attached while being pivotally supported by the shaft supporting portions and being rotated. The engaging portion includes an convex engaging portion and a concave engaging portion or an engaging hole portion. | 01-29-2015 |
20150075865 | Electric Wire Holding Structure - A connector connecting structure includes an electric wire holder in which part of a plurality of electric wires are aligned and held and that has a rotation shaft at one end of the electric wire holder in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the part of the plurality of electric wires held in the electric wire holder and an electric wire holder attached portion that includes a plurality of press contacting terminals to which the plurality of electric wires are press contacted and to which the electric wire holder is attached while the rotation shaft of the electric wire holder is supported by a shaft supporting portion and the electric wire holder is rotated. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100049796 | NETWORK TYPE CONTENT REPRODUCING SYSTEM - The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server. | 02-25-2010 |
20110137985 | NETWORK TYPE CONTENT REPRODUCING SYSTEM - The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server. | 06-09-2011 |
20110219064 | NETWORK TYPE CONTENT REPRODUCING SYSTEM - The network type audio system includes a content server storing a large number of music data pieces, an audio client reproducing music, and a controller monitoring and controlling the audio client through the content server. The audio client requests the server to provide the music data of a music piece selected in response to the user's operation. The content server returns the music data of the selected music piece in response to the request from the audio client. The music data is distributed from the content server to the audio client on the basis of a specified amount. The audio client notifies the content server of its status. The content server notifies the controller of the status of the audio client. The controller displays the status. The controller also instructs the audio client to reproduce the music piece selected in response to the user's operation through the content server. | 09-08-2011 |
20120041999 | NETWORK TYPE CONTENT REPRODUCING SYSTEM - A network AV system comprises a controller, a client connectable to the controller via a network, and an AV equipment connectable to the client. The controller includes a first transmitting unit transmitting a command for controlling a controlled element of the AV equipment to the client. The client includes a first receiving unit receiving the command from the controller, and a second transmitting unit transmitting the command to the AV equipment. The AV equipment includes the controlled element, a second receiving unit receiving the command from the client, and a controlling unit controlling the controlled element according to the received command. | 02-16-2012 |
20120117148 | NETWORK TYPE CONTENT REPRODUCING SYSTEM - A client repeatedly transmits a firmware request including an obtaining start address and an obtaining data length. The obtaining start address indicates the first address of firmware data to be obtained from the server by the client. The obtaining data length indicates the length of the firmware data to be obtained from the server by the client with respect to each firmware request. The server receives the firmware request from the client repeatedly and returns the firmware data for the obtaining data length from the obtaining start address with respect to each firmware request. The client further obtains the firmware data returned from the server repeatedly and updates the firmware by using the firmware data obtained from the server. | 05-10-2012 |
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20110033704 | ADSORBENT FOR THE REMOVAL OF BLOOD CELLS - An adsorbent for the removal of blood cells, which is formed from a hydrophobic polymer resin and has a surface center line average roughness of 5 to 100 nm. The hydrophobic polymer resin is preferably a polyarylate resin (PAR), polyethersulfone resin (PES), polysulfone resin (PSF), or a polymer alloy consisting of two or more of these resins. The adsorbent for the removal of blood cells can take the form of beads, hollow fibers, or solid fibers. | 02-10-2011 |
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20090068702 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MUCIN-TYPE GLYCOPROTEIN - The present invention relates to a means for generating a mucin-type glycopeptide or glycoprotein on a large scale in yeast. Specifically, the invention relates to a method which comprises introducing into a yeast at least one selected from the group consisting of a gene encoding UDP-GalNAc synthetase, a gene encoding UDP-GalNAc transporter, and a gene encoding polypeptide:O-GalNAc transferase, and, if desired, a gene encoding a mucin-type glycopeptide; and producing a mucin-type glycoprotein having O-GalNAc by use of the yeast. | 03-12-2009 |
20090191587 | METHOD FOR HIGH-LEVEL SECRETORY PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN - This invention provides a means for enabling high-level secretory production of proteins, in particular proteins having complicated structures such as antibodies, in host cells such as yeast cells. The invention also provides transformed yeast cells having the activated HAC1 gene and the RRBP1 gene and a method for enabling high-level secretory production of foreign proteins using such transformed host cells by inhibiting O-sugar chain formation indigenous to host cells such as yeast cells. | 07-30-2009 |
20130171692 | SUGAR-CHAIN MODIFIED YEAST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLYCOPROTEIN USING THE SAME - The present invention provides: genetically modified yeasts such as mutant yeasts having an ability to produce N-linked sugar chains of Man | 07-04-2013 |
20140066617 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SIALIC-ACID-CONTAINING SUGAR CHAIN - [Problem to be Solved] | 03-06-2014 |
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