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| 20100215395 | REMOVABLE MEMBER-HOLDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A removable member-holding device is provided and includes: a pull-out member being movably between an accommodating position and a pull-out position; a holding member supported on the pull-out member and having a holding member body, the holding member being extended in a moving direction of the pull-out member and holding a removable member which is removed from the image forming apparatus body, the holding member being movable between an insertion enabling position and a removing position; and a pull-out regulating member provided on a downstream end of the holding member in the pull-out direction and regulating a movement of the removable member to a downstream side in the pull-out direction. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215407 | REMOVABLE MEMBER-HOLDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A removable member-holding device is provided and includes: a pull-out member that is supported so as to be movable between an accommodation position and a pull-out position; a rotatable holder that is supported by the pull-out member so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft and supported so as to be movable integrally with the pull-out member, and that holds a removable member which is attached to and detached from the image forming apparatus main body, the rotatable holder being movable between an insertion possible position where the pull-out member is movable from the pull-out position toward the accommodation position and an inclined position where the rotatable holder rotates downward in a direction of a gravity around the rotation shaft and is inclined with respect to the insertion possible position; and a regulating member that is disposed at the rotation shaft of the rotatable holder to lessen a movement speed of the rotatable holder when rotationally moving to the inclined position. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100221045 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus body that includes a container attaching portion to which a developer container is removably attached; a container put-on member on which the developer container is put; and a support member to which the container put-on member is attached, the support member supporting the container put-on member to perform a movement between a first position in which the container put-on member is at the container attaching portion and a second position in which the container put-on member is pulled out from the container attaching portion, wherein at the second position, at least a part of the container put-on member is displaced downward through a rotating shaft provided on the support member to a lower position than a height of the container put-on member at the second position in the direction of gravity. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110064474 | DEVELOPER DELIVERING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder transporting device includes a transporting path that has first and second transporting path transporting paths, a connecting member that is disposed in a connecting portion of the first transporting path and the second transporting path, a sealing member that seals a connection transporting path and the connecting member; an opening that is disposed on an end side of the connection transporting path of the connecting member; a rotation gate member that moves between a rotation blocking position and a rotation opening position; and an outer gate member moves between an outer opening position and an outer blocking position. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20090262604 | LOCALIZATION SYSTEM, ROBOT, LOCALIZATION METHOD, AND SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION PROGRAM - To measure an accurate positional relationship between an ultrasonic tag and a microphone and identify a sound source position, even if an object is present between the ultrasonic tag and the microphone. When a radio transmission unit transmits a radio wave, an ultrasonic wave transmission unit of an ultrasonic tag receives it and transmits an ultrasonic wave. Then, a plurality of microphones in an ultrasonic wave reception array unit receive the ultrasonic wave. A propagation time calculation unit calculates a time from when the radio wave is transmitted by the radio transmission unit till when an ultrasonic wave reaches each of the microphones in the ultrasonic wave reception array unit. A position estimation unit calculates the position (sound source) of the ultrasonic tag according to the arrival time at each of the microphones and the result of object detection while considering reflection of the ultrasonic wave. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100188188 | SENSING DEVICE AND SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A sensing device includes a situation acquisition unit acquiring information on situation of a site of interest sensed; a sensing range change unit changing sensing range of the situation acquisition unit; a position identification unit identifying position of the situation acquisition unit; and a sensing operation controlling unit which detects inhibited content, a subject of inhibition of transmission, from the information on the situation of the site of interest. If the inhibited content has been detected, the sensing operation controlling unit calculates position of the inhibited content based on the position identification information from the position identification unit. The sensing operation controlling unit controls the sensing range change unit, based on the position identification information including the position of inhibited content calculated, so that the position of inhibited content is not contained in the sensing range. An inhibited content detection unit outputs information on the site of interest to an operation terminal upon non-detection of inhibited content. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100241693 | REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, SERVER, REMOTELY OPERATED DEVICE, REMOTE OPERATION SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - [PROBLEMS] To provide a remote operation system with improved device user friendliness. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110117537 | USAGE ESTIMATION DEVICE - Predicting a transition of usage of a user on a terminal device. A trajectory made by dividing operation history information of a user on the terminal device by time, calculating a group of feature amount representing the usage for each piece of the operation history information in each division section, and connecting points corresponding to the group of feature amount on a space based on the feature amount is referred to as a usage trajectory. A processing device | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110125700 | USER MODEL PROCESSING DEVICE - A model to predict a transition of a user's usage for a terminal device is generated from an operation record. A usage cluster generating unit ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110199491 | CALIBRATION INDEX DETERMINATION DEVICE, CALIBRATION DEVICE, CALIBRATION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a system to determine whether calibration indices are appropriate for each camera when calibrating large quantities of cameras, in which there is great variation in individual differences in image blurring characteristics. The present invention takes an image of a calibration index and calculates the calibration precision that can be expected in calibration from the calibration index image that has been taken. If the calibration precision that can be expected is not optimal for each camera, the density of lines or shapes that constitute the calibration index is changed until the optimum calibration index for each camera is found. | 08-18-2011 |
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| 20090295781 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - When an image signal suitable for performing automatic adjustment of an effective image area and a dot clock is not output, the adjustment may be unsuccessfully performed. An effective image area detector detects an effective image area and determines whether an image in the effective image area is a blank image. If a synchronization signal detector determines that there exists a synchronization signal and if the effective image area detector determines that the image is not a blank image, a controller adjusts an area captured as image data by an input signal processor. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110157563 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type display apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set a vertical keystone correction value used to correct a vertical distortion of a projection image and a horizontal keystone correction value used to correct a horizontal distortion of the projection image, and an image generator configured to generate an image representing a current vertical keystone correction value and a current horizontal keystone correction value that are set by the setting unit, and a settable range of each of the vertical keystone correction value and the horizontal keystone correction value from the current vertical keystone correction value and the current horizontal keystone correction value. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110164179 | AUTOMATIC QUANTIZATION CLOCK PHASE ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The display apparatus includes an AD converter converting an analog video signal into a digital video signal, a phase adjuster and a horizontal start position detector. The detector detects a horizontal start position where an output value of the AD converter becomes a minimum value that exceeds a threshold level in a video horizontal direction. The phase adjuster acquires a start position change phase where the horizontal start position is changed. The phase adjuster calculates a first phase period where the analog video signal starts its transition from a first level to a second (higher) level and then ends the transition. The phase adjuster sets a phase not included in the first phase period as an adjusted phase of the quantization clock. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110181777 | AUTOMATIC QUANTIZATION CLOCK PHASE ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The method adjusts the phase of a quantization clock signal for a video signal automatically based on a received analogue video signal. The method includes a step of determining a horizontal start position and a horizontal end position of a pixel-level transition within the analogue video signal, a step of determining a stable-period start position and a stable-period end position at each transition by sequentially changing an adjustable phase of the quantization clock signal, a step of calculating an appropriate phase of the quantization clock signal based on the determined timings of the beginning and end of the stable periods within the analogue signal, and a step of setting the phase of the quantization clock signal to the calculated appropriate phase. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110194033 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus is configured to control a clock generator so that a phase of a clock can maximize an integrated evaluation value that is an integrated value of a differential absolute value between adjacent pixels in an image display unit over one frame of a plurality of digital video signals corresponding to a plurality of clocks having different phases generated by the clock generator when a value made by dividing a maximum value of the integrated evaluation value by a minimum value of the integrated evaluation value is larger than a threshold, and to control the clock generator so that the phase of the clock can correspond to an intermediate position in a phase range in which the position becomes constant relative to the phase of the clock when the value made by dividing the maximum value by the minimum value is equal to or smaller than the threshold. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110234608 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus includes a memory | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242414 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus, equipped with a common input terminal inputting different video signals, can discriminate the type of an input video signal entered from the common input terminal. The display apparatus includes the common input terminal inputting different video signals. A synchronizing signal separation unit separates a synchronizing signal from a video signal entered from the common input terminal. A frequency measurement unit measures a frequency of the synchronizing signal. An input signal discrimination unit discriminates the video signal entered from the common input terminal based on a type of the synchronizing signal separated by the synchronizing signal separation unit and a measurement result obtained by the frequency measurement unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110310983 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The display apparatus includes an image display element being driven based on a digital video signal, a quantizing part converting an input analog image signal into the digital video signal based on a quantization phase and a quantization frequency, and a converting part converting an input value into an output value, the input value being a difference value of signal values of pixels adjacent to each other in the digital video signal. The apparatus includes an accumulating part accumulating the output values from the converting part that converts the difference values obtained over entire pixels in one frame of the digital video signal to produce an accumulation evaluation value, and a controller adjusting the quantization phase in the quantizing part such that the accumulation evaluation value becomes maximum. The output values a(m) for the input values k1, k2 and k3 satisfy conditions of a(k1+1)−a(k1)| 12-22-2011 | |
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| 20090101304 | HEAT EXCHANGE TYPE COOLING DEVICE - A heat exchange type cooling device includes an enclosure, an inside-air passage allowing inside air in the inside of the enclosure to flow through the inside-air passage and returning the flowing inside air to the inside, an outside-air passage allowing outside air at the outside of the enclosure to flow through the outside-air passage and returning the flowing outside air to the outside, an inside-air blower sending the inside air to the inside-air passage, an outside-air blower sending the outside air to the outside-air passage, a heat-exchanging element exchanging heat between the outside air flowing through the outside-air passage and the inside air flowing through the inside-air passage, and a heater for heating the inside air. The outside-air passage is independent from the inside-air passage. The heater is provided upstream of the heat-exchanging element in the inside-air passage. This heat exchange type cooling device can heat and cool the inside of the enclosure while preventing dust and moisture from entering into the inside of the enclosure. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090139261 | COOLER FOR HEATER-CONTAINING BOX - There is provided a cooler for heater-containing box in which an outside air fan for carrying air on an outside air path and an inside air fan for carrying air on an inside air path are arranged such that a rotating shaft of each fan is in parallel with an air intake direction, and a heat exchanger for exchanging sensible heat of outside air and inside air is arranged between the outside air path and the inside air path such that a suction port at a longitudinal air-path side of the heat exchanger is aligned with a blowout port of the fan. The cooler for heater-containing box capable of making the depth thinner can be provided. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100218919 | Cooling Device - A control device accommodating unit ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100294458 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING HEAT GENERATION BODY - In the heat exchanger of a heat exchange device of the present invention, first protrusions ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100326635 | HEAT EXCHANGING DEVICE, AND DEVICE ADAPTED FOR HOUSING HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT AND USING THE HEAT EXCHANGING DEVICE - A heat-exchanging device employed in a heat generator casing with a small installation area. The heat-exchanging device includes a heat exchanger, a first air blower, and a second air blower in a first case. The first case includes a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet, and a second outlet. The first outlet is disposed in a direction different from a direction facing the first inlet. The second outlet is disposed in a direction different from a direction facing the second inlet. A first path where a first fluid flows and a second path where a second fluid flows cross in the heat exchanger. Heat is exchanged between the first fluid and the second fluid. The first air blower establishes a first passage where the first fluid flows from the first inlet to the first outlet via the first path. The second air blower establishes a second passage where the second fluid flows from the second inlet to the second outlet via the second path. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110192580 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE AND HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT CONTAINING DEVICE USING SAME - The invention is provided with main body case ( | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110277970 | HEAT EXCHANGER DEVICE AND HEATING ELEMENT HOLDER USING SAME - A heat exchanger device of the invention having a body case provided with a first air intake port and a first discharge port for a first environment in a front surface thereof, and a second air intake port and a second discharge port for a second environment in a back surface thereof, an air-blow fan for the first environment provided in the body case, and a heat exchanger inside the body case for exchanging heat between the air in the first environment and the air in the second environment, and is configured such that opposed two surfaces are provided with an air suction port for a first environment and an air suction port for a second environment, respectively, and the other surface is provided with an air blow-off port for the first environment and an air blow-off port for the second environment, respectively. A surface provided with the air suction port for the first environment is directed to the air-blow fan, and a chamber is formed between the second air intake port and the air suction port for the second environment. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20100203159 | METAL COMPONENT ABSORPTION ENHANCER IN PLANT - The invention provides a metal component absorption enhancer which enhances the absorption of at least one metal component selected from the elements belonging to the groups 2 to 12 in the third to fourth periods when a plant grows. An absorption enhancer of at least one metal component selected from the elements belonging to the groups 2 to 12 in the third to fourth periods in a plant, which comprises 5-aminolevulinic acid or a derivative thereof represented by the following general formula (1), or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100317527 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING LAWN GRASS QUALITIES - An agent for improving lawn grass quality, which is excellent in promoting dwarfing of lawn grass, making the stem sturdy, increasing the leaf count, and improving greenness, is provided. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100331183 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING GOOD RICE SEEDLING GROWTH - There is provided an agent for improving the growth of seedlings, having effects of raising healthy rice seedlings, such as increase of the tillering number, increase of root weight, enhancement of greenness, and increase of stem thickness. | 12-30-2010 |
