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| 20080303916 | Image-capturing device - An image-capturing device including an image-capturing element, a data extraction device, a recording device, a reproduction device, and a display control device is provided. The image-capturing element captures an image of a photographic subject and outputs image data. The data extraction device extracts data corresponding to a region designated in advance within the image data outputted from the image-capturing element. The recording device records the extracted data and the image data into a recording medium individually. The reproduction device reads out the extracted data from the recording medium. The display control device outputs an image signal to a display device, so as to display an image according to the extracted data read out by the reproduction device. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303924 | Information processing apparatus and method for operating same - When the power supply is turned on, the value of a mode flag first is set to 0, the mode flag is evaluated, and processing of the record mode is executed. In the record mode, charging processing of the strobe is performed for a specified interval of time, and the strobe can be reliably caused to flash. Charging processing of the strobe is not performed while processing of reproduction (play) mode or another mode is being performed, and battery consumption is controlled. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080307354 | Information processing apparatus - In order to efficiently display a plurality of images on a display screen, the display screen is divided into a number of areas based on the number of images that are designated for display. For example, if four information items are selected and designated for display, the screen is divided into four areas, each area displaying one of the selected information items. Image information is reduced in size for display in each divided area, and sound information can be represented by a corresponding symbol (e.g., a musical note). If five or more information items are selected and designated for display, then the screen is divided into nine areas, and each of the selected images is displayed in one of the divided areas. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100070927 | Image display device and computer-readable medium - An image display device includes: an image display unit that displays a list of images each including information related to a position of photography; a selection unit that selects at least one image from among the images; a photography position information acquisition unit that acquires information related to the position of photography; a specification unit that specifies a map server based on the information related to the position of photography; a requesting unit that transmits to the specified map server the information related to the position of photography, and that requests the map server to transmit map data for a range that includes the position of photography; a reception unit that receives the map data transmitted from the map server; and a display control unit that displays a map based on the received map data, and displays information specifying the position of photography upon the map. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100238322 | Information processing apparatus and method for operating same - When the power supply is turned on, the value of a mode flag first is set to 0, the mode flag is evaluated, and processing of the record mode is executed. In the record mode, charging processing of the strobe is performed for a specified interval of time, and the strobe can be reliably caused to flash. Charging processing of the strobe is not performed while processing of reproduction (play) mode or another mode is being performed, and battery consumption is controlled. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100315532 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing plural types of information, method and recording medium for controlling same - Various processes effectively execute updating of related information that is correlated to user selected information. For example, when a selected screen is touched by a pen or the like while an image corresponding to the selected image data is displayed on the screen, existing line drawing data (for example, a first character string) that is correlated to the image data and stored is displayed on the screen. In this instance, if new line drawing data (for example, a second character string) is input using the pen or the like, the new line drawing data is added to the existing line drawing data, and is correlated to the image data being displayed and stored. Different sound data can be correlated to selected image data. Different memo data also can be correlated user selected sound data. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110029578 | Information processing apparatus - Recorded information is grouped in recording units. The information of each recording unit is displayed by the order of older recording date based upon information recorded in memory. The recording time of each recording unit is displayed on the left edge of the display screen, to the right of which is a memo icon indicating memo information, a thumbnail image indicating shooting image information, a sound icon indicating sound, and reproduction time information for each recording unit. If a predetermined recording unit is designated and reproduced, the screen is re-displayed so that the reproduced recording unit appears at the lowermost line of the screen. If a new recording unit is recorded, the newest recording unit is displayed at the lowermost line. If the screen is scrolled and another display screen is displayed by operation of a scroll key, a screen similar to the previously displayed screen is displayed. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110261230 | Image-capturing device - An image-capturing device including an image-capturing element, a data extraction device, a recording device, a reproduction device, and a display control device is provided. The image-capturing element captures an image of a photographic subject and outputs image data. The data extraction device extracts data corresponding to a region designated in advance within the image data outputted from the image-capturing element. The recording device records the extracted data and the image data into a recording medium individually. The reproduction device reads out the extracted data from the recording medium. The display control device outputs an image signal to a display device, so as to display an image according to the extracted data read out by the reproduction device. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110285650 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing plural types of information, method and recording medium for controlling same - Various processes effectively execute updating of related information that is correlated to user selected information. For example, when a selected screen is touched by a pen or the like while an image corresponding to the selected image data is displayed on the screen, existing line drawing data (for example, a first character string) that is correlated to the image data and stored is displayed on the screen. In this instance, if new line drawing data (for example, a second character string) is input using the pen or the like, the new line drawing data is added to the existing line drawing data, and is correlated to the image data being displayed and stored. Different sound data can be correlated to selected image data. Different memo data also can be correlated user selected sound data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120047459 | Information processing apparatus - In order to efficiently display a plurality of images on a display screen, the display screen is divided into a number of areas based on the number of images that are designated for display. For example, if four information items are selected and designated for display, the screen is divided into four areas, each area displaying one of the selected information items. Image information is reduced in size for display in each divided area, and sound information can be represented by a corresponding symbol (e.g., a musical note). If five or more information items are selected and designated for display, then the screen is divided into nine areas, and each of the selected images is displayed in one of the divided areas. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20090272464 | Grain-Oriented Electrical Sheet Superior in Watt Loss - The present invention provides grain-oriented electrical sheet more superior in watt loss compared with the past by dividing the watt loss of grain-oriented electrical sheet introducing strain by firing of a laser beam etc. into hysteresis loss and eddy current loss and, in particular from the viewpoint of the eddy current loss, quantitatively suitably controlling the distribution of the strain and residual stress in the sheet thickness direction, that is, grain-oriented electrical sheet obtained by firing a laser beam etc. to introduce lines of strain substantially perpendicular to the rolling direction uniformly in a sheet width direction and cyclically in the rolling direction for magnetic domain control, characterized in that in the two-dimensional distribution of a rolling direction compressive residual stress occurring near one location of the introduction of strain in a cross-section perpendicular to the sheet width direction, the value of the rolling direction compressive residual stress integrated in the region of the cross-section where there is compressive residual stress is within a predetermined range. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100243629 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET WHOSE MAGNETIC DOMAINS ARE CONTROLLED BY LASER BEAM IRRADIATION - There is provided a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet whose iron losses are reduced by laser beam irradiation, capable of improving the iron losses in both the L-direction and the C-direction while easily ensuring high productivity. The method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet reduces iron losses by scanning and irradiating a grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet with a continuous-wave laser beam condensed into a circular or elliptical shape at constant intervals in a direction substantially perpendicular to a rolling direction of the grain-oriented electromagnetic steel sheet, wherein when an average irradiation energy density Ua is defined as Ua=P/(Vc×PL) (mJ/mm | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100279141 | LOW CORE LOSS GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A grain-oriented electrical steel plate is characterized in that grooves having a width of 10 μm to 200 μm and a depth of 10 μm to 30 μm exist in at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of a steel plate at intervals of 1 mm to 10 mm, an angle between a direction in which the grooves extend and a rolling direction of the steel plate is 60 degrees to 120 degrees, and tensile stresses having a maximum value of 20 MPa to 300 MPa act in the rolling direction within ranges of 10 μm to 300 μm from side surfaces of the grooves. | 11-04-2010 |
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| 20090065848 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A charge holding insulating film in a memory cell is constituted by a laminated film composed of a bottom insulating film, a charge storage film, and a top insulating film on a semiconductor substrate. Further, by performing a plasma nitriding treatment to the bottom insulating film, a nitride region whose nitrogen concentration has a peak value and is 1 atoms or more is formed on the upper surface side in the bottom insulating film. The thickness of the nitride region is set to 0.5 nm or more and 1.5 nm or less, and the peak value of nitrogen concentration is set to 5 atom % or more and 40 atom % or less, and a position of the peak value of nitrogen concentration is set within 2 nm from the upper surface of the bottom insulating film, thereby suppressing an interaction between the bottom insulating film and the charge storage film. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090275183 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A thermal oxidation method capable of obtaining a high oxidation rate by generating a sufficient enhanced-rate oxidation phenomenon even in a low temperature region is provided. In addition, a thermal oxidation method capable of forming a silicon oxide film having a high reliability even when formed at a low temperature region. A basic concept herein is to form a silicon oxide film by thermal reaction by generating a large amount of oxygen radicals (O*) having a large reactivity without using plasma. More specifically, ozone (O | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100123183 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A technique capable of improving the memory retention characteristics of a non-volatile memory is provided. In particular, a technique of fabricating a non-volatile semiconductor memory device is provided capable of enhancing the film quality of a silicon oxide film even when a silicon oxide film as a first potential barrier film is formed with a plasma oxidation method to improve the memory retention characteristics of the non-volatile memory. After a silicon oxide film, which is a main component of a first potential barrier film, is formed with a plasma oxidation method, plasma nitridation at a high temperature and a heat treatment in an atmosphere containing nitric oxide are performed in combination, thereby forming a silicon oxynitride film on the surface of the silicon oxide film, and segregating nitrogen to an interface between the silicon oxide film and a semiconductor substrate. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100129998 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A charge holding insulating film in a memory cell is constituted by a laminated film composed of a bottom insulating film, a charge storage film, and a top insulating film on a semiconductor substrate. Further, by performing a plasma nitriding treatment to the bottom insulating film, a nitride region whose nitrogen concentration has a peak value and is 1 atom % or more is formed on the upper surface side in the bottom insulating film. The thickness of the nitride region is set to 0.5 nm or more and 1.5 nm or less, and the peak value of nitrogen concentration is set to 5 atom % or more and 40 atom % or less, and a position of the peak value of nitrogen concentration is set within 2 nm from the upper surface of the bottom insulating film, thereby suppressing an interaction between the bottom insulating film and the charge storage film. | 05-27-2010 |
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| 20100209041 | PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSITE WIRING MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A photoelectric composite wiring module includes a circuit substrate, an optical device, an LSI having a driver and an amplifier for the optical device, and a thin film wiring layer having an electrical wiring. The optical device is connected with the LSI by means of the electrical wiring. The optical device is formed on the circuit substrate and optically coupled to an optical waveguide formed in the circuit substrate. The thin film wiring layer is formed on the optical device to ensure that the optical device is electrically connected with the electrical wiring of the thin film wiring layer. The LSI is mounted on and electrically connected with the thin film wiring layer. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110026878 | Optical I/O Array Module and Its Fabrication Method - In fabricating an optical I/O array module, an optical waveguide provided with mirror parts, each having a tapered face, is formed on a substrate, a convex shaped member or a concave shaped member is placed at spots above the respective mirror parts of the optical waveguide, and laser diode arrays and photo diode arrays, provided with either a concave shape, or a convex shape, are mated with, or into the convex shaped member or the concave shaped member before being mounted. Further, there are formed multiple filmy layers, on which an LSI where a driver IC LSI of optical elements, and an amplifier LSI of the optical elements are integrated. | 02-03-2011 |
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| 20080316351 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A photographing apparatus including an in-focus position detector for detecting an in-focus position of a focusing lens to focus an image of a subject on an image pickup surface, a driving controller for controlling the driving of the focusing lens, a reflective member that opens and closes on a path of a light that is irradiated onto the image pickup surface, and an optical measuring unit measuring a brightness of the subject image that is reflected by the reflective member in a closed state when a preliminary light emission operation is performed with respect to the subject before performing a main exposure operation. In the preliminary light emission, the driving controller drives the focusing lens to a position nearer the subject or a position nearer the image pickup surface, rather than to the in-focus position of the focusing lens detected by the in-focus position detector. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100054722 | FOCUSING POSITION DETERMINING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING POSITION DETERMINING METHOD - Provided are a focusing position determining apparatus, an imaging apparatus, and a focusing position determining method, the method including setting an aperture to a first aperture value; driving a focus lens through a first range of positions as a first drive; during the first drive, obtaining images periodically, and calculating a first sampling of contrast values from the obtained images; calculating a first focus position from the first sampling of contrast values; setting the aperture to a second aperture value; driving a focus lens through a second range of positions as a second drive, the second range of positions being based on the first focus position; during the second drive, obtaining images periodically, and calculating a second sampling of contrast values from the obtained images; calculating a focusing position from the second sampling of contrast values; and driving the focus lens to the calculated focusing position. | 03-04-2010 |
