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| 20080239934 | Optical recording medium and recording film material - An optical recording medium is provided which includes two or more information layers in which an Sb-based eutectic material is used as the material for a recording film of a translucent information layer. There is also provided a recording film material for the optical recording medium. The translucent information layer is configured to include a recording film formed of a phase change material Sb | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080310279 | Rewritable phase-change optical recording medium - A rewritable phase-change optical recording medium is provided, which includes a substrate, a first information layer, a spacer layer, a second information layer, and a cover layer. The second information layer includes a recording film containing Sb as a main component and V or V and In as second components. When an amorphous mark formed in the recording film is irradiated with a reproduction beam, crystallization of the amorphous mark occurs only in a central portion in the width direction of the amorphous mark. The width direction is orthogonal to the scanning direction of the laser beam. The recording film is formed of a material that exhibits a change in degree of modulation of 5% or less when recorded information is repeatedly reproduced. The change in degree of modulation is a change from when the number of times of reproduction is 100,000 to when it is 400,000. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20110205867 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SERIES OF OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA - In a multilayer optical recording medium, it is an object to suppress generation of crosstalk while reducing an interlayer distance of recording and reading layers. In an optical recording medium including three or more recording and reading layers, a first distance, and a second distance greater than the first distance by 3 μm or more are alternately defined as interlayer distances of recording and reading layers. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205868 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPTICAL RECORDING-READING METHOD - Efficient recording and reading are achieved in an optical recording medium including servo layers and recording and reading layers. The optical recording medium includes: a first servo layer having a projection and a depression for tracking control that are formed in a first spiral direction; a second servo layer having a projection and a depression for tracking control that are formed in a second spiral direction opposite to the first spiral direction; and a plurality of recording and reading layers having a flat structure with no projection and depression for tracking control. Information is recorded on each of the plurality of recording and reading layers while tracking control is performed using the first servo layer or the second servo layer. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205869 | OPTICAL RECORDING-READING METHOD AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical recording and reading method is provided in which the information necessary for recording and reading layers is quickly acquired to reduce the seek time during reading and recording. The optical recording and reading method is used for an optical recording medium that includes a plurality of recording and reading layers and a servo layer. Information is recorded on or read from the recording and reading layers by irradiating them with a recording and reading beam while the servo layer is irradiated with a servo beam to perform tracking control. When information is recorded on the recording and reading layers, control information necessary for subsequent recording and reading to be performed on the recording and reading layers is recorded on the servo layer | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205870 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPTICAL RECORDING-READING METHOD - An optical recording medium including recording and reading layers and a servo layer increases the recording capacity thereof. In the optical recording medium including the plurality of recording and reading layers and the servo layer, the servo layer has a groove and a land that can be used to perform tracking control with a long-wavelength servo beam. Information is recorded on the recording and reading layers with a recording and reading beam having a wavelength shorter than the wavelength of the servo beam. Recording marks are formed on the recording and reading layers while both the groove and land are tracked. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205881 | SERIES OF OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA - A series of optical recording media is provided to reduce a burden on an optical pickup by introducing a standardized idea among a plurality of optical recording media. In the series of optical recording media, optical recording media are of a plurality of types, each optical recording medium including a plurality of planar recording and reading layers with no projections and depressions for tracking control, and a servo layer with projections and depressions for tracking control. The plurality of optical recording media have different numbers of stacked recording and reading layers, and the positions of the servo layers with respect to the corresponding light incident surfaces are standardized among the plurality of optical recording media. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205882 | SERIES OF OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA - A series of optical recording media is provided to reduce a burden on an optical pickup by introducing a standardized idea among a plurality of optical recording media. In the series of optical recording media, optical recording media are of a plurality of types, each optical recording medium including a plurality of planar recording and reading layers with no projections and depressions for tracking control, and a servo layer with projections and depressions for tracking control. The plurality of optical recording media have different numbers of stacked recording and reading layers. The plurality of optical recording media have different numbers of stacked recording and reading layers. The positions of the servo layers from the corresponding light incident surfaces are standardized among the plurality of optical recording media. The position of at least one recording and reading layer from the corresponding light incident surface is standardized among the plurality of optical recording media. | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20090183786 | Displacement Control Valve - The present invention comprising a valve main body having a first valve chamber, a second valve chamber and a third valve chamber, said first valve chamber communicating with a first communication passage, said second valve chamber having a second valve seat face for a valve hole and communicating with a second communication passage, said third valve chamber having a third valve seat face and communicating with a third communication passage; a valve body having a first valve member, a second valve member and a third valve member, said second valve member having a intermediate communication passage therein communicating with said first valve chamber and said third communication passage, said second valve member opening and closing a valve hole with respect to second valve seat face, thereby communicating with said first valve chamber and said second valve chamber, said third valve member performing a valve opening/closing action with respect to said third valve seat face in an reverse manner against said second valve member, thereby opening or closing the communication with said intermediate communication passage and said third communication passage, said first valve member performing a valve opening/closing action in the same direction to said second valve member; a pressure sensing member having a valve seat portion, said valve seat portion being disposed at a free end of said pressure sensing member, said valve seat portion performing a valve opening/closing action with respect to said first valve member, thereby opening or closing the communication with said first valve chamber and said intermediate communication passage; and a solenoid member driving said valve body in accordance with an electric current supplied thereto; and an auxiliary communication passage providing a communication between said first valve chamber and said intermediate communication passage. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090276164 | BOARD OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WARP ANALYZING METHOD, BOARD OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WARP ANALYZING SYSTEM AND BOARD OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WARP ANALYZING PROGRAM - The board warp analysis method includes, in board warp calculation based on model data including at least a configuration and an elastic constant of a board and an electronic component including various kinds of parts which is mounted on the board, the processing of dividing a temperature profile indicative of a relationship between a temperature and a time with respect to the electronic component by a predetermined time, obtaining a relaxation elastic modulus of the electronic component corresponding to the divisional time by shifting on a time base of a master curve related to the electronic component which is composed with respect to a reference temperature based on a temperature-time conversion rule, calculating a curing degree of the electronic component based on a relationship between a time after shift and an actually applied temperature, and analyzing a warp of the electronic component based on a relaxation elastic modulus on the master curve corresponding to the curing degree or a relaxation elastic modulus calculated based on a relationship between the curing degree and the elastic constant according to a value of the curing degree calculated. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090312991 | Analysis method using finite element method, program causing computer to execute same, and system for same - An FEM analysis system is provided which is capable of analyzing with high accuracy and within a short time in a drop shock analysis of electronic devices in which a very small mesh size is incorporated. Processing to be performed by an optimal solution selecting and analyzing section includes a step of checking whether an analysis to be performed is a shock analysis, a step of searching for a minimum mesh size when the analysis to be performed is judged to be a shock analysis, a step of creating a simplified analysis model using the minimum mesh size, a step of performing a preliminary analysis on a simplified model by an implicit method and explicit method, and a step of selecting either of the implicit method or explicit method as an optimal analysis method by comparing results from preliminary analysis, results from these analyses and experiments or exact solution. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100223030 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOARD WARP ANALYSIS SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOARD WARP ANALYSIS DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOARD WARP ANALYSIS METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is highly accurate three-dimensional board warp analysis technology that can optimize at a development design phase material quality, size, reflow heating profile, or the like of a printed wiring board and various kinds of electronic components mounted on the board. The invention is characterized in comprising a model making-out means that adds a characteristic value of a material to shape data indicative of a shape of board to make out model data, a model division means that carries out vertical and lateral divisions equally base on the model data, a calculation means that calculates warp of cutting plane and a counter sectional plane of each of the divided models, and a conversion means that connects the cutting planes with each other after the calculation and converts them into warp data on the entire coordinate system. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110010153 | MODEL ANALYSIS SYSTEM, MODEL ANALYSIS METHOD, AND MODEL ANALYSIS PROGRAM - To improve the precision of an analysis of a finite element model. A model analysis system analyzes a state change according to a temperature and/or an external force in a finite element model of an object including a fluid portion and a structure portion coupled together. Further, the model analysis system includes pressure information calculation means that calculates pressure information of the fluid portion based on a surface tension of the fluid portion, model generation means that performs an element division for the fluid portion and the structure portion as a structure, and generates the finite element model, and model analysis means that analyzes the state change of the finite element model generated by the model generation means based on the pressure information of the fluid portion calculated by the pressure information calculation means. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20090097822 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE READING BY A USER EQUIPMENT OF MCCH (MBMS POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT CONTROL CHANNEL) INFORMATION - A video playing device includes a classification unit | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090279850 | Broadcast Signal-Providing Device, Broadcast Signal-Providing Method, Broadcast Signal-Providing Program, and Broadcast Signal-Providing System - During time-shifted playback of a broadcast signal, an immediacy information detection means ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100063965 | CONTENT PROCESSOR, CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONTENT PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide a content processing technique which enables to prevent a reading person from easily guessing the fact of hiding and hidden information, and to obtain a content having natural information close to information of its original content before hiding. A content processor includes a search means which searches contents having information similar to a part excluding a part to be hidden in the original content, an arithmetic means which calculates non-similarity which shows the degree of non-similarity of each content obtained by the search means to the part to be hidden of the contend, and a selection means which selects the content which is the least similar to the part to be hidden out of the contents searched by the search means. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100076938 | PROTOCOL MISMATCH DETECTION SYSTEM, PROTOCOL MISMATCH DETECTION METHOD, AND PROTOCOL MISMATCH DETECTION PROGRAM - A protocol mismatch detection system ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100191665 | SERVICE VALUE CALCULATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A service value calculation system includes: crisis problem inspection means which detects a crisis or a problem of a service object; and virtual damage amount calculation means which calculates a virtual damage amount generated if a detected crisis or problem is not solved when a service is not applied and calculates the service value. | 07-29-2010 |
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| 20110101083 | INK COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING, PAPER CONTAINER MATERIAL USING THE INK COMPOSITION, AND HEAT INSULATING FOAMED PAPER CONTAINER - There is provided a printing ink to be used in the production of a heat insulating foamed paper container obtained by heating a paper container which has a container body unit laminated with a high-melting point thermoplastic synthetic resin film on the inner surface and with a low-melting point thermoplastic synthetic resin film (low-Mp resin film) on the outer surface, and thereby foaming the low-Mp resin film, the printing ink being printed on the laminated low-Mp resin film upon the production of the paper container but inhibiting the occurrence of differences in level at the foamed surface of the low-Mp resin film. In an ink composition for printing on foamed paper containers, which contains a colorant, a binder resin and a solvent, a resin having an elongation ratio (elongation ratio as measured with a small-size tensile tester manufactured by Intesco Co., Ltd., under the conditions of a tensile speed of 100 mm/min and room temperature (25° C.)) of 400% to 3,000% is used as the binder resin. The binder resin is preferably a mixture of a urethane resin:vinyl chloride/vinyl acetate copolymer (=50:50 to 99:1), and the urethane resin is more preferably a polyurethane-urea resin. A non-aromatic solvent is used as the solvent. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110111150 | BRIGHTENING INK COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING, PAPER CONTAINER MATERIAL USING THE BRIGHTENING INK COMPOSITION, AND HEAT INSULATING FOAMED PAPER CONTAINER - There is provided a brightening ink composition for printing intended for realizing a heat insulating foamed paper container produced by foaming a low-melting point film by a heat treatment, such as a heat insulating foamed paper cup, the brightening ink composition conforming to the foaming without the occurrence of ink splits (cracks) upon foaming, having very small differences in level between the brightening printed areas and other printed areas at the container surface after foaming, making the container surface almost smooth, and having excellent design applicability and aesthetic properties as well as excellent heat resistance and print quality. A brightening ink composition containing a brightening material that imparts a sense of brightness, silicon dioxide, a binder resin and a solvent is prepared, and the brightening ink composition is used to form a printed layer of a paper container material for producing a heat insulating foamed paper container. | 05-12-2011 |
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| 20110008200 | HEAT-RESISTANCE FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL - Ferritic stainless steel is excellent in terms of both oxidation resistance and thermal fatigue resistance without adding expensive elements, such as Mo or W. The ferritic stainless steel, contains: C: 0.015 mass % or lower, Si: 1.0 mass % or lower, Mn: 1.0 mass % or lower, P: 0.04 mass % or lower, S: 0.010 mass % or lower, Cr: 16 to 23 mass % or lower, N: 0.015 mass % or lower, Nb: 0.3 to 0.65 mass %, Ti: 0.15 mass % or lower, Mo: 0.1 mass % or lower, W: 0.1 mass % or lower, Cu: 1.0 to 2.5 mass %, Al: 0.2 to 1.5 mass %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110123387 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL EXCELLENT IN HEAT RESISTANCE AND TOUGHNESS - A ferritic stainless steel excellent in thermal fatigue resistance and oxidation resistance and also having toughness equivalent to or higher than that of Type 429 does not need to add an expensive element such as Mo or W. Specifically, the ferritic stainless steel includes C: 0.015 mass % or less, Si: 0.5 mass % or less, Mn: 0.5 mass % or less, P: 0.04 mass % or less, S: 0.006 mass % or less, Cr: 16 to 20 mass %, N: 0.015 mass % or less, Nb: 0.3 to 0.55 mass %, Ti: 0.01 mass % or less, Mo: 0.1 mass % or less, W: 0.1 mass % or less, Cu: 1.0 to 2.5 mass %, Al: 0.2 to 1.2 mass %, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. | 05-26-2011 |
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| 20110096421 | Drive Device, Lens Barrel, Imaging Device, Lens Drive Method and Method of Producing Shape Memory Alloy - A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by an electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy, for moving the lens group in a direction of an optical axis; and electricity-supply controlling means for controlling an amount of the electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy; and a detecting means for detecting whether a movement of the lens group starts or not. In the drive device, a movement amount of the lens group in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on the amount of electricity supplied when the detecting means detects the movement of the lens group. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110226392 | Drive device, lens barrel, image pickup apparatus, lens drive method and method of producing shape memory alloy - A lens barrel, an image pickup apparatus, a lens drive method and a method of producing a shape memory alloy used for the drive device are disclosed. A drive device includes: a lens group for guiding light from a subject; a shape memory alloy adopted to be deformed by an electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy, for moving the lens group in a direction of an optical axis; and electricity-supply controlling means for controlling an amount of the electricity supplied to the shape memory alloy; and a detecting means for detecting whether a movement of the lens group starts or not. In the drive device, a movement amount of the lens group in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on the amount of electricity supplied when the detecting means detects the movement of the lens group. | 09-22-2011 |
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| 20080225388 | OPTICAL SCANNING OBSERVATION APPARATUS - The invention provides a compact optical scanning observation apparatus having an internal focusing mechanism and which is suitable for in-vivo observation of animals. The optical scanning observation apparatus comprises a light source for illuminating a sample; an objective optical system for focusing illumination light onto the sample; a detection-light splitting device for splitting off collected detection light from the illumination light; a detection-light focusing optical system for focusing the split-off detection light; a detector for detecting the focused detection light; a focus scanning device disposed between the detection-light splitting device and the objective optical system; and a lateral-direction scanning device, disposed between the focus scanning device and the objective optical system, for scanning the illumination light from the light source on the sample, in substantially orthogonal directions with respect to the optical axis. The focus scanning device includes a focusing optical system formed of at least a positive lens group and a negative lens group, and a lens driving device for moving at least one lens group included in the focusing optical system to change a working distance of the objective optical system. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090073553 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT UNIT AND OPTICAL SCANNING MICROSCOPE - An optical scanning microscope is provided in which the observation magnification does not greatly change even when the working distance of an objective lens is changed. The optical scanning microscope includes an objective optical system that converts the light from a specimen into a substantially collimated light beam, an imaging optical system that forms an image from the substantially collimated light beam from the objective optical system at a predetermined position, a pupil projection optical system that substantially collimates the light formed into an image by the imaging optical system at the predetermined position, a lateral scanner that angularly deflects the substantially collimated light beam from the pupil projection optical system to laterally scan the area of the specimen to be observed, and a lens driver that drives the imaging optical system or the pupil projection optical system or both in the optical axis direction. Defining the front side be the side where the specimen is located, the imaging optical system is disposed so that the front focal point thereof is positioned in the vicinity of the back focal point of the objective optical system. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090219612 | FOCUS-ADJUSTING UNIT AND MICROSCOPE - It is possible to use the magnification of an objective lens as is, substantially without changing the observation magnification, even when the working distance of the objective lens is changed. The invention provides a focus-adjusting unit disposed on an optical axis between an objective optical system that collects light from a specimen and an image-forming optical system that images the light collected by the objective optical system at a prescribed position, comprising a front optical system and a back optical system, sequentially disposed along the optical axis direction from a front side, with the objective optical system serving at the front side and the image-forming optical system at the back; and a lens driving part that relatively moves these optical systems in the optical axis direction, wherein the front optical system and the back optical system have refractive powers of different sign and focal lengths of substantially equal absolute value. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090326327 | ADAPTER FOR OBJECTIVE LENS - High-precision observation is made possible while allowing contact between a distal end of an objective lens and an optical element without damaging the distal end of the objective lens and the optical element even when attaching to and detaching from the distal end of the objective lens. Provided is an objective lens adapter including a fixed member that is fixed to a lens tube of an objective lens, a distal-end member including an optical element that is made to be placed in contact with the distal-end surface of the objective lens, and an elastic member that is disposed between the distal-end member and the fixed member and that urges the optical element in a direction that causes the optical element to contact the distal-end surface of the objective lens. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100027132 | OBJECTIVE LENS AND OBJECTIVE LENS ADAPTER - Especially when observing brain tissue, damage inflicted on the brain tissue is reduced, and light from the brain tissue is collected to the utmost extent. The invention provides an objective lens in which a tip transparent member that is made to contact an observation object is formed to gradually narrow towards an end face thereof, a diameter d of the end face being defined by the following expression, and a maximum diameter D being 3 mm or less: | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100309547 | OBJECTIVE-OPTICAL-SYSTEM POSITIONING APPARATUS AND EXAMINATION APPARATUS - An objective-optical-system positioning apparatus includes a positioning unit interposed between an objective optical system having a small-diameter end section and an examination optical system for examining light collected by the objective optical system; and a substantially cylindrical support unit, one end of which is secured to an organism, and which internally supports the small-diameter end section in a detachable manner. The positioning unit includes a holding part for holding the objective optical system and a moving mechanism supporting the holding part such that the holding part is freely movable in a direction intersecting with a direction of an optical axis of the objective optical system, and the other end of the support unit has a tapered inner surface whose diameter gradually increases toward the tip. | 12-09-2010 |
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| 20080316495 | OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS - An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes: a light source section which sweeps wavelengths of a first input light and a second input light respectively, frequencies of the first and second input lights being different from each other and polarized states of the first and second input lights being perpendicular to each other, and outputs the first and second input light; an interference section which inputs one branched light of the first and second input lights to a measuring object, makes output light from the measuring object interfere with other branched light of the first and second input lights, and outputs a plurality of interference lights; a plurality of light receiving sections which are respectively provided for the interference lights, receives the interference lights respectively, and outputs signals in accordance with optical powers of the interference lights respectively; and a low-pass filter for filtering the outputted signals. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090079991 | Optical Characteristic Measuring Apparatus - An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes: a light source section which sweeps wavelengths of a first input light and a second input light respectively, frequencies of the first and second input lights being different from each other and polarized states of the first and second input lights being perpendicular to each other, and outputs the first and second input light; an interference section which inputs one branched light of the first and second input lights to a measuring object, makes output light from the measuring object interfere with other branched light of the first and second input lights, and outputs a plurality of interference lights; a plurality of light receiving sections which are respectively provided for the interference lights, receives the interference lights respectively, and outputs signals in accordance with optical powers of the interference lights respectively; and a low-pass filter for filtering the outputted signals. | 03-26-2009 |
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| 20100076396 | HYDROGENATED NORBORNENE-BASED RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED OBJECT - A hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of main-chain carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer which is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of 2-norbornene is disclosed. The hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) determined by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) of 50,000 to 200,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.5 to 10.0, and a melting point of 110 to 145° C. Also disclosed is a hydrogenated norbornene ring-open polymer (hydrogenated polymer) obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-open polymer which is obtained by ring-opening copolymerization of 2-norbornene and a substituent-containing norbornene monomer, wherein the proportion of a repeating unit (A) derived from the 2-norbornene with respect to all repeating units is 90 to 99 wt % and the proportion of a repeating unit (B) derived from the substituent-containing norbornene monomer with respect to all repeating units is 1 to 10 wt %. The hydrogenated ring-open polymer has a melting point of 110 to 145° C. A resin composition and a molding material containing these hydrogenated polymers, a molded article, a resin film, a resin sheet, a multilayer laminate, a packing material, a molded article for medical supplies, a blister molding sheet, a blister molded article, and a multilayer blow-molded container made of these hydrogenated polymers are also disclosed. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110021731 | HYDROGENATED CRYSTALLINE NORBORNENE RING-OPENING POLYMER AND MOLDED ARTICLE - A hydrogenated crystalline norbornene ring-opening polymer is obtained by hydrogenating 80% or more of carbon-carbon double bonds of a ring-opening polymer that is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of norbornene monomers including 90 to 100 wt % of 2-norbornene and 0 to 10 wt % of a 2-norbornene derivative having a substituent which does not include an aliphatic carbon-carbon double bond in the presence of a branching agent, the hydrogenated crystalline norbornene ring-opening polymer having a melting point of 110 to 145° C. and a branching index of 0.3 to 0.98, and a molded article is obtained by molding the hydrogenated crystalline norbornene ring-opening polymer. The hydrogenated crystalline norbornene ring-opening polymer has excellent industrial productivity, and the molded article has excellent productivity and moisture resistance. | 01-27-2011 |
