| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080318874 | Novel Cyclohexane Derivative, Prodrug Thereof and Salt Thereof, and Therapeutic Agent Containing the Same for Diabetes - A cyclohexane derivative having the function of reducing a blood sugar level and having preferable properties required of medicines, such as long-lasting drug activity, metabolic stability, and safety; and a medicinal composition for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases attributable to hyperglycemia, such as diabetes, e.g., insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1 diabetes) or noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes), complications of diabetes, and obesity. The derivative is a compound represented by the formula (I): | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080319047 | Novel Glucitol Derivative, Prodrug Thereof And Salt Thereof, And Therapeutic Agent Containing The Same For Diabetes - The invention provides a glucitol derivative having the function of reducing a blood sugar level and having preferable properties required of medicines, such as long-lasting drug activity; and a medicinal composition for use in the prevention or treatment of diseases attributable to hyperglycemia, such as diabetes, complications of diabetes, and obesity. The derivative is a compound represented by the formula (I): | 12-25-2008 |
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| 20090103406 | Optical disc drive - There is provided an optical disc drive comprises an optical pick-up including a laser diode (LD) and a laser diode driver (LDD) for driving the laser diode, a digital signal processor (DSP) including a write strategy circuit and low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) drivers for transmitting a produced write strategy signal, a circuit board having the DSP mounted thereon and including a line for transmitting the write strategy signal, a transmission line connecting the circuit board and the LDD and transmitting a write strategy signal, and differential resistors connected between differential lines of outputs of the LVDS drivers. Especially, a resistor having a resistance value in a range of 80 to 500Ω is inserted between the differential lines of outputs of the LVDS driver inside the DSP. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090201775 | Optical Disc Apparatus and Method for Discriminating Optical Disc - This invention improves the accuracy of wobble signal detection for disc discrimination and reduces discrimination errors due to noise. In an optical disc apparatus, a wobble signal generator creates a wobble signal from an electrical signal which has been obtained from conversion by a pickup. A bandpass filter (BPF) is set to change its central frequency to a wobble frequency f | 08-13-2009 |
| 20110158063 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND DATA REPRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - Prevention of deletion of data in an unintended recording layer of an optical disc is ensured even when servo deviation occurs while controlling data reproduction. A light source outputs a light beam with light intensity according to a driving current on which a high frequency signal is superimposed. The light beam is collected on a recording layer of an optical disc. As triggered by detection of servo deviation during data reproduction, a light intensity controller adjusts a superimposed amount of the high frequency signal in the driving current to suit to a specific recording layer with the lowest reproduction tolerance in the optical disc and thereby controls the light intensity of the light beam output from the light source. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110158068 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND PLAYING METHOD OF OPTICAL DISC - To determine the optimum amplitude of high frequency signal for the loaded disc with a simple configuration to achieve stable playing performance, there is provided an optical disc device comprising: a light source driven by a drive signal with a high frequency signal superimposed; a detector for detecting return light emitted from the light source; and a controller for controlling amplitude of the high frequency signal to be superimposed on the drive signal for the light source; the optical disc device being configured to read data on an optical disc loaded therein by a signal outputted from the detector, wherein the controller determines the amplitude of the high frequency signal to be superimposed on the drive signal based on asymmetry of the signal outputted from the detector. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110158074 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND DISC IDENTIFICATION METHOD - To identify the type of a loaded disc, there is provided an optical disc device, comprising: a light source driven by a drive signal with a high frequency signal superimposed; a detector for detecting return light emitted from the light source; and a controller for controlling the amplitude of the high frequency signal to be superimposed on the drive signal, the optical disc device being configured to read data from an optical disc loaded therein by a signal outputted from the detector, wherein: the controller causes the light source to irradiate the loaded optical disc with light in a condition in which a high frequency signal different from a high frequency signal for data reading is superimposed on the drive signal; and the controller identifies a type of the loaded optical disc based on the return light from the loaded optical disc. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161994 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL DISC - An optical disc device comprising: a controller for reading data from an optical disc having a plurality of recording layers, wherein: the controller, in shifting a focus of the laser light from a first layer to a second layer, performs a first change that changes a setting on the high frequency signal to a predetermined value at which the high frequency signal is superimposed to suppress peak power of the drive signal if a light density of the second layer is higher than a light density of the first layer; the controller shifts the focus from the first layer to the second layer; and the controller, after the focus has been shifted, performs a second change that changes the setting on the high frequency signal to a predetermined value at which the high frequency signal is superimposed to increase the peak power of the drive signal. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110205871 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An optical disc drive for reading or writing information on a multilayer optical disc having three or more recording layers by irradiating the disc with a light beam includes an optical pickup for irradiating the disc with the light beam, a recording state detector for detecting data recording states at a start point of a focus jump, a transit point or transit points on a recording layer or recording layers to be passed through, and an expected landing point of a focal point of the light beam in a focus jump, and a controller for moving the optical pickup to a position where the recording states are the same at all of the start point, the transit point(s) on the recording layer(s) to be passed through, and the expected landing point if the recording states are different among those points, before starting the focus jump. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205872 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An optical disc drive for reading or writing information on a multilayer optical disc having a plurality of recording layers by irradiating the disc with a light beam includes an optical pickup for irradiating the disc with the light beam, a focus error signal generator for generating a focus error signal that indicates a state of displacement of a focal point of the light beam from a recording layer based on reflection from the disc, a recording state detector for detecting a data recording state at a landing point of the focal point in a focus jump, a threshold setting unit for setting a threshold to be compared with the focus error signal based on the data recording state at the landing point, and a focus jump controller for controlling the focus jump based on a result of comparison of the focus error signal with the threshold. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110216638 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE AND TRACKING SERVO CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREFOR - In an optical disc device, a way of canceling a lens shift due to an electric offset of an output of a tracking actuator driving circuit is desired. A tracking servo control circuit contains a first operation mode for setting an output current of the tracking actuator driving circuit to generally zero and a second operation mode for supplying a predetermined potential to the input. An average potential of a push-pull signal detected in the first operation mode is acquired. An object lens is moved by a predetermined amount in both radial directions by changing a potential supplied in the second mode to acquire correlative relationship between average potential of a push-pull signal relative to a lens movement amount and the supplied potential. An offset amount is acquired from the potential and the correlative relationship to cancel the offset. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120008477 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LASER LIGHT POWER IN OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - This invention provides an optical disc drive with more accurate and stable power control for a laser light source. An optical disc drive in an embodiment of this invention includes a monitor photodetector for receiving laser light emitted by a laser light source to monitor the laser light power. The monitor diode is a photodetector for generating an electric signal corresponding to the laser light power. A laser light controller controls drive current to the laser light source based on a result of measurement by the monitor diode. The optical disc drive measures output variations of the monitor diode and controls the gain of the monitor diode based on the result of the measurement. This gain control improves accuracy and stability in laser light control so that stability in recording/reading can be attained. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008478 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER OF LASER LIGHT IN RECORDING TO OPTICAL DISC - This invention provides accurate control of laser light power in a recording operation to achieve more stable recording operation. An optical disc drive in an embodiment of this invention monitors the power of laser light with a monitor diode and controls the laser light power based on the result of monitoring. The optical disc drive changes data transfer rate (recording frequency) depending on the disc radial position. The optical disc drive controls the gain of the monitor diode across the recording surface depending on the recording frequency. This control improves the accuracy in laser light power control to achieve stable recording operations by precise servo control. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20100059794 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a circuit layout design method that can prevent degradation of the circuit reliability even in highly miniaturized circuit cells. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100059826 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - To provide a technique that can maintain uniformity of semiconductor elements and wirings microfabricated, while maintaining the mounting efficiency of circuit cells onto a chip. Respective gate electrodes of an n-channel type MISFET and another n-channel type MISFET forming a NAND circuit cell are coupled to the same node, and simultaneously perform respective on-off operations according to the same input signal. These n-channel type MISFETs are arranged adjacent to each other, and electrically coupled in series. Respective gate electrodes of a p-channel type MISFET and another p-channel type MISFET forming the NAND circuit cell are coupled to the same node, and simultaneously perform respective on-off operations according to the same input signal. These p-channel type MISFETs are arranged adjacent to each other, and electrically coupled in series. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100148219 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A technique permitting reduction in size of a standard cell is provided. In a semiconductor integrated circuit device comprising a first tap formed in a first direction to supply a power-supply potential, a second tap formed in the first direction to supply a power-supply potential and positioned so as to confront the first tap in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a standard cell formed between the first and second taps, a cell height (distance) between the center of the first tap and that of the second tap both in the second direction is set to ((an integer+0.5)×a wiring pitch of the second-layer wiring lines) or [(an integer+0.25)×a wiring pitch of the second-layer wiring lines]. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20120007189 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a circuit layout design method that can prevent degradation of the circuit reliability even in highly miniaturized circuit cells. | 01-12-2012 |