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20100105381 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND IN-CELL RETURN PROCESSING METHOD - To provide a radio communication terminal which can effectively acquire a communication system as an in-cell return process which scans and detects a base station enabled for communication when a transmission operation is performed even if a radio communication terminal compatible with a plurality of communication methods is out of a cell, and which can try a connection with a base station by a communication method desired by a user. A control part ( | 04-29-2010 |
20150030953 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a compressor, a cathode flow passage, a bypass flow passage branching from the cathode flow passage, thereby bypassing the stack, a bypass valve adjusting a bypass flow rate, a stack flow rate sensor detecting a flow rate to the stack, and a compressor flow rate sensor detecting a flow rate into the compressor. A flow rate for the stack depending on a state of a fuel cell and a flow rate the compressor controls depending on a requirement different from that of the stack are calculated. A control unit controls, when the flow rate required from the compressor is more than that required by the stack, the compressor based on the flow rate required from the compressor and a detected compressor flow rate, and controls the bypass valve based on the flow rate required by the stack and a detected stack flow rate. | 01-29-2015 |
20150037701 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system is configured to: calculate a target stack supply flow rate; calculate a compressor supply flow rate based on a stack supply flow rate and the target stack supply flow rate; set a larger one of the compressor supply flow rate and a lower limit flow rate, determined depending on an operation state of the fuel cell system, as a target compressor supply flow rate; control a bypass valve based on the stack supply flow rate and the target stack supply flow rate; fix the bypass valve when the stack supply flow rate is in a predetermined bypass valve fixing range, and the stack supply flow rate becomes less than the target stack supply flow rate; and release the fixation of the bypass valve when the target compressor supply flow rate becomes more than the lower limit flow rate after the bypass valve is fixed. | 02-05-2015 |
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20090031741 | Automotive air conditioner and method for controlling automotive air conditioner - An automotive air conditioner comprises: an air-conditioning unit for supplying conditioned air into a passenger compartment of a vehicle; an information acquiring unit for acquiring state information indicating a state relating to the vehicle; an air conditioning state estimating unit for estimating an air conditioning state inside the passenger compartment that would be achieved after a predetermined time if a setting operation for improving fuel economy were performed based on the state information; a recommended operation determining unit for recommending the setting operation if it is determined that the estimated air conditioning state satisfies a comfort condition that would make the passenger compartment comfortable for an occupant; and an air-conditioning control unit for controlling the air-conditioning unit in accordance with the recommended setting operation. | 02-05-2009 |
20090082967 | Route length calculation apparatus, route length calculation method, route length calculation program, automotive air conditioner, and controller for apparatus mounted in mobile object - A route length calculation apparatus comprises: a location detection unit for acquiring current location of a mobile object; an event detection unit for detecting the occurrence of an applicable event; a route history information storage unit for storing, upon occurrence of a first event, past route information containing at least the point of occurrence of the first event; and a distance calculation unit for calculating, when occurrence of a second event is detected by the event detection unit, the shortest route length between the point of occurrence of the second event acquired by the location detection unit and the point of occurrence of the first event along a route that the mobile object has traveled before. | 03-26-2009 |
20090150024 | Location range setting apparatus, control method and controller for apparatus mounted in mobile object, and automotive air conditioner and control method for the same - A location range setting apparatus includes: a location information acquiring unit for acquiring location information indicating the location of a mobile object; a road information acquiring unit for acquiring road segment information indicating a specific segment of a road; a segment determining unit for associating the location information with corresponding road segment information; a storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of location information and road segment information respectively as learned data; a clustering unit for clustering the plurality of pieces of road segment information included in the learned data into at least a first cluster or a second cluster; and a location range setting unit for determining first and second ranges for the location of the mobile object from the road segment information included in the first and second clusters, respectively. | 06-11-2009 |
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20090033650 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS TIMING CONTROLLER - Video processing method, a video display device and its timing controller can support video signals having different types of resolutions from ones set in advance without a special circuit identifying the resolution. Timing controller of video display device generates a first horizontal reference signal (HRST_start) indicating start of an active period of a data enable signal and a second horizontal reference signal (HRST_end) indicating end of the active period from an input video signal. Next, timing controller generates control signals (HSP, STB, POL, VCK, and VOE) based on the number of clocks from the rise of the first and second horizontal reference signals (HRST_start and HRST_end) and on signal generation timing values (α, A to D) predetermined for each control signal supplied to drivers. | 02-05-2009 |
20110147815 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a semiconductor device wherein device characteristics are improved by applying a strong stress to a channel region. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film formed over a first plane of the semiconductor substrate, a gate electrode formed over the gate insulating film, a gate sidewall insulating film formed over the sidewall of the gate electrode, source/drain diffusion layer regions into which impurities are implanted, the source/drain diffusion layer regions being adjacent to a channel region formed in the semiconductor substrate below the gate electrode, and a stress applying film formed over the source/drain diffusion layer regions except over the upper part of the gate electrode; and recesses or protrusions are formed in the region where the source/drain diffusion layer regions are formed over the first plane of the semiconductor substrate. | 06-23-2011 |
20110169789 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A gate start pulse signal for a next frame is output at (m−n+k+1)-th line from a beginning of display period for a previous frame in a case where m denotes the number of the display lines, n denotes the number of extra outputs from the gate driver at a side from which the scan is performed, k denotes a positive integer, and a scan of a gate driver is performed from a side at which there is an extra output from the gate driver; k pulses of gate driver clock signals are output during a vertical blank period; and input of a gate driver clock signal is restarted from a beginning of a display period for the next frame. | 07-14-2011 |
20110300859 | WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication terminal and a method of controlling the same, which can reduce the time taken for activating a second communication system when transitioning from communication via a first communication system to communication via the second communication system. A cellular telephone apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that obtains system time of a CDMA communication system by synchronizing with the CDMA communication system prior to activating an LTE communication system in a case in which communication is performed via the LTE communication system; a calculation unit that calculates a difference between the system time of the LTE communication system and the system time of the CDMA communication system; and a transition unit that calculates the system time of the CDMA communication system based on the system time of the LTE communication system and the calculated difference, and synchronizes with the CDMA communication system based on the calculated system time, in a case of transitioning from communication via the LTE communication system to communication via the CDMA communication system. | 12-08-2011 |
20120295628 | Mobile Terminal Device And Control Method Thereof - A cellular telephone device includes: an external connection unit that communicates with a PC; a wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a base station; and a control unit that controls the external connection unit to send data received by the wireless communication unit to the PC or controls the wireless communication unit to send data received by the external connection unit to the base station, in which the control unit controls the wireless communication unit to send information relating to resource assignment corresponding to a data transfer rate of the external connection unit to the base station. | 11-22-2012 |
20120313172 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This invention is to provide a semiconductor device having a reduced variation in the transistor characteristics. The semiconductor device has a SOI substrate, a first element isolation insulating layer, first and second conductivity type transistors, and first and second back gate contacts. The SOI substrate has a semiconductor substrate having first and second conductivity type layers, an insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer. The first element isolation insulating layer is buried in the SOI substrate, has a lower end reaching the first conductivity type layer, and isolates a first element region from a second element region. The first and second conductivity type transistors are located in the first and second element regions, respectively, and have respective channel regions formed in the semiconductor layer. The first and second back gate contacts are coupled to the second conductivity type layers in the first and second element regions, respectively. | 12-13-2012 |
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20140084386 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first contact, a second impurity region, and a second low-concentration impurity region form a Schottky barrier diode. The second impurity region has the same impurity concentration as those of first impurity regions, and thus can be formed in the same process as forming the first impurity regions. In addition, the second low-concentration impurity region has the same impurity concentration as those of first low-concentration impurity regions, and thus can be formed in the same process as forming the first low-concentration impurity regions. | 03-27-2014 |
20150060875 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To realize a transistor of normally-off type having a high mobility and a high breakdown voltage. A compound semiconductor layer is formed over a substrate, has both a concentration of p-type impurities and a concentration of n-type impurities less than 1×10 | 03-05-2015 |
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20080199201 | Image Forming Device and Image Input Device - In an image forming device which acquires image information of a document and forms an image on a recording sheet, an image forming device body has a first reading unit and a processing unit, wherein the first reading unit acquires image information of a document and the processing unit forms an image on a recording sheet based on the image information. An image input device has a second reading unit which acquires image information of a document. The image input device is arranged in the image forming device body at a position lower than a position of the first reading unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20110228285 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a contact glass having a light control glass part having transmittance changeable by an applied voltage; a scanner part reading an original placed on an original placement surface of the contact glass and outputting image data in a storage part; a projector part projecting image information onto the contact glass from a side opposite to the original placement surface; and a control part controlling the voltage applied to the light controlling glass part. When the scanner part is operated, the control part causes the transmittance of the contact glass to increase and the projector part stops projecting the image information, and when the scanner part is not operated, the control part causes the transmittance of the contact glass to decrease and the projector part projects the image data stored in the storage part onto the contact glass. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228347 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a scanner part reading an original on a contact glass, and a projector part projecting image information onto the contact glass as first image displaying. The projector part projects thumbnails or an image to have an image processing operation carried out or be printed. The display part carries out second image displaying obtained from reducing the first image displaying in size. At a time of the scanner part being operated, transmittance of the contact glass is increased and the projector part stops projecting the image information, and at a time of the scanner part not being operated, the transmittance of the contact glass is decreased and the projector part carries out the first image displaying. Setting of the image processing operation for the image data is reflected on the first image displaying and the second image displaying. | 09-22-2011 |
20120200874 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a main body of the electronic apparatus; an operation unit including an operation block having a display unit, the operation block being detachable with respect to the main body of the electronic apparatus, and the operation block enabling at least a bidirectional wireless communication with the main body of the electronic apparatus; and a detection unit configured to detect relative positional information between the operation block and the main body of the electronic apparatus, when the operation block is detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus. The operation block being detached from the main body of the electronic apparatus is able to display information corresponding to the relative positional information on the display unit, in accordance with a condition of the main body of the electronic apparatus. | 08-09-2012 |
20130314731 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD EXECUTED BY THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an exposure glass on which an original is to be placed; a scanner cover to openably cover the exposure glass from above, a tip of the scanner cover is lifted to open the exposure glass; a document scanner to read a two-dimensional objet of the original on the exposure glass and output read image data; a camera unit to capture an image of a three-dimensional object of the original on the exposure glass and output captured image data; photography lighting equipment including movable light source unit to illuminate the three-dimensional object put when the camera unit captures the image of the three-dimensional object; an image forming unit to convert the read image data and the captured image data to form a printed image on a recording medium; and a setting controller to control a reading process, a capturing process, and an image forming process. | 11-28-2013 |