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20100163919 | Lighting device - Provided is a lighting device which includes a lead frame embedded in a glass material and has high reliability. The lighting device has a structure in which a light emitting element is mounted in a recess portion formed on a surface of a glass substrate and a sealing material is provided to cover the light emitting element. The lead frame is embedded in the glass substrate so as to be exposed on a side surface of the glass substrate and a bottom surface of the recess portion. A portion of the lead frame which is exposed in the recess portion is electrically connected with the light emitting element. With the structure as described above, the durability of the lighting device is improved. | 07-01-2010 |
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20110215366 | Light emitting device - A light emitting device ( | 09-08-2011 |
20130000355 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FILTER FOR AN ILLUMINANCE SENSOR - Provided is a method of manufacturing an optical filter for an illuminance sensor, which has spectral characteristics close to human luminosity characteristics, has high detection accuracy, and can be manufactured at low cost. The method includes the steps of: (a) punching a glass; (b) feeding a small piece of glass ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130001409 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE - Provided is a low-cost, compact, high-reliability optical sensor device serving to correspond to the visibility. In the optical sensor device, an optical sensor element is mounted in a package formed by a light shielding glass lid substrate ( | 01-03-2013 |
20150076645 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Phosphate-based glass doped with copper ions having infrared blocking filter characteristics is formed into particles and is mixed with a transparent encapsulating resin to encapsulate a semiconductor element. The glass particles have a particle diameter four times or more as large as a wavelength of infrared radiation to be blocked. An optical semiconductor device can be obtained having a stable filter characteristics thereof even if an incident light angle changes and is resistant to moisture. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090102006 | ELECTROSTATIC MICRO ACTUATOR, ELECTROSTATIC MICROACTUATOR APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC MICRO ACTUATOR - A semiconductor substrate; a cantilever which is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to face the semiconductor substrate with an air layer therebetween, the cantilever being made from an electrically conductive material or a semiconductor material, and the cantilever being mechanically movable; a photodiode which is formed so as to be connected in parallel to a capacitance that is constituted from the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate, and the photodiode being formed between an anchor portion which is a portion of the cantilever and the semiconductor substrate; and a power source which supplies voltage via a resistance on a side of the cantilever which is a connection point of a parallel circuit including both the capacitance and the photodiode so as to be backward bias to the photodiode, are included. | 04-23-2009 |
20090250591 | System, device, and method for optical wavefront control - An optical wavefront control system by which the number of optical components or costs can be reduced. If an optical wavefront control system comprising an optical wavefront control section for controlling, in accordance with a wavefront control signal for controlling a phase of a wavefront of input light inputted and an aberration control signal for controlling an aberration of the input light inputted, the phase and the aberration and for outputting output light, a detection section for detecting optical information regarding a wavefront and an aberration of the output light inputted from the optical wavefront control section, and a control circuit section for outputting the wavefront control signal and the aberration control signal to the optical wavefront control section on the basis of the optical information detected by the detection section is used, the wavefront of the input light can be controlled and the aberration can be corrected. Accordingly, there is no need to locate another optical component for correcting the aberration. | 10-08-2009 |
20090256823 | Display Device and Transparent Magnetic Film - A display device is provided with an optical waveguide, a transparent fixed electrode disposed in surface contact with the optical waveguide, and a transparent movable electrode disposed facing the transparent fixed electrode on a side opposite to the optical waveguide. When a driving voltage is applied, the transparent movable electrode is movable by an external force, between a first stable state in which it is kept apart from the transparent fixed electrode by elasticity, and a second stable state in which it makes insulated contact with the transparent fixed electrode by electrostatic force. | 10-15-2009 |
20100033796 | Optical module, optical control method by optical module, optical switch, and optical switching method - An optical module includes a mirror which reflects input light and which outputs output light; and a mirror control section which is opposite to the mirror and which controls, at the time of the input light being reflected from a reflecting surface of the mirror, the reflecting surface by distorting the reflecting surface according to voltage applied to the mirror so as to output the output light an optical coupling characteristic of which changes. By using this optical module, the optical coupling characteristic of the output light changes. | 02-11-2010 |
20100076180 | Method of fixing rail molecule and nano transport device - An object is to move a rail molecule by means of a biomolecular motor deposited on a base and inactivate the biomolecular motor through irradiation with light having a predetermined wavelength, to thereby readily and reliably fix the rail molecule at a predetermined position, while orienting the rail molecule in a predetermined direction without employment of any reagent. A method for fixing a rail molecule which has polarity and on which a biomolecular motor moves in a direction corresponding to the polarity includes depositing a biomolecular motor on a base; moving a rail molecule by means of the biomolecular motor; and inactivating the biomolecular motor by irradiating the biomolecular motor with light having a predetermined wavelength when the rail molecule reaches a predetermined position, to thereby fix the rail molecule so that it is oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-25-2010 |
20120070873 | METHOD OF FIXING RAIL MOLECULE AND NANO TRANSPORT DEVICE - An object is to move a rail molecule by means of a biomolecular motor deposited on a base and inactivate the biomolecular motor through irradiation with light having a predetermined wavelength, to thereby readily and reliably fix the rail molecule at a predetermined position, while orienting the rail molecule in a predetermined direction without employment of any reagent. A method for fixing a rail molecule which has polarity and on which a biomolecular motor moves in a direction corresponding to the polarity includes depositing a biomolecular motor on a base; moving a rail molecule by means of the biomolecular motor; and inactivating the biomolecular motor by irradiating the biomolecular motor with light having a predetermined wavelength when the rail molecule reaches a predetermined position, to thereby fix the rail molecule so that it is oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20140120631 | METHOD OF DETECTING PROTEIN AND DETECTING DEVICE - A protein detection device and method. The device has a main channel in which is attached either a polar rail molecule or a biomolecular motor which moves on the rail molecule in a direction corresponding to the polarity of the rail molecule. A sub-channel crosses the main channel for receiving a sample including tau-protein. The method includes feeding the sample to the device and detecting a ratio of mutated tau-protein included in the sample, based on motion of the biomolecular motor on the rail molecule or on motion of the rail molecule moved by action of the biomolecular motor. | 05-01-2014 |
20140136485 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - [Problem] To provide a file management system and file management method that are able to perform a backup process efficiently by means of a configuration that uses a virtual file system metadatabase from a backup process side also. [Solution] The file management system is provided with a virtual drive controller ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140211528 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND HIGH-VOLTAGE DC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power conversion apparatus including a three-phase transformer having at least four three-phase windings, and three converter arms each configured by connecting one or plural unit converters each including a switching device and an energy storage element in series. A power source or a load is connected to a first three-phase winding of the transformer, three series circuits which connects second and third three-phase windings of the transformer, and the converter arms in series with each other are connected in parallel, the parallel connection point is a DC terminal, and a magnitude relationship between a coupling coefficient of the first and second three-phase windings, and a coupling coefficient of the first three- and third three-phase windings is equal to a magnitude relationship between a coupling coefficient of the fourth and second three-phase windings, and a coupling coefficient of the fourth and the third three-phase windings. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090066450 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SAME - An electromagnetic relay has a solenoid formed from a wound coil, a movable contact-point block having a movable iron core, an insulation holder integrated with the upper end portion of the movable iron core and a movable contact piece which is biased toward and supported by the insulation holder through a contact pressing spring, and a fixed iron core fitted in a through hole in a yoke. A restoring spring is inserted into an axial hole of the solenoid. The movable iron core of the movable contact-point block is slidably inserted into the axial hole of the solenoid from thereabove. The fixed iron core is inserted into the axial hole from therebelow. The movable iron core is adapted to be slid into the axial hole based on the magnetization force and the demagnetization of the coil to move the movable contact-point block back and forth. | 03-12-2009 |
20090096559 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has a solenoid formed from a wound coil, a movable iron core that is reciprocated upwardly and downwardly in an axial hole of the solenoid, and a movable contact point that reciprocates together with the movable iron core. The movable contact point is contacted and separated with and from a fixed contact point for opening and closing a contact point. An arc generated at a time of opening and closing of the contact point is flowed, in a predetermined direction, by the magnetic field of at least a single permanent magnet placed at a side of the fixed contact point and the movable contact point that are contacted and separated with and from each other. Coil terminals are connected to leader lines of the coil, at least at a single side of the flow of the arc. | 04-16-2009 |
20090237191 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has a movable iron core, an insulation holder integrated with an upper end portion of the movable iron core, a movable contact piece supported by the insulation holder, and a solenoid formed from a wound coil. The movable iron core is housed in an axial hole in the solenoid movably in the upward and downward directions. The movable iron core is adapted to be moved upwardly and downwardly based on magnetization and demagnetization of the solenoid for contacting and separating a movable contact point provided on the movable contact piece with and from a fixed contact point for opening and closing a contact point. A permanent magnet is embedded in a base portion of the insulation holder. | 09-24-2009 |
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20120126814 | PEDIATRIC COIL ASSEMBLY - In order to increase the signal to noise ratio, and thus increase the quality of images produced during pediatric MRI, a pediatric RF coil assembly includes a head coil and a flexible body coil in a single dedicated device shaped and sized for a child. The flexible body coil may be operable to at least partially surround and abut the body of the child located on the pediatric RF coil assembly, while the head coil may at least partially surround and abut the head of the child located on the pediatric RF coil assembly. In order to optimize workflow, the child may be positioned on the pediatric RF coil assembly in a first room and moved to a second room including an MRI system after the child is brought to sleep or sedated in the first room. The pediatric RF coil assembly and the child may be moved to the second room using a handle rotatably attached to the pediatric RF coil assembly, and may be positioned on a patient table of the MRI system when the imaging process is to begin. | 05-24-2012 |
20120161770 | ORGAN VIABILITY - Apparatuses, methods, and other embodiments associated with determining organ viability are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes logic configured to apply nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) energy to a kidney positioned in a hypothermic pulsative perfusion (HPP) apparatus. The NMR energy is produced according to an MRS | 06-28-2012 |
20120178076 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND NON-MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANALYSIS - In one embodiment, a hypothermic pulsatile perfusion (HPP) apparatus is described. The example HPP includes a chamber configured to house an object (e.g., kidney, liver, heart, skin graft) to be transplanted. The example HPP may include a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) element(s) (e.g., coil) configured to facilitate performing a first (e.g., magnetic resonance (MR) based) analysis of the object using a first set of frequencies. The example HPP may also include a spectrum element (e.g., optical probe) configured to facilitate performing a second (e.g., non-MR based) analysis of the object using a second, different set of frequencies. The HPP apparatus is constructed from MR compatible, non-ferromagnetic materials. In one embodiment, a combination MR/non-MR apparatus may apply MR and non-MR electromagnetic energy to an object housed in the HPP apparatus. | 07-12-2012 |
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20140240752 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a motor unit configured to give a rotary drive force to rotary members for conveying a recording medium; a switch circuit provided in a power supply line connecting a power source and the motor unit to supply electric power, connecting the motor unit to the power source upon closure of the body cover, and disconnecting the motor unit from the power source upon opening of the body cover; a power-off detecting section; a rate-of-voltage-change calculating section; and a control section. The control section deactivates each of mechanisms in the image forming apparatus when the power-off detecting section detects shutoff of power supply from the power source, and reactivates each of the mechanisms, provided that the rate of change of voltage calculated by the rate-of-voltage-change calculating section has reached a predetermined threshold, when the power-off detecting section detects electric power is supplied from the power source. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240804 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes a document table, an image reading portion, a cover member, a reading control portion, and a document determination portion. On a color reference surface of the cover member which opposes to a document table, a partial region is provided which has a predetermined density different from a density of the color reference surface. The reading control portion reads image data from the color reference surface and the partial region of the cover member by the image reading portion. When a density difference between a density of the color reference surface and a density of the partial region on the image data read by the reading control portion is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the document determination portion determines that the document placed on the document placement surface is a book document. | 08-28-2014 |
20150106866 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a communication component configured to communicate with an electronic device with an electronic device-side display screen, the electronic device having a content reproduction function, a display component configured to display an electronic device-side display image that is displayed on the electronic device-side display screen of the electronic device, and a controller configured to acquire the electronic device-side display image via the communication component. The controller is further configured to acquire first information related to a change in at least one of position and orientation of the electronic device, and further configured to perform control to display the electronic device-side display image on the display component based on the first information. | 04-16-2015 |