Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080246882 | NONLINEAR PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A nonlinearly processed (gamma-corrected) video signal is subjected to three-dimensional signal level correction using three-dimensional correction values and corresponding to a position in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of a pixel on a display screen of an image display unit and the signal level of the pixel data. Thereby, accurate gamma correction is made possible, and horizontal and vertical area information (grid block) can be disposed in an optimum positional relation according to resolution of the screen. | 10-09-2008 |
20090120261 | DIE AND DIE DEVICE - A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports. | 05-14-2009 |
20100074434 | Echo cancelling device, communication device, and echo cancelling method having the error signal generating circuit - Provided is an echo canceller capable of realizing an excellent echo cancellation performance even in a double talk state. An echo canceller ( | 03-25-2010 |
20100295590 | TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A time to digital converter includes: a delay circuit having a plurality of delay stages that delay an input clock signal in multiple stages, at least one of the delay stages being a variable delay stage; a plurality of flip flops that capture outputs of the delay stages corresponding thereto in a one-to-one relation in response to input of a reference signal; an edge detecting circuit that detects changing edges of respective outputs of the flip flops; a counter circuit that counts a number of edges detected by the edge detecting circuit; and a control circuit that controls a delay amount of the variable delay stage according to the number of edges counted by the counter circuit. | 11-25-2010 |
20110012684 | LOCAL OSCILLATOR - Equal numbers of variable capacitance elements, capacitance values of which are separately controlled according to a logic value of a corresponding bit of a delay control signal that is in a one-to-one relation with an oscillation frequency, are connected in parallel among differential outputs of all delay circuits excluding a differential non-inverting delay circuit at the end, which extracts a frequency signal to the outside. Bits of the delay control signal are connected in a one-to-one relation to the equal numbers of variable capacitance elements arranged on output sides of all the delay circuits, in a relation in which delay control signals continuous in terms of frequency are not connected to the equal number of variable capacitance elements arranged on an output side of one of the delay circuits. | 01-20-2011 |
20110033720 | TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE SHEET AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An object of the present disclosure is to provide a transparent adhesive sheet in which the occurrence of display unevenness, bubbles and peeling is prevented. The transparent adhesive sheet contains a copolymer of a monomer comprising (A) an alkyl (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group of 4 to 18 carbon atoms, a polar monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50 C or higher (B), and (C) a (meth)acrylate ester, wherein the copolymer exhibits tan of 0.13 or more at 140 C and 1.0 Hz, and also exhibits a storage elastic modulus of 8.9 104 Pa or less at 25 C and 1.0 Hz. | 02-10-2011 |
20110186102 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion element includes a substrate with an insulation layer having a metallic substrate and an electrical insulation layer formed on a surface of the metallic substrate, a diffusion prevention layer made of nitride and formed on the electrical insulation layer, an alkali supply layer containing an alkali metal element and formed on the diffusion prevention layer, a lower electrode formed on the alkali supply layer, a photoelectric conversion layer including a compound semiconductor layer and formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The electrical insulation layer includes an anodized film of aluminum, and the diffusion prevention layer prevents at least diffusion of the alkali metal element from the alkali supply layer to the substrate with the insulation layer. | 08-04-2011 |
20110186103 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion element includes a substrate with an insulation layer having a metallic substrate and an electrical insulation layer formed on a surface of the metallic substrate, a diffusion prevention layer formed on the electrical insulation layer, an alkali supply layer being electrically conductive and formed on the diffusion prevention layer, a lower electrode formed on the alkali supply layer, a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a compound semiconductor layer and formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion layer. The diffusion prevention layer prevents at least diffusion of alkali metal from the alkali supply layer to the substrate with the insulation layer. | 08-04-2011 |
20110205071 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a temperature measurement section that measures a temperature of a heat generation source generating heat by consuming power or a temperature of an inner position of a casing of which the temperature changes due to the heat generation of the heat generation source; and an environmental temperature calculation section that calculates a temperature which is calculated using a predetermined relational equation that is different in accordance with a model from a difference between a first temperature measured by the temperature measurement section at a point in time when the heat generation source starts consuming a predetermined amount of power and a second temperature measured by the temperature measurement section at a point in time after the passage of a predetermined period from the start of consumption of a predetermined amount of power by the heat generation source as an environmental temperature in an environment where the casing is placed. | 08-25-2011 |
20110234270 | LOCAL OSCILLATOR AND PHASE ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a local oscillator includes a digitally-controlled oscillator that outputs an oscillating signal having a frequency N times as large as an oscillating frequency according to an oscillator tuning word; a frequency divider that performs a 1/N frequency division of the oscillating signal, and outputs a 2N phase clock; a counter that counts the clock and outputs the count value as integer oscillator phase data based upon a reference signal; a first flip-flop that latches the clock with the reference signal, and outputs the resultant as first phase information; a variable delay circuit that delays the reference signal and outputs the resultant as a delay reference signal; a second flip-flop that latches the clock with the delay reference signal, and outputs the resultant as second phase information; a delay control unit that controls a delay amount of the variable delay circuit; a data conversion unit that outputs fractional oscillator phase data based upon the first and second phase information; an adder that adds the integer oscillator phase data and the fractional oscillator phase data, and outputs the added value as third phase information; and a filter that smoothes the difference between a reference phase for setting the oscillating frequency of the digitally-controlled oscillator and the third phase information so as to output the oscillator tuning word. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234326 | DIGITALLY CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND OSCILLATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a digitally controlled oscillator outputs an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency according to an oscillator tuning word. The digitally controlled oscillator includes a control unit and an oscillator. The control unit divides the oscillator tuning word of N bits into upper (N−A) (A≧1 and N>A) bits and lower A bits, converts the upper (N−A) bits into a first code to perform Binary control of (N−A) bits and converts the lower A bits into a second code to perform Unary control of (2̂(A+1)−2) bits, and outputs the conversion results, and the oscillator outputs oscillation signals having oscillation frequencies according to the first and second codes output from the control unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234327 | LOCAL OSCILLATOR AND PHASE ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a local oscillator includes: an adder that adds an oscillator integer phase and an oscillator fraction phase and outputs the addition value as first phase information; a delayer that outputs an addition output of a frequency command word at one clock before and second phase information as estimated oscillator phase data; a correcting unit that outputs an addition of compensation information to the first phase information as the second phase information when |the first phase information−the estimated oscillator phase data|>|the first phase information+the compensation information−the estimated oscillator phase data| is satisfied and otherwise outputs the first phase information as the second phase information. | 09-29-2011 |
20130012275 | ECHO CANCELLING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND ECHO CANCELLING METHOD HAVING THE ERROR SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT - An echo cancelling device includes an adaptive filter which synthesizes a spurious echo signal from a receiving signal, a first subtractor which generates an echo cancellation signal based on an input signal including a voice signal of a speaker and the spurious echo signal, and an error signal generating circuit which generates an error signal based on the input signal and the echo cancellation signal. | 01-10-2013 |
20130057246 | REFERENCE SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a reference signal generating circuit includes a first nonlinear element that generates a first reference voltage, a second nonlinear element that generates a second reference voltage, a current controlling circuit that controls a current flowing to the first nonlinear element and a current flowing to the second nonlinear element based on an output voltage of the current controlling circuit itself, and N temperature characteristic adjusting elements (N is an integer of 2 or larger) that individually adjust the temperature characteristics of the output voltage of the current controlling circuit. | 03-07-2013 |
20130312580 | DIE AND DIE DEVICE - A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports. | 11-28-2013 |
20130335148 | OSCILLATION FREQUENCY ADJUSTING CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a first oscillator has an oscillation frequency that is changed depending on a temperature. A second oscillator has different temperature characteristics from the first oscillator. An on-chip heater heats the first oscillator and the second oscillator. A counter counts a first oscillation signal of the first oscillator. An ADPLL generates a third oscillation signal on the basis of a second oscillation signal of the second oscillator and corrects the frequency of the third oscillation signal on the basis of a count value of the counter. | 12-19-2013 |