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| 20090022270 | X-Ray Image Sensor and X-Ray Imaging Apparatus Using the Same - An X-ray image sensor ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090041191 | Radiography Apparatus With Scout View Function - An X-ray detecting section ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090052616 | Unit for X-Ray CT Imaging and X-Ray Imaging Apparatus - A unit for X-ray CT imaging to be set in a panorama X-ray imaging apparatus having a cassette holder has a digital sensor cassette for CT imaging to be set in the cassette holder, includes a two-dimensional X-ray detector for acquiring X-ray projection data for CT imaging of an object, and a controller for controlling a timing of X-ray CT imaging, a radiation field of X-ray beam generated by the X-ray detector, and the rotary device. Alternatively, the unit has the digital sensor cassette for X-ray CT imaging, an image reconstructor which calculates to convert the X-ray projection data obtained with the two-dimensional X-ray detector to a distribution of X-ray absorption coefficients of the object and creates tomographic image data of sections of the object, and an image processor which sends and receives signals for X-ray CT imaging between the X-ray detector and the image reconstructor when the digital sensor cassette for CT imaging is set in the cassette holder. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100246755 | X-ray CT IMAGING APPARATUS - In an X-ray CT imaging, an X-ray generator ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110064188 | Medical X-ray apparatus - A medical X-ray apparatus comprising a supporting part for supporting an X-ray generator and a two-dimensional X-ray detector while interposing an object to be examined therebetween, a radiation area restricting part for restricting a radiation area of X-ray generated from the X-ray generator, and a scan driving part for scanning the object with the X-ray restricted by the radiation area restricting part as X-ray beam and for executing radiography. A direction intersecting with X-ray scan direction is defined as a height direction, the apparatus further comprises a radiation area setting part for setting at least one of both ends of width of the X-ray beam in the height direction at a desired position in accordance with the position of an interested area of the object; and the X-ray beam is irradiated only to the radiation area as set by the radiation area setting part with its beam width in height direction restricted by the radiation area restricting part. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20090274572 | High-Strength Pearlitic Steel Rail Having Excellent Delayed Fracture Properties - The invention provides a high-strength pearlitic steel rail, which is inexpensive, and has a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or more, and is excellent in delayed fracture properties. Specifically, the rail contains, in mass percent, C of 0.6 to 1.0%, Si of 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4 to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.0005 to 0.010%, and the remainder is Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and size of a long side of an A type inclusion is 250 mm or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of A type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 mm to 250 mm, is less than 25 per observed area of 1 mm | 11-05-2009 |
| 20120076685 | HIGH-STRENGTH PEARLITIC STEEL RAIL HAVING EXCELLENT DELAYED FRACTURE PROPERTIES - A steel rail including a composition of, in mass percent, C of 0.6% to 1.0%, Si of 0.1% to 1.5%, Mn of 0.4% to 2.0%, P of 0.035% or less, S of 0.010% or less, Ca of 0.0010% to 0.010%, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the tensile strength is 1200 MPa or more, and the size of a long side of a C type inclusion is 50 μm or less in at least a cross-section in a longitudinal direction of a rail head, and the number of Ca type inclusions, each having a size of a long side of 1 μm to 50 μm, is 0.2 to 10 per observed area of 1 mm | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20090063719 | RELAY DEVICE, RELAY METHOD AND RELAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A relay device having a plurality of physical ports connecting with a storage medium and relaying data between a higher level device storing configuration information of a storage device and the storage medium, the relay device including a notification unit for issuing a status change notification reporting that a status of the storage medium connected with said physical port changes to said higher level device when the status change of the storage medium is detected, a monitor of status change notification frequency for monitoring whether the frequency of the status change notification informed via said physical port exceeds a specific threshold, and an invalidation unit for invalidating a function of said physical port when said monitor of status change notification frequency detects that the frequency of the status change notification informed via said physical port exceeds the specific threshold. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090063723 | STORAGE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF STOPPING OPERATION OF ADD-ON STORAGE DEVICE WHICH IS IN OPERATION WITHIN THE STORAGE APPARATUS - A storage apparatus and method are provided. The storage apparatus including includes a basic storage device having a control unit and an add-on storage device configured to be connected to the basic storage device. The add-on storage device including a first request receiving unit receiving a first operation stop request output from the basic storage device to the add-on storage device second request receiving unit receiving a second operation stop request different from the first operation stop request, communication monitoring unit monitoring communication from the basic storage device, and operation stop processing unit performing processing for stopping the operation of the add-on storage device. The operation stop processing unit determines the validity of the second operation stop request on the basis of a monitoring result obtained by the communication monitoring unit, and stops the operation of the add-on storage device. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090271640 | Storage device and method of starting the same - An OOB sequence monitoring unit detects that an OOB sequence carried out between a base device as a superior device and a connection I/F which operates even if an extension device is in a standby state has proceeded to a given stage. Based on the detection by the OOB sequence monitoring unit, a power supply control unit instructs a starting power supply unit to supply power. When the extension device starts, the OOB sequence is carried out between the extension device and the connection I/F of another extension device in the same manner. As a result, extension devices are started in decreasing order from the extension device closest to the superior device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110289240 | CONNECTION EXPANSION DEVICE, STORAGE SYSTEM, CONNECTION EXPANSION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONNECTION EXPANSION CONTROL METHOD - A connection expansion device connected to devices includes a plurality of ports to which devices are connected, a storage unit configured to record device information obtained from each port, and a processing unit configured to specify, based on the device information, a port in which an abnormal device exists, invalidate device information belonging to the port, and cause the storage unit to hold device information of a normal device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110320708 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage expander apparatus for accessing storage units includes first interfaces for accessing the storage units, a second interface for accessing subordinate expander apparatus, and a processor for executing receiving from an external apparatus a first request for obtaining first information indicative of a state of a connection of the storage expander apparatus, transmitting a second request for obtaining second information indicative of a state of a connection of the subordinate expander apparatus, measuring an elapsing time that has elapsed since transmitting the second request, storing a first response corresponding to the second request upon receiving the first response, starting a process for obtaining third information indicative of a state of a connection to be connected with the first interfaces upon the elapsing time exceeding a predetermined time, and transmitting a second response including the third information to the external apparatus upon receiving the third response. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005384 | ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE SYSTEM - An access control apparatus which establishes a connection based on connection establishment requests from connected devices and controls accesses to a connection target device. The access control apparatus includes a connection information managing unit which manages connect wait conditions to the connection target device of the connected devices based on criterion information in a connection request transmitted from the connected devices and determination for selecting one connected device from the connected devices. The access control apparatus includes a selecting unit which selects one of the connected devices which has a delay tendency related to connection based on adjustment information which is set in accordance with the connect wait conditions of the connected devices and increases a delay tendency in connection of the connected device, and a determining unit which determines the connected device selected by the selecting unit as one to be connected to the connection target device. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120131214 | RELAY APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND DEVICE CONTROLLER - A relay apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store information related to a connection state between the relay apparatus and a device connected thereto, a determining unit configured to determine whether a change is a temporary change, based on a change factor responsible for the change in the connection state, in a case in which the change occurs in the connection state between the relay apparatus and the connected device. The relay apparatus includes a notifying unit configured to discontinue notifying a higher level apparatus of the change in the connection state when it is determined by the determining unit that the change in the connection state is a temporary change, and notify the higher level apparatus of the change in the connection state when it is determined by the determining unit that the change in the connection state is not a temporary change. | 05-24-2012 |
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| 20090259634 | Recording Apparatus, File Descriptor Generation Method, and Program - A recording apparatus includes a server, a client, a virtual device, a judgment section, and a regeneration section. The server executes an access to a storage medium as a service. The client includes processes that require the service. The virtual device is used to perform communication between the server and the client using a socket. The judgment section judges, when a process of the client opens the virtual device, whether the virtual device is already opened. The regeneration section regenerates, when the virtual device is already opened, a file descriptor for the process that references the socket based on an existing kernel file table. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100064129 | Network adapter and communication device - A network adapter includes: a network connection unit which is connected to a network, transmitting and receiving packet data; a bus connection unit which is connected to a bus, transmitting and receiving data and control information to a host device; an encryption/decryption processing unit executing an encryption/decryption application which encrypts contents or decrypts the encrypted contents; and a control unit executing software including respective hierarchies of a socket interface, a protocol stack and a device driver, and wherein the encryption/decryption application performs communication with the network connection unit or the bus connection unit through the socket interface, and wherein the control unit controls transmission and reception of data and control information of the bus connection unit by using a network device driver as the device driver. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100262822 | CONTENT TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, CONTENT TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND CONTENT TRANSMITTING PROGRAM - A content transmitting apparatus, includes: an acquisition device configured to acquire content data distributed in streaming mode; a temporary storage device configured to store temporarily the content data acquired by the acquisition device; a data control device configured to read the content data from the temporary storage device on a first-in first-out basis; an encryption device configured to encrypt in units of a predetermined amount the content data read out by the data control device; and a transmission device configured to transmit the content data encrypted by the encryption device to a predetermined receiving apparatus via a network. If the remaining capacity of the temporary storage device becomes smaller than a predetermined threshold value depending on status of the network, then the data control device discards the content data read from the temporary storage device. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268765 | NETWORK SERVER, MEDIA FORMAT CONVERSION METHOD AND MEDIA FORMAT CONVERSION SYSTEM - An network server includes a receiving unit that receives content from a client apparatus connected via a network, a conversion determining unit that obtains metadata of the content to determine whether to convert the media format of the content according to the metadata, and selects the media format after conversion according to the metadata, and a format converting unit that converts the media format of the content into the media format selected by the conversion determining unit. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110085474 | TERMINAL DEVICE, SIGNATURE GENERATION SERVER, SIMPLE ID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SIMPLE ID MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a terminal device including a simple ID registration unit that registers, in first auxiliary information which is managed in association with a user ID for specifying an individual user and which is made a search target at a time of searching for the user ID, a simple ID expressed by a combination of numbers or of a number and a specific symbol, and a signature registration unit that registers, in second auxiliary information which is managed in association with the first auxiliary information or the user ID and which is not made the search target, an electronic signature obtained, by using a signature key, from ID information including the user ID and the simple ID. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110295440 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND POWER STORAGE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120007565 | CHARGING APPARATUS, AND CHARGE CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a charging apparatus including a connection unit to which a device is to be connected, a charging unit for charging the device connected to the connection unit, a history acquisition unit for acquiring a history of content use stored in the device, a timing prediction unit for predicting a timing of use of the device based on the history of content use acquired by the history acquisition unit, and a charge control unit for controlling the charging unit such that the device connected to the connection unit becomes fully charged at a timing suitable for the timing predicted by the timing prediction unit. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120010760 | POWER SYSTEM, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a power system including a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus includes: a power generating unit generating power using renewable energy; a first power measuring unit measuring a power amount generated in a specified period; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the generated power in the specified period and information on the measured power amount to the power receiving apparatus. The power receiving apparatus includes: a power receiving unit receiving the power and the information on the power amount from the power transmitting apparatus; a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount received in the specified period; a determining unit comparing the received power amount and the measured power amount and determining whether such amounts match; and a power reception control unit operable when the amounts do not match, to stop reception of the power and the information. | 01-12-2012 |
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| 20090076250 | Substance that Specifically Recognizes PD-1 - Compounds that can recognize selectively both PD-1 protein and a membrane protein co-existing with PD-1 on a cell membrane, and can transmit a suppressive signal of PD-1. The compounds are useful for medical treatment and/or prevention of diseases caused by immune abnormality. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090081227 | HUMAN AND MAMMALIAN STEM CELL-DERIVED NEURON SURVIVAL FACTORS - The present invention relates to human, rat and mouse stem cell-derived neuron survival factor polypeptides (SDNSF), a process for producing them, cDNA encoding SDNSF, a vector comprising the cDNA, host cells transformed by the vector, an antibody against SDNSF, pharmaceutical compositions containing SDNSF or the antibody, a method of assaying SDNSF, a reagent for assaying SDNSF, and a screening method using SDNSF. The polypeptides are effective in the survival of nerve cells and, therefore, efficacious in treating injury to the central nerve system caused by brain infarction, brain hemorrhage, spinal cord injury, etc. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090263865 | Substance Specific to Human PD-1 - The present invention relates to a substance specific to human PD-1 comprising a part that recognizes human PD-1, a part that recognizes a membrane protein in cell membrane of human PD-1-expressing cells, and linkers. Since the substance specific to human PD-1 selectively can recognize human PD-1 and a membrane protein on cell membrane of human PD-1-expressing cells and can transmit inhibitory signal of human PD-1, it is useful for therapy and/or prevention of diseases caused by immunopathy. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090297518 | IMMUNOPOTENTIATIVE COMPOSITION - Compositions for cancer or infection treatment via immunopotentiation caused by inhibition of immunosuppressive signal induced by PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them, immunopotentiative substrates included as the active ingredient, screening methods of the substrates for cancer or infection treatment, cell lines used for the screening methods, evaluation methods that select the substrates for cancer treatment, and carcinoma cell transplanted mammals used for the evaluation methods. The compositions of the present invention that inhibits the function of PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 are useful for treatment of cancer or infection. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110081341 | IMMUNOPOTENTIATIVE COMPOSITION - Compositions for cancer or infection treatment via immunopotentiation caused by inhibition of immunosuppressive signal induced by PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 and therapies using them, immunopotentiative substrates included as the active ingredient, screening methods of the substrates for cancer or infection treatment, cell lines used for the screening methods, evaluation methods that select the substrates for cancer treatment, and carcinoma cell transplanted mammals used for the evaluation methods. The compositions of the present invention that inhibits the function of PD-1, PD-L1, or PD-L2 are useful for treatment of cancer or infection. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110280878 | SUBSTANCE SPECIFIC TO HUMAN PD-1 - The present invention relates to a substance specific to human PD-1 comprising a part that recognizes human PD-1, a part that recognizes a membrane protein in cell membrane of human PD-1-expressing cells, and linkers. Since the substance specific to human PD-1 selectively can recognize human PD-1 and a membrane protein on cell membrane of human PD-1-expressing cells and can transmit inhibitory signal of human PD-1, it is useful for therapy and/or prevention of diseases caused by immunopathy. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20090145334 | NON-SETTLING REFRACTORY MORTAR - The non-settling refractory mortar of the invention contains 100 parts of ceramic powder such as cordierite, mullite, alumina, or silicon carbide, 0.5 to 1.5 parts of clay mineral, and colloidal oxide solution, in which the Ca content in total solid component is defined at 0.01 to 0.5% as converted to oxide so as to be provided with thixotropic property. As a result, the coating performance is not lowered if stored for a long period after kneading, the dimension change rate after coating is small, and cracks or gaps are not formed on the coat surface. The median diameter of ceramic powder is preferred to be 10 to 50 μm, and in order to reduce the dimension change rate after coating, the content of particles of 0.1 to 5 μm in ceramic powder is desired to be 1 to 20%. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090149311 | MONOLITHIC REFRACTORY MATERIAL HAVING LOW EXPANSIBILITY, HIGH STRENGTH, AND CRACK EXTENSION RESISTANCE - The invention relates to a Monolithic refractory material used in refractories and refractory ceramic products, and more particularly to a Monolithic refractory material having low expansibility, high strength, and crack extension resistance used for the purpose of repairing, protecting, modifying, filling, and forming the surface, adhesive surface, interface, or joint of low-expansion fire bricks and refractory ceramic products. The Monolithic refractory material of the invention is a Monolithic refractory material prepared by kneading cordierite powder, having a median diameter in a range of 10 to 50 μm, and a sharp mountain-like particle size distribution in which the content of particles smaller than 10 μm is 1% or more to 36% or less, the content of particles ranging from 10 μm or more to 50 μm or less is 50% or more to 75% or less, and the content of particles of 51 μm or more is 1% or more to 14% or less, and a solvent composed of water and alumina sol or silica sol solution. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090169848 | REFRACTORY MORTAR CURED MATERIAL - The refractory mortar cured material of the invention formed in the surface or joint portions of a ceramic refractory material such as fire bricks used in the lining of melting furnace or firing furnace used at high temperature is composed by kneading ceramic particles with an inorganic binder having silanol group together with water, and forming the kneaded mortar on the surface of a ceramic base material. The average particle size of ceramic particles in the refractory mortar is 10 to 50 μm, the difference of 90% particle size and 10% particle size is 10 μm or more to 60 μm or less, the average pore size of the refractory mortar cured material is 5 to 25 μm, and the width of pore size distribution is 20 to 80 μm, so that the cracks may be suppressed. More preferably, the bulk density is 0.9 to 1.5 g/cm | 07-02-2009 |
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| 20100206168 | DRYER FOR AIR SUSPENSION FOR VEHICLE - A dryer for an air suspension for a vehicle, includes a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port, a desiccant disposed between first and second filters within the housing, and a guide member including a shielding cylinder portion and a plate portion having plural communication holes, wherein the guide member is disposed between the inlet port and the first filter positioned closer to the inlet port, supports the first filter and the desiccant and guides a fluid to the desiccant, the shielding cylinder portion includes an opening and forms a flow passage for guiding the fluid, the fluid is guided to the desiccant from the inlet port via the shielding cylinder portion, and the flow passage and the communication holes, so that the fluid is dried by the desiccant and is then discharged from the dryer as a dry air to the air suspension for the vehicle. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120006198 | AIR DRIER FOR AIR SUSPENSION OF VEHICLE - An air drier for an air suspension of a vehicle for supplying dry air to the air suspension, includes a housing having inflow and outflow ports formed at first and second ends in an axial direction, first and second filters accommodated in the housing, a desiccant agent supported between the first and second filters, and an air guide member arranged between the first filter and the first end of the housing and including a tubular portion and an annular plate having a plurality of holes, the tubular portion covering the inflow port in the axial direction to form a flow passage guiding fluid from the inflow port to the first filter, wherein the fluid guided from the inflow port flows through the flow passage and the first filter into the desiccant agent and is dried thereby, and the dry air is discharged from the outflow port to the air suspension. | 01-12-2012 |
