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20100033773 | IMAGE READING METHOD AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of reading an image by reading reflected light from a document that is illuminated. The method includes illuminating the document with light from a light source, changing a degree of diffusion of the light applied from the light source to the document, and reading reflected light from the document. The degree of diffusion is changed in accordance with a type of the document. | 02-11-2010 |
20110211011 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an image forming apparatus including a supply unit configured to supply a sheet, a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a plurality of colors of inks onto the sheet, a reading unit configured to read out an image of the sheet, a drying unit configured to dry the sheet on which recording is provided by the recording unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to record an inspection pattern onto the sheet by the recording unit and so as to readout the inspection pattern of the sheet by the reading unit after the sheet on which the inspection pattern is recorded passes through the drying unit in order to acquire inspection data of the inspection pattern of the sheet. | 09-01-2011 |
20130100193 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - There are provided a printing apparatus and an inspection method which can reduce a position deviation of an inspection pattern upon reading the inspection pattern to perform an accurate inspection. A sheet conveyance misalignment in a continuous sheet is corrected in a corrective unit. The inspection pattern is printed on the corrected sheet by a print head of an inkjet type, and the sheet on which the inspection pattern is printed is dried. A sheet conveyance misalignment in the dried sheet is again corrected in the corrective unit, and the inspection pattern of the corrected sheet is read to perform a color shading inspection. | 04-25-2013 |
20130215183 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to an image forming apparatus including a supply unit configured to supply a sheet, a recording unit configured to perform recording by discharging a plurality of colors of inks onto the sheet, a reading unit configured to read out an image of the sheet, a drying unit configured to dry the sheet on which recording is provided by the recording unit, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to record an inspection pattern onto the sheet by the recording unit and so as to read out the inspection pattern of the sheet by the reading unit after the sheet on which the inspection pattern is recorded passes through the drying unit in order to acquire inspection data of the inspection pattern of the sheet. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110261139 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical device includes at least one surface emitting laser device having a dielectric film for causing a central portion of a light emitting region to have a comparatively higher reflectivity than a peripheral portion; a light receiving element disposed, with respect to a first direction, on one side to the surface emitting laser device; and a transparent member disposed in a path of light emitted from the surface emitting laser device and configured to reflect a portion of the light toward the light receiving element as monitoring light. The central portion has shape anisotropy in which a width measured on a line extending in the first direction and passing through the center of the light emitting region is smaller than a width measured on a line extending in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, and passing through the center of the light emitting region. | 10-27-2011 |
20120134693 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor includes an irradiation system including a semiconductor laser having plural light-emitting parts; and at least one photodetector that detects an amount of light which is emitted from the irradiation system and reflected on a sheet-like object. | 05-31-2012 |
20130057861 | MOISTURE SENSOR, MOISTURE DETECTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A moisture sensor for detecting moisture content of an object includes a light source to emit light having an infrared wavelength that is absorbed by water; an optical system to receive the light from the light source and output linearly polarized light having a first polarization direction in a direction toward the object, and to receive light scattered from the object and output linearly polarized light having a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction in another direction other than the direction toward the object; and a photodetector to receive the linearly polarized light having the second polarization direction output from the optical system. | 03-07-2013 |
20130194573 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an optical sensor, a light emission system emits an irradiated light of a linear polarization in a first polarization direction toward a surface of a target object having a sheet shape from an incident direction which is inclined with respect to a normal direction of the surface. A first light detection system includes a first light detector arranged on a first light path of a specular reflected light, which is emitted from the light emission system and is specularly reflected from the target object. A second light detection system includes a second light detector arranged on a second light path of a diffuse reflected light which is diffusely reflected from an incident plane on the target object. The second light detector receives second light passed by an optical element which passes a linear polarization component of a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction. | 08-01-2013 |
20130216245 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor is disclosed, including an irradiating system; a first photodetecting system including a first photodetector which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is specularly reflected from a subject; a second photodetecting system including an optical element which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is diffuse reflected from the subject within an incident face in the subject and which separates a linearly polarized component in a second polarizing direction which is orthogonal to a first polarizing direction and a second photodetector which receives a light separated by the optical element; and a restricting member which is arranged on an optical path of an incident light with respect to at least one of the first photodetector and the second photodetector and which restricts a light receiving range in the at least one photodetector. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216246 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor is disclosed. The optical sensor includes a light source in which a semiconductor laser having multiple light-emitting units is sealed with one resin member; a light source driving unit which causes the multiple light-emitting units to emit light; and at least one photodetector which detects a light amount of a light which is emitted from the multiple light-emitting units and is reflected from a subject. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216247 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor is disclosed. The optical sensor includes an irradiating system which irradiates a linearly polarized light; a first photodetecting system including a first photodetector which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is specularly reflected from a subject; a second photodetecting system including an optical element which is arranged on an optical path of a light which is diffuse reflected from the subject within an incident face in the subject and which separates a linearly polarized component in a second polarizing direction which is orthogonal to a first polarizing direction and a second photodetector which receives a light separated by the optical element, wherein an angle of taking in the light in the first photodetector and an angle of taking in the light in the second photodetector are mutually different. | 08-22-2013 |
20130228674 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor includes an irradiation system emitting linearly polarized light of a first polarization direction toward a surface of an object from an incident direction inclined with respect to a normal to the surface; a first light detection system including a first light detector placed on a light path of light emitted from the irradiation system and specularly reflected by the object; and a second light detection system including a separation optical element placed on a light path of light diffusely reflected by the object, on a plane of incidence of the object, and extracting a linearly polarized light component of the first polarization direction included in the light diffusely reflected by the object, a second light detector receiving the linearly polarized light component of the first polarization direction extracted by the separation optical element and a third light detector receiving the light diffusely reflected by the object. | 09-05-2013 |
20140246590 | MOISTURE SENSOR, MOISTURE DETECTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A moisture sensor for detecting moisture content of an object includes a light source to emit light having an infrared wavelength that is absorbed by water; an optical system to receive the light from the light source and output linearly polarized light having a first polarization direction in a direction toward the object, and to receive light scattered from the object and output linearly polarized light having a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction in another direction other than the direction toward the object; and a photodetector to receive the linearly polarized light having the second polarization direction output from the optical system. | 09-04-2014 |
20150015882 | SENSOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sensor device is disclosed, including a database, and a processing apparatus. The database includes, for multiple different first types of objects, a first output data which are output data of an optical system acquired beforehand for each of the first objects in a case in which a surface of one side of the first object is set as the detection surface; and a second output data which are output data of the optical detection system acquired beforehand for each of the first objects in a case in which a surface of an other side opposite to the one side of the first object is set as the detection surface. The processing apparatus matches measurement data with the database, the measurement data being the output data of the optical detection system which is acquired with respect to a second object, and determines a type of the second object. | 01-15-2015 |
20150062582 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sensor apparatus includes an irradiation system with a light source configured to emit linearly polarized light of a first polarization direction onto a sheet-like object, in a direction oblique to a direction orthogonal to a surface of the object, a first photodetector arranged on an optical path of light that is emitted from the irradiation system and then is reflected at the object by regular reflection, a first optical element, arranged on an optical path of light reflected by diffuse reflection from an incidence plane of the object, configured to transmit linearly polarized light of a second polarization direction that is orthogonal to the first polarization direction, a second photodetector configured to receive light that has passed through the first optical element, and a detection unit configured to detect at least one of basis weight and thickness of the object. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071658 | SENSOR DRIVE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sensor device and an image forming apparatus incorporating the sensor device are provided. The sensor device includes a light source, a photo-detection system configured to receive light emitted from the light source and reflected at a sheet-like object, a housing accommodating the light source and the photo-detection system, the housing having a slit into which the object is inserted, and a holding member configured to hold the object such that relative positions of a surface of the object inserted into the slit and the photo-detection system are fixed. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, the sensor device, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a condition for image formation, based on an output from the sensor device. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090301886 | Aluminum plated film, metallic member, and its fabrication method - A plating film is provided with enough hardness before anodic oxidation, which is hard to be damaged during handling, and also the production method of the plating film. This problem can be solved by an aluminum plating film with aluminum concentration of 98 wt. % or lower, and with a Vickers hardness of 250 or higher. Here, by containing oxygen, carbon, sulfur, and a halogen element as impurities, the hardness becomes higher. The impurity concentration is controlled by adjusting the current density, the plating temperature, or the plating bath composition. | 12-10-2009 |
20120298514 | ALUMINUM PLATED FILM, METALLIC MEMBER, AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD - A plating film is provided with enough hardness before anodic oxidation, which is hard to be damaged during handling, and also the production method of the plating film. This problem can be solved by an aluminum plating film with aluminum concentration of 98 wt. % or lower, and with a Vickers hardness of 250 or higher. The hardness is increased by containing oxygen, carbon, sulfur, and a halogen element as impurities. The impurity concentration is controlled by adjusting the current density, the plating temperature, or the plating bath composition. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100110237 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 05-06-2010 |
20120105697 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPRATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 05-03-2012 |
20140125840 | RRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPRATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 05-08-2014 |
20140332669 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 11-13-2014 |
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20100059029 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine, including an air/fuel ratio sensor in an exhaust passage detecting an air/fuel ratio in a heated state, implements a technique improving emission at a starting time, by eliminating splash of water droplets early in the exhaust passage at the starting time to advance the heating starting timing of the air/fuel ratio sensor. At the starting time, opening/closing timing of a valve is advanced from a reference opening/closing timing or the reference of the opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve after the warming-up was ended, which continues until the wall temperature of the exhaust passage near the air/fuel ratio sensor becomes equal to or higher than a water droplet disappearing temperature, at which water droplets disappear. Then, change of the opening/closing timing of the exhaust valve responding to the running state by a variable valve mechanism is started. | 03-11-2010 |
20100071660 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An internal combustion engine control apparatus executes an exhaust-valve-early-closing valve timing control in which an exhaust valve is closed before the intake stroke top dead center. The fuel injection timing mode is normally set to an intake-stroke non-synchronized fuel injection mode. However, if the internal combustion engine is idling and the combustion gas temperature is relatively high, the fuel injection timing mode is switched from the intake-stroke non-synchronized fuel injection mode to an intake-stroke synchronized fuel injection mode. | 03-25-2010 |
20110265740 | ENGINE COOLING DEVICE - An engine cooling device includes: a water pump pressure-feeding a common coolant to plural coolant circulation paths; an engine including an engine main body; a water-cooled header cooling an exhaust system of the engine by use of the coolant, a heat capacity of the water-cooled header being smaller than that of the engine main body; an ECU and a thermostat determining whether or not the coolant is allowed to flow through the fifth and sixth coolant circulation paths among the plural coolant circulation paths on the basis of a given determination value. The given determination value relates to an amount of heat transferred from the exhaust gas to the water-cooled header. | 11-03-2011 |
20120006291 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is provided a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can favorably reduce a load necessary for cranking at the time of the next start, while preventing the fresh air inflow to a catalyst at the time of the stop of the internal combustion engine. A valve stop command is issued to an electrically-driven actuator so that the operational states of intake and exhaust valves becomes a valve closed/stopped state when fuel supply is stopped in response to an establishment of a predetermined stop condition of the internal combustion engine. Then, to return the operational states of the intake and exhaust valves to a valve operating state after the completion of the stopping operation of the internal combustion engine, a valve return command is issued to the actuator, and a crankshaft is rotationally driven by a predetermined angle required to return the operational states of the intake and exhaust valves to the valve operating state. | 01-12-2012 |
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20100000201 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD - An exhaust manifold includes a plurality of branch pipes that guide exhaust gas discharged from cylinders, and a junction pipe that converges downstream-side end portions of the plurality of branch pipes in a flow direction of exhaust gas, and that has a drawn portion that is formed by drawing so as to be constricted in a radial direction of the drawn portion. The junction pipe is provided with a sensor that detects the oxygen concentration in exhaust gas. The sensor is provided at a downstream side of a deepest draw inside diameter in the flow direction of exhaust gas. The deepest draw inside diameter is the smallest inside diameter of the drawn portion. | 01-07-2010 |
20110192380 | CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine is provided with a fuel injector which injects fuel into an intake port and exhaust variable valve timing mechanism which changes a valve timing of an exhaust valve. A control device executes early exhaust valve closing control which advances a closing timing of an exhaust valve when conditions for executing early exhaust valve closing control stand. The control device includes a torque detecting means which detects an output torque output by an engine body. At the time of deceleration of the engine, even when the condition for executing early exhaust valve closing control stands, execution of early exhaust valve closing control is prohibited when it is predicted that the output torque will become smaller than the limit torque. Thus, due to execution of the early exhaust valve closing control, a large torque fluctuation is prevented from occurring at the time of deceleration of the engine. | 08-11-2011 |
20110282547 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF HEAT RECEIVED BY REFRIGERANT AND CONTROLLER - A method for estimating the amount of heat received by refrigerant by an ECU comprises a step for detecting an estimation factor including the intake air amount of an internal combustion engine, and a step for estimating the amount of heat received from exhaust gas by cooling water of the internal combustion engine in a water-cooled exhaust manifold based on a detected estimation factor. Preferably, the estimation factor further includes at least any one of the cooling water temperature, the intake air temperature of the internal combustion engine the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine. | 11-17-2011 |
20120199321 | EXHAUST GAS COOLING ADAPTER - The invention relates to an exhaust gas cooling adapter that is arranged between an exhaust port that is open to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and an exhaust manifold, and that includes an exhaust gas flow path through which exhaust gas flows from the exhaust port to the exhaust manifold; and a coolant flow path that is formed inside of an adapter wall surrounding this exhaust gas flow path, and that cools the exhaust gas that flows through the exhaust gas flow path. There is a curved portion in the exhaust gas flow path. Also, a peel inhibiting portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the exhaust gas flow path in a region farther toward an inside of the curve than an exhaust gas flow path center line of this curved portion. | 08-09-2012 |
20120324870 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle, and includes an engine, a catalyst and a control unit. The engine is a bifuel engine using gas fuel and liquid fuel as its fuel source. The control unit makes an air fuel ratio rich and increases a proportion of the gas fuel if a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used. | 12-27-2012 |
20130030671 | FUEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel control apparatus ( | 01-31-2013 |
20130042599 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle and equipped with an exhaust passage, a reforming catalyst and a NOx purification catalyst. The exhaust passage communicates with the engine. The reforming catalyst is provided on the exhaust passage at the upstream side of the NOx purification catalyst, and it generates the reducing agent by reforming CH | 02-21-2013 |
20130256045 | AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - The present invention has an object to put into practical use an air purification system for a vehicle, which incorporates an ozone purifier formed to contain an activated carbon. The air purification system for a vehicle provided by the present invention includes an ozone purifier that is formed to contain an activated carbon therein and disposed on a surface of a vehicle component disposed at a position at which an air flow path is formed while the vehicle is running. The air purification system for a vehicle also includes a purification inhibitor remover that is disposed upstream of the ozone purifier in the above-described flow path, for removing a component inhibiting purification of ozone by the ozone purifier, from the air flowing into the ozone purifier. The ozone purifier may, for example, be disposed on a radiator and the purification inhibitor remover on a condenser or a sub-radiator. | 10-03-2013 |
20140004010 | AIR-PURIFYING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
20140030153 | AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - An ozone purification body supported on a vehicle component has manganese dioxide and activated carbon as ozone purification components. The mixing ratio (weight basis) of activated carbon and manganese dioxide is 4:1 to 1:4. | 01-30-2014 |
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20090040712 | Medium drive unit and electric apparatus - In a medium drive unit, a flexible portion of a frame body deflects toward a tray when pressed. Then, the tip of the protrusion disposed on the back surface of the frame body, which surface is directed toward the tray, pushes a button disposed on the front surface of the tray, thereby causing the tray to slide out from a housing body. | 02-12-2009 |
20090302722 | Electronic device - An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion. | 12-10-2009 |
20100182742 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit connected via a hinge member. The second unit has, at a lower end, a rod section having a cylindrical shape and extending laterally. The rod section has a notch portion formed by making a cut in the cylindrical shape at a position corresponding to a fixed section of the hinge member. The first unit includes: a first cover that includes a plate portion forming a part of a top surface of the first unit, and a rising portion having an arc shape fitted to a cylindrical contour of the rod section and covering a first space of the notch portion; and a second cover that has an arc shape fitted to the cylindrical contour of the rod section and covers a second space of the notch portion while covering the notch portion in combination with the rising portion. | 07-22-2010 |
20120229435 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes a display module including a display screen and displaying an image on the display screen; a chassis containing the display module, exposing the display screen, and holding the display screen so as to stand the display screen; a light receiving window disposed on a first part on the chassis, the first part being adjacent to a second part where the display screen is exposed, shifted toward a back side from a surface of the chassis on a periphery of the second part, and receiving incident light from outside of the chassis into the chassis; and an illumination sensor contained in the chassis, detecting illuminance of incident light through the light receiving window, and having an illuminance detection range having a center line extending in a direction inclined downward from a direction of a normal line of the display screen. | 09-13-2012 |
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20090127907 | Seat height adjusting device for automobile - An automobile seat height adjuster includes a linkage base frame between the seat's side frames and seat brackets so as to be vertically swingable. The base frame has two pairs of linkage members interconnected by respective shafts. Each of the linkage members extends between one of the side frames and one of the brackets so as to be collapsable. A power transmission mechanism transmits to the linkage base frame power generated by operation of an operating knob and causes the linkage base frame to swing vertically, thereby causing the seat to move vertically. Stops on the linkage base frame abut the installation surfaces, limiting downward movement of the seat and keeping the seat in a lowermost position at which side frames of the seat are spaced from the installation surfaces. | 05-21-2009 |
20110204604 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is provided having a sufficient rigidity and strength as well as a lighter weight. It comprises cushion materials and skin materials on a seat frame and has a plurality of triangle or circular recesses and projections that are continuously formed in at least a part of the seat frame. | 08-25-2011 |
20110233980 | VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat is formed by mounting cushion materials on a seat frame having a seat back frame and a seat cushion frame and covering the cushion materials with skin materials. At least one of the seat back frame and the seat cushion frame is provided with a first frame receiving a load of a passenger, and a second frame spaced from the first frame to face the first frame, and peripheral portions of the first frame and peripheral portions of the second frame are at least partially overlapped with each other to form overlapping portions, and fixed and jointed at a position away from the side where the load of the passenger is received. | 09-29-2011 |
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20100297662 | ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF - An antibody provided by the present invention has a low reactivity with amyloid precursor proteins, and has a higher reactivity with amylospheroids than with amyloid β fibrils or monomeric amyloid β-proteins. According to the present invention, an antibody is provided that has a higher reactivity with amylospheroids than with amyloid precursor proteins, and has any one or more of the following properties: (i) a higher activity with amylospheroids than with amyloid β fibrils; (ii) a higher reactivity with amylospheroids than with monomeric amyloid β-proteins; and (iii) an activity of inhibiting neuronal cell death induced by amylospheroids. | 11-25-2010 |
20130171069 | NEUROTOXIC TARGET FOR AMYLOSPHEROID, METHOD AND MATERIAL FOR REDUCING THE NEUROTOXICITY OF AMYLOSPHEROID, AND USE THEREOF - In one or a plurality of embodiments, there is provided a target molecule of amylospheroid, which is expressed in mature neurons and to which the amylospheroid binds to induce death of cells. Further, in one or a plurality of embodiments, there is provided a method and a substance for inhibiting death of mature neurons induced by the amylospheroid. In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a use of Na | 07-04-2013 |
20140350229 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNTHETIC AMYLOSPHEROID - Provided is a method for producing synthetic amylospheroids efficiently, the method including agitating a liquid containing amyloid β-peptides in the presence of a plasticizer. Amylospheroid refers to an assembly of amyloid β-peptides that selectively can induce cell death of functionally mature neurons. Amylospheroid is considered to play a central role in the development of Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. | 11-27-2014 |
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20100036553 | TRACK TYPE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - In a track type protection system comprising an automatic steering mechanism and a fail-safe mechanism, provided is a detection mechanism which can detect a deviated value of a vehicle, widthwise of a track, and which is highly reliable. The track type transportation system in which the vehicle runs on the road surface of the track, comprising the steering mechanism for automatically steering the front and rear wheels of the vehicle by means of actuators, and the fail-safe mechanism composed of a protection track defined on the road surface of the track, and protection wheels provided in the lower part of the vehicle and adapted to run in the protection track without making contact with the protection track, wherein there are provided a pair of noncontact type displacement meters | 02-11-2010 |
20100100267 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING STEERING OF A VEHICLE - In a track type transportation system, there is provided an automatic steering mechanism with which a vehicle can be moved forward and backward, and which can carry our fine control so as to allow the positions of the centers of axles of the front and rear wheels to substantially follow up one and the same locus. Before starting, a pattern steering angle table on which pattern steering angles for the front and rear wheels at respective change points of the track are listed is prepared in view of a track condition, a running condition and a vehicle condition from a departure point to a destination point, the vehicle | 04-22-2010 |
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20090245851 | DEVELOPING DEVICE FRAME UNIT, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVELOPING DEVICE FRAME UNIT - A developing device frame unit supporting a regulating member regulating the layer thickness of developer on a developer carrier. The unit includes a frame having a seal forming portion, first and second end seals contactable to the carrier surface to prevent carrier-axial-direction leaking of the developer, and a blade sealer sealing between the regulating member and the frame to prevent developer leaking when the regulating member is mounted. The blade sealer is an elastomer resin material which is injection-molded with a metal mold and in the seal forming portion where the end seals are provided. The blade sealer connects the end seals with each other, and a protrusion provided by a squeezed-out portion of the resin material is provided by injecting, into a space defined by the metal mold, the seal forming portion, and the end seals, a resin material volume larger than a volume of the space. | 10-01-2009 |
20100150604 | SEALING MEMBER AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is a sealing member for preventing leakage of a developer from a developer containing portion of a process cartridge detachable from a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to an outside of the developer containing portion. The sealing member is made of a thermoplastic elastomer that contains at least a copolymer and a plasticizer. In a molecular weight distribution of a tetrahydrofuran soluble matter of the thermoplastic elastomer measured by gel permeation chromatography, at least one peak is present in each of a region of a molecular weight of 4,000 or less and a region of a molecular weight of 30,000 to 200,000, and a percentage of a component of a molecular weight of 800 or less in a region of a molecular weight of 5,000 or less is 30% or less. | 06-17-2010 |
20110170903 | DEVELOPING DEVICE FRAME UNIT, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVELOPING DEVICE FRAME UNIT - A developing device frame unit supporting a regulating member regulating the layer thickness of developer on a developer carrier. The unit includes a frame having a seal forming portion, first and second, first and second end seals contactable to the carrier surface to prevent carrier-axial-direction leaking of the developer, and a blade sealer sealing between the regulating member and the frame to prevent developer leaking when the regulating member is mounted. The blade sealer is an elastomer resin material which is injection-molded with a metal mold and in the seal forming portion where the end seals are provided. The blade sealer connects the end seals with each other, and a protrusion provided by a squeezed-out portion of the resin material is provided by injecting, into a space defined by the metal mold, the seal forming portion, and the end seal seals, a resin material volume larger than a volume of the space. | 07-14-2011 |
20140140723 | DEVELOPING DEVICE FRAME UNIT, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVELOPING DEVICE FRAME UNIT - A developing device frame unit supporting a regulating member regulating the layer thickness of developer on a developer carrier. The unit includes a frame having a seal forming portion, first and second, first and second end seals contactable to the carrier surface to prevent carrier-axial-direction leaking of the developer, and a blade sealer sealing between the regulating member and the frame to prevent developer leaking when the regulating member is mounted. The blade sealer is an elastomer resin material which is injection-molded with a metal mold and in the seal forming portion where the end seals are provided. The blade sealer connects the end seals with each other, and a protrusion provided by a squeezed-out portion of the resin material is provided by injecting, into a space defined by the metal mold, the seal forming portion, and the end seal seals, a resin material volume larger than a volume of the space. | 05-22-2014 |
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20090249995 | Apparatus and method for producing single crystals - The present invention provides an apparatus for producing single crystals according to the Czochralski method, the apparatus including a chamber that can be divided into a plurality of chambers; at least one of the plurality of divided chambers having a circulating coolant passage in which a circulating coolant for cooling the chamber circulates; and measuring means that respectively measure an inlet temperature, an outlet temperature, and a circulating coolant flow rate of the circulating coolant in the circulating coolant passage; the apparatus further including a calculating means that calculates a quantity of heat removed from the chamber and/or a proportion of the quantity of removed heat, from the measured values of the inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and circulating coolant flow rate; and a pulling rate control means that controls a pulling rate of the single crystal based on the resulting quantity of removed heat and/or the resulting proportion of the quantity of removed heat. The invention also provides a method for producing single crystals using the apparatus. Thus, an apparatus and a method for producing single crystals are provided for producing single crystals while easily stabilizing the crystal quality. | 10-08-2009 |
20100064964 | METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN LOWER END SURFACE OF HEAT INSULATING MEMBER AND SURFACE OF RAW MATERIAL MELT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - There is provided in the present invention a method for measuring a distance between a lower end surface of a heat insulating member | 03-18-2010 |
20100116195 | METHOD FOR GROWING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - The present invention provides a method for growing a carbon-doped silicon single crystal that grows a silicon single crystal from a raw material melt in a crucible having carbon added therein by the Czochralski method, wherein an extruded material or a molded material is used as a dopant for adding the carbon to a raw material in the crucible. As a result, there can be provided the method for growing a carbon-doped silicon single crystal, by which the carbon can be easily doped in the silicon single crystal at low cost and a carbon concentration in the silicon single crystal can be accurately controlled in a silicon single crystal pulling up process by the Czochralski method. | 05-13-2010 |
20100258050 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SINGLE CRYSTAL - The present invention is an apparatus for producing a single crystal, growing the single crystal by the Czochralski method and comprising at least: a main chamber in which a crucible for accommodating a raw material melt and a heater for heating the raw material melt are arranged; a pulling chamber into which the grown single crystal is pulled and accommodated, the pulling chamber being continuously provided above the main chamber; and a cooling cylinder extending at least from a ceiling of the main chamber toward a surface of the raw material melt so as to surround the single crystal during pulling, the cooling cylinder being forcibly cooled with a cooling medium. As a result, there is provided an apparatus for producing a single crystal that can increase the growth rate of the single crystal by efficiently cooling the single crystal during the growth. | 10-14-2010 |
20110017125 | SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD AND SINGLE CRYSTAL PULLING APPARATUS - A silicon single crystal growth method of pulling up and growing a single crystal from a melt of a silicon raw material melted in a quartz crucible based on a Czochralski method, the method comprising the steps of: applying a direct current voltage in such a manner that an outer wall of the quartz crucible acts as a positive electrode and an electrode immersed into the melt of the silicon raw material acts as a negative electrode, the immersed electrode being placed separately from a pulling member for pulling the single crystal; and growing the single crystal with the pulling member while passing an electric current through the electrode, and a pulling apparatus thereof. | 01-27-2011 |
20130058540 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DISTANCE BETWEEN LOWER END SURFACE OF HEAT SHIELDING MEMBER AND SURFACE OF RAW MATERIAL MELT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - A method for measuring a distance between a lower end surface of a heat shielding member including a criterion reflector inside a concavity on the lower end surface and a surface of a raw material melt includes: a silicon single crystal is pulled by the Czochralski method while a magnetic field is applied to the raw material melt in a crucible, measuring the distance between the lower end surface of the heat shielding member and the surface of the raw material melt and observing a position of a mirror image of the criterion reflector with a fixed point observation apparatus; and measuring a movement distance of the mirror image with the apparatus and calculating the distance between the lower end surface of the heat shielding member and the surface of the raw material melt from the movement distance of the image and the measured distance. | 03-07-2013 |
20130247815 | SINGLE CRYSTAL PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE CRYSTAL - A single crystal production apparatus including: a crucible containing raw material melt; a heater heating the raw material melt; a cooling cylinder that is cooled forcedly by a cooling medium; and a cooling chamber that houses the crucible, the heater, and the cooling cylinder, wherein a heat-shielding member having a heat insulating material is disposed, near an interface between the raw material melt and a single crystal being pulled, in such a way as to surround the single crystal being pulled, the cooling cylinder is disposed above the heat-shielding member in such a way as to surround the single crystal being pulled, and a cooling-cylinder-peripheral heat insulator is disposed with a gap provided between the cooling-cylinder-peripheral heat insulator and a periphery of the cooling cylinder in such a way as to surround the cooling cylinder. | 09-26-2013 |
20130323153 | SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL WAFER - The present invention provides a silicon single crystal wafer sliced out from a silicon single crystal ingot grown by a Czochralski method, wherein the silicon single crystal wafer is sliced out from the silicon single crystal ingot having oxygen concentration of 8×10 | 12-05-2013 |
20130340671 | SILICA GLASS CRUCIBLE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL - A method for manufacturing a silica glass crucible, includes: preparing a crucible base material that is made of silica glass and has a crucible shape; fabricating a synthetic silica glass material based on a direct method or a soot method; processing the synthetic silica glass material into the crucible shape without being pulverized; and bonding an inner wall of the crucible base material and an outer wall of the synthetic silica glass material processed into the crucible shape through a silica powder by performing a heat treatment. As a result, it is possible to provide the silica glass crucible that can avoid occurrence of dislocations of silicon single crystal at the time of manufacturing the silicon single crystal, has high heat-resisting properties, and can suppress a reduction in productivity and yield ratio, the manufacturing method thereof, and the method for manufacturing silicon single crystal using such a silica glass crucible. | 12-26-2013 |
20140103492 | SILICON WAFER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for producing a silicon wafer from a defect-free silicon single crystal grown by a CZ method, the method comprising: preparing a silicon wafer obtained by slicing the defect-free silicon single crystal and subjected to mirror-polishing; then performing a heat treatment step of subjecting the mirror-polished silicon wafer to heat treatment at a temperature of 500° C. or higher but 600° C. or lower for 4 hours or more but 6 hours or less; and performing a repolishing step of repolishing the silicon wafer after the heat treatment step such that a polishing amount becomes 1.5 μm or more. Therefore, it is an object to provide a method by which a silicon wafer can be produced at a high yield, the silicon wafer in which LPDs are reduced to a minimum, the silicon wafer with a low failure-incidence rate in an inspection step and a shipment stage. | 04-17-2014 |
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20080286895 | Method of manufacturing an organic device - A method of manufacturing an organic device includes the following steps. The first step is a step of forming a plurality of organic elements in the form of a matrix on a brittle substrate. Each of the organic elements is provided with an electrically connecting portion which electrically connects the organic element to an external circuit. The second step is a step of forming a sealing film on each organic element by a wet process with at least a part of the connecting portion covered with an adhesive masking material. The third step is a step of removing an adhesive deposit after peeling off the adhesive masking material. The fourth step is a step of forming a plurality of scribe lines on the brittle substrate. The fifth step is a step of breaking the brittle substrate along the scribe lines. | 11-20-2008 |
20090165439 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust pipe and an energy applying device. Exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine flows into the exhaust pipe. The energy applying device applies energy to the exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust pipe. The energy applied to the exhaust gas is greater than the energy for decomposing nitrogen monoxide (NO) and less than the energy for decomposing nitrogen (N | 07-02-2009 |
20090178556 | METHOD FOR SEPARATING GAS COMPONENTS AND SEPARATOR FOR THE SAME - A method is provided for separating gas including diamagnetic materials and paramagnetic materials containing nitrogen oxides and oxygen into diamagnetic materials, nitrogen oxides, and oxygen. The method includes steps of providing a magnetic device along a gas passage, and providing a plurality of flow passages. Each flow passage has one end that is separately connected to the gas passage. The flow passages extend in a direction that a force due to a magnetic field of the magnetic device is applied to the paramagnetic materials in the gas. The method further includes a step of allowing the gas to flow into the flow passages so that the diamagnetic materials or the paramagnetic materials in the gas enter into a corresponding flow passage among the plurality of the flow passages. | 07-16-2009 |
20090211231 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine reduces the amount of NOx in exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage of the engine. The system has a plasma generator including two electrodes spaced away from each other in the exhaust passage, a high-frequency power supply connected to one of the electrodes, and a NOx absorber provided between the electrodes. | 08-27-2009 |
20110258989 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes a heated gas generation apparatus configured to generate heated gas utilizing exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage. The heated gas generation apparatus includes a catalyst configured to provide an oxidation function, a fuel supply nozzle, and a heater. An exhaust purification unit is provided downstream of the heated gas generation apparatus. An incoming gas temperature of the exhaust purification unit is detected and estimated. An actual incoming gas temperature being a detected value and an estimated incoming gas temperature both acquired when at least the fuel supply nozzle is actuated are compared with each other. Based on the result of the comparison, the apparatus detects one of poisoning of the catalyst with HC and degradation of the catalyst. Thus, the heated gas generation apparatus is prevented from discharging HC. | 10-27-2011 |
20130247543 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS - An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a control device controlling a urea addition valve for adding urea from an upstream side of a NOx reduction catalyst. The control device obtains an ammonia adsorption amount distribution through the NOx reduction catalyst. When an ammonia adsorption amount in a predetermined part on a downstream side equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold, the control device controls the urea addition valve to stop the urea supply or reduce the amount thereof. The urea addition valve is controlled based on an adsorption amount distribution obtained from a model on which the catalyst is divided into cells such that an ammonia adsorption amount in a first cell positioned furthest upstream equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold close to a saturation adsorption amount and an ammonia adsorption amount in a second cell positioned downstream of the first cell reaches a predetermined target value smaller than the threshold. | 09-26-2013 |
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20110274933 | LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A laminate comprises a gas barrier layer and an inorganic compound layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate that gradually decreases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction, and having a carbon atom content rate that gradually increases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction. An electronic device member includes the laminate, and an electronic device includes the electronic device member. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent transparency, and does not produce cracks (i.e., the gas barrier capability does not deteriorate) even when the laminate is folded. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and an excellent impact-absorbing capability even if an impact is applied from the outside. | 11-10-2011 |
20120041116 | FORMED ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a formed article comprising an ion-implanted layer obtained by implanting ions of a silicon compound into a polymer layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a silicon compound into a surface of a polymer layer of a formed body that includes the polymer layer in its surface; an electronic device member comprising the formed article; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. Consequently, the present invention provides: a formed article which has excellent gas barrier capability, bendability and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member comprising the formed article; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. | 02-16-2012 |
20120064321 | FORMED ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE FORMED ARTICLE, MEMBER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A formed article includes a gas barrier layer that is formed of a material including at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface area of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on the total content of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm | 03-15-2012 |
20120088880 | Formed Article, Method for Producing Same, Electronic Device Member, and Electronic Device - Disclosed is a formed article comprising a layer obtained by implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a surface of a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer of a formed body that includes the polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer in its surface; an electronic device member that includes the formed article; and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member. The present invention provides; a formed article which exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, transparency, bendability, antistatic performance, and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member, and an electronic device. | 04-12-2012 |
20120108761 | FORMED ARTICLE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A formed article comprising a layer obtained by implanting ions into a polycarbosilane compound-containing layer, a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member, and an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. The formed article has an excellent gas barrier capability, excellent transparency, excellent bendability, excellent adhesion, and excellent surface flatness. | 05-03-2012 |
20120121917 | LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a laminate comprising a gas barrier layer and a conductor layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content that gradually decreases from a surface of the gas barrier layer in a depth direction, and having a carbon atom content that gradually increases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction. Also disclosed are a method of producing the laminate, an electronic device member that includes the laminate, and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member. The above laminate exhibits an excellent gas harrier capability and excellent interlayer adhesion, and the conductor layer of the above laminate has high surface smoothness. Since the above laminate enables an increase in flexibility and a reduction in weight, the laminate may suitably be used as an electronic device member for a display (e.g., organic EL display), a solar battery, or the like. Since the laminate enables roll-to-roll mass production, cost can be reduced. | 05-17-2012 |
20120302123 | LUMINESCENT COMPOSITION AND INORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT SHEET USING THE SAME - A luminescent composition can efficiently provide an inorganic electroluminescent sheet with a high productivity at low costs. The composition has a desired light transmittance (transparency) when no electric voltage is applied to it. The composition includes an inorganic electroluminescent substance and a binder resin. A content of the inorganic electroluminescent substance is at least 0.5 part and less than 100 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the binder resin. The inorganic electroluminescent sheet includes a first transparent substrate; a first transparent electrode; the inorganic electroluminescent layer of the luminescent composition; a first transparent electrode; and a second transparent substrate, successively laminated in this order. The inorganic electroluminescent sheet has a light transmittance of 60% or more, measured at a wavelength of 550 nm under a non-light emitting condition. | 11-29-2012 |
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20090178473 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ROTATIONAL POSITION OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The rotational position detecting apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a rotational angle sensor outputting a rotation angle signal indicative of a rotational angle of the internal combustion engine, an in-cylinder pressure sensor outputting an in-cylinder pressure signal indicative of an in-cylinder pressure of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and a reference rotational position detecting section which detects a specific rotational angle of the internal combustion engine at which the in-cylinder pressure becomes a predetermined reference pressure under a predetermined running condition of the internal combustion engine, and determines the detected specific rotational angle as a reference rotational position of the internal combustion engine. The reference rotational position detecting section detects the specific rotational angle at least a predetermined number of times, and determines an average value of the detected specific rotational angle as the reference rotational position. | 07-16-2009 |
20090198456 | DETECTION OF FUEL PROPERTY BASED ON CHANGE IN ROTATIONAL SPEED OF ENGINE - There is disclosed a fuel property detector for detecting a property of fuel injected by a fuel injector into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. The fuel property detector includes an injection commander, a change detector, and a fuel property determiner. The injection commander commands the fuel injector to perform a fuel injection for fuel property detection into the cylinder of the engine. The change detector detects a change in the rotational speed of the engine which is caused by the fuel injection for fuel property detection. The fuel property determiner determines the property of the fuel based on the change in the rotational speed of the engine detected by the change detector. | 08-06-2009 |
20120239275 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ACTUATOR CONTROL - An engine control apparatus works to determine target values of a plurality of combustion parameters which represent combustion states of fuel in a combustion engine and are needed to achieve required performances of the combustion engine, calculate a combustion parameter deviation that is a deviation of an actual value of each of the combustion parameters from the target value thereof, select at least one of controlled parameters correlating with the combustion parameters as a function of a degree of a selected one of the combustion parameter deviations for minimizing the selected one of the combustion parameter deviations. The controlled parameters are parameters for controlling operations of actuators working to control the combustion states of the combustion engine. The engine control apparatus controls the one of the controlled parameters, as selected by the controlled parameter selector, to minimize the selected one of the combustion parameter deviations. | 09-20-2012 |
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20080274605 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON NITRIDE FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a silicon nitride film that forms a silicon nitride film on a surface of a substrate comprises sequentially repeating first through third steps. The first step includes feeding a first gas containing silicon and nitrogen to the surface of the substrate. The second step includes feeding a second gas containing nitrogen to the surface of the substrate. The third step includes feeding a third gas containing hydrogen to the surface of the substrate. | 11-06-2008 |
20110284508 | WELDING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD - A welding system has: a welding mechanism, a reception laser light source, a reception optical mechanism, an interferometer, a data recording/analysis mechanism and a data recording/analysis mechanism. The reception laser light source generates reception laser light so as to irradiate the object to be welded with the reception laser light for the purpose of detecting a reflected ultrasonic wave obtained as a result of reflection of a transmission ultrasonic wave. The reception optical mechanism transmits, during or after welding operation, the reception laser light generated from the reception laser light source to the surface of the object to be welded for irradiation while moving, together with the welding mechanism, relative to the object to be welded and collects laser light scattered/reflected at the surface of the object to be welded. | 11-24-2011 |
20110286005 | WELDING INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A welding inspection method has steps of: generating transmission laser light for generating an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the transmission laser light to an object to be inspected during or after welding operation for irradiation; generating reception laser light for detecting an ultrasonic wave and transmitting the reception laser light to the object to be inspected for irradiation; collecting laser light scattered and reflected at surface of the object to be inspected; performing interference measurement of the laser light and obtaining an ultrasonic signal; and analyzing the ultrasonic signal obtained by the interference measurement. At least one of the transmission laser light generated in the transmission laser light irradiation step and the reception laser light generated in the reception laser light irradiation step is irradiated onto a welded metal part or a groove side surface. | 11-24-2011 |
20130160551 | ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, an ultrasonic flaw detection device is provided with: an ultrasonic probe, which applies ultrasonic waves, by driving a plurality of ultrasonic elements, to a test object to be inspected, and which receives reflected ultrasonic waves from the test object; and an analysis unit, which analyzes the signals of the reflected ultrasonic waves received by the ultrasonic probe, and which calculates the flaw detection results. The analysis unit calculates the flaw detection results using an ultrasonic wave propagation path obtained on the basis of the surface information of the test object having the ultrasonic waves applied thereto, thereby obtaining highly accurate detection results even the surface of the test object is formed in complex shape. | 06-27-2013 |
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20080214842 | Process For Purifying Hydroxycarboxylic Acid, Process For Producing Cyclic Ester, and Process For Producing Polyhydroxycarboxylic Acid - Disclosed is a process for purifying a hydroxycarboxylic acid, comprising: a crystallization step of subjecting a hydroxycarboxylic acid aqueous solution to crystallization for purification, a separation step of separating a hydroxycarboxylic acid crystal from a mother liquid, and a washing step of washing the hydroxycarboxylic acid crystal for further purification with a washing liquid, wherein the washing liquid is a hydroxycarboxylic acid aqueous solution. The purified or refined hydroxycarboxylic acid obtained through the above process is suitably used as a starting material for production of a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid. The above process is suitably included in a process for producing a cyclic ester and a process for producing a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid. | 09-04-2008 |
20100168446 | METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF CYCLIC ESTER - A method of purifying a cyclic ester, comprising: mixing a co-distillated liquid comprising a cyclic ester produced by heating depolymerization of a hydroxycarboxylic acid oligomer in the presence of a depolymerization solvent and the depolymerization solvent with an organic solvent for washing which is mutually soluble with the depolymerization solvent and has a lower boiling point than the cyclic ester; subjecting the resultant mixture liquid to liquid-liquid separation into an organic solvent phase containing the depolymerization solvent and a cyclic ester phase containing the organic solvent; and then evaporating the organic solvent from the cyclic ester phase containing the organic solvent to recover the cyclic ester containing a reduced amount of the depolymerization solvent. As a result, purified cyclic ester is recovered at high heat efficiency, purification efficiency and operation efficiency, from the co-distillate liquid containing the depolymerization solvent and the cyclic ester from the depolymerization system for thermal decomposition of the hydroxycarboxylic acid oligomer in the presence of the depolymerization solvent. | 07-01-2010 |
20100234557 | Process For Producing Aliphatic Polyester - A process for producing an aliphatic polyester through ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic ester, wherein a partial polymer in a molten state is continuously introduced into a twin-screw stirring device to continuously obtain a partial polymer in a solid pulverized state, the partial polymer is subjected to solid-phase polymerization, and the resultant polymer is melt-kneaded together with a thermal stabilizer to be formed into pellets. As a result, an aliphatic polyester of a high molecular weight and with little discoloration is produced efficiently. | 09-16-2010 |
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20080246247 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE MOUNTING STRUCTURE IN MOTORCYCLE - An electrical device mounting structure on a motorcycle which includes a resilient support member having a spring-flexural resilience and supporting an electrical device unit. The resilient support member has a first portion secured to a vehicle body or a member connected to the vehicle body. The resilient support member also has a second portion provided separate from the first portion and closer to the electrical device. The second portion is supported on the vehicle body or the member connected to the vehicle body via an elastic member having an attenuating property. | 10-09-2008 |
20130261860 | COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A collection and delivery support system for a saddle-ride type electric vehicle includes a managing terminal that outputs information of registered collection/delivery destinations of cargos and information on battery charging locations arranged within a collection/delivery range of the vehicle, a server that calculates a collection/delivery route passing through respective collection and delivery destinations in order based on a possible traveling distance of the vehicle, and a mobile terminal provided with the vehicle. The server calculates the route such that it includes a battery charging location in the middle thereof, as well as estimated collection/delivery times based on the possible traveling distance information. The display displays information of the calculated route and the estimated collection/and delivery times. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262335 | COLLECTION AND DELIVERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A collection and delivery management system and method receives and manages information required for collection and delivery work. A vehicle includes an portable terminal mounted thereon, which receives vehicle state information. The portable terminal determines a state of the collection and delivery work, requests collection and delivery information on cargoes to be collected and delivered to a server, and displays the collection and delivery information. The portable terminal includes an input screen for inputting route completion data corresponding to a result of the collection and delivery work executed, and transmits such route completion data to the server, which transmits the collection and delivery information to the portable terminal according to the request from the portable terminal and records information of the result of the collection and delivery work having been transmitted from the portable terminal so as to be tagged to the collection and delivery information having been transmitted. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090059755 | Method for adjusting a focus position on an optical disc and an optical disc apparatus applying the same therein - In a method for adjusting a focus position for an optical disc, onto/from which in formation is recorded or reproduced, while adjusting the focus position of an optical reproducing means, upon a recording surface of an optical information recording medium having an area where information of the optical information recording medium is recorded in advance, comprising the following steps of: memorizing plural numbers of information relating to focus positions determined appropriately, which can be obtained from the area where the information of the optical information recording medium is recorded in advance; and adjusting the focus position for the optical disc loaded into an apparatus, from at lease one (1) signal relating to the focus position, which can be obtained from the optical disc, with utilizing a relationship between the plural numbers of information relating to the focus positions determined appropriately, memorized in advance, when reproduction of the information is impossible when the optical disc is loaded into the apparatus, thereby providing the focus position adjusting method and an optical disc apparatus applying the same therein, for enabling an appropriate focus adjustment even in case when DMA area cannot read out due to damages or defects therein. | 03-05-2009 |
20090161506 | Optical Disc Apparatus and Method for Controlling Overwrite Power - An optical disc apparatus capable of improving an overwrite performance for performing an overwrite operation on a re-writable type optical disc. The apparatus includes a calculating section which calculates out a recording power at the time of previously performing recording in a recording area of the optical disc, and a recording power determining section which determines a write power of the recording power calculated out by the calculating section as a write power of the currently recorded recording power, and at the same time, adjusts erase power, cooling power, and/or middle power of the recording power calculated out by the calculating section to finally determine the currently recorded recording power. | 06-25-2009 |
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20110043054 | MULTIHEAD-TYPE CORELESS LINEAR MOTOR - A multihead-type coreless linear motor includes a permanent field magnet having P permanent magnets that are arranged such that different magnetic poles appear alternately, and an armature having M armature coils that are closely wounded and connected in three phases. One of the armature and the permanent field magnet is configured as a moving part and the other is configured as a stator. A plurality of moving parts are arranged on the same stator and are driven separately. In this multihead-type coreless linear motor, the plurality of moving parts includes a large-thrust moving part and a small-thrust moving part that are different in relationship with the stator, the relationship being determined by the number of magnetic poles P of the permanent magnets and the number of armature coils M. | 02-24-2011 |
20120062046 | MULTI-HEAD LINEAR MOTOR WITH CORES - A multi-head linear motor with cores according to an embodiment includes a permanent magnet field and an armature. The permanent magnet field includes P pieces of permanent magnets. The armature is arranged so as to face the permanent magnet field through a magnetic air gap and includes M pieces of armature coils. Any one of the armature and the permanent magnet field constitutes a mover, the other constitutes a stator, and the mover is arranged in plurality to be lined up over a single piece of the stator to individually drive the movers relative to the stator. Moreover, the movers each include a large thrust mover and a small thrust mover that have different relationships each determined with a magnetic pole number P of the permanent magnets and a number M of the armature coils relative to the stator. | 03-15-2012 |
20120086287 | LINEAR MOTOR AND STAGE DEVICE - A linear motor includes a field magnet and an armature. The field magnet includes a pair of opposing field magnet yokes. A yoke base is disposed on a first end of each field magnet yoke in a Y axis direction. Between the field magnet yokes, a first magnet row is disposed including, along an X axis direction, a plurality of opposing pairs of first magnets having different polarities. Between the field magnet yokes, a second magnet row is disposed to a first side or a second side of the first magnet row in the Y axis direction. The second magnet row includes a pair of opposing second magnets having different polarities and forming a single row in the Y axis direction on the field magnet yokes. The armature includes a first armature coil opposite the first magnet row and a second armature coil opposite the second magnet row. | 04-12-2012 |
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20110275285 | POLISHING SOLUTION FOR CMP AND POLISHING METHOD USING THE POLISHING SOLUTION - The polishing solution for CMP according to the invention comprises abrasive grains, an additive and water, and the polishing solution comprises an organic compound satisfying specified conditions as the additive. The polishing method of the invention is for polishing of a substrate having a silicon oxide film on the surface, and the polishing method comprises a step of polishing the silicon oxide film with a polishing pad while supplying the polishing solution for CMP between the silicon oxide film and the polishing pad. | 11-10-2011 |
20120074360 | Organic Electronic Material, Ink Composition Containing Same, and Organic Thin Film, Organic Electronic Element, Organic Electroluminescent Element, Lighting Device, and Display Device Formed Therewith - Provided are: an organic electronic material which can be easily multilayered and that can be used in substrates, such as resin, that cannot be processed at high temperatures; an ink composition containing the same; an organic thin film formed using said organic electronic material or said ink composition; and an organic electronic element and an organic EL element that are formed using said organic thin film and that have a superior luminous efficacy and emission lifespan than conventional elements. Specifically, provided are: an organic electronic material that is characterized by containing an oligomer or a polymer having a structure that branches into three or more directions and has at least one polymerizable substituent; an ink composition containing said organic electronic material; and an organic thin film prepared using the aforementioned organic electronic material. Further, provided are an organic electronic element and an organic electroluminescent element containing said organic thin film. | 03-29-2012 |
20120129346 | POLISHING AGENT, CONCENTRATED ONE-PACK TYPE POLISHING AGENT, TWO-PACK TYPE POLISHING AGENT AND METHOD FOR POLISHING SUBSTRATE - A polishing agent of the invention comprises tetravalent metal hydroxide particles, a cationized polyvinyl alcohol, at least one type of saccharide selected from the group consisting of an amino sugar, a derivative of the amino sugar, a polysaccharide containing an amino sugar and a derivative of the polysaccharide, and water. The method for polishing a substrate of the invention comprises a step of polishing the silicon oxide film | 05-24-2012 |
20120181530 | MATERIAL FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONICS, ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, DISPLAY ELEMENT USING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a material for organic electronics which can produce an organic electronic element capable of lowering the driving voltage or capable of performing stable driving for a long time. The material for organic electronics contains at least an ionic compound and a compound having a charge transporting unit (hereinafter, referred to as charge transporting compound), and the ionic compound is composed of a counter cation and a counter anion, while the counter cation is any one kind or two or more kinds selected from H | 07-19-2012 |
20130037753 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC MATERIAL, POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR AND THERMAL POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR, INK COMPOSITION, ORGANIC THIN FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME, ORGANIC ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY ELEMENT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an organic electronic material comprising charge transporting compounds and ionic compounds having electron-accepting properties and high solubility in a solvent. The organic electronic material is characterized by comprising charge transporting compounds and ionic compounds, and in that at least one of the ionic compounds is any one kind of compounds represented by general formulas (1b)-(3b). (In the formulas Y | 02-14-2013 |
20130252426 | POLISHING AGENT AND METHOD FOR POLISHING SUBSTRATE USING THE POLISHING AGENT - Disclosed is a polishing agent comprising: water; tetravalent metal hydroxide particles; and an additive, wherein the additive contains at least one of a cationic polymer and a cationic polysaccharide. The present invention can provide a polishing agent which is capable of polishing an insulating film at a high speed with less polishing flaws, and having a high polishing rate ratio of a silicon oxide film and a stopper film, in the CMP technology of flattening insulating film. The present invention can also provide a polishing agent set for storing the polishing agent, and a method for polishing a substrate using this polishing agent. | 09-26-2013 |
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