| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090011593 | METHOD OF DEPOSITING AMORPHOUS FILM ON CAPACITOR ASSEMBLY - A capacitor assembly includes a semiconductor substrate having an interlayer insulation film on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a conductive barrier layer formed on the interlayer insulation film. The capacitor assembly also includes a contact plug electrically connected to the conductive barrier layer through the interlayer insulation film, and a lower electrode formed on the barrier layer. The capacitor assembly also includes a capacitor insulation film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the capacitor insulation film. The capacitor insulation film is made from a ferroelectric material. The barrier layer is an amorphous film which includes titanium and aluminum. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090314941 | Infrared detecting device and manufacturing method thereof - The present invention provides an infrared detecting device capable of improving device characteristics thereof by narrowing the width of each beam portion. The infrared detecting device has an infrared detection portion having a thermoelectric transducing part formed over a semiconductor substrate via an air gap interposed therebetween, and the beam portions which are formed over the semiconductor substrate via the air gap interposed therebetween, support the infrared detection portion and electrically connect between the infrared detection portion and the semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the beam portions has an insulating material film and a conductive material layer exposed from the insulating material film to a side surface of each beam portion. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110031615 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device having a structure that can reduce stress due to difference in coefficients of thermal expansion and prevent or suppress generation of cracks, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method, are provided. The semiconductor device includes a single crystal silicon substrate having a main face on which semiconductor elements are formed and a side face intersecting with the main face, and a sealing resin provided covering at least a portion of the side face. The side face covered by the sealing resin is equipped with a first face with a plane direction forming an angle of −5° to +5° to the plane direction of the main face. | 02-10-2011 |
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| 20090240910 | Storage system, volume allocation method and management apparatus - This storage system includes a virtual storage selection unit for selecting a virtual storage unit to be allocated to a virtual server unit according to a virtual storage search policy table for searching the virtual storage unit based on a parameter input by a user when a command is issued for allocating the volume to the virtual server unit, a volume selection unit for selecting the type of volume to be allocated to the virtual storage unit allocated to the virtual server unit with the virtual storage allocation unit according to a volume type search policy table for searching the type of volume based on the parameter, and a volume allocation unit for creating the volume selected with the volume selection unit based on the parameter and allocating the created volume to the virtual storage unit allocated to the virtual server unit with the virtual storage allocation unit. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100070706 | Method of Allocating Physical Volume Area to Virtualized Volume, and Storage Device - In a storage device in which physical memory areas are sequentially allocated to virtual volumes according to an access, data are divided based on data creation date and so and are stored in physical RGs. The storage device includes a memory unit including a plurality of physical RGs including a first physical RG; and a controller. The controller sequentially allocates a memory area of the first physical RG or a pool memory area including a plurality of first physical RGs to a first virtual volume based on a use order according to an access to the first virtual volume, receives a break request, and allocates the memory area of the first physical RG of the next use order or the pool memory area including the plurality of first physical RGs of the next use order to the first virtual volume according to the access to the first virtual volume after receiving the break request. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100274984 | MANAGEMENT SERVER DEVICE FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL STORAGE DEVICE - The computer system has a plurality of physical server devices, a plurality of physical storage devices, and a management server device, and when migrating at least one of a plurality of first virtual server devices to another physical server device, the management server device compares at least one physical server device in which the plurality of first virtual server devices are disposed after the migration, with at least one physical server device in which a plurality of second virtual server devices are disposed, to calculate a first evaluation value, and also compares at least one physical server device in which the plurality of first virtual server devices are disposed after the migration, with at least one physical server device in which a plurality of third virtual server devices are disposed, to calculate a second evaluation value. Based on the first evaluation value and the second evaluation value, the management server device issues an instruction to migrate the first virtual storage device to the other physical storage device. | 10-28-2010 |
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| 20080258914 | Monitoring apparatus - A position detection sensor using electromagnetic wave ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090251317 | INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM - An intruder detection system is provided in which a detection range can be set to a predetermined one so that false detection caused by a moving object outside the predetermined range can be diminished. The system includes a transmission-side leaky transmission line that radiates a detection signal for detecting an intruder and a reception-side leaky transmission line that receives a detection signal leaked from the transmission-side leaky transmission line, both of which are buried spaced apart from each other in a detection surveillance area, and detects the presence/absence of an intruder in the detection surveillance area based on variations in the detection signal received by the reception-side leaky transmission line, wherein at least part of either the transmission-side leaky transmission line or the reception-side leaky transmission line is made of a surface-wave-type leaky coaxial transmission line, and the other leaky transmission line, a radiation-type leaky coaxial transmission line. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100156636 | INTRUDER IDENTIFYING METHOD, INTRUDER IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND INTRUDER IDENTIFYING SENSOR DEVICE - In an intruder identifying method and device, an intruder identifying sensor device identifies an intruder as a detection target to be originally detected by determining whether a variation style for a predetermined time of intruder intrusion state information based on the reception signal of the electric wave receiving unit during a time period from the time when the intruder identifying sensor device detects an intruder till the time when the intruder identifying sensor device does not detect the intruder is a predetermined variation style. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100238029 | INTRUSION-OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETECTING INTRUSION-OBJECT AND METHOD OF DETECTING MALFUNCTION - A method determining a malfunction when a reception signal fluctuates at a receiver owing to malfunctions occurring on a leaky cable and its related devices. The method determines, among range bins correlating the reception signal with a distance from a feed end of a radio-wave radiation unit and a radio-wave reception unit, based on a correlation between a time-delay from a transmission time of a transmission signal until a reception time of the reception signal and a transmission path distance of the reception signal in the radio-wave radiation unit and the radio-wave reception unit, when, comparing the reception signal with the transmission signal with respect to the range bin corresponding to a far end, a level of amplitude reduction in the reception signal exceeds a predetermined ratio, that a malfunction is present in either the radio-wave radiation unit or radio-wave reception unit. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100244856 | OBSTACLE DETECTING SYSTEM AND OBSTACLE DETECTING DEVICE - An obstacle detecting system having leakage coaxial cables laid on at both the sides of an obstacle monitoring district and an obstacle detecting device for emitting electrical waves from one of the leakage coaxial cables laid on at both the sides to the other leakage coaxial cable and detecting an obstacle in the obstacle monitoring district on the basis of the electrical waves incident to the other leakage coaxial cable is further equipped with an electrical wave transmitting unit for transmitting the electrical waves to the one leakage coaxial cable in the obstacle detecting device, an electrical wave receiving unit for receiving the electrical waves incident to the other leakage coaxial cable, and a connecting unit for connecting the electrical wave transmitting unit and the electrical wave receiving unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110163887 | Monitoring System for Moving Object - A monitoring system for a moving object including a leaking transmission device having a first and second leaking transmission paths extending substantially in parallel to each other, first equipment for transmitting a first transmission signal from one end side of both the ends of the leaking transmission device as a transmission medium to the other end side, second equipment for transmitting a second transmission signal from the other end side of both the ends of the leaking transmission device as the transmission medium to the one end side, and a detector for detecting a two-dimensional movement of a moving object as a monitoring target on the basis of a difference between variations of first and second reception signals based on the respective reflection waves of the first and second transmission signals from the moving object. | 07-07-2011 |
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| 20090110079 | INFORMATION ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION SEARCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information searching system includes an encoding apparatus and a searching apparatus. The encoding apparatus inputs information to be stored, encodes the input information in layers, and then stores the resulting per-layer encoding information in a database. The searching apparatus acquires information that has been thus encoded in layers in order from the upper layers thereof, compares the encoded information for an acquired search query to the encoded information for potential matches on a per-layer basis, decodes the information for the potential matches that resemble the search query on the basis of the comparison results, and then outputs the decoded information for the potential matches that resemble the search query. In so doing, searches are conducted rapidly and with reduced computational load. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090110318 | INFORMATION ENCODING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information retrieval apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of a target object to be retrieved and dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of each of comparison objects to be compared with the target object, the dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the target object and the dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the comparison objects being obtained as a result of adaptive dynamic range coding; a distance computation unit configured to compute distances between the target object and the comparison objects using the obtained dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the target object and the obtained dynamic ranges or re-quantization codes of the comparison objects; and a comparison unit configured to compare the distances between the target object and the comparison objects to select one of the comparison objects having a minimum distance. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090232390 | Image processing device, image processing method, learning device, learning method, and program - An image processing device, to convert a first image data into a second image data having a higher image quality, includes: a predicted tap extracting unit to extract multiple pixels as a predicted tap for prediction computing; a level limit class tap extracting unit to extract multiple pixels as a level limit class tap for level limit classifying processing; a waveform class tap extracting unit to extract multiple pixels as a waveform class tap; a level limit classifying unit to classify the pixel of interest, based on a ratio between a level width and a dynamic range of the pixels making up the level limit class tap; a waveform pattern classifying unit to classify the pixel of interest; a prediction coefficient output unit to output a prediction coefficient corresponding to a combination of a level limit class and a waveform pattern class; and a prediction computing unit. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090257661 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program - An information processing apparatus includes a first classification unit configured to set each of pixels forming a first image as a pixel of interest and classify the pixels of interest into one of a plurality of provided classes of a first type in accordance with a predetermined rule; a feature amount generation unit configured to generate a shifted waveform whose phase is shifted with respect to a waveform of the first image containing the pixels of interest and configured to generate a feature amount; a second classification unit configured to be provided with a plurality of classes of a second type in accordance with the feature amount for each of the plurality of classes of the first type and configured to classify the pixels of interest; and a prediction calculation unit configured to predictively calculate pixels forming a second image. | 10-15-2009 |