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| 20110080461 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image signal processing apparatus that supplies entire-circumference viewpoint images including plural viewpoint images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints provided on a circumference around a subject to an image display apparatus that displays a stereoscopic image of the subject seen from an entire circumference, includes: buffering means for buffering the input entire-circumference viewpoint images; generating means for arranging the buffered entire-circumference viewpoint images on a frame of arbitrary video standards to generate the frame of the arbitrary video standards; and replacing means for replacing pixel values of a pixel in a predetermined position on the generated frame by control data for controlling the image display apparatus and outputting the control data as video signals of the arbitrary video standards. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080469 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image signal processing apparatus that supplies entire circumferential viewpoint images including plural viewpoint images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints provided on a circumference around a subject to an image display apparatus that displays a stereoscopic image of the subject seen from an entire circumference, includes: arranging means for arranging the input entire circumferential viewpoint images in a time-series sequence by regarding corresponding differences in viewpoints as differences in an imaging sequence; and encoding means for treating the respective viewpoint images arranged in the time-series sequence by regarding the differences in viewpoints as differences in the imaging sequence as single frames and encoding the viewpoint images using an encoding method including at least inter-frame prediction to generate video encoded signals. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110090214 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND VIDEO SIGNAL - An image signal processing device supplying entire-circumference viewpoint images including plural viewpoint images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints provided on the circumference of a circle with the center at a subject to a display device displaying the subject as a stereoscopic image, includes: a buffering means for buffering the inputted entire-circumference viewpoint images; and an arrangement means for generating a video signal of a given video standard by arranging the buffered entire-circumference viewpoint images on frames of the given video standard. | 04-21-2011 |
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| 20110191569 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The present invention provides a data processing device where a program can be commonly used and a vector table can be shared regardless of types of endian in a bi-endian system. An instruction is fixed to little endian, and endian of data to be used for executing the instruction is variable. A size of the respective vector addresses in the vector table is 32 bits, and the number of bits at the time of a data access is maximally 32 bits. A CPU fetches an instruction, and before the fetched instruction is executed, the CPU accesses to, for example, for 32-bit data in a memory. At this time, the CPU controls the aligner so that addresses and alignments of data to be stored in each address in byte unit in a data register are identical to addresses and alignments of data determined by little endian of an instruction without depending on types of the endian of the data. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120030389 | MICROCOMPUTER - Disclosed is a microcomputer that can gain bus access irrespective of the magnitude relationship between the frequency of a bus master and the frequency of a bus slave. A CPU operates in accordance a first clock, which has a variable frequency. A timer operates in accordance with a second clock. A frequency conversion logic circuit is coupled to the CPU through a main bus and coupled to the timer through a peripheral I/O bus. When the first clock is higher in frequency than the second clock, the frequency conversion logic circuit generates a bus control signal for the timer by using a first synchronization signal, which indicates the change timing of a bus control signal for the peripheral I/O bus. When the first clock is lower in frequency than the second clock, the frequency conversion logic circuit generates a bus control signal for the CPU by using a second synchronization signal, which indicates the change timing of a bus control signal for the main bus. Therefore, bus access can be gained irrespective of the magnitude relationship between the frequencies of the CPU and timer. | 02-02-2012 |
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| 20080221780 | Diesel Engine Control Device - A control device is provided that controls the injection quantity and injection timing of fuel injected into the cylinder of a diesel engine, in which are provided two control modes of: a normal injection mode in which the injection quantity and injection timing are controlled so that the injected fuel ignites near compression top dead center during an injection period; and a premixed injection mode in which the injection quantity and injection timing are controlled so that fuel injection is completed before compression top dead center and the injected fuel ignites near compression top dead center after a premixing period, and target values of control parameters (pilot injection timing, and the like) are set in advance separately for each control mode, the control device comprising change means for gradually changing target values V | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090024305 | ENGINE CONTROL METHOD AND ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM - An engine control method and an engine control system that can inhibit the emission of NOx and reduce noise are provided. An engine control method in which an engine | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090070002 | Diesel Engine Control Device - In a diesel engine control device, a normal injection mode that implements normal combustion and a premixed injection mode that implements premixed combustion are set, the normal injection mode is implemented when the actual engine operating conditions are in the normal region, and the premixed injection mode is implemented when the actual engine operating conditions are in the premixed region. When one control mode is being implemented in the corresponding engine operating region, the control mode is forcibly switched to the other control mode when the engine enters a predetermined transition state. This makes it possible to switch earlier than normal, and in particular when accelerating, the desired acceleration performance can be obtained. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090255517 | Two-Stage Supercharging System for Internal Combustion Engine - A sequential-type, two-stage supercharging system ( | 10-15-2009 |
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| 20110076081 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium on which the image is formed; a crease forming unit that performs a crease forming process on the conveyed recording medium; a determining unit that determines whether or not the recording medium is a predetermined recording medium; and a control unit that prohibits the crease forming process from being performed by the crease forming unit when the determining unit determines that the recording medium is the predetermined recording medium. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110130260 | Creasing device and image forming system - A creasing device includes: a first member on which a linear convex-edged blade is formed in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; a second member on which a concave-edged blade pairing with the convex-edged blade is formed; and a drive unit that drives the first and second members to relatively come close to and away from each other, thereby making a crease on the sheet, wherein in a standby state, the drive unit keeps faces of the first member and second member not parallel; and in making a crease on the sheet, causes the convex-edged blade and the concave-edged blade to have point contact with each other via the sheet held therebetween so as to initiate a creasing movement by a rotation movement thereof. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110245055 | Creasing device and image forming system - A creasing device includes a creasing unit that creases sheets on a one-by-one basis, which is conveyed to a folding device of a subsequent stage, a sheet detection unit that detects a position of a sheet delivered to the creasing device and a control unit that obtains reference information of a fold-position for the folding device and performs control of a stop position of the sheet according to reference information of the fold position, thereby adjusting a crease position. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110301005 | Image forming system, sheet finisher, and folding method - An image forming system includes: a folding unit that folds a sheet of paper to form a fold in the sheet; a creasing unit that, before the sheet is folded, produces a crease in the sheet at a fold position where the fold is to be formed; a crease-position adjusting unit that adjusts a crease position where the crease is to be produced; a fold-position adjusting unit that adjusts the fold position; a first input unit that receives an input specifying an amount, by which the crease position is to be adjusted; and a second input unit that receives an input specifying an amount, by which the fold position is to be adjusted, wherein when the fold position is adjusted by the second input unit, the crease position is also adjusted in synchronization with the adjustment of the fold position. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301008 | Creasing device and image forming system - A creasing device for creasing sheets on a per-sheet basis, the creasing device includes: a first member extending perpendicularly to a sheet conveying direction and including a male blade, which has a convex cross section; a second member extending perpendicularly to the sheet conveying direction and including a grooved female blade, into which the male blade to be fitted with a sheet between the female blade and the male blade; and a drive unit that brings the first member and the second member relatively into and out of contact with each other to cause a sheet stopped at a predetermined position to be pinched between the first member and the second member and creased. An edge portion of any one of the first member and the second member has an arcuate shape. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110301011 | Creasing device and image forming system - A creasing device that creases sheets on a per-sheet basis and includes: a first member extending perpendicularly to a sheet conveying direction and including a convex blade; a second member extending perpendicularly to the sheet conveying direction and including a concave blade, into which the convex blade is to be fitted; a drive unit that brings the first and the second members into and out of contact with each other, thereby producing a crease in a sheet interposed between the first and the second members; a sheet retainer driven by the drive unit and brought into contact with the second member with the sheet therebetween to retain the sheet across its full width; and a holding unit that holds the sheet retainer in a retaining state during creasing where the contact between the first and the second members starts at one point and develops in one direction. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20100208109 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving apparatus includes: a signal-level detecting unit detecting a signal level of an input signal; a first signal-level converting unit including amplifiers, capturing the input signal and converting a signal level of the input signal; a switching unit switching an output of a signal whose level is converted by the amplifiers; a switching control unit selecting a specific amplifier out of the amplifiers and controlling the switching unit to select an output signal from the selected amplifier; a band-pass filter allowing only a predetermined frequency band in the signal, the output of which is switched by the switching unit, to pass; a second signal-level converting unit converting a signal level of an output signal from the amplifier into a predetermined signal level; a mixer mixing the signal passed through the band-pass filter, the signal level of which is converted by the second signal-level converting unit, and an oscillation signal to generate an intermediate frequency signal; and a demodulating unit demodulating the intermediate frequency signal. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20120018028 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PIPE FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE USAGE HAVING EXCELLENT BUCKLING RESISTANCE AND TOUGHNESS OF WELDED HEAT AFFECTED ZONE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An APIX100-grade high strength steel pipe includes a base material containing, in mass percentage, C: more than 0.03% and 0.08% or less, Si: 0.01% to 0.5%, Mn: 1.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.08%, Nb: 0.005% to 0.025%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.025%, N: 0.001% to 0.010%, O: 0.005% or less, and B: 0.0003% to 0.0020%, further contains one or more of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, and V, satisfies 0.19≦P | 01-26-2012 |
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| 20090084880 | MAGNETIC TAPE REEL AND MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE - An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic tape reel. The magnetic tape reel comprises a hub on which a magnetic tape is wound, and a flange provided on at least one of upper and lower ends of the hub. The flange comprises a surface coating on at least a portion of a surface thereof on the hub side, the surface coating having a hardness equal to or greater than a hardness of an edge surface of the magnetic tape. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic tape cartridge comprising a magnetic tape and the magnetic tape reel. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100019077 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel comprising a hub formed in the shape of a cylindrical tube with a base, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured in a disc shape or an annular plate shape of a material with an elastic modulus at least equal to a material that constitutes the hub, the flange member being coaxially joined to an opening end portion of the hub; a metal plate formed in a circular plate shape or an annular plate shape, which is fixed coaxially to the base portion of the hub; and plate retention portions that are formed integrally with the base portion of the hub and touch an outer peripheral surface of the metal plate at at least four locations, which are at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the hub. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100123036 | REEL AND RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE - A reel includes a hub formed in a cylindrical-tube-shape with a base portion, on an outer peripheral surface of which a recording tape is wound; a base side flange portion that projects-out to a radial direction outer side of a base portion side of the hub; a flange member configured in a disc-shape or an annular-plate-shape of a material with an elastic modulus at least equal to a material that constitutes the hub, the flange member being coaxially joined to an opening end portion of the hub; a metal plate formed in a circular-plate-shape or an annular-plate-shape, which is fixed coaxially to the base portion of the hub; and a groove wall that is formed integrally with the base portion of the hub and forms a groove portion which is continuous around the entire periphery between the groove wall and an outer peripheral surface of the metal plate. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100320643 | REEL - A reel comprising: a hub on which a recording tape is wound; and a pair of flanges provided at both end portions of the hub respectively, and holding transverse direction end portions of the recording tape, wherein the hub is reinforced by a reinforcing ring, and at a time of release from a mold which molds the hub, an entire region of an end surface of the reinforcing ring is pushed, is provided. | 12-23-2010 |
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| 20090139357 | Method For Setting Nonpositive Deflection, Maximum Meshable Tooth Profile In Flat Wave Gear Device - In a flat wave gear device, there is determined a rack-approximated movement locus Lc | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090139358 | Method For Setting Gear Tooth Profile In Flat Wave Gear Device On Side Where Gears Have Same Number Of teeth - In a flat wave gear device in which a flexible externally toothed gear and the rigid internally toothed gear have the same number of teeth, an arcuate tooth profile is imparted to a flexible externally toothed gear, a contact point C between tooth profiles of a flexible externally toothed gear and a D-side rigid internally toothed gear is determined from an arc center A of the arcuate tooth profile of the flexible externally toothed gear and from a momentary center S of relative movement between the gears, and a main part of a tooth profile to be formed in the D-side rigid internally toothed gear is calculated based on the contact point. The tooth profile of the D-side rigid internally toothed gear can be accurately designed; therefore, meshing between the gears can occur with zero backlash, ratcheting torque can be increased, and continuous meshing can occur across a wide range of the movement locus of the tooth profiles of both gears. The load capability of the flat wave gear device can accordingly be increased. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20110154928 | WAVE GEAR DEVICE HAVING COMPOUND TOOTH PROFILE OF POSITIVE DEFLECTION MESHING - In a wave gear device ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110187675 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes an image display unit, a capacitance type touch panel that is disposed on the surface of the image display unit, and a signal processing unit that outputs to a control unit a position signal corresponding to a pressed position on the touch panel or a signal corresponding to the distance between the touch panel and a finger based on the capacitance between the touch panel and the finger. When the approach of the finger to the touch panel is detected, sensitivity is lowered and a menu button is displayed. When the finger moves while pressing the menu button, a menu area and a menu icon are displayed. Accordingly, it is easy to operate the touch panel which is applied to a vehicle-mounted apparatus and it is easy to see a display screen. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110237382 | WAVE GEAR DEVICE HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY CONTACTABLE SHIFTED TOOTH PROFILE - Disclosed is a wave gear device ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110279391 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted device includes a storage device, an external input unit, a speaker, an image display unit, a touch panel, a control unit, a DVD/CD drive, a GPS, a vehicle speed sensor, and a gyroscope. The touch panel includes a finger rest area to reduce erroneous operation by a finger or hand of an operator due to vibration of the vehicle or other causes, and perform input intended by the operator even under a vehicle-mounted environment. The operator contacts the finger on the rest area thereby stabilizing his/her inputting hand while contacting the touch panel. As a result, erroneous input can be reduced, and input desired by the operator can be easily performed. | 11-17-2011 |
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| 20090208259 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A transfer apparatus includes a transfer belt that conveys a toner image which has been transferred to an outer periphery face thereof; a transfer member that, at a contact portion, causes the toner image to be transferred from the outer periphery face of the transfer belt to a recording medium; an opposing roller that is disposed to oppose the transfer member at an inner periphery side of the transfer belt; an opposing belt that is wound round the opposing roller; and a tension member that is disposed at an upstream side of a conveyance direction of the transfer belt relative to the opposing roller, the opposing belt being wound round the tension member, and the tension member causing the opposing belt to touch against the inner side of the transfer belt at the upstream side relative to the contact portion. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100215387 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an endless intermediate transfer member having a transport surface and being tensioned to transport a developer image, transferred from the image carrier to the intermediate transfer member, from a first transfer position to a second transfer position, a first transfer member that brings the intermediate transfer member in contact with the image carrier and transfers a developer image present on the image carrier to the intermediate transfer member at the first transfer position, a second transfer member that transfers the developer image to a recording medium at the second transfer position, a position adjusting member that adjusts a position of the transport surface of the intermediate transfer member downstream of the first transfer position, and a controller that controls the position adjusting member responsively to a type of the recoding medium to which the second transfer member transfers the developer image. | 08-26-2010 |
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| 20100234399 | AGENT FOR OVERCOMING RESISTANCE TO ANTI-CANCER AGENT - An agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor such as 2-[3-cyano-4-(4-fluorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-hydroxythiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine potassium salt, 2-[3-cyano-4-(4-fluorophenoxy)phenyl]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine, 2-(3-cyano-4-phenoxyphenyl)-4-hydroxythiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine, 2-(3-cyano-4-phenoxyphenyl)-4-hydroxythiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine potassium salt, 2-(3-cyano-4-phenoxyphenyl)thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine, TMX-67, and FYX-051, which can be used as an agent for overcoming anti-cancer agent resistance. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110257201 | AGENT FOR OVERCOMING RESISTANCE TO ANTI-CANCER AGENT - An agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor such as 2-[3-cyano-4-(4-fluorophenoxy)phenyl]-4-hydroxythiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine potassium salt, 2-[3-cyano-4-(4-fluorophenoxy)phenyl]thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine, 2-(3-cyano-4-phenoxyphenyl)-4-hydroxythiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine, 2-(3-cyano-4-phenoxyphenyl)-4-hydroxythiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine potassium salt, 2-(3-cyano-4-phenoxyphenyl)thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine, TMX-67, and FYX-051, which can be used as an agent for overcoming anti-cancer agent resistance. | 10-20-2011 |
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| 20100314757 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a POP semiconductor device, a technology is provided which can increase the degree of freedom of semiconductor packages to be combined. A first metal conductive member is placed on a first wiring substrate which is a lower mounting substrate and a second metal conductive member is placed on a second wiring substrate which is an upper mounting substrate. By joining the corresponding portions of the first and second conductive members, the first and second wiring substrates are electrically coupled to each other. An electrode pad which is electrically coupled to the second conductive member and will have an upper semiconductor member | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100330742 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first conductive member made of metal is provided over a first wiring substrate, which is a mounting substrate in the lower tier, a through hole is provided in a second wiring substrate, which is a mounting substrate in the upper tier, at a position corresponding to the first conductive member in a plan view, and a wiring is exposed at the sidewall of the through hole. The first conductive member is inserted into the through hole on the corresponding first wiring substrate side and the first wiring substrate and the second wiring substrate are electrically coupled by filling the through hole with a second conductive member. an electrode pad that is electrically coupled to the second conductive member and over which a semiconductor member in the upper tier is mounted is formed on the main surface side of the second wiring substrate. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110140105 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A surface mount type semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device has testing lands on a lower surface of a wiring substrate with a semiconductor chip mounted thereon. Lower surface-side lands with solder balls coupled thereto respectively and testing lands with solder balls not coupled thereto are formed on a lower surface of a wiring substrate. To suppress the occurrence of contact imperfection between the testing lands and land contacting contact pins provided in a probe socket, the diameter of each testing land is set larger than the diameter of each lower surface-side land. Even when the wiring substrate is reduced in size, electrical characteristic tests using the testing lands can be done with high accuracy. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110300672 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - To provide a semiconductor device with improved reliability. The semiconductor device includes a wiring board, a microcomputer chip flip-chip bonded over the wiring board via gold bumps, a first memory chip laminated over the microcomputer chip, wires for coupling the first memory chip to the wiring board, an underfill material with which a flip-chip coupling portion of the microcomputer chip is filled, and a sealing member for sealing the microcomputer chip and the first memory chip with resin. Further, the corner of a second opening portion of a solder resist film of the wiring board corresponding to the corner of the chip on the air vent side in charging the underfill material is made close to the microcomputer chip, which can improve the wettability and spread of the underfill material at the second opening portion, thus reducing the exposure of leads to the second opening portion, thereby improving the reliability of the semiconductor device. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20100296532 | LASER DEVICE AND LASER DEVICE CONTROL DATA - A laser device includes a resonator having a gain region, a first wavelength selection portion having a periodical peak in wavelength characteristics and a second wavelength selection portion having a periodical peak in wavelength characteristics in a wavelength range smaller than a variable range of an oscillation wavelength at a period different from the first wavelength selection portion, the oscillation wavelength selected with a single direction changing of a refractive index of the second wavelength selection portion changing in a single direction; a storing portion storing a setting value of a refractive index of the second wavelength selection portion for selecting an oscillation wavelength according to an oscillation wavelength to be attained within an extent from a maximum value to a minimum value of the refractive index over the plurality of the ranges; and a controller giving the setting value to the resonator. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110164634 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device includes: a semiconductor laser; a carrier that has a carrier side face facing with a longitudinal direction of the semiconductor laser, has a carrier edge area, and has a first bonding area that is the closest to a first end of the semiconductor laser and a second bonding area that is the closet to a second end of the semiconductor laser; a first thermal conduction portion that has a first thermal resistance and couples between the first bonding area and an outer connection terminal; and a second thermal conduction portion that has a second thermal resistance smaller than the first thermal resistance and couples between the second bonding area and an outer connection terminal, wherein the first end side of the semiconductor laser is closer to the carrier side face than the second end side of the semiconductor laser. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110200062 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE LASER - A method of controlling a wavelength-tunable laser selecting an oscillation wavelength with a combination of a plurality of wavelength selection portions of which wavelength peak is different from each other, comprising: a first step of confirming a control direction of the wavelength selection portion in a case where a setting value is changed from a first setting value for achieving the first wavelength to a second setting value for achieving the second wavelength; a second step of setting a setting value that is shifted from the second setting value in a direction that is opposite of a pre-determined changing direction on the wavelength selection portion as a prepared setting value, when the control direction confirmed in the first step is opposite to the pre-determined changing direction; and a third step of changing the prepared setting value set in the second step to the second setting value. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110228800 | METHOD FOR TUNING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A method for tuning a semiconductor laser including a plurality of wavelength selection portions, each of which has a periodic wavelength characteristic, including: controlling a value of a refractive index controlling means of the wavelength selection portions to achieve a desired output wavelength of the laser; and shifting the value when the value is equal to or excess of a predetermined value to a basal value side until achieving the desired output wavelength, the basal value being a value without applying refractive index variation by the refractive index controlling means, the predetermined value being a value for shifting one period of the periodic wavelength characteristic. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110292960 | WAVELENGTH TUNABLE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A wavelength tunable semiconductor laser includes: a first facet having reflectivity of 10% or more; a second facet; a wavelength selection portion between the first facet and the second facet; and an optical absorption region between the first facet and the wavelength selection portion. Another wavelength tunable semiconductor laser includes: a first facet having reflectivity of 10% or more to inside of the semiconductor laser; a second facet for output; a wavelength selection portion having diffraction gratings and positioned between the first and the second facet; an optical absorption region located between the first facet and the wavelength selection portion. | 12-01-2011 |
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| 20090117015 | LIQUEFYING APPARATUS - A conversion-to-oil apparatus capable of efficiently treating plastic, includes a melting unit for heating and melting plastic fed thereto and a decomposing unit for further heating and vaporization-decomposing the molten plastic melted by the melting unit, wherein the decomposing unit is inclined upwardly, having a lead screw mounted therein, and is provided at its upper end portion with a catalyst cylinder extending upwardly and a residue takeout unit extending downwardly, and the decomposing unit has a prevention element for preventing molten plastic gas from flowing down to the residue takeout unit. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20110274615 | CATALYST FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN, METHOD OF GENERATING HYDROGEN AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN - A catalyst has a long life span and efficiently separates hydrogen from water. A first metal element (Ni, Pd, Pt) for cutting the combination of hydrogen and oxygen and a second metal element (Cr, Mo, W, Fe) for helping the function of the first metal element are melted in alkaline metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide to make a mixture heated at a temperature above the melting point of the hydroxide to eject fine particles from the liquid surface, bringing steam into contact with the fine particles. Instead of this, a mixture of alkaline metal hydroxide and metal oxide is heated at a temperature above the melting point of the alkaline metal hydroxide to make metal compound in which at least two kinds of metal elements are melted, and fine particles are ejected from the surface of the metal compound to be brought into contact with steam. | 11-10-2011 |
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| 20090010971 | Disintegratable Zinc Oxide Powder and Method For Producing the Same - The method for producing a disintegratable zinc oxide powder of the present invention is characterized by comprising: neutralizing an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble zinc salt and a carboxylic acid or an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble zinc carboxylate with an alkali carbonate to produce precipitate; and firing the precipitate to obtain zinc oxide powder. As a water-soluble zinc salt, zinc chloride or zinc acetate is preferably used. As an acid, acetic acid is preferably used. As an alkali carbonate, sodium carbonate is preferably used. The disintegratable zinc oxide powder has the morphology in which the primary particles of zinc oxide are aggregated to form secondary particles, and these secondary particles are further aggregated to form the zinc oxide powder. The powder can achieve excellent UV protection capability, excellent transparency, and excellent feeling in use through its disintegration. Also, it has good usability and good handling properties. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090149554 | WATER-SOLUBLE METAL ALCOHOLATE DERIVATIVES, PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF, AND SOLID GELATINOUS EXTERNAL PREPARATIONS CONTAINING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide a production method of water-soluble silane derivatives, the separation and purification of which are easy, and the reaction for which can be conducted under an industrially practicable temperature condition (under the temperature condition of 90° C. or lower) and to provide compounds with which solid gelatinous external preparations, with excellent stability against a temperature change and against an effect of additives and with excellent usability, can be prepared. The water-soluble silane derivative could be formed by the substitution reaction of a metal alkoxide with a polyhydric alcohol under the presence of a solid catalyst. According to this production method, the separation of the catalyst from the product is very easy, and the reaction can be carried out under the temperature condition of 90° C. or lower. The obtained water-soluble metal alcoholate derivative can satisfactory solidify an aqueous formulation of an external preparation by its blending thereinto. The obtained solid gelatinous external preparation has excellent stability against a temperature change and against the effect of additives. In addition, the external preparation is easily disintegrated during use; thus the usability such as easiness to be scooped up with fingers and spreadability during application is excellent. | 06-11-2009 |