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20110090703 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A semiconductor light emitting apparatus includes a solid-state light emitting device and a wavelength converter that converts primary light emitted by the solid-state light emitting device into secondary light at a loner-wavelength. The wavelength converter is an inorganic compact that includes a transparent wavelength conversion layer containing phosphor having a garnet crystal structure. The phosphor contains a constituent element group composed of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Gd, Tb, and Lu. Part of the constituent element group is substituted by Ce | 04-21-2011 |
20120037940 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES - Provided are a light-emitting tube and lamp that can maintain a high lamp efficiency even if the lamp power fluctuate. The light-emitting tube ( | 02-16-2012 |
20120169968 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - Provided is a light-emitting device which can reduce grainy texture, suppress color unevenness and luminance unevenness. A light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a board; a plurality of light-emitting parts each of which includes (i) a LED chip mounted on the board and (ii) a phosphor-containing resin including a light wavelength converter and covering the LED chip. Further, the light-emitting device includes a light-guiding member provided on the board, between the light-emitting parts which are adjacent to each other. Furthermore, the light-guiding member is formed to cover part of the phosphor-containing resin. | 07-05-2012 |
20130292728 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A semiconductor light emitting apparatus includes a solid-state light emitting device and a wavelength converter that converts primary light emitted by the solid-state light emitting device into secondary light at a loner-wavelength. The wavelength converter is an inorganic compact that includes a transparent wavelength conversion layer containing phosphor having a garnet crystal structure. The phosphor contains a constituent element group composed of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Gd, Tb, and Lu. Part of the constituent element group is substituted by Ce | 11-07-2013 |
20140177217 | LED ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LED LIGHT-EMISSION MODULE - An illumination device and a light-emission module suppressing a change in color temperature when light emitted from a light-emission unit passes through an optical member. The illumination device has a lighting apparatus that includes: a first light-emission part emitting light of a daylight color temperature; a second light-emission part emitting light of an incandescent lamp color temperature; and the optical member, which is disposed on an optical path of the light emitted from the light-emission parts. A correlated color temperature of the light emitted from the second light-emission part is set to 2238 K. Due to this, in a spectrum of the light emitted from the second light-emission part, a maximum intensity within a wavelength range from 400 nm to 500 nm is no greater than one-tenth of a maximum intensity within a wavelength range from 300 nm to 800 nm. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185283 | LIGHTING FIXTURE - A lighting fixture includes: a frame; a housing that is supported so as to be swingable relative to the frame about a swing axis; a first light emitting part that is provided in the housing and emits light of a first color; and a second light emitting part that is provided in the housing and emits light of a second color differing from the first color, wherein the first light emitting part and the second light emitting part are arranged in parallel to the swing axis. | 07-03-2014 |
20150049480 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, AND ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING SAME - A light-emitting module includes a substrate, and elongated light-emitting units arranged in rows on the substrate. Each light-emitting unit includes an element array of light-emitting elements arranged on the substrate and a sealing member sealing the element array. The sealing member contains a wavelength converting material. When the light-emitting units are viewed from a direction that is parallel to a surface on which the plurality of light-emitting units are arranged and coincides with a row direction being a direction along which the light-emitting units are arranged in rows, two of the light-emitting units are arranged such that portions of one of the two light-emitting units nearer to the center in the row direction are visible without being obstructed by the other light-emitting unit. | 02-19-2015 |
20150098225 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting element, and a sealing member. The light-emitting element emits light in a first wavelength range. The sealing member contains a material that converts the light in the first wavelength range to light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range. The sealing member has a curved convex contour in at least one cross section that passes through the center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to a principal surface of the substrate. A curved line indicating a change in output angle that occurs upon a change in observation angle is approximated by a quadratic or trigonometric function that passes through the origin. | 04-09-2015 |
20150176820 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MOUNTING SUBSTRATE - A light emitting device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements mounted in a light emitting area of the substrate, and an intermediate line for electrically connecting a plurality of light emitting elements in parallel or series selectively, the intermediate line being disposed in the light emitting area. | 06-25-2015 |
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20110050481 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing device performs object detection processing in which peak signals each representing a differential frequency between a transmitted signal in which a frequency thereof changes in a predetermined cycle and a received signal are derived in a first period where the frequency of the transmitted signal rises and a second period where the frequency of the transmitted signal falls, and the peak signals in the first period are paired with the peak signals in the second period to detect object information related to the peak signals. A range setting unit sets a frequency range in each of the first period and the second period on the basis of a frequency of an integer multiple of the peak signal related to the object information which has been detected in previous object detection processing. A signal setting unit sets a peak signal as a specific peak signal in a case where the peak signal is within the frequency range in each of the first period and the second period. A paring unit pairs the specific peak signal in the first period and the specific peak signal in the second period. | 03-03-2011 |
20110205102 | RADAR DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle mounted radar device operable to scan a transmission wave to detect a detection point representing a position of an object disposed around the vehicle on the basis of a reflected wave of the transmission wave from the object. The radar device includes a reading unit, a continuity determination unit, a setting unit, anti an object determination unit that are configured to prevent the radar device from erroneously determining different pieces of object information as a single object. | 08-25-2011 |
20120200450 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device ( | 08-09-2012 |
20130222176 | RADAR APPARATUS - A signal processor is configured to: derive, using a first process, at least one of a distance and a relative speed included in the object data set; and derive, using a second process different from the first process, at least one of the distance and the relative speed included in the object data set when the distance included in the object data set is below a predetermined distance. | 08-29-2013 |
20140028487 | RADAR APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A setting unit is configured to set a first range including at least a reference target. A deriving unit is configured to derive a representative position of targets included in the first range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the first range. An acquiring unit is configured to acquire vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is running in a curve-shaped lane or a road shape in front of the vehicle is a curve shape. When the acquiring unit acquires the vehicle information, the setting unit sets a second range wider than the first range and the deriving unit derives a representative position of targets included in the second range on the basis of position information of the targets included in the second range. | 01-30-2014 |
20140159946 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus configured to extract peak signals which are obtained from a difference frequency between a transmission signal and a reception signal, and to derive information of the target on the basis of the extracted peak signals. A prediction unit predicts this time peak signal based on a peak signal obtained in previous time. An extraction unit extracts this time peak signal corresponding to the predicted peak signal from peak signals existing within a predetermined frequency range. The extraction unit extends the frequency range when this time peak signal corresponding to the predicted peak signal does not exist within the predetermined frequency range. | 06-12-2014 |
20140159948 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus. A derivation unit derives target information which is information relating to a target detected on the basis of a transmission signal of which a frequency changes with a predetermined cycle and a reception signal corresponding to a reflected wave coming from an object at which a transmission wave corresponding to the transmission signal is reflected. A determination unit determines reliability of the target information. A decision unit decides whether the detected target is true or false, based on the target information. The decision unit changes a method of deciding whether the target is true or false in accordance with a determination result of the reliability by the determination unit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140292559 | RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a radar apparatus capable of emitting a transmission wave relating to a transmitting signal which is frequency-modulated, and receiving a reflection wave coming from a target at which the transmission wave is reflected as a receiving signal, to derive at least position information of the target based on the receiving signal. A deriving unit derives a fluctuation value of a signal level relating to the receiving signal for a stationary target among the targets. A calculating unit calculates a fluctuation integrated value integrated by the fluctuation value. A judging unit judges the stationary target as a target other than a control subject if the fluctuation integrated value is below a predetermined threshold. | 10-02-2014 |
20150204971 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: (i) in a case where a first angle peak signal closest to a prediction position in an up period and a second angle peak signal closest to the prediction position in a down period satisfy a pairing condition, finalize a combination of the first angle peak signal and the second angle peak signal as a pair data set; and (ii) in a case where the combination of the first angle peak signal and the second angle peak signal does not satisfy the pairing condition, where the plurality of angle peak signals exist in the prediction region in at least one of the up period and the down period and where a different combination from the combination of the first angle peak signal and the second angle peak signal satisfies a re-pairing condition, finalize the different combination as the pair data set. | 07-23-2015 |
20150219756 | RADAR APPARATUS - On a radar apparatus, a direction derivation part derives a peak angle related to an angle of a target based on reception signals received by a plurality of reception antennas. Then, a detection information derivation part derives, based on the peak angle, target data that are internal data about the target, and stores the derived target data into a memory. A reliability determination part determines a reliability of an object peak angle upon which the target data about the target was derived, the reliability of the object peak angle being determined based on a different peak angle derived concurrently with the object peak angle by the direction derivation part. Then, a data erasure part deletes, based on the reliability of the object peak angle determined by the reliability determination part, the target data relevant to the object peak angle from the memory to exclude the target data from further processing. | 08-06-2015 |
20150309169 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus is configured to set a first target to be a non-output object with respect to a control apparatus of a host vehicle in a case where the first target (1) has a fore-and-aft distance from the host vehicle that is larger than a fore-and-aft distance from the host vehicle of a second target and (2) has a predetermined dependency to be an accessory portion which belongs to a same vehicle as the second target. The radar apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: determine whether or not the second target is present in an own lane of the host vehicle; determine whether or not the second target is changing a lane; and set the first target to be an output object with respect to the control apparatus of the host vehicle in a case where the second target is changing the lane from the own lane. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309171 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus includes a signal processor configured to: derive the target data set of the target, in a predetermined time cycle, based on a reception signal acquired by receiving a reflection wave from the target; detect, based on the target data set, a side wall along a current lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; determine whether or not there is a continuity between a previous target data set and a latest target data set, and in a case where there is no continuity between the previous target data set and the latest target data set, perform “extrapolation;” determine based on a frequency of the “extrapolation” whether or not the target associated with the target data set is an upper object overhead of the vehicle and with which the vehicle cannot collide. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309172 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus is configured to derive information of a target in a vicinity of a host vehicle. The radar apparatus comprising a signal processor configured to: determine whether or not the target is a standstill object having an absolute speed less than a predetermined speed, determine whether or not the target determined as the standstill object is an upper object overhead of the host vehicle and with which the host vehicle cannot collide, and determine whether or not an environment for deriving target information is an adverse environment based on a frequency of determining existence of the upper object that also is the standstill object. | 10-29-2015 |
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20130070029 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIQUID DROP EJECTION HEAD, LIQUID DROP EJECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an electromechanical conversion element, including an electromechanical conversion film including a PIT, an upper electrode formed on a top of the electromechanical conversion film and including a first strontium ruthenium oxide, and a lower electrode formed on a bottom of the electromechanical conversion film and including a second strontium ruthenium oxide, wherein Sr-pzt/Sr-sr≦0.01, wherein Sr-pzt is a SIMS intensity for a secondary ion of strontium of the PZT at a position of ½ of a thickness of the electromechanical conversion film and Sr-sr is a SIMS intensity for a secondary ion of strontium of the second strontium ruthenium oxide at a position of ½ of a thickness of the lower electrode. | 03-21-2013 |
20130250009 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONVERSION ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PIEZOELECTRIC TYPE ACTUATOR, LIQUID DROPLET JETTING HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An electromechanical conversion element for converting an electric signal into mechanical displacement or converting mechanical displacement into an electric signal, includes a bottom electrode in which an alumina film, a metal film, and a conductive oxide film are sequentially laminated; an electromechanical conversion film disposed on the conductive oxide film of the bottom electrode; and a top electrode disposed on the electromechanical conversion film, wherein the metal film is solid. | 09-26-2013 |
20140267509 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM ELEMENT, INKJET RECORDING HEAD, AND INKJET IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric thin film element includes a substrate, a vibration plate provided on the substrate, a lower electrode provided on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including at least a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film, a piezoelectric film provided on the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film including a polycrystalline body, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric film, the lower electrode being provided on an upper portion of a titanium oxide film formed on the vibration plate, the lower electrode including a platinum metal film or an iridium metal film formed on the titanium oxide film and conductive oxide formed on the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film, and the platinum metal film or the iridium metal film being a precise film. | 09-18-2014 |
20150022592 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER, DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - An electromechanical transducer includes a first electrode mounted on one of a substrate and a base film, an electromechanical transducer film mounted on the first electrode and made of a piezoelectric substance having a perovskite crystal structure, and a second electrode mounted on the electromechanical transducer film. The electromechanical transducer film includes a {100} plane preferentially oriented to be orthogonal to a thickness direction of the electromechanical transducer film and has a full width at half maximum corresponding to a {200} plane in an X-ray diffraction measurement curve in 2θ-ω scan that is measured by emitting an X-ray beam onto a surface of the electromechanical transducer film at an incident angle θ. The full width at half maximum is not greater than 10 degrees. | 01-22-2015 |
20150070444 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, FLUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A piezoelectric actuator includes a vibrating plate, a lower electrode provided on the vibrating plate, including a platinum film and a titanium oxide film formed on the platinum film, a piezoelectric thin film provided on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode provided on the piezoelectric thin film, in which the titanium oxide film is provided between the platinum film and the piezoelectric thin film. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090013749 | HOT FORMING DIE, PRESS FORMING APPARATUS, AND HOT PRESS FORMING METHOD - A hot forming die according to an exemplary embodiment can be provided for a press forming apparatus which can press-forms a heated metal plate (e.g., a work material) and may cool the work material by ejecting a cooling medium onto the work material. The hot forming die can have a main supply path through which the cooling medium passes, a plurality of branch supply paths branching off the main supply path, injection ports for ejecting the cooling medium to the outside of the die, and nozzle members fixed on the ejection port side of the branch supply paths to restrict the passage amount of the cooling medium by using passage holes for allowing the cooling medium to pass there through. In a hot press forming method according to an exemplary embodiment, the cooling medium in the die can be held on standby after being pressurized to a degree at which the cooling medium is not ejected. The cooling medium according to an exemplary embodiment may be further pressurized to a pressure higher than the pressure at the standby time at predetermined timing during or after pressing and then is ejected onto the work material. | 01-15-2009 |
20110219843 | METAL PLATE MATERIAL HOT PRESS MOLDING APPARATUS AND HOT PRESS MOLDING METHOD - A metal plate material hot molding apparatus is provided for press molding a heated metal plate material. The apparatus may include supply piping for a cooling medium in a mold, and ejection holes penetrating from a molding surface of the mold to the supply piping. The exemplary apparatus may also include discharge piping for the cooling medium situated in the mold, and discharge holes penetrating from the molding surface of the mold to the discharge piping, and cooling piping. Molding procedure can be performed while the cooling medium is ejected from the ejection holes to a gap between the metal plate material and the mold. | 09-15-2011 |
20110219848 | METAL PLATE MATERIAL HOT PRESS MOLDING APPARATUS AND HOT PRESS MOLDING METHOD - A metal plate material hot molding apparatus is provided for press molding a heated metal plate material. The apparatus may include supply piping for a cooling medium in a mold, and ejection holes penetrating from a molding surface of the mold to the supply piping. The exemplary apparatus may also include discharge piping for the cooling medium situated in the mold, and discharge holes penetrating from the molding surface of the mold to the discharge piping, and cooling piping. Molding procedure can be performed while the cooling medium is ejected from the ejection holes to a gap between the metal plate material and the mold. | 09-15-2011 |
20110219849 | METAL PLATE MATERIAL HOT PRESS MOLDING APPARATUS AND HOT PRESS MOLDING METHOD - A metal plate material hot molding apparatus is provided for press molding a heated metal plate material. The apparatus may include supply piping for a cooling medium in a mold, and ejection holes penetrating from a molding surface of the mold to the supply piping. The exemplary apparatus may also include discharge piping for the cooling medium situated in the mold, and discharge holes penetrating from the molding surface of the mold to the discharge piping, and cooling piping. Molding procedure can be performed while the cooling medium is ejected from the ejection holes to a gap between the metal plate material and the mold. | 09-15-2011 |