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| 20110299866 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the present invention has first and second image carriers that are configured by positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptors, and a controller that controls an operation for charging or destaticizing the circumferential surfaces of these image carriers. The controller switches between a first mode for causing the first and second image carriers to perform image formation while rotating these image carriers, and a second mode for causing only the first image carrier to perform image formation while rotating the first and second image carriers. In the second mode, the second image carrier is applied with a charging bias and subjected to a destaticizing operation without undergoing a developing operation. The first image carrier is applied with the charging bias and subjected to the developing operation and the destaticizing operation. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device with a contact charging roller for charging a surface of the photoreceptor and an exposure device for exposing the charged surface of the photoreceptor to light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon. A developing device develops the electrostatic latent image into a toner image and a transfer device transfers the toner image to a transferred body. The charging roller is made of electrically conductive rubber having an Asker-C rubber hardness of 62 to 81°. A roller surface roughness of the charging roller has an average distance (Sm) between asperity peaks on a cross-sectional curve of 55 to 130 μm and that a ten-point average roughness (Rz) is 9 to 19 μm. The image forming apparatus is capable of preventing carrier trapping, film peeling and uneven charging in the photoreceptor. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has: a positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor; a charging device with a contact charging roller for charging a surface of the photoreceptor; an exposure device for exposing the charged surface to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photoreceptor; a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image; and a transfer device for transferring the toner image to a transferred body. The photoreceptor has a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer that contains a charge generating agent, a charge transport agent and a binder resin. The binder resin has a yield point strain of 9 to 29%, and the contact charging roller has a conductive layer with a thickness of 1 mm to 3 mm. The image forming apparatus is environmentally responsive and having a long-lasting positively-charged single layer type photoreceptor and charging roller. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299890 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus, including: an image carrier configured by a positively charged single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive body; a charging device which is based on a contact charging method for charging a circumferential surface of the image carrier while making contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrier; and a transfer unit which transfers a toner image on the circumferential surface of the image carrier to a transfer receiving body by gripping the transfer receiving body with the image carrier, wherein the transfer unit includes an application unit to which a transfer bias is applied, and a region having a volume resistivity of 10 | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299891 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, having: an image carrier configured by a positively charged single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive body; a charging device which is based on a contact charging method for charging a circumferential surface of the image carrier while making contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrier; a developing roller which is disposed so as to oppose the image carrier and carry and convey toner on the circumferential surface; and a voltage application unit which applies a developing bias to the developing roller, wherein the frequency of an AC component of the developing bias applied by the voltage application unit is 2.6 to 4.2 kHz. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20080268660 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that involves a heat treatment of a semiconductor substrate, has removing a superficial layer from an upper surface of an edge part of said semiconductor substrate, a bevel surface of the edge part of said semiconductor substrate and a side surface of the edge part of said semiconductor substrate; and conducting the heat treatment of said semiconductor substrate by irradiating said semiconductor substrate with light having a pulse width of 0.1 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds from a light source after said superficial layer is removed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090137107 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the invention includes forming patterns on a substrate, depositing a light absorption layer on the patterns, processing the light absorption layer to form a first region which includes a first type of pattern included in the patterns and is coated with the light absorption layer having a first thickness, a second region which includes a second type of pattern included in the patterns and is coated with the light absorption layer having a second thickness thinner than the first thickness, and a third region which includes a third type of pattern included in the patterns and is coated with the light absorption layer having a third thickness thinner than the second thickness, and annealing the substrate by radiating light on the substrate. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090146310 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device subjected to an optical annealing process by radiation light whose principal wavelength is 1.5 μm or less includes a circuit pattern region formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a dummy pattern region formed separately from the circuit pattern region on the semiconductor substrate. The circuit pattern region has an integrated circuit pattern containing a gate pattern related to a circuit operation. The dummy pattern region has dummy gate patterns that have the same structure as that of a gate pattern used in the integrated circuit pattern and the dummy gate patterns are repeatedly arranged with a pitch 0.4 times or less the principal wavelength. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100190336 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method has conducting first heating processing at a first heating temperature in an inert atmosphere under a first pressure in a first process chamber to silicide an upper part of the source-drain diffusion layer and form a silicide film; conducting second heating processing at a second heating temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere under a second pressure in a second process chamber to selectively oxidize at least a surface of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film and form a metal oxide film; conducting third heating processing at a third heating temperature which is higher than the first heating temperature and the second heating temperature in an atmosphere in a third process chamber to increase a concentration of silicon in the silicide film; and selectively removing the metal oxide film and an unreacted part of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120040526 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method has conducting first heating processing at a first heating temperature in an inert atmosphere under a first pressure in a first process chamber to silicide an upper part of the source-drain diffusion layer and form a silicide film; conducting second heating processing at a second heating temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere under a second pressure in a second process chamber to selectively oxidize at least a surface of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film and form a metal oxide film; conducting third heating processing at a third heating temperature which is higher than the first heating temperature and the second heating temperature in an atmosphere in a third process chamber to increase a concentration of silicon in the silicide film; and selectively removing the metal oxide film and an unreacted part of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20090185795 | PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD - To provide a playback device | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090290857 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An up-converter ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100085655 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM, RECORDING/REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It has been difficult to replay data in a manner which better suits a user's intention. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100142626 | BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION METHOD, BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION APPARATUS, BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, AND BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL APPARATUS - A video decoder is connected with a block distortion detector for specifying the boundary of blocks where block boundary occurs, using decoded image data and information of motion vectors, which are supplied from the video decoder; and a block distortion remover for subjecting pixels in the vicinity of the block boundary of the decoded image to filtering on the basis of the result of detection from the block distortion detector, thereby removing the block distortion. Therefore, block distortion is accurately detected when a compressed and coded image is decoded, and the detected block distortion is removed while minimizing the blurriness of the image. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100226618 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS - The present invention provides a playback apparatus for up-converting a video signal without magnifying film grains. An up-converter | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110206139 | BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION METHOD, BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION APPARATUS, BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, AND BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL APPARATUS - A video decoder is connected with a block distortion detector for specifying the boundary of blocks where block boundary occurs, using decoded image data and information of motion vectors, which are supplied from the video decoder; and a block distortion remover for subjecting pixels in the vicinity of the block boundary of the decoded image to filtering on the basis of the result of detection from the block distortion detector, thereby removing the block distortion. Therefore, block distortion is accurately detected when a compressed and coded image is decoded, and the detected block distortion is removed while minimizing the blurriness of the image. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110211112 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to the present invention, the sound quality of an apparatus having HDMI outputs exclusive for both of an audio signal and a video signal can be further improved. According to the present invention, even when the calculated value of CTS obtained using a first video clock signal Vc | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110285827 | IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus capable of connecting to an image reproducing apparatus, including: an authentication switchover unit operable to perform mutual authentication with the image reproducing apparatus to switch an own authentication state between a 2D-authenticated state and a 3D-authenticated state; a display switchover unit operable to switch an own display mode between a 3D display mode and a 2D display mode; and an output unit operable to output image display mode information in accordance with the display mode set in the own apparatus in case where the authentication switchover unit sets the own authentication state to the 3D-authenticated state. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20080217783 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided having an insulating layer structure with a low dielectric constant and excellent barrier properties against copper. This semiconductor device has a copper wiring layer and includes at least one layered structure having a copper wiring line, an amorphous carbon film with a density of 2.4 g/cm | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080259497 | Magnetic recording medium, head slider and manufacturing methods therefore - A magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish excellent head flying stability, a magnetic recording device having excellent head flying stability, and a method for manufacturing, in a short time, a magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish such excellent head flying stability, are provided. For both of the magnetic recording medium and head slider, the protective layers are each composed of two layers, that is, a lower layer and an upper layer thereon; the ionization potential of the lower layer is made to be smaller than that of the upper layer; and the surface free energy of the upper layer is made to be 45 mN/m or less. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080272491 | MANUFACTURING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A technology that improves the reliability of a semiconductor device and realizes a high performance by a laminated structure that has enough barrier properties against copper, reduces the wire delay time by lowering the capacitance between wirings and improves the adhesion between wirings is provided. There is a semiconductor device having: a first copper wiring layer, a first barrier layer on the first copper wiring layer, a silicon oxide series porous insulating layer on the first barrier layer, a second barrier layer on the silicon oxide series porous insulating layer, and a second copper wiring layer on the second barrier layer, wherein at least one of the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer consists of an amorphous carbon film, wherein a silicon oxide series insulating layer is directly connected between the amorphous carbon film and any of the first copper wiring layer or the second copper wiring layer. | 11-06-2008 |
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| 20110129016 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - Provided are a device and a method for efficiently compressing information by performing improved removal of signal correlations according to statistical and local properties of a video signal in a 4:4:4 format which is to be encoded. The device includes: a prediction unit for determining, for each color component, a motion prediction mode exhibiting a highest efficiency among a plurality of motion prediction modes, and detecting a motion vector corresponding to the determined motion prediction mode, to thereby perform output; and a variable-length encoding unit for determining, when performing arithmetic coding on the motion prediction mode of the each color component, an occurrence probability of a value of the motion prediction mode of the each color component based on a motion prediction mode selected in a spatially-adjacent unit region and a motion prediction mode selected in a temporally-adjacent unit region, to thereby perform the arithmetic coding. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120076203 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A compressing unit | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120082213 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120087595 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A loop filter | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120093427 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A quantizing matrix selecting part 3 for calculating the average and variance of brightness values in a prediction image created by a motion-compensated prediction unit | 04-19-2012 |
