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| 20080262967 | Information processing method and device thereby - An information processing method, includes steps of detecting a use range set for one of digital money expressed in digital data and a use right of the digital money, and a use status of one of the digital money and the digital money right when one of the digital money and the digital money use right is used, determining whether the use status falls within the use range, and permitting the use of one of the digital money and the digital money use right if the use status falls within the use range or not permitting the use of one of the digital money and the digital money use right if the use status falls out of the use range. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090020712 | PLATING PROCESSING METHOD, LIGHT TRANSMITTING CONDUCTIVE FILM AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING FILM - A plating processing method comprises performing a continuous electrolytic plating of the surface of a film having a surface resistivity in the range of 1 Ωf/Sq to 1000 Ω/Sq, wherein a distance between the lowest contacting part of a negative electrode with the film and a plating liquid is in the range of 0.5 cm to 15 cm. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090050689 | Electronic wallet device and method of using electronic value - There is provided an electronic wallet device using electronic value concerning a prescribed service by means of a non-contact type IC card capable of non-contact communication with an external unit, including a holding section to hold the non-contact type IC card, an external communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the external unit, a card communication antenna to perform non-contact communication with the non-contact type IC card held in the holding section, a value storing section capable of storing electronic value, a charge section to charge the value storing section with electronic value, and a value transfer section to transfer electronic value stored in the value storing section to the non-contact type IC card on condition of success of authentication of an owner of the electronic wallet device by an authentication section when using electronic value by means of the non-contact type IC card. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090089052 | Signal Recording and Reproducing Apparatus and Method - A signal recording and reproducing apparatus includes an encoder encoding an input signal to produce a first group of encoded data, and a second group of encoded data used for reproducing a signal of higher quality than a signal resulting from decoding of the first group of encoded data, a recording unit recording record-data, including the first group and the second group of encoded data, into a recording medium, a reproducing unit reproducing the record-data from the recording medium, a decoder decoding at least the first group of encoded data out of the record-data from the reproducing unit, and a controller controlling an operation of each part of the recording and reproducing apparatus, and the controller performs control so as to cause the recording unit to erase the second group of encoded data according to a command to increase the amount of free storage capacity of the recording medium. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090208653 | Ink set for inkjet recording and image recording method - The present invention provides an ink set for inkjet recording which has excellent resistance to light and can prevent image blurring and image deformation due to cracks or the like, wherein the ink set includes: a first liquid including a water soluble organic solvent, water and a pigment dispersed therein, in which an average particle diameter of the pigment is from 5 nm to 50 nm and a monodispersity of the pigment is 1.5 or less; and a second liquid which includes a component that can reduce a pH of the first liquid to less than 7 when contacted with the first liquid and can transform the first liquid from a region in which the dispersion of the pigment particles is stable to a region in which the dispersion of the pigment particles is unstable. The invention also provides a method of image recording using the ink set for inkjet recording. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100153121 | INFORMATION CODING APPARATUS - An information coding apparatus includes a predictive signal generator that generates a predictive signal; a predictive residual signal generator that generates a predictive residual signal; a quantizer that quantizes a quantization input signal generated based on the predictive residual signal; a quantization error signal generator that generates a quantization error signal; a feedback signal generator that generates a feedback signal for controlling the frequency characteristic of the quantization noise after decoding based on the quantization error signal; and a quantization input signal generator that generates the quantization input signal. The feedback signal generator is configured by a pole-zero filter that includes a filter coefficient of an all-pole filter which is based on spectral envelope information estimated by the input audio signal, a parameter for adjusting a peak level in the frequency characteristic of the quantization noise caused by the all-pole filter, and the predictive filter coefficient. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100163617 | IC-CARD HOLDING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD,DATA PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS,AND DATA PROVIDING METHOD - An IC-card holding apparatus improving the availability, the convenience, and the usefulness of a non-contact IC card. The IC-card holding apparatus may communicate with a non-contact IC card held therein to read out information from the non-contact IC card and obtain the type of the non-contact IC card held therein and usage history information. The IC-card holding apparatus may display an image corresponding to the type of the non-contact IC card. The usage history may also be read out and displayed. For example, information (e.g., place name or shop name) about a position where the non-contact IC card has been used may be displayed and/or the use position may be presented on a map image. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100166225 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A signal processing apparatus includes a first audio adjustment information generator generating a first audio adjustment information in accordance with an audio signal in a content item, a sound input unit, a sound output unit, an audio separator separating the audio signal from noise signals which are both output from the sound output unit and are detected by the sound input unit, a second audio adjustment information generator generating a second audio adjustment information in accordance with the noise signals separated by the audio separator, and an audio adjustment unit adjusting a volume of the audio signal output in the sound output unit in accordance with the first and second audio adjustment information. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100170710 | CONDUCTIVE FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND TRANSPARENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FILM - An electromagnetic shielding film for plasma display which is excellent in electromagnetic shielding characteristics for effectively shielding electromagnetic waves, near infrared rays, stray light, external light, and the like and even when stored under a wet heat condition, is small in change of color tint and good in adhesion, with a blackening layer hardly peeled away, is provided by a transparent electromagnetic shielding film including a transparent support having thereon a conductive metal layer in a pattern-like state having an electromagnetic shielding ability and having a surface covered by a blackening layer, with the blackening layer made of an alloy of nickel and zinc in a nickel/zinc mass ratio of from 0.5 to 50. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110015933 | SIGNAL ENCODING APPARATUS, SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL ENCODING PROCESS METHOD, SIGNAL DECODING PROCESS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a signal encoding apparatus including: an encoding unit which encodes a quantization value of a frequency spectrum in an input signal through a plurality of encoding algorithms; an amplitude change amount calculation unit which calculates an amplitude change amount with respect to the frequency spectrum based on a spectrum envelope of the frequency spectrum; and an encoding selection unit which selects the encoding algorithm according to a degree of deflection of an occurrence probability distribution of the quantization value in the amplitude change amount among the plurality of the encoding algorithms. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110057986 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an ink composition including water, a colorant, a water-soluble organic solvent, a surfactant and a water-soluble silicate, the water-soluble silicate being comprised in an amount of from 0.0001% by mass to 0.5% by mass with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, and the water-soluble organic solvent including a water-soluble organic solvent having a value of solubility parameter (SP) of 27.5 or less in an amount of 40% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the water-soluble organic solvent; an ink composition including a water-soluble alkali metal silicate and a pigment coated with a water-insoluble resin, the water-insoluble resin including a structural unit having an acidic group; and an ink composition including a water-soluble alkali metal silicate, self-dispersing polymer particles, and a pigment. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110069110 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet ink composition including: self-dispersing polymer particles, each of the self-dispersing polymer particles including a structural unit derived from a hydrophilic monomer and a structural unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer; colloidal silica; and colorant particles, the inkjet ink composition having excellent dischargeability and suppressing the deterioration of the liquid repellency of an inkjet head member. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069111 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet ink composition including at least one water-soluble organic solvent, water, at least one colorant, and at least one colloidal silica, wherein 40% or more by mass of a total content of the water-soluble organic solvent has an SP value of 27.5 or less, and the inkjet ink composition having excellent discharge reliability, and suppressing curling of prints formed with the ink and deterioration of liquid repellency of an inkjet head member. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069112 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an inkjet ink composition including a pigment and colloidal silica, the pigment being covered with a water-insoluble resin including a constituent unit having an acidic group, with which rub resistance of images formed and ink discharge reliability are excellent and deterioration of liquid repellency of an inkjet head member is suppressed. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069116 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INK COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an image forming method and an ink composition used in the method by which deterioration of a head plate which is formed of silicon is suppressed and more precise images are stably formed, where ink containing an inorganic silicate compound is ejected to form an image from an inkjet head having a nozzle plate where SiO | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069117 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND INK COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an image forming method and an ink composition whereby deterioration of a head plate, which is formed of silicon, is suppressed, and an image with higher precision is formed stably, the ink composition including an inorganic silicate compound and being ejected to form an image from an ink-jet head having a nozzle plate where a C | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069118 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an image forming method including ejecting an ink containing a silicic acid compound from an inkjet head, whereby deterioration of the head members is suppressed and a high precision image is formable stably over a long-term, the inkjet head being equipped with plural liquid droplet ejecting elements | 03-24-2011 |
