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| 20110102986 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WITH HINGE MECHANISM - In the electronic equipment of the present application, a center axis of a cylindrical portion | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110199730 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes the following: a heat dissipation chamber that is formed by liquid tightly separating the inside of s main unit case with a partition, has an inlet air vent and an outlet air vent in the partition, and includes a heat dissipation portion; a cooling fan that is located in the heat dissipation chamber; an inlet that is provided in the main unit case to introduce outside air into the heat dissipation chamber through the inlet air vent; and an outlet that is provided in the main unit case to exhaust an air flow sent from the cooling fan to the outside through the outlet air vent. An air channel that extends from the inlet air vent through a side wall of the main unit case to communicate the heat dissipation chamber with the inlet is liquid tightly sealed from the internal space of the main unit case with a sealing wall. A plurality of plate-shaped ribs are provided in the air channel so as to extend in a flow path direction and arranged in a lateral direction of the inlet air vent. The rigidity of the main unit case can be ensured sufficiently while maintaining the liquid tightness between the inside of the main unit case and the heat dissipation chamber. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110211300 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH COVER - An electronic device includes: a first housing | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211312 | BLOWER AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A blower includes a fan, an inlet through which air is drawn into the fan, and an outlet through which an air flow from the fan is exhausted. The inlet and the outlet have slits with a specific width or an array of through holes with a specific diameter. The relationship A| 09-01-2011 | |
| 20110222237 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH COOLING STRUCTURE - An electronic apparatus includes a first chamber in which a heat generator is arranged and a second chamber separated with a partition from the first chamber. The electronic apparatus is provided with a first cabinet having the partition and an isolation wall that encloses to seal the first chamber, a second cabinet enclosing the second chamber and having an intake port and an exhaust port, a thermoconductive member arranged in the first chamber and connected thermally to the heat generator and to the partition, a heat collecting-radiating member arranged in the second chamber and connected thermally to the partition, and an air blower arranged in the second chamber so as to circulate the air in the second chamber. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120059162 | FUSED IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE HAVING TTK INHIBITORY ACTION - Provided are a compound represented by general formula (1) and having a TTK inhibitory action and a medicine containing the compound. In formula (1), (X, Y, V, W) is (—N═, ═CR | 03-08-2012 |
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| 20090198713 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - When stored stream data is deleted/edited, the packet sequence completely included in a deletion range is deleted from the stream data, and the stream data is segmented into first stream data before the start point of the deletion range and second stream data after the end point of the deletion range. First and second stream management data corresponding to the first and second stream data are generated. The index value of the packet including the start point of the deletion range is written in the header of the first stream management data. The index value of the packet including the end point of the deletion range is written in the header of the second stream management data. In addition, an index base value for correcting the index value is written in the header of the second stream management data. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090208003 | Authentication Method, Host Computer and Recording Medium - According to one embodiment, a host computer updates the media key block MKB in a first updatable memory device in the case where the version number of the media key block MKB read from a recording medium is newer than that of the media key block MKB in the first updatable memory device. The host computer generates a medium unique key Kmu based on a media key Km calculated from the media key block MKB read from the recording medium and a media ID read from the recording medium. The host computer executes the authentication and key exchange AKE process with the recording medium based on the medium unique key Kmu. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100017626 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a storage medium comprises an encrypted content, key management information which is updated whenever necessary and includes a media key block including encrypted media keys obtained by encrypting a media key which is a base of an authentication key used for mutual authentication with another apparatus by using different device keys, and first and second application keys which encrypt the title keys for each application of the content and are alternately updated and encrypted when the key management information is updated. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100250934 | CONTENT PROTECTION DEVICE AND CONTENT PROTECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content protection device includes a writing module configured to write protection information into file management information item in order to protect a content which is specified to be protected, wherein the writing module is configured to write the protection information corresponding to sectors which stores content key management information file includes content key link information item includes content key position information item of encrypted content key corresponding to content which is specified to be protected, or to write protection information corresponding to at least part of a sectors which stores content key management file includes encrypted content key corresponding to content which is specified to be protected. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100268953 | RECORDING DEVICE, AND CONTENT-DATA PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A recording device configured to store content data in an encrypted manner, the recording device comprises a memory unit which stores various data, and a controller which controls the memory unit. The controller possesses a controller key and unique identification information, and is configured to generate a controller-unique key unique for each controller in accordance with the controller key and the identification information. The memory unit stores an MKB generated by encrypting a medium key with a device key set that is a collection of a plurality of device keys, an encrypted device key set generated by encrypting the device key set with the controller-unique key, and a device-key-set index which uniquely identifies the device key set. The controller comprises a decryption unit which obtains a device key set by decrypting the encrypted device key set with the controller-unique key, an ID generating unit which generates a medium ID from the identification information and the device-key-set index, and an authentication unit which executes an authentication process with an exterior in accordance with the device key set, the medium ID and the MKB. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110091032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION REPRODUCTION - According to one embodiment, a content recording apparatus including, a key preparing section configured to prepare a key to encrypt an acquired stream, a file preparing section configured to add identification information to the acquired stream to prepare a file, a hash calculating section configured to calculate a hash value concerning the identification information added to the stream by the file preparing section, a key file preparing section configured to integrate the hash value calculated by the hash calculating section and the key prepared by the key preparing section to prepare a key file, and a writing section configured to write the key file prepared by the key file preparing section in the protected area of a recording medium. | 04-21-2011 |
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| 20090025021 | OPTICAL DISC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DISC MANUFACTURING METHOD - The BCA recording and reproducing apparatus performs recording of data onto an optical disc placed on a recording turntable, reproduction of data recorded on an optical disc placed on a reproducing turntable and ejection of an optical disc placed on an exchanging table and placement of a new optical disc on the exchanging table in parallel. A processing time is thereby shortened compared with the case of performing data recording, reproduction and exchange in series. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090232314 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION - An information processing apparatus performs mutual authentication with another information processing apparatus storing key management information and at least one of apparatus secret keys, the key management information containing encrypted secret keys each being a secret key encrypted with a different one of the apparatus secret keys respectively assigned to information processing apparatuses. The apparatus transmits, to the other apparatus, designation information specifying one of the encrypted secret keys decryptable with the apparatus secret key, out of the encrypted secret keys contained in the key management information usable by the apparatus, receives the encrypted secret key specified by the designation information out of the encrypted secret keys contained in the key management information stored in the other apparatus from the other apparatus, obtains the secret key by decrypting the encrypted secret key with the apparatus secret key, and performs authentication with the other apparatus based on the secret key. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100333103 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a management module that manages a plurality of register areas in a host controller for processing data protected by copyright. The register areas store confidential information for copyright protection. The management module includes a use state management module and a release module. The use state management module manages use state information on whether the register areas are used by existing process tasks. When all the register areas are occupied by the existing process tasks and a new process task requests for the use of a register area to perform a process based on the confidential information, the release module releases a register area occupied by one of the existing process tasks according to the use state information to assign the register area to the new process task. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110286146 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A dielectric ceramic composition includes BaTiO | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120075768 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Dielectric ceramic composition comprising a compound having perovskite-type crystal structure and Y-oxide, and the compound is shown by a general formula ABO | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20090114156 | Film formation apparatus for semiconductor process - A film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process includes a support member having a plurality of support levels configured to support target substrates inside a reaction chamber; a film formation gas supply system configured to supply a film formation gas into the reaction chamber and including a gas distribution nozzle; a cleaning gas supply system configured to supply a cleaning gas for etching a by-product film deposited inside the reaction chamber; and an exhaust system configured to exhaust gas from inside the reaction chamber. The cleaning gas supply system includes a gas nozzle disposed near a bottom of the reaction chamber and having a gas supply port at its top directed upward, and the gas supply port is located below the lowermost one of the support levels of the support member. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090117743 | Film formation apparatus and method for using same - A method for using a film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process to form a thin film on a target substrate inside a reaction chamber includes performing a cleaning process to remove a by-product film deposited on a predetermined region in a gas route from a film formation gas supply system, which supplies a film formation gas contributory to film formation, through the reaction chamber to an exhaust system, by alternately repeating an etching step and an exhaust step a plurality of times in a state where the reaction chamber does not accommodate the target substrate. The etching step includes supplying a cleaning gas in an activated state for etching the by-product film onto the predetermined region, thereby etching the by-product film. The exhaust step includes stopping supply of the cleaning gas and exhausting gas by the exhaust system from a space in which the predetermined region is present. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090124083 | Film formation apparatus and method for using same - A method for using a film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process to form a thin film on a target substrate while supplying a film formation reactive gas from a first nozzle inside a reaction chamber includes performing a cleaning process to remove a by-product film deposited inside the reaction chamber and the first nozzle, in a state where the reaction chamber does not accommodate the target substrate. The cleaning process includes, in order, an etching step of supplying a cleaning reactive gas for etching the by-product film into the reaction chamber, and activating the cleaning reactive gas, thereby etching the by-product film, and an exhaust step of stopping supply of the cleaning reactive gas and exhausting gas from inside the reaction chamber. The etching step is arranged to use conditions that cause the cleaning reactive gas supplied in the reaction chamber to flow into the first nozzle. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090124087 | Vertical plasma processing apparatus and method for using same - A vertical plasma processing apparatus for a semiconductor process for performing a plasma process on target substrates all together includes an exciting mechanism configured to turn at least part of a process gas into plasma. The exciting mechanism includes first and second electrodes provided to a plasma generation box and facing each other with a plasma generation area interposed therebetween, and an RF power supply configured to supply an RF power for plasma generation to the first and second electrodes and including first and second output terminals serving as grounded and non-grounded terminals, respectively. A switching mechanism is configured to switch between a first state where the first and second electrodes are connected to the first and second output terminals, respectively, and a second state where the first and second electrodes are connected to the second and first output terminals, respectively. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090181548 | VERTICAL PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS - A vertical plasma processing apparatus for a semiconductor process includes a process container having a process field configured to accommodate a plurality of target substrates at intervals in a vertical direction, and a marginal space out of the process field. In processing the target substrates, a control section simultaneously performs supply of a process gas to the process field from a process gas supply circuit and supply of a blocking gas to the marginal space from a blocking gas supply circuit to inhibit the process gas from flowing into the marginal space. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100189927 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A method for using a film formation apparatus includes performing a main cleaning process and a post cleaning process in this order inside a reaction chamber. The main cleaning process is arranged to supply a cleaning gas containing fluorine into the reaction chamber while exhausting gas from inside the reaction chamber, thereby etching a film formation by-product containing silicon. The post cleaning process is arranged to remove a silicon-containing fluoride generated by the main cleaning process and remaining inside the reaction chamber and to alternately repeat, a plurality of times, supplying an oxidizing gas into the reaction chamber to transform the silicon-containing fluoride into an intermediate product by oxidization, and supplying hydrogen fluoride gas into the reaction chamber while exhausting gas from inside the reaction chamber to remove the intermediate product by a reaction between the hydrogen fluoride gas and the intermediate product. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100278999 | PLASMA PROCESS APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESS METHOD - A disclosed plasma process apparatus is disclosed that applies a plasma process to an object to be processed, including a cylindrical processing container configured to be evacuatable to vacuum, a holding unit configured to hold plural objects to be processed and inserted into and to be extracted from the cylindrical processing container, a gas supplying unit configured to supply a gas into the processing container, an activating unit configured to be located along a longitudinal direction of the processing container and to activate the gas by plasma generated by a high frequency power, a cylindrical shield cover configured to surround a periphery of the processing container and to be connected to ground for shielding from high frequency, and a cooling device configured to cause the cooling gas to flow through a space between the cylindrical shield cover and the cylindrical processing container during the plasma process. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110201210 | FILM FORMATION METHOD, FILM FORMATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR USING FILM FORMATION APPARATUS - A film formation method includes a film formation process for forming an SiO | 08-18-2011 |
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| 20090238418 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - An authentication apparatus includes: an acquiring section that acquires a piece of biometric authentication information; a controlling section that causes the acquiring section to acquire plural pieces of biometric authentication information and causes to execute a biometric authentication based on the plural pieces of biometric authentication information; a storing section that stores, as reference information, a first one of the plural pieces of biometric authentication information, which is acquired and authenticated precedently among the plural pieces of biometric authentication information; and a discriminating section that determines, based on a degree of similarity between the reference information stored in the storing section and a second one of the plural pieces of biometric authentication information, that authentication is rejected when the degree of similarity exceeds a prescribed degree of similarity. The second one of the plural pieces of biometric authentication information is acquired subsequently among the plural pieces of biometric authentication information. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090244763 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic information storage apparatus includes: a storage that stores electronic information; a check unit that reads out the electronic information stored in the storage to check whether the electronic information is written normally or not; and a controller that, in a case where the electronic information is stored in the storage under a predetermined condition, controls the check unit to carry out an operation to check a state of writing of the electronic information. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248998 | STORAGE SYSTEM, CONTROL UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A storage system includes: N pieces of storages that stores electronic information, N being an integral number that is two or more; and a controller that obtains electronic information to be written, wherein the controller, in a case where the electronic information to be written is a first kind of electronic information, divides the electronic information to be written into N pieces, and independently writes the divided electronic information into each of the N pieces of storage, and the controller, in the electronic information to be written is a second kind of electronic information, redundantly writes the electronic information to be written into each of the N pieces of storage. | 10-01-2009 |
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| 20090095614 | CLICK APPARATUS - At both of the upper and lower faces of flange section ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090152086 | ROTATING OPERATION TYPE ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A rotating operation type electronic component has a rotation shaft and a signal generating section. The rotation shaft has a rod-shaped intermediate section, a cylindrical operation section, and a coupling section coupling the upper end of the intermediate section with the operation section. The rotatable operation section covers the upper part of the intermediate section, and is mounted with an operation knob. The signal generating section generates an electric signal in response to the rotation of the operation section. The coupling section has strength at which it breaks when a load of a predetermined level or higher is applied to the operation section from an axial direction of the rotation shaft. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090184848 | ROTARY ENCODER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rotary encoder includes a case made of insulating resin, a rotatable operation shaft, a slidable brush fixed to the operation shaft, and a signal contact embedded in a surface of the case. The slidable brush has a contacting section sliding on a surface of the case on a predetermined circumference according to a rotation of the operation shaft. The signal contact has an upper surface flush with the surface of the case, a first side surface connected to the upper surface at a first corner having a right angle, a second side surface connected to the upper surface at a second corner having a right angle, and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface. The first and side surfaces are positioned on the predetermined circumference. The lower surface has a width smaller than a width of the upper surface. This rotary encoder has a small size and outputs a signal precisely. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090231168 | ROTATIONALLY-OPERATED INPUT DEVICE - A rotationally-operated input device includes the following elements: (a) a magnetized cylindrical rotary magnet; (b) an operating shaft having the rotary magnet inserted and held thereon; (c) an upper case and a lower case for sandwiching the operating shaft therebetween rotatably; (d) an insulating substrate for fixing and holding the lower case; (e) a detection element mounted on the insulating substrate, for detecting rotation of the rotary magnet in a non-contact manner; and (f) a fixed magnet for generating an attractive and repulsive force between the fixed magnet and the rotary magnet. This structure allows detection of a rotation state of the operating shaft and provides click-feeling at rotating operation, in a non-contact manner. Thus a long-life small rotationally-operated input device can be provided. | 09-17-2009 |
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| 20090018699 | WORK POSITIONING DEVICE - Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110152517 | AGENT FOR PREVENTING AND/OR TREATING FUNCTIONAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER - A preventive and/or therapeutic agent which improves an abnormal bowel function such as an abdominal pain, a diarrhea, or a constipation and is effective for preventing or treating a functional gastrointestinal disorder is provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110239012 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The image processing device involves a power-saving condition, which achieves the reduction in power consumption on standby, and the high-speed recovery from its power-saving condition to the normal condition. The image processing device has: a data processing unit which executes the processing of stream data; a communication-processing section which accepts input of a processing request from the data processing unit, and controls the data processing unit; and a nonvolatile memory unit which stores control information involved with data processing. The data processing unit has a power-saving mode in which no power source is supplied, and a normal operation mode in which the power source is supplied. In the power-saving operation mode, the communication-processing section causes the data processing unit to transition to the normal operation mode when detecting a processing request for data processing. Then, the data processing unit acquires control information from the nonvolatile memory, and executes data processing. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20110205589 | STORAGE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOST DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a storage section, a storage control section that controls access of the storage section, a control section that performs a process of communicating with a host device, and first to k-th (k is an integer of 2 or more) terminals. The control section outputs, to the host device, a response signal to give a notification that the corresponding storage device is connected, through an i-th (i is an integer where 1≦i≦k) terminal among the first to k-th terminals. The control section outputs the response signal to the host device in an m-th (m is an integer where 1≦m≦n) output time period, which corresponds to ID information of the corresponding storage device, among first to n-th (n is an integer of 2 or more) output time periods. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208991 | MEMORY DEVICE, BOARD, LIQUID CONTAINER, HOST DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A memory device includes a memory unit, a memory control unit that controls an access of the memory unit, a control unit that performs a communication process with a host device, a data terminal, a reset terminal, and a clock terminal. The control unit outputs a response signal for reporting the connection of the memory device to the host device through the data terminal in an m-th clock cycle (m is at least an integer of 1≦m≦n) corresponding to ID information of the memory device among first to n-th clock cycles (n is an integer of 2 or more) of clocks input to the clock terminal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110276726 | STORAGE DEVICE, BOARD, LIQUID CONTAINER AND SYSTEM - To provide a storage device, a board, a liquid container, a system and the like, which are capable of efficiently detecting a connection without an increase in the number of terminals. A storage device | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120047410 | STORAGE DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD, LIQUID RESERVOIR AND SYSTEM - A storage device according to some aspects of the invention includes a communication unit configured to perform processing for communication with a host apparatus; a storage unit configured to have a first memory area and a second memory area that store therein received data from the host apparatus, and memory area selection information; a memory control unit configured to select one of the first memory area and the second memory area as a memory area for reading, select the other one thereof as a memory area for writing, and perform control of reading and writing; and an increment determination unit configured to compare a value of data having been read out from the memory area for reading by the memory control unit and a value of the received data to determine a magnitude relation therebetween. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120074031 | STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD, LIQUID RECEPTACLE, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a control unit that carries out a communication process with a host device that is connected via a bus; a storage unit into which data from the host device is written; and a storage control unit that controls access to the storage unit. The control unit returns an acknowledgment to the host device in the case where the control unit has received acknowledgment return request information broadcasted from the host device to a plurality of storage devices connected to the bus after the end of a period in which data is written into the plurality of storage devices by the host device, and the data has been successfully written into the storage unit of the storage device to which the control unit belongs. | 03-29-2012 |
