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20090249002 | INFORMATION COLLECTION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information collection apparatus which collects, from a plurality of devices each having a plurality of states including a power-supply state indicating ON or OFF of a power-supply, state information indicating a state of each device, the apparatus (a) stores, in a first memory, the power-supply state of each device, (b) receives state information transmitted from each device whose state is changed, (c) rewrites, when a power-supply state information indicating the power-supply state is received, the power-supply state stored in the first memory in accordance with the obtained power-supply state information, (d) collects periodically the state information from each device whose power-supply state stored in the first memory is ON by issuing, at regular intervals, a first request for the state information to the device, and (e) transmits the state information collected periodically to an external apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
20100306201 | NEIGHBOR SEARCHING APPARATUS - To provide a neighbor searching apparatus that can select an index suitable for each search target. A neighbor searching apparatus has: a storage part that stores a meta table containing index-dependent meta data associated with a data structure of each index; a database managing part that searches for an index associated with an instruction when receiving the instruction from a user and makes an indexing part perform a processing associated with the instruction using the index-dependent meta data associated with the index; and the indexing part that performs the processing associated with the instruction using the index-dependent meta data based on the instruction from the managing database part. | 12-02-2010 |
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20090037090 | Navigation apparatus and program of the same - A navigation apparatus of a vehicle includes: storage means for storing information about the vehicle and a road area; and guide route calculating means for calculating a guide route on the basis of the information stored in the storage means. The navigation apparatus determines whether to avoid an entry of the vehicle into the road area on the basis of the information about the vehicle and the road area. | 02-05-2009 |
20100106412 | Data processing apparatus - With respect to a non-road region route, which is in a region other than roads registered in map data, a navigation apparatus in a vehicle specifies three check items: travel times the vehicle traveled; a shortened distance reduced by traveling the non-road region route compared with a route registered in the map data; and presence or absence of a predetermined facility in the vicinity of the non-road region route. The navigation apparatus determines an accuracy degree as to whether the non-road region route is existent based on the specified check items, thereby determining whether the non-road region route is existent. A route guidance process is executed based on the non-road region route, which is determined to be existent. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114975 | Data processing apparatus - When a navigation apparatus generates, in the course of learning a new road, shape points information of the new road as well as new road information and connecting road information which respectively specify a road name, road attributes and other features of the new road and connecting roads, the generated information regarding the new road is examined if a corresponding road that corresponds to the new road is registered in case that a map database used by the navigation apparatus is updated. If the corresponding road is found in the updated map database, the generated information of the new road such as the shape points information is deleted, thereby securely invalidating the generated information that became unnecessary due to the update of the map database. | 05-06-2010 |
20100125408 | Navigation device, and method for updating map data and navigation - A setting section sets a determination region, which is a certain geography range around a destination in a map specified by map data. A generating section generates a new road, which is not registered in the map data, based on a moving track of a navigation device when a current position of the navigation device deviates from an existing road registered in the map data. A new road registering section registers the generated new road in a storing section when a determination section determines that the set determination region includes at least a part of the generated new road. The navigation device performs the routing assistance to the destination using both the existing road registered in the map data and the registered new road. | 05-20-2010 |
20100138143 | Map data processor and method for processing information based on map data - A map data processor includes: a road map database storing a road map data having a link data with setting information of the link and road network information with connection information between links; a communication element obtaining a new link data with connection object setting information of a connection object link and coordinate information of one end of the new link from an external device; and a controller. The controller extracts a link data of a link in a predetermined geographical area with a center of the one end of the new link. The controller determines that the new link is connected to an extracted link when the connection object setting information matches the setting information of the extracted link data. The controller registers the new link data and connection information between the new link and the connection object link in the road map data. | 06-03-2010 |
20110172913 | ROAD LEARNING APPARATUS - In adding a new road to update road map data, an amendment process is executed to remove an accumulated error included in a travel locus based on dead reckoning navigation at the time of running the new road. The new road can be thus added in updating the road map data so as to fit more with an actual shape of the new road. | 07-14-2011 |
20110238294 | VEHICULAR NAVIGATION DEVICE - An identification unit identifies a departure point of a travel locus of a vehicle. The vehicle departs through the departure point from a departure road stored beforehand in map data. The map data has map link information including multiple links. An exit point set unit sets an exit point on a link included in the map link information. The link corresponds to the departure point of the departure road identified by the identification unit. A learning unit learns a new road based on the exit point set by the exit point set unit and the travel locus of the vehicle. | 09-29-2011 |
20150142306 | ROAD LEARNING DEVICE - A road learning device includes: a map data storage device; an own vehicle location detection portion; a travel data storage device; an unregistered road travelling determination device; an unregistered road travel data storage control device; a potential unregistered road track creation device; a first correction device that corrects a potential unregistered road track to be a first track; a map-matching trial device for the first track; a primary successful map-matching determination device; a second correction device that corrects the first track to be a second track when primary map-matching is unsuccessful; a secondary successful map-matching determination device for the second track; and a new map data storage control device that discards a group of unregistered road travel data when secondary map-matching is unsuccessful, merges the first track with the map data when the primary map-matching is successful, and merges the second track with the map data when the secondary map-matching is successful. | 05-21-2015 |
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20120212991 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method of a semiconductor device, includes providing one or more memory elements each including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, second and third semiconductor layers of a second conductivity type, which are disposed to be separated from each other in the first semiconductor layer, a first electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the third semiconductor layer, and performing operation of writing information on a memory element to be driven of the one or more memory elements. The operation of writing is performed by forming a filament in a region between the second and third semiconductor layers, which is a conductive path electrically linking these semiconductor layers, through application of a voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212992 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An operation method of a semiconductor device, includes providing one or more memory elements each including a first semiconductor layer, second and third semiconductor layers, a dielectric film and a conductive film, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, and performing operation of writing information on a memory element to be driven of the one or more memory elements. The operation of writing is performed by forming a filament in a region between the second and third semiconductor layers, which is a conductive path electrically linking these semiconductor layers, the filament being formed by causing a dielectric breakdown of at least a part of the dielectric film, through application of a voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold between the second and third electrodes, thereby causing an electric current to flow between the conductive film and the third semiconductor layer. | 08-23-2012 |
20140061846 | DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIODE - A diode includes a first semiconductor layer configured by a compound semiconductor containing impurities of a first conductivity type; a high dislocation density region; a second semiconductor layer which is laminated on the first semiconductor layer, which is lower in a concentration of impurities in a region of a side of an interface with the first semiconductor layer than that of the first semiconductor layer, and which has an opening in which a portion which corresponds to the high dislocation density region is removed; an insulating film pattern which is provided to cover an inner wall of the opening; an electrode which is provided so as to cover the insulating film pattern and to contact the second semiconductor layer; and an opposing electrode which is provided to interpose the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer and the insulating film pattern between the electrode and the opposing electrode. | 03-06-2014 |
20140252417 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes: a device region having a semiconductor layer that includes a channel section; a device peripheral region adjoining the device region; a gate electrode provided within the device region, and having a boundary section that spans the device region and the device peripheral region; a conductive layer provided between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer provided between the gate electrode in the boundary section and the semiconductor layer. | 09-11-2014 |
20150302932 | MEMORY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR UNIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor unit with memory devices, each of the memory devices includes: a first semiconductor layer; second and third semiconductor layers; a first dielectric film and a first conductive film; first, second, and third electrodes electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, the third semiconductor layer, and the first conductive film, respectively, the third electrode being electrically connected to the first electrode. In the memory devices, when a voltage equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value is applied between the first and second electrodes, a filament that is a conductive path electrically linking the second and third semiconductor layers is formed in the region between the second and third semiconductor layers, and thereby, writing operation of information is performed. | 10-22-2015 |
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20100177965 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Even if an image processing apparatus which can recognize a certain character string is available on the network, processing results of an OCR process are determined by character recognition ability of an image processing apparatus which has happened to perform the OCR process. Thus, after an MFP performs a character recognition process based on image data contained in a character region of an image, if it is determined that processing results of the character recognition process are highly likely to contain recognition errors, the processing results are output to another MFP together with first information which indicates a high likelihood of the processing results containing recognition errors. Upon acquiring the processing results, the other MFP with higher character recognition capabilities performs a character recognition process on the image data contained in the character region if the first information is attached. | 07-15-2010 |
20110228339 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, AND ARCHIVE SYSTEM INCLUDING THAT IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - When data is output from an archive-function incompatible driver to an archive-function incompatible device, that data is omitted from those to be archived. To this end, an image outputting apparatus of this invention determines whether or not received data has already been archived. When it is determined that the received data has already been archived, an image is outputted based on that received data. When it is determined that the received data has not been archived yet, image outputting of the received data is inhibited. Furthermore, the image outputting apparatus instructs a PC that transmitted the data to install an archive-function compatible driver. | 09-22-2011 |
20130007537 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus is capable of automatically determining whether an operation log needs to be written to an external device when the external device is connected to the information processing apparatus and saving the operation log into the external device when necessary. A determination is made as to whether or not content for retrieving an operation log is present in an external device upon detection of connection of the external device. The operation log is retrieved from a holding unit if a result of the determination shows that the user interface control unit is in an error condition. The retrieved operation log is saved into a storage unit of the external device. | 01-03-2013 |
20140006828 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 01-02-2014 |
20140047430 | FIRMWARE UPDATE SYSTEM INCREASED IN POSSIBILITY OF EXECUTION OF AUTOMATIC FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCESSING - A firmware update system capable of executing update processing despite that the combination of versions of firmware components installed in an image processing apparatus is normal. A HDD of the apparatus stores in advance a first version management list indicating versions of the respective firmware components and a representative version for managing the versions of the firmware components. Actual versions of the firmware components are collected. When the actual versions are different from the versions in the first version management list, the actual versions and the representative version are transmitted to a server. The server determines update firmware based on the actual versions and the representative version from second version management lists stored in the server. The firmware components installed in the apparatus are updated using the update firmware provided by the server. | 02-13-2014 |
20140368847 | PRINTING APPARATUS, SHEET-PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - The present invention is characterized by requesting a user to login if the user has not been authenticated when executing sheet processing on a sheet with a post-processing apparatus without performing printing by a printing apparatus, authenticating the user in accordance with acquired user information, and, when authentication is successful, causing the post-processing apparatus to execute the sheet processing on the sheet, and recording an execution history of the sheet processing by the sheet processing apparatus as an execution history of the authenticated user. | 12-18-2014 |
20140373000 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus stores update firmware for updating the firmware of an option unit. When the option unit is connected to the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus updates the firmware of the option unit by using the stored update firmware. | 12-18-2014 |
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20130068304 | SEALING MATERIAL, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - There is provided a sealing material including a composite resin (A) including a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a structural unit represented by general formula (1) and/or general formula (2) and a silanol group and/or a hydrolyzable silyl group and a vinyl-based polymer segment (a2) having an alcoholic hydroxyl group, the vinyl-based polymer segment (a2) being bonded to the polysiloxane segment (a1) through a bond represented by general formula (3), and a polyisocyanate (B), wherein the content of the polysiloxane segment (a1) is 10% to 50% by weight relative to the total solid content of a curable resin composition, and the content of the polyisocyanate (B) is 5% to 50% by weight relative to the total solid content of the curable resin composition. There are also provided a solar cell module and a light-emitting diode that each use the sealing material. | 03-21-2013 |
20130146138 | SHAPED ARTICLE HAVING FINE SURFACE IRREGULARITIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SHAPED ARTICLE - Provided is a shaped article having surface irregularities, including a fine structure including projections and a recess formed between the projections, the fine structure formed by curing a curable resin composition, wherein the curable resin composition contains a composite resin (A) in which a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a structural unit represented by a general formula (1) and/or a general formula (2) and a silanol group and/or a hydrolyzable silyl group is bonded to a vinyl-based polymer segment (a2) having an alcoholic hydroxy group through a bond represented by a general formula (3), and polyisocyanate (B); a content of the polysiloxane segment (a1) with respect to total solids weight of the curable resin composition is 10% to 60% by weight; and a content of the polyisocyanate (B) with respect to total solids weight of the curable resin composition is 5% to 50% by weight. | 06-13-2013 |
20160137879 | INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE COMPOSITE BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT - There is provided an inorganic fine particle composite body (M) in which a composite resin (A), in which a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a specific structure and a vinyl-based polymer segment (a2) are bonded to each other, and inorganic fine particles (m) are bonded to each other at the polysiloxane segment (a1) through a siloxane bond. There are provided a composition and a hard coat material, containing the inorganic fine particle composite body (M). In addition, there is provided a cured product obtained by curing the composition containing the inorganic fine particle composite body (M) and a laminate containing the cured product. | 05-19-2016 |
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20090098431 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FUEL CELL SEPARATOR, AND FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a method of producing a fuel cell separator in which at least a portion of a premolded article composed of a thermosetting resin and a carbon material, or a thermoplastic resin and a carbon material is provided with hydrophilicity, including the steps of: (1) treating the premolded article for enhancing affinity with a solution of a radically polymerizable monomer having a hydrophilic group and/or a functional group which can be converted into a hydrophilic group; (2) coating the solution of the radically polymerizable monomer having a hydrophilic group and/or a functional group which can be converted into a hydrophilic group, on the treated surface; (3) irradiating the treated surface with ionizing radiation; and (4) cleaning the fuel cell separator obtained through steps 1 to 3; wherein steps 1 to 4 are sequentially carried out, or step 1, step 3, step 2, and step 4 are sequentially carried out. | 04-16-2009 |
20100015497 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a separator for a fuel cell comprising a resin and a conductive material as constituting components, and sulfonic acid groups imparted to at least one portion at the surface of gas channels by a treatment using a sulfuric acid-containing gas, wherein the resin and the sulfonic acid groups, which are on the surface of the gas channels, are bonded, and a ratio of sulfur atoms in the sulfonic acid groups at the surface of the gas channels as determined by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy is in a range from 0.1 to 4.0 at %, and a method for producing the separator. The separator for a fuel cell of the present invention is excellent in the wettability to water, since sulfonic acid groups are imparted to the resin at the surface of gas channels in the sulfuric acid-containing gas. | 01-21-2010 |
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20090297242 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer portion for transferring a toner image to a printing sheet. A fixing portion includes a fixing member and a pressure member pressed against the fixing member for fixing the toner image to the printing sheet. A guide is between the image transfer portion and the fixing portion for guiding the printing sheet carrying the toner image toward a nip between the fixing member and the pressure member. The guide includes a rigid first guide plate and a flexible second guide plate joined to the first guide plate at a downstream portion thereof along a sheet feeding direction. The second guide plate has a free downstream end that is closer to the fixing member than a tangent line drawn to pass through the nip between the fixing member and the pressure member. | 12-03-2009 |
20150346661 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source and a reflecting member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably around a rotation axis. The reflecting member reflects the radiant heat radiated from the heat source. The fixing belt has a passing region and a non-passing region. Through the passing region, a recording medium passes. The non-passing region is arranged outside the passing region in a direction of the rotation axis. The reflecting member has a first reflecting part and a second reflecting part. The first reflecting part is arranged at an inner circumferential side of the passing region. The second reflecting part is arranged at an inner circumferential side of the non-passing region. Roughness of a face at the heat source side of the second reflecting part is larger than roughness of a face at the heat source side of the first reflecting part. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346663 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a pressing member and a temperature sensor. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged rotatably and configured to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to the pressuring member side. The temperature sensor is inserted into the pressing member. The pressing member has a through hole penetrating from a face at the fixing nip side to an insertion part of the temperature sensor. | 12-03-2015 |
20160132001 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device according to the present invention includes a fixing belt ( | 05-12-2016 |
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20140199099 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, and a separation roller. The fixing member is configured to rotate in a first direction. The pressure member is configured to rotate in a second direction so as to allow fixing target to pass between the fixing member and the pressure member. The separation roller is configured to rotate only in the same direction as the first direction to separate the fixing target from the fixing member or to rotate only in the same direction as the second direction to separate the fixing target from the pressure member. | 07-17-2014 |
20150110533 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a driving member and a slide contact member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip and is arranged rotatably. The driving member is arranged so as to sandwich the fixing belt with the pressuring member and rotates the fixing belt. The slide contact member is arranged so as to sandwich the fixing belt with the pressuring member and comes into slide contact with the fixing belt. The fixing belt is engaged around the driving member and slide contact member with a state having looseness at least partially. | 04-23-2015 |
20150248087 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heating member, a pressing member and a supporting member. The heating member is arranged rotatably around a rotation axis and configured such that the fixing belt is sandwiched between the heating member and the pressuring member. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member and configured such that the fixing belt is sandwiched between the pressing member and the pressuring member. The supporting member has a supporting face configured to come into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt. The supporting face is inclined toward inside in a radial direction of the fixing belt from both end sides to a center side of the fixing belt in the rotation axis direction. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248088 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a fixing belt, a pressure member, a heating member, a pressing member, and a heat source. The fixing belt is rotational. The pressure member is rotational and is brought into press-contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The heating member is rotational and is disposed to interpose the fixing belt between the heating member and the pressure member. The pressing member is disposed to interpose the fixing belt between the pressing member and the pressure member and presses the fixing belt toward the pressure member side. The heat source is disposed radially inside the fixing belt and radially outside the heating member. Radiant heat radiated from the heat source directly reaches the fixing belt, the heating member, and the pressing member. | 09-03-2015 |
20150248089 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a pressing member and a sheet member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably and configured to extend along an axis direction. The pressuring member is arranged rotatably and configured to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member and configured such that the fixing belt is interposed between the pressing member and the pressuring member. The sheet member is formed in a tubular shape and provided around the pressing member and configured to rotate with rotation of the fixing belt. | 09-03-2015 |