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| 20100063272 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEROID COMPOUND - It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel method for producing a steroid compound. The present invention provides a method for producing 5β-3,7-dioxocholanic acid or an ester derivative thereof, using, as a raw material, a sterol having double bonds at position 5 and at position 24, such as cholesta-5,7,24-trien-3β-ol, ergosta-5,7,24(28)-trien-3β-ol, desmosterol, fucosterol, or ergosta-5,24(28)-dien-3β-ol, via the following 4 steps: | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110009615 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STEROID COMPOUND - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a steroid compound. The present invention provides a method for producing 3,7-dioxo-5β-cholanic acid or ester derivatives thereof, which uses, as raw materials, sterols having double bonds at positions 5 and 24, such as cholesta-5,7,24-trien-3β-ol, ergosta-5,7,24(28)-trien-3β-ol, desmosterol, fucosterol, or ergosta-5,24(28)-dien-3β-ol, and which comprises the following 4 steps: (I) a step of performing oxidation of a hydroxyl group at position 3 and isomerization of a double bond at position 5 to position 4; (II) a step of converting position 24 to a carboxyl group or an ester derivative thereof by the oxidative cleavage of a side chain; (III) a step of introducing an oxygen functional group into position 7; and (IV) a step of constructing a 5β-configuration by reduction of a double bond at position 4. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20100015449 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING GAS-BARRIER MATERIAL, GAS-BARRIER MATERIAL, A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND GAS-BARRIER PACKING MATERIAL - A composition for forming a gas-barrier material, comprising a polycarboxylic acid-type polymer (A) and at least a bifunctional alicyclic epoxy compound (B). The composition for forming a gas-barrier material features excellent gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility, can be cured at a low temperature in a short period of time without affecting the plastic base material, and contributes to improving the productivity. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110091743 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GAS-BARRIER LAMINATED MEMBER - A method of producing a gas-barrier laminated member having a gas-barrier layer formed by crosslinking the carboxyl groups of a polycarboxylic acid polymer with multivalent metal ions. The method comprises forming a layer (A) containing an alkaline compound of a multivalent metal on at least one surface of a plastic base material, applying a solution (b) obtained by dissolving a polycarboxylic acid polymer in a solvent containing at least water onto the layer (A) that contains the alkaline compound of the multivalent metal, and removing the solvent by a heat treatment so that a metal-ionically crosslinked structure is formed with the multivalent metal ions among the carboxyl groups in the solution (b). The gas-barrier laminated member has excellent adhesion to the base material, gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility, and is efficiently produced by only being heated at a low temperature for a short period of time through a decreased number of simplified steps. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110200836 | GAS-BARRIER MATERIAL HAVING EXCELLENT ANTI-BLOCKING PROPERTY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A gas-barrier material having a gas-barrier layer which comprises a polycarboxylic acid polymer, the gas-barrier layer having a chemical bond stemming from an isocyanate group formed in the surface thereof, and the content of nitrogen being at least not less than 1 atom % per the total amount of carbon, oxygen and nitrogen in the surface layer. The gas-barrier material comprising a polycarboxylic acid polymer which is a high hydrogen-bonding polymer exhibits excellent anti-blocking property without dependent upon the degree of crosslinking. | 08-18-2011 |
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| 20080308657 | Fuel Injection Valve - A fuel injection valve in which, even in an engine in which a fuel containing many foreign matters is used, pinching of solid foreign matters, such as impurities, dirt and dust, and combustion residues, in a sliding part on the outer periphery of a needle valve, the tip of the needle valve, and a seat of a nozzle tip, malfunction an seizure of the needle valve due to such containing, and poor combustion due to irregular injection are prevented from occurring. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090106836 | Equipment Monitoring Device - An equipment monitoring server is provided to prevent wrong acts in a local area network. An equipment monitoring server | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090184180 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - A fuel injection valve in which, even in an engine in which a fuel containing many foreign matters is used, pinching of solid foreign matters, such as impurities, dirt and dust, and combustion residues, in a sliding part on the outer periphery of a needle valve, the tip of the needle valve, and a seat of a nozzle tip, malfunction an seizure of the needle valve due to such containing, and poor combustion due to irregular injection are prevented from occurring. | 07-23-2009 |
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| 20100228426 | PARKING ASSISTANT AND PARKING ASSISTING METHOD - A parking assistant includes: shooting part shooting surroundings; parking target position setter setting parking target position in surroundings image by shooting part; rearward movement starting position calculator calculating rearward movement starting position based on: target position by position setter, and vehicle's movable area, rearward movement starting position denoting position stopping vehicle and starting rearward movement of vehicle, to park vehicle in target position; movement calculator sensing movement direction and movement amount of vehicle; and image generator superposing an information image on surroundings image based on movement direction and amount which are sensed with movement calculator. Information image denotes rearward movement starting position for allowing vehicle to be parked in target position. According to vehicle's movement, image generator generates, with different displays, following sub-positions of rearward movement starting position: first sub-position allowing vehicle to move to target position, and second sub-position failing to allow vehicle to be parked in target position. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100238051 | PARKING ASSISTANT AND PARKING ASSISTING METHOD - When a parking assistant assists a driver in carrying out a parking operation, the parking assistant takes an image of vehicle surroundings to generate vehicle surroundings images, converts coordinates of the vehicle surroundings images to generate an overhead view image, and sets a parking target area in the overhead view image. On the overhead view image, the parking assistant superposes a parking target area image which denotes the parking target area. Thereby, the parking assistant generates the parking target area image denoting a partial area in the parking target area, where a solid object is not present in the partial area even when another vehicle included in the overhead view image falls in the set parking target area image. Then, the parking assistant displays the overhead view image and the parking target area image. | 09-23-2010 |
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| 20110013928 | CHARGING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CHARGING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A charging unit is provided, the charging unit including: a charging member; and a charging member clean-up member having an elastic layer, the elastic layer containing a silicon oil, wherein a silicone concentration in analyzing the charging member by an x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy satisfies following condition: about 1 atm %≦(difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the silicone concentration in Si2p detected by the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy above the charging member)≦about 3 atm %. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110170901 | CLEANING MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGING DEVICE, UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a cleaning member for an image forming apparatus, including: a shaft body; and an elastic material that is wound on the outer peripheral surface nun of the shaft body in a spiral shape, the elastic material satisfying the following expressions. (A1): 1| 07-14-2011 | |
| 20110318047 | CLEANING MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGING DEVICE, UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core and an elastic layer helically put on an outer peripheral surface of the core and including a first elastic layer and a second elastic layer, the first elastic layer being the outermost layer and the second elastic layer being located closer to the core than the first elastic layer and having a compression set smaller than that of the first elastic layer. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120002998 | CLEANING MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGING DEVICE, UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core and an elastic layer that is formed by a strip-shaped elastic member helically wound around an outer peripheral surface of the core. The cleaning member satisfies the following formula (1): | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120076528 | CLEANING UNIT, CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGING DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit includes a shaft that is rotatable; an elastic layer that is spirally wound around and fixed to the shaft, the elastic layer contacting and cleaning the object to be cleaned; a pressed portion that protrudes from each end portion of the elastic layer in an axial direction of the shaft, in a part of the each end portion with respect to a width direction of the elastic layer; and a pressing member that is arranged at an end portion of the shaft in the axial direction, the pressing member pressing the pressed portion between the pressing member and the shaft. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120082475 | CHARGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes: a charging component, and a cleaning member for the charging component, containing a substrate and an elastic layer that contains a silicone oil and is arranged in a spiral form on an outer surface of the substrate, the charging device being satisfying a following formula: | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20080240586 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image distribution apparatus divides image data of a single frame into a plurality of blocks, orthogonally transforms the blocks and calculates transformation coefficients, quantizes the calculated transformation coefficients, codes the quantized transformation coefficients, and distributes the coded image data. The image distribution apparatus acquires the quantized transformation coefficients, stores the acquired transformation coefficients in a storage unit, calculates differences between the transformation coefficients of a first frame and the transformation coefficients of a second frame stored in the storage unit in a unit of block, counts blocks whose difference values calculated above are equal to or greater than a predetermined value as changing blocks of the first frame, and determines that the first frame has changed when the counted number of blocks is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080240591 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image distribution apparatus divides image data of a single frame into a plurality of blocks, orthogonally transforms the blocks and calculates transformation coefficients, quantizes the calculated transformation coefficients, codes the quantized transformation coefficients, and distributes the coded image data. The image distribution apparatus acquires the quantized transformation coefficients, stores the acquired transformation coefficients in a storage unit, calculates differences between the transformation coefficients of a first frame and the transformation coefficients of a second frame stored in the storage unit in a unit of block, counts blocks whose difference values calculated above are equal to or greater than a predetermined value as changing blocks of the first frame, and determines that the first frame has changed when the counted number of blocks is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080282296 | IMAGE DATA DELIVERY - A conversion apparatus is connected to a camera server delivering image information obtained by image sensing to a display operation terminal. When image information is received from the camera server, the conversion apparatus converts the received image information to a format for a portable display terminal, and delivers it to the portable display terminal. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090010552 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image distribution apparatus divides image data of a single frame into a plurality of blocks, orthogonally transforms the blocks and calculates transformation coefficients, quantizes the calculated transformation coefficients, codes the quantized transformation coefficients, and distributes the coded image data. The image distribution apparatus acquires the quantized transformation coefficients, stores the acquired transformation coefficients in a storage unit, calculates differences between the transformation coefficients of a first frame and the transformation coefficients of a second frame stored in the storage unit in a unit of block, counts blocks whose difference values calculated above are equal to or greater than a predetermined value as changing blocks of the first frame, and determines that the first frame has changed when the counted number of blocks is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20120086820 | METHOD OF GENERATING MOVING PICTURE INFORMATION - A moving picture file is generated from moving picture data received from a camera. Control sequence information from the camera corresponding to the generated moving picture file, and information relating to an address of the camera, are incorporated into the moving picture file. The moving picture file is generated by dividing the received moving picture data, based on camera control information. | 04-12-2012 |
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| 20100293491 | Information Processing Apparatus, System, And Program - The disclosed information processing apparatus is connected to a plug-in server accumulating plug-ins and a plug-in configuration management server managing a plug-in configuration of the information processing apparatus via a network, whereby the information processing apparatus includes a function change unit installing the plug-ins acquired from the plug-in server in the information processing apparatus, a memory unit storing configuration information of the plug-ins, a registration unit registering the configuration information in the plug-in configuration management server, and a determination unit comparing the configuration information to determine a difference between the plug-ins installed in the information processing apparatus and the plug-ins installed in another information processing apparatus, whereby the function change unit determines and acquires a missing plug-in with reference to the difference from the plug-in server, and additionally installs the missing plug-in in the information processing apparatus. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110205573 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR SHUTTING DOWN POWER SUPPLY IN SAFE - In an image processing apparatus, a power control part shuts down power supply after a power shutdown condition is established. A prescript safe state transition part performs a prescript safe state transition process to shift previously set prescript parts to a predetermined safe state. A priority safe state transition part performs a priority safe state transition process to shift previously set priority parts to the safe state. A transition process control part causes the prescript safe state transition process to be executed before execution of the priority safe transition process, and causes the priority safe state transition process to be executed when a predetermined transition change condition is established in the prescript safe state transition process. The power control part shuts down the power supply after the completion of the prescript safe state transition process. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110222101 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH POWER CONTROL UNIT - An image processing apparatus includes a platform and plugins installed in the platform to cause devices to perform functions, wherein the platform includes a power control unit to control supply of power to the devices and a first power control interface to transmit to the plugins an advanced notice of shutdown, wherein each of the plugins includes a second power control interface to receive the advanced notice of shutdown and a power processing control unit to make a preparation for shutdown in response to the advanced notice of shutdown received through the second power control interface, and to send information about the preparation to the power control unit through the second power control interface, wherein the power control unit controls supply of power to at least one of the devices based on the information about the preparation received from at least one of the plugins. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110299115 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING USER INFORMATION - An image forming apparatus configured to be connected to one or more apparatuses through a network includes a user information storing unit to store local-apparatus user information about one or more users of the image forming apparatus, an apparatus information storing unit to store information indicative of the one or more apparatuses, a user information acquiring unit to acquire remote-apparatus user information from the one or more apparatuses indicated by the information stored in the apparatus information storing unit, and a user information integration unit to merge the local-apparatus user information and the remote-apparatus user information to generate display-purpose user information to be displayed on a screen, and to transmit the local-apparatus user information to the one or more apparatuses with a request to generate display-purpose user information. | 12-08-2011 |