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20090245627 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE - The present invention firstly roughly classifies an analysis range specified by the operator in the color image data of a form into background, a character frame and a character, precisely specifies a character frame on the basis of the classification result, eliminates the character from the color image data from which the background is eliminated and recognizes the remaining character. | 10-01-2009 |
20100008578 | FORM RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD, DATABASE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - One system to which the present invention is applied obtains the digitized form image of a form, recognizes a character string existing in the obtained form image, extracts a headline wording being a predetermined character string from the recognized character strings, determines a table structure existing in the form image, on the basis of the extracted headline wording and the arrangement of headline wordings in the form image and specifies a correspondence relationship between a headline wording and a character string other than the headline wording that is recognized, using the determination result. | 01-14-2010 |
20110229037 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD - An objective is to eliminate dotted lines in a character box in image data to increase the character recognition rate. There are some cases in which a dotted line candidate cannot be extracted due to many overlapping parts of dotted lines and characters or due to a blurry part in a dotted line. In such cases, the position of a dotted line candidate is estimated referring to features such as the interval, length, width, etc. of a dotted line candidate in the same character box (or in a character box for another relevant item), and image data of the estimated position and image data of a previously extracted dotted line (or a reference dotted line) are compared to determine whether or not they are an identical dotted line. | 09-22-2011 |
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20110012978 | CONVEYANCE MECHANISM, RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE CONVEYANCE MECHANISM, AND ROLL PAPER CONVEYANCE METHOD USING THE CONVEYANCE MECHANISM - A conveyance mechanism is configured to convey a leading part of a roll paper pulled out of a wound part of the roll paper via a conveyance path including a curved portion bent toward an opposite direction to a winding direction of the roll paper wound in a roll shape. The conveyance mechanism includes a control unit configured to control conveyance of the roll paper in such a manner that a front end portion of the roll paper becomes greater with respect to number of times or total time in passing through the curved portion compared to a central portion of the leading part of the roll paper pulled out of the roll paper wound in the roll shape in a longitudinal direction. | 01-20-2011 |
20120000383 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a roll paper storage cassette and a recording apparatus which do not need a roll paper storage cassette according to the size of roll papers, and prevent a roll paper, a roll-paper shaft, and a roll paper storage cassette from being erroneously loaded. A roll paper storage cassette for housing a roll paper wound around the core portion of a roll paper shaft includes a pair of openable and closable cases, an attachment which can be attached and detached to and from the inside of both ends of the case according to the size of the roll paper, and a regulation member configured to prevent the roll paper shaft of a specific type from entering and allow the roll paper shaft of another specific type to enter in a state where the attachment is detached and configured to be moved from a position where the roll paper shaft of the specific type is prevented from entering in a state where the attachment is attached. | 01-05-2012 |
20120026265 | FEEDING APPARATUS - A feeding apparatus for roll paper that enables downsizing and a stable feeding of a printer pressurizes a roll paper shaft to press-contact with a feeding roller, and thereafter, drives the feeding roller to feed the paper, and urges a pick-up guide to contact an outer circumference of the roll paper. In a feeding mechanism for picking up the leading edge of the roll paper, a tip end of the pick-up guide rotates in a direction to widen a paper conveyance path as a remaining amount of the roll paper becomes less, and a part of the pick-up guide moves to a direction to approach the roll paper to be conveyed or a direction to urge the roll paper according to the rotation of the pick-up guide. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027494 | SHEET STORAGE CASSETTE AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A sheet storage cassette which contains a print sheet in roll form and is attached to a printing apparatus, comprises: a shaft which retaining the print sheet in roll form; and a support portion rotatably supporting the shaft, wherein an urging member protrudes from a maximum outer diameter of the shaft while the print sheet is not attached to the shaft, and urges the inner surface of a hollow portion of the print sheet while the print sheet is attached to the shaft, and a rib portion which continuously extends in a rotational direction and contacts a pickup guide, when the urging member rotates, the rib portion is provided to prevent the pickup guide from interfering with the urging member which rotates together with the shaft. | 02-02-2012 |
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20080204775 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, a first conversion unit converts, on the basis of an input device profile, input data into first device-independent data expressed by a color space that is independent of an apparatus. A storage unit stores plural conversion profiles for converting using a color appearance model in the color space that is independent of the apparatus in correspondence with plural device characteristics that are dependent on apparatuses. A selection unit selects a conversion profile corresponding to characteristics of the input device, characteristics of an output device, observation conditions of the input data and the output data. A second conversion unit converts, on basis of the selected conversion profile, the first device-independent data into second device-independent data. A third conversion unit converts the second device-independent data into the output data on the basis of an output device profile. | 08-28-2008 |
20100245377 | COLOR CONVERTER, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The color converter is provided with: a color conversion parameter generation unit that generates a color conversion parameter based on a source profile and a destination profile, the source profile indicating a color reproduction characteristic of a device used for generating an input image, the destination profile indicating a color reproduction characteristic of a device used for generating an output image; a conversion unit that converts color data of the input image into color data of the output image by using the color conversion parameter generated by the color conversion parameter generation unit; and a memory that stores the color conversion parameter generated by the color conversion parameter generation unit so that the color conversion parameter is associated with identification information of the source profile. | 09-30-2010 |
20110069325 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a printing unit that prints image information containing two or more colors with a plurality of color information corresponding to a plurality of specified colors; and a changing unit that changes, when a total toner amount is larger than a threshold value, at least one of the plurality of color information corresponding to one of the plurality of specified colors so that the total toner amount to be used for printing the image information is smaller than the threshold value. | 03-24-2011 |
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20100065835 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR HAVING CRYSTALLINE INDIUM OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM - To provide a thin film transistor having an indium oxide-based semiconductor film which allows only a thin metal film on the semiconductor film to be selectively etched. A thin film transistor having a crystalline indium oxide semiconductor film which is composed mainly of indium oxide and contains a positive trivalent metal oxide. | 03-18-2010 |
20120184066 | SINTERED In-Ga-Zn-O-TYPE OXIDE - An oxide sintered body including In (indium element), Ga (gallium element) and Zn (zinc element), having a total content of In, Ga and Zn relative to total elements except for an oxygen element of 95 at % or more, and including a compound having a bixbyite structure represented by In | 07-19-2012 |
20120216710 | IN-GA-ZN-TYPE OXIDE, OXIDE SINTERED BODY, AND SPUTTERING TARGET - An oxide including indium (In), gallium (Ga) and zinc (Zn), wherein diffraction peaks are observed at positions corresponding to incident angles (2θ) of 7.0° to 8.4°, 30.6° to 32.0°, 33.8° to 35.8°, 53.5° to 56.5° and 56.5° to 59.5° in an X-ray diffraction measurement (CuKα rays), and one of diffraction peaks observed at positions corresponding to incident angles (2θ) of 30.6° to 32.0° and 33.8° to 35.8° is a main peak and the other is a sub peak. | 08-30-2012 |
20130112971 | COMPOSITE OXIDE SINTERED BODY AND SPUTTERING TARGET COMPRISING SAME - A composite oxide sintered body includes In, Zn, and Sn, and has a relative density of 90% or more, an average crystal grain size of 10 μm or less, and a bulk resistance of 30 mΩcm or less, the number of tin oxide aggregate particles having a diameter of 10 μm or more being 2.5 or less per mm | 05-09-2013 |
20130285053 | Sputtering Target for Oxide Thin Film and Process for Producing the Sputtering Target - Disclosed is a sputtering target that can suppress the occurrence of anomalous discharge in the formation of an oxide semiconductor film by sputtering method and can continuously and stably form a film. Also disclosed is an oxide for a sputtering target that has a rare earth oxide C-type crystal structure and has a surface free from white spots (a poor appearance such as concaves and convexes formed on the surface of the sputtering target). Further disclosed is an oxide sintered compact that has a bixbyite structure and contains indium oxide, gallium oxide, and zinc oxide. The composition amounts (atomic %) of indium (In), gallium (Ga), and zinc (Zn) fall within a composition range satisfying the following formula: | 10-31-2013 |
20130313549 | SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD FOR FORMING AMORPHOUS OXIDE THIN FILM USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Disclosed is a sputtering target having a good appearance, which is free from white spots on the surface. The sputtering target is characterized by being composed of an oxide sintered body containing two or more kinds of homologous crystal structures. | 11-28-2013 |
20140084289 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR - A thin film transistor including an active layer, and has a field-effect mobility of 25 cm | 03-27-2014 |
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20110127631 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate configured to include a solid-state imaging element that is provided with a photoelectric conversion region, and a scribe line region that is provided along a periphery of the solid-state imaging element, a wiring layer that is formed to be layered on the semiconductor substrate, a support substrate that is formed to be layered on the wiring layer, and a groove that is provided between a blade region in the scribe line region and the solid-state imaging element, in the semiconductor substrate and penetrates through the semiconductor substrate. | 06-02-2011 |
20140284670 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate configured to include a solid-state imaging element that is provided with a photoelectric conversion region, and a scribe line region that is provided along a periphery of the solid-state imaging element, a wiring layer that is formed to be layered on the semiconductor substrate, a support substrate that is formed to be layered on the wiring layer, and a groove that is provided between a blade region in the scribe line region and the solid-state imaging element, in the semiconductor substrate and penetrates through the semiconductor substrate. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090090435 | Process for Producing Magnetic Powder and Process for Producing Dust Core - A process for producing a magnetic powder which is sufficiently reduced in core losses such as iron loss and hysteresis loss and has sufficient strength; and a process for producing a dust core. The process for magnetic powder production comprises using a magnetic-material powder produced by water atomization as a raw powder and subjecting the powder to spheroidizing in which a mechanical impact is applied to the powder to spheroidize the powder particles. After the spheroidizing, the powder is subjected to a grain enlarging treatment in which the powder is annealed at a temperature not lower than the austenite transformation point. The process for dust core production comprises compacting the magnetic powder thus produced. | 04-09-2009 |
20100079015 | DUST CORE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND REACTOR - According to the present invention, a dust core having excellent insulating properties, high strength, and high density (high magnetic flux density), a method for producing the same, and an electric motor or reactor having a core member composed of the dust core are provided. Therefore, a method for producing a dust core is provided, such method comprising the following steps: a 1 | 04-01-2010 |
20100271158 | POWDER FOR MAGNETIC CORE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POWDER FOR MAGNETIC CORE, AND DUST CORE - A method for manufacturing a powder for a magnetic core including at least a process of performing a siliconizing treatment on a surface of an iron powder containing elemental carbon. In the process of siliconizing treatment, a powder containing at least a silicon dioxide is brought into contact with the surface of the iron powder, elemental silicon is detached from the silicon dioxide by heating the powder of silicon dioxide, and the siliconizing treatment is performed by causing the detached elemental silicon to permeate and diffuse into a surface layer of the iron powder. The invention provides a method for manufacturing a powder for a magnetic core, by which loss reduction is achieved. | 10-28-2010 |
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20100043010 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, CLUSTER SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is a data processing system which includes: a first computer for receiving a processing request for a task processing, executing the processing, and holding data used therein; and a second computer for holding a duplicate of the data held in the first computer, halting the first computer if the first computer is determined to be halted, and receiving and processing the processing request. The first computer receives at least an update request as the processing request including request identification information to which unique numbers assigned to the individual processing requests in an ascending order are allocated, updates the held data, and transmits the update request including the request identification information to the second computer. The second computer stores a transmitted reference request and the update request as the processing requests, and processes the processing requests in an ascending order of the unique numbers included in the individual processing requests. | 02-18-2010 |
20100106710 | STREAM DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - Stream data is provided for realizing precise calculation processing to keep a constant memory usage of a query including a time-based window, and to take all of input data into consideration. A stream data processing server sections the time-based window into sub-windows each with a smaller width by a query time resolution change unit, and a query processing engine executes the aggregation processing based on the sub-window when receiving the stream data to generate an aggregation tuple, and calculates the calculation result of the query including the time-based window by aggregation processing on the aggregation tuple. | 04-29-2010 |
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20110064182 | CONTROL ROD FOR BOILING WATER REACTOR - A control rod for a boiling water reactor is provided with a structure element having mutually-perpendicular four blades. The four blades have a neutron absorber-filling region that neutron absorber is held, respectively. In the structure element, a plurality of regions formed in an axial direction of the control rod include a first region having a first cross-section that forms a first united cruciform cross-section of the four blades connected one another, a second region having a second cross-section that has each separated cross-section of the four blades, and a third region having a third cross-section that has a second united cross-section of continuous two blades of the four blades, disposed in a diametrically opposite direction and facing each other and each separated cross-section of remaining two blades of the four blades, disposed perpendicularly to the continuous two blades. The first region is disposed in an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the structure element, respectively. The third region is disposed between the first regions. The second regions are disposed between the first regions exclusive of the third region. | 03-17-2011 |
20120148012 | CONTROL ROD - A control rod includes a tie-rod, a handle mounted to an upper end portion of the tie-rod, either a connector plate or a fall velocity limiter mounted to a lower end portion of the tie-rod, sheaths having a U-shaped cross-section, welded intermittently to the tie-rod at a plurality of locations in the axial direction of the tie-rod, and having an upper end welded to the handle and a lower end welded to either the connector plate or the fall velocity limiter, and a neutron absorbing member disposed inside each of the sheaths. An upper end of a weld portion located at uppermost position in an axial direction of the tie-rod among a plurality of weld portions between the tie-rod and the sheath is disposed at a position within a range between 0.8 and 13% of total axial length Ls of the sheath below an upper end of the sheath. | 06-14-2012 |
20120243653 | CONTROL ROD FOR BOILING WATER REACTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONTROL ROD - A control rod has four blades, each of which has a rectangular cross section in a plane perpendicular to an axis of the control rod, disposed so as to form a cross-shaped cross section in the plane perpendicular to the axis. The blades include a plurality of aligned square tubes having a square cross section in a plane perpendicular to the axis and including a neutron absorber filling hole filled with neutron absorber, frame plates disposed parallel to the aligned square tubes in a direction perpendicular to a width direction of the blade, and on one side end and another side end of the blade in the width direction, respectively, and cover plates disposed along the width direction and sandwiching the aligned square tubes. Each blade has the aligned square tubes, the frame plates and the cover plates joined together as a single-piece construction by Hot Isostatic Pressing diffusion bonding. | 09-27-2012 |
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20080298086 | Spread illuminating apparatus - A spread illuminating apparatus includes a light source, a light conductor plate having the light source at a side surface thereof, and a frame to house the light conductor plate, wherein the frame is basically composed of a metal core member and a resin body member which has an enclosed structure and which has recesses at outer surfaces of the enclosed structure. | 12-04-2008 |
20090097254 | Planar Lighting Device - A planar lighting device in which workability of filling process of filler for heat radiation is improved and heat generated from a point-like light source is efficiently radiated so as to achieve higher brightness is provided. | 04-16-2009 |
20100296284 | SPREAD ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - A spread illuminating apparatus includes: a light guide plate including a plurality of protrusions disposed along a side surface thereof such that a plurality of interspaces are formed with each interspace being located between two adjacent protrusions; and a plurality of LEDs which include first row LEDs and second row LEDs disposed in two rows respectively at the interspaces and the protrusions. The distal portion of the protrusion has, at its top end surface, a width which is larger than the width of an opening area of the recess of a lamp house and also smaller than the overall width of the lamp house. The first and second row LEDs adjacent to each other are disposed such that respective lamp houses of two adjacent LEDs partly overlap with each other when viewed from the light emission direction. | 11-25-2010 |
20130135898 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A planar illumination device includes a light source unit, including a substantially planar emitting surface, configured to emit light to illuminate a substantially planar object, and a frame, formed in a frame shape enclosing the light source unit, disposed on an outer circumferential side of the light source unit, configured to hold the light source unit. The frame includes a reflecting part configured to reflect the light, and an absorbing part, formed integral with at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the reflecting part, configured to absorb the light. The reflecting part and the absorbing part include joint interface therebetween that is inclined to a direction vertical to the emitting surface. | 05-30-2013 |
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20100246625 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A nitride semiconductor surface-emitting laser includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer having a resonant mode in an in-plane direction. The surface-emitting laser includes an active layer, the two-dimensional photonic crystal layer, a semiconductor layer, and an electrode in this order. The two-dimensional photonic crystal layer contains p-type conductive In | 09-30-2010 |
20100284432 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A surface emitting laser array having a plurality of surface emitting lasers arranged in an array, each of the surface emitting lasers being provided with a two-dimensional photonic crystal having a resonance mode in an in-plane direction and with an active layer. The surface emitting laser has a mesa-shaped inclined side wall surface. When a maximum light-receiving angle with respect to the mesa-shaped inclined side wall surface at which an incident light is coupled with a waveguide containing the two-dimensional photonic crystal is denoted as θmax°, an angle formed by a plane of the two-dimensional photonic crystal and the mesa-shaped inclined side wall surface is controlled so as to exceed (90+θmax)° or be smaller than (90−θmax)°. | 11-11-2010 |
20110039364 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MICROSTRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a microstructure which enables production of a deep and narrow microstructure in a GaN semiconductor with high precision is provided. The manufacturing method of a microstructure for forming a microscopic structure in a semiconductor has a configuration having a first step of forming a first GaN semiconductor layer on a substrate, a second step of forming a first hole by using etching on the first GaN semiconductor layer formed in the first narrow, and a third step of performing heat-treatment at a temperature from 850° C. to 950° C. inclusive under a gas atmosphere including nitrogen, in order to form a second narrow in which a diameter of the first hole h formed in the second step is made narrower than the diameter of the first hole in an in-plane direction of the substrate. | 02-17-2011 |
20110134956 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There are provided a process for producing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device which allow conductivity distribution to be formed without making refractive index distributed even in a material system of a semiconductor difficult to be subjected to ion implantation. The process for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a semiconductor layer containing a dopant; forming a concave and convex structure on the semiconductor layer by partially removing the semiconductor layer; and forming a conductivity distribution reflecting the concave and convex structure in the semiconductor layer by performing heat treatment on the semiconductor layer in which the concave and convex structure has been formed at a temperature at which a material forming the semiconductor layer causes mass transport and filling up a hole of a concave portion of the concave and convex structure with the material forming the semiconductor layer. | 06-09-2011 |
20110237077 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROSTRUCTURE OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The method of producing a GaN-based microstructure includes a step of preparing a semiconductor structure provided with a trench formed in a main surface of the nitride semiconductor and a heat-treating mask covering a main surface of the nitride semiconductor excluding the trench, a first heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to form a crystallographic face of the nitride semiconductor on at least a part of a sidewall of the trench, a step of removing the heat-treating mask after the first heat-treatment step and a second heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to close an upper portion of the trench on the sidewall of which the crystallographic face is formed with a nitride semiconductor. | 09-29-2011 |
20120063480 | PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL SURFACE EMITTING LASER, LASER ARRAY USING THE LASER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE LASER ARRAY - A laser structure is provided in which an influence caused by a concave-convex structure on laser characteristics is reduced when the Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth (ELO) technique is applied to a photonic-crystal surface emitting laser. A height of the mask structure is set such that a reflection peak wavelength of 0-th order diffracted light and a reflection peak wavelength of first-order diffracted light differ from each other for light that enters a concave-convex periodic structure, which is constituted by a first layer and a mask structure, from a photonic crystal. Further, reflection intensity of the 0-th order diffracted light from the concave-convex periodic structure is larger than reflection intensity of the first-order diffracted light from the concave-convex periodic structure at an oscillation wavelength λ. | 03-15-2012 |
20120114006 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser emitting a laser beam in a single transverse mode irrespective of an emission area while one-dimensionally aligning polarization of the output beam, including a two-dimensional photonic crystal, having resonance modes in directions of the primitive translation vector a | 05-10-2012 |
20130163628 | PROCESS FOR FORMING MICROSTRUCTURE OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR, SURFACE EMITTING LASER USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF - A process for forming a microstructure of a nitride semiconductor including (1) preparing a semiconductor structure which has a second semiconductor layer formed of a group III nitride semiconductor containing at least Al formed on a principal plane of a first semiconductor layer formed of a group III nitride semiconductor containing no Al, and which has a hole that penetrates through the second semiconductor layer and is formed in the first semiconductor layer; (2) subjecting the semiconductor structure to heat treatment under a gas atmosphere including a nitrogen element after step (1) to form a crystal plane of the group III nitride semiconductor containing no Al, on at least a part of a side wall of the hole; and (3) forming a third semiconductor layer formed of a group III nitride semiconductor on the second semiconductor layer after step (2) to cover the upper part of the hole. | 06-27-2013 |
20140327015 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROSTRUCTURE OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The method of producing a GaN-based microstructure includes a step of preparing a semiconductor structure provided with a trench formed in a main surface of the nitride semiconductor and a heat-treating mask covering a main surface of the nitride semiconductor excluding the trench, a first heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to form a crystallographic face of the nitride semiconductor on at least a part of a sidewall of the trench, a step of removing the heat-treating mask after the first heat-treatment step and a second heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to close an upper portion of the trench on the sidewall of which the crystallographic face is formed with a nitride semiconductor. | 11-06-2014 |
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20100019743 | DC-DC CONVERTER - The present invention provides a DC-DC converter including a first series circuit connected to both ends of a first switch and formed of a winding of a first transformer, a first reactor, a first diode, and a smoothing capacitor, a second diode connected to a connection point of a primary winding of the first transformer, the winding of the first transformer and the first switch, and to one end of the smoothing capacitor, a second series circuit connected to both ends of a second switch and formed of a winding of a second transformer, a second reactor, a third diode, and the smoothing capacitor, a fourth diode connected to a connection point of a primary winding of the second transformer, the winding of the second transformer and the second switch, and to the one end of the smoothing capacitor, a third reactor connected to both ends of a series circuit of a secondary winding of the first transformer and a secondary winding of the second transformer, and a control circuit which alternately turns on the first switch and the second switch every ½ cycle, turns off the first switch during an on-period of the second switch, and turns off the second switch during an on-period of the first switch. | 01-28-2010 |
20150048810 | BIDIRECTIONAL DC-DC CONVERTER - A bidirectional DC-DC converter includes a series circuit of a first winding of a first reactor, a second reactor, and a first switch connected to both ends of a first DC power source, a series circuit of a second switch and a second DC power source connected to both ends of the first switch, a series circuit of a second winding of the first reactor, a third reactor, a first selector switch, and a first diode connected to both ends of a series circuit of the second reactor and the first switch, a series circuit of a second selector switch, a second diode, and the second DC power source connected to both ends of a series circuit of the first selector switch and first diode, and a controller turning on/off the switches and the selector switches. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090059755 | Method for adjusting a focus position on an optical disc and an optical disc apparatus applying the same therein - In a method for adjusting a focus position for an optical disc, onto/from which in formation is recorded or reproduced, while adjusting the focus position of an optical reproducing means, upon a recording surface of an optical information recording medium having an area where information of the optical information recording medium is recorded in advance, comprising the following steps of: memorizing plural numbers of information relating to focus positions determined appropriately, which can be obtained from the area where the information of the optical information recording medium is recorded in advance; and adjusting the focus position for the optical disc loaded into an apparatus, from at lease one (1) signal relating to the focus position, which can be obtained from the optical disc, with utilizing a relationship between the plural numbers of information relating to the focus positions determined appropriately, memorized in advance, when reproduction of the information is impossible when the optical disc is loaded into the apparatus, thereby providing the focus position adjusting method and an optical disc apparatus applying the same therein, for enabling an appropriate focus adjustment even in case when DMA area cannot read out due to damages or defects therein. | 03-05-2009 |
20090161506 | Optical Disc Apparatus and Method for Controlling Overwrite Power - An optical disc apparatus capable of improving an overwrite performance for performing an overwrite operation on a re-writable type optical disc. The apparatus includes a calculating section which calculates out a recording power at the time of previously performing recording in a recording area of the optical disc, and a recording power determining section which determines a write power of the recording power calculated out by the calculating section as a write power of the currently recorded recording power, and at the same time, adjusts erase power, cooling power, and/or middle power of the recording power calculated out by the calculating section to finally determine the currently recorded recording power. | 06-25-2009 |
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20080260374 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object, a mechanical shutter including a second curtain and a second-curtain holding mechanism configured to electromagnetically hold the second curtain at an initial position prior to a travel, a first temperature sensor disposed within a predetermined range from the second-curtain holding mechanism, a second temperature sensor disposed outside the predetermined range from the second-curtain holding mechanism, a determination unit configured to determine an exposure time for the image sensor according to a brightness of the object, an adjustment unit configured to adjust the exposure time if a temperature difference between temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors is greater than a predetermined threshold, and an exposure control unit configured to perform exposure control for the image sensor based on the exposure time adjusted by the adjustment unit if the temperature difference is greater than the predetermined threshold. | 10-23-2008 |
20100066891 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image sensing apparatus that photographs a moving image and records moving image data, and the image sensing apparatus has an image sensing unit and a recording unit which records moving image data obtained by the image sensing unit on a storage medium; the image sensing device extracts frames of a portion of the moving image data in accordance with a predetermined condition during recording of the moving image data by the recording unit, and stores the extracted frames in a memory as image data for RecReview. Here, the number of frames of the image data for RecReview is set, and a review unit reads out image data of frames of the set number in accordance with termination of recording of moving image data, outputs the image data of frames to a display device, and displays the RecReview images. | 03-18-2010 |
20100316366 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object, a mechanical shutter including a second curtain and a second-curtain holding mechanism configured to electromagnetically hold the second curtain at an initial position prior to a travel, a first temperature sensor disposed within a predetermined range from the second-curtain holding mechanism, a second temperature sensor disposed outside the predetermined range from the second-curtain holding mechanism, a determination unit configured to determine an exposure time for the image sensor according to a brightness of the object, an adjustment unit configured to adjust the exposure time if a temperature difference between temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors is greater than a predetermined threshold, and an exposure control unit configured to perform exposure control for the image sensor based on the exposure time adjusted by the adjustment unit if the temperature difference is greater than the predetermined threshold. | 12-16-2010 |
20140063335 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a pentaprism and outer covering members. Among the photographing light flux incident from a photographing optical system, light reflected by a rotary mirror is further reflected by the reflection surface of the pentaprism to thereby reach an ocular lens. A wireless substrate on which an antenna section is mounted is arranged between the pentaprism and a front outer cover. The substrate fixing member fixes the wireless substrate and is attached to a pentaprism fixing member so as to be electrically connected to the ground section of the imaging apparatus. The ground section of the wireless substrate is connected to the substrate fixing member at a position facing the antenna section with the optical axis of the eyepiece optical system therebetween. The electrical resistivity of a region facing the antenna section in the front outer cover is set relatively higher than the periphery of the region. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090138816 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display apparatus is provided including a display panel; a user input switch for inputting a first switching instruction and a second switching instruction from the user; and a processor. The processor is configured to manage a display order of image data files and associated text data; select text data to be displayed, the text data corresponding to image data from a selected one of the image data files; and display the selected text data on the display panel responsive to the first switching instruction. The processor is also configured to continuously switch the displayed text data in the display order; judge whether the second switching instruction has been input by the user when the text data is being displayed; and shift the display to a display of 1) an image corresponding to the displayed text data, and 2) an image string representing a plurality of the image data files which follow the image corresponding to the displayed text data in the display order when the second switching instruction is input. | 05-28-2009 |
20100218143 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit, a first display control unit, a title string storing unit, a concatenated string creating unit, a determining unit, a navigation string creating unit, and a second display control unit. The display unit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first display control unit is configured to display one of a plurality of screen images on the first portion. The plurality of screen images includes a base screen image. The first display control unit changes a screen image to display from one to another of the plurality of screen images along a screen navigation path starting from the base screen image. The title string storing unit is configured to store a plurality of title strings. Each title string indicating one of the plurality of screen images. The concatenated string creating unit is configured to create a concatenated string including the title strings each corresponding to a screen image which is positioned in a part of the screen navigation path from the base screen image to a current screen image that is displayed on the first portion currently. The determining unit is configured to determine whether or not the concatenated string is too large to be displayed entirely on the second portion. The navigation string creating unit is configured to create a navigation string by deleting an at least one of the title strings from the concatenated string when the determining unit determines that the concatenated string is too large to be displayed entirely on the second portion. The second display control unit is configured to display the navigation string on the second portion. | 08-26-2010 |
20100275155 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SETUP SCREEN WITH SCREEN NAVIGATION PATH - A display device includes a display unit, first storing unit, first display control unit, second display control unit, first transition unit, second transition unit, and marking unit. The display unit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first storing unit stores title strings for a plurality of screen images including a base screen image and being arranged hierarchically from the base screen image along a screen navigation path starting from the base screen image. The first display control unit displays a first screen image on the first portion. The second display control unit displays a navigation string on the second portion. The navigation string includes at least one of the title strings corresponding to at least one of the screen images which is positioned in a part of the screen navigation path from the base screen image to the first screen image. The marking unit attaches a mark to one of the title string corresponding to a third screen image of a higher hierarchical level than the first screen image and included in the navigation string in order to distinguish the title string attached with the mark from the other title string. The first transition unit changes the first screen image displayed on the first portion to a second screen image of a lower hierarchical level than the first screen image when a user performs a prescribed selection, thereby displaying the second screen image on the first portion. The second transition unit changes the first screen image to a third screen image when the user performs a reverse transition operation, thereby displaying the third screen image on the first portion. | 10-28-2010 |
20120319939 | PARAMETER INPUT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A parameter input apparatus for inputting a parameter, including: a control portion configured to display, in a display portion, an operational screen for inputting the parameter; and an operating portion for operating the operational screen, wherein the control portion is configured to display, in the display portion, the operational screen that includes a target area which is a target of an operation by the operating portion and is configured such that a view of the target area and a view of the operating portion are made uniform when the operational screen is displayed. | 12-20-2012 |
20130070275 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a first storing portion storing first setting groups; and a controller including: a first receiving portion receiving designation of one of the first setting groups; a storage controlling portion storing values of priority and settings of setting items in the first setting group as a second setting group in a second storing portion; a second receiving portion receiving designation of the second setting group stored in the second storing portion; a display controlling portion making a displaying portion display the settings of the setting items in the second setting group; a third receiving portion receiving a change of at least one of the settings of the setting items displayed in the displaying portion; and an execution receiving portion receiving instruction of executing of image processing by using the settings of the setting items displayed in the displaying portion. | 03-21-2013 |
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20100261225 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING BACTERIA - An apparatus for analyzing bacteria is described that includes an analytic sample preparation section for preparing an analytic sample by treating a specimen so as to generate a morphological difference between Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria, a detector for detecting optical information from each particle contained in the analytic sample and an analyzing section for detecting Gram-positive bacteria contained on the basis of the detected optical information. A method for analyzing bacteria is also described. | 10-14-2010 |
20120166093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING BACTERIA - An apparatus for analyzing bacteria is described that includes an analytic sample preparation section for preparing an analytic sample by treating a specimen so as to generate a morphological difference between Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria, a detector for detecting optical information from each particle contained in the analytic sample and an analyzing section for detecting Gram-positive bacteria contained on the basis of the detected optical information. A method for analyzing bacteria is also described. | 06-28-2012 |
20120178122 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING BACTERIA - An apparatus for analyzing bacteria is described that includes an analytic sample preparation section for preparing an analytic sample by treating a specimen so as to generate a morphological difference between Gram-negative bacteria and Gram-positive bacteria, a detector for detecting optical information from each particle contained in the analytic sample and an analyzing section for detecting Gram-positive bacteria contained on the basis of the detected optical information. A method for analyzing bacteria is also described. | 07-12-2012 |
20130316444 | APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PARTICLES IN URINE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus, intended for use in analyzing particles in urine is disclosed, that comprising: a sample distribution section for distributing urine samples to a first aliquot and a second aliquot; a first specimen preparing section for preparing a first specimen for measuring urinary particles, containing at least erythrocytes, by mixing a first stain reagent and the first aliquot; a second specimen preparing section for preparing a second specimen for measuring bacteria by mixing a second stain reagent and the second aliquot; and an optical detecting section comprising a light source for irradiating a light to a specimen being supplied, a scattered light receiving element for detecting scattered light emitted from the specimen, and a fluorescence receiving element for detecting fluorescence emitted from the specimen. A method intended for use in analyzing particles in urine is also disclosed. | 11-28-2013 |
20140295487 | BLOOD CELL ANALYZER AND BLOOD CELL ANALYZING METHOD - A blood cell analyzer comprises a flow cell configured to flow a measurement specimen containing blood cells, a first light source configured to emit light having a first wavelength, a second light source configured to emit light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, a first light receiving portion configured to receive first scattered light obtained by irradiating the blood cells passing through the flow cell with light from the first light source, a second light receiving portion configured to receive second scattered light obtained by irradiating the blood cells passing through the flow cell with light from the second light source, and a control section configured to discriminate at least red blood cells from the blood cells contained in the measurement specimen based on detection signals output from the first light receiving portion and the second light receiving portion, respectively. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295488 | BLOOD CELL ANALYZER AND BLOOD CELL ANALYZING METHOD - A blood cell analyzer comprising a flow cell configured to flow a measurement specimen containing blood cells, a first light source configured to emit light having a first wavelength, a second light source configured to emit light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, a first light receiving portion configured to receive first scattered light generated by irradiating the blood cells in the measurement specimen with light from the first light source, a second light receiving portion configured to receive second scattered light generated by irradiating the blood cells in the measurement specimen with light from the second light source, and a control section configured to classify at least white blood cells from the blood cells contained in the measurement specimen, based on a detection signal output from the first light receiving portion and a detection signal output from the second light receiving portion. | 10-02-2014 |
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20080247557 | Information Processing Apparatus and Program - According to one embodiment, a signal processing apparatus includes a speaker configured to output the received input signal on which a delay detection signal which has a frequency component of an inaudible frequency on a received input signal is superposed to an acoustic space, an extracting section configured to extract the delay detection signal from the sending input signal outputted from microphone configured to collect sound in the acoustic space a calculating section configured to calculate a delay time between the received input signal and an acoustic echo component contained in the sending input signal, a delay section configured to delay the received input signal by a time corresponding to the delay time and generate a delayed received input signal, and an echo suppression processing section configured to suppress the acoustic echo component contained in the sending input signal by use of the delayed received input signal. | 10-09-2008 |
20090003442 | INFORMATOIN PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONVERSION CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first determination unit which determines whether or not a processing target frame is a frame of the predetermined type, a second determination unit which determines whether or not an interval between the frame and a frame of the predetermined type located temporally nearest in a forward direction exceeds a predetermined frame count, when the first determination unit determines that the processing target frame is not a frame of the predetermined type, and a conversion unit which converts the processing target frame into a frame of the predetermined type, when the second determination unit determines that the interval exceeds the predetermined frame count. | 01-01-2009 |
20090168878 | MOVING PICTURE CODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH MOVING PICTURE CODING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - According to one embodiment, a moving picture coding device regarding the invention comprises a coding module which codes moving picture data in macroblocks, a coding information analysis module which analyzes coded pictures and coding information of macroblocks at the coding module, and a coding control module which issues an instruction of coding to the coding module in pictures or in macroblocks on the basis of an analysis result of the coding analysis module, wherein the coding analysis module performs still area determination and flat area determination for each coding target macroblock, and the coding control module applies intra flicker suppression processing to macroblocks which have been in a still area and also in a flat area by the coding analysis module. | 07-02-2009 |
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 |
20090285285 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INTER-PREDICTION MODE DETERMINATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus which encodes a moving image signal, includes an inter-prediction mode determination unit which determines a combination of an inter-prediction mode used by an inter-prediction unit and a DCT used by a transformation unit among from an inter-prediction modes and a DCTs, for each of macroblocks. The inter-prediction mode determination unit includes a first selection unit which selects DCTs of a predetermined number from the DCTs, for at least one specific inter-prediction mode among the inter-prediction modes, and a second selection unit which selects a combination of one inter-prediction mode and one DCT from the inter-prediction modes and the DCTs of the predetermined number selected by the first selection unit. | 11-19-2009 |
20100316130 | VIDEO DECODER - A video decoder including: an input module configured to receive a video stream that is coded based on macroblocks; a frame determination module configured to determine whether or not a decoding subject image in the video stream that is input to the input module is a non-reference frame image that is not referred to when decoding another image; a slice analyzing module configured to determine, for each slice being configured by arranging the macroblocks, whether or not skip macroblocks each of which has no coding information of its own exist in a predetermined number or more when the frame determination module determines that the decoding subject image is a non-reference frame image; and a slice editing module configured to set, as skip macroblocks, all macroblocks in a slice for which the slice analyzing module determines that skip macroblocks exist in the predetermined number or more. | 12-16-2010 |
20120147968 | Moving Picture Decoding Device and Moving Picture Decoding Method - One embodiment provides a moving picture decoding device for decoding a compression-coded video stream, including: an inverse-quadrature-transformer/dequantizer configured to perform inverse-quadrature-transformation/dequantization processing on each frame to be decoded; a load detector configured to detect a magnitude of an apparatus processing load including a processing load for decoding; a judging module configured to judge whether the magnitude of the apparatus processing load detected by the load detecting module is small; and a controller configured to control the inverse-quadrature-transformer/dequantizer so as to skip at least part of the inverse-quadrature-transformation/dequantization processing if the judging module judges that the magnitude of the apparatus processing load is not small. | 06-14-2012 |
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20090079682 | Method for driving liquid crystal display apparatus - In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation | 03-26-2009 |
20090135123 | Method for Driving Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n−1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1≦m≦(n−2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation. | 05-28-2009 |
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20120242718 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In one embodiment of the present invention, when a still image is displayed, applied voltages respectively corresponding to a total of n (n being an integer of not less than 4) types of gradation 0 to (n−1) are outputted to pixels. When a moving image is displayed, an applied voltage corresponding to a predetermined gradation m (1≦m≦(n−2)) is applied to the pixels instead of applied voltages respectively corresponding to gradations of less than the predetermined gradation m. Overdrive driving is performed with respect to a total of n types of gradation. | 09-27-2012 |