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| 20080218191 | PROBE ASSEMBLY WITH ROTARY TIP - A probe which is cleaning-free, of which rubbing operation can be precisely controlled, and can be used for narrow-pitch pads, is provided. The probe assembly includes: a Z-deforming portion elastically deformable at least in a vertical direction; a tip contact element which includes a contact portion having a curved section, the tip contact element being connected to and supported on an end of the Z-deforming portion via an arm member, the contact portion being made to contact with an electrode pad and is vertically displaceable and rotatable; and a stopper for restricting movement of the tip contact element. After the tip contact element is rotated, due to pushing force from the electrode pad, for a certain distance in a direction of rotation, the stopper controls the movement of the tip contact element to prevent further rotation and to allow vertical movement. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090033348 | ELECTRICAL SIGNAL CONNECTOR - A probe card which can be used for testing narrow-pitched chips or multi-chips, and causes no faulty connections between probes and pads or between probes and a circuit board even in a high temperature environment such as in a burn-in test is provided. For this purpose, probe units in which multiple film probes are supported by support rods in a stacked or parallel-arranged manner are placed and fixed in each of the openings in a grid support. A plurality of fixing devices protruding from the grid support at a side to be connected to the circuit board are provided to be inserted in corresponding holes in the circuit board to fix the grid support to the circuit board. There is no or subtle difference between an outer diameter of an inserting section of the fixing device and an inner diameter of the hole in the circuit board around the center of the circuit board with the inserting section inserted in the hole, and the difference is larger at the rest of the area of the circuit board. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033349 | PROBE ASSEMBLY - An inexpensive probe assembly is provided which is applicable to narrow pad arrangements of LSI circuit designs, while closely-arranged wiring patterns near probe terminals is distributed effectively on an inspection substrate. A probe assembly is provided which is fabricated by etching metallic foil adhering to a resin film to form a conductive pattern including probing function on the resin film, and stacking or parallel-arranging a plurality of the resin films with probing function, the probe assembly used for inspecting circuits on a semiconductor chip by making probe tips collectively contact electrode pads on the chip, characterized in that the probe assembly includes an electrical terminal which is connected to the probe via the conductive pattern and is made to contact with a connecting land of the circuit board at an opposite side in a first direction (vertical direction) on the same plane as the probe. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090045831 | CONTACT WITH PLURAL BEAMS - To precisely control behavior of a probe at a portion near a contact, and to provide a probe with small electric capacity which can be used to inspect chips having high-speed and high-capacity signals. A parallel spring probe based on a principle of a link mechanism, the link mechanism including: a vertically extending vertical probe; and a plurality of linear or curved horizontal beams extending in a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, the beams being fastened to a fixed end at one ends and connected to the vertical probe at the other ends, characterized in that distance between at least a pair of adjacent horizontal beams varies along a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100026327 | Electrical Signal Connector - An electrical signal connector which may be used for testing narrow-pitched chips or multi-chips, and causes no faulty connections between probes and pads or between probes and a circuit board even in a high temperature environment such as in a burn-in test is provided. The electrical signal connector has a probe unit in which a plurality of resin-made film probes, corresponding to one or more pads on a semiconductor chip to be tested, are supported in parallel on a plurality of support plates; a first probe holder of grid structure provided with a plurality of openings; and a second probe holder of the same configuration as that of the first probe holder, the second probe holder having projections at intersection points in the grid structure. The first and second probe holders are fastened to the circuit board with the projections of the second probe holder inserted in corresponding holes of the circuit board and the first probe holder being fastened to the circuit board with screws. No or very little difference exists between an outer diameter of an inserting section of the projection and an inner diameter of the corresponding hole in the circuit board in the vicinity of the center of the circuit board and larger difference exists therebetween in the rest of areas of the circuit board. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110285417 | PROBE - Provided is a probe which secures large overdrive and makes strict control of a scrubbing amount. A probe includes a first deforming portion which includes a linkage mechanism formed by a vertically extending vertical probe and a plurality of horizontal beams which extend in a direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, one ends of the horizontal beams being connected to a fixed end and the other ends being connected to the vertical probe, wherein: a vertically extended portion of the vertical probe extending from the horizontal beams forms a second deforming portion which includes a horizontal beam portion extending toward the fixed end from a substantial center of the vertical length of the vertically extended portion; and scrubbing of the vertical probe in the whole operating range of the overdrive can be strictly controlled by causing bending moment to act on the second deforming portion, mainly on the horizontal beam portion, simultaneously with the overdrive applying in a direction in which bending moment applied to the vertical probe of the first deforming portion is offset. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20110128295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus causes a display device to display a first image from images associated with an observation target object. The images include the first image and a second image which corresponds to an annotation mark. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus also causes the display device to display the annotation mark corresponding to the second image. In this embodiment, the displayed annotation mark overlaps the first image. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128367 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus displays a first image associated with an observation target object. In this example embodiment, the first image has a first zoom magnification and a first display range which has a first center position. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus enables a user to change the first zoom magnification by selecting a first position of the displayed first image. In response to the first position being selected, the information processing apparatus displays a second image associated with the observation target image. In this example embodiment, the second image has a second zoom magnification which is different from the first zoom magnification. The second image also has a second display range which has a second center position which is different from the first center position. In this example embodiment, the second center position corresponds to the selected position. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110129135 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In one example embodiment, an information processing apparatus, for an observed image associated with an observation target object (e.g., a section of biological tissue), associates and stores position information and observation magnification information. In this embodiment, the information processing apparatus causes a display device to: (i) display an image associated with the observation target object; (ii) indicate the first positional information of the first observed image; and (iii) indicate the first observation magnification information of the first observed image. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110254764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a processing execution unit, a setting unit, and a controller. The connection unit is capable of connecting input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen. The processing execution unit is capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image. The setting unit sets one of the input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and sets the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses. The controller performs control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is validated, and execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses is invalidated. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110267267 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus includes: a connection unit to connect a first and second input apparatuses, the first input apparatus measuring a movement direction and a movement amount in a two-dimensional space, moving a pointer on a screen corresponding to the two-dimensional space based on a measurement result, and selecting a position on the screen, the second input apparatus measuring a movement direction and a movement amount in the two-dimensional space, moving a selectable position on the screen corresponding to the two-dimensional space based on a measurement result, and selecting a position on the screen; an input apparatus switching unit to select an input apparatus to be used by switching between the first and second input apparatuses; and an object display unit to display objects on the screen and select a display mode of the objects by switching between a first and second display modes. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120139947 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processor including: a display setup information acquisition section adapted to acquire, as display setup information, information about the layout of a plurality of displays in a display space formed by arranging the plurality of displays adjacently; and an image adjustment section adapted to adjust, based on the display setup information, at least either the position or size of a subimage so as to ensure that the subimage does not spread across a boundary between the displays when an image including a main image and the subimage smaller than the main image is displayed in the display space. | 06-07-2012 |
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| 20090028452 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A lower hierarchical decoder ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090304074 | Image Decoding Method, Device Therefore, and Program - A lower hierarchical decoder ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110123171 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Provided is a content reproduction control system equipped with: a signal characterizing quantity sequence extraction means that, for each content item stored in a content group storage unit that stores at least more than one content item, extracts a signal characterizing quantity sequence which is the sequence of the signal characterizing quantities associated with the content positions on the time axis; a common section group detection means that detects, as a common section group in the signal characterizing quantity sequence for each content item, a common section group for which the signal characterizing quantities for different content items are similar to each other; a content reproduction quality information collection means that, for each common section group, collects content reproduction quality information which indicates the reproduction quality of the content to which each common section of a common section group belongs; and a content reproduction control means that, when the content contained in the content group storage unit is reproduced, switches the content reproduced for the content to be reproduced for the sections included in the common section group and performs reproduction such that the reproduction quality of the content will be higher, based on the content reproduction quality information for the content to which each common section of a common section group belongs. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110153609 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CONTENT TOPICALITY, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A system for determining content topicality comprises a feature value extracting means which extracts feature values of a plurality of contents from the contents; a content grouping means which compares the feature values of the plurality of contents extracted by the feature value extracting means, obtains identical contents and derived contents created using the contents, both of which are included in the plurality of contents, and groups the identical/derived contents, thereby computing identical/derived content grouping information; and a topicality determining means which totals viewing frequencies of the contents determined to be the identical/derived contents from viewing history information and the identical/derived content grouping information relating to the plurality of contents, computes total viewing frequencies of each of the identical/derived contents, and determines the topicality of the identical/derived contents according to the total viewing frequency. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110211631 | MOVING IMAGE DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, ITS METHOD, AND ITS PROGRAM - A moving image data distribution system for distributing reproduction content data that is hierarchically structured so that lower layer data is synthesized with upper layer data to form high quality data. The moving image data distribution system includes a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus. The transmitting apparatus includes a transmission data storing unit that stores the reproduction content data, an upper layer first data length determining means for determining a data length of the upper layer first data based on a reproduction delay time from when the receiving apparatus receives only the upper layer data to when the receiving apparatus reproduces the reproduction contents, an upper layer first data transmitting means for reading upper layer first data determined based on the upper layer first data length from the storing unit, and transmitting the upper layer first data to the receiving apparatus, and an upper layer subsequent data transmitting means for reading upper layer subsequent data subsequent to the upper layer first data from the storing unit, and transmitting the upper layer subsequent data to the receiving apparatus. The receiving apparatus includes a lower layer data storing unit that stores the lower layer data, a hierarchical data synthesizing means for synthesizing the lower layer data with the upper layer first data or the upper layer subsequent data, and a reproducing means for reproducing high quality data synthesized by the hierarchical data synthesizing means. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110310098 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image display apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention that is capable of providing an image display apparatus is able to efficiently achieve 2D/3D mixed representation while suppressing data transmission amount. The image display apparatus refers to shape information | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20100017645 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A communication apparatus includes: a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a control unit. The transmitting unit transmits video data to an external apparatus via a first transmission line. The receiving unit receives a command from the external apparatus via a second transmission line. The control unit that resets the transmitting unit without resetting the receiving unit if a communication error relating to the first transmission line is detected, and resets the receiving unit without resetting the transmitting unit if a communication error relating to the second transmission line is detected. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100020183 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image capture apparatus includes: a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via a first transmission line and a second transmission line. The control unit determines whether or not the communication unit is in a predetermined state, in a case where the operation mode of the image capture apparatus changed to either a playback mode or an image capture mode. The control unit does not execute a connecting process in a case where the communication unit is in the predetermined state. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100165198 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a first determination unit that determines whether an external apparatus can transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus, a device information acquisition unit that acquires the device information from the external apparatus even when the first determination unit determines that the external apparatus cannot transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus, a second determination unit that determines whether the device information acquired from the external apparatus is correct, and a communication unit that transmits video data corresponding to the device information to the external apparatus if the second determination unit determines that the device information is correct even when the first determination unit determines that the external apparatus cannot transmit device information of the external apparatus to the communication apparatus. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110038595 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates with an external apparatus via communication lines conforming to HDMI standard, a first detection unit that determines whether a first signal is detected indicating that the communication unit and the external apparatus are connected, a second detection unit that determines whether a second signal is detected indicating that the external apparatus is in a state where the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit, and a control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit the video data to the external apparatus if the first signal and the second signal are detected. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110047586 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, an acquisition unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the acquisition unit to acquire again information for generating video data to be transmitted to an external apparatus by the communication unit from an apparatus if the predetermined signal is detected, the predetermined signal indicates that a state of the apparatus is changed to a first state from a second state after the state of the apparatus is changed to the second state from the first state. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110080485 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via communication lines that conform to HDMI standard. The first determination unit determines whether the first data indicating that the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit to the external apparatus is detected by the communication unit has received via a CEC line. The second determination unit determines whether a second data indicating that the external apparatus displays video data transmitted from the communication unit to the external apparatus is detected by the communication via a TMDS line. The control unit determines whether to transmit video data to the external apparatus based on at least one of a determination result obtained by the first determination unit and a determination result obtained by the second determination unit. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110154414 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a transmission unit, a command processing unit, an acquisition unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and a control unit. The second determination unit determines whether a first physical address acquired from the external apparatus by the acquisition unit matches a second physical address included in a second command received by the command processing unit. The control unit controls the command processing unit to transmit the first command including the first physical address to the external apparatus if it is determined that the first physical address matches the second physical address. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110304775 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A communication apparatus includes: a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a control unit. The transmitting unit transmits video data to an external apparatus via a first transmission line. The receiving unit receives a command from the external apparatus via a second transmission line. The control unit that resets the transmitting unit without resetting the receiving unit if a communication error relating to the first transmission line is detected, and resets the receiving unit without resetting the transmitting unit if a communication error relating to the second transmission line is detected. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110310916 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODULE - A semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor device including a semiconductor laser and a bending waveguide through which a laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser propagates, a beam splitter splitting the laser light into a first laser light and a second laser light, a plurality of detectors respectively arranged at different positions in a cross section of a light flux of the second laser light to detect the second laser light, and a waveform shaping unit provided on an optical path of the laser light. The waveform shaping unit is configured to make a relation between an output of the semiconductor laser and detection values of the detectors approach a linear relation. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120128375 | INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An integrated semiconductor laser element includes: semiconductor lasers that oscillate at different oscillation wavelengths from one another, each laser oscillating in a single mode; an optical coupler; and a semiconductor optical amplifier. At least one of active layers of the semiconductor lasers and an active layer of the semiconductor optical amplifier have a same thickness and a same composition that is set to have a gain peak wavelength near a center of a wavelength band formed by the oscillation wavelengths. The semiconductor optical amplifier includes: an equal width portion formed on a side of the optical coupler to guide light in a single mode; and an expanded width portion formed on a light output side. The width of the expanded width portion is set according to a total thickness of well layers of the active layer of the semiconductor optical amplifier. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120207187 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODULE - A semiconductor laser module includes a semiconductor laser unit and a light selecting unit. The semiconductor laser unit includes a semiconductor laser substrate and a plurality of distributed reflector semiconductor laser devices formed on the semiconductor laser substrate in an array. Each of the distributed reflector semiconductor laser devices is configured to emit a laser light of a different wavelength from an output facet. The light selecting unit includes a light selecting device substrate and a light selecting device formed on the light selecting device substrate. The light selecting device is configured to selectively output a laser light emitted from a distributed reflector semiconductor laser device. The semiconductor laser unit and the light selecting unit are attached to each other in such a manner that the light selecting device is optically coupled to the distributed reflector semiconductor laser devices. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120257105 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO OUTPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - Compatible video signal information having first information indicating a pixel number of a video signal displayable by a video display apparatus and second information that is setting information required in order for the video display apparatus to display a video signal having the pixel number is transmitted to a video output apparatus. In the case where a video signal received from the video output apparatus after the compatible video signal information is transmitted is a video signal having a pixel number displayable by the video display apparatus but not being displayable, the compatible video signal information is updated so that setting information for the pixel number of that video signal is included in the second information. | 10-11-2012 |
