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| 20090232140 | PACKET TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A packet transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit dividing input data and transferring segments, which are obtained by adding sequence numbers to the respective pieces of the divided data, a switch unit transferring the segments to one of a plurality of reception units, and a reception unit reconstructing an original input packet from the plurality of segments that arrive from the switch units on the basis of the sequence numbers. The reception unit includes a packet buffer storing segments that arrive from the switch units, a determination unit determining, on the basis of the sequence number, whether the segment stored in the packet buffer is to be discarded; and a discard part reading the segment stored in the packet buffer in an order from the segment having an older sequence number and discarding the segment that is determined to be discarded. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090296568 | Edge Node Redundant System - A client terminal at one location a is accommodated in an edge node (gateway) having a redundant configuration composed of a primary node and a secondary node. Normally a primary edge node PE A is used to enable communications with partner client terminals at locations b and c via opposing edge nodes PE B and PE C. Normally, a database storing the information of a label used by the primary edge node is synchronized with the database of the secondary edge node. A primary loopback address is stored in the secondary edge node and nullified. When the primary edge node fails, the loopback address of the primary edge node is validated and the secondary edge node restarts communications with the opposing edge nodes using the information of the database storing the information of the label used by the primary PE and the same label as the primary edge node. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100040072 | FRAME SWITCHING DEVICE AND ADDRESS LEARNING METHOD - A frame switching device includes a plurality of ports sending a sending frame and receiving a receiving frame; an address entry memory storing an address entry; a flooding processor executing flooding process; a flooding determination unit determining whether the flooding occurrence for the address satisfies a predetermined condition; a notification transmitting unit transmitting a searching frame; a notification receiving unit for receiving a predetermined notification for the address entry related to the address in flooding occurrence from an other frame switching device; and an address entry registration unit registering the address entry in the address entry memory. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100189115 | EDGE NODE REDUNDANT SYSTEM IN LABEL SWITCHING NETWORK - In a label switching network, in normal times, packet transfer is performed using a protection-target label switching path set between a primary edge node device and a remote edge node device. Then, when a failure occurs in the primary edge node device, a secondary edge node device takes over the label switching path session from the primary edge node device and operates as the start-point node or the end-point node of the protection-target label switching path, to continue packet transfer using a backup label switching path. | 07-29-2010 |
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| 20090280711 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD APPLIED TO OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE PRODUCTION SYSTEM - The invention provides a production management system and a production management method which are applied to an optical display device production system which can more precisely carry out a production management. A memory stores a panel information allocated per an optical display unit, and a roll information including a positional information of optical films in a material roll before the optical films bonded to the optical display unit are cut so as to coordinate. A position in the material roll before the optical films bonded to the optical display unit are cut is specified based on the panel information corresponding to the optical display unit of the optical display device determined by an inspecting apparatus that a defect exists, and the roll information coordinated to the panel information. If it is possible to recognize what position in what material roll the defect exists, as mentioned above, it is possible to carry out a production management more precisely. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100028606 | OPTICAL FILM CUTTING METHOD AND OPTICAL FILM - This invention relates to an optical film cutting method, which includes: a laser beam generation step of performing a waveform shaping of a laser beam to generate a laser beam having a rectangular waveform, and a cutting step of irradiating an optical film with the laser beam obtained by the laser beam generation step and having a rectangular waveform to thereby cut the optical film; as well as to an optical film that is cut by the cutting method and having a size of a raised part generated on a cutting surface thereof of 30 μm or less. According to the optical film cutting method of this invention, it is possible to provide an optical film cutting method for cutting an optical film such as a polarizing film by not using a gaussian beam but using a laser beam of which a waveform is shaped into a rectangular waveform, which is capable of maintaining a raised part size as small as possible in a cutting surface of the optical film and preventing generation of bonding defect and optical defect when the optical film is incorporated into various optical panels. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100116800 | OPTICAL FILM CUTTING METHOD AND OPTICAL FILM - This invention relates to an optical film cutting method which includes cutting an optical film by irradiating the optical film with a laser beam under conditions that an energy per unit length is 0.12 to 0.167 J/mm and that a continuous irradiation time is 0.1 msec or less; as well as to an optical film that is cut by the cutting method and has a size of a raised part generated on a cutting surface thereof of 30 μm or less. According to the optical film cutting method of this invention, it is possible to maintain the raised part size on the optical film cutting surface as small as possible even in the case where the laser beam has characteristics of a gaussian beam, thereby enabling prevention of bonding defect and optical defect when the optical film is incorporated into various optical panels. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110126988 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing an optical display device comprising an optical film including a polarizing plate and a rectangular optical display unit having a surface to which the optical film is bonded, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a material roll which is a roll of a long sheet material obtained by lengthwise slitting a long material comprising an optical film into a width corresponding to a short or long side of the optical display unit, wherein the optical film includes a polarizing plate having a longitudinal direction parallel to its absorption axis; and unwinding the long sheet material from the material roll, cutting at least the optical film of the long sheet material to form an optical film having a length corresponding to a long or short side of the optical display unit, and then bonding the optical film to a surface of the optical display unit. | 06-02-2011 |
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| 20110102479 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises an identification unit configured to identify, for each pixel in the frame image, minimum pixel values for each color component from pixel values of surrounding pixels for each color component, wherein the surrounding pixels are positioned around the pixel, and identifying, as a common pixel value, a minimum value in the minimum pixel values identified for each color component; a generation unit configured to generate a preprocessed image which can be obtained by replacing a pixel value of each pixel in the frame image with the common pixel value identified for the pixel by the identification unit; a low-pass filtering unit configured to generate a first subframe image by applying a low-pass filter to the preprocessed image; a subtraction unit configured to generate, as a second subframe image, a difference image between the frame image and the first subframe image. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110141350 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which converts a frame rate by dividing an input frame into sub-frames and outputting the sub-frames, includes a minimum value filter unit, a low-pass filter processing unit, a generation unit, and a switching unit. In an input frame, the minimum value filter unit selects a maximum value of minimum values from the minimum values of pixel values in each horizontal line in a predetermined area including peripheral pixels of a processing target pixel, and performs pre-processing to replace the processing target pixel with the maximum value. The low-pass filter processing unit performs low-pass filter processing on the pre-processed input frame and generates a first sub-frame. The generation unit generates a second sub-frame from the first sub-frame and the input frame. The switching unit switches the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame at predetermined timing and outputs a sub-frame. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142290 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a method for controlling an image processing apparatus for generating and outputting frames different from each other in frequency component from an input frame include, detecting motion of the input frame by comparing the input frame with a frame before or after the input frame in terms of time, storing the input frame in a frame memory, and reading the input frame by a plurality of times to convert a frame rate of the input frame, generating the frames different from each other in frequency component from the frame whose frame rate has been converted, outputting the generated frames if the detected input frame is determined to be a moving image, and outputting the frame whose frame rate has been converted if the input frame is determined to be a still image. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20110164097 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer containing bismuth, lanthanum iron manganese and titanium and a electrode formed above the piezoelectric layer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110221826 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided is a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer and an electrode. The piezoelectric layer includes a solid solution of bismuth lanthanum titanate zincate and lead titanate. The molar ratio of the bismuth lanthanum titanate zincate to the lead titanate in the piezoelectric layer is 0.39 or more and 0.61 or less. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221833 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer, and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is composed of a compound oxide having a perovskite structure and containing bismuth lanthanum ferrate manganate and barium titanate. The molar ratio of the barium titanate to the total amount of the bismuth lanthanum ferrate manganate and the barium titanate is 0.09 or more and 0.29 or less. A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening, and a piezoelectric element as described above. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes the above-described liquid ejecting head. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110267405 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element, comprising electrodes and a piezoelectric body formed between the electrodes. The piezoelectric body consists of a perovskite oxide including bismuth, lantern, iron and manganese. The molar ratio of the sum of the bismuth and the lantern to the sum of the iron and the manganese is 0.87 or more and 0.94 or less. The molor ratio of the bismuth to the lantern is 3.57 or more and 4.82 or less. | 11-03-2011 |
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| 20080240236 | Information processing apparatus - An information processing apparatus is for decoding a video encoded sequence and includes: a CPU that decodes the video encoded sequence by executing software; a GPU that decodes the video encoded sequence; a main memory that temporarily stores data for the decoding process performed by the CPU; and a VRAM that temporarily stores data for the decoding process performed by the GPU, wherein the GPU continues the decoding process of subsequent pictures of at least the second and third pictures after the GPU decoded the referenced third picture, until the refresh first picture is subjected to the decoding process. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080240244 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A video decoding device includes: a decoder that decodes an encoded video bit stream to generate a prediction error signal; a motion compensator that performs a motion compensation prediction using a motion vector that refers at least one picture to generate a motion compensation prediction signal; a weighted predictor that generates a weighted prediction signal from a linear sum of (1) a product of the motion compensation prediction signal and a first weighting coefficient and (2) a second weighting coefficient; a selector that selects one of the motion compensation prediction signal and the weighted prediction signal; and an adder that adds (1) selected one of the weighted prediction signal and the motion compensation prediction signal and (2) the prediction error signal. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20110150221 | ACCOUNT AGGREGATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT METHOD OF THE ACCOUNT AGGREGATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an account aggregation system includes an information processing apparatus and an account aggregation server. The information processing apparatus includes a database, an automatic sign-on process module and an encryption key processing module. The automatic sign-on process module is configured to provide authentication data the service providing servers have requested for, by using the authentication data stored in the database. The encryption key processing module is configured to register, for the account aggregation server, an encryption key for encrypting authentication data to be stored in the database or for decrypting the authentication data stored in the database, to acquire the encryption key from the account aggregation server when a process is performed by using the encryption key, and to erase the encryption key after the process is performed. The account aggregation server includes an encryption key management module which is configured to manage the encryption key. | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20110148810 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Touch positions can be detected with a high accuracy. A receiver receives a charge-discharge current signal of a receiving electrode in response to a drive (pulse) signal applied to a transmission electrode, and outputs a level signal of each electrode intersection. The receiver includes an IV converter that converts the charge-discharge current signal to a voltage signal. A conversion characteristic of the IV converter is set such that phases of amplitude of the voltage signal corresponding to a leading edge and a trailing edge of a pulse wave of the drive signal substantially match each other, and phases of amplitude of the voltage signal corresponding to the trailing edge of the pulse wave and a leading edge of a succeeding pulse wave substantially match each other. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110205172 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device has a panel body that is provided with a plurality of first electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes form a grid-shaped pattern. The apparatus also has a controller that detects a touch operation from a side of the panel body based on variations of signals of an endmost electrode, of the first electrodes or of the second electrodes, that is closest to an edge of the panel body and an electrode adjacent to the endmost electrode. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110254805 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - In a touch panel device comprising a panel main body ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110298737 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A panel main body comprises a plurality of transmitting electrodes provided in parallel to one another and a plurality of receiving electrodes provided in parallel to one another, and the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes being disposed in a grid shape. A transmitter applies pulse signals to the transmitting electrodes, and a receiver receives output signals from the receiving electrodes in response to the pulse signals applied to the transmitting electrodes and outputs level signals at electrode intersections of the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes. A controller detects a touch position based on the level signals output from the receiver. The controller also controls a number of pulses of a pulse signal that the transmitter applies to each transmitting electrode while the receiver receives an output signal from each receiving electrode. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20090010666 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPMENT METHOD - The development apparatus that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier comprises: a developer roller operable to carry toner on a circumferential surface thereof and develop the electrostatic latent image using the toner; a supply roller operable to perform toner supply to the developer roller; a voltage applier operable to apply a bias voltage V | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090304404 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Developing bias is set as follows. An electric field intensity between a developing roller and a photoconductor is set to cause normally-charged toner to fly in an image area and not to cause the toner to fly in a background area. Thus, the normally-charged toner does not fly in the background area. The normally-charged toner caused to fly is therefore unlikely to flick low-charged toner and oppositely-charged toner. The low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner will not adhere to the background area and cause image fogging. Accordingly, an image forming apparatus can be provided to prevent the low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner from adhering to the background area of an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor and to avoid the occurrence of image fogging in the background area on a printed material. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090310995 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In case new and old toners may be mixed, a developing bias is set as follows. The time is first clocked. The number of times toner is replenished from a hopper into a buffer for a clocked period is counted. If a replenishment amount per clock time is a threshold value or higher, considering that new and old toners are mixed, the setting of the developing bias is changed. An electric field intensity between a developing roller and a photoconductor is set to cause normally-charged toner to fly in an image area but not to fly in a background area. No image fogging is therefore generated in the background area. Thus, an image forming apparatus and method capable of preventing low-charged toner and oppositely-charged toner generated by mixing of new and old toners from adhering to the background area of an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor, thereby avoiding generation of image fogging. | 12-17-2009 |
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| 20090042144 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100027229 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND CONNECTION CONFIGURATION OF THE SAME - A printed wiring board having an insulating base material; a wiring formed on at least one surface of the insulating base material, the wiring forming a predetermined circuit pattern; a first connection terminal portion formed on the surface and electrically connected to the wiring, the first connection terminal portion having a first width; a second connection terminal portion formed on the surface and electrically connected to the wiring, the second connection terminal portion having a second width; and a cover layer configured to cover the wiring and expose the first and the second connection terminal portion. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100163289 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board including: an insulated substrate; a conductive circuit provided on one side of this insulated substrate; a cover layer covering the insulated substrate and the conductive circuit; and a conductive particle buried in this cover layer, wherein the conductive particle is buried in the cover layer so that the conductive particle contacts the conductive circuit and protrudes from the cover layer; and the conductive particle serves as an electric contact point. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100282499 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100282501 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 11-11-2010 |
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| 20090268584 | Optical Pickup Apparatus And Optical Disc Apparatus Using Same - An optical pickup apparatus is provided with a dividing element having a plurality of regions. The dividing element is capable of dividing a light flux reflected by the optical disc into a plurality of light fluxes having different outgoing directions. Each region of the dividing element and light receiving parts of a light detector are structured such that when a target information recording layer of the optical disc is brought into focus, a light flux reflected from the target information recording layer is focused on the light receiving parts of the light detector, and a light flux reflected from other information recording layer than the target information recording layer is not irradiated onto the light receiving parts of the light detector. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100061202 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - In the optical pickup device, while reflection light reflected from the optical multi-layer disc is divided into a plurality of regions so as to produce a plurality of divided optical beams, the divided optical beams are focused onto different positions on a photodetector, and a focus error signal is detected by employing a plurality of the divided optical beams by utilizing the knife edge method, and further, a tracking error signal is detected by employing a plurality of the divided optical beams. Furthermore, the dividing regions of the optical beam and light receiving parts are arranged in such a manner that stray light derived from other layers of the optical disc is not entered to a servo signal-purpose light receiving part of the photodetector when the divided optical beam is focused onto a target layer of the optical disc. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100214904 | Optical Pickup Having Radially Arranged Lenses in a Low Profile Construction - An optical pickup includes a first source which emits a first beam with a first wavelength; a second source which emits a second beam with a wavelength shorter than the first wavelength; a first collimate lens which collimates the first beam; a second collimate lens which collimates the second beam; a first objective lens which converges the first collimated beam onto an optical disc; and a second objective lens which converges the second collimated beam onto the disc. The first and second objective lenses are arranged in the disc radial direction. The second objective lens is arranged closer to the side of the disc outer circumference than the first objective lens. The first collimate lens is arranged on the right-hand side when the second objective lens is viewed from the first objective lens. The second collimate lens is arranged on the left-hand side when the first objective lens is viewed from the second objective lens. The gap between the first collimate lens and the first objective lens is larger than the gap between the second collimate lens and the second objective lens. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110299378 | Optical Pickup Having Radially Arranged Lenses in a Low Profile Construction - An optical pickup includes a first source which emits a first beam with a first wavelength; a second source which emits a second beam with a wavelength shorter than the first wavelength; a first collimate lens which collimates the first beam; a second collimate lens which collimates the second beam; a first objective lens which converges the first collimated beam onto an optical disc; and a second objective lens which converges the second collimated beam onto the disc. The first and second objective lenses are arranged in the disc radial direction. The second objective lens is arranged closer to the side of the disc outer circumference than the first objective lens. The first collimate lens is arranged on the right-hand side when the second objective lens is viewed from the first objective lens. The second collimate lens is arranged on the left-hand side when the first objective lens is viewed from the second objective lens. The gap between the first collimate lens and the first objective lens is larger than the gap between the second collimate lens and the second objective lens. | 12-08-2011 |
