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20110080463 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method executed in an apparatus, includes steps of: inputting a left-viewpoint image and a right-viewpoint image therebetween to the apparatus; searching for a corresponding point in the right-viewpoint image with respect to the left-viewpoint image, generating a first corresponding-point map based on a result of the searching, and generating a first intermediate-viewpoint image based on the left-viewpoint image; searching for a corresponding point in the left-viewpoint image with respect to the right-viewpoint image, generating a second corresponding-point map based on a result of the searching, and generating a second intermediate-viewpoint image based on the right-viewpoint image; extracting missing portions of pixels in the first and second intermediate-viewpoint images; determining whether a missing portion extracted is a missing portion to be interpolated or not; interpolating the missing portion to be interpolated based on a result of determination; and generating a third intermediate-viewpoint image based on the intermediate-viewpoint images. | 04-07-2011 |
20110187869 | TRACKING-FRAME INITIAL-POSITION SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Automatic tracking of a target image is made comparatively easy. Specifically, an image obtained by imaging a subject is displayed on a display screen and a tracking frame is displayed at a reference position located at the central portion of the display screen. A target area for setting the initial position of the tracking frame is set surrounding the tracking frame and a high-frequency-component image representing high-frequency components of the image within this area is generated. The amount of high-frequency component is calculated while a moving frame is moved within the high-frequency-component image. The position of the moving frame where the calculated amount of high-frequency component is largest is decided upon as the initial position of the tracking frame. | 08-04-2011 |
20140211997 | TRACKING-FRAME INITIAL-POSITION SETTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - An image obtained by imaging a subject is displayed and a tracking frame is displayed at the central portion of a display screen. A target area is set surrounding the tracking frame and a high-frequency-component image is generated. A distance image indicating the distance to the subject image within an imaging zone is generated. An area, which represents a subject at a distance identical with that of the subject portion specified by the tracking frame displayed at the reference position, is decided upon as a search area. While a moving frame is moved within the search area of the high-frequency-component image, amounts of high-frequency component are calculated. The position of the moving frame at which the calculated amount of high-frequency component is maximized is adopted as the initial position of the tracking frame. | 07-31-2014 |
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20110164064 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - A medical image processing device | 07-07-2011 |
20110164800 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus that can efficiently set a scanning condition in a scanning operation of a periodically moving internal organ such as a heart or the like is provided. The X-ray CT apparatus collects electrocardiographic information by using a periodic motion measuring device | 07-07-2011 |
20110255755 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, in order to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of a blind area in a panoramic image, the medical image display device has a panoramic image creating unit configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display unit configured to display the panoramic image, and further has a blind area detecting unit configured to detect a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind portion. Furthermore, a medical image display method of the present invention has a panoramic image creating step that creates a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and a display step that displays the panoramic image, and further has a blind area detecting step that detects a blind area in the panoramic image and an informing step that informs an operator of the existence or nonexistence of the blind portion. | 10-20-2011 |
20120127200 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - The medical image display device is provided with a medical image reading unit configured to read a medical image obtained by a medical image diagnostic apparatus, a projected image creating unit configured to project the medical image onto a projection plane to created the projected image, and a projected image display unit configured to display the projected image, wherein the projected image creating unit has a virtual liquid generating unit configured to generate virtual liquid, the light transmittance of which is not zero and a virtual liquid adding unit configured to add the virtual liquid to the surface of an organ within the medical image, and creates a projected image of the medical image to which the virtual liquid has been added. | 05-24-2012 |
20120207355 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD OF X-RAY CT APPARATUS - The X-ray CT apparatus which includes an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector for acquiring projection data of an object from plural angles and creates an arbitrary cross-sectional image of the object on the basis of the projection data includes: an extraction section which extracts a region, which includes a target organ moving periodically, from the cross-sectional image; a synchronous phase determination section which determines a synchronous phase, which is used when creating a synchronous cross-sectional image synchronized with periodic motion of the target organ, on the basis of continuity of the target organ in a direction perpendicular to the cross-sectional image; a synchronous cross-sectional image creating section which creates the synchronous cross-sectional image on the basis of projection data corresponding to the synchronous phase determined by the synchronous phase determination section; and a display unit which displays the synchronous cross-sectional image. | 08-16-2012 |
20140212016 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - There is provided an X-ray CT apparatus capable of correcting the unevenness of the contrast concentration due to discontinuities in time between slices in contrast imaging using a Prospective Triggering method. In an X-ray CT apparatus | 07-31-2014 |
20150356756 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - To provide an X-ray CT apparatus and an image reconstruction method that can generate an image in which motion influence of a site to be scanned is reduced, the image processing device | 12-10-2015 |
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20090072275 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device with a structure such that an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal V is applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. | 03-19-2009 |
20090072336 | Solid-state imaging device and method for manufacturing thereof as well as driving method of solid-state imaging device - A solid-state imaging device having an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. | 03-19-2009 |
20090075418 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device with a structure such that an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal V is applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. | 03-19-2009 |
20090078976 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device with a structure such that an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal V is applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. | 03-26-2009 |
20090078977 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device with a structure such that an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal V is applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. | 03-26-2009 |
20110024857 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including: a semiconductor substrate; a pixel portion which is formed on the semiconductor substrate and in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion are arranged; an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the photoelectric conversion portion; a hole portion formed in the insulating layer and above the photoelectric conversion portion; a silicon nitride layer formed so as to cover a bottom surface and a side surface of the hole portion; and a buried layer formed on the silicon nitride layer, wherein the silicon nitride layer is formed so as to contain a silicon nitride formed by utilizing an atomic layer deposition method. | 02-03-2011 |
20110298024 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF AS WELL AS DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device with a structure such that an electrode for reading a signal charge is provided on one side of a light-receiving sensor portion constituting a pixel; a predetermined voltage signal V is applied to a light-shielding film formed to cover an image pickup area except the light-receiving sensor portion; a second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed in the center on the surface of a first-conductivity-type semiconductor area constituting a photo-electric conversion area of the light-receiving sensor portion; and areas containing a lower impurity concentration than that of the second-conductivity-type semiconductor area is formed on the surface of the first-conductivity-type semiconductor area at the end on the side of the electrode and at the opposite end on the side of a pixel-separation area. | 12-08-2011 |
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20100289118 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has an inductor. The inductor has a first metal interconnection layer formed in the insulation film to extend in a first direction which is parallel to a substrate face of the semiconductor substrate, and connected electrically at a first end part thereof to the first terminal; a first via interconnection formed in the insulation film to extend in a second direction perpendicular to the substrate face, and connected at a top part thereof to a second end part of the first metal interconnection layer; and a second metal interconnection layer formed in the insulation film to extend in the first direction under the first metal interconnection layer, facing to the first metal interconnection layer, insulated from the first metal interconnection layer by the insulation film, connected at a first end part thereof to a bottom part of the first via interconnection, and connected electrically at a second end part thereof to the second terminal. | 11-18-2010 |
20110220976 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Certain embodiments provide a solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having a first face and a second face that is the opposite side from the first face; a plurality of pixels provided on the first face of the semiconductor substrate, each of the pixels including a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type that converts incident light into signal charges, and stores the signal charges; a readout circuit provided on the second face of the semiconductor substrate to read the signal charges stored in the pixels; an ultrafine metal structure placed at intervals on a face on a side of the semiconductor region, the light being incident on the face; and an insulating layer provided between the ultrafine metal structure and the semiconductor region. | 09-15-2011 |
20150021191 | PATTERN TRANSFER MOLD AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a pattern transfer mold includes a base body, first and second stacked bodies, first and second electrodes. The base body includes a base unit including a first surface, a first protrusion provided on the first surface and having a first side surface, and a second protrusion provided on the first surface, separated from the first protrusion, and having a second side surface opposing the first side surface. The first stacked body is provided on the first side surface, and includes first conductive layers and a first insulating layer. The second stacked body is provided on the second side surface, separated from the first stacked body, and includes second conductive layers and a second insulating layer. The first electrode is electrically connected to at least one of the first conductive layers. The second electrode is electrically connected to at least one of the second conductive layers. | 01-22-2015 |
20150042858 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array. In the pixel array, a plurality of pixels are arrayed. The plurality of pixels include an imaging pixel and a focus-detecting pixel. The focus-detecting pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion part, a first diffraction grating, and a second diffraction grating. The first diffraction grating is arranged above the first photoelectric conversion part. The second diffraction grating is arranged between the first photoelectric conversion part and the first diffraction grating. | 02-12-2015 |
20150115383 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an optical device includes a plurality of optical elements arrange in array. At least of the optical elements includes an optical layer constituted by a plurality of patterns. The plurality of patterns are formed by a layered body including metal layers and a dielectric layer interlayered between the metal layers, and formed as a plurality of regularly-arranged loop-like patterns with a density decreasing from the center toward the periphery of the loop. | 04-30-2015 |
20150206911 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, there is a solid-state imaging device including an imaging region. In the imaging region, a plurality of pixels are arranged two-dimensionally. A first inclination angle of a light incidence surface of a dichroic filter in a first pixel among the plurality of pixels relative to a normal to a surface of a semiconductor substrate and a second inclination angle of a light incidence surface of a dichroic filter in a second pixel located farther from a center of the imaging region than the first pixel among the plurality of pixels relative to the normal are decided on so as to make, for light incident on the imaging region, a filter property of the dichroic filter in the first pixel and a filter property of the dichroic filter in the second pixel equalized. | 07-23-2015 |
20150244958 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, a multilayer interference filter, and a reflective unit. The first photoelectric conversion unit includes a photoelectric conversion film photoelectrically converting first color light. In the multilayer interference filter, first and second layers having different refractive indexes are alternately laminated. The multilayer interference filter selectively guides at least second color light of light having passed through the first photoelectric conversion unit to the second photoelectric conversion unit. The reflective unit is disposed on a side surface of the multilayer interference filter. | 08-27-2015 |
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20110215433 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a first photoelectric conversion film disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a first common electrode pattern which covers a first portion of the first photoelectric conversion film and has an opening pattern corresponding to a second portion of the first photoelectric conversion film, an insulating film which covers the first common electrode pattern and covers the second portion of the first photoelectric conversion film via the opening pattern, a pixel electrode pattern which covers the insulating film, a second photoelectric conversion film which covers the pixel electrode pattern, a second common electrode pattern which covers the second photoelectric conversion film, and a contact plug which penetrates through the insulating film and the second portion of the first photoelectric conversion film so as to electrically connect the pixel electrode pattern and the semiconductor substrate, wherein the width of the opening pattern is larger than the width of the contact plug. | 09-08-2011 |
20110272772 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid state imaging device includes: a first photoelectric conversion layer of an organic material; a second photoelectric conversion layer of an inorganic material; a third photoelectric conversion layer of an inorganic material; a first filter of an inorganic material; a second filter of an inorganic material. The first photoelectric conversion layer photoelectrically-converts a light of a first color. The first filter is disposed between the first photoelectric conversion layer and the second photoelectric conversion layer to selectively guide a light of a second color, out of a light that passed through the first photoelectric conversion layer, to the second photoelectric conversion layer. The second filter being disposed between the first photoelectric conversion layer and the third photoelectric conversion layer to selectively guide a light of a third color, out of the light that passed through the first photoelectric conversion layer, to the third photoelectric conversion layer. | 11-10-2011 |
20120273837 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a photoelectric converting portion including a semiconductor region and a semiconductor film. The semiconductor region has a first region and a second region. The first region is of a second conductivity type. The first region is provided in a semiconductor substrate. The second region is of a first conductivity type. The first conductivity type is a different conductivity type from the second conductivity type. The second region is provided on the first region. The semiconductor film is of the second conductivity type. The semiconductor film is provided on the semiconductor region. An absorption coefficient of a material of the semiconductor film to a visible light is higher than an absorption coefficient of a material of the semiconductor substrate to the visible light. A thickness of the semiconductor film is smaller than a thickness of the semiconductor region. | 11-01-2012 |
20130093034 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state imaging device including a first photoelectric conversion layer and a color filter. The color filter includes a multi-layer interference filter and a guided mode resonant grating. The guided mode resonant grating includes a plurality of diffraction gratings and a plurality of inter-grating regions. The plurality of diffraction gratings are formed of a material having a first index of refraction and periodically arrayed at least one-dimensionally. The plurality of inter-grating regions are arranged between at least the plurality of diffraction gratings. Each of the plurality of inter-grating regions includes an insulating film region and an air gap region. The insulating film region is formed of a material having a second index of refraction lower than the first index of refraction. | 04-18-2013 |
20130113964 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a pixel detecting light having the longest wavelength in a picture element includes a protective film which is disposed on a photodiode at a surface side facing a light incident surface of a semiconductor substrate and a first diffraction grating portion which is disposed on the protective film and where columnar holes penetrating in a thickness direction are two-dimensionally arrayed. Diameter and array period of the holes are selected so that the first diffraction grating portion reflects light transmitting through a filter disposed on the pixel. | 05-09-2013 |
20130134538 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image sensor is provided for photoelectrically converting blue light, green light and red light for each pixel. A photoelectric conversion layer for red light is provided having a light absorption coefficient that is different than the light absorption coefficient of the photoelectric conversion layers for blue light and green light. | 05-30-2013 |
20130154041 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - According to one embodiment, there is provided a solid-state image sensor including a photoelectric conversion layer, and a multilayer interference filter. The multilayer interference filter is arranged to conduct light of a particular color, of incident light, selectively to the photoelectric conversion layer. The multilayer interference filter has a laminate structure in which a first layer having a first refraction index and a second layer having a second refraction index are repeatedly laminated, and a third layer which is in contact with a lower surface of the laminate structure and has a third refraction index. A lowermost layer of the laminate structure is the second layer. The third refraction index is not equal to the first refraction index and is higher than the second refraction index. | 06-20-2013 |
20130240708 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectric converting unit and a multilayer interference filter. The multilayer interference filter includes an upper laminated structure, a lower laminated structure, and a control structure. Both the multilayer interference filter in a first pixel and the multilayer interference filter in a second pixel which is more distant from a center of the pixel array than the first pixel are disposed to selectively guide a light having a first color to the photoelectric converting unit. The control structure in the first pixel and the control structure in the second pixel have different configurations from each other in such a manner that a filter characteristic of the multilayer interference filter in the first pixel is equivalent to that of the multilayer interference filter in the second pixel. | 09-19-2013 |
20130248865 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric, conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a third semiconductor layer. In the solid-state imaging device, D | 09-26-2013 |
20140055655 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes: a photodiode which is provided in a pixel region in which each pixel in a pixel forming region above a substrate is disposed; an interconnection layer which includes interconnections to connect the photodiode to peripheral circuits and an interlayer insulating film to insulate the interconnections from each other, and is provided above the photodiode; a color filter which is provided above the interconnection layer corresponding to the pixel region, and limits a wavelength of light incident on the photodiode. A light incident position correcting layer is provided between the color filter corresponding to the pixel disposed in at least the outer peripheral portion of the pixel forming region and the interconnection layer, and includes an anti-reflection film which is provided above the interconnection layer, and materials which have a negative refraction index and provided above the anti-reflection film. | 02-27-2014 |
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20080197831 | DETECTION CIRCUIT - A detection circuit for generating a control signal for controlling output voltage of an AC adapter. The detection circuit for an electronic device receives power information from an external power supply via a cable to generate the control signal that controls DC input voltage output from the external power supply. In the detection circuit, a correction voltage generation circuit generates a correction voltage in correspondence with the parasitic resistance of the cable. A power information correction circuit corrects the power information provided from the external power supply via the cable with the correction voltage to generate corrected power information. A detection signal generation circuit calculates the total power amount of the electronic device and generates a power detection signal corresponding to the total power amount. The control signal generation circuit generates the control signal based on the corrected power information and the power detection signal. | 08-21-2008 |
20080252265 | DETECTION CIRCUIT - A detection circuit that reduces circuit scale. A plurality of current amplifiers respectively generate a plurality of detection signals corresponding to current flowing to a plurality of resistors. An error amplifier coupled to the plurality of current amplifiers compares the plurality of detection signals with a plurality of reference signals, respectively, to generate an error signal based on the comparison. | 10-16-2008 |
20080252369 | Operational amplifier, line driver, and liquid crystal display device - An operational amplifier capable of offset cancel in a shorter period, as well as a line driver capable of shortening one horizontal period and a liquid crystal display device are provided. In the operational amplifier of the invention, a time necessary for feed back control can be shortened than usual by a constitution that an output voltage VO in one horizontal period H | 10-16-2008 |
20090243576 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DETECTION CIRCUIT AND VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD - A voltage control method includes producing an error signal based on a difference between a reference signal and an adaptor voltage and an adaptor current corresponding to the adaptor voltage, regulating, based on the error signal, the adaptor voltage, comparing a reference voltage to a voltage proportional to a potential corresponding to an identifying voltage corresponding to the adaptor voltage, detecting, based on the comparison result, whether or not a couplable external power source is suitable, and setting based, on the detection result, a potential corresponding to the identifying voltage. | 10-01-2009 |
20100194352 | CHARGING CIRCUIT, CHARGING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND CHARGING METHOD - A charging circuit includes a monitoring part configured to monitor a battery voltage applied to a battery and configured to output an overvoltage signal when the battery is in an overvoltage condition a protection part configured to electrically disconnect the battery from an adaptor when receiving the overvoltage signal, and a switch which, when the battery is electrically disconnected from the adaptor, switches a monitoring node for an adaptor voltage outputted from the adaptor, from a supply node of the battery voltage to a supply node of a system voltage, which is applied to a system electrically connected with the battery and the adaptor, based on the overvoltage signal to cause a control command for controlling the adaptor voltage based on the system voltage to be outputted. | 08-05-2010 |
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20140068376 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a decoder of a memory controller includes: a syndrome calculating unit configured to calculate a syndrome based upon a code word read from the memory; an error locator polynomial generating unit configured to generate an error locator polynomial based upon the syndrome, and to obtain a number of errors based upon the generated error locator polynomial; and an error location calculating unit configured to calculate an error location based upon the error locator polynomial, wherein the process of the error location calculating unit is not executed, when the number of errors is not less than the maximum number of bits that can be corrected by the error locator polynomial generating unit. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068378 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROLLER - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a memory, an encoding unit that generates a parity, and a decoding unit that includes a syndrome calculating unit, an error position polynomial calculating unit, and an error searching and correcting unit, and performs an error correcting process based on data and the parity read from the memory. At the time of performing a compaction process, a process of the error searching and correcting unit is not performed, when the number of error bits acquired by an error position polynomial is equal to or less than a first threshold value based on valid data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068392 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller including a syndrome calculation unit which calculates syndrome based on code word which have the ability to correct t bits, an error locator polynomial calculation unit, and a Chien search unit, wherein the Chien search unit includes a root shift block which shifts all roots, a division block which divides the output from the root shift block by a predetermined polynomial, of which the order is smaller than t, and substitution block which substitutes elements into the remainder polynomial to examine if they are the roots of the remainder, and wherein the predetermined polynomial has at least one root which value is the same as one of the substituted elements. | 03-06-2014 |
20140241096 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device according to an embodiment includes first and second non-volatile semiconductor memories. In addition, the storage device includes first controller that controls the first non-volatile memory to cause the first non-volatile memory to perform processes. In addition, the storage device includes second controller that controls the second non-volatile memory to cause the second non-volatile memory to perform processes. The storage device further includes a signal line which is connected to the first controller and the second controller and through which a token is transmitted between the first controller and the second controller. The first controller is capable of controlling the first non-volatile memory while holding the token and the second controller is capable of controlling the second non-volatile memory while holding the token. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245099 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller includes an encoding unit that executes an error correction coding process on input-data and generates a code word, a calculation control unit that controls whether to execute a multiplication calculation of a multiplication circuit, and a memory interface unit that controls writing of the code word to the memory and reading of the code word from the memory, and the encoding unit includes a remainder circuit that performs a remainder calculation on the input-data using a first generator polynomial and generates a first code word having a first error correction capability and a first multiplication circuit that performs a multiplication calculation on the first code word using a second generator polynomial and performs a multiplication calculation of generating a second code word having a second error correction capability. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245103 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller includes: a first flash encoding unit that performs flash encoding on user data according to a first scheme to generate user data flash codes; an encoding unit that performs an error correction encoding process on the user data flash codes to generate parities; a second flash encoding unit that performs flash encoding on the parities according to a second scheme to generate parity flash codes; and a memory I/F that writes the user data flash codes and the parity flash codes to the nonvolatile memory. | 08-28-2014 |
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20150067453 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller in an embodiment includes an encoding unit configured to generate a first parity group from first group data including first and second unit data using G | 03-05-2015 |
20150074496 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller is provided, the memory controller including an encoding unit that performs 1 | 03-12-2015 |
20150227419 | ERROR CORRECTION DECODER BASED ON LOG-LIKELIHOOD RATIO DATA - According to one embodiment, an error correction decoder includes a selecting section, calculating section, check section, and updating section. The selecting section selects data used for matrix processing applied to a process target row from LLR data stored in the first memory section based on a check matrix, and stores the data in a second memory section. The calculating section executes the matrix processing based on the data stored in the second memory section, and writes updated data back to the second memory section. The check section checks a parity based on a calculating result of the calculating section. The updating section updates the LLR data of the first memory section based on the updated data of the second memory section. | 08-13-2015 |
20150254130 | ERROR CORRECTION DECODER - According to an embodiment, an error correction decoder includes a first calculation circuit and a second calculation circuit. The first calculation circuit and the second calculation circuit perform the column processing based on the second reliability information corresponding to variable nodes belonging to each of one or more valid blocks arranged in a first row group and the row processing based on the first reliability information corresponding to variable nodes belonging to one or more valid blocks arranged in a second row group whose processing order is later than that of the first row group in parallel. | 09-10-2015 |
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20150222291 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller comprises an encoding unit that encodes first unit data and second unit data to generate a first codeword and a second codeword; a rearranging unit that extracts a first bit string in specific bit positions from each of the first and second codewords to generate first page data and to generate second page data containing the remaining bit strings other than the first bit strings respectively in the first and second codewords; and a write control unit that writes the first page data and the second page data respectively into a first page and a second page of a nonvolatile memory. | 08-06-2015 |
20150310920 | STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a storage device comprises a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller that performs reading and writing data from and into the nonvolatile memory. A number, not being 2 | 10-29-2015 |
20150311921 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, STORAGE DEVICE AND DECODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller includes a first decoder that decodes a block product code read out from a non-volatile memory and calculates reliability information of each sub-block, and an error cancellation unit that detects a sub-block having many errors based on the reliability information, and performs EXOR operation of a codeword in a column direction including the detected sub-block and a codeword in a row direction including the detected sub-block, and performs decoding using a result of the EXOR operation. | 10-29-2015 |
20160055055 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND ERROR CORRECTION DECODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a first generating unit, a buffer unit, a decoding unit, and an update unit. The first generating unit generates logarithm likelihood ratios for plural pieces of data read from a plurality of memory cells. The buffer unit stores the logarithm likelihood ratios. The decoding unit performs first error correction decoding process on the logarithm likelihood ratios, and estimates a logarithm likelihood ratio of data corresponding to an error memory cell among the plural pieces of read data. The update unit updates the logarithm likelihood ratios stored in the buffer unit using the estimated logarithm likelihood ratio. | 02-25-2016 |
20160071597 | STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, a storage device includes a nonvolatile memory which includes a plurality of memory cells and a memory controller which controls writing on the nonvolatile memory. In a case where an exhaustion degree of the memory cell of the nonvolatile memory is less than a threshold, the memory controller performs a fractional-bit writing in which the number of threshold regions of the memory cell is set to Z (where, Z is a positive value not a power of two). In a case where the exhaustion degree of the memory cell is equal to or higher than the threshold, the memory controller performs an integer-bit writing in which the number of threshold regions of the memory cell is set to 2 | 03-10-2016 |
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20080224549 | Apparatus and Method for Correcting Shape of Inner Surface of Stator - An apparatus for correcting the shape of an inner surface of a stator includes a deviation sensor for measuring the shape of the inner surface of the stator fixed inside an inner surface of a housing of a rotating electric machine, a personal computer for calculating a direction of deformation and the amount of deformation of the shape of the stator inner surface based on the measured shape of the stator inner surface as well as a direction of heating and the amount of heat to be input when heating an outer side surface of the housing based on the calculated direction and amount of deformation of the shape of the stator inner surface, and a gas burner for heating the outer side surface of the housing based on the direction of heating and the amount of heat to be input calculated by the personal computer. | 09-18-2008 |
20110197424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPONENT POSITIONING DURING ASSEMBLY OF SCROLL-TYPE FLUID MACHINE - A positioning system used in assembling a scroll-type fluid machine exerts a horizontal thrust on a stationary scroll in a direction opposite to a direction in which an eccentric shaft end portion formed at one end of a rotary shaft is oriented while turning the rotary shaft, and determines an orbital path of the stationary scroll by measuring horizontal displacements thereof. While exerting the horizontal thrust, the positioning system incrementally presses the stationary scroll against a guide frame until a stable orbital path of the stationary scroll is obtained. When the orbital path is judged to be stable, the positioning system determines a fixing point on which the stationary scroll should be fixedly centered with respect to the guide frame, so that a scroll wrap of the stationary scroll and a scroll wrap of an orbiting scroll are correctly intermeshed, forming a series of pockets therebetween. | 08-18-2011 |
20110197425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPONENT POSITIONING DURING ASSEMBLY OF SCROLL-TYPE FLUID MACHINE - A positioning system used in assembling a scroll-type fluid machine exerts a horizontal thrust on a stationary scroll in a direction opposite to a direction in which an eccentric shaft end portion formed at one end of a rotary shaft is oriented while turning the rotary shaft, and determines an orbital path of the stationary scroll by measuring horizontal displacements thereof. While exerting the horizontal thrust, the positioning system incrementally presses the stationary scroll against a guide frame until a stable orbital path of the stationary scroll is obtained. When the orbital path is judged to be stable, the positioning system determines a fixing point on which the stationary scroll should be fixedly centered with respect to the guide frame, so that a scroll wrap of the stationary scroll and a scroll wrap of an orbiting scroll are correctly intermeshed, forming a series of pockets therebetween. | 08-18-2011 |
20110197442 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPONENT POSITIONING DURING ASSEMBLY OF SCROLL-TYPE FLUID MACHINE - A positioning system used in assembling a scroll- type fluid machine exerts a horizontal thrust on a stationary scroll in a direction opposite to a direction in which an eccentric shaft end portion formed at one end of a rotary shaft is oriented while turning the rotary shaft, and determines an orbital path of the stationary scroll by measuring horizontal displacements thereof. While exerting the horizontal thrust, the positioning system incrementally presses the stationary scroll against a guide frame until a stable orbital path of the stationary scroll is obtained. When the orbital path is judged to be stable, the positioning system determines a fixing point on which the stationary scroll should be fixedly centered with respect to the guide frame, so that a scroll wrap of the stationary scroll and a scroll wrap of an orbiting scroll are correctly intermeshed, forming a series of pockets therebetween. | 08-18-2011 |
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20100220305 | Optical element and exposure apparatus - An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a surface of the substrate and the projection optical system. The optical element includes a first anti-dissolution member provided on a surface of a transmissive optical element on the substrate's side of the projection optical system. | 09-02-2010 |
20110013160 | Optical element, exposure apparatus based on the use of the same, exposure method, and method for producing microdevice - An optical element includes a base material, a liquid-repellent member provided on at least a part of a surface of the base material, and a light-reducing member provided between the base material and the liquid-repellent member to protect the liquid-repellent member from radiation of light by reducing the light. The optical element is usable for a liquid immersion exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate through a liquid. It is possible to avoid any inflow of the liquid in a liquid immersion area into an unexpected place via the optical element. | 01-20-2011 |
20120206705 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a surface of the substrate and the projection optical system. The optical element includes a first anti-dissolution member provided on a surface of a transmissive optical element on the substrate's side of the projection optical system. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212716 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a surface of the substrate and the projection optical system. The optical element includes a first anti-dissolution member provided on a surface of a transmissive optical element on the substrate's side of the projection optical system. | 08-23-2012 |
20140043592 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical element is used for an exposure apparatus which is configured to illuminate a mask with an exposure light beam for transferring a pattern on the mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system and to interpose a given liquid in a space between a surface of the substrate and the projection optical system. The optical element includes a first anti-dissolution member provided on a surface of a transmissive optical element on the substrate's side of the projection optical system. | 02-13-2014 |
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20100241956 | Information Processing Apparatus and Method of Controlling Information Processing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a touch panel comprising a display unit comprising a display screen and a touch sensor provided on the display screen and configured to output detection signals indicating touched positions on the display screen, a mode setup module configured to set a hovering mode when a one detection signal of the detection signals indicates an inside position of a hovering mode area set on the display screen, and an event output module configured to output a one position event based on an another detection signal to a one program which controls a window displayed at the outside position of the display screen when the hovering mode is set and the another detection signal of the detection signals indicates an outside position of the hovering mode area. | 09-23-2010 |
20130132713 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, an electronic equipment includes: an application configured to operate an electronic equipment, which serves to instruct OS to start based on settings; an OS starting discriminating module configured to discriminate as to whether or not the OS is started based on instruction of start-up of the application; and a white list object discriminating module configured to discriminate whether or not the application is an object of the white list stored in advance when the OS is started based on instruction of start-up of the application, and configured to instruct refusal of access of the application from the OS when the application is not the object of the white list. | 05-23-2013 |
20140181937 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an input device includes: a communication module configured to communicate with a different device connected to the input device; a detector configured to detect biological information of a user; an authentication module configured to check matching between the detected biological information and biological information which is stored in advance; and a controller configured to notify to the different device information indicating a device performing an operation input, and notify to the different device an input code formed as a predetermined input character string when the matching of the biological information is established. | 06-26-2014 |
20150067007 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device has an interface, storage and a controller. The interface is configured to connect with an external storage device. The storage is configured to store data. The controller is configured to determine whether information for identifying a folder name is stored in the external storage device when the external storage device is connected to the interface, and to recognize the external storage device as a folder having the folder name corresponding to the information when the information is stored in the external storage device. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110188855 | COUPLED SYSTEM MULTI-CORE FIBER, COUPLING MODE MULTIPLEXER AND DEMULTIPLEXER, SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION USING MULTI-CORE FIBER AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION USING MULTI-CORE FIBER - The multi-core fiber of the present invention uses a multi-core fiber configuration, compatible with the “coupled” operation mode in which coupling between cores is positively utilized, to carry out mode division multiplexing transmission via a multi-core fiber that contains multiple single-mode cores in one optical fiber. The multi-core fiber of the present invention uses a configuration in which mode multiplexing transmission is carried out using a multi-core fiber that contains multiple single-mode cores in one optical fiber, wherein multiple cores are strongly coupled intentionally to form a coupled multi-core fiber that makes the coupled modes correspond, one to one, to the transmission channels. | 08-04-2011 |
20110243517 | UNCOUPLED MULTI-CORE FIBER - A multi-core fiber of the present invention employs the multi-core fiber mode, which corresponds to the “uncoupled” operation aspect in which individual cores are used independently for single-mode transmission, to perform space division multiplexing transmission using a multi-core fiber in which multiple single-mode cores are stored in one optical fiber. More specifically, the multi-core fiber of the present invention forms an uncoupled multi-core fiber that makes individual cores correspond to single-mode, independent transmission channels. | 10-06-2011 |
20130156393 | MULTICORE FIBER AND CORE PLACEMENT METHOD FOR MULTICORE FIBER - In a multicore fiber in which multiple single mode cores are stored in one optical fiber, the multicore fiber has a lattice-point arrangement in which multiple lattice points are periodically arranged two-dimensionally with translational symmetry and rotational symmetry or one of translational symmetry and rotational symmetry and, in that lattice-point arrangement, multiple cores are arranged with the lattice points of the lattice-point arrangement as reference positions. By giving different perturbations to the propagation constants of the cores, the propagation constants of the cores are each varied from the original propagation constants. Because of the variation in the propagation constants, the core-to-core coupling amount, which is dependent on the varied propagation constants, fall below a predetermined setting amount. Suppressing the coupling between homogeneous cores in this way reduces the distance between the homogeneous cores, thus increasing the core density of the multicore fiber without increasing the types of heterogeneous cores. | 06-20-2013 |