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| 20090066484 | RF tag R/W (reader/writer) control method and control apparatus - A failure of execution of an R/W control command with respect to plural RF tags that are attached to a moving thing occurs. There are disclosed a method and apparatus for controlling an R/W (reader/writer) that performs a read/write operation on RF tags attached to a moving body. In this case, the RF tags that are attached to the moving body are detected using the R/W. A schedule that determines execution timing of a control command of the R/W that performs a data read/write operation on the RF tags in accordance with the detected RF tags is created. The R/W control command is executed with respect to the RF tags using the R/W in accordance with timing that is determined in the created schedule. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090072948 | ID Reading Device, ID Reading Method, ID Reading Program, and Inspection Device - An ID reading device in an ID reading system that acquires IDs from a reader that reads identification labels, comprises an expected ID acquisition unit that acquires IDs to be read; a read attribute acquisition unit that acquires a correspondence between read attributes and the IDs, the read attributes being classifications of articles based on a possibility that, there is actually an article to which the identification label is attached; a complement condition storage unit that stores a correspondence between complement conditions for complementing the IDs and the read attributes; and a complement unit that compares the IDs acquired by the expected ID acquisition unit with the IDs received by the reader for each of the read attributes where their correspondence is stored in a read attribute storage unit and complements the IDs acquired by the reader with the IDs acquired by the expected ID acquisition unit. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100049706 | WORK HISTORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - There is a need for facilitating configuration of the right to reference varied work histories and searching for work histories. A work history management apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a work history classification section that classifies a work history in accordance with a content of the work history and assigns a classification identifier; a work history registration section that associates the classification identifier with the work history and stores the work history in a storage device; and a work history reference section that responds to a work history reference request from a user, references a reference condition associating a user capable of referencing the work history with the classification identifier, and searches for the work history stored in the storage device so as to be able to be referenced by the user and correspond to the classification identifier. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100321167 | INDIVIDUAL-ITEM INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - In an assembled product, a decrease in reading efficiency is avoided from being deteriorated by reading the electronic tags of the parts and the assembled product, registering their configuration information, and by placing read restriction on the electronic tags of the parts. For this purpose, manufacturing instruction information, used for assembling parts into an assembled product, is used. When replaced, the electronic tags of the assembled product are read, read restriction is removed from the assembled product, the electronic tag is read, the electronic tag of a new part to be installed is read, read restriction is placed on the electronic tag, and the configuration information is updated. An invalid part replacement is detected by comparing the configuration information. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110246506 | SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An object of the present invention is to manage various containment relationships such as packing relationships and loading relationships of an article, to efficiently search for sensor information measured by a sensor associated with the article, and thereby to provide the sensor information to the user. A system | 10-06-2011 |
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| 20090086091 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, top- and bottom-field picture signals in an interlaced picture signal are stored in sequence into a frame memory. A top-field brightness conversion unit reads a top-field picture signal from the frame memory, divides an interval in which that top-field picture signal is used into four subintervals, and produces in the subintervals top-field picture signals obtained by changing the brightness of the top-field picture signal. A bottom-field brightness conversion unit reads a bottom-field picture signal from the frame memory, divides an interval in which that bottom-field picture signal is used into four subintervals, and produces in the subintervals bottom-field picture signals obtained by changing the brightness of the bottom-field picture signal. A combining unit combines the brightness changed top-field picture signals and the brightness-changed bottom-field picture signals into a frame picture signal. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100071015 | APPARATUS FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO REPRODUCTION - According to an embodiment, displays a message displaying area is able to utilized as a messenger function and a schedule displaying area is able to utilized as a scheduler function in a display device of a television function part based on control information and setting information analyzed by an advanced function control module in a remote control part in accordance with a clock time managed by a clock module when a commercial power is connected with an image processing module, a display, a audio processing module, a audio reproducer, and a graphic processing module through a power supply. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100138597 | Information Processing System, System Controller, and Memory Control Method - According to one embodiment, an extreme data rate DRAM is a DRAM resetting data thereof in response to a reset signal. When power is initially supplied to a system, a system controller outputs the reset signal to the extreme data rate DRAM in response to a reset signal input from a memory controller through a level shifter. When shutting down power of a system while suspending data stored in the extreme data rate DRAM, the system controller shuts down power of the memory controller while maintaining supply of power to the extreme data rate DRAM in response to the reset signal input from the memory controller through the level shifter. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100244922 | CLOCK SUPPLY APPARATUS AND CLOCK SUPPLY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a clock supply apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes a first transmission line connected to a clock generator that generates clock signals, a second transmission line connected to a clock supply destination having input impedance different from output impedance of the clock generator, a capacitor that capacitively couples the first and second transmission lines, a pull-up resistor that is provided on the first transmission line to suppress reflection of the clock signal, and a pair of voltage divider resistors that apply potential obtained by voltage division to the second transmission line as a reference potential of the clock signal. The impedance of the pair of voltage divider resistors on the second transmission line is set to match the input impedance of the clock supply destination. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110181778 | Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Video Signal Processing Method - A video signal processing apparatus includes: a determining module configured to determine whether an input video signal is a video signal of a film material or a video signal of a video material; and a resolution enhancing module configured to perform super-resolution processing on both of color information and luminance information of the input video signal when the determining module determines that the input video signal is a video signal of a film material, and performing super-resolution processing on color information of the input video signal when the determining module determines that the input video signal is a video signal of a video material. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120026693 | Cooling Apparatus - According to one embodiment, a cooling apparatus includes: a cooling fin which cools heat-generating components by radiating heat of the heat-generating components; a first semiconductor module which serves as one of the heat-generating components; a second semiconductor module which serves as another one of the heat-generating components; a first heat sink which cools the first semiconductor module; a second heat sink which cools the second semiconductor module; a first heat pipe which thermally couples the cooling fin to the first heat sink; and a second heat pipe which thermally couples the first heat sink to the second heat sink. A functional upper limit of a junction temperature of the first semiconductor module is lower than a functional upper limit of a junction temperature of the second semiconductor module, and a heat generation of the first semiconductor module is larger than a heat generation of the second semiconductor module. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120081517 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a limiter, an input module, and a converter. The limiter is configured to limit an input image format according to an instruction for a 3D conversion for converting an input 2D image into a 3D image. The input module is configured to input a 2D image corresponding to an input image format based on the limitation. The converter is configured to convert the input 2D image into a 3D image. | 04-05-2012 |
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| 20080223033 | External combustion engine - An external combustion engine | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080229747 | External combustion engine - An external combustion engine including a container | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080282701 | External combustion engine - An external combustion engine provided with a plurality of evaporators and stabilized in output and efficiency, that is, an engine provided with at least one main container, a plurality of evaporators heating the working medium to evaporate, condensers cooling the vapor of the working medium evaporated at the evaporators to make it condense, an output part communicated with the other end of the main container and converting displacement of a liquid part of the working medium occurring due to fluctuations in volume of the working medium accompanying evaporation and condensation of the working medium to mechanical energy for output, a single main container pressure adjusting means adjusting an internal pressure of the main container, and controlling means for controlling the main container pressure adjusting means based on a lowest temperature in the temperatures of the plurality of evaporators constituting a minimum evaporator temperature. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090031727 | External combustion engine - An external combustion engine includes: a main container sealed with a working fluid in a liquid state adapted to flow; a heater for heating a portion of the working fluid in the main container and generating the vapor of the working fluid; a cooler for cooling and liquefying the vapor; an output unit for outputting by converting the displacement of the liquid portion of the working fluid generated by the volume change of the working fluid due to the generation and liquefaction of the vapor into mechanical energy; and an auxiliary container communicating with the main container. The heater, the cooler and the output unit are arranged in order, in the direction of displacement of the working fluid. The working fluid is sealed in the auxiliary container which communicates with the portion of the main container nearer the output unit than the cooler. The engine further includes a communication area adjusting unit for establishing communication between the main container and the auxiliary container with a first communication area in normal operation mode and with a second communication area larger than the first communication area at the time of engine start. Thus, a predetermined output is produced quickly after engine start. | 02-05-2009 |
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| 20090257115 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An optical amplifier includes a first optical amplification unit that amplifies input light, a variable optical attenuation unit that attenuates an output of the first optical amplification unit, a second optical amplification unit that amplifies an output of the variable optical attenuation unit, and a loss amount control unit that controls the variable optical attenuation unit, wherein an external attenuating optical medium is inserted between the variable optical attenuation unit and the second optical amplification unit. The optical amplifier includes an abnormality detecting unit that detects abnormality in optical loss based on a light level between the external attenuating optical medium and the second optical amplification unit, and a detection invalidating unit that invalidates any abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting unit when a light level between the variable optical attenuation unit and the external attenuating optical medium is lower than a threshold level. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110026940 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An optical communication device using a digital coherent reception system includes a phase detector configured to generate, based on a signal obtained in a course of digital signal processing, a phase signal indicating a displacement of a sampling of a reception signal, a clock switch-determiner configured to switch from an reference clock to a clock of transferred data when a value of an amplitude of the phase signal exceeds a given threshold value, and a selector configured to synchronize the sampling of the reception signal and an internal clock of the digital signal processing with the reference clock at start time or signal loss time, and synchronize the sampling of the reception signal and the internal clock with the line clock of the reception signal except for the start time and the signal loss time. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110200339 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver includes: a waveform distortion compensator to perform an operation on digital signal representing an optical signal generated by an A/D converter to compensate for waveform distortion of the optical signal; a phase detector to generate phase information representing sampling phase of the A/D converter; a phase adjuster to generate digital signal representing an optical signal in which the sampling phase of the A/D converter is adjusted from an output signal of the waveform distortion compensator using the phase information; a demodulator to generate a demodulated signal from the output signal of the phase adjuster; a phase controller to control the sampling phase of the A/D converter; a peak detector to detect a peak value of the phase information while the sampling phase of the A/D converter is controlled by the phase controller; and a compensation controller to control the waveform distortion compensator using the peak value. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110229127 | DIGITAL COHERENT RECEIVER AND DIGITAL COHERENT RECEPTION METHOD - A digital coherent receiver converts signals and local light respectively detected, as detection results, in signal light from an optical transmission line, into digital signals and that further applies digital processing to the digital signals. The receiver includes a skew detecting unit that detects skew between the digital signals; a skew control unit controls the skew of each of the signals so that the skew to be detected by the skew detecting unit will be reduced; and a demodulating unit that demodulates each signal controlled for skew by the skew control unit. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110229128 | OPTICAL NODE, OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION - An optical node disposed along a transmission line that uses optical fiber. The optical node includes a first signal generator and a monitor. The first signal generator generates a first measurement signal for measuring polarization mode dispersion values and transmits the first measurement signal along the transmission line. The monitor detects a second measurement signal from the transmission line and measures polarization mode dispersion values by performing signal processing with respect to the second measurement signal. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110255877 | DIGITAL COHERENT RECEIVER AND RECEIVING METHOD - A digital coherent receiver includes a front end, an A/D convertor, and a processor. The front end converts a light signal into an electric signal by using a signal light and a local oscillator light. The A/D convertor converts the electric signal of the front end into a digital signal. The processor calculates a spectrum gravity center of the digital signal converted by the A/D convertor, estimates a frequency offset of the digital signal based on the calculated spectrum gravity center, and reduces the frequency offset of the digital signal based on the estimated frequency offset. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120087669 | OPTICAL NODE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD - In an optical node, a transmitter produces an optical supervisory signal for supervising an optical network, a processor is operative to control a power level of the optical supervisory signal according to a per-wavelength power level of an optical communication signal when the optical node has no post amplifiers, and a multiplexer combines the controlled optical supervisory signal with the optical communication signal to be transmitted to another optical node located downstream. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120134684 | Adaptive equalizer, optical receiver, and tap coefficient correcting method - An adaptive equalizer includes a finite impulse response filter with a predetermined number of taps; and a tap coefficient adaptive controller having a register to hold tap coefficients for the filter, a weighted center calculator to calculate a weighted center of the tap coefficients, and a tap coefficient shifter to shift the tap coefficients based on a calculation result of the weighted center. During an initial training period, the tap coefficient shifter shifts the tap coefficients on a symbol data basis such that a difference between the calculated weighted center of the tap coefficients and a tap center defined by the number of taps is minimized. | 05-31-2012 |
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| 20080238351 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor control system in which one numerical control device controls a first-type amplifier without a DSP and a second-type amplifier with a DSP, and the cost of which has been reduced by reducing the number of interface circuits (serial bus control circuits) to be provided in the numerical control device has been disclosed. The system comprises a first-type amplifier that receives a PWM instruction, a second-type amplifier that receives a positional instruction, a numerical control device, and a serial bus, wherein the numerical control device comprises a first processor that calculates a positional instruction of a motor, a DSP that calculates a PWM instruction of the first-type amplifier from the positional instruction, and a serial bus control circuit that outputs the PWM instruction of the first-type amplifier and the positional instruction of the second-type amplifier to the serial bus, and the first-type amplifier generates a drive current signal of a motor directly from the received PWM instruction and the second-type amplifier comprises a third processor that calculates a PWM instruction from the received positional instruction. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090195206 | SERVO MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A table containing correspondence between “n” and “m” is set in a control circuit of a servo control system so that the current command data in the m-th (m=1, 2, 3 . . . ) current command register is assigned to the n-th (n=1, 2, 3 . . . ) servo amplifier. When data is specified in this table to satisfy “n=m”, the current command data in the n-th current command register is passed to the n-th servo amplifier. When “m=1” is set for “n=1” and “m=1” is set for “n=2” in this table, the current command data stored in the first current command register is passed to the first and second servo amplifiers. | 08-06-2009 |
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| 20090058486 | MASTER-SLAVE CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A master-slave circuit that includes a master circuit having input data stored therein, a storage unit for receiving the input data in response to receiving a sleep mode setting signal that sets a sleep mode, and for storing the input data, and a first control unit for interrupting the supply of a power supply voltage to the master circuit after the input data is stored in the storage unit. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100001782 | POWER SWITCH CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A power switch circuit that ensures suppression of an increase in a transient current. The power switch circuit includes a first transistor, which generates an output voltage in response to a control signal, and a time difference generation circuit, which delays the control signal by performing a logical process with the output voltage of the first transistor and the control signal. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100213979 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LAYOUTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first circuit provided between a power source voltage line and a ground line, including at least two first MOS transistors coupled in parallel and a second circuit, which is provided between the power source voltage line and the ground line, including at least two second MOS transistors coupled in series. The gate length and the gate width of the first MOS transistor are adjusted so that the first MOS transistor has a gate area allowing a first characteristic variation of the first MOS transistor to be substantially equal to a second characteristic variation of the second MOS transistor. | 08-26-2010 |
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| 20100238474 | DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A feature section including a feature of a candidate region but not including a feature of a related large region is set as for a style type different in feature from the related large region among a plurality of style types, with respect to each index candidate region. At least one or both of the large regions and the candidate regions having the feature included in the set feature section are grouped. An index evaluation degree is calculated, based on the grouped result, with respect to each candidate region. It is determined whether or not a logical element of each candidate region is an index, based on the calculated index evaluation degree. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245875 | DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Each small region positioned just before a large region according to a reading order is determined as a first candidate, and an evaluating process to evaluate whether each first candidate is an index or not is performed based on a difference in feature from the related large region with respect to each first candidate. Each small region positioned just before a first index according to the reading order is determined as a second candidate, and an evaluating process to evaluate whether each second candidate is the index or not is performed based on a difference in feature from the related first index with respect to each second candidate. Small regions determined as the first index and the second index are extracted as index regions. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110075932 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING HEADING REGION FROM IMAGE OF DOCUMENT - An image processing apparatus analyzes an image of a document to thereby extract a heading region from the image. The image processing apparatus detects candidates for the heading region from the image, and defines a predetermined range in the image as a range to be processed. The apparatus further groups the candidates in the range to be processed, based on a feature quantity corresponding to a feature in terms of style of a character string. The apparatus selects a representative group from the resultant groups, and divides the range to be processed, at the position of a candidate belonging to the representative group. The apparatus newly defines each of the portions generated by the division as a range to be processed. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20120137219 | DOCUMENT VIEWING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DOCUMENT DATA - A MFP is a document viewing device for displaying document data divided for each page. The document viewing device includes a processing device which performs a process of generating a viewing history of a document by a user based on a user operation performed for the document currently displayed on a display device; a process evaluating relevance to an object displayed on the display device to extract the page relevant to the object displayed on the display device from the document data; a process of determining based on the viewing history whether the object is checked or unchecked by the user to extract, from the extracted pages, a page for which it is determined that the object is unchecked; and a process of causing the display device to display, together with the displayed object, a shortcut linked to the page for which it is determined that the object is unchecked. | 05-31-2012 |
