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| 20080206949 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING CONDUCTOR, METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A conductor forming apparatus includes a reaction container having housed therein a processing target on a surface of which a recess in which a conductor is to be provided is formed, and a process for providing the conductor in the recess being carried out inside the container after a supercritical fluid dissolved with a metal compound is supplied into the container, a supply device which supplies the fluid from an outside to the inside of the container, and a discharge device which discharges the fluid that is not submitted for the process from the inside to the outside of the container, wherein while an amount of the fluid in the container is adjusted by continuously supplying the fluid into the container by the supply device and continuously discharging the fluid that is not submitted for the process to the outside of the container by the discharge device. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080233705 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY FORMING ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for selectively forming an electric conductor, the method including disposing a processing target and a metal compound in an atmosphere including a supercritical fluid, the processing target having formed thereon at least one recess for providing an electric conductor, the metal compound including a metal serving as a main component of the electric conductor, and dissolving at least part of the metal compound in the supercritical fluid, selectively introducing the metal compound dissolved in the supercritical fluid into the recess in contact with a surface of the processing target, and coagulating in the recess the metal compound introduced into the recess to precipitate the metal from the metal compound, and coagulating the metal precipitated in the recess, thereby providing the electric conductor in the recess. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100112776 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING CONDUCTOR, METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A conductor forming apparatus includes a reaction container having housed therein a processing target on a surface of which a recess in which a conductor is to be provided is formed, and a process for providing the conductor in the recess being carried out inside the container after a supercritical fluid dissolved with a metal compound is supplied into the container, a supply device which supplies the fluid from an outside to the inside of the container, and a discharge device which discharges the fluid that is not submitted for the process from the inside to the outside of the container, wherein while an amount of the fluid in the container is adjusted by continuously supplying the fluid into the container by the supply device and continuously discharging the fluid that is not submitted for the process to the outside of the container by the discharge device. | 05-06-2010 |
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| 20090025131 | TOILET SEAT DEVICE AND TOILET SEAT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18° C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100063369 | OPTICAL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING APPARATUS, OPTICAL BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING METHOD, BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DECISION APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical biological information measuring apparatus includes a measuring surface to be placed on the surface of a living body, a mark display section which displays a mark at a region to be measured on the surface of the living body, a light-emitting section which irradiates the living body with light of a predetermined wavelength and a light-receiving section which receives light irradiated onto the living body and returned from the living body, and measures information on the living body based on the received light. The optical biological information measuring apparatus is capable of measuring biological information with improved alignment accuracy. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100095443 | TOILET SEAT APPARATUS - A linear heater is formed of an enamel wire composed of a heating wire and an enamel layer. The heating wire is made of a copper alloy containing silver, for example. The enamel layer is made of polyester imide (PEI), polyimide (PI) or polyamide imide (PAI), for example. The enamel layer is coated with an insulating coating layer. The insulating coating layer is made of fluororesin such as perfluoroalkoxy mixture (PFA), polyimide (PI), or polyamide imide (PAI). The linear heater is bonded to the lower surface of an upper toilet seat casing such that it is sandwiched between a metal foil and a metal foil made of aluminum, for example. | 04-22-2010 |
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| 20080304952 | Transfer/Alignment Method in Vacuum Processing Apparatus, Vacuum Processing Apparatus and Computer Storage Medium - In a vacuum transfer chamber | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090087932 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate supporting apparatus includes a substrate supporting portion having a substrate supporting surface facing a rear surface of a substrate; plural protruding portions provided on the substrate supporting surface, for preventing the substrate from being slid on the substrate supporting surface by friction force generated in relation with the substrate; a gas discharge opening provided in the substrate supporting surface, for discharging gas toward the rear surface of the substrate; a gas flow path whose one end is connected to the gas discharge opening; and a temperature control unit for controlling temperature of the gas flowing through the gas flow path, wherein the gas discharged to the rear surface of the substrate flows in a gap between the substrate supporting surface and the substrate, and by Bernoulli effect causing reduction of pressure of the gap, the substrate is attracted to the substrate supporting portion, thereby supporting the substrate. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100102030 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus is disclosed for bringing a substrate from a carrier, by a substrate transfer portion inside a transfer chamber, into a processing module to perform a process therein. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate storing chamber coupled to an exterior of the transfer chamber via a transfer opening to be in communications with the transfer chamber; a first storing shelf in the substrate storing chamber to store substrates for a first storing purpose; a second storing shelf in the substrate storing chamber to store substrates for a second storing purpose different from the first storing purpose; and a shifting mechanism that shifts the first and the second storing shelves to position a substrate storing area of one of the first and the second storing shelves so that substrate transferring is enabled between the substrate storing area and the substrate transfer portion via the transfer opening. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100172720 | POSITIONAL DEVIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND PROCESS SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - In a positional deviation detection apparatus provided with a transfer mechanism where plural arm portions are connected pivotably and in series with each other, the transfer mechanism being adapted to hold and transfer an object to be processed with a distal end arm portion, there are provided an edge detection unit that detects at least an edge of the object to be detected held by the distal end arm portion, the edge detection unit being provided in an arm portion among the plural arm portions, except for the distal end arm portion; and a positional deviation detection portion that obtains positional deviation of the object to be processed, in accordance with a detected value of the edge detection unit. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110178626 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER MODULE, SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a substrate transfer apparatus including a transfer arm of a joint type having an arm portion rotatably connected with a holding portion for holding a substrate, the apparatus including: a heating unit for heating the arm portion; a temperature detection unit for detecting a temperature of the arm portion; and a control unit for heating the arm portion by the heating unit prior to a start of a transfer of the substrate, allowing the transfer of the substrate after a temperature detection value obtained by the temperature detection unit reaches a preset temperature range, and then controlling the heating unit so as to maintain the temperature detection value within the preset temperature range. | 07-21-2011 |
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| 20090190204 | Wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission system utilizing distributed raman amplification - The WDM optical transmission system using distributed Raman amplification, before starting operation of main signal light, transfers a plurality of lights having different wavelengths to that of the main signal light (for example Raman amplification pump lights or the like) between first and second optical transmission devices connected to opposite ends of a transmission line, monitors transmission line input and output power for each light, calculates a transmission line loss in each wavelength using the monitor results, and specifies a type of the transmission line based on a loss wavelength characteristic that can be estimated from the calculation result. Then the power of pump light provided to the transmission light is optimized in accordance with the type of transmission line. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190205 | RAMAN AMPLIFYING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A light amplifying device including a Raman amplifier to Raman-amplify a signal light by inputting excitation lights of a plurality of wavelengths to a transmission path through which the signal light propagates, a plurality of measuring units measuring powers of light output from the Raman amplifier in a plurality of wavelength bands included in an amplification band of the Raman amplifier, a calculating unit calculating a ratio of the respective powers measured by at least two of the plurality of measuring units, and a control unit controlling a power ratio of the respective excitation lights input to the transmission path by the Raman amplifier based on the ratio calculated by the calculating unit. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090190206 | RAMAN AMPLIFYING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A light amplifying device including a Raman amplifier to Raman-amplify a signal light by inputting excitation lights of a plurality of wavelengths to a transmission path through which the signal light propagates, a plurality of measuring units measuring powers of light output from the Raman amplifier in a plurality of wavelength bands included in an amplification band of the Raman amplifier, a calculating unit calculating a ratio of the respective powers measured by at least two of the plurality of measuring units, and a control unit controlling a power ratio of the respective excitation lights input to the transmission path by the Raman amplifier based on the ratio calculated by the calculating unit. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090195862 | DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFYING SYSTEM, START-UP METHOD THEREOF, AND OPTICAL DEVICE - To obtain automatic gain control with high accuracy by including first and second light monitors, a reference light supplying unit supplying reference light of which wavelength is set within a gain band of a distributed Raman amplification and out of a wavelength band of main signal light to the optical transmission path, a first reference light monitor monitoring a power of the reference light input to the optical transmission path from one end side thereof, a second reference light monitor monitoring the power of the reference light output from the other end side of the optical transmission path, and a controlling unit controlling supply of pump light in a pump light supplying unit as well as supervising a state of the optical transmission path, based on monitor results from the first and second light monitor and the monitor results in the first and second reference light monitors. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195863 | Optical amplification apparatus, optical communication apparatus, and optical communication method - A Raman amplifier inputs pump light into an optical fiber (transmission path) through which an optical signal passes, to amplify the optical signal. An optical receiving unit is provided downstream of the Raman amplifier and monitors the power of the optical signal amplified by the Raman amplifier. A calculating unit determines Raman amplification gain based on the power of the optical signal monitored by the optical receiving unit, and calculates the power of a noise component included in the optical signal based on the gain. The calculating unit, in real-time, calculates the power, which varies in complicated manners depending on conditions, and outputs information concerning to the power to another apparatus at a frequency on the order of milliseconds. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090213454 | RAMAN AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS AND DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AS WELL AS STARTING UP METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM - A Raman amplification apparatus includes a pumping light supplying section, a main signal wavelength light level acquisition section, a monitoring signal wavelength light level acquisition section, a function information storage section for storing, as function information, information regarding functions for deriving a noise amount and a gain by Raman amplification with regard to a monitoring signal wavelength light with respect to pumping light power supplied from the pumping light supplying section, and a transmission characteristic derivation section for deriving a transmission characteristic on an optical transmission line based on information acquired by the main signal wavelength light level acquisition section and the monitoring signal wavelength light level acquisition section and the function information stored in the function information storage section, and Raman gain is derived with high accuracy in comparison with the conventional technique. | 08-27-2009 |
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| 20090088923 | VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Whether an anomaly occurs in a data-rewritable second nonvolatile memory is determined by comparison between (i) a diagnosis code stored in the second nonvolatile memory and (ii) data contents stored as a diagnosis table in a first nonvolatile memory. The first nonvolatile memory previously stores the diagnosis table for listing diagnosis codes. If the diagnosis codes are appropriately registered in the diagnosis table, it is thereafter unnecessary to take into consideration whether the diagnosis codes are normally stored in the first nonvolatile memory. This configuration requires no further rewriting of information in the first nonvolatile memory unlike other memories, and thus decreases a possibility of an occurrence of an anomaly to garble the information in the first nonvolatile memory in comparison with other memories. Whether an anomaly occurs in the second nonvolatile memory can be thus performed more appropriately. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090132117 | VEHICULAR MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - When a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM has a trouble code storage area and a status information area, status information is stored in the status information area after completion of storage of a trouble code in the trouble code storage area. Even when storage of the trouble code in a second storage area is interrupted due to a power fault with a result of three area discrepancy, the storage of the trouble code in the storage area is determined as not complete based on the status information, thereby leading to an appropriate data recovery of the trouble code in the trouble code storage area for an improvement of storage reliability of a vehicular memory management apparatus. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20110190978 | DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION COLLECTION APPARATUS - A diagnostic information collection apparatus includes: multiple abnormality detection sections corresponding to respective diagnostic objects in a vehicle to detect an abnormality; and a memory. Each abnormality detection section includes: an abnormality occurrence determination unit; an abnormality confirming unit; a normality conforming unit; a state information generation unit that generates state information indicative of a determination result whether abnormality decision is in progress; and an abnormality-related information processing unit that controls the memory to store identification information about the diagnostic object when the abnormality occurrence determination unit determine the abnormality occurrence at a first time, specifies another abnormality detection section having state information indicative of abnormality decision in progress, and controls the memory to store identification information of the specified another abnormality detection section. | 08-04-2011 |
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| 20080233421 | Iron-based sintered material and production method thereof - There is provided an iron-based sintered material resistant to the metal fatigue developing from the voids therein functioning as the initial points and improved in the strength and machinability thereof. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090260594 | IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, PISTON FOR IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PISTON FOR IN-CYLINDER FUEL-INJECTION TYPE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A piston for in-cylinder fuel-injection type internal combustion engine includes a piston body, a low thermal conductor, and a piston head. The low thermal conductor is disposed on the top of the piston body. The low thermal conductor includes a low thermally-conductive substrate, and a coating layer. The low thermally-conductive substrate has opposite surfaces. The coating layer includes alumina fine particles (Al | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100074790 | IRON-BASED SINTERED ALLOY, IRON-BASED SINTERED-ALLOY MEMBER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THEM - An iron-based sintered alloy of the present invention is an iron-based sintered alloy, which is completed by sintering a powder compact made by press forming a raw material powder composed of Fe mainly, and is such that: when the entirety is taken as 100% by mass, carbon is 0.1-1.0% by mass; Mn is 0.01-1.5% by mass; the sum of the Mn and Si is 0.02-3.5% by mass; and the major balance is Fe. It was found out that, by means of an adequate amount of Mn and Si, iron-based sintered alloys are strengthened and additionally a good dimensional stability is demonstrated. As a result, it is possible to suppress or obsolete the employment of Cu or Ni, which has been believed to be essential virtually, the recyclability of iron-based sintered alloys can be enhanced, and further their cost reduction can be intended. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100310405 | FERROUS SINTERED ALLOY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FERROUS SINTERED ALLOY AND CONNECTING ROD - A ferrous sintered alloy includes a sintered raw-material powder that is made of an Fe—Cr—Mo-system powder, a carbon-system powder and an Mn—Si-system powder before sintering. The ferrous sintered alloy exhibits a density of 7.4 g/cm | 12-09-2010 |
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| 20110169795 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - It is expected to provide an image display apparatus and image display method that can reduce the risk that an image quality is undermined due to a halo phenomenon caused by the leak of light passing through a non-corresponding color filter from a LED. The image display apparatus can respectively control luminous efficiencies of plural color LEDs, i.e., R-LED ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110199541 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - When conducting video display with a wide color gamut display based on a video signal conforming to a standard (sRGB standard and the like) having a color reproduction range narrower than that of the wide color gamut display, the video processing circuit | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110279740 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - When a wide color gamut display displays video based on a video signal that complies with a narrower color reproduction range standard, in order to make full use of the feature of the wide color gamut display capable of displaying highly saturated and vivid reds, while eliminating the problem of seeing glaring images in the part of the red color region near the highest brightness and saturation, a video processing circuit ( | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110285681 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - The occurrence of the halo phenomenon caused in a display panel unit is detected in a liquid crystal display device that displays an image in the display panel unit including color filters of a plurality of colors by respectively controlling emission ratios of a plurality of LEDs emitting lights of colors respectively corresponding to the plurality of color filters. Upon detection, a part of the display panel unit, for example, the channel number and the vicinity thereof are set as a non-detection area in which the detection of the halo phenomenon is restricted and the remaining area is set as a detection area. The chroma of light, which corresponds to mixed light from the plurality of LEDs, is reduced by controlling the emission ratios of the LEDs on the basis of the detection result in the detection area, so that the color of light is closer to white. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20090198444 | Method for Deriving Conversion Coefficient Used for Specifying Position from Value Detected by Various Sensors, and Navigation Apparatus - A position measuring unit measures measurement data including at least a movement velocity, an accuracy reduction index, and an azimuth on the basis of a signal received from a satellite. A determining unit for a distance determines validity of measurement data and determines whether to derive a distance conversion coefficient using the measurement data determined valid. When the deriving is determined, a distance conversion coefficient calculator derives a distance conversion coefficient. A determining unit for an angular velocity determines an effective range for an integration value of an output value from an angular velocity sensor over a predetermined period on the basis of a movement velocity included in measurement data, and determines whether to derive an angular velocity conversion coefficient on the basis of the effective range and the integration value of the output values over the predetermined period. When the deriving is determined, an angular velocity conversion coefficient calculator derives an angular velocity conversion coefficient. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100106445 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR CORRECTING APPARATUS FOR DERIVING VALUE FOR CORRECTING OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR, ANGULAR VELOCITY CALCULATING APPARATUS, ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR CORRECTING METHOD, AND ANGULAR VELOCITY CALCULATING METHOD - A measuring unit obtains measurement data of an object measured on the basis of a signal from a GPS satellite and angular velocity of an object output from an angular velocity sensor. An offset value computing unit estimates a running condition of the object on the basis of the measurement data and the angular velocity. The offset value computing unit sequentially derives temporary offset values while changing combination of the measurement data and the angular velocity in accordance with the estimated running condition of the object and, after that, executes statistical process on the temporary offset values, thereby deriving an offset value. An angular velocity conversion coefficient computing unit sequentially derives temporary angular velocity conversion coefficients on the basis of the measurement data and the angular velocity and, after that, executes statistical process on the temporary angular velocity conversion coefficients, thereby deriving an angular velocity conversion coefficient. An angular velocity converting unit derives final angular velocity on the basis of the angular velocity conversion coefficient, the offset value, and the angular velocity. | 04-29-2010 |
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| 20080289656 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate processing method of drying a substrate to be processed by rotating the substrate while supplying a cleaning solution onto a surface of the substrate, the method comprising, when moving, on the substrate, a cleaning solution supply position where the cleaning solution is supplied on the surface of the substrate in rotation, measuring a water level in a predetermined portion on the surface of the substrate in at least a partial region on the surface of the substrate, and controlling based on the measured water level at least one of a cleaning solution supply position moving velocity when moving the position where the cleaning solution is supplied and a rotational speed of the substrate. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080311529 | IMMERSION MULTIPLE-EXPOSURE METHOD AND IMMERSION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR SEPARATELY PERFORMING MULTIPLE EXPOSURE OF MICROPATTERNS AND NON-MICROPATTERNS - This invention discloses an immersion multiple-exposure method including a first exposure step of performing, using a first mask, immersion exposure of a photoresist film formed on a substrate, a cleaning step of clearing the surface of the substrate, and a second exposure step of performing immersion exposure of the photoresist film using a second mask. No heating process is performed between the first exposure step and the second exposure step. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090117498 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A pattern forming method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes forming a resist layer on a semiconductor substrate, selectively exposing the resist layer, developing the selectively exposed resist layer, decomposing photosensitizer in the resist layer after developing the resist layer, removing the photosensitizer or acid generated from the decomposed photosensitizer, applying a shrink material on the developed resist layer after removing the photosensitizer or the acid generated from the decomposed photosensitizer, performing a heating process for the resist layer on which the shrink material is applied, and removing a part of the heat-processed shrink material. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090305167 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a resist film is formed on a substrate and is processed to be provided with openings to form a first resist pattern. Additive-containing layers containing an additive that changes a state of the resist film to a soluble state for a developer are formed so as to cover the first resist pattern. A first resin film having a nature of changing to a soluble state for the developer by containing the additive is formed in the openings of the first resist pattern. The additive is diffused into the first resist pattern and the first resin film to form first and second additive-diffusing portions which can be solved in the developer. The first and second additive-diffusing portions are removed by the developer to form second resist pattern made of remaining portions in the first resist pattern and the first resin film. | 12-10-2009 |
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| 20100102310 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide an organic electroluminescence element including a structure that facilitates manufacturing of a large scale organic EL panel and a manufacturing method thereof, the organic electroluminescence element includes: an anode; a cathode; an organic luminescent layer located between the anode and the cathode; and a hole injection layer located between the anode and the organic luminescent layer. The hole injection layer comprises a mixture of molybdenum oxide and tungsten oxide that contains a molybdenum element in a range of 9 atomic percent to 35 atomic percent. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110291085 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element. An anode is formed on a main surface of a substrate. A hole-injection layer is formed at least above the anode. At least the hole-injection layer is covered with a protective film. A bank which is provided with an aperture through which a portion of the protective film is exposed, is formed on the protective film by a wet process. The portion of the protective film exposed through the aperture is removed so that a portion of the hole-injection layer is exposed, a light-emitting layer is formed on the hole-injection layer exposed through the aperture, and a cathode is formed above the light-emitting layer. The protective film is resistant to a fluid used during the wet process. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120001186 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel and method of manufacturering a display panel. A plurality of contact holes penetrate through an interlayer insulation film and have wiring lines connecting first electrode plates and second electrode plates with a thin-film transistor layer. The first electrode plates and the second electrode plates each include at least one concavity. The at least one concavity included in each of the first and second electrode plates coincide with the plurality of contact holes. A total volume of the at least one concavity in any of the first electrode plates is larger than a total volume of the at least one concavity in any of the second electrode plates, while a volume of a portion of the first organic functional layer corresponding to any of the first electrode plates at least approximates a volume of the second organic functional layer corresponding to any of the second electrode plates. A portion of the first organic functional layer entered into the at least one concavity in any of the first electrode plates is larger than a portion of the second organic functional layer entered into the at least one concavity in any of the second electrode plates, so that in locations other than the at least one concavity in the first electrode plates and the second electrode plates, the first organic functional layer is thinner than the second organic functional layer. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120032207 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY PANEL - An organic light-emitting display panel is provided that improves luminous efficiency and luminescent color by adjusting the difference in film thickness between layers of different luminescent colors, such as intermediate layers, when the intermediate layer and light-emitting layers are formed by a wet method. By varying the film thickness of an interlayer insulation film, which is a lower layer of an organic light-emitting element, the volume of a contact hole is varied by color, thereby adjusting the volume of a concavity in each anode plate. When ink that includes material for the intermediate layer, or like, is sprayed by an inkjet method, the film thickness of the intermediate layer, or like, changes in accordance with the amount of ink filing the concavity. Therefore, by adjusting the difference in volume between concavities of different colors, the difference in film thickness between the intermediate layers, or like, is finely adjusted. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120091439 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL - A device and method improving luminous efficiency and luminescent color in an organic EL display panel used in electronic devices such as televisions or the like by making it easy to adjust the difference in film thickness between layers of different luminescent colors, such as intermediate layers, when the intermediate layers and light-emitting layers are formed by a wet method. By varying by color the volume of a contact hole formed in an interlayer insulation film, which is a lower layer of an organic EL element, the volume of a concavity in each anode plate is adjusted. When ink that includes material for the intermediate layer or the like is sprayed by an inkjet method, the film thickness of the intermediate layer or the like changes in accordance with the amount of ink filing the concavity. | 04-19-2012 |
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| 20080311293 | Method and device for coating hollow cylindrical member - A method and a device for coating a hollow cylindrical member. The method includes radially coating an entire inner surface of the hollow cylindrical member with a first coating material discharged by a first slit nozzle and simultaneously circularly coating an entire outer surface of the hollow cylindrical member with a second coating material discharged in an axial direction of the hollow cylindrical member by a second slit nozzle located opposite the first slit nozzle with the hollow cylindrical member therebetween. The first slit nozzle and the second slit nozzle discharge the first coating material and the second coating material, respectively, to a same height of the hollow cylindrical member relative to the inner surface and the outer surface thereof. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100119269 | FIXING MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND FIXING DEVICE - To provide a fixing member for fixing to a recording medium an unfixed image formed with a developer, the fixing member including: a base material; an elastic layer which is provided outside the base material and has an elastic deformation property; and a release layer which is provided outside the elastic layer and promotes separation of the recording medium from the fixing member, wherein the release layer has a plurality of through-holes formed between its front surface and its surface on the opposite side to the front surface, and part of the elastic layer in contact with the release layer can fill the through-holes upon provision of pressure for fixing the unfixed image to the recording medium. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100129123 | Fixing member, and fixing device and image forming apparatus using same - A fixing member including a substrate and an elastic layer provided on a surface of the substrate. The elastic layer includes a fluorosilicone rubber including carbon fibers and voids. | 05-27-2010 |
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| 20090122326 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When image data is obtained through a network from a document reading portion or a PC etc., a main control portion displays, through a display control portion, a document icon in a document icon area on a display portion. A user drags and drops the document icon on an output image operation area with a touch pen or the like, and the main control portion displays the specified document icon on the area. Moreover, when specification of a paper area, a position of a punch hole, a position of stapling, and the like is performed with the touch pen or the like, the main control portion determines whether or not setting is possible and outputs specified data to an image formation control portion and a post-process control portion. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100118338 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided with a display control portion for displaying a preview image of image data to be printed, and an original bundle-based processing mode is selectable by an operation portion. The display control portion, in the case of displaying a preview image in the original bundle-based processing mode, generates a thumbnail image, from image data read at each subjob, by reducing image data of a top page, and displays a thumbnail image corresponding to each generated subjob arranged as a preview image on a display portion. In addition, for changing a setting, the display control portion, in the case of displaying a preview image in the original bundle-based processing mode, displays a change key for changing only print conditions of a bundle of originals being displayed as a preview image to be selectable on the display portion by the operation portion. | 05-13-2010 |
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| 20080212212 | MAGNETIC COUPLED ACTUATOR - A magnetic coupled actuator includes a lens which is movable in an optical axis direction AX, a lens frame which is coupled with the lens, a lens barrel which seals and accommodates the movable lens and the lens frame to be airtight, a permanent magnet which is disposed at an outer side of the lens barrel, facing the lens frame, and is disposed to be movable in the optical axis AX direction, and a wire of which, one end is coupled with the permanent magnet, and which moves the permanent magnet in the optical axis AX direction. At least one of the lens frame and the permanent magnet is a magnetic field generating means. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090302710 | INERTIAL DRIVE ACTUATOR - An inertial drive actuator includes a fixed member, a displacement generating mechanism of which, one end is adjacent to the fixed member, and a displacement is generated at the other end thereof, a driving mechanism which applies a voltage for displacing the displacement generating mechanism, a vibration substrate which is connected to the other end of the displacement generating mechanism, and which is displaceable in a direction of displacement, a mobile object which is disposed to be facing a vibration substrate electrode provided to the vibration substrate, and which moves with respect to the vibration substrate by an inertia, and a friction controlling mechanism which changes a frictional force between the mobile object and the vibration substrate. A regulating member which regulates the movement of the mobile object is provided to at least one of the fixed member and the vibration substrate such that the mobile object moves in a direction of displacement of the vibration substrate or in a direction other than the direction of displacement. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090302711 | INERTIAL DRIVE ACTUATOR - There is provided an inertial drive actuator in which, a small-sizing is easy, including a first displacement generating mechanism of which, one end is adjacent to a fixed member, and a first displacement is generated in the other end thereof, a second displacement generating mechanism of which, one end is adjacent to the fixed member, and which generates a second displacement in the other end thereof, a driving mechanism which applies a voltage for displacing the first displacement generating mechanism and the second displacement generating mechanism, a vibration substrate which is connected to the other end of the first displacement generating mechanism and the other end of the second displacement generating mechanism, and which is displaceable in a plane in which, there exist a direction of the first displacement and a direction of the second displacement, a mobile object which is disposed to be facing the vibration substrate, and which moves with respect to the vibration substrate by an inertia with respect to a displacement of the vibration substrate, and a friction controlling mechanism which changes a frictional force between the mobile object and the vibration substrate. | 12-10-2009 |
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| 20110055528 | DATA PROCESSOR - The data processor can form a system including a combination of two or more operating systems running in parallel, which achieves a higher data transfer rate between operating systems and the increase in system performance without impairing the system reliability. In the system, data transfer between domains is performed in an enhanced access mode as well as an access mode in which an access from a domain manager having control of domains is handled as one from the domain manager. The enhanced access mode is arranged by enhancing, to a CPU scale, an access mode in which an access from the domain manager is treated as an access from a software program working on a domain, and the software program of domain manager transfers data between the domains. For example, in case that the domain manager performs data transfer between domains in the enhanced access mode, a read access from the domain manager is disguised as a read access from a first domain, and a write access from the domain manager is disguised as a write access from a second domain. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110107064 | DATA PROCESSOR - The present invention realizes an efficient superscalar instruction issue and low power consumption at an instruction set including instructions with prefixes. An instruction fetch unit is adopted which determines whether an instruction code is of a prefix code or an instruction code other than it, and outputs the result of determination and the 16-bit instruction code. Along with it, decoders each of which decodes the instruction code, based on the result of determination, and decoders each of which decodes the prefix code, are disposed separately. Further, a prefix is supplied to each decoder prior to a fixed-length instruction code like 16 bits modified with it. A fixed-length instruction code following the prefix code is supplied to each decoder of the same pipeline as the decoder for the prefix code. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110131577 | DATA PROCESSOR - This invention is intended to reduce the hypervisor overhead. In the data processor disclosed herein, when a device driver calls for access to a control register to activate a process of a dedicated controlled peripheral device, the access is handled directly without intervention of processing by the hypervisor. When an interrupt is generated from a dedicated controlled peripheral device, a process is directly initiated by the device driver of the operating system governing the peripheral device without intervention of processing by the hypervisor. By implementing this manner of control in the processor, it becomes possible to carry out peripheral device control without intervention of processing by the hypervisor. Thereby, the hypervisor overhead is alleviated. | 06-02-2011 |