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| 20110080565 | IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS - An image projecting apparatus includes an image display element, an optical system that projects an image displayed on the image display element onto a screen, an optical element that shifts in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical system, an adjusting mechanism that can shift the optical element in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a holding member that fixes the optical element to a lens barrel, wherein a combined Abbe number vdch of materials of the optical element with respect to a d-line, a combined focal length fdch of the optical element with respect to the d-line, and the pixel pitch P of the image display element satisfy an appropriate condition. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110317279 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an enlargement side to a reduction side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, which is stationary for variation of magnification, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, which moves for variation of magnification, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, which moves for variation of magnification, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, which includes a stop and which moves for variation of magnification, and at least one lens unit. In the zoom lens, for variation of magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens unit and the third lens unit move towards the reduction side and the fourth lens unit move towards the enlargement side. The zoom lens satisfies an appropriate condition. | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20100146762 | STAGE APPARATUS ASSEMBLING METHOD - An assembling method that is high in assembly accuracy and easily performed at the actual installation site is provided. In this method, the sub base plates on the sub mounting tables are aligned with respect to a main base plate on a main mounting table at a temporary installation site, and the state thereof is maintained. Then, the main mounting table and the sub mounting tables are separated from each other to be transferred to the actual installation site, and the positioning state is restored at the actual installation site. Since a positional alignment can be performed at the temporary installation site, the work required at the actual installation site can be reduced. Furthermore, since a fine adjustment can be performed at the actual installation site, the accuracy in the positional alignment can be improved. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100163703 | STAGE APPARATUS - A stage apparatus enables easy position alignment at a real installation site. Mounts | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100177153 | STAGE APPARATUS - A stage apparatus that achieves a high accuracy in assembling and enables easy work at a real installation site. In a stage apparatus of the present invention, sub rails are arranged on respective sub base plates, which are connected respectively with the first and second main rails on a main base plate to extend the first and second main rails. Accordingly, when the sub base plates are fixed to the main base plate | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110042876 | STAGE - Provided is a substrate stage which can transfer a substrate at a high speed. In the substrate stage of the present invention, auxiliary mounting tables are attached to a main mounting table, and lower rails are arranged over on the main mounting table and above the auxiliary mounting tables. When both ends of the lower rails are bent upwardly by a vertically adjusting unit in order to prevent the both ends of the lower rails to be bent downwardly, the lower rails are made straight. Since the lower rail is not divided, the linearity is ensured and the moving plate does not stutter so that transfer of the substrate at high speed can be performed. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110048319 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate transfer processing apparatus capable of processing a substrate at high speed is provided. A mounting table on which a substrate is mounted includes a plate-shaped main body and a recessed part formed in a rear surface of the plate-shaped main body. Since the mounting table is lightweight as compared to the mounting table before the recessed part is formed therein, the load on a motor is small and the running cost is low even when the mounting table is moved at high speed. Because the plate-shaped main body is made of granite, the mounting surface can be made flat and smooth by polishing. Since the mounting surface is flat and smooth, the accuracy in positioning the substrate is high. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20100289694 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND GPS POSITIONING METHOD - An object is to enhance certainty of a positioning process in a mobile communication terminal even with a large error of approximate location information. A mobile communication terminal | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120165045 | LOCATION POSITIONING APPARATUS, LOCATION POSITIONING METHOD, AND LOCATION POSITIONING PROGRAM - A location positioning apparatus, a location positioning method, and a location positioning program are provided for shortening the wait time necessary for positioning, by changing the timeout period in the positioning measurement according to the accuracy of the general location, when the current location cannot be positioned. A general location error determining unit ( | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120214513 | MOVEMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE AND MOVEMENT DETERMINATION METHOD - A movement determination device and method that can perform movement determination of mobile communication terminals. A mobile communication terminal includes a visiting area information acquisition unit that acquires visiting area information indicating the communication area the mobile communication terminal is visiting, a storage unit that stores the visiting area information as a visiting area information history of the communication area the mobile communication terminal is visiting, a peripheral area count acquisition unit that acquires the number of communication areas located at the periphery of the mobile communication terminal, a reference range specifying unit that specifies a reference range of the visiting area information history stored by a storage in accordance with the number of the peripheral areas, and a determination unit that determines whether the mobile communication terminal is moving or not by comparing the reference range of the visiting area information history with the visiting area information. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120258734 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal receives information adapted to the current location of the mobile terminal via a mobile communication network from an information service providing communication apparatus that sends information adapted to current locations of mobile terminals to mobile terminals. The mobile terminal repeats identifying the location of the mobile terminal, and calculates a linear movement distance of the mobile terminal between a past location of the mobile terminal and the current location of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal transmits a signal indicating the current location if the linear movement distance is greater than a threshold, but does not transmit the signal indicating the current location if the linear movement distance is less than the threshold. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120268322 | GPS POSITIONING SYSTEM, GPS POSITIONING METHOD, AND GPS POSITIONING TERMINAL - A GPS positioning system including: a storage unit for storing therein assist data for GPS positioning; a determination unit for determining whether the stored assist data stored in the storage unit is valid or invalid; an autonomous positioning unit for, when the stored assist data is determined to be valid, based on the stored assist data determined to be valid without communicating with a base station, performing GPS positioning; an A-GPS positioning unit for, when the stored assist data is determined to be invalid, based on assist data acquired by communication with the base station, performing GPS positioning; and an updating unit for, when the GPS positioning succeeds, based on a result of the positioning, updating the stored assist data and, when the GPS positioning fails, based on the assist data acquired by communication with the base station, updating the stored assist data. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120295642 | POSITIONING TIME INTERVAL CONTROL DEVICE AND POSITIONING TIME INTERVAL CONTROL METHOD - A positioning time interval control device for controlling a time interval for measuring a position includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a movement state and a movement speed of a mobile terminal, and a positioning time interval setting unit configured to set the time interval for measuring the position of the mobile terminal and a time interval for outputting position information derived from the measurement based on the movement state and the movement speed of the mobile terminal obtained by the obtaining unit. The positioning time interval setting unit changes the time intervals when the movement state and/or the movement speed of the mobile terminal is changed. At the time interval set by the positioning time interval setting unit, the mobile terminal obtains the position information of the mobile terminal and outputs the position information. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120327922 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning device for measuring a position includes a WLAN positioning calculation unit that performs first positioning, based on first radio waves from access points; a satellite positioning unit that performs second positioning, based on second radio waves from satellites; a positioning result determination unit that determines whether a positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit exists within a predetermined range from position information or a measured position, based on the position information to be obtained during the second positioning by the satellite positioning unit or the measured position by the satellite positioning unit; and a positioning result adoption determination unit that determines whether the positioning result is adopted, based on a determined result by the positioning result determination unit. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120329480 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning device includes a WLAN positioning calculation unit that performs first positioning based on first radio waves from access points; a satellite positioning unit that performs second positioning based on second radio waves from positioning satellites; a positioning result determination unit that determines whether a positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit is to be adopted, when the second positioning by the satellite positioning unit has failed; and an output unit that outputs the positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit, when the positioning result determination unit determines to adopt the positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130012229 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning apparatus for performing a positioning operation based on distance to an access point includes an access point detection unit configured to detect an access point, a memory unit configured to store the access point detected by the access point detection unit for each of channels, a channel setup unit configured to set a channel to be scanned based on the access points in the memory unit, and a positioning operation unit configured to perform positioning based on the distance to the access point detected by the access point detection unit. The access point detection unit detects the access point based on the channel set by the channel setup unit. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130035112 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - There are provided a mobile terminal device and a positioning method, in which power saving is enabled. When an environment estimating unit determines that the mobile terminal device is currently located in an indoor environment, an autonomous GPS positioning regulating unit thereof regulates implementation of an autonomous positioning operation by an autonomous GPS positioning unit to enable the suppression of wasteful power consumption caused by the implementation of the autonomous GPS positioning operation that has no possibility of being successful at a current time. In the meanwhile, an assist information acquiring processing unit of an A-GPS positioning unit is made to perform an assist information acquiring process that is a former process of the A-GPS positioning operation. When the location accuracy of outline location information acquired has a good result of a level 3 or higher, the outline location information is provided as a positioning result. | 02-07-2013 |
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| 20090230452 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device which has a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating film formed in the semiconductor substrate, a conductive pattern formed over the semiconductor substrate and the isolation insulating film, so that a side face of the conductive pattern is formed over the isolation insulating film, and an insulating film is formed over the isolation insulating film, the conductive pattern and the side face of the conductive pattern, and the side face of the conductive pattern comprises a notch. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100207178 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: forming a lower electrode on a semiconductor substrate, sputtering a ferroelectric film on the lower electrode using a target, thermal treating the ferroelectric film in an atmosphere containing oxygen in accordance with an accumulated period of use of the target for fabricating the ferroelectric film, and forming an upper electrode on the ferroelectric film. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100267214 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a surface of a lower, insulating film ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110312154 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device which has a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating film formed in the semiconductor substrate, a conductive pattern formed over the semiconductor substrate and the isolation insulating film, so that a side face of the conductive pattern is formed over the isolation insulating film, and an insulating film is formed over the isolation insulating film, the conductive pattern and the side face of the conductive pattern, and the side face of the conductive pattern comprises a notch. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20090236320 | METHOD FOR TANDEM GAS METAL ARC WELDING, AND WELDING TORCH AND WELDING APPARATUS USED THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method for tandem gas metal arc welding using a leading electrode and a trailing electrode, wherein a shielding gas for the leading electrode is a two-component mixed gas containing argon and carbon dioxide, or a three-component mixed gas containing argon, carbon dioxide, and oxygen; a shielding gas for the trailing electrode is argon, a two-component mixed gas containing argon and carbon dioxide, a two-component mixed gas containing argon and oxygen, or a three-component mixed gas containing argon, carbon dioxide, and oxygen; and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the shielding gas for the trailing electrode is lower than the concentration of carbon dioxide in the shielding gas for the leading electrode. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100133240 | Consumable Electrode-Based Gas-Shielded Arc Welding Method and Welding Torch Therefor - A method of consumable electrode type gas shield arc welding characterized in that a shield gas consisting of an inert gas is fed toward a consumable electrode and an addition gas consisting of a mixture of oxidizing gas and inert gas toward an outer edge of welding pool. Further, there is provided a welding torch for use in the method. Thus, in the welding of steel material in accordance with GMA welding technique, the dissolved oxygen concentration of the weld metal can be reduced to 100 ppm or less, and while maintaining arc stability, desirable bead formation can be attained. | 06-03-2010 |
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| 20090068378 | DISCOTIC NEMATIC MATERIAL, COMPOSITION, RETARDATION PLATE, ELLIPTICALLY-POLARIZING PLATE AND COMPOUND - A discotic nematic material comprising a compound of R | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090091690 | Optical Compensation Film, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention aims to provide an optical compensation film that allows superior phase difference between a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer and excellent wavelength dispersibility in terms of front and inclined retardation of liquid crystal layers in liquid crystal cells, a polarizing plate containing the optical compensation film, and a liquid-crystal display device that can display superior images with less color change due to the polarizing plate. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090174844 | Composition, Retardation Plate, Liquid-Crystal Display Device, and Method for Producing Retardation Plate - A composition comprising at least one liquid-crystal compound and a polymer having at least one group of the following formula: | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090233009 | COMPOUND, COMPOSITION, RETARDATION PLATE, ELLIPTICALLY-POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A compound useful for fabrication of retardation plates, which is represented by the formula (DI): | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100130273 | PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE - Provided is a portable wireless device having a plurality of antennas of different frequency bands. By positively using one antenna for improving gains of other antennas, the one antenna can be effectively used and the gains of other antennas can be improved. Patterns (A | 05-27-2010 |
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| 20090014890 | MULTI-CHIP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An interposer has an opening in the central portion. A plurality of first electrode terminals are formed on the front surface near the opening of the interposer, a plurality of second electrode terminals are formed on the front surface of the peripheral portion thereof and corresponding ones of the plurality of first and second electrode terminals are electrically connected to one another via a plurality of wirings. A plurality of bump electrodes is formed on the front surface of a child chip. A plurality of bump electrodes containing a plurality of bump electrodes for connection with the exterior are formed on the front surface of a parent chip. The front surfaces of the parent chip and child chip are set to face each other with the interposer disposed therebetween and the bump electrodes are electrically connected to one another in the opening of the interposer. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100006792 | STEAM VALVE - A steam valve is provided with a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve rod provided for the valve body. The valve body has a bottom portion to which a recessed portion is formed, and the recessed portion has an edge, which is positioned on an upstream side of a place at which a shock wave is generated in steam flowing through a steam path defined by the valve body and the valve seat. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110186996 | MULTI-CHIP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An interposer has an opening in the central portion. A plurality of first electrode terminals are formed on the front surface near the opening of the interposer, a plurality of second electrode terminals are formed on the front surface of the peripheral portion thereof and corresponding ones of the plurality of first and second electrode terminals are electrically connected to one another via a plurality of wirings. A plurality of bump electrodes is formed on the front surface of a child chip. A plurality of bump electrodes containing a plurality of bump electrodes for connection with the exterior are formed on the front surface of a parent chip. The front surfaces of the parent chip and child chip are set to face each other with the interposer disposed therebetween and the bump electrodes are electrically connected to one another in the opening of the interposer. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120261038 | LOW ALLOY STEEL FOR GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION TURBINE ROTOR, AND LOW ALLOY MATERIAL FOR GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION TURBINE ROTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A low alloy steel ingot contains from 0.15 to 0.30% of C, from 0.03 to 0.2% of Si, from 0.5 to 2.0% of Mn, from 0.1 to 1.3% of Ni, from 1.5 to 3.5% of Cr, from 0.1 to 1.0% of Mo, and more than 0.15 to 0.35% of V, and optionally Ni, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Performing quality heat treatment including a quenching step and a tempering step to the low alloy steel ingot to obtain a material, which has a grain size number of from 3 to 7 and is free from pro-eutectoid ferrite in a metallographic structure thereof, and which has a tensile strength of from 760 to 860 MPa and a fracture appearance transition temperature of not higher than 40 ° C. | 10-18-2012 |
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| 20080270530 | Information delivery system and method using positional information - A personal digital assistant includes an input section for designating, when a user requests information based on positional information, whether user desires to acquire wide-area information or narrow-area information. If acquisition of narrow-area information is desired, a managing server removes noise by a noise removal processing section which makes a check to determine whether or not the wide-area information is noise. Hence, information desired by the user is preferentially displayed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090042048 | CERAMIC GREEN SHEET STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ceramic green sheet structure has a ceramic green sheet including at least a ceramic material and a resin and a conductive layer formed on the ceramic green sheet. An electrode non-formed area has a porosity equal to or greater than 17%, and preferably, equal to or less than 25%. Moreover, an electrode formed area where the conductive layer is formed may have a smaller porosity than the electrode non-formed area where no conductive layer is formed. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090123706 | Papermaking Felt - A papermaking felt is provided with a base member, a batt layer formed on the base member, and a protective layer which is formed over a predetermined width in a contacting portion of the papermaking felt where a press roll of a press apparatus comes into contact. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110163632 | DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus is capable of efficiently transmitting a reciprocating displacement of an electromechanical transducer element to a movement member and of effectively utilizing a vacant space. The driving apparatus includes an electromechanical transducer element having first and second end faces opposed to each other in a direction of expansion and contraction thereof, a vibration friction portion attached to the second end face of the electromechanical transducer element, and a movement member friction-bonded to the vibration friction portion. The movement member is movable along the direction of expansion and contraction of the electromechanical transducer element. The driving apparatus includes a vibration transmission member arranged between the second end face of the electromechanical transducer element and an end face of the vibration friction portion. A central axis of the electromechanical transducer element and a central axis of the vibration friction portion are not on the same line. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20120019412 | GPS TERMINAL, POSITIONING METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A GPS terminal, comprises: a communication unit that receives assist data from a network, the assist data used for positioning via GPS (Global Positioning System); and a GPS positioning unit that receives a GPS signal using the assist data and outputs a positioning result. A communication session with the network is released without waiting for said GPS positioning unit to complete positioning. | 01-26-2012 |