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| 20080309734 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR FORMED BY A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS - An electrostatic actuator has high-reliability and less variation in characteristics. An electrode ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100013967 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid state imaging device includes: a light receiving portion; a transfer gate; a clock wiring group; and a substance. The light receiving portion includes a plurality of light receiving elements formed on a substrate. The charge transfer portion transfers electric charges supplied from the light receiving portion. The transfer gate is provided between the light receiving portion and the charge transfer portion and supplies the electric charges accumulated in the light receiving portion to the charge transfer portion. The clock wiring group includes a plurality of wirings and supplies a plurality of clocks for transferring the electric charges. The substance shields light with a wavelength lower than a predetermined wavelength. The plurality of wirings is arranged away from one another with a gap corresponding to the predetermined wavelength. The substance is arranged to cover the gap and shields light with a wavelength possibly passing through the gap. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110032023 | TEMPERATURE DETECTION CIRCUIT - A temperature detection circuit includes, a first source follower circuit supplied with a first constant current, a second source follower circuit supplied with a second constant current, and a circuit obtaining a difference between an output voltage from the first source follower circuit and an output voltage from the second source follower circuit. Measurement errors attributable to transistor threshold voltages are canceled out by obtaining a difference between output voltages. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110148333 | REGENERATIVE SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR DRIVING SYSTEM - Provided is a regenerative switched reluctance motor driving system which allows a motor to have a reduced size and weight and an increased efficiency as well as improved energy recovery efficiency at the time of regenerative braking without using a neodymium magnet. Based on an angular position of a rotor in the motor, a constant current flip-flop circuit | 06-23-2011 |
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| 20090094743 | MATTRESS - The object is to provide a mattress that can be used as a stretcher when a disaster occurs and can also be used as an ordinary mattress when it is not used as a stretcher. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100005301 | AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION UTLIZING COMMAND IDENTIFIERS - A data processing system, recording device, data processing method and program providing medium are provided to execute authentication processing and content storing processing between apparatuses. Program localization is employed to restrict access to program content. A plurality of key blocks store key data for authentication processing. Key block designation information is set in a recorder/reproducer, which is configured for executing authentication processing with the recording device by designating a key block. The recorder/reproducer can set a key block for each product, model or the like. In addition, data stored according to a selected key block cannot be utilized in a recorder/reproducer in which a different key block is set. Furthermore, an encryption processing controlling section of a recording device executes control in accordance with a pre-defined setting sequence. Furthermore, an illegal instrument that has not completed the authentication processing can be prevented from utilizing program content. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100182366 | FORMATION OF IMAGE BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH OVERLAPPING AREA - A method of forming an image by an image forming apparatus provided with a print head having plural nozzles, wherein the print head has an overlapping area whose print area overlaps a print area of a physically adjacent print head, or has an overlapping area whose print area overlaps an adjacent scan line on a print sheet surface, includes an image forming step of forming an image by the print head, wherein the image forming step includes a control step of controlling in a variable manner an amount of ink sprayed from a proximity nozzle situated in close proximity of the overlapping area, the proximity nozzle being one of the nozzles situated in a non-overlapping area outside the overlapping area. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100235633 | AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION UTILIZING COMMAND INDENTIFIERS - A data processing system, recording device, data processing method and program providing medium are provided to execute authentication processing and content storing processing between apparatuses. Program localization is employed to restrict access to program content. A plurality of key blocks store key data for authentication processing. Key block designation information is set in a recorder/reproducer, which is configured for executing authentication processing with the recording device by designating a key block. The recorder/reproducer can set a key block for each product, model or the like. In addition, data stored according to a selected key block cannot be utilized in a recorder/reproducer in which a different key block is set. Furthermore, an encryption processing controlling section of a recording device executes control in accordance with a pre-defined setting sequence. Furthermore, an illegal instrument that has not completed the authentication processing can be prevented from utilizing program content. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100299836 | MATTRESS COVER FOR DISASTER TIME TRANSPORTATION - An ordinary bed mattress used in an ordinary situation by a person unable to take refuge by himself/herself such as a patient unable to walk or bedridden patient can be used as a component of a stretcher in a disaster situation, if the mattress is contained in the mattress cover of this invention, and the person lying on it can be carried to a safe place for evacuation. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110017561 | VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS - A vibration damping apparatus has a first looped rope member and a second looped rope member each having a loop portion formed of a rope member in a loop shape, the rope member being formed by twining a plurality of linear members. Further, the vibration damping apparatus has a first base member and a second base member disposed in an up-and-down of the first looped rope member. The first looped rope member is fixed to the first base member and the second base member with the loop portion standing up. The second looped rope member is fixed to an intersecting portion, in one of the first base member and the second base member, intersecting a fixing portion of the first looped rope member with the loop portion standing up. | 01-27-2011 |
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| 20080239667 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board comprises a printed wiring board, circuit component, reinforcing plate and first and second fixing portion. The printed wiring board includes first and second areas. The first fixing portion is provided on a border line that defines the first and second areas. The first fixing portion can fix the reinforcing plate to both the first and second areas. The second fixing portion comprises a pair of elements arranged symmetrical with respect to the border line. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080271914 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a printed wiring board includes, a main body including an obverse side with an obverse wiring layer, and a reverse side with a reverse wiring layer first pads provided on the obverse side in a first region defined thereon, and to be connected to terminals arranged on a surface of a first semiconductor chip, second pads provided on the reverse side in a second region defined thereon and overlapping with the first region, and to be connected to terminals arranged on a surface of a second semiconductor chip, and interlayer wiring electrically connecting those of the first pads, which are located in an overlapping region, to those of the second pads which are located in the overlapping region. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090067134 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a heat sink includes an extended end screwed to a printed circuit board. The extended end includes a screw hole and an engagement projection. A notch is formed by cutting the side of the printed circuit board to a position at which the notch does not interfere with signal lines. The notch is engaged with an engagement projection extending from the extended end, thereby preventing the heat sink from rotating when the heat sink is screwed to the printed circuit board. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20100002388 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board comprises a printed wiring board, circuit component, reinforcing plate and first and second fixing portion. The printed wiring board includes first and second areas. A reinforcing plate secured to the other of the first and second surfaces in said at least one of the first and second areas. The first fixing portion is provided on a border line that defines the first and second areas. The first fixing portion can fix the reinforcing plate to both the first and second areas. The second fixing portion comprises a plurality of apertures arranged symmetrical with respect to the border line. | 01-07-2010 |
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| 20090133239 | Machine tool, sensor module, and measuring method - A turret lathe for machining a workpiece held by a spindle, the turret lathe comprising: a turret tool post having tool holding faces; a sensor for measuring dimensions of the workpiece; and a support strut which is mounted on one of the tool holding faces, holds the sensor and extends and shortens a sensor distance which is a distance between the one of the tool holding faces and the sensor in a radial direction of the turret tool post, wherein, while the sensor distance is shortened, a length of the support strut in the radial direction is such that the support strut and the sensor do not interfere with another structural element of the turret lathe when the turret tool post rotates. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090133277 | SENSOR - To provide a sensor having a long operational life. A sensor which senses contact with an object through tilting of a probe having a rod shape, the sensor including: a housing having a hollow columnar shape; the probe arranged to project from an inside of the housing to an outside of the housing, and capable of reciprocating and tilting with respect to the housing; connectors fixed to a part of the probe, which is located inside the housing; terminals fixed to positions inside the housing that come into contact with the connectors, and which conduct electricity through the contact with the connectors; a probe biasing unit configured to force the probe along a direction of the reciprocation so that the connectors come into contact with the terminals; and a releasing unit configured to release the contact between the connectors and the terminals brought upon by the probe biasing unit. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090133545 | Machine tool and sensor module - A machine tool capable of in-machine measurement of workpiece dimensions while achieving size reduction of the machine tool and prolonged life of a sensor. The machine tool machines a workpiece held at a spindle and comprises: a turret tool post having tool holding faces; a support strut mounted on one of the tool holding faces and extending radially of the turret tool post; a sensor fixed to a head portion of the support strut and measuring the dimensions of a workpiece; and a first cover piece and a second cover piece supported by a base portion of the support strut. The first cover piece and the second cover piece are capable of opening and closing circumferentially of the turret tool post, and cover the support strut and the sensor when closed. | 05-28-2009 |
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| 20090076662 | In-vehicle device, computer readable medium for controlling the same, and method for controlling navigation device - An in-vehicle device includes: a hard disk drive for storing data; a communication element for transmitting a message to an user; an input element for receiving an instruction from the user; a communication control element for obtaining altitude information; and an activation control element for controlling activation of the hard disk drive. The communication control element obtains the altitude information before the hard disk drive is activated when the in-vehicle device is activated for the first time since standby power supply stopped while the in-vehicle device was not activated. The communication control element transmits the message when the current position is equal to or higher than a predetermined altitude. The activation control element starts to read the data from the hard disk drive when the input element receives the instruction that the user permits the activation of the hard disk drive. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090076724 | Apparatus and program for navigation - A vehicular navigation apparatus reads from an external memory a highland flag that is turned on when a vehicle travels at an altitude of 3,000 meters or higher, and prohibits an operation of a hard disk drive (HDD) if the highland flag is turned on. By prohibiting the hard disk drive operation, the hard disk drive is protected from breakage due to an access from the navigation apparatus in a travel of the vehicle through the highland. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090082959 | In-vehicle information apparatus and in-vehicle navigation apparatus - From among high upland area determination data stored in a hard disk drive, only a portion corresponding to a required segmental region is read into an external memory along with traveling of a vehicle. Determining of a high upland area is then executed based on the portion of the high upland determination in the external storage device. When a high-upland division is present in a vicinity of a present position, a portion of the high upland area determination data is read into the external memory. The read portion of the high upland area determination data corresponds to a high upland area, which covers all the high-upland divisions adjacently existing starting from the high-upland division in the vicinity of the present position. When a high-upland division is not present in the vicinity of the present position, a portion of the high upland area determination data corresponding to a segmental region having a predetermined minimum range centering on the present position is read into the external memory. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090082961 | In-vehicle information apparatus and in-vehicle multi-media system - When a present position is determined to be included in a high upland area, it is determined whether a presently displayed image can be displayed continuously during the stop of a hard disk drive. For example, a map image may be presently displayed based on map data stored in the hard disk drive. In such a case, displaying the map image cannot be continued in the state of the hard disk drive disabled at the high upland area. Thus, a subsequently displayed image is selected either from an image based on design image data stored in an external memory or from a video obtained from an external video apparatus. The display is changed to the selected image or video. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090082965 | Hard disk system and program for same - An in-vehicle apparatus includes a position detector, a hard disk drive, a display, a speaker, an operation switch, a non-volatile memory, and a control unit. When it is determined that a current vehicle position is a low precision position where GPS signals cannot be received by the apparatus, an estimated travel range of a vehicle is set, and an operation of the hard disk drive is stopped in case that the estimated travel range is at least partially overlapping with a high-altitude area. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090085776 | Audio system and navigation device - An audio system for a vehicle includes: a hard disk drive for storing an audio data; an output element for converting the audio data to an electric signal and for outputting the electric signal to a reproducer; a memory; a position determination element for determining whether the vehicle is disposed in a predetermined area; an output data specification element for specifying the audio data outputting from the output element when the vehicle is disposed in the predetermined area; and a memorizing data control element for storing the specified audio data as a transfer data in the memory. The output element converts the transfer data and outputs the converted transfer data to the reproducer. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090088205 | In-vehicle device having hard disk drive and method for controlling the same - An in-vehicle device includes: a communication element; a coupling element for coupling and decoupling between the in-vehicle device and a cell phone via the communication element; a hard disk drive for storing a telephone directory data; an incoming call notification element for notifying a passenger about an incoming call, accessing the telephone directory data, and notifying individual information of a caller; a high altitude decision element for deciding whether the vehicle is disposed in a high altitude area; and a switching element for setting the hard disk drive in an off-mode when the vehicle enters into the high altitude area, and for setting the hard disk drive in an on-mode when the vehicle passes through the high altitude area. The incoming call notification element stops notifying the incoming call and the individual information when the hard disk drive is in the off-mode. | 04-02-2009 |
