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20080261095 | Membrane-Electrode Assembly, Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Fuel Cell - A membrane-electrode assembly ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080274387 | Method for Producing Gas Diffusion Electrode and Method for Producing Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell, and Gas Diffusion Electrode and Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell - The present invention provides a gas diffusion electrode capable of sufficiently preventing not only degradation of MEA during storage but also degradation of initial characteristics and durability during the time period from production to initial use, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including the gas diffusion electrode. The gas diffusion electrode includes a catalyst layer in which A | 11-06-2008 |
20080311462 | Membrane Electrode Assembly, Method for Producing the Same and Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell - In a conventional polymer membrane electrode assembly, particularly when operated for a long period of time, a portion of the polymer electrolyte membrane to be in contact with the gas diffusion layer has suffered significant degradation. In order to address this, in a membrane electrode assembly including a hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane, a pair of catalyst layers arranged on both surfaces of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a pair of gas diffusion layers, each including a fibrous substrate, arranged on the outer surfaces of the catalyst layers, a thickness T | 12-18-2008 |
20090058611 | WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable device is worn by a person participating in an event in which a plurality of other people are participating and wearing other wearable devices. The wearable device includes a request unit for transmitting a request signal to other wearable devices that are in a predetermined range, and receiving a response to the request signal from each of the other wearable devices, and a communication unit for determining, with use of the received responses, one or more of the other wearable devices to be a communication partner, and performing data communication with the determined one or more other wearable devices. The data received in the communication is data collected by the one or more other wearable devices determined to be communication partners, and the data is used as a profile component when creating a profile of the event. | 03-05-2009 |
20090257649 | VIDEO SCENE CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND VIDEO SCENE CLASSIFICATION METHOD - When classifying pictures, to enable classification having high robustness by generating indexes for classification, dynamically changing processing areas within the picture based on a video content. | 10-15-2009 |
20090303931 | Wireless communications connection control method - A wireless communications connection control method that enables flexible reconstruction of a wireless communications network system structure. The wireless communications connection control method comprising the steps of retaining in advance a node registration table in which the inter-node distance and node types are associated with each node; issuing a joining notification, together with the inter-node distance, in response to when a new node joins the wireless communications system; refreshing the node registration table according to the joining notification, determining whether it is necessary to change the node type based on the inter-node distance stored in the node registration table, and changing the node type stored in the node registration table when it is determined that the type needs to be refreshed. | 12-10-2009 |
20100015487 | CATALYST-COATED MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL STACK - The present invention provides a catalyst-coated membrane and a membrane-electrode assembly that can easily and surely achieve a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having excellent durability, in which the decomposition/degradation of a polymer electrolyte membrane can be suppressed, and a decrease in initial characteristics can be prevented sufficiently for a long period of time even when the polymer electrolyte fuel cell is frequently started and stopped. In the catalyst-coated membrane that includes an anode catalyst layer, a cathode catalyst layer, and a hydrogen ion conductive polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer, a peripheral area of at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer is provided with a decrease portion in which the mass of the electrode catalyst per unit area of the catalyst layer decreases from the inner side toward the outer side. | 01-21-2010 |
20100080118 | Radio network system and control node switching method - A radio network system and a control node switching method which can improve a reliability of the whole network and improve a wording efficiency. The system includes at least one alternate control node which can be substituted form the control node. The alternate control node monitors an operating state in the control node and discriminates whether or not the operating state is abnormal. When the operating state is determined to be abnormal, the alternate control node sets its own address into a control node address. | 04-01-2010 |
20100104913 | MEMBRANE-MEMBRANE REINFORCING MEMBER ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-CATALYST LAYER ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - A membrane-membrane reinforcing member assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte membrane ( | 04-29-2010 |
20110076592 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE-ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - The membrane-electrode-assembly of the present invention has a polymer electrolyte membrane, a pair of catalyst layers opposed to each other to interpose the polymer electrolyte membrane therebetween, and an anode gas diffusion layer and a cathode gas diffusion layer opposed to each other to interpose the polymer electrolyte membrane and the paired catalyst layers therebetween, wherein a porosity of the anode gas diffusion layer is 60% or less, a porosity of the cathode gas diffusion layer is larger than that of the anode gas diffusion layer, and the anode gas diffusion layer is made of a porous member mainly including conductive particles and a polymeric resin. In this manner, the power generating performance is further improved. | 03-31-2011 |
20110207025 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR FUEL CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - A gas diffusion layer for fuel cell of the present invention is structured with a porous member mainly comprised of conductive particles such as acetylene black, graphite and a polymer resin such as PTFE. This makes it possible to achieve both an improvement in power generation performance of the fuel cell and a reduction in costs. | 08-25-2011 |
20110244358 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND FUEL CELL - An object of the present invention is to provide a gas diffusion layer having gas flow passages formed at its one main surface, which is capable of achieving a further improvement in power generation performance. The fuel cell-use gas diffusion layer ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110311898 | ELECTRODE-MEMBRANE-FRAME ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL - A method for producing an electrode-membrane-frame assembly according to the present invention includes arranging a previously molded first molded body on a circumferential region of first catalyst layer close to first gas diffusion layer, arranging a previously molded second molded body on a circumferential region of second catalyst layer close to second gas diffusion layer, and forming a third molded body by injection molding so as to integrally connect the first molded body and the second molded body and not to be directly in contact with an inner side region of second main surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane positioned on an inner side of an outer edge part of the second molded body when viewed from a thickness direction of the polymer electrolyte membrane, whereby a frame having the first, second, and the third molded body is formed. Thus, the polymer electrolyte membrane can be prevented from deteriorating. | 12-22-2011 |
20120007823 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND TOUCHPAD INPUT SYSTEM - A display control device ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120013463 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120021329 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AS WELL AS FUEL CELL - In order to provide a membrane electrode assembly that can further improve power generation performances of a fuel cell, the present invention allows a rib portion ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120056730 | CLICK POSITION CONTROL APPARATUS, CLICK POSITION CONTROL METHOD, AND TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM - A click position control apparatus ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120092299 | OPERATING APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An operating apparatus ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120113001 | COORDINATE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, COORDINATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COORDINATE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - To switch a coordinate mode by automatically recognizing a coordinate mode more usable for a user performing a natural operation, a coordinate determination apparatus ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120146901 | OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT DEVICE - The present invention provides an operation control device for preventing an incorrect operation during a change in a holding pattern of an input device. The operation control device is an operation control device which controls an operation inputted into a grippable input device by a user, including: a grip state detection unit ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120164553 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR FUEL CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - Provided is a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell, wherein a reactive gas passage groove for distributing a reactive gas is formed in one principal surface of the gas diffusion layer, and a reinforcing member is provided along the reactive gas passage grooves. Thus, the deformation of the gas diffusion layer due to a fastening pressure can be suppressed to improve the power generation performance. | 06-28-2012 |
20120288783 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED FRAME AND FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a membrane electrode assembly provided with a polymer electrolyte membrane; a catalyst layer (A) which is laminated onto one surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane; a gas diffusion layer (A) which is laminated onto the catalyst layer (A); a catalyst layer (B); and a gas diffusion layer (B). The outer circumferential section of the catalyst layer (A) is the membrane electrode assembly with an integrated frame which comprises a membrane electrode assembly that protrudes from the gas diffusion layer (A) and a frame adhered to the outer circumferential section of the catalyst layer (A), whereby said frame surrounds the edge of the membrane electrode assembly. The surface that is adhered to the frame in the outer circumferential section of the catalyst layer (A) comprises a plurality of cracks. | 11-15-2012 |
20120293456 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation. | 11-22-2012 |
20130038537 | CHARACTER INPUT PREDICTION APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT PREDICTION METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT SYSTEM - A character input prediction apparatus includes: an operation input unit that obtains information of a character input operation by a user using a character key layout display which includes character keys; a dictionary storage unit that stores a dictionary including candidate character strings; an indication movement detection unit that detects an indication position and an indication direction respectively showing a position and a movement direction of the character input operation in the character key layout display, from the information of the character input operation; a filter generation unit that determines a character range located in the indication direction with the indication position as a base point, in the character key layout display; and a dictionary search unit that searches the dictionary for a predictive character string including any character included in the character range. | 02-14-2013 |
20130063386 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In order to provide an information input device that solves the misclick caused by a clickable touch sensor without using information corresponding to pressure of the user's finger, the information input device includes: a touch information detecting unit that detects a touch information item obtained when a finger of the user is in contact with the touch sensor; a touch information sequence storage unit configured to store the touch information item for a predetermined period; and a pressing start position estimating unit configured to estimate a pressing start position at which the user started to press the touch sensor with the finger, based on touch information items stored in the touch information sequence storage unit, when the switch was pressed down, the touch information items including the touch information item. | 03-14-2013 |
20130093674 | Hybrid Pointing System and Method - A handheld controller which includes at least two disparate sensors, such as a motion sensor and a touchpad sensor. A processor deployed in either handheld controller or separate product implements a hybrid pointing and selection method that uses data from the first sensor to adjust the sensitivity to stimulus of the second sensor, and vice versa. The respective sensor data are thus tempered and combined to generate a cursor control signal that includes a large scale control component to control size and movement of a rough pointer region, and a fine scale control component to control position of a precise pointer within the rough pointer region. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101917 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes: a sealing structure ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130122394 | METHOD OF FABRICATING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND GAS DIFFUSION LAYER - A method of fabricating a membrane electrode assembly, comprising: obtaining a mixture by mixing and kneading electrically conductive particles, a polymer resin, a surfactant, and a dispersion solvent (S | 05-16-2013 |
20130157164 | FUEL CELL - A close attachment region is provided on the outer side relative to an outer edge portion of a gas diffusion layer and on the inner side relative to the inner edge portion of a gasket as seen from the thickness direction of a polymer electrolyte membrane, such that separators and a frame member are closely attached to each other. Thus, it becomes possible to suppress an increase in the manufacturing cost and a reduction in the power generation performance, which is attributed to the impurity eluted from the gasket and flowing toward the gas diffusion layer. | 06-20-2013 |
20140046988 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content management apparatus includes: an uploaded content detection unit which detects a content item uploaded to a network service by a user; a management information generation unit which generates management information of: the content item uploaded to the network service by the user; and a content item stored on a device connected to a network; an uploaded content information storage unit which stores the management information of the uploaded content item; a home content information storage unit which stores the management information of the content item stored on the device; a home content detection unit which detects a new content item newly stored on the device; and an identification unit which verifies, when the new content item is detected, whether the new content item and the content item whose management information is stored on the uploaded content information storage unit are identical. | 02-13-2014 |
20140053105 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Included are: a plural-push information management unit; a screen attention degree determination unit; a selection operation history collection unit; a selection probability calculation unit calculating a user's selection probability for each category; and a display style determination unit causing pieces of push information in a category having a higher probability to be displayed in a more easily selectable display style. The categories include a relevance category including pieces of push information regarding content displayed on the screen. The selection probability calculation unit calculates a selection probability of the relevance category having a first attention degree as a screen attention degree to be higher than that having the second attention degree lower than the first attention degree; and calculates a selection probability having a first number as the number of selection times to be higher than that having a second number smaller than the first number. | 02-20-2014 |
20140055674 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control device according to an aspect of the present disclosure performs processing using (a) a main content item to be displayed by a display unit and (b) display elements arranged in a chain from which the main content item is selected. The display control device includes the following units. An importance calculation unit obtains additional information to be notified to a user and calculates an importance of the additional information. A relevance calculation unit calculates a relevance between the additional information and the main content item. A position determination unit determines a position to which the additional information is to be inserted in the display elements, based on the calculated importance and the calculated relevance. The position determination unit determines the position to receive more attention from the user as the importance and the relevance of the additional information are higher. | 02-27-2014 |
20140098301 | REMOTE CONTROL COMMAND SETTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING REMOTE CONTROL COMMAND - Provided is a remote control command setting device capable of regulating some operations while being easy to handle for children. The device reconfigures a correspondence between an operation for an operation area having multiple operation buttons arranged therein and a control command for an electric device. The device includes an operation history holding unit ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140118254 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - The handheld controller controls a graphic cursor on a display. A motion sensor responds to user movement of a first type producing motion data. A touchpad responds to user movement of a second type more precise than the first type producing second sensor data. A processor calculates a hybrid cursor movement signal having a large scale movement component corresponding to movement of the first type and a fine scale movement component corresponding to movement of the second type, the hybrid cursor movement signal being for moving the graphic cursor. A processor calculates the large scale movement component based on a first sensitivity parameter representing sensitivity of the motion sensor determined by associating the touchpad data with the motion data, and the fine scale movement component based on a second sensitivity parameter representing sensitivity of the touchpad determined by associating the motion data with the touchpad data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120452 | FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell of the present invention is configured so that seal members are brought into contact with a frame member, and at least one of the seal member and an outer circumferential portion of the gas diffusion layer is squashed by the other in the thickness direction of a polymer electrolyte membrane, to eliminate a clearance between the gas diffusion layer and the seal member. In this manner, the power generation performance is further enhanced. | 05-01-2014 |
20140298261 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information input device including: an indicator detection unit ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140375589 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The display control device is a display control device which receives a signal from the operating device having a touchpad and generates screen data to be displayed on a screen, the display control device including: a touch information detecting unit ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150054742 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing method is performed by an information processing apparatus, for executing predetermined processing in relation to an object displayed on a screen. The information processing method includes: obtaining position information indicating positions detected for two or more parts of an operating body; calculating a control amount on a basis of the positions of the two or more parts, the positions being indicated in the position information; and controlling including displaying, on the screen, a control symbol including a first symbol which represents the control amount calculated in the calculating and a second symbol which represents a threshold to be a criterion for determining whether or not the control amount satisfies a predetermined condition, and executing the predetermined processing in a case where the control amount is determined to satisfy the predetermined condition. | 02-26-2015 |
20150077395 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information input apparatus includes: a touch pad; a touch information detecting unit which detects touch information that is information resulting from an operator contacting the touch sensor with a finger; a touch operation start position detecting unit which detects, using the touch information, a touch operation start position that is a start position of a touch operation performed by the operator; a touch operation recognition condition storage unit which stores a plurality of touch operation recognition conditions each for recognizing one of types of touch operation, in association with each of touch operation start positions; and a touch recognizing unit, which recognizes the touch operation, using the touch operation recognition conditions stored in association with the touch operation start position detected by the touch operation start position detecting unit, to determine a type of the touch operation. | 03-19-2015 |