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20120296501 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD - The operation frequency of electromagnetic valves is reduced in an air brake device of a train containing a motor car. A necessary brake force acquisition unit acquires the necessary brake force necessary for each car or flatcar of a train containing a motor car. An electric brake force detection unit detects an electric brake force of the entire composition of the train. A brake force adjustment unit distributes the air brake force so that fluctuations in the electric brake force are compensated for by the air brake force of one car or flatcar, in an operating period of one deceleration of the train or from running to stopping. A brake force command unit sends a command to an air brake control device for the value distributed by the brake force adjustment unit. The air brake control device controls the air brake of the car in accordance with the value commanded. | 11-22-2012 |
20120324294 | MEMORY DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, MEMORY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a memory diagnostic method, a fixed domain stores data that are not changed during process execution. A variable domain stores data that are subject to writing during process execution. A fixed domain diagnostic part adds an error-detecting code to data to be stored in the fixed domain. The fixed domain diagnostic part compares an error-detecting code calculated from data read from the fixed domain with the added error-detecting code to determine whether there is any data error. A variable domain diagnostic part temporarily stores data stored in the variable domain in a memory region different from the memory storing the data, and writes known data in the variable domain where the temporarily stored data were stored. The variable domain diagnostic part reads data from the region where the known data were written and determines whether the data is the same as the written known data. | 12-20-2012 |
20130261857 | BRAKE PRESSURE COMPUTING APPARATUS, BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEMORY MEDIUM - A brake pressure computing apparatus acquires a target cylinder pressure which is a target value of the pressure inside the brake cylinder of an air brake, and is equipped with a target cylinder pressure acquirer, a deceleration differential information acquirer, and a target cylinder pressure correction value acquirer. The target cylinder pressure acquirer acquires a target cylinder pressure on the basis of a required braking force and a target cylinder pressure correction value. The deceleration differential information acquirer acquires deceleration differential information indicating the difference between the target value of the deceleration and the actual value of the deceleration. The target cylinder pressure correction value acquirer acquires the target cylinder pressure correction value on the basis of the deceleration differential information. | 10-03-2013 |
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20120094915 | ANTI-MENTAL FATIGUE DRUG - To provide anti-mental fatigue drugs as well as foods, beverages, and fodders that can be taken daily and effective for relieving mental stress and inducing relaxation by intake. An anti-mental fatigue drug containing iron-binding lactoferrin as an active ingredient and foods, beverages, and fodders containing the drug. | 04-19-2012 |
20130225497 | SKIN COLLAGEN PRODUCTION-PROMOTING AGENT - A skin collagen production-promoting agent includes a milk protein fraction having following properties (a) to (c) as an active ingredient: (a) being derived from milk, (b) containing proteins having a molecular weight determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of 6000 to 150,000 daltons, and (c) containing 12 to 14 wt % of basic amino acids with respect to the constituent amino acid composition, and having a basic amino acid/acidic amino acid ratio of 0.5 to 0.7. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225501 | SKIN COLLAGEN PRODUCTION-PROMOTING AGENT - Skin quality is improved by orally administering a cystatin and/or a degraded product of cystatin in an amount of 10 μg/day or more per adult, or applying a composition that includes a cystatin and/or a degraded product of cystatin in an amount of 0.001 to 2 wt % based on a total amount of the composition. | 08-29-2013 |
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20110297085 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus is disclosed equipped with a transfer mechanism that transfers a substrate processed at a processing block to a carrier so that the increase of the number of transfer process is suppressed, improving the processing efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus is configured in such a way that, when a second-transfer module houses at least one substrate and a carrier that can house the at least one substrate is not placed in a carrier-placement unit, the at least one substrate is transferred to a buffer module. When the second transfer module houses at least one substrate and the carrier that can house the at least one substrate is placed in the carrier-placement unit, the at least one substrate is transferred to the carrier, regardless of whether or not a substrate is being transferred from the buffer module to the carrier. | 12-08-2011 |
20120058253 | Substrate Processing Apparatus and Substrate Processing Method - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus in which after a module is disabled, a substrate is provided to a carry-in module capable of placing the wafers most rapidly in the plurality of unit blocks and the substrates are sequentially transported to the module group by the transportation means to be delivered to the carry-out module according to a providing sequence of the substrate to the carry-in module in each of the plurality of unit blocks. In particular, the substrates are extracted from the carry-out module according to a providing sequence of the substrate to the carry-in module and transported to a rear module or a substrate placing part. Thereafter, the substrates are transported to the rear module from the carry-out module or the substrate placing part according to a predetermined sequence in which the substrate is provided to the carry-in module in a normal state. | 03-08-2012 |
20130202386 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus includes a control unit performing loading substrates into a second unit block when a trouble occurs in a module of a first unit block; determining whether it is before a leading substrate of a next lot of the lot where a standby substrate positioned in upper stream side than the troubled module belongs is loaded into the module in the uppermost stage of the second unit block; loading the standby substrate into the module in the uppermost stage of the second unit block when determined it is before the loading of the leading substrate and loading the standby substrate into the module in the uppermost stage of the second unit block after a rearmost substrate of the next lot is loaded into the module in the uppermost stage of the second unit block when determined otherwise; and performing a series of processing on the standby substrate. | 08-08-2013 |
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20110206486 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - Even when a module constituting a multi-module becomes an unavailable module, transfer of substrates can be promptly performed, while restricting generation of inferior products. When a destination module of a multi-module becomes unavailable before a substrate is transferred to the destination module, a destination of the substrate is changed to a module to which a substrate subsequent to the substrate is to be loaded. Upon generation of an unavailable module, before the transfer unit accesses the module on an upstream end of the transfer cycle, the transfer cycle proceeds until a precedent substrate becomes ready to be unloaded from the changed destination module. Alternatively, upon generation of an unavailable module, when the transfer unit is located on an upstream side of the unavailable module in the transfer cycle, the transfer operation of the transfer unit is made standby until a precedent substrate becomes ready to be unloaded in the changed destination module. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208344 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing system, which repeats a carrying cycle in which a substrate is carried sequentially in carrying order indicated by module numbers assigned to the modules, respectively, from the module of a lower module number to that of a higher module number, is capable of processing substrates at a high throughput even if some module becomes unusable and, thereafter, becomes usable. A controller controls a carrying means such that the carrying means carries a substrate taken out from the module preceding a multimodule unit including a plurality of modules to the module nest in carrying order to the module of the multimodule unit from which a substrate is carried out at time nearest to time when the substrate was carried out from the module preceding the multimodule. | 08-25-2011 |
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20130031773 | SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPINDLE MOTOR - In a method of manufacturing a spindle motor, a sheet preferably made of a thermoplastic resin is closely adhered to an upper surface of a base portion of a spindle motor such that the sheet covers a base hole of the base portion. Next, heat is applied to a region of the sheet which coincides with the base hole to define a sheet hole continuous with the base hole. Thereafter, a coil is arranged over the base portion, and a conducting wire defining the coil is extended through the sheet hole and the base hole to be drawn downwardly out of the base portion. The sheet hole is thus defined after the sheet is closely adhered to the base portion. In addition, the sheet hole is defined by melting the resin through application of the heat. It is therefore easy to arrange the sheet and define the sheet hole. | 02-07-2013 |
20150022919 | SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPINDLE MOTOR - In a method of manufacturing a spindle motor, a sheet preferably made of a thermoplastic resin is closely adhered to an upper surface of a base portion of a spindle motor such that the sheet covers a base hole of the base portion. Next, heat is applied to a region of the sheet which coincides with the base hole to define a sheet hole continuous with the base hole. Thereafter, a coil is arranged over the base portion, and a conducting wire defining the coil is extended through the sheet hole and the base hole to be drawn downwardly out of the base portion. The sheet hole is thus defined after the sheet is closely adhered to the base portion. In addition, the sheet hole is defined by melting the resin through application of the heat. It is therefore easy to arrange the sheet and define the sheet hole. | 01-22-2015 |
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20120011303 | MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND SHUTDOWN CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory control device includes a controller, a command queue module, a plurality of stage processors, and a skip module. The controller controls a data access command to a nonvolatile memory from a host. The command queue module queues a transfer request command corresponding to the data access command. The stage processors each perform stage processing related to the transfer request command queued by the command queue module. The skip module skips the stage processing by the stage processors in response to a shutdown command from the controller. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017116 | MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory control device includes a first controller, a second controller, an access module, and a response sort module. The first controller controls processing of a data access command to a nonvolatile memory from a host. The second controller controls processing assigned to the second controller between the first controller and the second controller. The access module performs data access to the nonvolatile memory in response to a command from the first controller or the second controller. When an error occurs in the data access by the access module, the response sort module returns a response to the second controller instead of the first controller. | 01-19-2012 |
20120166711 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus comprises a channel controller, an encoding module, and a data controller. The channel controller is configured to control data input to, and output from, nonvolatile memories for channels. The encoding module is configured to generate encoded data for which an inter-channel error correction process, using data stored in each of the nonvolatile memories. The data controller is configured to manage the encoded data in units of logic blocks when the channel controller writes the encoded data in parallel to the channels, and to allocate parity data contained in the encoded data to one plane in each logic block. | 06-28-2012 |
20120166911 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus comprises a channel controller, an encoding module, and a data controller. The channel controller configured to control data input and output to and from nonvolatile memories for channels. The encoding module configured to generate encoded data for an interchannel error correction process, using data stored in each of the nonvolatile memories. The data controller configure to manage the encoded data in units of logical blocks when the channel controller writes the encoded data in parallel to the channels, and to allocate parity data contained in the encoded data to planes of the same channel in each logical block. | 06-28-2012 |
20120278538 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLASH MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a memory module and a controller. The memory module has a plurality of flash memory chips. Data is written to or read from each flash memory chip having a specific page size as access unit. The controller is configured to supply memory control signals, which are independent of the common signal containing the data and addresses, to the flash memory chips, respectively, in order to write data larger than the specific data size to the memory module. In the memory module, the respective flash memory chips store the data, each at the same address, in response to the memory control signals. | 11-01-2012 |
20140059396 | MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING NAND-TYPE FLASH MEMORY AND MEMORY CONTROLLER USED IN THE SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a NAND-type flash memory and a memory controller. A comparison module of the memory controller compares a first threshold voltage distribution of a first memory area with a second threshold voltage distribution of the first memory area acquired earlier than the first threshold voltage distribution, if an error is detected in data read from the first memory area. An error factor determination module of the memory controller determines a cause of the error based on the comparison result, and inhibits a data move operation of moving data of the first memory area to the second memory area based on the determination result. | 02-27-2014 |
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20120135206 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING HIGHLY BRANCHED POYMER AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - It is an object to provide a compound that can provide a molded article and a coating film excellent not only in solubility in an organic solvent, but also in miscibility with/dispersibility in a matrix resin, causing no aggregation in a matrix resin, excellent in surface modification property, and having high transparency. A fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in the molecule thereof with a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in a content of 5% by mol or more and 200% by mol or less, based on the total molar amount of the monomer A and the monomer B; and a resin composition comprising the polymer. | 05-31-2012 |
20130224957 | SILICON-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMING COMPOSITION HAVING FLUORINE-BASED ADDITIVE - A resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography includes: as a component (I), a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in the molecule thereof, a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof, and a monomer D having a silicon atom-containing organic group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in a content of 5% by mole or more and 200% by mole or less, based on the total mole of the monomer A, the monomer B, and the monomer D; and as a component (II), a hydrolyzable silane compound, a hydrolysis product thereof, a hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, or a silicon-containing compound that is a combination of these compounds. | 08-29-2013 |
20130302598 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR COATING CONTAINING FLUORINE-CONTAINING HIGHLY BRANCHED POLYMER - A curable composition for coating comprising: (a) a fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in a molecule of the monomer A and a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in a molecule of the monomer B, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C at an amount of 5% by mole to 200% by mole per the number of moles of the monomer A, (b) at least one surface modifier selected from the group consisting of a perfluoropolyether compound and a silicone compound, (c) an active energy ray-curable polyfunctional monomer, and (d) a polymerization initiator that generates radicals by irradiation with an active energy ray; a cured film obtained from the composition; and a hard coating film obtained by use of the composition. | 11-14-2013 |
20140088216 | HIGHLY BRANCHED LIPOPHILIC POLYMER, AND PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - There is provided a highly branched lipophilic polymer that is excellent in blending and dispersing properties in a matrix resin, and is possible to provide surface modification properties such as excellent lipophilicity (anti-fingerprint property) and the like to a coating that is obtained from the resin composition while the intrinsic transparency of the resin is not impaired; and a photopolymeizable composition comprising the highly branched lipophilic polymer. A highly branched lipophilic polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A containing two or more radically polymerizable double bonds per molecule and a monomer B containing a C | 03-27-2014 |
20150072128 | FLOURINE-CONTAINING HIGHLY BRANCHED POLYMER AND POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - There is provided a novel fluorine-containing highly branched polymer which imparts water repellency and oil repellency to the polycarbonate resin, further is excellent in miscibility and dispersibility in the resin, and can maintain luxurious feeling of the resin, such as transparency and gloss feeling. A fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having in a molecule a bisphenol A structure and two or more radical-polymerizable double bonds, and a monomer B having in a molecule a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical-polymerizable double bond, in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in an amount of 5 to 200 mol %, based on the number of moles of the monomer A; a resin composition comprising the fluorine-containing highly branched polymer and a polycarbonate resin; and a surface-modified film obtained from the resin composition. | 03-12-2015 |
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20130295811 | CARBON-FIBER-PRECURSOR FIBER BUNDLE, CARBON FIBER BUNDLE, AND USES THEREOF - Provided are: a carbon fiber bundle which has a large value of single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity and which, despite this, contains few interlaced single fibers therein and has excellent spreadability; and precursor fibers which are suitable for use in producing the carbon fiber bundle. The precursor fibers are a carbon-fiber-precursor acrylic fiber bundle which comprises a polyacrylonitrile copolymer comprising 95-99 mol % acrylonitrile units and 1-5 mol % hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate units and which has a single-fiber fineness of 1.5-5.0 dtex. In the acrylic fiber bundle, the cross-section of each single fiber which is perpendicular to the fiber axis has a shape that has a roundness of 0.9 or less. The roundness is a value determined using equation (1) where S and L are the cross-sectional area and the circumferential length, respectively, of a single fiber which are obtained by examining, with an SEM, the cross-section of the single fiber which is perpendicular to the fiber axis and analyzing the obtained image. | 11-07-2013 |
20140212663 | POLYACRYLONITRILE-BASED COPOLYMER, POLYACRYLONITRILE-BASED PRECURSOR FIBER FOR CARBON FIBER, CARBON FIBER BUNDLES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STABILIZED FIBER BUNDLES, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON FIBER BUNDLES - Provided are: a polyacrylonitrile-based precursor fiber for the production of a carbon fiber having a large single-fiber fineness, said precursor fiber ensuring high heat stability of a spinning dope and excellent productivity; and a copolymer suitable for the production of said precursor fiber. Also provided are: high-quality carbon fiber bundles which have a large single-fiber fineness and excellent productivity; a process for producing the same; and a process for producing flameproofed fiber bundles suitable for the production of the carbon fiber bundles. A polyacrylonitrile-based copolymer which comprises 93.0 to 99.4 mol % of acrylonitrile units, 0.5 to 4.0 mol % of (meth)acrylamide-based units, and 0.1 to 3.0 mol % of unsaturated carboxylic acid hydroxyalkyl ester units and in which the (meth)acrylamide-based units are (meth)acrylamide units and/or (meth)acrylamide derivative units having a molecular weight of 105 or less; a precursor fiber comprising the copolymer; a process for producing flameproofed fiber bundles which uses precursor fiber bundles consisting of the precursor fiber; carbon fiber bundles; and a process for production thereof. | 07-31-2014 |
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20120296533 | WHEEL LOADER - An engine control device of the wheel loader includes a travelling state detecting unit for detecting a travelling state of the wheel loader, a mode switching determining unit, an acceleration speed detecting unit and a switching time controlling unit. The acceleration speed detecting unit detects the acceleration speed of the wheel loader when the mode switching determining unit determines that it is required to switch between the engine output modes from a tow output mode to a high output mode based on a detection result of the travelling state detecting unit. The switching time control unit controls the switching time from start to end of mode switching to he: a first time when the acceleration speed detected by the acceleration speed detecting unit is either 0 or negative; and a second time greater than the first time when the detected acceleration speed is positive. | 11-22-2012 |
20140116797 | WORK VEHICLE - A wheel loader includes a vehicle frame, an engine, a supporting mechanism, a diesel articulate filtering device, and a connecting pipe. The engine is mounted on the vehicle frame, and the supporting mechanism is fixed to the vehicle frame. The diesel particulate filtering device is mounted on the supporting mechanism above the engine and has an exhaust gas inlet facing the rear. An exhaust upstream side end part of the connecting pipe is coupled to an exhaust part of the engine, and an exhaust downstream side end part of the connecting pipe is connected to an exhaust gas inlet of the diesel particulate filtering device from the rear. The connecting pipe includes an extending part that is disposed below the diesel particulate filtering device and extends rearward of the diesel particulate filtering device from the exhaust upstream side end part, and a flexible pipe part provided in the extending part. | 05-01-2014 |
20140196974 | WHEEL LOADER - A wheel loader includes a vehicle frame, an engine, an operating fluid tank, a stand, a rear support frame, and a base member. The engine is mounted on the vehicle frame. The operating fluid tank is disposed in front of the engine. The stand is fixed to the vehicle frame and supports the operating fluid tank. The rear support frame is disposed facing the stand with the engine interposed there-between and fixed to the vehicle frame. The base member is disposed above the engine and has one end fixed to an upper part of the stand and the other end fixed to an upper part of the rear support frame. A diesel particular filter, a nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter, and a connecting pipe are all mounted on the base member with the connecting pipe connecting the diesel particulate filtering device and the nitrogen oxide reduction catalytic converter. | 07-17-2014 |
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20120304649 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector includes: a pilot injector configured to spray fuel so as to form a first combustion region in a combustion chamber; and a main injector provided coaxially with the pilot injector so as to surround the pilot injector and configured to supply a fuel-air mixture that is a mixture of the fuel and air to form a second combustion region in the combustion chamber, wherein the main injector includes: a first inflow channel through which the air having a major flow component in an axial direction is taken; a second inflow channel through which the air having a major flow component in a radial direction is taken and which causes the air therein to meet the air from the first inflow channel; and a main fuel injecting portion configured to inject the fuel only to the second inflow channel. | 12-06-2012 |
20120305673 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector includes: a pilot injector configured to spray fuel so as to form a first combustion region in a combustion chamber; and a main injector provided coaxially with the pilot injector so as to surround the pilot injector and configured to supply a fuel-air mixture that is a mixture of the fuel and air to form a second combustion region in the combustion chamber, wherein the pilot injector includes: a center nozzle configured to eject air jet flowing straight in an axial direction on a central axis of the pilot injector; an inside swirler provided on a radially outer side of the center nozzle and configured to cause inflow air to swirl around the central axis; and a pilot fuel injecting portion configured to inject the fuel from between the center nozzle and the inside swirler to air flow in the center nozzle. | 12-06-2012 |
20130036739 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - A gas turbine combustor | 02-14-2013 |
20130327849 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector includes a pilot fuel injector, configured to inject the fuel into a combustion chamber, and a main fuel injector provided coaxially with the pilot fuel injector so as to surround the pilot fuel injector and configured to have a main flow path to generate a premixed air-fuel mixture. The main flow path includes an outer main air passage located radially outwardly and configured to supply a compressed air in an axial direction into an annular premixed air-fuel mixture passage, an inner main air passage located radially inwardly and configured to supply the compressed air into the premixed air-fuel mixture passage from a radially inner side. The injector further includes a main fuel injection port to inject the fuel from an axially upstream side into the inner main air passage. | 12-12-2013 |
20140083105 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - An annular type gas turbine combustor having a plurality of fuel nozzle assemblies ( | 03-27-2014 |
20150082797 | FUEL INJECTION DEVICE - A fuel injection device for supplying a fuel to a compressed air includes: a pilot fuel injector; a main fuel injector located at an outer periphery of the pilot fuel injector; and an air injection unit located between an outlet end portion of the pilot fuel injector and the main fuel injector. The air injection unit includes: a partition wall plate separating the air injection unit from a combustion chamber; a flame stabilization plate provided at a downstream side of the partition wall plate; a first opening at a downstream side between the flame stabilization plate and the outlet end portion of the pilot fuel injector; and a second opening provided in the partition wall plate and through which the compressed air is supplied. The flame stabilization plate includes an inclined portion inclined in a radially outward and downstream direction with respect to an axis. | 03-26-2015 |
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20130175270 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER - A drinking mouth portion pointing upward is provided on a plug body of a container main body having a sealed structure. A down-pointing beverage cylindrical member is built into the container main body and has a front edge side thereof communicated with the drinking mouth portion. Provided inside a fluid passage of the beverage cylindrical member is a valve movable in accordance with a pressure difference therein. The valve is not manually opened and closed, but reacts to a suction force in the fluid passage. An up-pointing cut-out section is provided on a lower edge of the beverage cylindrical member, thus allowing one to drink up a content fluid remaining in an inner bottom section. Therefore, a relatively small number of additional parts are needed to address the spewing of a content fluid and the occurrence of a residual liquid at the time of opening the drinking mouth portion. | 07-11-2013 |
20140261003 | PORTION CONTAINER COMPRESSION SYSTEM - Provided is a portion container system having improved operability and user-friendliness. The system includes a receiving portion, for stowing a container on a system main body, and a rotatable handle. The container includes a peeling induction portion. The container, stowed in the receiving portion, is allowed to be compressed by swinging a handle. The container can be squeezed with the handle using the leverage, thus improving a convenience and allowing the system to be formed compact compared to a rotary apparatus. Since the container is obliquely placed in the receiving portion, the content ejected hardly splashes. Since the receiving portion is located below the rotation center shaft of the handle, the container is pressed with the handle having the rotation center shaft located above the receiving portion, thereby causing the container to be pressed with the force pushing down the handle, thus allowing for easy application of force. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120250944 | IMAGE DETERMINING DEVICE - To determine the state of a subject person with a simple structure, an image determining device includes: an imaging unit that captures an image from a first direction, the image including the subject person; a first detector that detects size information from the image, the size information being about the subject person in the first direction; a second detector that detects position-related information, the position-related information being different from the information detected by the first detector; and a determining unit that determines the state of the subject person, based on a result of the detection performed by the first detector and a result of the detection performed by the second detector. | 10-04-2012 |
20130242074 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM, DETECTION DEVICE, AND POSITION ASSESSMENT DEVICE - To appropriately guide a subject person while protecting a privacy of the subject person despite use of an captured image of the subject person, a guidance system includes: an image capturing unit capable of capturing an image containing a subject person from a first direction; a detection unit that detects a size of an image of the subject person from the image captured by the image capturing unit; and a guidance unit that provides guidance for the subject person based on a detection result of the detection unit. | 09-19-2013 |
20130321625 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Provided is an electronic device capable of controlling an appropriate voice device, the electronic device including: an acquisition device that acquires an image capturing result from at least one image capturing device capable of capturing an image containing a subject person; a control device configured to control a voice device located outside an image capturing region of the image capturing device in accordance with the image capturing result of the image capturing device. | 12-05-2013 |
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20130302124 | EXCAVATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - An excavation control system includes a working unit, hydraulic cylinders, a prospective speed obtaining part, a speed limit selecting part and a hydraulic cylinder controlling art. The prospective speed part is configured to obtain a first prospective speed depending on a first distance between the bucket and a first designed surface, and a second prospective speed depending on a second distance between the bucket and a second designed surface. The speed limit selecting part is configured to select one of the first and second prospective speeds as a speed limit based on a relative relation between the first designed surface and the bucket and a relative relation between the second designed surface and the bucket. The hydraulic cylinder controlling part is configured to limit a relative speed of the bucket relative to one of the first and second designed surfaces to the speed limit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130315699 | EXCAVATION CONTROL SYSTEM - An excavation control system includes a working unit, hydraulic cylinders, a prospective speed obtaining part, a relative speed obtaining part, a speed limit selecting part and a hydraulic cylinder controlling part. The prospective speed obtaining part obtains first and second prospective speeds depending on first and second intervals between first and second monitoring points of the bucket and a designed surface, respectively. The relative speed obtaining part obtains first and second relative speeds of the first and second monitoring points relative to the designed surface, respectively. The speed limit selecting part selects one of the first and second prospective speeds as a speed limit based on relative relations between the first and second relative speeds and the first and second prospective speeds, respectively. The hydraulic cylinder controlling part limits a relative speed of one of the first and second monitoring points to the speed limit. | 11-28-2013 |
20140142817 | WORKING UNIT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND WORKING UNIT CONTROL METHOD - A working unit control system includes a working unit, an operating tool, a work type determining part, and a drive controlling part. The operating tool is configured to receive a user operation to drive the working unit, and to output an operation signal in accordance with the user operation. The work type determining part is configured to determine to which of a shaping work and a cutting edge aligning work a work type of the working unit corresponds based on the operation signals. The drive controlling part configured to move the bucket along a designed surface when the work type corresponds to the shaping work, the drive controlling art being configured in a predetermined position set with reference to the designed surface when the work type corresponds to the cutting edge aligning work, the designed surface indicating a target shape of an excavation object. | 05-22-2014 |
20150050110 | EXCAVATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR - An excavation control system includes a working unit having a bucket, a designed landform data storage part storing designed landform data, a bucket position data generation part that generates bucket position data, a designed surface data generation part, and an excavation limit control part. The designed surface data generation part generates superior and subordinate designed surface data based on the designed landform and bucket position data. The superior designed surface data indicates a superior designed surface corresponding to a position of the bucket. The subordinate designed surface data indicates a first subordinate designed surface linked to the superior designed surface. The designed surface data generation part generates shape data indicating shapes of the superior designed surface and the first subordinate designed surface. The excavation limit control part automatically adjusts a position of the bucket. | 02-19-2015 |
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20120008166 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The display control apparatus includes an acquisition section configured acquire a piece of characteristic information representing an output characteristic specific to a corresponding printing apparatus from each of a plurality of printing apparatuses; and a display section configured to determine an order for arraying the plurality of printing apparatuses on the basis of the pieces of characteristic information having been acquired, each being specific to a corresponding printing apparatus, and array and display the plurality of printing apparatuses on a predetermined image display screen in the order having been determined. | 01-12-2012 |
20140098147 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a reference drive signal generation section that generates a reference drive signal, a signal modulation section that modulates the reference drive signal to generate a modulation reference drive signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation reference drive signal using switching elements to generate a modulation drive signal, a signal conversion section that converts the modulation drive signal to a drive signal, and a head which includes a piezoelectric element that deforms in response to the drive signal, a pressure chamber that expands and contracts due to the deformation of the piezoelectric element and has a Helmholtz resonance frequency of a period Tc, and a nozzle opening portion that communicates with the pressure chamber. A period of an alternating current component contained in the modulation drive signal is a divisor of a section of one of the drive signal. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098148 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a reference drive signal generation section that generates a reference drive signal, a signal modulation section that modulates the reference drive signal to generate a modulation reference drive signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation reference drive signal using switching elements to generate a modulation drive signal, a signal conversion section that converts the modulation drive signal to a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms in response to the drive signal, a pressure chamber that expands or contracts due to the deformation of the piezoelectric element, and a nozzle opening portion that communicates with the pressure chamber. A period of alternating current components contained in the modulation drive signal are shorter than a duration of a maximum voltage or a minimum voltage, and is longer than a total time of turn-on delay times and turn-off delay times of the switching elements. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098149 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a reference drive signal generation section that generates an analog reference drive signal, a signal modulation section that modulates the reference drive signal to generate a digital modulation reference drive signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation reference drive signal to generate a modulation drive signal, a signal conversion section that converts the modulation drive signal to an analog drive signal, and a liquid ejecting section that ejects a liquid in response to the drive signal. A sum of a resistance value of a reference drive signal transfer line and a resistance value of a drive signal transfer line is smaller than a sum of a resistance value of a modulation reference drive signal transfer line and a resistance value of a modulation drive signal transfer line. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098385 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - The printing apparatus includes a reference drive signal generation section that generates a reference drive signal, a signal modulation section that modulates the reference drive signal to generate a modulation reference drive signal, a signal amplification section that amplifies the modulation reference drive signal using switching elements to generate a modulation drive signal, a signal conversion section that converts the modulation drive signal to a drive signal, a piezoelectric element that deforms in response to the drive signal, a pressure chamber that expands or contracts due to the deformation of the piezoelectric element, a nozzle opening portion that communicates with the pressure chamber, and a frequency control section which limits a switching frequency to be less than a predetermined value in a case where a product of the printing resolution and the printing speed is equal to or larger than a threshold value. | 04-10-2014 |
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20120327782 | TEST DEVICE AND TEST METHOD FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - It is possible to check the settings of multiplex communication for test or the state of multiplex communication during the test. A test device tests whether a mobile communication terminal, which is a test target, performs a communication operation normally and displays a list of at least the address of the mobile communication terminal and information for identifying a communication partner of the mobile communication terminal as multiplex communication related information when the mobile communication terminal performs multiplex communication on a multiplex communication related display unit | 12-27-2012 |
20130003598 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST METHOD - To provide a mobile communication terminal test device and a mobile communication terminal test method capable of displaying the theoretical value of a packet transmission rate. A mobile communication terminal test device | 01-03-2013 |
20130005384 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TEST METHOD - To provide a mobile communication terminal test device and a mobile communication terminal test method capable of enabling a tester to intuitively know a set transmission power variation. A mobile communication terminal test device | 01-03-2013 |
20140215281 | TESTING APPARATUS AND TEST DISPLAY METHOD - A testing apparatus includes a scenario processing unit that executes a test scenario for operating the testing apparatus to imitate the operation of a base station, a communication unit capable of transmitting and receiving a message to and from a mobile communication terminal, a layer processing unit for processing a message for each layer, a log data storing unit for storing log data indicating transmission of messages between the layers, and a display controller for creating a transmission schedule based on the extracted data associated with system information and causing a display unit to display the transmission schedule. The transmission schedule is written in a tabular form in which a block type of the system information is displayed at a position to which a frame for transmitting the system information is allocated. | 07-31-2014 |