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| 20100005618 | DUST TRAY - A dust tray includes: a collection chamber having a rectangular bottom and surrounding walls extending upward from four sides of the bottom; a tubular handle extending through one of the surrounding walls of the collection chamber with no gap therebetween, the handle being movable in a direction in which the handle extends; and a suction head having an opening elongated in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the handle extends, the suction head being provided at a proximal end of the handle, the proximal end being positioned inside the collection chamber, the opening facing the bottom of the collection chamber and being proximate thereto with a clearance allowing the dust particles to pass therethrough, whereby a path is provided from the opening into the handle, wherein a distal end of the handle is connectable to an external suction source. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100024618 | DUST COLLECTING MECHANISM AND SUBSTRATE CUTTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A dust collecting mechanism is a dust collecting mechanism that sucks up and collects dust generated by a machining apparatus, including a suction section for sucking up the dust by exerting sucking force on a workpiece, a sucking force generating mechanism for generating sucking force acting on the suction section, and a suction pipe enabling communication between the suction section and the sucking force generating mechanism, wherein the suction pipe includes an opening section extending from the inside to the outside thereof and a shutter mechanism for opening and closing the opening section, and wherein the pressure inside the suction pipe can be switched between an atmospheric pressure state and a sucking force generating state by causing the shutter mechanism to open or close the opening section while sucking force is generated inside the suction pipe by operating the sucking force generating mechanism. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100050365 | SUBSTRATE FIXTURE PALLET AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSOR - A substrate fixture pallet includes a body part configured to receive a substrate to be processed and a lid part attached movably to the body part so as to fix the substrate when closed relative to the body part. The lid part is configured to form a gap between the body part and the lid part when closed relative to the body part so as to allow the suction air of a dust collector for suctioning cutting powder to be generated at a time of processing the substrate to flow through the gap when the substrate fixture pallet is attached to the dust collector. | 03-04-2010 |
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| 20090012205 | TRANSPARENT GEL AND CONTACT LENSE FROM THE SAME - A transparent gel is disclosed which has an interpenetrating polymer network of a copolymer containing a polysiloxane structure and a polycarbonate structure and a hydrophilic polymer obtained by polymerizing a hydrophilic monomer. The transparent gel is useful as a cultivation substrate, a container for storage and an ophthalmic material, comprising an easily synthesizable and purifiable silicon-containing resin, wherein a gel strength, transparency, oxygen permeability, birefringence and other characteristics are excellent. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100132559 | SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A permselective material has a polymer having an organosiloxane skeleton and containing a dispersed solid additive. When oxygen and nitrogen are passed through a membrane having the permselective material, the relation between the permeability coefficients [cm | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100294132 | ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANE AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed is an asymmetric membrane having a porous layer and a dense layer adjacent to the porous layer. The porous layer and the dense layer are made of a polymer material. The porous layer and/or the dense layer contains a filler. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110086227 | ACRYLIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDINGS IN WHICH SAID COMPOSITION IS USED - Provided are an acrylic resin composition with which the peeling properties are improved when multi-layer sheets are formed and roll attachment is reduced, and an acrylic/polycarbonate multi-layer sheet having good environmental resistance and good producibility in which said composition is used. A terminally-modified polycarbonate resin (0.1 to 10 wt %) having terminal groups which can be represented by general formula (1): (where R | 04-14-2011 |
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| 20090108680 | REMOTE POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY TAP - According to one embodiment, a power supply tap includes a first wireless reception module which receives a control request which is transmitted from a remote-control terminal by a first wireless signal, a power observation module which is activated in a case where the received control request includes a power information acquisition request, and observes a total amount of power including power supplied to an electric apparatus from a power output module and power consumed by a communication control module, a first wireless transmission module which transmits the observed total amount of power to the remote-control terminal by a second wireless signal, and a switch control module which turns off a switch in a case where the control request received by the first wireless reception module includes a power-off request, thereby shutting off power supply to the electric apparatus from the power output module. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090289503 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an illumination control system controlling remotely an illumination device comprises a signal detection module configured to detect a control signal from a remote controller with a rectification circuit to which a bias voltage is applied, a switch control module configured to turn a switch of the illumination device on or off in accordance with the detected signal, an energy receiving module configured to receive energy from external environment and to convert the energy into electrical energy, an internal battery configured to store the converted electrical energy, and a power supply module configured to supply drive voltage for the signal detection module and the bias voltage from the converted electrical energy or from the electrical energy stored in the internal battery. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090302935 | DEMODULATOR - According to one embodiment, a threshold adjusting apparatus for a clocked comparator, the clocked comparator comparing an input signal with a threshold in accordance with a clock, the threshold adjusting apparatus comprises an output detection module configured to detect an output from the clocked comparator with the threshold while changing the threshold and a setting module configured to set the threshold when the output detection module detects a change in the output from the clocked comparator as an adjusted threshold. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20110159869 | NEAR FIELD RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a near field radio communication apparatus, as described in embodiments, comprises a signal receiving unit configured to convert a radio signal into an electric signal an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information from a signal output from the signal receiving unit and an operating power supplying unit configured to supply an operating power to the information obtaining unit if a voltage level of the electric signal output from the signal receiving unit varies to he equal to or higher than a preset threshold value. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110207405 | NEAR FIELD WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a near field wireless communication device includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver is configured to obtain data by receiving a wireless signal. The controller is configured to stop the receiving operation of the receiver in the case where the receiver receives an unwanted signal. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110268005 | MOBILE WIRELESS TERMINAL AND BASE STATION SEARCH METHOD - According to one embodiment, a mobile wireless terminal, which makes a wireless communication with a base station accommodated in a network, includes a receiver, a communication module, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive and frequency-convert a wireless signal transmitted from the base station, and to detect a beacon signal transmitted from the base station based on a reception signal obtained by the frequency conversion. The communication module is configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted from the base station, to acquire identification information of the base station by decoding a reception signal obtained from the wireless signal, and to communicate with the base station. The controller is configured to activate the communication module in accordance with a reception result of the beacon signal by the receiver, and to control the communication module to acquire identification information from the base station. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110273276 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication device including: a CPU; a wireless communication module; a radio signal detection module; a power supply circuit. The wireless communication module includes; a receiving module configured to receive a radio signal containing identification information from another device; a storage module configured to pre-store at least one of the identification information; a verification module configured to verify the identification information of the received radio signal against the identification information stored in the storage module; and a notification module configured to notify the CPU when the identification information of the received radio signal corresponds with the identification information stored in the storage module. The radio signal detection module makes a notification to the power supply circuit if the radio signal detection module detects the radio signal. The power supply circuit supplies the operating power to the wireless communication module if the power supply circuit receives the notification. | 11-10-2011 |
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| 20100051700 | RADIO APPARATUS, ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION - A radio apparatus configured to perform contactless communication with an external device having a first antenna, upon being arranged opposite the external device, is provided. The radio apparatus includes a case, a second antenna and a conductive element. The case has an outer face arranged opposite the external device upon the radio apparatus being arranged opposite the external device. The second antenna is provided in the case, and at least partially arranged parallel to the outer face. The conductive element is arranged close to and electrically coupled with the first antenna, upon the case being positioned opposite the external device so that the contactless communication may be performed. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100052999 | RADIO APPARATUS AND ANTENNA ADAPTED FOR CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION - A radio apparatus having a casing and an antenna is provided. The casing has first, second and third faces. The second face and the third face correspond to a side face and another side face of the first face, respectively. The antenna is formed by a conductive line in such a way that the conductive line forms a first loop shape, a second loop shape and a third loop shape, that the first loop shape includes a first portion and a second portion positioned adjacent to a third portion of the second loop shape and a fourth portion of the third loop shape, respectively, that directions of currents distributed on the first portion and the third portion if the antenna is fed are almost same, and that directions of currents distributed on the second portion and the fourth portion if the antenna is fed are almost same. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100309080 | COMPLEX ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A complex antenna which receives or transmits a plurality of electromagnetic waves of different frequencies is provided. A first one of the electromagnetic waves is an alternating magnetic flux. The complex antenna includes a first antenna which receives or transmits the alternating magnetic flux. The complex antenna includes a second antenna arranged such that the first antenna and the second antenna overlap as viewed from a direction in which the alternating magnetic flux penetrates the first antenna. The second antenna is adapted for reducing an induction effect of a current which is induced by the alternating magnetic flux and flows in the second antenna. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110158212 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONNECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit, a radio signal detection unit, and a control unit. The wireless communication unit performs a wireless communication process with other terminal that transmits a radio signals for requesting the wireless communication between terminals. The radio signal detection unit waits for the radio signals with lower operating power than operating power when the wireless communication unit waits for the radio signals. The control unit activates the wireless communication unit to cause the wireless communication unit to perform a connection process of the wireless communication when the radio signal detection unit detects the radio signal. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110222516 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD THEREFOR - According to an embodiment, a information processing apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, a first search unit, and a connection unit. The wireless communication unit performs wireless communication with another apparatus which is utilizable as a wireless base station. The first search unit is configured to: use the wireless communication unit to sequentially transmit, in a second transmission period different from a first transmission period, plural of first identification signals having different center frequencies within a frequency band usable by the wireless communication unit, as an activation request signal for requesting activation of a wireless communication unit included in the another apparatus; repeatedly transmit, in a first repetition period, the first signals in the frequency band; and search for the another apparatus. The connection unit uses the communication unit to establish connection with the another apparatus which is searched for. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110300811 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND DETECTION PERIOD CORRECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a communication device of the embodiment includes: a reference frequency generating unit configured to generate a reference frequency having a deviation from center frequency deviation under a predetermined condition, a radio signal detection unit configured to operate in a detection period based on the reference frequency and detect a periodic radio signal generated based on a reference frequency having higher precision than the precision of the reference frequency. The radio signal detection unit corrects the detection period by using the periodic signal. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120003949 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a filter module, a generator, a first comparator and a power management module. The filter module is configured to transmit an uplink channel component among a received signal by an antenna. The generator is configured to generate an input voltage by using the uplink channel component. The first comparator is configured to output a first high signal when the input voltage is higher than a first threshold voltage, and output a first low signal when the input voltage is not higher than the first threshold voltage. The power supply management module is configured to change a power supply for transmission and reception of a wireless signal from an off state to an on state when the first high signal is continuously output for a minimum transmission time of an uplink signal or more. | 01-05-2012 |
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| 20110068373 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes: a cell array block having, above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of first and second wirings intersecting with one another, and a plurality of memory cells, the first and second wirings being separately formed in a plurality of layers in a perpendicular direction to the semiconductor substrate; and a first via wiring, connecting the first wiring in an n | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110235400 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method for controlling a semiconductor device comprises determining a select bit number for a group of memory cells each includes a variable-resistance element, setting a first voltage corresponding to the select bit number, applying the set first voltage to the memory cell group, and performing verify read on the memory cell group to which the first voltage has been applied and determining whether or not the memory cell group passes the verify read. If the memory cell group is determined not to pass the verify read, the number of bits corresponding to passed memory cells is subtracted from the select bit number, and the first voltage corresponding to the decreased select bit number is set again. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120069627 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including plural first lines, plural second lines, and plural memory cells each including a variable resistance element; a first decoder connected to at least one ends of the plurality of first lines and configured to select at least one of the first lines; at least one pair of second decoders connected to both ends of the plurality of second lines and configured such that one of the pair of second decoders is selected for selecting the second lines according to a distance between the one of the first lines selected by the first decoder and the both ends of the second lines; and a voltage application circuit configured to apply a certain voltage between the first line and the second line selected by the first decoder and the second decoder. | 03-22-2012 |