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20090126839 | EXTERIOR PANEL FOR RECEIVING AROMATIC SUBSTANCE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING EXTERIOR PANEL FOR RECEIVING AROMATIC SUBSTANCE - A folding type portable telephone in which a first housing and a second housing are fixed by a hinge includes a face panel fixed to the first housing and aromatic substances are accommodated inside the face panel. When the hinge is rotated, the aromatic substances are released in conjunction with the operation of opening the folding type portable telephone from the closed state. Furthermore, a sounding body is operated at a frequency of strongly generating an air vibration at a time defined in advance by timer control, so that fragrance of the aromatic substances is released outward by the air vibration of the sounding body. The fragrance corresponding to TPO can be generated from the face panel of the portable telephone. | 05-21-2009 |
20090215287 | Substrate Connecting Member and Connecting Structure - A substrate connecting member connects two circuit boards connected together while maintaining high reliability of the junctions between itself and the circuit boards even if the circuit boards are warped by temperature change of an impact load. The substrate connecting member includes a frame member made of an insulating resin; slit grooves formed in at least one of the inner and outer surfaces of frame side portions composing the frame member, the slit grooves being formed throughout the entire length of the frame side portions in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the frame side portions; and connection conductor portions having connection terminals provided on the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the frame side portions in the thickness direction and connecting conductors each connecting connection terminals. | 08-27-2009 |
20090309751 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE - An electronic device is provided which executes a function useful in that place without a user in possession of the electronic device being intentional, and which does not receive a signal without providing a special setting if the function is not useful even if the place and the device are the same. There are an electronic device A and an electronic device each having a human body communication function. In a case where a user is holding the electronic device A, the electronic device B outputs a control signal for causing the electronic device A to execute a function aimed to eliminate a danger or an annoyance to the surroundings occurring because of holding it, whereas, due to the fact that the user has the electronic device, the electronic device A receives the control signal irrespective of the user's intention and executes a function based on the control signal. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311884 | CIRCUIT DEVICE, CIRCUIT DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND CONNECTING MEMBER - A circuit device which can form terminal portions at narrow pitches a manufacturing method of the circuit device, and a connecting member are provided. A circuit device | 12-17-2009 |
20100279742 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is an electronic device which is formed thin while maintaining good display by a liquid crystal display unit. Specifically disclosed is an electronic device wherein a main substrate ( | 11-04-2010 |
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20110169861 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A first image pickup means picks up an image of a real space, to thereby obtain a first background image. A first positional relationship estimating unit estimates, in a case where the first background image includes a first marker image being an image of a marker previously registered and located in the real space, a first positional relationship being a spatial positional relationship of the first image pickup means to the marker based on the first marker image, and estimates, in a case where the first background image fails to include the first marker image, the first positional relationship based on a displacement of a feature point extracted from the first background image. An image generating unit generates a first additional image based on the first positional relationship, and synthesizes the first additional image and the first background image, to thereby generate a synthetic image. | 07-14-2011 |
20110216961 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for displaying the object arranged in the virtual space, on a display device, a detection unit for detecting device information of the display device, and an execution unit for executing predetermined processing toward the object based on the device information. | 09-08-2011 |
20110227945 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for making a display unit display the object arranged in the virtual space, a direction of gravitational force detection unit for detecting a direction of gravitational force of a real space, and a direction of gravitational force reflection unit for reflecting the direction of gravitational force detected by the detection unit in the virtual space. | 09-22-2011 |
20120230581 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real-world image, a space analysis unit for analyzing a three-dimensional space structure of the real-world image, a scale reference detection unit for detecting a length, in a three-dimensional space, of an object to be a scale reference that is included in the real-world image, and a scale determination unit for determining, from the length of the object detected by the scale reference detection unit, a scale of the three-dimensional space. | 09-13-2012 |
20120314936 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that acquires first posture information corresponding to the information processing apparatus and a first distance coordinate corresponding to the information processing apparatus, and second posture information corresponding to another information processing apparatus and a second distance coordinate corresponding to the another information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus then calculates an object's position in a virtual space based on the first and second posture information and the first and second distance coordinates. | 12-13-2012 |
20130293548 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a real space image including an image of another apparatus, a coordinate system generation unit for generating a spatial coordinate system of the real space image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting spatial information constituting the spatial coordinate system generated by the coordinate system generation unit to the other apparatus sharing the spatial coordinate system. | 11-07-2013 |
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20150098647 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a color extractor, an area cutout unit, a receiver, and a sticky image cutout unit. The color extractor extracts, from image information that includes multiple sticky notes, pixels of a color used for the sticky notes. The area cutout unit cuts out an area that is a set of pixels extracted by the color extractor. The receiver receives input of a dividing line with respect to an area to be cut out by the area cutout unit. The sticky image cutout unit splits an area cut out by the area extractor along a dividing line received by the receiver, and cuts out an area having a surface area within a predetermined range from among the split area as a sticky image. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098649 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The image processing apparatus includes a color extraction unit, a region cutting-out unit, a determination unit, and a sticky-note-image cutting-out unit. The color extraction unit extracts pixels by using multiple thresholds, which are prepared in advance for a color space, for a color used in sticky notes, from image information including information about the sticky notes. The region cutting-out unit cuts out a region which is a group of the pixels extracted by the color extraction unit, for each of the thresholds. The determination unit determines a threshold to be employed, from the thresholds on the basis of the number of regions which are cut out by the region cutting-out unit. The sticky-note-image cutting-out unit cuts out a sticky note image from the image information by using the threshold determined by the determination unit. | 04-09-2015 |
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20100224871 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application provides a thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing same capable of suppressing diffusion of aluminum to oxide semiconductor and selectively etching oxide semiconductor and aluminum oxide. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; a channel layer whose main component is oxide semiconductor; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the channel layer; a sealing layer provided on the side opposite to the gate electrode, of the channel layer; and a pair of electrodes which are in contact with the channel layer and serve as a source and a drain. The sealing layer includes at least a first insulating film made of a first insulating material, and a second insulating film made of a second insulting material having etching selectivity to each of the oxide semiconductor and the first insulating material and provided between the first insulating film and the channel layer. | 09-09-2010 |
20120119205 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A thin film transistor, which is capable of improving carrier mobility, and a display device and an electronic device, each of which uses the thin film transistor, are provided. The thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer including a multilayer film including a carrier travel layer configuring a channel and a carrier supply layer for supplying carriers to the carrier travel layer; a gate insulating film provided between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer; and a pair of electrodes as a source and a drain. A conduction band minimum level or a valence band maximum level corresponding to a carrier supply source of the carrier supply layer is higher in energy than a conduction band minimum level or a valence band maximum level corresponding to a carrier supply destination of the carrier travel layer. | 05-17-2012 |
20120318346 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion element includes: forming a current-collecting wiring with a conductive paste containing therein silver particles and a low-melting point glass frit on a transparent conductive substrate when the photoelectric conversion element having a structure in which an electrolyte layer is provided between a porous electrode on the transparent conductive substrate, and a counter substrate is manufactured. | 12-20-2012 |
20140130872 | PHOTOELECTRIC-CONVERSION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT AND BUILDING - Provided is a photoelectric-conversion device, an electronic instrument, and a building which can suppress long-term performance degradation by suppressing dye desorption or dye aggregation. The photoelectric-conversion device includes a conductive electrode, a porous semiconductor layer, a counter layer, and an electrolyte layer, and the porous semiconductor layer contains a dye and a phosphorous compound such as a decylphosphonic acid. The molar ratio of the phosphorous compound to the dye is 0.5 or more. | 05-15-2014 |
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20090040681 | Electrode Sheet for Electrostatic Chuck, and Electrostatic Chuck - An electrostatic chuck electrode sheet which allows the difference in capacitance between electrodes due to the presence or absence of a substrate to be increased to a level which can be accurately detected using a known substrate detection device, and allows an electrostatic chuck to exhibit an excellent attraction force, and an electrostatic chuck using the electrode sheet, are disclosed. The electrode sheet has a layered structure in which a first insulating layer, a first electrode layer, an inter-electrode insulating layer, a second electrode layer, and a second insulating layer are stacked and attracts a substrate on the first insulating layer, the first electrode layer having a plurality of openings in a specific planar area, and the second electrode layer having opening equivalent portions provided at positions at which the openings in the first electrode layer are projected onto the second electrode layer in a depth direction of the electrode sheet and having almost the same area as the projected openings, and connection portions that connect the opening equivalent portions. The electrostatic chuck is formed using the electrode sheet. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041980 | Electrostatic Chuck and Electrode Sheet for Electrostatic Chuck - An electrostatic chuck having excellent chucking force and holding force is provided. The electrostatic chuck includes a laminate structure in which a first insulating layer, a first electrode layer, an interelectrode insulating layer, a second electrode layer and a second insulating layer are successively laminated on a metal base in an order of increasing distance from the metal base. The second electrode layer includes a pattern electrode having a plurality of opening portions within a flat area, and a shortest distance X between mutually opening portions and a length L of a line segment formed by feet of perpendiculars when barycenters of the adjacent opening portions are projected to a virtual line which is a straight line parallel to the shortest distance X satisfy L/X≦1.5 and L<2.6 mm. | 02-12-2009 |
20100194012 | SUBSTRATE SUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a substrate suction apparatus which has a vacuum suction mechanism and an electrostatic attraction mechanism, and improves planarity of a subject to be processed by improving uniformity in vacuum suction power. A method for manufacturing such substrate suction apparatus is also provided. A substrate suction apparatus ( | 08-05-2010 |
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20080228411 | Tire Abrasion Predicting Method, Tire Designing Method, Tire Manufactring Method Tire Abrasion Predicting Sytem, and Program - In a prediction of abrasion characteristic of a tire, a characteristic curve of a tire axis force generated on a tire rotation axis at the slip ratio applied to the tire and changed depending upon the slip ratio is acquired. From the characteristic curve, values of tire dynamic element parameters determining the characteristic curve are derived based on a tire dynamic model constituted by the tire dynamic element parameters. Furthermore, a tire sliding amount based on a sliding region, the sliding region and an adhesive region formed on the contact patch of the tire at the applied slip ratio are calculated by applying the values of the tire dynamic element parameters to the model. Lastly, an abrasion characteristic of a tread part of the tire at the applied slip ratio is predicted by using the tire sliding amount with abrasion characteristic data of a tread rubber of the tread part. According to the prediction results, a tire is designed and produced. | 09-18-2008 |
20090043517 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING MAGNITUDE OF CORNERING FORCE GENERATED IN WHEEL - A method of calculating a cornering force to be applied to each wheel provided to a vehicle which is cornering, comprising the steps of: obtaining a magnitude of a centrifugal force to the vehicle in a direction substantially orthogonal to a vehicle traveling direction, a contact length of each wheel during the cornering of the vehicle, and an amount of deformation in a wheel width direction at the contact portion of each wheel of the vehicle, calculating a difference between the obtained amount of the deformation and an amount of deformation in the wheel width direction under a straight forward travel condition of the vehicle for each wheel, and calculating a cornering force for each wheel based on the magnitude of the centrifugal force, the contact length, and the difference between amounts of deformation in the wheel width direction. | 02-12-2009 |
20090071249 | ACCELERATION SENSOR-ATTACHED TIRE - An acceleration sensor-attached tire is provided which can detect acceleration in one arbitrary direction, in two or more directions where vectors are linearly independent of each other, or in two or more directions where vectors of the detected acceleration cross each other generated in a tire in a practical velocity range. A sensor unit | 03-19-2009 |
20090118891 | METHOD OF CALCULATING DEFLECTION OF ROTATING TIRE, METHOD OF ACCUMULATING DATA OF ROTATING TIRE, METHOD OF CALCULATING CONTACT LENGTH OF ROTATING TIRE - A method of calculating deflection of a rotating tire, through high speed data processing, based on measurement time series data of acceleration on a tire tread portion has the following steps. A step of acquiring measurement time series data of acceleration on a tire circumference in a radial direction of a rotating tire; a step of extracting acceleration data in a vicinity of a contact region from the acquired measurement data and subjecting the extracted acceleration data to least-square regression using a second-order differential function expression of a deflection function expression that represents a peak shape having a peak value and a curve gradually approaching to zero on both sides thereof, whereby a deflection function parameter values are determined; and a step of calculating a contact deflection from the deflection function expression determined by the deflection function parameter values. | 05-07-2009 |
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20090256226 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a pixel section, a peripheral circuit section, a first isolation region formed with a STI structure on a semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit section, and a second isolation region formed with the STI structure on the semiconductor substrate in the pixel section. The portion of the second isolation region buried into the semiconductor substrate is shallower than the portion buried into the semiconductor substrate of the first isolation region, and the height of the upper face of the second isolation region is equal to that of the first isolation region. A method of producing the solid-state imaging device and an electronic device provided with the solid-state imaging devices are also disclosed. | 10-15-2009 |
20110024857 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including: a semiconductor substrate; a pixel portion which is formed on the semiconductor substrate and in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion are arranged; an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the photoelectric conversion portion; a hole portion formed in the insulating layer and above the photoelectric conversion portion; a silicon nitride layer formed so as to cover a bottom surface and a side surface of the hole portion; and a buried layer formed on the silicon nitride layer, wherein the silicon nitride layer is formed so as to contain a silicon nitride formed by utilizing an atomic layer deposition method. | 02-03-2011 |
20110269259 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device which includes a pixel section, a peripheral circuit section, a first isolation region formed with a STI structure on a semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit section, and a second isolation region formed with the STI structure on the semiconductor substrate in the pixel section. The portion of the second isolation region buried into the semiconductor substrate is shallower than the portion buried into the semiconductor substrate of the first isolation region, and the height of the upper face of the second isolation region is equal to that of the first isolation region. A method of producing the solid-state imaging device and an electronic device provided with the solid-state imaging devices are also disclosed. | 11-03-2011 |
20140327052 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a pixel section, a peripheral circuit section, a first isolation region formed with a STI structure on a semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit section, and a second isolation region formed with the STI structure on the semiconductor substrate in the pixel section. The portion of the second isolation region buried into the semiconductor substrate is shallower than the portion buried into the semiconductor substrate of the first isolation region, and the height of the upper face of the second isolation region is equal to that of the first isolation region. A method of producing the solid-state imaging device and an electronic device provided with the solid-state imaging devices are also disclosed. | 11-06-2014 |