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| 20090129358 | Communication Apparatus, Communication Method and Program - A communication apparatus, which has a means for allowing communication to be performed via one or more lines, decides a timing at which to perform a reconnection, taking the statuses of the lines into account. When the timing at which to perform the reconnection has been decided, a line is disconnected once, and then the line is reconnected. This allows the communication apparatus to attempt to switch to a higher-rate communication mode, maintain the connectivity of the communication apparatus and to secure a higher-rate communication mode line, whereby the communication apparatus can use an increased number of bands as a whole. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090262686 | SESSION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND SESSION CLEAR-OUT METHOD - Session management means holds session information concerning sessions for fixed terminals and sessions for mobile terminals including type information indicating a terminal type and status information indicating the status of communication. Session clear-out means disconnects a session the type information for which indicates a mobile terminal and in which communication has not been performed for a time period longer than or equal to a first monitoring time period, on the basis of the session information held in the session management means. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100265894 | NETWORK CONNECTING APPRATUS AND CONNECTION SETUP METHOD - In a network connecting apparatus, relations of targets and attributions of the targets are registered in a attribution table and relations of the attributions and available connection settings are registered in a connection setting table. An attribution determining section is configured to specify a target when detecting a request of a wireless communication associated with the target, and refer to the attribution table to determine the attribution of the target. A connection setting section is configured to change a connection setting based on the target attribution by referring to the connection setting table. A connecting section is configured to execute a connecting process for the wireless communication based on the connection setting. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110234791 | 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. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20080266195 | Waveguide Slot Array Antenna Assembly - To suppress a standing wave ratio within a waveguide to a lower value, and suppresses a grating lobe, the present invention provides a waveguide slot array antenna device, including a plurality of rectangular slots ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100001916 | COAXIAL LINE SLOT ARRAY ANTENNA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A planar antenna including slot arrays configured to set a narrow interval between elements so as to perform beam scanning in a wide angle range while keeping low loss and low profile. The planar antenna includes: a coaxial line including an inner conductor, an outer conductor provided so as to surround a circumference of the inner conductor, and both ends short-circuited; a feeding mechanism for exciting the coaxial line; and a plurality of slots formed on the outer conductor with a certain angle with respect to a tube direction of the coaxial line and having approximately a resonance length. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100321265 | WAVEGUIDE SLOT ARRAY ANTENNA APPARATUS - Provided is a waveguide slot array antenna apparatus having a polarized wave plane in a direction oblique to a tube shaft of a waveguide, in which an excitation distribution of opening portions for radiating or receiving electromagnetic waves is appropriately attained. The waveguide slot array antenna apparatus includes a waveguide slot array antenna formed of a rectangular antenna waveguide which has a rectangular section orthogonal to a tube axis, in which: the rectangular antenna waveguide has one end side thereof in a tube axial direction serving as a feeding port and another end side short-circuited; the antenna waveguide has a plurality of slender rectangular opening portions for radiating or receiving an electromagnetic wave arranged at intervals of about λg/2 (λg is an intra-tube wavelength) along the tube axis on a first wide plane of a pair of wide planes that are parallel to the tube axis; the plurality of slender rectangular opening portions each have the same predetermined angle with respect to a center line parallel to the tube axis of the first wide plane; the opening portions adjacent to one another are alternately arranged at opposite positions with respect to the center line; the opening portions located on one side with respect to the center line of the first wide plane each have a length longer than about λf/2 (λf is a free space wavelength), and the opening portions located on another side each have a length shorter than about λf/2. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110084888 | RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - A radio communication device is obtained which is provided with an RFID tag function which can ensure the mounting area of each antenna as large as possible, and which is sharable with an LF band RFID system or an HF band RFID system and a UHF band RFID system, while having a communication range equivalent to the communication range of each of an LF band an HF band and a UHF band. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110175790 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device whose impedance can be matched with an arbitrary load impedance and that can be broadened in operating frequency band even when choosing an input impedance of an IC chip freely is not possible. The wireless communication device includes: a first conductor; a second conductor disposed substantially parallel to the first conductor; a hole formed in the second conductor; a capacitive coupling mechanism disposed adjacent to the hole; and a communication circuit which has at least one of a radio wave transmitting function and a radio wave receiving function. The communication circuit is connected through the capacitive coupling mechanism to two sites on the second conductor that are near borders between the second conductor and the hole. | 07-21-2011 |
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| 20080208499 | Optical characteristics measurement method, exposure method and device manufacturing method, and inspection apparatus and measurement method - For a plurality of divided areas on a wafer that is exposed by generating measurement pattern images, a predetermined statistic that includes the deviation of the luminance value of each pixel included in imaging data obtained by the imaging with respect to a predetermined reference value is computed, for example, the variance is computed, and optical characteristics of a projection optical system are obtained based on a computation result of the computed statistic of each of the divided areas (steps | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080259353 | Measurement method, exposure method and device manufacturing method - An image (a latent image) of an aperture pattern that includes an L/S pattern having a linewidth (a space width A) that exceeds the measurement resolution of a measurement device is generated in each of divided areas on a wafer via an optical system (step | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090233195 | LINEWIDTH MEASURING METHOD, IMAGE-FORMING-STATE DETECTING METHOD, ADJUSTMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pattern area that includes a plurality of line patterns with a predetermined spacing therebetween formed on a wafer is imaged, and based on the imaging results, a contrast value of an image of the pattern area is computed, and the computed contrast value is converted into the linewidth of the line pattern based on known conversion information. Therefore, even if the pattern area is imaged using a microscope having a low resolving power, e.g. an image-forming type alignment sensor or the like, without using the SEM, the linewidth of the line pattern can be measured with high precision. Accordingly, linewidth measurement with low cost and high throughput becomes possible. | 09-17-2009 |
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| 20090250077 | Apparatus for removing foreign material from substrate and method for removing foreign material from substrate - Provided are an apparatus for and a method of removing foreign materials from a substrate which reliably remove the foreign materials, eliminate a chance of redeposition of the foreign materials, and are applicable even to large-size substrates. The apparatus for removing foreign materials includes electrostatic chucks ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100065300 | FEEDING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING FEEDING STRUCTURE OF ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - Provided is a power feeding structure of an electrostatic chuck including a lower insulation layer, an electrode layer and a surface insulation dielectric layer formed on an upper surface side of a metal substrate in order from the metal substrate, in which the lower insulation layer, the electrode layer and the surface insulation dielectric layer are not cracked easily. The power feeding structure of an electrostatic chuck includes: a through hole formed through an upper surface and a lower surface of the metal substrate; a power feeding terminal disposed in the through hole for supplying a voltage supplied from a lower surface side of the metal substrate to the electrode layer formed on the upper surface side of the metal substrate; and an insulation holding member formed of an electric insulating material for insulating an inner wall of the through hole from the power feeding terminal and for holding the power feeding terminal, and the power feeding terminal includes a power feeding end portion that protrudes to the upper surface side of the metal substrate, and a tip of the power feeding end portion is positioned at the electrode layer side with respect to an interface between the electrode layer and the lower insulation layer, and on and under an interface between the electrode layer and the surface insulation dielectric layer. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100149720 | BIPOLAR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - A bipolar electrostatic chuck which has excellent dielectric breakdown strength and provides excellent attracting performance. The bipolar electrostatic chuck eliminates difficulty in dismounting a sample from a sample attracting plane as much as possible after application of a voltage to electrodes is finished. The bipolar electrostatic chuck is provided with a first electrode and a second electrode in an insulator and permits a surface of the insulator to be the sample attracting plane. The insulator has the first electrode, an interelectrode insulating layer and the second electrode in this order from the sample attracting plane in the depth direction. The second electrode has a region not overlapping with the first electrode in a normal line direction of the sample attracting plane. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100254064 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS SUPPLY STRUCTURE IN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK APPARATUS, GAS SUPPLY STRUCTURE IN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK APPARATUS, AND ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK APPARATUS - Provided is a method of manufacturing a gas supply structure for use in an electrostatic chuck apparatus having an electrostatic chuck on the upper surface side of a metal base ( | 10-07-2010 |
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| 20090099781 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING A BLOOD SUGER CONDITION - A blood sugar condition is estimated by (1) measuring a urine sugar value A, (2) discriminating whether or not the measured urine sugar value is less than a discriminating method classification boundary value, (3) when it is less, obtaining an averaged value X of measured urine sugar values during a past predetermined period of time, measured at the same timing in a one-day life as the timing when the latest measured urine sugar value is measured, (4) calculating the difference between the averaged value and the measured urine sugar value, (5) when the difference is not less than a positive discriminating reference difference, discriminating as being a blood sugar value decrease, (6) when the measured urine sugar value A is not less than the discriminating method classification boundary value, obtaining an averaged value X of all measured urine sugar values during the past predetermined period of time, (7) calculating a ratio between the measured urine sugar value and the averaged value X, and, (8) when the ratio is not greater than a first discriminating reference ratio, discriminating as being the blood sugar value decrease. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090292190 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING AVERAGE POSTPRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE - A practical measuring device and a measuring method that allow simply measuring average postprandial blood glucose from urinary glucose. The blood glucose measuring device includes a measuring unit that measures postprandial urinary glucose from subject's urine at a predetermined time after meal, a processing unit that calculates average postprandial blood glucose through a period up to the predetermined time after meal, based on the postprandial urinary glucose, a storage unit that stores calibration data including the postprandial urinary glucose and the average postprandial blood glucose in association, and an output unit that outputs data indicating the calculated average postprandial blood glucose. The processing unit calculates the average postprandial blood glucose, based on the postprandial urinary glucose from the urine of the subject who has intaken a desired amount of water or perspired in the period up to the predetermined time after meal, and the calibration data. | 11-26-2009 |
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| 20090051437 | POWER AMPLIFIER - An emitter follower circuit applies to an input terminal of a second amplifying device a voltage according to a reference voltage applied to a reference terminals. First and second resistors are connected in series between the reference terminal and an input terminal of a first amplifying device. The collector of a first transistor is connected to the reference terminal, and a control voltage is applied to the base of the first transistor. A third resistor is connected between the emitter of the first transistor and a grounding point. A current mirror circuit draws a current proportional to a current input from the collector of the first transistor from a connection point of the first and second resistors. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090174484 | POWER AMPLIFIER - An amplifying transistor for amplifying a radio frequency signal between an input terminal and an output terminal. The cathode of a first diode is connected to the input terminal and the anode of a second diode is connected to the output terminal. A matching and attenuating circuit is connected between the anode of the first diode and the cathode of the second diode. A matching and attenuating circuit reduces impedance mismatches on the input terminal side and the output terminal side, and attenuates the radio frequency signal. In an amplification mode, a bias circuit supplies a bias current to an amplifying transistor and a current mirror circuit turns off the first and second diodes. In an attenuation mode, the bias circuit supplies no bias current to the amplifying transistor and the current mirror circuit turns on the first and second diodes. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090309655 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier includes: an amplifying transistor; a bias circuit; a first diode; a second diode; a matching attenuating circuit; a first current mirror circuit; a serial resonant circuit, and a switch. In an amplification mode, the bias circuit supplies a bias current to the amplifying transistor, and the first current mirror circuit turns off the first and second diodes, and the switch. In an attenuation mode, the bias circuit supplies no bias current to the amplifying transistor, and the first current mirror circuit turns on the first and second diodes, and the switch. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100127689 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT AND BIAS CIRCUIT - A reference voltage generation circuit comprises: a first depletion mode FET; a second depletion mode FET; a first resistor; a first bipolar transistor; a second resistor; a second bipolar transistor; a third bipolar transistor; a third resistor; a third depletion mode FET having its drain connected to a second end of the first resistor and to the collector of the first bipolar transistor; and a fourth bipolar transistor having its base and collector connected to the gate and the source of the third depletion mode FET, and its emitter grounded, wherein source voltage of the second depletion mode FET is output as a reference voltage. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100171564 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER - A directional coupler includes a main line connected at a first end to an input port and at a second end to an output port, a coupled line connected at a first end to a coupled port and at a second end to an isolated port, and a phase shifter connected at a first end to the isolated port and at a second end to the coupled port. The phase shifter phase shifts a second reflected wave component such that the second reflected wave component is opposite in phase to a first reflected wave component, the second reflected wave component traveling from the output port to the coupled port through the isolated port and the phase shifter, the first reflected wave component traveling from the output port to the coupled port through the coupled line. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110057746 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER - A directional coupler includes capacitive elements electrically connected to a coupled port and an isolated port, respectively, for a coupled line on a chip (on-chip). The capacitive elements serve as matching capacitive elements and may be MIM (Metal Insulator Metal) capacitors on a substrate. A first end of a first of the capacitive elements is connected between the coupled port and the coupled line and a second end is grounded. A first end of a second of the capacitive elements is connected between the isolated port and the coupled line and a second end is grounded. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110187349 | DETECTOR CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - A detector circuit for detecting degradation in the distortion characteristics of a power amplifier based on signals from both ends of a coupled line of a directional coupler. The detector circuit includes a phase shifter/attenuator for phase shifting and attenuating a signal from a coupled terminal of the coupled line, a differential amplifier for outputting difference between an output signal from the phase shifter/attenuator and a signal from the isolated terminal of the coupled line, a wave detector circuit for converting the difference into a DC signal, and a comparing circuit for determining whether the voltage level of the DC signal exceeds a predetermined level. When degradation in the distortion characteristics of the power amplifier arises, the phase shifter/attenuator phase shifts the signal from the coupled terminal and outputs a signal 180° out of phase with the signal from the isolated terminal. | 08-04-2011 |
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| 20100216183 | MICROBIAL DETECTION APPARATUS, MICROBIAL DETECTION METHOD, AND SAMPLE CONTAINER USED THEREIN - The sample container has a two-layer membrane filter comprising a first layer as an upper layer serving as a hydrophilic membrane filter and a hydrophobic membrane filter as an underlying second layer capable of filtering an aqueous solution without the use of a wetting agent and by means of a formed negative pressure. Using this sample container, a large amount of an aqueous sample solution is filtered by means of a negative pressure formed by a suction portion to capture microbes in the aqueous sample solution by the hydrophilic membrane filter. Then, the negative pressure is restored to normal pressure, and a microbial dissolution solution is then added to the membrane filter to retain the microbial dissolution solution for a given time on the hydrophobic membrane filter. Then, the microbial dissolution solution is dispensed to a reaction container containing a luminescent reagent, and luminescence is detected to detect the microbes. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110159536 | DEVICE FOR CAPTURING OBJECT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an object-capturing device which accurately detects objects such as microorganisms captured at a test site. The object-capturing device of the present invention includes a capturing dish holding a carrier, which captures objects (microorganisms), on a first side of the capturing dish. The capturing dish has a through hole extending from the first side to a second side of the capturing dish. The object-capturing device is used in a way such that, after the objects are captured with the carrier directed upward, the carrier is directed downward and reagents for detecting the objects are contacted with the objects captured on the carrier through the through hole. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110171670 | REAGENT OPEN MECHANISM OF LUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND OPEN NEEDLE CONTROL METHOD IN REAGENT OPEN MECHANISM - A reagent open mechanism of the luminescence measurement system comprises a triaxial actuator and a reagent dispensing nozzle which is driven by the triaxial actuator. A reagent cartridge where a reagent to be divided by the reagent dispensing nozzle is filled in a concave and the opening of the concave is sealed by an aluminum sheet can be set in. This reagent open mechanism comprises an open needle which is driven by the triaxial actuator and makes a hole in the aluminum sheet and a fixation block between the reagent dispensing nozzle and the open needle which arranges the reagent dispensing nozzle and the open needle in such location that the reagent dispensing nozzle or the open needle does not contact with a structure including the reagent cartridge in a Z-axis operation during opening time or reagent dividing and dispensing time. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110171725 | MECHANISM AND METHOD OF PREVENTING SUCTION AIR FROM LEAKING DURING FILTRATION OF CAPTURING CARRIER SOLUTION - A mechanism for preventing suction air from leaking uses a capturing carrier cartridge that includes a cartridge main body and a filter fixing ring. The cartridge main body includes a storage portion for storing a capturing carrier solution and a filter mounting portion where a filter for filtering the capturing carrier solution is disposed. The filter fixing ring covers the filter mounting portion, positions the filter, and sucks and filters the capturing carrier solution from a lower surface thereof. The mechanism includes a cartridge holder and a suction head. The cartridge holder includes an opening that includes the filter mounting portion of the capturing carrier cartridge, and a holding portion that holds the storage portion. The suction head sucks the capturing carrier solution through the lower surface of the filter fixing ring while applying pressure to press the filter fixing ring against the filter mounting portion. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110176975 | REAGENT SPLITTING / DISPENSING METHOD BASED ON REAGENT DISPENSING NOZZLE AND REAGENT SPLITTING / DISPENSING MECHANISM - The present invention provides a reagent splitting/dispensing method that can prevent contamination of an operation fluid when a reagent dispensing nozzle is in a waiting state and prevent falling of a droplet. The reagent splitting/dispensing method includes a waiting process of disposing a first air layer between an interface of the operation fluid and a nozzle tip end in the reagent dispensing nozzle, a first moving process of moving the reagent dispensing nozzle to the position right above the reagent, a second moving process of depositing the nozzle tip end in the reagent, a reagent splitting process of filling the reagent into the reagent dispensing nozzle, a third moving process of evacuating the tip end of the reagent dispensing nozzle from the reagent, a reagent protecting process of disposing a second air layer in the nozzle tip end, a fourth moving process of moving the reagent dispensing nozzle to the reagent dispensation position, a reagent dispensing process of ejecting the split reagent, an operation fluid protecting process of disposing the first air layer in the nozzle tip end, after dispensing the reagent, and a fifth moving process of evacuating the reagent dispensing nozzle to the waiting position, in a state where the first air layer is disposed in the nozzle tip end. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110183408 | REAGENT CARTRIDGE FOR MICROORGANISM DETECTION APPARATUS - A reagent cartridge for a microorganism detection apparatus includes a plurality of reagent vessels, a support plate, and side plates, wherein the reagent vessels are integrally connected with each other in parallel by the support plate, and a group of the plurality of the reagent vessels is surrounded by the side plates; the reagent cartridge further includes an independent reagent vessel instead of at least one of the plurality of the reagent vessels and separately therefrom; and an engagement portion, wherein the engagement portion engages the independent reagent vessel in the engagement portion so as to be universally attached and detached, and to be in parallel with the plurality of the reagent vessels. | 07-28-2011 |
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| 20090190960 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING DEVELOPING UNIT AND INCORPORATED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member and a developing unit. The developing unit includes a developer bearing member to bear developer including toner and carrier, a casing forming a developer container containing the developer, a screw having a shaft with a spiral screw blade, a toner density sensor to detect a density of the toner on a detection surface, and a detection surface agitating member fixedly mounted on the shaft of the screw at a position facing a detection surface to scrape away the developer accumulated on the detection surface as the screw rotates. The detection surface agitating member includes an elastic sheet elastically deformable to scrape away the developer accumulated on the detection surface and disposed at a substantially same angle to an axial direction of the shaft of the screw as the spiral screw blade. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090202263 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DENSITY CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a control device that calculates a developing ability of the developing device based on a detection value detected by an optical detection device from the plural toner patches. The control device adjusts an image formation condition based on the calculated developing ability. A factor detection device is provided to detect a contributing factor that causes the developing ability to largely change after the last adjustment of the image formation condition. The control device controls image formation such that when the factor detection device does not detect the contribution factor and a developing ability calculated this time is different from that calculated last time (as to a part of the plural toner patches), the plural toner patches are formed based on a prescribed fixed image formation condition so that an attraction amount of toner attracting to the plural toner patches enter a prescribed range detectable for the optical detection device. The remaining toner patches are formed (based on an image formation condition determined) in accordance with the image formation condition previously adjusted. When the detection device detects the contribution factor, the entire toner patches are formed based on the prescribed fixed condition. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090324267 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-DENSITY CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus forms a plurality of tone patterns of different colors, each of which containing a plurality of toner patches having different toner densities. Some of the toner patches in each of the tone patterns are formed with a predetermined fixed developing bias and the rest of the toner patches in each of the tone patterns are formed with developing biases set based on previous developing biases that have been obtained through a previous control process. The largest toner density of the toner patches in each of the tone patterns is determined based on a magnitude relation of previous index values obtained through the previous control process. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100226664 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE DENSITY THEREIN - An image forming apparatus includes a developer unit to store two-component developer which includes toner and carrier and develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier, a toner concentration detector to detect toner concentration in the developer unit, a toner supply unit to supply toner to the developer unit, and a controller to control toner supply amount by controlling the toner supply unit by comparing an output value of the toner concentration detector with a reference value stored in a memory and correcting difference between output values of the toner concentration detector at two or more process linear velocities in accordance with the toner concentration in the developer unit. A compensation amount for correcting difference between output values of the toner concentration detector that differ depending on the process linear velocity is adjustable in accordance with the toner concentration in the development unit. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110052239 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor includes: a light-emitting unit; a light-receiving unit that receives light radiated from the light-emitting unit and reflected from a detection target and that outputs an output value in response to the light received; and a correcting unit that corrects the output value of the light-receiving unit when receiving the light reflected from the detection target based on the output value of the light-receiving unit obtained by irradiating a detection area of the optical sensor with light without any light reflective objects being present in the detection area. | 03-03-2011 |
