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| 20090133800 | STEREOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD - A stereolithography method capable of accurately forming a three-dimensional model with a desired shape. In the stereolithography method, liquid photocurable resin is selectively exposed to light to form a cured resin layer and cured resin layers are sequentially laminated to form a three-dimensional model. The light exposure is performed on projection regions with an arbitrary area of, for example, 100 mm | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090243156 | METHOD OF PHOTOFABRICATION - An object of the present invention is to provide an optical molding method that is capable of taking out the model shape of an optically-molded object with high accuracy, and capable of performing molding with high accuracy even when a shape having a fine structure or a microstructure is molded. An optical molding method to form a three-dimension shape object in which cured resin layers are laminated and integrated includes forming a cured resin layer of a photo-curable composition by irradiating a photo-curable composition layer with light, forming the photo-curable composition layer again above the cured resin layer, forming further a cured resin layer of the photo-curable composition by radiating a light, and repeating these steps, wherein the photo-curable composition layer is formed by applying a photo-curable resin composition containing resin, an ethylenic unsaturated compound, and an organic solvent above a base material or above the cured resin layer formed above the base material, and removing the organic solvent contained in the photo-curable resin composition, and wherein the three-dimension shape object is formed by removing the photo-curable composition that is not cured in the cured resin layers after the formation of all the cured resin layers is completed. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090250835 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDING DIE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDED PRODUCT - An object of the present invention is to provide a metal mold for micro components at low cost in a short time by using an optically molded object formed by an optical molding method. A method of manufacturing a mold for molding in accordance with the present invention includes forming a three-dimensional molded object by applying a photo-curable liquid resin composition, irradiating the photo-curable liquid resin composition with light, and removing non-cured portions of the photo-curable liquid resin composition, and forming the mold for molding based on the three-dimensional molded object, the method further including forming a metal coating covering the three-dimensional molded object, removing the three-dimensional molded object covered with the metal coating; and taking the metal coating as the mold for molding. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090261512 | STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND STEREOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD - A stereolithography apparatus that forms a three-dimensional model by sequentially laminating cured resin layers through repetition of a cycle of selectively applying light to liquid photocurable resin to form a cured resin layer, further applying liquid photocurable resin on the cured resin layer, and applying light to form a cured resin layer. The apparatus includes a table, a dispenser to supply the liquid photocurable resin onto the table, a recoater to apply the photocurable resin, and a controller to slow down a moving speed of the recoater based on a moving distance of the recoater during application operation of the recoater. | 10-22-2009 |
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| 20090135218 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus, includes: a black ink ejecting portion configured to eject a black ink containing a self-dispersion pigment; color ink ejecting portions configured to eject, respectively, a cyan ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink which contain a polymer emulsion containing a polymer fine particle containing a coloring material which is insoluble in water or slightly soluble in water; and a recording-controlling unit configured to control recording. When the recording medium is optically transparent and is provided, on a transparent base material thereof, with an ink accepting layer, the recording-controlling unit controls recording on the recording medium such that the color ink ejecting portion is used for recording a monochrome image and a color image which has a plurality of colors, leaving the black ink ejecting portion substantially free from being used. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100215855 | RECORDING INK, RECORDING MEDIUM, INK MEDIA SET, INK RECORDED MATTER, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an ink-media set, record printed by use of the ink-media set, an inkjet printing method, and an inkjet printing apparatus which includes ink that has at least water, dye, and humectant and surface tension thereof is 20 to 35 mN/m at 25° C., a support, and a recording medium having the support and at least one surface thereof has a coating layer wherein transfer rate of the ink to the recording medium measured by a dynamic scanning absorptometer in 100 ms of contact time is 4 to 15 ml/m | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110057981 | RECORDING INK AS WELL AS INK MEDIA SET, INK CARTRIDGE, INK RECORDED MATTER, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - A recording ink containing at least a solid component which contains a colorant and a resin and is a solid at 25° C., a liquid component which has a higher boiling point than that of water and is a liquid at 25° C. and water, wherein the total content of the liquid component in the recording ink is 20% by mass or less, the total content of the solid component in the recording ink is 20% by mass or more, and the total content of a resin component in the solid component is 40% by mass to 95% by mass relative to a total amount of the solid component is provided. | 03-10-2011 |
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| 20090037472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a control method for an information processing apparatus includes acquiring metadata in which one or more pieces of meta-information including an address attribute required to download the multimedia data file from a program site are written by using a built-in communication circuit in a main body, detecting a recording format of each multimedia data file written in each piece of meta-information written in the metadata, judging whether the multimedia data file written in each piece of meta-information written in the metadata is reproducible by the reproducing unit based on a recording format detection result, deleting the meta-information having the multimedia data file determined to be unreproducible written therein from the metadata to generate new metadata, and displaying a list of the multimedia data files written in the meta-information included in the new metadata in the display unit. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090082889 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE METHOD - According to one embodiment, a storage apparatus comprises storage devices, a first selection module configured to select a first storage device in accordance with selection made by a user, a determination module configured to determine whether or not the first storage device can store data, a second selection module configured to select a second storage device when the determination module determines that the first storage device cannot store data, and a storage control module configured to store data in the first storage device when the determination module determines that the first storage device can store data, and to store data in the second storage device when the determination module determines that the first storage device cannot store data. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090089212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT LIST DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a communication module configured to communicate through a network with a content server which provides contents and a license server which manages license information of the contents provided by the content server, an inquiry module configured to inquire of the license server permission to acquire a content provided by the content server via the communication module, and a display module configured to display a list of the contents provided by the content server in accordance with a result of inquiry made by the inquiry module. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090160792 | PORTABLE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a portable device includes a casing, a display contained in the casing and having a first side in proximity to a position of the casing which is held by a user with a hand, a plurality of icons displayed on the display, a touch panel which is provided over the display and by which the icons are operated, and a sensor which is provided in the casing and senses the position held by the user. The icons are arranged in a first area defined by an arc of a circle about a first corner as a center located at a lower end of the first side, and chords extending between the arc and the first corner. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090210424 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an authentication apparatus comprises a storage module configured to store permission information unique to a type of an apparatus which is permitted to access a database, a reception module configured to receive a data-acquisition request from a terminal apparatus, a check module configured to check unique information to a type of the terminal apparatus contained in the data-acquisition request with the permission information stored in the storage module, an access permitting module configured to permit the terminal apparatus to access the database when the unique information coincides with the permission information as a result of check performed by the check module. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090276068 | MUSIC DATA TRANSFER METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - One embodiment of invention is useful when updating data of a database which is configured to take in data through a network, has a part to be updated, and takes in information of media stored in a local storage, and characterized by that a result of retrieval is outputted with additional information of an updated date/time of information updated by connecting to a network, and the output result is informed. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100058312 | Content Data Providing System, Content Providing Apparatus and Content Data Processing Terminal - According to one embodiment, making an account management server manage also a user ID in the recording medium in a way, which transfers a firmware update toll of a set-top box (STB) terminal by using a recording medium such as a Secure Digital card as a medium, associates a medium and an account with each other. When loading the recording medium in the STB terminal, the STB terminal also associates an STB property with the account management server as account management data. Thereby, when loading a recording medium the next time, the update tool is automatically downloaded to the recording medium if a firmware function update tool is provided. If the recording medium is shared with a plurality of STB terminals, all of necessary firmware tools for the STB terminals are downloaded to the recording medium. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100166189 | Key Management Apparatus and Key Management Method - According to one embodiment, a key management apparatus comprises a decrypting module configured to read a first media unique key and an encrypted content key corresponding to a selected content from a first information storage medium and to decrypt the encrypted content key with the first media unique key in order to obtain a content key in a plain version, an encryption module configured to read a second media unique key from a second information storage medium and to encrypt the content key in the plain version with the second media unique key in order to obtain an encrypted content key for the second medium, and a write module configured to write the encrypted content key for the second medium to a user data area of the second medium. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110245947 | MUSIC DATA TRANSFER METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING/PLAYBACK SYSTEM - One embodiment of invention is useful when updating data of a database which is configured to take in data through a network, has a part to be updated, and takes in information of media stored in a local storage, and characterized by that a result of retrieval is outputted with additional information of an updated date/time of information updated by connecting to a network, and the output result is informed. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110296491 | ACCOUNT SERVER AND NETWORK ACCESS METHOD USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an account server includes a first communication module, a second communication module, a database, and a controller. The first communication module receives a logon request from an electronic device, and establishes a session with the device. The second communication module obtains data from a service site connected to a network. The database associatively stores data for identifying electronic devices, data for identifying and accessing service sites, and names of services. The controller receives a service name from an electronic device which is established a session, obtains data from a service site by using data for identifying and accessing the site, and sends the data to the electronic device which is established a session. | 12-01-2011 |