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20110172792 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The energy management system includes a judging means ( | 07-14-2011 |
20120298348 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - The air-conditioning control device controls an air conditioner for changing an air temperature within an area, and includes a manipulation unit for inputting a required temperature; an adequate temperature setting unit for calculating an adequate temperature defined as a comfortable temperature for a user in the area using comfort evaluation; a control unit for performing selectively a first mode of controlling the conditioner to adjust the air temperature to the required temperature and a second mode of controlling the conditioner to adjust the air temperature to the adequate temperature; and a judging unit for judging whether or not a switching condition is fulfilled while the control unit performs the first mode. The control unit performs the first mode when the required temperature is inputted via the manipulation unit, and ends the first mode and starts the second mode when the judging unit judges that the switching condition is fulfilled | 11-29-2012 |
20130067478 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided are: information acquisition unit that periodically acquires usage state information of resource by load; user terminal that creates permitted usage period data; period setting unit that sets each load's permitted usage period based on permitted usage period data; determination unit that determines whether each load's resource usage is within permitted usage period; and display unit that distinctively displays whether resource usage period is within permitted usage period based on determination result by determination unit. User terminal creates single batch permitted usage period data. Period setting unit includes batch setting unit that performs batch setting whereby batch permitted usage period is set as permitted usage periods of all loads. | 03-14-2013 |
20130085612 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A data aggregation part | 04-04-2013 |
20150116129 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - An information analysis unit of a management apparatus searches for a device existing within a predetermined distance from a portable terminal, namely a device positioned near the portable terminal, based on terminal position information received from the portable terminal by a radio communication unit and device position information stored in an information storage unit. The information analysis unit reads, from the information storage unit, energy usage information of the searched device existing near the portable terminal, and transmits it from the radio communication unit to an information acquisition unit of the portable terminal. Thus, the information acquisition unit acquires only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal, so that a display unit displays only the energy usage information of the device positioned near the portable terminal. | 04-30-2015 |
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20110138084 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a plurality of memory components, a connector, a receiver, and a communication component. The connector is configured to operatively connect the electronic device to an external device. The external device is capable of individually recognizing the memory components one at a time or simultaneously recognizing only a few of the memory components. The receiver is configured to receive a select instruction that specifies which of the memory components will be recognized by the external device. The communication component is configured to automatically communicate with the external device to permit the external device to automatically recognize at least one of the memory components as a predefined memory component. The communication component is further configured to communicate with the external device when the receiver receives the select instruction to permit the external device to recognize at least one memory components according to the select instruction. | 06-09-2011 |
20120011272 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An electronic device is connected to a communication network, to which a server and an external device are connected. The electronic device includes an interface which receives an instruction from a user; a processor which determines information to be transmitted and a destination of the transmission based on the user's instruction; and a communication module which transmits the information to the destination. In the case where a content file is selected via the interface, when the selected content file has not been uploaded on the server, the communication module transmits the content file to the server, and after the transmission, transmits location information indicating a location where the content file is stored in the communication network to the external device. When the selected content file has been uploaded on the server, the communication module transmits the location information indicating the location where the content file is stored to the external device. | 01-12-2012 |
20120262585 | RECORDING CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION DEVICE, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A recording control device is capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from an external information device. The recording control device includes a first storage medium; and a control section for, when acquiring the information from the external information device, storing the information on the first storage medium, and when connection with the external information device is disconnected, recording the information stored on the first storage medium, or other information based on the information stored on the first storage medium, on a second storage medium. | 10-18-2012 |
20130262709 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a plurality of memory components, a connector, a receiver, and a communication component. The connector is configured to operatively connect the electronic device to an external device. The external device is capable of individually recognizing the memory components one at a time or simultaneously recognizing only a few of the memory components. The receiver is configured to receive a select instruction that specifies which of the memory components will be recognized by the external device. The communication component is configured to automatically communicate with the external device to permit the external device to automatically recognize at least one of the memory components as a predefined memory component. The communication component is further configured to communicate with the external device when the receiver receives the select instruction to permit the external device to recognize at least one memory components according to the select instruction. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090303629 | MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MAGNETIC RECORDING CONDITION - A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus | 12-10-2009 |
20100014831 | Recording device, method of controlling recording device, information terminal, information communications system, and storage medium - A video recorder includes: a device-end transmission/reception section for receiving either recording schedule information or recording schedule command information representing a command to determine the recording schedule information from a personal information terminal capable of communicating with the video recorder; and a device information management section for setting up a terminal ID by which to identify the personal information terminal for either the recording schedule information received by the device-end transmission/reception section or the recording schedule information determined according to the recording schedule command information and managing the terminal ID and the recording schedule information in association with each other. | 01-21-2010 |
20110174636 | Electrochemical measurement electrode, electrochemical measurement electrode chip, and electrochemical measuring method and analysis method using the same - In order to realize an accurate electrochemical measurement without a peak caused due to a silver chloride complex ion, an electrochemical measurement electrode of the present invention which measures an electrochemical active substance in a sample solution containing a chloride ion includes (i) a working electrode, (ii) a reference electrode made of silver and silver chloride, and (iii) a silver ion capturing material which captures a silver ion out of a silver chloride complex ion generated in the reference electrode. | 07-21-2011 |
20110273970 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING/REPRODUCING INFORMATION ON/FROM OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120257299 | MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MAGNETIC RECORDING CONDITION - A magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus | 10-11-2012 |
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20110129259 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A housing ( | 06-02-2011 |
20110268476 | LENS-MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AND OPTICAL-SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A lens-mounting structure according to the present invention is; a lens mounting structure that glues a lens and a mounting surface of a support portion that supports the lens using an adhesive agent applied therebetween, to mount the lens to the support portion, characterized by setting a gluing surface area of the mounting surface of the support portion and the adhesive agent to be smaller than a gluing surface area of the lens and the adhesive agent. | 11-03-2011 |
20130164037 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A housing includes a base portion for installation of an optical beam emission unit, a light guiding unit, and a deflection unit, and a cover portion that includes an indented heat emission channel that transmits heat in an inner portion of the housing to a fluid. | 06-27-2013 |
20130222513 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical scanning apparatus includes a reflecting mechanism, a light receiving element and a restricting mechanism. The reflecting mechanism reflects a light beam such that the irradiation point of the light beam moves in a predetermined scanning direction. The light receiving element is arranged in a movement plane defined by the light beam reflected by the reflecting mechanism, and the light receiving element outputs a light reception signal for adjusting the irradiation timing of the light beam in accordance with reception of the light beam reflected by the reflecting mechanism. The restricting mechanism positions the light receiving element relative to the movement plane. | 08-29-2013 |
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20110149194 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal module includes a rear frame, a lamp frame, a liquid crystal panel and a bezel. The rear frame has a bottom plate, a side plate and a flange. The flange has a first screw insertion hole. The lamp frame is fixedly attached to the rear frame along the side plate of the rear frame. The lamp frame has a lamp frame top plate that is disposed on the flange of the rear frame. The lamp frame top plate has a second screw insertion hole. The bezel is fixedly attached to the rear frame. The bezel has a bezel top plate that is disposed on the lamp frame top plate of the lamp frame. The bezel top plate has a third screw insertion hole. The first, second and third screw insertion holes are aligned each other as viewed from a center axis of the first screw insertion hole. | 06-23-2011 |
20120194761 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal module has a rear frame, a light source, a liquid crystal panel, and a bezel. The rear frame includes a rear panel, a first side panel, a top panel, an attachment tab and a first flange. The attachment tab is located at an end portion of the first side panel with respect to a longitudinal direction of the first side panel. The attachment tab has a base plate with a pair of opposite side edges and a fastener insertion hole. The base plate extends perpendicular to the first side panel and outward of the rear frame relative to the first side panel. The first flange extends perpendicular to the first side panel and the base plate of the attachment tab and along a first side edge of the first side panel and one of the opposite side edges of the base plate of the attachment tab. | 08-02-2012 |
20140307204 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, a light source that emits light, a light guide plate comprising a lateral surface that receives the light, wherein the light source emits the light to the lateral surface from a main surface to a back surface of the display panel, a supporting member provided between a peripheral portion of the display panel and a peripheral portion of the light guide plate and that supports the peripheral portion of the display panel, a reflective sheet disposed so as to cover a back surface on an opposite side of the main surface of the light guide plate and that comprises an opening at a position corresponding to the peripheral portion of the light guide plate, and a back surface enclosure disposed so as to oppose the reflective sheet and that includes a first fixing part and a second fixing part. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307217 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel that displays images and comprises a an outer frame, a light irradiating part that irradiates light toward a back surface of the display panel, a heat radiating plate that radiates heat generated by the light irradiating part and is grounded, a plurality of protective members provided along the outer frame of the display panel, wherein at least one of the plurality of protective members is an opposing protective member that opposes the heat radiating plate, and a conductive member interposed between and electrically connects the opposing protective member and the heat radiating plate. | 10-16-2014 |
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20110249986 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt, and a plurality of intermediate transfer rollers. A most upstream side intermediate transfer roller which is located most upstream in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt has a rotational axis arranged downstream from a rotational axis of a most upstream side photoreceptor drum which is located most upstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt when the most upstream side intermediate transfer roller is in its pressing position, while a most downstream side intermediate transfer roller which is located most downstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt has a rotational axis arranged upstream from a rotational axis of a most downstream side photoreceptor drum which is located most downstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt when the most downstream side intermediate transfer roller is in its pressing position. | 10-13-2011 |
20120002996 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device includes a transfer belt, a transfer roller and a tension roller over which the transfer belt is passed in a tensioned condition and which is made to be in an electrically floated state; it also includes a guide member that is installed in the vicinity of the tension roller. A control section, in transfer processing, controls a first switch so that the guide member is in a grounded state while controlling a second switch so that an electric current being caused to flow to the transfer roller becomes a first electric current; and in cleaning processing, controls the first switch so that the guide member is in an electrically floated state while controlling the second switch so that an electric current being caused to flow to the transfer roller becomes a second electric current. | 01-05-2012 |
20130315628 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE INCLUDING CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT DEVICE - A conveyance device includes a housing, a formation member, and a detection section. The housing has a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path, and a first communication path. The first and second conveyance paths each are a conveyance path for conveying a developer. The first communication path allows a first end portion of the first conveyance path and a first end portion of the second conveyance path to be in communication with each other via a communication surface. The communication surface has a first region and a second region. The formation member forms the second region of the communication surface so that a height of the second region from a bottom portion of the first communication path is lower than a height of the first region from the bottom portion of the first communication path. The detection section detects the amount of the developer. | 11-28-2013 |
20140023403 | DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer conveyance device includes a housing and a conveyance member. The conveyance member is supported to the housing and rotates to convey developer. The conveyance member includes a shaft portion, a helical member, and a plurality of reinforcement members. The plurality of reinforcement members are disposed in a circumferential direction of rotation of the conveyance member. When viewing a cross section in a direction intersecting with the rotational axis, an outer circumferential surface of the helical member includes a facing region and a non-facing region, which are defined for one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members, the facing region being a region where the one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is projected on an opposite side of an outer circumferential surface of the helical member through the rotational axis, and the non-facing region being a region of the outer circumferential surface of the helical member which is different from the facing region. The other reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is disposed in the non-facing region. | 01-23-2014 |
20140341619 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt, and a plurality of intermediate transfer rollers. A most upstream side intermediate transfer roller which is located most upstream in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt has a rotational axis arranged downstream from a rotational axis of a most upstream side photoreceptor drum which is located most upstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt when the most upstream side intermediate transfer roller is in its pressing position, while a most downstream side intermediate transfer roller which is located most downstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt has a rotational axis arranged upstream from a rotational axis of a most downstream side photoreceptor drum which is located most downstream in the moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt when the most downstream side intermediate transfer roller is in its pressing position. | 11-20-2014 |
20150063881 | Fixing Device Ensuring Smooth Delivery of Sheet - A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member, and a guiding member. The guiding member includes a first guide surface, a second guide surface, and a pair of third guide surfaces consecutively installing both end portions in the axial direction of the first guide surface and both end portions in the axial direction of the second guide surface. The first end edge of the first guide surface has a first circular arc shape arranged such that a center portion in the axial direction projects toward the downstream side in the rotation direction with respect to both end portions in the axial direction. The second guide surface is one of a curved surface in a second circular arc shape arranged such that a center portion in the axial direction is close to the first circumference surface with respect to both end portions in the axial direction. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063882 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a nip forming member, a supporting member, a heating source, a heat conducting member, and a reflecting member. The pressuring member comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The nip forming member presses the fixing belt toward the pressuring member. The heat conducting member comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and absorbs a radiant heat emitted from the heating source. The reflecting member includes a reflecting part and a regulating part. The reflecting part reflects the radiant heat emitted to the supporting member toward the heat conducting member. The regulating part is unified with the reflecting part and comes into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt to regulate looseness of the fixing belt. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063883 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heating source, a heat conducting member and a reflecting member. The fixing belt is arranged rotatably. The pressuring member is arranged outside the fixing belt and comes into pressure contact with the fixing belt to form a fixing nip. The heating source is arranged inside the fixing belt to emit radiant heat. The heat conducting member comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt and absorbs the radiant heat emitted from the heating source. The reflecting member includes a reflecting part and a nip forming part. The reflecting part reflects the radiant heat emitted from the heating source toward the heat conducting member. The nip forming part is unified with the reflecting part and comes into contact with the inner circumference face of the fixing belt to press the fixing belt to the pressuring member. | 03-05-2015 |
20150185692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus ( | 07-02-2015 |
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20090040138 | Three-Dimensional Image Displaying System - A technical object of the present invention is to provide a three-dimensional image displaying system having an ability to provide an observer with a three-dimensional image that is easy to see. In a three-dimensional image displaying system ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090157291 | Destination Setting Assistance Apparatus - Provided is a destination setting assistance apparatus ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090309848 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE - A user interface device, which allocates each of the functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips, is provided. This includes: a GUI button allocation section that first allocates a GUI button, read out from a GUI button data storing section, to each fingertip in a hand shape acquired by a hand shape acquiring section when a contact position acquiring section detects a contact to an operation surface by the operator, and then, in accordance with a change of hand shape direction, reallocates the GUI button to each fingertip of the hand shape; a superimposed image creating section that creates a composite image of an image of a GUI button allocated by the GUI button allocation section and an image of the hand shape; and a displaying section that displays the composite image of the image of the GUI button and the image of the hand shape created by the superimposed image creating section. | 12-17-2009 |
20100268452 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM - Provided is a navigation device which can superpose a route guide object on an actually captured image so that the route guide object coincides with a road even if the accuracy of the road shape data is at the current level. The navigation device displays on a screen, a route guide object indicating a route along which a vehicle should advance. The navigation device includes: an imaging unit for capturing an actual image in front of the vehicle; a white line detection unit which detects a road white line on the actually captured image; a map information storage unit which stores map information containing road shape data expressing a road shape; a road shape data correction unit which corrects the road shape data according to the road white line detection result so that the route guide object is displayed along the road white line; a route guide object generation unit which generates a route guide object according to the corrected road shape data; and a display unit which displays the generated route guide object on the screen. | 10-21-2010 |
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20090043374 | Stent to be Placed in the Living Body - It is intended to proved a stent to be placed in the living body which shows a low restenosis rate after being placed in the body. A stent to be placed in the living body characterized in that the stent is in a long and thin almost tubular shape having both termini and provided with voids, the long and thin almost tubular body can be extended in the radial direction from the first diameter in the compressed state to be second diameter in the extended state, the strut section of the stent is in an almost square or rectangular shape, the whole surface of the stent has an outer surface, an inner surface and a side surface area corresponding to the area of the side surface is not more than 40% of the whole surface area corresponding to the area of the whole surface of the stent. | 02-12-2009 |
20100057093 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - [PROBLEMS] To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 03-04-2010 |
20100131042 | Stent to be placed in the living body - It is intended to provide a stent to be placed in the living body which exhibits excellent extension properties even in a flexion site of a lumen in the body and shows a low restenosis rate after being placed in the living body. A stent to be placed in the living body characterized in that, as one of the characteristics thereof, the stent is in a long and thin tubular shape having both termini, the long and thin tubular body can be extended in the radial direction from the first diameter in the compressed state to the second diameter in the extended state, the stent has a first terminal section, a second terminal section, a third central section, a fourth section located between the first terminal section and the third central section and a fifth section located between the second terminal section and the third central section, the rigidity of the fourth section is lower than the rigidity of the first terminal section and lower than the rigidity of the third central section, and the rigidity of the fifth section is lower than the rigidity of the second terminal section and lower than the rigidity of the third central section. | 05-27-2010 |
20130274875 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - [PROBLEMS] To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 10-17-2013 |
20130317605 | INJECTOR FOR EYE - To provide an injector for ophthalmology which can guide an implant easily to an transplant place without causing any damage to the implant when the implant is inserted into an eyeball. The injector for an eye used for inserting an implant into an eyeball comprises an outer tube, and an implant holding structure arranged in the outer tube to be slidable with respect to the outer tube. The implant holding structure has an implant holding portion which can be contained in the outer tube and forms a space for containing the implant between the implant holding portion and the inner surface of the outer tube when it is contained in the outer tube. The implant holding portion projects from the outer tube when the implant holding structure is advanced and the implant can be taken out from the outer tube. | 11-28-2013 |
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20080200621 | Retardation Film, Novel Polymer, Optical Film, and Image Display Device - A retardation film comprising a monolayer film having a birefringent chain polymer orientated. The polymer has a repeating unit of the structure of the general formula: (V) wherein R | 08-21-2008 |
20090027597 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for producing a polarizing film of the present invention comprises a step (1) of preparing a lyotropic liquid crystalline solution having electric conductivity of not more than 50 μS/cm (expressed in terms of 0.05% by weight) and containing a dichroic dye and a solvent, a step (2) of preparing a base material having at least one surface subjected to a hydrophilization treatment, and a step (3) of coating the solution prepared in the step (1) on the hydrophilized surface of the base material prepared in the step (2) at a coating rate of not less than 100 mm/second, and drying the solution. The method of the present invention can easily produce a polarizing film having a high dichroic ratio. | 01-29-2009 |
20090231528 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizer placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell; a biaxial optical element placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer; and a negative C plate placed between the second polarizer and the biaxial optical element. A direction of an absorption axis of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a direction of an absorption axis of the second polarizer. A refractive index ellipsoid of the biaxial optical element has a relationship of nx>nz>ny and a direction of a slow axis of the biaxial optical element is substantially parallel to the direction of the absorption axis of the first polarizer. A refractive index ellipsoid of the negative C plate has a relationship of nx=ny>nz. A wavelength dispersion value (D | 09-17-2009 |
20090279031 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided, in which excellent viewing angle compensation is conducted, and which is highly excellent in a contrast in an oblique direction and can be reduced in thickness. A liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a first polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a liquid crystal cell, a second optical compensation layer, and a second polarizer in the stated order. Each of the first optical compensation layer and the second optical compensation layer contains at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyamide, polyester, polyetherketone, polyamideimide, and polyesterimide, and have a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz. | 11-12-2009 |
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20090143177 | TIMING CHAIN DRIVE UNIT - In an engine timing chain drive, a pivoted chain guide is provided on the tension side of the chain, and a synchronizing sprocket is incorporated into the chain guide and driven by the chain. The synchronizing sprocket rotates a cam which effects reciprocating movement of the guide to compensate for cyclic variations in tension resulting from operation of intake and exhaust valves. | 06-04-2009 |
20090170648 | TIMING CHAIN DRIVE UNIT - In a timing chain drive unit the tooth pitch of a driven sprocket from which a tension span of the chain travels toward a driving sprocket varies cyclically around the circumference of the driven sprocket and cyclically increases and decreases the length of the tension span in synchronism with load variations imparted to the driven sprocket by a valve-operating camshaft. | 07-02-2009 |
20100137085 | TIMING CHAIN DRIVE SYSTEM - In a timing chain driving system in which the speed of a driving sprocket fluctuates cyclically, the tooth pitch of a driven sprocket from which a tension span of the chain travels toward the driving sprocket varies cyclically around the circumference of the driven sprocket so that the tooth pitch at the point at which the timing chain disengages from the driven sprocket is at a minimum when the rotational speed of the driving sprocket is maximum, moderating fluctuations in chain tension. A similar effect can be achieved in the case of a driving sprocket having a cyclically varying tooth pitch by arranging the driving sprocket so that its tooth pitch is maximum at the point at which it is engaged by the chain when its rotational speed is maximum. | 06-03-2010 |
20110256970 | CHAIN TENSIONER - In a hydraulic tensioner, a tensioner housing is provided with an oil outflow channel communicating with a high pressure oil chamber formed by a plunger and the tensioner housing. A control valve in the oil outflow channel can be adjusted manually or automatically to optimize the damping performance of the tensioner in different engines and under different operating conditions, thereby obviating individualized machining of tensioner components to achieve optimum damping. | 10-20-2011 |
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20110019783 | RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A receiver includes an oscillator for generating a local oscillator signal, a frequency converter for heterodyning a received signal of one frequency band or a plurality of frequency bands into an intermediate frequency (IF) signals with using the local oscillator signal, a filter connected to an output of the frequency converter and having a cut-off frequency changeable, an analog-digital (AD) converter connected to an output of the filter to convert an analog signal of one frequency band or a plurality of frequency bands into a digital signal, a pre-stage detector connected to an output of the AD converter or connected between the filter and the AD converter to detect a signal level, and a controller for controlling the cut-off frequency of the filter based on the signal level detected by the pre-stage detector. | 01-27-2011 |
20120325657 | SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device includes a substrate and a sensor chip held on the substrate. The substrate includes a flow channel. The sensor chip includes a plate. The plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A plurality of through holes each penetrates through the first surface and the second surface. A direction of a line segment connecting centers of any two adjacent through holes among the plurality of through holes is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the center line of the flow channel. | 12-27-2012 |
20130008786 | SENSOR CHIP AND STORAGE METHOD THEREOF - A sensor chip is a sensor device for measuring a property of a substance by adsorbing the substance on a surface of the sensor chip. The sensor chip includes a diaphragm having a first surface, a second surface, and at least one through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface. At least a part of the first surface, the second surface, and an inner wall surface of the through hole is covered with a noncrystalline solid layer including SiOX as a main component, in which substance X is an element having higher electronegativity than that of silicon. | 01-10-2013 |
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20080252973 | POLARIZING PLATE, OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarizing plate of the present invention comprises a polarizer; an adhesive layer; and a transparent protective film bonded to at least one side of the polarizer with the adhesive layer interposed therebetween, wherein the adhesive layer is formed from an active energy ray curing adhesive containing at least one curable component, and the adhesive layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 60° C. or more, and a thickness of 0.01 μm to 7 μm. The polarizing plate has sufficient durability in a severe environment at high temperature and high humidity. | 10-16-2008 |
20090067047 | POLARIZER PROTECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a polarizer protective film, which has high heat resistance, high transparency, high optical characteristics, and high mechanical strength, and is excellent in adhesion with respect to a polarizer. Further, provided are a polarizing plate using such a polarizer protective film and a polarizer, which has high adhesion with respect to the polarizer protective film and the polarizer and is excellent in optical characteristics, and an image display apparatus of high quality using such a polarizing plate. | 03-12-2009 |
20090086318 | POLARIZING PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarizing plate of the present invention comprises: a polarizer; a transparent protective film placed on at least one side of the polarizer; and an adhesive layer and an adhesion facilitating layer interposed in this order from the polarizer side between the polarizer and the transparent protective film, wherein the adhesive layer is formed with an active energy ray-curable adhesive that contains a hydroxyl group-containing N-substituted amide monomer as a curable component, and the adhesion facilitating layer is formed with a polymer resin composition that contains 100 parts by weight of a polymer resin and 3 to 30 parts by weight of an organosilane compound having at least one functional group selected from an acryloyl group, a methacryloyl group, a vinyl group, and a mercapto group. The polarizing plate has good adhesion. | 04-02-2009 |