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20110179227 | CACHE MEMORY AND METHOD FOR CACHE ENTRY REPLACEMENT BASED ON MODIFIED ACCESS ORDER - A cache memory and method for controlling the cache memory. The cache memory selects, from an access address, a unique set from among a plurality of sets, each access set including a plurality of cache entries. Each cache entry holds unit data for caching. The cache memory holds, for each of the cache entries, order data that indicates an access order of the cache entries in each set, and replaces a cache entry that is oldest in the access order. The cache memory modifies the order data regardless of an actual access order, and selects, based on the modified order data, a cache entry to be replaced. | 07-21-2011 |
20130104137 | MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - A multiprocessor system including a plurality of processors, each including a task scheduler that determines a task execution order of the tasks in a task set to be executed by the processors within a task period which is defined as a period in repeated execution of the task sets, and processors that execute the respective tasks; and a scheduler management device having a command unit configured to issue a command for at least one of the task schedulers to change the task execution order, wherein each of the task schedulers, when receiving the command from the command unit, changes the task execution order of the processors. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090037647 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - A semiconductor memory card which can be attached to a host apparatus and can be removed from the host apparatus includes a plurality of data transfer terminals, and an internal circuit transmitting a first signal to at least one first data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals and transmitting a second signal to at least one second data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals different from the first data transfer terminals. The second signal is generated by executing a logical operation on the first signal. | 02-05-2009 |
20090063593 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device comprises an input unit inputting an address and data; a storage unit storing data and a FAT; an address conversion unit converting the address; an access unit accessing the storage unit according to the converted address; a detection unit detecting a format of the FAT; and an alteration unit altering conversion rules in the address conversion unit according to the detection. | 03-05-2009 |
20090248981 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a semiconductor storage device having a first interface section meeting a USB standard for connection to host equipment, a NAND memory section that is a first semiconductor memory section, a second interface section to which small memory cards can be connected, each small memory card having a second semiconductor memory section, and a controller capable of controlling the NAND memory section and the second semiconductor memory sections by one linear address. | 10-01-2009 |
20100017540 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A USB memory includes: a USB terminal unit, a main unit which incorporates therein a NAND memory and a processor module; and a rotation portion which changes a relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module switches an access management mode to a first access management mode or a second access management mode depending on the relative position between the main unit and the USB terminal unit. The processor module manages data stored in the NAND memory such that data having been stored under the first access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the second access management mode and that data having been stored under the second access management mode is rendered inaccessible to the host device with the first access management mode. | 01-21-2010 |
20110153896 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - A semiconductor memory card which can be attached to a host apparatus and can be removed from the host apparatus includes a plurality of data transfer terminals, and an internal circuit transmitting a first signal to at least one first data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals and transmitting a second signal to at least one second data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals different from the first data transfer terminals. The second signal is generated by executing a logical operation on the first signal. | 06-23-2011 |
20150096003 | PORTABILITY TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND THE OPERATING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a portability type semiconductor memory device includes communications circuitry, an interface circuitry, a non-transitory computer readable memory, a first retrieval circuitry, a second retrieval circuitry. If the at least one access point is not within communicating range, the portability-type semiconductor memory device is configured to disregard commands from the host device. If the at least one access point is within communicating range, as determined by the first retrieval circuitry, the second retrieval circuitry is further configured to determine whether the server is accessible through the access point, based on the stored information. | 04-02-2015 |
20150378813 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CARD, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - A semiconductor memory card which can be attached to a host apparatus and can be removed from the host apparatus includes a plurality of data transfer terminals, and an internal circuit transmitting a first signal to at least one first data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals and transmitting a second signal to at least one second data transfer terminal comprising at least one of the data transfer terminals different from the first data transfer terminals. The second signal is generated by executing a logical operation on the first signal. | 12-31-2015 |
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20100019719 | Information rewriting device and recording medium - An information rewriting device includes a first storage unit provided in a battery, a second storage unit provided in a battery charger, and at least one rewrite unit provided in at least one of the battery and the battery charger. When the battery and the battery charger are electrically connected, the at least one rewrite unit rewrites one of a first information stored in the first storage unit and a second information stored in the second storage unit based on the other. | 01-28-2010 |
20120100405 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK - A rechargeable battery pack attachable to a power tool includes a display element, a remaining capacity detection device, a remaining capacity display control device, an abnormality detection device, and an abnormality display control device. The display element is provided such that a lighted state thereof can be confirmed from outside. The remaining capacity detection device detects a remaining capacity of a rechargeable battery. The remaining capacity display control device displays the remaining capacity detected by the remaining capacity detection device by controlling the lighted state of the display element. The abnormality detection device detects an abnormality of the rechargeable battery. The abnormality display control device displays the abnormality of the rechargeable battery detected by the abnormality detection device by controlling the lighted state of the display element to an abnormality display state, which is different from a remaining capacity display state controlled by the remaining capacity display control device. | 04-26-2012 |
20120235628 | BATTERY PACK FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, AND BATTERY CONNECTION DEVICE - A battery connection device is provided with an authentication data creating unit that creates authentication data, a conversion unit that performs a first conversion of the authentication data, a transmission unit that transmits the authentication data to a battery pack, a receiving unit that receives from the battery pack a battery-side conversion result that is data obtained after the authentication data is converted by the battery pack, a reverse conversion unit that, on an assumption that the battery pack creates the battery-side conversion result by performing the first conversion and a second conversion on the authentication data, performs a reverse conversion of the second conversion on the battery-side conversion result, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the battery pack is an authentic product by comparing a result of the reverse conversion with a result of the first conversion. | 09-20-2012 |
20130027828 | INTERNAL TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION UNIT FOR BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An internal temperature estimation unit, which reads a detected temperature of a cell of a battery for an electric power tool to estimate an internal temperature of the battery based on the detected temperature, includes: an initial-value setting device which reads, when a discharge/charge of the battery is started, the detected temperature and sets the detected temperature as an initial value; and a temperature increase amount calculation device which calculates a temperature increase amount of the cell of the battery based on a latest value of the detected temperature and the initial value set by the initial-value setting device; the internal temperature estimation unit outputs the temperature increase amount as an estimated value representing the internal temperature of the battery. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033233 | BATTERY PACK FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM - A battery pack for electric power tool is provided with a battery and a control circuit. The circuit includes a condition satisfaction determination unit, a continua lion satisfaction determination unit, and a sleep-mode transition unit. The condition satisfaction determination unit determines whether each of at least one predetermined sleep-mode transition condition is satisfied, and determines whether an all-condition satisfaction state is present, which is a state wherein all of the at least one sleep-mode transition condition are satisfied. The continuation satisfaction determination unit determines whether the all-condition satisfaction state has continued for a predetermined. period of time when the condition satisfaction determination unit determines that the all-condition satisfaction state is present, The transition unit stops part of operation of the circuit to shift the circuit to a sleep mode when the continuation satisfaction determination. unit determines that the all-condition satisfaction state has continued for the predetermined period of time. | 02-07-2013 |
20130033790 | HEAT GENERATION AMOUNT ESTIMATION UNIT FOR BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - A disclosed heat generation amount estimation unit is used for a battery for an electric power tool, and estimates a heat generation amount of the battery that is a power source of the electric power tool. The heat generation amount estimation unit includes a computation device, and is provided in an apparatus for electric power tool. The computation device periodically reads, either during a discharge from the battery or during a charge to the battery, a detected current from a current detection device, which detects a current corresponding to this point in time from among a discharge current and a charge current flowing through the battery, and adds/subtracts a heat generation amount equivalent value in accordance with a value of the read detected current. The computation device outputs the added/subtracted heat generation amount equivalent value as an estimated value representing the heat generation amount of the battery. | 02-07-2013 |
20130082658 | BATTERY PACK FOR ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - A battery pack for an electric power tool includes a control device that determines the necessity of a balancing control to reduce difference in voltages of cells of a battery based upon voltages of the respective cells measured by a voltage measuring device. The control device controls a subject cell, which is subject to the balancing control to discharge via the discharging device when the balancing control is determined to be necessary. A voltage measuring device measures the voltages of the respective cells when a battery charger detecting device detects the connection of the battery charger in a state where the battery has not been connected to the battery charger for a predetermined specified period of time or more and power feeding to the electric power tool has not been performed for the specified period of time or more. | 04-04-2013 |
20130108904 | TEMPERATURE DETECTION DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK | 05-02-2013 |
20130113427 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack according to the present invention includes a battery, a control unit, a power supply circuit, and a supply source selection unit. The power supply circuit is configured to receive electric power selectively from one of the battery and a charger, and generate a voltage for driving the control unit. The supply source selection unit is configured to select the charger as a power supply source to the power supply circuit when the battery is in a state of being able to supply electric power to the power supply circuit, the battery pack is attached to the charger and it is possible to supply electric power to the power supply circuit also from the charger. | 05-09-2013 |
20130191428 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATING DEVICE - A random number generating device includes: a microcomputer; a first oscillator circuit that has a predetermined temperature characteristic and generates a clock serving as a basis of a behavior of the microcomputer; and an electronic circuit that has a temperature characteristic being different from the predetermined temperature characteristic of the first oscillator circuit and operates in accordance with a command from the microcomputer. The microcomputer measures an operating time of the electronic circuit based upon the clock generated by the first oscillator circuit and generates a random number based upon a result of the measurement. | 07-25-2013 |
20130285600 | CHARGING APPARATUS - A charging apparatus for charging a battery includes: a control unit that obtains information indicating a status of the battery from the battery and controls permitting or prohibiting charging the battery depending on whether or not the obtained information satisfies a predetermined first condition; a charging detecting unit that detects whether or not the battery is being charged; a charging discontinuing unit that obtains the information indicating the status of the battery from the battery and discontinues charging the battery independently of the control by the control unit to permit or prohibit charging when the obtained information satisfies a predetermined second condition; and a diagnosing unit that inputs diagnostic information satisfying the second condition to the charging discontinuing unit in addition to the information indicating the status of the battery or as a replacement for the information indicating the battery status based upon information entered from the control unit. | 10-31-2013 |
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20080215791 | Audio Signal Processing Device - In a digital mixer, a standard mode or a switched mode of an input patch is selectable. When shifting from the standard mode to the switched mode is selected, input port information in input patch data stored in a current memory is converted according to a port correspondence relation indicated by conversion data. When shifting from the switched mode to the standard mode is selected, the input port information in the input patch data stored in the current memory is reversely converted to original information according to the port correspondence relation indicated by the conversion data. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219478 | DIGITAL MIXER - In a digital mixer that processes audio signals in a plurality of channels, layer data which indicates a channel to be assigned to each channel strip in a channel strip section can be set to indicate retainment of assignment status for any of the channel strips. When the layer is selected, the digital mixer assigns the channel indicated by the layer data corresponding to the selected layer to each channel strip for which assignment of some channel is indicated, and leaves the assignment of the channel unchanged regarding the channel strip for which retainment of assignment status is indicated in the layer data. | 09-11-2008 |
20120020497 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - An output channel processing an audio signal after mixing in a mixing bus in a digital mixer is configured such that output points PreHPF and PostON are provided at locations before and after a signal processing module group composed of signal processing modules from a high-pass filter to an ON/OFF control module, an output selecting switch selects one of the output points to supply the audio signal at the selected output point to a direct-out output module which is provided corresponding to the output channel and includes an ON/OFF control module and a level adjustment module so that the audio signal can be outputted via the direct-out output module. | 01-26-2012 |
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20150268994 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND ACTION SWITCHING METHOD - An information processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: determining whether or not an action is executable based on a condition of a rule associated with the condition, the action, and a start priority; comparing a current priority that changes according to a state of an action in execution and an elapsed time since start of the state, with the start priority of the rule associated with the action determined to be executable; and instructing a management unit managing the execution of the actions to switch the action to be executed to the action of the rule associated with the start priority, based on the comparison result. | 09-24-2015 |
20150281084 | DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A processor receives a deadlock detection message transferred between a plurality of controlled devices so as to be transferred between a plurality of nodes along a first link and a second link, and determines whether a deadlock has occurred on the basis of a history of the deadlock detection message. The plurality of nodes are combined using the first link extending from a first node to a second node and the second link extending from a third node to a fourth node. The first node corresponds to a first controlled device whose control right a first terminal has. The second node corresponds to a second controlled device whose control right the first terminal has. The third node corresponds to a third controlled device whose control right a second terminal has. The fourth node corresponds to a fourth controlled device whose control right the second terminal waits to be given. | 10-01-2015 |
20150296025 | FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A function extension method is executed by a terminal device. The function extension method includes connecting a first plug-in, which is common to one or more peripheral devices, to an execution environment of an application for controlling the one or more peripheral devices; arranging a second plug-in, which corresponds to each of the one or more peripheral devices, to be connected to the execution environment of the application via the first plug-in; and connecting the second plug-in corresponding to another peripheral device to the execution environment of the application via the first plug-in while maintaining the connection relationship between the execution environment of the application and the first plug-in, when the another peripheral device controlled by the terminal device is to be added. | 10-15-2015 |
20150312359 | PROGRAM, METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROVISION SERVICE, DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVISION SERVICE SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving, by a server, a position information from a mobile terminal device, and sending, by the server, contents of domain corresponding to the position information to the mobile terminal device, and wherein the sending further includes second sending, by the server, when the position information corresponds to an offline preparation domain which locates a circumstance of an offline domain of which a communication with the mobile terminal device is in an offline state, the contents of the offline domain corresponding to the offline preparation domain. | 10-29-2015 |
20160048576 | GROUPING APPARATUS AND GROUPING METHOD - A grouping apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process including calculating, at a plurality of times between a first time and a second time, the strength of correlation between each of a plurality of pieces of information and a moving body as a level of relationship for each of the plurality of pieces of information, wherein each of the plurality of pieces of information is provided to each of a plurality of objects arranged in a space and the moving body moves within the space, on the basis of the level of relationship for each of the plurality of objects calculated at the plurality of times, calculating similarities, integrating the similarities, and calculating integrated similarity, and grouping the plurality of pieces of information on the basis of the integrated similarity. | 02-18-2016 |
20160073238 | PORTABLE TYPE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A portable type information processing apparatus includes a plurality of sensing units that acquire information convertible into place information indicating a current location and detect an event which occurs in relation to the place information obtained through conversion from the information, a storage unit that stores event transition information indicating a relation between order of transitions between events and transition time periods spent on the transitions, and a control unit that obtains, as a current event, a latest event and controls an operating state of a sensing unit to detect a transition destination event of an event corresponding to the current event in the event transition information based on a relation between a transition time period spent on a transition from the event to the transition destination event in the event transition information and an elapsed time period since detection of the current event. | 03-10-2016 |
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20120162752 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - Provided is an interlayer film for a laminated glass which can give excellent heat shielding properties to a laminated glass and maintain the excellent heat shielding properties of the laminated glass for a long period of time. Also provided is a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164457 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which provides a laminated glass with excellent heat insulation property and high visible transmittance. | 06-28-2012 |
20120171479 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which provides a laminated glass with low Tts and high visible transmittance. | 07-05-2012 |
20130143049 | INTERLAYER FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which enables to produce laminated glass having a low yellow index and excellent heat shielding properties; and laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention comprises a thermoplastic resin; heat shielding particles; and a first component, the first component is at least one of a phthalocyanine compound, a naphthalocyanine compound, and an anthracyanine compound, and contains vanadium atom(s); and Laminated glass of the present invention comprises: a first member for laminated glass; a second member for laminated glass; and a single-layer interlayer film or a multi-layer interlayer film between the first member for laminated glass and second member for laminated glass, wherein the single-layer interlayer film or the multi-layer interlayer film includes the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention. | 06-06-2013 |
20130323515 | INTERLAYER FOR LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which enables production of laminated glass with high heat-shielding properties and a low |YI| value; and laminated glass including the interlayer film for laminated glass. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin; tungsten oxide particles; and at least one component selected from a phthalocyanine compound, a naphthalocyanine compound, and an anthracocyanine compound; and a laminated glass of the present invention comprises: a first member for laminated glass; a second member for laminated glass; and a single-layer interlayer film or a multi-layer interlayer film between the first member for laminated glass and the second member for laminated glass, wherein the single-layer interlayer film or the multi-layer interlayer film includes the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention. | 12-05-2013 |
20130323517 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASSES, AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which enables production of laminated glass having a high visible transmittance and excellent heat-shielding properties, and enables the laminated glass to retain the high visible transmittance for a long period of time; and provides laminated glass including the interlayer film. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention includes a first heat-shielding layer and at least one second heat-shielding layer. The first heat-shielding layer includes a thermoplastic resin and at least one component selected from a phthalocyanine compound, a naphthalocyanine compound, and an anthracocyanine compound. The second heat-shielding layer includes a thermoplastic resin and metal oxide particles. The laminated glass of the present invention includes a first member for laminated glass, a second member for laminated glass, and an interlayer film sandwiched between the first member for laminated glass and the second member for laminated glass. The interlayer film is the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention. | 12-05-2013 |
20130337247 | INTERMEDIATE FILM FOR LAMINATED GLASSES, AND LAMINATED GLASS - The present invention provides an interlayer film for laminated glass which has high heat-shielding properties and a high visible transmittance, and further has excellent light resistance, resulting in long-term retention of the high visible transmittance. | 12-19-2013 |
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20120276606 | RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISMS WITH 1,3-BUTANEDIOL-PRODUCING FUNCTION AND USES THEREOF - An objective of the present invention is to provide recombinant microorganisms efficiently producing optically active 1,3-butanediol, which is useful as a material for synthesizing pharmaceuticals and such, and provide methods for efficiently producing optically active 1,3-butanediol using the recombinant microorganisms. As a result of dedicated research for achieving the above objective, the present inventors succeeded in producing recombinant microorganisms in which the activity of an enzyme catalyzing the reduction reaction represented by Formula 1 is enhanced and which produce a diol compound represented by Formula 2. | 11-01-2012 |
20150045452 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISINTEGRATING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, DISINTEGRATING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, AND ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET INCLUDING DISINTEGRATING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE - The present application provides an orally-disintegrating tablet having excellent tablet hardness and disintegrability. The present application further provides a method of producing a disintegrative particulate composition including three components consisting of a first disintegrator component of an acid-type carboxymethylcellulose, a second disintegrator component and an excipient. The method includes a first wet granulation step using any two of the three components, and a second wet granulation step using granules obtained in the first wet granulation step and the remaining one component of the three components not used in the first wet granulation step. The production method may further includes a crystalline cellulose as a fourth component or a third step of mixing a crystalline cellulose into granules obtained in the second wet granulation step. Disintegrative particulate compositions obtained by these methods are also disclosed. | 02-12-2015 |
20150174075 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISINTEGRATING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, DISINTEGRATING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, AND ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET INCLUDING DISINTEGRATING PARTICULATE COMPOSITION COMPRISING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE - An object of the present application is to provide an orally-disintegrating tablet having excellent tablet hardness and disintegrability and a disintegrative particulate composition by which the orally-disintegrating tablet can be obtained with a relatively low tablet compression force and which can provide excellent moldability, as well as a method of producing the same, etc. The present application relates to a method of producing a disintegrative particulate composition including three components consisting of a first disintegrator component of an acid-type carboxymethylcellulose, a second disintegrator component and an excipient, the method including a first wet granulation step using any two of the three components, and a second wet granulation step using granules obtained in the first wet granulation step and the remaining one component of the three components not used in the first wet granulation step; a production method further including a crystalline cellulose as a fourth component; a production method including a third step of mixing a crystalline cellulose into granules obtained in the second wet granulation step; disintegrative particulate compositions obtained by these methods, etc. | 06-25-2015 |
20150238424 | DISINTEGRATING PARTICLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING ACID-TYPE CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE AND CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, AND ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLET CONTAINING SAID COMPOSITION - An object of the present application is to provide an orally-disintegrating tablet having excellent tablet hardness and disintegrability, and including a disintegrative particulate composition. This invention relates to a disintegrative particulate composition comprising the four components consisting of a first disintegrator component of an acid-type carboxymethylcellulose, a second disintegrator component other than the acid-type carboxymethylcellulose, an excipient of a sugar or sugar alcohol, and crystalline cellulose; and to an orally-disintegrating tablet, including the disintegrative particulate composition and a medicinal ingredient. | 08-27-2015 |
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20130071133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes image forming units forming toner images with first toners having different colors and a second toner having a different softening point from the first toners, an image transfer unit superposing the toner images one on top of another and transferring the superposed toner images onto a recording medium at least such that the toner image formed of the second toner is at the top of the superposed toner images, an image fixing unit fixing the transferred toner images, and an image controller that causes the image forming unit that uses the second toner to form the toner image over at least part of an image area and also causes the image transfer unit to perform the transfer such that the toner image formed of the second toner is at the top of the superposed toner images in the at least part of the image area. | 03-21-2013 |
20130223865 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD - A fixing device includes: a fixing unit that transports a recording medium as nipped between a pressure rotary member and a heating rotary member, to thereby fix a developer image on the recording medium; temperature detectors that detect temperatures of regions of the pressure rotary member located along an axial direction of the pressure rotary member; cooling units that cool the detected regions; and a controller that controls the cooling units to, if a temperature difference between the regions is more than a set temperature difference, execute first cooling for reducing the temperature difference to the set temperature difference or less, and to, if a width of the recording medium perpendicular to a transport direction thereof used in an immediately preceding image formation is equal to or less than a preset width, execute, subsequently to the first cooling, second cooling for cooling the pressure rotary member for a preset time. | 08-29-2013 |
20130272758 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating member heating a recording medium to fix a developer image thereto; an endless heating belt rotatably wrapped around the heating member and heating the medium; a rotating member around which the belt is wrapped and having a fixed first axial end; a position detecting unit detecting a position of the belt when moved in first and second opposite directions parallel to an axial direction of the rotating member; and a controller controlling a rotational movement angle by which a second axial end of the rotating member is rotationally moved about the first end in an axis-intersecting direction based on information from the position detecting unit when the belt is moved in the first and second directions so that first and second speeds for respectively moving the belt in the first and second directions are made equal to or close to each other. | 10-17-2013 |
20140056627 | FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body that heats toner while rotating and fixes the toner on a recording medium, a pressurizing rotary body that sandwiches and pressurizes the toner and the recording medium by the fixing rotary body, and a supporting part that supports the fixing rotary body from the inside so that a peak pressure on an outlet side of the recording medium becomes equal to or lower than a peak pressure on an inlet side, in a contact part where the fixing rotary body and the pressurizing rotary body come into contact with each other. | 02-27-2014 |
20140064803 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body that heats and pressurizes, together with a recording medium, toner having particle diameter of 4.5 [μm] or less and a softening point of 100 [° C.] or higher and 125 [° C.] or lower to fix the toner on the recording medium, a heating unit that heats the fixing rotary body, and a pressurizing unit that sandwiches and pressurizes the toner and the recording medium in a contact part formed by the fixing rotary body, wherein the maximum pressure in the contact part is equal to or more than 2.9×10 | 03-06-2014 |
20140140714 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an endless belt, a heating unit that heats the belt, a rotating body that rotates while applying pressure to a recording medium interposed between the rotating body and the belt, a pressing member that forms a first area in which the recording medium is to be nipped between the belt and the rotating body by pressing the belt against the rotating body from an inside of the belt, and a driving member that drives the rotating body so that the rotating body rotates at a speed determined such that a time obtained by dividing a length of the first area in a direction in which the rotating body is rotating by the speed is approximately 20 milliseconds or less. | 05-22-2014 |
20140270869 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an endless belt member, a secured member disposed to contact the belt member, a heating unit that heats the belt member, and a rotary pressurizing roller including an elastic layer that is elastically deformed when the belt member is pressed against a pressing surface of the secured member to form a fixing part. The pressurizing roller is curved such that a center portion is smaller in outside diameter than end portions along the axial direction. The pressing surface is curved such that a center portion projects toward the pressurizing roller more than end portions along the longitudinal direction. On the pressing surface, an amount of projection of the center portion with respect to the end portions along the longitudinal direction is set to be larger on an output side than on an input side of the fixing part along a moving direction of the belt member. | 09-18-2014 |
20140341621 | IMAGE FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image fixing device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body, a pressing member, a sheet member, and a lubricant. The second rotating body is disposed in contact with an outer surface of the first rotating body. The pressing member is disposed within the second rotating body and presses the second rotating body toward the first rotating body from an inner surface of the second rotating body. The sheet member is disposed between the second rotating body and the pressing member and has a slide layer containing cross-linked polytetrafluoroethylene resin. The lubricant is interposed between the second rotating body and the sheet member and contains amino-modified silicone oil and terminal-modified perfluoropolyether. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341622 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating member that heats a toner image on a recording medium and includes a rotatable belt member, a heat source, a pressing member, a sliding sheet, and a pressure-applying member. The pressing member presses the belt member against the pressure-applying member. A surface of the pressing member that opposes the belt member includes a flat portion or a recessed portion having a radius of curvature of approximately 100 mm or more. The sliding sheet is disposed between the belt member and the pressing member and includes a sliding layer containing cross-linked polytetrafluoroethylene, the content of which in resin contained in the layer is approximately 25 mass % or more and approximately 75 mass % or less. The pressure-applying member presses the recording medium against the belt member and rotates to transport the recording medium while nipping it between itself and the belt member. | 11-20-2014 |
20150268612 | DECURLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A decurling device includes a shaft; a decurling roller that has a diameter larger than that of the shaft, that becomes concave along an outer periphery of the shaft by being pressed against the shaft, and that removes curl from a transported object by nipping the transported object between the decurling roller and the shaft; and a restriction unit that restricts a direction in which the shaft is bent due to a load that the shaft receives from the decurling roller so that a middle portion of the shaft in an axial direction is convexly curved downstream in a transport direction of the transported object. | 09-24-2015 |
20150277317 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports plural recording media having developer images transferred thereon, at an interval; a fixing unit that fixes the developer images to the recording media transported by the transport unit, by applying heat; a temperature measuring unit that measures an ambient temperature; a speed changing unit that decreases a fixing speed of the developer images in the fixing unit if the ambient temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit is a preset temperature or lower, as compared with the fixing speed if the ambient temperature is higher than the preset temperature; and an interval changing unit that decreases the interval if the ambient temperature is the preset temperature or lower, as compared with the interval if the ambient temperature is higher than the preset temperature. | 10-01-2015 |
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20110122067 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is display device, including: an operation display section; a layout switching key; and a control section for controlling, based on an operation of the layout switching key, the operation display section to display therein one of a first key layout screen on which characters or symbols that can be input are assigned to a plurality of input keys and a second key layout screen on which the characters or symbols on the first key layout screen are partially assigned to the plurality of input keys, and controlling a plurality of first input keys and a plurality of second input keys to be switched over on the second key layout screen, the plurality of first input keys in order to narrow down the characters or symbols that can be input, the plurality of second input keys being displayed by an operation through one of the plurality of first input keys. | 05-26-2011 |
20110244441 | HELP DISPLAY DEVICE, OPERATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A help display device of the present invention includes: a display portion that displays a help message; an operation portion that accepts an instruction for displaying a predetermined help message; a message storage portion that stores identical help messages expressed in a plurality of languages; a display order retention portion that retains a display order of the help messages expressed in a plurality of languages; a message generation portion that, in a case where the operation portion accepts the instruction for displaying a help message on the display, reads the help message corresponding to the instruction from the message storage portion and generates a multilingual help message by arranging the help messages of each language thus read in the display order retained in the display order retention portion; and a display control portion that displays the multilingual help message on the display portion by the message generation portion. | 10-06-2011 |
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20130314724 | OPERATION DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device which displays a document preview image on a paper sheet preview image, includes: a changing unit which changes a size of document image data corresponding to the document preview image in accordance with a movement amount and a movement direction when a user touches a part of the document preview image and moves the touched part; a determining unit which determines whether or not a vertical size and a horizontal size of the document preview image after the change are larger than a vertical size and a horizontal size of a largest paper sheet preview image; and an enlargement continuous shooting setting unit sets an enlargement continuous shooting mode if it is determined that the vertical size and the horizontal size of the document preview image are larger than the vertical size and the horizontal size of the largest paper sheet preview image. | 11-28-2013 |
20150085308 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes a storage unit, an operation input unit, and a display unit. The storage unit stores a set setting value and a default setting value of each setting item. The operation input unit accepts setting of the setting value. The display unit displays a screen for selecting the setting item and for setting the setting value of the selected setting item. In addition, the display unit alternately displays a finished image indicating a job execution result on which the set setting value is reflected, and a default setting image indicating a job execution result based on the default setting value on which the default setting value is reflected, by switching between them. | 03-26-2015 |
20150092228 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes: a display portion in which setting item regions fore plurality of setting items are aligned and displayed, and the setting value input images including a character string indicating a setting value that can be set and a preview image indicating the result of an output of a job when a setting value that has been already set and the setting value displayed as the character string are further reflected are aligned and displayed such that a plurality of the preview images are displayed as thumbnails; and an operation input portion which receives an operation on the setting value input image as an input for setting the setting value corresponding to the selected setting value input image. | 04-02-2015 |
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20100067045 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; and an operation setting unit that receives from a user and stores an input of operation settings relating to the operation of the image forming apparatus, and of web page display settings relating to web page display control by the web browser. Upon launching of the web browser, the operation setting unit outputs the web page display settings to the web browser. The web browser displays the web page on the display unit according to the web page display settings. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067047 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image; a web browser that causes the display unit to display thereon a web page; an operation state detection unit that detects an operation state of an image forming apparatus; and a panel application that causes the display unit to display in a status area thereof an operation state detected by the operation state detection unit. The web browser causes the display unit to display in an area outside the status area thereof the web page. | 03-18-2010 |
20100134831 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus includes; a display unit; a web display control unit which causes a web page to be displayed; an instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes a download instruction acceptance image to be displayed in a web page; a download instruction acceptance unit which accepts a download instruction in accordance with an operation based on the download instruction acceptance image; a processing acceptance image display control unit which displays a processing acceptance image for accepting an instruction for carrying out printing, saving or transmission in respect of the data to be downloaded, when the download instruction is accepted; and a processing acceptance unit which accepts the selection of any one of the aforementioned processes in accordance with an user's operation based on the processing acceptance image. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138757 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control apparatus comprises a display unit, and a web browser function unit, the web browser function unit including: a registration instruction acceptance image display control unit which causes the display unit to display a registration instruction acceptance image; a registration unit which registers the URL of a web page being displayed in accordance with an operation based on the registration instruction acceptance image; a position designation acceptance image display control unit which displays a position designation acceptance image showing a candidate for a display position of a bookmark image of the web page of which URL is to be registered; and a position designation acceptance unit which accepts an instruction designating the display position of the bookmark image in accordance with an operation based on the position designation acceptance image. | 06-03-2010 |