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20130181252 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer; a first type of a first semiconductor element that is arranged in a first element region of the semiconductor layer, has first and second main electrodes, and switches current; and a second type of a second semiconductor element that is arranged in a second element region of the semiconductor layer, has third and fourth main electrodes, and freewheels the current. The first and second element regions are adjacent in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which current flows, and are formed in a loop shape over the entire element region when the semiconductor layer is viewed from above. The first main electrode is electrically connected to the third main electrode, and the second main electrode is electrically connected to the fourth main electrode. When the semiconductor layer is viewed from above, a ratio of a length of the first main electrode to a length of the second main electrode is larger than a ratio of a length of the third main electrode to a length of the fourth main electrode. | 07-18-2013 |
20130309867 | LATERAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A manufacturing method for manufacturing a lateral semiconductor device having an SOI (Silicon on Insulator) substrate, the lateral semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor layer that includes a buried oxide layer and a drift region, the manufacturing method comprising an etching process of etching, by a predetermined depth, a LOCOS oxide that projects from a surface of the semiconductor layer by a predetermined thickness and is embedded in the semiconductor layer by a predetermined thickness, and a trench forming process of simultaneously forming a first trench extending from the drift region toward the buried oxide layer, and a second trench extending from a portion obtained by the etching in the etching process toward the buried oxide layer, at a same etching rate, and stopping forming the first trench and the second trench at a time when the second trench reaches the buried oxide layer. | 11-21-2013 |
20140035036 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A lateral semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate; a buried oxide layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and an active layer formed on the buried oxide layer. The active layer includes a first conductivity type well region, a second conductivity type well region, and a first conductivity type drift region interposed between the first conductivity type well region and the second conductivity type well region. A region where current flows because of carriers moving between the first conductivity type well region and the second conductivity type well region, and a region where no current flows are formed alternately between the first conductivity type well region and the second conductivity type well region, in a direction perpendicular to a carrier moving direction when viewed in a plan view. | 02-06-2014 |
20140295633 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a drain, a drift making contact with a front face of the drain, a body contacting with a front face of the drift, a source provided in part of a front face of the body, and a floating surrounded by the drift; and a gate including an insulator formed on an inner wall of a trench and a electrode disposed inside the insulator and which has a bottom portion contacting with the floating, the manufacturing method includes: forming the trench in a semiconductor wafer so as to have a bottom portion in which an end portion in a short direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof is deeper than a central portion; injecting an impurity ions into the bottom portion of the trench; and forming the central portion of the trench in the short direction to be deepened. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110059950 | ANILINE DERIVATIVE HAVING ANTI-RNA VIRAL ACTIVITY - Viruses, and particularly RNA viruses, have high mutation rates. Hence, antiviral agents that have been developed to date targeting protease or reverse transcriptase of viruses have quickly lost their effectiveness and resistant viruses have emerged. Also, in recent years, viral diseases caused by various new viruses such as SARS, avian influenza, and the hepatitis C have become social menaces. Therefore, the development of a novel antiviral agent that can cope with a virus resistant to an existing drug or a new virus and has a wide range of applications has been demanded. The present invention provides a novel anti-RNA viral agent and a method for use thereof. The present invention further provides an anti-RNA viral agent that is also effective against a new virus or a drug-resistant virus, and a method for use thereof. | 03-10-2011 |
20150225421 | COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER OR MALIGNANT TUMOR - The present invention provides a compound and a pharmaceutical composition for neuropsychological disorders or malignant tumors, the use of the compound and the pharmaceutical composition, or a method for preventing, improving, inhibiting the development of, and/or treating neuropsychological disorders or malignant tumors with the use of the compound and the pharmaceutical composition. One or more embodiments disclose a compound expressed by the following general formula (I) or (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound: | 08-13-2015 |
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20100140113 | GAS SENSOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - There is provided a control apparatus for a gas sensor, which has a sensor element equipped with first and second oxygen pumping cells. The sensor control apparatus is configured to drive the first oxygen pumping cell to adjust the oxygen concentration of gas under measurement, drive the second oxygen pumping cell to produce a flow of electric current according to the amount of oxygen pumped out of the oxygen concentration adjusted gas by the second oxygen pumping cell, perform specific drive control to control the amount of oxygen pumped by the second oxygen pumping cell to a predetermined level after startup of the sensor element and before the application of the drive voltage between the electrodes of the second oxygen pumping cell. | 06-10-2010 |
20110132775 | SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE AND SENSOR CONTROL METHOD - [Objective] An object is to provide a sensor control apparatus and a sensor-control-apparatus control method which can reduce variation in startup time among a plurality of times of execution of detection processing, in consideration of variation in output characteristic among a plurality of gas sensors. | 06-09-2011 |
20120234697 | SENSOR CONTROL APPARATUS, SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SENSOR CONTROL METHOD - A sensor control apparatus is disclosed, including a preliminary control for supplying a constant current to a second oxygen pump cell of a gas sensor for a constant period of time so as to control to a constant level the amount of oxygen pumped out from a second measurement chamber (S | 09-20-2012 |
20140014535 | SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE, SENSOR CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In a sensor control device, it is determined whether a gas sensor is activated. A concentration control is performed at an elapse timing which elapses by a first constant time from an activation timing at which the gas sensor is determined to be activated. A preliminary control is performed in at least a partial period between the elapse timing and a start timing at which a drive control is started. | 01-16-2014 |
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20110306623 | NOVEL COMPOUNDS COMPRISING A 3-(5-ALKOXYPYRIMIDIN-2-YL) PYRIMIDIN-4(3H)-ONE STRUCTURE AND DRUGS THAT COMPRISE SAME - Provided are novel compounds that have both angiotensin II receptor-antagonist effects and PPAR-activating effects that are useful as agents for preventing and/or treating hypertension, heart disease, angina, cerebral vascular accident, cerebrovascular disorder, ischemic peripheral circulatory disorder, kidney disease, atherosclerosis, inflammatory disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic complication, insulin resistance syndrome, Syndrome X, metabolic syndrome, and hyperinsulinemia. Disclosed are 3-(5-alkoxypyrimidin-2-yl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one derivatives represented by the General formula (I): [wherein R represents a C | 12-15-2011 |
20120028983 | NOVEL COMPOUND HAVING 3-HETEROARYLPYRIMIDIN-4-(3H)-ONE STRUCTURE AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION CONTAINING SAME - Disclosed is a compound which has both an angiotensin-II receptor antagonistic activity and a PPARγ activation activity and is useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for hypertension, heart diseases, angina pectoris, cerebrovascular disorders, cerebral circulatory disorders, ischemic peripheral circulatory disorders, renal diseases, arteriosclerosis, inflammatory diseases, type-2 diabetes, diabetic complications, insulin resistance syndrome, syndrome X, metabolic syndrome and hyperinsulinemia. [In the formula, A represents a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group; R | 02-02-2012 |
20120046308 | NOVEL ALPHA-PHENOXYBENZENEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION COMPRISING SAME - An α-phenoxybenzeneacetic acid derivative represented by general formula (I), which has both an angiotensin II receptor antagonistic activity and a PPARγ activation activity and is useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for hypertension, metabolic syndrome or the like, a salt of the derivative, or a solvate of the derivative or the salt; and a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative, the salt or the solvate. [In the formula, Q represents a group represented by formula (II) or (III) [wherein R | 02-23-2012 |
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20120122906 | NOVEL SULFONAMIDE DERIVATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT CONTAINING SAME - Disclosed is a novel compound which has both angiotensin II receptor antagonist activity and PPARγ activating activity, and is useful as a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for hypertension, heart diseases, angina pectoris, cerebrovascular disorders, cerebral circulatory disorders, ischemic peripheral circulatory disorders, kidney diseases, arteriosclerosis, inflammatory diseases, type 2 diabetes, diabetic complication, insulin resistant syndrome, syndrome X, metabolic syndrome and hyperinsulinemia. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition which contains the novel compound. Specifically disclosed are: a sulfonamide derivative represented by general formula (I), a salt thereof, or a solvate of the derivative or salt; and a pharmaceutical composition which contains the sulfonamide derivative, a salt thereof, or a solvate of the derivative or salt. (In the formula, R | 05-17-2012 |
20120322819 | COMPOUND CONTAINING A NOVEL 4-ALKOXYPYRIMIDINE STRUCTURE AND MEDICINE CONTAINING SAME - Disclosed is novel compound and medicinal formulation containing same, possessing both angiotensin II receptor blocking and PPARγ activation effect, of use as a medicine for prevention and/or treatment of hypertension, heart disease, angina pectoris, cerebrovascular disorder, cerebral circulatory disturbances, post-ischemic peripheral circulatory damage, renal disease, arteriosclerosis, inflammatory disorder, type 2 diabetes, diabetic complications, insulin resistance syndrome, syndrome X, metabolic syndrome and hyperinsulinaemia. Further disclosed is the general formula I (where one or both of R | 12-20-2012 |
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20110102823 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus carries out a combining process in which a part of an original image is whitened and a target image to be combined is superimposed over the whitened part. The image processing apparatus receives a command to specify a color of an unnecessary region of the stamp image including the target image to be combined which region is not to be superimposed over the original image in the combining process. Then, the image processing apparatus receives a command to define a necessary region of a specified color region of the stamp image which necessary region should not be defined as the unnecessary region, the specified color region being constituted by pixels indicating the color specified by the command. Further, the image processing apparatus carries out the combining process, assuming that the unnecessary region is a region of the stamp image which region is obtained by excluding the necessary region from the specified color region and the target image to be combined is a region other than the unnecessary region in the stamp image. | 05-05-2011 |
20150009538 | PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - In a printing system configured such that a computer and an image forming apparatus can be connected via a network, the computer sets a stamp image and transmits the set stamp image to the image forming apparatus via the network. The image forming apparatus includes a reading device that reads an original image, an image combining unit that reads out at least one stamp image from a storage unit, combines the stamp image with the original image read by the reading device, and forms a composite image, and a printing unit that prints the composite image on recording paper. | 01-08-2015 |
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20140376037 | IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGE READING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE - The image reading device (i) reads an image, (ii) causes a server, which is provided on a network, to store the image, and (iii) receives, from the server, access information that is used to access the server so as to obtain the stored image. After the image is read, the image reading device transmits the access information, which has been received from the server, to a mobile terminal with which short range wireless communication has been established. Upon receipt of the access information, the mobile terminal prepares an email which contains the received access information and indicates that the image is stored in the server and then transmits the email to an information terminal which is indicated by address information set as a destination by a user. | 12-25-2014 |
20150350487 | PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - In a printing system configured such that a computer and an image forming apparatus can be connected via a network, the computer sets a stamp image and transmits the set stamp image to the image forming apparatus via the network. The image forming apparatus includes a reading device that reads an original image, an image combining unit that reads out at least one stamp image from a storage unit, combines the stamp image with the original image read by the reading device, and forms a composite image, and a printing unit that prints the composite image on recording paper. | 12-03-2015 |
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20130002529 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a backlight apparatus comprising a plurality of light sources; and a control unit which drives the plurality of light sources at an identical driving frequency and which performs pulse-width modulation control for a turned-on period and a turned-off period of each of the light sources; wherein the control unit is capable of setting a duty ratio for each of the light sources and each of driving cycles; and the control unit sets the duty ratio for at least two of the light sources respectively so that a condition, in which one cycle period composed of one turned-on period and one turned-off period is N times the driving cycle, is fulfilled, and the duty ratio is 0 or 1 in at least one driving cycle of N pieces of the driving cycles for constructing the one cycle period if N is not less than 2. | 01-03-2013 |
20130265348 | LIGHTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A lighting apparatus for an image display apparatus is provided with: a plurality of light sources corresponding to a plurality of areas of a screen; and a control unit configured to control a duty ratio of a turn-on period and a turn-off period of each light source according to an image signal to be inputted, by carrying out pulse width modulation control on the turn-on periods of time and the turn-off periods of time of the plurality of light sources. In cases where the duty ratio of each light source is controlled according to the image signal to be inputted, the control unit regulates turn-on start timing of each light source in such a manner that a variation in the number of light sources which are turned on at the same time to be suppressed. | 10-10-2013 |
20150054411 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A light source apparatus includes: a light-emitting unit which includes a plurality of emission areas emitting light periodically at different phases and in which at least two light sources are disposed in each emission area; a detection unit configured to detect light from the light-emitting unit; and a control unit configured to select the plurality of light sources sequentially and to perform lighting-control of temporarily reducing emission brightness of light sources other than the selected light source, wherein the control unit selects lighting-control target light sources so that lighting-control is sequentially performed on light sources disposed in different emission areas among the plurality of emission areas. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100001072 | Camera operating system and matrix code decoding device - An image signal output device includes a code generating means for generating a two-dimensional geometrical code based on a source data, a obtaining means for retrieving a sequential image signal, a code inserting means for inserting the two-dimensional geometrical code in the sequential image signal and a output means for outputting the sequential image signal. The code inserting means imperceptibly inserts the two-dimensional geometrical code in the sequential image signal, and the output means outputs the sequential image signal having the two-dimensional geometrical code inserted therein. The imperceptible two-dimensional geometrical code is captured by a camera in a cell phone to be decoded and stored in a memory medium. | 01-07-2010 |
20130238163 | CHARGE POINT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - A charge point notification system includes a center device and an in-vehicle device disposed in an electric vehicle. The system provides a notification regarding a charge point based on a comparison between a required energy for traveling to a nearby charge point from a node that is close to the nearby charge point, and a remaining energy of the electric vehicle. The system does not generate a notification when the remaining energy is greater than the required energy by an amount greater than a first threshold. The system generates the notification, which is to be provided to the user via the in-vehicle device, when the remaining energy is greater than the required energy by an amount that is in between the first threshold and a second threshold, which is less than the first threshold, and when the nearby charge point exists within a first distance range from the electric vehicle. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238230 | CHARGE POINT REACHABILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM - A charge point reachability determination system includes a center device and an in-vehicle device disposed in an electric vehicle. The center device includes road map information that has node information regarding a node. The node information includes a required energy of the electric vehicle for reaching a nearby charge point from the node when the node has at least one nearby charge point. The in-vehicle device generates vehicle information regarding the electric vehicle. When the electric vehicle is positioned close to the node that has the nearby charge point, the system determines, based on the node and vehicle information, the required energy for reaching the node. The system further determines whether the nearby charge point is reachable by the electric vehicle based on a comparison of the required energy determined and a remaining energy of the electric vehicle. | 09-12-2013 |
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20090280318 | OLEFIN POLYMER, COMPOSITION THEREOF AND ADHESIVE RESIN COMPRISING THE COMPOSITION - Provided is a new adhesive polyolefin resin composition, containing 1 to 100% by weight of a high polymer structure, that has good heat resistance and excellent adhesion performance to polyolefins and various polar materials, wherein a polyolefin segment (A) is bonded with an addition polymer segment (B) of a non-olefinic vinyl monomer and a reactive group is introduced into the addition polymer segment (B) and an adhesive or dispersion obtained therefrom. | 11-12-2009 |
20100048820 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SYNDIOTACTIC PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a graft-modified syndiotactic propylene polymer having a high graft ratio. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a polymer, a resin composition containing such a polymer, and a laminate having at least one layer which contains the composition as an adhesive resin composition. Specifically disclosed is a graft-modified syndiotactic propylene polymer which is characterized by satisfying the following characteristics [1]-[3]. [1] The melt flow rate (MFR) measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg is 30-1000 (g/10 minutes). [2] The concentration of graft groups derived from a radically polymerizable unsaturated compound by | 02-25-2010 |
20130209805 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMER PARTICLES AND STRETCH-MOLDED ARTICLE OBTAINED FROM THE ETHYLENE-BASED POLYMER PARTICLES - A method of production of ethylene-based polymer particles includes the steps of: homopolymerizing ethylene or copolymerizing ethylene and a linear or branched α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst including: (A) fine particles having an average particle diameter greater than or equal to 1 nm and less than or equal to 300 nm obtained at least by the following two steps: (Step 1) causing contact between a metal halide and an alcohol in a hydrocarbon solvent; (Step 2) causing contact between a component obtained by (Step 1) and an organoaluminum compound and/or an organoaluminumoxy compound; and (B) a transition metal compound represented in General Formula (I) or (II), and (E) an intrinsic viscosity [η] of the ethylene-based polymer particles, measured in decalin at 135° C., is from 5 to 50 dL/g. | 08-15-2013 |
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20090136774 | Resin Composition Comprising Olefinic Block polymer and Application Thereof - The present invention is to provide a resin composition excellent in mechanical properties and solvent resistance, and the resin composition (C) of the present invention comprises an polyolefin (A1) and an olefinic block polymer (A2), wherein the olefinic block polymer (A2) comprises, as a constitutional unit, a block (a) which is a polyolefin component and a block (b) which is a polymer unit composed of a vinyl monomer having a solubility parameter of from 18 to 25 J/m and the block (a) and the block (b) are bonded each other by a covalent bond. Moreover, another invention of the present invention is to provide a laminated structure having a laminated configuration in which a layer comprising an olefinic polymer layer and a layer comprising other synthetic resins, a metal and the like are strongly bonded through an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises the resin composition (C). | 05-28-2009 |
20110028658 | IONOMER RESIN COMPOSITION AND SHAPED ARTICLE OBTAINED FROM THE RESIN COMPOSITION - An ionomer resin composition according to the present invention is obtained by bringing a functional group-containing olefin copolymer (A) having a structural unit derived from a cyclic olefin in the range of 10 percent by mol or more and having a group derived from an acid and/or a derivative thereof as the functional group into contact with a metal compound (B). A shaped article having well-balanced two excellent properties of the optical characteristics and the moisture permeability can be formed by using the ionomer resin composition. | 02-03-2011 |
20110177328 | IONOMER RESIN, RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, AND USES OF THEM - [Problem] To provide an ionomer resin capable of forming a polyolefin molded product having well-balanced two properties of molding processability and mechanical property, a resin composition including the ionomer resin and a molded product formed from the ionomer resin or the resin composition. [Solution to problem] An ionomer resin (X1) formed from 100 parts by weight of (A) an olefin polymer having constitutional units derived from an α-olefin of 2 to 20 carbon atoms and having a functional group (a) and 0.01 to 100 parts by weight of (B) a metal salt having two or more functional groups (b). | 07-21-2011 |
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20080204614 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes an upper electrode and a lower electrode interposing an insulation layer therebetween, wherein an electric field opening part for passing an electric field is formed in the upper electrode and liquid crystal molecules are driven by applying a voltage between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, wherein a window-shaped opening part formed by partially removing the lower electrode for connecting an upper electrode wiring and the upper electrode, which interpose an interlayer insulation film therebetween, together is disposed in a lower part of the lower electrode, and wherein one end portion of the electric field opening part in the longitudinal direction around the window-shaped opening part is disposed to be overlapped with the window-shaped opening part in a plan view. | 08-28-2008 |
20080259257 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates; an insulating layer provided for a first substrate of the pair of substrates; an upper electrode provided for the first substrate; and a lower electrode provided for the first substrate. The upper electrode is formed on the surface of the insulating layer adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. The upper electrode includes a plurality of branches each having a slit therebetween. The insulating layer has irregularities. | 10-23-2008 |
20110249207 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, an upper electrode layer, and a lower electrode layer. The upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer are formed on the same the substrate via the insulating layer. A plurality of openings are formed in the upper electrode layer and arranged parallel to each other so that an electric field is passed therethrough. Liquid crystal molecules are driven by applying voltage between the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer. A minor axis of each of the openings has a width in a range in which a V-T curve, which represents a relationship between voltage and transmittance ratio, does not shift with variation in the width of the minor axis. | 10-13-2011 |
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20120319529 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR DEVICE AND PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR DEVICE DRIVE METHOD - A piezoelectric sensor device includes a piezoelectric element, a signal processing unit, a polarization processing unit and a connection switching unit. The piezoelectric element has a piezoelectric body and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the piezoelectric body. The signal processing unit is configured to execute at least one of signal input from the piezoelectric element, and signal output to the piezoelectric element. The polarization processing unit is configured to execute polarization processing in which polarization voltage is applied to the piezoelectric element. The connection switching unit is configured to switch between a first connection state with which the electrodes and the signal processing unit are connected, and a second connection state with which the electrodes and the polarization processing unit are connected. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323514 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR DEVICE, AND POLARIZATION METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC BODY OF PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR DEVICE - A piezoelectric sensor device includes a piezoelectric element, a polarization processing unit and a controller. The piezoelectric element has a pair of electrodes sandwiching a piezoelectric body. The polarization processing unit is configured to execute polarization processing in which polarization voltage is applied to the polarization element. The controller is configured to control an execution timing of the polarization processing by the polarization processing unit, and includes a characteristics value acquisition unit configured to acquire a characteristics value relating to a polarization volume of the piezoelectric body, a determination unit configured to determine whether a polarization property is in a stable state or in an unstable state based on the characteristics value, and a polarization controller configured to control the polarization processing unit to apply the polarization voltage to the piezoelectric body when the determination unit determines that the polarization property of the piezoelectric body is in the unstable state. | 12-20-2012 |
20150150533 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE, PROBE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DEVICE - An ultrasonic device includes a substrate and a support member. The substrate has an element array including a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements arranged in an array form. The support member has a surface adhered to the substrate in an area including the element array, and an opposite surface opposite from the surface adhered to the substrate, a distance from the surface adhered to the substrate to the opposite surface being different with respect to two adjacent ones of the ultrasonic transducer elements in the element array. | 06-04-2015 |
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20110302032 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A content recommendation device includes: a use information storage section storing types of information related to use as information related to use of content by a user; a recommended content deciding section deciding content to be recommended to the user in accordance with each of the types of information related to use as a recommended content, and deciding types of recommended content items corresponding to the types of information related to use; a switching rule storage section storing a switching rule setting a period for switching the type of the recommended content as a rule set by a regional manager who is in charge of selling content in a specific region; a selection section selecting one type of the recommended content among the types of recommended content items when a recommended content suggestion request is generated from a terminal of the user residing in the specific region, and sequentially selecting different types of content after the period set by the switching rule; and a recommended information providing section providing information representing the recommended content selected by the selection section for the terminal of the user. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302240 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A content recommendation system includes: a client terminal operated by a user; and a content recommendation server that recommends content to the terminal through a network and includes a preference discrimination information storage section accumulating and storing preference discrimination information in which information related to evaluation of content input to the terminal by a user and identification information of the user are associated with each other, a content feature information storage section storing content feature information in which data indicating features of content are associated with identification information of content, a preference information creation section creating preference information of each user by integrating evaluation for content with the feature of the content for each user based on the preference discrimination information and the content feature information, and a recommended content list providing section transmitting a list of recommended content, extracted by evaluating the degree of similarity of features with the preference information based on the content feature information, to the terminal. | 12-08-2011 |
20120096026 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The content recommendation system includes a user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of a given user, a list acquisition means for acquiring at least one list from among lists of content sequentially generated over time on the basis of the attribute information of the given user acquired by the user attribute information acquisition means, a user preference information acquisition means for acquiring user preference information, which is feature information of content preferred by the given user, a content extraction means for extracting some content from content included in the list acquired by the list acquisition means on the basis of the user preference information acquired by the user preference information acquisition means, and a content presentation means for presenting the content extracted by the content extraction means to the given user. | 04-19-2012 |
20130024547 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring information showing at least one of an indicated party, who is a person or group indicated by a user, and indicated content, which is content indicated by the user, and a recommendation unit recommending, to the user, content that is similar to at least one of content related to the indicated party, the indicated content, and content liked by the user. | 01-24-2013 |
20140351207 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The content recommendation system includes a user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of a given user, a list acquisition means for acquiring at least one list from among lists of content sequentially generated over time on the basis of the attribute information of the given user acquired by the user attribute information acquisition means, a user preference information acquisition means for acquiring user preference information, which is feature information of content preferred by the given user, a content extraction means for extracting some content from content included in the list acquired by the list acquisition means on the basis of the user preference information acquired by the user preference information acquisition means, and a content presentation means for presenting the content extracted by the content extraction means to the given user. | 11-27-2014 |