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20090125683 | PORTABLE AUXILIARY STORAGE DEVICE - Versatility of a memory card is improved by providing a memory card wherein data protection mode and normal mode can be selected at discretion. | 05-14-2009 |
20090262250 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER - A television receiver includes a TS decoder, an editor, a receiving intensity detector, a determiner, and a service list storage. The TS decoder separates electronic program guide data, service list data, and so on from a transport stream. The receiving intensity detector detects the receiving intensity of a physical channel that is being tuned in to, and determines a receivable hierarchy. The determiner determines whether or not each of services in a service list is receivable on the basis of the results of the determination by the receiving intensity detector, and stores an ID number for specifying the service that has been determined to be receivable in the service list storage. The editor generates electronic program guide data including only the receivable service on the basis of the electronic program guide data separated by the TS decoder and the ID number stored in the service list storage. | 10-22-2009 |
20100031291 | CONTENT DETECTION DEVICE IN DIGITAL BROADCAST - A content detecting device for a digital broadcast signal receiver or a recording apparatus that records the digital broadcast signal. When information in program specific information and information in an electronic program guide information in the memory contradict each other concerning presence or absence of one of a closed captioning broadcast and a data broadcast, a detecting unit causes the memory to store information indicating the detection of the commercial. | 02-04-2010 |
20100122310 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - The digital broadcast receiver, including a decoding continuation determining unit in the system control unit, does not stop decoding and outputting video and audio when determining hierarchical switching and continues decoding and outputting video and audio until the digital broadcast receiver receives given video/audio data after switching, or until the video and audio buffer accumulating video/audio data before switching becomes empty. | 05-13-2010 |
20100322320 | DIGITAL DATA RECEIVER - To be able to combine audio quality with video quality, a digital data receiver ( | 12-23-2010 |
20120060193 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTER - A digital broadcast transmitter includes a first de-multiplexing unit for separating video/audio data and real-time broadcast program information from a transport stream when a digital broadcast signal carries the transport stream; a first storage unit for storing the real-time broadcast program information; a second de-multiplexing unit for separating video/audio data and download broadcast content information from a download broadcast signal when the digital broadcast signal carries the download broadcast signal; a second storage unit for storing the download broadcast content information; a program guide generating unit for converting the download broadcast content information stored in the second storage unit into the real-time broadcast program information, forming electronic program guide display data together with the real-time broadcast program information stored in the first storage unit, and outputting the formed data. | 03-08-2012 |
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20140061754 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, the underlying film includes a memory region including a first trench and a peripheral region including a second trench. The stacked body includes conductive layers and insulating layers alternately stacked on the underlying film. The channel body is provided in a pair of first holes and the first trench. The first holes pierce the stacked body to be connected to the first trench. The memory film includes a charge storage film provided between a side wall of the first hole and the channel body, and between an inner wall of the first trench and the channel body. The conductor is provided in a pair of second holes and the second trench. The second holes pierce the stacked body to be connected to the second trench. | 03-06-2014 |
20140284686 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor memory device includes forming a plurality of pillars and a plurality of sidewall films on a stacked body including a plurality of electrode layers stacked alternately with a plurality of insulating layers. The pillars are arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction at different pitches in the first direction and the second direction. The sidewall films are provided on outer circumferential surfaces of the pillars to extend in the first direction to be linked in the first direction and separated in the second direction. The method includes making a slit to divide the stacked body in the second direction by etching the stacked body under a region between the sidewall films adjacent to each other in the second direction using the pillars and the sidewall films as a mask. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284687 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of electrodes provided on an under layer and arranged in parallel to the under layer, a semiconductor layer piercing one of the electrodes in the first direction, a memory film provided between the one of the electrodes and the semiconductor layer, and a bridge portion provided between the electrodes adjacent to each other. Each of the electrodes including a plurality of first layers having conductivity and a plurality of second layers having insulation properties, the first layers being stacked in a first direction perpendicular to the under layer, and each of the second layers being provided between the first layers adjacent to each other. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100223147 | COMMODITY SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD THEREFOR AND MOBIL TERMINAL - A commodity settlement system processes settlement for a commodity carrying an RF tag, communicating with the RF tag for data associated with the commodity stored in an RF tag. The RF tag comprises a capacitor, a memory, and an antenna, the RF tag being capable of receiving a radiowave from an external device, charges the capacitor with a direct current converted by the rectifier circuit from a current induced in the antenna by receiving a radiowave from an external device, and stores temporary settlement information in the memory. The commodity settlement system includes a first RF tag reader/writer connected to an antenna disposed on a commodity shelf. The first RF tag reader/writer sets the temporary settlement information in the memory to an “unsettled” state through the antenna disposed on the commodity shelf at intervals of a predetermined time. | 09-02-2010 |
20110062234 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RFID TAG READER HAVING THE SAME - An antenna device includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate, arranged in parallel with the first conductive plate, which has at least one slot formed thereon, a power feeding element located between the first and second conductive plates to feed power to the first conductive plate, and a shutter configured to be movable to close/open the slot of the second conductive plate. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063086 | RF TAG READER AND WRITER - There is provided an RF tag reader and writer including: a transmission antenna configured to transmit a desired signal; a receiving antenna configured to receive radio waves transmitted from an RF tag which is a communication target; a return-loss determination unit configured to determine the receiving intensity of the receiving antenna with respect to reflected waves of radio waves radiated from the transmission antenna; and a reading control unit configured to start a reading operation of the RF tag by being triggered by a return loss value determined by the return-loss determination unit. | 03-17-2011 |
20110199277 | ANTENNA AND PORTABLE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an antenna mounted on a portable apparatus having a hinge structure includes: a radiating element formed in a disk shape and configured to radiate a radio wave; a power feeding element exciting the radiating element; and a ground plate including a bottom surface arranged in parallel to the radiating element and the power feeding element and a side surface configured to allow a power feeding path feeding electric power to the power feeding element to pass in an area different from an area opposed to the hinge structure. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199282 | ANTENNA AND PORTABLE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an antenna includes: a disk-shaped radiating element having an opening in a center area and configured to radiate a radio wave; a ground plate configured to support the radiating element and having a surface parallel to the radiating element; and a power feeding element exciting the radiating element, a part of the power feeding element being located on an inner side of the opening when viewed from a predetermined direction orthogonal to a surface on which the radiating element is located. | 08-18-2011 |
20120104227 | COORDINATE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognizing apparatus includes plural light emitting elements, plural light receiving elements, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores, concerning plural pairs of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements set in advance, reference values used for determination of blocking of a light path. The controller performs, concerning the respective pairs, actions for collecting, plural times, a difference between first intensity indicated by a detection signal output from the light receiving element, which is a pair of the light emitting element, in a state in which the light emitting element is caused to emit light and second intensity indicated by a detection signal output from the light receiving element during non-light emission of the light emitting element and updating the reference value of the pair stored in the memory using a minimum of differences collected plural times. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105378 | INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an input apparatus comprises an input detector, a vibration detector, a controller, and a sensitivity adjustment unit. The input detector detects an input by the blockage of a light beam to scan a scan region. The vibration detector detects a vibration equal to or more than a set sensitivity applied to the input detector. The controller stops the light beam scanning when the input detector detects no inputs for a given length of time. The controller restores the light beam scanning when the vibration detector detects a vibration. The sensitivity adjustment unit changes the sensitivity of the vibration detector to be weaker than the set sensitivity when the input detector detects no inputs and the vibration detector continuously detects vibrations after the controller has restored the light beam scanning. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105379 | COORDINATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND COORDINATE RECOGNITION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a coordinate input unit, an adjustment unit, a judgment unit, a scan control unit, and a recognition unit. The adjustment unit adjusts an offset voltage of a sensor amplifier that amplifies a sensor signal output from the light-receiving element. The judgment unit judges whether disturbance light received by the light-receiving element has an influence. The scan control unit sets the number of scans with the light beam to scan the coordinate input unit when the judgment unit judges that the disturbance light has an influence to be greater than the number of scans when the judgment unit judges that the disturbance light has no influence. The recognition unit recognizes the coordinates input by the coordinate input unit in accordance with a change of the sensor signal output from the light-receiving element. | 05-03-2012 |
20120136624 | COORDINATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a detection device, a first calculation section, a second calculation section, and a setting section. The detection device detects an operation for an operation area. The first calculation section calculates coordinates of an operation position by a user on the basis of the detection result of the detection device. The second calculation section calculates the smoothed coordinates by smoothing a particular number m (m>0) of samples among the coordinates calculated by the first calculation section counted from the new one in a calculation order. The setting section sets a value of the number m of samples to be smaller as the speed of movement of the operation position is higher. | 05-31-2012 |
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20090273103 | Nanofluid Production Apparatus and Method - The present invention provides a nanofluid generating apparatus and method of use thereof that is capable of efficiently generating nanofluid by having relatively simple and inexpensive construction, being capable of continuously and stably generating nanofluid, being easy to handle, dramatically reducing manufacturing costs, and being able to generate and select nanofluids according to various usages. An apparatus for generating nanofluid containing nanobubbles, wherein the nanobubbles are gas bubbles with diameter less than 1 μm, comprising: a gas-liquid mixing chamber | 11-05-2009 |
20090293920 | Nanofluid Generator and Cleaning Apparatus - The present invention provides: a nanofluid generating apparatus that has relatively simple construction, is capable of stably generating nanobubbles, is easy to handle and makes it possible to reduce manufacturing cost; and a cleaning apparatus that uses nanofluid. An apparatus for generating nanofluid containing nanobubbles, wherein the nanobubbles are gas bubbles with diameter less than 1 μm, comprising: a gas-liquid mixing chamber | 12-03-2009 |
20100010422 | Nanofluid Production Apparatus and Method - The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for generating a large amount of nanofluid continuously and stably with a relatively simple, inexpensive and easy-to-use structure, and for efficiently performing an intra-apparatus cleaning operation to substantially reduce the nanofluid manufacturing cost. | 01-14-2010 |