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20090009105 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, AND PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE AND CONTROL METHOD OF PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE - A control device for controlling driving of an LED includes: a driving section driving the LED, the driving section being formed including a switching element; a control value obtaining section obtaining a control value of n+m bits; and a controlling section controlling the driving of the LED by the driving section on a basis of the control value of the n+m bits obtained by the control value obtaining section such that a number of times of turning on the switching element in a predetermined period is controlled by a control value of n higher-order bits, an ON time at one of the times of turning on the switching element is controlled by a control value of m lower-order bits, and ON times of the switching element excluding the ON time at the one time of turning on the switching element are a predetermined time. | 01-08-2009 |
20100173595 | RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR AND RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CABLE - A radio frequency signal transmission system is provided which includes a radio frequency signal transmission connector including an antenna for radiating a radio frequency signal having a predetermined frequency band, and a first dielectric body made of a material having a predetermined first permittivity and having the antenna cast therein, and a radio frequency signal transmission cable including a dielectric transmission path formed of a second dielectric body made of a material having substantially the same second permittivity as the first permittivity of the first dielectric body of the radio frequency signal transmission connector. The radio frequency signal transmission connector is connected with the radio frequency signal transmission cable thereby to form a radio frequency signal transmission path through which the radio frequency signal radiated from the antenna is transmitted to the dielectric transmission path via the first dielectric body. | 07-08-2010 |
20100260474 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVER, INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - An information recording apparatus includes a stream receiver configured to receive a stream including therein video and audio data regarding a program, a program information transmitter configured to transmit program information regarding the program to a server connected thereto via a communication network, a writing information receiver configured to receive writing information from the server, which is used for processing for writing the video and audio data into a recording medium, and a recording section configured to, under the condition in which absolute time information included in the stream and absolute time information included in the writing information having been received from the server are synchronized with each other, write the video and audio data included in the stream into the recording medium, as well as the writing information. | 10-14-2010 |
20120092093 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal to a signal processing section provided inside a rotated rotary body, the signal transmission apparatus including: a waveguide tube provided on the rotating shaft of the rotary body; a signal transmitting section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for transmitting the signal through the waveguide tube; a signal receiving section provided inside the rotary body to serve as a section for receiving the signal transmitted by the signal transmitting section through the waveguide tube and supplying the signal to the signal processing section; a slip ring rotated along with the rotary body around the waveguide tube serving as a rotation axis; and a power supplying section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for supplying power to the signal processing section through the slip ring. | 04-19-2012 |
20130010462 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a light-emitting element package, in which a plurality of light-emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged vertically and horizontally, is disposed on a base substrate having a plane shape in a vertical direction and an arc shape in a horizontal direction. | 01-10-2013 |
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20120025054 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of holding an object in a tiltable manner. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a pad supported by a supporting member on a hand. A concave portion is formed on the pad, and by the concave portion engaging with the supporting member fixed to the hand, a pad is supported in a tiltable manner. A conveying object is held by an adhesive layer of the pad adhering thereto. By tilting with respect to the hand , the pad follows the shape or vibration of the conveying object, with the result that the conveying object can be conveyed stably. | 02-02-2012 |
20120114456 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of stably holding an object while suppressing an influence of a change in shape of the object and a fluctuation of a holding form. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a hand and a holding body provided on the hand. The holding body includes a holding member that includes a holding surface that comes into close contact with a holding object, the holding member being capable of holding a conveying object on the holding surface, and a viscoelastic member that is formed of a viscoelastic material and bonds the hand to the holding member. By the viscoelastic member being elastically deformed and the entire surface of the holding member being brought into close contact with the holding object, the conveying apparatus is capable of holding the conveying object on the hand. | 05-10-2012 |
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20080231887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information. | 09-25-2008 |
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20130070284 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING USAGE OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A management apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus for managing usage of the image forming apparatus is disclosed. The management apparatus includes a user data storage part for storing user identification data and use restriction data corresponding to the user identification data, and a use restriction data acquiring part for acquiring the use restriction data corresponding to the user identification data. | 03-21-2013 |
20140016158 | MANAGEMENT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BASED ON USER AUTHENTICATION - An image forming apparatus connected via a network with an authentication server for user authentication based on biometric information about a user. The image forming apparatus is also connected with a managing server for managing an operation of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a transmission unit transmitting the biometric information about the user to the authentication server, a reception unit receiving use limit information corresponding to the biometric information about the user from the managing server, and a control unit controlling the operation of the image forming apparatus based on the use limit information. | 01-16-2014 |
20140176987 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MANAGING APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - A disclosed managing apparatus and image forming apparatus management system ensure confidentiality of information in an image forming apparatus while usability is maintained. An image forming apparatus acquires IC card identifying information with an IC card reader. A management server acquires a user ID associated with the acquired IC card identifying information and use limit information concerning use of the image forming apparatus. A process is performed in the image forming apparatus in accordance with the use limit information. | 06-26-2014 |