Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130082411 | OPTICAL ELEMENT PRODUCING DEVICE, OPTICAL ELEMENT PRODUCING METHOD, CONTROLLING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When an optical element is produced by sandwiching a resin between a pair of molds, the resin is cured while a mold is kept in contact with the resin until the temperature of the resin reaches a gel point. Throughout the process, a load cell monitors pressure exerted to the mold. After detection of a state in which the pressure exerted to the mold is a negative pressure, the resin is cured while the position of the mold is controlled so that the pressure exerted to the mold is increased to a predetermined positive pressure and thereafter the positive pressure is maintained. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083335 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section for forming a test image including a plurality of patterns in which at least one pattern is more easily affected by a variation factor for density than another pattern, an accepting section for accepting an amount of adjustment for density, and an adjusting section for adjusting density of an image to be formed by the image forming section based on the amount of adjustment for density accepted by the accepting section. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083636 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, COMPUTER, AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An information recording device in accordance with the present invention obtains drive information of a semiconductor laser which is included in a magnetic head by means of a drive information obtaining section and successively records the information in a drive information storing section. A magnetic head control section controls the magnetic head in accordance with a condition of the semiconductor laser on the basis of the drive information thus obtained by the drive information obtaining section. | 04-04-2013 |
20130088911 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a writing circuit and a reading circuit. The writing circuit executes a setting action for converting a resistance of a variable resistance element to a low resistance by applying current from one end side to the other end side of a memory cell via the variable resistance element, and a resetting action for converting the resistance to a high resistance by applying current from the other end side to the one end side via the variable resistance element. The reading circuit executes a first reading action for reading a resistance state of the variable resistance element by applying current from one end side to the other end side of the memory cell via the variable resistance element, and a second reading action for reading the resistance state by applying current from the other end side to the one end side via the variable resistance element. | 04-11-2013 |
20130091774 | OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An opening and closing device includes a cover gear, a driving source, a cover, a biasing element, and a control portion. The cover gear is rotatably supported in both forward and backward directions. The driving source selectively provides rotation to the cover gear in both the forward and backward directions. The cover is rotatably supported to allow motion in both the forward and backward directions between first and second positions. The biasing element transmits the rotation of the cover gear to the cover while biasing the cover in a predetermined direction from the first position to the second position. The control portion stops the rotation of the driving source, in a case in which the driving source is rotated to move the cover in the predetermined direction, when the cover gear rotates in the predetermined direction by a predetermined angle after the cover has reached the second position. | 04-18-2013 |
20130098739 | BELT CONVEYANCE DEVICE - An intermediate transfer unit includes a shaft, a joint member, an apparatus frame and a supporting member. The joint member includes a first concave portion in which a first end portion in a longitudinal direction of the shaft is fittable at a plurality of angles around a first axis of the shaft, and a first peripheral portion having a second axis that is parallel to but does not share the same straight line with the first axis. The apparatus frame has a through hole. The supporting member has a second concave portion which the first peripheral portion is attachable to and removable from at a plurality of angles around the second axis, and is insertable into and removable from the through hole in the longitudinal direction. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099441 | RECORDING PAPER CONVEYING DEVICE, DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THESE DEVICES - A recording paper conveying device includes a registration roller pair and a conveyor roller pair adjacent to the registration roller pair. By rotating the conveyor roller pair, a sheet of recording paper is fed until leading edge of the sheet abuts the registration roller pair in stationary state so that the sheet is deflected by a prescribed amount. Then, conveyor roller pair is rotated at the constant velocity, and while the sheet is kept deflected, rotation of the registration roller pair is started, to start feeding of the sheet by the registration roller pair. While the registration roller pair is kept rotating, rotation of the conveyor roller pair is suspended, and then, the conveyor roller pair is returned to the state of rotation before suspension. Thus, unnecessary deflection of the sheet just in front of the registration roller pair can be prevented. | 04-25-2013 |
20130113412 | INVERTER UNIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP, AND VEHICLE DRIVE APPARATUS - A miniaturizable, low-cost highly reliable inverter unit. A control circuit section for controlling operating timing of high breakdown voltage semiconductor elements included in an inverter circuit section and first and second drive and abnormality detection circuit sections for outputting drive signals for driving the high breakdown voltage semiconductor elements according to the operating timing and for feeding back an abnormality of the inverter circuit section to the control circuit section are formed on an SOI substrate as one integrated circuit chip. On the integrated circuit chip, circuit formation areas which differ in reference potential are separated from one another by dielectrics. A plurality of level shifters for transmitting signals exchanged between circuit formation areas separated by the dielectrics are formed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114029 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a vertical alignment liquid crystal layer, first and second substrates, first and second electrodes, and a pixel region which includes first, second, third and fourth liquid crystal domains in which liquid crystal molecules are tilted in first, second, third and fourth directions, respectively. The first liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of an edge of the first electrode, the second liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of another edge of the first electrode, the third liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of still another edge of the first electrode, and the fourth liquid crystal domain is located close to at least a part of yet another edge of the first electrode. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114550 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - TPC is appropriately operated in response to access method switching timing, an error is prevented from occurring in communication, and influence given to another cell due to transmission of unnecessary power is reduced. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117508 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device system, an electronic device and a storage device that prevent the processing by a program stored in a non-certified storage medium are provided. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120703 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A DEFECT CORRECTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A liquid crystal display uses a pixel division method by which the size of a defect can be reduced much more than conventionally possible, and a defect correcting method for the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display is provided with an active matrix array substrate including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines arranged on a transparent substrate to intersect with each other, and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, each pixel electrode including an assembly of a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, separate TFTs respectively connected to the sub-pixel electrodes in the vicinity of an intersection portion of the gate line and the source line, the TFTs being driven by the common gate line and the common source line, and at least one opening portion being formed in a lower-layer side line placed in a lower layer at the intersection portion. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120795 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operating section accepting an operation by a user, a receiving section receiving data for a print job from an externally connected instrument, an image forming section starting an image forming based on a print job if the operating section accepts an operation to start the print job or if the receiving section receives data for the print job, a display section displaying varieties of information for printing on a display area, a lighting section illuminating the display section from a back portion thereof, and a control section causing lighting of the lighting section to be turned off gradually part by part until finally turned off entirely if entire lighting of the lighting section is in a state of keeping being turned on when the image forming section starts an image forming. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122741 | ELECTRICAL CABLE CONNECTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONNECTING ELECTRICAL CABLE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus main body (apparatus main body) and an automatic document feeder mounted on the apparatus main body are provided, and a cable-side connector provided at a front end of an electrical cable extending from the automatic document feeder is removably connected to a board-side connector provided on a circuit board of the apparatus main body. In this configuration, an opening portion is provided in a back face of a housing of the apparatus main body at a position opposing the board-side connector, a lid that covers this opening portion is attached to a front end portion of the electrical cable by an attachment member, and this lid is configured so as to be attachable to the opening portion by a hook and fixing by screwing by means of a screw insertion boss. | 05-16-2013 |
20130126314 | BELT UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt unit is provided with an endless belt, a driving roller, and a pair of guide ribs. The driving roller is disposed on an inner peripheral surface side of the endless belt and drives the endless belt. The pair of guide ribs is placed on each opposite widthwise end of the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt and contacts both end faces of the driving roller, thus preventing meandering of the endless belt. Additionally, the driving roller is equipped with a low friction region at both opposite lengthwise ends in a predetermined width and the low friction region is configured to have a friction coefficient that is lower than a friction coefficient of a region adjacent to the low friction region. | 05-23-2013 |
20130127108 | PAPER FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A paper feed device includes a paper stacking shelf, a paper trailing edge guide that regulates a position of a paper bundle, a contact member that is disposed on the paper trailing edge guide, and a position switch portion that moves the contact member to either a withdrawn away position or a contact position with respect to an upper face of the paper bundle. The position switch portion is provided with a rod that is moved in conjunction with an operation for causing the paper feed device to be pulled out from and pushed into the accommodation space, and a rotatable member that is rotated in conjunction with the movement of the rod. The position switch portion supports the contact member, and causes the contact member to be rotationally moved to either the withdrawn away position or the contact position in conjunction with the rotation of the rotatable member. | 05-23-2013 |
20130128309 | PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINT DATA GENERATION APPARATUS - A print system includes a print data generation apparatus that is activated through an inputted activating instruction and generates print data containing image data and configuration information at the time of printing an image based on the image data, and a print apparatus that prints an image based on the print data generated by the print data generation apparatus. The print data generation apparatus has an acquisition section that acquires image data according to the inputted activating instruction, a generation section that generates print data containing the image data acquired by the acquisition section and predetermined configuration information, and a sending section that sends the print data generated by the generation section to the print apparatus. The time taken from the operator inputting printing instruction to the print data generation apparatus to printed image being outputted from the print apparatus is short. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129369 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with a high-voltage substrate, a motor and a DC power source. The high-voltage substrate has a developing positive bias circuit and a developing reverse bias circuit which are connected to each other in parallel, in which the developing positive bias voltage is combined with developing reverse bias voltage to generate developing bias voltage. The high-voltage substrate includes a interruption switch for interrupting a reverse current from the motor to the developing reverse bias circuit in a case where an interlock switch is turned off at the time of emergency stop, in which, when the reverse current is interrupted by the interruption switch, electric power that is accumulated in the capacitor is supplied to the developing positive bias circuit to apply the developing positive bias voltage as the developing bias voltage to the developing roller for a given length of time. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129370 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus determines the amount of cleaning toner that is supplied to each of an intermediate transfer belt | 05-23-2013 |
20130132110 | DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT METHOD, DEMENTIA INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND DEMENTIA CARE SUPPORT SYSTEM - A plurality of kinds of questions related to a patient of dementia is displayed on a first communication apparatus, the answers to the questions are inputted to the first communication apparatus, and patient condition information based on the inputted answers is stored at a server. Further, a graphical representation chronologically representing a plurality of pieces of patient condition information and a graphical representation representing a plurality of kinds of patient condition information so as to be associated with each other are generated at the server. The generated graphical representations are displayed on a second communication apparatus. A caregiver, a doctor or the like grasps a symptom of the patient and a change of the symptom based on the displayed graphical representations. | 05-23-2013 |
20130133085 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL - A control API controls secret data to be stored in a secret data storage area which is accessible only to the control API. Moreover, the control API controls the file information storing part in the secret data storage area to store (i) storing location information of the stored secret data and (ii) administrative storage location information notified by the web application so that the storing location information and the administrative storage location information are associated with each other. This makes it possible to (i) prevent a leakage of confidential information and (ii) allow an authorized web application to easily use the confidential information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130135669 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT SERVER THEREOF - A server includes: a receiving unit receiving, from each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a schedule including information related to a period in which each image forming apparatus enters an energy saving mode; an analyzing unit analyzing the received schedules group by group; a changing unit changing the schedule or schedules of image forming apparatuses belonging to each group in accordance with the result of analysis; and a transmitting unit transmitting the changed schedule to a corresponding image forming apparatus. Each image forming apparatus operates in accordance with the schedule transmitted from the server. Thus, image forming apparatuses belonging to a group as a whole can be operated appropriately. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135670 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system includes: an MFP switchable between a standby state and a power-saving state; a plurality of client computers outputting a print instruction to the MFP; and a server computer managing the MFP and the client computers. To the plurality of client computers, schedule information is input by the users of respective client computers. The server computer obtains the schedule information from the client computers and analyzes the schedule information. Based on the information resulting from the analysis, the server computer outputs an instruction to switch the MFP from the standby state to the power-saving state, to the MFP. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING CONTROL METHOD - In an image forming apparatus for forming an image by electrophotography, a charging device is comprised of a needle electrode in which a plurality of saw teeth are arrayed in one direction; a cleaning rubber roller that cleans the needle electrode; a cleaning member supporter; a moving portion that moves the cleaning member supporter; and a control portion that controls the charging device, and the control portion includes a function to increase a saw-tooth current value by increasing print cumulative count; and a function to decrease the saw-tooth current value at the time of performing cleaning. | 05-30-2013 |
20130141506 | LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light scanning includes an adjusting unit that displaces the optical member to adjust the optical axis of the laser beam. The adjusting unit includes a shaft portion, a shaft supporting portion, a turning portion, a driving portion, and a turning damping unit. The shaft portion is configured to bidirectionally move in a first direction and in a second direction while turning. The first direction is a direction where the shaft portion approaches the optical member. The second direction is a direction where the shaft portion moves away from the optical member. The shaft supporting portion supports the shaft portion, and moves the shaft portion in accordance with turning of the shaft portion. The turning portion turns the shaft portion. The driving portion turns the turning portion. The turning damping unit damps a turning force applied to the shaft portion by an external force. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141758 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operation unit receiving an instruction, and a connecting unit to which a wireless communication unit is detachably attached. The connecting unit is arranged at a bottom surface of a recessed portion formed on a back surface. The recessed portion has such a depth d that an indicator unit indicating a communicating state of a wireless communication unit, arranged on a surface of the wireless communication unit attached to the connecting unit, protrudes from the recessed portion. Thus, the possibility that a USB wireless LAN adaptor is damaged by external force or is erroneously pulled out can be reduced, the communicating state can easily be recognized visually, and thus, the USB wireless LAN adaptor can be used safely. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142146 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, AND RANDOM ACCESS METHOD - A radio communication system includes a base station device and a plurality of mobile station devices which radio-communicate with the base station device. The base station device allocates random access signal identifiers for identifying random access signals to the mobile station devices and decides an allocation period for each of the random access signal identifiers used by the mobile base stations. During the allocation period, each of the mobile station devices transmits a random access signal corresponding to the allocated random access signal identifier. Thus, it is possible to suppress a delay until the random access procedure using a dedicated preamble is complete. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142279 | MULTICARRIER-SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND MULTICARRIER-SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A multicarrier-signal transmitting apparatus comprising a rotation-amount setting unit configured to set a phase rotation amount for each subcarrier of a plurality of subcarrier groups, the phase rotation amount being set with a setting selected from a first setting and a second setting, the first setting being such that the phase rotation amount is identical for a plurality of subcarriers within each subcarrier group, and the second setting being such that the phase rotation amount is identical for a plurality of subcarriers within a plurality of subcarrier groups; and a phase rotator configured to add a phase rotation to a data signal of said each subcarrier of said plurality of subcarrier groups based on the phase rotation amount. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142537 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing element that bears a toner image to be transferred to a sheet; an image forming portion that forms the toner image on the image bearing element; a cleaning element that cleans the surface of the image bearing element; a storage portion that stores a history of print coverage; a control portion that makes the image forming portion form a cleaning toner image to be supplied to the image bearing element at time of cleaning by the cleaning element; and a print coverage calculating portion that calculates the print coverage of the sheet. The control portion obtains an average value of the print coverage in a period from after a previous cleaning by the cleaning element until before a current cleaning, and determines an amount of toner for the cleaning toner image supplied to the image bearing element based on the average value. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144452 | POWER CONSUMPTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND POWER CONSUMPTION DISPLAY METHOD - A display is estimating every day working time of a worker involved in a load based on power consumption data in which electricity supplied to the load is measured in a certain period; calculating power consumption of the load during working time a day to calculate an average of the power consumption in a predetermined period; and calculating estimated daily power saving for every day based on a difference between maximum power during working time a day and power for each of the time, in which an index in which a proportion of the daily estimated power saving to a sum of the estimated electric saving and the power consumption serves as a parameter while a proportion of the power consumption a day to an average of the power consumption in a predetermined period serves as another parameter is displayed with the measured power consumption for each of the time. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144598 | TRANSLATION DEVICE, TRANSLATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A translation device includes a text obtaining section for obtaining a text of an original document written in a first language, a translation word obtaining section for obtaining translation words of a second language for each of words or collocations included in the text obtained by the text obtaining section, a decision section for deciding whether or not each of the words or the collocations is to be translated by comparing characters forming the words or the collocations with characters forming the translation words obtained by the translation word obtaining section, and an output section for outputting translation words of the words or the collocations based on a decision made by the decision section. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148176 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, READING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Contamination of a reading window is detected between documents by a contamination detection section when a plurality of sheets of documents are transferred and a transferred document is read through a reading window, transfer of the document is stopped by a stopping section based on the detection result, and a corresponding purport is displayed on a display section. | 06-13-2013 |
20130148486 | OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - In an optical information storage medium reproduction apparatus ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130149007 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes: a developing section which includes a developer bearing member which bears toner to be supplied to an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; and a developer regulating section which regulates a layer thickness of the toner borne by the developer bearing member, the developer regulating section being electrically connected to the charger case, the developer regulating section being at least partially electroconductive. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151903 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a plurality of device modules for executing predetermined functions; and a control module for controlling operation of the device modules. The control module comprises an initialization section for establishing a link; a master data transfer section for transferring data to a device module; and a link checking section for checking the state of the link. When a request for data transfer to a first device module out of the plurality of device modules is made, the link checking section checks the state of the link between the control module and the first device module. When the state of the link checked is determined to be abnormal, the initialization section establishes the link between the control module and the first device module, and then the master data transfer section transfers the data requested to be transferred to the first device module. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156349 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device comprises an image data input means | 06-20-2013 |
20130157667 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, RELAY METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - [Object] To estimate a channel with high accuracy by a receiver without an increase in scale or an increase in power consumption of a device because of use of complicated calculation, even when a transmission device or a relay device uses different frequencies. | 06-20-2013 |
20130160851 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130166897 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device system includes a connection device configured to store a plurality of types of boot data and an electronic device, wherein the electronic device includes a connection unit to which the connection device is connected, a selection unit configured to select boot data to be obtained from the connection device connected to the connection unit, an obtaining unit configured to obtain the boot data selected by the selection unit from the connection device, a storage unit configured to store the boot data obtained by the obtaining unit; and a boot processing unit configured to perform processing in relation to booting of the electronic device by using the boot data stored in the storage unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169300 | MULTI-CHIP PROBER, CONTACT POSITION CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF, AND READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Three axial coordinate positions and the rotational position of electrode pads of chips to be inspected on a moving platform are controlled in such a manner that the electrode pads will correspond to the tip position of a plurality of probes, a large number of probes of a probe card, and electrode pads of a large number of chips, whose positional accuracy after being cut is uneven, can be positioned with accuracy, thus largely increasing the number of chips for simultaneous contact, and thus increasing the efficiency for the test. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170881 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device is provided with an endless fixing belt; a heating roller for heating the fixing belt; a fixing roller that has a shaft and extends the fixing belt between the fixing roller and the heating roller; a pressure roller for pressurizing the fixing roller via the fixing belt; and a deviation preventing member that is provided on the shaft of the fixing roller and suppresses moving of the fixing roller in a shaft direction. The fixing roller has an end portion with high hardness and an end portion with low hardness along the shaft direction of the fixing roller. The end portion with high hardness is in contact with the deviation preventing member. | 07-04-2013 |
20130182549 | SUPER-RESOLUTION OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH INFORMATION IS RECORDED USING TRAIN OF PREPITS, OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - A super-resolution optical recording medium includes: a medium information region on which medium identification information is recorded; a content region on which content information is recorded; and a blank region provided between the medium information region and the content region and in which at least two tracks are provided so as to connect a train of prepits in the medium information region and a train of prepits in the content region. No information is recorded on the blank region. Thus, a super-resolution optical recording medium is provided in which a region on which medium identification information is recorded and a region on which content information is recorded are different in track pitch and in which a reproduction error hardly occurs when reproduction shifts from the region on which the medium identification information is recorded to the region on which the content information is recorded. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183851 | IDENTIFICATION ADAPTER, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - An identification adapter is provided with a case made of a transparent resin which is able to transmit environment light; a socket which is provided on a predetermined surface of the case and into which a power plug of an electrical device is able to be inserted; an adapter plug which is provided on a surface different from the predetermined surface of the case to apply a current to the power plug of the electrical device via the socket, and able to be inserted into another electrical outlet; and an identification mark which is provided near the adapter plug. | 07-18-2013 |
20130187191 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MULTIPLE LEAD FRAME FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting device that is excellent in radiating heat and that can be molded into a sealing shape having intended optical characteristics by die molding is provided. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a lead frame including a plate-like semiconductor light emitting element mounting portion having an LED chip mounted on a main surface, and a plate-like metal wire connecting portion extending over a same plane as the semiconductor light emitting element mounting portion; a metal wire electrically connecting the LED chip and the metal wire connecting portion; a thermosetting resin molded by die molding or dam-sheet molding so as to completely cover the LED chip and the metal wire; and a resin portion provided to surround the lead frame and having the thickness not greater than the thickness of the lead frame. | 07-25-2013 |
20130189626 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE TREATED BY UV IRRADIATION - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal between substrates and alignment layers disposed on the inner surface sides of the substrates. The alignment layer is made from a material including polyamic acid containing a diamine component and polyimide containing a diamine component different from the diamine component of the polyamic acid. The alignment layer is subjected to alignment treatment by irradiation of light. UV light can be irradiated in the oblique direction onto the alignment layer through a mask having openings. A reflecting plate can be arranged between a UV light source and the mask. Also, bank structures having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.15 μm can be provided on the alignment layer of the TFT substrate. | 07-25-2013 |
20130193396 | VARIABLE RESISTIVE ELEMENT, AND NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A variable resistive element that performs a forming action at small current and a stable switching operation at low voltage and small current, and a low-power consumption large-capacity non-volatile semiconductor memory device including the element are realized. The element includes a variable resistor between first and second electrodes. The variable resistor includes at least two layers, which are a resistance change layer and high-oxygen layer, made of metal oxide or metal oxynitride. The high-oxygen layer is inserted between the first electrode having a work function smaller than the second electrode and the resistance change layer. The oxygen concentration of the metal oxide of the high-oxygen layer is adjusted such that the ratio of the oxygen composition ratio to the metal element to stoichiometric composition becomes larger than the ratio of the oxygen composition ratio to the metal element of the metal oxide forming the resistance change layer to stoichiometric composition. | 08-01-2013 |
20130193837 | PHOSPHOR PLATE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOSPHOR PLATE - A phosphor plate includes a base material, a phosphor and a scattering material. The phosphor absorbs primary light emitted by a light emitting element and emits secondary light having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the primary light. The scattering material scatters the primary light and the secondary light. An average distance from one surface of the phosphor plate to the phosphor is longer than an average distance from the one surface to the scattering material. With such a configuration, there are provided a phosphor plate having the enhanced extraction efficiency of light emitted by a phosphor, a light emitting device including the phosphor plate, and a method for manufacturing the phosphor plate. | 08-01-2013 |
20130194319 | Color Signal Converter, Display Unit, Color Signal Conversion Program, Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Color Signal Conversion Program, And Color Signal Conversion Method - A color conversion circuit converts a three-primary-color signal PS | 08-01-2013 |
20130202328 | INTERMEDIATE HOPPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate hopper has a toner reception tub; a partition for dividing an internal space of the toner reception tub; a first and a second toner conveyance path separated by the partition; a first toner conveyance screw being provided in the first toner conveyance path; a second toner conveyance screw being provided in the second toner conveyance path; a toner receiving port for receiving the toner; a toner communicating path for guiding the toner in the first toner conveyance path to the second toner conveyance path; and a toner discharge port for discharging the toner out of the toner reception tub, wherein the partition comprises a plurality of intermediate slits for guiding the toner contained in the first toner conveyance path to the second toner conveyance path. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202329 | INTERMEDIATE HOPPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate hopper has a toner reception tub, a partition for dividing an internal space of the toner reception tub; a first and a second toner conveyance path; a first toner conveyance screw being provided in the first toner conveyance path; a second toner conveyance screw being provided in the second toner conveyance path; a toner receiving port for receiving the toner; a toner communicating path for guiding the toner in the first toner conveyance path to the second toner conveyance path; a toner discharge port; and a toner amount detection sensor, wherein the first toner conveyance screw further comprises an agitation plate disposed at a position facing the toner receiving port so as to extend radially from the first rotation axis and fixed in parallel with the first rotation axis, and the toner amount detection sensor is provided on an upstream side relative to the agitation plate. | 08-08-2013 |