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20090013700 | Refrigerating air conditioning system, method of controlling operation of refrigerating air conditioning system, and method of controlling amount of refrigerant in refrigerating air conditioning system - In a refrigerating air conditioning system using refrigerant such as CO | 01-15-2009 |
20090114309 | REFRIGERANT FILLING APPARATUS OF REFRIGERATING AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERANT FILLING METHOD OF REFRIGERATING AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a refrigerant filling apparatus of the refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus that can automatically finish filling of a refrigerant after filling to an appropriate amount, without a need to install an extra valve except for a valve provided at a refrigerant cylinder, in between the refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus and the refrigerant cylinder, which is necessary for filling the refrigerant. The refrigerant filling apparatus of the refrigerating and air conditioning apparatus, which includes: a refrigerant circuit having a compressor | 05-07-2009 |
20110219794 | APPARATUS USING REFRIGERANT, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING APPARATUS USING REFRIGERANT - An apparatus using refrigerant is provided. The apparatus includes, a refrigerant circuit including, a refrigerant circuit component part of an outdoor unit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a decompressor, and a liquid reservoir, in which an incombustible refrigerant is sealed before factory shipment, and a load-side apparatus which is connected to the refrigerant circuit component part of the outdoor unit by way of extension pipes, and a refrigerant sealing connecting port which is provided in the refrigerant circuit and which seals a combustible refrigerant or a slightly combustible refrigerant, wherein, when setting the outdoor unit and the load-side apparatus at a place of use, the combustible refrigerant or the slightly combustible refrigerant is additionally sealed in the refrigerant circuit from the refrigerant sealing connecting port while the incombustible refrigerant is sealed in the refrigerant circuit component part of the outdoor unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20120227430 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor air temperature sensor detecting an outdoor temperature; a compressor temperature sensor detecting a temperature of an outer wall of a compressor; a liquid-level and concentration detection sensor detecting a liquid surface level in the compressor and a concentration of a lubricant oil in a liquid in the compressor; an electric heater heating the compressor; and a controller that carries out preheating to the compressor by driving the electric heater when a detection value of the outdoor air temperature sensor is higher than or equal to a detection value of the compressor temperature sensor and, further, when the liquid surface level detected by the liquid-level and concentration detection sensor is higher than or equal to a predetermined level and the concentration of the lubricant oil in the liquid is lower than a preset minimum required concentration. | 09-13-2012 |
20130019624 | AIR-CONDITIONING AND HOT WATER SUPPLY COMBINATION SYSTEM - Provided is an air-conditioning and hot water supply combination system capable of maintaining a high hot water supply capacity and achieving high efficiency even under high-temperature outside air conditions by appropriately controlling the degree of superheat and the degree of subcooling of a heat exchanger. In an air-conditioning and hot water supply combination system, when an evaporating pressure or an evaporating temperature calculated from the evaporating pressure reaches a first predetermined value or higher, the degree of superheat of a refrigerant on a low-pressure gas side of a subcooling heat exchanger or the degree of subcooling of the refrigerant on a high-pressure liquid side of the subcooling heat exchanger is controlled by the opening degree of a low-pressure bypass pressure reducing mechanism, such that the evaporating pressure or the evaporating temperature calculated from the evaporating pressure is less than or equal to the first predetermined value. | 01-24-2013 |
20140290292 | REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A refrigerating and air-conditioning apparatus suppresses liquid backflow to a compressor with a simple configuration, and reduces annual power consumption. | 10-02-2014 |
20150209920 | APPARATUS USING REFRIGERANT, AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING APPARATUS USING REFRIGERANT - An apparatus using refrigerant is provided. The apparatus includes, a refrigerant circuit including, a refrigerant circuit component part of an outdoor unit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a decompressor, and a liquid reservoir, in which an incombustible refrigerant is sealed before factory shipment, and a load-side apparatus which is connected to the refrigerant circuit component part of the outdoor unit by way of extension pipes, and a refrigerant sealing connecting port which is provided in the refrigerant circuit and which seals a combustible refrigerant or a slightly combustible refrigerant, wherein, when setting the outdoor unit and the load-side apparatus at a place of use, the combustible refrigerant or the slightly combustible refrigerant is additionally sealed in the refrigerant circuit from the refrigerant sealing connecting port while the incombustible refrigerant is sealed in the refrigerant circuit component part of the outdoor unit. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090202174 | POSE ESTIMATION - In a pose estimation for estimating the pose of an object of pose estimation with respect to a reference surface that serves as a reference for estimating a pose, a data processing device: extracts pose parameters from a binarized image; identifies a combination of pose parameters for which the number of cross surfaces of parameter surfaces that accord with surface parameter formulas, which are numerical formulas for expressing a reference surface, is a maximum; finds a slope weighting for each of cross pixels, which are pixels on each candidate surface and which are pixels within a prescribed range, that is identified based on the angles of the tangent plane at the cross pixel and based on planes formed by each of the axes of parameter space; and identifies the significant candidate surface for which a number, which is the sum of slope weightings, is a maximum, as the actual surface that is the reference surface that actually exists in the image. | 08-13-2009 |
20110280473 | ROTATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ROTATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORD MEDIUM - A rotation estimation device includes an attitude determination section that accepts a plurality of three-dimensional images captured by an image capturing device at a plurality of timings, detects a plane region that is present in common with the plurality of images, and obtains a relative attitude of the image capturing device to the plane region in the image based on the image for each of the plurality of images; and a rotation state estimation section that obtains a rotational state of the image capturing device based on the relative attitude of the image capturing device, the relative attitude being obtained for each of the images. | 11-17-2011 |
20120056777 | TARGET DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND DETECTION INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - To provide a target detection system including transmitters/receivers constituted with radars, sonars, or lidars, which is capable of effectively capturing a target even under an environment where the S/N ratio is low and reflected signals may be buried under noises. The target detection system is characterized to include at least two target-detecting transmitters/receivers capable of performing azimuth setting placed at different placing positions from each other; and a main control device including a position calculating module which specifies a position of a target based on reflection information regarding the azimuth of the target detected by each of the transmitters/receivers, wherein the position calculating module includes a function which specifies the position of the target through performing superimposing processing of information regarding the azimuth of the target acquired by the two transmitters/receivers on the basis of positional information of each of the transmitters/receivers. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056886 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a technique capable of suppressing the deterioration in azimuth resolution and distance resolution in even a modulated and transmitted or received signal or a signal reflected by an object and varied in intensity when acquiring waveform information. A measurement device comprise: a plurality of sensors which receive waves propagating through a space; and a sampling timing calculation means which obtains, on the basis of the relative positions of the sensors and the velocities of the waves, the difference between the arrival times of the waves received by the respective sensors and calculates, for each sensor, sampling timing for acquiring the waveform information relating to the waves, on the basis of the difference between the arrival times. | 03-08-2012 |
20120223853 | TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD - A target tracking system which tracks targets using a plurality of virtual particles includes a detector which detects the targets based on a signal wave from the targets and outputs a detected results as a detected target positions, a fluctuation distribution unit which generates fluctuations arising from at least disturbances and measurement errors, and an estimation unit which sets virtual particles based on the fluctuations and estimates a true target positions based on the detected target positions. | 09-06-2012 |
20120242533 | OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKING SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An object detection and tracking support system includes a setting unit, a transmission level obtaining unit, a propagation loss function estimating unit that, based on various information relating to a transmitter and a receiver stored in the setting unit, calculates the propagation loss as a propagation loss function expressed as a function of the distance and the direction viewed from the receiver, a target strength obtaining unit that, in regard to an object of object information stored in the setting unit, extracts a target strength of the object from an external database; and a detection signal level function estimating unit that, based on transmission level information obtained by the transmission level obtaining unit, a propagation loss function calculated by the propagation loss coefficient estimating unit, and a target strength extracted by the target strength obtaining unit, determines a detection signal level function, for display on an external display unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20130142436 | Pose Estimation - In a pose estimation for estimating the pose of an object of pose estimation with respect to a reference surface that serves as a reference for estimating a pose, a data processing device: extracts pose parameters from a binarized image; identifies a combination of pose parameters for which the number of cross surfaces of parameter surfaces that accord with surface parameter formulas, which are numerical formulas for expressing a reference surface, is a maximum; finds a slope weighting for each of cross pixels, which are pixels on each candidate surface and which are pixels within a prescribed range, that is identified based on the angles of the tangent plane at the cross pixel and based on planes formed by each of the axes of parameter space; and identifies the significant candidate surface for which a number, which is the sum of slope weightings, is a maximum, as the actual surface that is the reference surface that actually exists in the image. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142437 | Pose Estimation - In a pose estimation for estimating the pose of an object of pose estimation with respect to a reference surface that serves as a reference for estimating a pose, a data processing device: extracts pose parameters from a binarized image; identifies a combination of pose parameters for which the number of cross surfaces of parameter surfaces that accord with surface parameter formulas, which are numerical formulas for expressing a reference surface, is a maximum; finds a slope weighting for each of cross pixels, which are pixels on each candidate surface and which are pixels within a prescribed range, that is identified based on the angles of the tangent plane at the cross pixel and based on planes formed by each of the axes of parameter space; and identifies the significant candidate surface for which a number, which is the sum of slope weightings, is a maximum, as the actual surface that is the reference surface that actually exists in the image. | 06-06-2013 |
20130148900 | Pose Estimation - In a pose estimation for estimating the pose of an object of pose estimation with respect to a reference surface that serves as a reference for estimating a pose, a data processing device: extracts pose parameters from a binarized image; identifies a combination of pose parameters for which the number of cross surfaces of parameter surfaces that accord with surface parameter formulas, which are numerical formulas for expressing a reference surface, is a maximum; finds a slope weighting for each of cross pixels, which are pixels on each candidate surface and which are pixels within a prescribed range, that is identified based on the angles of the tangent plane at the cross pixel and based on planes formed by each of the axes of parameter space; and identifies the significant candidate surface for which a number, which is the sum of slope weightings, is a maximum, as the actual surface that is the reference surface that actually exists in the image. | 06-13-2013 |
20150309173 | ENVIRONMENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD - An environment measurement system according to the present invention is provided with a first unit comprising: a transmitter which is located undersea and transmits an acoustic wave in a designated direction a plurality of times; a first receiver which is located undersea and receives an acoustic wave reflected by a reflecting body at the sea surface or the seabed; a transmission direction setting unit which designates, to the transmitter, transmission directions specified in advance by a user, so as to cause the transmitter to transmit acoustic waves in the directions; a first necessary time measurement unit which, for each of the transmission directions, measures from the transmission and reception times of an acoustic wave a time necessary for the acoustic wave to return, as a necessary time, and outputs an average of the measured necessary time as an average necessary time for each of the transmission directions; a layer setting unit which partitions between the sea surface and the seabed into layers each extending horizontally, at intervals of preset distances; a simultaneous equations set-up unit which sets up simultaneous equations using the transmission directions, the necessary times and the layer thicknesses and taking average sound velocities in the respective layers as unknown variables; a simultaneous equations solving unit which solves the simultaneous equations; an initial parameter setting unit which sets initial values necessary for the simultaneous equations solving unit to solve the simultaneous equations, as parameter initial values; and a sound velocity profile output unit which creates a profile of sound velocities obtained by determining solutions acquired by the simultaneous equations solving unit to be average sound velocities in the respective layers and arranging the average sound velocities in the respective layers in order of depth, and outputs the profile. | 10-29-2015 |
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20090060206 | Audio signal transmitting apparatus, audio signal receiving apparatus, audio signal transmission system, audio signal transmission method, and program - There is provided an audio signal transmitting apparatus including: a channel mapping unit which determines the audio signals allocated to each of the channels and generates channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals allocated to each of the channels; an audio signal transmitting unit which transmits the audio signals allocated to each of the channels by the channel mapping unit to the external connection apparatuses by a first transmitting scheme or a second transmitting scheme; and a connection management information providing unit which provides connection management information including the channel mapping information and transmitting scheme information representing the transmitting scheme of the audio signals to the external connection apparatuses. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060220 | Audio signal transmitting apparatus, audio signal receiving apparatus, audio signal transmission system, audio signal transmission method, and program - According to the invention, there is provided an audio signal receiving apparatus which receives audio signals transmitted from external connection apparatuses through a plurality of channels, including an audio signal transmitting scheme determining unit which determines a transmitting scheme of the audio signal in the external connection apparatus on the basis of channel mapping information representing types of the audio signals transmitted by the external connection apparatuses. When the audio signal to be received is changed, a process to be executed is changed depending on the transmitting scheme of the audio signal. | 03-05-2009 |
20090197539 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention performing a bidirectional communication with another information processing apparatus through a plurality of channels in a predetermined frequency band, and including a selecting portion for selecting an identifier from a plurality of identifiers to use for connection with the another information processing apparatus; a radio wave state monitoring portion for monitoring a radio wave state of the plurality of channels; and a channel controlling portion for setting the channel having satisfactory radio wave state as the channel to use in the bidirectional communication based on a monitoring result of the radio wave state. | 08-06-2009 |
20100316238 | Audio data receiving apparatus, audio data receiving method, and audio data transmission and receiving system - An audio data receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive audio data sampled in accordance with a first clock signal; a synchronization unit configured to generate a second clock signal that is synchronized with the first clock signal by extracting clock components contained in the audio data; a demodulator configured to demodulate the audio data in accordance with the second clock signal; an oversampling unit configured to oversample the audio data demodulated by the demodulator by using a frequency higher than a frequency of the second clock signal; a clock generator configured to generate a third clock signal having a frequency nearly equal to the first clock signal; and a data output unit configured to output the audio data oversampled by the oversampling unit in accordance with the third clock signal generated by the clock generator. | 12-16-2010 |
20110249818 | Transmission device and transmission method - A transmission device includes a transmission power setting unit that respectively sets a transmission power for transmitting a main sound signal indicating a main sound and transmission powers for transmitting one or two or more subsidiary sound signals which pertain to the main sound signal and which realize a predetermined sound effect, and a first communication unit that respectively transmits the main sound signal and the one or two or more subsidiary sound signals on time division channels using the same frequency band, based on the transmission powers set by the transmission power setting unit, wherein the transmission power setting unit sets the transmission power for the main sound signal to a first reference value, and sets the transmission powers for the subsidiary sound signals to a second reference value smaller than the first reference value. | 10-13-2011 |
20120224712 | RECEIVING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A receiving device includes a receiving unit receiving a transmission signal of audio data sampled by a first clock from a transmitting device, a received data processing unit selectively executing an asynchronous mode process for executing demodulation of the audio data with respect to the transmission signal received in the receiving unit with a second clock which is asynchronous with the first clock and has the same frequency as the first clock and outputting the demodulated audio data and a re-sampling mode process for performing re-sampling with respect to the audio data obtained from the transmission signal received in the receiving unit and outputting the audio data re-sampled with the second clock, and a control unit controlling the received data processing unit to execute any one of the asynchronous mode process and the re-sampling mode process. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090009501 | Luminance sensing apparatus - The invention discloses a luminance sensing apparatus for sensing the luminance of any area on a panel. The luminance sensing apparatus comprises a base, a first shaft, a first actuator, a second shaft, a second actuator, and at least one luminance sensor. The first shaft is pivotally connected to the base, and the second shaft is pivotally connected to the first shaft. The luminance sensor is disposed on the second shaft. The first actuator is used for actuating the first shaft to rotate with respect to the base, and the second actuator is used for actuating the second shaft to rotate with respect to the first shaft, such that the luminance sensor on the second shaft is capable of sensing luminance of any area on the panel. Accordingly, the luminance on the panel can be uniformly calibrated. | 01-08-2009 |
20110257679 | Clamp Member, Clamp and Anastomotic Apparatus - The anastomotic apparatus is equipped, in a fork which extends in the stapling direction, with an organ gripping mechanism which has a first gripping teeth plate member, a second gripping teeth plate member, a housing, and a clamping teeth drive section connected to at least the aforementioned first gripping teeth plate member or the second gripping teeth plate member to move the first gripping teeth plate member and the second gripping teeth plate member relative to each other by one unit space in the longitudinal direction, and is configured to clamp near a section of an organ to be stapled; an extroverting mechanism configured to move the aforementioned organ gripping mechanism within a turn-out movement range; and a grip controlling mechanism. With the anastomotic apparatus, the burden on the organ tissue can be reduced. | 10-20-2011 |
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20120162249 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display apparatus including an information selecting unit, a retrieval range deciding unit, and a retrieving unit. The information selecting unit selects at least one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information stored in a memory, each of the plurality of pieces of information being attached with additional information. The retrieval deciding unit decides a retrieval range on the basis of the additional information attached to each piece of the information selected by the information selecting unit. The retrieving unit retrieves and outputs additional pieces of information of the plurality of pieces of information corresponding to the retrieval range decided by the retrieval-direction/retrieval-range deciding unit from the memory. | 06-28-2012 |
20120206481 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including an interface that receives a display switching instruction to switch an object displayed on a display, and a processor that controls the display to switch objects displayed on the display based on the display switching instruction, controls the display to stop switching objects for a predetermined period of time when a predetermined object is displayed on the display, and controls the display to resume switching objects displayed on the display upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206495 | VARIABLE DISPLAY SCALE CONTROL DEVICE AND VARIABLE PLAYING SPEED CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including an interface that displays an object and receives an instruction to change a display scale of the object, and a processor that controls the interface to change the display scale of the object based on the received instruction, controls the interface to stop changing the display scale of the displayed object for a predetermined period of time when the display scale of the displayed object becomes a predetermined display scale, and controls the interface to resume changing the display scale of the displayed object upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed. | 08-16-2012 |
20130002575 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - An information processing apparatus that determines a position of a touch input received at a display of the information processing apparatus, controls the display to display a string of candidate characters for input at a position on the display corresponding to the position of the touch input, detects selection of a desired character from the string of candidate characters, and controls the display to display the desired character in a character input field on the display. | 01-03-2013 |
20130113737 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device, including: a position determination unit configured to, on the basis of a touch position of an input object on a display unit that displays first information, determine a touch on a display object that displays second information associated with the first information; an operation input determination unit configured to determine if a predetermined operation is input to the display object; and a display processing unit configured to, on the basis of determination results obtained by the position determination unit and the operation input determination unit, move a display position of the first information so that the second information is displayed at a position in which the moved first information has been displayed. | 05-09-2013 |