| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090002744 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing System, and Control Method Therefor - This invention uses a storage device more effectively than ever before to store image data in a predetermined storage device for future security chasing. A determination unit ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090162090 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving a printing job including a plurality pages, a printing means for performing printing processing on a plurality of papers based on the received printing job, a paper discharge means for discharging the plurality of papers which has been subjected to the printing processing, storing means for storing job information for specifying the printing job and paper-discharge-interval control information for controlling a paper discharge interval, a determination means for, when the printing processing based on the received printing job is performed, determining whether there exists a performed printing job that is substantially the same as the received printing job based on the job information stored in the storing means, and a control means for, when the determination means determines that the performed printing job exists, controlling the paper discharge interval based on the paper-discharge-interval control information. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100007921 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - A display device capable of informing a user of a plurality of condition information items correctly even if a display area is restricted. A determination unit determines whether a plurality of conditions should be displayed on a display unit. A first display unit displays the condition information items showing the respective conditions to be displayed in turn in contracted messages, which are created by contracting the respective condition information items so as to be fitted within a display area of the display unit, when the determination unit determines that the plurality of conditions should be displayed. A second display unit displays the condition information item showing the condition to be displayed in a detailed message, which does not contract the condition information item, when the determination unit determines that one condition should be displayed. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20110128565 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An includes a determination unit, a reading unit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, and a printing unit. The determination unit is configured to determine an external apparatus corresponding to a user authenticated by an authentication unit for authenticating a user, as an external apparatus to be used in a plurality of the external apparatuses. The reading unit is configured to read a document and generate image data. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the generated image data to the determined external apparatus. The receiving unit is configured to receive image data from the external apparatus, where image processing is performed to the image data in the external apparatus. The printing unit is configured to print using the received image data. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110255132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention uses a storage device more effectively than ever before to store image data in a predetermined storage device for future security chasing. A determination unit ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120148323 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM - A host computer transmits a plurality of print data pieces to which an identical password is added to a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a unit configured to receive and store one of the transmitted plurality of print data pieces, an operation unit configured to accept input of a password from a user, an image formation unit configured to perform, when the password input from the user and the password added to the stored print data match each other, image formation based on the print data to which the identical password to the input password is added, and a control unit configured to cause, when it receives the remaining one of the transmitted plurality of print data pieces after the image formation has been performed, the image formation unit to perform the image formation based on the remaining print data without making the user input the password again. | 06-14-2012 |
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| 20090289810 | Processing Method in Operation System, Flow Rate Converter, and Coriolis Flow Meter - Provided is a processing method for an operation system which performs operation processing in accordance with a detection amount detected by detection means and pulse output processing in which an operation result from the operation processing is transmitted as a pulse output, including: controlling transmission of the pulse output performed in the pulse output processing to make the transmission of the pulse output asynchronous with a timing of an end of the operation processing; and transmitting, by repeating the controlling, a pulse train having time-series continuity. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100268484 | CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - A drive device for operating an electromagnetic oscillator includes: an OP amplifier for amplifying an analog input signal from an electromagnetic pick-off; an A/D converter for converting an analog signal output from the OP amplifier into a digital signal; a D/A converter for converting, after digital processing performed by a DSP on the digital signal output from the A/D converter based on phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal; and a D/A converter for converting, after the digital processing performed by the DSP on the digital signal output from the D/A converter based on the phase detection, a digital signal having a processed data amount into an analog signal. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100326185 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING CIRCUIT IN A FLOWMETER - A value of a line-to-line resistor ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110011187 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which may always perform measurement with constant precision and performs phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016989 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETER | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110203388 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus with which, even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, even when air bubbles are mixed into the fluid, to be measured, or even when the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from gas to liquid, measurement may be always performed with constant precision and phase and density measurements may be performed with a small computing amount. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203389 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - A signal processing method, a signal processing apparatus, and a Coriolis flowmeter are capable of always performing measurement with constant precision and performing phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. The Coriolis flowmeter detects at least one of a phase difference and a vibration frequency proportional to a Coriolis force acting on at least one flow tube or a pair of flow tubes. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120059601 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CORIOLIS FLOWMETER - [Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which may always perform measurement with constant precision and performs phase measurement with high filtering performance and a small amount of computation even when a temperature of a fluid to be measured changes, air bubbles are mixed into the fluid to be measured, or the fluid to be measured rapidly changes from a gas to a liquid. | 03-08-2012 |
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| 20090048817 | MOLECULAR STRUCTURE PREDICTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A molecular structure prediction method for predicting the most stable molecular structure of a molecule based on results obtained by a plurality of appraisal systems includes steps of: generating a plurality of data sets by re-sampling from a training data set, determining a parameter set for each data set that has been generated to obtain a plurality of parameter sets, using the plurality of parameter sets to calculate energy of a molecule for molecular data for prediction, taking a consensus based on the results of a plurality of energies or three-dimensional structures, and predicting the most stable molecular structure based on the results of consensus. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090259607 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION PREDICTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a system, method, and program for evaluating the performance of an intermolecular interaction predicting apparatus. A performance evaluation system evaluates the performance of an intermolecular interaction predicting apparatus using a correlation between structure factors and physicochemical parameters of classification model construction compounds with high and low scores calculated by the intermolecular interaction predicting apparatus. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110238396 | MOLECULAR STRUCTURE PREDICTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A molecular structure prediction method for predicting the most stable molecular structure of a molecule based on results obtained by a plurality of appraisal systems includes steps of: generating a plurality of data sets by re-sampling from a training data set, determining a parameter set for each data set that has been generated to obtain a plurality of parameter sets, using the plurality of parameter sets to calculate energy of a molecule for molecular data for prediction, taking a consensus based on the results of a plurality of energies or three-dimensional structures, and predicting the most stable molecular structure based on the results of consensus. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20090060569 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100329733 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110069137 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanner includes a light source modulated based on image data, an optical deflection and scanning part deflecting a light beam emitted from the light source, and a scanning and imaging optical system condensing the deflected light beam toward a scanning surface so as to form a light spot optically scanning the scanning surface. The effective scanning region of the scanning surface is divided into a plurality of regions according to a scanning line curving characteristic. Suitable image data for optically scanning the divided regions are selected from image data of a plurality of image lines every time the light spot optically scans the effective scanning region, so that the image data of each of the image lines is written with scanning line curving being corrected. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110249984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges. | 10-13-2011 |
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| 20080286063 | Rotary Cutting Machine - A rotary cutting machine | 11-20-2008 |
| 20110070041 | DRILLING DEVICE WITH OIL SUPPLY UNIT - A drilling device having an oil supply tank disposed at a position where the oil supply tank is less likely to collide with surrounding objects. This device includes a fixing member ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110273571 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBJECT TRACKING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - A subject tracking apparatus, including: a storage section that stores image data of a subject; a division section that divides the image data of the subject into a plurality of first areas; an imaging section that sequentially generates image frames; a specification section that specifies a second area similar to one of the first areas, the second area being included in each of the image frames sequentially generated, based on a characteristic value of one of the first areas into which the image data of the subject is divided by the division section; and a tracking section that tracks an image area as the subject in each of the image frames sequentially generated, wherein the image area is determined based on the second area specified by the specification section. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120128206 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An object detection device includes: an obtaining unit successively obtaining frame images; a first determination unit determining whether a first similarity between a reference image and a first image region in one of the obtained frame images is less than a first threshold value; a second determination unit determining whether a second similarity between the reference image and a second image region, included in a frame image obtained before the one of the frame images and corresponding to the first image region, is less than a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value, when the first determination unit determines that the first similarity is not less than the first threshold value; and a detection unit detecting the first image region as a region of a particular object image when the second determination unit determines that the second similarity is not less than the second threshold value. | 05-24-2012 |
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| 20090246967 | SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT - A semiconductor surface treatment agent containing a fluorine compound, a water-soluble organic solvent and an inorganic acid, with the balance being water and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by etching a high dielectric constant insulating material using the subject semiconductor surface treatment agent are provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to selectively and efficiently etch a high dielectric constant insulating material to be used in a transistor formation process of the semiconductor device manufacture; and it is also possible to achieve etching with ease within a short period of time even for a high dielectric constant insulating material to which etching is hardly applied. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100152085 | CLEANING SOLUTION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND CLEANING METHOD - A cleaning solution for semiconductor devices or display devices containing a polyamine of a specified structure having two or more amino groups in adjacent positions of a carbon chain or a salt thereof and a cleaning method of semiconductor devices or display devices using the subject cleaning solution are provided. The cleaning solution for semiconductor devices or display devices of the present invention has high safety, brings a little burden on the environment and is able to easily remove etching residues on a semiconductor substrate in a short time; on that occasion, it is possible to achieve microfabrication without utterly corroding wiring materials; and furthermore, rinsing can be achieved with only water without necessity for use of, as a rinse solution, an organic solvent such as alcohols. In consequence, according to the cleaning method of the present invention, in manufacturing semiconductor devices or display devices, it is possible to extremely advantageously manufacture circuit wirings with a little burden on the environment, high precision and high quality on an industrial scale. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100197136 | COMPOSITION FOR CLEANING AND RUST PREVENTION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT OR DISPLAY ELEMENT - A composition for cleaning and corrosion inhibition which is used in a step of manufacturing a semiconductor device or a display device having a copper-containing metallic wiring is provided, wherein the corrosion inhibitor component is any one of pyrazole, a pyrazole derivative such as 3,5-dimethylpyrazole, a triazole derivative such as 1,2,4-triazole, an aminocarboxylic acid such as iminodiacetic acid or ethylenediaminedipropionic acid hydrochloride, or a disulfide compound such as diisopropyl disulfide or diethyl disulfide; and the cleaning agent component is any one of ammonium fluoride, tetramethylammonium fluoride, ammonium acetate, acetic acid, glyoxylic acid, oxalic acid, ascorbic acid, 1,2-diaminopropane or dimethylacetamide. Also, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device or the like using the composition for cleaning and corrosion inhibition is provided. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110212617 | LIQUID FOR PROTECTING COPPER WIRING SURFACE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT ELEMENT - A copper wiring material surface protective liquid is provided that is used in production of a semiconductor circuit device containing copper wiring, and consists of an aqueous solvent and an acetylene alcohol compound containing at least 3-phenyl-2-propyn-1-ol. A method for producing a semiconductor circuit device is provided that contains: forming an insulating film and/or a diffusion preventing film on a silicon substrate; then forming a copper film by a sputtering; then forming a copper film or a copper alloy film containing 80% by mass or more of copper thereon by a plating method; and flattening the film by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method, thereby providing a semiconductor substrate containing a flattened copper wiring, in which the semiconductor substrate having an exposed surface of a copper wiring material is treated by making in contact with the copper wiring material surface protective liquid. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110237071 | COPPER WIRING SURFACE PROTECTIVE LIQUID AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT - A copper wiring material surface protective liquid for production of a semiconductor device is provided, containing an oxyalkylene adduct of an acetylenediol containing an acetylenediol having an oxyalkylene having 2 or 3 carbon atoms added thereto. A method for producing a semiconductor circuit device is provided, containing: forming an insulating film and/or a diffusion preventing film on a silicon substrate; then forming a copper film by a sputtering method; then forming a copper wiring containing 80% by mass or more of copper thereon by a plating method; and flattening the wiring by a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) method, thereby providing a semiconductor substrate containing a copper wiring, the semiconductor substrate having an exposed surface of a copper wiring material being treated by making in contact with the copper wiring material surface protective liquid. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20080205220 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes: a performance determining unit measuring recording speeds on each of unit data sizes recorded by plural kinds of access pattern to a storing device and generating performance information indicating results of the measurement; a recording request receiving unit receiving a recording request including data to be recorded on the storing device and information of size of said data; and a recording control unit selecting an access pattern corresponding to higher recording speed as well as the information of data size included in the recording request from the performance information and instructing the storing device to perform a recording process using the selected access pattern. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090049217 | I/O-REQUEST PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An I/O-request processing system which is capable of reducing the maximum value of the time required until the I/O request of each external device is registered. An I/O-request receiving section ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100023989 | RELAY DEVICE, RELAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a relay device receives a content transmitted from a first communication device toward a second communication device, the relay device performs relay processing of transmitting the content toward the second communication device. When, during the relay processing, the relay device receives a transmission request for the content, which has been transmitted from a third communication device toward the first communication device, the relay device performs transmission processing of transmitting a first section of the content, which has not been transmitted in the relay processing at a time of reception of the transmission request, from the relay device toward the third communication device in synchronization with transmission of the first section performed in the relay processing. | 01-28-2010 |
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| 20100069564 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND ARTICLE - To provide a water/oil repellent composition which can give water/oil repellency to a surface of an article and has excellent durability (wash durability and heavy-rain durability), a method for producing such a composition, and an article which has water/oil repellency and is less susceptible to deterioration of water/oil repellency when it is washed or in heavy rain. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100087597 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND ARTICLE - To provide a water/oil repellent composition which can give water/oil repellency to a surface of an article and has excellent durability (wash durability and heavy-rain durability), a method for producing such a composition, and an article which has water/oil repellency and is less susceptible to deterioration of water/oil repellency when it is washed or in heavy rain. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100105825 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE - To provide a method for producing a water/oil repellent composition which can impart water/oil repellency to a surface of an article and has excellent durability (wash durability and heavy-rain durability) and an article which has water/oil repellency and is less susceptible to deterioration of water/oil repellency when it is washed or in heavy rain. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100113665 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE - To provide a method for producing a water/oil repellent composition which can impart water/oil repellency to a surface of an article and has excellent durability (wash durability and heavy-rain durability) and an article which has water/oil repellency and is less susceptible to deterioration of water/oil repellency when it is washed or in heavy rain. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100179287 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE - To provide a water/oil repellent composition which can impart water/oil repellency with excellent friction durability to a surface of an article, even though while having structural units based on a monomer having an R | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110071248 | COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION - To provide a copolymer which is capable of providing an article surface with a dynamic water repellency and which has extremely excellent washing durability of water repellency and oil repellency, while placing little burden on the environment; a method for its production; and a water/oil repellent composition. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110196067 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To provide a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to the surface of an article and which presents a low environmental impact, and a method for its production. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120037835 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR TREATING ARTICLE - To provide a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to the surface of an article and which presents a low environmental impact, a method for its production and a method for treating an article. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120097882 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR TREATING ARTICLE - A water/oil repellent composition which imparts sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to a surface of an article and has a low environmental impact; a method for producing the composition; and a method of treating an article. The water/oil repellent composition contains: a copolymer which has a mass average molecular weight of at least 40,000 and includes structural units based on monomer (a), monomer (b), and monomer (c); and a medium. Monomer (a) is a compound represented by (Z—Y) | 04-26-2012 |
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| 20080256401 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing System, Information Processing Method and Computer Program - The present invention is directed to an information processing system composed of plural information processing units adapted for mutually executing data communication, and for executing data processing in which communication data has been applied. The first entity A transmits error notification data on the basis of error detection to execute initial state return processing on the condition that data reception after error notification data has been transmitted is made, and the second entity B transmits error notification data on the basis of error detection to execute initial state return processing on the condition that transmit processing of error notification data is executed. Thus, the both entities A and B can return to the initial state in a manner synchronous with each other. As a result, it becomes possible to perform reliable error recovery and data processing restart. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20110093715 | Management Server, Management Method, Management System for Downloading of Contents, and Mobile Devices - A receiver is configured to receive, from a mobile device of a first type adapted to read a content from a recording medium and run the content, a first device identifier identifying the mobile device of the first type and a recording medium identifier identifying a recording medium loaded in the mobile device of the first type, along with a digital signature generated in the mobile device of the first type using an encryption key secretly stored in the mobile device of the first type. A signature verification unit is configured to verify the authenticity of the digital signature. A voucher issuance unit is configured to issue a voucher to a mobile device of a second type adapted to acquire a content by downloading the content and to run the content accordingly and mapped into the mobile device of the first type, so that the mobile device of the second type is capable of downloading a content. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110213986 | Method for Activating Content and Content Reproduction Apparatus - A firmware verification section verifies whether a firmware for controlling the activating of contents has been falsified or not, prior to the activating of the contents; a decoding key setting section sets a key to the firmware; the key is used to decode an encrypted activation program for activating the contents, when the firmware has not been falsified; and an activation program decoding section decodes the encrypted activation program by using the firmware with the key set to the firmware. | 09-01-2011 |
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| 20090157295 | Navigation Apparatus - A navigation apparatus comprises a route setting unit that sets a route, a route characteristic point setting unit that sets a plurality of route characteristic points to the route set by the route setting unit, a priority setting unit that sets priority to each of the route characteristic points set by the route characteristic point setting unit, a selecting unit that selects any of the route characteristic points based upon the priority set by the priority setting unit, and a display control unit that displays the route and the route characteristic point selected by the selecting unit on a display monitor. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157296 | Navigation Apparatus - A navigation apparatus comprises a map display control unit that displays a map on a display monitor, a voice information outputting unit that outputs voice information related to traveling of a vehicle, and a highlighting unit that highlights a part of the map that corresponds to the voice information in synchronization with output of the voice information by the voice information outputting unit. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090218626 | METHOD OF DESIGNING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - In a semiconductor integrated circuit device and a method of designing the same, design information about circuit cells each having a desired function are described as objects according to selected purposes. The pieces of design information are registered in a cell library as cell information capable of forming any of substrate potential fixed cells and substrate potential variable cells. Further, a data sheet common to the substrate potential fixed cell and the substrate potential variable cell is offered to a user, so that the user is able to make a selection according to the user's purposes. The substrate potential fixed cells and the substrate potential variable cells are mixed together on a semiconductor chip so as to be properly used according to the functions or the like of circuit portions in which the cells are used. | 09-03-2009 |
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| 20090172808 | ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide an access control apparatus for lessening the occasions of invading a place where no entry is permitted without setting any separate access condition for a temporary user of a visitor, etc., in a room entering and leaving management apparatus using personal identification information of an IC card, etc. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090201176 | Route guidance system - Provided is a route guidance system that provides a route in premises in order to perform service of route guidance in the premises, which includes: a route guidance apparatus, which is comprised of visible region calculation means that calculates a range where a user can see, signpost extraction means that extracts a signpost to be guided from a visible region, route search means that searches the route from a starting point to a destination, route information generation means that comprises guidance map generation means that generates a map for guidance and guidance sentence generation means that generates the guidance sentence, route leading means that obtains current positional information to send appropriate guidance information to a portable terminal, and position determination means that performs coordinate conversion to information from a position detection apparatus of the user; a portable terminal apparatus including a user interface, which displays an image or a route guidance sentence; a position detection apparatus that obtains current positional information of the user; a map DB that stores data/signpost information regarding the route; a guidance sentence DB that stores basic data for generating the guidance sentence; and route information data that stores guidance data output from the route information generation means. | 08-13-2009 |
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| 20080293863 | FLUORINATED POLYMER AND FLUORINATED POLYMER COMPOSITION CONTAINING IT - To provide an amorphous fluorinated polymer which is soluble in a fluorinated solvent having a boiling point of at most 70° C., and a fluorinated polymer composition containing it. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20100331479 | COPOLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a copolymer which can impart sufficient dynamic water repellency, after air-drying water repellency and friction durability to a surface of an article, and which has low impact on the environment, a method for producing the same, a water repellent composition and an article excellent in dynamic water repellency, after air-drying water repellency and friction durability. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110071248 | COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION - To provide a copolymer which is capable of providing an article surface with a dynamic water repellency and which has extremely excellent washing durability of water repellency and oil repellency, while placing little burden on the environment; a method for its production; and a water/oil repellent composition. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110196067 | WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To provide a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to the surface of an article and which presents a low environmental impact, and a method for its production. | 08-11-2011 |
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| 20100194922 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - The present invention is an image pickup apparatus provided with a pixel section in which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion section and a signal storage section that temporarily stores a signal charge of the photoelectric conversion section are two-dimensionally arrayed, that resets the signal storage sections before exposing a still image and reads reset data used to remove reset noise of a still image, configured to divide the pixel section into a plurality of pixel groups and sequentially reset the signal storage sections of the respective pixel groups by a transistor, sequentially read reset signals by a selection transistor and cause the selection transistor to read one or more times an LV signal charge generated by exposure of a predetermined pixel group within a time segment during which the signal storage sections are sequentially reset before the signal storage sections of the predetermined pixel group are reset. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110122287 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section for photoelectrically converting a subject image, and outputting image data, an aperture control section for narrowing subject light flux at a first aperture value and a second aperture value, a shooting control section for, in response to a release instruction, imaging a first image at the first aperture value and, reading out first image data from the imaging section while simultaneously carrying out a stopping down operation to the second aperture value, imaging a second image at the second aperture value and, reading out second image data from the imaging section, and an image processing section for detecting an amount of variation in contrast value for each location in the first image data and the second image data, and carrying out processing to blur at an intensity of blurring according to the amount of variation between each location. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110187920 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an accumulation control section controlling an accumulation operation in an imaging section; an accumulation start timing setting section setting a timing of accumulation start in the imaging section; and a flash light emission control section controlling the start and stop of light emission in the flash light emission section, wherein the accumulation control section instructs the flash light emission control section to start the flash light emission and causes the imaging section to start the accumulation based on an output of the accumulation start timing setting section, and the flash light emission control section causes the flash light emission to be started in response to the flash light emission start instruction of the accumulation control section and causes the flash light emission section to stop the light emission based on an appropriate light emission amount output by an exposure calculation section. | 08-04-2011 |