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20110110417 | ENCODING APPARATUS OF VIDEO AND AUDIO DATA, ENCODING METHOD THEREOF, AND VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM - An encoding apparatus employing both a CPU and a chip or circuit dedicated to the encoding is disclosed. The encoding apparatus includes a hardware encoder and a software encoder. The hardware encoder is configured by hardware dedicated to the encoding and encodes a portion of AV data. The software encoder encodes another portion of the AV data in parallel to the encoding process of the hardware encoder by the use of a CPU. A position detector detects a switching position of an allocation destination in the AV data. A data allocator allocates sections of the AV data divided by the switching position to both encoders. A synthesizer arranges the encoded AV data in a predetermined sequence to synthesize a series of encoded AV data. An output unit outputs the series of encoded AV data. | 05-12-2011 |
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20120008044 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD USED THEREIN - A transmitting apparatus for transmitting transmission data to a receiving apparatus is disclosed which includes: means for obtaining apparatus information of the receiving apparatus; a source of video data and its auxiliary data; means for determining whether or not to synthesize the video data and the auxiliary data with each other, based on the obtained apparatus information; means for synthesizing, according to the above determination, the video data and frame data which is the auxiliary data associated with a frame of the video data, to generate the transmission data, wherein the frame data is included in a video data arranging area of the video data; and means for transmitting the transmission data to the receiving apparatus. Furthermore, a receiving apparatus is also disclosed which extracts the frame data from the video data arranging area of received data. | 01-12-2012 |
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20120270279 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONATIN - The present invention provides a methodology for improving a yield of 2R,4R-Monatin. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing 2S,4R-Monatin or a salt thereof, comprising contacting 4R-IHOG with an L-amino acid aminotransferase in the presence of an L-amino acid to form the 2S,4R-Monatin; a method for producing 2R,4R-Monatin or a salt thereof, comprising isomerizing the 2S,4R-Monatin to form the 2R,4R-Monatin; and the like. These production methods may further comprise condensing indole-3-pyruvate and pyruvate to form the 4R-IHOG, and deaminating a tryptophan to form the indole-3-pyruvate. | 10-25-2012 |
20120295314 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONATIN - The present invention provides a method of producing 2R,4R-Monatin with a good yield using inexpensive L-Trp rather than expensive D-Trp as a stating material. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing 2R,4R-Monatin or a salt thereof, comprising:
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20080244199 | COMPUTER SYSTEM PREVENTING STORAGE OF DUPLICATE FILES - A plurality of contents intrinsic values that are values intrinsic to respective contents of a plurality of files stored in one or more first storage devices are calculated. Whether two or more identical contents intrinsic values are contained among the plurality of contents intrinsic values is determined. When two or more identical contents intrinsic values are present, an access destination of a first file corresponding to a first contents intrinsic value from among these two or more contents intrinsic values is changed to a position having stored therein a second file corresponding to a second contents intrinsic value from among these two or more contents intrinsic values. | 10-02-2008 |
20090070538 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION OF SNAPSHOTS - A computer system including: disk array system to cause a snapshot corresponding to the selected backup time accessible with the specific address to which the computer can access; wherein if the snapshot corresponding to the selected backup time is associated with the specific address to which the computer cannot access, then the disk array system making the snapshot accessible with an address to which the computer can access; and wherein the snapshot relates to differential data between initial backup data and actual backup data at the selected backup time, thereby an acquisition time of the snapshot is different than the selected backup time corresponding to the specific address that can be accessed initially by the computer. | 03-12-2009 |
20090125694 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND VIRTUAL VOLUME CONTROL METHOD - The storage control apparatus of the present invention saves a table for managing a virtual volume in a pool and keeps the state of the table in the latest state. A first dynamic mapping table (DMT) that manages a first virtual volume is saved in a first pool. Upon receipt of a write command relating to an unused virtual slot from a write command issuing device, a first virtual volume control unit assigns an unused real slot in the first pool to the virtual slot and updates the first DMT. The first virtual volume control unit discriminates the validity of the received data and, in cases where “0” data are received, releases the assigned real slot, updates the first DMT once again, and discards the received data. In cases where the received data are valid data, de-staging is performed following a DMT update. | 05-14-2009 |
20090276594 | Storage system - Provided is a storage system capable of simply and promptly changing the operation of a storage subsystem as a stand-alone system and the operation of a storage subsystem as a virtual storage system. This storage system is able to set a first mode that operates as a stand-alone system and a second mode that operates as a virtual storage system from a management apparatus to each of the multiple storage subsystems. | 11-05-2009 |
20100005329 | Storage System - There is provided a storage system including a file server connecting to a computer over a network and a storage apparatus connecting to the file server connecting over the network, wherein the file server includes a first controller, the storage apparatus includes multiple storage devices having multiple storage areas and a second controller that controls accesses to the multiple storage areas, each of the multiple storage areas has at least one power saving mode among multiple power saving modes with different shift times from the power saving modes to a ready mode, the first controller, in response to the reception of data from the computer, sets an indicator relating to the performance of response to an access from the computer to the data and refers to the indicator of the data and selects a first storage area having the power saving mode satisfying the indicator, and the second controller stores the data to the first storage area. | 01-07-2010 |
20100023685 | Storage device and control method for the same - A storage device is provided with: a first management section that manages a storage area provided by one or more hard disk drives on a basis of a predetermined unit created using one or more parameters; a second management section that manages, on a basis of a pool configured by at least one or more of the units, a management policy about the capacity of the pools and a threshold value of the storage capacity of the pools; a power supply control section that controls each of the hard disk drives of the unit under the management of the first management section to be in either a first turn-ON state or a second turn-ON state with a low power consumption; and a control section that selects, when the storage capacity of any of the pools exceeds the threshold value, the management policy of the pools, and any of the managed parameters considered optimum to serve as the unit of the storage area, and after making the power supply control section to change the state of the hard disk drive of the selected unit from the second turn-ON state to the first turn-ON state, adds the unit of the storage area to the capacity of the pool. With such a configuration, the storage device can achieve reduction of power consumption, simplification of management, and increase of use efficiency of storage resources. | 01-28-2010 |
20110153692 | COMPUTER SYSTEM PREVENTING STORAGE OF DUPLICATE FILES - Arrangements including a duplication determination unit that determines whether identical contents intrinsic values are contained in a plurality of contents intrinsic values; a change control unit that changes an access destination of a first file corresponding to a first contents intrinsic value from identical contents intrinsic values, to a position having stored therein a second file corresponding to a second contents intrinsic value from among these identical contents intrinsic values when there are identical contents intrinsic values; and, a migration execution unit which, when the migration execution unit migrates data stored in files stored in one or more first logical storage devices to one or more second logical storage devices, does not migrate first data of the first file to any of the one or more second logical storage devices, and migrates second data of the second file to any of the one or more second logical storage devices. | 06-23-2011 |
20110185135 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - In a storage apparatus and its control method including multiple first virtual volumes to be provided to a host system and multiple pools each having a memory capacity, and equipped with a function of dynamically allocating a storage area to the first virtual volumes from the pools associated with the first virtual volumes in accordance with the usage status of the first virtual volumes, the unused capacity in each of the pools is managed, and, when the unused capacity of one of the pools falls below a predetermined threshold value, a part of the unused capacity of the other pools is allocated to the one pool. It is thereby possible to realize a highly reliable storage apparatus and its control method. | 07-28-2011 |
20120179925 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage system including: a storage apparatus including a plurality of storage devices on which a plurality of logical units is configured and a first controller that controls accesses to the plurality of logical units; and a file server coupled to said storage apparatus and including a second controller and a memory storing management information which indicates relationships between each of the plurality of logical units and each of a plurality of indicators; wherein the first controller, in response to a request to create a first folder with a first indicator, creates the folder on one or more first logical units included in the plurality of logical units, the one or more first logical units related to the first indicator. | 07-12-2012 |
20120191928 | COMPUTER SYSTEM PREVENTING STORAGE OF DUPLICATE FILES - A storage arrangement including: a first storage system having one or more first logical storage devices and a second storage system having one or more second logical storage devices, configured to: a) determine whether two or more identical contents hash values are contained in a plurality of contents hash values of said plurality of files; and b) change an access destination of a first file corresponding to a first contents hash value from among said two or more identical contents hash values, to a position of a second file corresponding to a second contents hash value if there are said two or more identical contents hash values, c) do not migrate said first file to said second storage system, and migrate said second file to said second storage system to store in any of said one or more second logical storage devices. | 07-26-2012 |
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20100320196 | INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS - An induction heating apparatus includes a current supply unit configured to supply a high-frequency current to a coil for inductively heating a conductive heating element based on a direct current obtained by rectifying AC power supplied from an AC power supply, a driving unit configured to output a drive pulse for supplying the high-frequency current from the current supply unit, a control unit configured to control a frequency of a drive pulse output by the driving unit, and a power limiting unit configured to limit an operation of the driving unit when input power determined based on an input voltage of the AC power supply and an input current to the current supply unit exceeds a predetermined value. | 12-23-2010 |
20110222889 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A apparatus including a fixing device using an induction heating method includes an induction coil, a resonant capacitor connected to the induction coil, a switching element configured to supply electric power to the induction coil, a driving signal generation circuit configured to determine a frequency of a driving signal for driving the switching element according to electric power to be supplied to the coil and to generate the driving signal, and a setting unit configured to set a minimum frequency of the driving signal according to a temperature of a heating element so that a frequency of the driving signal does not become lower than a resonant frequency determined by an inductance of the induction coil and an inductance of the heating element and a capacitance of the resonant capacitor. | 09-15-2011 |
20120145692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION HEATING TYPE FIXING UNIT - An image forming apparatus including a magnetic flux generating device, a fixing unit configured to heat in accordance with the magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generating device, the fixing unit having a heating element including a magnetic material, a current detection unit configure to detect a value of a current supplied to the magnetic flux generating device, a temperature sensor configure to detect a temperature of the heating element, and an abnormal status detecting unit configured to detect an abnormal status of the current based on a result of comparison between the value of the current detected by the current detection unit and a threshold is provided. The abnormal status detecting unit is configured to vary the threshold based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. | 06-14-2012 |
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20090101301 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED SILICON - Provided is a process for producing a purified silicon by cutting off a crude silicon region, without determining the aluminium concentration in a directionally-solidified silicon. | 04-23-2009 |
20090208401 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BORON ADDED PURIFIED SILICON - Provided is a process for producing a boron added silicon (purified silicon) in an energy saving mode from a reduced silicon obtained by reducing a silicon halide with a metal aluminium. The production process of the invention comprises reducing a silicon halide with a metal aluminium to give a reduces silicon, heating and melting the resulting reduced silicon, and adding boron thereto followed by solidification for purification under the condition of a temperature gradient provided in one direction in a mold. Preferably, after washed with an acid, the reduced silicon is heated and molten, and boron is added thereto. After the reduced silicon is heated and molten under reduced pressure, boron is added thereto. After heated and molten, the reduced silicon is purified by solidification in one direction, then heated and molten, and thereafter boron is added thereto. | 08-20-2009 |
20100329958 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PURIFIED SILICON - A standard temperature gradient (T | 12-30-2010 |
20110167961 | METHOD FOR PURIFYING MATERIAL CONTAINING METALLOID ELEMENT OR METAL ELEMENT AS MAIN COMPONENT - It is possible to efficiently obtain a purified material from a material containing a metalloid element such as silicon or metal element as the main component, and an impurity. The method for purifying a material, comprising bringing a material containing a metalloid element or metal element as the main component, and an impurity into contact with a compound represented by the following formula (1): | 07-14-2011 |
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20120273181 | LOW TEMPERATURE THERMAL CONDUCTOR - A thermal conductor material having excellent heat transfer properties by obtaining high thermal conductivity even at low temperature of, for example, a liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K) or lower is to provide. A thermal conductor to be used at low temperature of 77 K or lower in the magnetic field of a magnetic flux density of 1 T or more, includes aluminum which has a purity of 99.999% by mass or more and also has the content of iron of 1 ppm by mass or less. | 11-01-2012 |
20120274327 | MAGNETIC SHIELDING MATERIAL FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - A magnetic shielding material which can decrease the thickness by having excellent conductivity even at low temperatures of, for example, 77 K or lower, in a strong magnetic field of a magnetic flux density of 1 T or more is provide. A magnetic shielding material to be used at low temperatures of 77 K or lower in the magnetic field of a magnetic flux density of 1 T or more, comprises aluminum having a purity of 99.999% by mass or more. | 11-01-2012 |
20120275948 | WIRING MATERIAL FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - A wiring material which is easy to handle and also exhibits excellent conductivity even in a strong magnetic field of, for example, a magnetic flux density of 1 T or more is provided. A wiring material to be used in the magnetic field of a magnetic flux density of 1 T or more comprises aluminum having a purity of 99.999% by mass or more. | 11-01-2012 |
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20100085447 | NOISE CANCELING CIRCUIT, NOISE CANCELING METHOD, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A noise canceling circuit that includes a sharp/flat-part determining unit that determines whether a neighborhood of a target pixel in a digital video signal is a sharp part or a flat part by calculating a sharpness value indicating sharpness and an approximate noise value approximately indicating a noise value included in the target pixel based on pixel values of the target pixel and a predetermined number of pixels inputted immediately before and after the target pixel, and comparing the sharpness value and the approximate noise value, a noise extracting unit that extracts the noise value of the target pixel by performing a noise extraction corresponding to a result of the determination performed by the sharp/flat-part determining unit, and a correcting unit that corrects the pixel value of the target pixel by using the extracted noise value of the target pixel. | 04-08-2010 |
20100225781 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A pixel-interpolation processing unit generates a sensitivity level value of an insufficient color component according to interpolation processing of image signals. A sensitivity level value of an insufficient color component in a pixel of attention is calculated, according to an arithmetic operation corresponding to an acquired color component of the pixel of attention, by assuming a geometric figure including sensitivity level values of acquired color components as vertexes. As the geometric figure, the same figure is used irrespectively of which color component the acquired color component is. | 09-09-2010 |
20110069209 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SOLID- STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a defect correcting unit, a noise-reduction processing unit, and a selecting unit. The defect correcting unit executes defect correction on a target pixel. The defect correcting unit switches, according to the level of contrast determined concerning a plurality of peripheral pixels, a first correction value obtained through averaging processing for signal values of the peripheral pixels and a second correction value other than the first correction value. | 03-24-2011 |
20110122273 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE - According to the Embodiments, an Image Processing apparatus includes a pixel interpolation processing unit. The pixel interpolation processing unit generates a sensitivity level value through addition of a first frequency range component of an image signal for a lacking color component and a second frequency range component of a frequency band lower than the first frequency range component. The pixel interpolation processing unit adjusts a ratio of the first frequency range component to be added to the second frequency range component. | 05-26-2011 |
20120045144 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - In an image processing apparatus according to one embodiment, an edge correcting unit replaces a signal level of a target pixel with a maximum value of signal levels of a plurality of peripheral pixels when a sum of the signal level of the target pixel and the edge information is more than the maximum value, and the edge correcting unit replaces the signal level of the target pixel with a minimum value of the signal levels of the plurality of peripheral pixels when a sum of the signal level of the target pixel and the edge information is less than the minimum value. | 02-23-2012 |
20120062763 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a color mixture correction unit. The color mixture correction unit corrects the mixture of colors caused when an incident light having passed through color filters corresponding to neighboring pixels enters a target pixel. The color mixture correction unit references the signal level of the target pixel and the signal levels of the neighboring pixels. The color mixture correction unit calculates a correction amount corresponding to the signal level of a red pixel which is the neighboring pixel. The color mixture correction unit performs a calculation on the signal level of the target pixel using the correction amount. | 03-15-2012 |
20120114237 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a shading correction unit. The shading correction unit executes at least one of the use of shading correction parameters calculated in accordance with exposure information for capturing a subject image and the adjustment of a center position in a two-dimensional direction which is used as the basis of the shading correction in accordance with the exposure information. | 05-10-2012 |
20120212643 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a pixel interpolation unit. The pixel interpolation unit includes a calculating unit that adds, to a first frequency band component, a second frequency band component in a direction in which the amount of change in the sensitivity level value of an acquired color component is determined to be small. The second frequency band component is in a frequency band higher than the first frequency band component. | 08-23-2012 |
20120212653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a color-difference signal correction unit. The color-difference signal correction unit includes a smoothing unit and a color edge extracting unit. The smoothing unit performs smoothing process on a color-difference signal to obtain a smoothed color-difference signal. The color edge extracting unit extracts a color edge component to be added to the smoothed color-difference signal. An edge coring unit which is included in the color edge extracting unit performs a coring process on a difference between the color-difference signal before the smoothing process is performed and the smoothed color-difference signal. | 08-23-2012 |
20130194459 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes an edge enhancement unit and a brightness level determination unit. The edge enhancement unit performs an edge enhancement process by adding extraction data which has been subjected to a noise cancellation process and an amplitude limitation process to a brightness signal. The brightness level determination unit determines a height of the signal level of the brightness signal. The edge enhancement unit adjusts the signal level of the extraction data added to the brightness signal depending on a determination result of the brightness level determination unit. | 08-01-2013 |
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20110024857 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including: a semiconductor substrate; a pixel portion which is formed on the semiconductor substrate and in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion are arranged; an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the photoelectric conversion portion; a hole portion formed in the insulating layer and above the photoelectric conversion portion; a silicon nitride layer formed so as to cover a bottom surface and a side surface of the hole portion; and a buried layer formed on the silicon nitride layer, wherein the silicon nitride layer is formed so as to contain a silicon nitride formed by utilizing an atomic layer deposition method. | 02-03-2011 |
20110059557 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device having a laminated structure in which a first magnetic material layer, a tunnel insulator film, and a second magnetic material layer are sequentially laminated, in which information is stored when an electric resistance value changes depending on a magnetization reversal state is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: sequentially forming the first magnetic material layer, the tunnel insulator film, and the second magnetic material layer; forming a mask layer on the second magnetic material layer; oxidizing a part uncovered by the mask layer of the second magnetic material layer; and reducing the oxidized part of the second magnetic material layer. | 03-10-2011 |
20120086093 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels formed on a semiconductor substrate and include a photoelectric conversion unit; a color filter on the pixels; an on-chip microlens made of an organic film on the color filter, corresponding to each of the pixels; a first inorganic film formed on a surface of the on-chip microlens and having a higher refraction index than the on-chip microlens; and a second inorganic film formed on a surface of the first inorganic film and having a lower refraction index than the on-chip microlens and the first inorganic film, in which at least the second inorganic film includes a non-lens area at an interface of an adjacent second inorganic film. | 04-12-2012 |
20120248580 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor substrate, a first main surface side of the first semiconductor substrate and a first main surface side of the second semiconductor substrate being bonded to each other; and a warpage correction layer which is formed on at least one or more selected from the first main surface side of the first semiconductor substrate, the first main surface side of the second semiconductor substrate, a second main surface side of the first semiconductor substrate, and a second main surface side of the second semiconductor substrate. | 10-04-2012 |
20120320242 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element for converting incident light to an electric signal, color filters associated with the pixels and having a plurality of color filter components, microlenses converging the incident light through the color filters to the photoelectric conversion elements, a light shielding film disposed between the color filter components of the color filters, and a nonplanarized adhesive film provided between the color filters and the light shielding film. | 12-20-2012 |
20130082165 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: a first lens layer; and a second lens layer, wherein the second lens layer is formed at least at a periphery of each first microlens formed based on the first lens layer, and the second lens layer present at a central portion of each of the first microlenses is thinner than the second lens layer present at the periphery of the first microlens or no second lens layer is present at the central portion of each of the first microlenses. | 04-04-2013 |
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20090189235 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device having a light-receiving section that photoelectrically converts incident light includes an insulating film formed on a light-receiving surface of the light-receiving section and a film and having negative fixed charges formed on the insulating film. A hole accumulation layer is formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving section. A peripheral circuit section in which peripheral circuits are formed is provided on a side of the light-receiving section. The insulating film is formed between a surface of the peripheral circuit section and the film having negative fixed charges such that a distance from the surface of the peripheral circuit section to the film having negative fixed charges is larger than a distance from a surface of the light-receiving section to the film having negative fixed charges. | 07-30-2009 |
20090303359 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device has: an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, and a color filter. The color filter includes: filter components of a first color ( | 12-10-2009 |
20110143488 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device having a light-receiving section that photoelectrically converts incident light includes an insulating film formed on a light-receiving surface of the light-receiving section and a film and having negative fixed charges formed on the insulating film. A hole accumulation layer is formed on a light-receiving surface side of the light-receiving section. A peripheral circuit section in which peripheral circuits are formed is provided on a side of the light-receiving section. The insulating film is formed between a surface of the peripheral circuit section and the film having negative fixed charges such that a distance from the surface of the peripheral circuit section to the film having negative fixed charges is larger than a distance from a surface of the light-receiving section to the film having negative fixed charges. | 06-16-2011 |
20130207215 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device has: an imaging region in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element are arranged, and a color filter. The color filter includes: filter components of a first color ( | 08-15-2013 |
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20080264278 | PRINTING METHOD BY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - A printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press are disclosed which suppress occurrence of curl with printing paper while making it possible to improve the printing quality by performing a ground process with aqueous ground processing material for low whiteness printing paper such as newsprint paper. To a printing face of the printing paper, aqueous ground processing material is supplied. At the same time with or later than the supply of the ground processing material, moisture is supplied to a reverse face to the printing face of the printing paper. Thereafter, offset printing is performed for the printing paper. | 10-30-2008 |
20100132570 | PRINTING METHOD BY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - The present invention relates to a printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press and has an object to carry out a substrate process for low-whiteness printing paper such as paper for newspaper with substrate treatment agent and to enhance the print quality while preventing appearance of muddiness in printing ink by the substrate treatment agent. The present invention is configured such that substrate treatment agent such as low-whiteness enhancement agent is supplied to a printing face of printing paper, and thereafter the substrate treatment agent supplied to the printing face is dried and then offset printing is carried out for the printing paper by a printing apparatus. | 06-03-2010 |
20100288144 | PRINTING METHOD BY OFFSET PRINTING PRESS AND OFFSET PRINTING PRESS - The invention relates to a printing method by an offset printing press and an offset printing press by which a substrate process is carried out for low-whiteness printing paper such as paper for newspaper with aqueous substrate treatment agent so that the print quality can be improved. In the invention, in order to suppress occurrence of a curl of printing paper, substrate treatment agent containing solid fine particles and a binder component is supplied to a printing face of printing paper, and the substrate treatment agent is dried to form a porous layer having a great number of holes having a smaller diameter than that of pigment contained in printing ink from the solid fine particles and the binder resin. Then, offset printing is carried out on the printing paper. | 11-18-2010 |
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20100086855 | CATHODE MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CATHODE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES PROVIDED WITH THE CATHODE MATERIAL - An object is to provide a positive electrode material capable of increasing a discharge capacity of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a production method thereof, and the like. Provided are a positive electrode material having a particulate active substance containing lithium manganese phosphate, wherein the particulate active substance is provided with a membranous material containing carbon and attached to the surface of the particulate active substance, and a projecting material containing carbon and projecting outward from the surface of the particulate active substance or the membranous material, a method for producing a positive electrode material having a particulate active substance containing lithium manganese phosphate, which performs a hydrothermal synthesis step of forming a particle containing lithium manganese phosphate by a hydrothermal method in the presence of a first organic compound with a molecular weight of 350 or less, which has two or more hydroxy groups in a molecule, and a calcination step of calcinating the particle in the presence of a second organic compound with a molecular weight of 500 or more, which has a hydroxy group in a molecule, and the like. | 04-08-2010 |
20120021286 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte; characterized in that the negative active material contains composite particle (C), which has silicon-containing particle (A) and electronic conductive additive (B), and carbon material (D), wherein the weight of the electronic conductive additive (B) falls within the range of 0.5 wt. % to 60 wt. % to the weight of the composite particle (C). The negative active material contains silicon which is capable of performing high discharge capacity, so that a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a large discharge capacity can be obtained. In addition, since the negative active material contains the electronic conductive additive (B) and the carbon material (D), the contact conductivity between the silicon-containing particle (A) or between the negative active material improves and, as a result, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having satisfactory cycle performance can be attained. | 01-26-2012 |
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20140093780 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode having a negative active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, characterized in that the negative active material contains composite particle (C), which has silicon-containing particle (A) and electronic conductive additive (B), the silicon-containing particle (A) has a content of carbon, and when measured at a temperature rising rate of 10±2° C./min by thermogravimetry, said composite particle (C) exhibits two stages of weight loss in the range of 30 to 1000° C. | 04-03-2014 |
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20110274975 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a positive electrode material having a large ratio of the discharge capacity around 4 V to the total discharge capacity including the discharge capacity at 4V or lower while making the discharge capacity around 4 V sufficient, for the purpose of providing a lithium secondary battery using a lithium transition metal phosphate compound excellent in thermal stability, utilizing the discharge potential around 4V (vs. Li/Li | 11-10-2011 |
20120028122 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The positive active material is a positive active material for a lithium secondary battery, including a lithium transition metal compound that has an olivine crystal structure and contains at least Ni, Fe, and Mn as transition metal elements, wherein when the sum of mole atoms of Ni, Fe, and Mn of transition metal elements contained in the lithium transition metal compound is expressed as 1, and the mole atomic ratios of Ni, Fe, and Mn are represented by a, b, and c (a+b+c=1, a>0, b>0, c>0), respectively, the following is satisfied: 0.85≦c≦0.92 and 0.3≦a/(a+b)≦0.9. | 02-02-2012 |
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20080314709 | Power transmission apparatus - A power transmission apparatus comprises a pulley mounted rotatably on a casing of a rotary device, a hub coupled to the pulley by fitting between depressions and protrusions, a power shutoff member for preventing excessive torque between a rotary shaft and the hub, and an engaging device for engaging the hub and the pulley each other. The engaging device includes a first stepped portion formed radially on the outer periphery of the hub and a second stepped portion formed radially on the inner peripheral wall of a rim of the pulley in such a manner as to engage the first stepped portion in the axial direction. | 12-25-2008 |
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20110127136 | CLUTCH MECHANISM - A clutch mechanism includes a pulley, an armature, an electromagnet, a plate spring, and a damper. The armature is joined to the pulley in a direction of a rotation axis. The electromagnet generates attracting magnetic force, which attracts the armature in a joining direction. The plate spring generates resilient force, which urges the armature in an opposite direction from the joining direction. The damper includes an impact mitigation part mitigating an impact when the armature collides with the pulley. The pulley, the armature, the damper, and the plate spring are arranged in this order in the direction of the rotation axis. The damper includes a contact portion in contact with part of the armature in the direction of the rotation axis. The plate spring includes a pressing part pressing the contact portion on the armature both at time of joining and at time of unjoining between the armature and the pulley. | 06-02-2011 |
20150292573 | CLUTCH - A recess, which has a bottom, is formed in at least one of a contact surface of a rotor and a contact surface of an armature. A solid material, which is made of thermoset resin that contains powder of metal oxide or metal dispersed in the thermoset resin, is formed in an inside of the recess. | 10-15-2015 |
20150345573 | ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An end surface portion of a rotor includes a friction surface and an end surface, which are spaced from each other in an axial direction. The armature is attracted and attached to the friction surface of the rotor by an electromagnetic attractive force when a solenoid coil is energized. The stator is opposed to the end surface of the end surface portion. A thermal fuse is held by a portion of a resin member located in an opening of the stator and is melted and disconnected to cut supply of an electric current to the solenoid coil when a temperature of the thermal fuse is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature. The resin member has a recess that is formed in a predetermined position of a surface of the resin member, which is adjacent to the thermal fuse. | 12-03-2015 |
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20130187029 | PHOTODETECTOR CONTROL CIRCUIT - A photodetector control circuit in a photodetector for detecting light from a photodiode using a phototransistor and controls drive of the photodiode and detection of a current of the phototransistor has a received light amount detecting unit that detects a detection current, which flows through the phototransistor in accordance with a received light amount, by converting the detection current into a detection voltage, and compares the detection voltage with a reference voltage detected during reception of a reference light amount, to thereby detect a change in the received light amount, a diode current control unit for controlling a diode current that is caused to flow through the photodiode, and a control unit that detects a temperature based on a forward drop voltage of the photodiode and estimates a current change rate of the phototransistor based on the detected temperature. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194587 | LENS POSITION DETECTING CIRCUIT - A position of a lens is detected by detecting, using a phototransistor, light that is emitted from a photodiode and that varies depending on lens position. A control unit divides a moving range of the lens into a plurality of areas, approximates a relationship between lens positions and current of the phototransistor for each of the areas, corrects a current of the phototransistor using the approximated relationship so as to obtain a corrected detection current having a linear relationship with respect to lens positions, and detects the position of the lens using the obtained corrected detection current. | 08-01-2013 |
20130256507 | PHOTODETECTOR CIRCUIT - Light from a photodiode is detected using a phototransistor. At the time of startup, set data concerning a detected current is received at a communication interface, and the received set data is compared with the detected current. A control unit adjusts a current of the phototransistor so that the detected current matches the set data. | 10-03-2013 |
20140218752 | LENS POSITION DETECTING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A position of a lens is detected by detecting, using a phototransistor, light that is emitted from a photodiode and that varies depending on lens position. A control unit divides a moving range of the lens into a plurality of areas, approximates a relationship between lens positions and current of the phototransistor for each of the areas, corrects a current of the phototransistor using the approximated relationship so as to obtain a corrected detection current having a linear relationship with respect to lens positions, and detects the position of the lens using the obtained corrected detection current. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090141134 | IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL CIRCUIT OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image stabilization control circuit comprises a plurality of vibration detecting elements for detecting vibration of an image pickup apparatus; a plurality of position detecting elements for detecting a position of an optical component; an analog/digital converter circuit for converting output signals of the plurality of vibration detecting elements and the plurality of position detecting elements to digital signals; and a logic circuit for generating a control signal for driving the optical component based on the output signals of the plurality of vibration detecting elements and the plurality of position detecting elements digitalized by the analog/digital converter circuit, wherein the analog/digital converter circuit digitalizes and outputs the output signal of the plurality of vibration detecting elements with respect to a plurality of axis directions, and successively digitalizes and outputs the output signal of the plurality of position detecting elements with respect to a plurality of axis directions. | 06-04-2009 |
20090160955 | VIBRATION PREVENTION CONTROL CIRCUIT OF IMAGING DEVICE - A vibration prevention control circuit is provided, comprising at least one analog-to-digital converter circuit that converts an output signal of a vibration detection element which detects vibration of an imaging device, and an output signal of a position detection element which detects a position of an optical component, into digital signals, and a logic circuit that generates a control signal which drives the optical component, based on the output signal of the vibration detection element which is digitized by the analog-to-digital converter circuit and the output signal of the position detection element which is digitized by the analog-to-digital converter circuit, wherein a phase delay circuit (all-pass filter) is provided that delays a phase of the output signal of the vibration detection element without changing an intensity in a predetermined frequency band and outputs the processed signal. | 06-25-2009 |
20090160962 | VIBRATION PREVENTION CONTROL CIRCUIT OF IMAGING DEVICE - A vibration prevention control circuit is provided that comprises at least one analog-to-digital converter circuit which samples and converts an output signal of a vibration detection element which detects vibration of an imaging device and an output signal of a position detection element which detects a position of an optical component, into digital signals, a vibration component processor that processes the output signal of the vibration detection element which is digitized by the analog-to-digital converter circuit, a down-sampling unit that down-samples the output signal of the vibration detection element which is processed by the vibration component processor, and a servo circuit that generates a control signal which drives the optical component, based on the output signal of the vibration detection element which is output from the down-sampling unit and the output signal of the position detection element which is digitized by the analog-to-digital converter circuit. | 06-25-2009 |