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20110076069 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD - A fixing device includes: a fixing member that fixes a toner image onto a recording medium; a pressing member that presses the recording medium against the fixing member; an oiling unit that applies release oil onto a surface of the fixing member to clean the surface; a removing member that is arranged between an downstream side of the oiling unit and an upstream side of the pressing member in a rotating direction of the fixing member and movable between an in-contact state where the removing member is in contact with the surface of the fixing member and an out-of-contact state where the removing member is out of contact with the surface; a drive unit that drives the removing member; and an oiling control unit that, when starting earliest fixing, controls the drive unit to gradually move the removing member from the in-contact state into the out-of-contact state. | 03-31-2011 |
20120020689 | PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING PRINTING APPARATUSES - A printing system having a first printing apparatus to form an image on one side of continuous recording medium roll, a second printing apparatus arranged downstream from the first printing apparatus to form an image on the other side of the recording medium, and a controller to control conveyance of the recording medium. The second printing apparatus has a control device that identifies the number of pages of the recording medium placed on a path between the first printing apparatus and the second printing apparatus and a storage device to store a value representing a contraction amount of the recording medium thermally contracted by excessive heating in a heat fixing device of the first printing apparatus according to a condition defining the contraction amount to align positions of images formed on both sides of the recording medium. | 01-26-2012 |
20130289763 | CONVEY CONTROL DEVICE FOR LONG OBJECT - A convey control device for a long object includes an upstream side conveying unit, a buffer unit, a downstream side conveying unit, and a convey control unit. When starting to convey the long object, by a catalyst of starting output of conveying speed information of the long object output after receiving a convey start instruction sent from another device following the downstream side conveying unit, the convey control unit releases the restricting of a driving source of the upstream side conveying unit and the downstream side conveying unit and starts the convey control of the long object. | 10-31-2013 |
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20090085431 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Devices are disclosed that include a piezoelectric vibrating piece; a glass base and lid form a package enclosing the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The piece has first and second electrodes. The base has first and second opposing surfaces. The base mounts the piezoelectric vibrating piece, and the lid seals the piezoelectric vibrating piece in the package. The base includes first and second metal wires, extending therethrough, whose ends are denuded to the first and second surfaces and connected to the first and second electrodes, respectively. In disclosed methods for making the packaged devices, such as piezoelectric oscillators, multiple packaged devices are made simultaneously by stacking and simultaneously bonding respective wafers on which glass bases, piezoelectric vibrating pieces, and lids have been formed. | 04-02-2009 |
20090096329 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Piezoelectric devices and associated fabrication methods are disclosed. An exemplary piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece having first and second electrodes and first and second surfaces, a glass base having first and second surfaces, and a lid. These three parts also form the device package. The first surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece is mounted to the base, and the lid is mounted to the second surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece to seal the package. The glass base includes first and second metal wires having ends that protrude from the surfaces of the base. The side surfaces of the protruding wire ends are connected to the first and the second electrodes, respectively. Manufacture is performed using whole wafers that are processed, sandwiched, bonded, and then cut to produce individual devices. | 04-16-2009 |
20100133958 | Piezoelectric devices and methods for manufacturing same - Methods are disclosed for manufacturing piezoelectric vibrating pieces and devices including such pieces. According to an embodiment of the method, a piezoelectric vibrating piece is produced from a piezoelectric wafer. To form the piece, a profile of the piezoelectric vibrating piece is formed in a piezoelectric wafer. A first metal film (chromium; Cr) is formed on the surface of the piezoelectric piece. The chromium film is surface-oxidized to form a film having Cr foundation layer and an oxidized surface. A second metal film (gold; Au) is formed on the oxidized surface. Then, in selected regions not destined to become electrodes, the second metal film is removed, leaving electrode patterns at designated regions of the piezoelectric vibrating piece. | 06-03-2010 |
20100192342 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Piezoelectric devices and associated fabrication methods are disclosed. An exemplary piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric vibrating piece having first and second electrodes and first and second surfaces, a glass base having first and second surfaces, and a lid. These three parts also form the device package. The first surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece is mounted to the base, and the lid is mounted to the second surface of the piezoelectric vibrating piece to seal the package. The glass base includes first and second metal wires having ends that protrude from the surfaces of the base. The side surfaces of the protruding wire ends are connected to the first and the second electrodes, respectively. Manufacture is performed using whole wafers that are processed, sandwiched, bonded, and then cut to produce individual devices. | 08-05-2010 |
20100201221 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An exemplary piezoelectric vibrating device includes a piezoelectric frame that supports and surrounds a tuning-fork type piezoelectric vibrating piece having a pair of vibrating arms. The device also includes a lid and a package base that are siloxane-bonded to the frame. The lid defines at least one frequency-adjustment hole extending through the thickness dimension of the lid from an inner major surface thereof (facing the frame) to an outer major surface of the lid. The package base defines at least one through-hole electrode passing via a respective electrode through-hole through the thickness of the base from an inner major surface thereof (facing the frame) to the outer major surface thereof. The electrode is connected to the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The lid and base include external electrodes, made of an electrically conductive material, that cover the through-holes and frequency-adjustment hole(s). | 08-12-2010 |
20120023720 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Devices are disclosed that include a piezoelectric vibrating piece; a glass base and lid form a package enclosing the piezoelectric vibrating piece. The piece has first and second electrodes. The base has first and second opposing surfaces. The base mounts the piezoelectric vibrating piece, and the lid seals the piezoelectric vibrating piece in the package. The base includes first and second metal wires, extending therethrough, whose ends are denuded to the first and second surfaces and connected to the first and second electrodes, respectively. In disclosed methods for making the packaged devices, such as piezoelectric oscillators, multiple packaged devices are made simultaneously by stacking and simultaneously bonding respective wafers on which glass bases, piezoelectric vibrating pieces, and lids have been formed. | 02-02-2012 |
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20100157423 | OBSERVATION UNIT - The observation unit according to the present invention comprises an observation device observing a sample, a placing table on which the sample is placed, a drive device moving the placing table to an observation position where the sample is observed by the observation device, and a casing sealing a first space extending in a vertical direction. The first space and the placing table are arranged so as to be displaced from each other in a horizontal direction, and the drive device is arranged in the first space. | 06-24-2010 |
20100188743 | OBSERVATION DEVICE, OBSERVATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An observation device according to the present invention comprises a stage on which a fluid vessel containing therein an object to be observed such as a cell or microorganism is to be placed, an observing part observing the object to be observed, a driving part performing a stage driving for moving a position of the stage with respect to the observing part, and a control part controlling the stage driving performed by the driving part. The stage driving includes a moving mode for moving the stage toward a predetermined position and a stop process mode for performing a stop process of stopping the stage at the predetermined position, and the control part performs the stop process several times in the stop process mode, and controls the stage driving so that a velocity or an acceleration of the stage driving is common among the stop processes in the stop process mode. | 07-29-2010 |
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20090237811 | Objective lens system for endoscope - An objective lens system for endoscope comprising at least a first negative lens element, a second positive lens element, an aperture stop, and a cemented lens component consisting of a third negative lens element and a fourth positive lens element, and being configured so as to satisfy the conditions (2), (5) and (4) or the conditions (2), (3) and (4) which are mentioned below, whereby the lens system corrects lateral chromatic aberration and longitudinal chromatic aberration with a good balance, favorably corrects aberrations such as chromatic aberration and has a compact composition or a short total length. | 09-24-2009 |
20100143965 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF ANTIMUTAGENIC SUBSTANCE USING LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM - Disclosed is a method for producing an antimutagenic substance by using a lactic acid bacterium, which can produce the antimutagenic substance in a large quantity in an extremely simple manner and is economically advantageous; particularly a method for producing an antimutagenic substance effective for a carcinogenic substance, particularly a heterocyclic amine (HCA) which is a carcinogenic substance derived from a food, by using a lactic acid bacterium. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing an antimutagenic substance by using a lactic acid bacterium, which is characterized by suspending the lactic acid bacterium in a poorly nutrient or nutrient-free medium and leaving the lactic acid bacterium in the medium. Preferably, the poorly nutrient or nutrient-free medium is selected from the group consisting of physiological saline, a phosphate-buffered saline without a calcium or magnesium salt (PBS (−)), a citrate buffer, a distilled water, an ion-exchanged water, a natural water, a well water, a tap water, a mineral-added water, a vitamin-added water, an ion supply beverage for an athlete and the like. More preferably, the lactic acid bacterium is | 06-10-2010 |
20120099234 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH THE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A driving circuit is placed on an IC chip, and which drives a semiconductor switching element. The driving circuit includes: a power supply circuit for receiving a first voltage supplied from a single power supply provided outside the IC chip, generating a second voltage based on the first voltage, and applying the second voltage to a reference terminal of the semiconductor switching element; and a driving part for driving the semiconductor switching element by applying the first voltage or stopping application of the first voltage to a control terminal of the semiconductor switching element in response to an input signal given from outside the IC chip. | 04-26-2012 |
20120224288 | POWER MODULE - A power module includes a current sensing circuit in which a transistor includes an emitter connected to a sense emitter of a current sense element of an IGBT and a base connected to ground, a current sensing resistor including one end thereof connected to a collector of the transistor and the other end thereof connected to a common connection portion. The power module detects, as a current sensing voltage, a potential difference generated by the current sensing resistor based on the common connection portion as a reference, compares the current sensing voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage, and determines whether or not an overcurrent flows through the IGBT according to a magnitude relation therebetween. | 09-06-2012 |
20130161644 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - Provided is a semiconductor module having high inrush-current tolerance. A semiconductor module includes a switching element formed of a wide bandgap semiconductor, and a free wheel diode connected in antiparallel with the switching element, wherein the free wheel diode is made of silicon and has negative temperature characteristics. | 06-27-2013 |
20130194667 | Optical System for Rigid Scope and Rigid Endoscope - By suitably correcting a secondary spectrum, a clear, bright optical image is obtained. Provided is a rigid-scope optical system including: an objective optical system; and at least one relay optical systems that are formed of positive front groups, middle groups, and back groups in this order from an entrance side and that reimage an optical image imaged at imaging planes at the entrance side onto imaging planes at an exit side, wherein axial chromatic aberration between two wavelengths is corrected by an optical system other than the diffractive optical element, and axial chromatic aberration between the two wavelengths and another wavelength is corrected by the diffractive optical element. | 08-01-2013 |
20130214748 | POWER DEVICE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND POWER DEVICE CIRCUIT - A power device control circuit enters a gate driving signal into a gate terminal of a power device. The power device control circuit includes: a control signal input circuit that receives a power device control signal for control of the power device; a driving system control circuit connected to the control signal input circuit; a driving circuit with a plurality of driving systems, the driving circuit driving the power device in response to a driving circuit control signal received from the driving system control circuit; and a timer circuit that makes switching between the driving systems in response to the driving circuit control signal after elapse of a given period of time from receipt of a predetermined signal, specifically the power device control signal, thereby changing the driving power of the driving system control circuit to drive the power device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130314834 | SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A low power consumption semiconductor driving circuit is provided which applies positive and negative bias signals to a semiconductor switching element by using a single power source to perform the switching of the semiconductor switching element. The semiconductor driving circuit is a semiconductor driving circuit for driving the semiconductor switching element. The semiconductor driving circuit includes an internal power source circuit for generating a second voltage from a first voltage supplied from an external power source, and a driver for applying the first voltage or the second voltage between the gate and emitter of the semiconductor switching element in accordance with an input signal inputted from outside to switch on and off the semiconductor switching element. The internal power source circuit is configured to operate in accordance with the input signal. | 11-28-2013 |
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20090309776 | D/A converter and reference voltage circuit including same - A variable resistor is connected to each terminal of (2̂n)−1 resistors R connected in series. The variable resistors have resistances RH and RL determined according to a digital signal containing m lower bits LoB. | 12-17-2009 |
20110164125 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR OBSERVATION UNIT, AND OBSERVATION SYSTEM - Provided is a control device for controlling an observation unit including an observation device for allowing a sample to be observed to acquire an observation image of the sample and an illumination device for illuminating the sample when the sample is observed with the observation device, the control device including a first control unit for controlling the illumination device to adjust an illuminance of the illumination device when a search mode is set for the observation unit, and a second control unit for controlling the illumination device to adjust the illuminance of the illumination device when a time lapse mode is set for the observation unit. Here, the illuminance set for the illumination device by the first control unit by adjusting the illuminance of the illumination device is lower than the illuminance set for the illumination device by the second control unit by adjusting the illuminance of the illumination device. | 07-07-2011 |
20120113074 | ILLUMINANCE SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - Disclosed are an illuminance sensor which has a spectral-response characteristic approximate to the spectral luminous efficacy and which has a low circuit complexity, and a display device including the illuminance sensor. The illuminance sensor includes (i) a current output circuit which, with use of a bitstream signal of a first analog-digital conversion circuit for carrying out an analog-digital conversion with respect to a first current flowing through a first light receiving element, outputs a current corresponding to the first current and (ii) a second analog-digital conversion circuit which receives a third current obtained by subtracting a current from a second current flowing through a second light receiving element and which thus carries out an analog-digital conversion with respect to the third current. | 05-10-2012 |
20120139877 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A proximity sensor ( | 06-07-2012 |
20120188292 | SENSOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sensor device and an electronic apparatus each of which does not make malfunction derived from outside ambient light such as sunlight. In the sensor device, an ADC outputs, to one of two input terminals of a comparison circuit, second data which is a digital value ADCOUT corresponding to a current Iin−I | 07-26-2012 |
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20080265836 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICES - A disclosed battery charger comprises multiple interfaces provided corresponding to multiple mobile devices, the interfaces being connected to the mobile devices in wired or wireless connection; a charge parameter setting unit setting one or more charge parameters for the mobile devices; a switching control unit switching timing of charging the multiple mobile devices based on the charge parameters set by the charge parameter setting unit; and a charging unit charging one of the mobile devices selected by the switching control unit. | 10-30-2008 |
20090023444 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes: a subscriber information storage device configured to store subscriber information; a registration unit configured to register, in addition to first subscriber information, second subscriber information in the subscriber information storage device, as sub-registrant subscriber information of a first terminal unit, the first subscriber information being the subscriber information associated with a first terminal unit, and the second subscriber information being the subscriber information associated with a second terminal unit; and a reception processor configured to acquire the sub-registrant subscriber information associated with the first subscriber information by referring to the subscriber information storage device, when transmission is made to the first terminal unit, and subsequently to perform processing of reception at the second terminal unit with use of the sub-registrant subscriber information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090111540 | MOBILE PHONE - The invention provides a mobile phone that effectively meets user needs to a high degree. A mobile phone in which a lower substrate on a operation panel side is foldably connected to a upper substrate on a liquid crystal display side, includes: a lower casing removably fitted to the lower substrate; a upper casing separated from the lower casing and removably fitted to the upper substrate; and a slip-off prevention section for fixing the lower casing to the lower substrate in such a manner that the lower casing is removable from the lower substrate, and for fixing the upper casing to the upper substrate in such a manner that the upper casing is removable from the upper substrate. The above constitution allows easily modifying the overall design of the mobile phone, thereby easily meeting the needs of the user to a high degree. | 04-30-2009 |
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20080242935 | Endoscope - An endoscope incorporates an objective optical system and an image sensor at its distal end and has light guides around the objective optical system. In this case, when a direction parallel to the major side of an imaging region of the image sensor is taken as a lateral direction, exit end faces of the light guides are arranged only in the lateral direction of the objective optical system, a top cover is placed opposite to the exit end faces, and an illumination light diffusing portion is provided at the position of the top cover opposite to the exit end faces. Whereby, the endoscope in which the small-diameter design of the distal end is attained and the loss of emergent light is minimized can be provided. | 10-02-2008 |
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20140111618 | Three-Dimensional Measuring Device and Three-Dimensional Measuring System - A three-dimensional measuring device includes a light source unit, a light projecting optical unit, a light receiving optical unit, a light receiving element, a scanning unit, an angle detector, an illumination light source unit, an image pickup unit and a control arithmetic unit. The control arithmetic unit comprises a distance data processing unit for controlling the scanning unit, for calculating a distance to the object to be measured based on a received light signal, and for calculating a three-dimensional data of the object based on a calculated distance and a detection signal from the angle detector, and an image data processing unit for acquiring an illuminated image and an unilluminated image, for acquiring a difference image based on both images, for detecting a retroreflective target based on the difference image and a detected intensity of a reflected light from the difference image, and for calculating a position of the target. | 04-24-2014 |
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20110148470 | Communication device - According to an exemplary aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a communication device that can prevent misdetection of a disconnection and achieve a high output level on a receptacle side. In the communication device, a reference voltage generating circuit outputs a reference voltage that changes according to a first control signal. A differential amplifier circuit amplifies input signals and outputs differential output signals, the voltages of which change according to a second control signal, to a receptacle. A disconnection detector circuit outputs a disconnection detecting signal when a differential amplitude voltage between the differential output signals is equal to or higher than the reference voltage. The reference voltage generating circuit outputs the reference voltage that is larger than the differential amplitude voltage when the receptacle is terminated and that is smaller than the differential amplitude voltage when the receptacle is opened. | 06-23-2011 |
20120224012 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Disclosed are a sheet conveying device and an ink jet recording apparatus capable of conveying a sheet in close contact with a drum without wrinkles. In a sheet conveying mechanism which presses a pressing roller against the front surface of a sheet being conveyed by a conveying drum to bring the sheet into close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the conveying drum, a back tension application device is provided at a position immediately before the sheet enters between the conveying drum and the pressing roller. The back tension application device sucks the front surface of the sheet to apply back tension to the sheet. Therefore, it is possible to prevent slackness of the sheet which enters between the pressing roller and the conveying drum and to prevent the occurrence of wrinkles. | 09-06-2012 |
20130162742 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An aspect of the present invention provides an inkjet recording apparatus, including: a conveyance device which has a moving suctioning surface and which conveys a cut sheet medium by suctioning the medium on the suctioning surface, a concavoconvex pattern being formed in the suctioning surface by arranging recess sections regularly in the suctioning surface, and suction holes each having an opening smaller than a size of openings of the recess sections being formed inside the recess sections; and a recording head which forms an image by ejecting ink by an inkjet method onto a surface of the medium which is conveyed by the conveyance device. According to the aspect, it is possible to prevent floating and wrinkling of the medium during conveyance, and an image of high quality can be recorded. | 06-27-2013 |
20130215204 | PAPER CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - A paper conveyance apparatus includes: a drum that conveys a paper by winding the paper around an outer peripheral surface thereof and being rotated; a press roller that presses a surface of the paper at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral surface of the drum and brings a reverse surface of the paper into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drum; and a back tension providing unit having an adsorption surface by which the surface or the reverse surface of the paper is absorbed, the back tension providing unit being configured so that provides the paper with a back tension by causing the adsorption surface to adsorb the surface or the reverse surface of the paper with an adsorption force which decreases from the center in a width direction of the paper toward both ends in the width direction of the paper. | 08-22-2013 |