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20090284465 | CAPACITIVE MOTION DETECTION DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE USING THE SAME - When the mode is switched to a motion detection mode, using a changeover switch, the mode is switched to the motion detection mode by pressing the changeover switch. In this mode, motion detection is performed by moving a hand in an area to be operated. When the mode is switched from the motion detection mode to a normal mode, the hand is moved away from the area to be operated, or the changeover switch is again pressed. Moreover, when the hand is distant from a capacitive sensor, it is determined that a motion input operation is being performed. When the hand is close to the capacitive sensor, it is determined that no motion input operation is being performed, and thus the motion detection mode is changed. | 11-19-2009 |
20120220169 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT SOCKET - An electronic component socket includes a housing having a housing portion surrounded with a side wall and a bottom wall; multiple terminals to be disposed so as to pass through the bottom wall of the housing; and a metal plate configured to form at least a portion of the bottom wall of the housing, having multiple through-holes containable with the multiple terminals; with the plurality of terminals including a contact portion contactable with an electrode of an electronic component containable with the housing, and a connection portion connectable with a round of a substrate allocatable on the opposite side of the housing of the bottom wall; and with the metal plate being embedded in the housing so that a portion thereof is exposed. | 08-30-2012 |
20130303005 | SOCKET FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A socket for electronic components configured to connect each electrode terminal of an electronic component to a wiring of a wiring board with a shield member having electrical conductivity and multiple openings being disposed on the wiring board, with a contact unit configured to electrically conduct the electrode terminal of the electronic component and the wiring of the wiring board PB being disposed in the openings, and with the contact unit including a ground contacting portion configured to electrically conduct with the shield member, and when the contact unit is for grounding, grounding is performed by the ground contacting portion and the shield member being brought into contact and electrically conducting. | 11-14-2013 |
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20100131992 | Delivery of content in video-on-demand system - A method of delivering and playing content includes delivering, through first-group channels, an entirety of content at a content bit rate with a time difference between each delivery commencement, delivering, through one or more second-group channels, only a start portion of the content at two or more times the content bit rate, selecting, from the first-group channels and the one or more second-group channels, a channel through which the start portion of the content is received earliest after a view request, followed by receiving and playing the start portion, and selecting, after receiving the start portion through the selected channel that is one of the one or more second-group channels, one of the first-group channels through which the remainder of the content is received for a first time after a start of the reception of the start portion, followed by receiving and playing the remainder of the content. | 05-27-2010 |
20100153988 | Unknown - A VOD server refers to advertisement delivery information, and inserts a stream of advertising content in a stream of video content of a main part, based on advertisement inserting position information indicating an inserting position of the advertising content to be inserted into the video content of the main part, for delivery to a client terminal. When making this delivery, at least time information, such as time management information of reproduced output or decoding, to be added to the stream of the video content of the main part and the stream of the advertising content to be delivered to the client terminal, is replaced by time information in accordance with an order of the streams to be delivered to the client terminal. | 06-17-2010 |
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20110036614 | ALUMINUM ELECTRIC WIRE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An aluminum electric wire includes an annealing conductor that is made up of elemental wires made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.90-1.20 mass % Fe, 0.10-0.25 mass % Mg, 0.01-0.05 mass % Ti, 0.0005-0.0025 mass % B, and the balance being Al and has a tensile strength of 110 MPa or more, a breaking elongation of 15% or more, and an electric conductivity of 58% IACS or more, and an insulating material covering the conductor. The wire is produced by casting an aluminum alloy prepared by rapidly solidifying a molten aluminum alloy having the above composition, producing the wires by subjecting the alloy to plasticity processing, producing the conductor by bunching the wires, subjecting the wires or the conductor to annealing at 250° C. or higher, and then covering the conductor with the insulator. | 02-17-2011 |
20130255840 | ALUMINUM ELECTRIC WIRE FOR AN AUTOMOBILE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An aluminum electric wire includes an annealing conductor that is made up of elemental wires made of an aluminum alloy containing 0.90-1.20 mass % Fe, 0.10-0.25 mass % Mg, 0.01-0.05 mass % Ti, 0.0005-0.0025 mass % B, and the balance being Al and has a tensile strength of 110 MPa or more, a breaking elongation of 15% or more, and an electric conductivity of 58% IACS or more, and an insulating material covering the conductor. The wire is produced by casting an aluminum alloy prepared by rapidly solidifying a molten aluminum alloy having the above composition, producing the wires by subjecting the alloy to plasticity processing, producing the conductor by bunching the wires, subjecting the wires or the conductor to annealing at 250° C. or higher, and then covering the conductor with the insulator. | 10-03-2013 |
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20110098552 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes; a data collection unit which collects magnetic resonance data from a patient by a half Fourier method using a plurality of coils; an unfolding unit which performs an unfolding process on a plurality of items of folded image data obtained from the plurality of coils to generate unfolded image data by using sensitivity data of the plurality of coils; and a data processing unit which repeatedly performs a data filling process and a phase correction process to improve accuracy of data in an unsampled region to generate image data for display, the data filling process filling the unsampled region in k-space with k-space data obtained by Fourier-transforming the unfolded image data and the unsampled region being a region for which the data have not been collected. | 04-28-2011 |
20110216955 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In an MRI apparatus, an executing unit executes an image taking sequence according to a parallel imaging method so as to collect MR signals by using a plurality of RF coils; a reconstructing unit reconstructs an MR image from the MR signals; an unfolding processing unit performs an unfolding process to unfold aliasing that has occurred in the MR image, by using sensitivity distribution data indicating a spatial sensitivity distribution of the RF coils; a judging unit judges whether the unfolded image includes one or more pixels of which the pixel values are abnormal; and when the judgment result is in the affirmative, a correcting unit corrects the sensitivity distribution data so that the pixel values of the pixels become closer to a normal value. After the sensitivity distribution data has been corrected, the unfolding processing unit performs the unfolding process again by using the corrected sensitivity distribution data. | 09-08-2011 |
20120081116 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a MRI apparatus includes a data acquisition unit, a phase correction amount calculation unit and an image data generating unit. The data acquisition unit acquires MR signals in 3D k-space according to an imaging condition for HFI. The phase correction amount calculation unit calculates a first phase correction amount by applying processing including a phase correction based on k-space data for calculating the first phase correction amount and data compensation for a non-sampling region with the MR signals in the 3D k-space. The k-space data for calculating the first phase correction are MR signals less than the MR signals in the 3D k-space. The image data generating unit generates MR image data by applying processing including a phase correction using a second phase correction amount based on the first phase correction amount and the data compensation with the MR signals in the 3D k-space. | 04-05-2012 |
20140051978 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR NON-CONTRAST MRA AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SIGNAL ACQUISITION METHOD EMPLOYED BY THE SAME - A magnetic resonance imaging system uses a first RF coil for acquiring a magnetic resonance signal from a subject, and a device for estimating a cardiac phase of the subject based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the first RF coil. The first RF coil, for example, can be an RF coil exclusive to cardiac phase estimation. The magnetic resonance imaging system also uses a second RF coil for acquiring a magnetic resonance signal based on the estimated cardiac phase, and a device for reconstructing a magnetic resonance image of the subject based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the second RF coil. Thus, MRA can be performed by estimating a cardiac phase. | 02-20-2014 |
20140292335 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an obtaining unit, a correction coefficient deriving unit, an amplification degree deriving unit, and a filtering processing unit. The obtaining unit obtains a distribution of a radio frequency magnetic field. The correction coefficient deriving unit derives, on a basis of the distribution of the radio frequency magnetic field, a transmission correction coefficient used for correcting a transmission unevenness. The amplification degree deriving unit derives, for each of pixels, an amplification degree by which noise components are amplified in the image due to the correction, on the basis of either the distribution of the radio frequency magnetic field or the transmission correction coefficient. The filtering processing unit performs a filtering process according to the amplification degree on each of the pixels in the image to which the correction is applied. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100032628 | IRIDIUM-CONTAINING PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An iridium-containing group II-VI compound phosphor capable of efficiently emitting light without any economical problems or problems in energy efficiency or color purity is provided. A method for producing the phosphor is also provided. The phosphor comprises iridium and a group II-VI compound semiconductor, and the iridium is uniformly dispersed in surfaces of phosphor particles and in an inside of the phosphor particles. The method for producing the iridium-containing phosphor comprises firing an inorganic composition containing a group II-VI compound semiconductor and an iridium compound, and an iridium complex salt is used as the iridium compound. | 02-11-2010 |
20100109508 | M-C-N-O BASED PHOSPHOR - M-C—N—O based phosphors having high emission intensity are provided without using heavy metals, rare metals, and special activator agents. Colors of the M-C—N—O based phosphors can be changed by adjusting a peak top of an emission spectrum. Highly environmentally-compatible polymer dispersions, inorganic EL devices, light emitting devices, fluorescent tubes, and the like are also provided, which use the M-C—N—O based phosphors. | 05-06-2010 |
20100260662 | GROUP II METAL SULFIDE PHOSPHOR PRECURSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR - The process of the invention is provided to achieve uniform doping of an activator metal into phosphor particles and to improve efficiency of utlization of a metal element to be used in the production of a Group II metal sulfide phosphor and a precursor thereof. Specifically, the object of the invention is achieved by a process for producing a Group II metal sulfide phosphor precursor, comprising adding to an organic solvent an aqueous solution containing at least one of a Group II element compound, a sulfurizing agent, and a compound containing any of copper, silver, manganese, gold, and rare-earth elements to obtain a reaction mixture, heating the reaction mixture to produce an azeotrope of the water and the organic solvent, and removing the water from the reaction mixture to produce a desired Group II metal sulfide in the reaction mixture, wherein the removal of the water from the reaction mixture is carried out by recovering only the water condensed from a vapor produced by the azeotropic distillation. | 10-14-2010 |
20110147663 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ZINC SULFIDE BASED PHOSPHOR - The present invention provides a method for producing a zinc sulfide based phosphor by firing a zinc sulfide based phosphor precursor, comprising at least: a first firing step of firing a mixture containing a zinc sulfide based phosphor precursor, sulfur, and a chlorine-containing flux; and a second firing step of further firing the fired product obtained from the first firing step, wherein the first firing step comprises: heating the mixture in an atmosphere wherein an air stream is introduced so that a temperature of the mixture is increased from normal temperature to a transformation temperature at which a crystal system of the phosphor precursor is transformed; when a temperature of the mixture is increased above the transformation temperature, switching the atmosphere to a nitrogen atmosphere and continuing the heating of the mixture; and when the temperature of the mixture reaches a temperature in a range of 1000° C. to 1200° C., inclusive, maintaining the temperature of the mixture at a constant level and thereafter rapidly quenching the mixture and washing the mixture to obtain a fired product; and wherein the second firing step comprises heating in the nitrogen atmosphere the fired product obtained from the first firing step so that the temperature of the fired product is increased from normal temperature to a temperature in a range of 650° C. to 1000° C., inclusive; and when a temperature of the fired product reaches the temperature in the range of 650° C. to 1000° C., inclusive, introducing oxygen while maintaining the temperature of the fired product and thereafter rapidly quenching the fired product and washing the fired product to obtain a zinc sulfide based phosphor. Use of the method of the present invention makes it possible to provide a zinc sulfide based phosphor material suitable for use in the production of an EL device that shows high brightness. | 06-23-2011 |
20110260108 | METHOD OF PRODUCING M-C-N-O BASED PHOSPHOR - A method of producing an M-C—N—O based phosphor with reduced non-uniform emission and improved color purity is provided. The method of producing an M-C—N—O based phosphor comprising a group IIIB element (M), carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) comprises: heating a mixture comprising a group IIIB element-containing compound and a nitrogen-containing organic compound to form a pyrolysate; disintegrating the resulting pyrolysate-containing product; and firing the disintegrated product. | 10-27-2011 |
20120018675 | ALUMINUM OXIDE PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an Al—C—O based phosphor using neither heavy metal nor rare metal and composed of elements with high environmental compatibility and excellent economic efficiency, wherein the wavelength of the peak intensity of the emission spectrum can be changed without changing the basic composition. An aluminum oxide phosphor which comprises aluminum (Al), carbon (C), and oxygen (O) respectively in an amount of 30 mol %01-26-2012 | |
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20090081060 | Compressor - A compressor having a cylinder bore where fluid is compressed, a valve plate for partitioning the cylinder bore and a suction chamber, a suction hole provided in the valve plate and communicating the cylinder bore and the suction chamber, and a suction reed valve for opening and closing the suction hole and caused, when the valve closes the suction hole, to be in contact with a suction reed valve seal section of the valve plate. The suction reed valve seal section is located outside a suction hole-provided region. A suction reed valve support section, with which the suction reed valve can be in contact when the suction reed valve is closed, is provided also in the suction hole-provided region of the valve plate, and a valve function is provided between the outer periphery portion of the suction reed valve contact section of the suction reed valve support section and the suction reed valve. A through hole is provided in a part inside the portion where the valve function of the reed valve is provided. In the compressor, pressure loss at a suction valve portion in a suction stroke is reduced to improve suction efficiency etc. and vibration of the reed valve is suppressed by the reduction in pressure loss. | 03-26-2009 |
20090238698 | Reciprocal Compressor - An object of the present invention is to provide a reciprocal compressor wherein a cylinder block is provided with a void space communicating with a discharge chamber to increase the volume of the discharge chamber and which can resolve the problem of a conventional reciprocal compressor. | 09-24-2009 |
20100144450 | POWER TRANSMISSION - A power transmission device having a coupling portion of a driven body and a drive body constituted by combining a positive torque transmission member for transmitting torque in forward rotational direction but interrupting transmission of torque from the drive body by breaking itself when the drive load of the driven body exceeds a predetermined level, with a separate negative torque transmission member for transmitting torque in reverse rotational direction is further provided with a means for generating pretension in the positive torque transmission member in the pulling direction and simultaneously generating a pretension in the negative torque transmission member in the compressing direction after both torque transmission members are combined. A highly reliable power transmission device which can impart a desired pretension precisely and conveniently, and can interrupt torque properly by suppressing fatigue of material at the coupling portion can be provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100183359 | POWER TRANSMISSION - A power transmission interconnects a drive body and a driven body by a coupling member, transmits torque of the drive body to the driven body, and interrupts the torque when a drive load of the driven body exceeds a predetermined value. The coupling member has, as separate sections in the coupling member, both of a positive torque transmission section and a negative torque transmission section. The positive torque transmission section holds torque in the forward rotational direction and, when a drive load of the driven body exceeds the predetermined value, interrupts transmission of torque from the drive body by its own fracture. The negative torque transmission section holds torque in the reverse rotational direction. Even if there is a torque fluctuation on the drive body, its influence can be suppressed as little as possible, and interruption of torque can be performed properly at a target interruption torque value. The power transmission can be provided with a simple structure and an excellent assemblability. | 07-22-2010 |
20100209272 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A variable displacement compressor comprises an opening-degree adjustment valve which is disposed in a flow passage between a suction port and a suction hole communicating with a cylinder bore and variably controls the opening area of the flow passage. The variable displacement compressor is characterized in that the resistance against the movement of the valve body of the opening-degree adjustment valve in the direction of increasing the opening area of the flow passage is made to be greater than the resistance against the movement thereof in the direction of decreasing the opening area. The liquid compression at the starting of the compressor is prevented from occurring, whereby the durability and the reliability of the device can be improved and the device can exhibit excellent displacement control responsiveness. | 08-19-2010 |
20100298091 | Power Transmission - A power transmission in which a driven body and a drive body for driving the driven body are rotated in the same direction and are coupled through a coupling portion, transmission of torque from the drive body is interrupted when the driving load of the driven body exceeds a predetermined level, and the coupling portion is constituted by combining members different from each other of a positive torque transmission member for transmitting torque in the direction of forward rotation and interrupting transmission of torque from the drive body by its own fracture when the driving load of the driven body exceeds the predetermined level and a negative torque transmission member capable of transmitting torque in the direction of reverse rotation. At a contact portion between the positive torque transmission member and the negative torque transmission member, interposed is a surface layer composed of a different kind of material from a material composing the positive and negative torque transmission members. Reliability and durability of the power transmission can be improved by preventing occurrence of melt-adhesion, abrasion or rust at the contact portion between the members constituting the coupling portion. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100123877 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes an axial fan and a louver. The axial fan includes blades which are rotated to generate an airflow in an axial direction so that air is exhausted from a housing. The louver includes inclined plate portions which are inclined with respect to the axial direction, the inclined plate portions being arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction at an airflow exit side of the axial fan, the louver being divided into a first area and a second area by a straight line which passes through an axial center of the blades, the inclined plate portions being inclined in different directions between the first area and the second area such that the inclined plate portions are inclined along the direction in which the blades are rotated. | 05-20-2010 |
20100124019 | BLOWER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A blower for an electronic device includes a fan frame having an opening through which air passes for cooling the electronic device; a blade arranged in the opening of the fan frame; a motor configured to rotationally drive the blade; an attachment portion provided outside the opening of the fan frame, the attachment portion causing the fan frame to be attached to the electronic device; and a holder fixed to the electronic device and holding the attachment portion in a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis of the blade. | 05-20-2010 |
20110211170 | Projector apparatus - A filter device includes: first and second filter elements allowing air to pass therethrough; and first and second filter holding members holding the first and second filter elements such that they are linearly connected side by side, the holding members being connected to be foldable in the position where the filter elements are connected. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211173 | Projector apparatus - A projector apparatus includes: an air intake port taking external air into the body of the apparatus; a duct guiding the external air taken in through the air intake port; a filter horizontally disposed in the duct; and a fan supplying the external air to a heat-generating part from underneath after the external air passes through the filter. | 09-01-2011 |
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20100188030 | MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLER - In a motor speed controller, feedback control is implemented at a gain independent of the target rotational speed ω | 07-29-2010 |
20100188032 | MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLER - A motor speed controller detects out-of-control reverse rotation of a motor even when the pulse signal obtained from the motor and synchronized with the rotation is of only one kind. A target instruction signal is generated on the basis of a target rotational speed ω | 07-29-2010 |
20100188036 | DRIVER CIRCUIT - An amount of a motor drive current is controlled to an appropriate value. Two coils are provided, and a rotor is rotated by the coils by setting different phases for the supplied currents to the two coils. During a phase where one of the coils is in a high-impedance state, an induced voltage generated in the coil is detected. According to the state of the induced voltage, an output control circuit controls the amounts of the motor drive currents supplied to the two coils. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188103 | PULSE PERIOD MEASUREMENT METHOD - The effect of chattering on the measurement of the pulse period is reduced. The pulse period representing the rise interval of target pulses appearing in a pulse signal PI is measured. The pulse signal PI is sampled in synchronization with a measurement clock CLK. Measurement of a designated inhibition period is started in synchronization with the fall of the signal PI. Measurement of the current pulse period is completed and measurement of a new pulse period is started if the inhibition period has elapsed at the rise of the signal PI. Counting of the current pulse period is continued if the inhibition period has not elapsed. | 07-29-2010 |
20100289444 | DRIVER CIRCUIT - A stepping motor includes two coils and has supply currents to the two coils with different phases so that a rotor is rotated by the two coils. During a period where one coil is in a high impedance state, an induced voltage generated at that coil is detected. An output control circuit controls the magnitude of motor drive current supplied to the two coils in accordance with the detected induced voltage state. Then, prior to entering the high impedance state from the drive state, a short-circuit period is provided for short circuiting both terminals of the coil. | 11-18-2010 |
20110074321 | MOTOR DRIVE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A differential amplifier detects a coil current Is at the time of steady rotation of a synchronous motor. An application voltage S | 03-31-2011 |
20110156624 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING A SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - A coil current detector detects a current component flowing through a coil. A scaling unit scales a drive signal. An induced voltage component extraction unit extracts an induced voltage component by removing the drive signal, scaled by the scaling unit, from the coil current component detected by the current detector. A phase difference detector detects a phase difference between the phase of the drive signal and that of the induced voltage component. A signal adjustment unit adjusts the drive signal so that the phase difference detected by the phase difference detector can be brought close to a target phase difference. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156631 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ROTATING A ROTOR BY SUPPLYING THE CURRENTS TO TWO COILS - When a driver unit is in a high impedance state as viewed from a first coil or a second coil, an induced voltage detector detects the voltage across the first coil or that across the second coil so as to detect an induced voltage occurring in the first coil or the second coil. The induced voltage detector includes a differential amplifier circuit for differentially amplifying an electric potential across the first coil or that across the second coil, and an analog-to-digital converter circuit for converting an analog value outputted from the differential amplifier circuit into a digital value and outputting the converted digital value to a control unit. The control unit generates a drive signal based on an input signal set externally and adjusts the drive signal in accordance with the induced voltage detected by the induced voltage detector so as to set the adjusted drive signal in the driver unit. | 06-30-2011 |
20130307454 | DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD - An amount of a motor drive current is controlled to an appropriate value. Two coils are provided, and a rotor is rotated by the coils by setting different phases for the supplied currents to the two coils. During a phase where one of the coils is in a high-impedance state, an induced voltage generated in the coil is detected. According to the state of the induced voltage, an output control circuit controls the amounts of the motor drive currents supplied to the two coils. | 11-21-2013 |
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20110073438 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SAMPLE TRANSPORTING DEVICE, AND SAMPLE RACK TRANSPORTING METHOD - A sample processing apparatus which has a transporting device; a sample processing device, the transporting device has a first transport path; a second transport path; a rack moving mechanism for moving the sample rack from the first transport path to the second transport path; a guide member, movable in vertical directions, for allowing the sample rack to move from the first transport path to the second transport path when the guide member is at a predetermined position, and for preventing the sample rack being transported on the first transport path or the second transport path from deviating from the transport path when the guide member is above the predetermined position; and a drive source for moving the guide member in vertical directions. Also, a sample transporting device, and a sample rack transporting method. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076193 | RACK TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A rack transporting apparatus including: a first transport path for transporting a sample rack to the sample processing unit; a second transport path for transporting the sample rack, without passing through the sample processing unit, in the same direction as a transport direction of the sample rack by the first transport path; a third transport path for transporting the sample rack in the opposite direction of the transport direction by the first transport path and the second transport path; a first rack transferring mechanism for transferring the sample rack from the second transport path to the first transport path through a first holding region being capable of holding the sample rack; and a second rack transferring mechanism for transferring the sample rack from the first transport path to the second transport path or the third transport path through a second holding region being capable of holding the sample rack. | 03-31-2011 |
20140037517 | TUBE SORTER, SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SAMPLE TRANSPORTING METHOD - A tube sorter comprising: a rack stocker configured to have stocked therein a sample rack capable of holding one or more sample tubes; a transporting section configured to transport a sample rack; a tube conveyor configured to perform an unloading operation of unloading a sample tube from a sample rack that was transported by the transporting section and a loading operation of loading the sample tube onto a sample rack supplied from or stocked in the rack stocker; and a rack conveyor configured to convey an empty sample rack or a sample rack to be emptied to the rack stocker, is disclosed. | 02-06-2014 |
20140079527 | SAMPLE SORTING APPARATUS, SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND SAMPLE SORTING METHOD - A sample sorting apparatus used in a sample processing system comprises a sample supplying apparatus, a sample processing apparatus, and a transporting apparatus connected to the sample processing apparatus. The sample sorting apparatus comprises a first entrance for receiving a sample rack from the sample supplying apparatus, a container conveyor configured to take out a sample container from the sample rack received through the first entrance and configured to set the taken out sample container on a sample rack, a first exit for sending the sample rack on which the sample container is set to the transporting apparatus, a second entrance for receiving the sample rack from the transporting apparatus, a second exit for sending the sample rack received through the second entrance to the sample supplying apparatus, and a transporter configured to transport the sample rack from the second entrance to the second exit. | 03-20-2014 |
20140212248 | TUBE SORTER AND TUBE SORTING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a tube sorter comprising: a transporting section configured to transport a sample rack; a storage arranged at a higher level than the transporting section, capable of storing a plurality of sample tubes; a lifting section configured to lift up the sample rack transported by the rack transporting section; and a sample tube transferring section configured to remove a sample tube from the sample rack lifted up by the lifting section and set the removed sample tube in the storage. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090220869 | REFLECTION-TYPE MASK AND METHOD OF MAKING THE REFLECTION-TYPE MASK - To provide a reflection-type mask having a reduced shadowing effect, capable of phase shift exposure and having a shading frame of sufficient shading performance. The mask includes a substrate | 09-03-2009 |
20110286002 | LIGHT REFLECTING MASK, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MEASURING METHOD - A light reflecting mask includes a reflecting layer which is provided on a substrate and reflects light, an absorbing layer which is provided on the reflecting layer and absorbs light, a device pattern which is formed in a first region of the absorbing layer, and a reflectance measuring pattern which is formed in a second region of the absorbing layer. The reflectance measuring pattern is a diffraction grating. | 11-24-2011 |
20140242499 | LIGHT-REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK AND MASK BLANK FOR EUV EXPOSURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a light-reflective photomask including a circuit pattern area, and an outside area positioned outside the circuit pattern area includes a substrate, a low-reflectivity layer provided in both the circuit pattern area, and the outside area, formed on the substrate, including at least a conductive layer, and comprising a first reflectivity for deep ultraviolet light, a multilayer reflection layer provided in the circuit pattern area, and formed on the low-reflectivity layer, and a light-absorber provided in the circuit pattern area, formed on the multilayer reflection layer, including a circuit pattern, and comprising a second reflectivity for deep ultraviolet light. The first reflectivity is lower than or equal to the second reflectivity. | 08-28-2014 |
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20090067903 | COIL UNIT FOR INDUCTION HEATING FIXING DEVICE - In an embodiment of the present invention, an electromagnetic induction coil, insulating plates, and a magnetic core are positioned by a coil holder including holder plates on which ribs are integrally formed. Consequently, the electromagnetic induction coil is regulated from sliding on the holder plates and fixed in a desired proper position regardless of flows of a mold material caused when a coil mold is injection-molded. | 03-12-2009 |
20090101635 | COIL UNIT OF INDUCTION HEATING FIXING DEVICE - In an embodiment of the invention, a plug is connected to an end of a litz wire of an electromagnetic induction coil. In a state where the plug is protruded, the electromagnetic induction coil, an insulating plate, a magnetic core and a coil holder are integrally sealed with a coil mold. A center coil unit, a first and a second side coil units are arranged to be opposite to a heat roller, the plug is inserted in a socket of a power source code or a connection code, and the electromagnetic induction coil can be connected to a power source. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103958 | INDUCTION HEATING FIXING DEVICE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an embodiment of the present invention, one side of first and second side coils formed by winding a Litz wire plural times are formed by bending the Litz wire and the other sides thereof are formed by simply winding the Litz wire without bending the same. The bent one ends of the first and second side coils are arranged to be adjacent to a center coil and the other ends simply wound without being bent are arranged to be opposed to both ends of a heat roller. | 04-23-2009 |
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20090002799 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes an electrically conductive reflective film capable of reflecting light that is incident thereto and having electrical conductivity in which plural fine penetration holes are formed, an electrochromic film that is provided at a side of the electrically conductive reflective film at which the light is incident and reflected, an electrically conductive film that is provided at a side of the electrically conductive reflective film that is opposite from the electrochromic film, and an electrolytic solution that contains lithium ions and is enclosed between the electrically conductive film and the electrically conductive reflective film. The plural penetration holes formed in the electrically conductive reflective film penetrate in a thickness direction thereof, and a ratio between a distance between respective centers of the penetration holes and an inner peripheral diameter dimension of the penetration holes is 7 or more. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002800 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes an electrochromic film, an electrically conductive reflective film formed at one thickness direction side of the electrochromic film, an electrically conductive film provided at one thickness direction side of the electrochromic film and at a side of the electrically conductive reflective film that is opposite from the electrochromic film, an electrolytic solution containing lithium ions and enclosed between the electrically conductive reflective film and the electrically conductive film, and a reduction reaction compensation unit. In the electrolytic solution, due to applying a voltage such that the electrically conductive film is made positive and electrically conductive reflective film is made negative, the lithium ions move toward the side of the electrochromic film and are provided to a reduction reaction of the electrochromic film. The reduction reaction compensation unit compensates the reduction reaction. | 01-01-2009 |
20090002801 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes a transparent electrode film, an electrochromic film formed at one thickness direction side of the transparent electrode film, a light reflective film that reflects light that has transmitted through the transparent electrode film and the electrochromic film, a lithium ion transmissive film provided between the electrochromic film and the light reflective film, an electrically conductive film provided at the one thickness direction side of the transparent electrode film and at a side of the light reflective film opposite from the lithium ion transmissive film, and an electrolytic solution that comprises lithium ions and is enclosed between the light reflective film and the electrically conductive film. The lithium ion transmissive film transmits lithium ions and imposed diffusion of silver from the side of the light reflective film to the side of the electrochromic film. | 01-01-2009 |
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20110051109 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A measurement apparatus which includes a plurality of sensors arranged on a movable member, and a plurality of scales attached to a structure, and measures a position of the movable member by detecting a displacement of the movable member using a sensor and a scale that face each other, the plurality of scales including two first scales configured to detect displacements of the movable member in a first direction, and two second scales configured to detect displacements of the movable member in a second direction different from the first direction, and the apparatus comprising a controller configured to reduce a measurement error resulting from a geometrical error between the two first scales. | 03-03-2011 |
20140125962 | STAGE APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A stage apparatus includes a stage, an interferometric measurement device which is arranged to be able to measure a position of a surface of a mirror arranged on a side surface of the stage, and a driving unit configured to position the stage based on a measurement result of the interferometric measurement device. The interferometric measurement device includes: a varying unit configured to periodically vary an incident position where measurement light is incident on the mirror; and a detecting unit configured to detect rotation of the mirror based on a variation amount of the measurement result of the interferometric measurement device, which is generated upon a periodic variation of the incident position. | 05-08-2014 |
20140198307 | INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an interferometer system that irradiates an object to be measured with measuring light to thereby measure the position of the object to be measured. The interferometer system includes a laser light source; an interferometer configured to separate laser light emitted from an emission opening of the laser light source into the measuring light and reference light; and an optical path protecting member configured to surround an optical axis such that the laser light passes through the inside thereof and of which one opening is in contact with the emission opening. | 07-17-2014 |
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20080308999 | Sheet feeding device - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sheet feeding device including: a tray holding sheets; a chamber having an opening and generating a negative pressure thereinside; a suction belt that suctions and conveys a first sheet from the sheets and that is configured to be rotatable along with the chamber and deformable into a concave shape along with the opening; a regulating member disposed inside the opening to regulate a concaving amount of the suction belt; a sheet gate disposed in a sheet feeding passage to be opposed to the suction belt and configured to retreat when contacted by the suction belt; and a nozzle that blows air toward the sheet and toward the suction belt. | 12-18-2008 |
20090184454 | SHEET POST PROCESS DEVICE WITH STAPLER MECHANISM - A sheet post process device with a stapler mechanism includes a conveying path configured to convey a sheet on which an image is formed to the stapler mechanism; a first sensor disposed along the conveying path and configured to detect a moving position of the sheet; and a tray in which the sheets are stacked to undergo a stapling process; and a rotary cam having a spiral shape disposed at a conveying path outlet through which the sheet is ejected from the conveying path to the tray. When the sheet passes through the conveying path outlet, the cam rotates and comes into contact with the sheet to move the sheet to the tray. | 07-23-2009 |
20100221041 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DRUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A disclosed photoconductive drum includes a mechanism where, when the sleeve inner circumferential surface pressing member is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the photoconductive sleeve member, a displacement of the first end surface member with respect to the photoconductive sleeve member in the center line direction leads to increasing a pressing force applied from the sleeve inner circumferential surface pressing member to the inner circumferential surface of the photoconductive sleeve member. | 09-02-2010 |
20120087703 | Cooling device and image forming apparatus - A cooling device includes: a cooling roller that cools down a sheet-like member by coming into contact with the sheet-like member; a belt member that is rotatably extended by a plurality of extending members, presses the sheet-like member against the cooling roller, and holds and carries the sheet-like member; and a driving roller that serves as one of the plurality of extending members and drives to rotate the belt member, wherein the driving roller is axially divided into a plurality of rollers and each of the plurality of rollers has a crown-like shape whose outer diameter continuously becomes larger from both end parts to a center part in an axial direction. | 04-12-2012 |
20120291299 | SHEET LENGTH MEASURING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet length measuring device includes a rotating body configured to rotate with a movement of a sheet in a conveying direction; a position detecting unit configured to detect leading and trailing ends of the sheet passing through a position of the rotating body; a measuring unit configured to measure a rotation amount of the rotating body and output an origin signal per one revolution of the rotating body; a storage unit configured to store changes of a sheet conveying amount with respect to respective rotation angles in one revolution of the rotating body; and a calculating unit configured to calculate a corrected length of the sheet from a value obtained from a rotation angle of the rotating body when the leading end of the sheet is detected and a value obtained from a rotation angle of the rotating body when the trailing end of the sheet is detected. | 11-22-2012 |
20130049296 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus including: a sheet conveying unit; an upstream side guiding member that forms an upstream side conveying route of a sheet; a downstream side guiding member that forms a downstream side conveying route of the sheet; an upstream side detection unit; and a downstream side detection unit, wherein a detection position of the sheet for the upstream side detection unit is set between the sheet conveying unit and a position where the sheet is in contact with the upstream side guiding member, and a detection position of the sheet for the downstream side detection unit is set between the sheet conveying unit and a position where the sheet is in contact with the downstream side guiding member. | 02-28-2013 |
20130195482 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYING DISTANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND SHEET LENGTH CALCULATION APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet; a conveying amount measuring unit that measures a conveying amount of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a first detection unit that detects the sheet downstream of the sheet conveying unit in a conveying direction of the sheet; a second detection unit that detects the sheet upstream of the sheet conveying unit in the conveying direction of the sheet; and a conveying distance calculation unit that calculates a conveying distance of the sheet based on the measured result by the conveying amount measuring unit and the detected results detected by the first detection unit and the second detection unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20130228969 | SHEET CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed sheet carrying device includes a first carrying unit that includes a first rotary body, a first driving unit outputting a driving force at a first peripheral speed, a one-way clutch transmitting the driving force only in a sheet carrying direction, and a second rotary body driven by the first rotary body via the sheet; and a second carrying unit including a third rotary body rotating at a second peripheral speed being the first peripheral speed or more, a fourth rotary body carrying the sheet with the third rotary body, a second driving unit outputting a driving force for driving the fourth rotary body at a third peripheral speed being the second peripheral speed or more, and a torque limiter having a slip torque smaller than a sheet carrying torque and cutting off the driving force while the sheet is interposed between the third and fourth rotary bodies. | 09-05-2013 |
20130241146 | DEVICE FOR CORRECTING AN EDGE PORTION OF A SHEET MATERIAL AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a device for correcting an edge portion of a sheet material, including a first roller provided in a sheet material conveying path, a second roller including a center shaft and side rollers provided at both sides thereof, the center shaft having an outer diameter less than a minimum diameter of the side rollers, each of the side rollers having an outer diameter increasing from a center side to an outer side thereof, and a pressing unit configured to cause the second roller to bend toward the first roller to press the side rollers of the second roller against the first roller. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251434 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONVEYANCE SUSPENSION UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes a drive roller configured to rotate, a driven roller configured to hold and convey a print medium at a gap between the drive and driven rollers, an image carrier configured to have a toner image formed on a surface thereof and to rotate, the image carrier being situated downstream relative to the drive roller and the driven roller in a travel direction of the print medium, a transfer roller configured to hold and convey, at another gap between the image carrier and the transfer roller, the print medium passed from the drive roller and the driven roller to transfer the toner image onto a surface of the print medium, and a conveyance suspension unit to stop the drive roller and the driven roller from applying a drive force to the print medium at a time at which the print medium reaches such another gap. | 09-26-2013 |
20140029961 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a width detector that detects positions of side edges of the recording medium in a width direction, which is orthogonal to a conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, at multiple detection positions along the conveying direction; a shape calculator that calculates angles between the conveying direction and straight lines each connecting the positions of the same side edge detected at the multiple detection positions and calculates a shape of the recording medium based on the angles; and a correction unit that corrects image data of the image to be formed by the image forming unit based on the calculated shape of the recording medium. | 01-30-2014 |
20140037299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit forming an image on a first recording medium based on image data, a measurement unit being positioned in an immediate vicinity of the image forming unit, being arranged upstream of a sheet-conveyance path than the image forming unit, and measuring a size of the first recording medium, an expansion ratio calculation unit calculating an expansion ratio of the first recording medium based on a first size of the first recording medium obtained before the first recording medium is passed through the image forming unit and a second size of the first recording medium obtained after the first recording medium is passed through the image forming unit, and a correction unit correcting the image data used for forming another image on a second recording medium conveyed after the first recording medium based on the expansion ratio. | 02-06-2014 |
20140118762 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium; an inverting transport unit to invert first and second surfaces of the recording medium, and front and rear ends of the recording medium to transport the inverted recording medium; a recording medium width measuring unit to measure an end position of the recording medium in a width direction orthogonal to a transporting direction of the recording medium at a measuring position having an approximately identical distance from one end of the recording medium in the transporting direction before and after the image is formed on the recording medium; and a correcting unit to correct an image to be formed on a subsequent recording medium based on a change in a shape of the recording medium computed based on a measured result from the recording medium width measuring unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140312562 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect a sheet; a conveying unit including a driving roller and a driven roller that rotates in conformity with the driving roller and configured to convey the sheet by holding the sheet between the driving roller and the driven roller; a disk configured to rotate in correspondence with the driven roller and including multiple slits arranged in a periphery thereof; first and second sensors configured to detect the multiple slits and output detection signals, the first and second sensors being provided substantially opposite to each other where a rotational axle of the disk is positioned at a center between the first and second sensors; and a conveyance distance calculating unit configured to calculate a sheet conveying distance based on a detection result of the detecting unit and the detection signals. | 10-23-2014 |
20140348563 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYING DISTANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND SHEET LENGTH CALCULATION APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit that conveys a sheet including a drive roller, a driven roller, and a rotary encoder provided on a rotational axle of one of the drive roller and the driven roller; a conveying amount measuring unit that measures a conveying amount of the sheet; a first detection unit positioned downstream of the sheet conveying unit, the first detection unit being positioned apart from the drive roller and the driven roller not to overlap with the drive roller and the driven roller in the conveying direction; a second detection unit positioned upstream of the sheet conveying unit; and a conveying distance calculation unit that calculates a conveying distance of the sheet based on the measured result by the conveying amount measuring unit and the detected results detected by the first detection unit and the second detection unit. | 11-27-2014 |
20150008639 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit including a drive roller and a driven roller; a downstream detection unit and an upstream detection unit; a conveying amount measuring unit that measures a conveying amount of the sheet; and a conveying distance calculation unit that calculates a conveying distance of the sheet, wherein a distance between the downstream detection unit and the upstream detection unit or a perimeter of one of the drive roller and the driven roller is set such that an expected conveying distance calculated based on a set sheet length of an expected value of the sheet becomes a substantially integer multiple of a perimeter of the one of the drive roller and the driven roller. | 01-08-2015 |
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20090057990 | SHEET-SUPPLYING DEVICE - A sheet-supplying device has a sheet-accommodating tray, a raising/lowering unit, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a controlling unit. The raising/lowering unit raises and lowers the sheet-accommodating tray substantially. The first position sensor detects a first position indicating a position in the stacked direction of one end portion of a topmost sheet stacked in the sheet-accommodating tray. The second position sensor detects a second position indicating a position in the stacked direction of another end portion of the topmost sheet. The controlling unit controls the raising/lowering unit to raise or lower the sheet-accommodating tray based on both the first position detected by the first position sensor and the second position detected by the second position sensor so that one end of the topmost sheet in the stacked status is positioned at a prescribed position in the stacked direction. | 03-05-2009 |
20100164165 | Sheet-Supplying Device - A sheet-supplying device has a sheet-accommodating tray, a raising/lowering unit, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a controlling unit. The raising/lowering unit raises and lowers the sheet-accommodating tray substantially. The first position sensor detects a first position indicating a position in the stacked direction of one end portion of a topmost sheet stacked in the sheet-accommodating tray. The second position sensor detects a second position indicating a position in the stacked direction of another end portion of the topmost sheet. The controlling unit controls the raising/lowering unit to raise or lower the sheet-accommodating tray based on both the first position detected by the first position sensor and the second position detected by the second position sensor so that one end of the topmost sheet in the stacked status is positioned at a prescribed position in the stacked direction. | 07-01-2010 |
20120153560 | Sheet-Supplying Device - A sheet-supplying device has a sheet-accommodating tray, a raising/lowering unit, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a controlling unit. The raising/lowering unit raises and lowers the sheet-accommodating tray substantially. The first position sensor detects a first position indicating a position in the stacked direction of one end portion of a topmost sheet stacked in the sheet-accommodating tray. The second position sensor detects a second position indicating a position in the stacked direction of another end portion of the topmost sheet. The controlling unit controls the raising/lowering unit to raise or lower the sheet-accommodating tray based on both the first position detected by the first position sensor and the second position detected by the second position sensor so that one end of the topmost sheet in the stacked status is positioned at a prescribed position in the stacked direction. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090317142 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - The present invention provides a developing device that is provided with: a developer containing a toner and a carrier; a first transporting member placed at an opening portion of a developer vessel used for housing the developer; a second transporting member that faces the first transporting member with a first area interposed therebetween, and also faces an electrostatic latent image-supporting member with a second area interposed therebetween; a first electric-field-forming unit that forms a first electric field between the first transporting member and the second transporting member; and a second electric-field-forming unit that forms a second electric field between the second transporting member and the electrostatic latent image-supporting member, and in this structure, the first electric field, formed between the first transporting member and the second transporting member, includes at least an ac electric field, and the second transporting member has a surface that is charged to the same polarity as the charged polarity of the toner when made in friction-contact with the carrier, with a volume resistance value of 1×10 | 12-24-2009 |
20110299893 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND DEVELOPING METHOD - A developing device having a plurality of toner carrying members for carrying toner on their outer peripheral surfaces, the plurality of toner carrying members being placed along a rotating direction of an image carrying member and out of contact with the image carrying member; and a developer carrying member for carrying a developer composed of toner and carriers and for supplying the toner to the plurality of toner carrying members. In the developing device, AC bias voltages are applied to the toner carrying members so as to cause the toner carried by the toner carrying members to stick to an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrying member by the effect of electric fields induced by a voltage of the electrostatic latent image and the AC bias voltages applied to the toner carrying members. The amount of developing toner sticking on the image carrying member immediately after the image carrying member has passed a development area in an upstream side in the rotating direction of the image carrying member is larger than the amount of developing toner sticking on the image carrying member immediately after the image carrying member has passed a development area in a downstream side in the rotating direction of the image carrying member. | 12-08-2011 |
20120134722 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device having: a plurality of toner support members for supporting toner on their peripheral surfaces, the plurality of toner support members being arranged in a direction of rotation of an image support member out of contact with the image support member; and a developer support member for supporting a developer containing toner and carriers and supplying the toner to the plurality of toner support members; wherein the plurality of toner support members have dielectric layers on their surfaces, the dielectric layers satisfying a condition d1/∈1>d2/∈2; and wherein the first toner support member and the second toner support member are connected to a single power source. | 05-31-2012 |
20120189354 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device has a first toner carrier which carries, on an outer peripheral surface, toner to be fed to an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier and which is arranged out of contact with the image carrier; a second toner carrier which carries, on an outer peripheral surface, toner to be fed to the electrostatic latent image and which is arranged out of contact with the image carrier; and a developer carrier which carries a developer made up of toner and carriers and which feeds the toner to the first toner carrier and the second toner carrier. The toner carried by each of the first toner carrier and the second toner carrier is caused to adhere to the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier by application of an AC bias voltage to each of the first toner carrier and the second toner carrier. | 07-26-2012 |
20140023393 | CLEANING DEVICE - A cleaning device for cleaning a cleaning subject, having; a first cleaning member that rotates in a predetermined direction, thereby removing toner from the cleaning subject; a first collecting member that collects the toner removed by the first cleaning member; and a second collecting member that is positioned downstream from the first collecting member in the predetermined direction and collects the toner removed by the first cleaning member, in which, a potential difference of the first collecting member relative to the first cleaning member is opposite in polarity to a potential difference of the second collecting member relative to the first cleaning member, the first collecting member has a potential equal in polarity to that of the first cleaning member, and the potential of the first collecting member is greater in magnitude than the potential of the first cleaning member. | 01-23-2014 |
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20080277589 | SEMICONDUCTOR RADIOACTIVE RAY DETECTOR, RADIOACTIVE RAY DETECTION MODULE, AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - The present invention provides a semiconductor radioactive ray detector having the excellent energy resolution or time precision, a radioactive detection module, and a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus. The semiconductor radioactive ray detector has a structure in which plate-like elements made of cadmium telluride and conductive members are alternately laminated and the plate-like element made of cadmium telluride and the conductive member are adhered to each other with a conductive adhesive agent, and the Young's modulus of the conductive adhesive agent is in the range from 350 MPa to 1000 MPa, while the conductive members are made from a material with the linear expansion coefficient of the conductive members in the range from 5×10 | 11-13-2008 |
20080310854 | CONNECTED BODY AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE - An optical element amounted structure includes an optical element having an electrode such as a bump formed on a surface thereof, and a substrate having an electrode that is joined to the optical element formed on the surface. The structure of the electrode of the substrate has a substantially ring configuration or a substantially ring configuration a part of which is notched, and the optical element and the substrate are joined to each other in a configuration where a joining material such as a bump is inserted into an opening portion. | 12-18-2008 |
20090180732 | Junction Structure Between Optical Element and Substrate, Optical Transmission/Receiving Module, and Method of Manufacturing the Optical Module - The present invention provides a junction structure between an optical element and a substrate. The junction structure is formed by supplying an under-fill resin not containing a filler to a portion functioning as a light path for light emitted from or incoming into the optical element on the substrate, then jointing a conductive bump of the optical element to electric wiring on the substrate, and then thermally hardening the under-fill resin not containing a filler to bond the resin not containing a filler to the optical element and to the substrate so that the under-fill resin containing a filler will not enter a space between the optical element and the substrate when the under-fill resin containing a filler is filled in portions other than the light path between the optical element and the substrate. | 07-16-2009 |
20100002987 | OPTICAL MODULE MOUNTED WITH WDM FILTER - A filter element includes a first glass substrate having a pair of parallel surfaces and a band pass filter arranged on one of the parallel surfaces, a pair of single-crystal substrates (Si wafers) each including a primary surface formed with a depression having an inclined surface with respect to the primary surface occupying at least one half of the opening of the depression, and a second glass substrate having an optical element. The primary surfaces of the single-crystal substrate pair are bonded to a pair of the surfaces of the glass substrate. The depressions are faced through the glass substrate and surround the band pass filter. By this configuration, the filter element can be mass produced with a high accuracy and a low cost by the wafer-level process. | 01-07-2010 |
20100209103 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE - There are provided a downsized and low-cost optical module used as a terminal for wavelength multiplexing optical transmission and one-core bidirectional optical transmission which transmits lights of plural wavelengths through one optical fiber, and a method of manufacturing the optical module. A base on which plural optical elements are mounted, and an optical multiplexer and demultiplexer having wavelength selection filters and mirrors formed on both surfaces of a substrate are prepared. Those two parts are packed into a package so that an optical element mounted surface and a filter surface are substantially parallel to each other, and the optical elements are arranged to emit or receive lights obliquely to the base. With this configuration, because the optical multiplexer and demultiplexer can be mounted in parallel to an X-Y plane, a package can be easily machined by using a lathe, thereby enabling a reduction in the costs. | 08-19-2010 |
20110080657 | OPTICAL MODULE - There is provided means of achieving the improvement of optical coupling efficiency between a surface receiving/emitting element and an optical transmission path with a simple structure and low cost. An optical element and a substrate having an optical waveguide layer and electric wiring are connected with each other through a lens having a Fresnel lens shape. A through via is provided in the lens, and the optical element and the electric wiring in the substrate are electrically connected with each other through the through via. Instead of the lens, a unit in which a lens is mounted inside an optical-element mounting substrate may be used. | 04-07-2011 |
20110241778 | PEAKING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PEAKING CIRCUIT, DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER INSTALLING PEAKING CIRCUIT, LASER DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT INSTALLING PEAKING CIRCUIT, AND DATA PROCESSING UNIT INSTALLING PEAKING CIRCUIT - A peaking circuit for adjusting peaking of a high-frequency signal, comprises: a first inductor; a second inductor which is electromagnetically coupled with the first inductor; a signal input section which receives an input signal; a transistor which adjusts electric current passing through the second inductor according to the input signal inputted via the signal input section; and a signal output section which outputs a signal whose peaking has been adjusted by the first inductor. Mutual inductance of the electromagnetically coupled first and second inductors is changed by the adjustment of the electric current passing through the second inductor, according to the input signal inputted via the signal input section, with the use of the transistor, thereby adjusting the peaking of signal waveform of electric current passing through the first inductor, and the signal subjected to the peaking adjustment is outputted from the signal output section. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243512 | Optical Module - An optical module in a simple configuration is provided which can suppress optical crosstalk due to leakage light without causing characteristics deterioration and reliability decrease of light-emitting elements to thereby obtain appropriate light receiving sensitivity. In an optical module in which a plurality of light-emitting elements | 10-06-2011 |
20130029438 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WAFER-BONDED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The invention provides a wafer-bonded semiconductor device wherein warpage generated when wafers are bonded is reduced at a low cost ad through a simple process. | 01-31-2013 |
20140023315 | Optical Module and a Mounting Structure Thereof - An optical module achieving optical coupling at a low cost and by a simple and convenient process is intended to be provided. For attaining the purpose, a transparent member sealing an optical device and an optical transmission channel are connected as an optical coupling structure. Specifically, optical coupling is achieved in an optical module having an optical device, a first substrate having the optical device mounted thereon, and a second substrate or a transparent resin provided over the first substrate so as to hermetically seal the optical device by connecting an optical transmission channel over the second substrate or the transparent resin at a portion in which light from the optical device is transmitted. | 01-23-2014 |
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20080197561 | FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A feeding device according to the present invention includes a box, paper holders, and a shifting mechanism. The box is open at Its top. The paper holders are open at their tops and positioned in the box. Each of the paper holders holds a pile of sheets of paper in it. The shifting mechanism so shifts at least one of the paper holders that the top sheet in one of the paper holders is positioned in a single freed position in the box according to selection data output from the apparatus with which the feeding device is used. | 08-21-2008 |
20080212989 | Control method of driving toner containers and image forming apparatus - The purpose is to provide a control method of driving toner containers for use in an apparatus including a plurality of toner containers each filled with toner and detachably mounted thereinto from a toner container covering structure; and a toner supply device for supplying toner to a developing unit while rotating the plurality of toner container. This method includes the step of detecting a first toner container whose toner has run out, among the plurality of toner containers. When the first toner container has been detected, this method makes a control including the steps of: opening the toner container covering structure; stopping the rotational motion of the first toner container; and continuing the rotational motion of a second toner container or containers other than the first toner container. | 09-04-2008 |
20080258380 | SHEET FEEDER - A sheet feeder has a feed passage and includes feed roller pairs, sensors, and a controller. The feed roller pairs are arranged along the feed passage and feed sheets of paper in a feed direction along the passage by nipping the sheets. Each of the sensors is fitted at or near one of the feed roller pairs and senses a specified point on each of the sheets when the sheet is nipped by at least the associated roller pair. The controller includes a memory for storing reference feed timings as proper feed timings at each of which the specified points on the sheets should pass one of the sensors. The controller finds the real feed timing when each of the sensors senses the specified point on the sheet nipped by at least the associated roller pair. When each of the sensors senses the specified point on the sheet nipped by at least the associated roller pair, the controller finds the time difference between the associated reference feed timing and the associated real feed timing and controls, according to the found time difference, the feed speed at which the feed roller pair or pairs nipping the sheet feed it. | 10-23-2008 |
20080277863 | SHEET FEEDER, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper press member | 11-13-2008 |
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20080244173 | STORAGE DEVICE USING NONVOLATILE CACHE MEMORY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, the present invention provides a storage device that sophisticatedly utilizes the characteristics of a nonvolatile cache memory and a hard disk, and compensates defects of the hard disk drive side to improve the reliability of the device. The storage device includes a host interface, a command analyzing section, a memory that stores request information which permits or forcibly forbids accessing the hard disk, a device state determining section that determines the request information of the memory, and a media access determining section that, when the determination result of the device state determining section indicates the “forbiddance”, forbids accessing the hard disk, and, when the determination result of the device state determining section indicates the “permission”, permits the accessing based on the analysis result of the command analyzing section and unique determination result. | 10-02-2008 |
20090276574 | ARITHMETIC DEVICE, ARITHMETIC METHOD, HARD DISC CONTROLLER, HARD DISC DEVICE, PROGRAM CONVERTER, AND COMPILER - This arithmetic device includes: a first memory to store a first program; a first arithmetic module to read the first program from the first memory to execute the first program; a second memory to store a second program which is embedded in processing of the first program and called from the first arithmetic module and executed, and whose access speed is lower than the first memory; a third memory storing data temporarily and whose access speed is higher than the second memory; a second arithmetic module to read the second program from the second memory and store in a third memory; and a third arithmetic module to read the second program from the third memory to execute the second program, in accordance with a call from the first arithmetic module to execute the first program. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276575 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPILING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a processor, a cache, and a cache controller. The processor is configured to output a memory access request for accessing an entity of a variable stored in a variable-storage region provided in a memory by using first or second memory address. Both the first and second memory addresses are allocated to the variable-storage region. The cache is configured to store some of data items stored in the memory. The cache controller is configured to access the memory or the cache by using a memory address designating the variable-storage region, in accordance with one of the first and second memory addresses which is included in a memory access request coming from the processor. | 11-05-2009 |
20130194689 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS, READ/WRITE CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROLLER - According to at least one embodiment, a magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic disk, a nonvolatile memory, a determination module, a write module, and a read module. The determination module determines whether the off-track write occurs on a first data sector during a write mode. The write module writes first data in the nonvolatile memory if the determination module determines that the off-track write occurs on the first data sector. The read module reads the first data from one of the magnetic disk and the nonvolatile memory based on a determination result of the determination module. | 08-01-2013 |
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