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20080307172 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING MEMORY ERROR - An information processing apparatus includes a nonvolatile memory area having a storage area, and a main controller configured to store an access pattern to a main memory in the nonvolatile memory area, to end the storage of the access pattern when an error is detected in the main memory, and to access the main memory based on the access pattern stored in the nonvolatile memory area. The main controller includes a main memory control unit configured to access the main memory based on the access pattern; a nonvolatile memory control unit configured to store a data of the access pattern in the nonvolatile memory area; and a main control unit configured to transfer the access pattern for the main memory to the main memory control unit and the nonvolatile memory control unit. | 12-11-2008 |
20080308488 | Filter Apparatus and Filter Body - A filter apparatus is composed such that a filter element is housed and held in a cylindrical housing, which has one side open, so as to separate a flow-in side and a flow-out side of a fluid from each other. A filter element is basically composed of a filter body that is made by laminating and arranging plural sheet-like filter media with a gap. The filter element is formed by shaping the filter body into a pleated shape, and retaining the pleated shape. | 12-18-2008 |
20090005177 | Game Processing Apparatus For Performing Area Authentication Of Gaming Information - A game processing apparatus is provided, which includes a first memory, a second memory, and a controller. The first memory stores gaming information including information related to gaming rules corresponding to an area. The second memory stores a predetermined first area code representing a specific area. The controller is configured with logic to: (a) calculate a second area code corresponding to the area according to the gaming information; (b) compare the second area code with the first area code so as to determine whether the gaming information matches the specific area; and (c) when the controller determines a mismatching, restrict a start of a game. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005178 | Gaming Machine - A gaming machine includes a first box having inner walls, a second box, a front member, a communicating portion, and an exhausting portion. The front member has side walls, and covers components placed at a front portion of the second box. The front member defines a first space at the front portion. The communicating portion provided at the front portion allows a second space inside the second box to communicate with the first space. The exhausting portion provided in a side wall of the front member allows air sent from the second space to the first space to be discharged. The front member is arranged such that a first distance is smaller than a second distance, where the first distance starts at a first inner wall to finish at a first side wall, and the second distance starts at a second inner wall to finish at a second side wall. | 01-01-2009 |
20090196101 | MEMORY MODULE - The present invention provides a reliable memory module. The memory module including a plurality of memory devices arranged on a circuit board and controlled by an external memory controller includes a buffer having a function of detecting and correcting an error and a nonvolatile storage area that stores contents of the error. | 08-06-2009 |
20090258251 | Pearlescent Pigment, Process for Producing the Same, Coating Composition and Multilayered Coat - This invention relates to a pearlescent pigment, which is composed of flaky alumina substrate particles produced by a hydrothermal process and coat layers formed on the flaky substrate particles and composed of at least one metal oxide including at least a titanium oxide. The metal oxide has an average particle size of from 1 to 500 nm. According to this invention, it is possible to provide a pearlescent pigment, which has wholly uniform photoluminescence and an elegant and silky feel in combination and can fully satisfy artistry as desired. | 10-15-2009 |
20110014970 | GAMING MACHINE HAVING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A gaming machine of the present invention includes a light emitting portion | 01-20-2011 |
20120115146 | METHOD OF ANALYZING GENETICALLY ABNORMAL CELLS - The present invention relates to a method for analyzing genetically abnormal cells including (a) preparing a cell sample containing eukaryotic cells, (b) conducting an antigen-antibody reaction to cells contained in the cell sample using antibodies which specifically bind to a molecule existing on the cell surface of eukaryotic cells after (a), (c) subjecting the cells contained in the cell sample to a permeation treatment after (b), (d) subjecting the cells contained in the cell sample to an immobilization treatment after (b), (e) conducting FISH to the cells contained in the cell sample using nucleic acid probes after (d), (f) analyzing fluorescence signals from the nucleic acid probes in the cells contained in the cell sample using a three-dimensional image analysis method after (e), and (g) determining whether the cells contained in the cell sample are genetically abnormal cells or not based on the results of (b) and (f). | 05-10-2012 |
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20090268082 | CAMERA BODY, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There are provided a camera body capable of operating a drive unit of an interchangeable lens at a low drive sound level, an interchangeable lens, and an imaging apparatus including such a camera body and an interchangeable lens. The camera body to which an interchangeable lens is mountable, the interchangeable lens including an optical member operable to change an optical condition and a drive unit operable to drive the optical member at a drive speed within a predetermined range, the camera body have: a receiving unit operable to receive silent speed information from the interchangeable lens, the silent speed information indicating a setting value related to a silent operation of the drive unit, the setting value being a value of a drive speed within the predetermined range; and a control unit operable to generate a control signal for driving the drive unit based on the received silent speed information, when attempting to drive the drive unit of the interchangeable lens with a suppressed drive sound of the interchangeable lens, and send the generated control signal to the interchangeable lens. | 10-29-2009 |
20090284612 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body includes an optical system operable to collect light from a subject to form a subject image, a diaphragm operable to adjust an amount of light of the subject image to be collected by the optical system, a driving unit operable to drive the diaphragm based upon an aperture value within a predetermined range, a storage unit operable to store speed information relating to a speed at which the driving unit can be set to drive the diaphragm, and a transmitting unit operable to transmit the speed information stored in the storage unit to the camera body. The speed information is provided for each of a plurality of aperture value ranges which are obtained by dividing the predetermined range of the aperture value, and relates to the speed indicating a settable rate of change in the light amount which changes as the driving unit drives the diaphragm. | 11-19-2009 |
20090284643 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the driver. When a predetermined power supply mode is set, the controller determines according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system during whether holding power for holding the state of the focus lens is supplied to the driver when the focus lens is stopped, and controls the supply of the holding power to the driver according to the result of the determination. | 11-19-2009 |
20100066864 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a correction lens to move along an optical axis to perform zoom tracking, a correction lens driver to drive the correction lens, a zoom lens, a zoom ring to be turned by a user, a zoom lens driver to mechanically move the zoom lens according to an amount of turn of the zoom ring, a position detector to detect a position of the zoom lens, a rate detector to detect a change rate of the position of the zoom lens, a storage unit to store relational information which associates the position of the zoom lens with a focus position of the correction lens, and a controller to control the correction lens driver. The controller determines a focus position of the correction lens corresponding to a position more distant by a predetermined amount from the position of the zoom lens detected by the position detector, by referring to the relational information, and controls the correction lens driver to drive the correction lens with a target position set to the determined focus position. The predetermined amount is changed according to the change rate of the position of the zoom lens detected by the rate detector. | 03-18-2010 |
20100194966 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING AUTOFOCUSING FUNCTION - To provide an interchangeable lens camera system for shooting with the best in-focus position, no matter how a group of two or more interchangeable lenses to produce different degrees of spherical aberrations and a group of cameras of different types with different evaluated autofocus frequencies are combined. The camera system of this invention includes a lens unit and a camera body to be removable and attachable from/to each other. The lens unit includes a first computing section for acquiring shooting parameters during a focusing operation and a storage section that stores reference data for changing focus positions according to the contrast of image. The camera body includes an imaging device to output a video signal representing subject's image and a second computing section for measuring the contrast of the image based on its own predetermined evaluated AF frequency during the focusing operation and calculating a correction value based on the shooting parameter and the reference data associated with the highest contrast, thereby changing the focus positions according to the correction value calculated. | 08-05-2010 |
20100232775 | Interchangeable lens, camera body, and camera system - An interchangeable lens has a zoom lens, a zoom driver operable to drive the zoom lens along an optical axis, a focus lens, a focus driver operable to drive the focus lens along the optical axis, and a storage unit operable to store link information which links position information indicating a position of the zoom lens on the optical axis with information about a variation in magnification caused by the focus lens advancing and retreating on the optical axis with the zoom lens located at the position indicated by the position information. | 09-16-2010 |
20100315537 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a focus cam for converting a first rotation amount given upon a focus operation into a movement of the focus lens group and further converting a second rotation amount given upon a zoom operation into the movement of the focus lens group, and a focus cam follower engaged with the focus cam and operable to move in the focus cam. The focus cum follower rotates in the focus cum according to the rotation amount of the zoom driving unit to move the focus lens group. A lift amount of the focus cam is defined so that a rotation amount of the focus driving unit from a far end position to an infinite position when the rotation position of the zoom driving unit is at a wide-angle end becomes larger than the rotation amount when the rotating position of the zoom driving unit is at a telephoto end. | 12-16-2010 |
20120070139 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the driver. When a predetermined power supply mode is set, the controller determines according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system during whether holding power for holding the state of the focus lens is supplied to the driver when the focus lens is stopped, and controls the supply of the holding power to the driver according to the result of the determination. | 03-22-2012 |
20120127591 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An interchangeable lens has a zoom lens, a zoom driver operable to drive the zoom lens along an optical axis, a focus lens, a focus driver operable to drive the focus lens along the optical axis, and a storage unit operable to store link information which links position information indicating a position of the zoom lens on the optical axis with information about a variation in magnification caused by the focus lens advancing and retreating on the optical axis with the zoom lens located at the position indicated by the position information. | 05-24-2012 |
20120212635 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera body to which an interchangeable lens is mountable includes a receiving unit operable to receive speed information, a first controller unit operable to select a shooting mode from a moving image shooting mode and a still image shooting mode, a second controller unit capable of setting whether to operate in a silent mode provided for a situation where a drive sound of a drive unit in the interchangeable lens is desired to be at a low level during the moving image shooting mode, a third controller unit operable to generate a control signal for changing light amount which is changed by a diaphragm in the interchangeable lens, at a constant speed based on the speed information, when the moving image shooting mode is selected and the silent mode is not set, and a body transmitting unit operable to transmit the generated control signal to the interchangeable lens. | 08-23-2012 |
20130010373 | LENS CONTROL APPARATUS AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS INCLUDING LENS CONTROL APPARATUS - A lens control apparatus, and an interchangeable lens including the lens control apparatus, are provided which can obtain, in zoom tracking operation, excellent optical images at subject distances in a wider range. A lens control apparatus controls drive of an optical system including a first and a second focus lens for adjusting a focus state and a zoom lens for adjusting an angle of view. The lens control apparatus includes: a first driver that drives the first focus lens; a second driver that drives the second focus lens; a controller that controls the first and second drivers; and a storage unit that stores first and second tracking data, the first and second tracking data each being information that associates a position of the first and second focus lenses respectively with a position of the zoom lens for focusing on a subject. | 01-10-2013 |
20150219876 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a correction lens to move for zoom tracking, a zoom lens driver to mechanically move a zoom lens according to an amount of turn of a zoom ring, a storage unit to store relational information associating a zoom lens position with a focus position of the correction lens, and a controller to control the correction lens driver. The controller determines a focus position of the correction lens corresponding to a position distant by a predetermined amount from a detected zoom lens position, by referring to the relational information, and controls the correction lens driver to drive the correction lens to a target position set to the determined focus position. A formula varying with the change rate of the zoom lens position is used to calculate the predetermined amount, and is set according to positions of the zoom lens and the focus lens. | 08-06-2015 |
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20080215229 | Method and system for estimating an air-intake amount of an internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine - A method of estimating an air-intake amount of an internal combustion engine is provided. The method may comprise detecting a fluid energy amount in an interior of an air-intake passage at first and second points in time while an intake valve is closed from a compression stroke to an exhaust stroke, and calculating a predicted air-intake amount using the values of the fluid energy amounts at the first and second points with reference to an air-intake amount calculation map showing a correlation between the values of the fluid energy amounts at the first and second points and the predicted air-intake amount in the intake stroke, the air-intake amount calculation map being pre-created by finding the values of the fluid energy amounts in the air-intake passage at the first and second points and the air-intake amount, for plural running states of the internal combustion engine. | 09-04-2008 |
20120166068 | Air-Fuel Ratio Control System and Air-Fuel Ratio Control Method of Internal Combustion Engine - An air-fuel ratio control system of an internal combustion engine comprises a fuel amount determiner for determining a fuel command value. The fuel amount determiner has a feedback control mode in which the fuel amount determiner determines a running state reference coefficient corresponding to a running state detected by a running state detector based on a first correspondence stored in the memory, determines a running state compensation coefficient corresponding to the running state detected by the running state detector based on a second correspondence stored in the memory, determines a feedback compensation coefficient used to cause an air-fuel ratio to reach a value closer to a theoretical air-fuel ratio based on an output of the air-fuel ratio sensor, and determines the fuel command value using a formula including the determined running state reference coefficient, the determined running state compensation coefficient, and the determined feedback compensation coefficient. | 06-28-2012 |
20140338312 | Device and Method for Estimating Ideal Air-Fuel Ratio in Internal Combustion Engine, Method of Estimating Oxygen Storage Capacity of Catalyst, Internal Combustion Engine Device and Motorcycle Incorporating Internal Combustion Engine Device - A method of estimating an ideal air-fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine, comprises receiving an output of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor and an output of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, the upstream air-fuel ratio sensor being attached to an exhaust gas passage such that it is positioned upstream of a catalyst provided in the exhaust gas passage to purify an exhaust gas, the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor being attached to the exhaust gas passage such that it is positioned downstream of the catalyst; detecting a state in which the catalyst does not store or release oxygen based on the output of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor; and deciding as an estimated ideal air-fuel ratio in the internal combustion engine an air-fuel ratio detected by the upstream air-fuel ratio sensor when the state in which the catalyst does not store or release oxygen is detected. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120249379 | PORTABLE DEVICE - There is provided a portable device which includes a first housing, a housing member removable from the first housing, where the housing member includes an exposed portion, the exposed portion projecting from the first housing when the housing member is inserted in the first housing, a second housing coupled with the first housing so as to be allowed to be folded on the first housing, the second housing including a wall made of electrical insulating material, and an antenna disposed in the second housing and surrounded partially with the wall, a part of the antenna and the exposed portion facing each other via the wall when the first and second housings are folded on each other. | 10-04-2012 |
20120250284 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a chassis; an input device and a display panel that are arranged within the chassis; an elastic member that is arranged between the chassis and the display panel; and a holding member that holds the input device, that is secured to the chassis, and that pushes the display panel toward the elastic member to deform the elastic member. | 10-04-2012 |
20140091693 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELASTIC SLIDE LOCK MEMBER - An electronic device includes: a housing provided with an opening that accommodates a component; a cover member that covers the opening; a projecting part that projects from an inside face of the housing; a slide knob slidably provided to a surface of the housing; and an elastic slide lock member that fixes the cover member to the housing, wherein the elastic slide lock member includes: a movement part that is coupled to the slide knob, moves together with the slide knob, and is provided with a fixing projection; a fixing part that is rotatably supported by the projecting part of the housing; and a coupling part that couples the movement part and the fixing part and is elastically deformable. | 04-03-2014 |
20150061479 | EXTERIOR CASE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exterior case includes a first member to which a hinge bracket is attached, a fastener portion being a portion of the first member surrounding a hole in the first member, and being thickened in a thickness direction of the first member, a second member that is fixed to the first member and surrounds the fastener portion of the first member, and at least one fastener screw screwed into the hole to fasten the first member and the second member together and to fasten the hinge bracket to the first member. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062808 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a first case, a second case over which the first case is placeable, and a connector including a first rotation part and a second rotation part and configured to couple the first case on the second case, the first rotation part allowing the first case to be rotated about a first axis, the second rotation part allowing the first case to be rotated about a second axis, the second axis being displaced from a central position of the first case in an axial direction of the first axis, wherein when front and back surfaces of the first case are reversed and the first case is placed over the second case, at least part of the first case projects from the second case toward an outer side. | 03-05-2015 |