| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|
| 20110039364 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MICROSTRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a microstructure which enables production of a deep and narrow microstructure in a GaN semiconductor with high precision is provided. The manufacturing method of a microstructure for forming a microscopic structure in a semiconductor has a configuration having a first step of forming a first GaN semiconductor layer on a substrate, a second step of forming a first hole by using etching on the first GaN semiconductor layer formed in the first narrow, and a third step of performing heat-treatment at a temperature from 850° C. to 950° C. inclusive under a gas atmosphere including nitrogen, in order to form a second narrow in which a diameter of the first hole h formed in the second step is made narrower than the diameter of the first hole in an in-plane direction of the substrate. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110134956 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There are provided a process for producing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device which allow conductivity distribution to be formed without making refractive index distributed even in a material system of a semiconductor difficult to be subjected to ion implantation. The process for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a semiconductor layer containing a dopant; forming a concave and convex structure on the semiconductor layer by partially removing the semiconductor layer; and forming a conductivity distribution reflecting the concave and convex structure in the semiconductor layer by performing heat treatment on the semiconductor layer in which the concave and convex structure has been formed at a temperature at which a material forming the semiconductor layer causes mass transport and filling up a hole of a concave portion of the concave and convex structure with the material forming the semiconductor layer. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110237077 | METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROSTRUCTURE OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The method of producing a GaN-based microstructure includes a step of preparing a semiconductor structure provided with a trench formed in a main surface of the nitride semiconductor and a heat-treating mask covering a main surface of the nitride semiconductor excluding the trench, a first heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to form a crystallographic face of the nitride semiconductor on at least a part of a sidewall of the trench, a step of removing the heat-treating mask after the first heat-treatment step and a second heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to close an upper portion of the trench on the sidewall of which the crystallographic face is formed with a nitride semiconductor. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120269224 | DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A photonic crystal surface emitting laser array reduces the occurrence of reflected feedback light while also reducing input of leaking light. The photonic crystal surface emitting laser array includes a plurality of first photonic crystal regions that cause laser oscillation, a second photonic crystal region that causes light diffraction to occur in an out-of-plane direction, and a light absorber that is provided above the second photonic crystal region and that absorbs light having a wavelength λ. A radiation coefficient of each first photonic crystal region is smaller than a radiation coefficient of the second photonic crystal region. | 10-25-2012 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
|---|
| 20080240507 | Information device operation apparatus - An information device operation apparatus includes an image capturing device, an illumination device, a controller, image storage device, operation object extracting device, detection device, and signal output device. The image storage device stores a plurality of images that are acquired by the image capturing device under a plurality of illumination intensity conditions. The operation object extracting device extracts the operation object by comparing the plurality of images. The detection device detects at least one of a predetermined shape and a movement of the operation object that is extracted by the operation object extracting device. The signal output device outputs a signal to the target device, the signal corresponding to the at least one of the predetermined shape and the movement of the operation object detected by the detection device. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090138155 | Vehicle climate control apparatus and method - A vehicle climate control apparatus and method realizing a satisfactory drive feeling and in-compartment comfort, at the same time, by estimating the behavioral intention of the driver at an early time are disclosed. The vehicle climate control apparatus comprises an air-conditioning control unit for controlling the air-conditioning state in the compartments by controlling the air-conditioning device, a driving behavior detection unit for detecting the operation amounts of the driver, an estimation unit for calculating the behavioral intention estimating information for estimating the prospective driving behavior of the driver based on the operation amounts detected by the driving behavior detection unit, and a determining unit for estimating the output state of the power source based on the behavioral intention estimating information and giving an instruction to the air-conditioning control unit in accordance with the estimated output state. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100079413 | Control device - There is provided a control device for an in-vehicle electronic apparatus. The control device includes: a manipulation input element that has a manipulation input region having a predetermined area; an imaging device that has a photographing range covering the manipulation input region, and that captures an image including a hand image region representative of the hand; a hand image region identification section that identifies the hand image region in the image; an area ratio calculation section that calculates a value of hand image area ratio, which is area ratio of the hand image region to the manipulation input region; and an operation input information generation section that generates and outputs operation input information based on the calculated value of the hand image area ratio and a manipulation state of the manipulation input region, the operation input information being directed to the in-vehicle electronic apparatus. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100194713 | User interface device - A user interface device detects a fingertip placed on an imaging range. The imaging range is located or arranged so that a user inserts and place a hand along a predetermined direction. A device detects a tip area corresponding to the fingertip from the imaging range. The device determines whether the detected tip area is a finger or not. The determination can be performed by evaluating a size of the tip area, for example, whether the width is in an appropriate range or not. If the tip area is verified as a finger, a position of the fingertip is calculated. According to the device, it is possible to determine whether it is a finger or not by using a relatively simple algorithm. As a result, it is possible to eliminate objects other than finger and to provide sufficient accuracy for detecting the fingertip. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100277438 | Operation apparatus for in-vehicle electronic device and method for controlling the same - An operation surface detects a touch point specified by an operator. An imaging area obtains a hand image of the operator. A fingertip detection unit detects a fingertip of the hand image. A display device includes a display screen having coordinates uniquely corresponding to the operation surface and the imaging area. The display device indicates the fingertip and an operation panel specific to an in-vehicle electronic device to be operated. An interface engine having a prescribed interface relationship between an input, which is specified by at least one of the touch point and the fingertip, and an output to be outputted to the in-vehicle electronic device according to a combination of the input and the interface relationship. An alteration unit alters the interface relationship according to a detected traveling state of the vehicle. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110029185 | VEHICULAR MANIPULATION INPUT APPARATUS - A vehicular manipulation input apparatus for a vehicle includes a manipulation panel, and a display device which displays a position indication image for displaying an indication position on the manipulation panel. It is specified whether a finger state of a hand opposing the manipulation panel is a manipulation intention expression-use finger state. In a condition that the vehicle is in a travel state, a display of the position indication image is permitted when the finger state is specified as the manipulation intention expression-use finger state whereas a display of the position indication image is prohibited when the finger state is not specified as the manipulation intention expression-use finger state. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20120162069 | VEHICULAR DEVICE - A control unit indicates a cursor on a screen of an indication unit according to operation data sent from an operation unit based on user's operation of an operation knob. The control unit implements enlarging indication of a screen region corresponding to a selection item image indicated on the screen of the indication unit. When the control unit implements contracting indication to return an enlarged screen region subsequent to the enlarging indication, the control unit indicates contraction of the screen region in a visually recognizable form and indicates the cursor to follow the screen region. The operation unit further causes a driving force generation unit to generate a driving force to move the operation knob correspondingly to the position of the cursor, according to information on the position of the cursor sent from the control unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120212461 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal receives a user operation on a terminal screen of the portable terminal in a portable terminal normal mode. After receiving the user operation, the portable terminal shifts from a portable terminal normal mode to a portable terminal in-operation state, in which the portable terminal sends out a portable terminal in-operation notice to an in-vehicle apparatus. The in-vehicle apparatus shifts to a portable terminal in-operation mode upon receiving the notice from the portable terminal, and invalidates a reaction force by a reaction force generation unit to transit to a portable terminal normal state. | 08-23-2012 |
