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20090251566 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a subject; an internal memory; a removable external memory; a compression processing unit that compresses the image picked up by the image pickup unit to generate a picked-up image; a recording processing unit that records the picked-up image in the removable external memory and records the compressed image corresponding to the picked-up image in the internal memory; and an editing processing unit that edits the picked-up image in the removable external memory and the compressed image in the internal memory. For a compressed image in the internal memory, a reservation for editing a picked-up image corresponding to the compressed image and recorded in the unmounted removable external memory can be made. | 10-08-2009 |
20090318079 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit capable of establishing communication with and transmitting data to an external apparatus without being brought into physical contact with the external apparatus and determines whether the communication apparatus is in physical contact with the external apparatus. The communication apparatus allows data to be transmitted to the external apparatus using a first transmission method if communication with the external apparatus has been established and it is determined that the communication apparatus is in physical contact with the external apparatus. | 12-24-2009 |
20110105021 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS,AND PROGRAM - In a communication apparatus including a close proximity wireless communication unit configured to perform communication when the communication apparatus and an external apparatus are brought into close proximity with each other within a predetermined range, selection of a communication process is performed. Information on a plurality of operating units and information on communication processes to be performed by the communication apparatus are stored in association with each other. Control is performed in such a manner that a communication process that is associated with one of the plurality of operating units that is being operated when communication with the external apparatus is established is performed. | 05-05-2011 |
20120229676 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a subject; an internal memory; a removable external memory; a compression processing unit that compresses the image picked up by the image pickup unit to generate a picked-up image; a recording processing unit that records the picked-up image in the removable external memory and records the compressed image corresponding to the picked-up image in the internal memory; and an editing processing unit that edits the picked-up image in the removable external memory and the compressed image in the internal memory. For a compressed image in the internal memory, a reservation for editing a picked-up image corresponding to the compressed image and recorded in the unmounted removable external memory can be made. | 09-13-2012 |
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20090035475 | Method for Forming Coating Film - A method for forming a multi-layer coating film by forming an undercoating film, a glittering material-containing base coating film and a clear coating film in this order on a substrate to be coated, in which a glittering material-containing base coating material for forming the glittering material-containing base coating film contains colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal, a coating film-forming resin, and a urea compound and/or a polysiloxane. | 02-05-2009 |
20090035476 | Method for Forming Coating Film - A method for forming a multi-layer coating film by forming an undercoating film, a glittering material-containing base coating film and a clear coating film in this order on a substrate to be coated, in which a glittering material-containing base coating material for forming the glittering material-containing base coating film contains colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal, a coating film-forming resin, and a mixed solvent containing an ester organic solvent having a boiling point of from 70 to 130° C. and a glycol or glycol ether organic solvent having a boiling point of from 115 to 230° C. at a mass mixing ratio of from 2/8 to 5/5. | 02-05-2009 |
20090035540 | Method for Forming Coating Film - A method for forming a multi-layer coating film by forming an undercoating film, a glittering material-containing base coating film and a clear coating film in this order on a substrate to be coated, in which a glittering material-containing base coating material for forming the glittering material-containing base coating film contains colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal and a coating film-forming resin, and the undercoating film has a hue in a range of from +35 to +50 and −35 to −50 on a Munsell 100-hue ring with counterclockwise rotation on the hue ring being represented by from 0 to +50 and clockwise rotation being represented by from 0 to −50 where a hue of plasmon coloration of the colloid particles containing a noble metal and/or a metal is 0 on the hue ring, and has a brightness of 9 or less on a Munsell color system, or the undercoating film has an achromatic color having a brightness of 4 or less on a Munsell color system. | 02-05-2009 |
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20110274933 | LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A laminate comprises a gas barrier layer and an inorganic compound layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate that gradually decreases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction, and having a carbon atom content rate that gradually increases from the surface of the gas barrier layer in the depth direction. An electronic device member includes the laminate, and an electronic device includes the electronic device member. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and excellent transparency, and does not produce cracks (i.e., the gas barrier capability does not deteriorate) even when the laminate is folded. The laminate exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability and an excellent impact-absorbing capability even if an impact is applied from the outside. | 11-10-2011 |
20120041116 | FORMED ARTICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a formed article comprising an ion-implanted layer obtained by implanting ions of a silicon compound into a polymer layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a silicon compound into a surface of a polymer layer of a formed body that includes the polymer layer in its surface; an electronic device member comprising the formed article; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. Consequently, the present invention provides: a formed article which has excellent gas barrier capability, bendability and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member comprising the formed article; an electronic device comprising the electronic device member. | 02-16-2012 |
20120088880 | Formed Article, Method for Producing Same, Electronic Device Member, and Electronic Device - Disclosed is a formed article comprising a layer obtained by implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer. Also disclosed are: a method of producing the formed article, the method comprising implanting ions of a hydrocarbon compound into a surface of a polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer of a formed body that includes the polyorganosiloxane compound-containing layer in its surface; an electronic device member that includes the formed article; and an electronic device that includes the electronic device member. The present invention provides; a formed article which exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability, transparency, bendability, antistatic performance, and surface flatness; a method of producing the formed article, an electronic device member, and an electronic device. | 04-12-2012 |
20120101221 | FORMED ARTICLE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A formed article comprising a gas barrier layer that is formed of a material including at least an oxygen atom, a carbon atom, and a silicon atom, the gas barrier layer including an area (A) where an oxygen atom content rate gradually decreases, and a carbon atom content rate gradually increases in a depth direction from a surface, the area (A) including a partial area (A | 04-26-2012 |
20130202900 | FORMED BODY, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention is a formed article sequentially comprising a base layer, a primer layer that includes a hydroxyl group-containing polymer, and a gas barrier layer, the gas barrier layer being formed of a material that includes at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom, a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having an oxygen atom content rate of 60 to 75%, a nitrogen atom content rate of 0 to 10%, and a silicon atom content rate of 25 to 35%, based on a total content rate of oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and silicon atoms, and the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer having a film density of 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm | 08-08-2013 |
20130209800 | ADHESIVE SHEET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention pertains to an adhesive sheet including a base material having thereon at least a gas barrier layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the gas barrier layer is constituted of a material containing at least an oxygen atom and a silicon atom; in a surface layer part of the gas barrier layer, an existing proportion of an oxygen atom is from 60 to 75%, an existing proportion of a nitrogen atom is from 0 to 10%, and an existing proportion of a silicon atom is from 25 to 35% relative to a total existing amount of the oxygen atom, the nitrogen atom, and the silicon atom; and a film density in the surface layer part of the gas barrier layer is from 2.4 to 4.0 g/cm | 08-15-2013 |
20130284244 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a transparent conductive film which is low in terms of surface resistivity and high in terms of transparency. | 10-31-2013 |
20140077139 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a pressure-sensitive adhesive that contains from 40 to 95% by mass of a rubber-based resin not containing a styrene-derived constituent unit, and a photochromic dye of a dithienylethene-based compound, wherein the content of the photochromic dye is from 0.40 to 8.00 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the pressure-sensitive adhesive, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition have excellent weather resistance that can withstand long-term use, a relatively rapid rate of color change from colored to colorless, and excellent peelability to release sheets. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100039526 | Signal processing apparatus and method, and program - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046835 | Signal processing apparatus and method, and program - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 02-25-2010 |
20120243782 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 09-27-2012 |
20140009637 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 01-09-2014 |
20140247391 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 09-04-2014 |
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20120095738 | CALCULATION METHOD FOR PHYSICAL VALUE, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS METHOD, CALCULATION PROGRAM FOR PHYSICAL VALUE, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM, CALCULATION DEVICE FOR PHYSICAL VALUE, AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE - A calculation method for physical value for calculating physical values in a numerical analysis method for numerically analyzing a physical phenomenon, comprises a physical value calculation step of calculating physical values in an analysis domain divided into a plurality of divided domains, wherein in the physical value calculation step, the physical values are calculated by using: a discretized governing equation that uses values not requiring coordinates (Vertex) of vertices of the divided domains and connectivity information (Connectivity) of the vertices and that is derived on the basis of a weighted residual method; and a calculation data model in which volumes of the divided domains and characteristic values of boundary surface indicating characteristics of boundary surfaces of adjacent ones of the divided domains are provided as the values not requiring coordinates (Vertex) of vertices of the divided domains and connectivity information (Connectivity) of the vertices. | 04-19-2012 |
20130173239 | GENERATING DEVICE FOR CALCULATION DATA, GENERATING METHOD FOR CALCULATION DATA, AND GENERATING PROGRAM FOR CALCULATION DATA - Provided are a section for defining voxel data obtained by dividing an analysis domain including an object into plural rectangular parallelepipeds, giving voxel attributes to respective voxels, and storing the voxel attributes in a voxel data storage section; a section for generating initial point data which are smaller in number than the voxels using center points of the voxels, and storing the generated initial point data in an initial point data storage section; a section for defining divisional regions which are plural ones of the voxels based on the voxel attributes and the initial point data, and storing divisional region data of the defined divisional regions in divisional region data storage section; and a section for generating boundary surface data of each divisional region on the basis of the divisional region data, and storing the generated boundary surface data in calculation data storage section as calculation data. | 07-04-2013 |
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20100095980 | METHOD OF CLEANING STEEL SHEET AND CONTINOUS CLEANING SYSTEM OF STEEL SHEET - The present invention provides a method of cleaning steel sheet, said method of cleaning steel sheet feeding a cleaning solution activated by ultrasonic waves of a frequency of 0.8 MHz to 3 MHz to a surface of steel sheet at an angle inclined by 1 to 80° with respect to a line perpendicular to the surface of the steel sheet in a direction opposite to the running direction, thereby enabling megasonic waves to be applied to cleaning of running steel sheet and improving the cleaning effect and cleaning speed, and a continuous cleaning system of steel sheet. | 04-22-2010 |
20100167920 | Exhaust gas purification catalyst and exhaust gas purification honeycomb structure with catalyst - Disclosed are: an exhaust gas purification catalyst which is an inexpensive three-way catalyst, which contains a reduced amount of an expensive noble metal, particularly does not use Pt, and contains no expensive rare earth element, and which has the same level of catalytic activity as that of a conventional one; and a catalytic honey-comb structure for exhaust gas purification. Specifically disclosed are: an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising (Λ) an oxide M(Co | 07-01-2010 |
20110079244 | PICKLING METHOD AND PICKLING SYSTEM OF STEEL SHEET - The present invention provides a pickling method of steel sheet and pickling system of steel sheet able to efficiently remove oxide scale from steel sheet. That is, it provides a continuous pickling method of steel sheet having a step A of pickling the steel sheet in a pickling tank, a step B of blowing gas toward at least part of the surfaces of the steel sheet in the air after the step A, and a step C of pickling the steel sheet in a pickling tank after the step B, wherein at step B, the steel sheet is temporarily taken out from the pickling solution and gas is blown to at least part of the surfaces of the steel sheet in the air so as to evaporate the acid solution deposited on the surface of the steel sheet and locally increase the acid concentration to thereby efficiently remove even the stubborn Si oxides included in the oxide scale. | 04-07-2011 |
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20100053471 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an AV system in which a television apparatus and a recorder are individually connected to an AV amplifier through an HDMI, in the case where sound is output from the AV amplifier, if insertion of headphones into the television apparatus is detected, control information to switch the destination of the audio data is transmitted from the television apparatus to the AV amplifier. The AV amplifier switches the destination of the audio data that is input from the recorder from a speaker output section to the television apparatus in accordance with the control information. Thus, even if the headphones are inserted into the television apparatus while the AV amplifier is outputting sound reproduced by the recorder, the sound can be output from the headphones. | 03-04-2010 |
20120218175 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image display apparatus and a control method therefor are disclosed. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit to obtain a response start timing and a response end timing of a display panel in the case of image data to be inputted having changed, and a control unit to carry out control to turn on and off a back light based on the response start timing and the response end timing of the display panel obtained by the obtaining unit in cases where the inputted image data has changes, wherein the control unit changes the timing of turning on and off of the back light in accordance with a response time which is an interval of time from the response start timing of the display panel to the response end timing thereof. | 08-30-2012 |
20150123888 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A light source apparatus includes a light source, a detection unit configured to detect light emitted by the light source, a determination unit configured to determine a target brightness, and a control unit configured to periodically perform control of light emission from the light source, wherein the control unit divides one period of the control into a first period during which the light source is caused to emit light that is to be detected by the detection unit and a second period during which the light source is caused to emit light at the target brightness, and during the first period, drives the light source using a driving signal with a value smaller than a value during the second period, and the detection unit detects light emitted by the light source during the first period. | 05-07-2015 |
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20120044579 | ZOOM LENS BARREL - A zoom lens barrel includes a base member | 02-23-2012 |
20120063006 | LENS BARREL HAVING CAM CYLINDER WITH CAM GROOVE - A lens barrel includes a lens holding frame | 03-15-2012 |
20150043088 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a cam cylinder that is provided with a cam groove on the inner circumference thereof and a linear cylinder that restricts movement of the lens holding unit. A plurality of bayonet protrusions are provided on the linear cylinder at different positions in the optical axis direction. A plurality of bayonet grooves that engage with the bayonet protrusions provided on the linear cylinder so as to achieve the relative position restriction between the cam cylinder and the linear cylinder in the optical axis direction are further provided on the inner circumference of the cam cylinder. In accordance with the relative rotation of the cam cylinder with respect to the linear cylinder, the relative position restriction between the cam cylinder and the linear cylinder due to the engagement of the bayonet protrusions with the bayonet grooves is changed to position restriction depending on the relative rotation. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043089 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel is provided that includes a lens holding unit configured to hold a lens; and a cam cylinder that is provided with a cam groove for engaging with the lens holding unit on the inner circumference thereof and of which rotation causes the lens holding unit to move in an optical axis direction. A projection is provided at the end of the cam cylinder on an imaging side, a first gear for transmitting the power for rotating the cam cylinder is provided on the outer circumferential surface of the projection, and the cam groove is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the projection. | 02-12-2015 |
20150153541 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes an extendable barrel unit, a drive unit configured to drive the barrel unit so as to extend the barrel unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a drive force of the drive unit to the barrel unit, the transmission unit includes a first gear and a second gear coaxially disposed and a biasing member configured to bias at least one of the first gear and the second gear such that the drive force is transmitted between the first gear and the second gear, and the transmission unit is configured to block transmission of the drive force between the first gear and the second gear depending on a rotational force applied to at least one of the first gear and the second gear. | 06-04-2015 |
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20130088258 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING OUTPUT CIRCUIT CONSTITUTED OF PLURAL UNIT BUFFER CIRCUITS IN WHICH IMPEDANCE THEREOF ARE ADJUSTABLE - The semiconductor device comprises an output circuit that includes a plurality of unit buffer circuits each of which has an adjustable impedance, a control circuit that selectively activates one or ones of the unit buffer circuits, and an impedance adjustment unit that adjusts the impedances of the unit buffer circuits and includes a power line, a replica circuit, which has a replica impedance that is substantially equal to the adjustable impedance of each of the unit buffer circuits, and a load current generation circuit, which changes current flowing therethrough in accordance with the number of activated the one or ones of the unit buffer circuits. The replica circuit and the load current generation circuit are connected in common to the power line. | 04-11-2013 |
20140286109 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING OUTPUT CIRCUIT CONSTITUTED OF PLURAL UNIT BUFFER CIRCUITS IN WHICH IMPEDANCE THEREOF ARE ADJUSTABLE - A semiconductor device includes an output circuit having a plurality of unit buffer circuits, an impedance of each unit buffer circuit of the plurality of unit buffer circuits being adjustable, a control circuit configured to selectively activate one or more unit buffer circuits of the plurality of unit buffer circuits, and an impedance adjustment unit configured to adjust the impedance of each of the unit buffer circuits of the plurality of unit buffer circuits. The impedance adjustment unit includes a first power line, a replica circuit, and a load current generation circuit. The replica circuit and the load current generation circuit are coupled in common to the first power line, the replica circuit has a replica impedance that is substantially equal to the impedance of the output circuit, and the load current generation circuit changes current flowing therethrough. | 09-25-2014 |
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20080203426 | HETEROJUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A metamorphic buffer layer is formed on a semi-insulating substrate by an epitaxial growth method, a collector layer, a base layer, an emitter layer and an emitter cap layer are sequentially laminated on the metamorphic buffer layer, and a collector electrode is provided in contact with an upper layer of the metamorphic buffer layer. The metamorphic buffer layer is doped with an impurity, in a concentration equivalent to or higher than that in a conventional sub-collector layer, by an impurity doping process during crystal growth so that the metamorphic buffer layer will be able to play the role of guiding the collector current to the collector electrode. Since the sub-collector layer, which is often formed of a ternary mixed crystal or the like having a high thermal resistance, can be omitted, the heat generated in the semiconductor device can be rapidly released into the substrate. | 08-28-2008 |
20100284207 | AC line signal detection device and method and power supply device - Disclosed herein is an AC line signal detection device including: a semiconductor integrated circuit; and a conversion section adapted to rectify an AC line signal and convert the rectified signal to an input signal to be fed to the semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit includes a monitoring section adapted to divide the AC line signal into a plurality of voltage ranges with at least one reference voltage proportional to the amplitude of the AC line signal to monitor within which voltage range the AC line signal falls; a measuring section adapted to measure a duration for which the AC line signal remains in each of the voltage ranges; and a determination section adapted to determine, based on the monitoring result of the monitoring section and the measurement result of the measuring section, whether the duration for which the AC line signal remains in each of the voltage ranges exceeds a set time which can be set in advance to make a pass/fail determination on the AC line signal. | 11-11-2010 |
20100302808 | Power source apparatus - A power source apparatus includes: a first alternating current line; a second alternating current line; an electric power inputting portion including a rectifying circuit for rectifying an alternating current voltage supplied from an alternating current power source, the electric power inputting portion serving to output the rectified voltage to each of the first and second alternating current lines; a first converter including a switching element for converting the alternating current voltage into a first direct current voltage; a second converter for converting the first direct current voltage obtained in the first converter into a second direct current voltage; and a control circuit for carrying out control for driving at least the switching element of the first converter so as to be turned ON or OFF. | 12-02-2010 |
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20140307194 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a bottom gate thin film transistor using a first oxide semiconductor layer as a channel layer, the first oxide semiconductor layer and second semiconductor layers include In and O. An (O/In) ratio of the second oxide semiconductor layers is equal to or larger than that of the first oxide semiconductor layer, and a film thickness thereof is thicker than that of the first oxide semiconductor layer. | 10-16-2014 |
20140362059 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A thin film transistor includes a drain electrode layer and a source electrode layer that are formed above an oxide semiconductor layer via an insulating film. The drain electrode layer and the source electrode layer are electrically connected with the oxide semiconductor layer via through-holes formed in the insulating film. A first through-hole that electrically connects the drain electrode layer with the oxide semiconductor layer and a second through-hole that electrically connects the source electrode layer with the oxide semiconductor layer each include two or more through-holes that are arranged in parallel in a channel width direction of the thin film transistor. A total width of opening widths of the first or second through-holes in the channel width direction is a channel width of the thin film transistor. | 12-11-2014 |
20150070641 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - To maintain good operation of a peripheral circuit using an oxide thin film transistor in a liquid crystal display panel to which photo alignment is applied, the liquid crystal display panel includes: a transparent substrate provided with an oxide thin film transistor in the periphery of a pixel portion in which pixel electrodes are arranged, to control the pixel electrodes; and an alignment film to align liquid crystal provided in the pixel portion. The alignment film is subjected to photo alignment treatment by ultraviolet irradiation. Further, an ultraviolet absorbing layer is provided so as to cover the oxide thin film transistor. For example, an alignment film is used for the ultraviolet absorbing layer to absorb the ultraviolet light for the photo aliment treatment of the alignment film, in the peripheral circuit portion for controlling the pixel electrodes, thereby preventing the threshold voltage of the oxide thin film transistor from shifting. | 03-12-2015 |
20150179812 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided a bottom gate channel etched thin film transistor that can suppress initial Vth depletion and a Vth shift. A thin film transistor is formed, including a gate electrode interconnection disposed on a substrate, a gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor layer to be a channel layer, a stacked film of a source electrode interconnection and a first hard mask layer, a stacked film of a drain electrode interconnection and a second hard mask layer, and a protective insulating film. | 06-25-2015 |
20150263048 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a reliable high performance thin film transistor and a reliable high performance display device. The display device has: a gate electrode which is formed on a substrate; a gate insulating film which is formed to cover the substrate and the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer which is formed on the gate electrode through the gate insulating film; a channel protective layer which is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and formed on the oxide semiconductor layer; and source/drain electrodes which are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and formed to cover the oxide semiconductor layer. A metal oxide layer is formed on an upper part of the channel protective layer. The source/drain electrodes are formed to be divided apart on the channel protective layer and the metal oxide layer. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090035156 | CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - [Problems] A control valve for a variable displacement compressor, where sliding resistance by movement of a valve is reduced as much as possible to stably and accurately regulate the rate of air flow, enabling a suction pressure corresponding to solenoid thrust to be maintained. | 02-05-2009 |
20090057586 | Flow Control Valve - A capacity control valve, comprising a first valve chamber formed in a valve body, a first fluid passage communicatig with the first valve chamber to flow a fluid with a discharge pressure therein, a valve seat formed around a valve port between the first valve chamber and the first fluid passage, a second fluid passage communicating with the first valve chamber to flow the fluid with the discharge pressure therefrom, a second valve chamber communicating with the first valve chamber through a guide hole, a third fluid passage communicating with the second valve chamber to flow the fluid with a suction pressure therein and therfrom, a valve element disposed in the first valve chamber and having a valve part separated from and brought into contact with the valve seat to flow the fluid with the discharge pressure therein and a stem part movably fitted to the guide hole, and a solenoid having a solenoid rod connected to the connection face of the valve element and moving the solenoid rod with a current, A discharge pressure receiving area in a connection surface between the valve part and the valve seat is set larger than the pressure receiving area of the stem part. | 03-05-2009 |
20090108221 | DISPLACEMENT CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A displacement control valve for a variable displacement compressor. The displacement control valve includes a drive force transmission body, a pressure sensitive chamber, an internal passage, and a valve body. The valve body includes an annular seal which is contactable with a valve seat surface facing toward the first valve body. The drive force transmission body includes a drive rod and a valve body structure having a shaft passage and forming the first valve body. The drive rod is fitted to the shaft passage and coupled to the valve body structure so as to form a gap passage between an outer surface of the drive rod and a wall surface of the shaft passage. The internal passage includes a recess arranged radially inward from the annular seal, the shaft passage, and the gap passage. The gap passage is in direct communication with the recess. | 04-30-2009 |
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20100051838 | CAPACITY CONTROL VALVE - A capacity control valve includes a solenoid portion; a tube placed in the solenoid portion; and a movable core which forms a slide surface that is fitted to the tube. An actuation rod has a joint portion and a valve body, the joint portion being engaged with an abutting surface of a solenoid rod portion, and the valve body opening or closing a control fluid passage. The joint surface of the solenoid rod portion or the abutting face of the actuation rod has a concave cone-shape surface while the other has a convex cone-shape portion. A bottom face of the concave cone-shape surface is formed as a wide area of either a planar surface or a circular cross section, wherein a head portion of the convex cone-shape portion is truncated to form a truncated cone surface, the truncated cone surface corresponding to the bottom face of the concave cone-shape surface. | 03-04-2010 |
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20100195912 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE COMPOSITION AND DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE COMPOSITION METHOD - An imaging device of the present invention comprises an imaging section for forming a subject image and outputting image data, a face detection section for detecting a person's face based on the image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected by the face detection section, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. Also, an image composition and display device of the present invention comprises a storage section for storing image data, a decoration image selection section for selecting a decoration image from a plurality of decoration image data, in accordance with a face detected from image data, and a first combining section for combining the selected decoration image and the face image. | 08-05-2010 |
20100214442 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a face detection section detecting a face image within a photographed image; a classification section classifying the photographed image by a pattern of the face image and a color or a pattern under the face image; and a display control section displaying an image of the same face with the different color or pattern according to the classification by the classification section, and displays images of the same person among the plurality of images classified by the classification section at the same time or sequentially in the display of the display control section. | 08-26-2010 |
20110032372 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation. | 02-10-2011 |
20130242140 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A photographing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a photographing section obtaining the image data from the imaging section in response to release operation and also obtaining the image data of continuous shooting from the imaging section before or after the release operation; a trimming section generating trimming images sequentially for frames in different areas, respectively, using the image data of the continuous shooting; and a control section recording the trimming image generated in the trimming section and the image data obtained in the release operation. | 09-19-2013 |
20150138321 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes: a face detector that detects a face of a subject from images captured by an imaging unit; a display controller that causes a display unit to display a guide image for prompting the subject to change a direction of the face; an angle calculation unit that calculates an angle of turn of the face of the subject from a reference position of the direction of the face when the guide image is displayed, based on pieces of image data before and after a change in the direction of the face; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the imaging apparatus and the face based on the calculated angle; and an image processing unit that performs image processing on at least one of the pieces of image data, according to the change in the direction of the face, based on the angle and the distance. | 05-21-2015 |
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20150249788 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes: a first communication control unit that receives action instruction information from an external communication device; and a pseudo image generating unit that generates a pseudo image simulatively expressing an action by a user of the imaging apparatus according to an action instruction based on the action instruction information. The action instruction information includes angle change instruction information and shooting instruction information. The pseudo image generating unit generates, based on a position information and a first orientation information respectively acquired upon receipt of the shooting instruction information, as well as on the shooting instruction information, a first pseudo image, and generates, based on the angle change instruction information, a second pseudo image. | 09-03-2015 |