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20110302552 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Modeled test cases are created by converting test cases of each component, which describe interface call orders for the component, into expressions with a level of abstraction increased by excluding component unique information included in the test cases using classification information of interfaces provided by the component. Modeled test cases as differences are extracted by comparing the modeled test cases between a plurality of components. | 12-08-2011 |
20130342761 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A video transmission apparatus includes a video data transmission unit configured to transmit video data to an external apparatus, an image quality parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire an image quality parameter to be used for display of the video data, an image quality parameter generation unit configured to generate, from the image quality parameter acquired by the image quality parameter acquisition unit, image quality parameter information to be used in the external apparatus, and an image quality parameter transmission unit configured to transmit the image quality parameter information generated by the image quality parameter generation unit to the external apparatus. | 12-26-2013 |
20150084992 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a projection surface on which a projection unit projects a target image, a storage unit configured to store first information indicating a first position, on the projection surface, of the target image projected on the projection surface by the projection unit in a first projection state, and a control unit configured to control a position, on the projection surface, of the target image to move from a second position on the projection surface where the target image is projected by the projection unit in a second projection state to the first position on the projection surface. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080199709 | CERAMIC-COATED MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A ceramic-coated member is configured by laminating at least a thermal stress relieving layer | 08-21-2008 |
20110033281 | STEAM TURBINE, METHOD OF COOLING STEAM TURBINE, AND HEAT INSULATING METHOD FOR STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine | 02-10-2011 |
20110280717 | STEAM DEVICE - In one embodiment, a steam device includes a high-temperature member and a low-temperature member. One surface of the high-temperature member is exposed to high-temperature steam, and the other surface is cooled by cooling steam having a temperature lower than the high-temperature steam. The low-temperature member is disposed to face the high-temperature member with a passage for the cooling steam therebetween and is formed of a material having a heat resistance lower than that of the high-temperature member. The steam device has at least one high-reflectance film selected from a first high-reflectance film, which is formed on the surface of the high-temperature member which is exposed to the high-temperature steam and has a higher reflectance with respect to infrared rays than the high-temperature member, and a second high-reflectance film, which is formed on the surface of the low-temperature member facing the high-temperature member and has a higher reflectance with respect to infrared rays than the low-temperature member. | 11-17-2011 |
20120243978 | STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine | 09-27-2012 |
20120267892 | WIND POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - According to the present invention, there is provided a wind power generating system, having a plurality of plasma airflow generating units, each including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged being separated from the first electrode with a dielectric film and generating plasma airflow owing to dielectric barrier discharge when voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least one plasma power source which supplies voltage to the plasma airflow generating units, wherein the plasma airflow generating units are arranged at a blade of the wind power generating system and are supplied with voltage as being separated into a plurality of lines separately for each of the lines. | 10-25-2012 |
20120280500 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A wind power generation system | 11-08-2012 |
20120280501 | WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A wind power generation system | 11-08-2012 |
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20130070886 | HOLDING DEVICE - There is provided a holding device which can hold a molten corium for a predetermined period even when the molten corium is exposed to heat or undergoes any chemical reaction and which is applicable to practical use. There is provided a holding device provided below a nuclear reactor pressure vessel for holding a molten corium, wherein the holding device includes a base material in contact with a cooling medium, and a multilayer stack structure on the base material. The multilayer stack structure has a first layer having heat-resistant property, a second layer formed on the first layer and having heat-resistant property with lower heat conductivity than that of the first layer, and a third layer formed on the second layer and having corrosion-resistant property and impact-absorbing property. | 03-21-2013 |
20140023482 | TURBINE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - A turbine according to an embodiment includes: a formation object member; a facing member; and a seal part. A formation object member is one of a static part and a rotation part. A facing member is the other of the static part and the rotation part. A seal part at the formation object member is configured to reduce combustion gas leaking between the formation object member and the facing member. The seal part including a ceramics layer. The ceramics layer has a heat conductivity lower than that of the formation object member, and has a concave and convex shape at a surface thereof. The ceramics layer is not in contact with the facing member, or has hardness higher than that of the facing member so that the facing member is preferentially abraded when the facing member and the ceramics layer are in contact with each other. | 01-23-2014 |
20140193256 | WIND POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - There is provided a wind power generation apparatus capable of suppressing power consumption in an airflow generation device, and securely suppressing flow separation on a blade surface, thereby improving efficiency. A wind power generation apparatus | 07-10-2014 |
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20090040809 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device includes: a wiring including a first conductor with a first conductivity; and first, second and third contacts, each including a second conductor with a second conductivity and contacting the wiring. The storage device also includes: a write switching circuit controlling current for writing information that flows through the first contact, the wiring, and the second contact, and changing resistance values of the first contact to write information; and a read switching circuit controlling current for reading information that flows through the first contact, the wiring, and the third contact. | 02-12-2009 |
20100264888 | DC/DC CONVERTER AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A DC/DC converter includes a first regulator supplied with a first reference potential, the first regulator outputting an output potential from an output terminal thereof, the first regulator controlling the output potential so as to be equal to the first reference potential; a second regulator supplied with a second reference potential, the second reference potential being lower than the first reference potential, an output terminal of the second regulator being connected to the output terminal of the first regulator, the second regulator controlling the output potential so as to be equal to the second reference potential; and a first comparator which compares a third reference potential and the output potential, the third reference potential being a potential between the first reference potential and the second reference potential, the first comparator putting the second regulator into an operating state under a first condition in which the output potential is lower than the third reference potential, the first comparator putting the second regulator into a stopped state under a second condition in which the output potential is higher than the third reference potential. | 10-21-2010 |
20120091803 | CONSTANT VOLTAGE CONSTANT CURRENT GENERATION CIRCUIT - A constant voltage constant current generation circuit includes a first transistor, a first resistor connected between the first terminal and a second potential, a first diode connected in series with the first resistor, and a first operational amplifier which outputs a first control signal to a control terminal of the first transistor. The constant voltage constant current generation circuit includes a current output circuit which outputs a constant current from a current output terminal according to the first control signal, a second transistor through which a second current flows, the second current obtained by mirroring a first current flowing through the first transistor, a second resistor connected between the voltage output terminal and the second potential. The constant voltage constant current generation circuit includes a current source which outputs a current to the voltage output terminal, and which has negative current characteristics with respect to a temperature change, and a reference voltage output circuit which outputs the reference voltage from a reference voltage terminal. | 04-19-2012 |
20130077420 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND DEFECTIVE CELL RELIEVING METHOD - A memory cell array of a first semiconductor chip includes a normal cell array and a spare cell array. A first defect address data storage circuit outputs first defect address data indicating an address of a defective memory cell in the memory cell array. A first comparison circuit compares address data with the first defect address data and outputs a first match signal in case of matching. A second defect address data storage circuit outputs second defect address data indicating an address of a defective memory cell in the memory cell array. A second comparison circuit compares the address data with the second defect address data and outputs a second match signal in case of matching. | 03-28-2013 |
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20100118945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - An video encoding apparatus includes a dividing unit | 05-13-2010 |
20100303149 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS - An image processor to produce a local decoded image corresponding to an input image, a region partitioning module to classify the local decoded image into a plurality of regions using a given parameter, a filter designing module to design a filter coefficient for every classified region, a filter processor to filter the local decoded image according to a corresponding filter coefficient for every classified region, a frame memory to store a filtered image, a predictor to produce a prediction image using a stored image, and an encoder to output a parameter used for classification of the region and information of a filter coefficient every classified region as encoded data are provided. | 12-02-2010 |
20100322303 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A video encoding method wherein an encoded image is used as a reference image for prediction of an image to be encoded next, includes generating a restored image by applying a filter to a local decoded image of an encoded image, setting filter coefficient information of the filter, encoding the filter coefficient information, encoding specific information indicating the local decoded image used as a reference image or the restored image, and storing either the local decoded image or the restored image as the reference image in a memory based on the specific information. | 12-23-2010 |
20110069752 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FILTERING FUNCTION CONSIDERING EDGES - According to one embodiment, a moving image encoding method is disclosed. The method can generate a prediction error image based on a difference between an input moving image and a predicted image. The method can execute transform and quantization on the prediction error image to generate quantized transformation coefficients. The method can generate edge information which indicates an attribute of an edge in a local decoded image corresponding to an encoded image. The method can generate, based on the edge information, control information associated with application of a filter to a decoded image at a decoding side. The method can set filter coefficients for the filter based on the control information. In addition, the method can encode the quantized transformation coefficients and filter coefficient information indicating the filter coefficients to output encoded data. | 03-24-2011 |
20110075732 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOVING IMAGES - According to an embodiment, a moving image encoding method includes generating a predicted image of an original image based on a reference image, performing transform and quantization on a prediction error between the original image and the predicted image to obtain a quantized transform coefficient, performing inverse quantization and inverse transform on the quantized transform coefficient to obtain a decoded prediction error, adding the predicted image and the decoded prediction error to generate a local decoded image, setting filter data containing time-space filter coefficients for reconstructing the original image based on the local decoded image and the reference image, performing a time-space filtering process on the local decoded image in accordance with the filter data to generate a reconstructed image, storing the reconstructed image as the reference image, and encoding the filter data and the quantized transform coefficient. | 03-31-2011 |
20110150080 | MOVING-PICTURE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a moving-picture decoding apparatus is disclosed. A decoding unit decodes input coded data to generate a quantized transform coefficient and filter information. An inverse-transform/inverse-quantization unit executes inverse-quantization and inverse-transform on the quantized transform coefficient to generate a prediction error picture. A decoded-picture generation unit generates a decoded picture using the prediction error picture and a predicted picture. A luminance filter processing unit applies a luminance filter to the luminance signal of the decoded picture based on luminance filter information to generate the luminance signal of a restored picture. A chrominance filter processing unit applies a chrominance filter to the chrominance signal of the decoded picture based on chrominance filter information to generate the chrominance signal of the restored picture. | 06-23-2011 |
20110228844 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a moving picture encoding method includes deriving a target filter to be used for a decoded image of a target image to be encoded. The method includes setting a correspondence relationship between target filter coefficient in the target filter and reference filter coefficient in a reference filter in accordance with tap length of the target filter and tap length of the reference filter. The method includes deriving coefficient difference between the target filter coefficient and the reference filter coefficient in accordance with the correspondence relationship. The method includes encoding target filter information including the tap length of the target filter and the coefficient difference. | 09-22-2011 |
20120128073 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND A VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, includes an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 05-24-2012 |
20120154669 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An imaging apparatus that adjusts focus based on frequency components extracted from an image signal is provided. The apparatus includes a 1st order Infinite Impulse Response (IIR)-filter including a plurality of sample delayers having a plurality of line buffers for buffering and delaying a plurality of samples to sequentially read pixels of the image signal through raster scanning and extracting frequency components of the image signal from the read pixels by using the plurality of sample delayers; and a delay sample number controller for controlling the IIR-filter to match the number of horizontal pixels sequentially read from the image signal through raster scanning to the number of the plurality of samples buffered by the plurality of line buffers, wherein the delay sample number controller commands the IIR-filter to read a sample from each of the plurality of line buffers in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the raster scanning, and perform filtering processing on the read sample. | 06-21-2012 |
20140177727 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185683 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND A VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185684 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185685 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND A VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-03-2014 |
20140192888 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090077596 | BROADCAST CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND BROADCAST RECEPTION TERMINAL DEVICE FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM - It is assumed that a reception processing unit receives a broadcast program in accordance with tuning based on the user's specification. In this state, a non-viewable state detection processing unit monitors occurrence of a non-viewable state from an acquisition state of reception data. When the non-viewable state occurs due to a certain factor, a non-viewable state accumulation unit accumulates information on the non-viewable state. When the factor of a viewing interruption is solved and a user makes a request for service provision, the processing unit connects to a distribution apparatus to report content of the non-viewable state, and receives distribution of a relevant content, thereby the processing unit becomes able to recontinue interrupted broadcast content. | 03-19-2009 |
20090217387 | COPY LIMITATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD, AND CONTENT STORAGE DEVICE - A content storage device comprises a content storage unit which stores master content with content handling information including conditions of copy limitations added thereto, content information management units which acquire to individually manage content information related to the conditions of the copy limitations from the content handling information added to the stored content in storing the master content, a content information provision unit which reads to provide management information in response to a request, and a copy limitation processing unit which determines the conditions of the copy limitations from the management information of the content information management unit in copy requesting of the master content and instructs execution of copy processing only when the conditions are satisfied, and updates the conditions of the copy limitations in accordance with instructing execution of the copy processing. | 08-27-2009 |
20100235876 | CONTENT PROVISION SYSTEM, CONTENT GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND CONTENT GENERATION METHOD - A content provision system provides a content reproduction apparatus with content including main information which is at least either of video information and audio information generated by a content generation apparatus. The content generation apparatus generates a bodily sensation element by applying numeric conversion to characteristics of a bodily sensation given to a user, generates instruction information to reproduce the bodily sensation element in synchronism with reproduction of the main information, generates bodily sensation information by adding the instruction information to the bodily sensation element, and generates content including the bodily sensation information by adding the bodily sensation information to the main information. The content reproduction apparatus separates the main information and the bodily sensation information from the content, reproduces the main information, separates the bodily sensation element and the instruction information from the bodily sensation, and reproduces bodily sensation element based on the instruction information. | 09-16-2010 |
20120236950 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information distribution apparatus stores a characteristic information extracted arbitrary time-series data and relevant information in association of an information providing site on a communication line with each other, fetches characteristic information presented with a request for distribution through the line from a terminal, collates the fetched characteristic information with each characteristic information item of the stored associated information, determines the closest characteristic information, fetches relevant information associated with the characteristic information, and distributes the fetched relevant information to the terminal through the line. | 09-20-2012 |
20140047493 | BROADCAST TRANSPORT STREAM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND BROADCAST TRANSPORT STREAM DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM - In a transport stream distribution system, a transmission rate control unit takes in an IP packet output from an IP transmission processing unit, obtains a TTS to be added to an arbitrary TS packet in the IP packet, and compares the TTS with a time stamp generated internally to determine whether both of them coincide with each other or not. And if they coincide with each other, the system takes in a TTS of the next TS packet, and otherwise, the system obtains a difference between a time indicating the TTS and the time indicating the internally generated time stamp to calculate a transmission rate correction value equivalent to the value of the difference, and issues the calculated correction value to the processing unit to correct a transmission rate. | 02-13-2014 |
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20090009568 | FLOW PATH CONNECTING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A flow path connecting device includes a first flow path having a first connector and configured to channel fluids, a second flow path having a second connector and configured to channel fluids, a moving unit configured to move at least one of the first and second connectors, to interconnect the first and second connectors so that the first and second flow paths are communicated with each other, and to separate the first and second connectors from each other, and a control unit configured to control the moving unit, when the first and second connectors separate from each other, to set a relative speed of the first and second connectors to a first speed or less in a period from a start of the separation till a lapse of predetermined time, and set the relative speed to a second speed that is higher than the first speed after the lapse of the predetermined time. | 01-08-2009 |
20090031833 | DRIVING MECHANISM FOR CARRIER, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND READING APPARATUS - A driving mechanism for a carrier can prevent drive transmission units used for reciprocation of the carrier from becoming damaged, dented, or deformed even when an apparatus receives vibration or impact from the outside. The driving mechanism includes first and second pinion components held by a carrier, first and second rack segments fixed to a main apparatus body, and a connector rack segment fixed between the first and second rack segments. When the carrier performs recording, the first pinion component engages with the first rack segment. When the carrier is at a home position, the second pinion component engages with the second rack segment. | 02-05-2009 |
20110135374 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus having a function of sorting recording sheets is reduced in size and cost. The recording apparatus conveys the recording sheets, records on the recording sheets, discharges the recording sheets, and sorts the discharged recording sheets. The recording apparatus includes: a movable carriage that holds a recording head for recording on the recording sheets; and a sorting mechanism that controls positions of the recording sheets so that the discharged recording sheets are sorted, and the sorting mechanism is configured to be operated by the carriage and sort the recording sheets in accordance with a position of the carriage. | 06-09-2011 |
20110261102 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a printing unit and a drying unit. The printing unit performs printing on a sheet using ink. The drying unit dries the sheet on which the ink is applied at the printing unit as the sheet is conveyed in the drying unit. The drying unit causes hot air heated by a heater to circulate through a housing and blows the hot air to the sheet. The housing includes an opening through which movement of gas between inside and outside the housing can be adjusted. When conveyance of the sheet in the drying unit stops, the apparatus is controlled to reduce an output of the heater and to increase the movement of the gas through the opening. | 10-27-2011 |
20110261128 | DRYING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention provides an apparatus including: a rotatable belt having an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface partially coming into contact with a sheet; a plurality of rollers being arranged in a direction of movement of the sheet and including a first roller and a second roller adjacent to each other, the plurality of rollers being pressed against the outer surface and the moving sheet being nipped between the plurality of rollers and the outer surface; a blowing mechanism configured to blow hot air from between the first roller and the second roller toward the sheet; and a heating unit including a heater and a contact surface coming into contact with the inner surface, the heating unit being configured to be able to set the contact surface thereof to have a predetermined non-uniform temperature distribution. | 10-27-2011 |
20110267411 | SHEET FEEDING UNIT AND PRINTER - A sheet feeding unit to be inserted between a printer main unit and a sorting unit having a plurality of discharge trays. The sheet feeding unit includes a casing in which a sheet is housed and through which a feed path and a discharge conveyance path extend horizontally. The casing has on a face thereof adjacent to the printer main unit an exit of the feed path and an entrance of the discharge conveyance path, and on a face thereof adjacent to the sorting unit an entrance of the feed path and an exit of the discharge conveyance path. The positions of the exit and entrance of the feed path coincide with each other when seen in a conveyance direction, and the positions of the entrance and exit of the discharge conveyance path coincide with each other when seen in the conveyance direction. | 11-03-2011 |
20150055198 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes: a sensor unit; a first reading part at which the sensor unit reads a document through a first transparent member; a second reading part at which the sensor unit reads a document through a second transparent member different from the first transparent member; and a color reference, wherein measurement of the color reference is able to be performed through the first transparent member by the sensor unit for calibration for reading at the first reading part, and measurement of the color reference is able to be performed through the second transparent member by the sensor unit for calibration for reading at the second reading part. | 02-26-2015 |
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20130100322 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor has a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit including a plurality of pixels, and a charge-voltage converter shared by the plurality of pixels. The sensor includes a structural portion including a plurality of wiring layers, an interlayer insulating film, and light waveguides configured by embedding, in portions of the interlayer insulating film located above the photoelectric converters, a material having a refractive index higher than that of the interlayer insulating film. A dummy pattern is formed in the structural portion to reduce a difference between a sensitivity of a first pixel and that of a second pixel, which is produced by a difference between a structure in a periphery of the light waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter of the first pixel and that of the second pixel. | 04-25-2013 |
20130181309 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes photoelectric conversion units each including a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a semiconductor region of a second conductivity type disposed in contact with the first semiconductor region, a potential barrier formed between photoelectric conversion units, and a contact plug disposed in an image sensing area. The number of contact plugs is smaller than the number of photoelectric conversion units. The photoelectric conversion units include first and second photoelectric conversion units and are arranged such that at least two first photoelectric conversion units are adjacent in a first direction. The potential barrier includes a first part formed between the two first photoelectric conversion units disposed adjacently and a second part formed between first and second photoelectric conversion units adjacent to each other. The contact plug is located closer to the first part than to the second part. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182159 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus according to one or more embodiments includes a power line and first through fourth photodiodes. The first, second, and third photodiodes are arranged along a first direction so that the first photodiode is adjacent to the second photodiode, and the second photodiode is adjacent to the third photodiode. The power line includes a first conductor disposed along the first direction and a second conductor disposed along a second direction that intersects the first direction. The second conductor is disposed on a region between the second and third photodiodes. First and second transistors corresponding to the first and second photodiode, respectively, are connected to the power line. The fourth photodiode is disposed adjacent to the second photodiode in the second direction. A third transistor corresponding to the fourth photodiode is connected to the power line. | 07-18-2013 |
20140319321 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - One embodiment is an imaging apparatus including multiple pixels. The pixels include first and second photoelectric conversion units, a floating diffusion portion, and first and second transfer transistors configured to transfer electric carriers generated at the respective first and second photoelectric conversion units to the floating diffusion portion. The imaging apparatus includes a first conductive member electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transfer transistor, a second conductive member electrically connected to the gate electrode of the second transfer transistor, and a control unit. The distance of closest proximity between the first conductive member and the floating diffusion portion is shorter than distance of closest proximity between the second conductive member and the floating diffusion portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20140320690 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - One embodiment according to the present invention is an imaging apparatus including a pixel. The pixel includes first and second photoelectric conversion units, a floating diffusion portion, and first and second transfer transistors. The first and second transfer transistors are configured to transfer electric carriers generated respectively at the first and second photoelectric conversion units to the floating diffusion portion. The imaging apparatus includes a first conductive member electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transfer transistor, a second conductive member electrically connected to the gate electrode of the second transfer transistor, and a control unit. The distance of closest proximity between the first conductive member and the floating diffusion portion is longer than the distance of closest proximity between the second conductive member and the floating diffusion portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20150222836 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - An image sensor including a photoelectric converter, a charge-voltage converter, a transfer transistor to transfer a charge from the photoelectric converter to the charge-voltage converter whereby potential of the charge-voltage converter changes to a first direction, an amplifier transistor to output a signal corresponding to potential of the charge-voltage converter to a column signal line, the amplifier transistor sequentially outputting, to the column signal line, noise level and light signal level, a capacitance between a control signal line and the charge-voltage converter, and a control unit to change a potential of the control signal line so that the potential of the charge-voltage converter changes to a second direction opposite to the first direction in a period in which the charge-voltage converter is in floating and which is prior to outputting the noise level. | 08-06-2015 |