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| 20080211951 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An imaging device is disclosed. The device includes: a unit pixel that outputs an analog electric signal in accordance with a signal charge; a local voltage supply circuit that generates a local voltage different from an operation voltage; a reference signal generation section that generates a reference signal based on the local voltage provided by the local voltage supply circuit; and a processing section that converts, by referring to the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation section, the analog signal provided by the unit pixel into a digital signal. In the imaging device, the reference signal generation section keeps constant a load current of the local voltage supply circuit in an operating state. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080284886 | Image pickup circuit, CMOS sensor, and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is an image pickup circuit including: amplifying means for amplifying a charge corresponding to an amount of light received by a photodetector, and outputting a pixel signal; ramp signal generating means for generating a ramp signal whose voltage drops with a fixed slope from a predetermined initial voltage; and comparing means for comparing the pixel signal output by the amplifying means with the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means. A reference potential of the pixel signal output by the amplifying means and a reference potential of the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means are at a same level. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090033759 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT AND IMAGE-CAPTURE CIRCUIT - A reference voltage circuit for generating a reference voltage to be referred when a pixel signal is digitally converted, includes ramp voltage generating means for generating a ramp voltage which drops from a predetermined initial voltage at a certain gradient, a transistor for forming, together with the ramp voltage generating means, a current mirror circuit, and gain change means for changing a current value of a current flowing from a predetermined power supply via the transistor to change the gradient of the ramp voltage generated by the ramp voltage generating means. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100231574 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA USING THE IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device that can not only reduce noises including shading but also read out a pixel at high speed, a method for controlling the imaging device, and a camera using the imaging device are provided. In a 3-transistor-driven pixel circuit | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110013050 | Solid-state imaging device, control method therefor, and camera system - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section having pixels performing photoelectric conversion arranged in a matrix form; a pixel signal reading unit including an AD converting part that reads pixel signals in a unit of pixels, and compares a reference signal as a ramp waveform with the pixel signals to perform AD conversion; a clamp unit clamping the signal line with a clamp voltage such that the pixel signals are held at or greater than a set voltage; a correction bias circuit generating a clamp voltage according to a clamp voltage set value supplied and supplies the clamp voltage to the clamp unit; and a correction bias selecting unit selecting the clamp voltage set value such that the clamp voltage is generated in association with slope determining information for determining a slope of the reference signal, and supplies the clamp voltage set value to the correction bias circuit. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110074994 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, A/D CONVERTER AND A/D CONVERSION METHOD - In a reference signal comparison AD conversion scheme, a reference signal SLP_ADC and each of P and D phases of a pixel signal voltage Vx are compared. A count clock CKcnt | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110221931 | Temperature information output apparatus, imaging apparatus, method of outputting temperature information - A temperature information output apparatus includes: a first comparison unit provided to match with a specific row in a pixel array unit and receiving and comparing an analog pixel signal output from a pixel and a reference signal having a ramp waveform having a predetermined inclination and a signal period; a first count unit carrying out a count operation during a count period within a reset period and a count period within a signal period; a first data output unit outputting the pixel data based on a count value obtained by the first count unit; a local voltage/temperature signal generating unit generating a local voltage and a temperature signal; a second comparison unit receiving and comparing the temperature signal and the reference signal; a second count unit carrying out a count operation during a count period within a reset period and a count period within a signal period; and a second data output unit outputting temperature data based on a count value obtained by the second count unit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120120287 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an image outputting apparatus, including, an image pickup section, an error correction code calculation section adapted to calculate an error correction code using pixel data, which configure an image obtained by image pickup by the image pickup section, as an information word, and an outputting section adapted to output coded data, which are data of a codeword obtained by adding the error correction code to the pixel data, to an image processing apparatus provided in an apparatus in which the image outputting apparatus is provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120289 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, DATA STRUCTURE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image outputting apparatus includes a header production section for producing a header including header information formed from first and second frame information regarding whether pixel data included in a payload are of first and last lines of one frame, respectively, first line information regarding whether or not the pixel data included in the payload are valid, and second line information regarding a line number of a line formed from the pixel data included in the payload, and an error detection code for use for detection of an error of the header information. A packet production section produces a packet which includes, in the payload thereof, pixel data for one line which configure an image obtained by imaging by an imaging section and to which the header is added. An outputting section outputs the produced packet to an image processing apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
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| 20080254300 | Resin Composition, Resin-Attached Metal Foil, Base Material-Attached Insulating Sheet and Multiple-Layered Printed Wiring Board - A multiple-layered printed wiring board is manufactured, which exhibits higher thermal resistance and lower thermal expansion so that no flaking and/or no crack would be occurred in a thermal shock test such as a cooling-heating cycle test and the like, in addition to exhibiting a fire retardancy. The present invention is directed to a resin composition, capable of being employed for forming a resin layer of a resin-attached metal foil or an insulating sheet of a base material-attached insulating sheet, and comprises: a cyanate resin and/or a prepolymer thereof; an epoxy resin substantially containing no halogen atom; a phenoxy resin substantially containing no halogen atom; an imidazole compound; and an inorganic filler, and also directed to a resin-attached metal foil formed by cladding a metal foil with such resin composition, a base material-attached insulating sheet formed by cladding an insulating base material therewith, and a multiple-layered printed wiring board, formed by laying such resin-attached metal foil(s) or such base material-attached insulating sheet(s) on a single side or both sides of an internal layer circuit board, and hot pressure forming thereof. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100025166 | CALIPER BRAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A brake caliper ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110077525 | Ultrasound Systems and Methods For Orthopedic Applications - Medical diagnostic instruments and systems are provided that include (i) a proximal handle configured and dimensioned to permit an operator to manually grasp the instrument; (ii) an ultrasound probe including a longitudinal shaft extending distally from the handle and terminating in a distal end, and an ultrasound transducer mounted with respect to the longitudinal shaft proximate the distal end thereof, the ultrasound transducer including an array of ultrasonic energy generation elements; and (iii) a tactile feeler probe mounted with respect to the ultrasound probe, the tactile feeler probe including a longitudinal shaft mounted with respect to the longitudinal shaft of the ultrasound probe and extending distally beyond the distal end thereof, and a feeler probe tip (e.g., a ball tip) defined at a distal end of the longitudinal shaft of the tactile feeler probe. Advantageous methods for use of the disclosed instruments and systems are also provided, e.g., for detecting breaches in cortical bones in connection with pedicle screw placement. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110208062 | Ultrasound Systems and Methods For Orthopedic Applications - Medical diagnostic instruments/systems are provided that include (i) a proximal handle configured and dimensioned to permit an operator to manually grasp the instrument; (ii) an ultrasound probe including a longitudinal shaft extending distally from the handle and terminating in a distal end, and an ultrasound transducer mounted with respect to the longitudinal shaft, the ultrasound transducer including an array of ultrasonic energy generation elements (iii) a tactile feeler probe mounted with respect to the ultrasound probe; and (iv) at least one hollow receiver member mounted with respect to the longitudinal shaft of the ultrasound probe, the at least one hollow receiver member configured to receive a K-wire to permit the instrument to be slidably mounted thereto for purposes of guiding the ultrasound and tactile feeler probes axially relative to a desired anatomical location. Advantageous methods for use of the disclosed instruments/systems are also provided. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110313282 | Ultrasound for Surgical Cranial Applications - The present disclosure relates generally to equipment and procedures in the field of surgery and/or diagnostics and, more particularly, to instruments, systems, and methods for undertaking surgical and/or diagnostic procedures that involve and/or are in proximity to the brain, e.g., cranial procedures and/or surgery. The disclosed devices generally include a handle member and an elongated probe that includes an ultrasound transducer. The devices may be used in conjunction with K-wires/guidewires, tubular members, e.g., EVD catheters and/or ventricular drains, endoscopes/cameras, and accessory items such as curettes, probes, knives, suction devices, scissors, cautery units, forceps, grasping devices and the like. | 12-22-2011 |
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| 20080251849 | Semiconductor Device and Method for Manufacturing Same - A semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region,
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| 20090014795 | Substrate for field effect transistor, field effect transistor and method for production thereof - A π gate FinFET structure having reduced variations in off-current and parasitic capacitance and a method for production thereof are provided. The structure of an element is improved so that an off-current suppressing capability can be exhibited more strongly. A field effect transistor, wherein a first insulating film and a semiconductor region are provided so as to protrude upward with respect to the flat surface of a base, the field effect transistor has a gate electrode, a gate insulating film and a source/drain region, and a channel is formed at least on the side surface of the semiconductor region, wherein that the first insulating film is provided on an etch stopper layer composed of a material having an etching rate lower than at least the lowermost layer of the first insulating film for etching under a predetermined condition. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090026504 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - The present invention provides a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device in which a driving force can be increased by increasing a strain amount given by a stressed film in a MOS transistor including an elevated region. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100314694 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes: a channel region formed in a semiconductor substrate; a source region formed on one side of the channel region; a drain region formed on the other side of the channel region; a gate electrode formed on the channel region via a gate insulating film; and a stress-introducing layer that applies stress to the channel region, the semiconductor device having a stress distribution in which source region-side and drain region-side peaks are positioned between a pn junction boundary of the channel region and the source region and a pn junction boundary of the channel region and the drain region. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110042758 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate in which a SiGe layer having a first width in a channel direction is embedded in a channel forming region; gate insulating film formed on the channel forming region; a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film and having a region protruding from a forming region of the SiGe layer with a second width wider than the first width; and source/drain regions having extension regions formed on the semiconductor substrate which sandwiches the channel forming region, thereby forming a field effect transistor, wherein the extension region is apart from the SiGe layer so that a depletion layer extending from a junction surface between the extension region and the semiconductor substrate does not reach the SiGe layer. | 02-24-2011 |
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| 20090248386 | DESCRIPTION PROCESSING DEVICE, DESCRIPTION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A description processing device has: a receiving unit which receives a behavior level description; a label-name generating unit which generates a label name; a label disposing unit which disposes a top label statement; an extracting unit which extracts an extracted label statement, a variable-name generating unit which generates a variable name; a replacing unit which replaces a statement immediately below the top label statement to the extracted label statement by a column of a conditional executable statement and an operation/assignment statement and replaces a jump statement for jumping the extracted label statement by a column of an operation/assignment statement and a jump statement for jumping to the top label; a control unit which repeats the extraction, the generation of a new variable name, and the replacement; an inserting unit which inserts an operation/assignment statement; and an output unit which outputs the behavior level description. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090249260 | DESCRIPTION PROCESSING DEVICE, DESCRIPTION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A receiving unit | 10-01-2009 |
| 20120096418 | BEHAVIORAL SYNTHESIS APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM HAVING TEST BENCH GENERATION FUNCTION - Disclosed is a behavioral synthesis apparatus for generating a test bench where the same test vector can be used in both the behavioral simulation and the RTL simulation. The apparatus includes input application/output signal observation timing signal generation means that generates an input application timing signal, an output observation timing signal, and logic circuits for the input application timing signal and the output observation timing signal; and test bench generation means that generates a test bench that observes the signals, applies inputs, and observes outputs. | 04-19-2012 |
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| 20120174008 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - An information input device includes: a display unit configured to display a user interface for acknowledging user input information in a content including an input field displayed on a display, by accepting an operation on the display, the user interface being displayed transparently as superimposed in front of the content; and a transcription unit configured to provide, in the input field in the content, the user input information acknowledged in the user interface. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120188694 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120197738 | Method of Providing Content Assigned Identifier and ID Management Device - A processor-implemented method includes: acknowledging, using a first affiliator identifier obtained from content assigned the first affiliator identifier, an application from a user other than an owner of the content for the same type of content as the accessed content, an affiliator identifier being used to identify an affiliator for the purpose of providing affiliate service, embedding, in the content provided to the other user, a second affiliator identifier identifying the other user; providing the content assigned the second affiliator identifier to the other user; and identifying an affiliator owning the content assigned the first affiliator identifier, based on the first affiliator identifier. | 08-02-2012 |
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| 20080220145 | Method of producing parboiled rice and parboiled rice produced by the method - A method of producing parboiled rice that does not require waste water treatment equipment and that enriches the amount of γ-aminobutyric acid contained in the parboiled rice. The method includes partially milling raw material brown rice, wetting the partially milled rice grains by forced-air using moist air or mist, moisture-tempering the wetted rice grains, steam-boiling the water-tempered rice grains at normal pressure to heat the rice grains with steam, steam-boiling the rice grains heated in the normal pressure steam-boiling process using pressurized steam, cooling the rice grains steamed under pressure in the pressurized steam-boiling step to cool at least a surface of the rice grains, finish milling the rice grains cooled in the cooling step, and drying the finish-milled rice grains. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080286435 | Grain or legume having increased content of functional component and a manufacturing method thereof - Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (γ-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50° C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100112184 | Coating solution, and manufacturing method and apparatus thereof - There is provided a coating solution which can efficiently take in dietary fiber at high concentration. A manufacturing method and apparatus of the coating solution are provided. According to this method, the coating solution having high viscosity can be obtained. According to this apparatus, even if the added amount is larger compared to the amount of rice, a large amount of coated rice can be continuously manufactured without causing the clogging in the flow of rice and the coating solution in the apparatus and the binding of rice. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100242838 | COATING APPARATUS - There is provided a coating apparatus capable of continuously producing coated rice having powdered coating material adhered to the grains and including a drying process to prevent the grains from being bonded to one another and make the grain surfaces smoother upon drying of the grains. The coating apparatus comprising a binder coating unit for applying liquid binder to the grains being conveyed through a coating and stirring chamber to coat the grain surfaces with the binder; a adhering unit for adding powder material to the grains conveyed through a adhering and stirring chamber to adhere the powdered material to the grain surface by the binder; and a drying unit including a drying and stirring chamber through which the grains are conveyed while being stirred, a blow passage for blowing hot air into the drying chamber to dry the grains, and an exhaust passage for exhausting the hot air from the drying chamber. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100323087 | Method for producing quick-cooking rice and quick-cooking rice produced by the method - Raw material rice (brown rice and partially-milled rice) is subjected to a preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process to form an alpharized layer on the surface of the raw material rice, and then a moisture adding process is performed. Since the surface of the raw material rice is alpharized to become stiff with the preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process, even rapid moisture addition does not cause a crack in the raw material rice. Therefore, water absorption can be quickly achieved to a target moisture content, thereby reducing a moisture adding time. Also, with no crack, quick-cooking rice with an excellent outer appearance of rice as a product and without a drain of nutrients in rice grains at the time of rice cooking. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120201946 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHARIZED RICE AND ALPHARIZED RICE PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - To provide a method for producing alpharized rice in which a soaking process does not need to be provided and a shape of rice grains is maintained. | 08-09-2012 |
