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20110066722 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A device management apparatus is connected to one or more devices via a network, and includes: a response request unit that requests a response from the devices via the network; a reception unit that receives the response from the respective devices, a storage unit that stores a record, the record being arranged such that device identification information for identifying the devices is associated with response information indicative of whether the response was received and a date and time at which the response was received; a recording unit that updates the record; and an output control unit that reads on the storage unit and delivers the device identification information indicating that the corresponding response information is indicative of an absence of the response and an elapsed time from the corresponding date and time has exceeded a predetermined period. | 03-17-2011 |
20110231581 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A device management apparatus is connected to a plurality of devices via a network and includes a processing unit. The processing unit includes a trap setting part that defines a trap setting of each device, a storing part that stores device information of each device, transmitted by a trap processing of each device, in a predetermined storage area of a storage device as device management information of management object devices, and an excepting part which deletes device information of a device from the device management information. When an exception request for excepting exception devices from the management object devices is received, the trap setting part changes a trap setting of each exception device to an OFF state and the excepting part deletes device information of each exception device from the device management information. | 09-22-2011 |
20120120451 | IMAGE FORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A disclosed image formation management system includes image forming apparatuses and a local management apparatus connected via a network to the image forming apparatuses. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes a user information storing unit storing user information of users, a management information storing unit storing a current number of image formation pages and a maximum number of image formation pages of each of the users, and an image formation control unit configured to authenticate the users based on the user information and to limit image formation by each of the authenticated users based on the current number of image formation pages and the maximum number of image formation pages. The local management apparatus is configured to manage the user information and the maximum numbers of image formation pages of the users of the image forming apparatuses. | 05-17-2012 |
20130042181 | NETWORK-MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NETWORK-MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted. | 02-14-2013 |
20130268860 | NETWORK-MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NETWORK-MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted. | 10-10-2013 |
20140068447 | NETWORK-MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NETWORK-MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A network-management device includes a map storing unit and a map state storing unit. The map storing unit stores therein a map created based on information on network devices. The map state storing unit stores therein a creation state indicating that creation of the map is in process or completed in association with the map. When creation of the map is in process, disclosure of the map is prohibited, and all the network devices are notified that creation of the map is in process. When creation of the map is completed, it is checked whether all the network devices are laid out on the map. When all the network devices are laid out on the map, disclosure of the map is permitted. | 03-06-2014 |
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20120231383 | RESIN FOR TONER, TONER USING THE RESIN, AND DEVELOPMENT AGENT USING THE TONER - A resin for toner containing a polyhydroxy carbonate skeleton and a rigid skeleton. | 09-13-2012 |
20120282000 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a toner for electrophotography, which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and an organic-modified layered inorganic mineral, wherein the binder resin contains a crystalline resin in an amount of 50% by mass or greater, and wherein the organic-modified layered inorganic mineral is an organic-modified layered inorganic mineral in which at least part of ions present between layers of a layered inorganic mineral are modified with organic ions. | 11-08-2012 |
20120295188 | RESIN FOR USE IN TONER, TONER USING THE RESIN, DEVELOPER USING THE TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE TONER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN - A resin for use in toner is provided. The resin comprises an oligomer segment and a soft segment. The oligomer segment comprises a polyhydroxycarboxylic skeleton and an aromatic diol skeleton. | 11-22-2012 |
20130045442 | TONER, DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including a resin particle (C) is provided. The resin particle (C) includes a resin particle (B) and a resin particle (A). The resin particle (B) includes a resin (b). The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) includes a resin (a). The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) is adhered to a surface of the resin particle (B). The resin (a) is a polyester resin. The resin (a) has a total acid value of 15 to 36 mgKOH/g. The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) has a surface acid value of 10 to 27 mgKOH/g. | 02-21-2013 |
20130065172 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including a colorant and a first binder resin is provided. The first binder resin has first and second glass transition points at a temperature Tg1 of −20 to 20° C. and a temperature Tg2 of 35 to 65° C., respectively, measured by a differential scanning calorimeter at a heating rate of 5° C./min. A ratio h1/h2 of a baseline displacement h1 observed in the first glass transition point to a baseline displacement h2 observed in the second glass transition point is less than 1.0. The first binder resin has a structure in which a first phase is dispersed in a second phase. The first and second phases consist of portions having larger and smaller phase difference values, respectively, than an intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in a binarized phase image obtained by an atomic force microscope with a tapping mode method. | 03-14-2013 |
20130078563 | TONER AND DEVELOPMENT AGENT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - A toner includes a coloring agent, a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin having a urethane skeleton and/or urea skeleton, and a releasing agent (a microcrystalline wax). A development agent, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus employ the toner to form images on recording media electrophotographically. | 03-28-2013 |
20130095422 | TONER - A toner, including a crystalline resin as a binder resin, wherein the toner comprises a THF-soluble component in a weight-average molecular weight not less than 20,000, and has a 50% wettability not less than 20% by volume when subjected to a methanol wettability test. | 04-18-2013 |
20130115550 | TONER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including a core particle and projections at a surface of the core particle is provided. The core particle includes a binder resin and a colorant. The binder resin includes a crystalline resin as a major component. Each of the projections consists of a fine resin particle. An average length of long sides of the projections is not less than 0.15 μm and less than 0.5 μm. A standard deviation of lengths of the long sides of the projections is 0.2 or less. A surface coverage of the toner with the projections is within a range of 30 to 90%. | 05-09-2013 |
20130143155 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - To provide a toner, including: a crystalline binder resin including a urethane bond or a urea bond, or both thereof, and a colorant, wherein the colorant has a number-average particle diameter of 0.5 μm or less, and a ratio of particles having a particle diameter of 0.7 μm or greater in a number-size distribution of the colorant is 5% by number or less. | 06-06-2013 |
20130149642 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - To provide a toner, which contains a first binder resin, and a second binder resin, wherein the first binder resin is a block polymer containing at least a polyester skeleton A having, in a repeating structure thereof, a constitutional unit formed by dehydration condensation of hydroxycarboxylic acid, and a skeleton B that does not have, in a repeating structure thereof, a constitutional unit formed by dehydration condensation of hydroxycarboxylic acid, and the first binder resin has glass transition temperature Tg1 and Tg 2 as measured by differential scanning calorimetry at a heating rate of 5° C./min, wherein the Tg1 is −20° C. to 20° C., and the Tg2 is 35° C. to 65° C., and wherein the second binder resin is a crystalline resin. | 06-13-2013 |
20130157183 | DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developer, including a toner including a binder resin comprising a crystalline resin; and a colorant, and a resin carrier comprising a resin; a magnetic particulate material having a magnetic anisotropy, dispersed in the resin, and having a saturated magnetization of from 16 to 30 emu/g, a coercive force of from 15 to 40 kA/m and an average particle diameter not less than 15 μm and less than 100 μm. | 06-20-2013 |
20130171550 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a toner including at least a binder resin and a colorant,
| 07-04-2013 |
20130202996 | TONER, DEVELOPER INCLUDING THE TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE TONER, AND BLOCK COPOLYMER - The toner includes a pigment; and a block copolymer having a polyester block A including a residual group of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and a polyester block B including an anionic group. When cross-section of the block copolymer is observed by a tapping mode atomic force microscope to obtain a phase image of the cross-section, the polyester block B, which has relatively large phase delay, is dispersed as domains having an average size of from 20 nm to 100 nm in a domain of the polyester block A, which has relatively small phase delay. The block copolymer has a first glass transition temperature of from −20° C. to 20° C., and a second glass transition temperature of from 35° C. to 65° C. when the first and second glass transition temperatures are determined from a thermogram obtained by subjecting the block copolymer to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at a temperature rising speed of 5° C./min. | 08-08-2013 |
20130236826 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE TONER - A toner for electrophotography, which is prepared by a method including dissolving or dispersing a toner composition including at least a binder resin, or binder resin and a binder resin precursor as a resin component; and a colorant in an organic solvent to form an oil phase; emulsifying or dispersing the oil phase in an aqueous medium to form an emulsion dispersion comprising emulsified particles; converging the emulsified particles to granulate mother toner particles, including controlling a temperature of the emulsion dispersion to control a circularity of the mother toner particles; and removing the organic solvent, wherein the resin component includes a crystalline resin in an amount not less than 50% by weight, and the mother toner particles have an average circularity of from 0.940 to 0.980. | 09-12-2013 |
20130244167 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - A toner including a binder resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) observed at least at one point from 25 to 65° C. in a differential scanning calorimeter at a rate of temperature increase of 5° C./min, wherein the toner has a structure in which a structure appearing as a high phase difference image is dispersed in a structure appearing as a low phase difference image in a two-dimensional phase difference image observed by tapping mode AFM, and an X-ray diffraction chart in which a peak originated from an crystalline resin is observed in a range of a diffraction angle 2θ of from 20 to 25°, and wherein a ratio (I1/I2) of an intensity of the peak originated from an crystalline resin to an intensity (I2) of a halo originated from an amorphous composition is from 0.2 to 1. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244168 | TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A toner including a resin particle (C) is provided. The resin particle (C) includes a resin particle (B) and; a resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) that is adhered to a surface of the resin particle (B). The resin particle (B) includes a resin (b) having a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton. The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) includes a resin (a). The resin (a) is a polyester resin having a polybasic acid unit and a polyol unit and has a weight average molecular weight within a range from 9,500 to 100,000. | 09-19-2013 |
20140307039 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE RECORDING SET - A recording medium includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and an image recording layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the image recording layer has insulating properties and multiple cells or microcapsules, each of which encapsulates at least one of electrophoresis particles or magnetophoresis particles, a dispersion medium, and a thermoreversible gelling agent, wherein at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate contains fillers. | 10-16-2014 |
20140342284 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER, DEVELOPER CONTAINING THE TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic toner including: a binder resin, wherein the binder resin has one glass transition temperature Tg and the glass transition temperature Tg of the binder resin is within 25° C. to 65° C. as measured in second heating with a differential scanning calorimeter at a heating rate of 5° C./min, and wherein a phase image of the binder resin obtained with an atomic force microscope (AFM) of tapping mode contains first phase difference regions and a second phase difference region such that the first phase difference regions are dispersed in the second phase difference region, where the first phase difference regions correspond to greater phase difference regions and the second phase difference region corresponds to a smaller phase difference region when an intermediate value between a maximum value and a minimum value of the phase differences is used as a threshold. | 11-20-2014 |
20140362158 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE RECORDING SET - A recording medium includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an image recording layer with insulating properties provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, the image recording layer containing cells each encapsulating at least one of electrophoretic particles or magnetophoretic particles, a dispersion medium, and at least two kinds of thermoreversible gelling agents. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100003630 | ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODIES WITH HIGH TOTAL LIGHT TRANSMISSION AND HIGH STRENGTH, USES OF THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to the use of a sintered body obtained by subjecting a primary sintered body having a relative density of 95% or higher produced from a fine yttria-containing zirconia powder to HIP sintering at a temperature of 1,200-1,600° C. and a pressure of 50 MPa or higher. This sintered body is either a sintered body which has a total light transmittance, as measured at a thickness of 0.5 mm, of 43% or higher and a three-point bending strength of 1,700 MPa or higher or a zirconia sintered body which has a total light transmittance, as measured at a thickness of 1 mm, of 40% or higher and a three-point bending strength of 500 MPa or higher and which combines high strength and total light transmission. | 01-07-2010 |
20110189622 | COLORED ALUMINA SINTERED BODY OF HIGH TOUGHNESS AND HIGH TRANSLUCENCY, AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD AND ITS USES - Because fracture toughness and translucency of translucent colored alumina sintered body of the past were low, the alumina sintered body was not suitable for uses such as dental materials, which require high toughness. The present invention relates to providing a translucent colored alumina sintered body that contains transition metal oxides, and with which the fracture toughness is 4.5 MPa·m | 08-04-2011 |
20120058883 | HIGH-STRENGTH TRANSPARENT ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF - Translucent zirconia sintered bodies have had a problem that incorporation of titania improves translucency but lowers mechanical strength. The invention provides: a zirconia sintered body containing titanium oxide, the sintered body containing 6-15 mol % yttria and 3-20 mol % titania and having an in-line transmission of 50% or higher when examined at a sample thickness of 1 mm and a measuring wavelength of 600 nm; and a zirconia sintered body having especially high translucency which is a high-quality transparent zirconia sintered body that contains 3-20 mol % titania and 6-15 mol % yttria and has an in-line transmission, as measured at a wavelength of 600 nm, of 73% or higher and a haze value of 2.0% or less and that is highly translucent and is undimmed (cloudless). The invention further relates to a production process in which a powder having the composition is molded and thereafter subjected to ordinary-pressure primary sintering and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) under specific conditions. | 03-08-2012 |
20130217562 | COLORED TRANSLUCENT ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS AND ITS USE - A colored translucent zirconia sintered body contains a transition metal element as a coloring agent, having a clear color tone and high transparency, and being excellent in both design properties and esthetic properties, and its production process. A colored translucent zirconia sintered body includes yttria in an amount of at least 6 mol % and at most 15 mol % and at least one member selected from the group consisting of iron, nickel, manganese, cobalt, chromium, copper and vanadium in an amount of at least 0.02 mol % and at most 0.5 mol % as calculated as oxides, and having a porosity of at most 1,000 ppm. The average crystal grain size is preferably at most 60 μm. | 08-22-2013 |
20140145125 | HIGH-STRENGTH TRANSPARENT ZIRCONIA SINTERED BODY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USES THEREOF - Translucent zirconia sintered bodies have had a problem that incorporation of titania improves translucency but lowers mechanical strength. The invention provides: a zirconia sintered body containing titanium oxide, the sintered body containing 6-15 mol % yttria and 3-20 mol % titania and having an in-line transmission of 50% or higher when examined at a sample thickness of 1 mm and a measuring wavelength of 600 nm; and a zirconia sintered body having especially high translucency which is a high-quality transparent zirconia sintered body that contains 3-20 mol % titania and 6-15 mol % yttria and has an in-line transmission, as measured at a wavelength of 600 nm, of 73% or higher and a haze value of 2.0% or less and that is highly translucent and is undimmed (cloudless). The invention further relates to a production process in which a powder having the composition is molded and thereafter subjected to ordinary-pressure primary sintering and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) under specific conditions. | 05-29-2014 |
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20080302952 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, COLOR FILTER, CAMERA, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE COLOR FILTER - There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a substrate of which surface is provided with a pixel area where a plurality of pixels arranged, each pixel including a photoelectric converting element to receive light from a subject image and perform photoelectric conversion on the received light to generate signal charge, and a surrounding area that is positioned around the pixel area and that includes a surrounding circuit to process the signal charge generated by the photoelectric converting elements. The solid-state imaging device includes a color filter facing the substrate so as to receive the light from the subject image in a surface corresponding to the surface of the substrate and to allow the light to transmit therethrough onto the surface of the substrate. The color filter includes a first colored layer and a second colored layer. | 12-11-2008 |
20100230583 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid state image pickup device includes a pixel section defined by unit pixels arrayed in line and row directions of a semiconductor substrate. Each of the unit pixels includes a photoelectric transducer that is formed on the semiconductor substrate and converts incident light into a signal charge, a waveguide that is formed above the photoelectric transducer and guides the incident light to the photoelectric transducer, and a microlens that is formed above the waveguide and guides the incident light to an end of light incident side of the waveguide. The waveguide has a columnar body with a constant cross section from the end of light incident side to an end of light exit side, and is arranged such that a center of rays of the incident light incident from the microlens on the end of light incident side of the waveguide is aligned with a central axis of the waveguide. | 09-16-2010 |
20130182156 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state imaging device which includes a focus detection pixel that has a light shielding film, which is formed on a light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion portion and shields light in a part of the light receiving surface, performs pupil division and photoelectric conversion of a received light flux and acquires a phase difference detection signal, where the light shielding film is formed avoiding a gate electrode of a reading gate portion to read a signal charge from the photoelectric conversion portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20130194471 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA SYSTEM - Provided is a solid-state image sensor including a pixel array portion formed from a two-dimensional array of ordinary imaging pixels each having a photoelectric conversion unit and configured to output an electric signal obtained through photoelectric conversion as a pixel signal, and focus detection pixels for detecting focus. The focus detection pixels include at least a first focus detection pixel and a second focus detection pixel each having a photoelectric conversion unit and configured to transfer and output an electric signal obtained through photoelectric conversion to an output node. The first focus detection pixel and the second focus detection pixel share the output node. The first focus detection pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit, and a first transfer gate for reading out an electron generated through photoelectric conversion in the first photoelectric conversion unit to the shared output node. | 08-01-2013 |
20130264468 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a semiconductor base; a photodiode created on the semiconductor base and used for carrying out photoelectric conversion; a pixel section provided with pixels each having the photodiode; a first wire created by being electrically connected to the semiconductor base for the pixel section through a contact section and being extended in a first direction to the outside of the pixel section; a second wire made from a wiring layer different from the first wire and created by being extended in a second direction different from the first direction to the outside of the pixel section; and a contact section for electrically connecting the first and second wires to each other. | 10-10-2013 |
20140151531 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Imaging sensors, imaging apparatuses, and methods of driving an image sensor are provided. An image sensor can include a semiconductor substrate with a photoelectric conversion element and a charge-conversion element. The sensor can further include a capacitance switch. A charge accumulation element is located adjacent the photoelectric conversion element. At least a portion of the charge accumulation element overlaps a charge accumulation region of the photoelectric conversion element. The charge accumulation element is selectively connected to the charge-voltage conversion element by the capacitance switch. | 06-05-2014 |
20150077612 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an imaging apparatus that includes a photoelectric conversion section, a retention section, and first and second gates. The photoelectric conversion section is configured to convert a received light into charge. The retention section is configured to retain the charge provided by the photoelectric conversion section. The first and second gates are provided between the photoelectric conversion section and the retention section, the first and second gates being turned ON for transferring the charge from the photoelectric conversion section to the retention section, and the second gate being turned OFF after the first gate is turned OFF. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090217359 | CONNECTION AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARAUS, CONNECTION AUTHENTICATION SERVER, CONNECTION AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The first terminal apparatus includes a key information acquiring unit that acquires key information from a connection authentication server, a key information notifying unit that notifies the first user of the key information, and a connection information acquiring unit that acquires connection information from the connection authentication server. The second terminal apparatus includes a key information input unit that receives the key information transmitted to the second user and an information providing unit that provides the key information and the connection information to the connection authentication server. The connection authentication server includes a key information providing unit that provides the key information to the first terminal apparatus, an information acquiring unit that acquires the key information and connection information of the second terminal apparatus from the second terminal apparatus, and a connection information providing unit that provides the connection information to the first terminal apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
20090240766 | INFORMATION PROCESSING UNIT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, CLIENT DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing unit includes an application data receiving buffer to temporarily store data transmitted from a client device for initiating a connection, an application data receiving section to acquire the data transmitted from the client device from the application data receiving buffer and transmit the data to an upper layer application, and a flow control reception management section to transfer the data transmitted from the client device to the application data receiving buffer and monitor a free space in the application data receiving buffer and supply a data size receivable by the application data receiving buffer to the client device. | 09-24-2009 |
20110007826 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a transmission/reception apparatus capable of achieving both a high processing speed and good extensibility in performing communication protocol processes. Used for transmitting data in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and receiving data transmitted in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the transmission/reception apparatus has a configuration capable of executing communication protocol processes by using hardware (in first and second communication-protocol-processing units) and software (in first and second control units). The hardware or the software can be selected properly in accordance with the type of data. For example, a communication protocol process for data regarded as a heavy processing load can be carried out by using the hardware at the high processing speed whereas a communication protocol process for data regarded as a light processing load can be carried out by using the software, which offers the good extensibility. | 01-13-2011 |
20110302300 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for formatting electronic content. In one implementation, an apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a plurality of devices associated via a network, and a receiving unit configured to receive information corresponding to the associated devices. The information includes a function provided by the associated devices and performance data corresponding to the associated devices. A generation unit is configured to generate a first value of an execution metric describing at least one of an execution of the function by the associated devices or the performance data corresponding to the associated devices, based on at least the received information, and an output unit is configured to output the first metric value. | 12-08-2011 |
20120007565 | CHARGING APPARATUS, AND CHARGE CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a charging apparatus including a connection unit to which a device is to be connected, a charging unit for charging the device connected to the connection unit, a history acquisition unit for acquiring a history of content use stored in the device, a timing prediction unit for predicting a timing of use of the device based on the history of content use acquired by the history acquisition unit, and a charge control unit for controlling the charging unit such that the device connected to the connection unit becomes fully charged at a timing suitable for the timing predicted by the timing prediction unit. | 01-12-2012 |
20120010760 | POWER SYSTEM, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND POWER TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a power system including a power transmitting apparatus and a power receiving apparatus. The power transmitting apparatus includes: a power generating unit generating power using renewable energy; a first power measuring unit measuring a power amount generated in a specified period; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the generated power in the specified period and information on the measured power amount to the power receiving apparatus. The power receiving apparatus includes: a power receiving unit receiving the power and the information on the power amount from the power transmitting apparatus; a second power measuring unit measuring a power amount received in the specified period; a determining unit comparing the received power amount and the measured power amount and determining whether such amounts match; and a power reception control unit operable when the amounts do not match, to stop reception of the power and the information. | 01-12-2012 |
20120253711 | ENERGY CHARGING APPARATUS, ENERGY SAVING APPARATUS, ENERGY CONSUMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANAGING GREEN ENERGY - An energy charging apparatus includes an energy charging unit charging green energy in an energy saving apparatus, a measured amount information acquisition unit acquiring measured amount information that indicates a charged amount of green energy measured by the energy saving apparatus from the corresponding energy saving apparatus, and a certificate issuance unit issuing a certificate for certifying an amount of green energy charged in the energy saving apparatus when a charged amount of green energy charged by the energy charging unit coincides with the charged amount of green energy shown in the measured amount information, wherein the certificate is managed in association with the energy saving apparatus and is discarded if the amount of green energy that is certified by the corresponding certificate is output from the energy saving apparatus. | 10-04-2012 |
20130079944 | POWER STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND POWER STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - The present disclosure is generally directed to a power storage control methods and apparatus including, for example, a power storage control unit configured to determine a connection state of a consumption apparatus with a power supply, determine an expected amount of power usage by the consumption apparatus in a connected state, and adjusting a target value of power storage for a power storage apparatus based on a change in connection state and the expected amount of power usage by the consumption apparatus. The present disclosure may be also be embodied a consumption apparatus. | 03-28-2013 |
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20090213201 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method including: forming a liquid receiving particle layer on an intermediate transfer member using a liquid receiving particle that is capable of receiving a recording liquid including a recording material; forming an image of the recording material on a surface of the liquid receiving particle layer by applying a liquid droplet of the recording liquid to the liquid receiving particle layer on the basis of image data and holding the recording material on the surface of the liquid receiving particle layer on the intermediate transfer member; applying a transfer auxiliary liquid in at least a portion of a formation range of the image; and transferring the liquid receiving particle layer to which the recording liquid is applied to a transfer receiving member from the intermediate transfer member, such that the image is interposed between the transfer receiving member and the liquid receiving particle layer is provided. | 08-27-2009 |
20090237479 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including: an intermediate transfer member; an image forming composition layer formation unit that supplies an image forming composition to the intermediate transfer member, the image forming composition containing a curable material that cures upon application of an external stimulus; an ink application unit that applies an ink to the image forming composition layer that has been formed on the intermediate transfer member; a transfer unit that transfers the image forming composition layer from the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium by contacting the image forming composition layer onto which the ink has been applied with the recording medium; and a first stimulus application unit that applies a stimulus to the image forming composition layer that cures the image forming composition layer, the stimulus being applied at least one of immediately before the image forming composition layer comes into contact with the recording medium, or during the contact. | 09-24-2009 |
20100156971 | RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a recording apparatus, which ejects a second liquid to a non-image area other than an image area formed by dots recorded by ejecting ink droplets onto a curable solution layer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100271419 | DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS, A DROPLET ADHERENCE PREVENTING METHOD AND A CLEANING METHOD FOR CLEANING A RECORDING MEDIUM CARRIER ROLLER - Droplet ejecting apparatus has a recording medium carrier portion provided with recording medium carrier rollers conveying a recording medium, a droplet ejecting portion discharging droplets to the recording medium, and a droplet adherence preventing liquid applying portion applying droplet adherence preventing liquid preventing adherence of the droplets to at least one of the recording medium carrier rollers. | 10-28-2010 |
20110048324 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: a curable solution layer forming device that forms a curable solution layer by supplying a curable solution to a recording member or an intermediate member, the curable solution including at least a curable material to be cured by an external stimulus, and a water-absorbing component; an ink applying device that applies an ink to the curable solution layer; a stimulus supplying device that supplies the stimulus for curing the curable solution layer, to the curable solution layer; and a water-absorption controlling component-contact device that brings a liquid, including a component that controls water-absorption by the water-absorbing component, into contact with the curable solution layer, before or after the ink is applied to the curable solution layer by the ink applying device. | 03-03-2011 |
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20090115328 | SURFACE EMITTING-TYPE ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - In an electroluminescent device which is applied to a backlight and a display device and characterized in that a flexible material construction using a plastic substrate is enabled and the device can be produced at a low cost through a relatively simple step without using a vacuum unit and also in that the emission color of the device can be easily controlled by mixing a plurality of fluorescent material particles differing in the emission color or by using a fluorescent dye for the color conversion, the present invention provides a surface emitting-type electro-luminescent device capable of using a low voltage AC power source, realizing uniform brightness and having a large-area emission surface. | 05-07-2009 |
20090153869 | Biosensor - The present invention provides a biosensor for detecting the interaction of substances on a substrate based on surface plasmon resonance, the substrate having a metal film including approximately 90% by mol or more and less than approximately 99.95% by mol of Ag as a first metal element, and approximately 0.05% by mol or more and less than approximately 10% by mol of at lease one of Au, Pt, Cu, Bi, Nd, Ti or Sb as a second metal element. | 06-18-2009 |
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20110194255 | Electronic component unit and manufacturing method thereof - According to embodiments, there is provided an electronic component unit, including: a circuit board including: a heat generating element that generates a heat; and a bonding metal foil layer formed on a face thereof; a heat transfer board including: a board body having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the circuit board; an insulative layer formed on a first face of the board body; and a heat transfer metal foil layer formed to cover the insulative layer; and a heat sink, wherein the circuit board is assembled with the heat sink via the heat transfer board such that ( | 08-11-2011 |
20140231491 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT UNIT - An electronic component unit manufacturing method includes: preparing a circuit board including a heat generating element mounted thereon and a bonding metal foil layer formed thereon, a heat transfer board including an insulative layer formed on one face thereof and a heat transfer metal foil layer formed on the insulative layer, and a heat sink; applying a cream solder to form a solder layer on the board bonding metal foil layer or the heat transfer metal foil layer; superimposing the bonding metal foil layer and the heat transfer metal foil layer with each other via the solder layer; re-melting the solder layer to solder the bonding metal foil layer and the heat transfer metal foil layer; and superimposing the other face of the heat transfer board with the heat sink to thereby assemble the circuit board with the heat sink via the heat transfer board. | 08-21-2014 |
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20090213265 | SIGNAL INPUTTING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL INPUTTING METHOD - A signal inputting apparatus that receives first and second input image signals transmitted and extracts image data is provided. The apparatus includes a first interface unit and a second interface unit. The first interface unit is configured to receive a first input image signal transmitted, extract data from the first input image signal, and generate a recovered clock from the first input image signal. The second interface unit is configured to receive a second input image signal transmitted in synchronization with the first input image signal and extract data from the transmitted second input image signal based on the recovered clock supplied from the first interface unit. | 08-27-2009 |
20090290634 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - When transmitting an input image signal and an audio signal inputted in synchronization with the input image signal, each frame in the input image signal are divided into first, second, third, and fourth subimages and pixel samples of the subimages are mapped onto image data regions of two-channel HD-SDI signals, respectively, and the audio signal is mapped onto supplementary data regions included in horizontal ancillary data spaces of any of the two-channel HD-SDI signals onto which the subimages are respectively mapped. The pixel samples mapped onto the image data regions of the two-channel HD-SDI signals are multiplexed onto an image data region of a first transfer data stream and the audio signal mapped onto the supplemental data regions included in horizontal ancillary data spaces of any of the two-channel HD-SDI signals is multiplexed onto a horizontal ancillary data space of a second transfer data stream. | 11-26-2009 |
20090303385 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - A signal transmitting device includes: a synchronous-data detecting unit that detects, from parallel data specified by a predetermined format and including video data and audio data, synchronous data for controlling synchronization of the parallel data; an audio extracting unit that stores the audio data in an audio memory; a clock extracting unit that extracts a reference clock from the parallel data; a multiplexing unit that multiplexes the audio data and the synchronous data in a horizontal auxiliary data space of the video data; a control unit that controls, on the basis of the synchronous data and the reference clock, timing of the multiplexing unit for multiplexing the audio data with the video data; and a parallel serial converting unit that converts the video data multiplexed with the audio data by the multiplexing unit into a transmission stream specified by a Level A of a 3G-SDI format. | 12-10-2009 |
20100007787 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD - Pixels extracted from each of an input video signal are thinned out in units of predetermined samples, and the thinned out samples are fetched in equal order frame by frame and mapped into active periods of first, second, third, and fourth sub-images conformable to the HD-SDI format. The mapped first, second, third, and fourth sub-images are each separated into a first-link transmission channel and a second-link transmission channel, and are thus mapped into eight channels. The mapped first, second, third, and fourth sub-images are converted in parallel. Parallel digital data items into which the sub-images are converted in parallel are then outputted. | 01-14-2010 |
20100091989 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - A signal transmission apparatus includes: a serial-to-parallel conversion unit serial-to-parallel converting HD-SDI format serial digital video signals of Link A containing CH | 04-15-2010 |
20100166024 | DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS - This invention relates to a data transmitting apparatus and a data receiving apparatus, which multiplexes and transmits HD-SDI signals, and which receives the multiplexed and transmitted HD-SDI signals. The data transmitting apparatus is characterized by being equipped with a parallel data forming section which forms word string data De based on HD-SDI signals DHS of n channels, a data multiplexing section which obtains multiplex word string data Dm based on De, a multiple channel data forming section which forms bit string data DSX of m channels from Dm, a data multiplexing and P/S converting section which forms bit string data DTG based on DSX and in which a bit rate is set to 10 Gb/s or more, and an electric photo converting section which sends away DTG. | 07-01-2010 |
20110205247 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a signal transmission apparatus including a two-pixel sampling out control section, a word sampling out control section, and a readout control section. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205428 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a signal transmission apparatus, including: a two-pixel sampling out control section adapted to sample out, from among pixel samples extracted from a class image defined by a 3840×2160/100P, 119.88P, 120P/4:4:4, 4:2:2, 4:2:0/10-bit, 12-bit signal of the UHDTV1 wherein the pixel number of one frame exceeds a pixel number prescribed by the HD-SDI format, two pixel samples adjacent each other on the same line such that the pixel samples on each odd-numbered line of each frame are sampled out to a first sub image and a second sub image from among first to fourth sub images and the pixel samples on each even-numbered line of each frame are sampled out to the third sub image and the fourth sub image; a line sampling out control section; a field sampling out control section; a word sampling out control section; and a readout control section. | 08-25-2011 |
20110211116 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a signal transmitting device including a multiplexing section configured to generate a B/R ch by alternately multiplexing image signals read from B pixels and R pixels among image signals read and input in units of a predetermined number of samples in each of the first line and the second line from said image pickup element in an active region corresponding to a C ch in HD-SDI together with start code of one of SAV and EAV, and generate a G ch by multiplexing, in order, image signals read from G pixels in an active region corresponding to a Y ch in HD-SDI together with said start code; and an 8B/10B encoder configured to output serial digital data converted by 8B/10B-encoding the active regions on the B/R ch and the G ch having data structures corresponding to said HD-SDI and an auxiliary data region including SAV, EAV, LN, and CRCC. | 09-01-2011 |
20110273623 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - A signal transmission apparatus includes: a multiplex unit generating B/Rch by multiplexing image signals read from B, R pixels arranged in the same sample alternately on active regions corresponding to Cch in HD-SDI with a start code similar to SAV or EAV, in which image signals sequentially read in a line direction and inputted with a given number of samples from an imaging device having an RGB full pixel structure in which R, G and B pixels disposed in one sample respectively output R, G and B image signals, as well as generating Gch by sequentially multiplexing image signals read from samples of G pixels adjacent in the line direction on active regions corresponding to Ych in HD-SDI with the start code; and an 8 B/10 B encoder outputting serial digital data obtained by 8 B/10 B encoding and converting active regions in the B/R ch and the Gch having the data structure corresponding to HD-SDI as well as auxiliary data regions including SAV, EAV, LN and CRCC. | 11-10-2011 |
20120293710 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, SIGNAL RECEPTION APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECEPTION METHOD, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A signal transmission apparatus includes: a two-pixel sampling-out control section that maps pixel samples to video data regions; a line sampling-out control section that samples out the pixel samples every other line from each line of the sub-images to which the pixel samples have been mapped, so as to generate an interlace signal; a word sampling-out control section that samples out for each word the pixel samples which have been sampled out for each line so as to be mapped to video data regions of an HD-SDI prescribed by the SMPTE 435-1; and a readout control section that outputs the HD-SDI. | 11-22-2012 |
20120300124 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, SIGNAL RECEPTION APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECEPTION METHOD, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A signal transmission apparatus includes: a vertical rectangular region sampling-out control section that obtains vertical rectangular regions, repeatedly performs a process where pixel samples read out from each line of class images are mapped to each line of video data regions of sub-images, maps pixel samples to each line of the video data regions, and repeatedly maps pixel samples to the next line; a line sampling-out control section that samples out the pixel samples every other line from each line of the sub-images to which the pixel samples have been mapped, so as to generate an interlace signal; a word sampling-out control section that samples out for each word the pixel samples which have been sampled out for each line so as to be mapped to video data regions of an HD-SDI prescribed by the SMPTE 435-2; and a readout control section that outputs the HD-SDI. | 11-29-2012 |
20120307144 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, SIGNAL RECEPTION APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECEPTION METHOD, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A signal transmission apparatus includes: a horizontal rectangular area thinning-out control section; a line thinning-out control section that thins out pixel samples for every other line of each of first to t-th sub images, into which the pixel samples are mapped, so as to thereby produce interlaced signals; a word thinning-out control section that thins out the pixel samples, which are thinned out for every other line, for every word, and maps the pixel samples into video data areas of HD-SDIs prescribed in SMPTE 435-2; and a readout control section that outputs the HD-SDIs. | 12-06-2012 |
20130010187 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE, SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A signal transmitting device includes: a first mapping unit including a two-pixel thinning control unit that thins out two pixel samples adjacent to each other in the same line from a class image whose number of pixels in a frame is greater than that of pixels defined in the HD-SDI format and that maps the thinned-out pixel samples onto a video data area of first to N-th sub-images, and a line thinning control unit that converts the first to N/2-th sub-images into 4:2:2/r bit signals and converts the (N/2+1)-th to N-th sub-images into 4:0:0/r bit signals; and a second mapping unit that outputs a dual link HD-SDI signal obtained by converting a data structure of the 4:2:2/r bit signal and a data structure of the 4:0:0/r bit signal in a basic stream output from the first mapping unit into a data structure of a 4:4:4/r bit signal. | 01-10-2013 |
20130057712 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE, SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING SYSTEM - There is provided a signal transmitting device including a word puncturing controller configured to puncture per word a 1 ch 16-bit signal including 4:4:4 of r:g:b and including G, B and R signals of all samples, and map a 1 ch 16 bit-signal including 4:2:2 of r:g:b and including a G signal of all samples and B and R signals of even samples, and a 1 ch 16-bit signal including 0:2:2 of r:g:b and including B and R signals of odd samples without a G signal, a mapping controller, and a reading controller. | 03-07-2013 |
20130301648 | SIGNAL TRANSMTTING APPARATUS, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, SIGNAL RECIVING METHOD, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - In a signal transmitting apparatus, an upper m bits (m≧8) are defined to have the same value in a forbidden code in video data areas channels included in serial digital interfaces of one or plural channels of N bits (N≧10). A mapping unit makes at least a lower 2 bits among the upper m bits different from each other, multiplexing video data of an upper m−2 bits included in compressed data compressed to the amount of data of the one or plural channels of the serial digital interfaces, in which the number of pixels in one frame is equal to or more than that of pixels defined by an HD format into upper m−2 bits in the video data areas of the first and second channels, and multiplexing video data of lower 2 bits in the compressed data into lower N−m bits in the video data areas of the first and second channels. | 11-14-2013 |
20150016538 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A signal processing apparatus includes a mapping unit configured to multiplex first to fourth pixel data with respect to areas of first to fourth signals of a data stream prescribed in a predetermined SDI (Serial Digital Interface) format, respectively. The first to fourth pixel data respectively correspond to first to fourth colors of video data in which pixels are arranged on a block basis with 2×2 pixels as the block, and the 2×2 pixels respectively correspond to the first to fourth colors. | 01-15-2015 |
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20080261398 | Semiconductor device having oxidized metal film and manufacture method of the same - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes heating a substrate having an insulation film thereon to a first substrate temperature so that oxidizing species are emitted from the insulating film, the insulating film having a recessed portion formed in a surface thereof, forming a metal film on the insulating film at a second substrate temperature lower than the first substrate temperature, and oxidizing at least part of the metal film with oxidizing species remaining in the insulating film. | 10-23-2008 |
20100301472 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic component in which an element is formed on a chip includes: a pad that is made of a conductive material and that is formed in a first bump formation region that is two-dimensionally arranged in center of one principle face and in a second bump formation region that is linearly arranged at peripheral border of the principle face; a passivation film that is formed on the principle face to cover portion except a formation position of the pad; a metal layer that is formed on the pad; and a bump that is made of a conductive material and that is formed on the metal layer by plating, wherein radius of the metal layer in the second bump formation region is smaller than radius of at least some of the metal layer in the first bump formation region. | 12-02-2010 |
20110024901 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device attained as follows. A dielectric layer having a first opening and a second opening reaching an electrode terminal is formed by modifying a photosensitive resin film on a substrate on which the electrode terminal of a first conductive layer is provided. Next, a second conductive layer that is electrically connected to the electrode terminal is formed on the dielectric layer that includes inside of the first opening, and a third conductive layer that has an oxidation-reduction potential of which difference from the oxidation-reduction potential of the first conductive layer is smaller than a difference of the oxidation-reduction potential between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is formed on the second conductive layer. Next, a dielectric layer having a third opening reaching the third conductive layer and a fourth opening reaching the electrode terminal via the second opening is formed by modifying a photosensitive resin film, and a bump that is electrically connected to the third conductive layer is formed. | 02-03-2011 |
20110049707 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an electrode pad, a protective layer, a bump, and a resin layer. The electrode pad is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The protective layer includes a pad opening formed in the position of the electrode pad. The bump is formed in the pad opening and electrically connected to the electrode pad. The resin layer has a space provided between the resin layer and the bump and is formed on the protective layer via a metal layer. The resin layer is formed by using an adhesive resin material. | 03-03-2011 |
20120056320 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate, a metal film, a surface modifying layer, and a redistribution trace are provided. On the semiconductor substrate, a wire and a pad electrode are formed. The metal film is formed over the semiconductor substrate. The surface modifying layer is formed on a surface layer of the metal film and improves the adhesion with a resist pattern. The redistribution trace is formed on the metal film via the surface modifying layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120068334 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Semiconductor devices of embodiments include a plurality of solder bumps electrically connected on a plurality of electrode pads disposed on a semiconductor substrate in parallel at a pitch of 40 μm or less via under bump metals. The ratio of the diameter (the top diameter) of the portion of each solder bump most away from the semiconductor substrate and the diameter (the bottom diameter) of the bottom side of each solder bump is 1:1 to 1:4. | 03-22-2012 |
20120152168 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING OXIDIZED METAL FILM AND MANUFACTURE METHOD OF THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes heating a substrate having an insulation film thereon to a first substrate temperature so that oxidizing species are emitted from the insulating film, the insulating film having a recessed portion formed in a surface thereof, forming a metal film on the insulating film at a second substrate temperature lower than the first substrate temperature, and oxidizing at least part of the metal film with oxidizing species remaining in the insulating film. | 06-21-2012 |
20140284772 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device manufacturing method provides filling a through-hole which penetrates through a first side of substrate to a second side thereof. A seed film including copper is formed on the inner wall surface of the through-hole. A first metal layer including copper is grown bottom-up from one end of the through-hole toward the other end thereof, to partially fill the through-hole, leaving a space having a depth less than the radius of the through-hole as measured from the second side surface of the substrate. A second metal layer including nickel is conformally grown in the space from the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole to a height having a summit surface protruding from the second side surface of the substrate. A third metal layer is formed on the summit surface of the second metal layer. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090097893 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade that contacts an image carrier and cleans residual toner remaining on the image carrier; a toner pool forming member that is disposed on an upstream side of the cleaning blade in a rotational direction of the image carrier, collects the residual toner that has been cleaned, and forms a toner pool that contacts the cleaning blade and the image carrier; and a toner amount adjusting component that makes the pressure of the residual toner that acts on the image carrier substantially uniform across an axis-of-rotation direction of the image carrier by adjusting the amount of the residual toner in the toner pool in the axis-of-rotation direction of the image carrier. | 04-16-2009 |
20100247148 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - There is provided an image forming apparatus including electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging unit, an electrostatic latent image forming unit, a developing unit, and a residual toner removing unit, the surface protective layer of the electrophotographic photoreceptor having a surface free energy of about 10 mN/m to about 30 mN/m, the toner in the developing unit includes silica, and the residual toner removing unit including a blade member including a base layer and an edge layer having a type A durometer hardness of from about HsA 75 to about HsA 90 at 23° C., the hardness of the edge layer baing higher than the hardness of the base layer. | 09-30-2010 |
20100330472 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - There is provided an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate; an intermediate layer; a photosensitive layer; and a surface layer, in this order, the surface layer including two or more charge transporting materials each including a reactive substituent and respectively having mutually different ionization potentials, in an amount of 90% by weight or more relative to the total solid content of the surface layer, and the content ratio X of each of the two or more charge transporting materials satisfying the following Formula (1). X(n) represents a content ratio (weight %) of a charge transporting material that has the n | 12-30-2010 |
20120107739 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an electrostatic latent image developer used in an image forming apparatus including: an image holding member; a charging unit; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit which stores the electrostatic latent image developer and includes a developer holding member, wherein the developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image holding member by bringing a magnetic brush, which is formed on a surface of the developer holding member by the electrostatic latent image developer, into contact with the image holding member, to form a toner image; a transfer unit; a cleaning unit; and a lubricant applying unit, wherein the electrostatic latent image developer contains a toner having a 50% integrated volume particle diameter of from 3.0 to 6.0 μm, and a carrier having a mean magnetization of 5.0×10 | 05-03-2012 |
20120114379 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: an electrophotographic photoreceptor body containing a cylindrical electroconductive substrate having openings at both ends in an axial direction, the cylindrical electroconductive substrate having a thickness of approximately 2 mm or more at a center portion in an axial direction and having a socket joint portion on each of inner surfaces of both end portions in an axial direction; and a photosensitive layer provided on an outer surface of the electroconductive substrate; and a support member fit in the openings of the electroconductive substrate, having an fitting portion which has an outer diameter that is larger than a diameter of the opening by a range of from approximately 0.01 mm to approximately 0.1 mm, the fitting portion being press-fit into the opening. | 05-10-2012 |
20130288169 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; and a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, at least one kind of charge generation material selected from hydroxygallium phthalocyanine pigments and chlorogallium phthalocyanine pigments, a hole transport material represented by Formula (1), and an electron transport material represented by Formula (2): | 10-31-2013 |
20130288170 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate; a single-layer photosensitive layer that is provided on the conductive substrate and includes a binder resin, a charge generation material, a hole transport material, and an electron transport material, wherein a half decay exposure during positive charging is less than or equal to 0.18 μJ/cm | 10-31-2013 |
20140044456 | CONDUCTIVE SUPPORT FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A conductive support for an electrophotographic photoreceptor contains aluminum, in which the conductive support has a Young's modulus of from 32,000 MPa to 55,000 MPa. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045109 | CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, CYLINDRICAL MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A cylindrical member includes aluminum, and has an average area of crystal particles of an outer circumferential surface which is smaller than an average area of crystal particles of an inner circumferential surface. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045110 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical conductive substrate that is formed of a metal or an alloy and has an average area of crystal grains of 100 μm | 02-13-2014 |
20140045112 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate having a centerline average roughness (Ra) of from 1.0 μm to 1.7 μm and a maximum height (Rmax) of from 3.0 μm to 4.0 μm as a surface roughness; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive substrate, in which the outermost surface layer contains fluorine-containing particles. | 02-13-2014 |
20140178106 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes first and second developing rollers, a trimmer, a divider, and a movement regulator. The first and second developing rollers are arranged so as to face an outer peripheral surface of a photoconductor at downstream and upstream positions, respectively, in a rotation direction of the photoconductor, and respectively include first and second sleeves and first and second magnets. The trimmer is arranged so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the first developing roller, and regulates formation of a layer of developer held by the first developing roller. The divider divides the developer regulated by the trimmer into developer that adheres to the first developing roller and developer that adheres to the second developing roller. The movement regulator is disposed between the trimmer and the divider and regulates movement of the developer held by the first developing roller before the developer is divided. | 06-26-2014 |