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| 20120012929 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type, a fifth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, a control electrode, a first main electrode, a second main electrode, and a sixth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type. The second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer are alternately provided on the first semiconductor layer in a direction substantially parallel to a major surface of the first semiconductor layer. The fourth semiconductor layer is provided on the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer. The fifth semiconductor layer is selectively provided on a surface of the fourth semiconductor layer. The control electrode is provided in a trench via an insulating film. The trench penetrates through the fourth semiconductor layer from a surface of the fifth semiconductor layer and is in contact with the second semiconductor layer. The first main electrode is connected to the first semiconductor layer. The second main electrode is connected to the fourth semiconductor layer and the fifth semiconductor layer. The sixth semiconductor layer is provided between the fourth semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. An impurity concentration of the sixth semiconductor layer is higher than an impurity concentration of the second semiconductor layer. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120056262 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, an embedded electrode, a control electrode, a fourth semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type, a first main electrode, and a second main electrode. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is provided on the second semiconductor layer. The embedded electrode is provided in a first trench via a first insulating film. The first trench penetrates through the second semiconductor layer from a surface of the third semiconductor layer to reach the first semiconductor layer. The control electrode is provided above the embedded electrode via a second insulating film in the first trench. The fourth semiconductor layer is selectively provided in the first semiconductor layer and is connected to a lower end of a second trench. The second trench penetrates through the second semiconductor layer from the surface of the third semiconductor layer to reach the first semiconductor layer. The first main electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. The second main electrode is provided in the second trench and connected to the second semiconductor layer, the third semiconductor layer and the fourth semiconductor layer. The embedded electrode is electrically connected to one of the second main electrode and the control electrode. A Schottky junction formed of the second main electrode and the first semiconductor layer is formed at a sidewall of the second trench. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120068258 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first main electrode, a control electrode, an extraction electrode, a second insulating film, a plurality of contact electrodes, and a control terminal. The first main electrode is electrically connected to a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type selectively provided on a surface of the first semiconductor region. The control electrode is provided on the first semiconductor region via a first insulating film. The extraction electrode is electrically connected to the control electrode. The second insulating film is provided on the first main electrode and the extraction electrode. The plurality of contact electrodes are provided in an inside of a plurality of first contact holes formed in the second insulating film and are electrically connected to the extraction electrode. The control terminal covers portions of the first main electrode provided on the first semiconductor region, on the second semiconductor region, and on the control electrode, respectively, and the extraction electrode, is electrically connected to the plurality of contact electrodes, and is electrically insulated from the first main electrode by the second insulating film. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120074461 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a second semiconductor layer provided on a first semiconductor layer and including first pillars and second pillars. A first control electrode is provided in a trench of the second semiconductor layer and a second control electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer and connected to the first control electrode. A first semiconductor region is provided on a surface of the second semiconductor layer except for a portion under the second control electrode. A second semiconductor region is provided on a surface of the first semiconductor region, the second semiconductor region being apart from the portion under the second control electrode and a third semiconductor region is provided on the first semiconductor region. A first major electrode is connected electrically to the first semiconductor layer and a second major electrode is connected electrically to the second and the third semiconductor region. | 03-29-2012 |
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| 20090115082 | Method of producing a lens - A method of producing a lens that includes shifting a first die relative to a second die, and pressing an optical material shaped in a preliminary form between the first die and the second die so as to form a lens having a configuration corresponding to a hollow portion formed by the first die and the second die while shifting the first die relative to the second die. The produced lens includes an effective optical surface configured to converge a light flux. The effective optical surface includes a light entrance side, a light exit side, and an optical axis. The effective optical surface is a convex surface shaped such that when a maximum normal line angle is defined as an angle formed between the optical axis and a normal line at the outermost circumference of the effective optical surface, the maximum normal angle is 60° to 90°. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090190450 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, ABERRATION CORRECTING ELEMENT, LIGHT CONVERGING ELEMENT, OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING REPRODUCING DEVICE - An optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus comprises a first optical surface having a superposition type diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each ring-shaped zone is composed of a plurality of stepped sections stepwise, and a second optical surface having a diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each of the plurality of ring-shaped zones are divided by a stepped section to generate a diffractive light ray of diffractive order whose absolute value is not small than 1 for the light flux. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110110216 | Optical Element, Aberration Correcting Element, Light Converging Element, Objective Optical System, Optical Pickup Device, and Optical Information Recording Reproducing Device - An optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus comprises a first optical surface having a superposition type diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each ring-shaped zone is composed of a plurality of stepped sections stepwise, and a second optical surface having a diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each of the plurality of ring-shaped zones are divided by a stepped section to generate a diffractive light ray of diffractive order whose absolute value is not small than 1 for the light flux. | 05-12-2011 |
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| 20080278592 | Imaging Device - An imaging device has color signal generating means ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110051952 | SOUND SOURCE IDENTIFYING AND MEASURING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sound source can be identified and measured for a long time period outdoors and indoors. A sound source identifying and measuring apparatus including a baffle provided with a frame and a weather-resistant screen for providing an aerial clearance is used for long-term indoor and outdoor measurement at a sound source measurement location to acquire sound source information in all the directions and associate the azimuth, elevation, sound pressure information and/or frequency characteristics or the like per elapsed time. A directional digital filter as well as identification parameters of a target sound source and untargeted sound source are used to identify the sound source more accurately for identification and measurement of the target sound source. Contribution of all of a plurality of sound sources to a sound pressure level is separated in terms of the coming direction for analysis. Thus, whether or not the sound source is a target sound is determined, and determination such as estimation of its sound source intensity and sound pressure level is made. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110066411 | SIGNAL JUDGMENT METHOD, SIGNAL JUDGMENT APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND SIGNAL JUDGMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a high-accuracy signal judgment method for noise or vibrations of a living environment. Provided is a signal judgment method associated with noise or vibrations of a living environment. The signal judgment method includes: inputting, into a model equation of a to-be-measured/analyzed target, unknown data; and obtaining an output value as a probability value of whether the unknown data is a to-be-measured/analyzed target. The model equation of the to-be-measured/analyzed target is created with the use of measured already-known data. The model equation is created by prediction model equation calculation means. Incidentally, a logistic regression equation can be used as the prediction model equation. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120014551 | SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM, SOUND RECORDING SYSTEM, SOUND GENERATION METHOD, SOUND RECORDING METHOD, SOUND ADJUSTING METHOD, SOUND ADJUSTING PROGRAM, SOUND FIELD ADJUSTING SYSTEM, SPEAKER STAND, FURNITURE, SPEAKER CABINET, AND SPEAKER DEVICE - Provided are a sound generation system and a sound recording system, which are placed in a room to adjust sound. A columnar body is disposed around a sound source to adjust how much sound of a low-tone range, as well as of a middle- and high-tone range, is absorbed and diffused. Moreover, a columnar body is disposed around a recording device to adjust how much sound of a low-tone range, as well as of a middle- and high-tone range, is absorbed and diffused. The columnar bodies may be made of a combination of different diameters and/or lengths. The arrangement distances may be random. With the columnar body disposed at the most appropriate location, it is possible to adjust sound in a wide band. | 01-19-2012 |
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| 20090126375 | Air conditioner, refrigerant filling method of air conditioner, method for judging refrigerant filling state of air conditioner as well as refrigerant filling and pipe cleaning method of air conditioner - An air conditioner is arranged so as to be able to accurately judge a refrigerant filling state within the air conditioner regardless of environmental and installation conditions. The air conditioner has a computing section | 05-21-2009 |
| 20110016897 | AIR CONDITIONING-HOT WATER SUPPLY COMBINED SYSTEM - There is provided a heat pump apparatus bringing heating water to a high temperature by connecting one or a plurality of load-side units to one heat source-side unit. The air conditioning-hot water supply combined system (heat pump apparatus) includes a heat source-side unit equipped with an air conditioning compressor, a four-way valve, and an outdoor heat exchanger; and the load-side units equipped with an air conditioning throttle, an indoor heat exchanger, a second compressor, a second load-side heat exchanger, and a second flow rate control unit. Here, a main circuit is configured by sequentially connecting the air conditioning compressor, the four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning throttle, and the indoor heat exchanger, using a high-pressure side connection piping and a low-pressure side connection piping. On the other hand, a load-side refrigerant circuit is configured by sequentially connecting the second compressor, a second load-side heat exchanger second load-side heat exchanger, the second flow rate control unit, and the indoor heat exchanger using a load-side refrigerant piping. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110167865 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus in which a labor required for system selection is simplified is provided. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110192189 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus in which entry of a refrigerant into a living space is suppressed and measures against refrigerant leakage are taken is provided. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110297363 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus is provided with a heat-source device that supplies a refrigerant, a relay unit that exchanges heat of a heat medium such as water or anti-freezing fluid supplied from the heat-source device in an intermediate heat exchanger and supplies the heat medium, an indoor unit that exchanges heat between a use side heat exchanger through which the heat medium supplied from the relay unit flows and indoor air and performs cooling or heating in the indoor space, a controller that controls operations of the heat-source device, the relay unit and the indoor unit, and a third temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the heat medium flowing through the use side heat exchanger, and if an abnormality in at least one of the heat-source device and the relay unit is detected, the controller continues the operation of the indoor unit while the temperature detected by the third temperature sensor remains within a first predetermined temperature range. | 12-08-2011 |
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| 20090286093 | LEAD-FREE SOLDER - According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a lead-free solder including an alloy rolled into a shape of sheet. The alloy includes: tin; from 10 wt % to less than 25 wt % of silver; and from 3 wt % to 5 wt % of copper. The alloy is free from lead. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20120018048 | CREAM SOLDER AND METHOD OF SOLDERING ELECTRONIC PART - A cream solder obtained by kneading an Sn—Ag—Cu alloy together with a flux, wherein the Sn—Ag—Cu alloy includes a mixture of a first powdery alloy and a second powdery alloy, the first powdery alloy is represented by an Sn—Ag phase diagram having a solid-liquid coexistence region and has a given silver amount which is larger than that in the eutectic composition (3.5 wt. % silver), and the second powdery alloy has a silver amount which is that in the eutectic composition (3.5 wt. % silver) or which is close to that in the eutectic composition and is smaller than that in the first powdery alloy. This cream solder has excellent strength and thermal stability, and satisfactory bonding properties. It is based on an inexpensive Sn—Ag—Cu solder alloy. It is suitable for use as a high-temperature-side lead-free solder material conformable to temperature gradation bonding. Also provided is a method of soldering. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120045813 | GENE ENCODING A PROTEIN HAVING AN ABILITY TO ENHANCE A SELENATE REDUCTION ACTIVITY - According to the present invention, a protein having an ability to enhance a selenate reduction activity, a gene encoding it, and a method for selenate reduction using them are provided | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120111924 | LEAD-FREE SOLDER - According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a lead-free solder including an alloy rolled into a shape of sheet. The alloy includes: tin; from 10 wt % to less than 25 wt % of silver; and from 3 wt % to 5 wt % of copper. The alloy is free from lead. | 05-10-2012 |
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| 20090169975 | Electrode, Fuel Cell Electrode, Fuel Cell, and Production Method of Electrode - An electrode has a metal fiber sheet and a thin sheet metal pattern connected to the surface of the metal fiber sheet and has a line pattern that runs on the metal fiber sheet. The line pattern includes an annular pattern that is provided on the peripheral edge of the metal fiber sheet and has an inside area, and the line pattern includes a bridge portion dividing the inside area of the annular pattern. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090212851 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT - High-accuracy overcurrent detection is performed, while a loss resulting from the current detection is significantly reduced. A switch section outputs the voltage between the both terminals of a current detection resistor using an AND signal between an output signal from a hysteresis comparator and an output signal from a pre-driver. The voltage is filtered by an electrostatic capacitor element and a resistor, and inputted to a comparator. The comparator makes a comparison between the signals inputted to the two input terminals thereof, and outputs the result of the comparison to a digital filter. When an overcurrent begins to flow in a power supply unit, the levels of the voltages inputted to the two input terminals of the comparator are inverted so that the comparator outputs an inversion signal to the digital filter. The digital filter outputs a detection signal to an overcurrent detection circuit when an arbitrary time has elapsed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090233127 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In a viewpoint of the invention, a fuel cell system includes a fuel cell configured to generate a electric power by using fuel; a first assisting power source; a protecting circuit connected to the first assisting power source and configured to detect a failure in the first assisting power source; an auxiliary unit configured to supply the fuel to the fuel cell; a control circuit configured to control the fuel cell and the auxiliary unit; a first power converter configured to drive the control circuit by using electric power from the first assisting power source; and a first synthesizing section configured to synthesize a first electric power from the fuel cell and a second electric power from the first assisting power source to supply a synthesized power to a load. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110063021 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT - High-accuracy overcurrent detection is performed, while a loss resulting from the current detection is significantly reduced. A switch section outputs the voltage between the both terminals of a current detection resistor using an AND signal between an output signal from a hysteresis comparator and an output signal from a pre-driver. The voltage is filtered by an electrostatic capacitor element and a resistor, and inputted to a comparator. The comparator makes a comparison between the signals inputted to the two input terminals thereof, and outputs the result of the comparison to a digital filter. When an overcurrent begins to flow in a power supply unit, the levels of the voltages inputted to the two input terminals of the comparator are inverted so that the comparator outputs an inversion signal to the digital filter. The digital filter outputs a detection signal to an overcurrent detection circuit when an arbitrary time has elapsed. | 03-17-2011 |
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| 20080214793 | Method for extracting a biosubstance from hair and hair sampling device useful in the method - Disclosed herein is a method for extracting a biosubstance from a root of a hair, including the step of using as the hair a hair that has pulling force of at least a predetermined reference value to pull out the hair. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100112620 | BIORHYTHM INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - A method of acquiring information on a biorhythm on the basis of a variation with time of the quantity of a physiologically active substance in tear and/or saliva is provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100196901 | Method for Obtaining Information on Biological Rhythm by Using Hair - To provide a simple and low-invasive method for obtaining information on a biorhythm of an individual organism. Provided is a method for obtaining information on a biorhythm of an individual organism based on variations over time in an expression level of a clock gene in a hair follicle cell of the individual organism. According to this method, a phase shift of the biorhythm of the individual organism can be detected by preparing a plurality of times about the individual organism and conducting a collation. Further, a phase shift of the biorhythm of the individual organism can also be detected by collating an expression level of the clock gene at a predetermined time with the molecular clock table. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100264850 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide an image display device which exercises a function of adjusting a biological clock without changing a visibility of an image. An image display device (A) for displaying an image by radiating a light from a light source ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100331660 | AURICLE-INSTALLED DEVICE AND BIO-SIGNAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an auricle-installed device including, a reference electrode to be placed on the ear lobe, a detection electrode to be placed on a surface exposed to bones surrounding the auricle of the ear, and a support body for supporting the reference and detection electrodes. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110015651 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A BIOSUBSTANCE FROM HAIR AND HAIR SAMPLING DEVICE USEFUL IN THE METHOD - Disclosed herein is a method for extracting a biosubstance from a root of a hair, including the step of using as the hair a hair that has pulling force of at least a predetermined reference value to pull out the hair. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110196619 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM - There is provided a method that achieves the prediction of a biological rhythm with high precision while minimizing the number of times a biological specimen is collected from a subject. There is also provided a method for predicting a biological rhythm of a subject on the basis of time series expression level data obtained by measuring expression levels of two clock genes in biological specimens collected from the subject three times within 24 hours, the clock genes having different phases of circadian cycles of a change in expression levels. In this method for predicting a biological rhythm, a biological rhythm can be predicted with particularly high precision by collecting a biological specimen from a subject three times within 24 hours at eight-hour intervals. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110315548 | BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTION ELECTRODE AND BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DETECTION APPARATUS - A biological signal detection electrode includes an electrode element and a plurality of drought-resistant electrolytic solution soaking parts. The electrode element is made of a conductive material and has a surface. The plurality of drought-resistant electrolytic solution soaking parts are placed at predetermined intervals on the surface of the electrode element, are formed to have a thickness that allows contact with a scalp without hair being sandwiched between the electrode element and the scalp, and are soaked in a drought-resistant electrolytic solution including a drought-resistant liquid and a conductive liquid. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120136233 | BIOSIGNAL DETECTING ELECTRODE AND BIOSIGNAL DETECTING DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - Disclosed herein is a biosignal detecting electrode which includes a rotary part which is rotatably attached on a brace mountable on a living body and has a first side that joins to the brace and a second side opposite to the first side, and a plurality of electrode terminals attached to the rotary part in such a way that they obliquely project from the second side of the rotary part. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120190959 | BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A biosignal measurement device is proposed which can improve measurement accuracy without forcing an excessive burden on subjects. | 07-26-2012 |
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| 20080278633 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus - A corresponding point information generator computes matching between a source image frame and a destination image frame in image data comprising consecutive image frames so as to determine corresponding point information indicating pixel-by-pixel matching. A motion vector detector determines a motion vector for each pixel in the source image frame according to a result of matching. A reliability area isolating unit segments an image frame in which a motion vector is determined into blocks, so as to isolate, in each block, a reliable area characterized by relatively high precision of the motion vector as calculated and a non-reliable area characterized by relatively low precision of the motion vector. A motion vector improving unit calculates, when a motion vector of a reliable area is applied to a pixel in a non-reliable area adjacent to the reliable area, an error between a pixel value occurring at the destination as a result of application and a pixel value of a corresponding pixel in the destination image frame, and, when the error is equal to or smaller than a threshold, incorporates the pixel in the non-reliable area into the reliable area, and replaces the motion vector of that pixel by the motion vector of the reliable area. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080279478 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus - An image frame is segmented into a plurality of groups of blocks characterized by movements approximating each other. An image reader receives a source image frame and a destination image frame in image data including consecutive image frames and segments the frames into blocks. A corresponding point information generator computes matching to detect corresponding point information indicating correspondence between the source image frame and the destination image frame and generates a corresponding point information file which describes coordinates of corresponding points in the image frames. An affine parameter calculating unit calculates affine parameters indicating deformation and movement of a block occurring between the source image frame and the destination image frame, on the basis of the corresponding point information. A seed block growth unit examiners a block adjacent to a seed block serving as a starting point for area growth and repeats a determination as to whether the seed block should be combined with the adjacent block so as to segment an image frame into a group of background blocks characterized by movements approximating each other and the other groups of blocks. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20110126364 | Process for producing dyed plastic lens - A process which enables a plastic lenses having a refractive index of 1.7 or greater and, in particular, plastic lenses having a refractive index of 1.7 to 1.8 to be dyed uniformly to a great density without unevenness, which is, specifically, a process for producing a dyed plastic lens which comprises conducting following steps (1), (2) and (3) in this order: Step (1): a step comprising coating a substrate at 60° C. or lower with an ink comprising a sublimation dye; Step (2): a step comprising decreasing content of water in the ink comprising sublimation dye coating the substrate to 50% by mass or less of the entire ink; and Step (3): a step comprising, after placing a plastic lens in a manner such that a face for dying of the lens and a face of the substrate coated with the ink comprising a sublimation dye face each other, sublimating the sublimation dye in the ink comprising a sublimation dye coating the substrate by heating the substrate obtained after Step (2) under a degree of vacuum of about 1×10 | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120015111 | DYED PLASTIC LENS FABRICATION METHOD - Provided is a process for producing a dyed plastic lens in accordance with which in accordance with which deformation and change in the color of the plastic lens can be suppressed and a plastic lens having a refractive index of 1.7 or greater and, in particular, a refractive index of 1.7 to 1.8, can be preferably dyed uniformly to a great density without unevenness. Specifically, the process for producing a dyed plastic lens comprises: Step (1) of coating a substrate comprising glass with a sublimation dye; Step (2) of, after placing a plastic lens in a manner such that a face for dyeing of the plastic lens and a face of the substrate coated with the sublimation dye face each other, sublimating the sublimation dye coating the substrate obtained in Step (1) by heating the substrate under a degree of vacuum of 1×10 | 01-19-2012 |
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| 20100260599 | ROTARY MACHINE - To reduce the size of a rotary machine and to provide a rotary machine in which it is possible to achieve an improvement in reliability and performance of the rotary machine. A first casing ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100296923 | ROTARY MACHINE SCROLL STRUCTURE AND ROTARY MACHINE - To provide a scroll structure of a rotary machine and a rotary machine in which it is possible to achieve an improvement in reliability and functionality of a rotary machine such as a turbine and to achieve a reduction in size of the rotary machine and the scroll structure. Provided are a casing ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100316491 | THERMAL INSULATION STRUCTURE FOR STRUCTURAL MEMBER, AND SCROLL STRUCTURE - To provide a thermal insulation structure for a structural member and a scroll structure which can be easily used even in integrally constructed structural members and which can ensure reliability and thermal insulation properties. Provided are securing portions ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110217175 | TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - It is possible to easily and rapidly slot a blade root of a final (last) turbine rotor blade into a blade groove on a turbine disc even when the plan-view shape of a shroud of the turbine rotor blade is complex. A turbine rotor blade that is provided with a blade root that is slotted into a blade groove formed on a circumferential portion of the turbine disc to hold the whole blade, a blade portion that is exposed to high-temperature gas, a platform that supports this blade portion, a shank that connects the blade root and the platform, and a shroud that extends along the circumferential direction from the end of the blade portion has a cut-out portion cut out to a predetermined depth, either at the leading-edge or the trailing-edge of the blade root, along the lengthwise direction thereof from the end of the blade root to an intermediate part of the shank. | 09-08-2011 |
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| 20080303412 | Light source having phosphor including divalent, trivalent and tetravalent elements - A phosphor having an excitation band relative to lights in the wide range of wavelengths from ultraviolet to visible light, and having an emission spectrum in the red range and so on, with a wide half value width, and an LED and a light source using the phosphor and emitting white and other color lights with good color rendering properties are provided. Powdered raw materials of Ca | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090085010 | Phosphor and manufacturing method for the same, and light source - To provide a phosphor having an emission characteristic such that a peak wavelength of light emission is in a range from 580 to 680 nm, and having a high emission intensity, and having a flat excitation band with high efficiency for excitation light in a broad wavelength range from ultraviolet to visible light (wavelength range from 250 nm to 550 nm). For example, Ca | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090109652 | Phosphor and manufacturing method for the same, and light source - To provide a phosphor having an emission spectrum with a broad peak in a range from yellow color to red color (580 nm to 680 nm) and an excellent excitation band on the longer wavelength side from near ultraviolet/ultraviolet of excitation light to visible light (250 nm to 550 nm), and having an improved emission intensity. The phosphor is provided, which is given by a general composition formula expressed by MmAaBbOoNn:Z, (wherein element M is more than one kind of element having bivalent valency, element A is more than one kind of element having tervalent valency selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Tl, Y, Sc, P, As, Sb, and Bi, element B is more than one kind of element having tetravalent valency, O is oxygen, N is nitrogen, and element Z is more than one kind of element selected from rare earth elements or transitional metal elements, satisfying m>0, a>0, b>0 o≧0, and n=2/3m+a+4/3b−2/3o), and further containing boron and/or fluorine. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100258766 | Phosphor and manufacturing method for the same, and light source - To provide a phosphor having an emission spectrum with a broad peak in a range from yellow color to red color (580 nm to 680 nm) and an excellent excitation band on the longer wavelength side from near ultraviolet/ultraviolet of excitation light to visible light (250 nm to 550 nm), and having an improved emission intensity. The phosphor is provided, which is given by a general composition formula expressed by MmAaBbOoNn:Z, (wherein element M is more than one kind of element having bivalent valency, element A is more than one kind of element having tervalent valency selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Tl, Y, Sc, P, As, Sb, and Bi, element B is more than one kind of element having tetravalent valency, O is oxygen, N is nitrogen, and element Z is more than one kind of element selected from rare earth elements or transitional metal elements, satisfying m>0, a>0, b>0 o≧0, and n=2/3m+a+4/3b−2/3o), and further containing boron and/or fluorine. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100301272 | Phosphor and manufacturing method for the same, and light source - To provide a phosphor having an emission characteristic such that a peak wavelength of light emission is in a range from 580 to 680 nm, and having a high emission intensity, and having a flat excitation band with high efficiency for excitation light in a broad wavelength range from ultraviolet to visible light (wavelength range from 250 nm to 550 nm). For example, Ca | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110115366 | Light source having phosphor including divalent, trivalent and tetravalent elements - A phosphor having an excitation band relative to lights in the wide range of wavelengths from ultraviolet to visible light, and having an emission spectrum in the red range and so on, with a wide half value width, and an LED and a light source using the phosphor and emitting white and other color lights with good color rendering properties are provided. Powdered raw materials of Ca | 05-19-2011 |
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| 20090185032 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE AND LENS UNIT - An image pickup apparatus of the present invention varies optical properties by moving a part of lenses of an objective lens, and includes a solid-state image pickup device unit that is disposed at a rear-end section and that subjects a subject image to photoelectric conversion, a fixed lens frame that retains the objective lens that is disposed in front of the solid-state image pickup device unit, a movable lens frame that retains the part of lenses that moves along a photographing optical axis O inside the lens frame, and an actuator having one end connected to the movable lens frame and that moves the movable lens frame forward and backward. The actuator includes a rigid member provided so as to extend to the vicinity of the rear end at which the solid-state image pickup device unit is disposed and a shape memory alloy that is coupled to the rigid member. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090292169 | ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An electronic endoscope apparatus includes: an image pickup apparatus mounted at a distal end portion of an insertion portion; an operation portion provided consecutively at the insertion portion, with a frame member incorporated therein; and an electrical cable extended from the operation portion for connection with an external device. In the electronic endoscope apparatus, the frame member has a circuit board portion which establishes electrical connection between shields of the insertion portion and the electrical cable, and on which various electronic parts for exchanging signals with the image pickup apparatus are mounted. In spite of the arrangement of the image pickup apparatus that can acquire high-quality images at a distal end portion of the insertion portion, a size of the apparatus, in particular, a diameter of the insertion portion, can be prevented from being increased. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20120068324 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes at least two or more groups of external connection terminals to which a substrate that drives a bare chip by inputting a signal from an external apparatus to the bare chip is electrically connected, the at least two or more groups of external connection terminals being formed outside an image area of the bare chip, wherein at least one group of terminals constitutes a first group of terminals, another group of terminals constitutes a second group of terminals, the first group of terminals doubles as the second group of terminals, and a substrate for inspection doubling as a substrate for mounting is electrically connected to the first group of terminals. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120206583 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of micro pins provided to project from a back surface in an image pickup device, a plurality of electric boards capable of mounting electric components and having board surfaces provided with through-holes or through-grooves formed to enable the plurality of micro pins to pass through respectively, and solder portions that fix the plurality of micro pins and the plurality of electric boards by soldering in land portions adjacent to the through-holes or the through grooves in a state in which the plurality of electric boards with the plurality of micro pins respectively passed through the through-holes or the through-grooves of the plurality of electric boards are stacked on the back surface of the image pickup device. | 08-16-2012 |
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| 20080289921 | Shock absorber for switching-device operating device - A shock absorber includes a casing that is filled-in with a working fluid, a cylinder body that is housed in the casing and that forms chambers inside and outside the cylinder body, a sliding shaft that passes through the cylinder body and forms a flow path between the sliding shaft and the cylinder body and engages a movable contact, and a piston that is fixed to the sliding shaft and that is housed inside the cylinder body. An outer diameter of the piston is larger than a diameter of the sliding shaft. The piston can be slid in an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder body while ensuring waterproofing and causes the working fluid to move inside and outside the cylinder body and receives, due to a flow resistance at the time of the working fluid passing through the flow path, a braking force. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20110247853 | GAS BUSHING - A gas bushing is constructed in such a manner that a center conductor includes: a main electrically-conductive portion having a first outside diameter; and a larger-diameter portion being provided in an upper end portion of the center conductor and having a second outside diameter that is larger than the first outside diameter; and a connection portion connecting the main electrically-conductive portion and the larger-diameter portion together; a lower end of the larger-diameter portion is positioned lower than a lower end of the flange portion, and the lower end of the larger-diameter portion and an upper end of the connection portion are connected together in such a manner that a curvature of an external surface of the center conductor is continuous and that a connecting section has a round shape. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110315428 | GAS INSULATED APPARATUS - When electric discharging occurs inside a gas insulated apparatus in which sulfur hexafluoride is filled, hydrogen-fluoride gas is generated, which abrades a part formed of glass fiber reinforced plastics included in the apparatus. Previously, resin for preventing the abrasion has been coated on the surface of the part; however, a problem has occurred that the coating film peels off. Organic fiber woven cloth woven using organic fiber such as aramid fiber or the like having hydrogen fluoride resistance and mechanical toughness is wrapped around the surface of glass fiber reinforced plastics, and thermosetting resin is wettably impregnated into weave patterns of the organic fiber woven cloth and then heat cured; thereby, an abrasion-preventing protection layer that does not peel off is formed. | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20080269991 | Activation-Control Device for Occupant Crash-Protection Apparatus - A colliding-initial detecting section detects colliding-initial timing at which an impact level detected by an acceleration sensor in the inside of a vehicle reaches a predetermined threshold, and when the colliding-initial timing is detected, a one-shot timer is set. Meanwhile, an impact-judging section detects strong-impact occurrence timing at which the impact level detected by an acceleration sensor on the front reaches a predetermined threshold. When the strong-impact occurrence timing is within a time set by the one-shot timer from the colliding-initial timing, an And circuit outputs an activating signal activating an air bag to a driving section. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090088926 | Tilt Angle Detecting Apparatus for Vehicle, and Rollover Judging Apparatus Using This Tilt Angle Detecting Apparatus for Vehicle - A tilt angle detecting apparatus removes an unnecessary component included in an angular velocity detecting signal (an input ω) inputted from an angular velocity sensor | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090118892 | Rollover Judging Device - A rollover judging device adjusts the magnitude of an angular velocity component ω of a vehicle in a direction of a rollover, which is measured by an angular velocity sensor | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100023225 | STARTING DEVICE OF OCCUPANT PROTECTIVE SYSTEM - A starting device of an occupant protective system includes an angular velocity or acceleration sensor | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100191494 | SENSOR OUTPUT CORRECTING DEVICE - A sensor output correcting device includes: a sensor element for detecting a variation in an object to be measured, and for outputting this variation as a signal; an A/D converter for converting the analog signal outputted from the sensor element into a digital signal; a zero reference value calculating unit for calculating a zero reference value which is a drift amount of the sensor element from the signal outputted from the sensor element; a zero point correcting unit for correcting a zero point of the signal outputted from the A/D converter on the basis of the zero reference value calculated by the zero criterion calculating unit; an output limiting unit for limiting a value of an output signal inputted from the zero point correcting unit on the basis of a correction amount provided by the zero point correcting unit, and a high frequency removing unit for removing a high frequency component. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100318265 | OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE - The occupant protection device (air bag ECU | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110004377 | ACTIVATION APPARATUS FOR OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - An activation apparatus for an occupant protection system includes acceleration sensors which are disposed on the respective right and left sides of a vehicle with respect to the center of the vehicle on the vehicle and each of which is provided for detecting the acceleration from the side opposite to the side where the sensor is disposed, and includes a determiner that determines whether or not an occupant protection system is to be activated by comparing the physical quantity computed based on the value detected and outputted by the acceleration sensor with a threshold for activating the occupant protection system. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110153262 | COLLISION DETECTION APPARATUS - A collision detection apparatus includes: an acceleration acquisition processing unit | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120035812 | BODY VELOCITY ESTIMATING DEVICE, AND COLLISION SAFETY PROTECTING SYSTEM - Body velocity estimating device | 02-09-2012 |
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| 20120121447 | ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TURBOCHARGER DEVICE - Inside of a gas-tight housing, an electric motor, an inverter and a compressor are housed. Further, an intake air pipe is connected to the gas-tight housing. Inside of the gas-tight housing, an intake air flow passage is formed. Further, a connection opening of an outside air induction pipe provided with a flow rate regulating valve is arranged so as to face a suction opening of a compressor. When the delivery air flow rate as well as the delivery air pressure of the compressor is reduced due to the pressure loss and the like of the intake air ‘a’ which passes through the air flow passage and cools the electric motor and the inverter, an outside air ‘o’ of low temperature is induced so that: the capacity shortage as well as the performance deterioration of the compressor is constrained; and the over-heating of the compressor is constrained. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120205912 | WIND-TURBINE-GENERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS, WIND TURBINE GENERATOR SYSTEM, AND WIND-TURBINE-GENERATOR CONTROL METHOD - A wind-turbine control device controls a wind turbine generator in which a rotor having a plurality of blades receives wind and rotates. The generator generates electrical power through the rotation of the rotor. The electrical power is supplied to a utility grid, and electric energy to be supplied to the utility grid can be changed according to a change in the frequency of the utility grid. The wind-turbine control device includes a subtracter to calculate a frequency change, which is the difference between a measurement value of the frequency of generated output power of the wind turbine generator and a set value of the frequency of the generated output power of the wind turbine generator. The wind-turbine control device further includes a limiter to limit a change in the electrical power corresponding to the frequency change calculated by the subtracter, based on the rotational speed of the generator. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120240910 | ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN TURBOCHARGER - Rotational speed of an electric turbocharger controlled so that the actual temperature of the motor does exceed the allowable level even over a long time span. A speed control device for the turbocharger, includes a temperature sensor, a speed limitation device which limits the speed of the motor in response to the temperature level detected by the temperature sensor wherein the speed limitation device is provided with a limit control start temperature correction device which decreases the limit control start temperature when the increase rate of the detected temperature exceeds a threshold. A speed limitation setting device sets a speed limit based on the temperature difference between the limit control start temperature and the detected temperature T on a rate of increase of the detected temperature. | 09-27-2012 |
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| 20080251689 | SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD - A clear fluorescence image is easily obtained irrespective of variation of scattering due to variation of the depth of a focus position in a specimen. A scanning optical device includes a laser light source for emitting laser light, a scanning unit for scanning the laser light emitted from the laser light source on the specimen, a focus depth adjusting unit for adjusting the depth of the focus position in the specimen of the laser light to be scanned, a fluorescence detector for detecting fluorescence generated from the focus position of the laser light in the specimen, a reference depth information storage unit for storing the absolute height of a predetermined reference depth of the focus position of the laser light in the specimen by the focus depth adjusting unit, and a hardware setting storage unit for storing the relative height to the absolute height of the reference depth at each focus position of the laser light and at least one set value of the laser light source, the scanning unit, and the fluorescence detector in association with each other. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100083410 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system comprises a microscope including a motorized stage on which is mounted a container containing a specimen and which can adjust the position of the container, a scanner scanning laser light radiated onto the specimen, an objective lens focusing the scanned laser light, an image-acquisition unit acquiring a specimen image by detecting fluorescence produced in the specimen, and a dark box containing these components; a storage unit storing the mounting position of the container on the motorized stage; an image-acquisition-position setting unit setting acquisition positions of partial images of the inside of the container, on the basis of the stored mounting position of the container; a control section controlling the microscope so as to acquire the partial images for each container on the basis of the set acquisition positions; and a map-image generating section arranging the partial images to generate a map image. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110089339 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE - Provided is a laser scanning microscope that allows stable examination by eliminating the influence of ambient light while inhibiting damage to a specimen and fading of fluorescence. Employed is a laser scanning microscope | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120141036 | OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An observation apparatus compares a plurality of image information acquired in a specific time by a plurality of image acquisition methods whose image acquisition timings are different, and includes a timer for counting observation time, and a PMT and a CCD whose image information acquisition timings are different. A storage unit stores different image information, when acquired by the PMT and the CCD, by relating each type of the acquired image information to the observation information counted by the timer. A control unit sets a display standard to associate the different types of image information stored in the storage unit, according to the observation time that has been respectively related to these types of image information, and associates the different types of image information according to the time information, on the basis of the set display standard. A monitor displays the image information associated by the control unit. | 06-07-2012 |
