Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160143193 | VEHICULAR POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A vehicular power conversion device is provided with a semiconductor that converts power. The power conversion device is provided with: coolers that are arranged in an array in a vehicle advancement direction and cool the semiconductor; and a cooler cover having the coolers located therein and provided with ventilation openings serving as an intake port and a discharge port for travel-generated airflow. A cavity serving as a passageway for the travel-generated airflow is provided in at least one of above, below, and to the side of the plurality of coolers inside the cooler cover. The ventilation openings are disposed in the vehicle advancement direction from the cavity. The airflow-receiving plate is located in the cavity and, when the travel-generated airflow flows from the ventilation opening into the cavity, changes the direction of the incoming travel-generated airflow to a direction toward the coolers. | 05-19-2016 |
20160143148 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board includes: a printed wiring board including an insulating layer wherein a recessed part is provided on a top surface of the insulating layer, and a printed conductor provided inside the recessed part; a bare chip part mounted in the recessed part and electrically connected to the printed conductor; an electronic part mounted on the top surface of the printed wiring board other than the recessed part; and a cap fixed to the top surface of the printed wiring board and hollow-sealing the bare chip part mounted in the recessed part, wherein using a height of the top surface of the printed wiring board as a reference, a height of a top surface of the cap is equal to or below a maximum height of a top surface of the electronic part. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142225 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROTECTION METHOD - A communication system includes two or more ring networks in which nodes are connected in a ring shape, carries out ERP for each of the ring networks, sets one of the ring networks as a major ring that detects a failure in a shared link, and sets the other ring networks as sub rings. A shared node, which terminates the shared link, includes: a failure monitoring unit that respectively detects, concerning two or more of the ring networks that share the shared link, failures in the ring networks; a switching processing unit that determines, on the basis of a detection result of the failures, the ring network set as the major ring; and ERP processing units that store, when the switching is performed by the switching processing unit, identification information after the switching in an R-APS frame and transfer or transmit the frame. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142001 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor control device includes: a control processing unit that controls driving of a motor based on a command signal input from a controller so as to command an operation of the motor and a detection signal which is a detection result of the operation of the motor; and an abnormality determining unit that detects an abnormality in the controller, the motor control device, and the motor based on the command signal, the detection signal, and a control signal generated in the motor control device and that determines a level of repeatability of the detected abnormality based on a predetermined criterion. The control processing unit transitions from a normal mode to a specific abnormality alarm mode when the abnormality determining unit determines that an specific abnormality having high repeatability has occurred. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141941 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD OF MOUNTING ELEMENT WIRE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SENSORS ON ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - Insulating objects arranged in parallel between adjacent element wire conductors of a plurality of the element wire conductors in a circumferential direction of the rotating electrical machine on each of both sides interposing a dislocating portion of the element wire conductor and linearly extending along the adjacent element wire conductors; a storage space formed between the linear insulating objects arranged in parallel at each of the both sides interposing the dislocating portion; and a temperature detection sensor configured to detect a temperature of the element wire conductors and stored in the storage spaces at each of the both sides interposing the dislocating portion across both sides interposing the dislocating portion are provided, wherein the hardness of the insulating objects is lower than the hardness of the element wire conductors, whereby the types of the rotating electrical machine to which the temperature detection sensor can be applied may be extensively increased. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141854 | GAS INSULATED BUS - A gas insulated bus is provided which comprises a metallic container whose axis is an axis line; a main circuit conductor housed in the metallic container; a metallic container to be connected with an end of the metallic container and whose axis is an axis line crossing the axis line; a main circuit conductor housed in the metallic container; an insulating spacer of a single-leg structure that supports and insulates a connection portion of the main circuit conductors; a metal-made shield attached to the insulating spacer and provided with an opening open in a direction of the axis line and an opening open in a direction of the axis line, the shield covering the connection portion, the shield being substantially in a barrel or spindle shape having an outside diameter exceeding that of the main circuit conductors. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141400 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is configured such that the distance between the trench gate in the IGBT and the trench gate in the diode is reduced or a p-well layer is provided between the trench gate in the IGBT and the trench gate in the diode. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141385 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device includes: forming a transistor having a gate electrode Schottky-joined to a nitride semiconductor layer; performing high-temperature annealing at a temperature of 200 to 360° C. for 8 to 240 hours on the transistor; and after the high-temperature annealing, performing RF burn-in by applying radiofrequency power to the transistor at a channel temperature of 180 to 360° C. | 05-19-2016 |
20160141284 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A transistor ( | 05-19-2016 |
20160140843 | VEHICLE TRAVELING SUPPORT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The start and end of the transmission of information is controlled by, depending on the situation, determining whether to stop transmitting position information on a vehicle-mounted terminal device transmitted by a vehicle-to-vehicle communication between a vehicle of interest and a surround vehicle and position information on a portable terminal device transmitted by a pedestrian-to-vehicle communication between the portable terminal device carried by a person who got off its own vehicle and a surround vehicle. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139707 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A lower electrode and an upper electrode have crossing portions where first element wiring of a mesh of the lower electrode and second element wiring of a mesh of the upper electrode cross each other in three dimensions. The lower electrode includes row-direction wiring and a floating electrode that are insulated from each other by disconnected portions provided to the first element wiring other than the crossing portions. The upper electrode includes column-direction wiring and a floating electrode that are insulated from each other by disconnected portions provided to the second element wiring other than the crossing portions. | 05-19-2016 |
20160139257 | FMCW RADAR DEVICE AND FMCW RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - The FMCW radar device includes: a range observation period setting section configured to set a plurality of range observation periods; a modulated frequency width setting section configured to set, for the respective plurality of range observation periods, a plurality of modulated frequency widths; a beat signal generation section configured to generate, for the respective plurality of range observation periods, beat signals based on the transmission signal and the reception signal; and a pass bandwidth setting section configured to set pass bandwidths of the beat signals generated by the beat signal generation section, in which the modulated frequency width setting section sets, for the respective plurality of range observation periods, the plurality of modulated frequency widths so that a difference among maximum frequencies of the beat signals generated for the respective plurality of range observation periods becomes zero or falls within a predetermined range. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138959 | CONSERVATOR - The conservator is provided with a housing that houses an insulation oil, a rubber bag that inflates or deflates inside the housing so as to contact an oil surface of the insulation oil, and an oil level gauge that detects the oil level of the insulation oil housed inside the housing. The oil level gauge includes a float member, an arm connected to one end of the float member, and a dial display unit that displays an oil level in response to an angle of the arm. The float member is swingably connected to the arm, extending away from the arm along the lower surface of the rubber bag. The length of the float member in the extending direction thereof is larger than the maximum thickness of the float member. | 05-19-2016 |
20160138552 | HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGE IGNITION DEVICE - A high-frequency discharge ignition device includes a current supply device which supplies an AC current to a spark discharge path formed in a gap of an ignition plug, a control device which controls the operation of the current supply device, and a voltage detection device which outputs a signal of a section where a magnetic induction voltage of a primary coil generated after a switch element of an ignition coil device is placed in a shutoff state exceeds a predetermined voltage, and the control device determines the timing when the spark discharge path has been formed in the gap of the ignition plug according to an output signal of the voltage detection device and operates the current supply device based on the timing when the spark discharge path has been formed in the gap of the ignition plug to supply the AC current to the spark discharge path. | 05-19-2016 |
20160137122 | HEADLIGHT UNIT AND HEADLIGHT - A headlight unit includes: a light source that emits a light beam for irradiating a forward area in a traveling direction; a light guide portion that receives the light beam and forms planar light having a divergence angle; a projection lens portion that projects the planar light forward; and a drive unit that changes a position of the projection lens portion. The drive unit is disposed in a region overlapping with the projection lens portion, as optically viewed from an optical axis direction of the light guide portion or the projection lens portion. | 05-19-2016 |
20160136461 | PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY SYSTEM - In the particle beam therapy system, a beam transport system includes a beam-path changer for changing a beam path so as to transport a charged particle beam to any one of the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses; and a treatment management device includes a beam-path controller that generates an emitter control signal for controlling an emitter of an accelerator and a beam-path changer control signal for controlling the beam-path changer so that, with respect to the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses in which treatment is performed at the same treatment period of time, the charged particle beam is transported to each one of the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses for each time period allocated thereto. | 05-19-2016 |
20160134475 | CONTROL SYSTEM, MASTER STATION, AND REMOTE STATION - A control system includes: a master station including a PLC executing user program; and a remote station including a communication memory to which a PLC device is assigned, a slave communication unit, and a unit to or from which one or more pieces of data is input or output, and being connected to the master station through a network. The PLC transmits, to the slave communication unit, assignment object designation information designating an object that is among unit data input or output to or from the unit and to which a PLC device is assigned, and an assignment rule. The slave communication unit assigns unit data that is among unit data input or output to or from the unit and is designated by the received assignment object designation information to the communication memory based on the received assignment rule. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134360 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINE SWITCHING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A device includes a threshold setting unit that sets a threshold for an input optical power monitor to detect the input optical power to the optical transmission line of an active system; a threshold deciding unit that decides whether the input optical power to the optical transmission line of the active system detected by the input optical power monitor is not greater than the threshold set by the threshold setting unit or not; and an attenuation controller that carries out, when the threshold deciding unit decides that the input optical power is not greater than the threshold, system switching by controlling first variable optical attenuators so as to gradually reduce attenuation of the signal light rays input from the optical transmission line of one backup system, and to gradually increase attenuation of the signal light rays input from the optical transmission line of the active system. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134319 | INTER-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An inter-vehicle communication device of a vehicle provided with an electrical coupler that constructs a communication path with another vehicle by using an electric contact with said another vehicle is provided. The inter-vehicle communication device has: a communication control circuit controlling a communication with said another vehicle; a pulse transformer arranged between the communication control circuit and the electrical coupler; and a power supply device arranged between a middle point of the pulse transformer and the electrical coupler to apply a direct-current voltage to the electric contact between the electrical coupler and an electrical coupler of said another vehicle. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134277 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A drive circuit for a power semiconductor element includes: a voltage-command generation unit that generates a voltage command VGEref, which is a charge command between the gate and emitter terminals of a power semiconductor element; and a subtracter that calculates a deviation voltage Verr between the voltage command VGEref and the voltage between the gate and emitter terminals. The drive circuit also includes: a gate current controller that is input with the deviation voltage Verr and calculates a gate-current command voltage VIGref for determining the gate current that is caused to flow to the gate terminal of the power semiconductor element; a gate-current command limiter that limits the gate-current command voltage VIGref; and a gate-current supply device that is input with an actual gate-current command voltage VIGout and that supplies a gate current to the gate terminal of the power semiconductor element. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134271 | BUFFER CIRCUIT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a buffer circuit that reduces a reverse voltage applied to transistors being a complementary pair during turn-on and turn-off. A buffer circuit is a buffer circuit that turns on and turns off a switching element and includes a drive-side element that has an end connected to a base of a drive transistor and a sink-side element that has an end connected to a base of a sink transistor. The drive-side element and the sink-side element are respectively a drive-side diode and a sink-side diode, or a drive-side capacitor and a sink-side capacitor. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134225 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A coil temperature estimation unit | 05-12-2016 |
20160134167 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH SHAFT-SEAL DEVICES MOUNTED THEREON - In a rotating electric machine with shaft-seal devices mounted thereon, an object to provide them is to uniformize a temperature distribution of a sealing ring with a simple structure. The rotating electric machine with the shaft-seal devices mounted thereon includes a rotor having a shaft; a stator disposed in a circumferential surrounding of the rotor; a sealing ring having a plurality of through holes formed therein, being disposed in a circumferential surrounding of the shaft; a gland seal having an oil supply opening therein, for enclosing a circumferential surrounding of the sealing ring; a partition plate disposed between the sealing ring and the gland seal; and a housing on which the gland seal is fixed, for accommodating the rotor and the stator. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134075 | GAS LASER DEVICE - A gas laser device which can perform optical amplification, laser light passing through a laser gas excited by electrical discharge, including: a first and second pair of discharge electrodes arranged longitudinally along an optical axis of the laser light; at least two mirrors reflecting the laser light amplified by the gas laser, the mirrors arranged opposite to each other to interpose a first discharge region defined by the first pair of discharge electrodes and a second discharge region defined by the second pair of discharge electrodes therebetween; and a shielding member located between the first pair of discharge electrodes and the second pair of discharge electrodes, the shielding member protruding from electrode surfaces of the discharge electrodes toward the optical axis of the laser light. The configuration can efficiently suppress parasitic oscillation with a simple structure. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133712 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a bonding target and an electrode terminal bonded to the bonding target. The electrode terminal and the bonding target are bonded by ultrasonic bonding at a bonding surface to be subjected to bonding. The electrode terminal includes a penetrating hollow part surrounded on at least two sides by the bonding surface. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133649 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A thin film transistor substrate includes a semiconductor channel layer made of an oxide semiconductor, protective insulating layers that cover the semiconductor channel layer, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode, a second source electrode, and a second drain electrode. The second source electrode is located on the first source electrode and connected with the semiconductor channel layer through a first contact hole. The second drain electrode is located on the first drain electrode and connected with the semiconductor channel layer through a second contact hole. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133220 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - To include a display, a touch panel, a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory that stores therein control screen data including plural pieces of screen data, an activation control unit that develops the control screen data on the volatile memory at the time of activation, and a display control unit that displays any one of the screens, screen data of which is included in the control screen data developed onto the volatile memory, on the display and that changes a screen to be displayed according to an input operation to the touch panel. The activation control unit develops the control screen data in an order based on priority levels which are set such that an initial display screen to be first displayed at the time of activation has a highest priority level, and the display control unit displays the initial display screen on the display when the screen data of the initial display screen is developed onto the volatile memory. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133126 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND IN-VEHICLE UNIT - Traffic information is provided to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle located in a shadow portion of a large-sized vehicle and to an in-vehicle unit of a vehicle at a location separated from an intersection | 05-12-2016 |
20160132305 | PROGRAM GRAPH DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM GRAPH DISPLAY PROGRAM - A command code extraction part extracts a command code indicated in an extraction target code list, from an instrument control program. A sub-control program creation part creates a sub-control program including the command code extracted. A sub-control parameter list creation part extracts, from each command code included in the sub-control program, each of one or more elements constituting the command code, as a parameter. A sub-control parameter graph display part creates data of a sub-control parameter graph in which one or more parameters of each command code that have been extracted are associated with each other, and displays the created sub-control parameter graph. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132124 | GESTURE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, GESTURE OPERATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A hand region (Rh) of an operator is detected from a captured image, and positions of a palm center (Po) and a wrist center (Wo) are determined, and origin coordinates (Cho) and a direction of an coordinate axis (Chu) of a hand coordinate system are calculated. A shape of the hand in the hand region (Rh) is detected using the hand coordinate system, and a shape feature quantity (D | 05-12-2016 |
20160131950 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An edge portion of first ground wiring and an edge portion of second ground wiring are in contact with a space containing air having a relative dielectric constant smaller than a liquid crystal relative dielectric constant through an insulating film. An edge portion of common wiring and another edge portion of the first ground wiring are in contact with a sealing material having a relative dielectric constant smaller than the liquid crystal relative dielectric constant through the insulating film. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131508 | SERVOMOTOR AND ENCODER - An encoder includes a first multiple rotation counter that generates first multiple rotation data using a rotation signal indicating one rotation of a rotational shaft of a motor, a second multiple rotation counter that generates second multiple rotation data using the rotation signal, a first cumulative-number calculation unit that calculates first accumulated multiple rotation data using an angle signal indicating a rotational angle of the rotational shaft, a second cumulative-number calculation unit that calculates second accumulated multiple rotation data using the angle signal, and a first comparative diagnosis unit that diagnoses whether the encoder has a fault by performing a comparison to determine whether the first multiple rotation data, the second multiple rotation data, the first accumulated multiple rotation data, and the second accumulated multiple rotation data are a same value. | 05-12-2016 |
20160131252 | RANGE SWITCHING APPARATUS - A compact and lightweight range switching apparatus is provided by suppressing the increase in the size of components in the range switching apparatus. The range switching apparatus includes: a motor mounted in a housing; a pinion placed on a shaft of the motor; a sector-shaped gear wheel having an opening inside which a gear engaging the pinion is formed; and an output shaft rotatably supporting the gear wheel in the housing. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130116 | ELEVATOR CAR DOOR LOCKING APPARATUS - In an elevator car door locking apparatus, a doorstop-side blade is disposed on a car door by a linking mechanism, and is displaceable horizontally between a locked position, and an unlocked position that is further away from a door pocket than the locked position. A balance weight is disposed on an opposite side of the pivoting shaft of the link from the doorstop-side blade. The doorstop-side blade comes into contact with a landing door engaging member and displaces, and the balance weight also displaces away from the doorstop-side blade, due to the car door moving toward the door pocket side when a car is in position at a floor. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130113 | ELEVATOR SYSTEM - An elevator system of this disclosure includes: a personal information terminal, which is carried by an elevator user and includes a display unit configured to represent a plurality of available services and a selecting unit by which it is possible to select a service by the display unit; and an elevator control device, which assigns a car of an elevator group according to call registration information from the personal information terminal and transmits information on the assigned car to the personal information terminal, wherein in a case where assigned car is changed due to the situation of the elevator group, the elevator control device changes the assigned car of the elevator group and displays a reassigned car for the user on the display unit of the personal information terminal. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129676 | FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC, AIR RECTIFICATION COVER FOR ELEVATOR AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC - A fiber reinforced plastic including: a first fiber reinforced plastic layer including a first fiber fabric and a resin impregnated into the first fiber fabric; a resin flow layer including an inner medium and a resin, the resin flow layer being laminated on the first fiber reinforced plastic layer; a second fiber reinforced plastic layer including a second fiber fabric and a resin impregnated into the second fiber fabric, the second fiber reinforced plastic layer being laminated on the resin flow layer so that the resin flow layer is arranged between the first fiber reinforced plastic layer and the second fiber reinforced plastic layer; and an inorganic filler layer including an inorganic filler having a particle diameter of 20 μm or more and 50 μm or less and a resin, the inorganic filler layer being laminated on the second fiber reinforced plastic layer. | 05-12-2016 |
20160128215 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - A control unit is stored in an airtight housing constituted by a base, an annular peripheral wall member, a cover, and first and second interior packings, second wiring conductors connected to input/output equipment and first wiring conductors connected to a host controller through a control signal connector are brought into press-contact with input/output control terminals of the control unit by first and second pressing elastic mats, the relative positions of associated components are regulated by positioning pins passing through from the cover to the base, and the cover is opened by loosening blockade screws without causing an assembly dimension error or sliding wear of conductive contact portions due to thermal deformation, whereby the control unit is detached. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126919 | NOISE FILTER - A noise filter is provided with a filter circuit including a first condenser and a second condenser; the first condenser and the second condenser are connected in parallel with each other by a first wiring lead for connecting one terminal of the first condenser with one terminal of the second condenser and a second wiring lead for connecting the other terminal of the first condenser with the other terminal of the second condenser; the first wiring lead and the second wiring lead are arranged in such a way as to intersect each other odd-number times. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126799 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR COOLING A STATOR CORE OF A ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE COOLING STRUCTURE - A cooling structure for cooling a stator core of a rotating electrical machine includes: a stator core ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160126798 | MOTOR AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - The motor includes a motor body to rotate a shaft by generating a rotating magnetic field; a bearing supporting the shaft; and a bracket being electrically non-conductive, surrounding an outer periphery of the bearing, and supporting the bearing, wherein the bracket is not in contact with any member formed of conductive material at an outer periphery of the bracket. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126797 | MOTOR - A motor, which can reduce a shaft current by a cheap configuration and has a high reliability, is provided. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126791 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotating electric machine including a rotator including a small-angle rotator portion and a large-angle rotator portion respectively having different inter-magnet end angles, each being a plane angle formed between a line connecting one outermost peripheral-side end of a permanent magnet and an axial center of the rotator and a line connecting an outermost peripheral-side end of another permanent magnet and the axial center of the rotator. The rotator includes three layers of the small-angle rotator portion, the large-angle rotator portion, and the small-angle rotator portion, which are laminated in the stated order along an axial line of the rotator. Therefore, demagnetization due to a temperature rise of the permanent magnets is suppressed. In addition, a temperature distribution in the permanent magnets in the axial direction of the rotator is reduced. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126626 | THREE-AXIS CONTROL ANTENNA DEVICE - A vertical axis driver drives a vertical axis for azimuth angle tracking. A horizontal axis driver drives a horizontal axis for elevation angle tracking. A cross horizontal axis driver drives a cross horizontal axis to which an antenna is attached, that is rotatable around an axis orthogonal to the horizontal axis. An arithmetic processing controller generates a drive signal of a constant azimuth angle the vertical axis when a maximum elevation angle of the antenna is greater than or equal to a set angle in a path of the target object in a single time of continuous tracking. When the maximum elevation angle of the antenna is less than the set angle in the path of the target object in the single time of continuous tracking, the controller issues a drive command of an azimuth angle direction to the vertical axis. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126375 | SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell includes: a first-conductivity-type semiconductor substrate including an impurity diffusion layer, in which a second-conductivity-type impurity element is diffused, on one surface side; a light-receiving surface-side electrode including a grid electrode and a bus electrode having a wider width than the grid electrode and in electrical communication with the grid electrode, and formed on the one surface side and electrically connected to the impurity diffusion layer; and a rear surface side electrode formed on a rear surface and electrically connected to the impurity diffusion layer, wherein the light-receiving surface-side electrode includes a first metal electrode layer directly bonded to the one surface side, and a second metal electrode layer that is formed of a metal material different from the first metal electrode layer and having electrical resistivity substantially equivalent to the first metal electrode layer and is formed to cover the first metal electrode layer. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126168 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A first switching element and a second switching element are thermally connected to each other since the first switching element and the second switching element are fixed on a second substrate. An upper arm is capable of increasing the current capacity of the semiconductor device because of the parallel connection of the first switching element and the second switching element. The lower arm is capable of increasing the current capacity of the semiconductor device because of the parallel connection of the first switching element and the second switching element. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126156 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A ground working tool comprising a tubular base body with an inner receiving space for receiving a cylindrical core of solid ground material, connector mechanism for connecting the tubular base body with a rotary drive and locking mechanism for locking the core in the receiving space of the tubular base body. The locking mechanism involves at least one locking unit having a guide rail being disposed at an inner side of the tubular base body and arranged with a deviation angle relative to a tangential direction of the tubular base body and the locking unit further comprises at least one locking element, which is moveably mounted on the guide rail between a radially outer releasing position and a radially inner locking position, in which the core is clamped within the receiving space by means of the at least one locking element. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125339 | DEMAND-SUPPLY PLANNING DEVICE, DEMAND-SUPPLY PLANNING METHOD, DEMAND-SUPPLY PLANNING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A demand-supply planning device includes: a power demand predicting unit that predicts power demand; an expected rebate value predicting unit that calculates an expected profit value per unit amount of reduced power based on an occurrence probability of a demand response and a rebate value to be acquired through the demand response; and an optimal operation plan creating unit that sets an addition result of a first cost for power purchase, a second cost for power generation in power generators and storage batteries, and a multiplication result of the expected profit value and reserve power, which is an amount of power capable of being further generated by the power generators and the storage batteries after an amount of power supplied satisfying the power demand is generated, as an evaluation function and determines an operation plan of the reserve power and the power generators and the storage batteries. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124699 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PLURAL DISPLAYS - In accordance with the present invention, in a display device having a plurality of displays arranged therein and causing a whole of said plurality of displays to display a single display screen, a plurality of typical small-size displays can be cascaded even on a portion where their shapes and the number of displays are arbitrary, and the whole of the displays can be caused to produce a single screen display while synchronization is achieved among the display timings. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124432 | AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING CONTROL METHOD - Provided are an automatic driving control system and an automatic driving control method that are capable of clearing away suspicion of a foul by exchanging a “hand” for determining priority of passage by a fair method that allows no foul when automatically driven vehicles face each other on a road. When the automatically driven vehicles face each other on the road, the “hand” for determining the priority of passage is exchanged by performing transmission/reception two times by use of a composite number of prime numbers each having a large number of digits. | 05-05-2016 |
20160123796 | FREQUENCY-RESPONSE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A frequency-response measurement device according to an embodiment of the present invention measures a frequency response of a servo system that executes feedback control of a mechanical system. The frequency-response measurement device includes an excitation-condition setting unit that sets a plurality of different excitation conditions, an excitation execution unit that executes the multiple excitations with respect to the servo system by using excitation signals with the different excitation conditions, and a frequency-response calculation unit that acquires a pair of identification input signal and identification output signal for each of the multiple excitations, from a control system of the servo system on which the multiple excitations are performed, and calculates the frequency response based on the excitation conditions for each of the multiple excitations and the pair of identification input signal and identification output signal. | 05-05-2016 |
20160123772 | MAGNETIC POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - With magnetic poles of a magnetic scale each having a length in the moving direction of T, a magnetic field sensing part has m element lines (m≧2) each including n magnetic sensors (n≧2) as the magnetic sensors corresponding to one of the magnetic poles. The n magnetic sensors included in one of the element lines are arranged at a constant pitch of λ (λ=T/n). Each of the magnetic sensors included in the second or further element line is placed shifted by λ/m in the moving direction of the opposite magnetic pole from each of the magnetic sensors included in the previous element line. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122156 | ELEVATOR CONTROL DEVICE - An elevator controller that enables enhancement in serviceability, avoids a collision between multiple cars that ascend/descend inside a common shaft, and suppresses increase in the number of floors a car cannot reach. The elevator controller includes: multiple cars arranged inside a common shaft such that each car can ascend/descend independently; an occupied area setting mechanism setting, for each of the multiple cars, a maximum area of a travel section necessary for the car to make an emergency stop as an occupied area for the car based on a running speed, a running direction, and a call registration status; and a running speed setting mechanism setting a running speed of a car so a number of floors the car can service is maximized within a range in which the car can make an emergency stop without entering an occupied area set by the occupied area setting mechanism for the other car. | 05-05-2016 |
20160122120 | SOLAR-CELL MODULE PACKAGE AND PACKAGING METHOD OF SOLAR CELL MODULE - To provide a solar-cell module package including a wrapped body that is obtained by wrapping a solar cell module with a wrapper, a pallet on which a plurality of the wrapped bodies are stacked, a wrapped-body protection member that is provided at four corners of the plurality of wrapped bodies stacked on the pallet to protect corners of the wrapped bodies, and a wrapping material that is wrapped around the wrapped bodies stacked on the pallet and the wrapped-body protection members to fix these elements on the pallet. | 05-05-2016 |
20160118979 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A primary circuit produces a first on-pulse and a first off-pulse synchronized with a rising edge and a falling edge of an input signal, respectively. A level shift circuit produces a second on-pulse and a second off-pulse formed by shifting the voltage level of the first on-pulse the first off-pulse, respectively. A secondary circuit outputs an output pulse rising and falling in synchronization with the second on-pulse and the second off-pulse, and holds the output when both of the pulses are high. When the reference potential rises, the pulse corresponding to the state of the input signal during the rise of the second potential in the first on-pulse and the first off-pulse is regenerated and one of the second on-pulse and the second off-pulse is thereby made high after the end of the rise of the second reference potential to retransmit the state of the input signal. | 04-28-2016 |
20160118858 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - In the rotary electric machine according to the present invention, a first O-ring | 04-28-2016 |
20160118853 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR - A rotary electric machine stator includes an electric power distributing apparatus that includes: respective phase busbars that are electrically connected to respective phase coils; a resin holder that is disposed so as to surround the respective phase busbars, and that includes a partitioning wall portion that insulates between adjacent busbars, the resin holder including an opening portion that opens outward in an axial direction of the stator core; and a resin cover that covers the opening portion. A rib that is bent radially is formed on a radially outer edge portion of the opening portion of the resin holder. | 04-28-2016 |
20160118512 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR-POWER-GENERATOR SUBSTRATE AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR-POWER-GENERATOR SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a solar-power-generator substrate by cutting out a semiconductor substrate by slicing a semiconductor ingot and then by forming a texture structure on a surface of the semiconductor substrate by performing a surface treatment on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, includes: cleaning including cleaning and removing an organic impurity and a metal impurity adhering to the surface of the semiconductor substrate with a cleaning fluid containing an oxidizing chemical; and etching including removing a damaged layer on a substrate surface generated by the slicing and forming the texture structure on the surface of the semiconductor substrate by performing anisotropic etching on the surface of the semiconductor substrate with an alkaline aqueous solution, the etching being performed subsequent to the cleaning. | 04-28-2016 |
20160118329 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A partition in lattice form forms a plurality of housing sections. A plurality of circuit blocks including a semiconductor block and a terminal base block are electrically connected one to another in a state of being housed in the housing sections to form a power semiconductor circuit. The semiconductor block is formed by covering an IGBT with an insulating material. A collector of the IGBT is connected to an electrode through a metal plate. The electrode is led out from an inner portion of the insulating material to a side surface of the insulating material. A terminal base block includes a power terminal to which an external power wiring for supplying electric power to the IGBT is electrically connected, and a screw hole into which a screw for fixing the power wiring is inserted. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116929 | DRIVE CIRCUIT - A drive circuit of the present invention, which drives a switching device in response to a control signal, includes: a current mirror circuit including an output transistor connected to a control electrode of the switching device and a reference transistor that is connected to the output transistor in a current mirror manner and supplies a mirror current to the output transistor; and a potential change circuit that is connected to the reference transistor and changes a control potential of the output transistor from a potential during mirror operation of the current mirror circuit. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116895 | REMOTE UNIT AND ABNORMALITY DETERMINING METHOD THEREIN - A remote unit ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160116501 | SEMICONDUCTOR EVALUATION APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR EVALUATION METHOD - A back surface potential lead-out portion has one end portion disposed in a side of a back surface of a semiconductor wafer held by a semiconductor wafer holding portion and the other end portion disposed in a side of a front surface of the semiconductor wafer held by the semiconductor wafer holding portion. The semiconductor wafer and the semiconductor wafer holding portion that holds the semiconductor wafer are movable in an in-plane direction of the semiconductor wafer. In a case where the semiconductor wafer and the semiconductor wafer holding portion that holds the semiconductor wafer are moved in the in-plane direction, a portion of the back surface potential lead-out portion located in the in-plane direction from the semiconductor wafer is fixed close to the outside of a movement region of the semiconductor wafer. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116330 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An ultrasonic sensor, which can prevent a breakdown caused by the infiltration of water from the outside occurring due to the jet of high-pressure wash water or the like without the deterioration of the sensitivity of an ultrasonic transducer within the range of the fixing-clamping caused by an elastic member, is obtained. The ultrasonic sensor includes a cylindrical sensor case, an ultrasonic transducer that is disposed close to an opening face in the sensor case and includes a vibration surface, and an elastic member that is provided between the ultrasonic transducer and the sensor case and covers a side surface and a bottom of the ultrasonic transducer. An exposed surface end of the elastic member close to the opening face is formed to be thinner than a portion of the elastic member that covers the side surface of the ultrasonic transducer. | 04-28-2016 |
20160116202 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a compressor allowing refrigerant injection thereto and compress and discharge the refrigerant at a high temperature; an indoor heat exchanger exchanging heat between air and refrigerant; a first flow rate control device adjusting and controlling a flow rate of refrigerant; and a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers being in parallel to exchange heat between outside air and refrigerant, a first defrosting pipe allowing a branched part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to pass and flow into the outdoor heat exchanger to be defrosted; a reducing device adjusting a pressure of refrigerant passing through the first defrosting pipe to a medium pressure; a second defrosting pipe from which the refrigerant having passed through the outdoor heat exchanger to be defrosted is injected into the compressor; and a reducing device adjusting a pressure of refrigerant passing through the second defrosting pipe to an injection pressure. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115967 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN, AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan | 04-28-2016 |
20160115935 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IGNITION COIL APPARATUS - In an internal combustion engine ignition coil apparatus, a high-voltage supplying portion has: a protector that is bonded to an ignition coil main body, an electrical conductor, and a resistor that is connected in series between the ignition coil main body and the electrical conductor, and that reduces conductive noise. An electromagnetic wave absorber that shields radiated noise that is generated in the high-voltage supplying portion is mounted to an engine block so as to surround the protector and the resistor. An end surface of the resistor near the ignition coil main body is disposed so as to be aligned with an end surface of the electromagnetic wave absorber near the ignition coil main body. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115931 | ENGINE AUTOMATIC STOP/RESTART DEVICE - An engine automatic stop/restart device includes a ring gear which is linked to a crank shaft of the engine, a starter motor which is energized so as to be rotated, a pinion gear which transmits a rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear, and a pinion gear movement unit which is energized so as to move the pinion gear in a direction of the ring gear, whereby the pinion gear is engaged to the ring gear, in a state where the engine automatic stop/restart device automatically stops the engine when an engine automatic stop condition is established, and restarts the engine when an engine restart condition is established, and includes an inertially-rotating-restart-decision unit which permits or prohibits a restart of the engine, which is inertially rotating after the engine is automatically stopped, in accordance with a detection result of an oil temperature of the engine. | 04-28-2016 |
20160115343 | THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET, AND POWER MODULE - A thermosetting resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler, in which the inorganic filler contains secondary sintered particles (A) formed of primary particles of boron nitride, which have an aspect ratio of 10 to 20, and secondary sintered particles (B) formed of the primary particles of boron nitride, which have an aspect ratio of 2 to 9. The thermosetting resin composition can produce a thermal conductive sheet that has excellent filling property of the inorganic filler, and excellent thermal conductivity, adhesiveness and electrical insulating properties. | 04-28-2016 |
20160113137 | WATERPROOF CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - In a waterproof control unit in which a part of a connector housing mounted on a circuit board is exposed and the circuit board is hermetically housed in a casing including a base and a cover, a sealing gap between the cover and the connector housing is defined between fitting surfaces of a first concave thread and a first convex thread, and a waterproof sealing material is applied to the sealing gap. A waterproof sealing material is applied to the latter sealing gap. Each of the sealing gaps extends inward and outward across an inner boundary surface of a partition wall of the connector housing. Plane movement of each of the sealing gaps is restricted by side-surface convex threads and side-surface concave threads. | 04-21-2016 |
20160113112 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first ceramic substrate, a second ceramic substrate, an inter-ceramic metal having an intermediate portion interposed between an upper surface of the first ceramic substrate and a lower surface of the second ceramic substrate, a first surmounting portion formed on an upper surface of the second ceramic substrate, a second surmounting portion formed on the upper surface of the second ceramic substrate, a first connection portion abutting on an outer edge of the second ceramic substrate and connecting the intermediate portion and the first surmounting portion, and a second connection portion abutting on an outer edge of the second ceramic substrate and connecting the intermediate portion and the second surmounting portion, a circuit pattern formed on the second ceramic substrate, and a semiconductor element provided on the circuit pattern. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112706 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD FOR GENERATING A PREDICTION IMAGE - When carrying out an average prediction, an intra predictor carries out a filtering process on target pixels of the intra prediction located at an upper end and a left end of the block, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel. The intra predictor also sets a filter coefficient to ¾, associated with the intermediate prediction value for a target pixel at the left end of the block other than the target pixel at an upper left corner of the block, and sets a filter coefficient to ¼, associated with the adjacent pixel adjacent to the left side of the target pixel at the left end of the block. As a result, prediction errors locally occurring can be reduced, and the image quality can be improved. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112519 | FA NETWORK LSI AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An FA network LSI is provided in a communication device performing a communication process in a network layer or higher through a plurality of protocols. The FA network LSI includes a data-link layer processing unit that performs a process in a data link layer for control data, and a protocol processing unit that performs a process in the network layer or higher for the control data. The data-link layer processing unit includes a first data-link layer processing unit to process dedicatedly to correspond to a protocol required high speed processing, a second data-link layer processing unit to process in a standard data link layer, for a protocol other than the protocol required the high speed processing, and a data-link-layer-processing selection unit to select one of the two units mentioned-above. The data-link layer processing unit is formed by hardware. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112223 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A first clock generation circuit | 04-21-2016 |
20160112201 | DATA AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND DATA AUTHENTICATION METHOD - For improving, when performing road-vehicle communication or vehicle-vehicle communication between a roadside device and in-vehicle devices or therebetween, efficiency of distribution information verification including digital signature verification and freshness verification, there are included a memory unit that stores, as an authentication information history, a history of second authentication information of communication data which was received in the past from another communication device and which includes first authentication information, distribution information, and the second authentication information and an authentication processing unit that verifies, on the basis of the first authentication information of new communication data being newly received communication data, authenticity of the second authentication information of the new communication data and that compares the second authentication information of the new communication data with the authentication information history stored in the memory unit to verify freshness of the new communication data. | 04-21-2016 |
20160111991 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device includes an electric power converter for generating three-phase voltages based on voltage instruction-values, and for supplying them to a motor; an induced-voltage estimation unit for estimating an induced voltage of the motor, based on the voltage instruction-values and electric current feedback values; a dead-time disturbance-voltage compensation unit; and a dead-time disturbance compensation-voltage modification unit for compensating a dead-time disturbance voltage(s) generated in the electric power converter, based on a fundamental wave component of an estimated induced voltage. | 04-21-2016 |
20160111976 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - Four bus bars, which are two positive-electrode-side bus bars connecting a positive electrode of a capacitor series circuit and a positive electrode of a power conversion section, a negative-electrode-side bus bar connecting a negative electrode of the capacitor series circuit and a negative electrode of the power conversion section, and an intermediate connection bus bar connecting in series two smoothing capacitors in the capacitor series circuit, are stacked in close contact with one another via insulating layers, to form a 4-layer bus bar. The two positive-electrode-side bus bars are not adjacent to each other and are connected in parallel to each other. The positive-electrode-side bus bar which is one of them and the negative-electrode-side bus bar are disposed adjacent to each other, thereby to reduce DC wiring inductances of the wiring structure in which the capacitor series circuit and the power conversion section are connected. | 04-21-2016 |
20160111379 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element having a lower surface bonded to an insulating substrate side, and a plate-shaped lead terminal bonded to an upper surface of the semiconductor element, and having a horizontally extending portion. The horizontally extending portion in the lead terminal is bonded to the semiconductor element and includes a linearly extending portion in a planar view. The semiconductor device further includes a sealing resin that seals the semiconductor element together with the linearly extending portion in the lead terminal. A linear expansion coefficient of the sealing resin shows a value intermediate between a linear expansion coefficient of the lead terminal and a linear expansion coefficient of the semiconductor element, and the lead terminal includes a recess or a projection to horizontally and partially separate the linearly extending portion into parts. | 04-21-2016 |
20160111345 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A base plate ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160111300 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of placing, on a heat sink made of a metal, a semiconductor element and a frame surrounding the semiconductor element, placing solder on an upper surface of the frame, placing a cap on the solder, and heating the solder while exerting on the cap a force to be applied toward the frame without scrubbing the cap on the frame. In the heating step a heat source is brought into contact with the heat sink and the solder is heated with the heat source. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109872 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device is the numerical control device that controls a machine tool including a plurality of spindles that each rotate a tool opposed to a workpiece around a tool axis relative to the workpiece and a feed shaft that performs a feed operation such that a plurality of the tools relatively move closer to a plurality of the workpieces, and the numerical control device includes an associated-synchronous-tapping unit that associates, according to an associated-synchronous-tapping command, rotation and feed of a spindle on an associated side among the spindles with rotation and feed of a spindle on a reference side among the spindles and simultaneously performs synchronous tapping with the tools. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109633 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A surface light source device includes a first light source for emitting first light, a first light guide rod for causing the first light to be incident thereon and converting the first light into first linear light, a second light source for emitting second light having a greater divergence angle than the first light, and a second light guide rod for converting the second light into second linear light extended in the same direction as the first linear light. Moreover, the surface light source device includes a reflecting bar disposed on an emitting side of the planar light from the first and second light guide rods, and a reflecting portion taking such a box shape as to have an internal wall serving as a reflecting surface, and having an opening portion on a surface at the emitting side of the planar light. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109586 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a radiation measurement device in which respective wave height values of voltage pulses from a radiation detector are made to correspond to radiation energy values and a count that is the number of the voltage pulses is separately generated for each of a plurality of channels corresponding to the wave height values so that a wave height spectrum is generated and a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated based on the wave height spectrum, based on a count in at least one channel, out of the plurality of channels, that includes a lower limit within a measurement range for the radiation energy value, a dose is corrected by calculating a portion thereof neglected as what is the same as or smaller than a measurement limit, so that a dose of a radiation that has entered the radiation detector is calculated. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109303 | HONEYCOMB SANDWICH STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB SANDWICH STRUCTURE - A honeycomb sandwich structure formed of face skin materials made of fiber reinforced plastics and a honeycomb core has a structure in which an optical fiber sensor structure is embedded in an adhesive layer formed between the face skin materials and the honeycomb core. With this, it is possible to provide a honeycomb sandwich structure and a method of manufacturing the honeycomb sandwich structure that enable precise thermal control to be implemented even when a thermal control device is bonded onto a surface of the honeycomb sandwich structure and enable evaluation of a temperature with high resolution and high accuracy. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109244 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING MAP DATA - Map data is managed by being divided into a geometric information data list of pieces of geometric information or a phase information data list of pieces of phase information, an attribute information data list of pieces of attribute information, and a relation information data list of pieces of relation information each indicating a relation between the geometric information or the phase information and the attribute information. The pieces of attribute information in the attribute information data list are arranged in the order corresponding to the pieces of geometric information or phase information which are feature information, and the pieces of relation information are arranged in the order corresponding to the pieces of geometric information or phase information which are feature information. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109147 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - An air-conditioning system controller controls one or plural air-conditioning apparatus installed in a building, and includes a processor that determines an air-conditioning apparatus control command so that a preset evaluation index satisfies a preset condition in a preset control-target period under a preset constraint. The processor divides the control-target period into time sections, determines a room-temperature change permissible range within which a room temperature satisfies the constraint, determines a heat-load change permissible range, based on the room temperature, the room-temperature change permissible range, a heat load estimation, and a heat load to be processed by each air-conditioning apparatus, and determines, for each time section, as the air-conditioning apparatus control command, an operation frequency and start-stop of the air-conditioning apparatus, based on the heat-load change permissible range and an operation efficiency of the air-conditioning apparatus. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109022 | RANGE CHANGE DEVICE - Provided is a range change device which includes a main motor and an auxiliary motor, a sun gear which is joined to a motor shaft of the main motor, an auxiliary gear which is joined to a motor shaft of the auxiliary motor, a plurality of planetary gears which are engaged with the sun gear, an annular gear in which internal teeth engaged with the planetary gears and external teeth engaged with the auxiliary gear are formed, a carrier which supports the planetary gears in a state where the carrier allows the planetary gears to rotate and revolve and is rotatable on an external circumference of the motor shaft, a small gear which is mounted on the carrier and rotates about an axis of the motor shaft, and a large gear which is engaged with the small gear. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108824 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided an internal combustion engine control apparatus that is capable of determining accurately from an ignition discharging time period whether the intake valve and the exhaust valve are in the operative condition or in the inoperative condition. A cylinder deactivation controller causes a first ignition controller to perform a first ignition control on the basis of the ignition timing when issuing no cylinder deactivation request, and causes a second ignition controller to perform a second ignition control on the basis of an energizing time period when issuing the cylinder deactivation controller. The discharging time period is calculated by a discharging time period calculation section on the basis of an ion current signal output from the ignition coil. | 04-21-2016 |
20160108803 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Supply a control device for an internal combustion engine in which an abnormality of an exhaust-bypass valve, such as a WGV, can be certainly detected under wide operation conditions. | 04-21-2016 |
20160105127 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a power conversion device control device and a power conversion device control method, which are capable of reducing harm to other electronic devices and electromagnetic noise due to a switching frequency compared to the related art. Carrier change patterns of the respective phases, which are defined by parameters of an average switching frequency, a spectral diffusion index, and a repetition frequency, are generated so that at least the carrier change pattern of one phase differs from the carrier change patterns of the other phases. Semiconductor switching elements are controlled as instructed by duty command values while the switching frequency is switched for each phase separately, from one frequency to another sequentially based on carriers output in patterns that follow the generated carrier change patterns. | 04-14-2016 |
20160105061 | STATOR AND ELECTRIC MOTOR USING SAME - A stator according to the present invention includes: a cylindrical stator core; a plurality of tooth portions provided along a circumferential direction of the stator core; and windings disposed in a plurality of slots provided between the tooth portions and wound around the tooth portions. The windings are configured by materials having different electrical resistivities. A ratio of a sectional area of a material having a high electrical resistivity to a sectional area of a material having a low electrical resistivity in the slot is equal to or larger than 1 and equal to or smaller than a ratio of the electrical resistivity of the material having the high electrical resistivity to the electrical resistivity of the material having the low electrical resistivity. | 04-14-2016 |
20160105019 | PROTECTION DEVICE AND PROTECTION METHOD - A current path of a first transistor is connected in series to a communication line. When the electric current through the current path of the first transistor becomes equal to or greater than a set electric current, a current-limiting controller limits the electric current through the current path by controlling the first transistor to increase the resistance of the current path. When the end-to-end voltage of the current path of the first transistor becomes equal to or greater than a set voltage, a load limiter switches the first transistor off. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104973 | SHIELD CASE - An object of the present invention is to provide a shield case capable of applying shield to a connection portion by means of various versatile connectors. A configuration is made such that the shield case includes a lower case ( | 04-14-2016 |
20160104654 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A semiconductor module having a plurality of cooling fins and a fixing cooling fin longer than the plurality of cooling fins, the fixing cooling fin having a threaded hole provided in distal end portion thereof, a cooling jacket having a cooling medium passage in which the plurality of cooling fins and the fixing cooling fin are housed, and an opening formed so as to enable a screw to be inserted in the threaded hole, and a screw passed through the opening to be inserted in the threaded hole, the cooling jacket being fixed to the semiconductor module with the screw are provided. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104651 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A power semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, a case, and a wiring member. The case forms a container body having a bottom surface defined by a surface of the insulating substrate, to which said semiconductor element is bonded. The wiring member has a bonding portion positioned above an upper surface electrode of the semiconductor element. The bonding portion of the wiring member is provided with a projection portion projecting toward the upper surface electrode of the semiconductor element and bonded to the upper surface electrode with a solder, and a through hole passing through the bonding portion in a thickness direction through the projection portion. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103378 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME - An array substrate according to the present invention is an array substrate including a display region that displays an image and a frame region. The array substrate includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of signal lines; a thin film transistor disposed at an intersection of each of the plurality of scanning lines and each of the plurality of signal lines; a plurality of in-frame wires formed in the frame region; and a plurality of connection converters that electrically connect the scanning lines or the signal lines to the in-frame wires and are provided in the frame region. A single contact hole that penetrates an insulating layer is formed in each of the connection converters, and each of the scanning lines or each of the signal lines is electrically connected with each of the in-frame wires through a conductive film in the single contact hole. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103276 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention includes a liquid crystal panel, a light guide member, at least one laser diode (LD), and a heat sink. The light guide member is arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal panel. The LD is arranged on at least one side surface of the light guide member. The heat sink is arranged to extend along a back surface of the light guide member and the side surface of the light guide member integrally and at least partially. The heat sink is arranged such that a part of the heat sink corresponding to the side surface of the light guide member houses at least a light-emitting surface of the LD. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103210 | LASER RADAR DEVICE AND RADAR IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - A system controller | 04-14-2016 |
20160102647 | IGNITION DEVICE OF SPARK-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an ignition device of a spark-ignition internal combustion engine that performs ignition with high energy efficiency while reducing power to be input to a spark plug, after a DC-voltage-pulse generation circuit that generates a DC voltage pulse between electrodes of a spark plug is operated by a control circuit, an AC-pulse generation circuit that generates an AC pulse between the electrodes of the spark plug is operated. Furthermore, the control circuit controls the AC-pulse generation circuit with a plurality of group pulses and quiescent periods between the group pulses are provided. | 04-14-2016 |
20160101298 | PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY SYSTEM - A particle beam transport section comprises a horizontal deflection electromagnet which deflects a particle beam to a direction which is parallel to an accelerator median plane of a circular accelerator, a first perpendicular electromagnet which deflects a particle beam whose travelling direction is deflected by the horizontal deflection electromagnet to a direction which is different from a direction which is parallel to the accelerator median and a second perpendicular electromagnet which deflects the particle beam whose travelling direction is deflected by the first perpendicular deflection to a direction which is parallel to the accelerator median plane, wherein the horizontal deflection electromagnet is provided on a floor which is different from a floor where a particle beam irradiation unit is provided. | 04-14-2016 |
20160101297 | PARTICLE BEAM TREATMENT DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR - When an energy of a particle beam to be emitted from an accelerator is set for every slice group including two or more adjacent slices and an attenuation amount is set for each slice in the slice group, the energy to be emitted from the accelerator is set, for every slice group, higher than an energy corresponding to the slice at a deepest location in that slice group so that a transmissive plate has a predetermined thickness for the slice at the deepest location; and, with respect to a thickness of the transmissive plate to be set for every slice group, the thickness set for the slice group at a deep location is larger than or equal to the thickness set for the slice group at a shallow location, and the thickness set for the slice group at a deepest location is thicker than the thickness set for the slice group at a shallowest location. | 04-14-2016 |
20160099650 | GATE-POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER USING SAME - A gate-power-supply device is provided with an inverter circuit, a transformer, and rectifier circuits. The device includes secondary-side parallel capacitors, connected in parallel to secondary-side coils of the transformer, for cancelling inductance components of the secondary-side coils at the drive frequency of the inverter circuit. The device includes a primary-side series capacitor, connected in series to a primary-side coil of the transformer, for cancelling the imaginary term (inductance component) of the combined impedance of the gate drivers, the rectifier circuits, the secondary-side parallel capacitors, the secondary-side coils, transformer cores and the primary-side coil, which are a load viewed from the inverter circuit. | 04-07-2016 |
20160099633 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided is an electric motor having improved overall cooling efficiency by enabling a coolant to flow around a stator and around and through a rotor in parallel for the stator and the rotor to allow the stator and the rotor to be cooled in parallel. In the electric motor, after an automatic transmission fluid flowing into a first coolant inflow port ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160099616 | IRON CORE MEMBER, INNER ROTOR TYPE STATOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INNER ROTOR TYPE STATOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - An iron core member has: first divided yoke portions; second divided yoke portions alternately arranged with the first divided yoke portions; a first tooth portion extending from one circumferential end of each first divided yoke portion, a second tooth portion extending from the other circumferential end; a third tooth portion extending from one circumferential end of the second divided yoke portion on the second tooth portion side, and a fourth tooth portion extending from the other circumferential end. A tooth end portion of the first tooth portion and a tooth end portion of the adjacent fourth tooth portion are integrally joined at a first tooth end joint portion, and a tooth end portion of the second tooth portion and a tooth end portion of the adjacent third tooth portion are integrally joined at a second tooth end joint portion, thereby providing one continuous sheet of the core member. | 04-07-2016 |
20160099543 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - In at least one opening of a plurality of openings | 04-07-2016 |
20160099224 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes an insulating substrate having a circuit pattern, semiconductor elements bonded on the circuit pattern with a brazing material, and a wiring terminal bonded with a brazing material on an electrode provided on each of the semiconductor elements on an opposite side of the circuit pattern, in which a part of the wiring terminal is in contact with the insulating substrate, and insulated from the circuit pattern. | 04-07-2016 |
20160099193 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a main plane; a semiconductor element provided on the main plane of the semiconductor substrate; an electrode pad provided on the main plane of the semiconductor substrate and connected to the semiconductor element; a guard ring surrounding the semiconductor element and the electrode pad, and provided on the main plane of the semiconductor substrate; and an insulating film covering all region of a semiconductor of the main plane of the semiconductor substrate exposed inside the guard ring, wherein the insulating film is made of a water impermeable material. | 04-07-2016 |
20160098028 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER, PERIPHERAL DEVICE THEREOF, AND TABLE DATA ACCESS PROGRAM OF PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER - A programmable controller includes a command execution unit that executes multiple commands in a user program in order; a database storage unit that stores therein a database that holds data used in a process performed by the command execution unit in a table format; a database-query-command generation unit that, when the commands include a command to access the database, converts the access command into a database query command described in a database query language; and a database management unit that accesses the database in the database storage unit and acquires data specified by the database query command. | 04-07-2016 |
20160097661 | FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An environment sensor is mounted on a second surface of a circuit board that does not have a wire bonding pad, and is arranged in a measuring chamber that is disposed in a circuit board receiving portion. The measuring chamber has a communication port for communication with a main passage. According to this configuration, process addition attributable to integration between a flow rate measurement device and the environment sensor is not required. The environment sensor does not affect air flow in a bypass passage, and thus detection accuracy of a flow rate detection element that is arranged in the bypass passage does not decline. | 04-07-2016 |
20160096707 | ELEVATOR DEVICE - An elevator device automatically setting a current value of an interval between upper and lower cars vertically movable inside a car frame, including: a moving mechanism vertically moving the cars; a memory storing a current interval between the cars; a car interval change quantity detector detecting a change quantity of the interval between the cars; an adjustment mechanism adjusting the interval between the cars based on the stored car interval and the detected change quantity of the interval; an initial car interval detector detecting that the interval between the cars has reached an initial car interval; and a learning mechanism causing the moving mechanism to vertically move the cars until the initial car interval detector detects that the interval between the cars has reached the initial car interval to learn the car interval when the car interval is not stored in the memory, which is then stored in the memory. | 04-07-2016 |
20160095213 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element and a ceramic circuit substrate on which the semiconductor element is mounted. The ceramic circuit substrate includes a ceramic substrate having one surface and the other surface facing each other, a metal circuit board joined to the one surface of the ceramic substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and a metal heat-dissipation plate joined to the other surface of the ceramic substrate. The metal circuit board is greater in thickness than the metal heat-dissipation plate. A surface of the metal heat-dissipation plate on a side opposite to the ceramic substrate is larger in area than a surface of the metal circuit board on a side opposite to the ceramic substrate. Thereby, a semiconductor device capable of suppressing warpage of the ceramic substrate can be achieved. | 03-31-2016 |
20160095194 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD - A controller determines whether parallel-connected light sources include a faulty light source. When a faulty light source is included, the controller controls at least one of a current supply unit and a switching unit such that a current is continuously supplied to normal light sources being light sources of the light sources except for the faulty light source. | 03-31-2016 |
20160095078 | RING-SHAPED SYNCHRONOUS NETWORK SYSTEM AND TIME SLAVE STATION - A time slave station includes a synchronization error detecting unit that includes: a CW synchronization error detecting counter that counts a synchronization correction cycle of a transmission path in which a frame is transmitted in a first direction; a CCW synchronization error detecting counter that counts a synchronization correction cycle of a transmission path in which a frame is transmitted in a second direction; a CW synchronization-enabled time period timer that counts a CW synchronization frame reception-enabled time period; a CCW synchronization-enabled time period timer that counts a CCW synchronization frame reception-enabled time period; a CW-based synchronization error determining unit that determines whether the CW synchronization frame is received in the CW synchronization frame reception-enabled time period; and a CCW-based synchronization error determining unit that determines whether the CCW synchronization frame is received during the CCW synchronization frame reception-enabled time period. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094860 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device includes an encoder that encodes a first field of a specific frame as an intra picture which is predicted by using only an ultra prediction, and that encodes the first field of the above-described specific frame, a second field of the above-described specific frame, a picture whose encoding order is later than that of the first field of the above-described specific frame later and whose display order is earlier than that of the first field, and another picture whose encoding order and also display order are later than those of the first field of the above-described specific frame in order of those pictures, and a multiplexer that multiplexes information showing that the first field of the above-described specific frame is a picture, in a bitstream, at which decoding can be started into the above-described bitstream. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094290 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An S/N calculation circuit | 03-31-2016 |
20160093725 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In the reverse-conducting IGBT according to the present invention, an n-type buffer layer surrounds a p-type collector layer. A p-type separation layer surrounds an n-type cathode layer. The n-type buffer layer separates the p-type collector layer and the p-type separation layer from each other. The p-type separation layer separates the n-type cathode layer and the n-type buffer layer from each other. Therefore, the present invention makes it possible to reduce snapback. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093071 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device, an image processing system, and an image processing method according to the present invention include a mask determining unit that determines a vertical relation in an overlapping area when a video window and a still image window overlap. As a result of a determination, if it is decided that the still image window overlaps as an upper window, the mask process is performed, and if it is decided that the still image window overlaps as a lower window, the mask process is not performed, thereby allowing an appropriate composite image to be obtained regardless of the vertical relation in the overlapping area of the video window and the still image window. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091890 | INFORMATION-LINKAGE SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION-LINKAGE SUPPORTING PROGRAM - An information-linkage supporting apparatus includes: a schema-information acquiring unit acquiring schema information concerning the configuration of numerical control data stored by a numerical-control-data storing apparatus as a database, from the numerical-control-data storing apparatus; a memory-map-information acquiring unit acquiring memory map information concerning memory allocation in the data memory of the numerical control data stored by a numerical control apparatus in an inside thereof, from the numerical control apparatus; a mapping-table generating unit generating, on the basis of association instruction information inputted from the outside for instructing association between constituent elements of the schema information and constituent elements of the memory map information, a mapping table, which is information for information linkage obtained by associating and mapping the constituent elements of the schema information and the constituent elements of the memory map information; and a mapping-table transmitting unit transmitting the mapping table to the numerical control apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091886 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - In a numerical control device | 03-31-2016 |
20160091762 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A pretilt angle of a liquid crystal molecule on the side of an array substrate is formed such that the liquid crystal molecule goes away from the array substrate in a direction to the left when viewed from a position facing a display surface of a liquid crystal panel. The pretilt angle on the side of a counter substrate is formed such that the liquid crystal molecule goes away from the counter substrate in a direction to the right when viewed from a position facing the display surface. The directions to the left and the right define a direction X corresponding to a horizontal direction of the liquid crystal panel. A direction of a delay phase axis of a biaxial phase difference film is arranged in a position rotated anticlockwise in an angular range from over 0° to 1° from the direction X. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091552 | ELECTRIC LEAK DETECTOR FOR A VEHICLE - An electric leak detector ( | 03-31-2016 |
20160090052 | ON-VEHICLE ELECTRICAL STORAGE APPARATUS - An auxiliary battery which is a main power supply is used as power source electric power supplying means for supplying power source electric power to a control device, and an auxiliary power supply is further provided. When an abnormality occurs in the auxiliary battery, the power supply for supplying power source electric power to the control device is switched from the auxiliary battery to the auxiliary power supply by a power supply switching device, to operate the control device stably and perform discharging of a battery. Thus, the discharging can be stopped before the battery is overdischarged. | 03-31-2016 |
20160088535 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus is a base station involved in communication between a network and a terminal. The terminal is communicable with the network also via another base station. The communication apparatus includes: a routing unit that requests, from the network, establishment of a communication path from the network to the communication apparatus; and a download completion monitoring unit that monitors whether or not the terminal has completed a download of data from the network via the base station and, when deciding that the download has been completed before a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the establishment, requests a handover to the other base station without requesting the other base station to release user information of the terminal. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087814 | WIRELESS-COMMUNICATION QUALITY-INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A PLC network and a wireless network are asynchronous to each other, and data communication between the PLC network and the wireless network is performed via a gateway station. A wireless-communication quality-information processing device includes a reception unit, a wireless-communication quality-information generation unit, and a communication processing unit. The reception unit receives a wireless communication frame transmitted from a wireless slave station of the wireless network. The wireless-communication quality-information generation unit generates wireless-communication quality information indicating quality of wireless communication in the wireless network from characteristic information included in the received wireless communication frame. The communication processing unit determines whether to reflect data included in the wireless communication frame to the PLC network as new data by referring to the wireless-communication quality information. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087739 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION CROSS-CONNECTION DEVICES AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an optical communication cross-connection device for exchanging an OTN signal through optical communications, including: a plurality of OTN signal processing units (OTNsp units) for asynchronously conducting OTN signal processing; and a space switch connected between the plurality of OTNsp units, for conducting bidirectional signal exchange for the OTN signal, in which a first and a second OTNsp units that conduct signal transmission among the plurality of OTNsp units subject the OTN signal to skew processing on one side and deskew processing corresponding to the skew processing on another side between the first and second OTNsp units or between a communicating end-side one of the first and second OTNsp units and a communicating end-side OTNsp unit of an optical communication cross-connection device of a communication counterpart destination for the optical communication cross-connection device, and share a clock for the signal transmission therebetween. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087545 | DC-DC CONVERTER - A first switching circuit is connected between a transformer first winding and a DC power supply. A second switching circuit is connected between the transformer second winding and a battery. When charging the battery, a control circuit turns off an element in a second bridge circuit in the second switching circuit, and controls a phase shift amount of a first diagonal element, and a phase shift amount of a second diagonal element in the second bridge circuit, relative to a drive phase of a first reference element in a first bridge circuit in the first switching circuit. When discharging the battery, the control circuit turns off an element in the first bridge circuit and controls a phase shift amount of the second diagonal element and a phase shift amount of the first diagonal element relative to a drive phase of a second reference element in the second bridge circuit. | 03-24-2016 |
20160087396 | WAVEGUIDE LASER - A laser includes a wavelength selecting element | 03-24-2016 |
20160087031 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device including a terminal region that can suppress a resist collapse in manufacturing and effectively relieve a concentration of electric fields and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element formed in a semiconductor substrate made of a silicon carbide semiconductor of a first conductivity type and a plurality of ring-shaped regions of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor substrate while surrounding the semiconductor element in plan view. At least one of the plurality of ring-shaped regions includes one or more separation regions of the first conductivity type that cause areas of the first conductivity type on an inner side and an outer side of one of the ring-shaped regions to communicate with each other in plan view. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086744 | GAS-INSULATED SWITCHGEAR - An isolator container is provided with a view window having an oval shape with the long diameter in the direction of an axis. The view window is provided at a position facing a movable contact of an isolator, or at a position facing a contact point between the movable contact of the isolator and a fixed contact of the isolator; and at least the contact point is within a visible range therethrough. The length of the long diameter of the view window is set such that surfaces of insulating spacers are within the visible range of the view window. Because of this configuration, surface states of the insulating spacers and a connection status of the movable contact in the isolator container can be observed without increasing the number of view windows. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086584 | POP-UP DISPLAY DEVICE - Herein included are: an image display unit that displays hierarchical display images of an application constituted by software having one or more functions; a display information preserving unit in which settings of images to be displayed on the image display unit are preserved; and a display controlling unit that, when the hierarchical display images of the application preserved in the display information preserving unit are displayed, controls a pop-up image that corresponds to said application but is other than the display images, to be displayed on the front side of the hierarchical display images of the application. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086486 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS - Provided is a drive assist apparatus: based on signal indication information on a traffic signal installed at at least one intersection located ahead of a self-vehicle in a travelling direction of the self-vehicle, distance information from the self-vehicle to the at least one intersection, and a running speed of the self-vehicle, a recommended speed at which the self-vehicle can pass through the at least one intersection during a period in which the traffic signal installed at the at least one intersection is green is calculated and is notified to the driver. In addition, when a difference obtained by subtracting an actual running distance from a predicted running distance in a case where the self-vehicle runs at the recommended speed exceeds a first threshold value, it is determined that the road has a traffic jam and the notification of the recommended speed is terminated. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086311 | HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM - It is an object to obtain a high-resolution image generation apparatus that can generate a high-quality image by sorting out good portions from faulty portions in optical flow. The present invention includes: a hard disk that stores multi-viewpoint image information and parameter information of a base image and a plurality of reference images; an optical flow computation unit that extracts a plurality of pairs of the base image and a reference image, the plurality of pairs each including a different reference image, and computes optical flow for each pair; a depth information computation unit that computes depth information which indicates depth of each pixel of the base image for each pair, based on optical flow and the parameter information; and an optical flow sorting unit that determines whether or not each piece of pixel-based correspondence information included in the optical flow of each pair is to be used for improving a resolution of the base image, based on two pieces of the depth information. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085226 | ENGINEERING TOOL AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER - An engineering tool includes a program editing unit that designates a device by selecting a label allocated to the device and edits a sequence program and a label setting management unit that manages the setting of the label. The label setting management unit includes an individual processing setting unit that is capable of setting individual processing to be performed by the device designated by the label. It does this by associating a function corresponding to the individual processing with the label. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085225 | ANALOG UNIT, CONVERSION-CHARACTERISTIC-TABLE CREATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER SYSTEM - An analog input unit as an analog unit attached to a PLC includes an A/D converting unit as a first converting unit performing conversion between an analog value and a digital value according to a first conversion characteristic, a shared memory as a retaining unit retaining a conversion characteristic table indicating a second conversion characteristic of conversion between digital values, and a conversion processing unit as a second converting unit converting a digital value according to the second conversion characteristic by referring to the conversion characteristic table. The conversion characteristic table includes combinations of a first value that is a digital value and a second value that is a conversion result of the first value, the number of which corresponds to resolution of a digital value in the analog unit, and the second value of each of the combinations of the first value and the second value can be adjusted. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085111 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a frame that holds a display module. The display module includes a protective member located on a display surface side of a display panel. The frame has a plane surface opposed to a periphery of the protective member and a side surface opposed to a side surface of the display module. The plane surface of the frame is fixed to the periphery of the protective member through a joining member. The display apparatus has a fixing structure to fix the side surface of the frame to the side surface of the display module. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084992 | DISPLAY - A display includes: a laminated wiring with a conductive film arranged on a foundation layer, and a transparent film and a translucent film arranged on the conductive film; a wiring terminal part arranged at an edge portion of the laminated wiring and having the same laminated structure as that of the laminated wiring; and an insulating film that covers the laminated wiring and the wiring terminal part. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084547 | HEAT MEDIUM RELAY UNIT AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE HEAT MEDIUM RELAY UNIT - In a heat medium relay unit, a drain pan is configured to have width and depth dimensions larger than dimensions of an outer shell of a heat medium relay unit main body, the outer shell including side panels and, upper frames and, and lower frames and, and an upper end surface whose position is higher than those of upper end surfaces of the lower frames and. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084546 | HEAT PUMP APPARATUS - A heat pump apparatus, including: a two-cylinder compressor including: an electric motor; two compression units to be driven by the electric motor, the two-cylinder compressor being structured to switch between two operation modes including single operation in which one of the compression units is brought into a non-compression state, and parallel operation in which both the compression units are brought into a compression state; an inverter drive control device supplying drive power to the electric motor of the two-cylinder compressor; an operation mode detecting-determining unit determining a current operation mode based on an electric signal acquired from the inverter drive control device; and a capacity control device determining a rotating frequency of the electric motor so that a temperature of a target object is brought close to a set value, to thereby control the inverter drive control device based on a result of determination of the operation mode detecting-determining unit. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084520 | INDOOR UNIT FOR AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of bent parts where a direction of slope of the heat exchanger changes from an upward direction to a downward direction or from a downward direction to an upward direction. The plurality of bent parts is provided on each of a side of an air inlet and a side of an air outlet. The heat exchanger is provided such that all of the plurality of bent parts is visible when the heat exchanger is seen from a front side of a casing. Drain pans are provided below each of the plurality of bent parts that are on the side of the air outlet. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084515 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS, AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - An air-conditioning control apparatus controlling a plurality of air conditioners calculates an adjustment time for adjusting a temperature of an area to be adjusted by the air conditioners to be controlled to between a desired temperature and an allowable temperature, generates a control schedule based on the adjustment time, and controls the air conditioners with the generated control schedule, instead of controlling with a preset stop time which is fixed, in order to bring the temperature around the air conditioners to the desired temperature. Thus, the air conditioners can be made to stop heat exchange before the desired temperature is reached, so that power consumption can be reduced. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084511 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - Maximum evaporating temperature setting values and minimum evaporating temperature setting values in an indoor heat exchanger and a ventilator cooler are determined in accordance with outdoor air temperature and humidity, evaporating temperature setting values in the indoor heat exchanger and the ventilator cooler are set to be between the respective maximum evaporating temperature setting values and the respective minimum evaporating temperature setting values, and evaporating temperatures in the indoor heat exchanger and the ventilator cooler are controlled so as to be the respective evaporating temperature setting values. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084462 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT MODULE, VEHICLE HEADLIGHT UNIT, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT DEVICE - A vehicle headlight module includes: a light source that emits light that becomes illumination light; a light guide component having an incident surface through which the light emitted from the light source enters the light guide component as incident light, a side surface that reflects the incident light to superpose beams of the incident light, and an emitting surface from which the reflected incident light is emitted; and a projection lens that projects the light emitted from the emitting surface. The light guide component has an inclined surface in the side surface. A part of the incident light that has been reflected by the inclined surface is superposed with another part of the incident light that has not been reflected by the inclined surface in a partial region on the emitting surface, so that a luminance of the partial region is higher than a luminance of the other region. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084214 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - An internal combustion engine control apparatus includes: an ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil that are magnetically coupled to each other; a first switch element for turning on and off a current to the primary coil; and a spark plug, for igniting an air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine by using a spark discharge caused by switching the first switch element from the ON state to the OFF state. The internal combustion engine control apparatus is configured to: determine occurrence of one of an abnormality in a discharge voltage and a misfire of the spark plug, when the calculated time duration in which a voltage of the primary coil after the switching of the first switch element from the ON state to the OFF state is above a predetermined comparison reference voltage does not fall within an allowable range. | 03-24-2016 |
20160084176 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH A SUPERCHARGER - In a control device and method for an internal combustion engine with a supercharger, a first/second temperature sensor and a first/second air pressure sensor are respectively provided on an upstream/downstream side of a supercharging path from a compressor to a throttle valve. A control portion calculates an inflow air mass to the supercharging path and an outflow air mass from the supercharging path, calculates a throttle upstream air mass in a high operational load state from those air masses, calculates a throttle upstream air mass in a low operational load state from outputs of the first temperature sensor and the first air pressure sensor, selects either one of the throttle upstream air masses depending on an operational load state of the engine, and calculates a throttle upstream pressure based on the upstream air mass selected and a second temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082977 | VEHICLE TRAVEL DEVICE AND VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160082850 | HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM - A hybrid drive system includes first and second power supply devices that supply direct-current power; first and second power storage devices are respectively connected to the first and second power supply devices so as to accumulate or discharge the direct-current power; a first load device that receives a supply of the direct-current power from the first power supply device and the first power storage device and drives a first load; and a second load device that receives a supply of the direct-current power from the second power supply device and the second power storage device and drives a second load. The hybrid drive system includes an inter-group contactor for electrically connecting and disconnecting input terminals of the first power storage device and the second power storage device. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082849 | HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM - A hybrid drive system includes first and second power supply devices supplying direct-current power, first and second power storage devices respectively connected to the first and second power supply devices and accumulating or discharging direct-current power, a first load device receiving direct-current power from the first power supply device and the first power storage device and driving a first load, a second load device receiving direct-current power from the second power supply device and the second power storage device and driving a second load, a first diode including an anode side terminal connected to an output side of the first power storage device, a second diode including an anode side terminal connected to an output side of the second power storage device, and an auxiliary power supply device to which a connection terminal of cathode side terminals of the first and second diodes is connected as an input terminal. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082552 | ZN BASED LEAD-FREE SOLDER AND SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE - Zn based lead-free solder is obtained in which its range of practical melting points is between 300° C. and 350° C. The Zn based lead-free solder includes a Cr content of 0.05 through 0.2 wt %, an Al content of 0.25 through 1.0 wt %, an Sb content of 0.5 through 2.0 wt %, a Ge content of 1.0 through 5.8 wt %, and a Ga content of 5 through 10 wt %; or the Zn based lead-free solder includes a Cr content of 0.05 through 0.2 wt %, an Al content of 0.25 through 1.0 wt %, an Sb content of 0.5 through 2.0 wt %, a Ge content of 1.0 through 5.8 wt %, and an In content of 10 through 20 wt %. | 03-24-2016 |
20160082545 | NC PROGRAM GENERATING DEVICE AND NC PROGRAM GENERATING METHOD - Provided is an NC program generating device that generates an NC program used in laser machining, using a rapid traverse command that moves a relative position between a machining head and a workpiece at a first movement speed, and a linear interpolation movement command that moves the relative position at a second speed, while causing the relative position to trace the workpiece, the device comprising: a movement time calculation unit that calculates a first movement time of the relative position when using the rapid traverse command and a second movement time of the relative position when using the linear interpolation command, a movement method selection unit that selects the movement command corresponding to the shorter time of the first movement time and the second movement time, and an NC program generating unit that generates an NC program by setting the selected movement command between the machining points. | 03-24-2016 |
20160081015 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A wireless communication device | 03-17-2016 |
20160080208 | MASTER STATION DEVICE, SLAVE STATION DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION METHOD - Included are a report-frame analysis unit that extracts a requested bandwidth from a report frame; an upload-bandwidth calculation unit that calculates the upload bandwidth; a residual-time calculation unit that acquires the residual time of each LLID before an allowable delay time; a priority calculation unit that acquires a priority of a data request corresponding to the report frame on the basis of the residual time; a report-request registration unit that generates a report request requesting allocation of an upload bandwidth for a report frame and that decides the priority of the report request; an allocation-order reading unit that decides the allocation order for the data request and the report request on the basis of the priority; and a gate-frame creation unit that decides a transmission-permitted time slot for each LLID on the basis of the allocation order and the upload bandwidth and that creates a gate frame. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080153 | DEVICE AUTHENTICITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE AUTHENTICITY DETERMINATION METHOD - Provided is a system for using printed information, which is viewable from an exterior of a device having mounted thereon a semiconductor chip having a PUF function and an encryption function, and includes auxiliary data and the secret information, the system comprising a control terminal for reading and transmitting the printed information, in which the semiconductor chip further has a tampering determination function of temporarily reconstructing, through the encryption function and the PUF function, the secret information being difficult to duplicate with use of the auxiliary data included in the printed information acquired from the control terminal, performing comparison processing between the secret information included in the printed information and the temporarily-reconstructed secret information being difficult to duplicate, and determining that tampering has occurred when detecting a mismatch between the secret information included in the printed information and the temporarily-reconstructed secret information being difficult to duplicate. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079825 | POWER FEED SECTION STRUCTURE OF ELECTRIC POWER ASSISTING MOTOR APPARATUS - The connection terminal and the power supply terminal are held by a common holding member made of a resin. The power supply terminal includes a press-fitting portion press-fitted into a press-fitted portion of the holding member. The press-fitted portion of the holding member has a shape that is long in a plate width direction of the power supply terminal and short in a plate thickness direction of the power supply terminal. Assuming that a dimension of each of both end portions of the press-fitted portion in the plate width direction of the power supply terminal is defined as L | 03-17-2016 |
20160079808 | PLANT FACILITIES TESTING APPARATUS - A control unit of a plant facilities testing apparatus implements a first step of obtaining unupdated screen information and updated screen information, a second step of obtaining an unupdated test-item table file, a third step of comparing the unupdated screen information with the updated screen information and extracting a change item and an addition item while categorizing a difference thereinto, a fourth step of creating a test-item table file for an addition portion based on the addition item, a fifth step of creating a test-item table file for a change portion based on the change item and the unupdated test-item table file, and a sixth step of creating an updated test-item table file by combining the test-item table file for an addition portion with the test-item table file for a change portion. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079442 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PIN DIODE | 03-17-2016 |
20160079411 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device that increases a value of current flowing through a whole chip until a p-n diode in a unit cell close to a termination operates and reduces a size of the chip and a cost of the chip resulting from the reduced size. The device includes a second well region located to sandwich the entirety of a plurality of first well regions therein in plan view, a third separation region located to penetrate the second well region from a surface layer of the second well region in a depth direction, and a second Schottky electrode provided on the third separation region. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079221 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Fixing a semiconductor element to a substrate, electrically connecting signal and main terminals to the semiconductor element, a terminal aggregate includes a frame portion, the signal terminal, the main terminal, which has a larger width than the signal terminal, and a dummy terminal, and forming a to-be-encapsulated body in which the substrate, the semiconductor element, and the terminal aggregate are integrated, mounting the to-be-encapsulated body on a lower mold half such that a plurality of blocks formed in the lower mold half are meshed with the signal, main, and dummy terminals with no space left therebetween after the mounting, placing a bottom surface of an upper mold half on top surfaces of the plurality of blocks, and top surfaces of the signal, main, and dummy terminals to form a cavity for the substrate and the semiconductor element, and performing molding by injecting mold resin into the cavity are included. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079155 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A heat sink has a fixation surface and a heat release surface opposite from the fixation surface. A fin is provided in a central portion of the heat release surface. An insulating member is provided on the fixation surface of the heat sink. An electroconductive member is provided on the insulating member . A semiconductor chip is provided on the electroconductive member. A metal frame is connected to the semiconductor chip. A molding resin covers the heat sink, the insulating member, the electroconductive member, the semiconductor chip, and the metal frame so that the fin is exposed to outside. A hole extends through a peripheral portion of the heat sink and a peripheral portion of the molding resin. The semiconductor module is mounted on a cooling jacket by passing a screw through the hole. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079152 | Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: an insulating substrate; a circuit pattern having a first surface that is bonded to a first main surface of the insulating substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface on which a semiconductor element is bonded; a back surface pattern having a first surface that is bonded to a second main surface of the insulating substrate; and a heat dissipation plate bonded to a second surface of the back surface pattern opposite to the first surface of the back surface pattern. A curvature of a corner portion of the circuit pattern is greater than a curvature of a corner portion of the back surface pattern, and the corner portion of the circuit pattern is located inside the corner portion of the back surface pattern in a plan view. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079143 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - In the present invention, a heat spreader has a sagging surface or a C surface being a chamfered portion at an outer peripheral end portion of a back surface thereof. A plurality of power elements formed into chips are mounted on a surface of the heat spreader with a solder therebetween, and an insulating sheet portion is located on the back surface side of the heat spreader. The insulating sheet portion has a laminated structure of an insulating layer and a metal foil, and the insulating layer being the upper layer is closely bonded to the back surface of the heat spreader. A space region between the sagging surface and the insulating sheet portion is filled with a molding resin. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079142 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A base plate, and a plurality of unit structures formed on the base plate are provided. Each of the unit structures including an insulating substrate fixed on the base plate, a metal pattern formed on the insulating substrate, a semiconductor element electrically connected to the metal pattern, and a main electrode having an upper end portion exposed to the outside and a lower end portion connected to a peripheral portion of the metal pattern closest to an outer edge of the base plate. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078664 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image synthesizing apparatus, when synthesizing graphic images a plurality of apparatuses draw, transmits timing request information from the image synthesizing apparatus to the individual drawing apparatuses to fix the timing. Thus, even when graphic images the plurality of apparatuses draw and transmit continuously have a different number of frames, the image synthesizing apparatus can synthesize and display them while synchronizing so far as the timing of changes in an animation. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078603 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE - A character attribute determination section | 03-17-2016 |
20160078590 | COORDINATE COMPUTATION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - In an image processing for correcting a distorted image obtained by photography by use of a super-wide angle optical system such as a fisheye lens or an omnidirectional mirror, to obtain an image of a perspective projection method, of a composite index (Rn) combining a height on the projection sphere with a distance from the optical axis is computed ( | 03-17-2016 |
20160077629 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch screen according to the present invention includes: a substrate; and a plurality of row direction wirings and a plurality of column direction wirings which are disposed on the substrate to intersect through an insulating film in a stereoscopic view, and at an intersection portion of each of the row direction wirings and each of the column direction wirings, wiring width of at least one of the row direction wiring and the column direction wiring is wider than a portion other than the intersection portion in a plan view. | 03-17-2016 |
20160077518 | NUMERICAL-CONTROL MACHINING-PROGRAM CREATION DEVICE - To provide a numerical-control machining-program creation device that creates a numerical-control machining program including turning machining based on shape data of a workpiece. The numerical-control machining-program creation device generates a turning-machining removal shape indicating a shape to be removed by turning machining based on a turning sectional shape, extracts a turning groove shape from the turning-machining removal shape, and creates the numerical-control machining program for turning machining based on a shape obtained by separating the turning groove shape from the turning-machining removal shape. | 03-17-2016 |
20160074950 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINE - A wire electric discharge machine includes a wire electrode fed downward to a workpiece to perform electric discharge machining, a direction changing unit that changes a traveling direction of the wire electrode below the workpiece, a collection roller that collects the wire electrode, the traveling direction of which is changed, an extendable conveying pipe provided between the direction changing unit and the collection roller, the wire electrode being inserted through the inside of the conveying pipe, a supply unit that supplies the machining fluid into the conveying pipe, a supply-amount-information detecting unit that detects information concerning a supply amount of the machining fluid supplied to the conveying pipe, and a control unit that controls supply capacity for feeding the machining fluid to the conveying pipe from the supply unit on the basis of the information from the supply-amount-information detecting unit. | 03-17-2016 |
20160074910 | RESIN PIECE SORTING METHOD AND RESIN PIECE SORTING APPARATUS - The sorting method includes: an X-ray inspection step of irradiating a resin piece with X-rays including a first X-ray and a second X-ray having respective energy ranges different from each other and measuring a first transmission intensity which is an intensity of the first X-ray transmitted through the resin piece and a second transmission intensity which is an intensity of the second X-ray transmitted through the resin piece; a first determination step of making a determination as to whether the resin piece is a candidate for a useful resin piece, using the first transmission intensity; and a second determination step of making a determination as to whether a resin piece identified as a candidate for a useful resin piece in the first determination step is a useful resin piece, using a differential value obtained from the first transmission intensity and the second transmission intensity. | 03-17-2016 |
20160073518 | FRONT PLATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display-device front plate having a rectangular outer shape and formed of a transparent material, the display-device front plate includes a printed part, which has at least two layers provided on a principal surface of the display-device front plate and which has a frame-shape, wherein the printed part comprises: a first printed portion, which is formed on the principal surface; and a second printed portion, which is formed at a position overlapping with the first printed portion and which is formed on the first printed portion at the principal surface of the display-device front plate, and wherein the shape of the second printed portion which is located inside a region of the first printed portion is different from the first printed portion. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073517 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electronic apparatus including recessed portions | 03-10-2016 |
20160073311 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system hybridly allows, in a case where an access group consisting of one or more user equipments and one or more base stations is registered, the base station included in the access group to have access in a closed mode from the user equipment included in the same access group and access in an open mode from a user equipment that is not included in the same access group, wherein a communication area of the base station in the open mode is identical to a communication area of the base station in the closed mode. This eliminates a communication area in which the base station serving as an access destination differs between the user equipment in the closed mode and the user equipment in the open mode. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072625 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, CRYPTOGRAPHIC METHOD, AND CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROGRAM - It is an object to provide predicate encryption that can conceal both attribute information being set in a ciphertext and predicate information being set in a decryption key even in a public key setting. An encryption device | 03-10-2016 |
20160072501 | VOLTAGE CONTROLLER - A rising time detecting circuit detects a rising time of an output voltage, and generates a rising time voltage according to the rising time. A rising time comparing circuit compares the rising time voltage with a target rising voltage, and outputs a rising comparison signal showing a compared result. A FET driving circuit controls an upper MOSFET based on the rising comparison signal. A rising regulating circuit regulates a change speed of the rising time voltage according to a rising regulating signal. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072496 | SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING DEVICE - A switching element (A) is connected in parallel to a load (L). A switching element (B) is connected between the switching element (A) and a grounding point. The drive circuit ( | 03-10-2016 |
20160072424 | CONTROL DEVICE OF ALTERNATING-CURRENT ELECTRIC MOTOR - A control device includes a gate-signal generating unit that outputs a gate signal to an inverter circuit and a voltage-vector generating unit that generates a voltage command to the gate-signal generating unit on the basis of a torque command PTR from an upper unit, rotating speed FM of an alternating-current electric motor, and a direct-current voltage value EFC applied to the inverter circuit. The voltage-vector generating unit calculates, on basis of a modulation rate, which is a ratio of the direct-current voltage value EFC and a voltage amplitude command in the voltage command, a PWM current distortion rate serving as an index representing a degree of a current harmonic caused by PWM control, generates the voltage amplitude command value on the basis of the calculated PWM current distortion rate, and outputs the voltage amplitude command value to the gate-signal generating unit. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072416 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - [Object] To effectively improve torque of a motor, the maximum rotation rate in driving with no load, and output at a high rotation rate, while suppressing torque ripple, noise, or vibration of the motor. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072281 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM - In a power control system which connects power from the power storage device to a power grid and supplies power to a load, the power from the power storage device is connected to the load and the power grid via a DC/DC converter, a smoothing capacitor, and a DC/AC converter. By a first power control unit for controlling flow power of the power grid to be a power command value, and by a second power control unit for suppressing reverse flow power, an output power command for the DC/AC converter is generated, an output power command for the DC/DC converter is generated so that voltage of the smoothing capacitor becomes target voltage, and the output power command is corrected so as to suppress voltage variation in the smoothing capacitor. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072223 | RECEPTACLE PROTECTION COVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A receptacle protection cover that is attachable to and detachable from a casing of an electronic device including a receptacle into which a plug is inserted, and that protects the receptacle provided in a concave part by covering the concave part formed in the casing, includes: a rectangular plate-shaped cover plate; and a plug attachment part that is provided on an inner side face of the cover plate and that fixes the plug such that a terminal part of the plug projects from one end or the other end of the cover plate in a longitudinal direction, wherein as the receptacle protection cover is detached from the casing, the receptacle protection cover serves as a jig for inserting the plug attached to the plug attachment part into the receptacle. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072003 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR CELL - A manufacturing method of a solar cell having diffusion layers of different conductivity types on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate and a back surface thereof, respectively, includes a step of forming a diffusion protection mask containing impurities to cover at least a partial region of the semiconductor substrate, and a diffusion step of performing a diffusion step including a thermal step in a state where at least the partial region of the semiconductor substrate is covered with the diffusion protection mask containing impurities, forming a first-impurity diffusion layer in a first region covered with the diffusion protection mask, and forming a second-impurity diffusion layer having a different impurity concentration or a different conductivity type from that of the diffusion protection mask in a second region exposed from the diffusion protection mask. | 03-10-2016 |
20160071937 | SILICON-CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A silicon carbide semiconductor device that reduces an influence of an off-angle of a silicon carbide substrate on characteristics of the semiconductor device and achieves improved operational stability and reduced resistance. In a trench-gate silicon carbide MOSFET semiconductor device, a high-concentration well region is formed in a well region, and a distance from a first sidewall surface of a trench of the silicon carbide semiconductor to the high-concentration well region is smaller than a distance from a second sidewall surface of the trench to the high-concentration well region, the second sidewall surface facing the first sidewall surface of the trench through the gate electrode. | 03-10-2016 |
20160071922 | TRENCH-GATE TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a trench-gate type semiconductor device that can prevent breakdown of a gate insulating film caused by a displacement current flowing into a protective diffusion layer at a portion of a trench underlying a gate electrode at a turn-off time and simultaneously improves a current density by narrowing a cell pitch. The semiconductor device has a gate electrode | 03-10-2016 |
20160071821 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a substrate having an insulating resin and a metal pattern provided on the insulating resin; a mounted component mounted on the metal pattern; and an epoxy resin encapsulating the metal pattern and the mounted component, wherein a slit is provided in the metal pattern around the mounted component, and the insulating resin exposed from the metal pattern and the epoxy resin are brought into intimate contact with each other in the slit. | 03-10-2016 |
20160071778 | Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - It is possible to provide a semiconductor device which can be obtained at a high reliability by warping an insulating substrate stably into a convex shape while ensuring a close contact between a cooling member and the insulating substrate. The semiconductor device includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element disposed on a first surface of the insulating substrate, a case connected to the insulating substrate, and a resin filled inside the case. Assuming that the thickness of the insulating substrate is denoted by t1, the thickness of the resin is denoted by t2, the linear expansion coefficient of the insulating substrate is denoted by α1, and the linear expansion coefficient of the resin is denoted by α2, the relationship therebetween satisfies t2≧t1 and α2≧α1, and a second surface of the insulating substrate opposite to the first surface thereof is warped into a convex shape. | 03-10-2016 |
20160071727 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR - A manufacturing method of a high electron mobility transistor includes: forming a GaN channel layer on a semi-insulating substrate in a first growth condition; forming a transition layer on the GaN channel layer while the first growth condition is changed to a second growth condition; and forming an AlGaN electron supply layer on the transition layer in the second growth condition, wherein the GaN channel layer, the transition layer, and the AlGaN electron supply layer are continuously formed without interrupting growth. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070565 | DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM, DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT APPARATUS, DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a development environment system that appropriately controls the version of a development environment and prevents a conflict between a plurality of users over the same program. The development environment system includes a work area managing unit that allocates a work area | 03-10-2016 |
20160070246 | MONITORING CONTROL DEVICE - A monitoring control device includes a plug-in management unit that dynamically loads a plug-in made up of a plurality of actions, and that calls a predefined common function, declared in a program of the plug-in, in order to control the execution of an action stored in the plug-in, and extend a function of the monitoring control system, and an action-parameter management unit that holds arrays, in each of which an action parameter is stored, that is a parameter needed for an individual action included in the plug-in, by the number of actions described in a job file, and that designates an identifier and an element index of the arrays in order to read or write a value of the action parameter. | 03-10-2016 |
20160069953 | TEST CIRCUIT DESIGN APPARATUS, TEST CIRCUIT DESIGN PROGRAM, AND TEST CIRCUIT - Test information data includes a signal identifier and time period information which are being associated with a terminal identifier. An overlapping number counting part counts a first type overlapping number for each unit time period, based on the test information data. The first type overlapping number indicates the number of terminal identifiers being associated with time period information indicating an input time period which includes a unit time period and being associated with a first type signal identifier identifying a first type input signal. A determination circuit number decision part decides that the maximum overlapping number among the first type overlapping number of each unit time period is to be a first type determination circuit number. A design data generation part generates design data for a test circuit having the same number of first type determination circuits as the first type determination circuit number. | 03-10-2016 |
20160069702 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - According to a navigation device of the invention, at the time of performing turning guidance for a user who drives a vehicle, it is possible to perform the guidance in a way easy-to-understand for the user. Namely, a presentation of a preceding vehicle is made using an actual image or a graphic image of a vehicle that is the same as the actually seen vehicle, so that the user who drives the vehicle in traveling will understand that he/she only has to follow the preceding vehicle actually traveling ahead. This results in such route guidance that does not cause misunderstanding of a turning point and is very easy-to-understand. | 03-10-2016 |
20160069285 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EGR FLOW RATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - Based on an internal EGR ratio and desired external and internal EGR ratios, an EGR valve opening degree is feedback-controlled based on a desired EGR ratio, calculated in such a way as to perform correction so that a total EGR ratio becomes constant, and an EGR effective opening area obtained through learning of the relationship between an EGR valve opening degree and an effective opening area; thus, a correct characteristic of EGR valve opening degree vs. effective opening area can be maintained and hence it is made possible to absorb variations, changes with time, and even environmental conditions, while making an EGR valve and an intake/exhaust VVT collaborate with each other; therefore, an EGR flow rate can accurately be estimated. | 03-10-2016 |
20160068370 | ELEVATOR CAR - An elevator car includes a car-platform device including a car-platform panel, anti-vibration devices, and a car-platform support frame. The car-platform panel includes a panel main body, a frame structure including a panel frame surrounding an outer peripheral portion of the panel main body, and a panel upper plate and a panel lower plate for individually covering upper surfaces and lower surfaces of the panel main body and the panel frame. The anti-vibration devices receive the frame structure by upper surfaces thereof. The car-platform support frame supports the car-platform panel through an intermediation of the anti-vibration devices. The upper surfaces of the anti-vibration devices are arranged at a height position between an upper surface and a lower surface of the car-platform panel in a vertical direction. | 03-10-2016 |
20160066431 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160065082 | DC POWER SOURCE DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION METHOD - A DC power supply device including a DC/DC converter having FETs each driven by a drive transformer. A voltage from a single drive power supply disposed in common for the FETs is divided into positive and negative biases to be applied to the FETs, and an operational state of the FETs is detected based on voltage signals. A sequence circuit turns on an input from a three-phase AC power supply by driving a relay circuit at a time point when it is confirmed that the FETs have normally started stable ON/OFF operation, and drives a power factor improvement circuit, which converts AC voltage from the three-phase AC power supply into a DC voltage by simultaneously performing full-wave rectification and power factor improvement. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065035 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine is installed such that a central axis of a rotating shaft is horizontal, and coolant suction apertures are formed at positions on a cylindrical portion of a frame that are vertically above first and second coil ends, and strip-shaped insulating papers are inserted such that a thickness direction is in a radial direction between radially adjacent conductor portions of portions of the conductor wire that constitute the first and second coil ends, and are disposed so as to extend circumferentially across positions that are vertically below the coolant suction apertures inside the first and second coil ends. | 03-03-2016 |
20160065026 | ARMATURE FOR ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - An armature winding is configured by mounting into an armature core a plurality of distributed-winding coils that are each produced by bending and shaping a conductor wire that is coated with insulation, coil ends are configured by arranging coil end portion rows that are formed by arranging coil end portions of the coils in a single row circumferentially in n layers in a radial direction, where n is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1, and an interphase insulating material includes: a strip-shaped insulating sheet material that is inserted inside the coil end portions, and that is disposed so as to extend circumferentially between the coil end portion rows; and an insulating buffering material that is formed on one surface of the insulating sheet material, and that is fixed to the coil end portion rows by forming air bubble groups internally. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064353 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a semiconductor device having a converter circuit, a brake circuit and an inverter circuit and manufacturable by a simplified manufacturing process. The semiconductor device has a plurality of die pads, IGBTs, diodes, freewheel diodes, an HVIC and LVICs mounted on the plurality of die pads, a plurality of leads, and an encapsulation resin body that covers these component parts. In a manufacturing process, a single-plate lead frame having the above-described plurality of die pads and leads connected together can be prepared. The semiconductor device may be manufactured by using this single-plate lead frame. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062930 | BUS MASTER, BUS SYSTEM, AND BUS CONTROL METHOD - There is provided: an access generation unit ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160062725 | MULTISCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - A calculating unit of a master apparatus that comes first in a transmission sequence calculates coordinates of a plurality of video display apparatuses on a multiscreen on the basis of arrangement information and the transmission sequence. The calculating unit an identification number on the basis of an identification setting rule. A setting unit performs a processing for setting the identification number of each of the video display apparatuses with the calculated coordinates to the video display apparatus concerned. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062193 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention includes a thin-film transistor, a flattened film having a flattened top surface and having a contact hole formed thereon, and a pixel electrode and a common line which are disposed on the top surface of the flattened film. The common line includes a common metal line, and the pixel electrode has a connection portion formed in the contact hole and electrically connected to the thin-film transistor. The connection portion of the pixel electrode includes a connection metal film made of the material same as the material for the common metal line of the common line. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062040 | OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY - An optical fiber assembly includes a ferrule and a plurality of optical fibers. Each optical fiber has an end portion positioned generally adjacent a front face of the ferrule. The end portion of each optical fiber has an end face for engaging a mating optical component and an enlarged portion with at least a portion thereof engaging the ferrule generally adjacent the front face of the ferrule. A method of fabricating an optical fiber assembly is also disclosed. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061952 | LASER RADAR DEVICE - A laser radar device includes a searchable distance calculation device | 03-03-2016 |
20160061896 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER - A power-supply control device includes a power-source input terminal, an output circuit outputting power to load, power interrupting circuits connected in parallel between the power-source input terminal and the output circuit, and a control circuit controlling each power interrupting circuit separately. Each power interrupting circuit includes an interrupting circuit and a switch element connected in series between the power-source input terminal and the output circuit. The interrupting circuit permits power to pass when receiving a passage permitting signal from the control circuit and interrupts passage of power when not receiving the passage permitting signal. ON/OFF of the switch element is controlled by the control circuit. When any of the power interrupting circuits is set as a diagnostic target circuit, the control circuit stops supplying the passage permitting signal to the interrupting circuit of the diagnostic target circuit and turns off the switch element of the diagnostic target circuit. | 03-03-2016 |
20160061123 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is a control device for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of suppressing occurrence of knocking due to pre-ignition and occurrence of misfire even when an operating state in a previous cycle changes in a subsequent cycle. When a ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture, which is an index indicating how a heat of air-fuel mixture in the previous cycle changes in the subsequent cycle, does not fall within an allowable range, a variable valve control mechanism capable of changing a valve-closing timing of an exhaust valve for adjusting an internal EGR gas amount is controlled by using an optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing derived by correcting a set valve-closing timing of the exhaust valve so that the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture falls within the allowable range. | 03-03-2016 |