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20110064433 | Imaging device and image forming apparatus - An imaging device includes an image carrying member; a developing unit for forming a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image that has been formed on the image carrying member in a charged state; a cleaning unit for cleaning a toner that remains on the image carrying member after the toner image has been transferred from the image carrying member onto a transfer material; a lubricant applying unit for applying a lubricant on the image carrying member; and a control unit for performing drive control of the image carrying member, the developing unit, the cleaning unit, and the lubricant applying unit. Before the imaging device starts an imaging operation, the control unit controls the image carrying member, the developing unit, and the cleaning unit to perform respective operations; while controls the lubricant applying unit to repeat performing and suspending the operation in an intermittent manner. | 03-17-2011 |
20120034006 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SAME - A cleaning device including: multiple cleaning members arranged consecutively in a direction of movement of a cleaning target to remove adhered substances from the cleaning target; multiple casings to individually hold and at least partially enclose the multiple cleaning members, respectively, the casings and the cleaning members together constituting multiple sub-units; and a sub-unit holder to hold the multiple sub-units, from which the sub-units are individually removable. | 02-09-2012 |
20120087704 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device including a normally charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with a cleaning target at a contact position to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target, a reversely charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from the normally charged toner cleaning member to remove reversely charged toner from the cleaning target, and a pre-cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from both the normally and reversely charged toner cleaning members to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target. The contact position between the pre-cleaning member and the cleaning target has a width wider than a width of the contact position between the normally charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target and a width of the contact position between the reversely charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target. | 04-12-2012 |
20120099883 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device including a rotatable cleaning member contacting a rotatable image carrier bearing a toner image to electrostatically remove toner from the image carrier while rotating, and a control unit to control rotation of the cleaning member to satisfy a relation of (60/R)>(L/V) during removal of a toner pattern formed on the image carrier at a predetermined timing and remaining attached to the image carrier without being transferred from the image carrier onto a transfer member using the cleaning member, where R (rpm) is a number of rotations of the cleaning member, L (mm) is a length of the toner pattern in a direction of rotation of the image carrier, and V (mm/s) is a speed of the image carrier. | 04-26-2012 |
20120224870 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A novel image forming apparatus including a setting memory storing multiple voltage settings; two or more voltage applying members each contacting a voltage applied member at respective contact positions close to each other, which are simultaneously being applied with respective voltages selected from the voltage settings; two or more current detectors each detecting a current flowing in the respective contact positions; and a setting changer performing a setting changing processing in which the voltage applied to one of the voltage applying members is changed based on the current detected by the corresponding current detector while a predetermined voltage is applied to the other voltage applying members, so that an optimum current flows in the corresponding contact position. | 09-06-2012 |
20130306440 | BELT POSITIONING SYSTEM, MULTI-ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING SAME - A belt positioning system for positioning a movable belt entrained about a plurality of generally parallel rollers for moving in a trans-axial direction perpendicular to an axial direction in which the rollers extend parallel to each other includes a flange. The flange is operatively connected to an axial end of a specific one of the plurality of generally parallel rollers to define a contact surface therealong which extends generally perpendicular to the axial direction to contact an adjoining edge of the belt. The contact surface of the flange is spaced apart from the axial end of the roller in the axial direction. | 11-21-2013 |
20130306441 | BELT POSITIONING SYSTEM, MULTI-ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING SAME - A belt positioning system for positioning a movable belt entrained about a plurality of generally parallel rollers for moving in a trans-axial direction perpendicular to an axial direction in which the rollers extend parallel to each other includes a tapered flange. The tapered flange is operatively connected to an axial end of a specific one of the plurality of generally parallel rollers, and includes a generally planar contact surface and an angled guide surface. The generally planar contact surface extends generally perpendicular to the axial direction to contact an adjoining edge of the belt. The angled guide surface extends radially outward from the contact surface and has a diameter increasing outward in the axial direction. | 11-21-2013 |
20130315617 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a belt cleaning device is provided. The belt cleaning device includes an image bearing belt having an elastic layer, a cleaning member, a cleaning facing member, and a side seal. A surface of the image bearing belt is movable. The cleaning member is in contact with the surface of the image bearing belt to remove a substance adhered thereto. The cleaning facing member is disposed on a back-surface side of the image bearing belt while facing the cleaning member with the image bearing belt therebetween. The side seal is disposed to an axial end part of the cleaning member and pressed against the surface of the image bearing belt. The cleaning facing member is out of contact with the back side of the image bearing belt within an area where the cleaning facing member faces the side seal with respect to an axial direction. | 11-28-2013 |
20140008184 | BELT TRACKING SYSTEM, MULTI-ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING SAME - A belt tracking system for controlling the lateral position of a movable belt entrained about a plurality of generally parallel rollers for moving in a trans-axial direction perpendicular to an axial direction in which the rollers extend parallel to each other includes a roller shaft, a stationary member, a slidable member, and a biasing mechanism. The roller shaft extends outward in the axial direction from an axial end of a specific one of the plurality of generally parallel rollers. The stationary member is fixed in position adjacent to the roller shaft to define a first interfacial surface therealong. The slidable member is co-movably coupled with the roller shaft to define a second interfacial surface therealong inclined relative to the axial direction. The biasing mechanism is connected to the roller shaft to press the slidable member against the stationary member. | 01-09-2014 |
20140233997 | CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A cleaning unit, which is included in a process cartridge or an image forming apparatus, includes a brush rotary body to remove toner, a toner collecting rotary body to collect the toner, a toner collecting blade to scrape the toner, and a cleaning blade to scrape the toner falling from the brush rotary body. The image carrier, the brush rotary body, and the toner collecting rotary body rotate in the same direction. The cleaning blade, the brush rotary body, and the toner collecting rotary body are located to cause a tangential line passing through a contact area of the brush rotary body and the toner collecting rotary body on an outer peripheral circle around a shaft of the brush rotary body to have an intersection point intersecting a non-contact surface of the cleaning blade disposed opposite to a contact portion of the cleaning blade with the image carrier. | 08-21-2014 |
20140270847 | CHARGER POSITIONING ADJUSTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A charger positioning adjuster, which is included in an image forming apparatus and disposed facing a charger uniformly charging a surface of an image carrier using corona discharging, includes a mounting part provided at a position on which the charger is detachably attached, a positioning member attached to the mounting part and positioning the charger by contacting thereto, and a spacer disposed between the mounting part and the positioning member and adjusting a distance between the surface of the image carrier and the charger. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314461 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a toner-image forming unit, a transfer unit, a cleaner, a plurality of cylindrical transport path forming members, a falling transport path forming member, and a discharge port. The falling transport path forming member has through holes in a side wall thereof. A second end of each of the transport path forming members is inserted into a corresponding one of the through holes. The falling transport path forming member forms a falling transport path that causes toner ejected from an ejection port disposed in the second end to fall. The discharge port is disposed in a lower part of the falling transport path forming member to discharge the toner to a discharge destination. The second ends of the transport path forming members are disposed offset from each other in a horizontal direction on the side wall of the falling transport path forming member. | 10-23-2014 |
20150063887 | CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A cleaning device, which is included in a process cartridge or an image forming apparatus, includes a cleaning member including a brush rotary body that is disposed in contact with an image carrier provided in an image forming apparatus and that removes toner on the image carrier and holds the toner thereon, a toner conveying rotary body to collect and convey the toner removed by the cleaning member, a flicker contacting the cleaning member to flick off the toner held on the cleaning member, and an agitator that has a free end contacting the toner conveying rotary body and vibrating due to rotation of the toner conveying rotary body. The agitator further has a trajectory being formed between the opening and the toner conveying rotary body by movement of the free end. Alternatively, the free end of the agitator is disposed facing the flicker. | 03-05-2015 |
20150344227 | BELT POSITIONING SYSTEM, MULTI-ROLLER ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING SAME - A belt positioning system for positioning a movable belt entrained about a plurality of generally parallel rollers for moving in a trans-axial direction perpendicular to an axial direction in which the rollers extend parallel to each other includes a flange. The flange is operatively connected to an axial end of a specific one of the plurality of generally parallel rollers to define a contact surface therealong which extends generally perpendicular to the axial direction to contact an adjoining edge of the belt. The contact surface of the flange is spaced apart from the axial end of the roller in the axial direction. | 12-03-2015 |
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20090255952 | PARTITION PLATE USABLE FOR V-MEASURE IN MEDICINE HOLDING MACHINE - To provide a partition plate capable of efficiently cleaning a medicine remaining in a V-measure. [MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] The partition plate comprises: a slide member ( | 10-15-2009 |
20100287880 | Medicine Dispensing System and Medicine Dispensing Device - There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit. | 11-18-2010 |
20110107591 | MEDICINE PACKAGING DEVICE AND CART FOR CHANGING PACKAGING UNIT - There is provided a medicine packaging device that can resolve the problem in which fine mechanical adjustments are needed for changing setting conditions of a packaging part or when the packaging part fails. The medicine packaging device has a device body | 05-12-2011 |
20120124938 | MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20120124939 | MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit. | 05-24-2012 |
20150339875 | MEDICINE DISPENSING SYSTEM AND MEDICINE DISPENSING DEVICE - There is provided a medicine dispensing system configured such that a medicine dispensing device includes a sub unit having a function to dispense medicine that is connected to a medicine dispensing device that includes a main unit having a function of packing medicines. There is also provided a medicine dispensing device that can be appropriately integrated with such a medicine dispensing system. The medicine dispensing system includes, in some embodiments a main unit, a sub unit and a transfer device connecting the main unit and the sub unit. The medicine dispensing system transfers the medicine dispensed in the sub unit to the main unit by means of a transfer device and dispenses the medicine at a medicine packing part together with the medicine dispensed from a main storage part in the main unit. | 11-26-2015 |
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20130196817 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device comprising: an engine; a hydraulic transmission device constituting a portion of a power transmission path between the engine and drive wheels; and an electric motor, the engine and the hydraulic transmission device disposed to rotate around one axial center, the electric motor disposed with a rotation axial center different from the one axial center, the electric motor coupled to an input-side rotating element of the hydraulic transmission device receiving input of a drive force from the engine, the input-side rotating element being rotatable around the one axial center, the electric motor coupled to the input-side rotating element via an electric motor coupling rotating element coupled relatively non-rotatably to the input-side rotating element, a hydraulic pump rotationally driven by the input-side rotating element of the hydraulic transmission device disposed such that a rotor of the hydraulic pump rotates around the one axial center, and a coupling portion of the electric motor coupling rotating element for the input-side rotating element inserted into a pump-cover through-hole formed on an internal side of the pump-cover through-hole of the hydraulic pump in a radial direction, along with a portion of the input-side rotating element, and coupled relatively non-rotatably to the input-side rotating element in the pump-cover through-hole, in order to couple the input-side rotating element to the rotor. | 08-01-2013 |
20130277163 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Providing a vehicle power transmission device including a hydraulic power transmission device and enabling a shorter entire axial length. | 10-24-2013 |
20130284554 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - It is provided a vehicle power transmission device having a hydraulic power transmission device and a power transmission mechanism in a power transmission path between an engine and drive wheels, the hydraulic power transmission device including an input-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of pump blades and an output-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of turbine blades receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades, the power transmission mechanism transmitting power input to an input shaft from the hydraulic power transmission device to a subsequent stage, the output-side rotating member being coupled by relatively non-rotatable fitting to the input shaft on the power transmission mechanism side relative to the pump blades and the turbine blades in an axial center direction of the hydraulic power transmission device, the hydraulic power transmission device being a torque converter having a stator coupled via a one way clutch to a tubular stator shaft concentric with the input shaft and having a diameter larger than the input shaft, a tubular coupling shaft having a diameter larger than the input shaft being disposed to project from an inner circumferential edge portion of an inner race of the one way clutch in the axial center direction, and the stator shaft being coupled by relatively non-rotatable fitting to the tubular coupling shaft of the inner race at a position partially or entirely overlapping with a coupling portion of the output-side rotating member to the input shaft when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the axial center. | 10-31-2013 |
20130306423 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - It is provided a vehicle power transmission device having a torque converter and a power transmission mechanism in a power transmission path between an engine and drive wheels, the torque converter including an input-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of pump blades, an output-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of turbine blades receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades, and a stator disposed with a stator blade disposed between the pump blades and the turbine blades, the power transmission mechanism transmitting power input to an input shaft from the torque converter to a subsequent stage, within a circulation flow passage allowing circulation of fluid in the torque converter, a circulation outward passage allowing the fluid to flow toward the inside of the torque converter at the time of the circulation being made up of a gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and a tubular stator shaft coupled via a one way clutch to the stator, and the stator shaft being concentric with the input shaft and has a diameter larger than the input shaft, the torque converter including a lockup clutch selectively coupling the input-side rotating member to the output-side rotating member, the lockup clutch having a release-side chamber consisting of a portion of the circulation outward passage and having an inner pressure increased by supply of the fluid when the lockup clutch is released, the lockup clutch being disposed on a side opposite to the stator shaft relative to the output-side rotating member, the circulation outward passage including a through-hole penetrating the output-side rotating member in an axial center direction of the torque converter to be in communication with a gap between the input shaft of the power transmission mechanism and the stator shaft, and a gap in the axial center direction between the stator and the output-side rotating member being oil-tightly sealed on an outer circumferential side of the through-hole. | 11-21-2013 |
20130331228 | CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE (AS AMENDED) - It is provided a control device of a hybrid vehicle having an engine, an electric motor, a clutch disposed in a power transmission path between the engine and the electric motor, and a hydraulic power transmission device with a lockup clutch disposed in a power transmission path between the electric motor and drive wheels, the control device being configured to engage the clutch and provide slip control of the lockup clutch when the engine is started from motor running using the electric motor, and to lower an engagement pressure of the lockup clutch as compared to the case of an engine start caused by an acceleration request from a driver if the start of the engine is an engine start caused by a request from a hybrid system. | 12-12-2013 |
20140162839 | CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - In a case of engagement when a clutch K | 06-12-2014 |
20140172217 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle running control device in a vehicle includes a power connecting/disconnecting device interrupting power transmission between an engine and drive wheels, the vehicle running control device providing free-run control of interrupting the power transmission with the power connecting/disconnecting device and stopping the engine during inertia running, the vehicle running control device being configured to determine a target vehicle deceleration at the start of the free-run control based on a vehicle speed and to estimate an estimated vehicle deceleration when the free-run control is started, before starting the free-run control, and when the estimated vehicle deceleration is closer to the target vehicle deceleration at the start of the free-run control, the free-run control being more easily provided. | 06-19-2014 |
20140195135 | VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle drive control device performs acceleration/deceleration running by alternately repeating acceleration running and deceleration running, wherein it compares between an efficiency of the motor at a first operation point determined by a rotation speed and a torque of a motor and an efficiency of the motor at a second operation point for outputting a higher torque than the first operation point, and if a difference between the efficiencies is greater than a determination value, the acceleration running at the second operation point and the deceleration running being repeated, the second operation point being set a maximum efficiency line of the motor with the rotation speed and the torque of the motor as parameters to perform the acceleration running, and if acceleration during the acceleration running becomes larger than an acceleration limit value, a rotating machine acting at least as an electric generator generating electricity to charge a battery. | 07-10-2014 |
20140216375 | VEHICLE ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - A control device of a vehicle engine comprises: an electric motor rotationally driving an engine to start the engine; a variable valve timing mechanism varying a valve timing of an intake valve of the engine; and an intermediate lock mechanism mechanically locking the valve timing at an intermediate position between a most delayed position and a most advanced position of the valve timing, if an output limitation of the electric motor is predicted at restart of the engine, the valve timing at the time of stop of the engine being locked at the intermediate lock position by the intermediate lock mechanism. | 08-07-2014 |
20140256506 | VEHICLE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A vehicle power transmission device having a torque converter in a power transmission path between an engine and drive wheels, the torque converter including an input-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of pump blades, an output-side rotating member disposed with a plurality of turbine blades receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades, and a stator disposed with a stator blade disposed between the pump blades and the turbine blades, the vehicle power transmission device includes: a case including a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a bulkhead disposed on an opposite side of the torque converter to the engine, the first chamber housing the torque converter, the second chamber being formed on an opposite side of the bulkhead to the torque converter, the first chamber and the second chamber being oil-tightly isolated from each other by an oil seal oil-tightly sealing a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the bulkhead and an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical rotation shaft projected from the input-side rotating member toward the second chamber, the vehicle power transmission device being disposed with a thrust bearing between a side wall portion of the input-side rotating member closer to the bulkhead and the stator, the thrust bearing being disposed to partially or entirely overlap with the oil seal when viewed in a direction orthogonal to an axial center of the torque converter. a one way clutch being disposed between the stator and a non-rotating member which supports the stator, and a portion of the one way clutch protruding toward the second chamber as compared to the stator and an inner race of the one way clutch, the input-side rotating member having an annular projecting portion formed by projecting a portion at a radial position corresponding to the thrust bearing toward the bulkhead over entire circumference in the side wall portion of the input-side rotating member closer to the bulkhead, and the annular projecting portion containing the thrust bearing and a portion of the one way clutch. | 09-11-2014 |
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20120112400 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device including a pair of first rotating members; a first transport path having a curved portion where a recording medium is curved, the first transport path being for transporting the recording medium to which the image is fixed by the pair of first rotating members; a first transporting section including a pair of second rotating members provided downstream from the curved portion of the first transport path; and a controller that controls so that, while the recording medium is interposed between the pair of first rotating members and the pair of second rotating members, a peripheral velocity of the second rotating members and a peripheral velocity of the first rotating members are reduced at the same time, or the peripheral velocity of the second rotating members is reduced before reducing the peripheral velocity of the first rotating members. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transporting section including a transport path for transporting a recording medium; an image forming unit that forms an image on the recording medium that is transported at the transporting section; a fixing device that fixes the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit while heating the image; and a controller that performs control so that Pw05-10-2012 | |
20120114356 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing device that fixes the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit while nipping and transporting the image formed on the recording medium at the image forming unit; a transporting section provided downstream from the fixing device in a direction of transportation of the recording medium, the transporting section nipping and transporting the recording medium; and a controller that performs control for changing a transporting velocity of the fixing device and a transporting velocity of the transporting section on the basis of information used for triggering a change in the transporting velocity of the fixing device when the recording medium is held by the fixing device and the transporting section. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114357 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing device that nips the recording medium and that rotates at a first peripheral velocity, to transport the recording medium, and to fix the image to the recording medium; a transport path; a first transporting section that rotates at a second peripheral velocity, and nips and transports the recording medium to which the image is fixed; a second transporting section that rotates at a third peripheral velocity, and nips and transports the recording medium to which the image is fixed; a detecting unit that detects a move-out timing; and a controller that controls a peripheral velocity of the second transporting section so as to be greater than the third peripheral velocity and less than the second peripheral velocity in accordance with the timing detected by the detecting unit. | 05-10-2012 |
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20080228759 | ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING AN ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD CONTROL PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD CONTROL METHOD - An electronic bulletin board apparatus and method enabling a second user to answer a question of a first user using an answer input picture, including generating guide information for guiding the second user to an answer input picture as a guide destination picture through which to respond to a first question of the first user based on a second question that is similar to the first question, and posting the guide information in an answer input picture as a posting destination picture through which to respond to the second question. The electronic bulletin board apparatus and method displays the guide destination picture based on the guide information selected by the second user among pieces of guide information posted in the posting destination picture | 09-18-2008 |
20090026264 | Entrustee information transmitting program, entrustee information transmitting apparatus, and entrustee information transmitting method - An entrustee information transmitting method includes an entrustment managing storage storing entrustment relationship information indicating correspondence between entrusters who are voters performing entrustment and entrustees who are voters entrusted by the entrusters in an entrustment managing storage unit; an attendance managing storage storing attendance information of respective voters in an attendance managing storage unit in units of bills; an indirect-entrustment voter extracting operation of extracting one or more indirect-entrustment voter who indirectly entrust an attendee by using the entrustment relationship information and the attendance information; an entrustee determining operation of determining attendees who are indirectly entrusted by the indirect-entrustment voters to be recommended entrustees; and an entrustee information transmitting operation of transmitting information of the recommended entrustees. | 01-29-2009 |
20090055212 | RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH DELEGATION MEDIATING PROGRAM IS RECORDED, DELEGATION MEDIATING APPARATUS AND DELEGATION MEDIATING METHOD - A delegation mediating apparatus which presents a voter who wants to collect delegations to another voter who is looking for a delegatee, in a decision to be made by voting by multiple voters, the apparatus including, voting history storage unit for storing each voter's past voting history in a voting history storage unit, similarity degree calculation unit for calculating a degree of voting action similarity between the voter who wants to collect delegations and the other voter who is looking for a delegatee, with the use of the past voting history stored in the voting history storage unit, and delegatee presentation unit for presenting the voter who wants to collect delegations if the degree of similarity to the other voter who is looking for a delegatee is high, to the other voter who is looking for a delegatee. | 02-26-2009 |
20090119317 | CATCH PHRASE GENERATION DEVICE - A catch phrase generation device stores keywords in association with each other. Each keyword indicates a characteristic of a user, and a property to which each of keywords belongs. A plurality of templates are also stored. Each template has an insertion section for which a keyword property that should be inserted is determined in advance. A template corresponding to guidance information based on a predetermined condition is selected. A keyword acquisition unit analyzes an access history, which has been created by the user or to which the user has made reference, and acquires, based on an analyzed result, a stored keyword. | 05-07-2009 |
20090150228 | VOTING PROMOTION ACTIVITY SUPPORT PROGRAM AND VOTING PROMOTION ACTIVITY SUPPORT APPARATUS - An apparatus accepts, from each voter, registration of a free delegation relationship. Then, the apparatus presents voting information such as a vote topic, choices and a voting expiration date to the voter. Next, the apparatus presumes how delegated votes are delegated, during a voting state at a total calculation date, in accordance with the delegation relationships, and estimates a voting result in consideration of delegation of votes. Next, the estimation apparatus sends the estimated voting result to the voters and the administrator for encouraging voter to vote. | 06-11-2009 |
20150347182 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, EXECUTION-FLOW-CREATION AIDING APPARATUS, AND EXECUTION-FLOW-CREATION AIDING METHOD - An execution-flow-creation aiding apparatus obtains a written operation procedure that represents an operation procedure of a series of tasks involved in operation work. The execution-flow-creation aiding apparatus refers to component information and based on a result of comparing the task name of a task included among the series of tasks involved in operation work and the component name of a component, associates the task and the component. The execution-flow-creation aiding apparatus selects among the series of tasks, a second task that is not associated with a component and that is immediately before or after a first task associated with a given component. The execution-flow-creation aiding apparatus refers to the component information and based on a result of comparing the task name of the selected second task and the variable name of a variable provided when the given component is executed, associates the second task with the given component. | 12-03-2015 |
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20080211214 | Air bag system - An air bag system of the invention includes an air bag having a discharge port which discharges part of inflation gas when it opens and an opening and closing control unit which enables the control of opening and closing of the discharge port. The air bag includes a bag main body, a discharge portion provided in the bag main body, and a connecting member which is provided within the bag main body and which is connected to the discharge portion on a bottom portion side thereof and connected to the opening and closing control unit on a tip end side thereof. The discharge portion is withdrawn into the bag main body by the connecting member with the connection of the connecting member with the opening and closing control unit maintained, so as to maintain the discharge port in a closed state, while with the connection of the connecting member with the opening and closing control unit canceled, the discharge portion is made to protrude from the bag main body, so as to open the discharge port. | 09-04-2008 |
20090079175 | Actuator which has an operating pin - An actuator which has an operating pin of the invention includes a piston which has an operating pin, a squib, and a cylinder case for holding the piston, in which the piston is moved rearward along with the operating pin by a driving gas generated injected from the squib into the cylinder case. A cap portion for covering the side of the squib with a gas injection port comprises a cylindrical side portion and a front end wall portion, and the operating pin is projected from the center of this front end wall portion. The cap portion is arranged with injection holes through which the driving gas is injected. Forward movement of the piston before the actuator is operated is restricted by the front end wall portion of the cylinder case coming into contact with the ceiling wall portion of the cylinder case. | 03-26-2009 |
20090301339 | Actuator with actuating pin - An actuator includes a piston having an actuating pin, a squib, and a cylinder case. The cylinder case has a peripheral wall part that covers the circumference of the piston and a ceiling wall part having a through hole which allows an actuating pin to protrude from the through hole. The actuator is configured to make the a piston move backward along with the actuating pin by ejecting a driving gas generated from the squib to a space between the ceiling wall part and the piston during actuation. A sealing ring which is relatively movable with respect to the actuating pin while maintaining the state of sealing up a gap between the actuating pin and the through hole, is provided at an inner face side of the ceiling wall part. | 12-10-2009 |
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20140371966 | VEHICLE GUIDANCE DEVICE AND VEHICLE GUIDANCE METHOD - Disclosed is a vehicle guidance apparatus that can easily guide a vehicle in the vicinity of a power supply section to the power supply unit by guiding the vehicle along a path of travel to the power supply unit without employing image data. In this device, a power supply efficiency calculation unit calculates the power supply efficiency, which is the efficiency with which power is received from the power supply unit by the charging unit. An amount of change calculation unit calculates the amount of change of efficiency of power supply, which is the amount of change of efficiency of power supply calculated by the power supply efficiency calculation unit. A vehicle-side control unit displays on a display guidance to enable the vehicle to reach the power supply unit, based on the amount of change of efficiency of power supply calculated by the amount of change calculation unit. | 12-18-2014 |
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20160114688 | POWER FEED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUISITION OF FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS - Inverter supplies an alternating current (AC) power of a constant voltage or a constant current to power supply coil while varying a drive frequency. Frequency characteristic acquisition unit acquires frequency characteristics of a current value associated with a current flowing through power supply coil that receives the supplied AC power, or a voltage value associated with a voltage applied to power supply coil. | 04-28-2016 |
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20140085982 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory string having first and second selective transistors, each of which includes a charge storage layer and a control gate, a back gate transistor which includes a charge storage layer and a control gate, and memory cell transistors connected to each other and to the back gate transistor in series between the first and second selective transistors. In case any of the memory cell transistors is defective, the defect is indicated by storing a charge in the charge storage layer of at least one of the first and second selective transistors and the back gate transistor. | 03-27-2014 |
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20150124528 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory string having first and second selective transistors, each of which includes a charge storage layer and a control gate, a back gate transistor which includes a charge storage layer and a control gate, and memory cell transistors connected to each other and to the back gate transistor in series between the first and second selective transistors. In case any of the memory cell transistors is defective, the defect is indicated by storing a charge in the charge storage layer of at least one of the first and second selective transistors and the back gate transistor. | 05-07-2015 |
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20120243309 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - When performing a data erase operation, the control circuit generates positive holes at least at any one of the drain side select transistor and the source side select transistor, and supply the positive holes to a body of the memory string to raise a voltage of the body of the memory string to a first voltage. Then, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a first word line among the plurality of the word lines during a first time period. In addition, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a second word line different from the first word line during a second time period. The second time period is different from the first time period. | 09-27-2012 |
20130100754 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA THEREOF - A memory string includes a semiconductor layer, a charge accumulation layer, and a conductive layer. The semiconductor layer extends in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate and functions as a body of a memory cell. The charge accumulation layer may accumulate charges. The conductive layer sandwiches the charge accumulation layer with the semiconductor layer, and functions as a gate of the memory cell. The control circuit performs, before a read operation, a refresh operation of rendering the selected memory cell and a non-selected memory cell conductive to conduct a current from a first end to a second end of the memory string. | 04-25-2013 |
20140269084 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - When performing a data erase operation, the control circuit generates positive holes at least at any one of the drain side select transistor and the source side select transistor, and supply the positive holes to a body of the memory string to raise a voltage of the body of the memory string to a first voltage. Then, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a first word line among the plurality of the word lines during a first time period. In addition, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a second word line different from the first word line during a second time period. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080242499 | Straddle-Type Vehicle, Power Unit and Continuously Variable Transmission - A straddle-type vehicle in which drivability is ensured when starting the vehicle. The vehicle includes a control device that controls a continuously variable transmission. A plurality of driving modes “A” and “B” are set in the control device. The control device performs a first control that switches the driving mode to driving mode “A” before start of the engine; a second control that switches between driving 2modes A” and “B” in response to operation of a mode switching operation member; and a third control that limits the second control and inhibits switching from the driving mode “A” to driving mode “B”, when the control device detects that the engine has not been started. | 10-02-2008 |
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20080248919 | Continuously Variable Transmission - A continuously variable transmission for a motorcycle that provides appropriate engagement of a centrifugal clutch when a clutch shoe is worn. A control unit controls a change gear ratio to a TOP side to engage the centrifugal clutch when the centrifugal clutch is disengaged and an engine rotational speed is higher than a predetermined first rotational speed. | 10-09-2008 |
20080305926 | Continuously Variable Transmission and Straddle Type Vehicle - A continuously variable transmission reduces slips between a primary sheave and a V-belt when decelerating. A target value setting section sets a control target value for control by a control device. In the target value setting section, a normal mode, a kick down mode set to be in a Low gear range lower than in the normal mode, and a restriction value given in a throttle fully closed state are provided. The control device controls the continuously variable transmission based upon the kick down mode provided in the target value setting section, in response to an operation of a kick down operator. The control device controls a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission not to vary to a Low gear range lower than the restriction value provided in the target value setting section. | 12-11-2008 |
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20110201860 | Process for conversion of alkanes to aromatics - The process for conversion of alkanes to aromatics includes the steps of contacting a feedstock containing alkanes having between two and six carbon atoms per molecule with a composite catalyst to produce an aromatization reaction, and collecting aromatics produced by the reaction. The composite catalyst is a zeolite having a matrix impregnated with a noble metal and an oxide of a transition metal. The noble metal may be Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, or Ir. The transition metal may be Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, or Zn. The zeolite may be a medium or large pore zeolite, and may have an MFI, MEL, FAU, TON, VPI, MFL, AEI, AFI, MWW, BEA, MOR, LTL, or MTT structure, preferably MFI. The zeolite framework may include silicon, aluminum, and/or gallium. The matrix may be an oxide of magnesium, aluminum, titanium, zirconium, thorium, silicon or boron, and is preferably alumina. | 08-18-2011 |
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20100046204 | SURFACE ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A surface illuminating device is provided and includes a plurality of linear light sources, a light-transmissive optical sheet including a luminance-distribution control layer for decreasing unevenness in luminance of light emitted from the linear light sources, and a reflection surface for reflecting the light emitted from the linear light sources. The luminance-distribution control layer includes a plurality of protrusions. In a range of 0≦x≦L/2, protruding directions of some or all the protrusions are inclined such that the protruding directions of the protrusions are located farther from a Z direction, which is an optical axis of a linear light source in an X direction, to the X direction as the protrusions are located farther from the position of x= | 02-25-2010 |
20100253880 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, SURFACE-EMITTING APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - A light guide plate includes a light-incident surface, a light-reflecting surface, and a light-emitting surface. The light-reflecting surface includes a plurality of first light diffusion portions and a second light diffusion portion. The plurality of first light diffusion portions each have a first concavo-convex height. The second light diffusion portion has a second concavo-convex height lower than the first concavo-convex height and is extended around the plurality of first light diffusion portions in a net-like manner. The light-emitting surface emits light that enters from the light-incident surface and is reflected by the light-reflecting surface. | 10-07-2010 |
20100309411 | DIFFUSION SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A diffusion sheet includes: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and structures each in a convex shape formed randomly on the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the substrate. The structures have an identical or almost identical height. The structures have an aspect ratio h/r, where r denotes an average radius of the structures and h denotes an average height of the structures, of more than 0.85 and not more than 1.50. The structures have a filling factor of not less than 60% and not more than 80%. | 12-09-2010 |
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20090028979 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE BODY MOLDING DIE - A honeycomb structure body molding die is disclosed including a die main body, having a feed bore section and a slit recess section, and a guide ring having an upright support section and a guide section carried on the upright section, which includes a stepped section and has a central slit recess forming section, provided on the stepped section, and an outer circumferential slit recess forming surface. The die main body has a non-opposing region, formed on an area outside the stepped section, in which the outer circumferential slit recess forming surface does not axially face the guide section, while having a feed bore closing region closing the feed bores. The die main body has outer circumferential-skin forming material feed passages formed in an area outside the feed bore closing region for feeding the molding material to a squeezing outlet for forming an outer circumferential skin. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028980 | EXTRUSION DIE FOR MOLDING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES - An extrusion die is used for producing a honeycomb structures. The extrusion die is composed of a guide ring and a die body part. Feeding holes and slit grooves are formed in the die body part. The guide ring has a pole part and a guide part. A slit groove formation area has a central slit groove formation surface area having a step shaped part and an outer peripheral slit groove formation area. An angle of the step-shaped part to an outer slit groove formation surface is within a range of 90°≦α≦95°, and a relationship A≦B<1.5 A is satisfied, where A is a gap between the outer peripheral slit groove formation surface to the guide part, and B is a gap between the outer peripheral side surface of the step shaped part and the front end of the guide part. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028981 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE BODY MOLDING DIE - A honeycomb structure body molding die for molding a honeycomb structure body having cells walls, a large number of cells surrounded with the cells walls, and a cylindrical outer circumferential skin is disclosed as including a die main body having material feed bores and slit recesses, and a guide ring. The guide ring has a guide section having an opposing guide surface, facing a slit recess forming surface of the die main body, which has an annular circumferential area formed with a pool recess, concaved from the opposing guide surface in an extruding direction, which is formed with a slanted surface tapered at an inclining angle β satisfying the relationship expressed as 10°—β≦20° so as to decrease in depth as an inner radial end of the pool recess slanted surface approaches the guide end of the guide section. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028982 | EXTRUSION DIE FOR MOLDING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES - An extrusion die for use of producing a honeycomb structure composed of cells surrounded by cell walls and an outer peripheral skin. The extrusion die has a die body part and a guide ring. Feeding holes and corresponding slit grooves are formed in the die body part. The guide ring has a pole part and a guide part. The specified feeding holes which are not correspond to any slit grooves are formed in the outside area of a slit groove formation area in the die body part. Through the specified feeding holes, raw material is fed in order to make the outer peripheral skin. The specified feeding holes are arranged in one or more ring-shaped rows. Each specified feeding hole in each ring-shaped row has a same distance to the front end of the guide part in the direction vertical to the extrusion direction of the raw material. | 01-29-2009 |
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20120140147 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To provide a display panel that can achieve a transparent state having high panel transmittance and that can carry out a display in which a figure looks as if it has popped up in the air, a display panel disclosed includes a PDLC panel ( | 06-07-2012 |
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20130044280 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of emitting sufficient fluorescence is provided without an increase in the thickness of the liquid crystal layer. The device includes: a fluorescent emission layer ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130194524 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal layer that can switch to a light transmitting state and a light scattering state, and lines provided on a portion of the liquid crystal layer on the side opposite to the observation side. The lines are provided with a reflecting portion by which at least a portion of light that entered from the observation side is reflected toward the observation side. | 08-01-2013 |
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20150029437 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device that can prevent light leakage in black images, has an improved viewing angle of white images, and can avoid an increase in the thickness and additional costs. The liquid crystal display device includes: a collimating backlight unit; and a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, and the liquid crystal layer includes a polymer dispersed liquid crystal. | 01-29-2015 |
20150285963 | LIGHT-DIFFUSING MEMBER HAVING POLARIZING PLATE, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR LIGHT-DIFFUSING MEMBER HAVING POLARIZING PLATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a light-diffusing member that includes a substrate, a plurality of light-shielding layers, and a light-diffusing section, and a polarizing plate. The light-diffusing member is configured to diffuse light, which is incident from a polarizing plate side, in an anisotropic manner, the light-diffusing section has a light-emitting end surface that is in contact with the substrate, a light-incident end surface that is opposite to the light-emitting end surface and has an area larger than an area of the light-emitting end surface, and a reflective surface that is in contact with the light-emitting end surface and the light-incident end surface and reflects light incident from the light-incident end surface, a height of the light-diffusing section from the light-incident end surface to the light-emitting end surface is set to be larger than a layer thickness of the light-shielding layers, and an azimuth angle direction in which diffusibility of the light-diffusing member is relatively strong, and a transmission axis of the polarizing plate are approximately parallel with each other. | 10-08-2015 |
20150369972 | LIGHT DIFFUSION MEMBER, LIGHT DIFFUSION MEMBER WITH POLARIZING PLATE, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF LIGHT DIFFUSION MEMBER WITH POLARIZING PLATE - The light diffusion member includes a substrate having light transmissivity, a plurality of light shielding layers, and light diffusion portions. The light diffusion portions have a light-emitting end surface, a light incident end surface which has a larger area than the area of the light-emitting end surface, and a reflecting face. Light which enters from the light incident end surface is anisotropically diffused in an azimuth direction seen from a normal direction of the substrate, and the height from the light incident end surface to the light-emitting end surface of the light diffusion portion is configured to be greater than the thickness of the light shielding layers. The azimuth direction where the diffusion by the light diffusion portion is relatively strong, and any one side making up the outer shape of the substrate, are generally parallel. The planar shape of the light shielding layers seen from the normal direction of one face of the substrate is an anisotropic shape having at least a major axis and a minor axis. A hollow portion sectioned by the formation regions of the light diffusion portions is formed in the formation region of the light shielding layers, and air is present in the hollow portion. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378069 | LIGHT-DIFFUSING MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-DIFFUSING MEMBER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - This light-diffusing member includes a light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of wavelength-controlling layers formed on one surface of the light-transmissive substrate, and a light-diffusing portion formed on the one surface of the light-transmissive substrate in a region other than a region where the wavelength-controlling layers are formed. The light-diffusing portion includes a light-emitting end-surface that makes contact with the light-transmissive substrate and a light-incident end-surface that is opposite to the light-emitting end-surface and that has an area greater than an area of the light-emitting end-surface, and is made of a photosensitive resin; a height of the light-diffusing portion from the light-incident end-surface to the light-emitting end-surface is greater than a thickness of the wavelength-controlling layers; and the wavelength-controlling layers have characteristics that an optical absorptance at a first wavelength in a ultraviolet wavelength band is higher than an optical absorptance at a second wavelength in a visible-light wavelength band. | 12-31-2015 |
20160123879 | INSPECTION DEVICE FOR LIGHT-REGULATING FILM, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE FOR LIGHT-REGULATING FILM - An inspection device of the present invention is provided with a light source unit which is disposed either one of a base material side and a light diffusing portion side and irradiates light toward a light-regulating film with respect to the light-regulating film which includes a base material, a light diffusing portion, and a light shielding layer, and a light receiver which is disposed on either the other of the base material side and the light diffusing portion side and measures an intensity of transmitted light which is emitted from the light source unit and is transmitted through the light-regulating film, and inspects a state of an inclined surface of the light diffusing portion based on a measurement result of the intensity of the transmitted light. | 05-05-2016 |
20160139454 | LIGHT DIFFUSION MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light diffusion member includes a substrate that has optical transparency, a light diffusion portion that is formed with a prescribed height on one surface of the substrate, a light shielding layer that is formed with a thickness less than the height of the light diffusion portion in another region of the one surface of the substrate than the light diffusion portion, and an antiglare layer that is formed on the other surface of the substrate. The light diffusion portion includes a light emission end surface that contacts with the substrate, a light incident end surface that faces the light emission end surface and has a larger area than an area of the light emission end surface, and a side surface that is formed between the light emission end surface and the light incident end surface, and the antiglare layer includes a binder layer and plural light diffusion particles that are dispersedly arranged in the binder layer. | 05-19-2016 |
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20100195201 | SCREEN - A screen according to the present invention includes: a retroreflective layer, which has a front side and a rear side with an array of corner cubes; a low-refractive-index layer, which is made of a substance with a lower refractive index than the retroreflective layer; and a light absorbing layer for absorbing at least a part of the light that has been incident on the retroreflective layer on the front side thereof and then directed toward the low-refractive-index layer through the rear side thereof. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the light absorbing layer faces the array of corner cubes of the retroreflective layer with the low-refractive-index layer interposed between itself and the retroreflective layer. | 08-05-2010 |
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20110292326 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A reflective display device includes a retroreflective layer | 12-01-2011 |
20110317112 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An ultraviolet-absorbing layer is provided between an insulating substrate and a transparent electrode, the ultraviolet-absorbing layer having a transmittance ratio (T (365 nm)/T (315 nm)) of not less than 6.3 where (T (365 nm)) is a transmittance at a wavelength of 365 nm and (T (315 nm)) is a transmittance at a wavelength of 315 nm. | 12-29-2011 |
20120002142 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other, a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a black matrix provided on the first substrate, where a display region for displaying an image and a frame region around the display region are defined, and in the frame region, the black matrix includes a plurality of light-blocking regions spaced apart from one another. | 01-05-2012 |
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