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20090187261 | Control Apparatus for Process input-Output Device - A control apparatus for an input-output device includes a hardware part and a software part, in which a controller in the hardware part carries out a control operation in accordance with a signal from the input-output device, outputs a result of the control operation to a process, and has a timer unit to be excited at a constant period; and the software part has an information process part, a control process part, and an interrupt control unit to switch over the information process part and control process part one another, in which the interrupt control unit suspends an execution of the information process part to execute the control process part in priority and resume the information process part by switching over to the information process part from the control process part, when the execution of the control process part is terminated. | 07-23-2009 |
20090319756 | Duplexed operation processor control system, and duplexed operation processor control method - The present invention provides a duplexed operation processor control system that includes operation processors, an I/O device, and at least one communication path that couples the operation processors to the I/O device, and at least one communication path that couples the operation processors with each other. The duplexed operation processor control system switches over either of the operation processors to be a primary operation processor that executes a control operation for a control target, and the other to be a secondary operation processor that is in a stand-by state, and the secondary operation processor snoops control data synchronously when the primary operation processor acquires the control data from the control target. | 12-24-2009 |
20100050062 | SENDING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - The system has, provided in a sending device, a generator generating transmission data including data, a data error detection code generated from the data and a safety flag indicating a degree of reliability, and transmission data; has, provided in a receiving device, a plurality of components of extracting transmission data, a safety flag, and a data error detection code from a received frame, and detecting a data error, a comparator comparing the matching of a plurality of received frames, and a selector selecting one received frame, from the frame error detection result, the safety flag, the data error detection result, and the matching comparison result; and determines the validity of transmitted data by the detection corresponding to the degree of reliability set with the safety flag. | 02-25-2010 |
20110022936 | SENDING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A receiving device including: a receiver receiving two frames, each including substantially same data attached thereto with a data error detection code, a frame error detection code, and safety flag information indicating a safety function or not, respectively; a first detector connected to the receiver for performing error detection of the frames by use of the frame error detection code, respectively; a second detector connected to the receiver for performing error detection of the data by use of the data error detection code, respectively; and a Direct Memory Access Controller (DMAC) connected to the first and second detectors for outputting one among the data included in the two frames under a condition of the safety function in the two frames when no error is detected in the frame and data error detections. | 01-27-2011 |
20110214125 | TASK MANAGEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING REDUNDANT PROCESSING COMPARISON - An input/output control apparatus including: a unit that controls input/output of data relating to a computation of a plurality of processors in response to an access request from a second input/output unit and an access request from a first input/output unit which requires higher reliability than said second input/output unit, and orders at least one of a plurality of processors to perform a computation relating to the access request from said first input/output unit away from the computation relating to the access request from said second input/output unit in case of that said first input/output unit issued an access request, so that a same computation is made by said plurality of processors; a unit that compares the results of said computations relative to the access request from said first input/output unit provided from said plurality of processors; and a unit that allows the data associated with said computations of said processors to be output on the basis of said compared results. | 09-01-2011 |
20120124268 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PROCESS INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE - A control apparatus for an input-output device includes a hardware part and a software part, in which a controller in the hardware part carries out a control operation in accordance with a signal from the input-output device, outputs a result of the control operation to a process, and has a timer unit to be excited at a constant period; and the software part has an information process part, a control process part, and an interrupt control unit to switch over the information process part and control process part one another, in which the interrupt control unit suspends an execution of the information process part to execute the control process part in priority and resume the information process part by switching over to the information process part from the control process part, when the execution of the control process part is terminated. | 05-17-2012 |
20120170333 | Semiconductor Power Conversion Apparatus - A commanded negative-sequence current is added to a commanded current so as to suppress double-frequency pulsation on the DC side. The commanded negative-sequence current is found from three values (i.e., the detected value of positive-sequence voltage vector on the power-supply side, the detected value of negative-sequence voltage vector, and a commanded positive-sequence current). Thus, the pulsations which occur on the DC side of a semiconductor power converter and which have a frequency double the power-supply frequency are suppressed even when the AC power supply is at fault while assuring stability of the current control system, thus permitting stable and continuous operation. | 07-05-2012 |
20130241463 | Doubly-Fed Generator and Doubly-Fed Electric Machine - The excitation overcurrent detection unit for the doubly-fed electric machine is provided with a function to determine an excitation current magnitude relationship among three phases. The firing pulse is held to on-state or off-state to cause the largest-current phase and the second-largest-current phase to charge the DC capacitor by the operation of diodes. The conduction ratio of the third-largest-current phase or minimum current phase is controlled according to the detected current value to protect against a possible short-circuit across the DC capacitor. When the voltage of the DC capacitor exceeds a preset value, the voltage is suppressed by operating active or passive power devices. | 09-19-2013 |
20140016379 | Voltage Source Converter and Method for Controlling the Converter - A control apparatus for use with a voltage source converter includes legs each of which is configured by a plurality of converter modules each having capacitors. Each of the legs has a first terminal on a positive side and a second terminal on a negative side. The control apparatus is operative to create command pulses for operating the converter modules to operate the converter modules. The command pulses have a frequency that is a non-integral multiple of a frequency of a system voltage. The non-integral multiple is 3.5, for example. | 01-16-2014 |
20140078796 | Power Conversion Apparatus and Control Method Thereof - In the present invention, provided is a power conversion apparatus in which at least one energy storage element and at least one switching element are included, a plurality of series circuits of a transformer winding and an arm in which one or a plurality of at least two-terminal unit converters which depend on ON/OFF of the switching element and supply a zero voltage or a voltage depending on a voltage of the energy storage element are connected in series are connected in parallel, and a multi-phase power source or a multi-phase load is connected to another winding of the transformer, and the parallel-connection point is set as a DC terminal, and which includes means for controlling a current flowing through each of the arms to have a phase and amplitude different from each other. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100166853 | COATED PREPARATION - The present invention provides a preparation containing pioglitazone or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, which shows high bioavailability of pioglitazone and less interindividual variation in blood drug concentration, as well as a preparation with suppressed color change during preservation. The preparation contains a core containing a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid with water solubility at 20° C. of not less than 10 mg/mL and pK | 07-01-2010 |
20100272798 | CONTROLLED RELEASE PREPARATION - A controlled release preparation wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled, which releases an active ingredient for an extended period of time by staying or slowly migrating in the gastrointestinal tract, is provided by means such as capsulating a tablet, granule or fine granule wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled and a gel-forming polymer. Said tablet, granule or fine granule has a release-controlled coating-layer formed on a core particle containing an active ingredient. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278911 | CONTROLLED RELEASE PREPARATION - A controlled release preparation wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled, which releases an active ingredient for an extended period of time by staying or slowly migrating in the gastrointestinal tract, is provided by means such as capsulating a tablet, granule or fine granule wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled and a gel-forming polymer. Said tablet, granule or fine granule has a release-controlled coating-layer formed on a core particle containing an active ingredient. | 11-04-2010 |
20100285120 | CONTROLLED RELEASE PREPARATION - A controlled release preparation wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled, which releases an active ingredient for an extended period of time by staying or slowly migrating in the gastrointestinal tract, is provided by means such as capsulating a tablet, granule or fine granule wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled and a gel-forming polymer. Said tablet, granule or fine granule has a release-controlled coating-layer formed on a core particle containing an active ingredient. | 11-11-2010 |
20140186448 | CONTROLLED RELEASE PREPARATION - A controlled release preparation wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled, which releases an active ingredient for an extended period of time by staying or slowly migrating in the gastrointestinal tract, is provided by means such as capsulating a tablet, granule or fine granule wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled and a gel-forming polymer. Said tablet, granule or fine granule has a release-controlled coating-layer formed on a core particle containing an active ingredient. | 07-03-2014 |
20140186449 | CONTROLLED RELEASE PREPARATION - A controlled release preparation wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled, which releases an active ingredient for an extended period of time by staying or slowly migrating in the gastrointestinal tract, is provided by means such as capsulating a tablet, granule or fine granule wherein the release of active ingredient is controlled and a gel-forming polymer. Said tablet, granule or fine granule has a release-controlled coating-layer formed on a core particle containing an active ingredient. | 07-03-2014 |
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20110313571 | ROBOT SYSTEM - The present invention provides a robot system including a robot having a plurality of move axes and a safeguard apparatus provided independently of a control system of the robot and adapted for limiting a movable range of the robot. The safeguard apparatus includes at least two individual-axis-detection external sensors configured to be respectively turned ON/OFF in response to a rotational position or a transfer position of respective at least two move axes among the plurality of move axes of the robot, and an apparatus body configured to limit a move of the robot based on a combination of ON/OFF conditions of at least two output signals obtained from the at least two individual-axis-detection external sensors. | 12-22-2011 |
20130156531 | PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER STORAGE RACK, PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER TRANSFER FACILITY, AND PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER STORING METHOD - A rack includes: a rack main body including a storage space configured to store a plurality of plate-shaped members and a carry-in opening; a plurality of upper supporting portions configured to respectively support upper edge portions of the plurality of plate-shaped members; lower supporting portions respectively provided under the plurality of upper supporting portions and configured to respectively support lower edge portions of the plurality of standing plate-shaped members; and lower edge portion storage portions provided to be each located at an outer side of an end of the upper supporting portion and an end of the lower supporting portion in the arrangement direction and configured to store the lower edge portions of the plate-shaped members, and at least one of the upper supporting portions is configured to be able to support the upper edge portion of the plate-shaped member. | 06-20-2013 |
20130202394 | PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER TRANSFER FACILITY - Provided is a plate-shaped member transfer facility capable of inserting a plate-shaped member in a raised state into a rack and retrieving the plate-shaped member in the raised state from the rack. A stocker facility includes: a rack configured to store glass plates such that the stored glass plates are arranged in a front-rear direction in a raised state; and a track robot configured to transfer the glass plates between the track robot and the rack by moving the glass plates to the left and right. The track robot includes a track-side running base, a flip, a track-side conveyance base, and rollers. | 08-08-2013 |
20140081443 | PLATE MEMBER REVERSING SYSTEM AND REVERSING/TRANSFER METHOD THEREOF - A plate member reversing system adapted for sequentially reversing and transferring a plurality of plate members, includes a second delta robot, a reversing device and a second transfer device. The second delta robot is configured such that it sequentially holds the plate members and transfers and places them onto the reversing device. The reversing device, onto which the plate member is transferred and placed in a horizontal position by the second delta robot, is configured such that, while the transferred and placed plate member is being held by application of suction with its upper surface in an open state, it reverses the upper and the lower surfaces of the plate member. In addition, the second transfer device receives the reversed plate member from the reversing device and transfers it in a reversed state and in a horizontal position. | 03-20-2014 |
20140169925 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING PLATE-SHAPED MEMBER WITH INTERLEAVING PAPER THEREON - In a system for transferring a plate-shaped member with interleaving paper thereon, a suction adhesion device included in a suction adhesion unit includes suction pads that adhere to a surface of a glass plate by suction with interleaving paper in between the surface and the suction pads; an air blowing device blows air between the adhered glass plate and a glass plate positioned below the adhered glass plate; a robot moves the suction adhesion unit; a clamping device includes a pair of pushing members that are arranged at both sides, respectively, of the glass plates and move toward the glass plates to come close to each other; and at least before the suction adhesion unit lifts the adhered glass plate, a controller causes the pair of pushing members to move to push protruding portions of pieces of interleaving paper, the protruding portions protruding from the sides of the glass plates. | 06-19-2014 |
20140291122 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM - A conveyance system includes a storage case, a lifting/lowering apparatus, a handover apparatus, and a conveying apparatus. The lifting/lowering apparatus lifts and lowers the storage case to position each substrate stored in the storage case to a receiving position sequentially. The handover apparatus receives the substrate at the receiving position, and hand over the substrate to the conveying apparatus at a handover position. The conveying apparatus includes a pair of belts. The pair of belts is provided such that the belts are spaced apart from each other in a left-right direction. A plurality of profiles associated with each other are provided on the pair of belts, respectively. The profiles associated with each other are configured to move together in a conveying direction, support outer edges of the substrate handed over at the handover position, and position the substrate to a prescribed position. | 10-02-2014 |
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20080238232 | Motor, rotor structure and magnetic machine - A motor includes a stator having first and second armatures to form a rotating magnetic field, an inner rotor having first and second permanent magnets, and an outer rotor arranged between the stator and the inner rotor. The outer rotor has a rotor body which supports first and second induction magnetic poles such that they are embedded therein. A phase of the first induction magnetic pole is matched with a phase of the second induction magnetic pole. The first and second induction magnetic poles are assembled to the rotor body such that they are inserted into linear slits formed in the rotor body in the axis direction. Because the first and second induction magnetic poles are aligned in the axis direction, the outer rotor has a simple structure and an increased strength, and also support and assembling of the first and second induction magnetic poles in the outer rotor are facilitated. | 10-02-2008 |
20080296997 | Rotor for rotating electrical machine - A rotor body for an electric motor is comprised of connecting outer peripheral portions of first and second flange members made of electrically conductive material to the opposite ends of a plurality of connection members made of electrically conductive material of weak magnetic material arranged at predetermined distances therebetween in the circumferential direction with bolts and by supporting induction magnetic poles made of soft magnetic material between the connection members which are adjacent in the circumferential direction. Coupling portions of the first and second flange members and the connection member are electrically insulated by insulation coating so that an eddy current flowing in a closed circuit comprised of the first flange member, the connection member, the second flange member and the other connection member can be reduced and heat dissipation and energy loss accompanied by the eddy current can be minimized at the time of an operation. | 12-04-2008 |
20100289365 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ROTOR FOR ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electric motor (M) includes first and second stators ( | 11-18-2010 |
20120197475 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle is driven by a power unit which includes: a first rotating machine including a first rotor, a first stator, and a second rotor, wherein the number of magnetic poles generated by an armature row of the first stator and one of the first rotor and the second rotor are connected to a drive shaft; a power engine, wherein an output shaft of the power engine is connected to the other of the first rotor and the second rotor; a second rotating machine; and a capacitor. The hybrid vehicle includes: a state detector that detects a charge state of the capacitor; and a controller that controls the power unit. The controller controls the output of the power engine, based on a remaining capacity of the capacitor when driving the power engine in order to start the hybrid vehicle. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve reduction in the size and cost of the power unit and enhance the driving efficiency of the power unit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203414 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle is driven by a power unit which includes: a first rotating machine including a first rotor, a first stator, and a second rotor, wherein the number of magnetic poles generated by an armature row of the first stator and one of the first rotor and the second rotor are connected to a drive shaft; a power engine, wherein an output shaft of the power engine is connected to the other of the first rotor and the second rotor; a second rotating machine; and a capacitor. A traveling mode of the hybrid vehicle includes an EV traveling mode and an ENG traveling mode, wherein the hybrid vehicle travels with a motive power from at least one of the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine in the EV traveling mode, and the hybrid vehicle travels with a motive power from the power engine in ENG traveling mode. The hybrid vehicle includes: an EV traveling mode predicting unit that predicts a switching from the ENG traveling mode to the EV traveling mode; and a controller that controls a remaining capacity of the capacitor in accordance with prediction result obtained by the EV traveling mode predicting unit so as to change a target value of the remaining capacity. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve reduction in the size and cost of the power unit and enhance the driving efficiency of the power unit. | 08-09-2012 |
20120203415 | HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle is driven by a power unit which includes: a first rotating machine including a first rotor, a first stator, and a second rotor, wherein the number of magnetic poles generated by an armature row of the first stator and one of the first rotor and the second rotor are connected to a drive shaft; a power engine, wherein an output shaft of the power engine is connected to the other of the first rotor and the second rotor; a second rotating machine; a capacitor; and a transformer that steps up an output voltage of the capacitor. The hybrid vehicle includes: a voltage demand calculator that calculates a voltage demand required for each of the first rotating machine and the second rotating machine in accordance with an operating condition of the hybrid vehicle; a step-up execution determining unit that allows the transformer to step up the voltage, when at least one of the voltage demand of the first rotating machine and the voltage demand of the second rotating machine is higher than a first threshold value; and a controller that controls the transformer in accordance with the result determined by the step-up execution determining unit. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve reduction in the size and cost of the power unit and enhance the driving efficiency of the power unit. | 08-09-2012 |
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20110260677 | WIND-DRIVEN ELECTRICITY GENERATION SYSTEM OF TYPE HAVING STORAGE BATTERY AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF STORAGE BATTERY - An instantaneous response component representing the actual amount of power generation by a wind-driven electricity generator ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110278930 | SECONDARY BATTERY SYSTEM - There is provided a secondary battery system which converts direct current power supplied from secondary batteries into alternating current power by power converters, and supplies the converted power to an electric power system on a load side, the secondary battery system including a control apparatus that stops operating the operating the power converter and starts operating the stopped the power converter when a residual stored power level of the secondary battery corresponding to operating the power converter becomes to be not greater than a predetermined rate of a residual stored power level of the secondary battery corresponding to stopped the power converter. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282503 | OUTPUT-POWER CONTROL APPARATUS - An output-power control apparatus is provided in an electric power system connecting a secondary battery system and a power generator in parallel, and controls output power of the electric power system. The output-power control apparatus detects output power of the power generator, and controls output voltage of the secondary battery system, based on a value obtained by subtracting the detected output power of the power generator from an output power instruction for controlling the output power. | 11-17-2011 |
20140191577 | PEAK-CUT CONTROL DEVICE - A peak-cut control device is provided with a storage battery having a power generation device and a storage battery for charging/discharging a part of power generated by the power generation device. The peak-cut control device includes a difference power calculating section that calculates differential power between a planned power generation amount in the power generation device determined based on a temporary peak cut amount and a demand prediction power amount that predicts a power demand for each predetermined time, and also includes a peak-cut amount calculating section that compares the calculated differential power with chargeable power or dischargeable power per unit time of the storage battery every predetermined time and simulating charge/discharge of the difference power to/from the storage battery and an increase/decrease in the temporary peak-cut amount. | 07-10-2014 |
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20100324815 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM - A position detection apparatus includes a storage unit for storing map information including road information; a detection unit for detecting information for calculating an absolute position of a moving object; a position calculation unit for calculating the absolute position of the moving object and an error variance relating to an error of the moving object from the detected information; a read-out unit for reading out from the storage unit the road information of a road relating to the calculated absolute position; an existence probability calculation unit for calculating an existence probability of the moving object existing on the road from the absolute position, the error variance, and the read-out road information; a selection unit for selecting a position whose existence probability is maximum out of the calculated existence probability; and a map-matching processing unit for making the selected position a position of the moving object on the road. | 12-23-2010 |
20110118900 | Autonomic Traveling Apparatus for a Vehicle - In an autonomic traveling apparatus for a vehicle, vehicles usually travel an independent travel lane and when there are two approaching vehicles on the independent travel lane, they switch to pass-by lanes to pass by each other. To do this switching operation effectively, respective vehicles check and obtain road conditions around them while they are traveling and the obtained road conditions are transmitted to and collected by a travel administration center so that the road conditions at various points along the lanes can be obtained from the travel administration center. Accordingly, when the autonomic traveling trucks approaching each other and supposed to pass by each other, switch to the associated pass-by lanes, they change travel lanes avoiding the point of bad road condition on the basis of the road conditions sent from the travel administration center. | 05-19-2011 |
20120078572 | Road Surface Condition Estimating Device and Method - A road surface condition estimating device includes an undulation estimating portion for estimating undulations on the trajectory of a traveling vehicle from behavioral information about plural vehicles collected during travel of the vehicles, and a rut estimating portion for estimating undulations of ruts relative to the trajectories of the vehicles from the trajectories of traveling vehicles and from the behavioral information about the vehicles. The behavioral information includes information about positions, postures, and speeds of travel of the vehicles. Undulations on the trajectory of each traveling vehicle found by the undulation estimating portion and undulations of ruts relative to the trajectory of the traveling vehicle are superimposed for each vehicle to find road surface conditions, which are delivered to the vehicles. | 03-29-2012 |
20130261921 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE - A driving support device includes a maximum measurement range determination unit adapted to calculate a distance to a plurality of points on a surface of an object present at surroundings of a vehicle. A distance sensor such as a laser range finder or a stereo camera that measures a distance is used in order to estimate bias of an acceleration sensor with high accuracy upon correction of the bias by use of the distance sensor such as the stereo camera or the LRF in a GPS non-receiving section. A sensor parameter estimation unit is adapted to estimate a parameter of the acceleration sensor based on a behavior of an own vehicle obtained from a vehicle translation and rotation angle calculation means adapted to count backwards the vehicle behavior based on distance variation and also based on a measurement value of the acceleration sensor. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080263538 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM UPDATING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM UPDATING PROGRAM - In order to shorten the unusable time, the MFP can communicate with a server storing a plurality of kinds of update programs together with update information for each of a plurality of kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function execution portion to execute the stored execution program and execute at least one of the functions, a performance storage portion, when any of the functions is executed, to store performance information indicating execution of the function for each executed function in the flash memory, a determination portion to determine a target program from among the update programs stored in the server based on the performance information and the update information stored in the server, and an updating portion to acquire the determined target program and update the execution program stored in the flash memory with the acquired target program. | 10-23-2008 |
20080263540 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM UPDATING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM UPDATING PROGRAM - To shorten the unusable time, the MFP can communicate with a server storing plural kinds of update programs together with update information including updated states of plural kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function execution portion to execute the execution program and execute at least one of the functions, a performance storage portion, when any of the functions is executed, to store performance information regarding execution of the function in the flash memory, a determination portion to determine, based on the performance information and the update information stored in the server, an update target portion to be updated within the execution program and a target program for use in updating the execution program from among the update programs stored in the server, and an updating portion to update the update target portion of the execution program with the determined target program. | 10-23-2008 |
20090284785 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM - An image formation device stores therein print data targeted for secure printing received through a network. When a user is authenticated by a user authentication part, the image formation device reads the print data targeted for secure printing to execute a print job. The image formation device includes a job management part for managing the stored print data targeted for secure printing. When a print job is not executed at a point in time after the elapse of a predetermined period of time after the receipt of the print data targeted for secure printing, the job management part encrypts the print data using a certain encryption key, and transmits the encrypted print data to an intended device connected to the network. Namely, when a printout of the print data targeted for secure printing received through the network is not obtained at a point in time after the elapse of a predetermined period of time, the print data is transmitted to another device connected to the network with the security of the print data maintained. As a result, a printout of the print data is obtained by another image formation device. | 11-19-2009 |
20100147945 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for managing a resource is provided. A personal card recording, thereon, a user identification code for identifying a user is issued to the user. A registration card recording, thereon, a registration code is prepared. The user identification code is stored in a temporary user storage portion when the user identification code and the registration code are read out, for user registration, from the personal card and the registration card respectively during a predetermined period. If the user identification code is read out from the personal card in order for the user to use the resource and the user identification code is stored in the temporary user storage portion, then the user is allowed to access the resource. If such user identification code is not stored in the temporary user storage portion, then the user is forbidden to access the resource. | 06-17-2010 |
20100231946 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, DISPLAY SCREEN SWITCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image formation device, a display screen switching method, and a program. Excellent operability with user friendliness is realized by appropriately controlling switching of a display screen without increasing a burden on an operating system. In order to accomplish this, an image formation device | 09-16-2010 |
20130019160 | APPLICATION COOPERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING SERVER AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND APPLICATION COOPERATION METHODAANM BANDO; RyojiAACI Sakai-shiAACO JPAAGP BANDO; Ryoji Sakai-shi JP - An application cooperation system includes an instruction screen display control portion which causes a browsing portion to display a scan instruction screen, a scan control portion which stores image data output from a document reading portion, an external screen receiving portion which receives an external screen including an external control command from the external server for storage, an internal screen generating portion which generates an internal screen including an internal control command and an image data displaying area, an integrated screen generating portion which generates an integrated screen by combining the internal and external screens for output to the internal server portion, and a location information notification portion which obtains the integrated screen's network address from the internal server portion for output to the external server. The external server returns redirect information including the integrated screen's network address to the browsing portion in response to a transmission request. | 01-17-2013 |
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20100324299 | METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF PYRIDINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF CHLORINATED PYRIDINE - A method of purifying crude pyridine on an industrial scale at low cost and in a simple manner is provided. More specifically, a pyridine purification method including subjecting crude pyridine to an alkali treatment and then to distillation, or a pyridine purification method including adding an acid or water to crude pyridine, and subjecting the resulting mixture to an alkali treatment and then to distillation is provided. According to the purification method of the present invention, crude pyridine can be purified on an industrial scale at low cost and in a simple manner. Moreover, the pyridine purified by this method is useful as a starting material for various organic syntheses because of its high purity. For example, the pyridine can be reacted with chlorine to produce a chlorinated pyridine in a high yield. | 12-23-2010 |
20110288307 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SULFOLENE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SULFOLANE COMPOUND - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sulfolene compound, the method being capable of inhibiting generation of polymers. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a sulfolane compound, the method being capable of controlling inhibition of hydrogenation catalyst activity and smoothly hydrogenating a sulfolene compound. | 11-24-2011 |
20140154490 | NON-COMBUSTIBLE FILM, DISPERSION LIQUID FOR NON-COMBUSTIBLE FILMS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NON-COMBUSTIBLE FILM, SOLAR CELL BACK SHEET, FLEXIBLE BOARD, AND SOLAR CELL - The present invention aims to provide a non-combustible film having excellent flexibility, excellent moisture resistance, and high mechanical strength. The present invention also aims to provide a dispersion liquid for non-combustible films which is used in production of the non-combustible film, a method for producing a non-combustible film using the above dispersion, and a solar cell back sheet and a flexible board each of which is formed from the above non-combustible film. The present invention further aims to provide a solar cell including the solar cell back sheet. The non-combustible film of the present invention includes a water-insoluble inorganic compound and a heat-resistant synthetic resin, the water-insoluble inorganic compound constituting from 30% by weight to 90% by weight inclusive of the total weight of the non-combustible film, the film exhibiting a flammability of VTM-0 in the UL-94 VTM test. | 06-05-2014 |
20140221548 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Provided is a composite material which can be preferably used as alternative seal materials to asbestos seal materials or as a heat dissipation sheet with excellent thermal conductivity. The composite material comprises: (1) an inorganic filler-containing material containing an inorganic filler and any of the following: a polyimide film, a polyimide varnish consisting of a polyamide acid solution, an incompletely-imidized and self-standing polyimide precursor film obtained by drying a polyamide acid solution, a polybenzimidazole film, a varnish consisting of a polybenzimidazole solution, a polyazomethine film, a mixed film consisting of a polyimide resin and a polybenzimidazole resin, a mixed varnish consisting of a polyamide acid solution and a polybenzimidazole solution, a mixed film consisting of a polyimide precursor and polyazomethine, a polybenzoxazole film, etc; and (2) a molding consisting of any of expanded graphite, organic fiber and inorganic fiber. | 08-07-2014 |
20140251426 | VAPOR BARRIER FILM, DISPERSION FOR VAPOR BARRIER FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING VAPOR BARRIER FILM, SOLAR CELL BACK SHEET, AND SOLAR CELL - An object of the present invention is to provide a water vapor barrier film having good flexibility, good moisture resistance, and high mechanical strength. A further object of the present invention is to provide a dispersion for water vapor barrier films which is intended to be used to produce the water vapor barrier film, a method for producing the water vapor barrier film, a solar cell back sheet incorporating the water vapor barrier film, and a solar cell incorporating the water vapor barrier film or the solar cell back sheet. The present invention provided a water vapor barrier film containing: phyllosilicate mineral; and a synthetic resin, wherein the phyllosilicate mineral includes a non-swelling clay mineral and a swelling clay mineral, the phyllosilicate mineral is present in an amount of not less than 30% by weight and not more than 90% by weight of the total weight of the water vapor barrier film, and the water vapor barrier film has a water vapor permeability, measured at 40° C. and 90% RH, of not more than 0.5 g/m | 09-11-2014 |
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20090081040 | Rolling bearing device and turbocharger incorporating same - A rolling bearing device includes a bearing housing supported on a casing of a turbocharger, and a pair of rolling bearings mounted within the bearing housing and rotatably supporting a turbine shaft. A middle position between the pair of rolling bearings in an axial direction and a central portion of the bearing housing in the axial direction are offset from each other in the axial direction. Each of the rolling bearings includes an inner ring, an outer ring, an intermediate ring interposed between the inner and outer rings, a row of rolling elements rollably interposed between the inner ring and the intermediate ring, and a row of rolling elements rollably interposed between the intermediate ring and the outer ring. The intermediate ring has a damper function to be very slightly displaced or very slightly deformed elastically so as to damp vibration produced during rotation of the turbine shaft. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081057 | Turbocharger - A turbocharger includes a housing, and a turbine shaft supported in a center hole in the housing through rolling bearings. A tank portion for storing lubrication oil is formed in the housing, and the lubricating oil is supplied from the tank portion to the rolling bearings through wick members extending from the tank portion respectively to the rolling bearings. The wick member includes a bundle of fibers made of a plastics material, and a distal end portion thereof is separated into a fibrous condition, and this distal end portion is held in contact with the bearing. The lubricating oil is supplied to the bearing by a capillary action of the wick member. | 03-26-2009 |
20090196743 | Turbocharger - A sealing structure includes a labyrinth seal provided between a housing and an outer periphery of an end portion of a turbine shaft on a turbine wheel side, and a piston ring seal disposed on a side toward a center of the turbine shaft in an axial direction thereof from a position on the turbine shaft at which the labyrinth seal is provided, and a ring groove is formed along a circumferential direction of the housing in a middle portion of the labyrinth seal to reverse a flow direction of exhaust gas entering from the exhaust passage. | 08-06-2009 |
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20090067768 | Rolling Bearing and Supercharger Using Same - There are provided an inner ring having a first raceway at an outer periphery thereof, an outer ring having a second raceway at an inner periphery thereof, an intermediate ring which is interposed between these, and has a third raceway at an inner periphery thereof and also has a fourth raceway at an outer periphery thereof, first rolling elements interposed between the first raceway and the third raceway, and second rolling elements interposed between the fourth raceway and the second raceway. The intermediate ring includes a larger-diameter ring portion, and a smaller-diameter ring portion formed on the larger-diameter ring portion through an inclined ring portion. The third raceway is formed at a boundary portion between the larger-diameter ring portion and the inclined ring portion, and the fourth raceway is formed at a boundary portion between the smaller-diameter ring portion and the inclined ring portion. | 03-12-2009 |
20090101087 | Supercharger - A supercharger includes a housing, and a turbine shaft supported in a center hole in the housing through rolling bearings. Lubricating oil for the rolling bearings exists only within the housing. A cooling water jacket is provided within a body portion of the housing over a region from one axial end portion of the body portion to the other axial end portion thereof. | 04-23-2009 |
20100104233 | BEARING APPARATUS FOR TURBOCHARGER - In an angular ball bearing, a distance between outer rings and a distance between inner rings are set in such a manner that a clearance inside the bearing, when a turbocharger is in operation, is a positive clearance. | 04-29-2010 |
20100314959 | ROLLING BEARING DEVICE AND ELECTRIC GENERATOR - The invention is aimed, in a rolling bearing device, to improve its durability by appropriately attenuating vibration of a rotating shaft by means of a high level of dumping performance, and thereby to reduce the load imposed on the rolling bearing and/or the overall system. A rolling bearing device of the present invention comprises a rolling bearing ( | 12-16-2010 |
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20090304290 | Image recognition apparatus utilizing plurality of weak classifiers for evaluating successive sub-images extracted from an input image - The position of a face image within an input image is detected based on results from applying a plurality of weak classifiers in sequence to each of sub-images extracted from the input image. A decision whether to interrupt the sequence and reject a currently extracted sub-image is made based on the sum of a total of weighted decision values obtained up to the current point in the sequence and a total of potential weighted decision values obtainable from the remaining weak classifiers if the extracted sub-image were a face image. | 12-10-2009 |
20140028848 | DRIVE VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, DRIVE VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM, AND SUMMARIZED MOVING IMAGE CREATING DEVICE - A drive video recording device is provided. The drive video recording device creates a summarized moving image in which the inputted video is culled such that a playback speed of the video of the time period during which the amount of information is smaller is faster than a playback speed of the video of the time period during which the amount of information is larger, and stores the summarized moving image in a storage section. | 01-30-2014 |
20140277832 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL DRIVING BEHAVIOR - In an abnormal driving behavior detection system for a vehicle, an obtainer repeatedly obtains an observed value indicative of at least one of a running condition of the vehicle and a driver's driving operation of the vehicle. A mode-probability calculator calculates, each time an observed value is obtained at a given obtaining timing as a target obtained value, a mode probability for each of driving modes as a function of one or more previous observed values. A deviation calculator obtains a predicted observed value for each driving mode using a driver's normal behavior model defined therefor, and calculates a deviation of the target observed value from the predicted observed value for each driving mode. An abnormality determiner determines whether there is at least one driver's abnormal behavior based on the mode probability for each driving mode and the deviation calculated for each driving mode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140334719 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - In an object identification device, each score calculator extracts a feature quantity from the image, and calculates a score using the extracted feature quantity and a model of the specified object. The score represents a reliability that the specified object is displayed in the image. A score-vector generator generates a score vector having the scores as elements thereof. A cluster determiner determines, based on previously determined clusters in which the score vector is classifiable, one of the clusters to which the score vector belongs as a target cluster. An object identifier identifies whether the specified object is displayed in the image based on one of the identification conditions. The one of the identification conditions is previously determined for the target cluster determined by the cluster determiner. | 11-13-2014 |
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20110005676 | WIPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a wiper which is which is highly retentive of water, soft to the touch, and improved in sheet strength and a method for manufacturing the same. An interlining layer contains pulp fibers, first and second surfacing layers contain non-fusible fibers, and a reinforcing layer contains fusible fibers and rayon fibers. The fusible fibers are fusion-bonded but the non-fusible fibers remain unfused. Sheet surfaces are free from the fusible fibers. | 01-13-2011 |
20120175280 | WET TISSUE PACKAGE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WET TISSUE PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF WET TISSUE PACKAGE - To provide a wet tissue package that allows for easy taking out of a wet tissue accommodated in a package body. A wet tissue package includes: a package body having an opening; and a plurality of wet tissues accommodated in the package body in a state of being individually folded and stacked without being interfolded, in which each of the plurality of wet tissues includes: a first folding line parallel to the first side edge; a second folding line parallel to the first folding line; and a turn-back portion formed by folding the wet tissue on the first folding line and the second folding line, in which the turn-back portion is directed toward the opening and a part of the turn-back portion is disposed so as to be exposable through the opening. | 07-12-2012 |
20120312713 | WET TISSUE PACKAGE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - A wet tissue package that is easily to manufacture with a used wet tissue storage receptacle disposed on a package body. Configured is a wet tissue package equipped with a package body and a used wet tissue storage receptacle, wherein the package body is equipped with a first seal portion formed by joining a pair of first side edges of a sheet member, and a pair of second seal portions formed by joining a pair of second side edges, and a wet tissue housing. The used wet tissue storage receptacle is composed of a first seal extension portion formed by extending in a direction that intersects a direction that the first side edges extend from the first seal, and a sheet member that composes the package body. | 12-13-2012 |
20130061410 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WET WIPES, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND WET WIPES - A method of manufacturing wet wipes includes a step of continuously conveying a plurality of sheets by a conveyor, a step of folding each of the sheets toward a conveyor non-contact surface side of the sheets, a step of impregnating each of the folded sheets with the predetermined chemical solution, from a conveyor contact surface side of the sheets a step of laminating each of the sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution, and a step of cutting the laminated sheets. | 03-14-2013 |
20130199710 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WET WIPES - In a method for manufacturing wet wipes, ridge regions raised along the conveyance direction are formed in sheets by causing each of the sheets to pass through between upper folding plates and a lower folding plate and folding the sheet multiple times on itself; each of the sheets having the ridge regions formed therein is impregnated with a predetermined chemical solution; and each of the sheets having been impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution is stacked on each other. After passing through between the upper folding plates and the lower folding plate, each of the sheets makes contact at a surface thereof with a conveyance roller, the surface being located opposite an extended plane across the surface having the ridge region formed therein, the extended plane being a plane obtained by extending the surface of the lower folding plate. | 08-08-2013 |
20130256169 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE - In order to achieve both ease of removal and an increase in the rate of impregnation by a predetermined chemical, in this packaging structure of a package of wet wipes, a convex region is formed at a position containing a region that faces the opening of a main package body and that is on the upper surface of a stacked body of wet wipes. The convex region is formed protruding towards the main package body. A space is formed between the region (corresponding to the ends) aside from the convex region formed on the wet wipes and the upper surface to which the opening of the main package body is provided. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WET WIPES - The present invention prevents unevenness in the amount of impregnation by a predetermined chemical and prevents a decrease in ease of removal resulting from increasing the rate of impregnation by the predetermined chemical. A press device ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130298738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WET WIPES - This method for producing wet wipes includes the following steps: a step for vertically folding non-woven cloth sheets; a step for impregnating the sheets with a chemical; a step for stacking the sheets; a step for cutting the sheets at predetermined lengths; a step for pulling the cut sheets away from a transporting conveyer provided with a suction mechanism by means of a pusher, and stacking the cut sheets; a step for pressing a bundle comprising the sheets; and a step for packaging the bundle. The pusher is disposed between the transporting conveyers. The blades of the pusher have a plurality of tooth sections. The pusher drops the sheets suctioned to the transporting conveyer downwards by means of moving vertically downwards. | 11-14-2013 |
20140075892 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WET TISSUE PACKAGE - A method for producing a wet tissue package by which a storage portion for wet tissues which have been used can be easily produced, and wet tissues stored in a package main body can be prevented from drying. A method for producing a wet tissue package provided with a package main body having an opening portion, a lid member to cover the opening portion, and a used wet tissue storage portion, wherein the method is provided with an opening portion formation step, an attachment step for attaching the lid member and an adhesive material, a folding back step for wrapping a plurality of wet tissues, a first sealing portion formation step for forming a first sealing portion and a first sealing extension portion, and a second sealing portion formation step for forming a second sealing portion and also forming the used wet tissue storage portion by joining the second sealing portion and the first sealing extension portion by the adhesive material. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100155771 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a first lead and a second lead. The first lead has a top surface which a light emitting element is mounted thereon and a bottom surface opposed to the top surface. The second lead has a lead peripheral region where a wire connected to an electrode of the light emitting element is bonded therewith. The first lead includes a lead middle region where the semiconductor light emitting element is mounted thereon to thermally conduct therewith. A bottom surface of the lead middle region is exposed from a package. The second lead has an outer lead region that is projected outwardly from the both side surfaces of the package. The bottom surface of the first lead middle region is substantially coplanar with a bottom surface of the outer lead region. | 06-24-2010 |
20110222299 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device, has: a light emitting element; a metal member having an element mounting portion on which the light emitting element is mounted, and a flat portion disposed around the periphery of the element mounting portion; and a translucent sealing member that seals the light emitting element and a part of the metal member, the sealing member has a main body portion that seals the light emitting element and the metal member, a convex portion disposed on the main body portion, and a flange portion disposed around the periphery of the main body portion, the flange portion is disposed outside the range illuminated by light emitted from the light emitting element, and the flat portion of the metal member is bent toward the bottom face side of the light emitting device at least within the flange portion. | 09-15-2011 |
20120162998 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A light emitting device has: a light emitting element; a metal member having a first face on which the light emitting element is mounted, and a second face that is on the opposite side from the first face; and a translucent member that seals part of the metal member and the light emitting element, the metal member has an element placement portion on which the light emitting element is placed, and a flat portion disposed around the element placement portion, a covering member is disposed on the second face side of the flat portion, and the top and side faces of the covering member are covered by the translucent member. | 06-28-2012 |
20130258679 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A light emitting device has a light emitting element, a metal member, a covering member and a translucent member. The metal member has a first face and a second face on an opposite side from the first face. The first face has an element placement portion and a flat portion disposed around the element placement portion with the light emitting element being mounted on the element placement portion. The covering member is disposed on the second face of the metal member at the flat portion outside an illumination range of light emitted from the light emitting element. The translucent member seals part of the metal member and the light emitting element. The translucent member has a convex portion and a flange disposed around the convex portion, the flange being disposed outside the illumination range of light emitted from the light emitting element. | 10-03-2013 |
20140252401 | LEAD FRAME AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A lead frame of high quality which can endure direct bonding to a light emitting element, and a light emitting device of high reliability which utilizing the lead frame. A lead frame includes a clad material which is a stacked layer of at least a first metal layer and a second metal layer, the second metal layer made of a metal which is different from the metal of the first metal layer, and a through portion. In the through-portion, an end surface of the first metal layer and an end surface of the second metal layer are covered with a plated layer. The end surface of either the first metal layer or the second metal layer protrudes farther into the through-portion than the end surface of the other metal layer. | 09-11-2014 |
20140252574 | LEAD FRAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A lead frame of high quality which can endure direct bonding to the electrodes of a semiconductor element and a metal member, and a semiconductor device of high reliability which utilizing the lead frame. The lead frame includes a pair of lead frame portions which are arranged spaced apart from and opposite to each other to be electrically connected to a pair of electrodes of a semiconductor element respectively, and a pair of support bars which are arranged spaced apart from the lead portions and extending from a side of either one of the lead portions to a side of the other lead portion. | 09-11-2014 |
20140252582 | LEAD FRAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A lead frame of high quality which can endure direct bonding to a semiconductor element, and a semiconductor device of high reliability which utilizing the lead frame. A lead frame includes a plurality of connected units, each unit including a pair of lead portions arranged spaced apart and opposite from each other, for mounting a semiconductor element and electrically connecting to a pair of electrodes of the semiconductor element respectively. The lead portions respectively include an element mounting region arranged on a surface thereof to mount the semiconductor element, and a groove extending from opposing end surfaces of each of the pair of lead portions, in a direction away from the end surfaces and bending in a surrounding manner along outer periphery of the element mounting region. | 09-11-2014 |
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20080211806 | RENDERING APPARATUS, RENDERING PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A setup section acquires vertex data including at least homogeneous coordinate and window coordinate relevant to two vertexes of rendering primitive, that is, segment. An edge coefficient calculation unit calculates an edge coefficient used for determining whether or not a pixel exists inside a projection area (parallelogram) of the segment. A bounding box calculation unit calculates a bounding box of the projection area from at least one vertex data of two vertexes and the edge coefficient. A start point determination unit classifies the projection area based on a combination of the edge coefficient, and determines scan start point and scan performing direction of the bounding box in accordance with the classification. An edge function initial value determination unit determines an edge function of the pixel corresponding to the scan start point as an initial value, and carries out a DDA, and thereby, generates setup data for rasterizing. | 09-04-2008 |
20090284627 | Image processing Method - An image processing method includes photographing an object by a camera via a filter, separating image data, which is obtained by photographing by the camera, into a red component, a green component and a blue component, determining a relationship of correspondency between pixels in the red component, the green component and the blue component, with reference to departure of pixel values in the red component, the green component and the blue component from a linear color model in a three-dimensional color space, and finding a depth of each of the pixels in the image data in accordance with positional displacement amounts of the corresponding pixels of the red component, the green component and the blue component. The image processing method further includes processing the image data in accordance with the depth. | 11-19-2009 |