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| 20100046601 | HIGH SPEED RECEIVE EQUALIZER ARCHITECTURE - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a continuous time filter, a decision feedback equalizer, a clock and data recovery circuit, and an adaptation circuit. The adaptation circuit may be configured to adapt equalization according to at least one dithering algorithm by adjusting a delay adjust signal based on a mean square error of equalized data signals. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100246658 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMABLY ADJUSTING GAIN AND FREQUENCY RESPONSE IN A 10-GIGABIT ETHERNET/FIBRE CHANNEL SYSTEM - Systems and methods for optimizing operation of a transceiver device are disclosed. The method may include parallel processing an input signal through a first path having a first frequency response and a second path having a second frequency response. The second frequency response may be higher than the first frequency response. Signals from the first and second paths may be combined, creating an output signal having a desired gain and frequency. The parallel processing may adjust a gain of at least one of the first path and the second path. The parallel processing may equalize at least one of the first frequency response and the second frequency response. The input signal may be from a 10 GBit Ethernet channel and/or a Fibre channel. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100295607 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE NOISE IN A SUBSTRATE - A system for reducing noise in a chip is disclosed and may include a substrate, a first well disposed on top of the substrate, a second well and a third well that are both disposed within the first well, a first transistor disposed in the second well, a positive potential of a voltage source connected to a body of the first transistor, and a second transistor disposed in the third well. The first transistor is a PMOS transistor, and the second transistor is an NMOS transistor. A noisy voltage source may be coupled to a source of the first transistor. A body of the first transistor may be resistively coupled to the second well. The system may include a noisy voltage source, where a body and a source of the second transistor are both coupled to the noisy voltage source. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20120243587 | System and Method for Implementing a Single Chip Having a Multiple Sub-Layer PHY - A system and method are disclosed for supporting 10 Gigabit digital serial communications. Many of the functional components and sublayers of a 10 Gigabit digital serial communications transceiver module are integrated into a single IC chip using the same CMOS technology throughout the single chip. The single chip includes a PMD transmit/receive CMOS sublayer, a PMD PCS CMOS sublayer, a XGXS PCS CMOS sublayer, and a XAUI transmit/receive CMOS sublayer. The single chip supports both 10 Gigabit Ethernet operation and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel operation. The single chip interfaces to a MAC, an optical PMD, and non-volatile memory. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20130227313 | Apparatus and Method for Multipoint Detection in Power-Over-Ethernet Detection Mode - Power over Ethernet (PoE) communication systems provide power and data communications over the same communications link, where a power source device (PSE) provides DC power to a powered device (PD). The DC power is transmitted simultaneously over the same communications medium with the high speed data from one node to the other node. The PSE controller measures the voltage, current, and temperature of the outgoing and incoming DC supply lines to characterize the power requirements of the PD. The PSE controller may detect and validate a compatible PD, determine a power classification signature for the validated PD, supply power to the PD, monitor the power, and reduce or remove the power from the PD when the power is no longer requested or required. If the PSE finds the PD to be non-compatible, the PSE can prevent the application of power to that PD device, protecting the PD from possible damage. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130279551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A SINGLE CHIP HAVING A MULTIPLE SUB-LAYER PHY - A system and method are disclosed for supporting 10 Gigabit digital serial communications. Many of the functional components and sublayers of a 10 Gigabit digital serial communications transceiver module are integrated into a single IC chip using the same CMOS technology throughout the single chip. The single chip includes a PMD transmit/receive CMOS sublayer, a PMD PCS CMOS sublayer, a XGXS PCS CMOS sublayer, and a XAUI transmit/receive CMOS sublayer. The single chip supports both 10 Gigabit Ethernet operation and 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel operation. The single chip interfaces to a MAC, an optical PMD, and non-volatile memory. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140167851 | CURRENT-MODE LINE DRIVER - Disclosed are various embodiments of a current-mode line driver that may facilitate transmitting signals to a load. The current-mode line driver may comprise a common-mode current sense element that provides a signal corresponding to the common-mode output current of the line driver. A transconductance element receives the signal from the common-mode current sense element and provides a compensating current that is based at least in part on the signal. The compensating current may reduce the common-mode output current of the line driver. | 06-19-2014 |
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| 20130249886 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for controlling an electro-optic device includes a third, a fourth, a first, and a second control steps of supplying a third, a fourth, a first, and a second voltage pulse, in this order. In the first control step, a first limit optical state is reached. In the second control step, a first intermediate optical state is reached. The period of each of the third control step and the fourth control step is set to satisfy a relation W (A→B)=−W (B→A), where W (A→B) is an integrated value of drive voltage and drive time when changing the pixel from an optical state A to an optical state B, and W (B→A) is an integrated value of drive voltage and drive time when changing the pixel from the optical state B to the optical state A. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140028660 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for controlling an electro-optic device switches between a first driving scheme for changing an optical state between a-number of optical states and a second driving scheme for changing an optical state between b-number of optical states (b>a). In the first driving scheme, an integrated value W (A→B) of drive voltage and drive time when changing an optical state A to an optical state B, and an integrated value W (B→A) of drive voltage and drive time when changing the pixel from the optical state B to the optical state A satisfy a relation of W (A→B)=−W (B→A), and the integrated value W (A→B) and W (B→A) for the optical state A and B in the second driving scheme are equal to the integrated value W (A→B) and W (B→A) in the first driving scheme, respectively. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140266998 | DRIVING METHOD FOR ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING DEVICE FOR ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A driving method for an electrophoretic display device composed of a pixel electrode, an opposing electrode, and electrophoretic elements includes a color setting step and a DC resetting step. The electrophoretic elements are disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode and include a plurality of electrophoretic particles. In the color setting step, the plurality of electrophoretic particles are set in a first state by applying one or more types of driving voltages between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode. In the DC resetting step, driving voltages for resetting an integral value of the driving voltages with respect to a driving time period in the color setting step are applied between the pixel electrode and the opposing electrode. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140268302 | ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is an electrooptical device, an electronic device, a control method for an electrooptical device, and the like that can easily realize various characteristics that are difficult to realize with related art. An electrooptical device uses electrophoretic particles migrating in a dispersion medium for image display. The electrooptical device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, first electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in a first color and charged in a first polarity, and second electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in the first color and charged in the first polarity. The first electrophoretic particles and the second electrophoretic particles are disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. An absolute value of a charge quantity of the first electrophoretic particles is larger than an absolute value of a charge quantity of the second electrophoretic particles. | 09-18-2014 |
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| 20150273501 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid container containing section, and a pressurizing section that pressurizes inside of the liquid container containing section. The liquid container containing section has a casing that contains a liquid container, a mounting member that is mounted with the liquid container, and a cover that covers an opening that is formed in the casing, the mounting member is arranged inside the casing on the opening side, the cover is arranged outside the casing on the opening side, and the mounting member is fixed to the cover. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150273842 | LIQUID CONTAINER, ADAPTER, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid container is configured to be detachably attached to a liquid container storage section having a liquid supply section, and a damping section including a movement section that seals off one end of a recess space and is movable in a direction of compression in which air of the recess space is compressed, and an urging section that urges the movement section in a direction opposite to the direction of compression. The liquid container includes a liquid lead-out section configured to be connected to the liquid supply section, and an abutment section arranged on a same side as a side section to which the liquid lead-out section is provided, and abuttable against the movement section in a direction of mounting that matches the direction of compression when the liquid container moves in the direction of mounting with respect to the liquid container storage section. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150290945 | LIQUID CONTAINER - A liquid container is configured to be detachably attached to a liquid container storage section arranged at an incline such that a liquid supply section is a lower side in a direction of gravity. The liquid container includes a liquid container-side positioning section with which a mounting member-side engagement section provided to the liquid container storage section is engageable, and a liquid lead-out section to which the liquid supply section is connected. The liquid container-side positioning section and the mounting member-side engagement section are engaged before the liquid lead-out section and the liquid supply section are connected when the liquid container is mounted onto the liquid container storage section. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150290946 | LIQUID CONTAINER, ADAPTER, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid container is configured to be detachably attached to a liquid container containing section in a liquid ejecting apparatus that includes the liquid container containing section, a supply flow path that supplies liquid from a liquid supply section that is provided in the liquid container containing section to a liquid ejecting section, and an opening and closing section that opens and closes the supply flow path. The liquid container includes an operation section configured to switch an opening and closing state of the opening and closing section by working together with an attaching and detaching operation with regard to the liquid container containing section. | 10-15-2015 |
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| 20130286114 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, an ink supply tube that supplies ink to the liquid ejecting head, a pressure control valve that opens as a result of depressurization on the liquid ejecting head side, a check valve provided upstream from the pressure control valve, an ink circulation tube that is connected at both ends to the ink supply tube between the pressure control valve and the check valve, and a tube pump provided in the ink circulation tube; in this configuration, by providing at least one of an ink return tube and a liquid reservoir portion that is capable of holding liquid in a liquid flow channel in a pressurized state, a rise in pressure within a circulating flow channel caused by pump operations can be suppressed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140285589 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, an ink supply tube that supplies ink to the liquid ejecting head, a pressure control valve that opens as a result of depressurization on the liquid ejecting head side, a check valve provided upstream from the pressure control valve, an ink circulation tube that is connected at both ends to the ink supply tube between the pressure control valve and the check valve, and a tube pump provided in the ink circulation tube; in this configuration, by providing at least one of an ink return tube and a liquid reservoir portion that is capable of holding liquid in a liquid flow channel in a pressurized state, a rise in pressure within a circulating flow channel caused by pump operations can be suppressed. | 09-25-2014 |
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| 20120190897 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention provides a liquid crystal compound having general physical properties necessary for the liquid crystal compound, namely, stability to heat, light and so forth, a small viscosity, a refractive index anisotropy having a suitable magnitude value, a dielectric anisotropy having a suitable magnitude value, steep electrooptical characteristics, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, in particular, a liquid crystal compound having a wide temperature range of the nematic phase; a compound represented by formula (i): | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130277610 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND SHOWING NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal compound having a large negative value of dielectric anisotropy (As). A compound is represented by formula (1): | 10-24-2013 |
| 20150368225 | 1,3-DIOXANE COMPOUND HAVING FLUORINE ATOM IN AXIAL POSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid-crystal compound satisfying at least one physical property such as a high clearing point, large dielectric anisotropy and excellent compatibility with other liquid-crystal compounds is described; a liquid-crystal composition containing the compound; and a liquid-crystal display device. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160068754 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING XANTHENE SKELETON AND EXHIBITING NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal compound satisfies at least one of physical properties such as a high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds. | 03-10-2016 |
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| 20130245975 | DRAWING DEVICE, DRAWING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A drawing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including measuring voltages of planes of layers in a laminated circuit board and drawing the voltages of the planes that are measured on a graph having a voltage set on one axis and having a layer set on the other axis. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20150106042 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING ANALYSIS-SUPPORT PROGRAM, ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD, AND ANALYSIS SUPPORTING DEVICE - A computer-readable recording medium having stored a program for an analysis-support process includes acquiring via information representing positions of a plurality of vias of a first and second via groups in a circuit board, the plurality of vias of the first and second via groups having a first and second potentials, respectively; identifying, based on the acquired via information, second via in the second via group, a first distance between the second vias and a first via in the first via group being equal to or smaller than a certain distance; identifying, based on the via information, a third via in the first via group, the third via being different from the first via, a second distance between the third via and the first via being equal to or smaller than the first distance; and generating association information that represents associations of the first, second, and third vias. | 04-16-2015 |
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| 20120162984 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT UNIT, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PACKAGE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A light emitting element unit according to the present invention includes a semiconductor light emitting element that has a surface, a back surface, and a side surface, where the surface or the back surface is a light extracting surface from which light generated inside is emitted, a submount which has a bottom wall and a side wall, has a recess portion defined by the bottom wall and the side wall, and supports the semiconductor light emitting element by the bottom wall in a position in which the light extracting surface is directed upward at the recess portion, and has an inclined surface on the side wall, inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the bottom wall so as to face the side surface of the semiconductor light emitting element, and a light reflecting film formed on the inclined surface of the submount. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120181561 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A light-emitting element, a light-emitting element unit and a light-emitting element package are provided, which are each reduced in reflection loss and intra-film light absorption by suppressing multiple light reflection in a transparent electrode layer and hence have higher luminance. The light-emitting element | 07-19-2012 |
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| 20140034256 | CONDUCTIVE ARAMID PAPER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a conductive aramid paper comprising an aramid short fiber, an aramid fibrid, and a conductive filler, and having a density of 0.45 to 1.10 g/cm | 02-06-2014 |
| 20150111013 | ARAMID-RESIN FILM LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is an a aramid-resin film laminate comprising an aramid paper comprising an aramid fibrid and an aramid short fiber, and a resin film laminated on each other. The aramid-resin film laminate is obtained by conducting a plasma treatment on a surface of the aramid paper, the surface having a skin layer portion whose heat of fusion measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 25 cal/g or less, and bonding the aramid paper and the resin film to each other by heating, pressing, or heating under pressure, with the plasma treated surface of the aramid paper and a plasma treated surface of the resin film facing each other. This laminate is an aramid-resin film laminate in which the aramid paper and the resin film are laminated on each other without using any adhesive agent and without impairing characteristics of both the aramid paper and the resin film, and is excellent in heat resistance, electrical characteristics, chemical resistance, mechanical characteristics, and the like. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150288238 | MOTOR BOBBIN - Provided is a motor bobbin around which a winding wire is wound, said motor bobbin comprising insulating paper and a resin moulded body. The insulating paper and the resin moulded body are coupled and fixed together without using an adhesive agent. Surfaces of the insulating paper which are in contact with the resin moulded body are configured using aramid paper comprising an aramid fibrid and aramid short fibres. Resin is melt extruded and thermal-fusion bonded upon the aramid paper comprising the aramid fibrid and the aramid short fibres, and the surfaces configured from the aramid paper are surface treated to obtain the insulating paper. The motor bobbin is obtained by bringing melted portions of the resin moulded body into contact with the top of the aramid paper. | 10-08-2015 |
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| 20120237203 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - There is provided an optical transmission system including: an optical transmitting apparatus including: a first processing circuit configured to process a transmission signal to be transmitted, a second processing circuit configured to process overhead data, the processed overhead data being multiplexed to the transmission signal, a retaining circuit configured to retain the overhead data, the retained overhead data being multiplexed to the transmission signal; and an insertion circuit configured to generate an identifier to be inserted into the retained overhead data; and an optical receiving apparatus including a detecting circuit configured to receive the transmission signal transmitted from the optical transmitting apparatus, and detect the identifier, wherein, when the overhead data is a predetermined state, the first processing circuit multiplexes the retained overhead data into which the identifier is inserted and the detecting circuit detects the identifier. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130251012 | TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTIC - A transmission characteristic adjustment device includes: a setting process portion that sets a setting value concerning each transmission characteristic of a plurality of electric signals to at least one of a sending device that sends the plurality of electric signals and a receiving device that receives the plurality of electric signals; a generation process portion that acquires each error rate calculated based on identification information included in each of the plurality of electric signals whenever the setting value is changed, and generates a table on which a plurality of sets of the setting value and the error rate are recorded; and an adjustment process portion that adjusts the setting value based on the table. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140314401 | TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND PATH SELECTION METHOD - Transmission equipment comprises: a measurement unit configured to measure respective transmission delays of the plurality of paths by using a frame transmitted between the transmission equipment and correspondent equipment; a detector configured to detect a priority of an input packet; a selector configured to select a path for transmitting the input packet from among the plurality of paths; and a frame processing unit configured to transmit a frame onto which the input packet is mapped to the correspondent equipment through a path selected by the selector. The selector selects an alternative path for transmitting the input packet from among the plurality of paths based on the priority of the input packet detected by the detector and respective transmission delays of the plurality of paths measured by the measurement unit when a failure occurs in a path that has been selected by the selector. | 10-23-2014 |
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| 20100157368 | PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DESTINATION PANEL - A method for managing printers, implemented in a print job management apparatus, is provided. The method includes determining availability of each of the printers in accordance with a pre-defined criteria, and displaying a list of the printers together with the availabilities of the printers on a display monitor. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100165378 | VARIABLE DATA PRINTING METHOD USING VARIABLE TEXT COLOR DEPENDING ON BACKGROUND - An improved variable data printing (VDP) method is disclosed. A VDP database contains variable data and form data. The variable data includes a plurality of entries each having a plurality attributes. The form data includes images. Each printed piece of a VDP production includes variable data and form data selected based on the variable data attributes. When the printed pieces include a background image and foreground text to be printed over the background image, and when different pieces in the VDP production have different background image, the method automatically selects a text color to print the foreground text over the background image on each piece to enhance visibility and/or aesthetic appearance. In addition, the foreground text color for each piece may be selected based on additional attributes of the variable data. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100188700 | PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE VIEWS - A method for managing a plurality of pint jobs is implemented in a print job management apparatus connected to printers. The method includes receiving print job, and visually presenting a display screen to a user, the display screen including first, second and third panels for classifying the received print jobs according to processing phase thereof, the first panel being provided for listing print jobs that are awaiting assignment of printers thereto for processing the print jobs, the second panel being provided for listing print jobs that have been assigned to printers and that have not been completed by the assigned printers, the third panel being provided for listing at least one of first and second categories of print jobs, the first category including print jobs that have been completed, the second category including print jobs that have been cancelled. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20130174280 | DOCUMENT CONTROL BASED ON COPYRIGHT PERMISSION WHEN PRINTING COMPILATION OF WORKS - A method for controlling copyright permissions when assembling multiple copyrighted works into a compiled file. The copyright permission level of each file is analyzed, either based on the copyright permission information present in metadata associated with the file or based on the digital file format of the file which reflects the permission level. The compiled file is assigned a permission level which is the same as or more restrictive than all of the permission level of the files in the compilation, and is generated in a format that enforces the assigned permission level. A notification may be displayed to the user to notify the use of the permission level assigned to the compiled file. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130179370 | REPRODUCING COPYRIGHTED WORKS WITH CONTENTS EXTRACTION - A method and program for reproducing copyrighted works with contents extraction to reduce copyright costs, including the steps of designating contents of a copyrighted work desired to be reproduced, extracting into a digital file portions of the copyrighted work containing the designated contents, editing the extracted portions if a format of the digital file allows for such editing to change a quantitative basis for calculating copyright fees for reproducing the desired contents of the copyrighted work, and calculating copyright fees for reproducing the desired contents of the copyrighted work based at least in part on the changed quantitative basis. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179475 | MANAGING THE ASSOCIATION OF DOCUMENTS AND THEIR COPYRIGHTS FOR GENERATING AND PRINTING COMPILATION OF WORKS - A method and program for managing the association of works and their copyrights for producing a compilation of works, including the step of obtaining works to be compiled having copyright metadata associated with each work of the works to be compiled by searching for works to be compiled, retrieving copyright metadata of the works to be compiled, and associating copyright metadata to each work of the works to be compiled, and the step of re-associating copyright metadata of a work with a user's own digital file of the work. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130254056 | HYBRID PURCHASE METHOD FOR PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION OF COMPILATION OF WORKS - A method for controlling rights for purchasing and using a compilation of works, including the steps of compiling the compilation of works, obtaining rights to use the compilation of works in different formats, setting different options for a user to purchase the rights to use the compilation of works in different formats, and allowing a user to purchase the rights to use the compilation of works with different options such that they may be exercised based on the user's needs. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254174 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ONLINE AND PRINTING ON-DEMAND COMPILATION OF WORKS WITH SHARING AND OWNERSHIP TRANSFER FEATURES - A method and related apparatus for managing files for producing a compilation of works, comprising the steps of obtaining a file of a work to be compiled in a booklet by a first user, sharing the file or sharing or transferring part of whole of the booklet created by the first user with a second user, and selecting by the second user to accept or reject the sharing of the file or the sharing or transferring of the booklet by the first user. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254243 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ONLINE AND PRINTING ON-DEMAND COMPILATION OF WORKS WITH EXCERPTS HANDLING FEATURES - A method and related apparatus for managing files for producing a compilation of works, including the step of obtaining a complete file of a work to be compiled in the compilation of works, selecting a portion of the complete file as a separate excerpt file to be compiled in the compilation of works, and independently managing the complete file and the excerpt file for producing the compilation of works. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254244 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ONLINE AND PRINTING ON-DEMAND COMPILATION OF WORKS WITH TYPE DESIGNATION FEATURES - A method for managing files for producing a compilation of works. The method includes the steps of obtaining a file of a work to be compiled in the compilation of works, specifying a type designation to the file or a portion thereof, and rendering special treatment of the file or the portion thereof according to the type designated to the file or the portion thereof when producing the compilation of works. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130262323 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ONLINE AND PRINTING ON-DEMAND COMPILATION OF WORKS WITH AUTOMATIC COPYRIGHT VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION - A method of verifying intellectual property rights of a compilation of works generated for print on-demand (POD) purchase, including the steps of compiling the compilation of works, and before making the compilation of works available for purchase, automatically verifying intellectual property right of each of the works compiled to ensure legitimate distribution of the compilation of works. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130268462 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ONLINE AND PRINTING ON-DEMAND COMPILATION OF WORKS WITH PER OBJECT PRICING FOR COPYRIGHT METADATA - A method and related apparatus for producing a compilation of works, including the steps of generating an excerpt from a work that has an associated original copyright metadata, creating an additional copyright metadata with per object pricing for objects of the excerpt, and associating the original copyright metadata and the additional copyright metadata with the excerpt. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130332315 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ONLINE AND PRINTING ON-DEMAND COMPILATION OF WORKS WITH CUSTOMER SELECTABLE PRINTING OPTIONS - A method and related computer program product for customizing price-related options for printing a compilation of works, including the steps of: compiling the compilation of works; setting different options for customers to print the compilation of works with different prices; and allowing a customer to change one or more of the options to print the compilation of works with a price based on the customer's needs and budget. | 12-12-2013 |
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| 20140118686 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus having an automatic focusing function and capable of imaging a subject in focus, including: a light intensity control unit for controlling a light intensity of light guided to an object to be inspected; an imaging unit for imaging the object to be inspected which is illuminated by the light; a focus state detection unit for detecting a focus state of the imaging unit with respect to the object to be inspected based on an output from the imaging unit; a focus lens drive unit for driving a focus lens based on the focus state detected by the focus state detection unit; and a drive control unit for controlling the focus lens drive unit to operate in accordance with timing when the light intensity of the light is changed by the light intensity control unit. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118692 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a focusing unit configured to focus, on an imaging unit, a return beam from a fundus of a subject's eye, a first drive unit configured to drive the focusing unit based on an index image obtained by imaging, using the imaging unit, a return beam from the fundus resulting from an index projected on the fundus by a projection unit, and a second drive unit configured to drive, after the first drive unit has driven the focusing unit, the focusing unit based on a contrast of a fundus image obtained by imaging, using the imaging unit, a return beam from the fundus, the fundus having been illuminated by an illumination unit. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140132929 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, OPHTHALMOLOGIC EXAMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an ophthalmologic examination method including a first control step of driving a focus unit based on an index image acquired by projecting an index to an eye to be inspected in a state of setting light intensity for illuminating the eye to be inspected to a first light intensity, a second control step of driving the focus unit based on the index image acquired in a state of setting the light intensity to a second light intensity higher than the first light intensity, and a memory step of storing specific information on the eye to be inspected during the first control step and the second control step. The second control step is executed after driving the focus unit to a position stored in the memory step in the case of storing again the specific information after storing the specific information. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140347631 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an ophthalmologic imaging apparatus capable of imaging with reduced imaging time based on a combination of an imaging type and a mydriatic state of an eye to be inspected. The ophthalmologic apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire information about a mydriatic state of a pupil of a person to be inspected, and a determining unit configured to determine an imaging order for imaging one of left and right eyes of the person to be inspected a plurality of times and imaging the other eye in accordance with the information about the mydriatic state acquired by the acquiring unit. | 11-27-2014 |
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| 20140188975 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A transmission apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a list indicating segment data that is acquirable by a receiving apparatus from among a plurality of pieces of segment data obtained by dividing content data, a determination unit configured to determine according to the list, and a control unit configured to perform control to transmit the list at a first timing, if the determination unit determines that the list contains information about segment data that has not been transmitted to the receiving apparatus, and to perform control to transmit the list or a list acquired after the list has been acquired by the acquisition unit at a second timing, which is a timing later than the first timing, if the determination unit determines that the list does not contain information about segment data that has not been transmitted to the receiving apparatus. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20160057194 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a media content, a transmission unit configured to transmit the media content acquired by the acquisition unit to another communication apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether to describe, as an acquisition source URL of the media content acquired by the acquisition unit, a URL of the communication apparatus or a URL of the another communication apparatus, in accordance with a state of transmission of the media content by the transmission unit, a generation unit configured to generate, based on the determination made by the determination unit, a description file in which the acquisition source URL of each predetermined unit of the media content is described, and a provision unit configured to provide the description file generated by the generation unit. | 02-25-2016 |
