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20110261234 | Image pickup system, image pickup apparatus and sensitivity control method - An image pickup system includes a plurality of electron multiplication image pickup apparatuses; and a correction coefficient calculating device. The correction coefficient calculating device measures electron multiplication properties of image signals output from the electron multiplication image pickup apparatuses on a regular basis, calculates correction coefficients that are used to adjust the sensitivity of image signals from the electron multiplication apparatus, and sets the calculated correction coefficients in the electron multiplication image pickup apparatuses. | 10-27-2011 |
20120092070 | ACOUSTIC PSEUDO-TRIODE CHARACTERISTIC AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC PSEUDO-TRIODE CHARACTERISTIC PUSH-PULL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE - An input terminal is connected to a positive-phase terminal of a differential amplification circuit. A negative-phase terminal of the differential amplification circuit is connected to an emitter electrode of a transistor, and an output terminal thereof is connected to a base electrode of the transistor. An input side resistor is connected between a collector electrode of the transistor and the input terminal, and a secondary input side resistor is connected between the input terminal and a ground conductor. An output side resistor is connected between the emitter electrode of the transistor and the ground conductor. The collector electrode of the transistor is connected to a load terminal. | 04-19-2012 |
20150040364 | REPAIRING METHOD - A repairing method includes heating a base material by a heater, and irradiating a laser beam to a repair region of the base material by using a laser oscillator unit, after the base material is heated. In the method, generation of a crack and a break can be suppressed, and the repair region can be repaired more appropriately. | 02-12-2015 |
20150041522 | BLAZING METHOD - A brazing method includes fixing a padding plate on a base material such that the padding plate is arranged in a lower position from a groove formed in a repair region of the base material, and heating the base material such that a base material powder is melt, after a paste that base material | 02-12-2015 |
20150044505 | TiAl JOINED BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TiAl JOINED BODY - A manufacturing method of a TiAl joined body includes: an arranging step and a heating step. The arranging step is a step of arranging a plurality of members which contains a TiAl intermetallic compound and insert materials which contain Ti as a major element, Cu and Ni such that each of the insert materials is inserted between two adjacent members of the plurality of members. The heating step is a step of heating the plurality of members and the insert materials in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature above melting points of the insert materials and below melting points of the plurality of members. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090279660 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A rotor is rotatably supported in a gantry housing having a substantially sealed structure. An X-ray tube is provided in the rotor. A cooler is provided in the rotor and cools a refrigerant within the X-ray tube. An X-ray detector is provided in the rotor. A reconstruction unit reconstructs an image on the basis of an output of the X-ray detector. A radiator is fixed inside the gantry housing at a position opposite to an exhaust opening of the cooler when the rotor is stationary. | 11-12-2009 |
20090323890 | X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - Fins are arranged on the rotating side of an X-ray computed tomography apparatus. The fins are rotated to generate airflow as the rotating side is rotated. This airflow serves to discharge wear debris to the outside of the X-ray CT apparatus, thereby preventing the wear debris from scattering toward an X-ray tube and support bearing. In consequence, in the X-ray CT apparatus provided with a slip ring, the wear debris produced in a contact space between the slip ring and a brush can be prevented from being scattered in the apparatus. | 12-31-2009 |
20100080338 | MEDICAL X-RAY CT APPARATUS - In a medical X-ray CT apparatus, a rotary portion is rotated, and a wind is produced inside the apparatus by the rotation of the rotary portion. An expanded cover portion is forced to vibrate by the wind, and noise is produced. The expanded cover portion is provided with at least one curved member including both ends. The curved member is arranged to extend along a virtual projection line obtained by geometrically projecting a virtual straight line connecting, to each other, the two ends fixed to an outer peripheral edge of an opening of the expanded cover portion onto a surface of the expanded cover portion, and the vibration of the expanded cover portion is reduced. | 04-01-2010 |
20100177863 | X-RAY CT SCANNER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an X-ray CT scanner including: a gantry; a revolving body provided inside the gantry; an X-ray tube assembly provided in the revolving body; a heat radiator provided inside the revolving body so as to be connected to the X-ray tube assembly; a heat storage material provided in the heat radiator and capable of accumulating a heat generated by the X-ray tube assembly; and an X-ray detector provided inside the revolving body so as to oppose the X-ray tube assembly. | 07-15-2010 |
20140153689 | COOLER, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a cooler includes a casing, a radiator unit which is installed in a circulation path, where a coolant is circulated, and is configured to externally discharge heat of the coolant, and a fan unit housed in the casing to generate an air flow passing through the radiator unit. A windward side of the radiator unit is exposed to an outer side of the casing. | 06-05-2014 |
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20110065365 | GRINDING METHOD AND GRINDING APPARATUS FOR POLISHING PAD FOR USE IN DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING DEVICE - The present invention provides an apparatus capable of uniformly grinding an polishing pad. Further, the present invention provides a method of grinding an polishing pad by using the grinding apparatus. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of, in a double-side polishing device having a carrier for holding a work, a pair of upper and lower rotating surface plates disposed to face each other to sandwich the carrier therebetween, and the polishing pad provided on each of the facing surfaces of the rotating surface plates for polishing the work, grinding the polishing pad, the method comprising the steps of: separating the upper and the lower rotating surface plates away from each other when the polishing pads on the upper and the lower rotating surface plates are to be ground; inserting, between the separated upper and lower rotating surface plates, an arm having at a front end portion thereof a grinding plate of a diameter smaller than those of the rotating surface plates; and pressing the grinding plate against the polishing pad of each of the rotating surface plates and rotating the grinding plate, thereby grinding the polishing pad of each of the rotating surface plates. The present invention also provides an apparatus which enables the grinding method described above. | 03-17-2011 |
20110304802 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate which is controlled to a substantially vertical orientation having a pretilt angle smaller than 90 degrees. The first electrode includes a plurality of rectangular openings extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the orientation direction of liquid crystal molecules at substantially a center of the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of first areas and a plurality of second areas disposed mutually alternately are set in an effective display area in which the first electrode and the second electrode overlap in a planar view. Relative positions of the openings are mutually unmatched relative to at least a part of the plurality of second areas, and the openings are not formed in the plurality of first areas. | 12-15-2011 |
20120105786 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The liquid crystal display device comprises a first and a second substrate placed opposite each other, a first electrode provided on the first substrate extending in a first direction, a second electrode provided on the second substrate extending in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, and a vertically-aligned liquid crystal layer provided between the two substrates. | 05-03-2012 |
20120220200 | POLISHING METHOD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - To propose a method for realizing appropriate delivering of works to carriers in the conventional transfer process. Specifically, in a polishing method for polishing a work retained in a carrier, at least one carrier for retaining a work to be polished is placed between an upper plate and a lower plate; the work is fit in a hole of the carrier; the carrier and the work are inserted between the upper plate and the lower plate; and at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate is rotated while supplying a polishing agent to a space between the upper plate and the lower plate. In fitting the work in the hole of the carrier, an end portion of the work is held and the work is carried to a position above the lower plate; the work is positioned with respect to the hole of the carrier on the lower plate; and the work is released from the hold and guided by a guide to be slowly carried down toward the hole. | 08-30-2012 |
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20120120469 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM - The region and spot size of light that irradiates a specimen are changed. Provided is an illumination optical system including beam-deflecting means for changing the deflecting direction of light from a light source; a wavefront modulation device at a position optically conjugate with the beam-deflecting means and capable of modulating the wavefront of the light; a Fourier transform system that focuses the light from the wavefront modulation device and performs Fourier transformation thereon; an inverse Fourier transform system that performs inverse Fourier transformation on the light from the Fourier transform system to form a collimated light beam; and an objective optical system that focuses the light from the inverse Fourier transform system on an object, wherein the Fourier transform system includes a mechanism capable of changing the focal length while maintaining the focal position at the inverse Fourier transform system side at a fixed position. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127552 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - Illuminating light is two-dimensionally scanned without changing the ability to focus the illuminating light on a specimen. Provided is a microscope apparatus including a spatial light modulator that modulates the wavefront of illuminating light; a scanner that two-dimensionally scans the illuminating light by pivoting two mirrors; a relay optical system that relays an image in the scanner to a pupil position of an objective optical system; and a beam-shift mechanism that moves rays of the illuminating light between the modulator and the objective optical system in response to pivoting of the mirrors. The beam-shift mechanism moves the rays such that the image at the pupil position, when assuming that the mirrors are stationary, is moved in the direction opposite to the direction in which the image relayed to the pupil position by the relay optical system, when assuming that the mirrors are pivoted with the rays fixed, is moved. | 05-24-2012 |
20140177043 | Three-Dimensional-Endoscope Optical System - Provided is a three-dimensional-endoscope optical system that is provided with two objective optical systems having optical axes, which are arranged with a spacing therebetween, and that satisfies the following conditions: | 06-26-2014 |
20140239206 | Stereoscopic Optical System - A stereoscopic optical system includes: two objective optical systems arrayed parallel to each other with a space therebetween; two parallelogram prisms that bring optical images close to each other by respectively deflecting lights collected by the objective optical systems twice; an image pickup element arranged at image formation positions of the light fluxes collected by the objective optical systems to take the two optical images brought close to each other by the prisms; and a diaphragm member that blocks a portion of the light flux on at least one of an inner side and an outer side in a direction of the space at any position apart from a pupil position of each of the objective optical systems in a direction of an optical axis, wherein the diaphragm member is arranged on the inner side in the direction of the space, and satisfies a conditional expression L0−Ihy−W>Z0×sin θ. | 08-28-2014 |
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20120217224 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS, WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING METHOD, THIN BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A wire electric discharge machining apparatus is constructed in such a manner as to include: a wire electrode having a plurality of cutting wire portions that are separated from one another in parallel and are opposed to a workpiece; a machining power supply that generates a pulsed machining voltage; a plurality of power feed contact units that are electrically connected to the cutting wire portions and apply the machining voltage between the cutting wire portions and the workpiece; and a nozzle that ejects machining liquid from an ejection opening toward an electrode gap along the cutting wire portions. | 08-30-2012 |
20130140277 | WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS, WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING METHOD, THIN PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A wire electric discharge machining apparatus includes a wire electrode, a guide roller that arranges wire electrodes in parallel by winding the wire electrode therearound, a plurality of slidable contact conductors that are in slidable contact with the wire electrodes arranged in parallel, respectively, and a power feeding jig that holds the slidable contact conductors individually and feeds power individually to the wire electrodes arranged in parallel via each of the slidable contact conductors, in which the power feeding jig includes a plurality of reference surfaces that determine a fixing interval between the slidable contact conductors. | 06-06-2013 |
20130240487 | WIRE-CUT ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER MANUFACTURING METHOD - In wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatuses that simultaneously perform a plurality of cutting processes by engaging a wire between main guide rollers at a plurality of times, a wire-cut electrical discharge machining apparatus is provided that suppresses vibrations at cutting wire sections, to enable the cutting processes under steady-state accuracy. In addition to the main guide rollers, vibration-damping driven guide rollers or vibration-damping guides are included which form a plurality of cutting wire sections where the vibrations are suppressed by guiding the wire into place, and the positions of the cutting wire sections are thereby defined with respect to nozzles. | 09-19-2013 |
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20100128132 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal includes a setting section and a communication control section. The setting section sets frame transmission intervals IFSh and IFSt (IFSh05-27-2010 | |
20110188515 | TRANSMISSION MODULE, RECEPTION MODULE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A transmission module may include a first interface unit that inputs transmission target data and a trigger relating to halting transmission of the transmission data from a processing unit that performs processing in compliance with a communication protocol of an upper layer, a generating unit that generates a communication frame of a transport layer level corresponding to the transmission target data, a second interface unit that transmits the generated communication frame, and a setting unit that, when the trigger is inputted while communication frame corresponding to the transmission target data are being sequentially transmitted, sets a flag indicating the termination of transmission of the transmission target data to communication frame among those being transmitted which do not correspond to a final portion of the transmission target data. | 08-04-2011 |
20110258304 | SERVICE USAGE TERMINAL, SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF SERVICE PROVIDING TERMINAL AND SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - A communication control section according to the invention receives communication data on a transport layer from a service providing terminal which provides service in a higher layer than the transport layer, and a CPU performs a stopping process of a session layer relating to the service, when the communication data on the transport layer which is received by the communication control section relates to a stop request of the service. The CPU receives a trigger relating to the stop of the service, and the communication control section transmits the communication data on the transport layer including a request to the higher layer relating to the stop request of the service, to the service providing terminal, when the CPU receives the trigger. | 10-20-2011 |
20120272028 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In this wireless communication device, a storage unit stores writing identification information relating to permission and prohibition of writing. An acquisition unit acquires device identification information that uniquely specifies an arbitrary wireless communication device from the arbitrary wireless communication device. A determination unit determines permission or prohibition of writing to a recording medium on the basis of the device identification information acquired by the acquisition unit and the writing identification information stored in the storage unit when a communication protocol of a session layer that performs writing to and readout from the recording medium in sector units is selected. A recording medium control unit controls permission and prohibition of writing to the recording medium on the basis of a result determined by the determination unit. | 10-25-2012 |
20130113944 | MEMORY CARD WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, METHOD OF OPERATING MEMORY CARD WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE DEVICE, DIGITAL CAMERA, AND METHOD OF OPERATING DIGITAL CAMERA - A memory card with a wireless communication function may include a card interface (I/F) unit, a storage unit configured to store processing content information when the processing content information indicating processing content has been input from the host equipment to the card I/F unit; a wireless communication unit; a processing determination unit configured to determine whether or not the storage unit has stored the processing content information corresponding to processing request information when the wireless communication unit has received the processing request information transmitted from the external apparatus, a processing execution unit, and a processing relay unit configured to output the processing request information to the host equipment via the card I/F unit when the processing determination unit determines that the storage unit has stored the processing content information corresponding to the processing request information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130128850 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include: an instruction unit (CPU) that instructs whether a wireless communication serves as host or target; a wireless communication unit that transmits/receives the radio frame to/from a terminal serving as target when receiving an instruction from the instruction unit to serve as host, and transmits/receives the radio frame to/from a terminal serving as host when receiving an instruction from the instruction unit to serve as target; and a setting unit that sets the frame transmission interval of host as the frame transmission interval when receiving an instruction from the instruction unit to serve as host, sets the frame transmission interval of target as the frame transmission interval when receiving an instruction from the instruction unit to serve as target, and transmits a radio frame to a terminal serving as host when the frame transmission interval of target is set. | 05-23-2013 |
20130227063 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: an input and output unit; a communication unit; and a controller. The input and output unit is configured to receive a first instruction relating to activation of service. The communication unit is configured to communicate with a plurality of other communication devices. The controller is configured to, when the input and output unit receives the first instruction, control the communication unit to transmit to the other communication devices, first data indicating the activation of service. The controller is configured to, in a first case that the first instruction includes no identifiers of the other communication devices, control the communication unit to transmit to the other communication devices which transmits a connection request to the communication device in response to the first data, a negative response indicating non-acknowledgment of the connection request. | 08-29-2013 |
20140115674 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, DIGITAL CAMERA, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICE - A generation unit generates the wireless network connection setting information from the first information based on the conversion rule. The encoding unit encodes the first information to generate a code image. A display unit displays the code image. An imaging unit captures the code image. A decoding unit decodes the code image captured by the imaging unit and acquires the first information. A second storage unit stores a conversion rule that is the same as the conversion rule stored in the storage unit. A second generation unit generates the wireless network connection setting information from the first information acquired by the decoding unit based on the conversion rule stored in the second storage unit. A communication unit connects to a wireless network using the wireless network connection setting information generated by the second generation unit. | 04-24-2014 |
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20130196881 | SUGAR CHAIN ARRAY - A sugar chain array containing a sugar chain immobilized thereon for detecting binding between an analyte and a sugar chain, and a sugar chain array having the sugar chain immobilized thereon that is capable of inhibiting non-specific adsorption and binding of an analyte without having to coat the array with an adsorption inhibitor. A specific sugar chain is immobilized on the array, and is useful for detecting binding between the sugar chain and an analyte, such as a pathogen of an infectious disease or an excretion thereof. In addition, in the array, when a base material is coated with a polymeric compound having a unit having a primary amino group, a unit for maintaining hydrophilicity, and a unit having a hydrophobic group, the sugar chain is immobilized efficiently and non-specific adsorption and binding of the analyte can be effectively inhibited. | 08-01-2013 |
20130316932 | GLYCOPEPTIDE ARRAY - The present invention provides: a glycopeptide array which is useful for the detection of the binding between a substance to be detected and a glycopeptide; and an array which can inhibit the non-specific adsorption or binding of a substance to be detected without the need of coating any adsorption-inhibiting agent and which has the glycopeptide immobilized thereon. In the present invention, it was found that a glycopeptide that has a molecule having a carbonyl group bound to a peptide moiety thereof can be immobilized on a substrate that is coated with a polymer compound containing a unit having a primary amino group with high efficiency through the carbonyl group. Particularly, it was found by the present inventors that a glycopeptide can be immobilized on a substrate with high efficiency and the non-specific adsorption or binding of a substance to be detected can be inhibited effectively when a substrate that is coated with a polymer compound containing a unit having a primary amino group, a unit for retaining hydrophilicity and a unit having a hydrophobic group is used as the substrate for the glycopeptide. | 11-28-2013 |
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20120033054 | Stereoscopic Video Display Apparatus and Display Method - In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a plane display unit including a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate. The plane display unit includes a configuration obtained by arranging a first subpixels and the second subpixels alternately on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the first subpixels and the second subpixels alternately on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row to have a sequence opposite to that on the first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033055 | Stereoscopic Video Display Apparatus and Display Method - In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus is configured to assign one subpixel column to each of a plurality of parallax images, and select three subpixels, which are the first to third subpixels, arranged consecutively in the column direction of subpixels with the third subpixel located in the center, as a pixel displaying each parallax image; cause pixels adjacent in the column direction of subpixels in each parallax image to share the first subpixel or the second subpixel; divide each of frames displaying a stereoscopic video into two subframes; assign one pixel from among the plurality of parallax images to each row in each subframe; display odd-numbered rows when displaying one of the first and second subframes; and display even-numbered rows when displaying the other of the first and second subframes. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033056 | Stereoscopic Video Display Apparatus and Display Method - In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus includes: a plane display unit including a display screen in which first to third subpixels having respectively different color components are arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate disposed to be opposed to the plane display unit and having a plurality of optical aperture parts. The plane display unit includes a configuration obtained by arranging the first subpixels on a first subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a second subpixel row adjacent to the first subpixel row, arranging the second subpixels on a third subpixel row adjacent to the second subpixel row, arranging the third subpixels on a fourth subpixel row adjacent to the third subpixel row, and arranging a set of the first to fourth subpixel rows in the column direction of subpixels on the display screen repeatedly. | 02-09-2012 |
20120033058 | Stereoscopic Video Display Apparatus and Display Method - In one embodiment, a stereoscopic video display apparatus is configured to divide each of frames displaying a stereoscopic video into two subframes; assign one pixel from among the plurality of parallax images to each row in each subframe; display parallax images of a first group from among the plurality of parallax images in odd-numbered rows and displaying parallax images of a remaining second group from among the plurality of parallax images in even-numbered rows, when displaying one of the first and second subframes; and display parallax images of the second group in odd-numbered rows and displaying parallax images of the first group in even-numbered rows when displaying the other of the first and second subframes. | 02-09-2012 |
20140123198 | BROADCASTING RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a broadcasting receiving method includes: informing a server storing content data of data related to a display size of a screen and acquiring the content data according to the display size; generating display data obtained by combining the contents data with a moving image, with a display size based on layout information included in the acquired contents data; and performing image processing on the display data for being displayed on the screen to output the display data on which the image processing is performed, wherein when a ratio of a display area of the moving image with respect to the screen is a predetermined value or more based on the display size of the moving image based on the layout information, downscaling an image based on the content data to generate display data obtained by combining the moving image with the downscaled image. | 05-01-2014 |
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20080236301 | DISPENSING APPARATUS, DISPENSING METHOD, AND ANALYZER - A dispensing apparatus includes a syringe which has a piston and sucks and discharges a liquid; and a storage unit which stores therein a reference driving profile indicating a reference of a driving position and a driving time at starting the piston. The apparatus also includes a position detector which detects an actual driving position of the piston; a timer which measures an actual driving time of the piston; and a driving controller which controls driving of the piston based on the reference driving profile, the driving controller creating an actual driving profile based on the actual driving position and the actual driving time of the piston, and the driving controller comparing the reference driving profile with the actual driving profile to determine based on a result of the comparing whether the dispensing is proper or not. | 10-02-2008 |
20090056477 | DISPENSING APPARATUS, DISPENSING METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A dispensing apparatus includes a dispensing nozzle that moves between a first position and a second position. The dispensing nozzle sucks in a liquid specimen including a reagent at the first position and dispenses the liquid specimen into a vessel located at the second position. An agent applicator is located on the path of movement of the dispensing nozzle. The agent applicator applies, to the discharge end portion of the dispensing nozzle, an agent having a low affinity for the liquid specimen than the inner surface of the dispensing nozzle. | 03-05-2009 |
20090110606 | DISPENSING APPARATUS AND ANALYZER - A dispensing apparatus includes a syringe that houses a liquid thereinside; and a plunger that moves forward and backward inside the syringe to thus discharge the liquid from an outlet formed in the syringe to the outside of the syringe. A hydrophilic film is formed on at least either of an inner wall of the syringe and a surface of the plunger. | 04-30-2009 |
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20090183567 | OPERATION DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND OPERATION DEVICE - To provide an operating device control device for obtaining information about a rotational angle of an operating device, while reducing the influence due to an individual difference and/or variation of a reference sensor signal in accordance with a sensor signal output from the gyro sensor mounted in the operating device. A control device of an operating device having a gyro sensor for detecting an angular velocity and outputting a sensor signal in accordance with the detected angular velocity, the control device obtains an output signal from signal output means for outputting an output signal in accordance with a difference between the sensor signal output from the gyro sensor and a predetermined reference signal, then estimates a reference sensor signal to be output by the gyro sensor when no angular velocity is detected, based on the output signal, and changes the predetermined reference signal according to the estimated reference sensor signal. | 07-23-2009 |
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20120095714 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device acquires an output value in accordance with a state in which an operating device is held, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined first holding state of the operating device as a first reference value, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined second holding state of the operating device, different from the first holding state, as a second reference value, and calculates a state value indicative of the state in which the operating device is held, which is in accordance with the acquired output value, based on the first reference value and the second reference value. | 04-19-2012 |
20120130667 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a calibration apparatus, including: a holder for fixing an electronic device; a first motor for rotating the holder with a first rotation axis as a center; a second motor for rotating the holder with a second rotation axis perpendicular to the first rotation axis as a center; and a stopper for restricting a rotational position of the holder about the second rotation axis to a range between a reference position and a perpendicular position reached by rotating the holder by 90 degrees from the reference position, in which the first motor rotates the holder to which the electronic device is fixed at a predetermined speed in each of states in which the rotational position of the holder about the second rotation axis falls in the reference position and in which the rotational position of the holder about the second rotation axis falls in the perpendicular position. | 05-24-2012 |
20120248890 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER/RECEIVER AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A wireless power feeder/receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a power feed/receive coil; a power feed/receive capacitor to configure a resonance circuit together with the power feed/receive coil; a coupling coil electromagnetically coupled to the power feed/receive coil; a power adjustment section performing at least any one of adjustment for AC power to be transmitted from the power feed/receive coil and adjustment for AC power to be received by the power feed/receive coil; a switching section switching connection of the power feed/receive coil, the power feed/receive capacitor, and the coupling coil to the power adjustment section; and a switching control section controlling the switching section. | 10-04-2012 |
20120326522 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - To increase efficiency of wireless power feeding to a moving object in wireless power feeding. A wireless power feeder | 12-27-2012 |
20120326523 | WIRELESS POWER FEEDER, WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - To increase efficiency of wireless power feeding to a moving object in wireless power feeding of a magnetic field resonance type. A wireless power feeder includes a plurality of feeding coils and a power feeding source (power transmission control circuit) provided in common to the plurality of feeding coils and feeds power from the plurality of feeding coils to a receiving coil by wireless. The plurality of feeding coils are adjacently arranged such that coil surfaces thereof partially overlap each other. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090031825 | DETECTING DEVICE - A detecting device including a pressure sensor that is deformed by a load from an outside and causes stress dispersion includes a slip detecting unit that calculates a pressure center position using a pressure value detected by the pressure sensor, calculates a movement value of the calculated pressure center position using a temporal change of the pressure center position, and detects a slip on the basis of the calculated movement value of the pressure center position. The pressure sensor has a multilayer structure in which two detecting units that detect pressure are arranged to hold a viscoelastic body made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load from the outside. | 02-05-2009 |
20090076657 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control device that controls grip of an object is disclosed. The control device includes: detecting means for detecting a slip of the object and outputting a slip detection value; change-value calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the slip detection value, a change value for changing a command value, which sets gripping force for the object, to magnitude for resting the object; suppression-value calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the slip detection value, a suppression value for suppressing the command value to necessary minimum magnitude for resting the object; and setting means for setting the magnitude of the command value on the basis of the change value and the suppression value. | 03-19-2009 |
20100090691 | DETECTING DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD - A detecting device includes a viscoelastic magnet obtained by kneading and molding a magnet material and a viscoelastic material and a magnetic-flux detecting unit that detects a change in a magnetic flux density vector due to deformation of the viscoelastic magnet. | 04-15-2010 |
20110238213 | GRIPPING JUDGMENT APPARATUS AND GRIPPING JUDGMENT METHOD - There is provided a gripping judgment apparatus including a plan unit that generates a target orbit for moving a gripping unit in a state in which an object as a gripping target is gripped by the gripping unit, an observation unit that measures movement of the gripping unit driven based on the target orbit, a gripping state judgment unit that judges whether or not an object as a gripping target is grippable based on a target value of the gripping unit derived from the target orbit and an actual measured value measured by the observation unit, and a gripping state change unit that changes a gripping state of an object gripped by the gripping unit based on a judgment result obtained by the gripping state judgment unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110252896 | DETECTING DEVICE - A detecting device including a pressure sensor that is deformed by a load from an outside and causes stress dispersion includes a slip detecting unit that calculates a pressure center position using a pressure value detected by the pressure sensor, calculates a movement value of the calculated pressure center position using a temporal change of the pressure center position, and detects a slip on the basis of the calculated movement value of the pressure center position. The pressure sensor has a multilayer structure in which two detecting units that detect pressure are arranged to hold a viscoelastic body made of a viscoelastic material that is deformed by a load from the outside. | 10-20-2011 |
20120290132 | ROBOT DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided is a robot device including a drive unit including a plurality of links and joints connecting the links, a task instruction input unit for inputting an instruction of a task, a drive control unit for controlling an operation of the drive unit on the basis of the input task and determining a restricted area including a space necessary for the operation of the drive unit, and an area display unit for displaying the restricted area. | 11-15-2012 |
20130144440 | ROBOT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A robot apparatus includes a reception arm determination unit that determines from a left arm or a right arm of a user a reception arm which is used in handing of an object; a hand location calculation unit that calculates a current location of a hand of the reception arm; and a handing operation unit that performs an object handing operation at the location of the hand of the reception arm which is calculated using the hand location calculation unit. | 06-06-2013 |
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20110050888 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - First, a mobile terminal displays a parent evidence photo previously selected on an image display and then accepts a specification of an association position, which is a desired position for associating a child evidence photo on the parent evidence photo through an operation device. And then, the mobile terminal accepts an instruction to shoot an image from a user, and starts shooting and stores the shot the child evidence photo in a memory. The child evidence photo stored in the memory is displayed on the image display. The mobile terminal associates the child evidence photo stored in the memory with the ID of the parent evidence photo, coordinate information indicating the specified position on the parent evidence photo, and the shooting point ID uniquely allocated to the position, and then stores the associated child evidence photo in the memory again. | 03-03-2011 |
20110142344 | BROWSING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND TEXT EXTRACTING METHOD - In order to precisely extract a character in an image displayed at a terminal device in the case that an imaged web page is sent to the terminal device and the web page is browsed at the terminal device, a server acquires the web page from the Internet, generates the image from the acquired web page, and sends the image to a client terminal, the client terminal receives the image, displays the image on a display part, specifies a rectangular area, and sends information regarding the specified rectangular area to the server, and the server extracts the image in the rectangular area from the image of the web page, recognizes a text by an OCR process, extracts a text from a source of an HTML file which matches the recognized text most closely, and sends the extracted text to the client terminal. | 06-16-2011 |
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20100323484 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device may include, but is not limited to the following processes. First and second gate electrodes are formed over a semiconductor substrate. An epitaxial layer is selectively formed over the semiconductor substrate. The epitaxial layer is adjacent to the first gate electrode. A first impurity is introduced into the semiconductor substrate through the epitaxial layer to form a first impurity region and directly into the semiconductor substrate to form a second impurity region. The first and second impurity regions are adjacent to the first and second gate electrodes, respectively. The first impurity region includes the epitaxial layer. A first bottom surface of the first impurity region is shallower in level than a second bottom surface of the second impurity region. | 12-23-2010 |
20110151656 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of forming a semiconductor device, the method including the following processes. A groove is formed in a semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode is formed in the groove. A boron-phosphorus silicate glass film is formed over the gate electrode. An etching process is performed using the boron-phosphorus silicate glass film as an etching stopper for preventing the gate electrode from being removed. | 06-23-2011 |
20120193696 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In order to achieve the reduction of contact resistance by forming a metal silicide layer with a sufficient thickness in an interface between a polycrystalline silicon plug and an upper conductive plug, the polycrystalline silicon plug contains germanium, which is ion-implanted before forming the metal silicide layer. | 08-02-2012 |
20130075824 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device has first and second conductive type transistors on a substrate. First conductive type transistor includes: a first lower gate electrode portion on the substrate, including silicon including first impurity ions; a first intervening layer on the first lower gate electrode portion, including silicon including oxygen and/or nitrogen; and a first upper gate electrode portion on the first intervening layer, the first upper gate electrode portion including silicon including the first impurity ions. Second conductive type transistor includes: a second lower gate electrode portion on the substrate, the second lower gate electrode portion including silicon including second impurity ions; a second intervening layer on the second lower gate electrode portion, the second intervening layer including silicon including oxygen and/or nitrogen; and a second upper gate electrode portion on the second intervening layer, the second upper gate electrode portion including silicon including the second impurity ions. | 03-28-2013 |
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20090057143 | FILM-DEPOSITING TARGET AND PREPARATION OF PHASE SHIFT MASK BLANK - A film-depositing target for use in the manufacture of a halftone phase shift mask blank includes a transparent substrate and a translucent film of one or more layers having a controlled phase and transmittance, at least one layer of the translucent film including silicon, molybdenum and zirconium at the same time as constituent elements, and at least two elements, zirconium and molybdenum in a molar ratio Zr/Mo between 0.05 and 5. | 03-05-2009 |
20100143831 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND PHOTOMASK - A photomask blank to be used as a material for a photomask is provided with a mask pattern having a transparent area and an effectively opaque area to exposure light on a transparent substrate. On the transparent board, one or more layers of light shielding films are formed with or without other film (A) in between, at least one layer (B) which constitutes the light shielding film includes silicon and a transition metal as main component, and a molar ratio of silicon to the transition metal is silicon:metal=4-15:1 (atomic ratio). The photomask provided with the mask pattern having the transparent area and the effectively opaque area to exposure light on the transparent board is also provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100261099 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND PHOTOMASK MAKING METHOD - A photomask blank comprises a transparent substrate, a light-shielding film deposited on the substrate and comprising a metal or metal compound susceptible to fluorine dry etching, and an etching mask film deposited on the light-shielding film and comprising another metal or metal compound resistant to fluorine dry etching. When the light-shielding film is dry etched to form a pattern, pattern size variation arising from pattern density dependency is reduced, so that a photomask is produced at a high accuracy. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261100 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND PHOTOMASK - A photomask blank is provided comprising an etch stop film which is disposed on a transparent substrate and is resistant to fluorine dry etching and removable by chlorine dry etching, a light-shielding film disposed on the etch stop film and including at least one layer composed of a transition metal/silicon material, and an antireflective film disposed on the light-shielding film. When the light-shielding film is dry etched to form a pattern, pattern size variation arising from pattern density dependency is reduced, so that a photomask is produced at a high accuracy. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261101 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND PHOTOMASK - A photomask blank is provided comprising an etch stop film which is disposed on a transparent substrate and is resistant to fluorine dry etching and removable by chlorine dry etching, a light-shielding film disposed on the etch stop film and including at least one layer composed of a transition metal/silicon material, and an antireflective film disposed on the light-shielding film. When the light-shielding film is dry etched to form a pattern, pattern size variation arising from pattern density dependency is reduced, so that a photomask is produced at a high accuracy. | 10-14-2010 |