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20110155414 | Actuator Control Device, and Method of Manufacturing Circuit Device In Actuator Control Device - An actuator control device includes a circuit device that is resin-molded by a plurality of metal molds including at least one movable metal mold to include a first bus bar and a second bus bar. The first bus bar and the second bus bar each include a flat plate-like portion that includes two main flat-face portions having large surface areas, and two sub flat-face portions that are adjacent to the main flat-face portions and have smaller surface areas than the surface areas of the main flat-face portions. One of the main flat-face portions of the first bus bar faces one of the main flat-face portions of the second bus bar. The facing direction differs from the mold release direction of the movable metal mold. | 06-30-2011 |
20110235289 | ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER FOR VEHICLE - An electronic controller for a vehicle includes a box-shaped frame having only one opened side that has a notch portion into which an electric connector whose connection port protrudes toward an outside fits and a cover that closes an opening of the frame, in which while a groove filled with a sealant is provided at least on a bonded surface of an electric connector to which the cover is bonded, a first convex portion that fits into the groove is provided in a circumferential portion of the cover. Moreover, the electric connector has a flange portion opposite to an inner wall of the frame around the notch portion, and the flange portion is provided with a second convex portion protruding toward the inner wall to surround the notch portion. | 09-29-2011 |
20120067638 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - First and second terminals project from a circuit board and lie adjacent to each other with an interspace formed between the first and second terminals. An electronic apparatus further includes a projecting member projecting along a neighboring terminal which is one of the first and second terminals at such a position that the neighboring terminal is located between the projecting member and the interspace. The projecting member is located at an adjacent position adjacent to the neighboring terminal, to attract molten solder from the interspace toward the projecting member during soldering to join the first and second terminals to the circuit board. | 03-22-2012 |
20130010426 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device for controlling an electric actuator, including an air passage within a casing that is fixable to an actuator housing of the electric actuator. A circuit board is accommodated in the casing. A projecting portion is formed in the casing, on which a region of the circuit board in which the heat generating part is installed is seated. A vent hole extends through the casing to communicate to an outside of the casing. A communication hole extends through the casing to communicate to an inside of the actuator housing. The air passage allows air to flow between the vent hole and the communication hole when the electric actuator is driven in a state that the casing is fixed to the actuator housing. | 01-10-2013 |
20130058044 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device comprises a circuit board having a heat generating part mounted thereon; a case for installing therein the circuit board, the case having a heat receiving portion that is in contact with the heat generating part; at least two first fixing units that are constructed and arranged to fix a peripheral portion of the circuit board to the case; and at least one second fixing unit that is arranged to fix a given area of the circuit board to the case while pressing the given area against the heat receiving portion through the heat generating part, the given area being an area where the heat generating part is placed. | 03-07-2013 |
20130286606 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS - A supporting structure comprises a base member to support a printed circuit board, a holder standing upright from the base member and supporting the printed circuit board; and a support standing upright from the base member and supporting the printed circuit board sidewise. The support includes a column standing upright from the base member, and having a modulus of elasticity greater than that of the holder, and an abutment portion to abut on a side surface of the printed circuit board. | 10-31-2013 |
20140085839 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - An electronic control device has an enclosure accommodating therein a circuit board and having (a) a first enclosure member which is provided at a connecting part thereof with a seal groove and (b) a second enclosure member which is provided at a connecting part thereof with a convex line that is fitted into the seal groove of the first enclosure member; a protrusion formed on either one of an inner wall surface in the seal groove or an opposing surface, which faces the inner wall surface of the seal groove, of the convex line so as to protrude toward the other surface. The protrusion limits a movement, in a seal groove width direction, of the convex line fitted into the seal groove. The seal groove and the convex line are sealed with a sealant. | 03-27-2014 |
20140283513 | Brake Control Apparatus - A brake control apparatus includes a master cylinder configured to generate a brake pressure according to a depressing force of a brake pedal; an electric motor configured to operate the master cylinder; a control board configured to control the electric motor; and a board receiving portion arranged along an outer circumference of the master cylinder. The board receiving portion receives the control board such that a component-mounting surface of the control board faces in an axial direction of the master cylinder. | 09-25-2014 |
20150075156 | Brake Control Apparatus - Disclosed is a brake control apparatus including a master cylinder that generates a hydraulic braking pressure in response to operation of a brake pedal, an electric motor that drives the master cylinder, a housing in which the master cylinder and the electric motor are assembled, and a control unit adapted to perform drive control of the electric motor. The control unit has a bottom formed at least partially integral with the housing and includes a circuit board mounting thereon drive elements to drive the electric motor. The brake control apparatus includes a heat radiating seat located on an inner surface of the bottom of the control unit at a position apart from the electric motor and closer to the master cylinder than the electric motor and brought into thermal contact with the circuit board so as to radiate heat of the drive elements toward the housing. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110169570 | AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes a first amplifier comprising an N-type field-effect transistor receiving a reference voltage at a gate, a P-type field-effect transistor connected between a drain of the N-type field-effect transistor and a power supply voltage line, and a constant current source connected between a source of the N-type field-effect transistor and a ground, to output a voltage from a connection of the drain of the N-type and P-type field-effect transistors; a second amplifier comprising a resistance and P-type field-effect transistors connected in series between the power supply voltage line and the ground to receive the voltage output from the first amplifier at their gate, and outputting a voltage from a connection of the P-type field-effect transistor and the resistance; and a switch between an output of the first amplifier and the power supply voltage line and comprising an N-type field-effect transistor receiving a reference voltage at a gate. | 07-14-2011 |
20120181430 | INFRARED SENSOR AND INFRARED ARRAY SENSOR - An infrared sensor includes a MOSFET sensor, and a current source MOSFET which is connected to the MOSFET sensor in series and constitutes a constant current source for driving the MOSFET sensor with a constant current, wherein a terminal between the MOSFET sensor and the current source MOSFET constitutes a sensor output terminal, the MOSFET sensor is disposed on a heat-insulated structure, the current source MOSFET is disposed outside the heat-insulated structure, and the MOSFET sensor and the current source MOSFET are constituted by a same conductivity type MOSFET and operate in a subthreshold region. | 07-19-2012 |
20130234277 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a semiconductor device having a vertical transistor bipolar structure of emitter, base, and collector formed in this order from a semiconductor substrate surface in a depth direction. The semiconductor device includes an electrode embedded from the semiconductor substrate surface into the inside and insulated by an oxide film. In the surface of the substrate, a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region, a second-conductivity-type second semiconductor region, and a first-conductivity-type third semiconductor region are arranged, from the surface side, inside a semiconductor device region surrounded by the electrode and along the electrode with the oxide film interposed therebetween, the second semiconductor region located below the first semiconductor region, the third semiconductor region located below the second semiconductor region. The electrode is insulated from the first to third semiconductor regions, and current gain is variable through application of voltage to the electrode. | 09-12-2013 |
20130240716 | METHOD OF VARYING GAIN OF AMPLIFYING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND VARIABLE GAIN PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - Provided is a method of varying the gain of an amplifying photoelectric conversion device and a variable gain photoelectric conversion device which are capable of achieving both signal processing under low illuminance and high-current processing under high light intensity, and thereby capable of securing a wide dynamic range. An amplifying photoelectric conversion part includes a photoelectric conversion element and amplification transistors forming a Darlington circuit. The sources and the drains of field-effect transistors are connected to the bases and the emitters of the amplification transistors, respectively. The gates of the field-effect transistors each function as a gain control part. | 09-19-2013 |
20130284931 | INFRARED SENSOR DEVICE - An infrared sensor device includes a plurality of infrared sensors that is provided in a plurality of divided areas in which an infrared-receiving area is radially divided in one plane; a detector that detects presence or absence of movement of an object in the infrared-receiving area for each of the divided areas based on an output of the infrared sensor; and a determiner that determines whether the object is in a detection area in a predetermined distance range from the infrared sensor, based on an arrangement pattern of the divided areas in which the movement of the object is detected, in an alignment of the divided areas in the infrared-receiving areas. | 10-31-2013 |
20140239158 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER ARRAY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A photoelectric converter includes a first pn junction comprised of at least two semiconductor regions of different conductivity types, and a first field-effect transistor including a first source connected with one of the semiconductor regions, a first drain, a first insulated gate and a same conductivity type channel as that of the one of the semiconductor regions. The first drain is supplied with a second potential at which the first pn junction becomes zero-biased or reverse-biased relative to a potential of the other of the semiconductor regions. When the first source turns to a first potential and the one of the semiconductor regions becomes zero-biased or reverse-biased relative to the other semiconductor regions, the first pn junction is controlled not to be biased by a deep forward voltage by supplying a first gate potential to the first insulated gate, even when either of the semiconductor regions is exposed to light. | 08-28-2014 |
20150070546 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA - An imaging device includes at least one pixel having a phototransistor which converts light energy into signal charge and varies an amplification factor relative to the intensity of the received light energy, wherein the signal charge of the phototransistor is read out while receiving the light energy with the phototransistor for each pixel. | 03-12-2015 |
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20110278867 | VEHICLE LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle latch device including: a releasing unit that rotates about a support shaft provided on a holding member of an electric actuator and includes a cam pin and an output unit that disengages a latch from a ratchet by rotation of the releasing unit about the support shaft, where a driving force of the electric actuator being input to the cam pin; and a gear member that rotates about the support shaft, connects the electric actuator to the releasing unit, and inputs a driving force of the electric actuator into the input unit. The cam pin is arranged to be superimposed on a plane of rotation of the gear member, and the vehicle latch device further includes a cover member that is attached to the holding member and covers at least the support shaft, the input unit, the electric actuator, and the gear member. | 11-17-2011 |
20120193926 | VEHICULAR LATCH DEVICE - A latch device for vehicle LA provided on a door D of a vehicle, including: a latch | 08-02-2012 |
20130016919 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMAANM Watanabe; HirofumiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Watanabe; Hirofumi Kanagawa JPAANM Kajimoto; MasatoAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Kajimoto; Masato Chiba JPAANM Kimoto; MasashiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Kimoto; Masashi Tokyo JPAANM Takahashi; MasahiroAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Masahiro Kanagawa JPAANM Miyama; SeijiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Miyama; Seiji Kanagawa JP - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of partial images obtained by taking images with respect to a subject so that a plurality of image-taking areas are overlapped with each other, a calculation unit configured to determine an area to be used to generate an image of the subject for each of the plurality of partial images obtained and calculate the areas as a plurality of image areas, a generation unit configured to couple the plurality of image areas calculated with each other to generate the subject image, and a synthesis unit configured to synthesize an image that indicates a coupling position of the plurality of image areas in the subject image generated with respect to the subject image. | 01-17-2013 |
20130063585 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a determination unit, and a generation unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of partial images obtained by taking images with respect to a subject so that a plurality of image taking areas are overlapped with each other and relative positional displacement information of two adjacent partial images out of the plurality of partial images, the positional displacement information being calculated for each of the two adjacent partial images. The determination unit determines at least one display partial image for generating a display area image from the plurality of partial images, the display area image being an image of an area displayed as an image of the subject. The generation unit connects, when a plurality of display partial images are determined, the plurality of display partial images on the basis of the positional displacement information, to generate the display area image. | 03-14-2013 |
20130182147 | MARK INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, MARK INFORMATION PRESENTING APPARATUS, MARK INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, AND MARK INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD - A mark information recording apparatus includes an output unit and a recording unit. The output unit is configured to output, for displaying a partial image being a part of an entire image having an arbitrary resolution among entire images generated at a plurality of different resolutions with respect to a single target, the partial image. The recording unit is configured to associate mark information with information on a position within the entire image and information on the resolution of the output partial image and record the mark information. | 07-18-2013 |
20140064639 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing method, including: receiving a request for a partial image from a terminal, the partial image being at least a part of a first-format pathological image, the first-format pathological image including a plurality of layers of first images having different resolutions, the terminal being capable of displaying the first-format pathological image; obtaining a layer of second-format pathological image having a resolution corresponding to the received request, the second format being different from the first format; converting the obtained layer of second-format pathological image into a first-format pathological image having a corresponding resolution; storing the converted first-format pathological image; and extracting the partial image corresponding to the received request from the stored first-format pathological image in response to the received request, and replying the partial image to the terminal. | 03-06-2014 |
20140168256 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - To provide an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that are capable of realizing convenient cut-out processing. | 06-19-2014 |