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20080239377 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method controls a computer and an image processing device connected to the computer to perform an image processing. The computer includes a plurality of drivers that controls the image processing device. The image processing method includes (a) controlling the image processing device by using one of the plurality of drivers, (b) storing, in a storing unit, error information indicating which one of the plurality of drivers is used when an error is occurred in the controlling step (a), (c) accessing to the error information stored in the storing step (b), (d) selecting a subject driver from the plurality of drivers based on the error information accessed in the accessing step (c), and (e) controlling the image processing device via the subject driver selected in the selecting step (d). | 10-02-2008 |
20090003562 | NETWORK TERMINAL AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A network terminal includes an operating system on which a plurality of user environments can run in parallel, a plurality of calling units corresponding to the plurality of user environments respectively, and a plurality of cooperative units corresponding to the plurality of user environments respectively. Priorities different from one another is assigned to the plurality of user environments respectively. Each calling unit is configured to convert a first telephone signal received from an interface and a second telephone signal received from an IP telephone terminal so that an IP telephone communication is performed between the interface device and the IP telephone terminal. Each cooperative unit is configured to communicate the interface with the corresponding calling unit in response to a calling request received from the IP telephone terminal. A cooperative unit corresponding to a user environment to which the highest priority among the plurality of user environments is assigned communicates the interface with the corresponding calling unit. | 01-01-2009 |
20090059902 | IP TELEPHONE TERMINAL AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An IP telephone terminal and a method for controlling IP telephone terminal capable of performing IP telephone communication upon receiving information from a conversation application through a user interface provided with a microphone and a loud speaker when a conversation is to be performed with the microphone and the laud speaker. The IP telephone terminal is connected to an internet. The terminal has a mouse and a keyboard operable as an operation input device, and a microphone and a loud speaker operable as an audio input device. A first selecting unit selects the operation input device of an interface device, and a second selecting unit selects the audio input device of the interface device. A third selecting unit selects one of the interface devices. A first control part controls the first selecting unit so that the first selecting unit selects the operation input device of the interface device selected by the third selecting unit. A second control part controls the second selecting unit so that the second selecting unit selects the audio input device of the interface device selected by the third selecting unit. | 03-05-2009 |
20100083016 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE THAT ENTERS ACTIVE MODE WHEN UPDATED FEED IS ACQUIRED - A communication device is communicable with a server that distributes a content item and a content summary. The communication device acquires the content summary from the server at fixed intervals. When an updated content summary is acquired while a display unit of the communication device is in a sleep mode, then the display unit enters an active mode. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083126 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A communication apparatus comprises a data receiving unit, a display, a selection receiving unit and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire the content summary information via the data receiving unit and to control the display to display a plurality of titles included in the acquired content summary information with scrolling in a single line. The controller is further configured to accept a first selection and to determine a first selected title which is displayed when the first selection is inputted. The controller is still further configured to control the display to display a list of a plurality of titles of content summary information acquired from the external server. Moreover, the controller is configured to accept a second selection received via the selection receiving unit and determine a second selected title among the plurality of titles displayed in the list. The controller is further configured to acquire a content corresponding to the second selected title via the data receiving unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100281360 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SETUP SCREEN WITH SCREEN NAVIGATION PATH - A display device includes a display unit, a storing unit, a navigation string generating unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a first region and a second region. The display unit displays, in the first region, one of a plurality of screen images managed hierarchically. The plurality of screen images includes a first screen image and a second screen image. The storing unit stores a plurality of character strings corresponding to the plurality of screen images. The navigation string generating unit includes a specifying unit and a generating unit. The specifying unit specifies a setting value selected for at least the second screen image that was navigated through to arrive at the first screen image currently displayed in the first region. The generating unit generates a navigation string including at least one of the character strings corresponding to the second screen image and a setting data representing the setting value. The display control unit controls the display unit to display the navigation string in the second region. | 11-04-2010 |
20110075181 | Data processing device - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110242629 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 10-06-2011 |
20120188578 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 07-26-2012 |
20130321868 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a technology enabling a terminal device to use various functions provided in a data processing device without the use of a device driver. A multifunction device executes a process for implementing a function indicated by instruction data when such instruction data is stored in a shared area of the RAM. Here, the shared area of the RAM in which the instruction data is stored can be recognized by a personal computer connected to the multifunction device as a storage area that can be accessed through the file system, which is a function provided as a standard feature of the operating system. Accordingly, operations of the multifunction device can be controlled from the personal computer end simply by storing instruction data in the shared area via the operating system, eliminating the need for a special device driver to control the operations of the multifunction device. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080280054 | COATING FILM FORMING APPARATUS, USE OF COATING FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A coating film forming apparatus that holds a substrate upon a spin chuck and forms a coating film by supplying a chemical liquid upon a top surface of said substrate comprises: an outer cup provided detachably to surround the spin chuck; an inner cup provided detachably to surround a region underneath the substrate held upon the chuck; a cleaning nozzle configured to supply a cleaning liquid for cleaning a peripheral edge part of the substrate, such that the cleaning liquid is supplied to a peripheral part of a bottom surface of the substrate; a cutout part for nozzle mounting, the cutout part being provided to the inner cup to engage with the cleaning nozzle; and a cleaning liquid supply tube connected to the cleaning nozzle, the cleaning nozzle being detachable to the cutout part in a state in which the cleaning liquid supply tube is connected. | 11-13-2008 |
20090285984 | COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A coating apparatus includes a driving unit configured to rotate a substrate holding member about a vertical axis to spread a coating liquid supplied on a front side central portion of a substrate toward a front side peripheral portion of the substrate by a centrifugal force. The apparatus is provided with a wobble damping mechanism including a gas delivery port and a suction port both disposed to face a back side of the substrate and configured to damp a wobble of the substrate being rotated by delivering a gas from the delivery port and sucking the gas into the suction port. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285991 | COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A coating apparatus includes a liquid film forming mechanism configured to form a liquid film of a process liquid for preventing a contaminant derived from a coating liquid from being deposited or left on a back side peripheral portion of a substrate. The liquid film forming mechanism includes a counter face portion facing the back side peripheral portion of the substrate and a process liquid supply portion for supplying the process liquid onto the counter face portion. The coating apparatus further includes a posture regulating mechanism disposed around the substrate holding member and configured to damp a vertical wobble of the peripheral portion of the substrate being rotated. The posture regulating mechanism includes delivery holes arrayed in a rotational direction of the substrate and configured to deliver a gas onto a back side region of the substrate on an inner side of the peripheral portion. | 11-19-2009 |
20110008538 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING AN APPLIED FILM - There is provided an apparatus including: a processing cup having an opening opened upward to allow a substrate to be loaded and unloaded, an exhaust port for exhausting an unnecessary atmosphere produced in forming a film applied on the substrate, and an aspiration port for aspirating external air; and an aspiration device aspirating the unnecessary atmosphere through the exhaust port, wherein when the substrate is accommodated in the opening of the processing cup, the substrate has a perimeter spaced from the opening by a predetermined gap, and below the substrate accommodated in the processing cup there is formed an exhaust flow path extending from the aspiration port to the exhaust port. | 01-13-2011 |
20120183693 | Coating Film Forming Apparatus, Use Of Coating Film Forming Apparatus, And Recording Medium - A coating film forming apparatus that holds a substrate upon a spin chuck and forms a coating film by supplying a chemical liquid upon a top surface of said substrate comprises: an outer cup provided detachably to surround the spin chuck; an inner cup provided detachably to surround a region underneath the substrate held upon the chuck; a cleaning nozzle configured to supply a cleaning liquid for cleaning a peripheral edge part of the substrate, such that the cleaning liquid is supplied to a peripheral part of a bottom surface of the substrate; a cutout part for nozzle mounting, the cutout part being provided to the inner cup to engage with the cleaning nozzle; and a cleaning liquid supply tube connected to the cleaning nozzle, the cleaning nozzle being detachable to the cutout part in a state in which the cleaning liquid supply tube is connected. | 07-19-2012 |
20120213925 | COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A coating method includes holding a substrate in a horizontal state on a substrate holding member; supplying a coating liquid onto a front side central portion of the substrate held on the substrate holding member; rotating the substrate holding member about a vertical axis to spread the coating liquid supplied on the front side central portion of the substrate toward a front side peripheral portion of the substrate by a centrifugal force; and damping a wobble of the substrate being rotated, by a wobble damping mechanism including a gas delivery port and a suction port both disposed to face a back side of the substrate, while delivering a gas from the delivery port and sucking the gas into the suction port. | 08-23-2012 |
20120301612 | COATING METHOD - A coating method includes supplying a coating liquid from a coating nozzle onto a front side central portion of a substrate held on a substrate holding member, rotating the substrate holding member about a vertical axis to spread the coating liquid toward a peripheral portion of the substrate by a centrifugal force and thereby form a film of the coating liquid, forming a liquid film of a process liquid for preventing a contaminant derived from the coating liquid from being deposited or left on a back side peripheral portion of the substrate, and damping a vertical wobble of the peripheral portion of the substrate being rotated, by a posture regulating mechanism, while delivering a gas from delivery holes onto a back side region of the substrate on an inner side of the peripheral portion on which the liquid film is formed. | 11-29-2012 |
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20110109008 | WET SPINNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WET SPINNING - Disclosed are a wet spinning apparatus and a wet spinning method, which enable to manufacture fibers with excellent quality by controlling the flow of a coagulation liquid in a spinning bath and which enable to cope with high speed spinning (or high speed drawing). A wet spinning apparatus ( | 05-12-2011 |
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20130340207 | APPARATUS FOR PRESSURE STEAM TREATMENT OF FIBER BUNDLE AND PRODUCING METHOD OF CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR FIBER BUNDLE - Provided is a pressure steam treatment apparatus of a fiber bundle and a producing method of a carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle which are suitable for producing a carbonated precursor fiber bundle which can suppress an influence of a leakage of a pressure steam to the outside of the apparatus so as to hold down a pressure steam supply amount to the minimum, simultaneously reduce a broken yarn, improve a yield ratio and have a high productivity. A pressure steam treatment apparatus ( | 12-26-2013 |
20140123713 | APPARATUS FOR PRESSURE STEAM TREATMENT OF CARBON FIBER PRECURSOR ACRYL FIBER BUNDLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ACRYL FIBER BUNDLE - A pressure steam treatment apparatus according to the invention includes a pressure steam treatment chamber and labyrinth sealing chambers. The labyrinth sealing chambers are respectively arranged on a fiber bundle inlet and on a fiber bundle outlet of the steam treatment apparatus, having a running path of the fiber bundle in a horizontal direction and having plural labyrinth nozzles on top and bottom of the running path. The difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the distance in the perpendicular direction of the top and bottom side labyrinth nozzles, of a pair of opposing labyrinth nozzles is 0.5 mm or smaller when the ambient temperature of the labyrinth sealing chamber is 140° C. This structure ensures that the energy cost can be reduced, the deformation of the apparatus and also, the raise of fuzz on the fiber bundle and fiber bundle breakage can be prevented at the same time. | 05-08-2014 |
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20090084955 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM EQUIPMENT AND CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPY - On the basis of a displacement of the field of view before and after a deflection of a charged particle beam, extracted from a first specimen image, including a displacement of the field of view recorded by causing a charged particle beam to deflect by a predetermined amount by a beam deflector in an image in which a specimen image is captured at a first magnification calibrated by using a specimen enlarged image of a specimen as a magnification standard, and also a displacement of the field of view before and after a deflection of the charged particle beam, extracted from a second specimen image, including a displacement of the field of view recorded by causing a charged particle beam to deflect by the predetermined amount by the beam deflector in an image in which a specimen image is captured at a second magnification, the second magnification is calibrated. | 04-02-2009 |
20090242794 | Charged particle beam equipment - Charged particle beam equipment has a processing unit for calibrating dimension values of an enlarged specimen image, and means for changing the amount by which a charged particle beam is scanned. Also, a specimen stand has a mechanism for holding a specimen having a periodical structure or a specimen simultaneously having a periodical structure and a non-periodical structure, and a storage device for automatically changing a magnification for an enlarged specimen image, and storing measured values at all magnifications. | 10-01-2009 |
20130112875 | SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND AXIAL ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - A scanning transmission electron microscope equipped with an aberration corrector is capable of automatically aligning the position of a convergence aperture with the center of an optical axis irrespective of skill and experience of an operator. The scanning transmission electron microscope system includes an electron source; a condenser lens configured to converge an electron beam emitted from the electron source; a deflector configured to cause the electron beam to perform scanning on a sample; an aberration correction device configured to correct an aberration of the electron beam; a convergence aperture configured to determine a convergent angle of the electron beam; and a detector configured to detect electrons passing through or diffracted by the sample. The system acquires information on contrast of a Ronchigram formed by the electron beam passing through the sample, and determines a position of the convergence aperture on the basis of the information. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090141308 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - An electronic method for printing is disclosed, the method including receiving print data from a host computer, the print data including an indicator, wherein the print data does not include supplemental duplex or simplex printing settings, determining that the indicator is within the print data, analyzing the indicator to determine duplex or simplex printing, writing a first portion of the print data to a memory unit, writing a second portion of the print data to the memory unit, printing a first side of a paper according to the first portion of the print data, and printing a second side of the paper according to the second portion of the print data. | 06-04-2009 |
20090147312 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device and a control method for a printing device can freely change the distribution of print data to the front and back sides to achieve the desired duplex printing result when operating in a duplex printing page mode that converts the print data for one page after setting the data conversion area. A conversion step (step S | 06-11-2009 |
20090190173 | PRINTER AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD - A thermal printer and a control method for a thermal printer enable increasing throughput before a printing process starts by starting a duplex printing process without waiting to convert all print data into the front print buffer and back print buffer, enable executing a duplex printing process on a print medium without using a front print buffer and a separate back print buffer, and enable switching between simplex printing and duplex printing according to a specific command. The control method includes a step S | 07-30-2009 |
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20090103815 | Body position detecting apparatus - In a body position detecting apparatus, a controller repeatedly acquires image data that includes an object and an operator in a place where the operator is capable of operating the object. When the controller detects that the operator is in an operating position where the operator operates the object, the controller detects a position of a body part of the operator in the image data and the controller sets the position of the body part to an initial position. The controller detects a position of the body part of the operator in the image data that is acquired after the initial position is set, by detecting a displacement from a position of the body part detected last time and accumulating the displacement to the initial position. | 04-23-2009 |
20090147080 | Apparatus for detecting feature of driver's face - An apparatus for detecting a gaze direction of a driver is mounted on an automotive vehicle. An image of the driver's face on which infrared rays are incident is reflected on a windshield, and the reflected image is fed into a camera. An outside view entering through the windshield may be subtracted from the image of the driver's face taken into the camera to obtain a clearer image of the driver's face. A gaze direction of the driver is detected by a known method (refer to the Specification) based on the image taken by the camera. A mirror for further reflecting the image reflected on the windshield may be added to the apparatus to position the camera freely in the vehicle. A band-pass filter for allowing only the infrared rays to pass through may be disposed before the camera to suppress an image of outside view entering through the windshield. The gaze direction of the driver is correctly detected without placing the camera in a direct front of the driver. | 06-11-2009 |
20100054548 | Apparatus for detecting a pupil, program for the same, and method for detecting a pupil - A pupil detecting apparatus detects an edge of a pupil in an image of a face. An outline of an upper eyelid is also detected. The apparatus selects an effective edge extending along the pupil by removing a part of edge extending along the upper eyelid from the edges detected. Then, the apparatus applies the circle Hough transformation to the effective edge in order to obtain a center of the pupil and a radius of the pupil. Thereby, it is possible to detect the pupil accurately even if a part of the pupil is covered. | 03-04-2010 |
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20090196663 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable belt; a transfer member opposed to the image bearing member with the belt therebetween; wherein the transfer member has a contact surface substantially parallel with a surface of the belt and contacted to the belt, and wherein when the belt is moving, the belt rubs the contact surface, and a toner image is transferred from such a part of image bearing member as is opposed to the contact surface; and a supporting member for supporting the transfer member, the supporting member being swingable. | 08-06-2009 |
20100158586 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable belt; a transfer member opposed to the image bearing member with the belt therebetween; wherein the transfer member has a contact surface substantially parallel with a surface of the belt and contacted to the belt, and wherein when the belt is moving, the belt rubs the contact surface, and a toner image is transferred from such a part of image bearing member as is opposed to the contact surface; and a supporting member for supporting the transfer member, the supporting member being swingable. | 06-24-2010 |
20100239271 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, wherein plurality of cartridges are detachably mounted to a main assembly of the apparatus, the color electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a cartridge supporting member for supporting the cartridges, the cartridge supporting member being movable between an inside position which is in the main assembly the outside position which is out of the main assembly; a belt unit including a feeding belt for feeding a recording material on which the image is to be formed; and locking means for locking the cartridge supporting member and the belt unit in the state that the feeding belt and the cartridge are contacted to each other, wherein the belt unit and the cartridge supporting member in the state of being locked by the locking means are movable from the inside position to the outside position, and the feeding belt and the cartridge are capable of being spaced from each other by releasing the locking means. | 09-23-2010 |
20120230741 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable belt; a transfer member opposed to the image bearing member with the belt therebetween; wherein the transfer member has a contact surface substantially parallel with a surface of the belt and contacted to the belt, and wherein when the belt is moving, the belt rubs the contact surface, and a toner image is transferred from such a part of image bearing member as is opposed to the contact surface; and a supporting member for supporting the transfer member, the supporting member being swingable. | 09-13-2012 |
20130039682 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable belt; a transfer member opposed to the image bearing member with the belt therebetween; wherein the transfer member has a contact surface substantially parallel with a surface of the belt and contacted to the belt, and wherein when the belt is moving, the belt rubs the contact surface, and a toner image is transferred from such a part of image bearing member as is opposed to the contact surface; and a supporting member for supporting the transfer member, the supporting member being swingable. | 02-14-2013 |
20140050510 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a movable belt; a transfer member opposed to the image bearing member with the belt therebetween; wherein the transfer member has a contact surface substantially parallel with a surface of the belt and contacted to the belt, and wherein when the belt is moving, the belt rubs the contact surface, and a toner image is transferred from such a part of image bearing member as is opposed to the contact surface; and a supporting member for supporting the transfer member, the supporting member being swingable. | 02-20-2014 |
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20100024136 | LAMINATED FABRIC - To provide a laminated fabric having an air permeability and a filtering capability, the laminated fabric includes a supporting layer and a protective layer bonded together. The protective layer includes a stretchable nonwoven fabric comprises an ultra-fine fiber. This laminated fabric has an air permeability of 2 cc/cm | 02-04-2010 |
20100310921 | SEPARATOR FOR ALKALINE BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND BATTERY - Provided is a separator for alkaline batteries which can not only prevent batteries from internal short circuit by inhibiting the dendrite formation at anode, but also enables to have a low electrical resistance. The separator for alkaline batteries comprises a composite sheet in which a base layer comprising a wet-type nonwoven material formed from alkaline resistant fibers is covered with a nanofiber layer comprising a modified polyvinyl alcohol fiber which has a fiber diameter of 10 to 1000 nm and a liquid absorption amount by fibers of 4.0 to 40.0 g/g after immersion in a 35% aqueous solution of KOH. | 12-09-2010 |
20110309014 | FILTRATION MATERIAL FOR FILTERS, AND FILTER CARTRIDGE - The present invention relates to a filter material including a sheet-like laminate which includes an ultrafine fiber aggregate layer formed of an aggregate of ultrafine fibers produced by an electrospinning method having an average fiber diameter of not less than 10 nm and not more than 1000 nm, and a base material formed of a nonwoven fabric or a woven fabric constituted from fibers having an average fiber diameter of 1 μm or more, said filter material satisfying all of a plurality of specific requirements, having a capability of collecting or separating μm-order microfine particles with a high accuracy and exhibiting a less pressure loss and a long filtering life, as well as a filter cartridge using the filter material. | 12-22-2011 |
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20110011601 | FIRE BARRIER PROTECTION COMPRISING GRAPHITIZED FILMS - Methods of providing fire barrier protection comprise installing a fire barrier system comprising a flexible graphitized polymer sheet in a structure. Additionally, the fire barrier system installed in a structure is described. | 01-20-2011 |
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20120121880 | GRAPHITE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHITE FILM - Provided is a long and large-area graphite film having improved thermal diffusivity and flex resistance, and accompanied by ameliorated ruffling. According to a method for producing a graphite film, in which graphitization of a heat-treated film consisting of a carbonized polymer film is carried out in a state being wrapped around an internal core, the method being characterized in that a heat treatment is executed by controlling distance(s) between the internal core and the film, and/or between the layers of the film, a graphite film accompanied by significantly ameliorated ruffling can be obtained. | 05-17-2012 |
20130164210 | GRAPHITE FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRAPHITE FILM - A graphite film which is low in graphite dust generation can be produced by properly selecting acid dianhydride and diamine which constitute a polyimide film, which polyimide film is a raw material of the graphite film. Specifically, the graphite film which is low in graphite dust generation can be obtained if (1) the acid dianhydride is PMDA and the diamine has a molar ratio of ODA/PDA in a range of 100:0 to 80:20, or (2) the acid dianhydride has a molar ratio of PMDA/BPDA in a range of 80:20 to 50:50, and the diamine has a molar ratio of ODA/PDA in a range of 30:70 to 90:10. | 06-27-2013 |
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20110205956 | WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, WIRELESS LAN DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN WIRELESS LAN PROGRAM - A wireless LAN device and a wireless LAN system including three or more wireless LAN devices. A wireless LAN device includes a wireless communication section for performing wireless communication so as to relay a packet in a wireless network. The wireless communication section includes a priority transmitting section for transmitting a priority level of the wireless LAN device to one or more other wireless LAN devices; a priority receiving section for receiving a priority level of the one or more other wireless LAN devices from the one or more other wireless LAN devices, and storing the received priority level in a priority storing section; and a relaying section for relaying the packet to the one or more other wireless LAN devices that has the highest priority level among the priority levels stored in the priority storing section. | 08-25-2011 |
20110205990 | WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD, AND MEDIUM HAVING WIRELESS LAN PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - A wireless LAN system, device, and method, and a medium having a wireless LAN program. Wireless LAN devices are able to wirelessly communicate with each other by using a plurality of channels. Disclosed is a wireless LAN device including a requesting section and a post-request restoring section. The requesting section transmits a probe request by using a second channel which is selected from among a plurality of channels that the wireless LAN device can use, the probe request being assigned channel information indicating a first channel that the wireless LAN device currently uses. The post-request restoring section, when the second channel is not identical to the first channel, restores the channel used by the wireless LAN device from the second channel to the first channel within a first predetermined period from start of use of the second channel, after the transmission of the probe request. | 08-25-2011 |
20110208968 | WIRELESS LAN DEVICE, WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR RELAYING PACKET - A wireless LAN device which performs wireless communication in a wireless network comprises: a communication section for performing the wireless communication such that a packet can be relayed in the wireless network; and a setting section for obtaining first identification information from another wireless LAN device present in a communicable state within a radio wave arrival range of the wireless LAN device, which first identification information can identify the other wireless LAN device, and setting a role for executing an asymmetric protocol asymmetric between the wireless LAN device and the other wireless LAN device, the role being set based on the first identification information, and second identification information, stored in the wireless LAN device, that can identify the wireless LAN device. The wireless LAN device shares an encryption key, based on the set role, and relays a packet by encrypting the packet by using the encryption key. | 08-25-2011 |
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20130223278 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SHARING COMMUNICATION SETUP INFORMATION - A communication device including a wireless communicator that controls the communication device to function as a wireless access point based on communication setup information; a wired communicator that controls the communication device to communicate via a wired interface; an operating mode setter that sets the communication device to operate in one of two operating modes including a first operating mode in which the communication device provides another communication device with the communication setup information and a second operating mode in which the communication device receives the communication setup information from another communication device operating in the first operating mode; and a provider that controls the wired communicator to provide the another communication device operating in the second operating mode with the communication setup information via the wired interface when the communication device operates in the first operating mode. | 08-29-2013 |
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20120020080 | SHEET SWITCH MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A sheet switch module of the present invention includes: a light source; a light guide that guides light from the light source; a sheet switch disposed on the back side of the light guide in a thickness direction of the light guide; and a groove formed in the thickness direction of the light guide in at least one of a surface and the back of the light guide. | 01-26-2012 |
20120061226 | SWITCH DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A switch device includes: a circuit board provided with a fixed contact; a deformable contact arranged above the circuit board, and configured to deform and come into contact with the fixed contact in response to pressure from above; a switch holding sheet covering a surface of the circuit board provided with the deformable contact, and configured to retain the deformable contact on the circuit board; a light-guide sheet placed over the switch holding sheet, and allowing light to pass through its inside; a light-emitting diode configured to cause the light to fall incident and enter the inside of the light-guide sheet; and a protrusion forming a gap between the switch holding sheet and the light-guide sheet in a position corresponding to the deformable contact. | 03-15-2012 |
20120163020 | PLANAR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A planar light emitting device provided with a light source; a sheet-like light guide that guides light from the light source in a planar direction, and has a plurality of light emitting regions, and a through slit formed between the light emitting regions to penetrate the light guide in a thickness direction; a switch sheet arranged so as to face one of the front face and the rear face of the light guide; and a light-blocking layer that has a flange portion that covers an opening edge portion of the through slit, a main body portion that covers at least one of the mutually facing inner wall surfaces of the through slit so as to form a space in the interior of the through slit and that continuous with the flange portion, and a bottom portion that is extended from a lower portion of the main body portion. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090095330 | DISH WASHER/DRYER - A dish washer/dryer includes a washing tub for accommodating an object to be washed, a washing section for washing the object to be washed, a heater for heating washing water, an exhaust port for discharging moisture inside the washing tub, an air blower for blowing outside-air, a mixing section disposed at an upstream side of the exhaust port and mixing the outside-air with washing-tub-inside-air, and an air volume distribution section for changing the feeding ratio of outside-air into the washing tub and the mixing section. This configuration provides a dish washer/dryer, in which a sufficient amount of outside-air is mixed with exhaust air in the washing tub so as to promote the temperature reduction of the exhaust air and the reduction of the moisture content in the exhaust air during drying operation, thereby enhancing the comfort of the exhaust air. | 04-16-2009 |
20090261088 | HEATING COOKER - An appliance including a top plate has its operability improved and prevents an operation error. The appliance includes electrostatic touch keys provided on a lower surface of the top plate, the electrostatic touch keys including electrodes made of conductive films having predetermined light-blocking property, respectively, operation-unit illuminators emitting light toward the electrodes, which are partially cut, from a direction opposite to the top plate, respectively, and an illumination controller controlling illumination of the operation-unit illuminators. The illumination controller changes the illumination state of the shapes of key indicators above the electrodes to allow a user to identify function and validity of the electrostatic touch keys. The illumination controller controls the illumination state of operation-unit illuminators, such as lighting-on, blinking, lighting-off, and adjusting the brightness, to provide information required for operation. | 10-22-2009 |
20100020534 | HEATING COOKER - Operability of a heating cooker having a heating unit in a top plate is improved. After power-on, a light emission control unit causes the operation unit light-emitting element of an operable operation inhibition releasing key to be lit so that only the key is displayed and the other keys are less visible. Thus, the heating cooker is changed into a lock state. When the operation inhibition releasing key is operated in the lock state, at least one electrostatic touch key other than the operation inhibition releasing key is made operable and the operation unit light-emitting element is lit. Alternatively, in the above structure, the operation unit light-emitting element of the operable operation unit is lit in a first light-emission color, and the operation unit light-emitting elements of the inoperable operation units are lit in a second light-emission color different from the first light-emission color. Thus effective operation can be guided. | 01-28-2010 |
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20080304877 | Image-forming apparatus equipped with specified intermediate transfer member - An image-forming apparatus comprises an intermediate transfer member having a hard release layer on the surface that receives a primarily transferred toner image from a latent image-supporting member on the hard release layer and secondarily transfers the toner image to an image-receiving medium, wherein,
| 12-11-2008 |
20080310877 | Image-forming apparatus - An image-forming apparatus that is provided with an intermediate transfer member that has a hard releasing layer formed on the surface thereof, supports a toner image primary-transferred onto the hard releasing layer from a latent-image supporting member, and secondary-transfers the supported toner image onto an image-receiving medium, and a cleaning blade that is arranged in contact with the intermediate transfer member, and removes residual toner from the hard releasing layer of the intermediate transfer member, wherein the cleaning blade has an impact resilience in the range from 20 to 50% at 20° C. | 12-18-2008 |
20080310890 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER - An image-forming apparatus, comprises:
| 12-18-2008 |
20090074477 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image-forming apparatus, equipped with an intermediate transfer member | 03-19-2009 |
20090304403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CLEANING SECONDARY TRANSFER ROLLER USED THEREIN - To provide an image forming apparatus: in which a toner image is formed on an image carrier using a toner supplied from a developing roller to which a controlled bias voltage is applied; the toner image is primarily transferred onto an intermediate transfer member; the toner image is secondarily transferred onto a recording sheet using a transfer voltage applied to the secondary transfer roller; and the bias voltage is applied to the secondary transfer roller as a cleaning voltage necessary for cleaning the secondary transfer roller; and the toner adhered to a circumferential surface of the secondary transfer roller is reversely transferred onto the intermediate transfer member. According to the image forming apparatus, an electric path is switched such that the controlled bias voltage is applied to the secondary transfer roller; if an absolute value of the bias voltage is less than a threshold value, the absolute value is controlled so as to be no less than the threshold value; and if the absolute value is controlled so as to be no less than the threshold value, the secondary transfer roller is kept separated from the intermediate transfer member for a predetermined period, and if the absolute value is not controlled, the secondary transfer roller is kept in pressure contact with the intermediate transfer member. | 12-10-2009 |
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20110064466 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus comprising an intermediate transfer belt ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110311245 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DENSITY CORRECTION METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes: sensor detecting light intensity and output voltage based on the light intensity; data acquisition part setting reference voltages for the sensor to detect light intensity of bare surface of intermediate transfer member, acquiring, at set reference voltage, voltage output by the sensor on the bare surface as detection data; storage storing the detection data corresponding to the reference voltages; judgment part judging whether to perform image density correction processing; voltage calibration part adjusting output level at light intensity detection; density acquisition part forming toner pattern, and acquiring density data of the toner pattern by causing the sensor having adjusted output level to detect its light intensity; density data correction part reading one piece of detection data referring to output level, and correcting the density data based on the detection data; and image density correction part performing the processing based on the density data. | 12-22-2011 |
20140119781 | FITTING STRUCTURE FOR A PLATE-FORM MEMBER - A fitting structure for fitting a plate-form member to a fitting destination member such that a position of the plate-form member relative to a target member is adjustable, the fitting structure has an adjustment pin inserted, in a fashion movable in a position adjustment direction, in an adjustment hole formed in the plate-form member; and a screw member for fastening the plate-form member to the fitting destination member, wherein a direction of a force of the screw member that acts upon the plate-form member when the screw member is in a position where the screw member fastens the plate-form member points from a side where a gap formed between the adjustment pin and the adjustment hole is smaller to a side where the gap is larger. | 05-01-2014 |
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20090319240 | SIMULATION APPARATUS, SIMULATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A simulation apparatus performs a plurality of simulations, each at a different time step interval, in parallel. The simulation apparatus calculates results of the simulations based on a plurality of execute objects operating at different time steps specified by a user. The simulation apparatus stores the results of the processed simulations in a shared table, and outputs the results to a visualizing apparatus. The simulation apparatus determines whether the shared table stores simulation data more accurate than processed simulation data. If the processed simulation data is more accurate, the simulation apparatus writes the simulation data to the shared table, and outputs the simulation data to the visualizing apparatus. | 12-24-2009 |
20100138637 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing method for sampling data from data each varying over time, each of the data being associated with each of grid points arranged in an area, the method includes: dividing the area into blocks; calculating a variation rate of each of the data associated with each of the grid points included in each of the blocks; dividing the blocks into sub-blocks in accordance with the variation rate of the blocks; calculating a variation rate of each set of the data associated with each of the grid points included in each of the sub-blocks; and determining a frequency of sampling data associated with each of the grid points for the sub-blocks of the blocks and for the rest of the blocks in accordance with the variation rate of the sub-blocks and the rest of the blocks. | 06-03-2010 |
20100161624 | DATA RECORDING PROGRAM, DATA RECORDING APPARATUS, DATA RECORDING PROCESS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The data acquisition unit acquires data in correspondence with each dimensional axis and the time axis. The mode setting unit makes setting and clearing of a dimensionality investigation mode. In the dimensionality investigation mode, the axis-determinative variation-rate calculation unit calculates axial data variation rates. The axis determination unit determines whether or not the axial data variation rate corresponding to each axis is low. The objective-axis setting unit sets each axis as an objective axis when the axial data variation rate corresponding to the axis is determined to be high. While the dimensionality investigation mode is cleared, the recording-determinative variation-rate calculation unit calculates axial data variation rates. The recording determination unit determines, on the basis of the axial data variation rate, whether to record the acquired data. The recording unit does not record the data when the data is determined not to be recorded. | 06-24-2010 |
20120216017 | PARALLEL COMPUTING APPARATUS AND PARALLEL COMPUTING METHOD - Computational unit area selecting units, each of which is provided in individual multiple cores, sequentially select uncomputed computational unit areas in a computational area. Computing units, each of which is provided in the individual multiple cores, perform computation for the selected computational unit areas. In addition, the computing units write computational results in a memory device which is accessible from each of the multiple cores. Computational result transmitting unit of the core performs computational result acquisition and transmission processing in a different time period with respect to each of multiple computational result transmission areas. The computational result acquisition processing is for acquiring, from the memory device, computational results related to the computational result transmission areas. | 08-23-2012 |
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20090074904 | Mold for forming disc, method for manufacture same, and mold parts - An object is to improve the wear resistance of a mold part and improve accuracy of disc substrates. A disc-molding mold comprises a first mold including a first support plate and a first mirror-surface disc attached to the first support plate; and a second mold including a second support plate and a second mirror-surface disc attached to the second support plate. A sliding surface of a mold part disposed on one of the first and second molds is treated by means of low-temperature nitriding. In this case, since the mold part is treated by means of low-temperature nitriding, the wear resistance of the mold part can be improved. In addition, since the treatment temperature is low, even when low-temperature nitriding is performed on a mold part which is complicated in shape, the mold part does not deform, and its dimensional variation can be decreased. | 03-19-2009 |
20090117315 | Disc-molding mold, mirror-surface disc, and method for producing mold for disc molding - An object is to improve the durability of a mold and reduce the cost of the mold. A disc-molding mold includes a first mold; and a second mold disposed in opposition to the first mold such that the second mold can advance and retreat. One of the first and second molds includes a base material having a roughened surface, and a coating layer formed on the surface of the base material through coating treatment. A stamper attachment surface is defined on a surface of the coating layer. Since a coating layer is formed on the roughened surface of the base material through coating treatment, the area of contact between the base material and the coating layer can be increased. Therefore, the adhesion force between the base material and the coating layer increases, so that the coating layer becomes unlikely to peel off, whereby the durability of the mold can be improved, and the cost of the mold can be reduced. | 05-07-2009 |
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20090280161 | Thin Film Multilocular Structure Made of Collagen, Member for Tissue Regeneration Containing The Same, and Method for Producing The Same - The present invention provides a new structure made of collagen for improving promotion of nerve tissue regeneration, curing and regeneration of a defective part of a soft biological tissue and so on without using laminin or nerve growth factor (NGF), and a member for tissue regeneration including the same. The structure made of collagen according to the present invention has a thin film multilocular formation and therefore a new structure different from a colloid form, a gel form, and a fiber form. Therefore, when the new structure made of collagen according to the present invention is used as a member for tissue regeneration, surprisingly, promotion of regeneration, shortening of a treatment period, functional recovery, or the like of bodily tissue such as nerve tissue, subdermal tissue, submucosal tissue, membranous tissue, fat tissue, muscle tissue, skin tissue, and gingival tissue can be improved. Furthermore, when the structure according to the present invention is used to a patient having neuropathic pain, the member has an effect on the disappearance of the pain. | 11-12-2009 |
20130205612 | THIN FILM MULTILOCULAR STRUCTURE MADE OF COLLAGEN, MEMBER FOR TISSUE REGENERATION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A new structure made of collagen for improving promotion of nerve tissue regeneration, curing and regeneration of a defective part of a soft biological tissue and so on without using laminin or nerve growth factor (NGF), and a member for tissue regeneration including the same. The structure made of collagen has a thin film multilocular formation and is therefore a new structure different from a colloid form, a gel form, and a fiber form. When the new structure made of collagen is used as a member for tissue regeneration, surprisingly, promotion of regeneration, shortening of a treatment period, functional recovery, or the like of bodily tissue such as nerve tissue, subdermal tissue, submucosal tissue, membranous tissue, fat tissue, muscle tissue, skin tissue, and gingival tissue can be improved. When the structure is used in a patient having neuropathic pain, the member has an effect on the disappearance of the pain. | 08-15-2013 |