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20110126944 | THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A thick-walled high-strength hot rolled steel sheet has a high tensile strength TS of 521 MPa or more and excellent low-temperature toughness. The steel material forming the sheet contains 0.02%-0.08% C, 0.01%-0.10% Nb, and 0.001%-0.05% Ti and is heated; C, Ti, and Nb satisfies (Ti+(Nb/2))/C<4. | 06-02-2011 |
20140251513 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT BENDABILITY AND LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength hot rolled steel sheet with excellent bendability and low-temperature toughness includes a chemical composition including, in mass %, C: 0.08 to 0.25%, Si: 0.01 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.8 to 2.1%, P: not more than 0.025%, S: not more than 0.005% and Al: 0.005 to 0.10%, the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, and a microstructure having a bainite phase and/or a tempered martensite phase as a main phase, the average grain diameter of prior austenite grains being not more than 20 μm as measured with respect to a cross section parallel to a rolling direction and not more than 15 μm as measured with respect to a cross section perpendicular to the rolling direction. | 09-11-2014 |
20140352852 | HOT ROLLED HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.04-0.08%, Si: 0.50% or less, Mn: 0.8-2.2%, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.006% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, N: 0.008% or less, and Cr: 0.05-0.8%, and further Nb: 0.01-0.08%, V: 0.001-0.12%, and Ti: 0.005-0.04% in adjusted amounts, with the balance including Fe and incidental impurities. The steel sheet has a surface layer having a microstructure containing bainite as a main phase, martensite as a second phase in a volume fraction of 0.5-4%, and at lease one of ferrite phase, pearlite, and cementite as a third phase in a total volume fraction of 10% or less. | 12-04-2014 |
20150176110 | THICK-WALLED HIGH-STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH EXCELLENT LOW-TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A thick-walled high-strength hot rolled steel sheet has a high tensile strength TS of 521 MPa or more and excellent low-temperature toughness. The steel material forming the sheet contains 0.02%-0.08% C, 0.01%-0.10% Nb, and 0.001%-0.05% Ti and is heated; C, Ti, and Nb satisfies (Ti+(Nb/2))/C<4. | 06-25-2015 |
20150368738 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability contains, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.03% or more and 0.1% or less, Si: less than 0.5%, Mn: more than 0.7% and less than 1.2%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and Ti: 0.1% or more and 0.25% or less such that C, S, N, and Ti satisfy Ti*≧0.1 and C×(48/12)−0.1412-24-2015 | |
20150368739 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. The high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability contains, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.013% or more and less than 0.08%, Si: less than 0.5%, Mn: more than 0.8% and less than 1.2%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, and Ti: 0.03% or more and 0.15% or less such that C, S, N, and Ti satisfy 0.05≦Ti*<0.1 and C×(48/12)−0.1612-24-2015 | |
20150368741 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet. A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having high burring formability contains, on a mass percent basis, C: 0.06% or more and 0.13% or less, Si: less than 0.5%, Mn: more than 0.5% and 1.4% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.25% or less, and V: more than 0.15% and 0.4% or less such that S, N, Ti, and V satisfy Ti.+V≧0.35 (wherein Ti.═Ti—N×(48/14)−S×(48/32), and S, N, Ti, and V denote the amounts (% by mass) of the corresponding elements), the remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure in which a ferrite phase fraction is more than 90%, a carbide containing Ti is precipitated, and 70% or more of the carbide has a grain size of less than 9 nm. | 12-24-2015 |
20160068937 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A steel slab having a composition containing C: more than 0.07% and 0.2% or less, Si: 2.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% to 3.0%, Al: 0.1% or less, Ti: 0.05% to 0.3%, and V: 0.05% to 0.3% on a mass percent basis is heated to 1100° C. or more and is subjected to rough rolling and finish rolling. In the finish rolling, the total rolling reduction of two final passes is 30% or more, and the finish rolling temperature ranges from (A | 03-10-2016 |
20160076124 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME (AS AMENDED) - A high strength hot rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of 980 MPa or more, has a composition containing, on a percent by mass basis, C: 0.05% or more and 0.18% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.006% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.20% or less, V: more than 0.1% and 0.3% or less, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, and has a microstructure including a primary phase and a secondary phase, the primary phase being a bainite phase having an area fraction of more than 85%, the secondary phase being at least one of ferrite phase, martensite phase, and retained austenite phase, the secondary phase having an area fraction of 0% or more and less than 15% in total, the bainite phase having an average lath interval of laths of 400 nm or less, and the laths having an average long axis length of 5.0 μm or less. | 03-17-2016 |
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20150232970 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet is provided having a high low-temperature toughness and a low yield ratio that is suitable for a steel pipe material. The hot-rolled steel sheet has a composition that contains C: 0.03% to 0.10%, Si: 0.01% to 0.50%, Mn: 1.4% to 2.2%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.005% to 0.10%, Nb: 0.02% to 0.10%, Ti: 0.001% to 0.030%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01% to 0.50%, and Ni: 0.01% to 0.50%. The composition of the hot-rolled steel sheet has an Moeq value in a range of 1.4% to 2.2%. The hot-rolled steel sheet includes an inner layer, which has a microstructure that contains a main phase and a second phase, and an outer layer, which has a microstructure that contains a tempered martensite phase or a tempered martensite phase and a tempered bainite phase. | 08-20-2015 |
20150292054 | HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR SQUARE COLUMN FOR BUILDING STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A hot rolled steel sheet for a square column for building structural members, the hot rolled steel sheet having a composition of, in terms of % by mass,
| 10-15-2015 |
20150344998 | HOT ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength hot rolled steel sheet is provided with low yield ratio and that is excellent in low-temperature toughness. The hot rolled steel sheet can be used as a raw material of a steel pipe. The steel sheet has a chemical composition containing C: 0.03% or more and 0.10% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, Mn: 1.4% or more and 2.2% or less, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.005% or more and 0.10% or less, Nb: 0.02% or more and 0.10% or less, Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.030% or less, Mo: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, Cr: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, and Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.50% or less, in which the condition that Moeq is 1.4% or more and 2.2% or less. | 12-03-2015 |
20160060723 | HIGH STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength TS of 980 MPa or more and is manufactured by controlling the steel sheet to have a chemical composition containing C: more than 0.1% and 0.2% or less, Si: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.5% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.004% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Ti: 0.05% or more and 0.15% or less, V: more than 0.10% and 0.30% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. Surface regions have a microstructure including mainly a ferrite phase, and an inner region has a microstructure including mainly a bainite phase. The proportions of the surface regions in the thickness direction of the steel sheet are 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less of the whole thickness respectively from the upper and lower surfaces of the steel sheet. | 03-03-2016 |
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20110076057 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an electrophotographic photoconductor including: a conductive substrate; a photosensitive layer; and a surface layer having grooves which do not intersect each other, the photosensitive layer and the surface layer being laid over the conductive substrate, wherein the grooves each have a width of 60 μm to 100 μm and a depth of 0.2 μm to 2 μm, wherein the standard deviation of the depths of the grooves is 1/10 or less of the average value of the depths of the grooves measured at any four places, and wherein the grooves are formed in a direction which diagonally crosses a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction of the electrophotographic photoconductor. | 03-31-2011 |
20120008984 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic photoconductor having a photosensitive layer and a crosslinked resin surface layer over a support, wherein shapes of concaves and convexes in a surface of the electrophotographic photoconductor are measured by a surface roughness/profile measuring device to obtain one-dimensional data arrays, the arrays are subjected to multiresolution analysis (MRA-1) through wavelet transformation to be separated into six frequency components including HHH, HHL, HMH, HML, HLH and HLL to obtain one-dimensional data arrays, the arrays of the HHL are thinned out to be reduced 1/10 to 1/100, thereby producing one-dimensional data arrays, which are then subjected to multiresolution analysis (MRA-2) through wavelet transformation to be separated into six frequency components including LHH, LHL, LMH, LML, LLH and LLL to thereby obtain 12 frequency components in total; and a center-line average roughness (WRa) of the 12 frequency components satisfies relationship (i) below. | 01-12-2012 |
20120237228 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus having a rotatable image bearing member including an electroconductive substrate on which a photosensitive layer, a sub-surface layer, and a circulating surface layer are sequentially laminated, the image bearing member rotatably driven in a predetermined direction, a charger, an irradiator, a development device, a transfer device, a cleaner to clean the surface of the image bearing member after the toner image is transferred to the recording medium, and an applicator arranged downstream from the cleaner and upstream from the charger relative to the rotation driving direction of the image bearing member and in contact with the image bearing member, the applicator including a circulating material, an application brush, and an application blade to apply the circulating material to form the circulating surface layer. | 09-20-2012 |
20140193185 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor; a charger to charge a surface of the photoreceptor; a circulating agent applicator to apply a circulating agent to the surface of the photoreceptor while contacting the surface of the photoreceptor to form a film of the circulating agent on the surface of the photoreceptor; and a contact member contacted with the surface of the photoreceptor. The acting force, which is generated by contact of the contact member with the photoreceptor and includes a tangential force Ft, which is a force in a tangential direction at a contact portion of the contact member with the surface of the photoreceptor, and a normal force Fn, which is a force in a normal direction at the contact portion, satisfies the following relationships, 0.90≦Ft/Fn≦0.96, and 1.15 kgf≦Ft≦1.35 kgf. | 07-10-2014 |
20140234763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member having a photosensitive layer and a sub-surface layer having a charge transportability, overlying the photosensitive layer
| 08-21-2014 |
20150227063 | PHOTOCONDUCTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A photoconductor, including an electroconductive substrate; an intermediate layer overlying the electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer overlying the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes a metal oxide and a binder resin, and has a WRa (LLH) less than 0.12 μm and WRa (LHH) of from 0.03 to 0.2 μm in a curve. | 08-13-2015 |
20150346613 | PHOTOCONDUCTOR, IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PHOTOCONDUCTOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A photoconductor includes an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer provided overlying the electroconductive substrate, wherein, in a curve obtained by: (I) measuring a convexoconcave form, (II) conducting multi-resolution analysis (MRA-1), (III). making a single dimensional data arrangement, (IV) conducting further wavelet conversion, (V) connecting logarithms, a surface of the photosensitive layer has a WRa (LML) of from 0.02 μm to 0.03 μm, a WRa (LHL) of from 0.006 μm to 0.01 μm, and a WRa (HLH) of 0.001 μm or less, wherein the arithmetical mean roughness (WRa) are defined as Ra in JIS-B0601:2001 and WRa (HHH) to WRa (LLL) represent individual Ra's in the following bandwidths: | 12-03-2015 |
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20120244447 | AIR BATTERY - An air battery includes: a positive electrode for utilizing oxygen as active material; a negative electrode for adsorbing and desorbing a metal ion, which includes at least one of Li, Na, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe and Al; and a non-aqueous electrolyte disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes ion liquid. When the non-aqueous electrolyte includes the ion liquid, the oxide generated by the discharging step is effectively decomposed. Thus, the battery has excellent cycle characteristics. | 09-27-2012 |
20120251871 | ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY - An all-solid-state battery includes: a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode layer on the positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode layer on the negative electrode current collector; and an electrolyte between the positive and negative electrodes. The electrolyte is made of a first solid-state electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity. The positive electrode layer includes a base portion and an active material portion. The base portion is made of a second solid-state electrolyte having lithium ionic conductivity in a continuous phase. The active material portion is dispersed in the base portion, and includes a positive electrode active material. The first and second solid-state electrolytes are lithium ionic conductive material having a hydride solid-state electrolyte, respectively. | 10-04-2012 |
20140045071 | MAGNESIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A magnesium secondary battery includes: a negative electrode for adsorbing and releasing a magnesium ion; a positive electrode for producing a magnesium oxide product in a discharging process; and a non-aqueous magnesium ion conductor disposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. The positive electrode includes an accelerator for promoting the magnesium oxide product, which is decomposed to a magnesium ion and an oxygen molecule easier than MgO. In this case, since the electrochemical reaction at the positive electrode in a charging process rapidly progresses, the magnesium secondary battery can charge and discharge repeatedly. Thus, the battery functions as a secondary battery sufficiently. | 02-13-2014 |
20140174935 | SURFACE TREATING METHOD OF NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR MAGNESIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR MAGNESIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MAGNESIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A surface treating method of a negative electrode for a magnesium secondary battery is provided, wherein the magnesium secondary battery includes: a negative electrode capable of releasing magnesium ions during discharging and capable of precipitating elemental magnesium during charging; a positive electrode capable of precipitating a magnesium oxide during the discharging and capable of releasing magnesium ions during the charging; and a non-aqueous ion conductor for conducting magnesium ions as conduction species. The surface treating method comprises initializing the negative electrode by performing the discharging to form a bare surface at a surface of the negative electrode. | 06-26-2014 |
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20150255817 | GAS SEPARATOR AND BATTERY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A gas separator has an adsorbent, a circulation-passage constituting member, a circulator, an adsorption facilitator, and a desorption facilitator. The adsorbent adsorbs or desorbs carbon dioxide, and the adsorbent is made of a liquid. The circulation-passage constituting member therein has a space that defines a circulation passage in which the adsorbent flows. The circulator circulates the adsorbent in the space. The adsorption facilitator facilitates an adsorption of carbon dioxide to the adsorbent filling the space. The desorption facilitator facilitates a desorption of carbon dioxide from the adsorbent filling the space. | 09-10-2015 |
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20080222633 | VIRTUAL MACHINE CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A virtual machine configuration system, comprising a virtualizer for, in a virtualization environment in which a plurality of physical resources connected mutually through a network circuit has been arranged on a computer system sectioned into a plurality of partitions, dynamically changing a physical resource configuration and a virtual machine configuration while simultaneously controlling a configuration of the physical resources of the partition and a configuration of virtual resources allotted to virtual machines without exerting an influence over an application service operating on the virtual machine. | 09-11-2008 |
20090100248 | Hierarchical System, and its Management Method and Program - A lower system structure reports performance information to an upper system structure. When detecting performance deterioration of the system structure on the basis of the reported performance information, the upper system structure optimizes resource redistribution of the system structure that the upper system structure manages. If the performance is improved by the optimization in the managed system structure, the optimization results is applied to the resource control of the lower system structure, and the lower system structure redistributes the resources according to the resource control. If the performance is not improved by the optimization, the lower system structure reports the performance information to the upper system structure, which optimizes the resource redistribution. | 04-16-2009 |
20090150711 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM THEREOF, MODULAR TYPE SYSTEM OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPONENT SELECTION METHOD - An information processing device includes: storage means containing component information on the components constituting a system having a predetermined function; and processing means for calculating a combination of components necessary for constituting a system required for a service according to the component information, calculating risk information as information on the risk that a physical failure affects the service request for the combination of the components and/or fragment information as information on the deflection degree of the use condition of the components, and ranking the selected component combinations according to a predetermined policy, calculated list information and/or the fragment information. | 06-11-2009 |
20100131957 | VIRTUAL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS OPTIMIZATION METHOD - Optimization of resource allocation in a virtual computer system is efficiently performed according to a method consistent with a virtualization design concept. The virtual computer system includes a plurality of virtual devices that share the physical resources of a computer and execute an application, a virtualization section that manages the plurality of virtual devices, and a management section that controls the virtualization section. The plurality of virtual devices set allocation of physical resources to the applications by a first optimization calculation using resource supply information from the management section and transmit resource request information corresponding to the resource allocation setting to the management section. The management section sets allocation of the physical resources to the virtual devices by a second optimization calculation using the resource request information from the plurality of virtual devices and transmits resource supply information corresponding to the resource allocation setting to the plurality of virtual devices. While the resource supply information and the resource request information are exchanged between the plurality of virtual devices and the management section, the first and second optimization calculations are performed, thereby dynamically allocating the physical resources. | 05-27-2010 |
20120030306 | RAPID MOVEMENT SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL DEVICES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - In a virtualized computer system having at least two computers connected via a network, the service suspension period while a virtual device is dynamically migrated from a first computer to a second computer is shortened. | 02-02-2012 |
20120310938 | INFORMATION ORGANIZING SYTEM AND INFORMATION ORGANIZING METHOD - An information organizing system includes a reference information database storing reference information, a generalized expression unit to map measurement data and non-measurement data in a space in such a manner that the more they resemble each other, the shorter a distance between them becomes, an extended reference database in which the reference information is expressed in an extended manner by using the generalized expression unit, extended log data in which log data is expressed in an extended manner by using the generalized expression unit, a relevance detection unit to detect extended reference information having high relevance with the extended log data, and a template creation unit to create a predetermined template in which the log data is summarized by using the detected extended reference information. | 12-06-2012 |
20130173764 | COORDINATED INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM, COORDINATED INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A management server has: a terminal state management unit that manages state information transmitted from information terminals and including information on an information terminal and a user associated with each information terminal; and a network configuration management unit that selects adjacent information terminals of each information terminal based on the state information of each information terminal managed by the terminal state management unit, and calculates a connection link, which is a network for interconnecting adjacent information terminals, wherein the information terminal has: an internal state management unit that manages the state information of the information terminal; an adjacent management unit that manages information on adjacent information terminals selected by the network configuration management unit; and a messaging unit that stores a message acquired from an adjacent information terminal via the connection link and a message inputted by the user in a message box opened to the other information terminals, and manages these messages, and the network configuration management unit calculates a degree of dissimilarity among information terminals based on the state information of each information terminal, and calculates a first type connection link that creates a connection link sequentially from an information terminal having a lower degree of dissimilarity, and a second type connection link which is created stochastically based on the degree of dissimilarity. | 07-04-2013 |
20130185294 | RECOMMENDER SYSTEM, RECOMMENDATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recommender system includes: an input section | 07-18-2013 |
20140018099 | MOBILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MOBILE MANAGEMENT SERVER, MOBILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MOBILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A mobile node includes: a status acquiring unit for acquiring status information; and a communication module for transmitting the status information to a mobile management server. The mobile management server includes: an input/output unit for receiving the status information from the mobile node; a management data creating unit for analyzing changes in the distribution of the status information, thereby calculating, as characteristic parts, parts having high distribution densities; and a request processing unit for outputting information about the calculated characteristic part. The management data creating unit includes: a node data registering function for storing the status information; a label calculating function for calculating a label in which the status information is multiplexed; and a characteristic part extracting function for extracting, in descending order of distribution density, characteristic parts representative of parts having high label distribution densities. | 01-16-2014 |
20140059250 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system of the present invention includes a computer and a device connected via a network, and a system management device. The computer and the device include, respectively, bridges that encapsulate transmission/reception data transmitted and received to and from each other and transmit and receive the data to and from each other via the network. Each of the bridges includes a control data transmitting means for generating control data for controlling the state of the system based on control auxiliary data issued from the computer or the device and used for controlling the state of the system, and transmitting the control data to the system management device via the network. The system management device includes a system controlling means for controlling the state of the system in accordance with the control data received thereby. | 02-27-2014 |
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20150215742 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOVEMENT PREDICTION DEVICE AND PAGING AREA DETERMINATION METHOD - In related technologies, when a paging request is made immediately after location registration, a larger paging area than necessary is determined. The technologies have also a problem in that a location registration area and a paging area are not determined in an appropriate manner to sufficiently deal with change in the moving characteristic of a mobile station. A mobile communication system ( | 07-30-2015 |
20150261195 | ARRIVAL TIME DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ARRIVAL TIME DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND INCENTIVE DESIGN METHOD - An arrival time distribution control device, in an environment wherein users arrive at arbitrary times at a prescribed hub on the basis of compensation which is granted corresponding to each respective determination reference and arrival time, repeats, on the basis of the arrival times of the plurality of users who arrive at the prescribed hub, an arrival time distribution computation, and, for each the computation, on the basis of either a first difference between the current computed arrival time distribution and the previous computed arrival time distribution, or a third difference between the first difference and a second difference between the immediate previous computed arrival time distribution and the arrival time distribution computed prior to the previously computed arrival time distribution, causes fluctuations in the content of the compensation which is granted to the users who next arrive at the prescribed hub, reaching a target arrival time distribution. | 09-17-2015 |
20160057561 | DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT METHOD, TERMINAL, AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A data collection and management system includes: a terminal(s) that transmits measured data; and a management apparatus that receives and manages the measured data transmitted from the terminal(s). The management apparatus includes a notification unit that notifies the terminal(s) of transmission cost information indicating a cost incurrable upon transmitting measured data to the management apparatus by the terminal(s). The terminal(s) includes: a calculation unit that calculates an information value indicating a value of measured data as information; and a transmission control unit that determines whether to transmit measured data to the management apparatus based on the information value and the transmission cost information. | 02-25-2016 |
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20140200776 | EXCAVATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR - An excavation control system includes a working unit having a bucket, a designed landform data storage part storing designed landform data, a bucket position data generation part that generates bucket position data, a designed surface data generation part, and an excavation limit control part. The designed surface data generation part generates superior and subordinate designed surface data based on the designed landform and bucket position data. The superior designed surface data indicates a superior designed surface corresponding to a prescribed position on the bucket. The subordinate designed surface data indicates a plurality of subordinate designed surfaces linked to the superior designed surface. The designed surface data generation part generates shape data based on the superior and subordinate designed surface data. The shape data indicates shapes of the superior designed surface and the plurality of subordinate designed surfaces. The excavation limit control part automatically adjusts position of the bucket. | 07-17-2014 |
20140326039 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING HYDRAULIC CYLINDER STROKE INITIAL CALIBRATION WORK - The present invention includes a stroke sensor which is arranged on a hydraulic cylinder and measures a stroke length of the hydraulic cylinder; a rotary encoder and a magnetic force sensor which measure a reset reference point to reset a value of the stroke length measured by the stroke sensor; a stroke end detection processing unit which detects a stroke end position of the hydraulic cylinder; a calibration processing unit which calibrates the measured value of the stroke length when the reset reference point and/or the stroke end position is detected; an HMI monitor which displays an entire work machine mounted with the hydraulic cylinder when an initial calibration work for the hydraulic cylinder is carried out; and a highlight display processing unit that highlights a moving portion to drive a hydraulic cylinder to be calibrated along with an indication of a driving direction. | 11-06-2014 |
20150047427 | HYDRAULIC CYLINDER STROKE OPERATION DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING DEVICE AND HYDRAULIC CYLINDER STROKE OPERATION DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD - A hydraulic cylinder stroke operation diagnosis assisting device includes: movable portions that are sequentially supported by a vehicle body in a rotatable manner; a hydraulic cylinder between the vehicle body and each movable portion or between the movable portions to support the movable portions in a rotatable manner; a stroke sensor in the hydraulic cylinder to measure a stroke length of the hydraulic cylinder; a reset sensor measuring a reference reset point in which a value of the stroke length measured by the stroke sensor is reset; a stroke end detection unit detecting a stroke end position of the hydraulic cylinder; a calibration unit calibrating the measured value of the stroke length when the reference reset point and/or the stroke end position are detected; and a monitor displaying at least the measured value of the stroke length and a calibration state by the calibration unit. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050110 | EXCAVATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR - An excavation control system includes a working unit having a bucket, a designed landform data storage part storing designed landform data, a bucket position data generation part that generates bucket position data, a designed surface data generation part, and an excavation limit control part. The designed surface data generation part generates superior and subordinate designed surface data based on the designed landform and bucket position data. The superior designed surface data indicates a superior designed surface corresponding to a position of the bucket. The subordinate designed surface data indicates a first subordinate designed surface linked to the superior designed surface. The designed surface data generation part generates shape data indicating shapes of the superior designed surface and the first subordinate designed surface. The excavation limit control part automatically adjusts a position of the bucket. | 02-19-2015 |
20150267382 | STROKE OPERATION DIAGNOSIS SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR HYDRAULIC CYLINDER - A stroke operation diagnosis supporting device for a hydraulic cylinder includes: movable portions; hydraulic cylinders; a stroke sensor measuring a stroke length of the hydraulic cylinder; a reset sensor measuring a reset reference point at which a measurement value of the stroke length obtained by the stroke sensor is reset; a stroke end detection process unit detecting a stroke end position of the hydraulic cylinder; a calibration process unit calibrating the measurement value of the stroke length upon the detection of the reset reference point and/or the stroke end position; and a monitor displaying on a screen at least the measurement value of the stroke length obtained by the stroke sensor and a calibration state obtained by the calibration process unit, wherein the monitor displays continuous time change of the measurement value of the stroke length obtained by the stroke sensor. | 09-24-2015 |
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20150308082 | WORK VEHICLE - There is provided a work vehicle in which a work implement can be freely operated. The work vehicle includes: a design surface information acquiring unit for acquiring data of a design surface indicative of a target shape of a work object by the work implement; a cutting edge position computing unit for computing a position of a cutting edge of a bucket; and an operation restricting unit for executing operation restriction control by which, when the cutting edge of the bucket comes closer to the design surface, operation of the work implement is stopped before the cutting edge of the bucket reaches the design surface. In a case where the cutting edge is located away from the design surface in a downward perpendicular direction by a prescribed distance or longer, the operation restricting unit does not execute the operation restriction control. | 10-29-2015 |
20160040398 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A control method includes: detecting an attitude of a work machine including a boom, an arm, and a bucket; operating an operating device to drive a movable member including the arm and the bucket; detecting an amount of operation of the operating device; generating position data of a cutting edge of the bucket based on the detected attitude; acquiring a target shape of an excavation object to be excavated by the work machine and calculating a distance between the cutting edge and the target shape based on the position data and the target shape; setting a limited amount of operation limiting a speed of the movable member based on the detected amount of operation; and outputting a signal to a valve that adjusts an amount of operating oil supplied to a hydraulic cylinder driving the work machine so that the movable member is driven with the limited amount of operation. | 02-11-2016 |
20160069040 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a speed limit calculation portion, a speed determination portion, an adjustment portion, and a boom speed determination portion. The speed limit calculation portion calculates a speed limit for limiting a speed of a cutting edge of a bucket. The speed determination portion determines whether or not a speed of raising the boom has been lowered when an amount of operation of an arm is smaller than a prescribed amount. The adjustment portion delays speed change to the speed limit. The boom speed determination portion determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit after delay by the adjustment portion when it is determined that the speed of raising the boom has been lowered, and determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit calculated when it is not determined that the speed of raising the boom has been lowered. | 03-10-2016 |
20160069044 | WORK VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a boom, an arm, a bucket, an arm cylinder, a direction control valve, a calculation portion, and a speed determination portion. The calculation portion calculates an estimated speed of the arm cylinder based on correlation between an amount of movement of the spool of the direction control valve in accordance with an amount of operation of an arm control lever and a speed of the arm cylinder. The speed determination portion determines a target speed of the boom based on the estimated speed of the arm cylinder. When the amount of operation of the arm control lever is smaller than a prescribed amount, the calculation portion calculates a speed higher than a speed of the arm cylinder in accordance with correlation as the estimated speed of the arm cylinder. | 03-10-2016 |