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20130027791 | MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The motor drive apparatus includes a driven member, a stepping motor to drive the driven member, a driver to produce a drive signal for driving the stepping motor and whose signal value periodically changes, a memory to store data for setting a reference signal value as the signal value and a target movement amount of the driven member for each one-step drive of the stepping motor to be driven according to the drive signal having the reference signal value, and a detector to detect an actual movement amount of the driven member for each one-step drive of the stepping motor actually driven according to the drive signal having the reference signal value. The driver changes the signal value of the drive signal from the reference signal value to another signal value so as to reduce difference between the target movement amount and the actual movement amount. | 01-31-2013 |
20130286278 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens apparatus includes an imaging optical system including a movable lens unit, a drive unit configured to drive the movable lens unit, and a control unit configured to cause the movable lens unit to perform a wobbling motion in an optical axis direction by alternatively outputting to the drive unit a first drive command for driving the movable lens unit at a first driving speed and a stop command for stopping driving of the movable lens unit, and to move the movable lens unit based on contrast information obtained from an image pickup unit during the wobbling motion of the movable lens unit, wherein, at least one of before and after outputting the first drive command to the drive unit, the control unit outputs to the drive unit a second drive command for driving the movable lens unit at a second driving speed lower than the first driving speed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286489 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens apparatus includes a diaphragm unit that is driven in a first driving direction and a second driving direction, a driving unit that drives the diaphragm unit based on a driving instruction, a storage unit that stores a first driving instruction value for performing the driving in the first driving direction, and a second driving instruction value for performing the driving in the second driving direction, and a control unit that outputs a driving instruction for driving the diaphragm unit, wherein the control unit outputs, when driving the diaphragm unit in the first driving direction, the driving instruction based on the first driving instruction value or the like, and outputs, when driving the diaphragm unit in the second driving direction, the driving instruction based on the second driving instruction value or the like. | 10-31-2013 |
20130334908 | STEPPING MOTOR, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A stepping motor includes a rotor having a rotor magnet fixed to a rotating shaft, a plurality of coil bobbins where coils are wound, a stator yoke group having a plurality of stator yokes each of which surrounds each of the plurality of coil bobbins in an axial direction and a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and the plurality of stator yokes each having pole teeth alternately arranged in a circumferential direction around the rotating shaft so as to be opposed to a side surface of the rotor magnet, and a magnetic attractive force generating member configured to attract the rotor magnet to the axial direction of the rotating shaft by a magnetic attractive force, and a magnetic center of the rotor magnet and a magnetic center of the stator yoke group coincide with each other. | 12-19-2013 |
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20090212701 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes at least one electron-emitting device, at least one wiring arranged to apply a voltage to the electron-emitting device, a getter disposed on the wiring, and an insulating layer interposed between the getter and wiring. The getter has penetrating portions formed in a part thereof corresponding to a region where an image is displayed in the image display apparatus. The penetrating portions are at least one opening, and an area of an inner wall surface of the getter facing the opening is substantially the same as or larger than an area of the opening. | 08-27-2009 |
20090291611 | MANUFACTURING METHODS OF AIRTIGHT CONTAINER AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a manufacturing method of an airtight container, comprising: an electron beam irradiation process for irradiating an electron beam to a non-evaporable type getter that has not been activated so as not to activate the non-evaporable type getter; and a sealing process for sealing a seal portion after the electron beam irradiation process, and thereby forming the airtight container. | 11-26-2009 |
20130270432 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER - A time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a holder that holds a sample, an irradiation unit that irradiates a surface of the sample with primary ions, an extractor electrode that opposes the sample, and an ion detector that detects a secondary ion emitted from the surface of the sample in accordance with a time of flight of the secondary ion. The surface of the sample has first and second positions, and the irradiation unit and the holder are disposed so that the primary ions are obliquely incident upon the surface of the sample. A primary ion reaches the first position before another primary ion reaches the second position. A potential gradient generator generates a potential gradient so that a potential difference between the second position and the extractor electrode is larger than a potential difference between the first position and the extractor electrode. | 10-17-2013 |
20140110244 | SUPERSONIC BEAM APPARATUS AND CLUSTER ION BEAM FORMING METHOD - Provided is a supersonic beam apparatus including a nozzle for injecting a gas at a supersonic velocity into a vacuum; a skimmer arranged at a downstream of the nozzle; and an ionization part for ionizing a particle in a supersonic beam formed by the skimmer from the gas injected from the nozzle to form a cluster ion beam, wherein a set position of the skimmer is one of a maximum position where an amount of cluster generation in a relationship of the amount of cluster generation with respect to a distance between the nozzle and the skimmer is maximized and a position closer to the nozzle than the maximum position. | 04-24-2014 |
20140138533 | ION MASS SELECTOR, ION IRRADIATION DEVICE, SURFACE ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND ION MASS SELECTING METHOD - A time-of-flight mass selector includes a first ion lens for converging ions, a flight tube into which ions which enter from the first ion lens are introduced, the flight tube having equipotential space therein, a second ion lens for converging ions having passed through the flight tube, and a chopper for a gate for pulsing the ions converged by the second ion lens. | 05-22-2014 |
20140239173 | MASS SPECTROMETER - In order to solve a problem in a mass spectrometry that a distribution of an emitted ion and a substance distribution on the measurement object surface are different from each other, which is due to a shaded portion of a irregular surface which falls under a shadow of primary beam, a primary ion optical system of the present apparatus includes a deflection unit configured to deflect the primary ion in such a manner that the primary ion intersects a flight space of the secondary ion in the course of flight. | 08-28-2014 |
20140252225 | MASS SELECTOR, AND ION GUN, ION IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND MASS MICROSCOPE - When a time-of-flight mass selector having a chopper using a deflector selects the masses of the ions, an ion beam is deflected. As a result, at least a part of the ion beams diagonally pass through an aperture electrode with respect to the axis. Accordingly, there has been a problem that a position on an object irradiated with a cluster ion beam, results in moving. This mass selector includes: a flight tube having an equipotential space that makes a charged substance fly therein; a deflector that is installed in a downstream side with respect to the flight tube in a direction in which the charged substance flies; a first aperture electrode that is installed in a downstream side with respect to the deflector in a direction in which the charged substance flies; and a second aperture electrode that is installed in between the deflector and the first aperture electrode. | 09-11-2014 |
20140353504 | LIGHT SOURCE ADJUSTMENT UNIT, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING SYSTEM, AND WAVELENGTH ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM - An optical measurement device includes a light source unit including a first laser light source configured to emit a laser beam having a first wavelength and a second laser light source configured to emit a laser beam having a second wavelength, a measurement wave number setting unit, and a light source adjustment unit configured to adjust at least one of the first wavelength and the second wavelength such that a difference between or a sum of a first wave number corresponding to the first wavelength and a second wave number corresponding to the second wavelength matches a measurement wave number set through the measurement wave number setting unit. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355824 | SPECTRAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTRAL APPARATUS - A spectral image data processing apparatus which conducts multivariate analysis on spectral image data of a sample, including: a region setting unit configured to set a region of interest for performing multivariate analysis in a sample in which a difference needs to be distinguished, the region of interest being set in accordance with spectral image data of the sample; and an analysis unit configured to perform the multivariate analysis with spectral image data inside the region of interest and spectral image data of region of non-interest which is a region other than the region of interest being distinguished from each other. | 12-04-2014 |
20140374585 | ION GROUP IRRADIATION DEVICE, SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER, AND SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD - The present invention provides an ion group irradiation device for irradiating a sample with an ion group, comprising: an ion group selecting unit configured to select, from ions released from an ion source, at least two ion groups formed of ions having different average masses; and a primary ion irradiation unit configured to irradiate the sample with the at least two ion groups selected by the ion group selecting unit, wherein the ion group selecting unit selects at least one ion group and further selects the at least two ion groups from each of the selected at least one ion group. | 12-25-2014 |
20140374586 | ION GROUP IRRADIATION DEVICE, SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER, AND SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD - Provided is an ion group irradiation device for facilitating the distinction of peaks in secondary ion mass spectra. The ion group irradiation device for irradiating a sample with an ion group includes an ion source for generating ions, an ion group selecting unit configured to select, from the ions released from the ion source, two or more ion groups formed of ions having different average masses, and a primary ion irradiation unit configured to irradiate the sample with the two or more ion groups. Further, an atom species or a molecule species of the ions forming the two or more ion groups is common between ion groups. | 12-25-2014 |
20140374587 | ION GROUP IRRADIATION DEVICE AND SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER - The present invention provides an ion group irradiation device which includes: an ion source which generates an ion; and an ion group selecting unit which selects an ion group containing a cluster ion from ions released from the ion source, in an ion group irradiation device for irradiating a sample with the ion group, wherein the ion source has a pressure gradient forming unit for changing a pressure with which a material of the cluster ion is jetted, with time, the ion group selecting unit has a chopper which performs a chopping operation of selecting the ion group by passing and blocking the cluster ions in a traveling direction by the opening and closing of the chopper, and the chopper performs two or more times of the chopping operations per one time of a pressure gradient forming operation by the pressure gradient forming unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379306 | SPECTRAL DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SPECTRAL DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A spectral data processing apparatus includes an analyzer configured to perform principal component analysis of spectral data acquired for each of a plurality of regions of a sample, wherein the analyzer obtains an eigenvector by performing the principal component analysis of first spectral data of a first region out of the plurality of regions, and performs the principal component analysis of second spectral data of a second region different from the first region out of the plurality of regions using the obtained eigenvector. | 12-25-2014 |
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20120108387 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid electric vehicle has a first mode in which slippage of a clutch between an electric motor and a driving wheel is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of the electric motor and a second mode in which the slippage of the clutch is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of an engine. When the vehicle is stationary in the first mode, a controller reduces a control setpoint of hydraulic pressure of the clutch from an initial point. The controller identifies a reference point of the control setpoint with which actual output torque of the electric motor is substantially constant with respect to the reduction of the control setpoint. Then, the controller increases the control setpoint to a precharge point, and reduces the control setpoint to a corrected point that is lower than or substantially equal to the initial point and higher than the reference point. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108388 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid electric vehicle has a first mode in which slippage of a clutch between an electric motor and a driving wheel is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of the electric motor and a second mode in which the slippage of the clutch is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of an engine. When the vehicle is stationary in the first mode, a controller reduces a control setpoint of hydraulic pressure of the clutch from an initial point. The controller identifies a reference point of the control setpoint with which actual output torque of the electric motor is substantially constant with respect to the reduction of the control setpoint. Then, the controller increases the control setpoint to a precharge point, and reduces the control setpoint to a corrected point that is lower than or substantially equal to the initial point and higher than the reference point. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109438 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid electric vehicle has a first mode in which slippage of a clutch between an electric motor and a driving wheel is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of the electric motor and a second mode in which the slippage of the clutch is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of an engine. When the vehicle is stationary in the first mode, a controller reduces a control setpoint of hydraulic pressure of the clutch from an initial point. The controller identifies a reference point of the control setpoint with which actual output torque of the electric motor is substantially constant with respect to the reduction of the control setpoint. Then, the controller increases the control setpoint to a precharge point, and reduces the control setpoint to a corrected point that is lower than or substantially equal to the initial point and higher than the reference point. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109439 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In control apparatus and method for a vehicle, the vehicle including a traveling mode (a WSC traveling mode) in which a slip control is performed for a clutch (second clutch CL | 05-03-2012 |
20120203406 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD - A hybrid electric vehicle has a first mode in which slippage of a clutch between an electric motor and a driving wheel is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of the electric motor and a second mode in which the slippage of the clutch is allowed and controlled by rotational speed control of an engine. When the vehicle is stationary in the first mode, a controller reduces a control setpoint of hydraulic pressure of the clutch from an initial point. The controller identifies a reference point of the control setpoint with which actual output torque of the electric motor becomes unchanged with respect to the reduction of the control setpoint. Then, the controller increases the control setpoint from the reference point at a higher gradient and then a lower gradient, and then sets the control setpoint to a corrected point below the initial point and above the reference point. | 08-09-2012 |
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20110202288 | LIFETIME ASSESSMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AND DEGRADATION SUPPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL DEVICE - An initial concentration of the residual concentration of a causative substance contained in an insulating oil is compared with a reference value. The causative substance reacts with a conductor forming a winding of an oil-filled electrical device to generate an electrically conductive compound. The reference value is defined as a value for determining whether a main determinant that determines the lifetime of the oil-filled electrical device is generation of the electrically conductive compound or degradation of insulating paper. Based on the initial concentration of the causative substance and the reference value, the lifetime of the oil-filled electrical device is assessed. | 08-18-2011 |
20120197559 | METHOD OF PREDICTING PROBABILITY OF ABNORMALITY OCCURRENCE IN OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The present invention is a method of predicting the probability of abnormality occurrence in an oil-filled electrical device, including the steps of: measuring a residual dibenzyl disulfide concentration in an insulating oil sampled from an oil-filled electrical device in operation; determining an estimated decrease of the residual dibenzyl disulfide concentration, relative to an initial dibenzyl disulfide concentration at the start of operation of the oil-filled electrical device; calculating the initial dibenzyl disulfide concentration from the residual dibenzyl disulfide concentration and the estimated decrease; and comparing the initial dibenzyl disulfide concentration with a specific management value. | 08-02-2012 |
20130134367 | ELECTRIC INSULATING OIL INSPECTION METHOD, ELECTRIC INSULATING OIL TREATMENT METHOD, AND OIL-FILLED ELECTRIC DEVICE MAINTENANCE METHOD - The present invention relates to an electric insulating oil inspection method for determining whether or not an inhibitor-consuming substance is present in an electric insulating oil. The inhibitor-consuming substance is such a substance that causes to decrease over time a concentration of an inhibitor which is added to the electric insulating oil to inhibit copper sulfide from being generated on an insulating paper immersed in the electric insulating oil. The electric insulting oil inspection method includes steps of: preserving the electric insulating oil at a predetermined condition, measuring a concentration of the inhibitor, and determining that the inhibitor-consuming substance is present upon condition that a decrement of the concentration of the inhibitor relative to an initial concentration of the inhibitor becomes not less than a specified amount within a predetermined period. | 05-30-2013 |
20140231726 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING COPPER SULFIDE GENERATION IN OIL-FILLED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - The present invention is a method for preventing copper sulfide generation in oil-filled electrical equipment having an inhibitor of copper sulfide generation in insulating oil, and the method is characterized in monitoring characteristics of said insulating oil and performing re-addition of said inhibitor at an appropriate moment in accordance with a result of said monitoring. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080284712 | Display driver and electronic equipment - A display driver for driving a display element includes an electro-optical layer to which a drive voltage is applied, the drive voltage being a voltage corresponding to a scanning voltage and a data voltage, the scanning voltage being a voltage applied to a scanning electrode, the data voltage being a voltage applied to a data electrode. The display driver includes: a display driver circuit configured to apply the drive voltage to the electro-optical layer, the drive voltage corresponding to one of at least two operation modes including a first drive mode and a second drive mode, the first drive mode having a first temperature range for representing two tones, the second drive mode having a second temperature range for representing two tones, the first temperature range and the second temperature range being different from each other; an input interface configured to input temperature information, the temperature information being information relating to temperature of the display element; and an operation mode determining unit configured to determine operation mode of the display driver circuit on the basis of the temperature information. | 11-20-2008 |
20100238145 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical apparatus includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of pixel electrodes, each of the plurality of pixel electrodes being provided for the pixel, a common electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes, an electro-optical layer disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode, a plurality of holding capacitors, each of the plurality of holding capacitors being provided for the pixel, a capacitance line connected to the electrode of the holding capacitor, and a control unit that controls the potentials of the plurality of pixel electrodes, the common electrode, and the capacitance line. The control unit executes, during an image display period in which an image is displayed in a display unit in which the pixels are arranged, a capacitance line potential change operation that changes the potential of the capacitance line in tandem with the potential of the common electrode so that the potential difference between the potential of the capacitance line and the potential of the common electrode decreases. | 09-23-2010 |
20110221732 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a display unit that includes a plurality of arranged pixels and a control unit that drives the display unit. When a part or the entirety of the display unit is displayed in a single gradation, the control unit performs a first elimination operation of selectively driving a first pixel group including the pixels displayed in gradations other than a first gradation to change the pixels included in the first pixel group to the first gradation, and a second elimination operation of selectively driving a second pixel group including the pixels positioned on the outline of an area formed of the first pixel group and the plurality of pixels provided adjacent to the area formed of the first pixel group and surrounding the area to change the pixels included in the second pixel group to the first gradation. | 09-15-2011 |
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20100220857 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING SECRET KEY - A secret key registration system which registers a secret key in a portable key device and vehicle. A first transformation equation is stored in a writer and the vehicle. A second transformation equation is stored in the portable key device and the vehicle. The writer transmits a registration code to the portable key device and generates intermediate data with the first transformation equation of the writer. The intermediate data is transmitted to the portable key device, which generates the secret key from the intermediate data with the second transformation equation. The portable key device transmits the registration code to the vehicle. The vehicle generates intermediate data from the registration code with the first transformation equation of the vehicle, and then generates the secret key from the intermediate data with the second transformation equation. | 09-02-2010 |
20120111709 | Switch Device - A switch device includes a lid arranged between a tactile switch, which is arranged on a substrate, and an operation button, which is coupled to a retainer so that the operation button can be pushed. The lid includes an opening at a location corresponding to the tactile switch. A lower surface of the elastic member is coupled to a surface of the lid. The operation button, when pushed, activates the tactile switch with an elastic member. The operation body, when released from the pushed state, deactivates the tactile switch as a reaction force of the elastic member returns the operation button to an initial position. The switch device includes a projection that supports the operation button. The projection is formed on an upper surface of the elastic member at a location corresponding to the surface of the lid. | 05-10-2012 |
20140363716 | BATTERY HOLDER - A battery holder includes a terminal component electrically connected to one electrode of a battery and a battery restraining part that is separate from the terminal component. The terminal component includes: a fixed portion fixed to a mounting surface; an arm portion extending from the fixed portion to come into contact with said electrode; and a cutout portion opened toward the battery in said arm portion. The battery restraining part is located between the terminal component and the battery while being received by the cutout portion, in order to accept an impact load from the battery. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100307807 | DOUBLE-SIDED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a double-sided circuit board includes preparing a substrate having the first and second surfaces, forming a first hole having a first opening with a diameter R | 12-09-2010 |
20100307809 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board having a penetrating hole formed by forming holes with different shapes from both surfaces of a substrate. In such a penetrating hole, the depth of a first opening portion formed in the first-surface side of the substrate is shallower than the depth of a second opening portion formed in the second-surface side, and the diameter of a first opening is greater than the diameter of a second opening. Even if the gravity line of the first opening portion and the gravity line of the second opening portion are shifted from each other, the region of the second opening portion inserted into the inner space of the first opening portion may be made larger. | 12-09-2010 |
20120181076 | DOUBLE-SIDED CIRCUIT BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A double-sided circuit board including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface and having a penetrating hole extending between the first surface and the second surface, a first conductive circuit formed on the first surface of the substrate, a second conductive circuit formed on the second surface of the substrate, and a through-hole conductor formed in the penetrating hole of the substrate and electrically connecting the first conductive circuit and the second conductive circuit. The penetrating hole comprises a first hole having a first opening with a diameter R | 07-19-2012 |
20120186868 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board having a penetrating hole formed by forming holes with different shapes from both surfaces of a substrate. In such a penetrating hole, the depth of a first opening portion formed in the first-surface side of the substrate is shallower than the depth of a second opening portion formed in the second-surface side, and the diameter of a first opening is greater than the diameter of a second opening. Even if the gravity line of the first opening portion and the gravity line of the second opening portion are shifted from each other, the region of the second opening portion inserted into the inner space of the first opening portion may be made larger. | 07-26-2012 |
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20080197711 | Electronic device - An electronic device having at least a loop-shaped electric conductor generating electric power by electromagnetic induction is provided. The electronic device includes a voltage-detecting unit, a voltage-comparing unit and a separating unit. The voltage-detecting unit is configured to detect a voltage generated in the electric conductor by the electromagnetic induction. The voltage-comparing unit is configured to make a comparison between the voltage detected by the voltage-detecting unit and a predetermined reference voltage and determining whether the voltage detected by the voltage-detecting unit exceeds the predetermined reference voltage. The separating unit is configured to break an electric connection between the electronic conductor and an electronic circuit connecting to the electric conductor when the voltage-comparing unit determines that the voltage detected by the voltage-detecting unit exceeds the predetermined reference voltage. | 08-21-2008 |
20080296979 | Contactless power transferring apparatus - A contactless power transferring apparatus includes a terminal loading portion, a primary coil, an up-down-direction pressing portion, a width direction pressing portion and a thickness direction pressing portion. The terminal loading portion has an opening through which a mobile terminal is inserted and loaded. The primary coil transfers power using electromagnetic induction to a secondary coil incorporated in the mobile terminal. When the mobile terminal is inserted inside the terminal loading portion, the pressing portions operate in an up-down direction, in a left-right direction and in a width direction, to press and support the mobile terminal respectively from below to position the coils in the up-down direction, from the width direction to position the coils in the left-right direction and from the thickness direction to dispose the coils a predetermined distance apart. | 12-04-2008 |
20080297107 | Contactless power transferring coil unit, mobile terminal, power transmitting apparatus, and contactless power transferring system - A contactless power transferring coil unit is provided. The contactless power transferring coil unit includes a flat coil, a magnetic film, and a leaking flux detecting coil. The flat coil is formed by winding a conductive wire into a spiral on a substantially flat plane. The magnetic film is disposed so as to cover one entire flat surface of the flat coil. The leaking flux detecting coil is disposed in a periphery outside an outer edge of the flat coil and the magnetic film and detects leaking magnetic flux from the flat coil. | 12-04-2008 |
20080297295 | Coil module apparatus - A coil module apparatus is provided. The coil module apparatus includes a flat coil, a circuit board, a magnetic sheet, connection terminals, and a case. The flat coil has a flat shape. The circuit board is used for the flat coil. The magnetic sheet is provided so as to cover one surface portion of the flat coil. The connection terminals are provided for connecting the flat coil and the circuit board. The case encloses the flat coil, the circuit board, and the magnetic sheet and encloses the connection terminals so that the connection terminals are partly exposed. | 12-04-2008 |
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20080197965 | Resistor circuit and oscillation circuit - A resistor circuit includes first to Mth resistor circuit units. A (2j−1)th resistor circuit unit includes a (2j−1)th first fuse element and a (2j−1)th resistor provided in series between a (2j−1)th node and a 2jth node, and a (2j−1)th second fuse element provided in parallel with the (2j−1)th first fuse element and the (2j−1)th resistor between the (2j−1 )th node and the 2jth node. A 2jth resistor circuit unit includes a 2jth first fuse element and a 2jth resistor provided in series between the 2jth node and a (2j+1)th node, and a 2jth second fuse element that is provided in parallel with the 2jth first fuse element and the 2jth resistor between the 2jth node and the (2j+1)th node. The (2j−1)th first fuse element, the (2j−1)th second fuse element, the 2jth first fuse element, and the 2jth second fuse element are disposed in a fuse region. The (2j−1)th resistor is disposed in a first resistor region formed in a first direction with respect to the fuse region. The 2jth resistor is disposed in a second resistor region formed in a third direction with respect to the fuse region, the third direction being a direction opposite to the first direction. | 08-21-2008 |
20090002309 | Semiconductor Integrated Circuit, Power Source System Interface, and Electronic Apparatus - A semiconductor integrated circuit, includes: a light emitting diode driver for driving a light emitting diode which is a backlight source of a liquid crystal display panel; a regulator that stabilizes an externally supplied power supply voltage, so as to supply a power supply voltage which is stabilized to a liquid crystal driver that drives the liquid crystal panel; a level shifter which shifts a level of image data supplied to a data input terminal, so as to supply, to the liquid crystal driver, image data that has a level corresponding to the power supply voltage stabilized by the regulator; and a control circuit which switches on/off an operation of at least one of the light emitting diode driver and the regulator, in accordance with a command supplied to the data input terminal; wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit is used, being coupled to the liquid crystal display panel and to the liquid crystal driver. | 01-01-2009 |
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20130327446 | MARAGING STEEL - The present invention provides a maraging steel containing: 0.10≦C≦0.30 mass %, 6.0≦Ni≦9.4 mass %, 11.0≦Co≦20.0 mass %, 1.0≦Mo≦6.0 mass %, 2.0≦Cr≦6.0 mass %, 0.5≦Al≦1.3 mass %, and Ti≦0.1 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying 1.00≦A≦1.08, in which A is 0.95+0.35×[C]−0.0092×[Ni]+0.011×[Co]−0.02×[Cr]−0.001×[Mo], where [C] indicates a content (mass %) of C, [Ni] indicates a content (mass %) of Ni, [Co] indicates a content (mass %) of Co, [Cr] indicates a content (mass%) of Cr, and [Mo] indicates a content (mass%) of Mo, respectively, The maraging steel has a tensile strength of 2,300 MPa or more and is also excellent in the toughness/ductility and fatigue characteristics. | 12-12-2013 |
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20100243458 | Stamper, Method for Producing the Same, Method for Producing Molded Material, and Prototype Aluminum Mold for Stamper - Disclosed herein are a stamper which has anodized alumina formed on the surface thereof and which will not cause macroscopic unevenness or color unevenness on the transcribed surface; a method for producing the same; and a method for producing a molded material without macroscopic unevenness or color unevenness on the transcribed surface thereof by using such a stamper. The stamper includes alumina which has a microasperity structure and which is formed by anodization on the surface of a prototype aluminum mold having an aluminum purity of 99.5% or more, an average crystal-grain diameter of 1 mm or less, and an arithmetic mean surface roughness Ra of 0.05 μm or less. The use of this stamper enables the production of a molded material which does not have macroscopic unevenness or color unevenness on the transcribed surface thereof and which is suitable for use as an antireflection article and the like. | 09-30-2010 |
20120171427 | ALUMINUM BASE DIE MATERIAL FOR STAMPER, ALUMINUM BASE DIE FOR STAMPER AND STAMPER - The present invention relates to an aluminum die base material for a stamper having a component composition that contains 0.5% by weight to 3.0% by weight of Mg, the total amount of elements other than Mg, including unavoidable impurities, is 500 ppm or less, and the remainder is composed of Al, and a forged structure in which the average crystal grain size is 1000 μm or less and the surface area ratio of second phase particles is 0.10% or less. According to the present application, a stamper can be provided in which, together with the crystal grain size of the aluminum being refined, the formation of second phase particles is inhibited, surface irregularities attributable to mirrored surface polishing are reduced, and a uniform relief pattern is formed by anodic oxidation treatment. | 07-05-2012 |
20150050455 | PROTOTYPE ALUMINUM MOLD FOR STAMPERS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, STAMPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE, AND ANTIREFLECTION ARTICLE - A prototype aluminum mold for stampers that is used to manufacture stampers having a fine irregular surface structure on the surface thereof and containing aluminum and magnesium, wherein the content of magnesium is 0.1% by mass to 3% by mass, the content of silicon is 100 ppm by mass or less, the total content of elements other than aluminum and magnesium is 500 ppm by mass or less, and the number of magnesium silicide particles having an equivalent diameter of 10 nm or more on the surface of the prototype aluminum mold for stampers is 10/1000 μm | 02-19-2015 |
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20100028721 | LUBRICANT FOR MAGNETIC DISK, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC DISK - A lubricant for magnetic disks which can form a lubricating layer having a reduced thickness while attaining a high coverage and is excellent in heat resistance and adhesion to a protective layer. The lubricant for magnetic disks comprises a perfluoropolyether compound in which the relationship between the number-average molecular weight and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule satisfies the following: the number-average molecular weight is in the range of 1,000-6,000; the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups contained in the molecule is 180 or higher; and the compound is in a region located below the line connecting the point where the number-average molecular weight is 1,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 400 to the point where the number-average molecular weight is 6,000 and the standardized value of the number of hydroxy groups in the molecule is 1,600. The compound has at least one hydroxy group around the center of the molecular chain. | 02-04-2010 |
20100232065 | MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic disc is provided with a magnetic layer, a protection layer and a lubrication layer in this order on a substrate. After successively forming the magnetic layer and the protection layer on the substrate, the protection layer is exposed to plasma under normal pressure, then, the lubrication layer is formed on the protection layer. The plasma is generated in at least one kind of gas selected from among nitrogen gas, argon gas, oxygen gas, and fluorine hydrocarbon gas. The protection layer is a hydrogenated carbon protection layer. | 09-16-2010 |
20130084352 | MOLD HAVING RELEASE LAYER FOR IMPRINTING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLD HAVING RELEASE LAYER FOR IMPRINTING, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPY MOLD - Provided is a mold having a release layer, in which the release layer is disposed in the mold which transfers a specific uneven pattern onto a molding material to be patterned by means of an imprinting method, wherein the main chain of the molecular chains of a compound contained in the release layer contains a fluorocarbons, the molecular chains of the compound have at least two adsorption functional groups that are adsorbed or bonded to the mold, the bonding energy in the adsorption functional groups that becomes the source of adsorption or bonding of the adsorption functional groups to the mold is greater than the bonding energy between one adsorption functional group and another adsorption functional group in the molecular chains of the compound, and the surface free energy of the release layer is optimized by means of heating. | 04-04-2013 |
20130126472 | SUBSTRATE WITH ADHESION PROMOTING LAYER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MASTER MOLD - Disclosed is a substrate with an adhesive auxiliary layer having an organic compound layer provided on a substrate, with an adhesive auxiliary layer to be interposed between the substrate and the organic compound layer wherein one molecule of a compound contained in the adhesive auxiliary layer includes an adsorption functional group and an adhesion promoting functional group, the adsorption functional group is composed of a modified silane group which is mainly bonded to the substrate, and the adhesion promoting functional group promotes and increases adhesion mainly to the organic compound layer. | 05-23-2013 |
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20080279304 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, DATA TRANSMITTING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STROAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR, DATA RECEIVING DEVICE, DATA RECEIVING METHOD, AND DATA RECEIVING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A plurality of connection frames are transmitted which differ from each other in at least either modulation scheme or transfer rate. Accordingly, a receiving-end device can properly receive a connection frame even in an environment where the connection frame is likely to be affected by noise. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279561 | TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE - Protocol conversion based on a communication protocol and data modulation based on a communication method are performed, in advance, on desired transmission data by a host device, which is an external device. Then, the converted data will be written to a memory in a transmitting device. According to a transmission command from an input section, a logical device reads out the converted data stored in the memory, and then outputs the read data from a transmitting section. | 11-13-2008 |
20090180394 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communications device is provided which receives data frames in FIR communications mode even if the device has failed to normally receive a connect frame in SIR communications mode. | 07-16-2009 |
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20100298978 | MANIPULATOR WITH CAMERA - Provided is a manipulator with at least one camera capable of observing an end effector from a direction suitable for work. A rotating portion rotatable coaxially with the end effector is provided to a link adjacent to a link located at a manipulator tip end. At least one camera for recognizing a work piece as a object is arranged on the rotating portion through a camera platform. An actuator for controlling a rotation angle of the rotating portion is driven according to a rotation angle of the link located at the manipulator tip end, and thus the camera is arranged in a direction perpendicular to a plane where end effector can move when the end effector performs a grip work. In an assembly work, the rotating portion is rotated such that the camera is arranged in a direction parallel to the plane where end effector can move. | 11-25-2010 |
20120323366 | MANIPULATOR WITH CAMERA - Provided is a manipulator with at least one camera capable of observing an end effector from a direction suitable for work. A rotating portion rotatable coaxially with the end effector is provided to a link adjacent to a link located at a manipulator tip end. At least one camera for recognizing a work piece as a object is arranged on the rotating portion through a camera platform. An actuator for controlling a rotation angle of the rotating portion is driven according to a rotation angle of the link located at the manipulator tip end, and thus the camera is arranged in a direction perpendicular to a plane where end effector can move when the end effector performs a grip work. In an assembly work, the rotating portion is rotated such that the camera is arranged in a direction parallel to the plane where end effector can move. | 12-20-2012 |
20130021449 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING METHOD - Provided is a three-dimensional measuring method that can select a large number of line sections for calculating formulas of three-dimensional lines to perform three-dimensional measurement of a measurement object. | 01-24-2013 |
20130293701 | IMAGE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND IMAGE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM - Two-dimensional measurement is allowed with a small error even in the case where a difference occurs between a measurement plane for a workpiece and a plane with calibrated external parameters. When the workpiece | 11-07-2013 |
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20110211007 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND JAM RESTORATION METHOD IN PRINTING APPARATUS - In the event that occurrence of a jam has been detected during conveyance of a sheet, the sheet is cut at a cutter unit, and a user is prompted to perform manual jam restoration processing according to the location where the jam has occurred. If the jam has occurred upstream from the cutter unit, the cut sheets left downstream from the cutter unit are discharged as completed articles. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211030 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for performing duplex printing having a sheet feeding unit, a printing unit, a cutter unit, a drying unit, and a reverse unit. In the duplex printing, the printing unit prints a plurality of images on a first surface of a sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit. The sheet is a continuous sheet. The sheet printed on the first surface passes through the drying unit and is led to the reverse unit. The reverse unit feeds the reversed sheet to the printing unit and the printing unit prints a plurality of images on a second surface that is a back of the first surface of the sheet fed from the reverse unit. The cutter unit cuts the sheet printed on the second surface into a plurality of cut sheets each having the image printed thereon. The cut sheets pass through the drying unit and are ejected. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211885 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reverse unit configured to wind a sheet printed at a print unit around the reverse unit and to reverse the sides of the sheet, and the reverse unit includes a winding rotary member having a cylindrical shape, and a skew correcting unit configured to correct skewing of sheets to be led into the winding rotary member. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211897 | PRINTING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SHEET WINDING DEVICE - A device includes a winding rotary member having a cylindrical shape; a holder having a rotating member, which is provided in the vicinity of a cylindrical surface of the winding rotary member, capable of nipping and conveying the sheet; a first driving mechanism configured to rotate the winding rotary member; and a second driving mechanism configured to rotate the rotating member. The winding rotary member rotates with the sheet is nipped with the rotatable holder, whereby the sheet is wound around the winding rotary member. | 09-01-2011 |
20110239839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING SHEET - A sheet is cut between a first conveying unit and a second conveying unit in a state in which the first and second conveying units halt and in which an upstream conveying unit conveys the sheet at a first speed; after the sheet is cut, the first conveying unit conveys the sheet at a second speed higher than the first speed to reduce a slack formed during the halting; after the sheet is cut, the second conveying unit conveys the downstream-side sheet at a third speed higher than the first speed; if the third conveying unit is nipping the sheet during cutting, the third conveying unit conveys the sheet at the third speed; and if the third conveying unit is not nipping the sheet, the third conveying unit conveys the sheet at the third speed or a fourth speed after the detecting unit detects the sheet. | 10-06-2011 |
20110262153 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - At least one of processing units is capable of being pulled out of a main body of an apparatus during the occurrence of a sheet conveyance jam. A first cutter and a second cutter are arranged in the vicinity of the processing unit. The first cutter is configured to cut the sheet on an upstream of the processing unit. The second cutter is configured to cut the sheet on a downstream thereof. When the processing unit is pulled, the sheet is cut on the upstream and downstream of the processing unit. | 10-27-2011 |
20130100219 | SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND JAM CLEARING METHOD - A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising: a first processing unit including a first sheet conveyance mechanism; a second processing unit including a second sheet conveyance mechanism; a cutting unit, interposed between the first processing unit and the second processing unit, for cutting the sheet; and a controlling unit that controls, in a case of trouble with sheet conveyance, driving of the first sheet conveyance mechanism until an end of the sheet reaches the first processing unit side beyond a cutting position of the cutting unit. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090049107 | Method and System of Database Management for Replica Database - When a database area multi-written or replicated in an external storage unit is separated, a database management system writes consistent data into the external storage unit. A method and system capable of controlling a timing of separating the replicated database area is provided. Furthermore, new data directory information necessary to access the replicated database is dynamically added based on the data directory information of the replication source database. A method and system capable of selecting whether to access the database which is the source of the replication or access the replicated database are provided. Thus, when the database area multi-written or replicated in an external storage unit is separated and physical replicated databases are created, it is possible to maintain consistency of the replicated databases while continuing transaction processing. | 02-19-2009 |
20090144291 | METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH DATA REPLICATION - There is provided a technique capable of executing a predetermined processing while continuing a database processing. Firstly, the database to be operated is switched from the main database to a duplicate database. The predetermined processing is executed to the main database which becomes the non-operation mode by the switching. Next, a database access request is distributed to the duplicate database which becomes the operation mode by the switching, thereby performing the database processing. Update information indicating the content of the update processing performed to the duplicate database is output. The output update information is reflected on the main data base for which the predetermined processing has been executed. After this, the database to be operated is switched from the duplicate database to the main database. | 06-04-2009 |
20100121824 | DISASTER RECOVERY PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE UNIT FOR THE SAME - A technique capable of constructing a disaster recovery system reduced in performance degradation of a primary system is provided. The technique includes a step of conducting synchronous writing of log information into a secondary storage subsystem in a secondary system when a write request received from a host computer is a write request of log information, a step of temporarily storing a write request and conducting asynchronous writing into the secondary storage subsystem when the received write request is a write request of database data or status information, a step of modifying log information, data in a database area, and status information in the secondary storage subsystem according to contents of a write request received from a primary storage subsystem, and a step of recovering the database area according to contents of log information in a location indicated by the status information. | 05-13-2010 |