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20090054443 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING RIBOFLAVIN AND SESAMIN-CLASS COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to a composition containing riboflavin and a sesamin-class compound(s). This composition may incorporate a sesamin-class compound(s) in such an amount that the proportion (weight ratio) of its total quantity to the total quantity of riboflavin taken as unity is no more than 4.5, and it has the advantage that the analgesic and anti-fatigue actions of riboflavin are synergistically improved by ingestion of riboflavin in combination with a sesamin-class compound(s). | 02-26-2009 |
20100048695 | ANTI-FATIGUE AGENT - Anti-fatigue agents containing dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivatives such as sesamin which is an ingredient contained in sesame, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and physiologically functional foods that contain such anti-fatigue agents are disclosed. These compounds can safely be administered to humans and animals alike and hence allow for continued ingestion while proving effective in promoting an improvement of stamina, an increase of body strength, a relief of fatigue, and recovery from fatigue. | 02-25-2010 |
20100144866 | ANTI-FATIGUE AGENTS AND ORAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ANDROGRAPHOLIDE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Disclosed is a composition which is safe for a human body and an animal, can be ingested continuously on a daily basis, has an anti-fatigue activity, and is effective for the prevention or treatment of a disease or condition associated with fatigue. Specifically disclosed is an anti-fatigue agent comprising andrographolide optionally together with an α-lipoic acid as an active ingredient(s). Also disclosed is a novel oral composition comprising andrographolide and an α-lipoic acid. The anti-fatigue agent and the oral composition are useful for the prevention or treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome, overfatigue, physical fatigue, mental fatigue and organ fatigue. | 06-10-2010 |
20150080407 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING RIBOFLAVIN AND SESAMIN-CLASS COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to a composition containing riboflavin and a sesamin-class compound(s). This composition may incorporate a sesamin-class compound (s) in such an amount that the proportion (weight ratio) of its total quantity to the total quantity of riboflavin taken as unity is no more than 4.5, and it has the advantage that the analgesic and anti-fatigue actions of riboflavin are synergistically improved by ingestion of riboflavin in combination with a sesamin-class compound(s). | 03-19-2015 |
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20110178634 | TABLET DISPENSER - A tablet dispenser includes a device body and a plurality of tablet cassettes disposed on one face of the device body. Each tablet cassette is capable of accommodating a plurality of types of tablets and of dispensing the tablets contained therein in a lateral direction. A plurality of chutes are in communication with the plurality of tablet cassettes. Each chute is disposed on the one face of the device body, adjacent to a corresponding tablet cassette. Each chute retains tablets dispensed from the corresponding tablet cassette and dispenses the tablets in a downward direction into a container. | 07-21-2011 |
20120031043 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSING MACHINE - The medicament dispensing machine enables to use vials having various sizes and shapes without changing a part in the machine or without performing a special operation. The medicament dispensing machine contains a discharging unit that receives a vial filled with a medicament from a medicament filling means and discharges out of a vial discharging window. The discharging unit contains a vial gripping means having a pair of gripping arms that grip a vial, a body of gripping means having the vial gripping means, a moving means that moves the vial gripping means from the medicament filling means to the vial discharging window, and an orientation changing mechanism that changes the orientation of the body of gripping means. With a coordination of the movement of the body of gripping means toward the vial discharging window, the orientation changing mechanism makes the gripping arms orient to the vial discharging window. | 02-09-2012 |
20130062363 | Tablet Cassette - A vertical position and an entrance depth of a partitioning member are easily adjusted in accordance with the size of a tablet to be dispensed. Further, a rotor is easily demounted from a securement member fixed to a drive shaft. A side wall of a cassette body is formed with a plurality of slits, through which at least one elastic bristle penetrates, along a circumferential direction of the rotor. The slits extend in an axial direction of the rotor. A partitioning member is movable along the slit with the elastic bristle penetrating through the slit. When a cap is downwardly pressed, a pressing portion presses a flexible portion to thereby release the engagement between the flexible portion and an engagement portion and an elastic force of an arm portion urges a rotor upwardly. | 03-14-2013 |
20130103188 | TABLET DISPENSER - A tablet dispenser includes a device body and a plurality of tablet cassettes disposed on one face of the device body. Each tablet cassette is capable of accommodating a plurality of types of tablets and of dispensing the tablets contained therein in a lateral direction. A plurality of chutes are in communication with the plurality of tablet cassettes. Each chute is disposed on the one face of the device body, adjacent to a corresponding tablet cassette. Each chute retains tablets dispensed from the corresponding tablet cassette and dispenses the tablets in a downward direction into a container. | 04-25-2013 |
20140103063 | TABLET DISPENSER - A tablet dispenser includes a device body and a plurality of tablet cassettes disposed on one face of the device body. Each tablet cassette is capable of accommodating a plurality of types of tablets and of dispensing the tablets contained therein in a lateral direction. A plurality of chutes are in communication with the plurality of tablet cassettes. Each chute is disposed on the one face of the device body, adjacent to a corresponding tablet cassette. Each chute retains tablets dispensed from the corresponding tablet cassette and dispenses the tablets in a downward direction into a container. | 04-17-2014 |
20140144544 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSING MACHINE - The medicament dispensing machine enables to use vials having various sizes and shapes without changing a part in the machine or without performing a special operation. The medicament dispensing machine contains a discharging unit that receives a vial filled with a medicament from a medicament filling means and discharges out of a vial discharging window. The discharging unit contains a vial gripping means having a pair of gripping arms that grip a vial, a body of gripping means having the vial gripping means, a moving means that moves the vial gripping means from the medicament filling means to the vial discharging window, and an orientation changing mechanism that changes the orientation of the body of gripping means. With a coordination of the movement of the body of gripping means toward the vial discharging window, the orientation changing mechanism makes the gripping arms orient to the vial discharging window. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090108434 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, PDP DRIVER, AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - In a semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present invention, temperature increase of a bonding wire can be suppressed even when conductive leads are short-circuited with each other, and reliability of the semiconductor integrated circuit device is improved. The conductive leads of a resin package for supplying a power supply section of a semiconductor integrated circuit chip with power from an external power supply are connected with bonding pads of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip by a plurality of bonding wires. Furthermore, the conductive leads connected to a GND for supplying the power supply section of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip with a grounding potential are connected with the bonding pads of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip by a plurality of bonding wires. | 04-30-2009 |
20090167371 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT - It is aimed to reduce the area of an output circuit in a capacitive load driving circuit capable of high voltage output, such as a PDP scan driver for driving a plasma display panel. To achieve this, there are provided an arbitrary number of N-type MOS transistors | 07-02-2009 |
20090195482 | PDP DRIVER AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING PDP - A PDP-driving semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of PDP drivers each for converting an input signal into a high-voltage pulse having an amplitude greater than that of the input signal and outputting the high-voltage pulse. The PDP-driving semiconductor integrated circuit has a function of performing sequential operation in which the PDP drivers operate at different timings and sequentially output the high-voltage pulses and a function of performing simultaneous operation in which the PDP drivers operate at the same timing and output the high-voltage pulses at a time. In each of the sequential operation and the simultaneous operation, at least one of the speed of change in voltage level of the high-voltage pulse from a low level to a high level and the speed of change in voltage level of the high-voltage pulse from the high level to the low level is controlled. | 08-06-2009 |
20090237104 | TESTING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A testing method of semiconductor integrated circuit wherein the quality of diffusion for semiconductor chips can be tested before the semiconductor chips become packaged semiconductor integrated circuits is provided. Input data is set, and circuit current values I(L) and I(H) obtained for each of a plurality of circuit areas are compared with first test pass ranges I | 09-24-2009 |
20090273099 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a semiconductor chip in a semiconductor integrated circuit, a plurality of circuit cells each of which has a pad are formed along a first chip side of the semiconductor chip. Among the plurality of circuit cells, one or more circuit cells at least in the vicinity of an end portion on the first chip side are arranged having a steplike shift in a direction apart from the first chip side with decreasing distance from the center portion to the end portion on the first chip side. | 11-05-2009 |
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20100260480 | TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A terminal device, upon each receiving of an operation regarding a viewing of a content from a user, stores history information indicating the history thereof. Then upon receiving an instruction for writing a content onto an external recording medium, the terminal device creates preference information based on the history information having been collected therein. The terminal device then writes the content specified by the writing instruction and the created preference information onto the external recording medium. | 10-14-2010 |
20110317928 | IMAGE EVALUATING DEVICE, IMAGE EVALUATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Provided is an image evaluation apparatus for evaluating each of a plurality of images, the images including objects that each belong to a cluster. The image evaluation apparatus calculates (i) a first value pertaining to an object appearing in an image (for instance, the first value indicates a frequency at which the object appears in the plurality of images) according to a cluster that the object belongs to and (ii) a second value pertaining to the object (for instance, the second value indicates an occupation degree of the object in the image) according to an appearance characteristic that the object exhibits in the image. The image evaluation apparatus further calculates, according to the first value and second value, an importance degree of the object and an importance degree of the image. | 12-29-2011 |
20120002881 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image management device acquires an image group with an image acquisition unit, extracts objects and feature amounts from each image in the image group with an object detection unit, and sorts the objects into relevant clusters with an object sorting unit. Next, a similarity calculation unit calculates a similarity between the feature amounts of each object and each relevant cluster, a co-occurrence information generation unit finds co-occurrence information for each cluster, and then an accuracy calculation unit and an evaluation value calculation unit find an evaluation value for each object with respect to each cluster from the similarity and co-occurrence information. An object priority evaluation unit evaluates the object priority of each object with the evaluation value, and an image priority evaluation unit evaluates the priority of each image from the object priority. | 01-05-2012 |
20120170855 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image management device includes an image priority calculation unit calculating image priority, an image selection unit selecting a high-priority image and a low-priority image, a feature correction unit correcting low-priority image features using the object features of objects included in the high-priority image and in the low-priority image, an image similarity calculation unit calculating image similarity using the object features of the high-priority image and the object features corrected by the feature correction unit, and an image priority correction unit correcting the priority of the low-priority image according to the calculated image similarity. | 07-05-2012 |
20130010154 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image management device clusters acquired images (S | 01-10-2013 |
20130136313 | IMAGE EVALUATION APPARATUS, IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In the image evaluation apparatus, a clothing recognition unit | 05-30-2013 |
20140072279 | INTERESTING SECTION IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, INTERESTING SECTION IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND INTERESTING SECTION IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM - An interesting section identification device includes an object detection unit that detect an object included in a frame extracted from a video, a motion feature value extraction unit that calculates a motion feature value of the object, a distinctiveness calculation unit that calculates a degree of distinctiveness in terms of motion of the object with respect to the frame, and an interesting section identification unit that identifies an interesting section in the video with use of respective calculated degrees of distinctiveness of successive frames. | 03-13-2014 |
20140093176 | VIDEO ANALYZING DEVICE, VIDEO ANALYZING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A video analyzing device according to the present invention specifies an object-related section from video. The object-related section being related to a specific object appearing in the video. The video analyzing device includes an object-related section specifier that specifies a non-detected section as the object-related section when a predetermined condition is satisfied and does not specify the non-detected section as the object-related section when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The object-detected section is a section in which the specific object is detected. The non-detected section is a section in which the specific object is not detected and which is in a consecutive relation with the object-detected section. | 04-03-2014 |
20140254638 | RELAY DEVICE AND RELAY METHOD - The present disclosure provides a relay device which relays data, the relay device including a storage unit to store device information of at least one receiving device connectable to the relay device; and a communication unit to transmit the device information to a transmitting device when authentication is performed between the transmitting device and the relay device, the device information being pre-stored in the storage unit before the authentication is performed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140286625 | VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD - A video playback apparatus that processes an obtained video and plays back the processed video, includes: a face recognition unit which detects the size and position of an image of a person in the video, which change over time; a generation unit which generates a playback video for playback, such that the image of the person shown in the playback video is of a predetermined size, by (i) determining a clipping range for a part of the video in response to a change in the detected position, and (ii) enlarging or reducing, in response to a change in the detected size, a partial video which is the part of the video shown in the clipping range; and a video playback unit which plays back the generated playback video. Here, the response time for the clipping range determination is longer than a response time for the partial video enlargement or reduction. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090140974 | LIGHTING UNIT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - The lighting unit includes the DMDs | 06-04-2009 |
20100053478 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes: a red imager; a green imager; a blue imager; a polarization adjusting element; a color combining unit; and a controller. A superimposed component light enters the polarization adjusting element together with the fourth color component light. The polarization adjusting element transmits the superimposed component light, whereas transmitting the fourth color component light by adjusting the polarization of the fourth color component light in accordance with switching between a low voltage applied state and a high voltage applied state. The controller controls re-orienting operation of applying a high voltage to the polarization adjusting element. | 03-04-2010 |
20100238410 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical element includes a mirror surface configured to transmit certain part of incident light and to reflect the other part of the incident light. The mirror surface has a first region and a second region. The first region includes a first polarization conversion layer configured to convert a polarization direction of incident light incident on the first region from one linear polarization into a different linear polarization. A region of the optical element from which light transmitted through the first region is emitted includes a second polarization conversion layer configured to convert a polarization direction of the light transmitted through the first region from the different linear polarization into the one linear polarization. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245586 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A camera for capturing an object that will enter a projection space is attached to the casing of a projection display apparatus. The camera is installed at the position in which, when the camera faces the projection plane, at least one of the back direction and the side direction of the casing is included within the filed of view of the camera. For example, the cameras are installed on both side edges of the casing so as to face each other. | 09-30-2010 |
20110037954 | PROJECTOR - There is disclosed a projector which supplies air cooled by a cooling unit to an optical element group, whereby the occurrence of dew condensation is prevented. The projector includes a cooling apparatus | 02-17-2011 |
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20090004589 | Toner and Process for Producing the Same - The present invention provides toner containing core particles prepared by mixing and aggregating in an aqueous medium at least a first resin particle dispersion in which first resin particles are dispersed, a colorant particle dispersion in which particles of colorant are dispersed and a wax particle dispersion in which particles of wax are dispersed. The colorant contains carbon black having a DBP oil absorption of 45 to 70 (ml/100 g) and the wax contains a wax having an endothermic peak temperature (referred to as melting point Tmw1 (° C.)) according the DSC method of 50 to 90° C. It is thus possible to prepare toner that has a small particle size and a sharp particle size distribution without requiring a classification process and that can prevent transfer void and toner scattering during transfer and obtain high transfer efficiency. The present invention provides also a method for producing the toner. | 01-01-2009 |
20090035681 | TONER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TONER, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPING AGENT - A toner or two-component developer is obtained by mixing, aggregating, and heating resin particles, colorant particles, and wax particles in an aqueous medium. A gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurement of the resin particles shows that a weight-average molecular weight is 10000 to 60000, and the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight is 1.5 to 6. The wax particles include at least a first wax and a second wax. An endothermic peak temperature (melting point Tmw | 02-05-2009 |
20090053640 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner is obtained in an aqueous medium by dispersing second resin particles into a core particles dispersion including at least first resin particles, and fusing the second resin particles with core particles. A second resin particle dispersion in which the second resin particles are dispersed is added after adjusting the pH value in the range of HS+2 to HS−5, where HS represents the pH value of the core particle dispersion in which the core particles are dispersed, so that toner particles have a volume-average particle size of 3 to 7 μm, a content of the toner particles having a particle size of 2.52 to 4 μm in a number distribution is 10 to 75% by number, the toner particles having a particle size of 4 to 6.06 μm in a volume distribution is 25 to 75% by volume, and the toner particles having a particle size of not less than 8 μm in the volume distribution is not more than 5% by volume. Thus, the toner can have a smaller particle size and a sharp particle size distribution without requiring a classification process. Moreover, the toner or a two-component developer can achieve a longer life and suppress transfer voids or scattering during transfer. | 02-26-2009 |
20110165510 | TONER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TONER, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPING AGENT - A toner or two-component developer is obtained by mixing, aggregating, and heating resin particles, colorant particles, and wax particles in an aqueous medium. A gel permeation chromatography (GPC) measurement of the resin particles shows that a weight-average molecular weight is 10000 to 60000, and the ratio of the weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight is 1.5 to 6. The wax particles include at least a first wax and a second wax. An endothermic peak temperature (melting point Tmw1 (° C.)) of the first wax based on a DSC method is 50° C. to 90° C. An endothermic peak temperature (melting point Tmw2 (° C.)) of the second wax based on the DSC method is at least 5° C. to 50° C. higher than Tmw1. Thus, the toner can have a smaller particle size and a sharp particle size distribution without requiring a classification process, can achieve a longer life, and can suppress transfer voids or scattering during transfer. | 07-07-2011 |
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20090233435 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method is set forth of forming an ohmic electrode having good characteristics on a SiC semiconductor layer. In the method, a Ti-layer and an Al-layer are formed on a surface of the SiC substrate. The SiC substrate having the Ti-layer and the Al-layer is maintained at a temperature that is higher than or equal to a first temperature and lower than a second temperature until all Ti in the Ti-layer has reacted with Al. The first temperature is the minimum temperature of a temperature zone at which the Ti reacts with the Al to form Al | 09-17-2009 |
20090289723 | PLL OSCILLATION CIRCUIT, POLAR TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a PLL oscillation circuit that can reduce the variability of modulation sensitivity of a VCO | 11-26-2009 |
20100102332 | METHOD OF FORMING AN OHMIC CONTACT ON A P-TYPE 4H-SIC SUBSTRATE - A method of forming an Ohmic contact on a P-type 4H—SiC and an Ohmic contact formed by the same are provided. A method of forming an Ohmic contact on a P-type 4H—SiC substrate including a deposition step of successively depositing a 1 to 60 nm thick first Al layer, Ti layer, and second Al layer on a P-type 4H—SiC substrate and an alloying step of forming an alloy layer between the SiC substrate and the Ti layer through the first Al layer by heat treatment in a nonoxidizing atmosphere. An Ohmic contact on a P-type 4H—SiC substrate formed by this method is also provided. | 04-29-2010 |
20120013409 | DIGITAL FREQUENCY/PHASE LOCKED LOOP - A digital FLL/PLL is provided which is capable of converging an oscillation frequency from a VCO to a desired frequency at a high speed even without setting a damping factor corresponding to each VCO gain. A digital FLL/PLL of the present invention includes: a comparator for comparing a channel signal to a loopback signal having an oscillation frequency to generate a signal error; a digital loop filter for generating a control voltage that determines the oscillation frequency, on the basis of the signal error; a VCO for controlling an oscillation frequency on the basis of the control voltage; a loopback path through which the oscillation frequency generated by the VCO is outputted as the loopback signal to the comparator; and a control section for monitoring the signal error, and controlling the digital loop filter such that the oscillation frequency of the VCO becomes a stationary state, when detecting that the signal error meets a predetermined condition after the channel signal is switched. | 01-19-2012 |
20120058804 | CMOS-INVERTER-TYPE FREQUENCY DIVIDER CIRCUIT, AND MOBILE PHONE INCLUDING THE CMOS-INVERTER-TYPE FREQUENCY DIVIDER CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a CMOS-inverter-type frequency divider circuit that can further reduce power consumption. | 03-08-2012 |
20120094712 | AMPLITUDE MODULATOR - An amplitude modulator comprises: a signal processing section for receiving a source signal for wide bandwidth use, splitting the source signal into two source signals for lower frequency use and for higher frequency use, respectively, signal processing the two source signals individually, and outputting a lower-frequency-use source signal and a higher-frequency-use source signal;
| 04-19-2012 |
20120105111 | TRANSMITTER INCLUDING POLAR MODULATION CIRCUIT - Provided is a transmitter including a polar modulation circuit which adjusts a timing lag between an amplitude component and a phase component more accurately than a conventional art. The polar modulation circuit includes: an extraction section for extracting an amplitude component and a phase component from an input signal; a first processing section for performing a first signal process on the amplitude component; a second processing section for performing a second signal processing on the phase component; an amplifier for synthesizing an output of the first processing section and an output of the second processing section and amplifying the synthesized outputs; a first calculator for performing an exclusive OR logical operation between the amplitude component before being inputted to the first processing section and the amplitude component after having been inputted to the first processing section; a first accumulation section for accumulating outputs of the first calculator; a second calculator for performing an exclusive OR logical operation between the phase component before being inputted to the second processing section and the phase component after having been inputted to the second processing section; a second accumulation section for accumulating outputs of the second calculator; and a delay fluctuation detection/compensation section for obtaining a delay time of the amplitude component based on an amount of accumulation of the first accumulation section; obtaining a delay time of the phase component based on an amount of accumulation of the second accumulation section; detecting an amount of delay fluctuation by using the delay times; and adjusting timings of the amplitude component and the phase component. | 05-03-2012 |
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20120122619 | RATCHET-TYPE TENSIONER - In a ratchet tensioner, rack teeth on a plunger are engaged by ratchet teeth on one end of a movable plug that slides in a hole in the tensioner housing along a direction orthogonal of the direction of movement of the plunger. The movable plug is prevented from rotating in the hole in which it slides so that the ratchet teeth engage the rack teeth on the plunger smoothly and reliably. | 05-17-2012 |
20120196709 | RATCHET-TYPE TENSIONER - There is provided a ratchet-type tensioner whose spring stopping washer for seating a ratchet biasing spring is rigidly and readily assembled to a ratchet-receiving hole so as not to fall out of the ratchet-receiving hole and which reduces flapping noise and prevents seizure of the plunger by securely and stably operating a ratchet mechanism in operating an engine. The ratchet-type tensioner | 08-02-2012 |
20120225743 | Rachet-Type Tensioner - A ratchet-type tensioner capable of restricting setback of a plunger includes a ratchet mechanism that allows setback of the plunger by sliding a ratchet element in a disengaging direction to disengage ratchet teeth from rack teeth when a reaction force acts on the plunger as a result of excessive chain tension. The ratchet element is slidable in a ratchet-receiving hole, and an inclination suppressing structure that prevents the ratchet element from becoming skewed in the ratchet receiving hole to an extent such that its forward end contacts one side of the hole while its rearward end contacts the opposite sides of the hole. | 09-06-2012 |
20120244975 | RATCHET-TYPE TENSIONER - A ratchet mechanism of the ratchet tensioner comprises a toothed ratchet element slidable in a housing and movable in a sliding direction, a plunger movable in an advance/setback direction and having rack teeth engageable by the teeth of the ratchet element, and a ratchet-biasing spring for biasing the ratchet element so that its teeth engage the rack teeth. The rack teeth have stop surfaces facing in the setback direction and sliding surfaces facing the advancing direction. The sliding surfaces are curved surfaces bulging in the advancing direction and in the direction of disengagement of the ratchet element from the rack teeth, the bulge being in an area extending from an entry starting location to an entry ending location. | 09-27-2012 |
20120309570 | RING-TYPE TENSIONER - In a ring-type tensioner, an expansible elastic ring disposed in a groove formed in the wall of a plunger-accommodating hole cooperates with teeth formed on the plunger to restrict axial movement of the plunger. The ring and the groove in the wall of the plunger-accommodating hole have flat radial surfaces for mutual engagement. However the ring also has oblique plunger-tooth engaging surfaces. The ring has manipulable end parts that can be locked in fixed relation to each other by a tool to secure the plunger against axial movement. The tool can also be inserted into a gap between the manipulable end parts to expand the ring and thereby release the plunger. | 12-06-2012 |
20130310206 | RATCHET-TYPE TENSIONER - In a ratchet-type tensioner having a plunger with rack teeth formed thereon and a piston with ratchet teeth that engage the rack teeth, the ratchet teeth can be disengaged from the rack teeth by insertion of a tool through a tool insertion hole in the tensioner housing and exerting a prying action on the toothed end of the piston to move the piston away from the plunger. Alternatively if an oblique camming surface is formed on the toothed end of the piston, the ratchet teeth can be disengaged from the rack teeth by pushing the tool inward against the oblique camming surface. The piston and the hole in which it slides are shaped to prevent rotation of the piston. The ratchet teeth on the piston and the rack teeth on the plunger can be oblique to allow setback of the plunger when excessive force is exerted on the plunger. | 11-21-2013 |
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20100084943 | MOLDED COMMUTATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MOTOR USING THE SAME - The molded commutator has commutator segments; cylindrical varistor pins press-fitted between the adjacent commutator segments; and molding material for molding commutator and varistor pins as an integral structure to form a molded commutator. Varistor pins suppress spark voltage between the commutator segments, extending the operating life of the brush. | 04-08-2010 |
20100141081 | MOLD COMMUTATOR AND COMMUTATOR MOTOR USING THE SAME - The mold commutator of the present invention comprises a plurality of commutator segments made of copper or copper alloy and circumferentially arranged, a plurality of spark absorbing elements, disposed between adjacent commutator segments, with paired parallel surfaces respectively having electrodes thereon, and a resin mold portion which integrates these portions into one piece. The spark absorbing element is electrically connected to the commutator segment via the electrode, and spark voltage generated at the commutator segment is absorbed by current flowing between the electrodes. | 06-10-2010 |
20110273087 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plasma display panel includes: a front plate; a rear plate having barrier ribs; a sealing member that seals a peripheral edge of the front plate and a peripheral edge of the rear plate; and a bonding layer that bonds at least part of the barrier ribs and the front plate to each other. The sealing member has a first glass member. The bonding layer has a second glass member. A deformation point of the second glass member is lower than a softening point of the first glass member. A softening point of the second glass member is higher than the softening point of the first glass member. | 11-10-2011 |
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20100054820 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive drum; a developing roller that is arranged opposite the photoconductive drum and that carries toner; a detecting portion that detects an occurrence of electrical discharge between the developing roller and the photoconductive drum; a control portion that controls the apparatus, that receives an output of the detecting portion and then recognizes the occurrence of the electrical discharge; a direct voltage applying portion that is connected to the developing roller; and an alternating voltage applying portion that, when an electrical discharge detection operation is performed in which the occurrence of the electrical discharge is detected by use of the detecting portion with the alternating voltage applied to the developing roller changed step by step, applies the alternating voltage having a duty ratio and a frequency different from the duty ratio and the frequency for an image forming operation so that the electrical discharge is made to occur simply in a direction in which an increase in current induced by the electrical discharge is smaller for an increase in potential difference, grasped in advance, between the photoconductive drum and the developing roller. | 03-04-2010 |
20100111551 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An image forming apparatus has: a photoconductive drum that rotates; a developing roller that carries toner to be charged and to which a first voltage application portion outputting an AC voltage is connected; a contact member that makes contact with the photoconductive drum to remove residual toner; a detection portion for detecting occurrence of electric discharge between the developing roller and the photoconductive drum; and a developing unit that feeds toner to the developing roller, that supports the developing roller opposite the photoconductive drum with a gap secured in between, and that feeds toner to the developing roller with prescribed timing and for a prescribed time during electric discharge detection. | 05-06-2010 |
20100129102 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive drum; a developing roller carrying toner; a DC voltage application portion outputting a DC voltage to be applied to the developing roller, and receiving a feedback voltage; an AC voltage application portion applying an AC voltage to be applied to the developing roller; a detection portion detecting occurrence of electric discharge; a first resistor portion generating a feedback voltage that is fed to the DC voltage application portion; a second resistor portion connected between the DC voltage application portion and the AC voltage application portion, and having a switching portion with which conducting on and off are switchable; and a control portion controlling the switching portion, at the time of printing, to bring the second resistor portion into a conducting state and, at the time of electric discharge detection, to bring the second resistor portion into a non-conducting state. | 05-27-2010 |
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20090089708 | Image processing device - An image processing device | 04-02-2009 |
20100188697 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD USING OPERATION DISPLAY PORTION THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication portion; an operation display portion that displays at least an address book screen on which a plurality of first input keys for narrowing transmission destination information are displayed, on which the first input key is operated such that a plurality of second input keys for further narrowing the transmission destination information are displayed and on which the displayed second input key is operated such that the transmission destination information is narrowed and the resulting information is displayed along with names; a display control portion that controls a display on the operation display portion; a key operation detection portion that detects a key operation on the input keys including the first input keys and the second input keys; and a storage portion that stores a plurality of pieces of transmission destination information displayed on the address book screen such that the plurality of pieces of transmission destination information correspond to names, respectively. | 07-29-2010 |
20110078631 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE LOADED THEREWITH - A display device includes: an operation display part having a touch panel part displaying on a screen a plurality of input keys and accepting key operation, the operation display part displaying a list with an array of a plurality of items; a key operation detection part detecting operation on the input key; and a control part specifying the operated input key based on information from the key operation detection part, and displaying, at the operation display part in two rows or two columns, an array of: a plurality of first input keys arrayed for narrowing down the items to be displayed on the list; and a plurality of second input keys displayed as a result of operation of the first input key and arrayed for further narrowing down the items to be displayed on the list. | 03-31-2011 |
20120075658 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THAT CAUSE A JOB EXECUTION SCREEN TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY OF A TERMINAL APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that is connected to a network includes a web server, a setting item management unit, and a web server management unit. The setting item management unit is configured to select, when the web server receives a request for job execution screen data from a terminal apparatus that is connected to the network, a job setting item in association with at least one of the terminal apparatus and a user at the terminal apparatus from among all job setting items. The web server management unit is configured to generate the job execution screen data that includes the job setting item selected by the setting item management unit and transmit the job execution screen data to the terminal apparatus via the web server. | 03-29-2012 |
20120092709 | Image Forming System and Image Forming Apparatus - In an image forming apparatus, a page data generation unit is configured to generate page data of a job list screen that includes a link to the page data of a detailed information screen on an uncompleted job. The detailed information screen is a screen that displays the status of one job determined by a job status management unit. The page data generation is further configured to (A) generate the page data of a job request screen, and (B) if the job receipt unit receives a job that is requested based on the page data of the job request screen, generate the page data of a receipt-confirmation screen that includes a link to the page data of the detailed information screen on the received job. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092710 | Driver Program - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a driver program for an image forming apparatus. The driver program causes the computer to perform the steps of: (a) causing a display device of the computer to display a driver screen that transmits a job request to the image forming apparatus in accordance with a user operation of a user; and (b) if a predetermined user interface element in the driver screen is operated, causing the image forming apparatus to transmit user setting information on the user to the computer and causing the display device of the computer to display a user setting information page that includes the user setting information. | 04-19-2012 |
20150062615 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB SETTING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus, if a setting content of a preset second setting item of a plurality of setting items included in pre-registration information selected by a selection portion is outside a range of use authority, a change portion changes the setting content of the second setting item to a content within the range of the use authority. In addition, a sequential display portion sequentially displays a setting screen for setting the setting content of the second setting item, in accordance with a setting operation on the setting screen. Furthermore, a second display control portion displays an authentication screen if the setting content of the second setting item is set on the setting screen so as to be outside the range of the use authority. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062616 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB SETTING METHOD - In an information processing apparatus, if the number of specific items of a plurality of setting items included in pre-registration information selected by a selection portion is equal to or less than a threshold, a change portion changes a setting content of the specific item to a content within a range of use authority. A setting screen display portion displays a setting screen for setting the specific item whose setting content has been changed by the change portion. A second display control portion displays an authentication screen if the setting content of the specific item is set on the setting screen so as to be outside the range of the use authority. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100172667 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIXING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A fixing device irradiates an unfixed toner image formed on the recording paper that is conveyed by an endless belt for conveying recording paper, with laser light so as to fuse the toner and fix the toner image. The fixing device includes a controller which makes such control as to convey the recording paper so as to pass through the position of the focal point of the laser light and bring the surface of the endless belt away from the position of the focal point of the laser light when conveyance of the recording paper is stopped. | 07-08-2010 |
20110262196 | LASER FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - In a fixing device, the surface of the recording paper carrying belt passes through a position satisfying a relation:
| 10-27-2011 |
20120045238 | LASER FUSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A laser fusing apparatus including: a laser light source for emitting a laser beam; a conveyance belt for conveying a sheet with a toner image being transferred thereon and guiding the sheet to an irradiation region in which the toner image is to be irradiated with the laser light source; a heat pipe including a heat receiving portion to receive heat generated by the laser light source and a heat releasing portion to supply the received heat to the conveyance belt; and a fuser control section for controlling the laser light source so that the laser light source irradiates the laser beam to the toner image when the toner image passes the irradiation region, thereby fixing the toner image onto the sheet, wherein the conveyance belt heats the sheet and the toner image with the heat supplied from the heat radiation section. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045239 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARTUS - A fixing device includes a laser light source for irradiating an unfixed toner image formed on a recording sheet, and melts a toner by light from the laser light source to fix the toner image on the recording sheet. Here, where a conveyance speed of the recording sheet is p, a length of a light irradiation area in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet is q, time during which the toner of the unfixed image is subjected to light during conveyance is r, and energy per unit area given to the toner of the unfixed image is J, light output of the laser light source is controlled so that the energy during a constant time r | 02-23-2012 |
20120093553 | OPTICAL FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical fixing device is provided that is capable of improving fixability as well as improving smoothness of an image on a recording medium that is formed after fixing, and forming a high-quality image of high gloss level. An optical fixing device includes a recording sheet fixing conveyance section that conveys a recording sheet on which a toner image is formed; a laser irradiation section that irradiates with light the toner image formed on the recording sheet that is conveyed by the recording sheet fixing conveyance section; and a pressurizing section that is disposed on a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet from the light irradiation section and pressurizes the toner image on the recording sheet after irradiation of light by the light irradiation section. | 04-19-2012 |
20120201584 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A recording sheet has an unfixed toner image that is formed thereon, and is conveyed to a fixing device. A surface reforming device of the fixing device performs surface reformation for the surface of the toner on the recording sheet by, for example, plasma irradiation or the like, thereby generating a polar group of a hydrophilic property on the surface of the toner. Next, the recording sheet is conveyed to a laser irradiation portion by a recording sheet conveyance device to be irradiated with a laser, in which the toner is fused to be fixed to the recording sheet. The toner on the recording sheet is subjected to surface reforming treatment, thus having increased affinity (adhesion force) with the recording sheet, so that it is possible to secure favorable fixability without pressing. | 08-09-2012 |
20120237242 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus in which multiple number of laser beams are controlled to perform fixing based on the toner concentration in the developing device, or based on the density and weight of the toner image adhering on the recording medium before fixing. The controller in the image forming apparatus compares the toner concentration detected by the toner concentration detector with the reference toner concentration, calculates the output level of the laser irradiator, controls the laser irradiator based on the calculation, controls to increase the output level of the laser irradiator in accordance with the detected toner concentration when the toner concentration is lower than the reference toner concentration, and controls to lower the output level of the laser irradiator in accordance with the detected toner concentration when the toner concentration is higher than the reference toner concentration. | 09-20-2012 |
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20090092017 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - This optical disk device includes an examination means which examines a first physical characteristic of an optical disk, and a servo means which starts servo control based upon that first physical characteristic. This optical disk device includes a read means which incorporates the examination means, and which reads type information from the optical disk under that servo control based upon the first physical characteristic. This optical disk device includes a control means which decides whether or not a second physical characteristic of the optical disk, which is determined as a standard for the type of type information read, and the first physical characteristic, agree with one another. And, if the control means has decided that these two physical characteristics do not agree with one another, it commands the read means to read replay data from the optical disk, under that servo control based upon the first physical characteristic. | 04-09-2009 |
20120314552 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical disc apparatus includes an optical pickup, a signal generation section which generates a control signal from an electrical signal, and a main control section which controls the optical pickup such that, during a spin-up operation of an optical disc, the optical disc is discriminated to be a multiple-layer disc with three or more layers and address information is successfully acquired from the optical disc, the optical pickup irradiates the optical disc with a light beam at a light emission power for a multiple-layer disc with three or more layers. However, if disc information is not successfully acquired, the main control section controls the optical pickup to try again to acquire the disc information at the light emission power for a multiple-layer disc with three or more layers. | 12-13-2012 |
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20100277637 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device includes a fixedly provided half mirror that separates object light that has passed through a shooting optical system into transmitted light and reflected light, and an image pickup unit that generates an image of an object by receiving the transmitted light. The half mirror includes an optically transmissive film that is optically isotropic. | 11-04-2010 |
20110001866 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup device for receiving subject light passed through a photographing optical system by an image pickup surface in which a pixel arrangement is formed, and generating an image signal; and an optically transparent film having an optical anisotropy, and disposed in front of the image pickup surface, the subject light entering the optically transparent film; wherein a width of separation between a first ray of light and a second ray of light produced by birefringence in the optically transparent film is 1/2 or more of a pixel pitch in the pixel arrangement. | 01-06-2011 |
20130135519 | OPTICAL FUNCTION DEVICE AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - An optical function device includes a base material layer, a semi-transparent layer formed on a principal plane of the base material layer, the semi-transparent layer reflecting light of incident light at a ratio determined in advance and passing remaining light; and a reflection prevention layer formed on a principal plane opposite to the principal plane of the base material layer with respect to the base material layer, the reflection prevention layer preventing reflection of the light passing through the base material layer. The image-capturing device includes an optical function device, a first light receiving device for receiving transmission light from the optical function device, and a second light receiving device for receiving reflection light from the optical function device. | 05-30-2013 |
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20090124926 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL DEVICE, ENVIRONMENT CONTROL METHOD, ENVIRONMENT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - Comfortable sensation of living bodies is estimated, considering individual differences in biological information on the living bodies staying or residing in a common space, and stimulation contents is properly controlled. A stimulation generator | 05-14-2009 |
20090276062 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL DEVICE, ENVIRONMENT CONTROL METHOD, ENVIRONMENT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING THE ENVIRONMENT CONTROL PROGRAM - An environment control device, an environment control method, an environment control program, and a computer-readable recording medium containing the environment control program for enabling the user to actually have a comfortable feeling in a reliable manner and further to maintain such a comfortable state, are provided. A biological information measuring portion acquires time-series data of the biological information of the user. A chaos analysis portion calculates a parameter about the biological information through chaos analysis of the time-series data acquired by the biological information measuring portion. A state inferring portion infers a comfortable feeling of the user on the basis of the parameter calculated by the chaos analysis portion. A device control portion controls generation of a stimulus to be given to the user on the basis of the result of inference made by the state inferring portion. | 11-05-2009 |
20100179441 | DEVICE CONTROL DEVICE AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A device control device for controlling an on-vehicle device based on a vital sign of a user, the device control device including: a vital sign measurement unit ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100217137 | PULSE WAVE DETECTION DEVICE, DEVICE CONTROL DEVICE, AND PULSE WAVE DETECTION METHOD - A pulse wave detection device for detecting pulse wave data indicating a pulse wave of a user, the pulse wave detection device including: a pulse wave detection unit ( | 08-26-2010 |
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20100208177 | LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a laminated optical film capable of contributing to thinning of each of a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus and of simplifying its manufacturing steps, and a method of manufacturing the laminated optical film. The laminated optical film is used in a liquid crystal display apparatus and arranged on a viewer side of a liquid crystal cell. The laminated optical film includes: a polarizer; and a retardation layer which is arranged on one side of the polarizer, has a refractive index ellipsoid showing a relationship of nx>ny=nz, and has an in-plane retardation value Re[590] of 90 to 190 nm. An angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the retardation layer is 5 to 85°. The retardation layer is formed of a liquid crystal material, and the retardation layer is arranged to be closer to the viewer side than the polarizer is. | 08-19-2010 |
20140220055 | WT1 PEPTIDE CANCER VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a cancer vaccine composition for transdermal administration for inducing cellular immunity, comprising (i) a WT1 peptide and/or a modified WT1 peptide; and (ii) a cellular immunity induction promoter. The composition efficiently induces cellular immunity against a cancer in a subject. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220056 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION - Disclosed is a vaccine composition for transdermal administration to induce cellular immunity, comprising an antigen, wherein Th1 cell ratio in a model animal for immunological evaluation that received the composition is 10% or more. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220057 | WT1 PEPTIDE CANCER VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a cancer vaccine composition for transdermal administration for cellular immunity induction, comprising (i) a WT1 peptide and/or a modified WT1 peptide; and (ii) a pharmacologically acceptable acid as a first cellular immunity induction promoter, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220058 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL OR MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The invention provides a vaccine composition for transdermal or transmucosal administration for inducing cellular immunity, comprising (i) an antigen; and (ii) a pharmacologically acceptable acid or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as a first cellular immunity induction promoter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220059 | WT1 PEPTIDE CANCER VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a cancer vaccine composition for mucosal administration for inducing cellular immunity, comprising (i) a WT1 peptide and/or a modified WT1 peptide; and (ii) a cellular immunity induction promoter. The composition efficiently induces cellular immunity against a cancer in a subject. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220063 | VACCINE COMPOSITION - The invention provides a vaccine composition containing an antigen for inducing cellular immunity, comprising at least one first cellular immunity induction promoter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220079 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a cancer vaccine composition for mucosal administration comprising (i) a HER2/neu E75 peptide and/or a modified HER2/neu E75 peptide; and (ii) a first cellular immunity induction promoter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220100 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION - The invention provides a cancer vaccine composition for transdermal administration for inducing cellular immunity comprising (i) HER2/neu E75 peptide and/or a modified HER2/neu E75 peptide; and (ii) a first cellular immunity induction promoter. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220105 | TAPE PREPARATION OF WT1 PEPTIDE CANCER VACCINE FOR TRANSDERMAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a cancer vaccine tape preparation for inducing cellular immunity, comprising:
| 08-07-2014 |
20140234377 | VACCINE COMPOSITION FOR MUCOSAL ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a vaccine composition which comprises a cellular immunity induction promoter universally usable against various antigens in cellular immunity induction by mucosal administration of the antigen and exerts a high cellular immunity inducing effect by mucosal administration. The present invention provides a vaccine composition for mucosal administration to induce cellular immunity, comprising: (i) an antigen; and (ii) one or more cellular immunity induction promoters selected from the group consisting of a TLR ligand, a cyclic dinucleotide, a helper peptide and an immunomodulatory small molecule drug. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100173260 | Artificial Tooth Root Implantation Position Determining Instrument, Artificial Tooth Root Implantation Position Determining Method, Guide Member Manufacturing Device, Sensor, Drill, Artificial Tooth Manufacturing Device, Computer Program, and Recording Medium - Dentition three-dimensional data and jaw-bone three-dimensional data are collected from a patient and they are combined. According to the combined data, dental crown data for making up for data on a lost tooth and occlusion data on a dental crown represented by the dental crown data are created. When an occlusion force according to the occlusion data is exerted on the occlusion face of a dental crown, a mechanical evaluation factor is produced in a jaw bone. The mechanical evaluation factor produced near the place where an artificial tooth root supporting a dental crown is to be implanted is calculated. The implantation place is determined so that the mechanical evaluation factor may be smaller and the mechanical load on the jaw bone from the opposed tooth during mastication may be lighter. | 07-08-2010 |
20130316297 | ARTIFICIAL TOOTH ROOT IMPLANTATION POSITION DETERMINING INSTRUMENT, ARTIFICIAL TOOTH ROOT IMPLANTATION POSITION DETERMINING METHOD, GUIDE MEMBER MANUFACTURING DEVICE, SENSOR, DRILL, ARTIFICIAL TOOTH MANUFACTURING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Dentition three-dimensional data and jaw-bone three-dimensional data are collected from a patient and they are combined. According to the combined data, dental crown data for making up for data on a lost tooth and occlusion data on a dental crown represented by the dental crown data are created. When an occlusion force according to the occlusion data is exerted on the occlusion face of a dental crown, a mechanical evaluation factor is produced in a jaw bone. The mechanical evaluation factor produced near the place where an artificial tooth root supporting a dental crown is to be implanted is calculated. The implantation place is determined so that the mechanical evaluation factor may be smaller and the mechanical load on the jaw bone from the opposed tooth during mastication may be lighter. | 11-28-2013 |