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20090103836 | SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPE DATA MANAGEMENT, AND SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGER FOR WASHING DATA MANAGEMENT - A system for endoscope data management of an endoscopic image of a body acquired by an endoscope is provided. An image filing apparatus retrieves the image from the endoscope, and records data of the image and scope ID assigned to the endoscope in association with one another. A washer washes the endoscope. A memory is incorporated in the washer, for storing log information of washing of the endoscope. A data manager retrieves the log information on line with the washer, to record the scope ID and the log information in association with one another. A server device records the data of the image, the scope ID and the log information on line with the image filing apparatus and the data manager. Furthermore, the data manager includes an editor for editing the log information of the washer. | 04-23-2009 |
20100094101 | Medical Inspection Aid System, Medical Inspection Aid Method and Computer Readable Medium - Adequate use item information and subject's condition criterion information are determined in advance. Actual use item information and actual subject's condition information are inputted. The actual use item information includes information of at least one used medical device and information of at least one used medicine. The actual subject's condition information indicates biological conditions of the subject after conduction of the inspection. The actual use item information is compared with the adequate use item information and the actual subject's condition information is compared with the subject's condition criterion information so that pieces of information with difference therebetween are extracted as difference information. Whether the conducted specific medical inspection was carried out adequately or not is determined based on the difference information. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094647 | Medical Service Support System, Medical Service Support Method and Computer Readable Medium - A medical service support system includes: a first input unit that inputs first patient information on a patient in carrying out a medical examination of the patient; a second input unit that inputs second patient information on the patient in executing, to the patient, a pretreatment of an inspection being ordered according to a medical examination result of the patient; a memory that stores the first patient information inputted by the first input unit and the second patient information inputted by the second input unit; a consistency judging unit that judges match or mismatch of respective common items contained in both of the first patient information and the second patient information stored in the memory, by comparing the first patient information with the second patient information for each common item; and a display unit that displays a consistency judgment result by the consistency judging unit. | 04-15-2010 |
20110077960 | INSPECTION ROOM DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, INSPECTION ROOM DECISION SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An inspection room decision support system for providing support in deciding one inspection room in which a requested endoscopic inspection will be conducted, plural inspection rooms, the system includes: an input unit that inputs information; a registration unit that registers at least information about each of the inspection rooms, information about a number of persons waiting for inspection in each of the inspection rooms and information about an endoscope used in each of the inspection rooms into a database in accordance with the information inputted by the input unit; and a control unit which reads at least the information about each of the inspection rooms, the information about the number of persons waiting for inspection in each of the inspection rooms and the information about the endoscope in each of the inspection rooms from the database, and makes a display device display these pieces of information associated with each other. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078307 | COOPERATIVE SYSTEM AND COOPERATIVE PROCESSING METHOD AMONG MEDICAL SECTORS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A cooperative processing method includes: transmitting pathological inspection request information from an endoscopic sector to a pathological sector, the pathological inspection request information being created by use of an endoscopic inspection report and for requesting the pathological sector to perform pathological inspection; managing status information for the pathological inspection request received on the pathological sector side; issuing a request to change the transmitted pathological inspection request information corresponding to the report when there occurs a change in the report; acquiring the status information of the pathological inspection request information upon reception of the change request and determining whether the pathological inspection request information can be changed or not; and changing the pathological inspection request information when it is concluded that the pathological inspection request information can be changed, and transmitting a change rejection notification when it is concluded that the pathological inspection request information cannot be changed. | 03-31-2011 |
20110078632 | INSPECTION INFORMATION ADMINISTERING SYSTEM, INSPECTION INFORMATION ADMINISTERING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An inspection information administering system for recording and managing various kinds of information about an inspection, includes: a selection unit which selects a piece of information to be referred to or edited; and a display unit which displays a reference/edition screen corresponding to the piece of information selected by the selection unit. The selection unit can select a plurality of pieces of information. The display unit displays reference/edition screens corresponding to a plurality of pieces of information in different display regions simultaneously and respectively, when the plurality of pieces of information are selected by the selection unit. | 03-31-2011 |
20120078045 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE IMAGE ACQUISITION ASSISTING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Plural predetermined examination parts of a patient are imaged sequentially and still images of the respective examination parts are thereby acquired by inserting an endoscope insertion unit having an imaging optical system in its tip portion into the body cavity of the patient. To this end, the number of still images taken is counted every time one of the predetermined examination parts. The counted number of still images taken is compared with a preset number of images which corresponds to the number of the plural predetermined examination parts. An alert is generated when non-coincidence is detected between the counted number of still images taken and the preset number. The operator is thus notified of occurrence of a failure to image. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078046 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An endoscopic image display apparatus reads taken image data in which a taken image outputted from an endoscope is recorded, and reproduces and displays the taken image. The taken image data includes intensity information about a plurality of fundamental color components. The endoscopic image display apparatus includes an intensity changing unit which selectively reduces intensity of a specific color component in the taken image data by using the intensity information. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084095 | PATIENT BURDEN EASING SUPPORT APPARATUS, PATIENT BURDEN EASING SUPPORT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An endoscopic sector server as a patient burden easing support apparatus executes a step of acquiring preparation completion information indicating that preparation for an endoscopic inspection has been completed, a step of acquiring inspection start information indicating that the endoscopic inspection has been started, a determination step of determining whether predetermined conditions about a time between acquisition of the preparation completion information and acquisition of the inspection start information are satisfied or not, and a warning step of outputting warning information when determination is made that the predetermined conditions are satisfied. | 04-05-2012 |
20120120217 | MEDICAL IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A medical image recording apparatus for recording observed images of a subject outputted from a medical instrument, includes: an image arithmetic portion which generates feature images by highlighting specific features contained in the observed images; a display portion which displays inputted display images; a display image switching portion which switches the display images outputted to the display portion to either the observed images or images including the feature images generated by the image arithmetic portion; and an image information recording portion which records, as an image file, image-relevant information including timing information at execution of image switching by the display image switching portion and image generation information for generating the feature images and image information of the observed images. | 05-17-2012 |
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20080319325 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 12-25-2008 |
20110295081 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure bloodpressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295092 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295131 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295132 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110295133 | Biologic Information Detecting Apparatus - In measurement requiring application of pressure to a tissue of a living body such as blood pressure measurement, noise due to vibration tends to occur. It is therefore difficult to accurately measure a pulse wave and a blood pressure value, and there is a problem of measuring blood pressure stably. It is also difficult to measure blood pressure in daily life activities or to measure blood pressure at predetermined intervals or continuously in a state where a tonometer is always attached. There is consequently a problem of providing a method of holding a biologic information detecting apparatus. The present invention has been achieved to solve the problems and an object of the invention is to provide an easy-to-wear biologic information detecting apparatus for stably detecting biologic information. | 12-01-2011 |
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20090231454 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus provided with a function of shooting a moving image and a still image, and capable of displaying an image to be captured on a display unit includes a first display control unit configured to display an confirmation image for checking an in-focus state on the display unit when a moving image is shot; and a second display control unit configured to change the confirmation image for checking an in-focus state displayed on the display unit by the first display control unit when a still image is shot during moving image shooting. | 09-17-2009 |
20100259652 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Edge components in a predetermined direction of a captured image are extracted to generate a waveform image representing the levels of the extracted edge components and the extracted positions. The waveform image is displayed with the captured image. For example, the operability and visibility for focusing in manual focusing can be improved. | 10-14-2010 |
20100277645 | VIDEO APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - This invention can reduce the circuit scale by synthesizing OSD data to be superposed on a picture of each resolution by using common OSD data. According to this invention, a video resolution converter converts an HD (High Definition) video signal into an SD (Standard Definition) video signal such as an NTSC or PAL video signal. A memory controller receives a sync signal identical to an SD picture obtained by frequency-dividing an HD video signal, and a sync signal based on an SD video signal, and reads out OSD data (4 bits per pixel) from the memory on the basis of these sync signals. The OSD data read out on the basis of the SD video signal is synthesized with the SD video signal by an SD_OSD_MIX unit, and then output. The OSD data read out on the basis of the SD sync signal synchronized with the HD is multiplied by an integer by an OSD resolution converter, synthesized with an HD video signal by an HD_OSD_MIX unit, and then output. | 11-04-2010 |
20130222667 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Edge components in a predetermined direction of a captured image are extracted to generate a waveform image representing the levels of the extracted edge components and the extracted positions. The waveform image is displayed with the captured image. For example, the operability and visibility for focusing in manual focusing can be improved. | 08-29-2013 |
20130250145 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus realizes a precise focus assist function without losing edge information of a multi-pixel video image. The image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor arranged in a Bayer array, a circuit for converting resolution of the video signal obtained by the image sensor, a circuit for extracting high frequency components of each color pixel data of the video signal, a selection circuit for selecting the high frequency components of four pixels in a unit of the Bayer array and for outputting the component of the greatest amplitude as peaking information, and a superimposition circuit for superimposing the peaking information on the video signal of the resolution or substituting the video signal with the peaking information. | 09-26-2013 |
20140098255 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A image pickup apparatus includes a touch panel configured to detect a touch operation, an image pickup element arranged to pick up a moving image, and a system control unit configured to control to record the moving image picked up by the image pickup element and control to make the operation-receiving sensitivity of the touch panel for the touch operation in moving image recording higher than in a state other than the moving image recording. | 04-10-2014 |
20140340526 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit having a predetermined pixel array, and a generation unit configured to generate a test video signal for evaluating consistency between a video signal generated by performing predetermined processing on a video signal output from the imaging unit, and the video signal output from the imaging unit. In the test video signal, a signal value of each pixel is set so as to exhaustively cover signal values within a predetermined range in a direction in a video image of the test video signal. The test video signal has a repetition pattern in the direction in the video image of the test video signal. A signal deviating from regularity of the repetition pattern is inserted at a predetermined position in the repetition pattern. The spatially or temporally adjacent repetition patterns have different phases from each other. | 11-20-2014 |
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20090310890 | Duplex-Chamber Package - This invention provides a duplex-chamber package that has a high level of water vapor barrier properties, can realize mixing of plural contents in a hermetically sealed state, and can reduce the elution of a material contained in the sheet of a duplex-chamber package material into the contents of the package. The duplex-chamber package comprises a package comprising a first sheet superimposed onto a second sheet, the peripheral part of the assembly having been sealed, a weakly sealed part for partitioning the inside of the package into two or more chambers having been provided in a part of the package. The first sheet (I) is a laminated sheet comprising a heat seal layer, a mass transfer layer and a mass transfer blocking layer, and the mass transfer blocking layer being interposed between the heat seal layer and the mass transfer layer. The second sheet (II) is a laminated sheet comprising a heat seal layer, a mass transfer layer, a mass transfer blocking layer and a moisture blocking layer, and the mass transfer blocking layer being interposed between the heat seal layer and the mass transfer layer. | 12-17-2009 |
20100163446 | LIQUID CONTAINER - To provide a liquid container, which exhibits excellent storage stability and impact resistance and which can be used for producing a soft bag pharmaceutical product of an injection liquid containing nitroglycerin, a protein, hyaluronic acid, a vitamin, a trace element, a radical scavenger, and the like. | 07-01-2010 |
20110135223 | MULTILAYERED LIQUID CONTAINER - A multilayered liquid container having a discharge port welded under specified conditions to a sealant, which is constituted of a resin comprising a cycloolefin resin as a main component. The discharge port is composed of: an innermost layer constituted of a resin comprising a cycloolefin as a main component; and a surface layer whose main part is constituted of a resin comprising a specific type of polyethylene as a main component. According to the present invention, there can be provided a multilayered liquid container, which can prevent an effective component of a content fluid from being adsorbed onto or penetrating through not only the container body, but also the resin constituting the discharge port, and enables high temperature sterilization treatment, coupled with the discharge port having high welded strength and drop strength. | 06-09-2011 |
20110266184 | POURING PORT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND CONTAINER FOR LIQUID PROVIDED WITH THE POURING PORT - A pouring port of a container for liquid at one end of which a rubber stopper allowing the penetration of an injection needle therethrough is embedded, wherein: the pouring port is formed by welding a port part, at least the innermost layer of which forming the discharge channel thereof comprises a resin containing a COP-based resin as the main component, with a stopper body part, which holds the rubber stopper and comprises a resin containing a COP-based resin as the main component, via the resin layers containing the respective COP-based resins as the main component; and at least the resin constituting the stopper body part contains a rubber component in an amount of not more than 30% by mass, or has, in the main chain, a molecular structure represented by general formula (1) | 11-03-2011 |
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20100068626 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A negative electrode material for lithium secondary batteries includes carbon microspheres having an arithmetic mean particle diameter do measured using an electron microscope of 150 to 1000 nm, a volatile content Vm of 5.0% or less, a ratio ΔDst/Dst (where, Dst indicates the Stokes mode diameter Dst measured using a disk centrifuge (DCF), and ΔDst indicates the half-width of the Stokes mode diameter Dst) of 0.40 to 1.10, and a lattice spacing (d002) measured by X-ray diffractometry of 0.370 nm or less. The negative electrode material is used for a high-output lithium secondary battery that has a high lithium ion doping-undoping speed and excellent cycle characteristics, and is suitable as a power supply for portable instruments, hybrid cars, electric vehicles, and the like. | 03-18-2010 |
20120086916 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW TYPE DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes one or more light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device having a light emission region configured of one or more light-emission spots, one or more traveling-direction angle conversion device each converting a traveling-direction-angle of light, and an integrator including a first fly-eye lens having cells which receive light from the traveling-direction angle conversion device and a second fly-eye lens having cells which receive light from the first fly-eye lens, the integrator uniformalizing illumination distribution in a predetermined illumination area. An optical system configured with the traveling-direction angle conversion device and the first and second fly-eye lenses has an optical magnification which allows each of light source images to have a size not exceeding a size of the cell in the second fly-eye lens, the light source images being formed on the second fly-eye lens by the respective cells in the first fly-eye lens. | 04-12-2012 |
20120092624 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination device includes: a light source section having plural kinds of light sources, in which the light sources emits light beams having different wavelengths; a parallelizing optical system parallelizing each of the light beams entered from the light sources, and allowing each of the parallelized light beams to exit therefrom; a light path unifying optical system unifying the parallelized light beams exited from the parallelizing optical system into a single light path; an expanding optical system expanding a beam diameter of each of the parallelized light beams unified into the single light path, and allowing each of the expanded and parallelized light beams to exit therefrom; and a uniformizing optical system uniformizing an in-plane intensity distribution in each of the expanded and parallelized light beams exited from the expanding optical system. | 04-19-2012 |
20120133900 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes one or more light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device configured to emit light from a light emission region including a single or a plurality of light-emitting spots. The solid-state light-emitting device includes a single chip or a plurality of chips each emitting a light beam. Three or more of the light-emitting spots are provided within the whole of one or more light sources, to allow the whole of one or more light sources to emit light beams in two or more wavelength bands different from one another, and the solid-state light emitting device in a first light source which is at least one of the one or more light sources, has a plurality of light-emitting spots which emit light in the same wavelength band. | 05-31-2012 |
20120133901 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes a plurality of light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device configured to emit light from a light emission region including a single or a plurality of light-emitting spots. The solid-state light-emitting device includes a single chip or a plurality of chips each emitting light beam. Three or more of the light-emitting spots are provided within the whole light sources, to allow the whole light sources to emit light beams in two or more wavelength bands different from one another. Two or more of the plurality of the light sources include respective light-emitting spots which emit light in the same wavelength band. | 05-31-2012 |
20120242960 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an illumination device and a display apparatus capable of reducing generation of an interference pattern, while achieving downsizing and enhancing light use efficiency. An illumination device includes: a light source section that includes a laser light source; an optical device disposed on a light path through which laser light from the laser light source travels; an optical member that outputs illumination light; and a driving section that displaces a relative position between the optical device and the optical member to vary at least one of an incidence position and an incidence angle, in an incidence surface of the optical member, of the laser light. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242961 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTION DISPLAY, AND DIRECT-VIEW DISPLAY - An illumination device includes: a first light source; a first beam spread angle changing element; an integrator; and a first small-amplitude oscillation element, in which the integrator is configured of a first fly-eye lens and a second fly-eye lens, optical magnification of an optical system configured of the first beam spread angle changing element and the first and second fly-eye lenses, and a shape of the first small-amplitude oscillation element are determined to allow a size of each light source image formed on the second fly-eye lens by each cell of the first fly-eye lens not to exceed a size of one cell of the second fly-eye lens, an amount of displacement of each light source image by oscillation amplitude of the first small-amplitude oscillation element is determined not to form the light source image over a plurality of cells of the second fly-eye lens. | 09-27-2012 |
20120249621 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes: one or more light sources, an optical member, and an optical device. The optical member includes an integrator having a first fly-eye lens on which light from a solid-state light-emitting device is incident and a second fly-eye lens on which the light from the first fly-eye lens is incident. The integrator uniformalizes an illuminance distribution of light in a predetermined illumination region illuminated by the light incident from the solid-state light-emitting device. The optical device is disposed on an optical path between the first fly-eye lens and one or more light sources including one or more chips configured by the laser diode, and allows a shape of a luminance distribution of incidence light on an incidence plane of the first fly-eye lens to be expanded along a minor axis direction of the shape of the luminance distribution. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249973 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes one or more light sources and an optical member. The optical member includes an integrator having a first fly-eye lens on which light from a solid-state light-emitting device is incident and a second fly-eye lens on which the light from the first fly-eye lens is incident. The integrator uniformalizes an illuminance distribution of light in a predetermined illumination region illuminated by the light incident from the solid-state light-emitting device. Each of the first fly-eye lens and the second fly-eye lens has a plurality of cells. The cells of the first fly-eye lens are arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersect each other, and positions of the cells in the second direction are different from one another at least partially among a plurality of cell rows arranged along the first direction in the first fly-eye lens. | 10-04-2012 |
20130010002 | ILLUMINATION UNIT AND DISPLAY - Provided are an illumination unit and a display capable of achieving size reduction in a case where a plurality types of light sources emitting light with various different wavelengths are in use. An optical-path conversion member | 01-10-2013 |
20130021581 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, ILLUMINATOR, AND DISPLAY - An illuminator and a display capable of achieving miniaturization are provided with use of a plurality of light sources emitting light with two or more kinds of wavelengths. In the light source unit | 01-24-2013 |
20130258294 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination device includes: a light source section including a laser light source; a first uniformization optical member receiving light from the light source section; a second uniformization optical member receiving light from the first uniformization optical member; an optical device disposed on an optical path of outgoing light from the light source section; and a drive section vibrating the optical device. | 10-03-2013 |
20130321780 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT-VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes: light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device, the solid-state light-emitting device emitting light from a light emission region thereof, the light emission region including a plurality of light-emitting spots arranged along a predetermined direction; and an optical member, in which the optical member includes coupling lenses, the solid-state light-emitting device includes a single chip or a plurality of chips, the single chip or the plurality of chips in the solid-state light-emitting device having the plurality of light-emitting spots each include a laser diode, and a first coupling lens of the coupling lenses has a smaller lens effect along the predetermined direction than a lens effect along a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction in the light emission region, the first coupling lens on which laser light emitted from the solid-state light-emitting device having the plurality of light-emitting spots is incident. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140247591 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes a plurality of light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device configured to emit light from a light emission region including a single or a plurality of light-emitting spots. The solid-state light-emitting device includes a single chip or a plurality of chips each emitting light beam. Three or more of the light-emitting spots are provided within the whole light sources, to allow the whole light sources to emit light beams in two or more wavelength bands different from one another. Two or more of the plurality of the light sources include respective light-emitting spots which emit light in the same wavelength band. | 09-04-2014 |
20140285773 | ILLUMINATION UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT, AND DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY UNIT - An illumination unit includes one or more light sources each including a solid-state light-emitting device configured to emit light from a light emission region including a single or a plurality of light-emitting spots. The solid-state light-emitting device includes a single chip or a plurality of chips each emitting a light beam. Three or more of the light-emitting spots are provided within the whole of one or more light sources, to allow the whole of one or more light sources to emit light beams in two or more wavelength bands different from one another, and the solid-state light emitting device in a first light source which is at least one of the one or more light sources, has a plurality of light-emitting spots which emit light in the same wavelength band. | 09-25-2014 |
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20110184707 | PID ADJUSTMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD - A PID adjustment support device has: a recognition tolerance interval storing portion for storing, in advance, a recognition tolerance interval understood by a user regarding target quantity data of a model to be controlled; and a display processing portion for graphing and displaying, on a displaying portion, the target quantity data and, as a modeling result, a model-response waveform that is a control-response waveform calculated based on the model to be controlled, and for overlaying with the modeling result and displaying the recognition tolerance interval stored in the recognition tolerance interval storing means. | 07-28-2011 |
20120020831 | AIRFLOW CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD - The airflow controlling device includes a bacteria counting portion counting bacteria of a controlled space; a first smoothing processing portion performing a first smoothing process on the bacteria count; a second smoothing processing portion performing a second smoothing process on the bacteria count; a bacteria reducing capability storing portion storing a bacteria reducing capability relative to each flow rate; a first flow rate evaluating portion selecting a flow rate matching a bacteria reducing capability compatible with an increase in a bacteria count forecasted from the processing result of the first smoothing processing portion; a second flow rate evaluating portion selecting a flow rate matching a bacteria reducing capability compatible with an increase in a bacteria count forecasted from the processing result of the second smoothing processing portion; and a flow rate determining portion selecting a flow rate into the controlled space based on the flow rates selected by the first and second flow rate evaluating portions. | 01-26-2012 |
20120029658 | OPERATION CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND OPERATION CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD - An operation controlling system is provided with an operation controlling device that is installed removably in a facility equipment, and an operating terminal for sending an instruction signal to the operation controlling device. The operation controlling device not only has communicating means for receiving the instruction signal sent from the operating terminal, but also operation controlling means for turning ON/OFF, in accordance with the instruction signal, the facility equipment that is connected locally, and/or output controlling means for controlling, in accordance with the instruction signal, an output value of the facility equipment that is connected locally. | 02-02-2012 |
20120095708 | TOTAL ENERGY QUANTITY CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD - A total energy quantity controlling device has a calculation data generating portion for defining, as calculation data, data for the amount of energy used for a processing energy type at a processing location for a processing month in a processing fiscal year, if this data is confirmed, or substitute data if this data for the amount of energy used is not confirmed; a substitute data determining portion for determining the substitute data; a data calculation processing portion for using the calculation data to calculate an aggregate value for the amount of energy used; a substitution rate calculating portion for calculating a substitution rate that is the use rate of the substitute data or the confirmed data within the aggregate value for the amount of energy used; and a displaying portion for displaying the aggregate value for the amount of energy used and the use rate. | 04-19-2012 |
20120239324 | BUILDING FACILITY OPERATING STATUS EVALUATING METHOD AND DEVICE - Reported information is classified as to if it is transient reported information due to a transient factor. Time bands within an evaluating interval that are other than time bands wherein air conditioning control has occurred in response to a transient report are defined as evaluation-applicable time bands, and the average energy consumption in the evaluation-applicable time bands is calculated as an energy consumption that serves as a basis value. Moreover, an average of the historical values of energy consumption in the transient report response-controlled air-conditioning time bands is calculated as an energy consumption to serve as a comparison value, and the difference between this energy consumption that is the comparison value and the energy consumption Wbase that is the basis value is calculated as a possible energy savings, and used as un evaluation index indicating the operating status of an air-conditioning device in terms of energy savings. | 09-20-2012 |
20130184875 | NEED IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLING SYSTEM, NEED IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLING METHOD - An air-conditioning controlling system includes a need identifying device, a control plan storage device that stores, respectively for a temporary need and a persistent need, control plans that establish rules for changing a control setting value for air-conditioning in response to a need relating to air-conditioning from an informant, a control plan determining device that determines a control plan corresponding to an identification result of the need identifying device, as a control plan to be applied to an air-conditioning equipment, and an equipment controlling device that controls the air-conditioning equipment based on the determined control plan. The need identifying device includes an inputting unit that receives the need from the informant, and a need identifying unit that identifies whether the need is the temporary need or the persistent need, based on information pertaining to an activity that changes a metabolic rate of the informant. | 07-18-2013 |
20130325189 | NEED IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLING SYSTEM, NEED IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLING METHOD - A need identifying device includes an inputting unit and a need identifying unit. The inputting unit receives, from an informant, a need pertaining to air-conditioning. The need identifying unit identifies whether the need from the informant is a temporary need or a persistent need, based on information pertaining to an activity that stabilizes the metabolic rate of the informant. | 12-05-2013 |
20140358299 | CONTROLLING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD - The controlling device includes a set point obtaining portion that obtains a set point from a feedback controlling system for calculating, and outputting to an actuator, a manipulated variable based on the set point and a process variable, and an actuator controlling portion that changes a gain of an actuator so as to have an effect of a change in the process variable that is produced through the change in the gain of the actuator tracking a change in the set point. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358470 | EVALUATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER CONSERVATION PLANNING DEVICE AND METHOD - An evaluating device includes an environment information controlling portion that obtains, for each individual customer, environment information during an electric power conservation period for customers who have performed electric power conservation measures, an environment information storing portion that stores environment information obtained from the environment information controlling portion, and an environment evaluating portion that calculates, for each individual customer, an environmental degradation level indicating the level of degradation experienced by the customer during previous electric power conservation periods, based on environment information stored in the environment information storing portion. | 12-04-2014 |
20140374496 | NEED IDENTIFYING DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLING SYSTEM, NEED IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROLLING METHOD - A need identifying device is provided with a need storing portion that receives, from an informant, a need pertaining to the surrounding environment, an environment state variable controlling portion that calculates an environment state variable for indicating the state of the surrounding environment of the informant based on an environment element measured value collected from a space occupied by the informant, and calculates, from the environment state variable, a dissatisfaction level for the surrounding environment of the informant, and an identification processing portion that identifies, based on the dissatisfaction level, a need from the informant as a temporary need or as a persistent need. | 12-25-2014 |
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20100062412 | METHOD OF REMOVING ABNORMAL PRION PROTEIN FROM BLOOD PRODUCTS - Provided are a method of conveniently and efficiently removing abnormal prion protein from a blood product and a method of removing leukocyte simultaneously with abnormal prion protein. The method of removing an abnormal prion protein from a blood product includes filtering the blood product through a filter filled with a carrier coated with a polymer, which is composed of three units including 20 mol % or more and 40 mol % or less of a unit originating from a hydrophobic polymerizable monomer, 5 mol % or more and 13 mol % or less of a unit originating from a polymerizable monomer containing a basic nitrogen-containing part, and a unit originating from a polymerizable monomer containing a protonic neutral hydrophilic part as the balance, and then recovering the filtered blood product. | 03-11-2010 |
20120067810 | BLOOD PROCESSING FILTER AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This invention relates to a blood processing filter comprising a sheet-like filter element, an inlet-side flexible container and an outlet-side flexible container that sandwich the filter element and are sealed thereto, an inlet port provided in the inlet-side flexible container for accepting blood before being processed by the filter element, and an outlet port provided in the outlet-side flexible container for discharging blood after being processed by the filter element. The blood processing filter also includes a flow channel securing sheet arranged between the filter element and the outlet-side flexible container. A flow channel hole through which blood processed by the filter element passes is formed in the flow channel securing sheet. The outlet port is provided so as to be capable of communicating with the flow channel hole. | 03-22-2012 |
20120067811 | BLOOD PROCESSING FILTER AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This invention relates to a blood processing filter including a band-shaped first seal part that seals an inlet-side flexible container of the blood processing filter and a filter element of the blood processing filter so as to surround an inlet port, and an annular second seal part that seals at least the inlet-side flexible container and an outlet-side flexible container and is formed surrounding the first seal part at a position that is closer to an outer edge than the first seal part. A valley part corresponding to the first seal part is provided on an outlet side of the filter element. An outlet opening that communicates with an inside of the outlet-side flexible container is formed in the outlet port. At least one portion of the outlet opening is arranged so as to overlap with the valley part. | 03-22-2012 |
20120160763 | BLOOD PROCESSING FILTER - A blood processing filter including a flexible container (having an inlet and an outlet and a sheet-like filter member that is assembled in the flexible container) has a seal part that seals the flexible container and the filter member to form an effective filtration portion of the filter member and a partition part that seals the flexible container and the filter member to partition the effective filtration portion into a plurality of areas. The seal part and the partition part cooperate with the filter member to divide inside of the flexible container into three or more internal spaces including an inlet space that communicates with the inlet, and an outlet space that communicates with the outlet, and also form, as a blood channel, a channel that passes through each of three or more of the internal spaces and also passes multiple times through the filter member. | 06-28-2012 |
20120160782 | BLOOD PROCESSING FILTER AND METHOD FOR PRIMING THE FILTER - This invention relates to a blood processing filter including a sheet-like filter element and a flexible container having an internal space divided by the filter element. The container includes first and second container-forming-parts. The first container-forming-part includes an interior filtration space-forming-part and an exterior surrounding space-forming-part that are separated by a first seal-part. The second container-forming-part includes an extension space-forming-part surrounded by the second seal-part and arranged opposite the filter element and the surrounding space-forming-part, without being divided by the first seal-part. A port of the first container-forming-part is provided in the filtration space-forming-part and communicates with an internal space on one side defined by the filter element. The port of the second container-forming-part is provided in the extension space-forming-part and communicates with an internal space on another side defined by the filter element, and protrudes further than an outer surface of the extension space-forming-part. | 06-28-2012 |
20140144832 | BLOOD PROCESSING FILTER AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This invention relates to a blood processing filter comprising a sheet-like filter element, an inlet-side flexible container and an outlet-side flexible container that sandwich the filter element and are sealed thereto, an inlet port provided in the inlet-side flexible container for accepting blood before being processed by the filter element, and an outlet port provided in the outlet-side flexible container for discharging blood after being processed by the filter element. The blood processing filter also includes a flow channel securing sheet arranged between the filter element and the outlet-side flexible container. A flow channel hole through which blood processed by the filter element passes is formed in the flow channel securing sheet. The outlet port is provided so as to be capable of communicating with the flow channel hole. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090020766 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A power semiconductor device less prone to cause a reaction between a metal material for interconnection and an electrode or the like connected to a semiconductor region during the high-temperature operation thereof and less prone to be strained during the high-temperature operation thereof. The power semiconductor device can be an SiC power device or the like in which a first metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ti, Mo, W and Ta is formed on a source electrode formed on the semiconductor region, such as a source region or the like. A second metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, W and Cu is formed on the first metal layer. A third metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Mo and W is formed on the second metal layer. | 01-22-2009 |
20090173997 | MOSFET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOSFET - The present invention provides a MOSFET and so forth that offer high breakdown voltage and low on-state loss (high channel mobility and low gate threshold voltage) and that can easily achieve normally OFF. A drift layer | 07-09-2009 |
20090250705 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING SILICON CARBIDE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A p base ohmic contact of a silicon carbide semiconductor device consists of a p++ layer formed by high-concentration ion implantation and a metal electrode. Since the high-concentration ion implantation performed at the room temperature significantly degrades the crystal of the p++ layer to cause a process failure, a method for implantation at high temperatures is used. In terms of switching loss and the like of devices, it is desirable that the resistivity of the p base ohmic contact should be lower. In well-known techniques, nothing is mentioned on a detailed relation among the ion implantation temperature, the ohmic contact resistivity and the process failure. Then, in the ion implantation step, the temperature of a silicon carbide wafer is maintained in a range from 175° C. to 300° C., more preferably in a range from 175° C. to 200° C. The resistivity of the p base ohmic contact using a p++ region formed by ion implantation at a temperature in a range from 175° C. to 300° C. becomes lower than that in a case where the p++ region is formed by ion implantation at a temperature over 300° C. Further, this can avoid any process failure. | 10-08-2009 |
20100219417 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same, to appropriately determine an impurity concentration distribution of a field relieving region and reduce an ON-resistance. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first drift layer, a second drift layer, a first well region, a second well region, a current control region, and a field relieving region. The first well region is disposed continuously from an end portion adjacent to the vicinity of outer peripheral portion of the second drift layer to a portion of the first drift layer below the vicinity of outer peripheral portion. The field relieving region is so disposed in the first drift layer as to be adjacent to the first well region. | 09-02-2010 |
20100314629 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In order to obtain a silicon carbide semiconductor device that ensures both stability of withstand voltage and reliability in high-temperature operations in its termination end-portion provided for electric-field relaxation in the perimeter of a cell portion driven as a semiconductor element, the termination end-portion is provided with an inorganic protection film having high heat resistance that is formed on an exposed surface of a well region as a first region formed on a side of the cell portion, and an organic protection film having a high electrical insulation capability with a little influence by electric charges that is formed on a surface of an electric-field relaxation region formed in contact relation to an outer lateral surface of the well region and apart from the cell portion, and on an exposed surface of the silicon carbide layer. | 12-16-2010 |
20110210392 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A structure of a power semiconductor device, in which a P-well region having a large area and a gate electrode are opposed to each other through a field oxide film having a larger thickness than that of a gate insulating film such that the P-well region having a large area and the gate electrode are not opposed to each other through the gate insulating film, or the gate electrode is not provided above the gate insulating film that includes the P-well region having a large area therebelow. | 09-01-2011 |
20110278599 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A SiC semiconductor device capable of increasing a switching speed without destroying a gate insulating film. In addition, in a SiC-MOSFET including an n-type semiconductor substrate formed of SiC, a p-type semiconductor layer is entirely or partially provided on an upper surface of a p-type well layer that has a largest area of the transverse plane among a plurality of p-type well layers provided in an n-type drift layer and is arranged on an outermost periphery immediately below a gate electrode pad. It is preferable that a concentration of an impurity contained in the p-type semiconductor layer be larger than that of the p-type well layer. | 11-17-2011 |
20110284874 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a cell region of a first major surface of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a first well of a second conductivity type is in an upper surface. A diffusion region of a first conductivity type is in the upper surface in the first well. A first gate insulating film is on the first well, and a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating film. A second well of a second conductivity type is in the upper surface of the first major surface on a peripheral portion of the cell region. A second gate insulating film is on the second well, and a thick field oxide film is on the peripheral side than the second gate insulating film. A second gate electrode is sequentially on the second gate insulating film and the field oxide film and electrically connected to the first gate electrode. A first electrode is connected to the first, second well and the diffusion region. A second electrode is connected on a second major surface of the semiconductor substrate. A gate wiring is on the field oxide film, going around a periphery of the cell region, and electrically connected to the second gate electrode. The gate wiring is a silicide of a constituting substance of the second gate electrode. | 11-24-2011 |
20120058617 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention includes steps below: (a) forming, on a drift layer, a first ion implantation mask and a second ion implantation mask individually by photolithography to form a third ion implantation mask, the first ion implantation mask having a mask region corresponding to a channel region and having a first opening corresponding to a source region, the second ion implantation mask being positioned in contact with an outer edge of the first ion implantation mask and configured to form a base region; (b) implanting impurities of a first conductivity type from the first opening with an ion beam using the third ion implantation mask to form a source region in an upper layer part of the silicon carbide drift layer; (c) removing the first ion implantation mask after the formation of the source region; and (d) implanting impurities of a second conductivity type with an ion beam from a second opening formed in the second ion implantation mask after the removal of the first ion implantation mask to form a base region deeper than the source region in the upper layer part of the drift layer. | 03-08-2012 |
20120061688 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a power semiconductor device that switches at a high speed, a displacement current flows at a time of switching, so that a high voltage occurs which may cause breakdown of a thin insulating film such as a gate insulating film. A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a drift layer of the first conductivity type formed on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first well region of a second conductivity type formed in a part of a surface layer of the drift layer; a second well region of the second conductivity type formed in a part of the surface layer of the drift layer at a distance from the first well region, the second well region having a smaller area than that of the first well region when seen above an upper surface thereof; a low-resistance region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer of the first well region, the low-resistance region having a higher impurity concentration than that of the first well region; a gate insulating film formed on and in contact with a surface of the first well region; and a gate electrode formed on and in contact with a surface of the gate insulating film. | 03-15-2012 |
20120074508 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A power semiconductor device less prone to cause a reaction between a metal material for interconnection and an electrode or the like connected to a semiconductor region during the high-temperature operation thereof and less prone to be strained during the high-temperature operation thereof. The power semiconductor device can be an SiC power device or the like in which a first metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Ti, Mo, W and Ta is formed on a source electrode formed on the semiconductor region, such as a source region or the like. A second metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, W and Cu is formed on the first metal layer. A third metal layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Pt, Mo and W is formed on the second metal layer. | 03-29-2012 |
20120205669 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device according to the present invention, a p-type well region disposed in an outer peripheral portion of the power semiconductor device is divided into two parts, that is, an inside and an outside, and a field oxide film having a greater film thickness than the gate insulating film is provided on a well region at the outside to an inside of an inner periphery of the well region. Therefore, it is possible to prevent, in the gate insulating film, a dielectric breakdown due to the voltage generated by the flow of the displacement current in switching. | 08-16-2012 |
20130020586 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device having a low feedback capacitance and a low switching loss. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a drift layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first well regions formed on a surface of the drift layer; a source region which is an area formed on a surface of each of the first well regions and defining, as a channel region, the surface of each of the first well regions interposed between the area and the drift layer; a gate electrode formed over the channel region and the drift layer thereacross through a gate insulating film; and second well regions buried inside the drift layer below the gate electrode and formed to be individually connected to each of the first well regions adjacent to one another. | 01-24-2013 |
20130020587 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, a drift layer of the first conductivity type which is formed on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second well region of a second conductivity type which is formed to surround a cell region of the drift layer, and a source pad for electrically connecting the second well regions and a source region of the cell region through a first well contact hole provided to penetrate a gate insulating film on the second well region, a second well contact hole provided to penetrate a field insulating film on the second well region and a source contact hole. | 01-24-2013 |
20130140582 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. A RESURF layer ( | 06-06-2013 |
20140001472 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME | 01-02-2014 |
20140061675 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A silicon carbide semiconductor device that is able to increase the gate reliability, and to provide a method for manufacturing the silicon carbide semiconductor device, and that includes: a source electrode selectively formed on a source region; a gate insulating film formed so as to extend over the source region; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. The source region includes a first source region located below the source electrode, and a second source region surrounding the first source region. The doping concentration in a superficial layer of the second source region is lower than the doping concentration in a superficial layer of the first source region. The doping concentration in the second source region is higher in a deep portion than in a superficial portion thereof. | 03-06-2014 |
20140077232 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device capable of suppressing time variation of a threshold voltage and a method of manufacturing the same. A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a drift layer formed on a semiconductor substrate, first well regions formed in a surface layer of the drift layer, being apart from one another, a gate insulating film formed, extending on the drift layer and each of the first well regions, a gate electrode selectively formed on the gate insulating film, a source contact hole penetrating through the gate insulating film and reaching the inside of each of the first well regions, and a residual compressive stress layer formed on at least a side surface of the source contact hole, in which a compressive stress remains. | 03-20-2014 |
20140191251 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - It is expected that both reduction of the resistance of a source region and reduction of a leakage current in a gate oxide film be achieved in an MOSFET in a silicon carbide semiconductor device. A leakage current to occur in a gate oxide film of the MOSFET is suppressed by reducing roughness at an interface between a source region and the gate oxide film. If an impurity concentration is to become high at a surface portion of the source region, the gate oxide film is formed by dry oxidation or CVD process. If the gate oxide film is formed by wet oxidation, the impurity concentration at the surface portion of the source region is controlled at a low level. | 07-10-2014 |
20140299888 | SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A SiC semiconductor device capable of increasing a switching speed without destroying a gate insulating film. In addition, in a SiC-MOSFET including an n-type semiconductor substrate formed of SiC, a p-type semiconductor layer is entirely or partially provided on an upper surface of a p-type well layer that has a largest area of the transverse plane among a plurality of p-type well layers provided in an n-type drift layer and is arranged on an outermost periphery immediately below a gate electrode pad. It is preferable that a concentration of an impurity contained in the p-type semiconductor layer be larger than that of the p-type well layer. | 10-09-2014 |
20140299891 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device that can improve reliability while suppressing increase of a conduction loss or a switching loss. In the semiconductor device, when a two-dimensional shape on a main surface of the semiconductor substrate is an unit cell, the shape being a repeating unit of a plurality of well regions periodically disposed in a surface layer of a drift layer, one unit cell and another unit cell adjacent in an x-axis direction are disposed misaligned in a y-axis direction, and one unit cell and another unit cell adjacent in the y-axis direction are disposed misaligned in the x-axis direction. | 10-09-2014 |
20140353686 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device having a low feedback capacitance and a low switching loss. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a drift layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of first well regions formed on a surface of the drift layer; a source region which is an area formed on a surface of each of the first well regions and defining, as a channel region, the surface of each of the first well regions interposed between the area and the drift layer; a gate electrode formed over the channel region and the drift layer thereacross through a gate insulating film; and second well regions buried inside the drift layer below the gate electrode and formed to be individually connected to each of the first well regions adjacent to one another. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100245880 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which prevents one host computer from occupying the apparatus and enables a user of the host computer having sent a processing request thereto to quickly know a processing result. A connection request is accepted from one of a plurality of host computers. In response to the accepted connection request, the host computer having sent the connection request is connected, and a process requested by the connected host computer is executed. Information indicative of the connected host computer is stored. Control is performed such that a reconnection request from the host computer indicated by the stored information is accepted with priority over connection requests from other host computers. | 09-30-2010 |
20110019813 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention provides a communication apparatus, which suppresses abrupt changes of a current and voltage generated in a communication line upon connecting an external telephone to the communication line, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, in a communication apparatus of this invention, when an off-hook state of an external telephone is detected upon connecting the external telephone to a communication line, an SOC captures a line using a first line capture means having an impedance lower than the external telephone side, and then switches an H-relay to connect the external telephone to the communication line. Furthermore, the SOC temporarily switches a line capture state to a second line capture means having an impedance higher than the first line capture means after the H-relay is switched and before the line is released. | 01-27-2011 |
20110135335 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus having an image forming unit and a fixing unit. The image forming unit may form an image on a sheet based on image data by using a recording agent. The fixing unit may fix the recording agent on the sheet. The image forming apparatus may include a control unit to receive the image data and transmit the received image data to the image forming unit and a determination unit to determine a type of an interface via which the image data has been received. The control unit additionally determines whether to start raising a temperature of the fixing unit before the image data becomes ready to be transmitted to the image forming unit based on the type of the interface determined by the determination unit. | 06-09-2011 |
20130155457 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus provided with an image memory includes a printing unit configured to print data, a determining unit configured to determine whether data of all pages of the print data can be stored in the image memory as reprint data, a storage unit configured to store data of a first page to an N-th page of the print data into the image memory in a case where the determining unit determines that the data of the all pages of the print data cannot be entirely stored in the image memory as the reprint data, an accepting unit configured to accept a reprint start instruction, and a receiving unit configured to receive a remaining data of an N+1-th page to a final page of the print data, wherein the printing unit prints the stored data and the receiving unit receives the remaining data to be printed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130216040 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention provides a communication apparatus, which suppresses abrupt changes of a current and voltage generated in a communication line upon connecting an external telephone to the communication line, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, in a communication apparatus of this invention, when an off-hook state of an external telephone is detected upon connecting the external telephone to a communication line, an SOC captures a line using a first line capture means having an impedance lower than the external telephone side, and then switches an H-relay to connect the external telephone to the communication line. Furthermore, the SOC temporarily switches a line capture state to a second line capture means having an impedance higher than the first line capture means after the H-relay is switched and before the line is released. | 08-22-2013 |
20130302059 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit, a receiving unit, an image forming unit, a fixing unit, and a control unit. The reading unit generates generated image data indicating the image. The receiving unit receives external image data. The image forming unit forms, by using a recording agent, an image on a sheet based on the generated or external image data. The fixing unit fixes the recording agent on the sheet. The control unit controls to start raising a temperature of the fixing unit at a first timing, where a copy process is executed. The control unit controls to start raising the temperature of the fixing unit at a second timing, which is later than the first timing, where a printing process is executed. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090057417 | IC CARD - The present invention realizes a card on which a secure IC chip (a first semiconductor chip) that operates on both of a high power source voltage and a low power source voltage, and a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip that operates on the lower power source voltage are mounted. Means for operating the card without exerting an adverse influence of the nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip when the high power source voltage is supplied is realized. A card has a voltage supply interrupting unit which is coupled to a power source terminal to which a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage higher than the first power source voltage are supplied, and a grounding terminal to which a grounding voltage is supplied. The voltage supply interrupting unit, when the first power source voltage is supplied, supplies voltage to a nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip and, when the second power source voltage is supplied, stops supplying the voltage to the nonvolatile semiconductor storage chip. | 03-05-2009 |
20100183240 | Image processing method and imaging apparatus - An image processing method for reducing noise of an image to be filtered; the method includes a step of creating shrunken image of shrinking ratio r×r (where r is a natural number) by averaging the pixel values for each pixel in a block for every r pixels, a step of obtaining the pixel value in the shrunken image that correspond to the focus pixel in the source image by performing linear interpolation from the shrunken image pixels, a step of determining the noise reduction filter from the focus pixel and reference pixel in the shrunken image, and a step of computing the compensated pixel value of the focus pixel in the source image by weighted sum of each pixel value applying the filter to the focus pixel in the source image and the corresponding shrunken pixel. | 07-22-2010 |
20110216981 | Partial expansion method of encoded images and image processing apparatus - A method for partially up/downscaling an image encoded on a macroblock basis utilizing a computer, includes: a step of storing the encoded image in a storage device of the computer; a step of creating map data from bitstream of the encoded image, the map data being utilized to decode at least one macroblock of the encoded image, creating a shrunken image of a predetermined size based on a screen resolution of a display device, and storing the map data and the shrunken image so as to relate the map data and the shrunken image with the encoded image in the storage device; a step of outputting, to the display device, the shrunken image related with the encoded image to be displayed based on a control request received from an input device; a step of determining at least one macroblock to be decoded based on a display area of the shrunken image; a step of partially decoding the encoded image for the determined macroblock using the map data; and a step of outputting to the display device, the image data of the display area of the partially decoded image. | 09-08-2011 |
20140029861 | PARTIAL EXPANSION METHOD OF ENCODED IMAGES AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for partially up/downscaling an image encoded on a macroblock basis. The method and apparatus performs operations of: storing the encoded image; creating map data from bitstream of the encoded image to decode at least one macroblock of the encoded image, creating a shrunken image of a predetermined size based on resolution of a display device, storing the map data and the shrunken image so as to relate with the encoded image; outputting the shrunken image related with the encoded image to be displayed based on a control request received from an input device; determining at least one macroblock to be decoded based on a display area of the shrunken image; partially decoding the encoded image for the determined macroblock using the map data; and outputting to the display device, the image data of the display area of the partially decoded image. | 01-30-2014 |
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20100237470 | EPITAXIAL WAFER - An epitaxial wafer is provided capable of eliminating particles in a device process, particles being generated from scratches in a boundary area between a rear surface and a chamfered surface of a wafer. The number of scratches in the boundary area between the rear surface and the chamfered surface is small, and thus the number of particles generated from the scratches is reduced at a time of immersion in an etching solution in the device process. Thereby, a device yield is increased. | 09-23-2010 |
20100261341 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EPITAXIAL WAFER - An epitaxial wafer is provided capable of eliminating particles in a device process, particles being generated from a scratch in a boundary area between a rear surface and a chamfered surface of a wafer. The scratch in the boundary area between the rear surface and the chamfered surface is removed in a scratch removal process. Thus, no particles exist caused by a scratch, at a time of immersion in an etching solution in the device process, and thus a device yield is increased. | 10-14-2010 |
20110065365 | GRINDING METHOD AND GRINDING APPARATUS FOR POLISHING PAD FOR USE IN DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING DEVICE - The present invention provides an apparatus capable of uniformly grinding an polishing pad. Further, the present invention provides a method of grinding an polishing pad by using the grinding apparatus. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of, in a double-side polishing device having a carrier for holding a work, a pair of upper and lower rotating surface plates disposed to face each other to sandwich the carrier therebetween, and the polishing pad provided on each of the facing surfaces of the rotating surface plates for polishing the work, grinding the polishing pad, the method comprising the steps of: separating the upper and the lower rotating surface plates away from each other when the polishing pads on the upper and the lower rotating surface plates are to be ground; inserting, between the separated upper and lower rotating surface plates, an arm having at a front end portion thereof a grinding plate of a diameter smaller than those of the rotating surface plates; and pressing the grinding plate against the polishing pad of each of the rotating surface plates and rotating the grinding plate, thereby grinding the polishing pad of each of the rotating surface plates. The present invention also provides an apparatus which enables the grinding method described above. | 03-17-2011 |
20120090536 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON EPITAXIAL WAFER - The method for producing a silicon epitaxial wafer according to the present invention has: a growth step G at which an epitaxial layer is grown on a silicon single crystal substrate; a first polishing step E at which, before the growth step G, both main surfaces of the silicon single crystal substrate are subjected to rough polishing simultaneously; and a second polishing step H at which, after the growth step G, the both main surfaces of the silicon single crystal substrate are subjected to finish polishing simultaneously. | 04-19-2012 |
20120220200 | POLISHING METHOD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - To propose a method for realizing appropriate delivering of works to carriers in the conventional transfer process. Specifically, in a polishing method for polishing a work retained in a carrier, at least one carrier for retaining a work to be polished is placed between an upper plate and a lower plate; the work is fit in a hole of the carrier; the carrier and the work are inserted between the upper plate and the lower plate; and at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate is rotated while supplying a polishing agent to a space between the upper plate and the lower plate. In fitting the work in the hole of the carrier, an end portion of the work is held and the work is carried to a position above the lower plate; the work is positioned with respect to the hole of the carrier on the lower plate; and the work is released from the hold and guided by a guide to be slowly carried down toward the hole. | 08-30-2012 |
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20090145644 | Printed wiring board, air conditioner, and method of soldering printed wiring board - To provide a printed wiring board capable of completely soldering a solder land to a lead under simple control over a manufacturing process even in the case of using a lead-free solder of a low solder wettability. A printed wiring board for mounting a surface mounting device includes a solder land for mounting the surface mounting device, and a leader pattern led from the solder land with only a predetermined portion of the leader pattern being soldered. | 06-11-2009 |
20100174876 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a method for managing a memory storage region used by a processor. The processor is connected to the memory that stores data accessed while a task is being executed. The memory management method including the steps of: dividing the memory area of the memory into blocks having a plurality of different sizes; selecting a block having a size matching a size of the data accessed while the task is being executed; and storing the data accessed while the task is being executed in the selected block. | 07-08-2010 |
20100193233 | DUAL INLINE LEAD-TYPE ELECTRONIC-PART-MOUNTED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD OF SOLDERING DUAL INLINE LEAD-TYPE ELECTRONIC PART, AND AIR-CONDITIONER - A printed circuit board | 08-05-2010 |
20120181069 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD OF SOLDERING QUAD FLAT PACKAGE IC, AND AIR CONDITIONER - A printed wiring board has a solder-land group for placing a quad flat package IC, and the solder-land group consists of front solder-land groups and rear solder-land groups. The printed wiring board includes rear solder-drawing lands that are positioned adjacent to rear solder-land groups, that have front edges each of which is substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of rear solder lands constituting the rear solder-land group and has a length approximately equal to or longer than that of the solder lands in the longitudinal direction, that are separated into two parts in a horizontal direction with respect to a traveling direction of solder flow such that a gap between the respective two separate lands is made wider in its rearward portion than that in its frontward portion, and that have a slit substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction near the front edge. | 07-19-2012 |
20140281271 | CACHE CONTROL DEVICE, PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CACHE CONTROL METHOD - A cache control device includes: a tag storage section configured to manage, for each cache line of a cache memory, whether or not the cache line is valid, and whether or not a write-back instruction to a shared storage section is provided; and a tag control section configured not to invalidate a cache line for which the write-back instruction is already provided, and to invalidate a cache line for which the write-back instruction is not provided, when a predetermined instruction is provided. | 09-18-2014 |