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20080296564 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element having a pair of electrodes, and a semiconductor layer comprising a semiconductor carrying a dye and an electrolyte layer is disclosed. The dye is represented by Formulas 1 or 2; | 12-04-2008 |
20090250115 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - Provided are a newly developed dye-sensitizing type photoelectric conversion element employing a highly durable sensitizing dye, exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and a solar cell fitted with the photoelectric conversion element. Also disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element comprising a compound represented by Formula (1) between a pair of facing electrodes. | 10-08-2009 |
20100263726 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - Provided is a photoelectric conversion element for which a novel compound (dye) exhibiting excellent adsorption to an oxide semiconductor and exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency is used, and also provided is a solar cell employing the photoelectric conversion element. Disclosed is a dye-sensitizing type photoelectric conversion element possessing at least a pair of facing electrodes, a semiconductor layer possessing a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye supported on the semiconductor, and a charge transport layer, wherein the semiconductor layer and the charge transport layer are provided between the facing electrodes, and wherein the sensitizing dye comprises a compound represented by the following Formula (1). | 10-21-2010 |
20100275988 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A dye-sensitized photoelectric conversion element, comprises a pair of electrodes arranged opposite to each other; a semiconductor layer including a semiconductor supporting a sensitizing dye; and an electrolyte layer. At least the semiconductor layer and the electrolyte layer are provided between the pair of electrodes, and the sensitizing dye contains a compound represented by the following Formula (1). | 11-04-2010 |
20100282322 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - Provided is a photoelectric conversion element containing a pair of opposite electrodes having therebetween: a semiconductor layer containing a sensitizing dye which is supported by a semiconductor; and a charge transport layer, wherein the sensitizing dye is a compound represented by Formula (1), | 11-11-2010 |
20100288360 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLOR CELL - Disclosed is a photoelectric conversion element comprising a conductive support and provided thereon, a semiconductor layer, a charge transporting layer and an opposed electrode, the semiconductor layer comprising a semiconductor with a dye, wherein the dye is a compound represented by the following formula (1). | 11-18-2010 |
20100294368 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element having a semiconductor layer and a charge transfer layer provided between a first electrode and a second electrode is disclosed, and the semiconductor layer has light absorption in an absorption wavelength region at least 350 to 1,000 nm and has light transmission in the absorption wavelength region of the semiconductor, the charge transfer layer comprises a charge transfer complex formed by an electron-donating compound and an electron-accepting compound, and the charge-transfer complex has an absorption wavelength in the transmission wavelength of the semiconductor layer. | 11-25-2010 |
20120073661 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - Provided is a photoelectric conversion element composed of a highly durable sensitizing dye, exhibiting high photoelectric conversion efficiency, and also a solar cell fitted with the photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element comprising a substrate provided thereon a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer having a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye, a charge transporting layer and a second electrode, wherein the photoelectric conversion layer comprising a compound represented by Formula (1), Formula (1): R | 03-29-2012 |
20130025682 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - An all solid-state dye sensitizing type photoelectric conversion element excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency and stability of photoelectric conversion function due to the prevention of desorption of the dye, and a solar cell comprising the photoelectric conversion element are provided. The present invention relates to a photoelectric conversion element comprising a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer comprising a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye, and a solid hole transport layer, and a second electrode, on a substrate, wherein the sensitizing dye is represented by the general formula (1) and the solid hole transport layer comprises a polymer obtainable by polymerizing a compound represented by the following general formula (2) or a multimer of the compound. | 01-31-2013 |
20130125987 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR BATTERY CONTAINING THE SAME - The object is to provide a photoelectric conversion element having excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency, and high durability. | 05-23-2013 |
20150380172 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL COMPRISING SAME - The present invention has an object to provide a photoelectric conversion element exhibiting excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency. The photoelectric conversion element of the invention is a photoelectric conversion element which includes a substrate, a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer containing a semiconductor and a sensitizing dye, a charge transport layer and a second electrode and characterized in that the sensitizing dye is represented by the following Formula (1). | 12-31-2015 |
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20090003085 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, AND WRITING METHOD - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory recovers variation in the threshold of a memory cell due to disturbance related to a word line. The nonvolatile memory continuously performs many writing operations without carrying out single-sector erasing after each writing operation, performing the additional writing operations quicker than the usual writing operation, and lightening the burden imposed on software for use in additional writing. The data stored in a designated sector is read out before being saved in a register, and the selected sector is subjected to single-sector erasing when a predetermined command is given. Then write expected value data is formed from the saved data and data to be additionally written, completing the writing operation. | 01-01-2009 |
20100020615 | CLOCK SYNCHRONIZED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory apparatus including a control circuit, plural terminals having clock, command and other terminals, data and command registers, and plural nonvolatile memory cells. The clock terminal receives a clock signal and the command terminal receives commands including read and program commands. The data register receives from and outputs data to outside. The control circuit reads operation steps from memory used to control the apparatus. The control circuit, responsive to the read command, controls reading data from the memory cells, storing read data to the data register, and outputting read data via the other terminal, not the command terminal, based on the clock signal. The control circuit, responsive to the program command, controls receiving data via the other terminal, not the command terminal, based on the clock signal, storing received data to the data register and writing received data to the memory cells. | 01-28-2010 |
20100182847 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY AND WRITING METHOD - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory recovers variation in the threshold of a memory cell due to disturbance related to a word line. The nonvolatile memory continuously performs many writing operations without carrying out single-sector erasing after each writing operation, performing the additional writing operations quicker than the usual writing operation, and lightening the burden imposed on software for use in additional writing. The data stored in a designated sector is read out before being saved in a register, and the selected sector is subjected to single-sector erasing when a predetermined command is given. Then write expected value data is formed from the saved data and data to be additionally written, completing the writing operation. | 07-22-2010 |
20110084758 | Semiconductor device - To include a first semiconductor chip including driver circuits, a second semiconductor chip including receiver circuits, and through silicon vias provided in the second semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes an output switching circuit that exclusively connects an output terminal of an i-th driver circuit (where i is an integer among 1 to n) to one through silicon via among an i-th through silicon via to an (i+m)-th through silicon via. The second semiconductor chip includes an input switching circuit that exclusively connects an input terminal of an i-th receiver circuit (where i is an integer among 1 to n) to one through silicon via among the i-th through silicon via to the (i+m)-th through silicon via. With this configuration, because a difference in wiring lengths does not occur between signal paths before and after replacement of through silicon vias, the signal quality can be enhanced. | 04-14-2011 |
20120122251 | STACKED TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CHIP SELECTION CIRCUIT - A stacked type semiconductor memory device of having a structure in which a plurality of semiconductor chips is stacked and a desired semiconductor chip can be selected by assigning a plurality of chip identification numbers different from each other are individually assigned to the plurality of semiconductor chips comprising: a plurality of operation circuits which is connected in cascade in a stacking order of the plurality of semiconductor chips and outputs the plurality of identification numbers different from each other by performing a predetermined operation; and a plurality of comparison circuits which detects whether or not each the identification number and a chip selection address commonly connected to each the semiconductor chip are equal to each other by comparing them. | 05-17-2012 |
20130077410 | CLOCK SYNCHRONIZED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory apparatus including a control circuit, plural terminals having clock, command and other terminals, data and command registers, and plural nonvolatile memory cells. The clock terminal receives a clock signal and the command terminal receives commands including read and program commands. The data register receives from and outputs data to outside. The control circuit reads operation steps from memory used to control the apparatus. The control circuit, responsive to the read command, controls reading data from the memory cells, storing read data to the data register, and outputting read data via the other terminal, not the command terminal, based on the clock signal. The control circuit, responsive to the program command, controls receiving data via the other terminal, not the command terminal, based on the clock signal, storing received data to the data register and writing received data to the memory cells. | 03-28-2013 |
20130234342 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip including a plurality of driver circuits and an output switching circuit coupled to the plurality of driver circuits. The device also includes a second semiconductor chip and a plurality of through silicon vias provided on at least one of the first and second semiconductor chips. The output switching circuit is coupled between the plurality of driver circuits and the plurality of the through silicon vias, and outputs each of signals from the plurality of driver circuits to corresponding one of the plurality of through silicon vias. | 09-12-2013 |
20140320203 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for bypassing a defective through silicon via x in a group of n adjacent through silicon vias, includes receiving a plurality of relief signals to identify the defective through silicon via x, activating x−1 switch circuits to connect x−1 data circuits to through silicon vias | 10-30-2014 |
20150155049 | CLOCK SYNCHRONIZED NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory apparatus including a control circuit, plural terminals having clock, command and other terminals, data and command registers, and plural nonvolatile memory cells. The clock terminal receives a clock signal and the command terminal receives commands including read and program commands. The data register receives from and outputs data to outside. The control circuit reads operation steps from memory used to control the apparatus. The control circuit, responsive to the read command, controls reading data from the memory cells, storing read data to the data register, and outputting read data via the other terminal, not the command terminal, based on the clock signal. The control circuit, responsive to the program command, controls receiving data via the other terminal, not the command terminal, based on the clock signal, storing received data to the data register and writing received data to the memory cells. | 06-04-2015 |
20150179549 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for bypassing a defective through silicon via x in a group of n adjacent through silicon vias, includes receiving a plurality of relief signals to identify the defective through silicon via x, activating x−1 switch circuits to connect x−1 data circuits to through silicon vias 1 to x−1 in the group of n adjacent through silicon vias, activating n−x switch circuits to connect n−x data circuits to through silicon vias x+1 to n in the group of n adjacent through silicon vias, and activating a switch circuit to connect a data circuit to an auxiliary through silicon via which is adjacent through silicon via n in the group of n adjacent through silicon vias. | 06-25-2015 |
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20090125149 | Building Energy Management System - An energy management system for managing energy such as power consumed in a building in an optimal state to significantly save energy is provided. | 05-14-2009 |
20100224704 | SHOWERHEAD - [Object] A showerhead in which clean water is supplied into a space in a head main body whose upper end is closed with an upper water-discharge plate through a main water port, and the clean water is discharged through a plurality of shower water-discharge holes formed in the upper water-discharge plate. It is possible to discharge clean water under a preferable water pressure and with a preferable water force irrespective whether a water pressure of clean water to be supplied is high or low. | 09-09-2010 |
20110048560 | WATER SAVING TOOL - Disclosed is a water saving device which provides the pressure and amount of water to be delivered that can satisfy the comfortable sense of water usage, regardless of whether the water may be supplied under the high pressure or low pressure or whether the water may be supplied in the larger or smaller amount. In accordance with the present invention, the water saving device comprises a hollow cylindrical body that is adapted to be attached to a water passage conduit or pipe. The hollow cylindrical body includes a first plate member disposed perpendicular to the direction of the water flowing through the water passage conduit or pipe. The first plate member has a plurality of first water passage holes formed thereon at regular intervals with regard to each other in the circumferential direction. A water guide member is further included. The water guide member is provided on the location where each of the first water passage holes is formed on the downstream side of the first plate member, and is capable of guiding the water flow in the circumferential direction while it causes the water to flow obliquely and downwardly toward the downstream side through each of the first water passage holes. | 03-03-2011 |
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20150179039 | DIGITAL SMART SECURITY NETWORK SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided are a digital smart security system and method and a program that allow reporting the occurrence of an abnormal situation in security, even in front of a suspicious person, without the suspicious person's awareness. The digital smart security system comprises an abnormality determination unit ( | 06-25-2015 |
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20150205639 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF COMPUTER SYSTEM - An exemplary management system identifies, based on first information indicating a job net defining an execution order of jobs executed by the host computer, jobs having possibility to be executed simultaneously at the job net. The management system identifies, based on second information indicating an execution content of each of the jobs, storage areas at the host computer for storing data of the jobs having possibility to be executed simultaneously. The management system identifies, based on third information indicating an allocation relation between the data storage areas of the host computer and resources of the storage apparatus, a resource of the storage apparatus allocated to each of the identified storage areas. The management system determines a physical resource of the storage apparatus, allocated to at least two of the storage areas of the identified storage areas, has possibility to be used simultaneously by at least two jobs. | 07-23-2015 |
20150234618 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE SYSTEM - When executing an instruction for changing a configuration of a virtual storage apparatus during an inter-enclosure data migration of storage apparatuses that provide the virtual storage apparatus, an appropriate command is issued to an appropriate storage apparatus. | 08-20-2015 |
20150261462 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, STORAGE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management computer stores, in a memory, virtual logical volume management information showing information on virtual logical volumes provided to a host computer by a storage device, and pool management information showing information related to a use status of pools. The management computer acquires performance information related to an access to the storage device from the host computer, determines whether the acquired performance related to the access satisfies a predetermined first required performance, or not, and specifies any virtual logical volume which is a cause of the state based on the virtual logical volume management information if the first required performance is not satisfied. The management computer calculates a capacity consumption trend of the real area included in each pool based on the pool management information, creates a countermeasure for satisfying the first required performance implementable after a given time, and outputs the countermeasure to an output device. | 09-17-2015 |
20150378848 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER AND MANAGMENT METHOD OF COMPUTER SYSTEM - A management computer stores an operation requirement of a virtual machine and a scheme of a first configuration change executed by a host computer or a storage apparatus. The management computer determines whether a second configuration change configured so as to be executed automatically in the host computer or the storage apparatus is executed. If it is determined that the second configuration change is executed, the management computer predicts a performance index value concerning a prescribed performance index for the computer or the storage apparatus when executing the second configuration change. The management computer determines whether an anticipated effect value of the configuration change scheme is satisfied based on the predicted performance index value, and creates a substitution plan satisfying both an operation requirement and an anticipated effect value of the virtual machine where it is determined that the anticipated effect value is not satisfied. | 12-31-2015 |
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20080202642 | Rare Earth Magnet, Method for Producing Same and Method for Producing Multilayer Body - The present invention aims to provide a rare earth magnet having sufficiently excellent anticorrosion property. The rare earth magnet | 08-28-2008 |
20090087672 | RARE EARTH MAGNET AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention has aimed to provide a method which is capable of producing a rare earth magnet having a protective layer that can provide a sufficient water resistance. The present invention provides a method for producing a rare earth magnet comprising a magnet body containing a rare earth element and a protective layer with high water resistance formed on the surface of the magnet body, the method comprising a first step in which a zinc compound soluble in an alkaline solution is dissolved in an alkali silicate solution to prepare a treatment solution, a second step in which the treatment solution is attached on the surface of the magnet body, and a third step in which the treatment solution attached on the magnet body surface is cured to form a protective layer comprising the cured product of the treatment solution. | 04-02-2009 |
20110234348 | RARE-EARTH MAGNET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RARE-EARTH MAGNET, AND ROTATOR - A rare-earth magnet is an R-T-B-based rare-earth magnet containing a rare-earth element R, a transition metal element T, and boron B. The rare-earth magnet further contains Cu and Co, while having a Cu concentration distribution with a gradient along a direction from a surface of the rare-earth magnet to the inside thereof, Cu having a higher concentration on the surface side of the rare-earth magnet than on the inside thereof, and a Co concentration distribution with a gradient along a direction from the surface of the rare-earth magnet to the inside thereof, Co having a higher concentration on the surface side of the rare-earth magnet than on the inside thereof. The rare-earth magnet is excellent in corrosion resistance. | 09-29-2011 |
20120112862 | RARE EARTH MAGNET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A rare-earth element including a magnet body containing a rare-earth element, and a protective layer formed on a surface of the magnet body. The protective layer may include a first layer covering the magnet body and containing a rare-earth element, and a second layer covering the first layer and containing substantially no rare-earth element. Another protective layer in accordance may include an inner protective layer and an outer protective layer successively from the magnet body side. The outer protective layer is any of an oxide layer, a resin layer, a metal salt layer, and a layer containing an organic-inorganic hybrid compound. | 05-10-2012 |
20150155083 | R-T-B BASED SINTERED MAGNET - The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet including R | 06-04-2015 |
20150235750 | R-T-B BASED SINTERED MAGNET - The present invention provides an R-T-B based sintered magnet including R | 08-20-2015 |
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20110175686 | HIGH FREQUENCY SECOND HARMONIC OSCILLATOR - A high frequency second harmonic oscillator includes a transistor, a first signal line connected at a first end to the base or gate of the transistor, a first shunt capacitor connected at a first end to a second end of the first signal line and at a second end to ground, a second signal line connected at a first end to the collector or drain of the transistor, a second shunt capacitor connected at a first end to a second end of the second signal line and at a second end to ground, and a high capacitance capacitor connected between the first signal line and the second signal line. The first signal line has a length equal to an odd integer multiple of one quarter of the wavelength of a fundamental signal, plus or minus one-sixteenth of the wavelength of the fundamental signal. | 07-21-2011 |
20130032817 | POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier includes a semiconductor substrate including transistor cells, a drain electrode for the transistor cells located on the semiconductor substrate, a drain pad located on the semiconductor substrate and connected to the drain electrode, an ion-implanted resistance located in the semiconductor substrate and extending along and in contact with the drain pad, a floating electrode located on the semiconductor substrate and in contact with the ion-implanted resistance, and an output matching circuit located outside the semiconductor substrate. The power amplifier further includes a wire connecting the drain pad to the output matching circuit. | 02-07-2013 |
20140019096 | TRANSISTOR CHARACTERISTIC CALCULATION APPARATUS USING LARGE SIGNAL EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL - A transistor characteristic calculation apparatus using a large signal equivalent circuit model has a buffer trap circuit provided between a drain terminal and a source terminal such that a parallel circuit including a resistor and a capacitor, a diode, and another parallel circuit including a resistor and a capacitor are in turn connected in series. | 01-16-2014 |
20140146506 | HIGH FREQUENCY DEVICE - A high frequency device includes a base plate having a main surface, a dielectric on the main surface, along a first side of the base plate, a signal line on the dielectric and extending from the first side toward a central portion of the main surface, an island pattern of a metal on the dielectric, a metal frame having a contact portion contacting the main surface and a bridge portion on the signal line and the island pattern, together enclosing the central portion, a lead frame connected to an outside signal line of the signal line and which is located outside the metal frame, a semiconductor chip secured to the central portion, and a wire connecting the semiconductor chip to an inside signal line of the signal line and which is enclosed within the metal frame. | 05-29-2014 |
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20150116040 | AMPLIFIER - An amplifier includes a transistor chip, a matching chip with a capacitor group having multiple MIM capacitors, each of the MIM capacitors including a lower electrode, a dielectric, and an upper electrode, a bonding wire that electrically connects the transistor chip to the upper electrode of any one of the MIM capacitors of the capacitor group and transmits a high-frequency signal, and a case that accommodates the transistor chip and the matching chip. The lower electrodes of the MIM capacitors are grounded, and capacitance values of each of the MIM capacitors of the capacitor group are different from each other. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120091651 | AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDER AND DOCUMENT FEEDING METHOD - An auto-document feeder includes: a document placing section on which an original document is placed; a sheet detection sensor configured to detect the original document, length in a feeding direction of the original document being first length larger than second length; a length detection sensor configured to detect the length of the original document while the original document is fed; a first feeding path for feeding the original document to a reading section for reading an image of the original document; a second feeding path for feeding the original document to the reading section, the second feeding path being different from the first feeding path; a switching section configured to selectively switch the first feeding path and the second feeding path; and a control section configured to divert, with the switching section, the original document to the first feeding path if the sheet detection sensor detects the original document. | 04-19-2012 |
20120112401 | AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An auto-document feeder includes: a paper feeding section configured to feed original documents one by one; a first feeding section configured to feed the fed original document through a first feeding path; a second feeding section configured to feed the fed original document through a second feeding path; a third feeding section configured to alternately nip one by one the fed original documents; a determining section configured to determine that the original document is nipped by the third feeding section; and a document diverting and feeding section configured to alternately divert and feed, into the first feeding path and the second feeding path, the fed original documents and, if the preceding original document is present, after the preceding original document is detected by the determining section, feed the following original document into the first or second feeding path into which the preceding original document is not fed. | 05-10-2012 |
20120182590 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER AND DOCUMENT FEEDING METHOD - An auto-document feeder includes a first image scanning section configured to scan an image on first side of a document, a paper feeding section configured to feed one by one the documents, from which images are read by the first image scanning section, a paper discharge section which discharges the document passed through the first image scanning section, plural conveying section which have different paths to reach the first image scanning section and which guide the document from the paper feeding section to the first image scanning section, a gate section which divides the document, which fed by the paper feeding section, to one of the plural conveying sections, a second image scanning section configured to scan the image on second side of a document, a jam detecting section which is located between the first image scanning section and the second image scanning section. | 07-19-2012 |
20120262766 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER AND DOCUMENT FEEDING METHOD - An auto-document feeder includes a first image scanning section configured to scan an image on first side of documents, a paper feeding section configured to feed the documents one by one, from which images are read by the first image scanning section, a paper discharge section which discharges the documents passing through the first image scanning section, plural conveying sections having different paths to reach the first image scanning section and which guide the document from the paper feeding section to the first image scanning section, a gate section which directs the documents fed by the paper feeding section to one of the plural conveying sections, a second image scanning section configured to scan the image on second side of the documents, a double feeding detecting section which positioned between the first image scanning section and the second image scanning section. | 10-18-2012 |
20120308285 | AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDER AND AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDING METHOD - An auto-document feeder includes plural conveying sections which have different paths to reach an image scanning section configured to scan an image on a document from a paper feeding section and which guide the document to the image scanning section, a scanning conveying section configured to alternately nip the documents one by one fed by the plural conveying sections and feed the documents in a direction of a paper discharge section through the image scanning section, a gate section which directs the documents to one of the plural conveying sections, and a detecting section configured to detect if a document is fed by the paper feeding section. | 12-06-2012 |
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20140097342 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD USING ELECTRON BEAM - The present invention is characterized by an electron microscope which intermittently applies an electron beam to a sample and detects a secondary electron signal, wherein an arbitrarily defined detection time (T | 04-10-2014 |
20140264018 | OBSERVATION SPECIMEN FOR USE IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON MICROSCOPE, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OBSERVATION SPECIMEN - The electrical charging by a primary electronic is inhibited to produce a clear edge contrast from an observation specimen (i.e., a specimen to be observed), whereby the shape of the surface of a sample can be measured with high accuracy. An observation specimen in which a liquid medium comprising an ionic liquid is formed in a thin-film-like or a webbing-film-like form on a sample is used. An electron microscopy using the observation specimen comprises: a step of measuring the thickness of a liquid medium comprising an ionic liquid on a sample; a step of controlling the conditions for irradiation with a primary electron on the basis of the thickness of the liquid medium comprising the ionic liquid; and a step of irradiating the sample with the primary electron under the above-mentioned primary electron irradiation conditions to form an image of the shape of the sample. | 09-18-2014 |
20150034836 | ELECTRON BEAM EQUIPMENT - To improve the efficiency of generation of chromatic aberrations of an energy filter for reducing energy distribution. Mounted are an energy filter for primary electrons, the energy filter having a beam slit and a pair of a magnetic deflector and an electrostatic deflector that are superimposed with each other. An electron lens is arranged between the beam slit and the pair of the magnetic deflector and the electrostatic deflector. | 02-05-2015 |
20150041644 | ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPE, SETTING METHOD OF OBSERVATION CONDITION OF ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPE, AND OBSERVATION METHOD USING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPE - An automatic setting method of an observation condition to facilitate analysis of an image and a sample observation method by automatic setting in an observation method of a structure of a sample by the electronic microscope and an electronic microscope having an automatic setting function are provided. The method includes a step of irradiating a fixed position in an observation region with an intermittent pulsed electron beam; a step of detecting a time change of an emission electron from the sample by the intermittent electron beam; and a step of setting the observation condition of the electronic microscope from the time change of the emission electron. | 02-12-2015 |
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20150046109 | BATTERY SYSTEM MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Proposed is a method for efficiently indicating the replacement timing of each battery module which is a constituent element of a battery system on the basis of operational results information of the battery system without lowering the operating ratio of the battery system. First, capacity-voltage profile data of the battery module according to manufacturing state and degradation state, capacity-voltage profile data at the time of shipping of the battery module, and most recent capacity-voltage profile data of the battery module are collated to estimate the degradation degree of the battery module of the battery system. Then, based on past charge/discharge results data of the battery module, a future use pattern is estimated. Thereafter, remaining operating life is computed based on the degradation degree, the use pattern of the battery module, and characteristics degradation data. Finally, based on the remaining operating computed for the life battery module, the replacement timing of the individual battery module is indicated. | 02-12-2015 |
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20100095290 | GAME DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A version file retrieving unit of a game device retrieves via a network a version file including version information identifying an OS recommended for the execution of game software running. An OS version comparing unit compares first version information on the OS running with second version information identifying the OS recommended for the execution of the game software running. When the second version indicates a version newer than that of the first version information, the OS retrieving unit downloads the latest OS and stores it in the hard disk drive. | 04-15-2010 |
20110092280 | Game Device - In a game device, a loading processor loads save data on which user ID information is attached from a storage device 80; an application executing unit executes a game program while using the loaded save data; a game requirement achievement determining unit determines whether or not a predetermined requirement of gameplay is achieved based on a progress status of the game; and item ID acquiring unit acquires an item ID associated with achieved requirement of gameplay; an item acquisition processing unit has a function for generating item acquisition information while using the acquired item ID; and a function limiting unit limits the function of an item acquisition processing unit in accordance with user ID information attached to the save data. | 04-21-2011 |
20110307582 | Information Processing Device - An activation history storage stores an activation history of applications. A determination unit refers to the activation history and determines a file that is related to an application and that should be downloaded from a server. A processing unit downloads the determined related file. The activation history storage maintains an activation history that maps identification information identifying an application into the latest activation date and time of the application, and the determination unit refers to the activation date and time and determines the related file to be downloaded. | 12-15-2011 |
20120166994 | Information Processing Device and Information Processing System - An acquisition unit acquires, via a communication unit, presence information including status information indicating the status of execution of an application from a separate information processing device. A status image generation unit refers to the status information and determines a display mode for presenting the status of execution of the application to a user. The status image generation unit determines a display mode of a mark to indicate whether the user can participate in a session of an application. | 06-28-2012 |
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20120208471 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a wireless communication terminal that allows a wireless communication connection to be disconnected even when an application program that requires continuation of the communication connection is being executed. The wireless communication terminal transmits data to a communication target in response to a transmission processing request from an application execution section for executing the application program. The wireless communication terminal is configured to: establish the wireless communication connection to the communication target; disconnect, based on a given condition, the wireless communication connection to the communication target to cause a shift to a communication interrupted state; re-establish the wireless communication connection to the communication target when the transmission processing request is received in the communication interrupted state from the application execution section; and transmit, to the communication target, the data relating to the transmission processing request after the re-establishment of the wireless communication connection. | 08-16-2012 |
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