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20100038495 | UMBILICAL MEMBER MOTION LIMITING DEVICE AND ROBOT HAVING THE DEVICE - An umbilical member motion limiting device is provided on a robot which has a forearm, a wrist portion, an operating tool attached to the end of the wrist portion, and the umbilical member connected to the operating tool through the forearm, for limiting the motion of the umbilical member corresponding to the motion of the robot. The motion limiting device comprises a swing portion attached to the wrist portion so as to swing around a swing axis and a limiting portion arranged on the swing portion for limiting the motion of the umbilical member. Thus, the motion limiting device can minimize interference due to surplus length of the umbilical member and avoid contact of the umbilical member with external equipment. | 02-18-2010 |
20100191372 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM HAVING COOPERATING PROCESS AREA BETWEEN HUMAN AND ROBOT - A production system in which a human and a robot may simultaneously perform a cooperative task in the same area while ensuring human's safety. A robot is positioned at one side of a working table, and an operator is positioned at the other side of the working table. The reachable area of the operator is limited by the working table. An area of the working table is divided into an area where only the operator may perform a task, an area where only the robot may perform a task, and an area where both the operator and the robot may enter. In a cooperation mode, the maximum movement speed of a component of the robot is limited lower than when the component of the robot is outside the cooperative task area, and, the motion of the robot is limited so that the robot does not enter a robot entry-prohibited area. | 07-29-2010 |
20120043831 | HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIVE SYSTEM - A human-robot interactive system wherein a robot and a human share an area for performing interactive work, characterized by being provided with a force sensor which is set at an end effector attached to a front end of the robot or which is set at the robot and stopping the robot or controlling operation of the robot so that a detected value of the force sensor becomes smaller when the detected value of the force sensor exceeds a predetermined value, by the robot including a first robot portion which is positioned further from the human than a set position of the force sensor and a second robot portion which is positioned closer to the human than the set position of the force sensor, and, furthermore, by the robot system being provided with a limiter which limits a work area of the human so as to prevent contact by the human with the first robot portion of the robot during operation even when the robot most approaches the human. Due to this, safety of the human can be ensured even in an environment where the human could contact the robot. | 02-23-2012 |
20120259464 | ROBOT SYSTEM HAVING ERROR DETECTION FUNCTION OF ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When an error occurs in robot system, a difference between first and second detection values of two sensors or first and second sensors occurs due to differences in position and responsibility. When this difference exceeds a predetermined threshold, control section detects that a difference has occurred in robot system. The first and second detection values of two sensors or first and second sensors are compared, and therefore, reliability of the detection values can be secured. Further, the abnormal state can be determined through the difference between the first and second detection values, and therefore, errors resulting from problems such as variations in gears and speed reducers due to temperature changes of the operational state and disposition environment of the robot can be avoided. | 10-11-2012 |
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20110316700 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING ENTRY AND/OR EXIT MONITORING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ENTRY AND/OR EXIT - A reliability extracting section ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120155769 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device comprises a region dividing unit which divides a captured image obtained by a camera unit into a plurality of regions, and an image compressing unit which compresses each of region images obtained by the division by the region dividing unit while changing the compression rate according to the distance from a predetermined point in the captured image to each of the region images and the distance from the camera unit to a target included in each of the regions. For example, the image compressing unit compresses the region image having a larger angle from the optical axis at a larger compression rate, thereby achieving compression in which the amount of data in low-quality regions is greatly reduced and the quality of high-quality regions is maintained. | 06-21-2012 |
20120206607 | DISPLAY IMAGE SWITCHING DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is a display image switching device wherein the burden imposed upon an operator, when selecting a particular camera from among a plurality of cameras accompanying movement, can be lightened by providing an intuitive and easy to understand selecting method. When the operator selects a object from an image picked-up and displayed on a display unit ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120236024 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR FORMING DISPLAY IMAGE - Disclosed are a method for forming a display image and a display control device for displaying an image in which the position of a target is significantly easier to find. In a display control device ( | 09-20-2012 |
20130002712 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device is configured to cut out and display a moving object within an omnidirectional image. The image display device includes: a moving object position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of the moving object within the omnidirectional image; a determination unit configured to determine whether to correct an upward direction of a cutout image; a parameter correction unit configured to correct a cutout parameter when the determination unit determines to correct the upward direction of the cutout image; a cutout unit configured to cut images including the moving object out of the omnidirectional image based on the cutout parameter corrected by the parameter correction unit; and a display unit configured to display the images including the moving object, which are cut out by the cutout unit. | 01-03-2013 |
20130022246 | TRAFFIC LINE CREATION DEVICE AND TRAFFIC LINE CREATION METHOD - The traffic line creation device which creates the traffic line representing a motion trace of the tracking target comprising: an object detection unit which detects the tracking target from an image frame to create detection result information including a detected area of the tracking target; a state determination unit which determines a state of the tracking target based on the detection result information; a reference point creation unit which creates a reference point of the tracking target by using the detected area with a method corresponding to the state determined at the state determination unit; and a traffic line creation unit which creates the traffic line representing a motion trace of the tracking target by connecting a plurality of the reference points created for a plurality of the image frames. | 01-24-2013 |
20130033603 | ROAD CONDITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ROAD CONDITION MANAGEMENT METHOD - The present invention provides a road condition management system that can grasp an accurate state of a road condition and reduce a burden on a checker. A road facility management system for managing road facilities includes an on-board device and an information server. The on-board device includes a camera attached to a vehicle to photograph the outside of the vehicle, an image recognition unit that applies image recognition for detecting road facilities to a photographed image, a transmission image information generation unit that generates transmission image information including the photographed image, a road facility information database having stored therein road facility information, and a transmission unit that outputs the transmission image information if a recognition result by the image recognition unit is different from the road facility information stored in the road facility information database. | 02-07-2013 |
20130057546 | PANORAMIC EXPANSION IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING PANORAMIC EXPANSION IMAGE - A panoramic image display device divides a panoramic expansion image into at least two panoramic images and displays the panoramic images. The panoramic expansion image display device including: a clipping reference position setting unit that sets a clipping reference position for the panoramic expansion image; an object detection unit that detects an object as a display target from the panoramic expansion image; a clipping position determination unit that determines a clipping position of the panoramic image according to a relationship between a detected object position and the clipping reference position; and a display image generation unit that displays the panoramic image clipped from the panoramic expansion image at the clipping position. | 03-07-2013 |
20130057641 | TELEVISION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, AND METHOD - When a material sharing mode using a projector at a first point and the projector at a second point is active, the projector at the first point causes a projection unit to project a video image from a first personal computer onto a projection screen, causes an image taking unit to take an image of the projected video image on the projection screen, causes a control unit of the projector or the first personal computer to compare the taken video image with a supply video image supplied from the first personal computer to the projector, and supplies a difference video image generated based on the comparison to the projector at the second point so as to be superimposed on the supply video image. | 03-07-2013 |
20130230245 | PEOPLE COUNTING DEVICE, PEOPLE COUNTING METHOD AND PEOPLE COUNTING PROGRAM - A people counting device includes: a person presence region extraction unit which extracts a region in which a person is present by performing person detection in relation to an input image; a person presence state estimation unit which estimates a person presence state from an extraction result; a portion detector selection unit which selects a type of portion detector to be used for people count measurement based on the estimation result, and outputs portion detector information. The people counting device further includes: a portion detection process unit which performs a portion detection process for detecting a portion of a person based on the portion detector information; and a people counting unit which obtains a number of people within the input image from a portion detection process result. | 09-05-2013 |
20130278774 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, CAMERA CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE THEREIN, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Each camera comprises an image generation unit for generating an image by capturing the image, a moving object detection unit for detecting a moving object from the image and transmitting information on the position of the moving object to the server, and an image transmission unit for, when the camera is selected by the server, transmitting an image. The server comprises an image delivery camera selection unit for selecting some cameras as image delivery cameras from among the cameras based on the information on the position of the moving object transmitted from each of the cameras, an image delivery camera notification unit for notifying the selection result to the cameras, and an image input unit for inputting the images transmitted from the image delivery cameras. | 10-24-2013 |
20130336597 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND DOCUMENT - Image stabilization apparatus includes: layout marker detection unit that detects a layout marker from a photographed image; estimation marker position calculation unit that obtains a position of a PSF estimation marker; estimation marker size calculation unit that obtains a size of the PSF estimation marker; estimation marker reference image generating unit that generates an image of the PSF estimation marker to be a reference; PSF calculation unit that estimates a PSF by using the estimation marker image to be the reference and an estimation marker image corresponding thereto in the photographed image; and image stabilization unit that corrects blurring in the photographed image by using the estimated PSF. | 12-19-2013 |
20140098996 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus is provided that can obtain a stable and easy to view detection frame and cut-out image in a captured image in which there is a possibility that a congested region and a non-congested region are mixed, such as an omnidirectional image. Congested region detecting section detects a congested region in a captured image by detecting a movement region of the captured image. Object detecting section detects images of targets in the captured image by performing pattern matching. Detection frame forming section forms a congested region frame that surrounds a congested region detected by congested region detecting section, and object detection frame that surround image of target detected by object detecting section. | 04-10-2014 |
20140125761 | IMAGE CONVERSION APPARATUS, CAMERA, IMAGE CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - Provided are an image converter, a camera, an image conversion method, and a program, wherein a panorama image can be partially enlarged or reduced, while maintaining the characteristics of the panorama image that images can be joined into a cylindrical shape, or a wide range (up to 360 degrees) can be observed simultaneously. This image converter adopts a configuration wherein the image conversion apparatus includes: an image input unit that inputs a panorama image; and an image enlargement/reduction unit that enlarges/reduces the panorama image by making the enlargement ratio of the desired area within the panorama image different in a way that makes the enlargement ratio change successively at successive areas of the panorama image. In this configuration, the image enlargement/reduction unit enlarges/reduces the image such that the width, in the longitudinal direction of the panorama image, of the image after the enlargement/reduction fits into the original panorama image. | 05-08-2014 |
20140168375 | IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE, CAMERA, VIDEO SYSTEM, IMAGE CONVERSION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING A PROGRAM - Provided are an image conversion device, a camera, a video system, an image conversion method and a program which are capable of performing a desired image conversion even when the orientation of multiple regions within one image is to be changed in different directions. This system is provided with: a region dividing unit ( | 06-19-2014 |
20150016746 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An example image processor provides a distortion-corrected image including a masking area having improved appearance. The image processor includes: a masking area retaining section that retains a masking area set for an image having distortion; a masking execution section that performs masking processing for the image having distortion using the masking area retained in the masking area retaining section; a distortion correction section that corrects the image having distortion that is subjected to the masking processing using a correction parameter for correcting distortion of the image having distortion; and a masking area shaping section that shapes the masking area of the corrected image into a predetermined shape. | 01-15-2015 |
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20110215439 | EPITAXIAL GROWTH SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, NITRIDE-BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND NITRIDE-BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SELF-SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE - An epitaxial growth substrate includes: a surface not roughening over a surface roughness of 10 nm during a temperature-rise process by which a temperature increases until reaching a growth temperature of a nitride-based compound semiconductor layer, the growth temperature being 900° C. to 1050° C., wherein the nitride-based compound semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown directly on the epitaxial growth substrate at the growth temperature. | 09-08-2011 |
20110244665 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GaN BASED SEMICONDUCTOR EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE - A low-temperature protective layer having AlN is grown on a rare earth perovskite substrate and a first GaN based semiconductor layer having Al | 10-06-2011 |
20120251428 | CRYSTAL GROWING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL, AND NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL - Disclosed is a crystal growing apparatus, which is useful when growing a nitride semiconductor crystal by means of hydride vapor phase deposition, and which is capable of effectively preventing a reaction tube from breaking, and is capable of growing the high quality nitride semiconductor single crystal. Also disclosed are a method for manufacturing the nitride compound semiconductor crystal using such crystal growing apparatus, and the nitride compound semiconductor crystal. In the horizontal-type crystal growing apparatus for growing the nitride compound semiconductor crystal on a base substrate using the hydride vapor phase deposition, between the reaction tube ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120256297 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR FREE-STANDING SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a technique capable of preventing occurrence of warping in a nitride compound semiconductor layer, and by which a nitride compound semiconductor layer having small variations in the in-plane off angle can be grown with good reproducibility. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a nitride compound semiconductor substrate using an HVPE process, wherein a low-temperature protective layer is formed on a rare earth perovskite substrate at a first growth temperature (a first step), and a thick layer composed of a nitride compound semiconductor is formed on the low-temperature protective layer at a second growth temperature that is higher than the first growth temperature (a second step). In the first step, the supply amounts of HCl and NH | 10-11-2012 |
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20100134053 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MACHINE - A control device has a unit for preparing a pattern having first and second periods by comparing a triangular wave and a sine wave having an amplitude ratio set at each value of a modulation factor, and selecting one pattern corresponding to an instructed modulation factor, and a unit for applying a controlled voltage, set at low and high levels in response to first and second periods of the selected pattern, to a generator. The triangular wave has a cycle duration obtained by dividing the cycle duration of the generator by product of 3 and odd number, a crest having a level higher than the sine wave at a timing of each first period, and a trough having a level lower than the sine wave at a timing of each second period. | 06-03-2010 |
20100134056 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A control device has a unit for determining a controlled phase of a controlled voltage outputted from an inverter to a generator according to a difference between a target torque and an estimated torque of the generator, a unit for calculating an instructed vector norm of the controlled voltage from the target torque, an electrical angular speed of the generator and parameters indicating characteristics of the generator, a unit for correcting the instructed norm to an adjusted vector norm such that a phase of current flowing through the generator in response to the controlled voltage set at the controlled phase and the adjusted norm is controlled to a phase of an instructed current determined from the target torque, and a unit for controlling the generator by controlling the inverter to output the controlled voltage set at the controlled phase and the adjusted norm to the generator. | 06-03-2010 |
20110210687 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - A control apparatus for use with an electric power conversion system which is equipped with a dc/ac converter connected to an electric rotating machine and a capacitor joined to input terminals of the dc/ac converter. The control apparatus stores an angle of rotation (i.e., start angle θ | 09-01-2011 |
20110295530 | FAULT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR AMPLITUDE MODULATION DEVICE - The fault diagnosis device is for diagnosing presence of a fault in an amplitude modulation device which modulates an amplitude of a carrier wave signal to generate a modulated wave signal, comprising. The fault diagnosis device includes a sampling means to perform sampling of at least one of the carrier wave signal and the modulated wave signal at a period different from a period of the carrier wave signal, and a diagnosis means to perform diagnosis of presence of a fault in the amplitude modulation device based on sampled values outputted from the sampling means. | 12-01-2011 |
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20080217579 | Light-emitting apparatus, phosphor and method of producing it - A light-emitting apparatus composed of a light source that emits primary light and a phosphor that absorbs the primary light and emits secondary light offers high brightness, low power consumption, and a long lifetime while minimizing adverse effects on the environment. The phosphor is formed of a III-V group semiconductor in the form of fine-particle crystals each having a volume of 2 800 nm | 09-11-2008 |
20080260392 | ILLUMINATOR INCLUDING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - An illuminator including an optical transmission mechanism includes a transmission-side electric circuit for forming electric signals modulated in response to information, a light source for emitting intensity-modulated light in response to the electric modulated signals, optical wavelength conversion means including fluorescent material for converting part of the intensity-modulated light into illumination light, photoelectric conversion means for receiving another part of the modulated light and converting this part into reproduced electric modulated signals and a receiving-side electric circuit for reproducing the information from the reproduced electric modulated signals. | 10-23-2008 |
20090134415 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A light scattering section is formed on at least part of a surface of a sealing resin section including fluorescent bodies and covering light emitting diode chips. Light from the light emitting diode chips is scattered by the light scattering section, and then is returned to the sealing resin section so as to excite the fluorescent bodies so that fluorescence is generated. Part of the light to be emitted outside a light emitting element from the light emitting diode chips returns to the sealing resin section so that chromaticity of the light is converted by the fluorescent bodies, thereby adjusting a chromaticity variation among the light emitting elements. In this way, the chromaticity variation among the light emitting elements can be adjusted. | 05-28-2009 |
20100148120 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS, PHOSPHORESCENT PORTION, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus composed of a light source that emits primary light and a phosphor that absorbs the primary light and emits secondary light offers high brightness, low power consumption, and a long lifetime while minimizing adverse effects on the environment. The phosphor is formed of a III-V group semiconductor in the form of fine-particle crystals each having a volume of 2 800 nm | 06-17-2010 |
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20110299268 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The light-emitting device includes: a substrate which has a single layer structure in which a conductive member is partially provided on a surface of the substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements which are directly provided on the surface of the substrate so as to be electrically connected with the conductive member; a first light reflection resin layer; a second light reflection resin layer which is provided in a looped shape on the surface of the substrate so as to surround an area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided; and a sealing resin which covers the plurality of light-emitting elements. In the area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided, the conductive member is covered with the first light reflection resin layer, the conductive member, which is provided under the second light reflection resin layer, is covered with the second light reflection resin layer directly, and a printed resistor, which is provided under the second light reflection resin layer, is covered with the second light reflection resin layer via the first light reflection resin layer. This makes it possible to provide the light-emitting device which (i) reduces absorption of light so as to achieve excellent light extraction efficiency, and (ii) is highly reliable. | 12-08-2011 |
20130128493 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device with a toning function in which possibility of moisture and dust intruding into the case is reduced with a simple mechanism is realized. The illumination device includes a light emitting element light source ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130264934 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LED LIGHT SOURCE FOR PLANT CULTIVATION, AND PLANT FACTORY - A substrate-type LED light source ( | 10-10-2013 |
20140103797 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The light-emitting device includes: a substrate which has a single layer structure in which a conductive member is partially provided on a surface of the substrate; a plurality of light-emitting elements which are directly provided on the surface of the substrate so as to be electrically connected with the conductive member; a first light reflection resin layer; a second light reflection resin layer which is provided in a looped shape on the surface of the substrate so as to surround an area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided; and a sealing resin which covers the plurality of light-emitting elements. In the area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided, the conductive member is covered with the first light reflection resin layer, the conductive member, which is provided under the second light reflection resin layer, is covered with the second light reflection resin layer directly, and a printed resistor, which is provided under the second light reflection resin layer, is covered with the second light reflection resin layer via the first light reflection resin layer. This makes it possible to provide the light-emitting device which (i) reduces absorption of light so as to achieve excellent light extraction efficiency, and (ii) is highly reliable. | 04-17-2014 |
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20120012874 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a translucent electrode. The substrate includes a first region provided along periphery of a first major surface and a second region provided on center side of the first major surface as viewed from the first region. The first semiconductor layer is provided on the first major surface of the substrate. The light emitting layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the light emitting layer. The translucent electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer. A reflectance in the second region is higher than a reflectance in the first region. | 01-19-2012 |
20120138985 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a light emitting part. The first semiconductor layer includes an n-type semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a p-type semiconductor layer. The light emitting part is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and includes a plurality of barrier layers and a well layer provided between the plurality of barrier layers. The first semiconductor layer has a first irregularity and a second irregularity. The first irregularity is provided on a first major surface of the first semiconductor layer on an opposite side to the light emitting part. The second irregularity is provided on a bottom face and a top face of the first irregularity, and has a level difference smaller than a level difference between the bottom face and the top face. | 06-07-2012 |
20130203192 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a light emitting part. The first semiconductor layer includes an n-type semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer includes a p-type semiconductor layer. The light emitting part is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and includes a plurality of barrier layers and a well layer provided between the plurality of barrier layers. The first semiconductor layer has a first irregularity and a second irregularity. The first irregularity is provided on a first major surface of the first semiconductor layer on an opposite side to the light emitting part. The second irregularity is provided on a bottom face and a top face of the first irregularity, and has a level difference smaller than a level difference between the bottom face and the top face. | 08-08-2013 |
20140283610 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF ULTRASONIC INSPECTION - An ultrasonic inspection device includes: a vibration generating section that irradiates laser beam onto a first member to generate ultrasonic vibration; a detecting section that detects the ultrasonic vibration propagated from the first to a second members via a welded portion; and an analyzing section that analyzes the propagated ultrasonic vibration detected by the detecting section. The analyzing section obtains at least one of frequency and wavelength of the ultrasonic vibration detected by the detecting section upon when a displacement in the second member in a thickness direction becomes maximum. The analyzing section obtains a cross sectional dimension of the welded portion from a correlated relationship of the cross sectional dimension of the welded portion obtained in advance at a position on a surface of the second member on the first member side and the at least one of the frequency and wavelength of the ultrasonic vibration. | 09-25-2014 |
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20080245716 | Separation column and liquid chromatography system with this column - A monolithic separation column and a liquid chromatography system using the same are provided by which the pressure tightness is improved, and the manufacturing is enabled at a low temperature, thus preventing the degradation of the separation performance. A monolithic rod | 10-09-2008 |
20100012566 | SEPARATION COLUMN AND LIQUID CHROMOTOGRAPH USING THE SAME - The flow rate of a solvent is reduced as a separation column and the separation performance is improved even under high-pressure conditions. There is provided a separation column including a monolith rod into which a sample and a mobile phase flow, the separation column comprising: a coating material coated on the outer circumference of a monolith rod; a support member into which the monolith rod coated with the coating material is inserted, and a rod fixing material fitted into or filled a gap between the coating material and the support member; wherein the upper end face of the rod fixing material is sealed, the upper end face being the inflow-side end when the separation column is assembled. | 01-21-2010 |
20100288642 | CAPILLARY ARRAY - A capillary array includes a light detection portion, a sample supply portion, a buffer solution supply portion and a voltage application portion which are necessary functions for electrophoresis, thereby, when assembling the capillary array into an electrophoresis apparatus, the same can be immediately used. Accordingly, a capillary array is provided which can be easily incorporated into an electrophoresis apparatus. | 11-18-2010 |
20120147364 | CONTAMINATION INSPECTION METHOD AND CONTAMINATION INSPECTION DEVICE - Provided are a contamination inspection method and a contamination inspection device for highly accurately detecting a defect in a wafer, a liquid crystal substrate and media or the like including patterns, for example, a semiconductor device or the like. The first aspect of the present invention is a contamination inspection device comprising: an irradiation optical system for irradiating lights on the inspection target substrate; and a spatial filter for shading diffracted lights form the inspection target substrate. Herein, the spatial filter comprises: a plurality of light shading materials; a control member for changing at least one of parameters selected from a shape, an angle and an interval with respect to the light shading material, and a control unit for controlling the control members. | 06-14-2012 |
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20130122892 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELAY NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step in which, when a relay node RN, which is subordinate to a radio base station DeNB and is in an “RRC_CONNECTED state”, received an “RRC connection release message” from the radio base station DeNB, the relay node RN is transitioned to an “RRC_IDLE state” after transmitting an “RRC connection release message” to a mobile station UE, which is subordinate to the relay node RN and is in the “RRC_CONNECTED state”, and a predetermined time T2 elapses. | 05-16-2013 |
20130170428 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, AND RELAY NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a radio base station DeNB, “RA Response” to a mobile station UE within a “RA Response window” for the mobile station UE when “RA Preamble” is received from the mobile station UE, a step of transmitting, by a relay node RN, a signal to the mobile station UE in a subframe other than an MBSFN subframe, and a step of transmitting, by the radio base station DeNB, “RA Response” to the relay node RN in an MBSFN subframe of a “RA Response window” for the relay node RN when “RA Preamble” is received from the relay node RN. | 07-04-2013 |
20130201897 | BASE STATION, RELAY STATION AND METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A base station generates first setting information commonly used for establishing a logical path for communication with a user apparatus and for establishing a logical path for communication with a relay station, and second setting information used only for establishing the logical path for communication with the relay station, and transmits a second RRC message including the second setting information to the relay station after transmitting a first RRC message including the first setting information to the relay station. The first setting information includes information indicating a priority of a radio bearer in the logical path, information indicating usage of resources in SPS, information indicating resources of SRS, configuration information in a MAC sublayer, and information on change of a security encryption key in handover, and the second setting information includes at least system information and MBSFN information. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203342 | RELAY STATION FOR RELAYING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER APPARATUS AND BASE STATION, AND RELAY METHOD - A relay station includes a signal generation unit configured to generate a signal in the relay station and a receiving unit configured to receive a signal from a first communication station. The relay station further includes a signal generating node identifying unit configured to identify whether a signal to be transmitted to a second communication station is a received signal received from the first communication station or a generated signal generated by the signal generation unit. The relay station further includes a signal transmission unit configured to transmit both or one of the received signal and the generated signal associated with a radio bearer to the second communication station. | 08-08-2013 |
20130208652 | RELAY STATION, BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A relay station for relaying a radio signal between a mobile station and a base station includes a relay station information generating unit configured to generate relay station information used by the base station to select a switching center to be connected to the relay station. The relay station also includes a message generating unit configured to generate a message including the relay station information generated by the relay station information generating unit, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the message generated by the message generating unit to the base station. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208653 | RELAY NODE AND RECONNECTION METHOD - A relay node of a communication system includes a communication unit that initiates a session by executing an initial connection procedure for retrieving a cell list indicating one or more donor base station candidates from a maintenance node after establishment of an initial communication link among the relay node, a base station, and a switching center, and for establishing a communication link to a donor base station in the cell list and a switching center connected to the donor base station; a storing unit that stores the cell list; and a reconnection control unit that selects, when a radio link with the donor base station is lost, a donor base station satisfying a predetermined criterion in the cell list, and that causes the communication unit to establish a communication link to the selected donor base station and a switching center connected to the selected donor base station. | 08-15-2013 |
20130288687 | RELAY APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - A relay station includes a reception section that receives a first radio frame sent from a base station, and a transmission section that sends a second radio frame that includes a downstream data signal included in the received first radio frame, to a mobile station located in a cell of the relay station. When it is determined that a first identifier of a handover-destination cell, included in a first radio frame, matches a second identifier of the cell of the relay station, included in the second radio frame, and that the transmission timing of the first identifier matches the transmission timing of the second identifier, a time shift section of the relay station shifts the transmission timing of the second radio frame sent from the transmission section so as to make the transmission timing of the first identifier different from the transmission timing of the second identifier. | 10-31-2013 |
20140094145 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE MANAGEMENT NODE - In an attach process executed as a relay node RN, the wasteful use of a resource is avoided. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a radio base station DeNB, “(S1) Initial UE message” indicating the attach process executed as the relay node RN to a mobile management node MME in response to “Attach Request (RN)” received from the relay node RN having a secure channel established between the relay node RN and USIM-RN, a step of starting, by the mobile management node MME, “EPS-AKA” between the relay node RN and the USIM-RN in response to the “(S1) Initial UE message”, and a step of failing in the “EPS-AKA” when it is determined that the USIM-RN cannot be used for the attach process executed as the relay node RN. | 04-03-2014 |
20140120922 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND NETWORK - A first base station forms a first cell and communicates by radio with a user apparatus in a first frequency band. A second base station forms a second cell and communicates by radio with the user apparatus in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A gateway apparatus serves as a connection point with an external network. Logical paths used for the user apparatus are established respectively through the first base station and the second base station. A communication control section controls the logical paths and radio communication. The user apparatus sends and receives a user signal to and from the external network by using both a first logical path and a second logical path at the same time. | 05-01-2014 |
20140376435 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, SERVER DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A user equipment is capable of executing plural applications in parallel. The user equipment obtains, for each application, packet statistics information relating to packets that each of the plural applications transceives, for reporting to a base station. The base station, based on the packet statistics information received from the user equipment, calculates a state transition parameter for use in controlling the state transition of the user equipment and the base station. The base station executes state transition control based on the calculated state transition parameter. | 12-25-2014 |
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20110094445 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - An apparatus for manufacturing a thin film solar cell of the present invention includes a film forming chamber in which a film is formed on a film formation face of a substrate using a CVD method; an electrode unit including a cathode unit having cathodes to which voltages are to be applied arranged on both sides thereof, and a pair of anodes each of which is arranged to face a different one of the cathodes, at a separation distance therefrom; a mask for covering a peripheral edge portion of the substrate; and a discharge duct installed around the cathode unit. A film formation space is formed between the cathode unit and the substrate installed on the side of the anode, an evacuation passage is formed between the mask and the cathode unit, the discharge duct and the film formation space are connected together via the evacuation passage, and a film forming gas introduced into the film formation space is evacuated from the discharge duct through the evacuation passage. | 04-28-2011 |
20110094446 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus, includes: a film formation space in which a substrate is disposed so that a film formation face of the substrate is substantially parallel to a direction of gravitational force, and in which a desired film is formed on the film formation face by a CVD method; a cathode unit including cathodes to which a voltage is applied, and two or more power feeding points, the cathodes being disposed at both sides of the cathode unit; and an anode distantly disposed so as to face the cathodes that are disposed at both sides of the cathode unit. | 04-28-2011 |
20110100296 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS - A film formation apparatus includes: a film forming chamber in which a desired film is formed on a substrate in a vacuum; a loading-ejecting chamber fixed to the film forming chamber with a first opening-closing section interposed therebetween, being capable of reducing a pressure inside the loading-ejecting chamber so as to form a vacuum atmosphere; a second opening-closing section provided at a face opposite to the face of the loading-ejecting chamber on which the first opening-closing section is provided; and a carrier holding the substrate so that a film formation face of the substrate is substantially parallel to a direction of gravitational force, wherein the carrier or the substrate passes through the second opening-closing section, and is transported to the loading-ejecting chamber and is transported from the loading-ejecting chamber; a plurality of carriers is disposed in the loading-ejecting chamber in parallel to each other; the plurality of carriers is transported in parallel between the loading-ejecting chamber and the film forming chamber; and a film is simultaneously formed on a plurality of substrates that is held by the plurality of carriers in the film forming chamber. | 05-05-2011 |
20110100297 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus includes a film forming chamber that is evacuated to a reduced pressure and forms a film on a substrate using a CVD method; a loading-ejecting chamber that is connected to the film forming chamber via a first opening-closing part and that is switchable between atmospheric pressure and reduced pressure; transfer rail that is laid at the film forming chamber and the loading-ejecting chamber; a carrier that holds the substrate and moves along the transfer rail; and a carrier transfer mechanism that transfers the carrier, wherein, the carrier transfer mechanism is provided in the loading-ejecting chamber to transfer the carrier between the film forming chamber and the loading-ejecting chamber. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107969 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - An apparatus for manufacturing a thin film solar cell of the present invention has a film forming chamber in which a substrate is arranged so that the film formation face of the substrate is substantially parallel to the direction of gravitational force and a film is formed on the film formation face by a CVD method; an electrode unit including a cathode unit having cathodes to which voltages are to be applied arranged on both sides thereof, and a pair of anodes each of which is arranged to face the cathodes, respectively, at a separation distance therefrom; and a conveying part which supports the substrate and conveys the substrate to between the cathode and the anode facing the cathode. The separation distance is variable. | 05-12-2011 |
20110120370 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus includes a film forming chamber which stores a substrate; and an electrode unit which performs film formation using a CVD method on the substrate in the film forming chamber. The electrode unit has an anode and a cathode; and a side wall portion which holds the anode and the cathode and forms a part of a wall portion of the film forming chamber, and is attachable to and detachable from the film forming chamber. | 05-26-2011 |
20110189384 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A thin-film solar cell manufacturing apparatus includes a film forming chamber that is evacuated to a reduced pressure and forms a film on a substrate using a CVD method; a loading-ejecting chamber that is connected to the film forming chamber via a first opening-closing part and that is switchable between atmospheric pressure and reduced pressure; a first carrier that holds a pre-processed substrate; and a second carrier that holds a post-processed substrate, wherein the loading-ejecting chamber simultaneously stores the first carrier and the second carrier. | 08-04-2011 |
20110300694 | ELECTRODE CIRCUIT, FILM FORMATION DEVICE, ELECTRODE UNIT, AND FILM FORMATION METHOD - An electrode circuit for plasma CVD includes: an alternating-current source; a matching circuit that is connected to the alternating-current source; and parallel plate electrodes that are constituted of a pair of an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, in which the anode electrode and the cathode electrode are arranged such that electrode surfaces of the anode electrode and the cathode electrode face each other. The matching circuit, the parallel plate electrodes, and plasma generated by the parallel plate electrodes form a balanced circuit. | 12-08-2011 |
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20090103898 | CONTENT SHOOTING APPARATUS - In a content shooting apparatus (Acc) for recording content data (Sav) containing video, audio, or data onto an information recording medium ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090110372 | CONTENT SHOOTING APPARATUS - A content shooting apparatus is provided, in which thresholds for generating metadata concerning shot images can be calibrated in accordance with shooting conditions. | 04-30-2009 |
20090123131 | Packet Transmitting Apparatus - A packet transmitting apparatus ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090288125 | PACKET TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - To provide a packet transmitting apparatus which transmits a content protected with a content protection technique such as DTCP in the form of packets which are widely used, such as IP packets, and which is capable of providing diverse EPG information. Metadata of an A/V stream is utilized to control the output mode, encryption mode, and/or addition of an encryption information header of contents such as video, audio, and data contained in the stream ( | 11-19-2009 |
20100091113 | CONTENT SHOOTING APPARATUS - A content shooting apparatus is provided which is suitable for generating a digest meeting the user's desire. | 04-15-2010 |
20110217019 | IMAGING DEVICE AND DIGEST PLAYBACK METHOD - An imaging device comprises: a first memory unit operable to store one or a plurality of audio-video data, each composed of a plurality of scenes and including a video data and an audio data; a second memory unit operable to store one or a plurality of BGM data; a creating unit operable to create, based on information designating one or more of the scenes composing the audio-video data stored in the first memory unit, a playlist for digest playback that allows the one or more of the scenes to be played back continuously; and a playback unit operable to play back the audio-video data in accordance with the playlist for digest playback so as not to play back the audio data included in the audio-video data but so as to play back only the video data included in the audio-video data, and for playing back the BGM data stored in the second memory unit while playing back the video data. | 09-08-2011 |
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20120307109 | VIDEO EXTRACTION DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Digest playback which suits various preferences is realized. A video camera ( | 12-06-2012 |
20130100254 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image capture device includes: first and second shooting sections, each of which is configured to shoot an image of a subject; and a signal processing section configured to generate, based on first and second images that have been shot by the first and second shooting sections, respectively, information indicating the amount of parallax between the first and second images. Based on at least one of the states of the first and second images, a zoom power during shooting, and the tilt of the image capture device during shooting, the signal processing section generates control information indicating the degree of stereoscopic property of a 3D image to be generated based on the first and second images or indicating whether or not the 3D image needs to be output, and records the control information and the information indicating the amount of parallax. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101263 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, PLAYER, SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A system of the present disclosure comprises a shooting system and a playback system. The shooting system includes first and second shooting sections and a disparity calculating section that generates a differential image representing a difference between first and second images that have been shot by the first and second shooting sections, respectively. The playback system includes an image generating section that generates, based on the differential image and the first image, a third image that has as high a resolution as the first image and that forms, along with the first image, a 3D image. The image generating section generates, based on the first image and the differential image, a depth map representing the amount of parallax between the first and second images, and generates the third image based on the first image and the depth map. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107015 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, PLAYER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130342641 | STEREOSCOPIC SHOOTING DEVICE - A stereoscopic shooting device includes: a first shooting section that obtains a first image; a second shooting section that outputs a second image; an angle of view matching section that cuts image portions to have the same angle of view from the first and second images; a parallax information generating section that generates parallax information indicating parallax between the two image portions; a reliability information generating section that generates reliability information indicating the degree of reliability of the parallax information based on at least one of the first and second images and the parallax information; and an image generating section that generates, based on the parallax information and the first image, a third image that forms, with the first image, stereoscopic images. The parallax information generating section corrects the parallax information based on the reliability information. | 12-26-2013 |
20140002612 | STEREOSCOPIC SHOOTING DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |