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| 20100225482 | RFID TAG, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CHANGE OF RFID TAG ENVIRONMENT - Provided is an RFID tag suitable for detecting a change of the RFID tag environment in real time by a simple and low-cost system. The system and the method for detecting a change of the RFID tag environment are also provided. An RFID tag ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120146774 | RFID SYSTEM - An antenna is disposed near a route of mobile object. A fixed tag is disposed at a location where a radio wave can be received from the antenna. When receiving a read command from the antenna, a mobile tag attached to the mobile object and the fixed tag send back a response signal at prescribed timing. A signal received from the fixed tag by the antenna is substantially constant. The signal from the fixed tag cannot be read while buried in a signal transmitted from the mobile tag to the antenna while the mobile tag is positioned at a location where communication with the antenna is expected. Conversely, when the mobile tag is at least a prescribed distance away from the antenna, the signal from the mobile tag cannot be read while buried in the signal from the fixed tag. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120223854 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication processing apparatus alternately transmits a carrier wave carrying a command and receives a response from a tag while transmitting an unmodulated carrier wave. A transmission control unit changes the phase of the unmodulated carrier wave transmitted from a transmission/reception circuit in response to start of reception of the reflected wave from the tag. The transmission/reception circuit includes a circuit for separating and detecting an I signal and a Q signal included in the reflected wave from the tag. A phase detection unit uses the I signal and the Q signal to detect change of the phase of the reflected wave. A distance calculation unit measures a time from a change of the phase of the unmodulated carrier wave to a detection of a corresponding change in the phase of the reflected wave, and uses the time to calculate the distance from the antenna to the tag. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120235856 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD IN COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A radio frequency signal oscillator and an intermediate frequency signal oscillator are incorporated in a communication processing device, and a carrier wave with which an intermediate frequency signal is overlapped is generated using the oscillators and transmitted from an antenna. Mixers separate and extract an I signal and a Q signal from the intermediate frequency signal in the signal received by the antenna. A phase difference detector detects a phase difference of the intermediate frequency signal in a reflected wave to the intermediate frequency signal in the carrier wave using the I signal and the Q signal after the reception of the reflected wave from a tag is started. A distance calculator calculates a distance from the antenna to the tag using the phase difference and a wavelength of the intermediate frequency signal. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20130021142 | RFID TAG AND RFID SYSTEM - Two antennas and an IC chip that independently operates the antennas are provided in a package of an RFID tag. Communication ranges A and B expanding in different directions when viewed from a front surface of the package are set by adjusting a directive characteristic of radio wave from each of the antennas. A reader/writer communicating with the tag selects one of the communication ranges A and B, and transmits a command including the identification information on the selected communication range. A control circuit in the IC chip executes the command on the condition that identification information included in the received command is matched with the antenna receiving the command, and returns response information through an antenna unit that receives the command. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130050028 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device comprises an antenna board, wherein an antenna pattern is formed in or on a front surface of a dielectric layer, a ground layer is formed in or on a rear surface of the dielectric layer, and a feed pin is inserted into a thickness of the antenna board through the ground layer and the dielectic layer. The diameter of the antenna pattern is set to one half of the wavelength of an RF signal passed through the antenna pattern, and a length of one side of the dielectric plate is set shorter than the wavelength. A metallic plate is coupled to the ground layer with a plurality of metallic spacers interposed therebetween, whereby the metallic plate is electrically connected to the ground layer. . | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130241702 | RFID TAG SYSTEM AND RFID READER/WRITER - An aspect of the present invention provides an RFID tag system in which a null point is hardly generated. The RFID tag system includes an RFID tag and an RFID reader/writer. The RFID reader/writer includes a transmitter that transmits a circularly-polarized radio wave to the RFID tag, a receiver that separately receives horizontal and vertical polarization components of a return wave from the RFID tag; and a received signal combiner that logically combines signals separately received by the receiver. The received signal combiner includes an optimum combiner that combines the horizontal polarization component and the vertical polarization component such that an S/N ratio of the received signal is enhanced compared with the case that the horizontal polarization component and the vertical polarization component are separately received. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241703 | RFID READER/WRITER AND RFID TAG SYSTEM - An aspect of the present invention provides an RFID reader/writer in which a null point is not generated. The RFID reader/writer includes an RFID tag and an RFID reader/writer. The RFID reader/writer and the RFID tag conduct communication with each other while an antenna of the RFID reader/writer and an antenna of the RFID tag are slanted. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241704 | RFID TAG AND RFID TAG SYSTEM - An aspect of the present invention provides an RFID tag, in which a null point is hardly generated. The RFID tag includes a long antenna provided in a rectangular surface. The antenna is accommodated in a tag case of the RFID tag, and the antenna extends in a direction oblique to sides constituting the rectangular surface of the tag case. | 09-19-2013 |
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| 20110103820 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium, wherein a first gas is generated during image formation, and a fixing unit configured to fix the image onto the recording medium by heat, wherein a second gas is generated during image fixing by heat. A body includes a chamber and an opening through which the first gas and the second gas are guided into the chamber to be mixed into a gas mixture. A fan discharges the gas mixture from the chamber. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120086751 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head, wherein recessed portions are formed in an ejection face such that, where, in the one direction, a distance D | 04-12-2012 |
| 20130195500 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a main body casing; a fixing unit accommodated in the casing and including a heating member and a pressing member; a first wall provided inside the casing at a position above the heating member and the pressing member and extending diagonally downward and forward; an uneven portion provided on the first wall at a position rearward of front end portion of the pressing member to restrain a dew droplet condensed on the first wall from running down along the first wall; a sheet ejection opening formed in the casing such that the recording sheet conveyed out from the fixing unit is ejected outside the casing through the sheet ejection opening; and an exhaust opening formed in the casing at a position rearward of the heating member such that air heated in the fixing unit is discharged outside the casing through the exhaust opening. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140186069 | Charging Device Configured to Produce Corona Discharge - A charging device includes a discharging electrode, grid electrode, pair of shielding electrodes, frame, airflow-generating electrode, and impurity-removing member. The discharging electrode produces a corona discharge to charge a surface of photosensitive member. A first voltage is applied to the grid electrode. The discharging electrode is positioned between the shielding electrodes. The frame includes a pair of side walls confronting with each other in the moving direction. The discharging electrode and the pair of shielding electrodes are positioned between the side walls. The airflow-generating electrode is disposed at a position opposite to the discharging electrode with respect to the grid electrode. The airflow-generating electrode is applied with a second voltage lower than the first voltage. The impurity-removing member is provided on an inner surface of the frame. The impurity-removing member and the airflow-generating electrode are positioned on an identical side of the shielding electrodes in the moving direction. | 07-03-2014 |
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| 20120303250 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - EGR gas quantity information, which indicates a quantity of the EGR gas flowing into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, is obtained by an ECU. A combustion stop delay control operation, which delays execution of a combustion stop control operation, is executed by the ECU when the quantity of the EGR gas flowing into the cylinder is larger than a normal combustion determination threshold value. When the quantity of the EGR gas flowing into the cylinder becomes equal to or smaller than the normal combustion determination threshold value, the combustion stop control operation is enabled by the ECU. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120318246 | EGR CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - While an engine is an idling state and an EGR opening degree is increased stepwise from a specified opening degree, a variation in engine speed (a standard deviation in engine speed) is repeatedly computed. After that, a specified step amount is successively reduced from the EGR opening degree and the variation in engine speed is successively computed until the EGR opening degree becomes less than or equal to a specified value. Then, a maximum value of the EGR opening degrees where the variation in engine speed becomes minimum is learned as the full-close position. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120318247 | EGR CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A gas temperature sensor is provided in an EGR passage. When a specified learning executing condition is established, the EGR valve is compulsorily rotated from a reference position in a valve-close direction and then rotated in a valve-open direction over the reference position. While the EGR valve is rotated in such a manner as to pass a full-close position, an opening degree of the EGR valve at which the variation in gas temperature becomes minimum is learned as the full-close position of the EGR valve. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120325189 | EGR CONTROLLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - When a constant driving voltage is applied to a motor driving an EGR valve so that the EGR opening degree is varied, an angular speed of the EGR valve becomes minimal at a position where the driving torque of the EGR valve becomes maximal. In view of this, while an opening degree of the EGR valve is varied with a constant driving voltage applied to the motor, the EGR opening degree where the angular speed becomes minimal is learned as a full-close position. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130213016 | EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An emission control system for an engine includes an upstream sensor provided upstream of a catalyst in a flow direction of exhaust gas, a downstream sensor provided downstream of the catalyst to detect an air-fuel ratio so that the air-fuel ratio approaches a target air-fuel ratio in a sub feedback control, a constant current supply portion which changes an output characteristic of the downstream sensor by applying a constant current on a pair of electrodes thereof. A characteristic control portion controls the constant current supply portion in the sub feedback control to advance a timing of lean detection of the downstream sensor when the air-fuel ratio is richer than the target air-fuel ratio, and to advance a timing of rich detection of the downstream sensor when the air-fuel ratio is leaner than the target air-fuel ratio. | 08-22-2013 |
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| 20090064749 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING STAINLESS STEEL PIPE - A process for stainless-steel pipe production which comprises piercing rolling a raw material stainless steel containing, by mass, Cr: 10-30%, to give a hollow shell, elongating rolling the hollow shell using a mandrel bar, together with a graphite-free lubricant, to give a finishing rolling blank pipe and heating the blank pipe in a reheating furnace and subjecting the same to finishing rolling by sizing rolling to produce a hot-finished pipe, and then subjecting this pipe as a mother pipe to cold working to produce a stainless-steel pipe. In the reheating furnace, the finishing rolling blank pipe is heated to 1000° C. or more and subjected to heating in which an oxidizing gas is blown into the pipe inside, whereby a stainless-steel pipe which is inhibited from forming a carburized layer in the pipe inner surface can be produced. When the finishing rolling by sizing rolling to give a cold working mother pipe is carried out by stretch reducer rolling at 860-1050° C., an annealing heat treatment of the mother pipe for cold working can be omitted. Thus, a stainless-steel pipe having excellent surface quality can be efficiently produced. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20110214950 | BRAKE DISC FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE - A brake disc for a railway vehicle, including a ring-shaped plate portion with a front side serving as a frictional surface and a plurality of fins being projected and disposed radially on the back side of the plate portion, the plate portion being fixed to a wheel, wherein a rib is provided between fins adjacent to each other, and a slit developing in the direction from a wheel-side face of the rib toward the back side of the plate portion is disposed in a circumferentially intermediate portion of the rib, thereby making it possible to suppress the deformation caused by frictional heat. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110239720 | Production Method of Seamless Pipe or Tube, and Oxidizing Gas Supply Unit - A production method of a seamless pipe or tube according to the present invention comprises the steps of applying a lubricant containing carbon to a mandrel bar, producing a material pipe or tube with a mandrel mill using the mandrel bar to which the lubricant is applied, and reheating the material pipe or tube in a reheating furnace, wherein when a temperature of the material pipe or tube is 550° C. or higher and 1000° C. or lower in the reheating step, an oxidizing gas is fed into the material pipe or tube. | 10-06-2011 |
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| 20120309525 | GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, GAME APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - In an initial state after boot of a game apparatus, a predetermined operation image is generated and displayed on an operating device. The game apparatus makes determinations in the initial state on the basis of operation data such as to whether or not a selection instruction has been provided to select an application from among one or more applications, including a game application, which are executable by the game apparatus, and whether or not a control instruction has been provided to control a predetermined display device different from the operating device. When the selection instruction is determined to have been provided, the game apparatus executes the selected application, and outputs an image to either the operating device or the predetermined display device, or both. When the control instruction is determined to have been provided, the game apparatus controls the predetermined display device in accordance with the control instruction. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120309526 | GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, GAME APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - An example game system includes a game apparatus and an operating device. The game apparatus acquires operation data from the operating device. Moreover, the game apparatus executes an application and outputs an image generated by the execution of the application to either the operating device or a predetermined display device different from the operating device, or both. When a predetermined operation is performed on the operating device during the execution of the application, a predetermined operation image is displayed on a display unit of the operating device. In a state where the operation image is displayed on the display unit, the game apparatus determines whether or not a control instruction has been provided to control the predetermined display device, on the basis of the operation data. When the control instruction is determined to have been provided, the predetermined display device is controlled in accordance with the control instruction. | 12-06-2012 |
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| 20120010001 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A communication game system includes a first computer and at least one second computer. When an operational designation has been performed, the second computer transmits to the first request a request for permission to perform an action corresponding to the operation. Until a conclusion to the request is received, the second computer produces an image in which a character performs a first act of the action. The first computer determines whether the action is permitted and transmits its conclusion to the second computer. When receiving the conclusion before the end of the first act, the second computer produces an image in which the player character performs a second act according to the conclusion. On the other hand, when the conclusion is received after the end of the first act, the second computer produces, at the end of the first act, an image in which the player character performs a third act until the reception of the conclusion. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120309537 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game system has at least two modes of operation, that is, a monitor game mode and a terminal device game mode. In the monitor game mode, a main game image is displayed on a monitor and a sub game image is displayed on an LCD of a terminal device. In the terminal device game mode, the main game image is displayed on the LCD of the terminal device. The mode of operation can be switched in accordance with a mode switching instruction from a user. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120309542 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary game system includes a monitor for displaying a game image or a television program, and a terminal device having a camera, a microphone, and a loudspeaker. When a user is playing a game or viewing a television program by using the monitor, another user can have chat by using the terminal device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130215025 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game system has at least two modes of operation, that is, a monitor game mode and a terminal device game mode. In the monitor game mode, a main game image is displayed on a monitor and a sub game image is displayed on an LCD of a terminal device. In the terminal device game mode, the main game image is displayed on the LCD of the terminal device. The mode of operation can be switched in accordance with a mode switching instruction from a user. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130217493 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game system has at least two modes of operation, that is, a monitor game mode and a terminal device game mode. In the monitor game mode, a main game image is displayed on a monitor and a sub game image is displayed on an LCD of a terminal device. In the terminal device game mode, the main game image is displayed on the LCD of the terminal device. The mode of operation can be switched in accordance with a mode switching instruction from a user. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130321451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing device includes: a first display controller that displays a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content included in a plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays a plurality of second objects each corresponding to a user associated with at least one content included in the plurality of contents, the user being included in a plurality of users which includes at least one registered user, wherein: a second object of a user is displayed in association with a first object corresponding to a content associated with the user; and a second object of the registered user is distinguishable from an appearance of a second object of an unregistered user. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130324234 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECOMMENDATION METHOD - An example information processing device includes: a selection unit that selects at least one content from a plurality of contents using user information sets of a plurality of users constituting a predetermined group, each user information set describing a user; and an execution unit that executes a process to notify at least one of the plurality of users included in the group of the content selected by the selection unit. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326370 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example system includes: a first memory in which a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content is stored; a posting management unit that generates information based on an input by a user and posts the generated information; a second memory in which the information posted by the posting management unit is stored such that a content for which the information is posted is identifiable; a first display controller that displays at least one or more first objects each corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays information adjacent to a first object corresponding to the content for which the information is posted. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326382 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example system includes: a first memory in which a plurality of first objects each corresponding to a content included in a plurality of contents is stored; a second memory in which a plurality of second objects each corresponding to a user is stored; an association unit that associates a content with a second object; a first display controller that displays one or more first objects each corresponding to a content selected from the plurality of contents; and a second display controller that displays a second object adjacent to a first object corresponding to a content associated with the second object. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326409 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing device includes: a first determination unit that determines a first group of contents including at least one of first contents usable by the information processing device without restriction; a second determination unit that determines a second group of contents including at least one of the first contents and at least one of second contents usable by the information processing device with a restriction; and a display controller that displays a first object corresponding to the first group of contents determined by the first determination unit and a second object corresponding to the second group of contents determined by the second determination unit. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130326410 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing device includes: a selection unit that selects a predetermined number of contents including at least one of first contents available at an information processing device and at least one of second contents usable with restriction; a display controller that displays objects each corresponding to a content included in the selected at least one of first contents and the selected at least one of second contents; and an execution unit that executes a processing corresponding to an object included in the displayed objects in response to designation of the object by a user. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140349749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, STORING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - An example information processing system includes a display controller configured to display a screen that includes a plurality of subjects and at least one content generated by a user, the at least one content satisfying a predetermined timing condition for each subject in a display, at least one content for a subject being included in a plurality of contents posted with regard to the subject. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140349757 | Computer-Readable Storage Medium, Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing System and Information Processing Method - A game system has at least two modes of operation, that is, a monitor game mode and a terminal device game mode. In the monitor game mode, a main game image is displayed on a monitor and a sub game image is displayed on an LCD of a terminal device. In the terminal device game mode, the main game image is displayed on the LCD of the terminal device. The mode of operation can be switched in accordance with a mode switching instruction from a user. | 11-27-2014 |
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| 20100242924 | Fuel System for Traveling Vehicle - Disclosed is a fuel system for a traveling vehicle having an engine mounted on a vehicle body and a ROPS extending upward from the vehicle body. The fuel system includes a fuel tank accommodating an amount of fuel, a canister, an evaporating hose including a first evaporating hose portion and a second evaporating hose portion for sending fuel vapor generated inside the fuel tank to the canister. The first evaporating hose portion is connected to the fuel tank and extending upward from the fuel tank along a vertical post of the ROPS. The second evaporating hose portion extends downward along a vertical post of the ROPS and is connected to the canister. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20130256054 | WORK VEHICLE WITH DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - A work vehicle includes a cooling fan, an engine, and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) purifying exhaust gas of the engine, placed under a hood in that order, beginning at the front. Exhaust gas from the engine is exhausted through an exhaust passage after passing through the DPF. The cooling fan supplies cooling air to the rear. The DPF is placed such that a length direction thereof follows a width direction of a vehicle body. The exhaust passage includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage extends forward and upward from the DPF before extending along the length direction thereof on a front side of the DPF. The second passage extends downward from a downstream portion of the first passage. The third passage extends to the rear from a downstream portion of the second passage and also includes an exhaust outlet. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140014429 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a fixed hood covering a rear area of an engine compartment housing an engine and an engine accessory, a swing axis extending through the rear area of the engine compartment in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a swing hood swinging around the swing axis between a closed position and an open position. The swing hood tucks the fixed hood inside the swing hood and thus covers the fixed hood in the open position, and covers a front area and a middle area of the engine compartment and overlaps with a front end portion of the fixed hood in the closed position. | 01-16-2014 |
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| 20100085053 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND GRADIENT COIL COOLING CONTROL METHOD - A feedforward control unit predicts the maximum value of the temperature of a gradient coil based on a power duty and a scan time of a pulse sequence, and a present temperature of the gradient coil. When the maximum value exceeds a predetermined upper limit, the feedforward control unit then instructs a temperature adjusting unit to start a water circulation in a chiller at the start of a prescan, and the temperature adjusting unit starts the water circulation based on the instruction. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110006769 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SHIMMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a static magnetic-field generating unit, a gradient magnetic-field generating unit, a plurality of metal shim plates in a plate shape, and a shim holding unit. The metal shim plates adjust uniformity of the static magnetic field. The shim holding unit holds the metal shim plates in a layered state. Each of the metal shim plates includes a convex having a certain angle at a certain position, and the metal shim plates are layered such that the convex of each one metal shim plate comes into contact with a back of the bent convex of another metal shim plate. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110279116 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance diagnostic apparatus is configured in such a manner that: a high-frequency transmission coil transmits a high-frequency electromagnetic wave at a magnetic resonance frequency to an examined subject; a heating coil performs a heating process by radiating a high-frequency electromagnetic wave onto the examined subject at a frequency different from the magnetic resonance frequency; based on a magnetic resonance signal, a measuring unit measures the temperature of the examined subject changing due to the high-frequency electromagnetic wave radiated by the heating coil; and a control unit exercises control so that the measuring unit measures the temperature while the heating coil is performing the heating process, by ensuring that the transmission of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the high-frequency transmission coil and the radiation of the high-frequency electromagnetic wave by the heating coil are performed in parallel. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130154636 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC FIELD ADJUSTMENT IMPLEMENT FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING MAGNETIC FIELD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic field adjustment implement for a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a magnetic field adjustment unit and a placing unit. The magnetic field adjustment unit is configured to improve a uniformity of a static magnetic field formed by a magnet of the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The static magnetic field is formed under an influence of a circumstance in a shield room in which the magnet is placed. The magnetic field adjustment is placed outside the magnet. The placing unit is configured to place the magnetic field adjustment unit outside the magnet. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140253125 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNET FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit and a shield. The imaging unit is configured to perform a magnetic resonance imaging of an object by transmitting a radio frequency signal from a radio frequency coil in a condition that magnetic fields are formed by a gradient coil and a superconducting magnet respectively. The shield is configured to form a gradient magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging with the gradient coil and to prevent an ingress of a heat into the superconducting magnet. | 09-11-2014 |
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| 20100229670 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD - An industrial robot includes a hollow chamber rotatably supported by a base, an arm rotatably supported by the hollow chamber, and drive devices provided in the hollow chamber and configured to drive the arm. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20140137686 | ROBOT - A robot includes a plurality of arm elements, a joint portion, and a motor. The joint portion is configured to connect the adjacent arm elements to each other so that they are movable with respect to each other. The motor is configured to generate a driving force to the joint portion. The outer shell of the motor is connected to the arm element, capable of transmitting stress to the arm element, and the motor is connected to the arm element or the joint portion, capable of transmitting stress to the arm element or the joint portion. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140137687 | ROBOT - A robot includes an arm body. The arm body includes a multi-joint structure. A motor is configured to generate a rotation driving force for driving specific ones of arm elements. A brake device comprises a brake shaft arranged in parallel with a motor shaft. A reduction device is configured to reduce a speed of rotation of the motor shaft and to transmit the rotation to the specific arm elements. A first transmission mechanism includes a first brake pulley provided on the brake shaft, a motor pulley provided on the motor shaft, and a first belt wound between the first brake pulley and the motor pulley. A second transmission mechanism includes a second brake pulley provided on the brake shaft, a reduction device pulley provided on the input shaft of the reduction device, and a second belt wound between the second brake pulley and the reduction device pulley. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140137689 | ROBOT - A robot includes a base and a robot main body. The robot main body includes a plurality of structural members driven by a plurality of actuators. The base includes a housing into which a control cable drawn, a first opening portion provided on a lower surface of the housing, and a second opening portion provided on a side surface of the housing. The first opening portion is configured capable of selectively attaching/detaching either one of a first connector plate including a connector to which a tip end portion of the control cable can be attached and a first lid portion not including the connector. The second opening portion is configured capable of selectively attaching/detaching either one of a second connector plate including a connector to which a tip end portion of the control cable can be attached and a second lid portion not including the connector. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140137691 | ROBOT - A robot includes a base, an arm portion, and a wrist portion with a multi-joint structure. The wrist portion includes a first wrist element, a second wrist element, a third wrist element, a first bevel gear set, and a second bevel gear set. The first wrist element is supported around a first axis line orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the wrist portion. The second wrist element is supported swingably around a second axis line orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the wrist portion. The third wrist element is supported rotatably around a third axis line along the longitudinal direction of the wrist portion. The first bevel gear set is configured to reduce a rotation speed of a first driving motor driving the first wrist element. The second bevel gear set is configured to reduce a rotation speed of a second driving motor for driving the second wrist element. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140142752 | ROBOT DEVICE - A robot device includes a robot and a controller. The robot includes a base, an arm body, and a plurality of actuators. The arm body comprises a multi joint structure composed of a plurality of arm elements. The plurality of actuators is configured to drive the plurality of arm elements. The controller is configured to control operations of the plurality of actuators. Each of the plurality of arm elements includes a frame member and an elastic outer skin. The frame member is configured to constitute a support structure at least for gravity. The elastic outer skin is constituted by an elastic body and arranged so as to form a surface outer skin of the arm element while covering the frame member. | 05-22-2014 |
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| 20090138532 | METHOD OF FILE ALLOCATING AND FILE ACCESSING IN DISTRIBUTED STORAGE, AND DEVICE AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A distributed storage system including a plurality of storage units connected to a host through a network includes a file allocating member configured to allocate a file to a storage unit which a multicast message from the host reaches, a file name managing member configured to manage a file name of the file allocated to the storage unit, and a responding member configured to respond to an access request, sent in the multicast message, from the host designating the file name, and indicating one of the storage units as a destination of the request, which holds the file. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20140297857 | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A traffic management device according to an exemplary embodiment includes an arrival rate computation unit that computes a traffic volume of upload content be uploaded to each service and converts the traffic volume into an arrival rate in a queue, a processing amount computation unit that collects information on an upload traffic volume which can be processed by each service and converts the upload traffic volume into a processing amount in the queue, a queue management unit that computes a queuing time of the upload content to be uploaded on the basis of both conversation results, and a scheduling computation unit that compares the computed queuing time with a predetermined threshold value and, if the queuing time exceeds the threshold value, regulates the traffic volume of allowable inflow upload content such that the queuing time of the upload content becomes less than the threshold value. | 10-02-2014 |
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| 20110157580 | PRETREATMENT APPARATUS AND MASS SPECTROMETER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME APPARATUS - To perform accurate measurement in the analysis of chemical components with low concentration, pretreatment such as concentration and purification of samples is essential. For high-throughput of pretreatment of biological samples, various random clinical testing is encountered, where analytes change from sample to sample. The pretreatment apparatus has a separating agent selectively separating a specific component by allowing a sample solution to flow therethrough. A holding section holds a plurality of housing sections, which house the separating agent therein, and has an endless track. A pressurizing section applies pressure to the housing section in a continuous and random-accessible manner; and an extraction solution receiver mechanism selectively receives an extracted solution from the separating agent housed in the housing section. A mass spectrometer is connected to the pretreatment apparatus. Thus, a large number of specimens can be simultaneously processed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110287446 | IMMUNOANALYTICAL METHOD AND SYSTEM USING MASS SPECTROMETRY TECHNOLOGY - An immunoanalytical system in which, after a sample such as a patient's serum is subjected to a pretreatment by an immunological pretreatment device, the sample is subjected to light detection by an immunological photometric detection system. Subsequently, the mass spectrometric pretreatment device performs a pretreatment, and the mass spectrometric detection system performs mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometric detection system performs mass spectrometry on components contained in a supernatant. A signal intensity and peak area for each of components are calculated from an obtained chromatograph. A quantitative value measured based on the immunoanalytical method is calculated for each of the components on the basis of the relative ratios of the components. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110291004 | SAMPLE PRETREATMENT APPARATUS AND MASS SPECTROMETER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention relates to a pretreatment apparatus that performs concentration and separation of a sample, and in particular, in order to provide a sample pretreatment apparatus using a solid-phase extraction column, and a mass spectrometer using the same, which is particularly suitable for clinical analysis in which qualitative/quantitative analysis of a biological sample such as blood is performed, according to each operational step for a solid-phase extraction treatment, for example, a collection device serving as flow passages or containers for collection of waste liquid or extracted matter is installed on a bottom face of the solid-phase extraction column, and the extracted matter is separately collected without being mixed with waste liquid by switching the positions of the collection device. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120058009 | ANALYZER - An analyzer includes a pretreatment device and a mass spectrometer. The pretreatment device includes a solid phase extraction mechanism. The mass spectrometer performs mass spectrometry on a sample pretreated by the pretreatment device and then subjected to ionization. The analyzer also includes a storage unit that stores data on dependence of signal intensities of the analyte substance to be measured and the internal standard upon the concentration of a substance inhibiting ionization in the sample, and that stores data on a recovery rate. The analyzer also includes a correcting unit that corrects measurement results of the sample and the internal standard on the basis of the data stored in the storage unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120079875 | PRETREATMENT APPARATUS AND MASS ANALYZING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A biological sample preprocessing apparatus includes solid-phase extraction cartridges which purify/concentrate specific constituents of a biological sample, cartridge holders which hold one of the solid-phase extraction cartridges, a cartridge transport that carries the cartridge holders along a continuous track surface, a sample probe that discharges the biological sample into the solid-phase extraction cartridge held in the cartridge holders, a water-based solvent probe that discharges a water-based solvent into the solid-phase extraction cartridge held in the cartridge holder, an organic solvent probe that discharges an organic solvent into the solid-phase extraction cartridge held in the cartridge holder, a pressure loader that applies an air pressure load to the solid-phase extraction cartridge held in the cartridge holder, and a control unit that controls operation of the cartridge transport, the sample probe, the solvent probes, and the pressure loader, wherein sample addition and solvent addition alternate with pressure loading. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120121464 | APPARATUS FOR PRETREATING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES, AND MASS SPECTROMETER EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A clinical laboratory apparatus includes a pretreating apparatus having a high separation capability and providing high data reproducibility and reliability and a mass spectrometer is provided which executes fully automatic processing from pretreatment to detection. The pretreating apparatus that includes a cartridge for holding an extraction agent for solid-phase extraction, a pressure-loading unit for applying a pressure load to any cartridge mounted on the solid-phase extraction cartridge-retaining unit, a receiving tray mechanism for receiving a sample extracted from the cartridge, and a liquid-level sensor for detecting liquid levels in the receiving tray as well as in the cartridge, conducts feedback control for the pressure-loading unit to open its pressure release valve upon the liquid-level sensor detecting that the liquid level in the receiving tray mechanism has reached a preset liquid-level position. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120134895 | SPECIMEN PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a specimen processing system that includes means | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120206713 | EXAMINATION DEVICE AND EXAMINATION METHOD - Provided herein are an examination device and an examination method that can efficiently perform examination even when both whole blood and serum/blood plasma specimens are to be examined. A solid-phase extraction cartridge or a filter is placed on a continuous track of a cartridge table. A cup table is disposed below the cartridge table. A cup is placed on a continuous track of the cup table to receive a sample purified by the filter. When viewed from above, the continuous track of the cartridge table and the continuous track of the cup table cross each other at a position “m”, and each of the tracks crosses a position at which a sample probe operates. A pretreatment for serum/blood plasma is completed in one rotation of the cartridge table. A pretreatment for whole blood is completed in two rotations of the cartridge table. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120322139 | ANALYSIS DEVICE - Disclosed is an analysis device which can analyze substances with low blood concentration with high precision without having to make the device larger. The analysis device is composed of: a specimen disk equipped with specimen containers; a reagent disk equipped with reagent containers; a first disk equipped with first containers where purification of the subject component to be measured in the specimen is carried out; a second disk equipped with second containers where purification of the sample purified in the first container is carried out; and a mass spectrometry unit which measures the specimen purified in the second container. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130075603 | SAMPLE PRETREATMENT APPARATUS AND MASS SPECTROMETER PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention relates to a pretreatment apparatus that performs concentration and separation of a sample, and in particular, in order to provide a sample pretreatment apparatus using a solid-phase extraction column, and a mass spectrometer using the same, which is particularly suitable for clinical analysis in which qualitative/quantitative analysis of a biological sample such as blood is performed, according to each operational step for a solid-phase extraction treatment, for example, a collection device serving as flow passages or containers for collection of waste liquid or extracted matter is installed on a bottom face of the solid-phase extraction column, and the extracted matter is separately collected without being mixed with waste liquid by switching the positions of the collection device. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130130401 | Biological Sample Pretreatment Method and Apparatus - A sample treatment apparatus is disclosed that allows a filtrate after reaction to be supplied to a solid phase extraction treatment without temporary collection. A necessary amount of a solid phase extracting agent is added to a solid phase extraction device for conditioning. An aqueous solution is added to the extracting agent and supernatants are discarded. A filter device is attached to an opening of the extraction and a sample is added into a filter reservoir. A hemolyzing agent is added to the sample, and they are stirred sufficiently to cause disruption of blood cells. A protein-denaturing solution is added to the mixture, and they stirred sufficiently to denature proteins contained in the sample. They are centrifuged to leave aggregate in the filter device, and the filtrate is supplied to the solid phase extracting agent through a filter unit without collecting the filtrate. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130277542 | MASS ANALYZING APPARATUS, ANALYZING METHOD AND CALIBRATION SAMPLE - The mass analyzing apparatus of the present invention can achieve the speed-up and simplification of the formation of a calibration curve for quantifying an analysis object in a mass analyzing apparatus. The mass analyzing apparatus is provided with: a sample storage-dilution unit | 10-24-2013 |
| 20150064739 | ANALYZER - An analyzer includes a pretreatment device and a mass spectrometer. The pretreatment device includes a solid phase extraction mechanism. The mass spectrometer performs mass spectrometry on a sample pretreated by the pretreatment device and then subjected to ionization. The analyzer also includes a storage unit that stores data on dependence of signal intensities of the analyte substance to be measured and the internal standard upon the concentration of a substance inhibiting ionization in the sample, and that stores data on a recovery rate. The analyzer also includes a correcting unit that corrects measurement results of the sample and the internal standard on the basis of the data stored in the storage unit. | 03-05-2015 |
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| 20090048806 | Method and apparatus for diagnosis of motor-operated valve - A method and an apparatus for diagnosis of a motor-operated valve for determining the degree of abnormality of the motor-operated valve in which rotational driving force of a driving motor | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090056479 | Motor-operated valve diagnosing device - To provide a motor-operated valve diagnosing device capable of making a highly accurate diagnosis at a low cost. In a motor-operated valve diagnosing device for diagnosing a motor-operated valve having a motor-operated valve having a valve element driving part for opening and closing a valve element, and a spring cartridge which expands and contracts in proportion to a reaction force exerted thereon from the valve element driving part, a spring compression mechanism or a worm displacement measuring means is configured to be attached to the valve element driving part via an adapter. With this configuration, the spring compression mechanism and so on can be easily attached to and removed from the valve element driving part. In addition, since the spring compression mechanism and so on can be attached to the valve element driving part without any alternation of the valve element driving part, the spring compression mechanism can be shared by two or more motor-operated valves, and reduction of expense for a diagnosis of a motor-operated valve and improvement in accuracy of diagnosis can be achieved. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090126511 | Torque measuring method and apparatus for motor-operated valve - A torque measuring method and apparatus for a motor-operated valve including a valve driving mechanism operable to open and close the valve, a worm displacable by driving of the motor to operate the valve driving mechanism, and a spring cartridge having a plurality of belleville springs and disposed coaxially with the worm for compression by the worm. The method comprises obtaining basic data representing a relationship between the amounts of compression of the belleville springs and the torques exerted, measuring a displacement of the worm or the spring cartridge and acquiring, from the thus obtained displacement of the worm or the spring cartridge, a real amount of compression of the belleville springs in which an influence of a play of the spring cartridge has been removed, and substituting the real amount of compression for the amount of compression of the basic data to acquire a real torque corresponding to the real amount of compression. | 05-21-2009 |
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| 20100260333 | PAIRING COMPUTATION DEVICE, PAIRING COMPUTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PAIRING COMPUTATION PROGRAM - There is provided a pairing computation device, a pairing computation method and a recording medium recording a pairing computation program all enabling a pairing computation at high speed. In the case where the Ate pairing e(Q,P) is defined as in equation (1) and k is any one of even, a multiple of 3, a multiple of 4, and a multiple of 6, arithmetic operations of a rational function which is required to derive the Miller function f | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110179098 | METHOD FOR SCALAR MULTIPLICATION, METHOD FOR EXPONENTIATION, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING SCALAR MULTIPLICATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING EXPONENTIATION PROGRAM - There are provided a computation method for scalar multiplication or exponentiation and a scalar multiplication program or an exponentiation program which can compute at high speed. In the computation method for scalar multiplication and the scalar multiplication program for computing scalar multiplication by n of a rational point Q in G with respect to a non-negative integer n using an electronic computer, since φ | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179471 | PAIRING COMPUTATION DEVICE, PAIRING COMPUTATION METHOD, AND PAIRING COMPUTATION PROGRAM - Provided are a pairing computation device, a pairing computation method, and a pairing computation program all of which enable fast pairing computation. The pairing computation device includes, where:
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| 20110216899 | ARITHMETIC OPERATION METHOD AND ARITHMETIC OPERATION DEVICE - In an arithmetic operation method and an arithmetic operation device arithmetic operations such as exponentiation or scalar multiplication can be performed at high speed. In the case where there exists a plurality of different elements Y and each element Y is represented by tuples in which a plurality of different elements X are combined with an operator, an arithmetic operation method for calculating each element Y by using an electronic computer, associates each element Y with the element X by setting each element X, sets temporary data having an index indicating whether or not each element Y has an identical element X for each element X, and represents each element Y by the temporary data combined with the operator. When there is a combination of temporary data which is common in plurality of elements Y in temporary data contained in each element Y, new temporary data is set by combining the common temporary data and each element Y consisting of each tuple is calculated using the new temporary data. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110261955 | SCALAR MULTIPLIER AND SCALAR MULTIPLICATION PROGRAM - Provided are a scalar multiplier and a scalar multiplication program for performing a scalar multiplication at a high speed. In computing a scalar multiplication [s]P of a rational point P of an additive group E(F | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120045051 | PAIRING COMPUTATION DEVICE, PAIRING COMPUTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PAIRING COMPUTATION PROGRAM - There is provided a pairing computation device provided with a CPU which computes pairing e (S, Q) with S∈G | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20110064468 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a transporting path; a heating unit on the transporting path that is movably provided in a direction coming in contact with and departing from a continuous recording medium and that heats the continuous recording medium; a braking unit that has a first braking member and a second braking member and that brakes transportation of the continuous recording medium by sandwiching in the continuous recording medium between the first and second braking members, wherein the first and second braking members are provided on upstream and downstream sides on the transporting path of the heating unit, respectively; and a control unit that controls that the heating unit is brought into contact with the continuous recording medium and the braking of the continuous recording medium is released by the braking unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20140287356 | LIQUID DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, LIQUID DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A liquid developer includes a toner that contains a binder resin and a release agent, and a carrier liquid that has a difference (ΔSP (tc)) in SP value from the binder resin of from 1.5 to 7.0, wherein the release agent is not eluted in the carrier liquid at a temperature lower than a glass transition temperature of the binder resin. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140295343 | LIQUID DEVELOPER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING PROPERTIES OF TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND LIQUID DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE - A liquid developer includes a toner in which a compound having a charge-accepting functional group has been bonded to a surface of toner particles, and a carrier liquid which makes a charge density of a surface of the toner become 1 μC/m | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140356028 | LIQUID DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid developing device includes a developer accommodating section that accommodates a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid and having a toner concentration of from 23 to 27 vol %; a developing member to which the liquid developer accommodated in the developer accommodating section is supplied to a surface thereof to form a liquid developer layer with a thickness of from 5.8 to 7.5 μm, of which a toner coverage is from 0.71 to 1.1, and the liquid developer layer thus formed is supplied to a surface of an image holding member to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image holding member to thus form a toner image; and a developer charging unit that charges the liquid developer layer before the liquid developer layer is supplied to the surface of the image holding member. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140376967 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging unit, an electrostatic latent image forming unit, a developing unit that contains a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier solution and that develops an electrostatic latent image with the liquid developer to form a toner image on the surface of the image carrier, a transfer unit that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium, and a fixing unit that includes at least one pair of first and second rotating members that form a nip between the first and second rotating members. The following condition (A) is satisfied: the amount of the carrier solution on the surface of the toner image is about 0.7 g/m | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150016852 | FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing device, including a fixing unit that fixes a toner image developed by a developer including toner and a carrier liquid to a recording medium, and a preprocessing unit that includes a metallic rotating body that is placed on the toner image side of the recording medium and rotates, a pressure member that includes an elastic layer and pressurizes the recording medium along with the rotating body, and a heating unit that heats the rotating body, the preprocessing unit being placed at the upstream side of the fixing unit in a transport direction of the recording medium, and performing preprocessing by which a portion of the carrier liquid is removed from the recording medium. | 01-15-2015 |
