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20090125562 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS INVOLVING CHECKING MEMORY INTEGRITY - A method for monitoring memory integrity comprising, receiving a data read access request, updating a data read history register responsive to receiving a data read access request, the update comprising storing a first register value, wherein the first register value is defined by a previous register value and a first symmetric key encryption function, updating a data write history register in further response to receiving the data read access request, the update comprising storing a second register value, wherein the second register value is defined by a previous register value and a second symmetric key encryption function, receiving a data write access request, updating the data read history register responsive to receiving a data write access request, the update comprising storing the first register value, and updating the data write history register in further response to receiving the data write access request, the update comprising storing the second register value. | 05-14-2009 |
20090319706 | TRANSMITTING PARALLEL DATA VIA HIGH-SPEED SERIAL INTERCONNECTION - Synchronized pseudo-random number outputs are produced at a transmitter and a receiver of a high-speed serial interconnection. At the transmitter, using logic XOR operations, each data word of parallel data is selectively scrambled with one of the pseudo-random numbers and transmitted via a high-speed serial interface. The receiver de-scrambles the received serial data stream and restores the parallel data. | 12-24-2009 |
20100272439 | OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND MEMORY ACCESS METHOD - A system and method for handling accesses by nodes connected to a ring network, using time division multiplexing (TDM). The system includes: nodes capable of receiving only an optical signal of a wavelength or positional space allocated to the node, and of transmitting optical signals of wavelengths allocated to other nodes; and a ring network that performs TDM transmission of optical signals. The ring network has slots for transmitting optical signals of individual wavelengths. Information indicates whether an optical signal to be transmitted exists in each of the slots. Nodes include means for updating the information indicating that the optical signal exists and determining means for updating the information and determining, on the basis of the information, whether to transmit the optical signal. | 10-28-2010 |
20110128912 | PACKET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A system including multiple nodes performing radio communication, wherein each node stores routing information, uses it to determine a transmission path, and performs cut-through transmission by transmitting and receiving packets to and from a node on the determined path through transmission and reception radio waves given a directivity by controlling their phases. In the system, time synchronization and transmission and reception of packet communication records are performed during a certain time period by carrying out the cut-through transmission while controlling phases of the radio waves so that all of the nodes form one or more closed loops. The node transmits and receives packets in accordance with routing information and a time frame assigned to each of the nodes as a time when each node is allowed to transmit and receive a packet, updates the routing information, and shares it with each node. | 06-02-2011 |
20120027354 | BACKPLANE STRUCTURE ALLOWING SETTING OF EQUAL PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO BLADES ARBITRARILY INSERTED INTO A PLURALITY OF FIXEDLY ARRANGED SLOTS - A backplane, a method for making a backplane, and optical communication apparatuses. The backplane includes: a plurality of optical elements each selected from the group consisting of: (i) optical fibers, (ii) optical waveguides, and (iii) a combination thereof, where the plurality of optical elements have the same length, where the plurality of optical elements form at least one bundle, where the elements are bundled at both ends of the at least one bundle such that end portion lengths of the plurality of optical elements differ from each other, thus forming a broadcast-star topology, and where the plurality of optical elements is connected such that communication distance between at least two blades that can be inserted into the back plane is constant. | 02-02-2012 |
20130242976 | PACKET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD ADN PROGRAM - A system including multiple nodes performing radio communication, wherein each node stores routing information, uses it to determine a transmission path, and performs cut-through transmission by transmitting and receiving packets to and from a node on the determined path through transmission and reception radio waves given a directivity by controlling their phases. In the system, time synchronization and transmission and reception of packet communication records are performed during a certain time period by carrying out the cut-through transmission while controlling phases of the radio waves so that all of the nodes form one or more closed loops. The node transmits and receives packets in accordance with routing information and a time frame assigned to each of the nodes as a time when each node is allowed to transmit and receive a packet, updates the routing information, and shares it with each node. | 09-19-2013 |
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20080197426 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATED GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - Disclosed herein is a method for manufacturing an insulated gate field effect transistor, the method including the steps of: (a) preparing a base that includes source/drain regions, a channel forming region, a gate insulating film formed on the channel forming region, an insulating layer covering the source/drain regions, and a gate electrode formation opening provided in a partial portion of the insulating layer above the channel forming region; (b) forming a gate electrode by burying a conductive material layer in the gate electrode formation opening; (c) removing the insulating layer; and (d) depositing a first interlayer insulating layer and a second interlayer insulating layer sequentially across an entire surface, wherein in the step (d), the first interlayer insulating layer is deposited in a deposition atmosphere containing no oxygen atom. | 08-21-2008 |
20100245648 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes a basic cell having two or more the pixels that share floating diffusion. The imaging device also includes a transistor shared by the two or more pixels in the basic cell and arranged on the outside of the two or more pixels. The imaging device further includes a light receiving unit connected to the floating diffusion shared by the pixels in the basic cell through a transfer gate. In the imaging device, on-chip lenses are arranged substantially at regular intervals. Also, an optical waveguide is formed so that the position thereof in the surface of the solid-state imaging device is located at a position shifted from the center of the light receiving unit to the transistor and in the inside of the light receiving unit and the inside of the on-chip lens. | 09-30-2010 |
20130234220 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes a basic cell having two or more the pixels that share floating diffusion. The imaging device also includes a transistor shared by the two or more pixels in the basic cell and arranged on the outside of the two or more pixels. The imaging device further includes a light receiving unit connected to the floating diffusion shared by the pixels in the basic cell through a transfer gate. In the imaging device, on-chip lenses are arranged substantially at regular intervals. Also, an optical waveguide is formed so that the position thereof in the surface of the solid-state imaging device is located at a position shifted from the center of the light receiving unit to the transistor and in the inside of the light receiving unit and the inside of the on-chip lens. | 09-12-2013 |
20130292748 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATED GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An insulated gate field effect transistor with (a) a base having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, a gate insulating film formed on the channel forming region, an insulating layer covering the source/drain regions, and a gate electrode formation opening provided in a partial portion of the insulating layer above the channel forming region; (b) a gate electrode formed by burying a conducive material layer in the gate electrode formation opening; (c) a first interlayer insulating layer formed on the insulating layer and the gate electrode and containing no oxygen atom as a constituent element; and (d) a second interlayer insulating layer configured to be formed on the first interlayer insulating layer. | 11-07-2013 |
20150084105 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INSULATED GATE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An insulated gate field effect transistor with (a) a base having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, a gate insulating film formed on the channel forming region, an insulating layer covering the source/drain regions, and a gate electrode formation opening provided in a partial portion of the insulating layer above the channel forming region; (b) a gate electrode formed by burying a conducive material layer in the gate electrode formation opening; (c) a first interlayer insulating layer formed on the insulating layer and the gate electrode and containing no oxygen atom as a constituent element; and (d) a second interlayer insulating layer configured to be formed on the first interlayer insulating layer. | 03-26-2015 |
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20110108705 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND DESIGNING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate that includes a photodiode separately provided for each of pixels disposed in a matrix on a light-receiving surface; a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover multilayer wiring formed on and in contact with the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first insulating film is formed using material of a first refractive index lower than a refractive index of the semiconductor substrate for at least bottom surface and top surface portions of the first insulating film; a second insulating film of a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index formed on the first insulating film; a third insulating film of a third refractive index higher than the second refractive index formed on the second insulating film; and a color filter formed on the third insulating film in a corresponding manner with each pixel so as to transmit light in a wavelength region of red, green, or blue. | 05-12-2011 |
20140346628 | SOLD-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor layer on which a plurality of pixels are arranged along a light-receiving surface being a main surface of the semiconductor layer, photoelectric conversion units provided for the respective pixels in the semiconductor layer, and a trench element isolation area formed by providing an insulating layer in a trench pattern formed on a light-receiving surface side of the semiconductor layer, the trench element isolation area being provided at a position displaced from a pixel boundary between the pixels. | 11-27-2014 |
20150041942 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image pickup device, including: a plurality of pixels; a separation structure provided along a boundary line adjacent to the plurality of pixels; the separation structure includes a groove provided from a back surface of the semiconductor substrate to a depth corresponding to a wavelength, the groove being positioned along the boundary line, a first separation layer provided in the groove, and a second separation layer provided above the first separation layer and corresponding to the boundary line, the second separation layer being connected to the first separation layer; and methods including the same. | 02-12-2015 |
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20130018168 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITIONAANM Okazaki; HitoshiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Okazaki; Hitoshi Kanagawa JPAANM Takeuchi; MotoharuAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Takeuchi; Motoharu Kanagawa JP - The invention relates to a curable composition preferable as a raw material for optical materials such as adhesive agents for optical elements, coating agents for optical elements, resist materials, prisms, optical fibers, information recording substrates, filters and plastic lenses, and more specifically to a curable composition characterized by containing (A) an episulfide compound, and (B) a polymerization catalyst comprising a tetraalkylphosphonium dialkylphosphate represented by the following general formula (1): | 01-17-2013 |
20130078470 | FIXING BELT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FIXING BELT, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing belt includes a base layer that contains a resin, a flat metal heat-generating layer that is provided on the base layer and contains metal as a main component, and a protective layer that is provided on the metal heat-generating layer and contains a resin, wherein the metal heat-generating layer contains resin portions that pass through the metal heat-generating layer in a thickness direction of the layer, and the resin portions contain at least one of the resin of the base layer and the resin of the protective layer. | 03-28-2013 |
20140140714 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an endless belt, a heating unit that heats the belt, a rotating body that rotates while applying pressure to a recording medium interposed between the rotating body and the belt, a pressing member that forms a first area in which the recording medium is to be nipped between the belt and the rotating body by pressing the belt against the rotating body from an inside of the belt, and a driving member that drives the rotating body so that the rotating body rotates at a speed determined such that a time obtained by dividing a length of the first area in a direction in which the rotating body is rotating by the speed is approximately 20 milliseconds or less. | 05-22-2014 |
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20120182567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes the following elements. An apparatus body implements plural functions including an image reading function, an image forming function, and a display function in accordance with operations requested by a user. A controller controls first, second, and third power states. An obtaining unit obtains information concerning paper. A first control unit controls the plural functions so that, when the plural functions are returned from the third to the second power state, the display function is returned to the second power state without being synchronized with the other functions and an operation requested by the user is received before the other functions are returned to the second power state. A second control unit controls the other functions so that, if the image forming function is required for executing an operation requested by the user, the operation is executed after the obtaining unit obtains the information concerning paper. | 07-19-2012 |
20130164012 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing section, a mode switching section that selectively switches a fixing mode between a fast heating mode and a heat accumulation mode, a selecting section that selects the fast heating mode or heat accumulation mode based on the relationship between operation expressions F | 06-27-2013 |
20130216252 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL DRIVER, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a mode switching unit that selectively switches a mode between a rapid heating mode and a heat accumulating mode in a fixing unit, a receiving unit that receives an image formation request received from the outside, an extracting unit that extracts mode switching determination information at the earliest from the image formation request received by the receiving unit, a selecting unit that selects the mode based on the mode switching determination information extracted by the extracting unit, specifications of the fixing device, and a current temperature, and a switching control unit that controls the mode switching unit based on the mode selected by the selecting unit to switch the mode to the rapid heating mode or the heat accumulating mode. | 08-22-2013 |
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20140367364 | SINKER ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING APPARATUS - A sinker electric discharge machining apparatus includes a quill | 12-18-2014 |
20150328836 | MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL LAMINATE SHAPED OBJECT - The manufacturing device manufactures a laminate shaped object by supplying material powder to a molding chamber to form a powder layer and irradiating a surface of the powder layer with a beam to sinter the powder layer. The molding chamber has a molding space where the material powder is irradiated with the beam and the laminate shaped object is formed, and a non-molding space which is outside the molding space and in which the laminate shaped object is not formed. An elastic member is disposed in the non-molding space, and the elastic member extends or contracts to change volume along with change of a relative position of the table in a vertical direction. | 11-19-2015 |
20150367573 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - An improved lamination molding apparatus which can remove the fume swiftly and efficiently away from the optical pathway of the laser beam, is provided. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367574 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - An improved lamination molding apparatus which can maintain the inert gas environment in the chamber as well as remove the fume swiftly and efficiently away from the optical pathway of the laser beam, is provided. | 12-24-2015 |
20160067781 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A lamination molding apparatus which can remove the non-sintered material powder after completion of lamination molding easily and with less time after completion of laminating/molding, is provided. According to embodiments of the present invention, a lamination molding apparatus to conduct lamination molding using a material powder, including: a chamber filled with an inert gas having a predetermined concentration; a molding table provided in the chamber, the molding table being capable of moving vertically; a powder retaining wall surrounding the molding table so as to retain the material powder supplied on the molding table; and a powder discharging section provided on or below the powder retaining wall, the powder discharging section being capable of discharging the material powder, is provided. | 03-10-2016 |
20160101469 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A lamination molding apparatus which can lower the oxygen concentration in a molding room in short time is provided. A lamination molding apparatus, including a molding room; a processing head; a driving device housing room housing a driving device moving the processing head; a partitioning section to partition the molding room from the driving device housing room; a discharging section to discharge gas in the molding room; and an inert gas supplying apparatus to supply the inert gas to both of the molding room and to the driving device housing room. | 04-14-2016 |
20160107229 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER - A lamination molding apparatus which can improve the lamination molding accuracy, is provided. A lamination molding apparatus, including a chamber covering a desired molding region, the chamber being filled with an inert gas of a predetermined concentration; and a molding table provided in the molding region, the molding table being configured so as to be capable of being moved vertically by a driving mechanism; wherein the molding table is configured to be temperature-controllable; and a thermostatic section is provided in between the molding table and the driving mechanism or in the driving mechanism, temperature of the thermostatic section being maintained substantially constant, is provided. | 04-21-2016 |
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20100013263 | Vehicle-mountable sun visor - A vehicle-mountable sun visor includes: a shaft of which one end is mounted on a vehicle body; a support, which is mounted on the shaft; a sun visor body in which two resin core members are coupled with each other by a hinged portion and the two resin core members are folded with the hinged portion being a fold so as to involve the other end of the shaft and the support; a first slide guide, which is provided in proximity to the hinged portion, for guiding sliding of the support; and a second slide guide, which is provided on an internal face of one of the two resin core members, for guiding sliding of the support. The support is slidably held in a space surrounded by the folded two resin core members, the first slide guide, and the second slide guide. The support turns around the shaft, and the sun visor body thereby turns. The support slides along the two resin core members, the first slide guide, and the second slide guide, and the sun visor body thereby slides relative to the shaft. In this manner, operability in sliding operation of the vehicle-mountable sun visor is enhanced. | 01-21-2010 |
20150202947 | SUN VISOR FOR AUTOMOBILE - A sun visor for a vehicle configured to be engaged with a support section provided in a compartment of the vehicle has a sun visor main body that shields light, a supplementary body slidably attached to the sun visor main body and slidable from a first position where the supplementary body overlaps the sun visor main body to a second position where the supplementary body is drawn out of the sun visor main body to shield the light in a wider area, projections standing on peripheries of the through-holes, and a plurality of through-holes penetrating the supplementary body so as to have incident light partly pass through the through-holes. | 07-23-2015 |