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20100119712 | POLYUREA FILM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - It is an object of the invention to prepare a polyurea film with excellent transparency, light resistance and mass-scale productivity on a substrate of a resin-molded article by a method of vacuum deposition polymerization. A polyurea film obtained by vacuum deposition polymerization of an aromatic alkyl-, alicyclic- or aliphatic diisocyanate monomer and an aromatic alkyl-, alicyclic- or aliphatic diamine monomer, where the diisocyanate monomer and the diamine monomer are selected from diisocyanate monomers and diamine monomers in a relation such that the difference in the activation energy required for the elimination from a substrate between these monomers is 10 kJ or less. | 05-13-2010 |
20100209721 | METHOD FOR LAMINATION OF DECORATIVE METAL FILM ON RESIN BASE MATERIAL, AND RESIN BASE MATERIAL HAVING DECORATIVE METAL FILM THEREON - The present invention provides a method for laminating a decorative metal film on a resin base material with excellent adhesion to the resin base material and with a sufficient gloss imparted to the decorative metal film, and a resin base material having a decorative metal film. The method laminates a polymeric planarizing film on the resin base material using a vapor deposition polymerization method, and then laminates the decorative metal film on the planarizing film. | 08-19-2010 |
20100294025 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY - An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method by which quantities of water vapor passing through a measured object can be measured with high sensitivity and in a short time period. The apparatus and method measure water vapor permeability of the measured object based on a dew point temperature in a second space measured after introducing water vapor into a first space, wherein the first space and the second space are parted from each other by the measured object, and wherein the first space is maintained at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined humidity under atmospheric pressure, and the second space is maintained in a dry state with a dew point temperature of −70° C. or less under atmospheric pressure. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100299037 | ACCELERATOR REACTION FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - An accelerator reaction force control apparatus has an accelerator position detecting device that detects an accelerator position and a reaction force varying device that varies a reaction force of an accelerator. The reaction force varying device increases the accelerator's reaction force beyond a base reaction force in response to the accelerator position being equal to or larger than a reaction force increase threshold, and decreases the accelerator's reaction force toward the base reaction force in response to the accelerator position becoming equal to or smaller than a reaction force increase cancellation threshold after the reaction force has been increased beyond the base reaction force. The reaction force varying device varies a reaction force decrease rate at which the accelerator's reaction force is decreased based on an accelerator position change condition existing at a time when the accelerator position becomes equal to or smaller than the reaction force increase cancellation threshold. | 11-25-2010 |
20120285287 | DEVICE TO CONTROL FORCE REQUIRED TO DEPRESS ACCELERATOR PEDAL - When an accelerator opening angle has reached an accelerator opening angle threshold value APS | 11-15-2012 |
20120291587 | DEVICE TO CONTROL FORCE REQUIRED TO DEPRESS ACCELERATOR PEDAL - In an accelerator pedal effort control apparatus which increases a pedal effort of an accelerator pedal | 11-22-2012 |
20120304800 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - When an accelerator opening exceeds an opening threshold value, a base pedaling force of an accelerator pedal is increased. An increment to a pedaling force is changed in accordance with the accelerator opening in a manner to make the pedaling force approach a characteristic that the pedaling force increases at a constant rate with respect to increase of the accelerator opening. For example, when a mechanism is employed which has a convex-up characteristic wherein the rate of increase of base pedaling force decreases as the accelerator opening increases, the increment is set to increase as the accelerator opening increases. Conversely, when a mechanism is employed which has a convex-down characteristic wherein the rate of base pedaling force increases as the accelerator opening increases, the increment is set to decrease as the accelerator opening increases. | 12-06-2012 |
20130074644 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSION FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - When the accelerator opening degree becomes equal to or smaller than an increase amount cancel threshold value (timing t | 03-28-2013 |
20130103288 | VEHICLE START CONTROL DEVICE - A depression force of an accelerator pedal | 04-25-2013 |
20130118295 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSION FORCE SETTING METHOD FOR ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSION FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - When a depression force of an accelerator pedal is increased than a base depression force by a predetermined increase amount when an accelerator opening degree becomes greater than an accelerator opening degree threshold value, an overshoot control is performed so that a depression force increase command is once increased than a depression force increase target command value which increases the depression force of the accelerator pedal than the base depression force by the predetermined amount, and returned to the depression force increase target command value. In this overshoot control, an overshoot controlled variable of the overshoot control is set based on a magnitude of a hysteresis of the base depression force of the accelerator pedal. | 05-16-2013 |
20130226404 | ACCELERATOR REACTION FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS - An accelerator reaction force control apparatus has an accelerator position detecting device that detects an accelerator position and a reaction force varying device that varies a reaction force of an accelerator. The reaction force varying device increases the accelerator's reaction force beyond a base reaction force in response to the accelerator position being equal to or larger than a reaction force increase threshold, and decreases the accelerator's reaction force toward the base reaction force in response to the accelerator position becoming equal to or smaller than a reaction force increase cancellation threshold after the reaction force has been increased beyond the base reaction force. The reaction force varying device varies a reaction force decrease rate at which the accelerator's reaction force is decreased based on an accelerator position change condition existing at a time when the accelerator position becomes equal to or smaller than the reaction force increase cancellation threshold. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090190004 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus includes a zoom circuit for displaying and a zoom circuit for recording. The zoom circuit for displaying performs a zoom process using a least square method or linear interpolation on image data from a YUV conversion circuit so as to create display image data. On an LCD monitor, an image based on the display image data thus created is displayed. Furthermore, the zoom circuit for recording performs a zoom process using spline interpolation or linear interpolation on image data from the YUV conversion circuit so as to create recording image data. The zoom process for recording is executed in parallel with the zoom process for displaying. The recording image data thus created is recorded in a recording medium. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190856 | DISTORTION CORRECTING APPARATUS - A distortion correcting apparatus includes a buffer circuit which writes image data having horizontal pixels of a first number and a vertical-distortion different depending on a horizontal pixel position, into an SDRAM. The written image data is read-out for each units of horizontal pixels, which include a reference horizontal pixel and indicates a second number smaller than the first number, in a vertical pixel direction. A buffer control circuit in the vertical-distortion correcting circuit determines a second number in such a manner as to indicate a larger numerical value as a vertical-distortion corresponding to the reference horizontal pixel is smaller so as to start the buffer circuit. Also, the buffer control circuit changes a position of the reference horizontal pixel to a position corresponding to the second number at a timing based on a correction amount of the vertical-distortion correcting circuit so as to start the above-described determining process. | 07-30-2009 |
20130169833 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus has an image sensor which outputs, according to a subject, a first image signal in which each pixel is assigned color information of one color; a shake detection portion which detects a translational shake that causes the subject to translate on a moving image based on the output signal of the image sensor and a rotational shake that causes the subject to rotate; and a shake correction portion which corrects, based on the result of detection by the shake detection portion, the translational and rotational shakes contained in the first image signal. The shake correction portion first corrects the translational shake contained in the first image signal, then converts the first image signal into a second image signal in which each pixel is assigned color information of a plurality of colors, and then corrects the rotational shake contained in the second image signal. | 07-04-2013 |
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20110210587 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH CUSHION PLATE - A vehicle seat comprises a rectangular-shaped seat back frame having right and left side frames; a flexible plate member provided between the right and left side frames; a seat back cushion provided in front of the flexible plate member; a mechanism for pushing the seat back cushion to a front direction by forwardly protruding the flexible plate member that results from the flexible plate member being bent; a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, wherein the headrest is forwardly movably connected to the right and left side frames via right and left link members; and a rear-end collision detecting plate disposed at a portion of the seat back frame behind the seat occupant, wherein the rear-end collision detecting plate detects rearward movement of the seat occupant. | 09-01-2011 |
20110210588 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH CUSHION PLATE - A vehicle seat comprises a rectangular-shaped seat back frame having right and left side frames; a flexible plate member provided between the right and left side frames; a seat back cushion provided in front of the flexible plate member; a mechanism for pushing the seat back cushion to a front direction by forwardly protruding the flexible plate member that results from the flexible plate member being bent; a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant, wherein the headrest is forwardly movably connected to the right and left side frames via right and left link members; and a rear-end collision detecting plate disposed at a portion of the seat back frame behind the seat occupant, wherein the rear-end collision detecting plate detects rearward movement of the seat occupant. | 09-01-2011 |
20120133181 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH CUSHION PLATE - A vehicle seat comprises a rectangular-shaped seat back frame having right and left side frames; a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant that is installed within the vehicle seat; a rear-end collision detector mounted to the seat back frame at a position behind the seat occupant, wherein the rear-end collision detector detects rearward movement of the seat occupant and moves rearward; a link member that supports the rear-end collision detector with the seat back frame therethrough; and a biasing member that biases the link member; wherein: the rear-end collision detector acts such that the rearward movement of the rear-end collision detector reduces a distance between a head of the seat occupant and the headrest, and a lower end portion of the biasing member is coupled to a rear portion of the side frame and disposed posterior to the rear-end collision detector. | 05-31-2012 |
20130214582 | Vehicle Seat with Cushion Plate - A vehicle seat is provided comprising: a seat back frame having a side frame; a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant; a load receiving member disposed behind the seat occupant and movable rearward in response to a load from the seat occupant; and a link member mounted to the seat back frame and rearwardly movable; wherein: a rearward movement of the load receiving member moves the link member rearward and reduces a distance between the head of the seat occupant and the headrest; the load receiving member is provided with a first through-hole and a second through-hole; and the first through-hole and the second through-hole are disposed in a same horizontal plane. | 08-22-2013 |
20140182110 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING VEHICLE SEAT WITH CUSHION PLATE - A method of assembling a vehicle seat is provided, comprising: providing a seat back frame; forwardly movably connecting a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant to the seat back frame; mounting a rear-end collision detector to the seat back frame at a position behind the seat occupant, operatively connecting the rear-end collision detector to the headrest; disposing a link member at a position lateral to the rear-end collision detector; forming a front extending portion that inwardly extends in a right-to-left direction at a front end of a lateral face of the side frame; and forming a rear extending portion that inwardly extends in the right-to-left direction; wherein a protruding portion is formed from a portion of the lateral face of the side frame that faces at least the part of the bracket, the link support shaft being disposed at a same height as the protruding portion. | 07-03-2014 |
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20110110014 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Changes in states giving rise to electrode breakage and ball formation are made less likely during firing step for sintering the laminated body, and the improvement in DC bias characteristics is achieved in laminated ceramic electronic components with a laminated body which has internal electrodes, even when ceramic layers and the internal electrodes are reduced in thickness. The laminated body is divided into a large grain region in which the ceramic has a relatively large grain diameter and a small grain region in which the ceramic has a relatively small grain diameter. The large grain region is located outside the small grain region, and a boundary surface between the large grain region and the small grain region is located inside the outer surface of the laminated body while surrounding a section in which the internal electrodes are present in the laminated body. In order to obtain the laminated body, a heat treatment is carried out in the firing step with a temperature profile in which the average rate of temperature increase from room temperature to the maximum temperature is 40° C./second or more. | 05-12-2011 |
20120250220 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer ceramic electronic component that is small, that has high electrical strength, and that is resistant to separation between ceramic layers includes a ceramic sintered body having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes. The plurality of first and second internal electrodes are alternately arranged so as to face each other. The first and second internal electrodes are parallel or substantially parallel to first and second major surfaces. The first and second internal electrodes are exposed to at least one of the fifth and sixth surfaces and are not exposed to the third or fourth surface. No bends exist in any of the ends of each of the first and second internal electrodes adjacent to the third and fourth surfaces. | 10-04-2012 |
20140078641 | LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A laminated body is divided into a large grain region and a small grain region. The large grain region is located outside the small grain region, and a boundary surface between the regions is located inside the outer surface of the laminated body while surrounding a section in which internal electrodes are present in the laminated body. To obtain the laminated body, firing is carried out with a profile in which the average rate of increase from room to the maximum temperature is 40° C./second or more. | 03-20-2014 |
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20110024529 | Electrostatic atomizer - An electrostatic atomizer includes a discharge electrode, an opposite electrode positioned in front of the discharge electrode in a spaced-apart relationship therewith, a housing for defining an atomization chamber between the discharge electrode and the opposite electrode, a water supply unit for supplying water for atomization to the discharge electrode, and a voltage application unit for applying a voltage to the discharge electrode. The housing is provided with an air vent window through which the atomization chamber is opened laterally outwards. The opposite electrode is provided with a soundproof shield portion extended therefrom to cover, when seen from a front side of the opposite electrode, the space existing laterally outwards of the air vent window of the housing. The soundproof shield portion reflects rearwards a discharge sound generated in the atomization chamber. | 02-03-2011 |
20120160940 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE - An electrostatic atomization device that prevents the cooling capability from being lowered due to contact of an atomization electrode with another ember, while effectively preventing surplus production of condensed water that would destabilize discharging at the distal end of the atomization electrode. the electrostatic atomization device includes an atomization electrode having a cylindrical electrode body and a base which is informed at a basal end of the electrode body and has a larger diameter than the electrode from the base to produce condensed water on the atomization electrode. Voltage is applied to the atomization electrode when the condensed water is produced to generate charged fine water droplets. A partition plate includes an insertion hole that receives the electrode body of the atomization electrode. The partition plate and the base of the atomization electrode form a water collection region in between. | 06-28-2012 |
20120175439 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE - An electrostatic atomization device having a simple structure and allowing for reduction in size. The electrostatic atomization device has an atomization electrode including a P type Peltier element and an N type Peltier element joined with the P type Peltier element. The atomization electrode is cuspate so as to form a projection with a joined portion of the P type Peltier element and the N type Peltier element. High voltage is applied to the P and N type Peltier elements so that discharging occurs at a distal portion of the atomization electrode, current flows to the P and N type Peltier elements to produce a cooling effect at the joined portion, and condensed water generated by the cooling effect is atomized by the discharging to generate charged fine water droplets. | 07-12-2012 |
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20090063083 | Method of estimating support state of an electronic apparatus housing and electronic apparatus - In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred through the housing in response to the first oscillation to generate an oscillation signal, and a measurement response characteristic is obtained based on the drive signal and the oscillation signal, and is compared with reference response characteristics which are correlated with the mechanical supporting states, respectively, to estimate one of the mechanical supporting states of the housing. | 03-05-2009 |
20090244843 | COOLING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device including: a fan configured to rotate and produce airflow; a fan case accommodating the fan, the fan case having an outlet for discharging the airflow produced by the fan; a heat exchanger having an inlet disposed to oppose the outlet of the fan case, the inlet being configured to take in the airflow discharged from the outlet; a wire disposed between the heat exchanger and the fan case to stretch along an end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger, the wire having a first end being fixed to a fulcrum and a second end; and a wire driving mechanism configured to swing the wire about the fulcrum to scrape the end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger by the wire. | 10-01-2009 |
20100250149 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD - A dummy junction which will break earlier than a target junction is arranged on a board. A history of load applied to the dummy junction until the dummy junction actually breaks is recorded, and an estimated lifetime of the target junction is calibrated when a lifetime of the dummy junction estimated by the history of the load is largely different from an actual lifetime of the dummy junction. The calibration is performed by subtracting a value of an unmeasurable load from the estimated lifetime of the target junction based on load ever applied to the target junction, and the unmeasurable load is calculated based on the difference of the actual lifetime and estimated lifetime of the dummy junction. | 09-30-2010 |
20110072902 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING SUPPORT STATE OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HOUSING AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred through the housing in response to the first oscillation to generate an oscillation signal, and a measurement response characteristic is obtained based on the drive signal and the oscillation signal, and is compared with reference response characteristics which are correlated with the mechanical supporting states, respectively, to estimate one of the mechanical supporting states of the housing. | 03-31-2011 |
20120179391 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DAMAGE DETECTING METHOD - There is provided with an electronic device including: an electronic board having at least one electronic component mounted via both of a target joint and a dummy joint; a vibration source to apply vibrations to the electronic board; a database configured to contain correlation between an electrical characteristic of the dummy joint and a damage value of the target joint, the damage value indicating a degree of crack growth of the target joint; a controller to drive the vibration source; an electrical characteristic measuring unit configured to measure an electrical characteristic of the dummy joint during the vibration source is driven; and a damage calculating unit configured to calculate a damage value of the target joint based on the electrical characteristic of the dummy joint measured by the electrical characteristic measuring unit and the correlation stored in the database. | 07-12-2012 |
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20110271052 | RAID SYSTEM INCLUDING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A RAID system to transfer data to and from host equipment includes a semiconductor storage unit, a semiconductor-memory selector, and a memory controller. The semiconductor storage unit includes two or more semiconductor memories, a mounting board, and solder joints. The semiconductor memories are mounted on the mounting board. The solder joints are between the semiconductor memories and the mounting board. The semiconductor-memory selector selects a combination of the semiconductor memories to dispersively record the data in the semiconductor storage unit. The memory controller accesses the combination in response to a request of the host equipment. In addition, the selector selects the combination so that mechanical loads received by the semiconductor memories are averaged. | 11-03-2011 |
20120072129 | LIFE PREDICTING METHOD FOR SOLDER JOINT, LIFE PREDICTING APPARATUS FOR SOLDER JOINT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A life predicting method for a solder joint includes a step of referring to a temperature history of a measurement object having a solder joint, a step of examining at least one physical quantity selected from the group consisting of amplitude, a cycle number, a mean temperature, and a periodic length of a temperature variation with a cycle count method from the temperature history, a step of calculating a strain range by utilizing a previously prepared response surface from the physical quantity examined with the cycle count method, and a step of calculating a strain range increasing rate from a strain range with reference to a previously obtained damage index and a strain variation history of the strain range. | 03-22-2012 |
20120306529 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - There is provided with an electronic device including: a main board, a plurality of electronic substrates, a first chain, a measuring unit and a controller, in which the plurality of electronic substrates each are mounted on the main board via solder joints, the first chain connects the solder joints in series throughout all of the electronic substrates, comprising a plurality of second chains each being a part of the first chain and connecting the solder joints in each corresponding one of the electronic substrates, the measuring unit measures an electrical resistance of the first chain and electrical resistances of the second chains, and the controller detects, if the electrical resistance of the first chain is equal to or higher than a first threshold value, the second chain having an electrical resistance equal to or higher than a corresponding second threshold value from among the second chains. | 12-06-2012 |
20130257450 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, A METHOD FOR DECIDING A FAILURE, AND A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A FATIGUE LIFE - According to one embodiment, in an electronic apparatus, a first pair of electrodes has a first electrode and a second electrode. A second pair of electrodes is disposed in parallel with the first pair, and has a third electrode and a fourth electrode. A third pair of electrodes is disposed between the first pair and the second pair in parallel with the first pair and the second pair, and has a fifth electrode and a sixth electrode. A first wire electrically connects the first electrode and the second electrode. A second wire electrically connects the third electrode and the fourth electrode. A third wire electrically connects the fifth electrode and the sixth electrode. A gel covers the first wire, the second wire, and the third wire. A first detection unit detects a break status of the first wire or the second wire. | 10-03-2013 |
20130312523 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A BREAK, AND A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A FATIGUE LIFE - According to one embodiment, a first joint unit and a second joint unit are disposed with space on a heat radiation substrate. A joint area of the second joint unit is larger than that of the first joint unit. An insulated substrate is disposed on the first joint unit and the second joint unit. A corner region of the insulated substrate contacts the first joint unit. A first sensor to measure an acceleration of vibration applied to the insulated substrate is disposed thereon. The first sensor is more adjacent to the first joint unit than the second joint unit. A response spectrum of the acceleration is calculated. An extension status of joint failure of the first joint unit is decided by comparing a frequency of a maximum peak of the response spectrum with a reference frequency. A break of the second joint unit is estimated based on the extension status | 11-28-2013 |
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20100158339 | OPTICAL STRUCTURE OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND STRUCTURE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME - An optical structure observation apparatus which acquires a plurality of pieces of optical structure information of a measured object obtained by scanning a scan surface constituted of a first direction which is a depth direction of the measured object having a layer structure and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, by using a low coherence light, while shifting a position along a third direction which is a direction orthogonal to the scan surface, and constructs an optical stereoscopic structure image based on a plurality of pieces of the optical structure information which are acquired, comprising:
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20110082335 | OPTICAL STRUCTURE OBSERVATION APPARATUS, STRUCTURE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF THE SAME AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL STRUCTURE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - An optical structure observation apparatus which acquires a plurality of pieces of optical structure information of a measured object having a layer structure obtained by scanning a scan surface including a first direction which is a depth direction of the measured object and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, using a low coherence light, while shifting a position along a third direction which is a direction orthogonal to the scan surface, and constructs an optical stereoscopic structure image based on the acquired plurality of pieces of the optical structure information, comprising:
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20120101372 | DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, LESIONED PART DETECTION APPARATUS, AND LESIONED PART DETECTION METHOD - A diagnosis support apparatus, includes a spatial structure data acquisition device that acquires spatial structure data including tomographic information of a three-dimensional region of an inner wall portion within a living organism that has a flat surface at a normal time that is obtained by performing optical coherence tomography measurement with respect to the inner wall portion; a surface roughness calculation device that calculates an evaluation value of a surface roughness at respective positions on the surface of the inner wall portion based on the spatial structure data; a lesion part extraction device that extracts a region of a lesion part based on a position on the surface at which the evaluation value exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and a lesion part display device that displays information showing the region of the lesion part on an image in which the spatial structure data is visualized. | 04-26-2012 |
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20080281396 | GUIDE WIRE AND STENT - A guide wire includes a distal core member made of a ferrous alloy which has shape memory properties and superelasticity. The ferrous alloy preferably includes substantially two phases, and has a difference of 100° C or less between an Af point and an Ms point in a thermal hysteresis of martensitic transformation and reverse transformation. The guide wire may include a proximal core member made of an iron-containing alloy and having a higher modulus of elasticity than the distal core member. The two core members may be joined together by welding to form a core of the guide wire. | 11-13-2008 |
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20130087074 | COPPER-BASED ALLOY AND STRUCTURAL MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME - A copper-based alloy which contains 7.8 to 8.8 mass % of Al, 7.2 to 14.3 mass % of Mn and a remainder made up by Cu and unavoidable impurities, has a largest crystal grain diameter of more than 8 mm, has good shape memory properties, and enables the production of a structural material having a cross-section size suitable for use as a structure body or the like; and a structural material comprising the copper-based alloy. The copper-based alloy may additionally contain at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, Ti, V, Cr, Si, Ge, Nb, Mo, W, Sn, Bi, Sb, Mg, P, Be, Zr, Zn, B, C, S, Ag and a misch metal in the total amount of 0.001 to 5 mass %. | 04-11-2013 |
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20080289730 | MATERIAL HAVING A HIGH ELASTIC DEFORMATION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A Co based alloy including at least one member selected from among 0.01 to 10% Fe, 0.01 to 30% Ni and 0.01 to 25% Mn, which Co based alloy has a metal structure wherein ε-phase of h.c.p. structure having been generated by heat-induced or stress-induced transformation is formed in a ratio of 10 vol. % or more. According to necessity, there may be added at least one member selected from among 0.01 to 10% Al, 0.01 to 35% Cr, to 20% V, 0.01 to 15% Ti, 0.01 to 30% Mo, 0.01 to 10% Nb, to 3% Zr, 001 to 30% W, 0.01 to 10% Ta, 0.01 to 5% Hf, 0.01 to 8% Si, 0.001 to 3% C, 0.001 to 3% B, 0.001 to 3% P and 0.001 to 3% misch metal. The Co based alloy exhibits high elastic deformation capability and is good in ductility and workability. The Co based alloy is used as a functional material of, for example, sensor or actuator capable of displacement control by magnetic field application. | 11-27-2008 |
20090178739 | IRON-BASED ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - It is an object of the present invention to provide a ferromagnetic Fe-based alloy having a large reversible strain obtained by application and removal of a magnetic field gradient. | 07-16-2009 |
20110041966 | FUNCTIONAL MEMBER FROM Co-BASED ALLOY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A Co-based alloy having a fundamental composition of Co—Al binary system containing 3-15% Al and having lamellar structure wherein f.c.c. structure α-phase and β(B2)-phase are superimposed on each other in layers, which Co-based alloy is modified so as to have a porous surface layer region effective for chemical retaining capability, sustained release, biocompatibility, etc. through selective removal of either the α-phase or the β-phase from the surface layer. As a third component, at least one member selected from among Ni, Fe, Mn, Ga, Cr, V, Ti, Mo, Nb, Zr, W, Ta, Hf, Si, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt, Au, B, C and P may be contained in a total amount of 0.001 to 60%. | 02-24-2011 |
20120016463 | GUIDE WIRE AND STENT - A guide wire includes a distal core member made of a ferrous alloy which has shape memory properties and superelasticity. The ferrous alloy preferably includes substantially two phases, and has a difference of 100° C. or less between an Af point and an Ms point in a thermal hysteresis of martensitic transformation and reverse transformation. The guide wire may include a proximal core member made of an iron-containing alloy and having a higher modulus of elasticity than the distal core member. The two core members may be joined together by welding to form a core of the guide wire. | 01-19-2012 |
20120107228 | HYDROGEN GAS GENERATING MEMBER AND HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a hydrogen gas generating member which safely facilitates the hydrogen gas generation reaction by bringing an Al alloy which is subjected to rolling treatment or powdering treatment into contact with water. | 05-03-2012 |
20120199253 | FE-BASED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - An Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and an Fe-based shape memory alloy comprising 25-42 atomic % of Mn, 12-18 atomic % of Al, and 5-12 atomic % of Ni, as well as 15 atomic % or less in total of at least one selected from the group consisting of 0.1-5 atomic % of Si, 0.1-5 atomic % of Ti, 0.1-5 atomic % of V, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cr, 0.1-5 atomic % of Co, 0.1-5 atomic % of Cu, 0.1-5 atomic % of Mo, 0.1-5 atomic % of W, 0.001-1 atomic % of B and 0.001-1 atomic % of C, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. | 08-09-2012 |
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20110062214 | FRICTION STIR TOOL - It is an object to provide a friction stir tool excellent in productivity, high temperature strength, and wear resistance at high temperatures. | 03-17-2011 |
20130206287 | CO-BASED ALLOY - A Co-based alloy containing not less than 0.001 mass % and less than 0.100 mass % of C, not less than 9.0 mass % and less than 20.0 mass % of Cr, not less than 2.0 mass % and less than 5.0 mass % of Al, not less than 13.0 mass % and less than 20.0 mass % of W, and not less than 39.0 mass % and less than 55.0 mass % of Ni, with the remainder being made up by Co and unavoidable impurities, wherein the contents of Mo, Nb, Ti and Ta which are included in the unavoidable impurities are as follows: Mo<0.010 mass %, Nb<0.010 mass %, Ti<0.010 mass %, and Ta<0.010 mass %. | 08-15-2013 |
20130240607 | FRICTION STIR TOOL - A friction stir tool excellent in productivity, high temperature strength, and wear resistance at high temperatures. The friction stir tool is formed of a Co-based alloy comprising crystal grains containing a γ′ precipitate phase dispersed and precipitated therein, and a crystal grain boundary region and a precipitate phase between adjacent crystal grains, in which the precipitate phase is at least one phase selected from a μ phase, a Laves phase and a carbide phase. | 09-19-2013 |
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20100203756 | JOINT CONNECTOR AND WIRE SHORT-CIRCUITING METHOD USING THE SAME - A joint connector capable of mutually short-circuiting wires reliably without an increase in the number of components and size thereof. The joint connector (JC) comprises a joint terminal for short-circuiting and a connector housing. The joint terminal includes a plurality of electric contact portions and a short-circuiting portion connecting the electric contact portions. The connector housing has a bottom wall and other walls surrounding a terminal insertion space into which each of the wire-side terminal is inserted, and a lance for locking the inserted wire-side terminal. The lance adapted to be deflected so as to project outwardly from the bottom wall, until the wire-side terminal reaches a proper insertion depth position, to be retracted from the wire-side terminal, and elastically return into the bottom wall, when the wire-side terminal reaches the position. The deflection of the lance allows the insertion of the wire-side terminal to be checked. | 08-12-2010 |
20110269323 | GROUND JOINT CONNECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a ground joint connector capable of collectively connecting a plurality of grounding wires included in a wire harness for a vehicle, to a given ground site, while occupying a little space. The ground joint connector JC comprises a plurality of wire terminals to be attached to respective terminal ends of the grounding wires, a grounding conductor a connector housing holding the grounding conductor. The grounding conductor includes a plurality of wire-side terminal portions to be fitted to the respective wire terminals in a terminal fitting direction and a ground-side terminal portion to be connected to the ground site while fixed onto the wall surface around the ground site. The wire-side terminal portions aligned in a direction approximately perpendicular to the terminal fitting direction and parallel to the wall surface, and integrally joined to the ground-side terminal portion. The connector housing holds the grounding conductor to allow the ground-side terminal portion to protrude to outside and includes a plurality of terminal receiving chambers and a plurality of terminal locking portions. The terminal locking portions lock the respective wire terminals inserted into the respective terminal receiving chambers and fitted with the respective wire-side terminal portions. | 11-03-2011 |
20110287647 | WATER-PROOFING JOINT CONNECTOR - The present invention provides a water-proofing joint connector capable of electrically interconnecting a plurality of terminals, with a simple structure, irrespective of the number of the terminals. The water-proofing joint connector includes a connection conductor, a housing and a cap member. The connecting conductor has a plurality of fitting portions to be fitted with respective terminals, preliminarily held within the housing. The housing includes a plurality of terminal insertion portions and a cap-member insertion portion which opens to an opposite side of the terminal insertion portions. The cap member has a cap portion to close the cap-member insertion portion and a fit detection portion to come into contact with the terminal locking portion elastically displaced by the terminals failing to be fully fitted, to thereby prevent the cap member from being attached to the cap-member insertion portion. | 11-24-2011 |
20110294317 | GROUND CONNECTING DEVICE AND WIRE HARNESS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a ground connecting device occupying only a little space and a wire harness having the ground connecting device. The ground connecting device comprises first and second ground joint connectors to connect a plurality of first and second grounding wires included in a wire harness to a ground site. The first ground joint connector includes a plurality of first wire terminals to be attached to respective terminal ends of the first grounding wires and a first ground conductor having a first ground-side terminal portion and a first connector housing which holds the first ground conductor. The second ground joint connector includes a plurality of wire terminals to be attached to respective terminal ends of the second remaining grounding wires, and a second ground conductor having a second ground-side terminal portion, and a second connector housing which holds the second ground conductor. The first and second connector housings are stacked above a wall surface while the ground-side terminal portions of the first and second ground conductors are stacked. | 12-01-2011 |
20120228024 | WIRE HARNESS INCLUDING SHORT CIRCUIT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A wire harness capable of forming a short circuit by use of a plurality of electric wires and a joint connector while being slenderized and reduced in weight. The wire harness includes a plurality of circuit modules each forming a short circuit. Each of the circuit modules, includes a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of external-connection connectors, connected to respective first ends of the electric wires, and a joint connector, connected to respective second ends of the electric wires to short-circuit the electric wires. The electric wires constituting the circuit modules are bundled together so that the joint connector of each of the circuit modules is discretely disposed so as to be located in a vicinity of at least one of the external-connection connectors included in the circuit module, around which electric wires a binding tape is wound. | 09-13-2012 |
20130323955 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL AND CARD EDGE TYPE CONNECTOR INCLUDING THIS CONNECTOR TERMINAL - A connector terminal includes: a main body section having a board-contacting-surface which is flat and capable of contacting a connecting conductor of a circuit board; and an elastic deforming section that is positioned on a side opposite to the board-contacting-surface in a thickness direction of the circuit board, and that can deform elastically in the thickness direction with respect to the main body section. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090323081 | Jig for measuring an object shape and method for measuring a three-dimensional shape - A jig for measuring an object shape includes a plate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first plate and two reference balls fixed to the plate, each ball surface being exposed on both the first and second surfaces. A reference plane is fixed to the plate, the reference plane having a first plane and a second plane that are parallel to each other, the first and second planes being exposed on the first and second surfaces of the plate, respectively. An object-holding portion is fixed to the plate, the object-holding portion having a hole passing through the plate, the object-holding portion being able to hold an object in the hole with the front and back surfaces of the object being exposed on the first and second surfaces of the plate, respectively. | 12-31-2009 |
20110083497 | SURFACE TEXTURE MEASURING MACHINE AND A SURFACE TEXTURE MEASURING METHOD - A surface texture measuring machine includes: a stage, a contact-type detector having a stylus, an image probe, a relative movement mechanism and a controller. The controller includes: a center position calculating unit that, when the image probe enters position data of at least three points on a circular contour of a circular concave portion or a circular convex portion of an object, approximates the entered position data to a circle to obtain a center position of the circle; and a stylus setting unit that, after calculating the center position, operates the relative movement mechanism to position the stylus of the contact-type detector at the center position. | 04-14-2011 |
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20110255799 | SCAN CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING THEM - Using scan conversion processing of changing the scan order for each block, parallel scan conversion processing is executed if possible. A scan status holding unit holds statistical information based on the appearance frequency values of coefficients in a block. A scan order holding unit holds coefficient position information in which the coefficient positions in a block are arranged based on the scan order. A significant data position information generation unit scans one block data in accordance with coefficient position information, and generates information representing nonzero/zero for each data position. Based on the statistical information and the information generated by the significant data position information generation unit, a parallel number determination unit determines whether to process two blocks in parallel or process one block. In accordance with the determination, a scan conversion unit scan-converts two input blocks in parallel or scan-converts only one of the blocks. | 10-20-2011 |
20120314765 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A specific region in each frame image input after a detection process has been completed a predetermined number of times or more is estimated from a specific region detected from a past frame before the frame. The shift between the specific region detected from a first frame image input after the detection process has been completed the predetermined number of times or more and the specific region estimated for the first frame image is obtained. When the shift falls within a predetermined range, an encoding parameter to encode the specific region estimated for a second frame image input at a point the detection process for the first frame image has been completed with a higher image quality than that of regions other than the specific region is set. | 12-13-2012 |
20130329080 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For each of respective viewpoints, the capturing condition at the viewpoint, and each frame image captured from the viewpoint in accordance with the capturing condition are acquired. One of the viewpoints is selected as a reference viewpoint by using the acquired capturing conditions. Predicting coding and intra-coding are performed for the acquired images. For each of the respective viewpoints for each frame, the coding result of the frame image captured from the viewpoint by predicting coding or intra-coding is output. When performing predicting coding for an image captured from the reference viewpoint, predicting coding is performed by referring to the image captured from the reference viewpoint without referring to images captured from the viewpoints other than the reference viewpoint. | 12-12-2013 |
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20090086197 | INSPECTION APPARATUS - In order to realize an inspection with higher accuracy of an excrescence adhering to a front or rear surface of an inspection subject, the present invention provides an inspection apparatus including, a stage allowing an inspection subject to be mounted thereonto, an illumination unit for emitting diffused light to the inspection subject, an imaging unit disposed to face the illumination unit with the inspection subject interposed therebetween, for taking the diffused light that is emitted from the illumination unit and is transmitted through the inspection subject, a first refracting member disposed between the inspection subject and the illumination unit, and the first refracting member having a first convex surface to face the illumination unit, a second refracting member disposed between the illumination unit and the first refracting member, and the second refracting member having a second convex surface to face the first convex surface, and a processing unit inspecting the inspection subject based on a resulting image that is taken by the imaging unit. | 04-02-2009 |
20100162817 | ULTRASONIC STRESS MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to an ultrasonic stress measurement method of measuring a residual stress of a measuring target layer in a measuring object using an ultrasonic wave, the method comprising, setting a plurality of vibration modes according to a number of degree of freedom of the measuring target layer in the measuring object, performing, for each vibration mode, a measurement operation of emitting an ultrasonic wave corresponding to the set vibration mode to the measuring target layer, receiving the ultrasonic wave reflected by the measuring target layer, and measuring an eigenfrequency of the measuring target layer, and measuring the residual stress of the measuring target layer based on plural measurement data of the eigenfrequency with respect to each vibration mode obtained by the measurement operation. The residual stress of the measuring object thus can be measured at higher accuracy. | 07-01-2010 |
20110282654 | QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND QUALITY EVALUATION APPARATUS - Quality of industrial products is evaluated by evaluating non-stationary operation sound, which is a kind of operation sound, from an aspect of tone, using closely simulated evaluation levels of evaluation of non-stationary sound by used of a human sense of hearing. | 11-17-2011 |