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20120113102 | 3D-IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus which enables viewing of a 3D image, by controlling an impulse-type image to alternately display a left-eye image and a right-eye image in a time-division manner, and by alternately opening/closing a left shutter and a right shutter of shutter eyeglasses in synchronism with switch between the left-eye image and the right-eye image, and the apparatus includes an input unit configured to input an image signal for displaying an image as a 3D-image, and an image processing unit configured to generate a luminance signal for displaying the right-eye image and the left-eye image from the image signal, and outputs the signal to the image display, and the apparatus further includes a control unit configured to control the image processing unit to display a same image in the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame. | 05-10-2012 |
20130250091 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that generates data of a display image from data on layer images having different resolutions includes a detection unit that detects a scroll or magnification change request, and a display image generation unit that generates the display image data based on the request, in which the display image generation unit determines whether the request is a high or low speed request when the display image data having a resolution different from those of the layer images is generated, generates the display image data through enlargement processing on data of any of the layer images having a resolution lower than that of the display image when the request is the high speed request, and generates the display image data through reduction processing on data of any of the layer images having a resolution higher than that of the display image in case of the low speed request. | 09-26-2013 |
20140015933 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit for acquiring original images obtained by imaging an object at different focal positions; an image generation unit for generating a plurality of observation images from the original images, the observation images being mutually different in at least either focal position or DOF; and an image displaying unit for displaying the observation images on a display device. The image generation unit generates the observation images by performing combine processing for selecting two or more original images from the original images and focus-stacking the selected original images to generate a single observation image, for plural times while differing a combination of the selected original images. The image displaying unit selects the observation images to be displayed, when the observation images displayed on the display device are switched, such that the focal position or the DOF changes sequentially. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015954 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus which processes virtual slide image data to be displayed in an image display apparatus includes an image data obtaining unit which obtains image data obtained by capturing an image of a target object, and an image data generation unit which generates display image data corresponding to the image of the target object to be displayed in the image display apparatus in a display magnification corresponding to a predetermined field number of a microscope. | 01-16-2014 |
20140301665 | IMAGE DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DATA GENERATING METHOD - Provided is an image data generating apparatus includes a position data obtaining unit and a display data generating unit. The position data obtaining unit obtains position data of a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs). The display data generating unit generates first data for displaying the plurality of pieces of position data on a display device and second data which enables a part of the captured image to be enlarged and a plurality of such enlarged parts to be displayed on the display device. The part of the captured image includes the ROI corresponding to position data specified by the user among the plurality of pieces of position data displayed on the display device. As a result, a screening operation for specifying a plurality of regions of interest and detailed observation can be performed in association with, and independently of, each other. | 10-09-2014 |
20150037706 | SINGLE FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL STACK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL STACK - A single fuel cell, a plurality of which are to be stacked to form a fuel cell stack, includes a membrane electrode assembly having a structure including paired electrode layers and an electrolyte membrane held between the paired electrode layers, paired separators each forming a gas passage between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly, and a displacement absorber having a conductive property and interposed between one separator of the single fuel cell and an adjacent-side separator of another single fuel cell to be stacked adjacent to the single fuel cell. The displacement absorber is connected to at least any one of the separators. | 02-05-2015 |
20150054855 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a modification unit that modifies image data displayed on a display apparatus on the basis of a user operation. For example, when a user performs a zoom-in operation in a condition where second image data for displaying a full image of a slide glass on which a sample is provided are displayed, the modification unit displays first image data for displaying a full image of the sample. When the user performs a zoom-out operation in a condition where the first image data are displayed, the modification unit displays the second image data. | 02-26-2015 |
20150153559 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire layer images obtained by imaging different positions of an object by using a microscope; an image generation unit for generating a plurality of observation images from the layer images. The image generation unit generates the observation images by performing combine processing for focus-stacking two or more layer images selected from among the layer images to generate a single observation image, for plural times. | 06-04-2015 |
20160042122 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes: acquiring an operation instruction to change a display area from a state in which first image data of a first area is being displayed to a state in which image data of a second area is to be displayed; acquiring thickness information indicating an existence range of an object in a depth direction; selecting second image data, which is to be displayed after the display area is changed, from among the image data of the one or more layers of the second area, based on the thickness information of the object; and generating display image data from the second image data to be output. | 02-11-2016 |
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20120120739 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An internal voltage generator when activated, generates an internal voltage to be supplied to an internal circuit. Operating the internal voltage generator consumes a predetermined amount of the power. In response to a control signal from the exterior, an entry circuit inactivates the internal voltage generator. When the internal voltage generator is inactivated, the internal voltage is not generated, thereby reducing the power consumption. By the control signal from the exterior, therefore, a chip can easily enter a low power consumption mode. The internal voltage generator is exemplified by a booster for generating the boost voltage of a word line connected with memory cells, a substrate voltage generator for generating a substrate voltage, or a precharging voltage generator for generating the precharging voltage of bit lines to be connected with the memory cells. | 05-17-2012 |
20130315012 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315020 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318293 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 11-28-2013 |
20130322198 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326246 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326247 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326248 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332761 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory core with a plurality of memory cells, an internal voltage generator and a low power entry circuit. The low power entry circuit receives a plurality of control signals which are provided to a command decoder, and generates a low power signal indicating a low power consumption mode where a refresh operation is prohibited. The internal voltage generator includes a detector and at least one of booster circuits. The internal voltage generator, coupled to the memory core via an internal power supply line, generates a boosted internal voltage based on an external voltage and supplies the boosted internal voltage to the memory core via the internal power supply line. The internal voltage generator stops supplying the boosted internal voltage to the internal power supply line in response to the low power signal while the external voltage is supplied to the semiconductor device. | 12-12-2013 |
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20090039594 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to sequentially feed a plurality of documents loaded on a document positioning plate, a reading sensor arranged in a conveyance path configured to read a document of the plurality of documents fed by the sheet feeding unit, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an interval of the document between a trailing edge of a preceding document and a leading edge of a next document conveyed through the conveyance path, and a reading unit configured to execute a first reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a first conveyance speed, and a second reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a second conveyance speed that is lower than the first conveyance speed, wherein the reading unit executes the second reading mode after the first reading mode when the interval of the document is less than a predetermined interval. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040560 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image reading apparatus comprising a conveying unit configured to convey a document; a reading unit configured to read an image of the document conveyed by the conveying unit; a storage unit configured to store data of the image read by the reading unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the data stored in the storage unit to an external unit during a reading operation of the reading unit; and a reading control unit configured to control the reading unit to perform or stop the reading operation according to a threshold value related to a free space available for storing the data in the storage unit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040572 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a document reading and conveying unit, a pressing plate capable of moving to a position to press a document against a reading surface and to a position withdrawn from the reading surface, and a fixed reader configured to read a document fixed on the reading surface by moving a close-coupled image sensor relative to the document. The document reading and conveying unit includes a controller configured to perform pickup initialization of returning a pickup roller to an initial position after the completion of conveying one or more documents and is supported by the pressure plate. The controller includes a first timer configured to measure an elapsed time from the completion of reading performed by the fixed reader. The controller performs the pickup initialization after a measurement value measured by the first timer exceeds a first time. | 02-12-2009 |
20130188230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit configured to sequentially feed documents loaded on a document positioning plate, a reading sensor configured to read a document of the plurality of documents fed by the sheet feeding unit, an acquisition unit to acquire an interval of the document between a trailing edge of a preceding document and a leading edge of a next document conveyed through the conveyance path, and a reading unit to execute a first reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a first conveyance speed, and a second reading mode using the reading sensor to read the document conveyed at a second conveyance speed that is lower than the first conveyance speed, wherein the reading unit executes the second reading mode after the first reading mode when the interval of the document is less than a predetermined interval. | 07-25-2013 |
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20110122150 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a technique concerning a preview display function used when predetermined processing is performed for predetermined data, which contributes to enhancement of user's convenience. A display controller contains a control section | 05-26-2011 |
20110126137 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a technique capable of contributing to an improvement in operability and working efficiency. A display control system comprises: an identification information acquisition section | 05-26-2011 |
20110209225 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - There is disclosed a technique capable of improving operatability for registered users and capable of displaying an interface screen for guest users with security levels maintained. | 08-25-2011 |
20110265037 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A technique is provided, which can help the user to know well that process modes have been switched among them, thereby enabling the user to work more efficiently. | 10-27-2011 |
20150019243 | MEDICAMENT REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING MEDICAMENT BY THE SAME - In accordance with an embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a storage section, a recognition module and an output control module. The storage section stores a first medicament master in which first medicament information relating to each medicament is held and a second medicament master in which second medicament information including determined output form of each medicament is held. The recognition module recognizes a medicament of a reading target. The output control module outputs the first medicament information corresponding to the medicament recognized by the recognition module according to the determined output form in the second medicament information. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019244 | MEDICAMENT REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND MEDICAMENT REGISRATION METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus comprises a registration module configured to register a medicament to be used in a storage section; a display control module configured to display each of the medicaments registered by the registration module in a list on a display section; and a reception module configured to receive a cancellation operation of cancelling the registration of the designated medicament in the medicaments registered by the registration module; wherein the registration module cancels the registration of the medicaments designated through the cancellation operation from the storage section; and the display control module displays the cancelled information indicating that the registration is cancelled corresponding to the medicament designated through the cancellation operation. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019245 | MEDICAMENT REGISTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a medicament registration apparatus for registering a used medicament in a storage section comprises a registration module configured to set a borrow resource for a used medicament borrowed from another place and register the borrow source in the storage section and a display control module configured to display a list of the registered medicaments on a display section and display the information indicating that the medicament is borrowed from another place corresponding to the medicament set with the borrow source. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090257099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a region detection unit configured to detect from an image a region which is sandwiched between a pair of opposite lines and in which image formation is performed at a density lower than a predetermined density, a rendering unit configured to render a border of an inner portion inside the region sandwiched between the pair of opposite lines with a line having a density higher than the predetermined density, and an outputting unit configured to output an image in which the inner portion inside the region sandwiched between the pair of opposite lines is bordered by the border rendered by the rendering unit. | 10-15-2009 |
20090297025 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device corrects brightness/hue in appearance of an object of interest while suppressing an effect of an optical illusion even if the object of interest is overlapped with a background part of any color. The image processing device includes an evaluation device that evaluates a record value of the object of interest and the background part thereof, a device that corrects the record value of the object of interest in order to correct the optical illusion of a human being according to a result of evaluation by the evaluation device, and a device that performs record with the record value after the correction. | 12-03-2009 |
20100002272 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to improve an image quality of a regeneration image of the identified ink jet document. The present invention includes a paper fiber detecting unit configured to detect a paper fiber for each pixel by an image signal obtained by reading a document, a print pixel identifying unit configured to identify whether or not pixels are print pixels for each pixel by the image signal, a document pixel identifying unit configured to identify whether or not the pixel is a pixel requiring a correction based upon the detection result by the paper fiber detecting unit and the identification result by the print pixel identifying unit, and an image correcting unit configured to correct the image signal in a case where it is determined that the pixel is the document pixel requiring the correction by the document pixel identifying unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100157350 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To detect with high accuracy a particular pattern hardly disturbing eyesight by identifying a pixel where paper fiber cannot be identified, as a particular pattern pixel on the basis of an result of an of paper fiber from a particular color pixels. An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a paper fiber identification unit configured to identify paper fiber from an original read signal, a particular color pixel identification unit configured to identify a particular color pixel from the original read signal, a particular pattern detection unit configured to identify a pixel where paper fiber cannot be identified, as a particular pattern pixel on the basis of an identification result of the paper fiber identification unit from the particular color pixel, and a control unit configured to control the image processing apparatus in accordance with a result of the particular pattern detection unit. | 06-24-2010 |
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20090033158 | PLANAR PULSE MOTOR, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A planar pulse motor includes a stator and a mover which is arranged opposite to the stator and which has a plurality of coils. The planar pulse motor can drive the mover in a first direction on a horizontal plane and in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction by controlling current flowing in the plurality of coils. The stator has a plurality of raised portions, including a plurality of first raised portions composed by laminating a plurality of layers of members including magnetic materials through which magnetic flux can pass only in the first direction and a plurality of second raised portions composed by laminating a plurality of layers of members including magnetic materials through which magnetic flux can pass only in the second direction, and a plurality of recessed portions through which magnetic flux does not pass in either the first or the second direction. The plurality of raised portions are regularly arranged in a vicinity of each of recessed portions in the first and second directions. | 02-05-2009 |
20090140582 | PLANAR MOTOR AND STAGE USING THE SAME - A planar motor includes a movable body and a stator configured to drive the movable body in a plane. The stator includes a first stator unit and a second stator unit. The movable body is moved in a first direction by a force acting between the movable body and the first stator unit, and is moved in a second direction by a force acting between the movable body and the second stator unit. The first stator unit and the second stator unit are arranged to face each other in such a manner that the movable body is provided therebetween. | 06-04-2009 |
20090268191 | PLANAR MOTOR, POSITIONING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A planar motor includes a stator in which a plurality of convex portions each containing a magnetic material are arranged, and a movable element which faces the stator. The movable element has a plurality of coils, and moves in at least the x direction by controlling electric currents flowing through the plurality of coils. Each convex portion of the stator has different dimensions in the y direction at least at two positions on a straight line along the x direction. | 10-29-2009 |
20090290138 | PULSE MOTOR, POSITIONING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A pulse motor includes a first element in which a plurality of convex portions are arranged cyclically, and a second element disposed to face the first element. The plurality of convex portions include first and second convex portions. The first convex portion forms a part of a first magnetic circuit including a portion passing a magnetic flux along a first direction. The second convex portion forms a part of a second magnetic circuit including a portion passing a magnetic flux along a second direction. The second element includes first and second coils to apply a magnetic flux to the first and second magnetic circuit. A time duration in which the movable element moves includes a time duration in which a timing at which a current flowing through the first coil is maximum and a timing at which a current flowing through the second coil is maximum appear alternately. | 11-26-2009 |
20090310108 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A reticle stage, a substrate stage and a measurement device are controlled such that first measurement of the position of a surface of a substrate, positioning of the surface at an image plane of the projection optical system based on the first measurement, and an exposure are performed during a constant-speed scanning with respect to each shot area of a first group including a row of shot areas, second measurement of the position of the surface is performed during a constant-speed scanning with respect to a shot area belonging to a second group which is adjacent to the first group and includes a row of shot areas, and the constant-speed scanning and the exposure are started with respect to a shot area subjected to the second measurement, after positioning of the surface at the image plane is performed during acceleration of the substrate stage based on the second measurement. | 12-17-2009 |
20100227263 | POSITION DETECTOR AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A position detector includes a first planar encoder including a first encoder head unit mounted on a test object that is a movable member, and a first grating unit mounted on a fixed member, the first planar encoder being configured to detect a position of the test object in two directions by measuring a position of the first grating unit using the first encoder head unit, and a second planar encoder including a second encoder head unit mounted on the fixed member, and a second grating unit mounted on the movable member, the second planar encoder being used to generate data for calibrating the position of the first grating unit measured by the first encoder head unit. | 09-09-2010 |
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20100260458 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE HOLDER, FUSION SPLICER INCLUDING THE HOLDER, AND FUSION SPLICING METHOD USING THE HOLDER - A holder capable of holding an optical fiber cable without breaking or damaging the cable includes a holder main body, a fiber holding portion, and a cable holding portion. The main body has a groove for receiving the optical fiber exposed from the cable sheath at an end part of the cable, and a portion for receiving the end part of the cable sheath. A positioning surface with which an end surface of the cable sheath can come in contact is provided at the boundary between the fiber receiving groove and the cable receiving part. A fiber holding portion for pressing and holding the optical fiber received by the fiber receiving groove, and a cable holding portion for pressing and holding the cable sheath received by the cable receiving part, are configured so that holding by the cable holding portion is released in conjunction with the release of holding by the fiber holding portion. | 10-14-2010 |
20120201500 | SPLICED OPITCAL CABLE ASSEMBLY - A spliced optical cable assembly is reinforced at a spliced portion of coated optical fibers to have adequate strength. The spliced optical cable assembly includes: a pair of optical fiber cables in which high-strength fibers are aligned in the longitudinal direction around coated optical fibers. The outer circumference of the coated optical fibers being covered by sheaths. The spliced optical cable assembly further includes a connecting portion in which the pair of optical fiber cables are connected and the coated optical fibers extend from the sheaths. Glass fibers exposed from the coating of the coated optical fibers spliced to each other. The connected portion is covered and formed into an integral unit, together with the high-strength fibers exposed from the sheaths, by a reinforcing tube placed over the optical fiber cables and caused to contract so that both ends of the reinforcing tube engage the sheaths of the respective optical fiber cables. | 08-09-2012 |
20130230286 | HEATING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL-FIBER REINFORCEMENT, AND OPTICAL-FIBER FUSION SPLICING DEVICE - An optical fiber reinforcing heating device has a base part, to which a first lid part for covering a sleeve accommodation groove for containing a fiber reinforcement sleeve covering a fusion-splicing part of optical fibers is attached so as to be openable and closable. A pair of fiber holders for holding and securing the optical fibers are disposed on both end sides of the first lid part. Each fiber holder has a second lid part which is attached to a fiber container so as to be openable and closable and presses the optical fiber against the fiber container. A switch lever which is movable longitudinally of the sleeve accommodation groove is disposed on the upper face of the second lid part built in with a pin adapted to move in conjunction with the switch lever. A joint hole adapted to engage the pin is formed within the first lid part. | 09-05-2013 |
20130236146 | OPTICAL FIBER HOLDER AND OPTICAL FIBER FUSION-CONNECTING DEVICE - An optical fiber fusion splicer includes optical fiber holders that hold optical fibers. Each optical fiber holder includes a base, a cover, and a connecting portion. The base includes a setting table on which an optical fiber F is placed so as to be oriented in the longitudinal direction of the base. The cover has pressing members that press the optical fiber F placed on the setting table against the setting table. The connecting portion joins the cover to the base such that the cover is openable away from and closeable over the base and movable in the longitudinal direction of the base. | 09-12-2013 |
20130277356 | METHOD OF FUSION-SPLICING OPTICAL FIBERS AND FUSION SPLICER - A method of fusion-splicing includes attaching a stab to a stub cap having a non-axisymmetric structure, positioning an embedded optical fiber to a fusion splicing working part by fixing the stub cap thereto; positioning an outside optical fiber to the fusion splicing working part; fusion-splicing the embedded optical fiber and the outside optical fiber; repositioning the embedded optical fiber to a reinforcing working part by fixing the stub cap thereto and repositioning the outside optical fiber to the reinforcing working part such that a relative positional relationship between the embedded optical fiber and the outside optical fiber becomes the same as that at the fusion splicing working part; and reinforcing a spliced portion between the embedded optical fiber and the outside optical fiber while a tension is applied to the embedded optical fiber and the outside optical fiber. | 10-24-2013 |
20130284377 | OPTICAL FIBER FUSION-CONNECTING DEVICE - An optical fiber fusion-splicing device is equipped with a fusing unit disposed on a housing, which fuses optical fibers F to each other, and a windproof cover that prevents winds from entering the fusing unit. The windproof cover is provided with a blocking elastic body arranged so as to block, in cooperation with a blocking elastic body of the housing, an inlet for introducing the optical fiber F into the fusing unit, a bias spring that biases the blocking elastic body toward the blocking elastic body, and a transmission member that transmits a biasing force of the bias spring to the blocking elastic body. | 10-31-2013 |
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20140131326 | OPTICAL FIBER FUSION SPLICER - An optical fiber fusion splicer includes a base having a fiber groove for containing an optical fiber, a fiber clamp for pressing the optical fiber contained in the fiber groove against the base and load changing means for changing a load for the fiber clamp to press the optical fiber. | 05-15-2014 |
20140165657 | FUSION SPLICER - A fusion splicer includes a pair of holder installation parts for mutually butting optical fibers in a first direction, and a fusion splicing part for mutually fusing and splicing the optical fibers by a pair of electrodes opposed along a second direction, and the holder installation part includes a base fixed to a body, and a positioning member in which a base fitting part fitted into the base is formed in a lower side, and the positioning member can be attached to and detached from both of the bases after an attitude is reversed, and a center position in a width direction along the second direction in the base fitting part is arranged in a straight line of the first direction passing through a center position between the electrodes even in a state in which the positioning member is fitted into any of the bases. | 06-19-2014 |
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20100086816 | Electronic Device and Electronic Device Operating Control Method - Described is an electronic device and an electronic device control method. If voltage generated by the fuel cell, acquired from the voltage detection part, is greater than a specified voltage reference value (VRV), a display part displays the fuel cell as normal. However, if the generated voltage is smaller than the VRV, the residual fuel amount (RFA) detection part detects the RFA. If the RFA is smaller than a specified fuel reference value (FRV), the display part displays that the fuel is insufficient. However, if the RFA is greater than the FRV, the oxidizing agent concentration (OAC) detection part detects the OAC of the fuel cell. If the OAC is smaller than a specified OAC reference value, the display part displays that the oxidizing agent is insufficient. However, if the OAC is greater than the OAC reference value, the display part displays that the fuel cell is abnormal. | 04-08-2010 |
20100225784 | CAMERA - An image-capturing device includes: an instruction unit that issues a photographing instruction signal; an image sensor that obtains frame images over predetermined time intervals; a storage unit into which a plurality of frame images obtained via the image sensor are sequentially stored; a save candidate designation unit that designates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after an output of the photographing instruction signal among a plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit as save candidate images that may be saved into a recording medium; and a control unit that controls the save candidate designation unit so as to designate as the save candidates a plurality of frame images obtained before and after a second photographing instruction signal issued within a predetermined length of time following the output of the photographing instruction signal. | 09-09-2010 |
20110164147 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: an instruction unit that issues a photographing instruction signal; an image sensor that obtains frame images over predetermined time intervals; a storage unit in which a plurality of the frame images obtained via the image sensor are sequentially stored; a save candidate determining unit that designates, among the plurality of the frame images stored in the storage unit, a plurality of the frame images obtained before and after an issue of the photographing instruction signal as candidates of images to be saved into a recording medium; and a candidate number determining unit that automatically determines, based upon specific information, a candidate number of the frame images that are to be designated as candidates by the save candidate determining unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20120002076 | CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A camera includes: a photographing unit that generates image files by consecutively capturing subject images at an electronic shutter speed high enough to ensure that no image blur occurs in the subject images; an image file recording unit that records image files into a storage medium; a setting unit that sets a movie image frame rate; a synthetic image generation unit that generates a plurality of synthetic images each by combining sets of image data in image files among a plurality of image files generated by the photographing unit, a quantity of the sets of image data being set by taking into consideration the frame rate set by the setting unit; and a movie image file generation unit that generates a movie image file containing a movie image, each frame of the movie image being constituted with one of the synthetic images. | 01-05-2012 |
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20090304337 | OPTICAL SUB-ASSEMBLY ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING FRAME GROUND FROM SIGNAL GROUND - An optical sub-assembly (OSA) able to rigidly hold the sleeve and to isolate the frame ground from the signal ground is disclosed. The OSA provides the optical device and the sleeve assembly including the stub, the stub holder, the sleeve and the ring member. The stub holder is made of electrically conductive material and is electrically connected with the optical device. The ring member is made of electrically conductive material and is connected to the housing of the equipment in which the OSA is installed. The sleeve, which is made of insulating material, receives the stub holder in a portion thereof, and is press-fitted into the ring member in a second portion thereof. The frame ground of the housing is electrically isolated from the signal ground of the optical device by the insulating sleeve, and the first and second portions of the sleeve are overlapped along the longitudinal axis of the sleeve. | 12-10-2009 |
20100172617 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH AN OPTICAL DEVICE ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED FROM A SLEEVE SHELL - An optical module has disclosed, in which the optical module electrically isolates the optical device from the sleeve shell with a simple and a cost-effective arrangement. The optical receptacle includes the metal holder to hold the stub, the insulating bush to press-fit the holder, and the metal shell to press-fit the bush. The bush electrically isolates the holder from the shell, and has a length press-fitted to the shell overlapping with a length press-fitted to the holder. | 07-08-2010 |
20110235980 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH OPTICAL AXIS BENT PERPENDICULARLY WITHIN PACKAGE - An optical module on the invention provides a multi-layered ceramic package in which the LD, the sub-mount to mount the LD, the optical component to bend the optical axis of the light emitted from the LD toward the lens, and the monitor PD to monitor a portion of the light transmitted through the optical component. These components are mounted on a metal in the package with an adhesive. At least one of the sub-mount and the optical component provides a chamfer in a front bottom corner thereof to provide a room to receive fillets formed in the surfaces facing to and abutting against the other surface. | 09-29-2011 |
20110317965 | OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY WITH OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING CERAMIC PACKAGE - An optical subassembly (OSA) with a newly arranged optical device is disclosed. The OSA provides a ceramic package that installs a semiconductor optical device, a joint portion welded to a lid of the ceramic package, and an optical coupling portion that receives an external optical fiber. In the OSA, the seal ring put between the top of the multi-layered ceramic package and the lid is isolated from the optical device; accordingly, the lid, the joint portion and the optical coupling portion are electrically isolated from the semiconductor optical device even when the OSA is installed in an optical apparatus such as an optical transceiver. | 12-29-2011 |
20130011104 | OPTICAL MODULE WITH LENS ASSEMBLY SOLDERED TO CARRIER - An optical module is disclosed where the module includes an optical active device mounted on a carrier via a sub-mount, and a lens assembly mounted on the carrier and optically coupled with the device and an external fiber. A feature of the optical module is that the lens assembly has a metalized portion fixed to the carrier by the soldering. | 01-10-2013 |
20140126917 | OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER INSTALLING THE SAME - An optical transmitter module installing a thermo-electric controller (TEC) is disclosed. The optical module has a rectangular box portion as a package made of a multi-layered ceramics, within which the TEC is installed. The TEC has electrodes through which a current to driver the TEC electrically is provided. The module has a feature that the electrodes of the TEC is directly in contact with a pad provided in the back surface of the multi-layered ceramic housing. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126918 | TRANSMITTER OPTICAL MODULE IMPLEMENTED WITH THERMO-ELECTRIC CONTROLLER - A transmitter optical module is disclosed. The optical module includes a plurality of LDs each emitting light with specific wavelengths different from others, a TEC including a post in bottom plate thereof through which currents to driver the TEC is supplied, and a body portion including an electrical plug made of multi-layered ceramics. The multi-layered ceramic in a lowermost ceramic layer thereof provides electrical pads to supply current to the TEC through the post. The post and the pads are configured in side-by-side arrangement such that the post in the TEC is put between two pads in the lowermost ceramic layer. | 05-08-2014 |
20150132001 | TRANSMITTER MODULE OUTPUTTING WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXED LIGHT - A transmitter module having a plurality of semiconductor laser diodes (LDs) as optical signal sources that emit optical respective optical beams with specific wavelengths different from other is disclosed. The transmitter module includes, in addition to the LDs, a driver to drive LDs in the shunt-driving configuration. Inductors through which the bias currents for the LDs are provided are mounted on the driver as interposing a spacer and a top carrier. | 05-14-2015 |
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20080242438 | Golf shaft, golf club, and production method for golf shaft - A golf shaft includes: a hollow tubular structure; and a gradient structure in which an amount of retained austenite is increased from an approximate center in a thickness direction of the hollow tubular structure to a surface of the hollow tubular structure. | 10-02-2008 |
20150231939 | SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A knee-action-type suspension is provided with an arm member, a compression coil spring, and a shock absorber. The coil spring is extended and retracted between a full-rebound state and a full-bump state in accordance with the magnitude of a load applied to a vehicle body. A wire of the coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion, a small-diameter wire portion, and a wire diameter varying portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a first portion of the coil spring, which is on the side near to a pivot. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a second portion of the coil spring, which is on the side far from the pivot. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 08-20-2015 |
20150251514 | STRUT-TYPE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A strut-type suspension includes a compression coil spring, a lower spring seat, an upper spring seat, and a shock absorber. The compression coil spring is disposed at a position offset to the outer side of a vehicle with respect to the shock absorber. The compression coil spring is mounted in a vehicle body in such a state that it is compressed between spring seats. The compression coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion and a small-diameter wire portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle inner-side portion of the compression coil spring. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle outer-side portion. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 09-10-2015 |
20160046164 | SUSPENSION COIL SPRING - A suspension coil spring includes a lower end turn portion, an upper end turn portion, and a helical effective portion formed between the end turn portions. The lower end turn portion includes a first portion which contacts a lower spring seat irrespective of a load, and a second portion which contacts the lower spring seat or is separated from the same according to the load. The wire diameter of the second portion is greater than that of the first portion and an average wire diameter of the effective portion. The upper end turn portion includes a third portion which contacts an upper spring seat, and a fourth portion. The wire diameter of the fourth portion is greater that of the third portion and the average wire diameter of the effective portion. | 02-18-2016 |
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20110091067 | POSTAL INDICIUM DETECTION METHOD AND POSTAL INDICIUM DETECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a postal indicium detection method includes detecting whether or not one of a first face and a second face of a sheet corresponds to a picture card specific face, detecting a postal indicium candidate from the second face based on a first detection result indicating that the first face corresponds to the picture card specific face, and detecting the postal indicium candidate from the first face based on a second detection result indicating that the second face corresponds to the picture card specific face. | 04-21-2011 |
20120069183 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a vehicle detection apparatus includes a line segment extraction unit, candidate creation unit, evaluation unit, and specific part detection unit, and the line segment extraction unit extracts a plurality of line-segment components constituting an image of a vehicle from the image formed by photographing the vehicle. The candidate creation unit carries out polygonal approximation configured to create a closed loop by using a plurality of line-segment components to create a plurality of candidates for an area of a specific part of the vehicle. The evaluation unit carries out a plurality of different evaluations for each of the plurality of candidates. Further, the specific part detection unit detects one of the plurality of candidates as the specific part based on evaluation results of the evaluation unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120321145 | FACIAL IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM AND FACIAL IMAGE SEARCH METHOD - According to one embodiment, a facial image search system including, search module configured to calculate degree of similarity between facial features extracted by feature extraction module and facial features contained in database and output search result based on calculated degree of similarity, measuring module configured to measure amount of search result output by search module, and selection module configured to sort out search result output by search module if amount of search result measured by measuring module is equal to or more than preset threshold. | 12-20-2012 |
20130050502 | MOVING OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND MOVING OBJECT TRACKING METHOD - A moving object tracking system includes an input unit, a detection unit, a creating unit, a weight calculating unit, a calculating unit, and an output unit. The detection unit detects all tracking target moving objects from each of input images input. The creating unit creates a combination of a path that links each moving object detected in a first image to each moving object detected in a second image, a path that links each moving object detected in the first image to an unsuccessful detection in the second image, and a path that links an unsuccessful detection in the first image to each moving object detected in the second image. The calculating unit calculates a value for the combination of the paths to which weights are allocated. The output unit outputs a tracking result. | 02-28-2013 |
20140147008 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle detection apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a controller detecting a vehicle from an image obtained by photographing the vehicle. The controller extracts a plurality of line-segment components indicating a boundary between a specific region of the vehicle and a vehicle body and included in the image. The controller measures a position of the vehicle based on coordinate information between the extracted line-segment components and photographing position information of the image. | 05-29-2014 |
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20110174988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF WALL ZETA-POTENTIAL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTITATIVE VISUALIZATION OF SURFACE MODIFICATION PATTERN - A first and a second fluorescent dye are mixed into a solution, the first dye being positively ionized in the solution and the second dye being negatively ionized in the solution and having different fluorescence wavelength from the first dye. The solution is flown onto a measured surface, and the surface is excited with an evanescent wave to produce a fluorescence intensity distribution of two colors. A fluorescence intensity of the surface is measured using a two-dimensional imaging element, the element providing a fluorescence intensity of each color separated from the other colors, thereby calculating a ratio of the fluorescence intensities of the colors. Using an equation expressing a relationship between the ratio of fluorescence intensities and wall zeta potential, the ratio is converted to a two-dimensional distribution of wall zeta potentials. This achieves visualizing in real time and quantitatively evaluating the two-dimensional distribution of wall zeta potentials, and surface modifications. | 07-21-2011 |
20110289793 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate having a surface wetted with a chemical solution is introduced into a chamber, and a supercritical fluid is supplied into the chamber. The temperature in the chamber is adjusted to the critical temperature of the chemical solution or higher, so that the chemical solution is put into a supercritical state. The pressure in the chamber is then lowered, and the chemical solution in the critical state is turned into gaseous matter. The gaseous matter is then discharged from the chamber. | 12-01-2011 |
20110314689 | SUBSTRATE DRYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate whose surface is wet with a chemical solution (solvent) and formed with patterns having an aspect ratio of 10 or more is loaded into a chamber. Then, while the chemical solution (solvent) remains on the semiconductor substrate, its temperature is increased to a predetermined temperature in the range of 160° C. or more and less than the critical temperature of the chemical solution (solvent), and the evaporated chemical solution (solvent) is discharged from the chamber. | 12-29-2011 |
20120118332 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - In one embodiment, after rinsing a semiconductor substrate having a fine pattern formed thereon with pure water, the pure water staying on the semiconductor substrate is substituted with a water soluble organic solvent, and then, the semiconductor substrate is introduced into a chamber in a state wet with the water soluble organic solvent. Then, the water soluble organic solvent is turned into a supercritical state by increasing a temperature inside of the chamber. Thereafter, the inside of the chamber is reduced in pressure while keeping the inside of the chamber at a temperature enough not to liquefy the pure water (i.e., rinsing pure water mixed into the water soluble organic solvent), and further, the water soluble organic solvent in the supercritical state is changed into a gaseous state, to be discharged from the chamber, so that the semiconductor substrate is dried. | 05-17-2012 |
20120186097 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING DEVICE AND METHOD - Certain embodiments provide a supercritical drying device, comprising a sealable first vessel; a fluorine adsorbent provided inside the first vessel; a second vessel being provided inside the first vessel and housing a semiconductor substrate; a heater heating the inside of the first vessel; a pipe connected to the first vessel; and a valve provided on the pipe. Free fluorine generated by heating a fluorine containing solvent is adsorbed to the fluorine adsorbent. | 07-26-2012 |
20120240426 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying method for a semiconductor substrate includes introducing a semiconductor substrate formed with a metal film into a chamber, the surface of the substrate being wet with alcohol, supplying a supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide into the chamber, setting a temperature inside the chamber to a predetermined temperature, to replace the alcohol on the semiconductor substrate with the supercritical fluid, and discharging the supercritical fluid and the alcohol from the chamber while keeping the temperature inside the chamber at the predetermined temperature, to lower a pressure inside the chamber. The predetermined temperature is not lower than 75° C. but lower than a critical temperature of the alcohol. | 09-27-2012 |
20120247516 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying method comprises cleaning a semiconductor substrate with a chemical solution, rinsing the semiconductor substrate with pure water after the cleaning, changing a liquid covering a surface of the semiconductor substrate from the pure water to alcohol by supplying the alcohol to the surface after the rinsing, guiding the semiconductor substrate having the surface wetted with the alcohol into a chamber, discharging oxygen from the chamber by supplying an inert gas into the chamber, putting the alcohol into a supercritical state by increasing temperature in the chamber to a critical temperature of the alcohol or higher after the discharge of the oxygen, and discharging the alcohol from the chamber by lowering pressure in the chamber and changing the alcohol from the supercritical state to a gaseous state. The chamber contains SUS. An inner wall face of the chamber is subjected to electrolytic polishing. | 10-04-2012 |
20120304485 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing method and apparatus which can remove an anti-drying liquid, which has entered a three-dimensional pattern with recessed portions formed in a substrate, in a relatively short time. The substrate processing method includes the steps of: carrying a substrate, having a three-dimensional pattern formed in a surface, into a processing container, said pattern being covered with an anti-drying liquid that has entered the recessed portions of the pattern; heating the substrate and supplying a pressurizing gas or a fluid in a high-pressure state into the processing container, thereby forming a high-pressure atmosphere in the processing container before the anti-drying liquid vaporizes to such an extent as to cause pattern collapse and bringing the anti-drying liquid into a high-pressure state while keeping the liquid in the recessed portions of the pattern; and thereafter discharging a fluid in a high-pressure state or a gaseous state from the processing container. | 12-06-2012 |
20130019905 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SUPERCRITICAL DRYING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying method for a semiconductor substrate, comprises introducing the semiconductor substrate into a chamber in a state, a surface of the semiconductor substrate being wet with alcohol, substituting the alcohol on the semiconductor substrate with a supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide by impregnating the semiconductor substrate to the supercritical fluid in the chamber, and discharging the supercritical fluid and the alcohol from the chamber and reducing a pressure inside the chamber. The method further comprises performing a baking treatment by supplying an oxygen gas or an ozone gas to the chamber after the reduction of the pressure inside the chamber. | 01-24-2013 |
20130055584 | SUPERCRlTICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying method for a semiconductor substrate comprises introducing a semiconductor substrate, a surface of the semiconductor substrate being wet with a water-soluble organic solvent, to the inside of a chamber, hermetically sealing the chamber and increasing a temperature inside the chamber to not lower than a critical temperature of the water-soluble organic solvent, thereby bringing the water-soluble organic solvent into a supercritical state, decreasing a pressure inside the chamber and changing the water-soluble organic solvent in the supercritical state to a gas, thereby discharging the water-soluble organic solvent from the chamber, starting a supply of an inert gas into the chamber as the pressure inside the chamber decreases to atmospheric pressure, and cooling the semiconductor substrate in a state where the inert gas exists inside the chamber. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061492 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD AND SUPERCRITICAL DRYING APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying apparatus comprises a chamber being hermetically sealable and configured to store a semiconductor substrate, a heater configured to heat an inner side of the chamber, a supply unit configured to supply carbon dioxide to the chamber, a discharge unit configured to discharge carbon dioxide from the chamber, and a rotation unit configured to rotate the chamber by an angle equal to or greater than 90 degrees and equal to or smaller than 180 degrees with respect to the horizontal direction. | 03-14-2013 |
20140174482 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - In one embodiment, after rinsing a semiconductor substrate having a fine pattern formed thereon with pure water, the pure water staying on the semiconductor substrate is substituted with a water soluble organic solvent, and then, the semiconductor substrate is introduced into a chamber in a state wet with the water soluble organic solvent. Then, the water soluble organic solvent is turned into a supercritical state by increasing a temperature inside of the chamber. Thereafter, the inside of the chamber is reduced in pressure while keeping the inside of the chamber at a temperature enough not to liquefy the pure water (i.e., rinsing pure water mixed into the water soluble organic solvent), and further, the water soluble organic solvent in the supercritical state is changed into a gaseous state, to be discharged from the chamber, so that the semiconductor substrate is dried. | 06-26-2014 |
20140250714 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND SUPERCRITICAL DRYING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying method for a semiconductor substrate, comprises introducing the semiconductor substrate into a chamber in a state, a surface of the semiconductor substrate being wet with alcohol, substituting the alcohol on the semiconductor substrate with a supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide by impregnating the semiconductor substrate to the supercritical fluid in the chamber, and discharging the supercritical fluid and the alcohol from the chamber and reducing a pressure inside the chamber. The method further comprises performing a baking treatment by supplying an oxygen gas or an ozone gas to the chamber after the reduction of the pressure inside the chamber. | 09-11-2014 |
20150135549 | SUPERCRITICAL DRYING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - According to one embodiment, a supercritical drying method for a semiconductor substrate comprises introducing a semiconductor substrate, a surface of the semiconductor substrate being wet with a water-soluble organic solvent, to the inside of a chamber, hermetically sealing the chamber and increasing a temperature inside the chamber to not lower than a critical temperature of the water-soluble organic solvent, thereby bringing the water-soluble organic solvent into a supercritical state, decreasing a pressure inside the chamber and changing the water-soluble organic solvent in the supercritical state to a gas, thereby discharging the water-soluble organic solvent from the chamber, starting a supply of an inert gas into the chamber as the pressure inside the chamber decreases to atmospheric pressure, and cooling the semiconductor substrate in a state where the inert gas exists inside the chamber. | 05-21-2015 |
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20080204799 | PRINT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - It is the object of the present invention to realize a print system capable of storing content of print processing as log information using a simple method. To realize this object, a user-client terminal | 08-28-2008 |
20090086267 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing apparatus has a filter ID, the number of deleted print jobs, and a print job deletion filter including at least one filtering condition registered therein. The filtering condition includes a job attribute, a keyword, and a search method. Upon receiving a print job including print data and job information from a print server system, the printing apparatus determines whether the job information contained in the print job satisfies the filtering condition. If the job information contained in the print job satisfies the filtering condition, the printing apparatus deletes the print job identified by the job information. | 04-02-2009 |
20110001995 | FORM PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A form printing system comprising an information processing apparatus, a server, and a printing apparatus that are connected to each other, wherein the server includes: a device identification information management unit that manages device identification information in association with user-specific user authentication information; an encryption unit that encrypts the field data and the form information received from the information processing apparatus; an encoded code generation unit that generates the first encoded code from an encrypted character string generated by the encryption unit; an encoded code sending unit that sends the first encoded code generated by the encoded code generation unit to the information processing apparatus; a form data distribution unit that, in a case where a form data acquisition request that includes form information is received from the printing apparatus, sends form data that is in accordance with the acquisition request to the printing apparatus. | 01-06-2011 |
20110320561 | DOCUMENT GENERATION APPARATUS, DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEM, DOCUMENT UPLOAD METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A document generation apparatus includes a determination unit, an upload unit, and a transmission unit to generate a document and upload the generated document to an external service via a network. The determination unit determines whether a document generated according to a document generation request from a client apparatus can be uploaded to the external service. The upload unit uploads the document to the external service, if the determination unit determines that the document can be uploaded to the external service. The transmission unit transmits, to the client apparatus, the document and information for uploading the document from the client apparatus to the external service, if the determination unit determines that the document cannot be uploaded to the external service. | 12-29-2011 |
20120154854 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVICE APPARATUS, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print service apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive, via a Web browser together with a print job designated from a window, window information of the window, user information, and message information of a message which is contained in the window and provided by a microblogging function; an addition unit configured to add, as a user using the microblogging function, a comment on the message corresponding to the message information to the window; a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether another user has added a comment on the message corresponding to the message information; a determination unit configured to determine whether the added comment is a comment by the user; and a decision unit configured to decide processing for the print job based on a content of the added comment when the determination unit determines that the added comment is a comment by the user. | 06-21-2012 |
20140365526 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A content management apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention associates content information on content with group information on a user participation group in a posting management service that approves control for the content, and stores the associated information. The apparatus then acquires group information on the user participation group from the posting management service, upon receipt of a content control request. The apparatus determines whether or not the requested control is to be approved, based on the acquired group information and the group information stored in association with the content information on the content. This configuration allows the content management apparatus for managing the content to control access authorization according to setting of the group in the posting management service. | 12-11-2014 |