Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130205517 | SUBLIMATION TRANSFER INK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DYED ARTICLE, AND DYED ARTICLE - A sublimation transfer ink to be discharged by an ink jet process contains water, a sublimation dye, and a trehalose-based compound. The amount of the trehalose-based compound in the sublimation transfer ink is preferably in the range of 3% by mass to 20% by mass, both inclusive. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205804 | HANDLER AND PART INSPECTING APPARATUS - A handler includes a storage tank which stores liquid nitrogen, supply channels which supply refrigerant from the storage tank to inner passages of a first shuttle, a valve which opens and closes the supply channel, and a heat exchanger which has vaporization chambers with larger flow path cross-sectional areas than those of the supply channels to vaporize liquid nitrogen within the vaporization chambers. According to this structure, the respective vaporization chambers are filled with nitrogen gas produced by preceding vaporization. Thus, pressure fluctuations produced by successive vaporization of liquid nitrogen can be reduced. Moreover, nitrogen gas is supplied to the respective inner passages. Accordingly, excessive cooling for part housing pockets can be prevented. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205898 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, SENSOR UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vibrator element includes a base section, a driving vibrating arm extending from one end of the base section, a detecting vibrating arm extending from another end of the base section opposite to the one end, an adjusting vibrating arm extending from the base section on an opposite side to the driving vibrating arm, and a support section extending from the base section and to be fixed to a substrate, and an output signal of the adjusting vibrating arm has a reverse phase with respect to an output signal of a leakage vibration of the detecting vibrating arm. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205931 | HORIZONTAL MULTIPLE ARTICULATION TYPE ROBOT - A horizontal multijoint type robot is so constructed that it comprises a first arm connected through a first joint shaft to a base, a second arm connected through a second joint shaft to the first arm, and a working shaft provided rotatably and movably up and down on the distal end of the second arm, and that the arm length L | 08-15-2013 |
20130206383 | HANDLER AND PART INSPECTING APPARATUS - A handler includes a first cooling channel and a second cooling channel corresponding to housing pockets, a first supply channel, a second supply channel branched from the first supply channel, a first throttle valve which controls the flow of refrigerant such that the flow amount of the refrigerant flowing through the second cooling channel becomes larger than the flow amount of the refrigerant flowing through the first cooling channel, heaters which heat the respective housing pockets, temperature sensors which detect the temperatures of the respective housing pockets, and a control device which controls the opening and closing condition of a valve and the output of the heater, and controls the output of the other heater such that the detection values of the respective temperature sensors become a target temperature. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206465 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic device includes a first member including a reference potential terminal; a second member placed on a first surface of the first member and having conductivity; and a functional element accommodated in a cavity surrounded by the first member and the second member, wherein the second member and the reference potential terminal are electrically connected via a contact portion. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206894 | CORE TUBE HOLDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - A core tube holding device comprising: a plurality of out-pushing members that are arranged side by side spaced apart in the axial direction, each having a pressing part; a connecting member for connecting the plurality of out-pushing members; a holding member that has at every position in the axial direction a pressed part corresponding to the pressing part, and that is disposed radially outward with respect to the plurality of out-pushing members; and an action unit adapted to exert a force for moving, to one side in the axial direction, a one end out-pushing member which, among the plurality of out-pushing members, is at an end on the one side; wherein: at least one from among the pressing parts and the pressed parts is formed in a tapered shape that spreads radially outward from the one side to the other side in the axial direction, and when the force for moving the one end out-pushing member acts thereon via the action unit, the one end out-pushing member moves to the one side while also pulling the other out-pushing member(s) via the connecting member, and the pressing parts of each of the out-pushing members push the holding member radially outward via the corresponding pressed parts. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207564 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrooptic device has a data line, a pixel circuit and a driver circuit which drives the pixel circuit. The driver circuit has a first feeder line, a level shift circuit to be electrically coupled with the data line and a driving control circuit which provides the first feeder line with a first voltage or a second voltage and controls operations of the level shift circuit and the pixel circuit. The level shift circuit has a second holding capacitor and a switch section which switches over condition of a connection between the second holding capacitor and the first feeder line. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207568 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP - A light source device includes a discharge lamp having a light emitting case and a pair of electrodes, a drive device, a voltage detector, and a time measurement device, the drive device alternately repeats a first alternating current supply interval and a second alternating current supply interval, measures a period of the first and the second alternating current supply interval with the time measurement device, performs a change from the first alternating current supply interval to the second alternating current supply interval when the period of the first alternating current supply interval reaches a predetermined period A, and performs a change from the second alternating current supply interval to the first alternating current supply interval when the period of the second alternating current supply interval reaches a predetermined period B, or when an absolute value of an inter-electrode voltage of the pair of electrodes reaches a threshold value. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207942 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - When image data which does not satisfy set conditions is input from a device which outputs the image data, a display apparatus performs normal display. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an image based on the image data input from the PC, a connection control unit which executes connection control of setting transmission conditions including transmission line capacity of the image data to be output from the PC by transmitting and receiving control information to and from the PC, and an input data determination unit which determines whether or not the image data to be input from the PC satisfies the transmission conditions, after the connection control. When the image data to be input from the PC does not satisfy the transmission conditions, the connection control unit requests re-execution of the connection control with respect to the PC. | 08-15-2013 |
20130207943 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - When image data which does not satisfy set conditions is input from a device which outputs image data, a display apparatus prevents a distortion of display. The display device includes a display unit that displays an image based on image data input from the PC, a connection control unit that executes connection control of setting transmission conditions including transmission line capacity of the image data to be output from the PC by transmitting and receiving control information to and from the PC, an input data determination unit that determines whether or not the image data to be input from the PC satisfies the transmission conditions, after the connection control, and a display control unit that sets a display state with the display unit as a predetermined display state, when it is determined that the image data to be input from the PC does not satisfy the transmission conditions. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208008 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTION IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projector used with another projector and capable of projecting an composite projection image includes an image processing section adapted to insert information of an adjusting projection image into information of a partial projection image to be a part of the composite projection image for a period shorter than one unit period for projecting the partial projection image, an imaging section adapted to take an image of the adjusting projection image, and a projection image adjustment section adapted to adjust the partial projection image based on the adjusting projection image taken by the imaging section. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208033 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a change detection device detecting a change in a relative position between an ink cartridge and a recording head, and when the change in the relative position exceeds a certain threshold value, a printer controller closes a valve mechanism so that the destruction of a meniscus in the nozzle is prevented. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208035 | Printing Apparatus - In a printing apparatus which performs printing by using special ink for generating special glossiness on a printed material and color inks, the apparatus includes a controller that, when an image in which an index value indicating a degree of the special glossiness is low and an image in which the index value is high are to be printed adjacently, controls to print the image in which the index value is low by substituting other inks for the special ink. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208049 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a transport unit, a medium support unit, a liquid ejection head and a negative pressure generating unit. The medium support unit is arranged on a downstream side of the transport unit, and has a medium support surface on which the ejection medium is supported by suction using negative pressure. The medium support unit includes a plurality of first and second recesses arranged on the medium support surface and aligned in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction. The first recesses are in communication with the negative pressure generating unit. The second recesses are configured and arranged to accept the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head. Each of the second recesses includes a communication unit communicating with one of the first recesses and a vent hole configured and arranged to allow ventilation without being in communication with the negative pressure generating unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208051 | ADAPTOR - An adaptor includes an adaptor main body capable of being mounted with respect to a liquid accommodation body mounting portion of a printer to which an ink cartridge configured to accommodate ink is mounted in an attachable or detachable manner; a memory cell MC that is updated by a control portion of the printer, and maintains information about whether or not the printing operation is possible in the printer; an electrical terminal that is used in communication between the memory cell and the printer; and an operation button that outputs an update signal that updates information about whether or not the printing operation is possible to information permitting the printing operation of the printer with respect to the memory cell, when the information about whether or not the printing operation is possible maintained in the memory cell does not permit the printing operation of the printer. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208054 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER - A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer made of a piezoelectric material and an electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric material is such that when a diamond conical indenter having an angle α of 136° between opposite faces is pressed into the piezoelectric layer at a load of 5 gf for 5 seconds to form cracks extending from an indentation, using a micro Vickers hardness meter, the length of the cracks from four corners of the indentation is 15 μm or less. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208056 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD - A liquid droplet ejecting head includes an individual electrode provided corresponding to a pressure generating chamber, a piezoelectric layer formed over the individual electrode, and a common electrode formed over the piezoelectric layer and provided across a plurality of the pressure generating chambers. A conductive member is provided outside an active portion of the piezoelectric layer in the longitudinal direction, the conductive member being formed over the piezoelectric layer and being insulated from the individual electrode and the common electrode, the piezoelectric layer being interposed between the individual electrode and the common electrode. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208062 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having nozzles that eject liquid, a strap member that holds the liquid ejected from the ejection head, a feeding roller and a winding roller around which the strap member is wound, and a driving source that rotates the winding roller, wherein a flash point of the liquid that is held in the strap member is 95 degrees Celsius or more, and the driving source is disposed at a position closer to the winding roller than to the feeding roller. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208063 | INK JET PENETRANT, COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet penetrant contains a compound represented by general formula (1), and this compound is obtained by a block polymerization process for sequentially polymerizing an alcohol represented by general formula (2) with propylene oxide and then with ethylene oxide. The amount of this alcohol in the penetrant is 1% by mass or less. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208065 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes a transport unit, a medium support unit and a liquid ejection head. The medium support unit includes a plurality of first recesses and a plurality of second recesses arranged on a medium support surface along a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction. The first and second recesses are configured and arranged to be imparted with negative pressure. A width dimension of an opening of the first recess in the width direction is larger on the downstream side than on an upstream side. A width dimension of an opening of the second recess in the width direction is smaller than the width dimension of the opening of the first recess in the width direction on the downstream side with respect to the transport direction. The second recesses are configured and arranged to accept the liquid ejected toward the ejection medium from the liquid ejection head. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208301 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A CONTROL DEVICE, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM - A feature of the recording device is used to shorten the length of time that a wireless communication link with a recording device is not established for a control device that communicates wirelessly with a recording device when a wireless communication link can be established. A communication control unit | 08-15-2013 |
20130208323 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD AND A PROGRAM - A carriage motor which is a heat generating device is arranged next to a CIS in a scanner unit. The carriage motor drives respective transport rollers of an ADF unit via a gear system as well. The scanner unit makes a white reference board be read so as to obtain white reference data, and obtains black reference data more frequently than the white reference data, e.g., in a continuous process for reading a document. As a CIS module continues a reading process, the black reference data changes as being affected by a change in temperature in the CIS module, etc. The scanner unit deals with such a change in the black reference data by obtaining the black reference data more frequently. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208359 | OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE - An optical filter device includes an interference filter and a housing. The interference filter includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate joined to the fixed substrate, a fixed reflective film provided on the fixed substrate, and a movable reflective film provided on the movable substrate and opposed to the fixed reflective film across an inter-reflective film gap. The housing includes a base substrate on which the interference filter is arranged. A fixing member is arranged between the movable substrate and the base substrate. The movable substrate is fixed to the base substrate by the fixing member in one place excluding a region where the movable reflective film is provided. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208438 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic device includes: a first member having a first surface; a second member placed on the side of the first surface; a functional element accommodated in a cavity formed by the first member and the second member; an external connection terminal disposed outside of the cavity on the side of the first surface of the first member; a groove portion disposed on the side of the first surface of the first member and extending from the inside to the outside of the cavity; a wiring disposed within the groove portion and electrically connecting the functional element with the external connection terminal; a first through-hole disposed at a position of the second member, the position overlapping the groove portion in plan view; and a filling member disposed within the first through-hole and filling the groove portion. | 08-15-2013 |
20130208980 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a pattern type determination unit in which a predetermined pattern is determined corresponding to color information of an image; a region setting unit in which a predetermined region in the image is set; an image data generation unit in which image data including the image and the pattern are included; and a size correction unit in which a size of the pattern is changed corresponding to a size of the region, or a position correction unit in which a positional relationship between a characteristic portion from which a type of the pattern included in the pattern which is determined in the pattern type determination unit can be discriminated and the region which is set in the region setting unit is corrected. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209199 | PART INSPECTION APPARATUS AND HANDLER - A handler includes a supply shuttle plate on which a device is placed and cooled, and a transfer robot configured to transfer the device placed on the supply shuttle plate from the supply shuttle plate. The transfer robot includes an adsorbing portion configured to adsorb the device placed on the supply shuttle plate thereon, a vertical movement arm configured to move the adsorbing portion away from the supply shuttle plate, an arm box configured to accommodate the adsorbing portion together with the device in a state of being kept away from the supply shuttle plate, and a dry air supply unit configured to supply dry gas into the arm box. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210453 | METHOD OF CALCULATING MOVEMENT SPEED AND DEVICE FOR CALCULATING MOVEMENT SPEED - In a baseband processing circuit unit, a reception signal type determination unit determines whether or not a reception signal in a GPS reception unit is an indirect wave. A movement speed calculation unit calculates a movement speed of the GPS reception unit using a correction coefficient of a relative speed determined in accordance with the determination of whether or not the reception signal is an indirect wave, a transmission frequency of a GPS satellite signal and a reception frequency in the GPS reception unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212329 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEMORY CONTROL - An electronic apparatus having plural memories of different performances such as bus widths facilitates achievement of its potential as a system. The electronic apparatus has a first memory and a memory controller configured to control the first memory. Upon a second memory being detected, the memory controller compares bus widths of the first memory and the second memory with each other. Upon the bus width of the second memory being broader than the bus width of the first memory, the memory controller makes a setting such that access to the second memory precedes access to the first memory. | 08-15-2013 |
20130213440 | INK JETTING INK SET AND CLEANING METHOD - An ink jetting ink set includes an ink composition for recording supplied to and used in an ink flow path and containing at least one of a glitter pigment and a metal oxide as a coloring material, and an auxiliary ink composition used in cleaning of the ink flow path, in which, in cases where a dynamic viscosity at 20° C. in the ink composition for recording is η | 08-22-2013 |
20130214058 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE SYSTEM AND MEDICAL APPARATUS - A fluid ejection device system includes: a fluid ejecting unit configured to change a volume of a fluid chamber to thereby eject fluid from a nozzle provided at a distal end of a fluid ejection pipe connected to the fluid chamber; a fluid supplying unit connected to the fluid ejecting unit by a connection tube and configured to supply the fluid to the fluid chamber; a control unit configured to control operation of the fluid ejecting unit and the fluid supplying unit; and a stand configured to hold at least a part of the fluid ejecting unit, and when it is detected that the fluid ejecting unit is held in the stand, the control unit controls at least one of the fluid ejecting unit and the fluid supplying unit to thereby execute a predetermined discharge operation for discharging the fluid in the fluid chamber. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214123 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An interference filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a first optical film provided to the first substrate, and a second optical film provided to the second substrate and opposed to the first optical film, at least one of the first and second optical films has a metal film having a reflecting property and a transmitting property with respect to light in a desired wavelength band, a surface and an edge portion of the metal film are covered by a barrier film, and the barrier film is formed of a material having conductivity. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214184 | FLUID TRANSPORT APPARATUS, REPLACEMENT UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REPLACEMENT UNIT - A fluid transport apparatus includes a main unit and a replacement unit that can be removably attached to the main unit. The replacement unit includes a tube for transporting a fluid, and a plurality of fingers for pressing against and occluding the tube, the plurality of fingers being arranged along the tube. The main unit includes a cam for pressing the plurality of fingers successively in a transport direction of the fluid. The tube, the plurality of fingers and the cam are arranged in a layered arrangement along a rotation axis direction of the cam. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214276 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes a drive transistor for controlling the quantity of current supplied to a light-emitting element, a capacitor element electrically connected to a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and an electrical continuity portion for electrically connecting the drive transistor and the light-emitting element, these elements being disposed on a substrate. The electrical continuity portion is disposed on the side opposite to the capacitor element with the drive transistor disposed therebetween. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214773 | GAS CELL AND MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS - A gas cell used for a magnetocardiograph that measures a magnetic field generated from a living body (magnetocardiography) and a magnetoencephalograph that measures a magnetic field generated from a brain (magnetoencephalography). | 08-22-2013 |
20130215135 | Image Display Device and Projector - An image display device for adjusting an image based on a parameter set including a plurality of parameters and displaying the adjusted image, includes a storage section that stores a plurality of the parameter sets, a selection section that prompts to select desired one of the plurality of parameter sets stored in the storage section, and an image adjustment section that obtains the parameter set selected by the selection section and adjusts a display condition of the image based on the obtained parameter set, wherein the selection section displays the parameters included in each of the parameter sets stored in the storage section when prompting to select the desired one of the plurality of parameter sets. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215158 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a display portion, a data line driving circuit, a first retention capacitor that retains the potential of the data line, a driving control circuit, and a display control circuit that supplies brightness information to the driving control circuit and also supplies an image signal to the data line driving circuit. The data line driving circuit includes a potential control line to which a potential control signal is supplied, a third retention capacitor one end of which is connected with the data line and the other one of which is supplied with a potential based on the image signal, and a first transistor that is electrically connected between the other end of the third retention capacitor and the potential control line. The driving control circuit controls the potential of the potential control signal based on the brightness information. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215159 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a processing device that performs a color reduction processing of converting data of a-levels of gray indicative of an image to be displayed in a display area including a plurality of pixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction into data of b-levels of gray (b | 08-22-2013 |
20130215163 | AC VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT, HEATER CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - When a partial pressure exceeding a Zener voltage of a Zener diode is applied to a first limiting circuit by a positive voltage applied to input terminals by an AC power supply, the first limiting circuit allows a current such that a photo transistor of the first detection circuit is turned on. When a partial pressure exceeding a total value of Zener voltages of Zener diodes is applied to a second limiting circuit by a negative voltage applied to the input terminals, the second limiting circuit allows a current such that a photo transistor of a second detection circuit is turned on. Therefore, it is possible to detect a voltage input from the AC power supply by turning on and off the photo transistors and to detect a voltage input from the AC power supply using a simpler circuit configuration. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215167 | Printing Apparatus and Printing Method - A printing apparatus that prints onto a printed object using a special glossy ink and a color ink includes a control unit that executes the print adding the special glossy ink to a region, in pixels of a night scene formed by the color ink, that is lighted. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215170 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215171 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215174 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric element provided with a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer; and a driving unit supplying a driving waveform driving the piezoelectric element to the piezoelectric element. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215177 | Printing Device and Method of Controlling Printing Device - A printing device includes a nozzle for discharging liquid, a counter that counts the number of signals for defining a cycle in which the liquid is discharged through the nozzle, and a discharge control portion that controls such that the liquid is not discharged through the nozzle when the number of signals counted by the counter is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215180 | Printing Apparatus and Printing Method - A printing apparatus that prints onto a printed object using a special glossy ink and a color ink includes a control unit that executes the print adding the special glossy ink to locations in which the pixels formed by the color ink have a maximum luminance or saturation. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215182 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND SENSOR SENSITIVITY SETTING METHOD IN LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - This is to provide a liquid ejecting apparatus and a sensor sensitivity setting method in a liquid ejecting apparatus making it possible to keep low any fluctuations in the reflectance of a reflecting part used to measure the sensitivity of an optical sensor provided to a carriage, and to enhance the accuracy of measurement sensitivity, thus making it possible to ensure the required sensitivity even in spite of progressive deterioration of the optical sensor. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215192 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head including: a head unit having a nozzle forming surface on which a plurality of rows of nozzles ejecting a liquid are arranged and of which the nozzle forming surface is wiped by a wiping member along an arrangement direction of the nozzle rows; and a fixing member, wherein the fixing member has a fixing plate section on which an exposure opening section exposing the nozzles of the nozzle forming surface is formed and of which an upper surface is joined to the nozzle forming surface as a fixing reference surface in a state where the nozzle is exposed into the exposure opening section, and a cutout section, which opens the exposure opening section in the wiping direction and exposes an edge portion of the nozzle forming surface, is formed downstream of the wiping member in the wiping direction in the exposure opening section. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215206 | PRINTER - A printer includes a print head in which a plurality of nozzles, which discharges ink, are formed, a platen which supports the medium below the plurality of nozzles, a feeding mechanism which feeds the medium between the print head and the platen, a pair of drawing-out rollers which is provided further forward in a transport direction of the medium than the print head, pinches the medium, and draws out the medium between the print head and the platen, and a drawing-out guide which is provided between the platen and the pair of drawing-out rollers, supports the medium, and guides the medium up to the pair of drawing-out rollers, wherein a distance between a virtual plane on which the plurality of nozzles are arranged and the drawing-out guide is larger than a distance between the virtual plane and the platen when ink is discharged from the nozzle to the medium. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215400 | PROXIMITY PROJECTOR HAVING A DUST-PROOF COVER - A proximity projection-type projector includes a housing; a dust-proof cover arranged on a top portion of the housing; and a projection unit arranged within the housing. The projection unit projects projection light though the dust-proof cover on the housing toward a screen disposed outside the housing. An anti-reflection film forms a light incident surface of the dust-proof cover. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215446 | FUNCTION RESTRICTION RELEASE SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, FUNCTION RESTRICTION RELEASE METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - It can confirm candidates of functional parts that can be selected as a function restriction release target, and can select the functional parts of the function restriction release target prior to receiving a release code. A mobile terminal sends registration information, which includes a MAC address acquired from a multifunction device, to a server. An authentication process of the compound device is performed in the server. After that, an additional function selection screen is displayed in the mobile terminal based on the data sent from the server. The user controls the mobile terminal to select additional functions and to send additional function selection information, and a payment process is performed for the server. The release code is sent from the server to the mobile terminal. The multifunction device releases the function restriction of the corresponded functional parts based on the release code. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216132 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for applying to a color image a pattern corresponding to a color of the color image includes a pattern determination section that determines a hatch pattern having a foreground and a background which serves as a pattern in accordance with a color of a pixel in the color image,
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20130216905 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER, ELECTRODE BODY, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER - An electrode active material layer for a lithium-ion secondary battery is formed from an electrode active material of layered crystal. The electrode active material having layered crystal is oriented in a layer direction of the electrode active material layer, and a plurality of through holes are formed from the surface of the electrode active material layer. The diameter of the through holes is preferably 10 μm to 5000 μm inclusive. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217823 | SHAPING SLURRY AND SHAPING METHOD - A shaping slurry that forms a shaped product with a granule includes: a water-based solvent; a hydrophobic granule that forms the shaped product; and an amphiphatic solid polymer that forms the shaped product, and is dissolved in the water-based solvent. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218184 | FLUID INJECTION DEVICE - A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously changes plural control parameters for determining a fluid injection condition of the fluid injection unit on the basis of a signal from the at least one adjusting device, and a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform of the fluid injection unit on the basis of the control parameters set by the one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218331 | ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, ROBOT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot control device of a vertical articulated robot having seven axes and an offset structure includes: a storage unit which stores a condition of a status of the vertical articulated robot including a position of an elbow in the vertical articulated robot and control information for controlling the vertical articulated robot such that the condition is satisfied to match each other; an input unit to which the condition of the status of the vertical articulated robot including the position of the elbow is input; and a robot control unit which controls the vertical articulated robot such that the input condition is satisfied on the basis of the control information stored in the storage unit to match the same condition as the condition input to the input unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218338 | POSITION CONTROL METHOD AND ROBOT - A position control method for controlling a position of a movable portion, includes: performing control of allowing the movable portion to approach a predetermined position by moving the movable portion; and performing control of moving the movable portion to the predetermined position by moving the movable portion and detecting a relative position of the movable portion with respect to the predetermined position by using an imaging unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130220531 | METHOD FOR RECORDING GLOSSY IMAGE - A recording method includes a method for recording a glossy image on a recording medium of which a recording surface includes a recording portion having the glossy image recorded and a non-recording portion having the glossy image non-recorded. The method includes the steps of attaching a resin-containing masking composition to the non-recording portion; attaching an adhesive composition to the recording portion by an ink jet method; bringing the recording medium into contact with a glossy film-formed sheet such that the recording surface of the recording medium faces the glossy film-formed surface of the sheet, heating the adhesive composition; and peeling off the recording medium and the sheet. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221134 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes head main bodies having nozzle rows in which nozzle openings configured to eject liquid are arranged; and a fixing member in which rows of the head main bodies arranged in a first direction as an arrangement direction of the nozzle openings are lined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the head main bodies are relatively positioned and fixed, the head main bodies are provided with a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole to which positioning pins are inserted, and intervals between the first positioning holes of each head main body is shorter than lengths of the nozzle rows of the head main bodies. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221334 | THIADIAZOLE, COMPOUND FOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The thiadiazole represented by formula (1), when used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting element, allows the light-emitting element to emit near-infrared light. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221597 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a lower tray configured to store a recording medium, an upper tray which is provided above the lower tray and configured to store a recording medium, and a feeding roller capable of contacting each of the recording medium stored in the lower tray and the recording medium stored in the upper tray from above. The lower tray and the upper tray are attached to and detached from an apparatus body including a recording unit and the feeding roller, independently from each other. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221600 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a lower tray which is detachably mounted to an apparatus body, an upper tray provided above the lower tray, which is detachably mounted to the apparatus body, and a feeding roller capable of contacting each of a recording medium stored in the lower tray and the recording medium stored in the upper tray from above. The feeding roller is supported at an intermediate position, which is lower than a position of the feeding roller reached when the feeding roller contacts a bottom surface of the upper tray and higher than a position of the feeding roller reached when the feeding roller contacts a recording medium set as a top sheet in a state in which a maximum number of recording media are stored in the lower tray, in an unmounted state of the upper tray and the lower tray. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221608 | RECORDING MEDIUM FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium feeding device includes a lower stage side tray which stores a recording medium, an upper stage side tray which is provided above the lower stage side tray and stores the recording medium, a first separation inclined surface which is opposite to a tip of the recording medium which is stored in the lower stage side tray and the upper stage side tray and extends along a feed path of the recording medium, and a second separation inclined surface in which a trailing end in the feed path is positioned below a bottom surface of the upper stage side tray, and thus, which is opposite to the tip of the recording medium which is stored in the lower stage side tray and is not opposite to the tip of the recording medium which is stored in the upper stage side tray. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221801 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A piezoelectric device includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip and a piezoelectric resonator element, a part of the piezoelectric resonator element being disposed so as to overlap with a part of the IC chip when viewed in plan. The IC chip includes: an inner pad disposed on an active face and in an area where is overlapped, with the piezoelectric resonator when viewed in plan; an insulating layer formed on the active face; a relocation pad disposed on the insulating layer and in an area other than a part where is overlapped with the piezoelectric resonator element, the relocation pad being coupled to an end part of a first wire; and a second wire electrically coupling the inner pad and the relocation pad, the second wire having a relocation wire and a connector that penetrates the insulating layer, the relocation wire being disposed between the insulating layer and the active face. | 08-29-2013 |
20130221960 | MAGNETIC SENSOR FOR MEASURING A MAGNETIC FIELD USING OPTICAL PUMPING METHOD - A magnetic sensor is provided that measures a magnetic field. The sensor includes a first gas, a probe light source which causes first circular polarized light to be incident on the first gas, a second gas arranged on an optical path of a second circular polarized light, an AC magnetic field generator which generates an AC magnetic field and generates magnetic resonance, a bias magnetic field generator which generates bias magnetic fields with different intensities for the first gas and the second gas and differentiates the optical transmittance of the first circular polarized light in the first gas from the optical transmittance of the second circular polarized light in the second gas, and a detector which detects a light amount of the first circular polarized light and a third circular polarized light. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222211 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP METHOD - In one embodiment, an image display device comprises a first USB port, a writing unit, and a display unit. The writing unit writes a wireless setup information of the image display device to a predetermined USB memory if the predetermined USB memory is attached to the first USB port. The display unit displays a predetermined message if the writing unit finishes writing the wireless setup information to the predetermined USB memory. The display unit displays an image data sent from an image supply device using the wireless setup information read by the image display device from the predetermined USB memory, if the predetermined USB memory is attached to a second USB port of the image supply device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222214 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting device, which is a main body, is arranged to be located closer to the nose NS side than the eye EY of a wearer during wearing of a virtual image display device. Therefore, the light emitting device is prevented from excessively projecting to the side of the face of the wearer. The light emitting device is arranged between the eye EY of the wearer and the virtual-image forming member. Therefore, the light emitting device is prevented from excessively projecting further to the front side than the virtual image forming member, i.e., the front side of the face of the wearer. Further, a combined-light forming unit is a unit small in size and light in weight. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the center of gravity of the entire virtual image forming member from deviating to the side and the front side. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222215 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head mounted display includes an external world information acquisition unit that acquires external world information, a visual effect unit that generates an effect image for visual effect in response to the acquired external world information, and an image display unit that superimposes and displays an outside view on the generated effect image. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222409 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method includes sending image related working status information representing image-related working status of a projector that projects images, to a client over a network in response to a request to provide the image-related working status of the projector. The image-related working status is related to display characteristic of the projected image. The method includes controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information. The image-related working status information is sent to the client with screen information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222445 | LIQUID CONSUMPTION DEVICE AND METHOD - A liquid consumption device includes a liquid container, a prism, a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit and a control unit. The prism is provided to the liquid container, and configured to receive light that is made incident from outside and to emit the incident light toward the outside according to a liquid residual state inside the liquid container. The control unit is configured to determine a threshold value of the liquid container for determining a light radiation volume by the light emitting part and/or the liquid residual state, based on a light volume of reflected light reflected by an outer surface of the prism and received by the light receiving unit upon radiation of the light by the light emitting unit. The control unit is configured to determine the liquid residual state based on a light volume of the light received by the light receiving unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222449 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, PRINT METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - Banding has been prone to take place as regards black ink. Nozzle columns for color inks are arranged side by side in a direction in which a medium is conveyed, and are allocated to each color, and an amount of the medium equivalent to the length of the nozzle columns of each of the colors among the nozzle columns for the color inks is fed, to print on a forward path and return path from the nozzle columns for the color inks. As such, by repeatedly printing 100% of the total number of dots on every single scan for the color inks, the corresponding print region is covered. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222458 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MEDIUM EDGE POSITION IN LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - To provide a liquid ejecting apparatus and a method for detecting a medium edge position in a liquid ejecting apparatus, whereby the position of an edge of a medium can be detected while also avoiding an event where a protrusion present in a region targeted for detection by an optical sensor is erroneously detected as being the medium, a carriage is moved so as to traverse a sheet of paper in the width direction, and a determination is made as to whether or not an output voltage of a sheet width sensor provided to the carriage has crossed over a first threshold value. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222468 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED ARTICLE - A liquid composition including: a radical polymerization inhibitor; a solvent; and a surfactant, wherein the content of the radical polymerization inhibitor is 0.1 to 50% by weight. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222472 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A printer includes a recording head having a nozzle forming surface formed with nozzles adapted to eject liquid; a wiper having an outer surface of a cylindrical surface shape capable of absorbing the ink attached to the nozzle forming surface; a motor that is driven, when moving the wiper in a direction in which the outer surface reaches the nozzle forming surface and in a direction in which the outer surface is separated from the nozzle forming surface, and is also driven when rotating the wiper; and a contact member coming into contact with the outer surface of the wiper rotated along with driving of the motor. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222473 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head that has a nozzle for ejecting liquid onto a medium, a carriage that holds the ejecting head and can be moved in a predetermined direction, a maintenance member that can be moved up and down with respect to a nozzle formation surface where the nozzle is formed in the ejecting head, and performs maintenance on the nozzle formation surface, a lock member that can be moved up and down with respect to the carriage and fixes a position of the carriage, and a movement member that moves the lock member and the maintenance member such that a lifting amount of the lock member is different from a lifting amount of the maintenance member. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222477 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus including: first cleaning which performs non-recording ejection of ink for ink jet recording to an ink receiving medium and cleans a nozzle and a nozzle surface of a print head; second cleaning which moves the print head to the ink receiving medium, performs non-recording ejection of the ink for ink jet recording from the print head to the ink receiving medium under a condition that the amount of the ink for ink jet recording is smaller than an amount of the ink ejected in the non-recording ejection by the first cleaning and an execution frequency is higher than that in the first cleaning, and cleans the nozzle of the print head; and a wiping mechanism which wipes the nozzle surface by using a wiping member. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222480 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording method includes a first process in which a coloring ink is recorded on a recording medium using an ink jet head so as to form a first image, a second process in which a background ink is recorded using the ink jet head so as to form a background image that covers the first image, and a third process in which a coloring ink is recorded using the ink jet head so as to form a second image, and a drying process is included between the first process and the third process. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222483 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head including a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode, the method including: forming a first piezoelectric precursor film containing Bi and Fe, or Ba and Ti; forming a first piezoelectric layer by heating and crystallizing the first piezoelectric precursor film; forming a second piezoelectric precursor film further containing at least one selected from Li, B, and Cu on the first piezoelectric layer, in addition to Bi and Fe, or Ba and Ti contained in the first piezoelectric precursor film; and forming the piezoelectric layer by heating and crystallizing the first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric precursor film. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222487 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle; a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle; a pressure chamber substrate having pressure chambers defined by partition walls; a pressure generator generating pressure change in liquid inside the pressure chamber; and a bottom joined to the pressure chamber substrate by adhesive; and an organic solvent-based ink ejected from the nozzle by driving a piezoelectric element and generating the pressure change in the pressure chamber, and when a width of the pressure chamber in an arrangement direction of the pressure chambers is W and a width of the adhesive in the arrangement direction of the pressure chambers in a state where the adhesive has flowed out from between a lower end portion of the partition wall and the bottom to the pressure chamber side and is then solidified is L, the following expression is satisfied, 0.05≦L/W≦0.3. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222492 | AGITATION KIT AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An agitation kit includes an information-written medium and a liquid container. The liquid container contains a dispersion medium and settleable particles. The information-written medium includes information on a manner of agitating the particles in the dispersion medium. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222495 | PRINTER - A printer reduces the amount of ink wastefully consumed by purging bubbles from the ink supply path. The printer has a bubble collection unit | 08-29-2013 |
20130222497 | PHOTO-CURABLE INK JET INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - A photo-curable ink jet ink set includes an undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a vinyl ether group expressed by general formula (I), and an overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink. The undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink has a higher surface tension than the overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222503 | INK SET AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink set includes an ink composition for background containing a pigment for background and a coloring ink composition containing a coloring pigment. Provided that the surface tension of the ink composition for background is S1 (mN/m), and the surface tension of the coloring ink composition is S2 (mN/m), S1 and S2 satisfy −5<(S1−S2)<4. the ink set is used in a first mode in which the ink composition for background and the coloring ink composition are recorded on a recording medium by being caused to be adjacent to each other, or in a second mode in which the ink composition for background is recorded on an image which has been recorded using the coloring ink composition. A recording apparatus includes this ink set. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222504 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A printer includes a configuration, in which a paper is delivered between a recording head which is positioned upwards from a tray and a support member, and the recording is performed, and then the paper is discharged towards a discharged-paper receiving tray. The discharged-paper receiving tray is configured such that a relief section is formed to avoid an arrangement region of an oscillation member configuring a feeding unit upstream thereof, and the oscillation member is able to oscillate inside the relief section. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222773 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - In one embodiment, a light source device comprises a container with a duct unit disposed above an arc tube and extends along the center axis of light reflected by a reflection surface such that cooling air can flow in a direction opposite to the traveling direction of light reflected by the reflection surface. The duct unit includes a first opening disposed at a position shifted toward the traveling direction side from an opening end of the first reflection mirror, a wall portion which forms the edge of the first opening on the side opposite to the traveling direction side as a final end of the duct unit, and an inclined portion disposed in the vicinity of the edge of the first opening on the traveling direction side to bend the flowing direction of the cooling air toward an upper surface opposite to the surface having the first opening. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222846 | Controller and Control Method - A controller for use in a printing apparatus ejecting a metallic ink is configured to, on a user interface screen, display a reception portion that receives an item desired by a user with respect to a metallic texture, and a display portion that displays a printing-medium type suitable for the item. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222896 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An intermediate image is formed inside a prism by a projection lens and the like. Image light, totally reflected, in the order of a third surface, a first surface and a second surface, on two or more surfaces thereof, reaches an eye of an observer after passing through the first surface. Thus, it is possible to decrease the thickness of the prism and to reduce the size and weight of the entire optical system. Further, it is possible to realize a bright high-performance display with a wide viewing angle. With respect to external light, it is possible to pass the external light through the first surface and the third surface, for example, for observation. Further, by setting diopter at this time to about 0, it is possible to reduce defocusing or warp of the external light when the external light is observed in a see-through manner. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222919 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An intermediate image is formed inside a first prism, and an image light, which is reflected on the order of a third surface, a first surface and a second surface, is transmitted through the first surface and reaches the eyes of the observer, therefore it is possible to make the entire optical system small and light in weight by making the first prism thin, and realize a high performance display device with a wide angle of view. Further, when an external light is passed through, for example, the first surface and the third surface and observed, a diopter scale is set to approximately zero, and thereby reducing the defocus or distortion of the external light when observed in a see-through manner. And, it is possible such that the shape of the first prism conforms to the face of the observer, the center is also close to the face. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223037 | BASE MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A base member includes a mounting area where an electronic component can be mounted and a ring-shaped sealing surface surrounding the area as the area is viewed in a plan view. A sealing member is fixed on the sealing surface. A through-hole portion which is a recess partitioned by a wall surface of the sealing member and which connects the mounting area and an outer peripheral side of the sealing surface as viewed in a plan view is provided on the sealing surface. A manufacturing method for an electronic device using this base member is also provided. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223184 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ELEMENT CHIP, PROBE HEAD, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer element chip includes a substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, a wiring part and an additional wiring part. The substrate defines a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings. The wiring part is connected to the ultrasonic transducer elements. The additional wiring part is disposed in a peripheral region between an outline of the array pattern of the openings and an outer edge of the substrate in a plan view as viewed along a thickness direction of the substrate. The additional wiring part is electrically insulated from the wiring part. The additional wiring part is longer than a shortest distance between the outline of the array pattern and the outer edge of the substrate in the plan view. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223191 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ELEMENT CHIP, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer element chip includes a substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements and a plate-shaped member. The substrate includes a partition wall section defining a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. A wall thickness of the partition wall section is smaller than a wall height of partition wall section. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings. The plate-shaped member is fixed on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface of the substrate on which the ultrasonic transducer elements are provided. The plate-shaped member covers at least one of the openings in a plan view seen along a thickness direction of the substrate. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223192 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICE, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer device includes a substrate, a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, a wiring substrate and a wiring member. The substrate defines a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. Each of the ultrasonic transducer elements is provided in each of the openings on a first surface of the substrate. The wiring substrate is arranged to face a second surface of the substrate that is opposite from the first surface. The wiring substrate includes a first wiring part. The wiring member is connected to the substrate and the wiring substrate. The wiring member includes a second wiring part electrically connecting the ultrasonic transducer elements to the first wiring part. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223193 | HEAD UNIT, ULTRASONIC PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - A head unit for an ultrasonic probe includes a connecting section, an element chip and a supporting member. The connecting section is configured to electrically connect the head unit to a probe main body of the ultrasonic probe. The element chip is configured to be electrically connected to the probe main body through the connecting section. The element chip includes a substrate and an ultrasonic element array. The substrate defines a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern. The ultrasonic element array includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements, with each of the ultrasonic transducer elements being provided in each of the openings of the substrate. The supporting member supports the element chip. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224447 | TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD - A textile printing method includes coating a printing surface of a fabric with a pretreatment liquid; ejecting an adhesive liquid onto the printing surface to form an adhesive layer, after the coating of the printing surface; and transferring metallic foil onto the adhesive layer by bringing a sheet, on which the metallic foil is formed, into contact with the adhesive layer. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224451 | INKJET RECORDING INK COMPOSITION AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink jet recording ink composition includes an inorganic pigment (A) having an average particle diameter (D | 08-29-2013 |
20130225993 | HEAD UNIT, ULTRASONIC PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - A head unit for an ultrasonic probe includes a connecting section, an element chip and a storing section. The connecting section is configured to electrically connect the head unit to a probe main body of the ultrasonic probe. The element chip includes an ultrasonic element array having a substrate defining a plurality of openings arranged in an array pattern and a plurality of ultrasonic transducer elements with each of the ultrasonic transducer elements being provided in each of the openings. The element chip is configured to be electrically connected to a processing device of the probe main body through the connecting section. The storing section is configured to store operation setting information of the processing device to be output to the processing device through the connecting section. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226005 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE, PROBE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, AND PROCESSING DEVICE - An ultrasonic device includes an ultrasonic element group, a first to an Nth driving electrode lines, first and second terminals. The ultrasonic element group includes a plurality of ultrasonic elements forming “N” columns arranged along a second direction intersecting with a first direction with each of the “N” columns including a plurality of the ultrasonic elements arranged along the first direction, “N” being a natural number that is equal to or more than 2. The first to the Nth driving electrode lines are arranged along the first direction. An ith driving electrode line is connected to the ultrasonic elements constituting an ith column among the “N” columns, with “i” being a natural number equal to or less than “N”. The first terminal is connected to one end of the ith driving electrode line, and the second terminal is connected to the other end of the ith driving electrode line. | 08-29-2013 |
20130278497 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An attitude information detection unit detects the attitude of a wearer, and an arithmetic processing unit and a device position drive unit, which form an image area position adjustment mechanism, translate a liquid crystal display device that is a light modulating device relative to a light guide section in a plane parallel to a light incident surface of the light guide section based on a detection result from the attitude information detection unit, whereby the position of an image area can be so changed that an image moves in the direction opposite the direction in which the wearer moves. As a result, when the wearer moves, the image does not follow the motion of the wearer as if the image remained still, whereby the wearer who moves will have a reduced amount of unpleasant sensation resulting from the motion. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286128 | PRINTER CONTROL METHOD AND PRINTER - A printer has a fluid ejection head, an opening/closing mechanism that is disposed opposite the inkjet head, and suction holes arrayed in the conveyance direction of the recording paper, and opens and closes the suction holes. A printer control method has steps of detecting the position of the leading end of the recording paper before starting conveyance of the recording paper; reading the next recording paper conveyance speed Vpf; calculating a delay time Td | 10-31-2013 |
20130291638 | VIBRATING ELEMENT, GYRO SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT - First vibrating arms extend along a first direction from a base portion. Second vibrating arms extend along a second direction from the base portion. First suspension arms extend from a fixed portion and are connected to first connecting parts of the base portion. Second suspension arms extend from the fixed portion and are connected to second connecting parts of the base portion. | 11-07-2013 |
20130292569 | SENSOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensor device includes a plurality of row lines WL, a plurality of column lines DL, a plurality of reset lines RL, a plurality of pixel circuits that connect to each one of the plurality of row lines, the plurality of column lines and the plurality of reset lines, and an amplifier circuit. The plurality of pixel circuits respectively includes a pyroelectric element, a reset switch that is driven by the plurality of reset lines and discharges an electric charge of the pyroelectric element, and a pixel selection switch that is driven by the plurality of row lines and outputs a signal, which is based on a change of the electric charge of the pyroelectric element by a discharge, to one of the column lines. The signal based on the change of the electric charge of the pyroelectric element by the discharge is amplified in the amplifier circuit. | 11-07-2013 |
20130293639 | RECORDING APPARATUS - To provide a recording apparatus that is capable of favorably performing the removal of a recording medium. | 11-07-2013 |
20130305824 | VIBRATING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, GYRO SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECT - A vibrating element includes a vibrating arm for detection. An electrode is provided on the vibrating arm for detection. A wiring line is connected to the electrode. The wiring line is arranged on a piezoelectric body of a base portion. At least a part of the wiring line is an electrode for adjustment. The electrode for adjustment generates an electrical signal with an opposite phase to an output signal of leak vibration of the vibrating arm for detection. | 11-21-2013 |
20130306367 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BASE SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device has a package and a piezoelectric element accommodated in an accommodating space formed inside the package. The package has a frame-like metallization layer bonding a base substrate and a lid together and electrodes formed on and in the base substrate and electrically connected with the piezoelectric element. The metallization layer is insulated from the electrodes. | 11-21-2013 |
20130328965 | Liquid Discharging Apparatus and Method of Discharging Liquid - A liquid discharging apparatus, which discharges liquid from a nozzle of a liquid discharging head on the basis of data, includes a controller and a member. When the controller is in a standby state where the liquid is not discharged from the nozzle on the basis of the data or after the controller has received a power OFF instruction, the controller performs a drawing operation in which the liquid is drawn to a side opposite to a discharge direction in which the liquid is discharged so as to at least form a space at a distal end portion of the nozzle. After the controller has performed the drawing operation, the member covers an opening of the nozzle. | 12-12-2013 |
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20140069190 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A physical quantity sensor includes: a substrate; a first movable body that is provided on the substrate and includes first movable electrode sections; first fixed electrode sections disposed on the substrate so as to face the first movable electrode sections; a second movable body that is provided on the substrate and includes second movable electrode sections; and second fixed electrode sections disposed on the substrate so as to face the second movable electrode sections. A post section protruding from the principal surface of the substrate is provided in a portion of the substrate located between the first and second movable bodies in plan view. | 03-13-2014 |
20140070892 | CONSTANT-TEMPERATURE PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A constant-temperature piezoelectric oscillator includes: a piezoelectric vibrator; an oscillation circuit; a frequency voltage control circuit; a temperature control section; and an arithmetic circuit, wherein the temperature control section includes a temperature-sensitive element, a heating element, and a temperature control circuit, the frequency voltage control circuit includes a voltage-controlled capacitance circuit capable of varying the capacitance value in accordance with the voltage, and a compensation voltage generation circuit, and the arithmetic circuit makes the compensation voltage generation circuit generate a voltage for compensating a frequency deviation due to a temperature difference between zero temperature coefficient temperature Tp of the piezoelectric vibrator and setting temperature Tov of the temperature control section based on a frequency-temperature characteristic compensation amount approximate formula adapted to compensate the frequency deviation, and then applies the voltage to the voltage-controlled capacitance circuit to compensate the frequency. | 03-13-2014 |