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| 20110249049 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus is provided that can perform printing without degrading printing quality. In the present invention, correction for a head-to-sheet distance change is performed for both forward printing and backward printing during a multi-path printing operation. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110316906 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RESTORE UNIT - An inkjet printing apparatus is provided that is capable of suppressing an increase in discarded ink by a restore operation of a restore unit. The apparatus is an inkjet printing apparatus that prints an image using a print head having a plurality of ejecting ports for ejecting ink and includes a restore unit that restores the ink ejection function of the print head, and a control unit that controls the restore unit so as to perform a restore operation depending on a parameter involving a growth rate of air bubbles existing inside the print head that is filled with ink. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120154476 | SUCTION-BASED RECOVERY CONTROL METHOD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - The amount of ink wastage is reduced, even in a case wherein a predetermined amount of air bubbles has grown in a print head at a specific internal temperature and the growth has been settled, and thereafter the temperature in the print head is increased. A suction-based recovery control method, for an ink jet printing apparatus that includes a print head, a temperature detection unit, and a suction-based recovery unit, comprising: a temperature detection step; a temperature judgment step for judging whether the internal temperature of the print head is higher than a reference temperature that is determined based on internal temperatures of the print head that were previously employed; and a suction-based recovery step for permitting the suction-based recovery unit when it is determined at the temperature judgment step that the internal temperature of the print head is higher by the predetermined number of degrees or greater. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130135380 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus including a plurality of print heads and a method for controlling the ink jet printing apparatus are provided which allows ink ejection to be immediately started. If temperatures of both a first print head and a second print head have become equal to or higher a reference temperature at least once, a printing operation or a preliminary ejection operation using the first print head and the second print head is started even when one of the temperature of the first print head and the temperature of the second print head is lower than the reference temperature. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140292886 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - In an ink jet printing apparatus and control method using a plurality of parts of a printing unit, ink ejection can be immediately started. First and second heating units heat first and second parts of the printing unit. Each of the first and second heating units performs heating when the temperature of each of the first and second parts of the printing unit is lower than a reference temperature, and stops heating when the temperature of each of the first and second parts of the printing unit is at least equal to the reference temperature. A control unit controls ejecting of ink from the printing unit such that the printing unit starts ejecting ink according to both first and second information, the first and second information indicating that the temperature of the first and second parts of the printing unit once reached the reference temperature under certain circumstances. | 10-02-2014 |
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| 20090310919 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR STOP RING, OPTICAL FIBER CORD WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER CORD WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR - To provide an optical fiber cord with an optical connector of higher flexibility resistance, and the method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. An optical fiber cord with an optical connector, wherein said fiber cord, wherein said the optical connector comprising a stop ring having a through hole formed therein, though which said optical fiber is disposed; a crimping ring being disposed around said optical fiber to crimp said stop ring and said optical fiber cord; a ferrule being disposed at the tip end part of said optical fiber in said optical fiber cord; a spring being disposed around said optical fiber and between said ferrule and said stop ring; a plug frame being engaged with said stop ring; a grip being engaged with said plug frame; wherein said through hole of said stop ring having a stepwisely narrowing part in which a hole diameter is gradually reduced from said crimping part side to said ferrule side. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20120033918 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTER WITH SHUTTER - An optical connector adapter allowing a stopper member to be arranged at ends of an insertion hole while being overlaid on a shutter member is provided. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120057830 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR PLUG - Disclosed is an optical connector plug that can be securely attached to or detached from a shutter member without damage, regardless of a state of a coupling claw of an optical connector adaptor or existence or non-existence of the coupling claw. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057831 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR PLUG - An optical connector plug incorporates a coil spring to bias a shutter holding member to the front side of an axial direction with respect to a plug frame and minimizes the entire length. The plug has a housing that includes a grip member and a shutter holding member that move relatively in the axial direction and the plug frame has an extension state in which the grip member moves to the rear side of the axial direction of the shutter holding member and a reduction state in which the grip member moves to the front side of the axial direction of the shutter holding member. A biasing member that biases the shutter holding member to the front side of the axial direction with respect to the plug frame and a biasing member receiving member that is connected to the plug frame are provided. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120195555 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTER WITH SHUTTER - An optical connector adapter with shutter having a fewer number of parts and a shutter member that can easily be produced is provided. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20140140661 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTER WITH SHUTTER - A shutter member of the optical communication adapter includes a base plate, both side plates, a connecting plate, and an elastically deformable shutter plate having a predetermined curvature radius. In the adapter, the base plate of the shutter member is fitted into a bottom recess formed on an external surface of a bottom wall and the both side plates of the shutter member are fitted into both side recesses formed on the external surface of both sidewalls. The shutter plate of the shutter member is positioned at both open ends of an insertion hole to shield the insertion hole while being curved to form a convex shape toward a center portion of the insertion hole and, when a connector is inserted into the insertion hole, falls toward the center portion of the insertion hole by being pressed by the connector. | 05-22-2014 |
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| 20090249058 | SYSTEM AIDING FOR DESIGN - A system aiding for design includes a determining unit determining whether it is possible to first product data with second product data by comparing interface data of the first product data with interface data of the second product data and a replacing unit replacing the first product data contained in design data with the second product data when the determining unit determines that replacement is possible. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090287317 | Display control apparatus and method and display control program - According to an aspect of the embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a storage unit storing a plurality of connection information each of which is associated at least with one property information, an extraction unit extracting connection information from the plurality of connection information, the extracted connection information including property information which partially correspond with each other, and a display unit performing display control to distinguish the extracted connection information extracted by the extraction unit from the other connection information. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100262270 | DESIGN DATA MERGING APPARATUS AND DESIGN DATA MERGING METHOD - A design data merging apparatus includes a merging determining unit that determines, for a plurality of design data of which each has product name information and has a same identifier for uniquely identifying a product, whether the product name information given to the plurality of design data are the same, and a merged data creating unit that merges the plurality of design data when it is determined by the merging determining unit that the product name information given to the plurality of design data are the same, and creates merged data obtained by merging a plurality of design data. | 10-14-2010 |
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| 20100222095 | INPUT DEVICE FOR INPUTTING PASSWORD OR THE LIKE AND PORTABLE TELEPHONE DEVICE HAVING THE INPUT DEVICE - An input device capable of avoiding simple input of the correct password and a portable telephone device are provided. A contact sensor ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120289200 | INPUT DEVICE FOR INPUTTING PASSWORD OR THE LIKE AND MOBILE TELEPHONE HAVING THE INPUT DEVICE - A contact sensor capable of inputting a character by tracing a character with user's finger is arranged in a region of a ten-key unit of a mobile telephone. When registering a password to release a key lock, a user traces a shape of a line, a character, a number, or other symbol on the contact sensor with his/her finger so that the shape is inputted and stored in a memory, thereby completing registration of a password. When releasing the key lock, the user traces the registered shape on the contact sensor with his/her finger so that the key lock is released. The input is easy. Even if the password input operation is observed by a third person, the password will not be easily known to the third person. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20140245434 | INPUT DEVICE FOR INPUTTING PASSWORD OR THE LIKE AND MOBILE TELEPHONE HAVING THE INPUT DEVICE - A contact sensor capable of inputting a character by tracing a character with user's finger is arranged in a region of a ten-key unit of a mobile telephone. When registering a password to release a key lock, a user traces a shape of a line, a character, a number, or other symbol on the contact sensor with his/her finger so that the shape is inputted and stored in a memory, thereby completing registration of a password. When releasing the key lock, the user traces the registered shape on the contact sensor with his/her finger so that the key lock is released. The input is easy. Even if the password input operation is observed by a third person, the password will not be easily known to the third person. | 08-28-2014 |
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| 20080298219 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, AND NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information storage medium according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a management area in which management information to manage content is recorded and a content area in which content managed on the basis of the management information is recorded. The content area includes an object area in which a plurality of objects are recorded, and a time map area in which a time map for reproducing these objects in a specified period on a timeline is recorded. The management area includes a play list area in which a play list for controlling the reproduction of a menu and a title each composed of the objects on the basis of the time map is recorded. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080317443 | INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK A PLURALITY OF STILL PICTURES - An information storage medium capable of recording and playing back still picture information is provided with a first information unit having one still picture information, and a first group unit which is composed of a set of first information units, and has a plurality of pieces of still picture information having different contents. Information is recorded in the first group unit. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090269032 | INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD - There are provided a first image information output unit which overlaps first sub-picture information having high resolution HD onto main image information having high resolution HD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format, and a second image information output unit which overlaps second sub-picture information having low resolution SD onto information into which the main image information having high resolution HD has been converted to have the low resolution SD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100014837 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - An information storage medium records contents and sets for each of the contents a resume permission flag indicating whether or not reproduction resume is permitted by a reproduction resume command or a command of a reproduction device executed based on a user operation. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100021140 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - An information reproduction method comprises setting an imaginary access unit in a video object in which a still picture is recorded; and managing reproduction by use of the imaginary access unit. | 01-28-2010 |
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| 20110316962 | BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE APPARATUS, BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION INTERFACE SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a bidirectional communication interface apparatus including, a first converting module configured to convert a mixed output of a video signal and audio signal from a source device to an optical signal, an optical cable configured to transmit the optical signal converted by the first converting module, and a second converting module configured to convert the optical signal transmitted via the optical cable to a mixed output of a video signal and audio signal and input a result of conversion to a sink device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120001740 | Power Supply Circuit - According to one embodiment, a power supply circuit includes a source, a sink, and a connection unit. A first control circuit of the source is configured to send an inquiry about the presence/absence of a power supply function to a second control circuit of the sink using a first line, to turn on a changeover switch and turn off a power reception notification switch when a response indicating the presence of the power supply function is received, and to send a power supply request to the second control circuit using the first line, and the second control circuit is configured to turn on a power supply switch and turn off a power source direction notification switch when the power supply request is received from the first control circuit, and to continue power supply during a first level period of a potential of the second line. | 01-05-2012 |
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| 20110236712 | COPPER ALLOY AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR CONNECTING PARTS, AND MATING-TYPE CONNECTING PART AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The surface roughness of a copper sheet is adjusted to have an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.5 μm or more and 4.0 μm or less in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, a mean projection-depression interval RSm of 0.01 mm or more and 0.3 mm or less in the direction, a skewness Rsk of less than 0, and a protrusion peak portion height Rpk of 1 μm or less. Further, as a surface coating layer, a Sn coating layer group X observed as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is present adjacent to each side of each of Sn coating layers constituting the Sn coating layer group X. The maximum height roughness Rz is 10 μm or less in a direction of part insertion. At the time of stamping the copper sheet, the copper sheet is surface-roughened by pressing, thereby forming depressions observed as a plurality of parallel lines in the surface of the copper sheet. The copper sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing to complete the production. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120138330 | PCB TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention forms a Sn coating layer and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having a suitably controllable planar shape in a PCB terminal. A group of Sn coating layers being as a plurality of essentially parallel lines is formed as the surface coating layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130237105 | COPPER ALLOY SHEET WITH SN COATING LAYER FOR A FITTING TYPE CONNECTION TERMINAL AND A FITTING TYPE CONNECTION TERMINAL - A copper alloy sheet with a Sn coating layer comprises a base material made of Cu—Ni—Si system copper alloy. Formed on the base material is a Ni coating layer having an average thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 μm. Formed on the Ni coating layer is a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having an average thickness of 0.4 to 1.0 μm. Formed on the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is an Sn coating layer having average thickness of 0.1 to 0.8 μm. A material surface is subject to reflow treatment and has arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.03 μm or more and less than 0.15 μm in both a direction parallel to the rolling direction and a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction. An exposure rate of the Cu—Sn alloy coating layer to the material surface is 10 to 50%. A fitting type connection terminal requiring low insertion force can be obtained at a low cost. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140041219 | COPPER ALLOY AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR CONNECTING PARTS, AND MATING-TYPE CONNECTING PART AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A copper sheet is adjusted to have arithmetic mean roughness Ra of from 0.5 μm to 4.0 μm in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in the direction, skewness of less than 0, and protrusion peak portion height of 1 μm or less. A Sn surface coating layer group X as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is adjacent to each side of each Sn coating layer. Maximum height roughness is 10 μm or less in a direction of part insertion. The sheet is surface-roughened by pressing when stamped, thereby forming depressions as a plurality of parallel lines in its surface. The sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140045392 | COPPER ALLOY AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR CONNECTING PARTS, AND MATING-TYPE CONNECTING PART AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A copper sheet is adjusted to have arithmetic mean roughness Ra of from 0.5 μm to 4.0 μm in a direction parallel to a sliding direction upon connection, mean projection-depression interval of from 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm in the direction, skewness of less than 0, and protrusion peak portion height of 1 μm or less. A Sn surface coating layer group X as a plurality of parallel lines is included, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer is adjacent to each side of each Sn coating layer. Maximum height roughness is 10 μm or less in a direction of part insertion. The sheet is surface-roughened by pressing when stamped, thereby forming depressions as a plurality of parallel lines in its surface. The sheet is then plated with Cu and Sn, followed by reflowing. | 02-13-2014 |
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| 20080257581 | TERMINAL FOR ENGAGING TYPE CONNECTOR - A terminal for an engaging type connector includes a punched Cu alloy strip as a base material, a coating formed on the Cu alloy strip by postplating processes and including a Sn layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy layer sandwiched between the base material and the Sn layer. The Sn layer is smoothed by a reflowing process. The terminal has an engaging part and a solder-bonding part, and the surface of a part of the base material corresponding to the engaging part has a surface roughness higher than that of the surface of the base material corresponding to the solder-bonding part. The engaging part has a low frictional property and the solder-bonding part has improved solder wettability. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100163277 | TERMINAL FOR ENGAGING TYPE CONNECTOR - A terminal for an engaging type connector includes a punched Cu alloy strip as a base material, a coating formed on the Cu alloy strip by postplating processes and including a Sn layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy layer sandwiched between the base material and the Sn layer. The Sn layer is smoothed by a reflowing process. The terminal has an engaging part and a solder-bonding part, and the surface of a part of the base material corresponding to the engaging part has a surface roughness higher than that of the surface of the base material corresponding to the solder-bonding part. The engaging part has a low frictional property and the solder-bonding part has improved solder wettability. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100247959 | SN-PLATED COPPER OR SN-PLATED COPPER ALLOY HAVING EXCELLENT HEAT RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In Sn-plated copper or a Sn-plated copper alloy according to the present invention, a surface plating layer including a Ni layer, a Cu—Sn alloy layer, and a Sn layer which are deposited in this order is formed on a surface of a base material made of copper or a copper alloy. An average thickness of the Ni layer is 0.1 to 1.0 μm, an average thickness of the Cu—Sn alloy layer is 0.55 to 1.0 μm, and an average thickness of the Sn layer is 0.2 to 1.0 μm. The Cu—Sn alloy layer includes Cu—Sn alloy layers having two compositions, a portion thereof in contact with the Ni layer is formed of an ε-phase having an average thickness of 0.5 to 0.95 μm, and a portion thereof in contact with the Sn layer is formed of a η-phase having an average thickness of 0.05 to 0.2 μm. | 09-30-2010 |
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| 20100009647 | Receiving Apparatus - A receiving apparatus comprising: a first mixing unit to output first and second mixed signals each having a first frequency that is a frequency difference between a received signal and a first local oscillator signal, the first and second mixed signals having phases substantially orthogonal to each other; a phase control unit to output second and third local oscillator signals each having a second frequency, the second and third local oscillator signals having a phase difference from each other corresponding to a phase difference between the first and second mixed signals; and a second mixing unit to add a signal obtained by mixing the first mixed signal and the second local oscillator signal, and a signal obtained by mixing the second mixed signal and the third local oscillator signal, to output an intermediate frequency signal having an intermediate frequency that is a difference between the first and second frequencies. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100284541 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus comprising: a frequency conversion unit configured to convert a received radio frequency signal to an intermediate frequency signal; an automatic gain control unit configured to control an amplitude level of at least either one of the radio frequency signal and the intermediate frequency signal according to a gain control signal; a demodulation unit configured to demodulate an audio signal from the intermediate frequency signal; a correction level output unit configured to output a correction level signal corresponding to a difference between a demodulation unit input level and a predetermined reference level, the demodulation unit input level being an amplitude level of the intermediate frequency signal inputted to the demodulation unit; and an addition unit configured to add the gain control signal and the correction level signal, to be outputted as a signal strength signal indicating received signal strength of the radio frequency signal. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100285768 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus comprising: a frequency-fluctuation-detection unit to detect a frequency difference between a received and desired signals; a first-undesired-level-detection unit to output as a first-undesired level an amplitude-level-difference between the signals having passed through first-and-second-band-pass filters in the received signals; one or a plurality of second-undesired-level-detection units to output amplitude levels of signals having passed through third-and-fourth-band-pass filters in the received signals as second-and-third-undesired levels, respectively, and output a sum of the second-and-third-undesired levels as a fourth-undesired level; and a determination unit to determine whether an undesired state, where an adjacent-undesired signal is present, occurs according to the fourth-undesired level if an absolute value of the frequency difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined-reference value, and select any one of the first-to-third-undesired levels to be outputted according to at least one of the frequency difference and the fourth-undesired level if determining that the undesired state occurs. | 11-11-2010 |
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| 20080267459 | Computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon training program and a training apparatus - One of a plurality of prepared given expressions is displayed on a screen. After the given expression is presented to the user, the position of a face feature point is detected from a face image of the user taken by a camera cartridge. Based on the detected position of the face feature point, the user's expression in the face image is expressed in accordance with the evaluation criteria corresponding to the given expression, and an image representing the evaluation result is displayed on the screen. Thus, the user can effectively train the mimetic muscles. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100182228 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a computer. The computer subsequently images a user, makes an evaluation of first image data indicating an image obtained by subsequently imaging, and displays the evaluation result on an LCD by subsequently updating the same. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110061059 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an information processing apparatus stores, save data shared among first-third applications is stored in a memory for saved data by bringing it into correspondence with the first-third applications as first-third data. A computer integrates the first-third data stored in the memory for saved data within a main memory when the first application is activated, for example, and updates the integration data in accordance with execution of the first application and overwrites the first data and second data stored in the memory for saved data with the updated integration data in response to an automatic saving instruction or a saving instruction by a user at the same time. | 03-10-2011 |
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| 20080288831 | Method of Recording/Reproducing Digital Data and Apparatus for Same - A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recording/reproducing method increases correction capability against several bytes to several tens bytes of errors generated at random without changing burst error correction length by performing this processing for respective PI codes by using interleave rules that are different as much as possible from one another. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288832 | Method of Recording/Reproducing Digital Data and Apparatus for Same - A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recording/reproducing method increases correction capability against several bytes to several tens bytes of errors generated at random without changing burst error correction length by performing this processing for respective PI codes by using interleave rules that are different as much as possible from one another. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080288833 | Method of Recording/Reproducing Digital Data and Apparatus for Same - A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recording/reproducing method increases correction capability against several bytes to several tens bytes of errors generated at random without changing burst error correction length by performing this processing for respective PI codes by using interleave rules that are different as much as possible from one another. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080294947 | Method of Recording/Reproducing Digital Data and Apparatus for Same - A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recording/reproducing method increases correction capability against several bytes to several tens bytes of errors generated at random without changing burst error correction length by performing this processing for respective PI codes by using interleave rules that are different as much as possible from one another. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20110271154 | Method of Recording/Reproducing Digital Data and Apparatus for Same - A digital data recording/reproducing method includes the steps of: interleaving data on a PI code for each PI code of a 208-row ECC block; and converting a short burst error into random errors by dispersing errors on the PI codes. Moreover, the digital data recording/reproducing method increases correction capability against several bytes to several tens bytes of errors generated at random without changing burst error correction length by performing this processing for respective PI codes by using interleave rules that are different as much as possible from one another. | 11-03-2011 |
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| 20090239063 | Method of Manufacturing Hot Dip Galvannealed Steel Sheet and Hot Dip Galvannealed Steel Sheet - A method of manufacturing a hot dip galvannealed steel sheet, including the steps of: subjecting a steel sheet to hot dip galvanizing to manufacture a hot dip galvanized steel sheet; heating the hot dip galvanized steel sheet for alloying; subjecting the hot dip galvanized steel sheet to temper rolling; bringing the temper-rolled hot dip galvanized steel sheet into contact with an acid solution containing at least one ion selected from the group consisting of Zr ions, Ti ions, and Sn ions to thereby form an acid solution film on the surface of the steel sheet; after completion of the contact, a state where the acid solution film is formed on the surface of the steel sheet is held for at least 1 second; and washing with water the hot dip galvanized steel sheet after holding, to thereby form a Zn oxide layer having a thickness of 10 nm or more on the surface of the galvanized steel sheet. The hot dip galvannealed steel sheet has an oxide layer having an average thickness of 10 nm or more on the surface of the plated steel sheet. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20120037281 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The high strength galvanized steel sheet contains C: more than 0.015% and lower than 0.100%, Si: 0.3% or lower, Mn: lower than 1.90%, P: 0.015% or more and 0.05% or lower, S: 0.03% or lower, sol.Al: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or lower, N: 0.005% or lower, Cr: lower than 0.30%, B: 0.0003% or more and 0.005% or lower, and Ti: lower than 0.014% in terms of mass %, and satisfies 2.2≦[Mneq]≦3.1 and 0.42≦8[% P]+150B*≦0.73. The steel microstructure contains ferrite and a second phase, in which the second phase area ratio is 3 to 15%, the ratio of the area ratio of martensite and retained γ to the second phase area ratio is more than 70%, and 50% or more of the area ratio of the second phase exists in the grain boundary triple point. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120118439 | HIGH-STEEL GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength galvanized steel sheet has a low YP, good stretch flangeability, and excellent corrosion resistance and contains, on a percent by mass basis, more than 0.015% to less than 0.10% of C, 0.5% or less of Si, 1.0% to 1.9% of Mn, 0.015% to 0.050% of P, 0.03% or less of S, 0.01% to 0.5% of sol. Al, 0.005% or less of N, less than 0.40% of Cr, 0.005% or less of B, less than 0.15% of Mo, 0.4% or less of V, and less than 0.020% of Ti, in which 2.2≦[Mneq]≦3.1 and [% Mn]+3.3[% Mo]≦1.9, and [% Mn]+3.3 [% Mo])/(1.3[% Cr]+8[% P]+150B*)<3.5 are satisfied. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120301709 | HOT DIP GALVANNEALED STEEL SHEET - A hot dip galvannealed steel sheet, which is a plated steel sheet, the plated sheet including an oxide layer being formed on the surface of the plated steel sheet, having an average thickness of 10 nm or more, and containing Zn and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ti and Sn. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20140102597 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The high strength galvanized steel sheet contains C: more than 0.015% and lower than 0.100%, Si: 0.3% or lower, Mn: lower than 1.90%, P: 0.015% or more and 0.05% or lower, S: 0.03% or lower, sol.Al: 0.01% or more and 0.5% or lower, N: 0.005% or lower, Cr: lower than 0.30%, B: 0.0003% or more and 0.005% or lower, and Ti: lower than 0.014% in terms of mass %, and satisfies 2.2≦[Mneq]≦3.1 and 0.42≦8[% P]+150B*≦0.73. The steel microstructure contains ferrite and a second phase, in which the second phase area ratio is 3 to 15%, the ratio of the area ratio of martensite and retained γ to the second phase area ratio is more than 70%, and 50% or more of the area ratio of the second phase exists in the grain boundary triple point. | 04-17-2014 |
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| 20110150026 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER DEVICE FOR ENGINE IGNITION - There is provided a semiconductor laser pumped solid-state laser device for engine ignition that can stably provide optical energy required for ignition across a wide temperature range. In the semiconductor laser pumped solid-state laser device for engine ignition, a plurality of semiconductor lasers | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110176566 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER DEVICE - A compact semiconductor laser pumped solid-state laser device is provided that can suppress unnecessary parasitic oscillation in a microchip and efficiently extract energy. The semiconductor laser pumped solid-state laser device comprises: a solid-state laser core | 07-21-2011 |
| 20130320277 | TRANSLUCENT POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a method for manufacturing a translucent polycrystalline material with optical properties continuously varying in the material. A slurry including single crystal grains that are acted upon by a force when placed in a magnetic field is immobilized in a gradient magnetic field with a spatially varying magnetic flux density and then sintered. For example, where a slurry including single crystal grains of YAG doped with Er and single crystal grains of YAG undoped with a rare earth material is immobilized in the gradient magnetic field, the region with a strong magnetic field becomes a laser oscillation region that is rich in Er-doped YAG, whereas the region with a weak magnetic field becomes a translucent region rich in YAG undoped with a rare earth material. A polycrystalline material having a core with laser oscillations and a guide surrounding the core are obtained at once. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140169395 | SOLID LASER APPARATUS - A solid laser apparatus which includes: two reflection elements for forming an oscillator; a plate-shaped gain medium being disposed between the two reflection elements, thereby augmenting a stimulated emission light in a thickness-wise direction; a doughnut- or deformed-doughnut-type planar waveguide being disposed so as to make an inner peripheral face thereof come in contact with an outer peripheral face of the plate-shaped gain medium; and a plurality of excited-light sources being directed in five or more directions, the excited-light sources being coupled to an outer peripheral face of the doughnut- or deformed-doughnut-type planar waveguide so as to make excited lights propagate from the outer peripheral face of the doughnut- or deformed-doughnut-type planar waveguide to the plate-shaped gain medium. | 06-19-2014 |
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| 20120029659 | SAFETY CONTROLLER AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - The present invention relates to time partitioning to enable execution of tasks in a constant cycle while guaranteeing dependence of a safety-related system. A safety controller includes a processor and a system program for controlling allocation of an execution time of the processor to tasks. The processor executes the system program to schedule tasks in accordance with scheduling information indicating, in a constant cycle, a period of one of a safety-related TP to which a safety-related task belongs and a non-safety-related TP to which a non-safety-related task belongs. In a task of a TP in the constant cycle, the processor stores the end information upon completion of processing in the task and brings the task into a ready state. In the scheduling, when the end information is stored, the processor inhibits allocation of the execution time even when the task in the TP in the constant cycle is in the ready state, and deletes the end information during a period between an end of the period of the TP in the constant cycle and a start of a period in a next cycle of the TP. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120197416 | SAFETY CONTROLLER AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - To perform control in synchronization with a control cycle of a control target while maintaining safety. A safety controller includes: a processor; a system program for controlling allocation of an execution time of the processor to tasks; a signal generation unit that generates a periodic carrier signal; a control unit that updates a control content for the control target with a control content instructed by instruction information output from the processor, every first predetermined cycle of the carrier signal, and performs PWM control for the control target; and an interrupt signal generation unit that outputs an interrupt signal to the processor every second predetermined cycle of the carried signal. The processor executes the system program to schedule the tasks in accordance with scheduling information on a safety-related time partition and a normal control time partition, switches the time partitions according to an output of the interrupt signal, and outputs the instruction information to the control unit by a normal control task or a safety-related task. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120198464 | SAFETY CONTROLLER AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - The present invention relates to time partitioning to prevent a failure of processing while suppressing execution delay of interrupt processing even when the interrupt processing is executed. A safety controller includes: a processor; a system program for controlling allocation of an execution time of the processor to a safety-related task, a non-safety-related task, and an interrupt processing task; and an interrupt handler. Upon generation of an interrupt, the processor executes the interrupt handler to reserve execution of the interrupt processing task as an execution reserved task, and executes the system program to schedule the tasks in accordance with scheduling information on a safety-related TP to which the safety-related task belongs, a non-safety-related TP to which the non-safety-related task belongs, and a reservation execution TP to which the execution reserved task belongs. When execution of a task in a previous TP is finished before the period of the previous TP prior to the execution reservation TP has expired, the execution time in the previous TP is allocated to the execution reserved task. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120245709 | SAFETY CONTROLLER AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - Time partitions which need not be executed can be skipped. An OS partially includes a partition scheduler which selects and decides a time partition to be subsequently scheduled in accordance with a scheduling pattern including TP | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120291036 | SAFETY CONTROLLER AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - Upon occurrence of an abnormality, a safety control can be executed more rapidly. An OS partially includes a partition scheduler that selects and decides a time partition to be subsequently scheduled according to a scheduling pattern including TP | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130310976 | SAFETY CONTROL DEVICE AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - Suppression of power consumption is made possible by a microcontroller. An OS includes, in part, a partition scheduler that selects and determines a time partition to be scheduled next according to a scheduling pattern including the time partition for assigning execution time to a task. A processor periodically operates the partition scheduler by executing the OS. The partition scheduler reduces an operating frequency of a microcontroller according to a proportion occupied by the execution time required by a task for execution in the time partition. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140067178 | TWO-WHEELED INVERTED PENDULUM VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A two-wheeled inverted pendulum vehicle includes: single-winding first and second motors respectively rotating one of two wheels; first and second control systems respectively supplying drive currents to the first and second motors; a sensor detecting a physical quantity that varies with a turn of the vehicle; a dynamic brake unit being able to switch between active and inactive states of dynamic brake being applied to the first motor; and a control unit, when the control unit has determined that the vehicle is turning about the second motor side on the basis of the physical quantity while supply of drive current from the first control system to the first motor is inhibited, activating dynamic brake in the dynamic brake unit. The first control system, when an abnormality has been detected in the first control system, inhibits supply of drive current from the first control system to the first motor. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140313017 | SAFETY CONTROLLER AND SAFETY CONTROL METHOD - A safety controller includes a first interrupt signal output unit outputting a first interrupt signal in a cycle synchronous with that of a first carrier signal defining a control cycle of a control target; a second interrupt signal output unit outputting a second interrupt signal in a cycle synchronous with that of a second carrier signal defining a control cycle of the control target, the first and second carrier signals having the same cycle and a predetermined phase difference; and a control unit executing tasks and controlling the control target by switching and scheduling time partitions according to outputs of the first and second interrupt signals from the first and second interrupt signal output units. The control unit stops controlling the control target upon detecting, as an abnormality related to the first and second interrupt signals, that the first and second interrupt signals are not output in a predetermined order. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313622 | SAFETY CONTROL APPARATUS, SAFETY CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A safety control apparatus includes: control means that controls a control object; control monitoring means that monitors the control means, and upon determination that the control means is abnormal, outputs an abnormal signal; delay means that generates a delay signal and outputs the delay signal, the delay signal being obtained by delaying the abnormal signal output from the control monitoring means for a predetermined period of time; and stop means that stops the control object according to the delay signal output from the delay means. The control monitoring means may output the abnormal signal of pulse form to the delay means upon determination that the control means is abnormal, and the delay means may output the delay signal with pulse interval wider than that of the abnormal signal. | 10-23-2014 |
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| 20090176306 | METHOD OF INDUCING DIFFERENTIATION FROM VISCERAL PREADIPOCYTE TO VISCERAL ADIPOCYTE - The invention provides a method of inducing differentiation of a visceral preadipocyte and a method of culturing a visceral adipocyte comprising culturing the cell in a medium containing serum free of heparin-adsorbable components. The invention also provides for the removal of heparin-adsorbable components by, for example, applying serum to a heparin affinity column thereby adsorbing the heparin-adsorbable component to heparin. A visceral adipocyte cultured by the method of the present invention is useful in a study of differentiation, growth and metabolism of an adipocyte, elucidation of the mechanism of development and progress of diseases such as diabetes, hyperlipemia, hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and development of a drug for preventing and treating such a disease. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090233326 | METHOD FOR INDUCTION OF THE DIFFERENTIATION OF VISCERAL FAT CELL - A culture medium is disclosed for inducing the differentiation of visceral preadipocytes into mature visceral adipocytes; the culture medium contains 0.85 to 100 ng/mL insulin and 50 to 250 ng/mL IGF-1. Also disclosed is a method for using the culture medium to induce the differentiation of visceral preadipocytes into mature visceral adipocytes. Use of the differentiation induction system of the present invention enables a substantial induction of adipocyte differentiation without the addition of synthetic differentiation inducers or high insulin concentrations. The mature adipocytes obtained by the differentiation induction system of the present invention are useful for research into the biochemistry and physiology of adipocytes, for screening drugs effective for the treatment of lifestyle-related diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, and for developing diagnostic reagents. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20120015399 | FLUORESCENT SOLVATOCHROMIC PIGMENT - The present invention presents a novel fluorescent solvatochromic dye that (1) has an ionic terminal that makes it easier to use in a hydrophilic surface or in polar solvents, (2) can be efficiently excited by commonly used Argon lasers (488 nm), (3) shifts the wavelength of emitted light according to the change of polarity, and (4) can effectively stain living tissues such as cells and the like. | 01-19-2012 |
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| 20100278485 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COUPLING ELEMENT, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SUBSTRATE, OPTICAL COUPLING COMPONENT, COUPLING METHOD, AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEM - An optical coupling structure that interfaces between optical devices mounted on a substrate and optical waveguides formed in the substrate. A manufacturing method includes preparing a wafer formed on an inorganic solid material on a dicing tape and cutting the back surface of the wafer to form substantially angled portions using a dicing blade having a point angle. The dicing tape is stripped from the wafer and the wafer is separated at the valleys between the substantially angled portions to obtain an optical coupling element. The obtained optical coupling element is a three-dimensional polyhedral light-reflecting member having a mirror surface corresponding to a surface of the wafer. The obtained optical coupling element is inserted into a trench that opens, substantially perpendicular to an optical waveguide of an optical transmission substrate, in the main surface of the optical transmission substrate to provide a structure for optical coupling with the outside. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20120267338 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COUPLING ELEMENT, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SUBSTRATE, OPTICAL COUPLING COMPONENT, COUPLING METHOD, AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEM - An optical coupling structure that interfaces between optical devices mounted on a substrate and optical waveguides formed in the substrate. A manufacturing method includes preparing a wafer formed on an inorganic solid material on a dicing tape and cutting the back surface of the wafer to form substantially angled portions using a dicing blade having a point angle. The dicing tape is stripped from the wafer and the wafer is separated at the valleys between the substantially angled portions to obtain an optical coupling element. The obtained optical coupling element is a three-dimensional polyhedral light-reflecting member having a mirror surface corresponding to a surface of the wafer. The obtained optical coupling element is inserted into a trench that opens, substantially perpendicular to an optical waveguide of an optical transmission substrate, in the main surface of the optical transmission substrate to provide a structure for optical coupling with the outside. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130101256 | DESIGN FOR REDUCING LOSS AT INTERSECTION IN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES - A core intersection in an optical waveguide formed of a plurality of cores and a clad that surrounds the cores is disclosed, the structure characterized in that the same material as that of the cores is added to two planes, upper and lower planes, of each of core intersection spaces where the plurality of cores intersect (instead of using a clad material). The structure of a core intersection in an optical waveguide formed of a plurality of cores and a clad is disclosed, the structure characterized in that four planes that divide (isolate) each of core intersection spaces where the plurality of cores intersect, that is, four discontinuity spaces between the core intersection space and the cores connected thereto, are filled with the same material as that of the clad (instead of using a core material so that the core intersection space is seamlessly connected to surrounding core intersection spaces). | 04-25-2013 |
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| 20080220378 | Ferrule for optical wave guide - An apparatus includes an optical wave guide and a ferrule. The optical wave guide has a prespecified horizontal-positioning surface and a prespecified vertical-positioning surface. The ferrule is to precisely couple with the optical wave guide. The ferrule defines a first datum plane mating with the prespecified vertical-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically vertically position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. The ferrule defines a second datum plane mating with the prespecified horizontal-positioning surface of the optical wave guide to precisely mechanically horizontally position the optical wave guide within the ferrule. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20120043678 | Color Filterless Display Device, Optical Element, and Manufacture - A method of forming an optical element for a color display device includes forming a lens shaped die, coating a low refractive index photo-setting resin on the lens shaped die, pasting the lens shaped die to a substrate, and irradiating the coated low refractive index photo-setting resin so as to set the low refractive index resin and form a low refractive index layer. The lens shaped die is removed from the low refractive index layer set on the substrate, a high refractive index photo-setting resin is coated on the low refractive index layer by use of a planarizing die, and the coated high refractive index photo-setting resin is irradiated so as to set the high refractive index resin and form a high refractive index layer. The planarizing die is then from the high refractive index layer set on the low refractive index layer. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045859 | Color Filterless Display Device, Optical Element, and Manufacture - A method of forming liquid crystal cell for a color display device includes forming a liquid crystal layer and a prism structure between top and bottom substrates. Forming the prism structure includes forming a lens shaped die, coating a low refractive index resin on the lens shaped die, pasting the lens shaped die to the top substrate, and irradiating the coated low refractive index resin so as to set the low refractive index resin and form a low refractive index layer. The lens shaped die is removed from the low refractive index layer, a high refractive index resin is coated on the low refractive index layer by use of a planarizing die. The coated high refractive index resin is irradiated so as to set the high refractive index resin and form a high refractive index layer, and the planarizing die is removed from the high refractive index layer. | 02-23-2012 |
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| 20100225852 | DISPERSIVE ELEMENT, DIFFRACTION GRATING, COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DEMULTIPLEXER, AND DIFFRACTION GRATING MANUFACTURE - In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as a triangular shape, and metal members as light-shielding members each being formed on corresponding one of the diffraction grating members at one side of the diffraction grating member along any of the straight line and the curved line of the cross-sectional shape of the diffraction grating member formed by the resin member. The metal members are configured to reduce zero-order transmitted light with respect to incident light, and to enhance diffraction efficiency of first-order transmitted light. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226012 | DISPERSIVE ELEMENT, DIFFRACTION GRATING, COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DEMULTIPLEXER, AND DIFFRACTION GRATING MANUFACTURE - In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as a triangular shape, and metal members as light-shielding members each being formed on corresponding one of the diffraction grating members at one side of the diffraction grating member along any of the straight line and the curved line of the cross-sectional shape of the diffraction grating member formed by the resin member. The metal members are configured to reduce zero-order transmitted light with respect to incident light, and to enhance diffraction efficiency of first-order transmitted light. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226013 | DISPERSIVE ELEMENT, DIFFRACTION GRATING, COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DEMULTIPLEXER, AND DIFFRACTION GRATING MANUFACTURE - In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as a triangular shape, and metal members as light-shielding members each being formed on corresponding one of the diffraction grating members at one side of the diffraction grating member along any of the straight line and the curved line of the cross-sectional shape of the diffraction grating member formed by the resin member. The metal members are configured to reduce zero-order transmitted light with respect to incident light, and to enhance diffraction efficiency of first-order transmitted light. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226014 | DISPERSIVE ELEMENT, DIFFRACTION GRATING, COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DEMULTIPLEXER, AND DIFFRACTION GRATING MANUFACTURE - In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as a triangular shape, and metal members as light-shielding members each being formed on corresponding one of the diffraction grating members at one side of the diffraction grating member along any of the straight line and the curved line of the cross-sectional shape of the diffraction grating member formed by the resin member. The metal members are configured to reduce zero-order transmitted light with respect to incident light, and to enhance diffraction efficiency of first-order transmitted light. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226015 | DISPERSIVE ELEMENT, DIFFRACTION GRATING, COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DEMULTIPLEXER, AND DIFFRACTION GRATING MANUFACTURE - In a transmission grating as a dispersive element, diffraction efficiency is enhanced and manufacturing costs are considerably reduced. A dispersive element includes resin members for forming a diffraction grating, being composed of a plurality of diffraction grating members having a cross-sectional shape respectively surrounded by two straight lines such as a triangular shape, and metal members as light-shielding members each being formed on corresponding one of the diffraction grating members at one side of the diffraction grating member along any of the straight line and the curved line of the cross-sectional shape of the diffraction grating member formed by the resin member. The metal members are configured to reduce zero-order transmitted light with respect to incident light, and to enhance diffraction efficiency of first-order transmitted light. | 09-09-2010 |
