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20080218179 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - A test apparatus for testing a device under test includes a first timing comparator obtaining a device output signal output from the device under test at a timing designated by a first strobe signal, a second timing comparator obtaining the device output signal at a timing designated by a second strobe signal supplied later than the first strobe signal, a preceding edge judging circuit, when rising and falling signals are input at the same timing as the device output signal, judging which one of the rising and falling signals arrives at the first and second timing comparators at an earlier timing, a preceding edge detecting circuit adjusting a timing at which the first strobe signal is supplied so that the first timing comparator obtains, at a timing of a rising or falling edge, one of the rising and falling signals which is judged to arrive earlier, and a following edge detecting circuit adjusting a timing at which the second strobe signal is supplied so that the second timing comparator obtains, at a timing of a rising or falling edge, one of the rising and falling signals which is judged to arrive later. | 09-11-2008 |
20100271063 | TEST APPARATUS - Multiple test pins receive, as input data, multiple data output from a DUT. Multiple multiplexers receive the multiple data input to the multiple test pins and selects one of the data thus input, and outputs the data thus selected. Multiple logical comparators are respectively provided for the multiple multiplexers and judge whether or not the data selected by the corresponding multiplexers match the expected values. | 10-28-2010 |
20110191739 | CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD, CIRCUIT DESIGN SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A circuit design method for interconnecting a plurality of modules includes: a step of acquiring port information including input ports and output ports of the plurality of modules; a step of acquiring instance information indicating that, among the plurality of modules, there is a module including a plurality of instances having the same function; and a step of associating the input ports and the output ports based on the port information and the instance information to interconnect the plurality of modules. | 08-04-2011 |
20110240046 | CIGARETTE FILTER - A cigarette filter includes a filter body and flavor granules added to the filter body, wherein the flavor granules each comprise a core material and a flavor-carrying carrier adhered to the surface of the core material, and wherein the flavor granules have a grain size distribution such that granules having a grain size of 100 μm or larger make up 99% by mass or more of the flavor granules and granules having a grain size of 200 μm or larger make up 70% by mass or more of the flavor granules. | 10-06-2011 |
20120083260 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION PROGRAM - [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards ( | 04-05-2012 |
20130138472 | MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A maintenance management system creating inspection plans for an inspection region wherein, a required cost for an inspection of an inspection object included within each management region from among the combinations of deadlines for the inspection of the inspection object included within each management region, and a required cost for inspection of an inspection object including an inspection object which exceeds the deadline for inspection in combinations of the deadlines of each inspection from among the objects for inspection that are included in an inspection cost for the inspection region is compared and one combination from the combinations of deadlines for inspection is output on the basis of the comparison result. | 05-30-2013 |
20130265657 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND LENS UNIT - A first lens unit performing communication with an image pickup apparatus with a first voltage and a second lens unit performing communication with the image pickup apparatus with a second voltage are selectively attached to the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus includes a controller configured to operate with a third voltage different from at least one of the first and second voltages to output a signal for the communication with the first and second lens units, and a determiner configured to determine the type of the lens unit attached to the image pickup apparatus. The controller is configured to produce, as a voltage of the signal for the communication, from the third voltage, one of the first and second voltages corresponding to a determination result of the determiner. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266303 | CAMERA ACCESSORY AND CAMERA - The camera accessory is attachable to a camera by relatively rotating from a first state to a second state. Camera side contact pins include a first camera side contact pin making contact with an accessory side contact holding portion in the first state and second camera side contact pins not making contact with the accessory side contact holding portion in the first state. Accessory side contact surfaces include a first accessory side contact surface making contact with the first camera side contact pin in the second state and second accessory side contact surfaces not making contact with the first camera side contact pin in the second state. A pitch between the first and second accessory side contact surfaces adjacent thereto is larger than a pitch between the second accessory side contact surfaces adjacent to each other. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266304 | CAMERA AND CAMERA ACCESSORY - The camera side mount is brought, by relative rotation with the accessory side mount, from a first state where each accessory side bayonet claw is inserted between the camera side bayonet claws into a second state where the camera side and accessory side bayonet claws engage with each other. The leaf spring biasing the camera side contact pins in the protruding direction is disposed between the camera side mount and the camera body. When the camera being in the normal position is viewed from the direction facing the camera side mount, the leaf spring extends from both sides of the mount center line, which extends from the center of the camera side mount in the direction of gravity, toward the camera side contact pins. The camera side contact pins are arranged at positions other than a position on the mount center line. | 10-10-2013 |
20130272569 | TARGET IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM TARGET IDENTIFICATION SERVER AND TARGET IDENTIFICATION TERMINAL - A computer and a terminal apparatus retain position information about targets. The terminal apparatus includes: a capturing portion that captures an image of the target; a position information acquisition portion that acquires information about a position to capture the target; an orientation information acquisition portion that acquires information about an orientation to capture the target; and a communication portion that transmits the image, the position information, and the orientation information to the computer. The computer identifies at least one first target candidate as a candidate for the captured target from the targets based on the position information about the targets, the acquired position information, and the acquired orientation information. The computer identifies at least one second target candidate from at least the one first target candidate based on a distance from the terminal apparatus to the captured target. | 10-17-2013 |
20130287388 | CAMERA ACCESSORY AND CAMERA - The camera accessory is attachable to a camera. The camera accessory includes an accessory mount to be detachably coupled with a camera mount). The accessory mount is provided with accessory bayonet claws and brought, by relative rotation with the camera mount, from a first state in which each of the accessory bayonet claws is inserted between camera bayonet claws provided in the camera mount into a second state in which the accessory bayonet claws engage with the camera bayonet claws to complete coupling of the accessory and camera mounts. The camera accessory is further provided with accessory contact surfaces arranged in a relative rotation direction of the mounts in the accessory mount. The accessory contact surfaces includes a first accessory contact surface used for indicating type of the camera accessory and is provided adjacent to the accessory bayonet claw. | 10-31-2013 |
20140366901 | PAPER TUBE AND FLAVOR INHALER - Provided is a paper tube that can be used in a flavor-suctioning tool. A paper tube ( | 12-18-2014 |
20150049244 | CAMERA AND CAMERA ACCESSORY - The present invention provides the following camera. A first camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to detection of a signal change caused by coupling of a camera accessory. A second camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of power for communication with the coupled camera accessory. A third camera-side contact pin is a pin corresponding to supply of a driving force to an actuator of the camera accessory. The first, second, and third camera-side contact pins are disposed in such a manner that, when a camera-side mount shifts from a first state to a second state, the third camera-side contact pin contacts first and second accessory-side contact surfaces, the second camera-side contact pin contacts the first accessory-side contact surface, and the first camera-side contact pin does not contact the second and third accessory-side contact surfaces. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090234632 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a character input apparatus including: a display section having a screen capable of displaying at least characters; an operation section configured to allow a user to input at least the characters; a first character input processing section configured to perform a first character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen in accordance with a predetermined notation rule; a second character input processing section configured to perform a second character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen not in accordance with the predetermined notation rule; a scene determination section configured to determine a character input scene; and an input process switch control section configured to switch between the first character input process and the second character input process in accordance with the character input scene. | 09-17-2009 |
20100248790 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A portable electronic apparatus which can be made compact and thin in the set thickness direction of the case while securing sufficient strength of the case. The portable telephone ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100254076 | Portable Electronic Apparatus - A portable electronic apparatus provided with a biaxial hinge mechanism that connects a first body and a second body to be openable and closable and rotatable via a hinge portion that allows for a reduction in thickness in a thickness direction and a size of a set of the bodies in a closed state, while securing sufficient strength in the biaxial hinge mechanism. | 10-07-2010 |
20100254110 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A portable electronic apparatus having a first case, a second case, and a two-axis hinge mechanism. Positional misalignment between both cases can be easily prevented without relying only on dimensional precision of the components of the two-axis hinge mechanism. The portable electronic apparatus has a hinge ( | 10-07-2010 |
20110219302 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a display section having a display screen, an input section having a touch input region on the display screen, and a control section for displaying a plurality of keys. The display screen is provided as a software keyboard where a touch operation on a specific key causes an input of the specific key. In the specific display region on the display screen that can display operation keys on the software keyboard, the control section selects these keys from a previously prepared set of input candidate key groups. In response to a specific operation on the specific display region, the control section allows the plurality of keys to be displayed on the specific display region. In response to touch on a desired key in the specific display region, the control section determines that an input of the key has been performed. | 09-08-2011 |
20120304104 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a character input apparatus including: a display section having a screen capable of displaying at least characters; an operation section configured to allow a user to input at least the characters; a first character input processing section configured to perform a first character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen in accordance with a predetermined notation rule; a second character input processing section configured to perform a second character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen not in accordance with the predetermined notation rule; a scene determination section configured to determine a character input scene; and an input process switch control section configured to switch between the first character input process and the second character input process in accordance with the character input scene. | 11-29-2012 |
20130219325 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST METHOD, AND CHARACTER INPUT ASSIST PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a character input apparatus including: a display section having a screen capable of displaying at least characters; an operation section configured to allow a user to input at least the characters; a first character input processing section configured to perform a first character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen in accordance with a predetermined notation rule; a second character input processing section configured to perform a second character input process of causing a character string to be displayed on the screen not in accordance with the predetermined notation rule; a scene determination section configured to determine a character input scene; and an input process switch control section configured to switch between the first character input process and the second character input process in accordance with the character input scene. | 08-22-2013 |
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20090058551 | NONRECIPROCAL CIRCUIT ELEMENT - A non-reciprocal circuit element capable of improving an isolation characteristic without increasing an insertion loss includes a permanent magnet, a ferrite arranged to receive a direct-current magnetic field from the permanent magnet, and first and second center electrodes disposed on the ferrite. One end of the first center electrode is connected to an input port, whereas the other end is connected to an output port. One end of the second center electrode is connected to the output port, whereas the other end is connected to a ground port. A matching capacitor and a resistor are connected between the input port and the output port. An inductor and a capacitor constituting an LC resonant circuit are connected in series with the resistor. | 03-05-2009 |
20100004116 | WATER-BASED RARE EARTH METAL COMPOUND SOL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC POWDER USING THE SAME - A particulate subcomponent for a barium titanate dielectric is obtained from a sol in which a rare earth metal compound is dispersed in water. The rare earth metal compound includes a carboxylic acid having at least three carbonyl groups and at least one rare earth metal which can be Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu so that the molar ratio (carbonyl group/rare earth metal) is in the range of 1.2 to 3. A method of making the sol and a method of using the sol to make a ceramic powder is described. | 01-07-2010 |
20100127794 | NON-RECIPROCAL CIRCUIT DEVICE - A non-reciprocal circuit device capable of preventing and minimizing disturbances in magnetic field distribution in a ferrite to thereby improve insertion loss characteristics and isolation characteristics includes a ferrite to which a DC magnetic field is applied by permanent magnets and first and second center electrodes disposed on the ferrite. A conductive material is embedded in a recess provided in an end surface of the ferrite that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first and second principal surfaces of the ferrite, and the first and second center electrodes are electrically connected to the conductive material to define a circuit. Opening portions of the recess facing the first and second principal surfaces are arranged such that the opening portion at a downstream side of a direction of application of the DC magnetic field by the permanent magnets is larger than the opening portion at an upstream side thereof. | 05-27-2010 |
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20120056690 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE TYPE ISOLATOR - A magnetic resonance type isolator includes a ferrite; a connection conductor that is arranged on the ferrite and includes a first port, a second port and a third port; a permanent magnet that applies a direct current magnetic field to the ferrite; an inductor that defines a reactance element; and capacitors that define an impedance matching circuit. A main line arranged between the first port and the second port of the connection conductor does not resonate, an end portion of a sub-line that branches from the main line serves as the third port, and a wave reflected from the sub-line is modulated so that its phase is shifted by 90° or about 90° at an intersection of the connection conductor. The inductor is connected to the third port and the capacitors are connected to the first and second ports, respectively. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056691 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE TYPE ISOLATOR - A magnetic resonance type isolator includes a ferrite; a connection conductor that is arranged on the ferrite and includes first, second and third ports; a permanent magnet that applies a direct current magnetic field to the ferrite; a capacitor (or an inductor) that defines a first reactance element; and a capacitor (or an inductor) that defines a second reactance element. A main line arranged between the first port and the second port of the connection conductor does not resonate, an end portion of a sub-line that branches off from the main line serves as the third port, and a wave reflected from the sub-line is modulated so that its phase is shifted by 90° or about 90° at an intersection of the connection conductor. One of the capacitors is connected to the third port and the other capacitor is connected between the first port and the second port. | 03-08-2012 |
20120242422 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ISOLATOR - A magnetic resonance isolator includes a ferrite member, a junction conductor that is arranged on the ferrite member and that includes a first port, a second port, and a third port, a permanent magnet that applies a direct current magnetic field to the ferrite member, a capacitor as a reactance element, and a mounting substrate. A main line arranged between the first port and the second port does not resonate, and an end of a sub-line branching from the main line defines the third port. The capacitor is connected to the third port and to the ground. The phase of a wave reflected from the sub-line is adjusted so as to be shifted by about 90 degrees at the intersection of the junction conductor. | 09-27-2012 |
20140295779 | NONRECIPROCAL CIRCUIT ELEMENT AND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE - A nonreciprocal circuit element is configured so that a first center electrode and a second center electrode are arranged on a ferrite, to which a direct current magnetic field generated by a permanent magnet is applied, so as to cross each other and be insulated from each other. One end portion of the first center electrode is connected to a first unbalanced input/output port and one port of a plurality of balanced input/output ports and the other end portion of the first center electrode is connected to ground. One end portion of the second center electrode is connected to a second unbalanced input/output port and the other port of the balanced input/output ports and the other end of the second center electrode is connected to the ground. The one end portion of the first center electrode is connected to the ground via a first capacitor element, and the one end portion of the second center electrode is connected to the ground via a second capacitor element. | 10-02-2014 |