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20090311848 | OPTICAL DEVICE WAFER DIVIDING METHOD - An optical device wafer dividing method includes a rear surface grinding step for grinding a rear surface of the optical device wafer; a dicing tape sticking step for sticking the front surface of the optical device wafer bonded with the reinforcing substrate to the front surface of a dicing tape; a laser processing step for emitting a laser beam along the streets formed on the optical device wafer from the rear surface of the reinforcing substrate to perform laser processing on the reinforcing substrate along the streets to form fracture starting points; and a wafer dividing step for applying an external force along the fracture starting points of the reinforcing substrate to fracture the reinforcing substrate along the fracture starting points to fracture the optical device wafer along the streets. | 12-17-2009 |
20100035408 | METHOD OF PROCESSING OPTICAL DEVICE WAFER - A method of dividing an optical device wafer includes: a laser beam processing step of performing laser beam processing to provide an optical device wafer with breakage starting points along streets on the face side of the optical device wafer; a protective plate bonding step of bonding the face side of the optical device wafer to a surface of a highly rigid protective plate with a bonding agent permitting peeling; a back side grinding step of grinding the back side of the optical device wafer so as to form the optical device wafer to a finished thickness of the optical devices; a wafer supporting step of adhering the back-side surface of the optical device wafer to a surface of a dicing tape, and peeling the protective plate adhered to the face side of the optical device wafer; and a wafer dividing step of exerting an external force on the optical device wafer so as to break up the optical device wafer along the streets along which the breakage starting points have been formed, thereby dividing the optical device wafer into the individual optical devices. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041210 | METHOD OF PROCESSING OPTICAL DEVICE WAFER - A method of dividing an optical device wafer includes: a laser beam processing step of performing laser beam processing on the face side of an optical device wafer so as to form breakage starting points along streets; a protective plate bonding step of bonding the face side of the optical device wafer to a surface of a highly rigid protective plate with a bonding agent permitting peeling; a back side grinding step of grinding the back side of the optical device wafer so as to form the optical device wafer to a finished thickness of optical devices; a dicing tape adhering step of adhering the back-side surface of the optical device wafer to a dicing tape; a cut groove forming step of cutting the protective plate bonded to the optical device wafer along the streets so as to form cut grooves; and a wafer dividing step of exerting an external force on the optical device wafer through the protective plate, so as to break up the optical device wafer along the breakage starting points formed along the streets, thereby dividing the optical device wafer into the individual optical devices. | 02-18-2010 |
20100047999 | WORKING METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL DEVICE WAFER - A dividing method for an optical device wafer includes a protective plate adhering step of releasably adhering the surface of an optical device wafer to the surface of a protective plate, a reverse face grinding step of grinding the reverse face of the optical device wafer, a dicing tape sticking step of sticking the reverse face of the optical device wafer on the surface of a dicing tape, a protective plate grinding step of grinding the reverse face of the protective plate adhered to the optical device wafer stuck on the dicing tape so as to have a predetermined thickness, a laser working step of irradiating a laser beam upon the protective plate along the streets formed on the optical device wafer to carry out laser working, which forms break starting points along the streets, for the protective plate, and a wafer dividing step of applying external force to the protective plate to break the protective plate along the break starting points to break the optical device wafer along the streets thereby to divide the optical device wafer into the individual optical devices. | 02-25-2010 |
20110097875 | WAFER PROCESSING METHOD - A wafer processing method for dividing a wafer into individual devices along a plurality of crossing streets formed on the front side of the wafer, the individual devices being respectively formed in a plurality of regions partitioned by the streets. The wafer processing method includes the steps of attaching the front side of the wafer to a dicing tape supported to an annular dicing frame, grinding the back side of the wafer to reduce the thickness of the wafer to a predetermined thickness, forming a break start point along each street from the back side of the wafer, applying an external force to the wafer to break the wafer along each street where the break start point is formed, thereby dividing the wafer into the individual devices, attaching the back side of the wafer to a front side of an adhesive tape supported to an annular frame and next removing the adhesive tape from the front side of the adhesive tape, and peeling off and picking up each device from the adhesive tape. | 04-28-2011 |
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20090241878 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a driving-side rotor, a driven-side rotor, and a directional control valve. The driven-side rotor is rotated in the advance direction when the advance and retard output ports communicate with the intake port and the retard drain port respectively, and the advance and retard output ports are disconnected from the advance drain port. The driven-side rotor is rotated in the retard direction when the advance and retard output ports communicate with the advance drain port and the intake port respectively, and the advance and retard output ports are disconnected from the retard drain port. A relay passage is provided at an exterior of the directional control valve for communication with the advance and retard drain ports. The drain relay passage closes the advance and retard drain ports relative to the exterior. | 10-01-2009 |
20090260591 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A valve timing adjusting apparatus includes a housing, a vane rotor, and a fluid path arrangement. The fluid path arrangement is provided inside the housing. The fluid path arrangement opens to air outside the housing. The fluid path arrangement is communicated with a specific fluid chamber that is one of an advance fluid chamber and a retard fluid chamber defined within the housing. A rotational phase of the vane rotor relative to the housing is changed in one of advance and retard directions when hydraulic oil is introduced into the specific fluid chamber. The valve timing adjusting apparatus controls the fluid path arrangement to be opened and closed. | 10-22-2009 |
20100199938 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A variable valve timing apparatus includes a stopper piston which has an equalizing passage in an axial direction. Even if the engaging hole is filled with the oil, the equalizing passage enables the oil flows from an engaging hole to a holding hole when the stopper piston enters into the engaging hole. It is possible to form a vane as narrow as possible, and to enlarge a variable angular range. In addition, the stopper piston has both end faces which are substantially identical in surface area. Even if pulsation arises in oil pressure, pressures acting on both end faces of the stopper piston can be substantially cancelled and position of the stopper piston can be stabilized. | 08-12-2010 |
20100313835 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A vane rotor includes a vane to partition an advance chamber from a retard chamber. A valve element communicates a lock port with an exhaust port to drain a fluid from the lock port when moving in a first region including an end of a movable range in the first direction. The regulating member moves in the vane rotor in a thrust direction into a recess dented from an inner surface of the housing by being biased from a resilient member to lock the rotation phase in a regulation phase in the first region when a fluid is drained from the lock chamber. The valve element is configured to communicate an operation port with a supply port to supply a fluid into the advance chamber when being in a throttle region in the first region such that a flow of a fluid supplied to the advance chamber is throttled to be less than a flow of a fluid when the valve element is in the end of the movable range in the first direction. | 12-16-2010 |
20110088645 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTER - A valve timing adjuster for an internal combustion engine adjusts valve timing. The valve timing adjuster includes a housing, a vane rotor, a regulation device, a fluid route, and an opening/closing control device. The regulation device regulates a rotational phase of the vane rotor relative to the housing to a regulation position located between a full advance position and a full retard position. The fluid route is communicated with a specific chamber that is at least one of an advance chamber and a retard chamber. The fluid route extends via a radially inner part to be communicated with atmosphere. The radially inner part is located radially between the specific chamber and a rotation center. The opening/closing control device opens and closes the fluid route. | 04-21-2011 |
20110162601 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus has a regulation member to fix a phase. The regulation member has a main regulation member and a sub regulation member. The main regulation member is inserted into a recess part to regulate the phase. The sub regulation member has an engagement part engageable with the main regulation member in an escape direction Y and disengageable from the main regulation member in an insertion direction X. Further, the sub regulation member has a pressure reception part that receives pressure in the escape direction Y from hydraulic fluid in an operation chamber. The main regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a main resilient member. Further, the sub regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a sub resilient member. The main regulation member moves in the escape direction Y only by hydraulic fluid, and moves in the insertion direction X only by the resilient member. | 07-07-2011 |
20130000576 | VALVE CHARACTERISTICS CONTROL APPARATUS - A control valve part switches a flowing direction of working fluid between a first advance chamber and a first retard chamber in a timing adjustment mode, and restricts working fluid from flowing between the first advance chamber and the first retard chamber in a working angle adjustment mode. A check valve part allows working fluid to flow from a second retard chamber through a check passage to a second advance chamber, and restricts working fluid from flowing from the second advance chamber through the check passage to the second retard chamber. A switch valve part allows a communication between the second advance chamber and the second retard chamber through a switch passage in the working angle adjustment mode, and prohibits the communication between the second advance chamber and the second retard chamber through the switch passage in the timing adjustment mode. | 01-03-2013 |
20130000577 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A variable valve timing apparatus includes a stopper piston which has an equalizing passage in an axial direction. Even if the engaging hole is filled with the oil, the equalizing passage enables the oil flows from an engaging hole to a holding hole when the stopper piston enters into the engaging hole. It is possible to form a vane as narrow as possible, and to enlarge a variable angular range. In addition, the stopper piston has both end faces which are substantially identical in surface area. Even if pulsation arises in oil pressure, pressures acting on both end faces of the stopper piston can be substantially cancelled and position of the stopper piston can be stabilized. | 01-03-2013 |
20130199478 | VALVE TIMING CONTROLLER - A valve timing controller includes a lock mechanism that locks a rotation phase at a main lock phase when an internal combustion engine is started with an ambient temperature more than or equal to a preset temperature. The main lock phase represents a rotation phase set for closing an intake valve at a later timing later than a timing when a piston reaches a bottom dead center of a cylinder in the internal combustion engine. The lock mechanism locks the rotation phase at a sub lock phase representing a rotation phase advanced rather than the main lock phase in the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is started with an ambient temperature lower than the present temperature. | 08-08-2013 |
20140083383 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus has a regulation member to fix a phase. The regulation member has a main regulation member and a sub regulation member. The main regulation member is inserted into a recess part to regulate the phase. The sub regulation member has an engagement part engageable with the main regulation member in an escape direction Y and disengageable from the main regulation member in an insertion direction X. Further, the sub regulation member has a pressure reception part that receives pressure in the escape direction Y from hydraulic fluid in an operation chamber. The main regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a main resilient member. Further, the sub regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a sub resilient member. The main regulation member moves in the escape direction Y only by hydraulic fluid, and moves in the insertion direction X only by the resilient member. | 03-27-2014 |
20150285108 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus has a regulation member to fix a phase. The regulation member has a main regulation member and a sub regulation member. The main regulation member is inserted into a recess part to regulate the phase. The sub regulation member has an engagement part engageable with the main regulation member in an escape direction Y and disengageable from the main regulation member in an insertion direction X. Further, the sub regulation member has a pressure reception part that receives pressure in the escape direction Y from hydraulic fluid in an operation chamber. The main regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a main resilient member. Further, the sub regulation member is urged in the insertion direction X by a sub resilient member. The main regulation member moves in the escape direction Y only by hydraulic fluid, and moves in the insertion direction X only by the resilient member. | 10-08-2015 |
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20100325811 | Leather - A leather is obtained by a process where a re-tanning agent is used which is constituted by synthetic tannin, resin and aluminum. The synthetic tannin is constituted by (a) condensation product of aromatic sulfonic acid with formaldehyde, (b) methylene cyclic polymer of aromatic sulfonic acid with hydroxy aromatic compound, and (c) glyoxal. The resin is constituted by (a) acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylic acid ester or methacrylic acid ester polymer(s), and copolymer(s) thereof, and (b) polycondensation product of melamine with formaldehyde. | 12-30-2010 |
20130214648 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric vibration element includes a piezoelectric piece, a pair of excitation electrodes, and a pair of extraction electrodes. The piezoelectric piece has a rectangular shape with long sides and short sides and a first principal surface and a second principal surface. The piezoelectric piece includes a mesa portion thicker than a peripheral portion at least on the first principal surface. The excitation electrode is larger than an area of the mesa portion and covers the mesa portion on the principal surface where the mesa portion is formed. The excitation electrode has a center away from a center of the piezoelectric piece toward another short side by a first distance. The mesa portion has a center away from the center of the piezoelectric piece to the other short side by a second distance. The second distance is different from the first distance. | 08-22-2013 |
20130261888 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An input/output limitation information storage unit stores input/output limitation information in which limitation processing for limiting operation input to the application and display output from the application is prescribed by associating the limitation processing with the application. A determination unit acquires a vehicle state of a vehicle, and determines the limitation processing to be applied to the operation input to the application and the display output from the application on the basis of the application running on the terminal device, the vehicle state, and the input/output limitation information. The limitation unit performs the limitation processing determined by the determination unit for the operation input detected by the input control unit and transmitted to the communication control unit, and the display output received by the communication control unit and transmitted to the output control unit. | 10-03-2013 |
20140184245 | POSITION INDICATOR AND CAPACITOR - A position indicator includes a resonance circuit housed in a casing and having an inductance element and a capacitor variable in capacitance, such that the resonance circuit resonates at a predetermined frequency. The position indicator is electromagnetically coupled to a position detecting device. The capacitor includes a dielectric, an electrode disposed on one side of the dielectric, and a trimming electrode disposed on another side of the dielectric such that at least one part of a region of the trimming electrode is opposed to the electrode with the dielectric interposed in between, to form the capacitance of the capacitor. The capacitor is housed in the casing such that the at least one part can be exposed from the casing. The area of the at least one part exposed from the casing to the outside is changed so as to correspond to a resonance frequency desired for the resonance circuit. | 07-03-2014 |
20150095037 | VEHICULAR DEVICE, SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The technique is implemented by a vehicular device for performing dialogs with the driver. This device has: a communication portion for communicating with a server; an output portion for outputting speech information to the driver; an input portion for inputting information based on speech uttered by the driver; and a controller for controlling the communication portion, the output portion, and the input portion. When trigger information for starting a dialog process in the vehicular device or in the server is generated, the controller receives information indicative of the type of a first dialog forming a starting point of the dialog process and information indicative of the type of a second dialog forming an ending point of the dialog process from the server and carries out the dialog process based on the received information. The second dialog is different in type from the first dialog. | 04-02-2015 |
20150180446 | CRYSTAL RESONATOR - A crystal resonator includes a blank and a supporting portion. The blank is cut out from a crystal parallel to a surface that includes a X″-axis and a Z″-axis respectively obtained by rotating an X′-axis and a Z′-axis by 45° around a Y′-axis in a direction from the Z′-axis toward the X′-axis. The X′-axis, the Y′-axis, and the Z′-axis are respectively obtained by rotating a crystallographic X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis of the crystal by equal to or more than +37° and equal to or less than 51.5° around the X-axis. The supporting portion is connected to an outer periphery of the blank at a position near an apex of the reference rectangle and where a displacement of vibration in the X″-axial direction or the Z″-axial direction becomes a local minimum when two longitudinal modes of vibration are coupled. | 06-25-2015 |
20150201066 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An input/output limitation information storage unit stores input/output limitation information in which limitation processing for limiting operation input to the application and display output from the application is prescribed by associating the limitation processing with the application. A determination unit acquires a vehicle state of a vehicle, and determines the limitation processing to be applied to the operation input to the application and the display output from the application on the basis of the application running on the terminal device, the vehicle state, and the input/output limitation information. The limitation unit performs the limitation processing determined by the determination unit for the operation input detected by the input control unit and transmitted to the communication control unit, and the display output received by the communication control unit and transmitted to the output control unit. | 07-16-2015 |
20160034049 | POSITION INDICATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A position indicator includes: a chassis; a substrate disposed inside the chassis; a coil; capacitors disposed on the substrate; interconnects disposed on the substrate such that each at least partially connects a respective one of the capacitors to the coil in parallel; and pairs of land patterns. Each pair of land patterns includes a first land pattern and a second land pattern. Each of the interconnects has a first end connected to a first end of the coil and a second end connected to a second end of the coil, and is connected to one of the capacitors. The pairs of land patterns are disposed such that each of the interconnects is at least partially interposed between the first land pattern and the second land pattern of one of the pairs of land patterns. | 02-04-2016 |
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20090134461 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus having a resist pattern provided over a substrate provided with a thin film transistor, the method includes the steps of forming by application a resist film over the substrate in the state of covering the thin film transistor, forming a resist pattern by subjecting the resist film to exposure to light and a developing treatment, and irradiating the resist pattern with at least one of ultraviolet light and visible light in a dry atmosphere in the condition where a channel part of the thin film transistor is prevented from being irradiated with light having a wavelength of shorter than 260 nm, wherein a step of heat curing the resist pattern is conducted after the irradiation with at least one of ultraviolet light and visible light. | 05-28-2009 |
20100314621 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus having a substrate with a bottom gate p-channel type thin film transistor; a resist pattern over the substrate; and a light shielding film operative to block light having a wavelength shorter than 260 nm over at least a channel part of said thin film transistor. | 12-16-2010 |
20160035478 | MAGNETIC DEVICE - Coil patterns are provided in layers of a board to be wound in a same direction. The coil pattern is wound outwardly in a last layer on a rear-most side and in each even-numbered layer. The coil pattern is wound inwardly in each odd-numbered layer other than the last layer. An inner end portion of the coil pattern in each odd-numbered layer is connected to an inner end portion of the coil pattern in an adjacent back-side layer. An outer end portion of the coil pattern in each even-numbered layer, and an outer end portion of the coil pattern in an adjacent back side layer or an inner end portion of the coil pattern in the last layer are connected by the individual inter-layer connection portion. Outer end portions of the coil patterns in a first-numbered layer and the last layer are connected to respective terminal portions. | 02-04-2016 |
20160035480 | MAGNETIC DEVICE - Coil patterns are provided in first and second outer surface layers and an inner layer of the board. First and second heat-dissipation patterns are provided in the second outer surface layer. A first thermal inter-layer connection member connects the coil pattern of the first outer surface layer and the first heat-dissipation pattern. A second thermal inter-layer connection member connects the coil pattern of the inner layer and the second heat-dissipation pattern. The coil pattern provided in the second outer surface layer and the first and second heat-dissipation patterns are separated from each other. An area of the second heat-dissipation pattern is larger than an area of the first heat-dissipation pattern. | 02-04-2016 |
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20100084102 | PAPERMAKING ADDITIVE AND FILLED PAPER - To effectively impart sizing performance to paper, while reducing the amounts of an internal sizing agent and aluminum sulfate, the invention provides as a papermaking additive a mixture of a cationic copolymer having a hydrophobic group whose quarterization ratio is 40% by mole or more, or an amphoteric copolymer having a hydrophobic group which has the same quarterization ratio as above, and in which the ratio of the anion equivalent to the cation equivalent is 0.1 to 90%, and a filler (a pretreated filler). The pretreated filler is one in which suitable water repellency is imparted to the filler. Hence, by adding this to pulp slurry, followed by a wet papermaking, the pretreated filler is efficiently adsorbed onto pulp fibers having anionic property, so that effective sizing performance can be imparted to the paper by using a smaller amount thereof than the internal sizing agent, while reducing the amounts of the internal sizing agent and the aluminum sulfate. | 04-08-2010 |
20100141188 | MOTOR DRIVE - [Task] A high-speed driving is possible, a utilization of a power supply having a low voltage is possible, and a regeneration is easy to be carried out. | 06-10-2010 |
20100300633 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING COATING BASE PAPERS AND COATED PAPERS - The present invention provides methods for producing a base paper for coated printing paper and a coated paper by neutral papermaking using a roll and blade gap former type paper machine including a drainage mechanism based on a drainage blade immediately downstream of initial drainage via a forming roll, comprising adding a cationic polyacrylamide-based material having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000,000 or more determined by intrinsic viscosity measurement as a retention aid to a stock to convert it into paper. According to the present invention, the retention, formation and internal bond strength of the stock can be improved. In the present invention, an anionic microparticle and/or a coagulant can also be used. | 12-02-2010 |
20110316463 | CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER DEVICE - Disclosed is a current source inverter device which controls the power factor in an arbitrarily configurable manner without a magnetic pole position detector. The device is provided with a current source inverter; a motor supplied with alternating current power from the current source inverter; and a control means which detects the terminal voltage of the motor, calculates the motor's internal induced voltage and the motor current that flows in the motor based on the detected terminal voltage, and controls the current source inverter. The control means calculates the phase difference (θc) between the terminal voltage and the motor current, the phase difference (θx) between the motor current and the internal induced voltage, and the phase difference (θv) between the terminal voltage and the internal induced voltage. An adjustment angle (θα), which is the error in the phase difference between the motor current and the internal induced voltage when the set value of the phase difference (θx) is θy, is obtained from the conditional equation θα=θv−θy−θc. | 12-29-2011 |
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20120219692 | WATER-IN-OIL TYPE FAT OR OIL COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a water-in-oil type fat or oil composition which exhibits satisfactory demulsification in the mouth regardless of a low salt content, and which makes a consumer feel moderate saltiness, and a method for producing the same. | 08-30-2012 |
20140023773 | PALM-BASED FRACTIONATED OIL AND FAT, OIL AND FAT COMPOSITION AND FOOD PRODUCT CONTAINING THE SAME - An oil and fat composition is provided having superior operability and processability, in terms of a liquefying phenomenon of sugar, tackiness and texture of fried doughnuts, filling condition and hardness of shortening, and solidifying time of coating chocolate, by the superior crystallization-promoting effect. A palm-based fractionated oil and fat has 70-90% by weight of the tripalmitin content to triglyceride and 1-8% by weight of the unsaturated fatty acid content to total fatty acid. The oil and fat comprises a hard part obtained by, for example, performing a crystallization operation of palm super stearin with iodine value 10-17 so that the slurry SFC is 20% or less, and fractionating the slurry so that the hard part yield is 26% by weight or less. The fractionation is preferably performed so that a numerical value of the hard part yield/the slurry SFC is 10 or less. | 01-23-2014 |
20150140196 | CRYSTALLIZATION ACCELERATOR - A crystallization accelerator includes a polymer compound that includes, as constituent components, a C18-28 hydroxy saturated fatty acid, which respectively has a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group at both terminals and may have one carbonyl group in the chain thereof, a glycerin and optionally a fatty acid. The polymer compound is obtained by polymerizing the constituent components to a molecular weight of 3,000 to 100,000. | 05-21-2015 |
20150230489 | OIL OR FAT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - [Problem] To provide: a novel oil or fat composition, particularly an oil or fat composition having excellent heating resistance; and a method for producing the oil or fat composition. | 08-20-2015 |
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20100115323 | DATA STORE SYSTEM, DATA RESTORATION SYSTEM, DATA STORE METHOD, AND DATA RESTORATION METHOD - A data store system and a data restoration system that can decrease power consumed in data store-processing or data restoration are provided. | 05-06-2010 |
20120305754 | OPTICAL PROBE, COVERING MEMBER, MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL PROBE, AND OPTICAL POWER METER - An optical probe includes an optical probe main body and a covering member. The optical probe main body includes a light-emitting portion configured to emit laser light. The covering member is configured to cover a part of the optical probe main body from the light-emitting portion such that laser light from the light-emitting portion can be emitted to an outside, and to be detachable from the optical probe main body. | 12-06-2012 |
20130123642 | ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND ESTIMATING METHOD - A photodynamic therapy apparatus as an estimating apparatus is an apparatus for irradiating a tissue having absorbed photo-sensitive pharmaceutical, the photo-sensitive pharmaceutical absorbing an excitation light and emitting fluorescence, with the excitation light emitted from a tip portion of a laser the catheter, including a connector, a light source, and a light detection unit. The laser the catheter is capable of being attached/detached to/from the connector. The light source outputs the excitation light to the laser the catheter via the connector. The light detection unit detects intensity or a spectrum of the fluorescence, the fluorescence being entered from the laser the catheter via the connector, to estimate whether the tissue has changed because of reaction between the excitation light emitted from the tip portion of the laser the catheter and the photo-sensitive pharmaceutical absorbed in the tissue. | 05-16-2013 |
20130172697 | CALCULATION APPARATUS AND CALCULATION METHOD - [Object] To provide a calculation apparatus and a calculation method capable of calculating pharmaceutical concentration in a tissue in real time. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172863 | DETERMINING APPARATUS AND DETERMINING METHOD - A photodynamic therapy apparatus as a determining apparatus is the photodynamic therapy apparatus for irradiating a tissue having absorbed photo-sensitive pharmaceutical, the photo-sensitive pharmaceutical absorbing an excitation light and emitting fluorescence, or a tissue absorbing the excitation light and emitting fluorescence, with the excitation light emitted from a tip portion of a laser catheter, including a connector, a light source, and a light detection unit. The laser catheter is capable of being attached/detached to/from the connector. The light source outputs the excitation light to the laser catheter via the connector. The light detection unit detects intensity or a spectrum of the fluorescence, the fluorescence being entered from the laser catheter via the connector, to determine whether the tip portion of the laser catheter contacts the tissue or not. | 07-04-2013 |
20140072200 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method performed by a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus includes reconstructing a first image from first measurement data obtained by detecting a pair of radioactive rays emitted from a measurement target; reconstructing a second image from second measurement data obtained by detecting a single radioactive ray emitted from the measurement target; and generating a final image based on the first image and the second image. | 03-13-2014 |
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20090002736 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATERIAL - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, includes an image input unit which inputs main image information defined by first, second and third color component information corresponding to at least three colors, a modulation unit which modulates a color difference grid pattern by sub information, a superposing unit which superposes the modulated color difference grid pattern on each of the first, second and third color component information after the modulated color difference grid pattern and each of the first, second and third color component information are rotated relative to each other through a predetermined angle, and a composition unit which composites the first, second and third color component information to generate color image information. | 01-01-2009 |
20090087020 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An electronic watermarking embedding-processing section acquires layout information which specifies an embedding area of first sub information and an embedding area of second sub information in main image information. The electronic watermarking embedding-processing section performs overlapping processing for invisibly embedding the first sub information in the embedding area of the first sub information in the main image information which is specified by the layout information. The electronic watermarking embedding-processing section performs overlapping processing for invisibly embedding the second sub information in the embedding area of the second sub information in the main image information which is specified by the layout information. The electronic watermarking embedding-processing section creates composite image information by composing image information in which the first sub information is invisibly embedded in the main image information and image information in which the second sub information is invisibly embedded in the main image information. | 04-02-2009 |
20090092280 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In an image processing apparatus for creating synthetic image information by embedding sub-information in an invisible state in main image information in a visible state, attention pixels in the main image information are set, a specific pixel block is created by assigning a first specific pixel to the attention pixel of a first color and a second specific pixel to the attention pixel of a second color, first key information is selected for a first value of the sub-information constituted by binary information and second key information is selected for a second value, color difference modulation processing is performed on the selected key information based on a predetermined color difference amount, and the color-difference-modulated key information is superposed on the specific pixel block to thereby create the synthetic image information in which the sub-information in an invisible state is embedded in the main image information. | 04-09-2009 |
20090236546 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An information recording medium manufacturing method includes steps of forming, on a support, a recording layer containing a polymer compound having an azobenzene structure, irradiating the recording layer with first writing light to form a first light-diffracting structure having a three-dimensional relief pattern on the surface of the recording layer, fixing the relief pattern by forming a deformation preventing layer on the surface of the recording layer, and irradiating the recording layer having the fixed relief pattern with second writing light to forcedly inhibit deformation caused by the movement of molecules, thereby forming a second light-diffracting structure having a refractive index change inside the recording layer. | 09-24-2009 |
20120027264 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing method for inspecting an image includes creating synthetic image information in which information is synthesized with main image information in a visible state which the human eyes perceive in an invisible state which is hard to perceive with the human eyes, printing the synthetic image information onto a medium, acquiring an image printed on the medium as an inspection image information, extracting information embedded in the main image information from the inspection image acquired, and determining a fault in the image printed on the medium based on an extraction result of information. | 02-02-2012 |
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20080254263 | Composite Fabric Material Exhibiting Three-Dimensional Structural Change Upon Water Absorption, and Textile Products - The composite fabric material of the invention comprises a water-absorbing woven or knitted fabric, the area and thickness of which, or the area or thickness of which, increases by at least 10% in its water-absorbed state relative to its dried state; and an area change-restricting means composed of a woven or knitted fabric, nonwoven fabric, resin film or resin coating, the area and thickness of which does not substantially change in its water-absorbed state relative to its dried state, the area change-restricting means being bonded or sewn onto at least one side of the water-absorbing woven or knitted fabric over a partial region so as to leave a plurality of other partial regions separated from each other, or over the entire region, the means serving to restrict change in area by water absorption at the bonded or sewn portions of the water-absorbing woven or knitted fabric. Upon wetting with water, the area and thickness, or the area or thickness, of the water-absorbing woven or knitted fabric at the plurality of the partial regions that are separated from each other increases, thereby changing the three dimensional structure of the composite fabric material. | 10-16-2008 |
20120108436 | SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBSTRATE, SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE - A substrate of the present invention includes a copper layer, an alloy layer containing copper and nickel, formed on the copper layer, a nickel layer formed on the alloy layer, and an intermediate layer formed on the nickel layer. The concentration of nickel in the alloy layer at the interface between the alloy layer and the nickel layer is greater than the concentration of nickel in the alloy layer at the interface between the alloy layer and the copper layer. According to the present invention, there can be provided a substrate that allows the AC loss of a superconducting wire to be reduced, a method of producing a substrate, a superconducting wire, and a method of producing a superconducting wire. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108439 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SUBSTRATE AND SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE - The present invention relates to a method of producing a substrate, including the steps of preparing a substrate having a nickel layer formed on a copper layer through plating, subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment at 800-1000° C., and epitaxial-growing an intermediate layer on the nickel layer, after the step of subjecting the nickel layer to thermal treatment. According to the present invention, there can be provided a substrate that allows the orientation and flatness at the surface of a nickel layer to be improved, and a method of producing the substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
20120208703 | METAL LAMINATED SUBSTRATE FOR USE AS AN OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE MATERIAL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A metal laminated substrate for an oxide superconducting wire is produced by removing, in a state where a copper foil to which rolling is applied at a draft of 90% or more is held at a temperature below a recrystallization temperature, an absorbed material on a surface of the copper foil by applying sputter etching to the surface of the copper foil; removing an absorbed material on a surface of a nonmagnetic metal sheet by applying sputter etching to the surface of the nonmagnetic metal sheet; bonding the copper foil and the metal sheet to each other by reduction rolls at an applied pressure of 300 MPa to 1500 MPa; orienting crystals of the copper by heating a laminated body obtained by bonding at a crystal orientation temperature of copper or above; and forming a protective layer on a copper-side surface of the laminated body by coating. | 08-16-2012 |
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20120024623 | NOISE ATTENUATOR AND VEHICLE AIR INTAKE DUCT PROVIDED THEREWITH - A noise attenuator which can reduce time and cost for installation thereof as compared with the conventional configuration and a vehicle air intake duct provided with the noise attenuator are provided. The noise attenuator includes a pair of circular through holes formed through a duct wall, a pair of wave transmitting/receiving membrane which are stretched so as to close the circular through holes, and a seesaw member which connects between central portions of the paired transmitting/receiving membranes. Accordingly, when one of the membranes receives a sound wave of noise thereby to be vibrated at a predetermined frequency, the other membrane follows it and is also vibrated while shifted by a half cycle. As a result, a cancellation wave with a phase opposite to the sound wave received by the one membrane is transmitted from the other membrane, whereupon the noise can be attenuated. | 02-02-2012 |
20130277144 | NOISE ATTENUATOR AND VEHICLE AIR INTAKE DUCT PROVIDED THEREWITH - A noise attenuator which can reduce time and cost for installation thereof as compared with the conventional configuration and a vehicle air intake duct provided with the noise attenuator are provided. The noise attenuator includes a pair of circular through holes formed through a duct wall, a pair of wave transmitting/receiving membrane which are stretched so as to close the circular through holes, and a seesaw member which connects between central portions of the paired transmitting/receiving membranes. Accordingly, when one of the membranes receives a sound wave of noise thereby to be vibrated at a predetermined frequency, the other membrane follows it and is also vibrated while shifted by a half cycle. As a result, a cancellation wave with a phase opposite to the sound wave received by the one membrane is transmitted from the other membrane, whereupon the noise can be attenuated. | 10-24-2013 |
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20120087751 | Cutting Insert - A cutting insert has at least one cutting edge, a rake face extending from the cutting edge, a flank intersecting with the rake face by having the cutting edge therebetween, a concave portion recessed downward of the rake face at the backward of the rake face as viewed from the cutting edge, and at least one projection projecting upward from a bottom face of the concave portion, wherein an entirety of the projection is positioned under an extension surface of the rake face, and at least a part of a top face of the projection is away from an extension surface of the rake face as it goes away from the cutting edge. | 04-12-2012 |
20120301234 | Cutting Insert and Cutting Tool - A cutting insert is capable of boring or drilling without the formation of a prepared hole in a workpiece. A cutting edge includes a cutting edge portion extending from the outer peripheral side to the tool center axis side of a cutting tool body when the cutting insert is attached to a mounting seat, reaching a first plane including the tool center axis, and traversing from one side to the other side of a second plane which is perpendicular to the first plane and which includes the tool center axis. | 11-29-2012 |
20130129430 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL - A cutting insert is provided with a plurality of cutting portions formed at the intersection portion of each end surface and a peripheral surface. Each cutting portion includes first and second cutting edges. First corners and second corners which differ in their internal angles are alternately formed in each end surface. An internal angle of the first corner is smaller than an internal angle of the second corner. Each first cutting edge has a portion extending to approach the median plane as a distance from a corresponding first corner increases. A first side surface portion extending on the peripheral surface from each first cutting edge forms an insert internal obtuse angle, and a second side surface portion extending on the peripheral surface from each second cutting edge forms an insert internal acute angle. | 05-23-2013 |
20140377020 | Cutting Insert and Cutting Tool With Replaceable Cutting Edge - A cutting insert has cutting edge portions at intersection ridge portions between each of two end surfaces at the opposite side to each other and the peripheral side surface. Both the end surfaces are formed to be plane-symmetrical. In each end surface, long side portions and short side portions are alternately connected through raised corners or lowered corners. Each cutting edge portion is formed in regard to the raised corner, and has a corner cutting edge formed in the raised corner, a major cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge and extending in the long side portion, and a minor cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge at the opposite side and extending in the short side portion. | 12-25-2014 |
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20120275748 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to an optical connector including, a ferrule within which an integrated optical fiber is fixed, a clamp portion disposed at a rear of the ferrule, the clamp portion comprising: a base component and a lid component facing the based component, where the base component and the lid component together are configured to clamp an end portion of the integrated optical fiber and an end portion of a naked optical fiber abutting the end portion of the integrated optical fiber, and a naked optical fiber guide portion disposed at a rear of the clamp portion, where the naked optical fiber guide portion comprises a through hole through which the naked optical fiber can be inserted, and that guides the naked optical fiber to the clamp portion by the through hole. | 11-01-2012 |
20140026717 | COATING REMOVAL TOOL USED FOR OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD OF REMOVING COATING - A coating removal tool used for an optical fiber includes: a base; and a pair of arm members extending in one direction from the base. Also, the arm members, each of which comprises an elastically deformable deformation portion on a base side, and an operation portion which is closer to a tip end side than the deformation portion, contact portions in a wedge shape are provided on the inner sides of operation portions, respectively, the inner sides opposing to each other so that tip edges of contact portions oppose to each other, and grip portions are provided outside the operation portions, respectively, and a coating of an optical fiber is configured to be removed by pulling out the optical fiber in a state where the tip edges of the contact portions are brought into contact with the optical fiber disposed along an extending direction of the arm members. | 01-30-2014 |
20140140668 | MECHANICAL SPLICE UNIT, MECHANICAL SPLICING TOOL, AND OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING METHOD - A mechanical splice unit of the invention includes: a mechanical splice having an optical fiber guide groove that is formed at matching surfaces of both a base and a lid in a two-part-divided structure, the mechanical splice being capable of grasping a first optical fiber at one end side of the lid; and an optical fiber splice auxiliary tool used for splice of the first optical fiber that is grasped by the mechanical splice, wherein the optical fiber splice auxiliary tool includes: a mechanical splice grasping portion that holds the mechanical splice; and a guided portion that is slidable along a guide portion formed at a splicing tool to which a second optical fiber to be spliced to the first optical fiber is fixed. | 05-22-2014 |
20140254989 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE HAVING CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - An optical fiber cable having an optical connector, includes: an optical connector assembled on a tip portion of an optical fiber cable, including a ferrule in which an optical fiber protruding from a terminal of the optical fiber cable is inserted and fixed; and a reinforced portion formed by heating and shrinking a heat-shrinkable tube and by solidifying a hot-melt adhesive of an inner portion of the heat-shrinkable tube after melting the hot-melt adhesive so as to integrate a rear end portion of the ferrule, the tip portion of the optical fiber cable which is disposed so as to be separated in a rear side of the ferrule, and the heat-shrinkable tube which accommodates the rear end portion of the ferrule and the tip portion of the optical fiber cable and in which the hot-melt adhesive is disposed in the inner portion of the heat-shrinkable tube. | 09-11-2014 |
20160077286 | OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR - An optical fiber connection structure is provided, in which a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, which is optically connected to the first optical fiber via a solid refractive index-matching material which is provided on a tip surface of the first optical fiber, are held and fixed between a base member and a cover member, a tip of the second optical fiber is disposed so as to come into contact with the solid refractive index matching material or separated from the solid refractive index-matching material, and the entire solid refractive index matching material and the tip of the second optical fiber are disposed in a liquid refractive index matching agent which is provided between the base member and the cover member. | 03-17-2016 |
20160139341 | OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING UNIT, OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING METHOD, AND HOLDING MEMBER FOR OPTICAL FIBER SPLICING UNIT - An optical fiber splicing unit includes: a mechanical splice which aligns optical fibers and puts the optical fibers between half-split elements to splice the optical fibers to each other; a splice holder portion which holds the mechanical splice; fixing member guide portions which respectively guide anchoring fixation members that are respectively fixed to the optical fibers at two sides of the held mechanical splice; anchoring portions which respectively anchor the anchoring fixation members, the anchoring fixation members being respectively guided by the fixing member guide portions and advancing; and a first spacer which abuts one anchoring fixation member and is disposed to be retracted to restrict the advancement of said one anchoring fixation member, said one anchoring fixation member being guided by one fixing member guide portion and advancing. | 05-19-2016 |