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20100319188 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POWER STORAGE DEVICE - A safe method of manufacturing an electrode of a power storage device even when an alkali metal is used in forming the electrode. A negative electrode is manufactured by forming an alkali metal ion insertion/extraction layer which is a layer capable of alkali metal ion insertion and extraction on a surface of a current collector, forming an alkali metal film under reduced pressure on a surface of the alkali metal ion insertion/extraction layer, ionizing the alkali metal film, and impregnating the alkali metal ion insertion/extraction layer with the ionized alkali metal. | 12-23-2010 |
20110012112 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An aperture ratio of a semiconductor device is improved. A driver circuit and a pixel are provided over one substrate, and a first thin film transistor in the driver circuit and a second thin film transistor in the pixel each include a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, source and drain electrode layers over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, and the source and drain electrode layers. The gate electrode layer, the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, the source and drain electrode layers, and the oxide insulating layer of the second thin film transistor each have a light-transmitting property. | 01-20-2011 |
20110031492 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit including a first thin film transistor and a pixel including a second thin film transistor over one substrate. The first thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a first oxide semiconductor layer, a first oxide conductive layer, a second oxide conductive layer, an oxide insulating layer which is in contact with part of the first oxide semiconductor layer and which is in contact with peripheries and side surfaces of the first and second oxide conductive layers, a first source electrode layer, and a first drain electrode layer. The second thin film transistor includes a second gate electrode layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer, and a second source electrode layer and a second drain electrode layer each formed using a light-transmitting material. | 02-10-2011 |
20110076566 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE - An object is to improve characteristics of a power storage device and achieve a long lifetime. In the case where a lithium nitride is used for a negative electrode active material of a power storage device, a plurality of lithium nitride layers with different lithium concentrations are stacked. For example, in the case where a first lithium nitride layer and a second lithium nitride layer are stacked over a current collector, lithium is contained in the first lithium nitride layer at a lower concentration than lithium contained in the second lithium nitride layer. In this case, a concentration of a transition metal of the first lithium nitride layer is higher than a concentration of the transition metal of the second lithium nitride layer. Note that another alkali metal may be used instead of lithium. | 03-31-2011 |
20110177396 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - An object is to improve characteristics of a power storage device. The present invention relates to an electricity storage device comprising a current collector and a negative electrode-active material layer formed over the current collector. The negative electrode-active material layer includes a negative electrode comprising a first negative electrode layer in contact with the current collector; a second negative electrode layer in contact with the first negative electrode layer, having a smaller capacitance than the first negative electrode layer and containing one material selected from a nitride of lithium and a transition metal represented by Li | 07-21-2011 |
20120300151 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An aperture ratio of a semiconductor device is improved. A driver circuit and a pixel are provided over one substrate, and a first thin film transistor in the driver circuit and a second thin film transistor in the pixel each include a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, source and drain electrode layers over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, and the source and drain electrode layers. The gate electrode layer, the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, the source and drain electrode layers, and the oxide insulating layer of the second thin film transistor each have a light-transmitting property. | 11-29-2012 |
20140091303 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit including a first thin film transistor and a pixel including a second thin film transistor over one substrate. The first thin film transistor includes a first gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a first oxide semiconductor layer, a first oxide conductive layer, a second oxide conductive layer, an oxide insulating layer which is in contact with part of the first oxide semiconductor layer and which is in contact with peripheries and side surfaces of the first and second oxide conductive layers, a first source electrode layer, and a first drain electrode layer. The second thin film transistor includes a second gate electrode layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer, and a second source electrode layer and a second drain electrode layer each formed using a light-transmitting material. | 04-03-2014 |
20140293183 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An aperture ratio of a semiconductor device is improved. A driver circuit and a pixel are provided over one substrate, and a first thin film transistor in the driver circuit and a second thin film transistor in the pixel each include a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode layer, an oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, source and drain electrode layers over the oxide semiconductor layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, and the source and drain electrode layers. The gate electrode layer, the gate insulating layer, the oxide semiconductor layer, the source and drain electrode layers, and the oxide insulating layer of the second thin film transistor each have a light-transmitting property. | 10-02-2014 |
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20100310411 | Ni-BASED SUPERALLOY WITH EXCELLENT UNSUSCEPTIBILITY TO SEGREGATION - A subject for the invention is to diminish the occurrence of streak-type segregation in producing a material comprising a Ni-based superalloy. | 12-09-2010 |
20150197071 | COATING STRUCTURE MATERIAL - The invention is to provide a coating structure material excellent in Mg corrosion resistance, which has resistance to corrosion caused by molten Mg and molten Mg alloys. The invention relates to a coating structure material including an Ni—Co-base alloy substrate and a Co-base alloy coating layer formed on the Ni—Co-base alloy substrate, wherein the Co-base alloy coating layer contains, in terms of % by mass, Ni: 20% or less, Co: 42% or more, Si: 2.8% or less, and Fe: 3.5% or less. | 07-16-2015 |
20150225827 | NI-BASED ALLOY HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NI-BASED ALLOY MATERIAL - An object is to provide a Ni-based alloy having high strength and excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance even in a high-temperature and high-pressure environment and particularly capable of being used for an ammonothermal pressure vessel and the like. The present invention relates to a Ni-based alloy including, in terms of mass ratios, Fe: 30 to 40%, Cr: 14 to 16%, Ti: 1.2 to 1.7%, Al: 1.1 to 1.5%, Nb: 1.9 to 2.7%, and P: 40 to 150 ppm, with the remainder being Ni and unavoidable impurities. | 08-13-2015 |
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20080225166 | Audio-video apparatus - An audio-video apparatus, which is connectable to a plurality of external devices (e.g., DVD players, TV monitors, and game devices) so as to process input signals thereof and to thereby control them individually, stores a plurality of packaged information regarding setups and operations, i.e., a plurality of scene templates, which are assigned to a plurality of scene buttons in advance. When the user presses a desired scene button, the corresponding scene template is called and read out so as to automatically realize prescribed setup and operation in connection with a desired external device. The audio-video apparatus allows the user to edit and customize scene templates assigned to the scene buttons in association with messages indicating details of scene templates, which are visually displayed on the screen. | 09-18-2008 |
20090060227 | Audio signal output device - Under the control of a controller, a DSP supplies audio signals received from a switch circuit to a main zone DAC, subjects the audio signals received from the aforementioned switch circuit (i.e., audio signals for main zone use) to down-mixing processing so that the number of channels matches the number of output terminals assigned to each zone, and respectively supplies the audio signals subjected to down-mixing processing to the respective switch circuits of each zone. Each of the aforementioned switch circuits supplies the audio signals received from the subzone DAC to the respective volume adjustor of each zone. | 03-05-2009 |
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20090018699 | WORK POSITIONING DEVICE - Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M | 01-15-2009 |
20120019791 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection optical system includes a first optical system, a second optical system, and first and second reflection mirrors. The first and second reflection mirrors are arranged on an optical path between an image forming element and a reflection surface of the second optical system, so that a direction of an optical path of light beams from the second reflection mirror to the reflection surface contains a component of a direction opposite to a predetermined direction from the image forming element to the first optical system, and a projection image of the image forming element on a conjugate surface, a projection of the reflection surface onto the conjugate surface, and a projection of the image forming element onto the conjugate surface are arrayed in this order on the conjugate surface. | 01-26-2012 |
20120092628 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTOR - A projection optical system configured to project an image onto a projection surface includes a first optical system including at least one dioptric system and having positive power as a whole; a second optical system including a reflection region and a transmission region; and a third optical system including at least one reflecting surface having power, and having positive power as a whole, wherein light entering the projection optical system passes through the first optical system to have a path thereof bent by the reflection region of the second optical system to be incident on the third optical system, and the light incident on the third optical system has the path thereof bent by the third optical system to pass through the transmission region of the second optical system to be incident on the projection surface. | 04-19-2012 |
20120236266 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes: an optical image generating unit to generate an optical image based on image data; a projection surface; a projection optical system including a plurality of optical elements and configured to form an projected image, onto a projection surface, coupled with the optical image generated by the optical image generating unit; a projected image shifting unit to shift the projected image by changing a posture of at least one of the plurality of optical elements included in the projection optical system; a tilt sensor to detect a posture of the optical element of which posture is changed by the projected image shifting unit; and a trapezoidal distortion correction unit to correct the optical image generated by the optical image generating unit so as to prevent the trapezoidal distortion of the projected image from occurring based on the detection result of the tilt sensor. | 09-20-2012 |
20130010264 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus emits light onto an optical modulation device for forming an image according to a modulation signal and illuminating an object. The illumination apparatus includes a light source; a fluorescent material that emits light of a color different from a color of light emitted by the light source; and a light guiding unit that switches between a state in which the light emitted from the light source is guided to the fluorescent material and a state in which the light emitted from the light source is not guided to the fluorescent material. | 01-10-2013 |
20130021582 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, PROJECTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTING DEVICE - An illuminating device for emitting light onto a light modulating element that forms an image in accordance with a modulation signal and irradiates a target to be illuminated with light, the illuminating device includes a substrate on which equal to or more than two phosphors that emit light with exciting light are formed in a band-like form along a predetermined direction, equal to or more than two light collecting units that are arranged for the respective equal to or more than two phosphors, and collect light components emitted from the respective equal to or more than two phosphors, and a driving unit that drives the substrate in the predetermined direction. | 01-24-2013 |
20130070333 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a projection optical system including a first optical system configured to form a first image conjugate to an object and have an optical axis and a second optical system configured to project a second image conjugate to the first image onto a surface to be projected on, wherein the first image satisfies a condition of: | 03-21-2013 |
20130192986 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CU-GA ALLOY POWDER, CU-GA ALLOY POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CU-GA ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET, AND CU-GA ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET - Provided are a method for producing a Cu—Ga alloy powder, by which a high quality Cu—Ga alloy powder to be produced readily; a Cu—Ga alloy powder; a method for producing a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target; and a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target. Specifically, a Cu—Ga alloy powder is produced by stirring a mixed powder containing a Cu powder and a Ga in a mass ratio of 85:15 to 55:45 at a temperature of 30 to 700° C. in an inert atmosphere thereby accomplishing alloying. Also a Cu—Ga alloy sputtering target is produced by molding the Cu—Ga alloy powder followed by sintering. | 08-01-2013 |
20130235356 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - A disclosed projection optical system projects images on a surface to be projected on. The projection optical system includes a first optical system including at least one refraction optical system and having positive power as a whole, a folding mirror, and a second optical system including at least one reflection surface having power and having positive power as a whole. Further the folding mirror folds a light path from the first optical system to the second optical system, and in a plane including an optical axis of the first optical system and a normal line of the surface to be projected on, the following conditional expressions (1) through (3) are satisfied (1) 0.43≦d | 09-12-2013 |
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20110157153 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH AN IMAGE PICKUP FUNCTION - A projection unit projects a predetermined image onto a projection plane through a lens. An image generating unit generates the predetermined image which is to be projected from the projection unit. A code generator generates a notifying image that contains information to be conveyed to another projector provided with an image pickup function. The projection unit projects the notifying image generated by the code generator and has the another projector capture the notifying image so as to convey the information to the another projector. | 06-30-2011 |
20120066777 | TEST AGENT FOR VISCERAL OBESITY AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are: a method for detecting (diagnosing) visceral obesity in a subject; a test agent useful for the method; a method for searching for a substance that can be used as an active ingredient for ameliorating visceral obesity; and an ameliorating agent for visceral obesity or a medicinal agent for preventing a metabolic disease developed as a result of the progression of visceral obesity. As the test agent, a polynucleotide which comprises at least 15 nucleotides and can hybridize with a nucleotide sequence for coiled-coil domain containing protein 3 (CCDC3) gene or a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence under stringent conditions or an antibody capable of recognizing CCDC3 protein is used. | 03-15-2012 |
20120330124 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BODY FAT - A body fat measurement apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a current-applying electrode pair including two electrodes for applying a current, and a voltage-measuring electrode pair including two electrodes for measuring a voltage. The current-applying electrode pair is provided in such a way that a line which joins the two current-applying electrodes is inclined with respect to a trunk axis of a body to be measured. The voltage-measuring electrode pair is provided between the two current-applying electrodes. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330181 | VISCERAL FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A visceral fat measurement device includes a current-applying electrode pair including a first current-applying electrode and a second current-applying electrode, and a voltage measurement electrode pair including a first voltage measurement electrode and a second voltage measurement electrode. The current-applying electrode pair is arranged on a projected line obtained by projecting the body trunk axis of a measured body to the body surface of an abdominal part of the measured body. The first and second current-applying electrodes are separated from each other at a predetermined interval determined so that a current path connecting the first current-applying electrode, visceral fat, and the second current-applying electrode is formed. The voltage measurement electrode pair is arranged between the first and second current-applying electrodes in a direction along the body trunk axis of the measured body. | 12-27-2012 |
20130045543 | NOVEL MUC1 ANTIBODY - An objective of the present invention is to provide a MUC1 antibody having high specificity to cancer cells. The objective has been achieved by the present inventors who found that a cancer-specific sugar chain can be specifically recognized in MUC1 and a cancer cell expressing MUC1 having such a cancer cell specific sugar chain can be recognized. The present invention provides an antibody, an antigen-binding fragment thereof or a MUC1-binding molecule, having, for example, 40-fold specificity or more for a cancer-associated structure of MUC1 as compared to that of a normal tissue-associated structure of MUC1. | 02-21-2013 |
20130317202 | TEST AGENT FOR VISCERAL OBESITY AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed are: a method for detecting (diagnosing) visceral obesity in a subject; a test agent useful for the method; a method for searching for a substance that can be used as an active ingredient for ameliorating visceral obesity; and an ameliorating agent for visceral obesity or a medicinal agent for preventing a metabolic disease developed as a result of the progression of visceral obesity. As the test agent, a polynucleotide which comprises at least 15 nucleotides and can hybridize with a nucleotide sequence for coiled-coil domain containing protein 3 (CCDC3) gene or a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence under stringent conditions or an antibody capable of recognizing CCDC3 protein is used. | 11-28-2013 |
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20110181177 | FLUORESCENT LAMP ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND A FLUORESCENT LAMP - Provided is a fluorescent lamp electrode, having excellent sputtering resistance and able to retain excellent dark-start characteristics over a long period of time when used as an electrode in a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and which can be produced inexpensively. A fluorescent lamp of this invention has a prolonged life resulting from the use of said electrode. Said electrode is made by dispersing in a nickel or nickel alloy base one or more rare earth metals selected from among lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, samarium, praseodymium, niobium, europium and gadolinium in the form of a precipitated boride phase. | 07-28-2011 |
20130308104 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a first reflector having a first reflection face; a second reflector having a second reflection face, the first reflection face of the first reflector and the second reflection face of the second reflector disposed opposite each other; and a plurality of light sources being disposed around a periphery of the second reflector. Light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources reflect on the first reflector and then reflect on the second reflector. | 11-21-2013 |
20140036241 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a light deflector including a light-emitting element configured to emit a light beam with a substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape, and a lens configured to condense light emitted from the light-emitting element, wherein an optical axis of the light-emitting element and an optical axis of the lens are decentered and a longitudinal axis of the light beam with the substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape is arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of decentering on the lens. | 02-06-2014 |
20140049755 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS - An illumination light generation apparatus includes a light source unit and an emission unit. The light source unit includes first and second light source groups that radiate a plurality of light beams, respectively. The first and second light source groups face each other. The emission unit emits a composite light beam in a predetermined direction and includes a first reflection part that reflects the plurality of light beams radiated from the first light source group, and an emission part that reflects the plurality of light beams reflected from the first reflection part and the plurality of light beams radiated from the second light source group. The emission part generates the composite light beam by reflecting the plurality of light beams radiated from the first light source group and the plurality of light beams radiated from the second light source group in the predetermined direction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140240679 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - A light source unit includes a light emitting element supporter to support a plurality of light emitting elements disposed with a dispersed pattern in a two-dimensional direction as a light emitting element assembly, and light emitted from the light emitting element assembly exits to a target. The light emitting element supporter includes a ventilating hole at an inner portion of two dimensional direction of the light emitting element assembly, and cooling air, supplied from a rear side of a light emitting side of the light emitting element assembly, passes through the ventilating hole to the light emitting side of the light emitting element assembly. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240680 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT SOURCE UNIT - A light source unit includes a light emitting element supporter to support a plurality of light emitting elements disposed with a dispersed pattern in a two-dimensional direction as a light emitting element assembly, and light emitted from the light emitting element assembly exits to a target; a light return member disposed at a position facing a light emitting side of the light emitting element assembly while setting a space with the light emitting element supporter, the light return member returning light emitted from the light emitting element assembly toward at an inner side of two dimensional direction of the light emitting element assembly, and a flow path of the cooling air to pass through cooling air supplied from an air supply unit into the space. | 08-28-2014 |
20140268068 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, LIGHTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source unit includes a first reflector having a reflection face; a second reflector having a reflection face; a plurality of light sources; and a light condensing optical system to condense light emitted from the plurality of light sources. Light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources are reflected at a first reflection position on the reflection face of the first reflector, and then reflected at a second reflection position on the reflection face of the second reflector. The second reflection position is close to an optical axis of the light condensing optical system compared to the first reflection position. | 09-18-2014 |
20140268072 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, LIGHTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source unit includes a first reflector having a reflection face; a second reflector having a reflection face; a plurality of light sources; and a light condensing optical system disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector. Light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources are reflected at a first reflection position on the reflection face of the first reflector, and then reflected at a second reflection position on the reflection face of the second reflector. The second reflection position is close to an optical axis of the light condensing optical system compared to the first reflection position. The light condensing optical system is configured such that the light beam passes through the light condensing optical system at least two times when the light beams reflect between the first reflector and the second reflector. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295261 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING DETERIORATION OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - An object is to provide an electrochemical device in which lithium deposition and reduction in battery capacity can be inhibited even when the concentration of a lithium salt in an electrolytic solution is lower than 1.0 M. Lithium deposition can be inhibited and lithium whiskers can be dissolved by applying an inversion pulse current for a short time more than once in a charging period of a secondary battery which deteriorates. By applying the inversion pulse current more than once, deterioration of a lithium-ion secondary battery due to repeated charging can be suppressed even when it is a secondary battery in which the concentration of a lithium salt in an electrolytic solution is lower than 1.0 M and therefore lithium is easily deposited. | 10-02-2014 |
20140340649 | LIGHTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIGHTING METHOD - A lighting device includes a first light source which emits excitation light, a wavelength convertor which generates fluorescence containing at least a first wavelength range and a second wavelength range by excitation with the excitation light, a second light source which emits light containing a third wavelength range different from the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range, an optical path-combining element which combines an optical path for the fluorescence from the wavelength convertor and an optical path for the light from the second light source, so as to guide the combined optical paths to a single emission optical path, and a light separator disposed in the emission optical path, which obtains and emits at least the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range of the fluorescence and at least the third wavelength range of the light from the second light source. | 11-20-2014 |
20150042963 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light source device includes: a first light emitting unit including a light emitting element that emits light having a predetermined wavelength range; a second light emitting unit including a wavelength conversion member that receives the light from the light emitting element and emits light having a different wavelength range different than the predetermined wavelength range; an optical unit configured to define a path of the light emitted from the light emitting element and a path of the light emitted from the wavelength conversion member; an air blowing unit configured to generate a cooling air; and a passage forming member configured to form a passage through which the cooling air flows, the passage being in contact with both of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit. | 02-12-2015 |
20150131062 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a light source to emit excitation light; a phosphor as a rotatable wavelength convertor; a motor to drive the phosphor; an excitation light condensing optical system to condense the excitation light emitted from the light source onto the phosphor; and a casing having a closed space to encase the light source, the phosphor, and the excitation light condensing optical system, and at least a part of the motor while a remaining part of the motor being protruded to an external space of the casing. | 05-14-2015 |
20150253653 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND ILLUMINATION METHOD - An illumination device includes an excitation light source which emits excitation light, a wavelength converter which generates fluorescent light having a wavelength different from that of the excitation light through the excitation of the excitation light and a light path-splitting member including a first filter and a second filter arranged to alternately come across a light path of the excitation light, wherein the first filter reflects one of the excitation light and the fluorescent light and transmits the other of the excitation light and the fluorescent light, the second filter transmits light reflected by the first filter and reflects light transmitted through the first filter, and the wavelength converter is disposed in a reflection light path or a transmission light path of the excitation light. | 09-10-2015 |
20150316840 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR USING THE SAME - A light source device including: a light source section which generates any one of blue light, red light, and green light; a phosphor which generates a fluorescence including the two colors other than the color of the light emitted from the light source section; a color-changing section which changes one of the two colors of the fluorescence emitted from the phosphor to another color regularly and irradiates it to the image-forming element; and a light path-switching section which switches a light path in which a fluorescence excited by the color light emitted from the light source section passes towards the color-changing section and a light path in which the color light emitted from the light source section passes towards the image-forming element regularly. | 11-05-2015 |
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20130096456 | BODY COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Disclosed is a body composition measurement device provided with a current electrode pair for applying current and a plurality of voltage electrode pairs for measuring voltage at a plurality of measurement points. A controller measures body fat on the basis of voltages measured at the plurality of measurement points by means of the voltage electrode pairs. The controller uses the measured voltages at the plurality of measurement points to perform integration and calculates the amount of body fat on the basis of the integration result. | 04-18-2013 |
20150204832 | CALORIE CALCULATION DEVICE - A calorie calculation device having a measurement unit, a weight detection unit, and a control unit. The measurement unit measures the water content of an analysis target (S). The weight detection unit measures the weight of the analysis target (S). The control unit calculates the calories of the analysis target (S) by using the measurement results of both the measurement unit and the weight detection unit. | 07-23-2015 |
20150253254 | ANALYSIS APPARATUS - An analysis apparatus is provided with: a light emitting part, a light dispersing part, a light detecting part, a storage unit, and a control unit. The light dispersing part disperses first reflected light reflected from a food product when the food product has been irradiated with light from the light emitting part. The light detecting part: generates first detection data by detecting the first reflected light dispersed; and, when a food product sample containing known ingredients is irradiated with light from the light emitting part, generates second detection data by detecting second reflected light reflected from the food product sample and dispersed by the light dispersing part. The storage unit stores a regression formula computed using the second detection data as a parameter. The control unit estimates the ingredients contained in the food product using the first detection data and the regression formula stored in the storage unit. | 09-10-2015 |
20150260644 | FOODSTUFF ANALYSIS DEVICE - Provided is a foodstuff analysis device capable of readily calculating calories or component weights. The foodstuff analysis device has a light-emitting unit, a light-receiving section, and a control unit. The light-emitting unit irradiates light including at least some wavelengths among wavelengths in the range 700-1,100 nm, on to an analysis target. The light-receiving section receives light reflected from the analysis target. The control unit calculates the absorbance of light received by the light-receiving section, and calculates the calories of the analysis target on the basis of the calculated absorbance and on the basis of the correlation between absorbance and calories. | 09-17-2015 |
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20140028983 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT BEAM FORMING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An illumination light beam forming device, including a first light source unit projecting a ring shaped light beam group, a second light source unit projecting light beams including a case the light beams being group, a combining unit for combining the light beam group projected from the first light source unit and light beams projected from the second light source unit, in which the combing unit includes a reflecting part formed to reflect one of the light beam groups, a transmitting part disposed able to transmit the other one of the light beam groups, and light beams projected from the second light source unit are disposed at an internal side of the light beam groups projected from the first light source unit when the two light beam groups are viewed from a plane including the reflecting part. | 01-30-2014 |
20140071182 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PROJECTOR - An illumination light source device, comprising: a light path junction member which splits light emitted from a light source into a first light path emitting excitation light for phosphor and a second light path irradiating illumination light; a first diffuser disposed in the first light path; and a second diffuser disposed in the second light path, the second diffuser having a diffusion degree larger than that of the first diffuser. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071407 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTION DEVICE INCLUDING THE ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD TO CONTROL THE PROJECTION DEVICE - An illumination light source device includes a reflection-transmission wheel provided on a light-path from an excitation light source and having a transmission region that transmits an excitation light and a reflection region reflecting the excitation light, a fluorescent wheel provided on at least one of the reflection light-path and the transmission light-path and having a fluorescent body emitting fluorescence when excited by the excitation light, and a control section turning-on the excitation light source while the boundary of the transmission region and the reflection region traverses the light-path, in order to provide an illumination light source device capable of preventing a deterioration of the fluorescent body, whereby improving a color reproducibility by use of the color mixture occurred at the boundary region between the transmission light-path and the reflection light-path effectively and improving the brightness of image. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071408 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM, PROJECTOR HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - An illumination light source system includes an excitation light source; a reflection/transmission member having a transmission area which transmits excitation light from the excitation light source and a reflection area which reflects the excitation light, the transmission area and the reflection area sequentially crossing an emission light path of the excitation light source; a fluorescent member provided in at least one of a reflection light path of the excitation light reflected by the reflection area and a transmission light path of the excitation light transmitted through the transmission area, the fluorescent member being provided with a phosphor which generates a color different from that of the excitation light by excitation with the excitation light; and a controller which reduces a light volume of the excitation light source while a boundary area between the transmission area and the reflection area of the reflection/transmission member is located on the emission light path. | 03-13-2014 |
20140268069 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - A light source unit emitting a light on an optical axis includes a first light emitter to emit a light in a certain wavelength band, a second light emitter to emit a light in a wavelength band different from that of the first light emitter, a third light emitter to emit a light in a wavelength band different from those of the first and second light emitters, a lighting path through which the lights from the first, second, and third light emitters are guided to propagate on the optical axis and into which the light from the third light emitter is joined at a hindmost position in a traveling direction on the optical axis, and an optical adjuster to exert an optical effect on the light from the third light emitter and not to exert an optical effect on the light rays from the first and second light emitters. | 09-18-2014 |