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20080211911 | OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM USED THEREWITH, MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM USED THEREWITH - An object detecting apparatus and method accurately detect an event while reducing power consumption. A photosensor is used to detect an object entering a monitoring region, and a microwave sensor is used to detect the object, which enters another monitoring region. State data representing the state of the object is generated based on detection information obtained by both sensors. | 09-04-2008 |
20080287319 | Separation Method and Apparatus of Single-Stranded Nucleic Acid, Microarray and Dna Chip - A separation method of single-stranded nucleic acid characterized in that nucleic acid amplification is performed using a first primer to which a second substance capable of binding specifically to a first substance is bound and a second primer to which the second substance is not bound, and double-stranded nucleic acid obtained by the nucleic acid amplification is bound to the first substance, and the double-stranded nucleic acid bound to the first substance is dissociated into a single strand, and a separation apparatus of single-stranded nucleic acid characterized by having a nucleic acid amplification part | 11-20-2008 |
20080291123 | Space-Dividing Apparatus - The present invention relates to a space-diving apparatus that could well be preferably applied to a single-leaf section, a divider etc. A division plate section | 11-27-2008 |
20110057145 | METHOD FOR PREPARING DENDRIMER-MODIFIED, MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES - There is provided a method for preparing dendrimer-modified magnetic fine particles wherein such particles can be made within a shorter time and more inexpensively than in the above-stated prior art processes and lot-to-lot variations in properties are lessened. The method for preparing dendrimer-fixed magnetic fine particles comprises the steps of providing magnetic particles having a functional group at a surface thereof, providing a dendrimer having a functional group at a base end portion thereof and synthesized to a desired generation and binding the functional group of the magnetic particles and the functional group of the dendrimer directly or indirectly through a crosslinking agent. | 03-10-2011 |
20110060136 | DENDRIMER-COATED MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND UTILITY THEREOF - Dendrimer-coated magnetic fine particles comprise magnetic fine particles, a lipid bilayer covering a surface of individual magnetic fine particles, and a dendrimer bound to an outer layer of the lipid bilayer. With the dendrimer-coated magnetic fine particles, the dendrimer is positively charged are brought into contact with a nucleic acid-containing solution to adsorb the nucleic acid on the dendrimer, while the nucleic acid-adsorbed fine particles are collected by magnetic force to recover the nucleic acid from the solution. | 03-10-2011 |
20150040467 | METHOD FOR CULTURING MICROALGAE, BIOFILM FORMED ON LIQUID SURFACE BY THE CULTURING METHOD, BIOMASS AND OIL OBTAINED FROM THE BIOFILM, METHOD FOR COLLECTING THE BIOFILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOMASS FUEL, MICROALGAE CAPABLE OF FORMING BIOFILM ON LIQUID SURFACE, BIOFILM FORMED ON LIQUID SURFACE USING THE MICROALGAE, AND BIOMASS AND OIL OBTAINED FROM THE BIOFILM - There is provided a method for culturing microalgae in which microalgae capable of forming a biofilm on a liquid surface are cultured so as to form a biofilm on a liquid surface of a liquid medium, and microalgae capable of forming the biofilm on the liquid surface, for example, microalgae closely related to | 02-12-2015 |
20150267162 | METHOD OF COLLECTING SEED ALGAE FROM MICROALGAE ON LIQUID SURFACE AND OF PERFORMING CULTURING IN SEPARATE CULTURE CONTAINER, IN METHOD OF CULTURING MICROALGAE ON LIQUID SURFACE - There is provided a method of culturing microalgae, including: culturing in a first stage in which microalgae obtained through a purification process are cultured in a culture solution within a first culture container to form a biofilm as a film-like structure or a three-dimensional structure which is formed of the microalgae on a liquid surface of the culture solution; and culturing in a second stage in which microalgae are cultured on a liquid surface using at least a part of the biofilm as a film-like structure or a three-dimensional structure which is formed on the liquid surface of the culture solution, as seed algae. | 09-24-2015 |
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20090313427 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - To optimize performance and power consumption of a storage system having many disk drives, the storage system contains a plurality of volumes. A first number of the volumes belong to a first volume set. The first number of the remaining volumes belong to a second volume set. The volumes that belong to the first volume set are allocated dispersedly to a second number of disk drives. The volumes that belong to the second volume set are allocated dispersedly to a third number of disk drives, the third number being larger than the second number. A computer selects one of the first volume set and the second volume set based on a predetermined condition to store data dispersedly in the volumes belonging to the selected volume set. The computer stops spinning of disks in the disk drives to which none of the volumes belonging to the selected volume set are allocated. | 12-17-2009 |
20100205329 | FILE INPUT/OUTPUT METHOD - Provided is a computer system comprising a computer and a plurality of storage devices. The plurality of storage devices store divided data which is obtained by dividing data contained in a file which can be accesed by the computer. The computer holds configuration information of the processor included in the computer and configuration information of the file which is stored by dividing the file; divides an I/O request of the file into a plurality of I/O requests for the plurality of storage devices; determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied or not; and assigns a plurality of I/O threads of a number determined based on a result of the determination to the divided plurality of I/O requests. The processor inputs/outputs the divided data of the file held in the plurality of storage devices by using the assigned the plurality of I/O threads. | 08-12-2010 |
20100268816 | PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM, BOTTLENECK DETECTION METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE SYSTEM - A performance monitoring system, comprising: a server; a storage system; and a management server, the management server the management server is configured to: obtain the gathered time-sequential data from the server; judge whether at least one bottleneck has occurred in the logical resource of a specified one of the plurality of virtual machines at each time of the obtained time-sequential data, judge whether at least one bottleneck causing large influence on the specified one of the plurality of virtual machines has occurred; and notify that at least one large bottleneck has occurred in the specified one of the plurality of virtual machines. | 10-21-2010 |
20110058560 | VIRTUAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT SERVER AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A virtual network management server includes ring node information that manages configuration nodes for each of the rings, and ring connection I/F for each of the ring configuration nodes, generates the VLAN configuration information so as to transfer a frame that is transmitted or received by a designated gateway connection port and a designated base station connection port by the designated VLAN, and also so as to transmit or receive a tagged frame of the designated VLAN by the ring connection I/F of all of the ring to which the gateway connection switch belongs and the ring to which the base station connection switch belongs, and updates the VLAN configuration of the switch. | 03-10-2011 |
20120117226 | MONITORING SYSTEM OF COMPUTER AND MONITORING METHOD - There is provided a monitoring system capable of representing relationships of computer resources that virtual servers use in a tree structure and aggregating the performance statistics of the virtual resources sharing physical resources. The monitoring system has: a virtualization module that makes virtual computers operate; and a monitoring module for monitoring the physical computers and components of the virtual computers. The monitoring module designates the physical computer and the components of the virtualizing module as base resources, manages the components of the virtual computers as virtual resources, generates a platform tree by extracting a tree structure from the virtual resources and the components of the base resources for predetermined platforms, generates a service provision tree by extracting a tree structure having the base or virtual resources as starting points, and establishes a reference relationship for the components contained in the platform tree and also contained in the service provision tree. | 05-10-2012 |
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20080231615 | INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed here is an input device used for input operations of electronic equipment. According to the input device, an illuminating display section is disposed on an operation knob, and the controller of the device effects on/off control of the illuminating display section in connection with showing indications on the display of the device. With the structure above, the on/off state of the illuminating display section allows a user to easily confirm the current operating status of the electronic equipment, without looking at indications shown in the display. | 09-25-2008 |
20090115748 | INPUTTING DEVICE - An inputting device includes an actuator that can move and rotate, a rotation sensor for detecting a rotation of the actuator, a movement sensor for detecting that the actuator moves to a predetermined position, and a rotation suppressor for preventing the actuator from rotating when the actuator moves to the predetermined position and for allowing the actuator to rotate when the actuator is not positioned at the predetermined position. This input device prevents erroneous operation and performs various operations. | 05-07-2009 |
20090140994 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes: a display plate having a plurality of display sections; an electrostatic touch panel provided at a lower face of the display plate; an operation body on which the display plate and the electrostatic touch panel are placed; a plurality of light-emitting elements for illuminating the plurality of display sections of the display plate from a lower side of the display plate through the electrostatic touch panel; and a control section that is electrically connected to the electrostatic touch panel and the plurality of light-emitting elements, and that controls light emission of the plurality of light-emitting elements in accordance with touch operation to the electrostatic touch panel. | 06-04-2009 |
20100204884 | INPUT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An input system for vehicle includes an actuator operable by an operator, a controller outputting a display signal in response to an operation on the actuator, and a display to display an image based on the display signals. The controller outputs a control signal to a target device that performs one or more functions. The image includes a graphic object indicating the actuator, one or more arrows located around the graphic object, and one or more function indicators located in one or more directions indicated by the one or more arrows, respectively. The one or more function indicators indicate the one or more functions, respectively. The controller is operable to, upon the operator operating the actuator in the direction corresponding to an arrow out of the one or more arrows, select a function indicator out of the one or more function indicators located in a direction indicated by the arrow, and to control the target device to perform a function out of the one or more functions indicated by the selected function indicator. The operator can operate the input system reliably. | 08-12-2010 |
20100268426 | RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A reconfigurable vehicle user interface system is presented. A vehicle user interface has a touch sensitive input devices such as touchpads and a touch screen that have specific function commands mapped to them. A user can select which function commands are mapped to which portions of the touch screen. This allows a user to customize the steering wheel function commands. | 10-21-2010 |
20110303519 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SWITCH - A multi-directional switch includes switches, a wiring board having an electrode, a pressure-sensitive body disposed over the electrode, a detection pin disposed on the upper surface of the pressure-sensitive body, and an operating body configured to push the detection pin and the switches by being tilted. The degree of a pushing force exerted by the operating body onto the detection pin changes the contact resistance between the pressure-sensitive body and the electrode. The multi-directional switch enables an electronic apparatus connected thereto to perform diverse functions by reflecting changes in the contact resistance. | 12-15-2011 |
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20130166146 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle display system includes a steering switch disposed at a steering wheel, an in-vehicle display having a display screen, and a touch panel covering the display screen. When an operator operates the touch panel, the in-vehicle display is operable to display a touch panel menu including icons on the display screen. When the operator operates the steering switch while the touch panel menu is displayed on the display screen, the in-vehicle display is operable to replace the touch panel menu with a steering switch menu to display the steering switch menu on display screen. The steering switch menu includes the icons arranged differently than the touch panel menu. This in-vehicle display system is suitably used to operate both of the touch panel and the steering switch. | 06-27-2013 |
20150375620 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control device of the present invention is a device that controls an indication status of a display device disposed in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle, and includes a traveling status obtaining unit that obtains a traveling status of the vehicle, which includes at least a speed of the vehicle; a traveling status determining unit that determines, based on the traveling status, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition corresponding to at least a condition that both of a first region to be displayed on the display device and a second region other than the first region are present on an analog speed meter that presents the speed; and a display control unit that displays the first region of the analog speed meter on the display device, and does not display the second region of the analog speed meter on the display device when the predetermined condition is satisfied. | 12-31-2015 |
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20090033795 | IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image signal generating apparatus that includes a video information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of video information, a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of predetermined characteristic information from each of the plurality of video information obtained by the video information obtaining unit, and a sorting unit that changes an order of displaying the plurality of the video information based on each of the plurality of characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information obtaining unit. The image signal generating apparatus further includes a display image signal generating unit that generates a video signal to display the plurality of video information based on information obtained, as a result of changing the order of displaying the plurality of the video information, from the sorting unit. | 02-05-2009 |
20090106811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH SUCH PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus that includes an obtaining unit obtaining first contents and second contents, a storage storing the first contents and second contents obtained by the obtaining unit, and an information processor reading the first contents and second contents from the storage and outputting the second contents, while causing the second contents to precede the first contents a predetermined time, to be superimposed on the first contents. | 04-23-2009 |
20090281311 | 1,3,5-TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE COMPRISING THIS AS A COMPOSING COMPONENT - Since the conventional electron transporters have low thermal stability, the organic electroluminescent devices using them are not sufficient in terms of the compatibility of their luminance and luminous efficiency with device lifetime. | 11-12-2009 |
20100249406 | PHENYL-SUBSTITUTED 1,3.5-TRIAZINE COMPOUND, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME AS COMPONENT - A phenyl-substituted 1,3,5-triazine compound represented by the general formula (1); | 09-30-2010 |
20110190494 | 1,3,5-TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING SAME AS CONSTITUENT COMPONENT - A 1,3,5-triazine derivative represented by the formula (1): | 08-04-2011 |
20110288295 | 1,3,5-TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - A 1,3,5-triazine derivative represented by formula (1): | 11-24-2011 |
20120313090 | PHENYL-SUBSTITUTED 1,3,5-TRIAZINE COMPOUND, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME AS COMPONENT - A phenyl-substituted 1,3,5-triazine compound represented by the general formula (1): | 12-13-2012 |
20140330013 | CYCLIC AZINE COMPOUND HAVING NITROGEN-CONTAINING FUSED AROMATIC GROUP, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT COMPRISING SAME AS CONSTITUENT COMPONENT - A cyclic azine compound of formula (1): | 11-06-2014 |
20150329544 | CYCLIC AZINE DERIVATIVES, PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THESE, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT CONTAINING THESE AS COMPONENT - A cyclic azine compound represented by general formula (1): | 11-19-2015 |
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20130197186 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF POLY(LACTIC ACID)-TYPE RESIN, AND POLY(LACTIC ACID)-TYPE PREPOLYMER - A method of producing a poly(lactic acid) resin includes carrying out direct polycondensation using lactic acid as a main raw material to prepare a crystallized prepolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 25,000, an enthalpy of fusion ΔHm of 50 to 65 J/g and an acid value A mol/ton satisfying (1) below: | 08-01-2013 |
20140142276 | POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention is directed to a method for producing a polylactic acid resin, including the step of subjecting a crystallized prepolymer, which is a prepolymer including a lactic acid unit as a main component, and has an optical purity (Ea) of 60 to 94%, a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000, and a crystal melting enthalpy (ΔHma) of 4 to 50 J/g, to solid phase polymerization. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a polylactic acid resin which is excellent in moldability upon melt processing and drawdown resistance upon melt processing, and is also excellent in hydrolysis resistance. | 05-22-2014 |
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20140239904 | COMPACT STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a storage case, a battery, a control board, and a pressing mechanism. The battery is disposed in the storage case and pressed by the pressing mechanism against the bottom of the storage case. The control board has mounted thereon electronic components to control charging or discharging of the battery and is located above the battery within the storage case. The pressing mechanism is disposed next to the control board without any physical interference with each other. Such a layout of the pressing mechanism and the control board permits the battery unit to be reduced in size thereof. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242427 | STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT SUITABLE FOR INSTALLATION OF WATER DAMAGE SENSOR - A battery unit is provided which includes a control board, a storage case, a water detector, and an electrical conductor. The storage case is made of an assembly of a first and a second casing member. The first casing member has an upright wall which extends from the bottom thereof and surrounds the battery. The second casing member also has an extension which extends toward the bottom of the first casing member. The water detector is located close to the lower end of the extension of the second casing member. The electric conductor extends upward from the upper end of the extension and are electrically joined to the water detector. The electric conductor is also mechanically and electrically joined to the control board. This structure facilitates the ease with which the water detector is installed electrically and mechanically in the battery unit. | 08-28-2014 |
20140242438 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND RIGID STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a battery and a storage case in which the battery is mounted. The storage case is made up of a base, a cover, and an intermediate case. The cover is jointed to the base with an interspace therebetween. The intermediate case is disposed between the cover and the base and has a peripheral wall which occupies the interspace. The intermediate case is lower in stiffness than the cover and the base, thereby realizing a lightweight structure of the storage case without sacrificing the mechanical strength thereof. | 08-28-2014 |
20140370366 | STRUCTURE OF BATTERY UNIT - A battery unit is provided which includes a battery made of a stack of a plurality of cells each of which is equipped with electrode tabs serving as a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The electrode tabs are broken down into first electrode tabs and second electrode tabs. The first electrode tabs are the electrode tabs of every adjacent two of the cells which are joined together through a weld. The second electrode tabs are the electrode tabs of the cells each of which is joined to a bus bar through a weld without being connected to any of the electrode tabs. The first and second electrode tabs each have a bent portion which lies between a body of the cell and the weld and works as a vibration absorber to ensure the stability in forming the weld during a welding operation. | 12-18-2014 |