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20080238974 | Droplet ejection device - A droplet ejection device includes: an ejection head having an actuator and a nozzle; an interface configured to receive data; and a controller configured to (a) execute, based on the received data, ejection control in which liquid droplets having respective different volumes are selectively ejected from the nozzle to a medium by driving the actuator and (b) execute recovery control in which ejection performance of the recording head is recovered by driving the actuator. The controller is configured to (c) determine, based on the received data, a volume of a droplet to be first ejected from the nozzle under the ejection control subsequent to the recovery control, and (d) set, based on the determined volume, a condition for driving the actuator to execute the recovery control. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238983 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a carriage comprising a recording head that ejects a liquid toward a recording medium, the carriage configured to reciprocate along a travel path in a widthwise direction of the recording medium; a receiving unit disposed in a position opposed to the recording head so as to receive a fluid which is flushed from the recording head; and a movement device configured to move the receiving unit below the travel path of the carriage to a position which is outside and proximate to an edge in the widthwise direction of the recording medium. | 10-02-2008 |
20090219314 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head configured to eject liquid droplets onto an ejected target element to form a of dots arranged at predetermined dot intervals in dot columns. The liquid droplet ejecting head has a flow passage unit including individual flow passages including a first individual flow passage and a second individual flow passage, at least one common liquid chamber in fluid communication with each individual flow passage; and a plurality of nozzles, including a first nozzle fluidly communicating with the first individual flow passage and a second nozzle fluidly communicating with the second flow passage. A control unit causes a liquid droplet to be ejected from the first nozzle, then moves the ejecting head less than the dot interval, then subsequently suspends the first nozzle from ejecting, and ejects a liquid droplet from the second nozzle. | 09-03-2009 |
20090244139 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid droplet ejecting apparatus capable of determining a type of droplet to be ejected through each nozzle at an arbitrary ejection timing, with consideration of not only an influence of droplet ejections at preceding and following ejection timings, but also crosstalk between a nozzle column and another nozzle column. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245907 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND SHEET FEEDING DEVICES - An image forming apparatus including an image forming portion that forms an image on a surface of a sheet, a feeding device that feeds the sheet in a sheet feeding direction, a sheet receiving portion, and an engagement portion selectively moves between a first position and a second position. When the engagement portion is in the first position, the engagement portion engages the leading end of the sheet. When the engagement portion is in the second position, the engagement portion does not engage the sheet. When the engagement portion is in the first position, the engagement portion engages a leading end of the sheet before a trailing end of the sheet passes the feeding device. The sheet receiving portion receives the sheet after the engagement portion engages the leading end of the sheet. | 10-01-2009 |
20090267978 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING JETTING A LIQUID DROPLET - A data generating circuit incorporated in an ASIC includes a first jetting mode memory circuit which stores information related to a plurality of first jetting modes, a time-sequence information memory circuit which stores time-sequence information of a jetting mode which associates one of the plurality of first jetting modes, for each jetting timing of the nozzle, a second jetting mode memory circuit which stores information related to a plurality of second jetting modes, which are more than types of the plurality of first jetting modes, and a jetting mode selecting circuit which selects a jetting mode at an arbitrary jetting timing among the plurality of second jetting modes, based on the first jetting modes at the arbitrary jetting timing and at least one of the previous and subsequent jetting timings. | 10-29-2009 |
20110050809 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A piezoelectric actuator is provided, including a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged in two arrays, first and second common electrodes which have first and second facing portions facing parts of the individual electrodes and first and second connecting portions connecting the first and second facing portions respectively, and first and second wiring portions which are arranged on the vibration plate and which are connected to the first and second common electrodes respectively via first and second connecting wirings, wherein one of the first connecting wirings connects the first connecting portion and one of the first wiring portion while striding over the second connecting portion. | 03-03-2011 |
20150035912 | Ink-jet head - A piezoelectric actuator is provided, including a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer, a plurality of individual electrodes arranged in two arrays, first and second common electrodes which have first and second facing portions facing parts of the individual electrodes and first and second connecting portions connecting the first and second facing portions respectively, and first and second wiring portions which are arranged on the vibration plate and which are connected to the first and second common electrodes respectively via first and second connecting wirings, wherein one of the first connecting wirings connects the first connecting portion and one of the first wiring portion while striding over the second connecting portion. | 02-05-2015 |
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20100121640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING A COMMON-LANGUAGE SPEECH RECOGNITION, BY A COMPUTER, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A PLURALITY OF DIALECTS - The present invention relates to a method for modeling a common-language speech recognition, by a computer, under the influence of multiple dialects and concerns a technical field of speech recognition by a computer. In this method, a triphone standard common-language model is first generated based on training data of standard common language, and first and second monophone dialectal-accented common-language models are based on development data of dialectal-accented common languages of first kind and second kind, respectively. Then a temporary merged model is obtained in a manner that the first dialectal-accented common-language model is merged into the standard common-language model according to a first confusion matrix obtained by recognizing the development data of first dialectal-accented common language using the standard common-language model. Finally, a recognition model is obtained in a manner that the second dialectal-accented common-language model is merged into the temporary merged model according to a second confusion matrix generated by recognizing the development data of second dialectal-accented common language by the temporary merged model. This method effectively enhances the operating efficiency and admittedly raises the recognition rate for the dialectal-accented common language. The recognition rate for the standard common language is also raised. | 05-13-2010 |
20110302032 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A content recommendation device includes: a use information storage section storing types of information related to use as information related to use of content by a user; a recommended content deciding section deciding content to be recommended to the user in accordance with each of the types of information related to use as a recommended content, and deciding types of recommended content items corresponding to the types of information related to use; a switching rule storage section storing a switching rule setting a period for switching the type of the recommended content as a rule set by a regional manager who is in charge of selling content in a specific region; a selection section selecting one type of the recommended content among the types of recommended content items when a recommended content suggestion request is generated from a terminal of the user residing in the specific region, and sequentially selecting different types of content after the period set by the switching rule; and a recommended information providing section providing information representing the recommended content selected by the selection section for the terminal of the user. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302165 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE AND CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD - A content recommendation device deciding content to be recommended to a user among a plurality of content items includes: a clustering section creating a cluster set including clusters by clustering use statuses of content of users on the basis of a predetermined index; an effectiveness determining section determining effectiveness of the clustering by evaluating a correlation between the content and the cluster in the cluster set; a popular content deciding section selecting the cluster to which the user who becomes a recommendation partner belongs from the cluster set and deciding the popularity degree of each content item in accordance with the use status of each content item by the users in the cluster; and a recommended content deciding section evaluating the popularity degree of each content item in the cluster to which the user who becomes the recommendation partner belongs by taking into account and estimating the effectiveness of the cluster set therein and deciding the relatively popular content item among the content items as the content item to be recommended. | 12-08-2011 |
20120096026 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The content recommendation system includes a user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of a given user, a list acquisition means for acquiring at least one list from among lists of content sequentially generated over time on the basis of the attribute information of the given user acquired by the user attribute information acquisition means, a user preference information acquisition means for acquiring user preference information, which is feature information of content preferred by the given user, a content extraction means for extracting some content from content included in the list acquired by the list acquisition means on the basis of the user preference information acquired by the user preference information acquisition means, and a content presentation means for presenting the content extracted by the content extraction means to the given user. | 04-19-2012 |
20130024547 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring information showing at least one of an indicated party, who is a person or group indicated by a user, and indicated content, which is content indicated by the user, and a recommendation unit recommending, to the user, content that is similar to at least one of content related to the indicated party, the indicated content, and content liked by the user. | 01-24-2013 |
20140351207 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The content recommendation system includes a user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of a given user, a list acquisition means for acquiring at least one list from among lists of content sequentially generated over time on the basis of the attribute information of the given user acquired by the user attribute information acquisition means, a user preference information acquisition means for acquiring user preference information, which is feature information of content preferred by the given user, a content extraction means for extracting some content from content included in the list acquired by the list acquisition means on the basis of the user preference information acquired by the user preference information acquisition means, and a content presentation means for presenting the content extracted by the content extraction means to the given user. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080203563 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A COF package in exemplary form includes a flexible base film, inner leads each made of metal and having a thickness d | 08-28-2008 |
20090115034 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a base tape (film carrier tape); a semiconductor chip mounted on the base tape; conducting leads formed on the base tape to be connected to the semiconductor chip; input terminals and output terminals connected to the conducting leads; and a protecting layer formed to cover the conducting leads completely. The base tape is provided at its side edges with roller-contact regions, where carrier rollers are to be in contact with. No holes and no unevenness area is formed on the roller-contact regions. | 05-07-2009 |
20090146287 | Semiconductor device having a chip-size package - Disclosed are a semiconductor device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a method for mounting the same. The method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of: preparing a package film having a planar configuration whose region is divided into a device-mounting film portion having a device hole forming therein, an external-connection film portion, and a bent portion located between the device-mounting film portion and the external-connection film portion, an external electrode pad being formed on the external-connection film portion on a first surface side of the package film, an inner lead being formed in such a manner as to lead from the device hole to the external electrode pad via the bending portion; mounting a semiconductor chip on the device-mounting film portion on the first surface side by bonding the inner lead to an electrode pad of the semiconductor chip in a region where the device hole is formed; and bending the external-connection film portion at the bending portion 180° toward a second surface side of the package film and fixing the same. The method for mounting a semiconductor device on a mother board in close contact therewith includes the steps of: depositing solder balls on electrode pads of the mother board; and placing the semiconductor device on the mother board and melting the solder balls so as to electrically connect the electrode pads of the mother board and the external electrode pads of the semiconductor device. | 06-11-2009 |
20110109933 | CUSTOM PAPER INFORMATION CONVERTER - A method for generating custom postscript printer description files, the method including obtaining paper type information, obtaining an original postscript printer description file, converting the paper type information into a postscript printer description format, inserting the converted paper type information into the original postscript printer description file to create a custom postscript printer description file, and storing the custom postscript printer definition file. | 05-12-2011 |
20120190746 | AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to provide an aflatoxin production inhibitor that inhibits aflatoxin production specifically and efficiently, is highly safe, and is practical, and an efficient production method thereof; and a method for controlling aflatoxin contamination that uses the aflatoxin production inhibitor, specifically relating to an aflatoxin production inhibitor that includes at least one of a dioctatin represented by the following formula (I) and a derivative thereof, as an active ingredient: | 07-26-2012 |
20120244697 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device that improves the heat cycle resistance and power cycle resistance of a power module. An electrode member in which copper posts are formed in a plurality of perforations cut in a support made of a ceramic material is soldered onto a side of an IGBT where an emitter electrode is formed. By soldering the copper posts onto the electrode, heat generated in the IGBT is transferred to the electrode member and is radiated. In addition, even if a material of which the IGBT is made and copper differ in thermal expansivity, stress on a soldered interface is reduced and distortion is reduced. This suppresses the appearance of a crack. As a result, the heat cycle resistance and power cycle resistance of a power module can be improved. | 09-27-2012 |
20120254980 | Switching hub, a system, a method of the switching hub and a program thereof - A switching hub, system and method for restricting a communication between terminals within a second network isolated form a first network. The terminals are connected to the first network or the second network, wherein a terminal with sufficient security level is connected to the first network and a terminal with insufficient security level is connected to the second network. And a communication between the terminals within the second network is restricted. | 10-04-2012 |
20130005953 | Readthrough Inducing Agent and Drug for Treating Genetic Disease Caused by Nonsense Mutation - A readthrough inducing agent for inducing readthrough of a premature stop codon generated by nonsense mutations, the readthrough inducing agent comprising a compound having a structure expressed by the following Structural Formula (A), and a drug for treating a genetic disease caused by nonsense mutations, the drug comprising the readthrough inducing agent. | 01-03-2013 |
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20130267064 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device has a step of forming a first substrate; a step of facing a first main electrode to the first metal foil, and electrically connecting the first main electrode and the first metal foil; a step of facing a second main electrode to the second metal foil, and electrically connecting the second main electrode and the second metal foil; a step of forming a second substrate; and steps of facing a surface side of the second substrate to a surface side of the first substrate; electrically connecting the third metal foil and a third main electrode provided on a main surface of the first semiconductor element; and electrically connecting the fourth metal foil and a fourth main electrode provided on a main surface of the second semiconductor element. | 10-10-2013 |
20140080262 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a semiconductor device includes solder-connecting a semiconductor chip, onto an insulating substrate including a ceramic board and having conductor layers on two surfaces thereof, with a lead-free solder; warping a radiating base such that a surface of the radiating base on a side opposite to the insulating substrate is convex; and solder-connecting the insulating substrate onto the warped radiating base with the lead-free solder so as to provide a substantially flat solder-connected radiating base. | 03-20-2014 |
20150109738 | UNIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a single unit capable of improving adhesion to a cooling body and a heat dissipation performance, and an aggregate of the single units is capable of configuring any circuit at a low cost. A single unit includes copper blocks, an insulating substrate with a conductive pattern, an IGBT chip, a diode chip, a collector terminal pin, implant pins fixed to the chips by solder, a printed circuit board having the implant pins fixed thereto, an emitter terminal pin, a control terminal pin, a collector terminal pin, and a resin case having the above-mentioned components sealed therein. The copper blocks make it possible to improve adhesion to a cooling body and the heat dissipation performance. A plurality of single units can be combined with an inter-unit wiring board to form any circuit. | 04-23-2015 |
20150380338 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device, an insulated substrate is bonded with a cooling body with lowered thermal resistance without a holding unit. The semiconductor device includes an insulated substrate where a wiring pattern copper plate unit for forming a plurality of wiring patterns is disposed on one side of an insulating plate unit, and a heat radiation copper plate unit disposed on the other side of the insulating plate unit; a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring pattern copper plate unit; a cooling body contacted with the heat radiation copper plate unit; and a wiring conductor plate connected between the semiconductor chip and the wiring pattern copper plate unit. The heat radiation copper plate unit and the cooling body are bonded with a metal sintered material, and thicknesses of the wiring pattern copper plate unit and the heat radiation copper plate unit are set to such thermal stress is relaxed. | 12-31-2015 |