| KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA Patent applications |
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| 20160142715 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image encoding apparatus includes a background control information generator, a background image generator, and an image encoder. The background control information generator generates background control information based on an input image. The background control information is used for generating a first background image from at least one first image. The background image generator generates the first background image, based on the background control information and at least one first image. The image encoder encodes the input image using the first background image to generate encoded data. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142203 | QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a quantum key distribution device includes first and second operation units. The first operation unit is configured to perform a first operation as a key distillation operation. The first operation unit includes a hardware circuit for performing a part of the first operation. The key distillation operation includes a sifting operation for a photon bit string generated through quantum key distribution with another quantum key distribution device via a quantum communication channel. The second operation unit is configured to perform a second operation as a key distillation operation other than the first operation. The second operation unit includes a circuit for a part of the second operation. The first operation unit stores intermediate data generated by the first operation. The second operation unit generates, by the second operation, a cryptographic key being the same as for the another quantum key distribution device from the intermediate data. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160142004 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND RAILROAD VEHICLE - A vehicle control device according to one embodiment includes an inverter converting a DC power to a three-phase AC power and supplying the three-phase AC power to a motor driving a vehicle. A detector detects a current value between the inverter and the motor. A controller PWM-controls the inverter based on a current value detected by the detector, a speed command signal, and a rotor frequency of the motor. The controller determines occurrence of a malfunction when a PWM modulation rate is equal to or higher than a predetermined value and the rotor frequency is equal to or lower than a predetermined value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141631 | CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly, including: forming a catalyst layer precursor containing a mixture of a catalyst material and a pore-forming material on a substrate having a flatness of 60% or more; removing the pore-forming material from the catalyst layer precursor on the substrate, thereby forming a catalyst layer containing the catalyst material and having a porosity of 20 to 90% by volume; transferring the catalyst layer from the substrate to a gas diffusion layer, to provide an electrode; and bonding the catalyst layer of the electrode to an electrolyte membrane, to provide a membrane electrode assembly. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141500 | SOLAR CELL - An solar cell of an embodiment includes a first electrode, an electron transport layer containing a metal oxide, a self-assembled monolayer, a photoelectric conversion layer including a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor, and a second electrode. The self-assembled monolayer includes a fullerene-containing compound having a fullerene portion including a fullerene or a fullerene derivative, an absorption group to the metal oxide, and a bond group bonding the fullerene portion and the absorption group. The bond group contains a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group and a bivalent organic group which includes a carbon atom chain having 1 to 18 single-bonded carbon(s) or an atom chain in which a part of the carbon atom chain is substituted by at least one element selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, as a main chain. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141493 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first metal layer contains at least one first metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ni, Ti, Co, Mg, Cr, Mn, Zn, and In. The second metal layer contains at least one second metal selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cu, Fe, Sn, Pb, and Bi. The first layer is provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, and contains a first oxide. The second layer is provided between the first layer and the second metal layer, and contains a second oxide. The third layer is provided between the first layer and the second layer, and contains one of a silicon oxide, a silicon nitride, and a silicon oxynitride. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141303 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a memory cell array configured having a plurality of memory units, each of the memory units including a plurality of memory cells connected in series, the plurality of memory cells being stacked, the plurality of memory units involving a first memory unit and a second memory unit; and a plurality of bit lines connected to ends of each of the memory units in the memory cell array. The first memory unit and the second memory unit are arranged in a staggered manner by the first memory unit being displaced in a row direction with respect to the second memory unit by an amount less than an arrangement pitch in a row direction of the first memory unit or the second memory unit. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141297 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a substrate, and first to fourth interconnects provided on the substrate to be adjacent to one another. The device includes a first pad portion connected with the first or second interconnect, and a second pad portion adjacent to the first pad portion in a first direction. The device includes a third pad portion connected with the third or fourth interconnect, and adjacent to one of the first and second pad portions in a second direction, and a fourth pad portion adjacent to the third pad portion in the first direction, and adjacent to the other of the first and second pad portions in the second direction. The device includes one or more interconnects insulated from the first to fourth interconnects and the first to fourth pad portions, and provided between the first and second interconnects and the third and fourth interconnects. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141293 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell; and a peripheral transistor. The memory cell includes a first channel, a first insulating film provided on the first channel, a charge storage film provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the charge storage film, a first semiconductor film provided on the second insulating film, and a first electrode film provided on the first semiconductor film and containing a metal. The peripheral transistor includes a second channel, a third insulating film provided on the second channel, a second semiconductor film provided on the third insulating film, a fourth insulating film provided on the second semiconductor film, a third semiconductor film provided on the second semiconductor film and a side surface of the fourth insulating film, and a second electrode film. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141170 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD - The substrate treatment apparatus includes a first nozzle, a second nozzle, a detector, and a controller. The first nozzle supplies an organic sublimable material-containing liquid capable of displacing a rinsing liquid, to a surface of a substrate treated with the rinsing liquid. The second nozzle supplies vapor of a solvent in which the organic sublimable material is capable of dissolving, to the surface of the substrate. The detector detects a first physical amount of the vapor on the surface of the substrate. The controller controls a second physical amount of the vapor according to the first physical amount. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141033 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, each memory chip included in a memory package includes a first storage unit that stores therein first information that is n-bit information and is a comparison target of a chip address, and is used for identifying its own memory chip, a second storage unit that stores therein second information for determining an effective bit of the n-bit first information, and a control unit that determines an effective bit of the n-bit first information and an effective bit of the chip address based on the second information. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141003 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a capacitor and a control circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of memory cells. The control circuit supplies a voltage to the memory cell array. The memory cell array includes a first conductive body disposed in a first region on the semiconductor substrate. The first conductive body extends in a first direction intersecting with a surface of the substrate. The capacitor includes first and second electrodes disposed in a second region different from the first region on the semiconductor substrate. The electrodes each include a second conductive body extending in the first direction. The first conductive body and the second conductive body include an identical material. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140758 | IMAGE ANALYZING DEVICE, IMAGE ANALYZING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image analyzing device includes a first acquirer, a constructor, a first calculator, a second calculator, and a third calculator. The first acquirer is configured to acquire image information on a joint of a subject and bones connected to the joint. The constructor is configured to construct a three-dimensional shape of the bones and the joint, and relation characteristics between a load and deformation in the bones and the joint from the image information. The first calculator is configured to calculate a positional relation between the bones connected to the joint. The second calculator is configured to calculate acting force a muscle acting on the bones connected to the joint based on the positional relation. The third calculator is configured to calculate first stress acting on the joint based on the three-dimensional shape, the relation characteristics, and the acting force. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140738 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, A MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes storage circuitry and processing circuitry. The storage circuitry stores a plurality of images acquired by transmitting ultrasonic waves in different scanning parameters to a target region. The processing circuitry separates a pixel value of a pixel in the images into at least two components. The processing circuitry forms a compound image concerning to the images by using at least one of the components. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140712 | MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYZER - According to one embodiment, a medical image analyzer includes a retriever, a first artery transition information unit, a vessel pixel selector, a blood vessel transition information unit, an image association unit, and a second artery transition information unit. The retriever retrieves a plurality of time-series images. The first artery transition information unit obtains first artery transition information. The vessel pixel selector selects vessel pixels. The blood vessel transition information unit obtains blood vessel transition information. The image association unit obtains a correspondence relationship between one and another of the time-series images. The second artery transition information unit obtains second artery transition information based on time information, the first artery transition information, and the blood vessel transition information, and the correspondence relationship. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140711 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes control circuitry. The control circuitry obtains three-dimensional medical image data of acquiring an area of an object. The control circuitry defines a setting region on the three-dimensional medical image data. The control circuitry divides the setting region into a region of interest and a region other than that by at least a single boundary position. The control circuitry generates, from the three-dimensional medical image data, an image in which the region of interest and the region other than that are distinguished from each other. The control circuitry calculates information about at least one of a volume of and a motion index of the region of interest. The control circuitry displays the calculated information for the region of interest in the image. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140707 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - A medical diagnostic imaging apparatus according to embodiments includes storage circuitry and processing circuitry. The storage circuitry stores therein volume data concerning a three-dimensional region inside an object. The processing circuitry calculates an index value concerning a region of interest in the volume data, and generates a first medical image and a second medical image based on the index value. The respective positions in the first medical image and the second medical image are associated with each other by a certain coordinate conversion. The region of interest is divided into a plurality of first regions by a first boundary position. The second medical image is divided into a plurality of second regions by a second boundary position that is not altered in accordance with the alteration of the first boundary position. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139822 | MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system including a nonvolatile memory, a host interface, and a controller. The host interface is configured to receive a first read command including a logical address to access the nonvolatile memory from a host system. The controller is configured to, when a size of read data requested in the first read command matches a predetermined data size, execute a process according to a second read command including a logical address sequential to the logical address included in the first read command before the host interface receives the second read command. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139693 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a storage, a generator and a processor. The display detects a contact position with a first object on the display. The storage stores first data relating to a difference caused by at least a manufacture of a hardware of the electronic apparatus. The generator generates second data relating to a difference in a contact state of a second object with the display. The processor corrects a contact position detected by the display, using the first data and the second data. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139636 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises, a first housing having a bottom surface placed on a mounting surface, a first operation portion, and a palmrest, and a second housing having a front surface provided with a second operation portion and a back surface. The electronic apparatus is convertible into a tablet style in which the second housing is overlapped on the first housing so that the bottom surface faces the back surface, and the first operation portion and the palmrest are directed to the mounting surface. The first housing has a nonslip portion protruded from a surface of the palmrest, the nonslip portion hitting the mounting surface in the tablet style. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139034 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a measurement apparatus includes a library creation unit, a spectral profile acquiring unit, and a measurement unit. The library creation unit creates a library in which a layer stack model is matched to a theoretical profile regarding a pattern of stacked layers. The spectral profile acquiring unit acquires an actual measured profile by applying light to a measurement target pattern obtained when the pattern is actually created. The measurement unit measures the sectional shape of the measurement target pattern by performing fitting of the theoretical profile to the actual measured profile. The layer stack model is created by calculating a feature value that reflects the intensity of reflected light from an interface for each of the layers, determining a priority order of analysis from the feature value, and sequentially performing fitting of the theoretical profile to the measured profile in the determined priority order. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138127 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD - One embodiment of the laser processing apparatus is for surface treatment by supplying liquid to a surface of the target member and irradiating pulsed laser light to the surface of the target member via the liquid. The apparatus includes a laser oscillator and a liquid supply. The laser oscillator irradiates the laser light to the surface through the liquid via an optical window. The liquid supply is configured to supply the liquid to the surface of the target member via a flow path passing on an outer surface of the optical window. When the liquid is in contact with a laser light emission surface of the optical window, the laser light emission surface transmits the laser light. When the liquid is not in contact with the laser light emission surface, the laser light emission surface reflects the laser light. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160137556 | SILICON NITRIDE WEAR RESISTANT MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON NITRIDE SINTERED COMPACT - The present invention provides a silicon nitride wear resistant member comprising a silicon nitride sintered compact containing β-Si | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160137435 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND ARTICLE TAKING-OUT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a transfer apparatus includes a gripper, a first driving mechanism, an elastic passive joint part, a conveyor, a second driving mechanism, and base. The gripper grips an article. The first driving mechanism linearly moves the gripper in at least two directions including a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The elastic passive joint part is interposed between the gripper and the first driving mechanism, and operates in accordance with an operation of the gripper. The conveyor conveys the article. The second driving mechanism linearly moves the conveyor in the at least two directions, and is connected to the conveyor. The base supports the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160136568 | ACIDIC GAS ABSORBING AGENT, METHOD FOR REMOVING ACIDIC GAS AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ACIDIC GAS - There is provided an acidic gas absorbing agent that is large in absorption amount and high in absorption rate of an acidic gas per unit volume and can prevent the diffusion of ingredients of the absorbing agent. The acidic gas absorbing agent includes an amino acid salt of formula 1 or formula 2 and an amine compound of formula 3. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160136566 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE - A carbon dioxide capture apparatus according to an embodiment includes an absorber and a stripper. The liquid level of the absorbing liquid within the absorber is measured by an absorber level gauge. A regulating liquid that contains water and is used to control the proportion of water contained in the absorbing liquid is stored in a regulating liquid tank. The flow rate of the regulating liquid to be supplied from the regulating liquid tank to the absorber or the stripper is controlled by a regulating liquid control valve. A controller controls the opening degree of the regulating liquid control valve based on the liquid level of the absorbing liquid measured by the absorber level gauge. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160136458 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE, AND RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus, includes: a first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit; and a part-removed image generation unit, wherein the first acquisition unit is adapted to acquire a first radiograph that is a virtual radiograph generated to have a specified part or a predetermined part, among parts included in volume data indicative of a three-dimensional structure of an inside of a body of a patient, being emphasized, the second acquisition unit is adapted to acquire a second radiograph of the inside of the body of the patient, and the part-removed image generation unit is adapted to generate a part-removed image by removing the specified or predetermined part or parts other than the specified or predetermined part from the second radiograph with reference to the first radiograph. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135789 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus is configured to generate ultrasound image data of a subject through an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a specifying unit, a transmission/reception condition change unit, and an image generator. The specifying unit specifies a characteristic site, which is included in a scanning range related to the ultrasound image data and has specific acoustic characteristics, based on three-dimensional image data of the subject generated in advance. The transmission/reception condition change unit changes transmission/reception conditions of ultrasound waves based on the acoustic characteristics of the characteristic site. The image generator generates the ultrasound image data based on changed transmission/reception conditions. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135781 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a scan controlling unit that exercises control to perform a first scanning process by transmitting an ultrasound wave in a first direction and a second scanning process by transmitting an ultrasound wave in each of a plurality of directions; an image generating unit that generates a first ultrasound image and second ultrasound images from the first and the second scanning processes, respectively; an image generation controlling unit that has a needle image generated, based on an analysis result on the brightness distribution of each member of a group of images based on the first ultrasound image and the second ultrasound images or an analysis result on the brightness distribution of each of the second ultrasound images; an image synthesizing unit that generates a synthesized image from the first ultrasound image and the needle image; and a display controlling unit that displays the synthesized image. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135778 | DETECTOR APPARATUS FOR CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A computed tomography (CT) imaging apparatus includes a radiation source to emit X-rays while rotating in a predetermined trajectory; a plurality of detectors arranged in a circular ring and configured to detect the emitted X-rays; and processing circuitry to cause the radiation source to scan an object, and cause a subset of the detectors nearest to the radiation source to move in a direction intersecting with a plane of the predetermined trajectory of the radiation source in accordance with a determined location of the radiation source. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135774 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire first projection data that is based on a first spectrum representing an amount of radioactive rays in a unit of energy of the radioactive rays having passed through a subject and detected by a detector. The processing circuitry is configured to generate second projection data by correcting the first projection data based on a response characteristic of the detector. The processing circuitry is configured to operate reconstruction process to the second projection data. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160134137 | SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a system includes an electronic device and an extension device to which the electronic device is detachable from and attachable. The electronic device includes a first battery, and a voltage step-down circuit to charge the first battery with first power supplied from the extension device after stepping down or without stepping down voltage of the first power. The extension device includes a second battery, and a voltage step-up circuit to supply the electronic device with second power supplied from the second battery after stepping up or without stepping up voltage of the second power. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134098 | SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH AND POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a switch includes a first element with a first withstand voltage, a second element whose withstand voltage is lower than the first withstand voltage, a diode which is connected between a positive electrode of the first element and a positive electrode of the second element in such a manner that a direction from the positive electrode of the second element toward the positive electrode of the first element is a forward direction and whose withstand voltage is equal to the first withstand voltage, a negative electrode of the first element and a negative electrode of the second element being connected, and a circuit configured to apply a positive voltage to the positive terminal output a pulse lower than the first withstand voltage when the first element goes off. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133658 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a back-illuminated solid-state imaging device including forming a mask with apertures corresponding to a pixel pattern on the surface of a semiconductor layer, implanting second-conductivity-type impurity ions into the semiconductor layer from the front side of the layer to form second-conductivity-type photoelectric conversion parts and forming a part where no ion has been implanted into a pixel separation region, forming at the surface of the semiconductor layer a signal scanning circuit for reading light signals obtained at the photoelectric conversion parts after removing the mask, and removing the semiconductor substrate and a buried insulating layer from the semiconductor layer after causing a support substrate to adhere to the front side of the semiconductor layer. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133318 | HIGH-SPEED READABLE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array and a controller. The memory cell array includes a first memory cell, a second memory cell, a third memory cell, and a fourth memory cell. The controller writes data having n values (n is natural numbers of 2 or more to k or less) in the second memory cell and simultaneously writes the fourth memory cell, after writing the data having the n values in the first memory cell. When reading the data from the first memory cell, the controller reads data of the first memory cell and the third memory cell which is selected simultaneously with the first memory cell and, changes a read voltage of the first memory cell based on the data read from the third memory cell. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132778 | SIMULATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - A simulation apparatus according to one embodiment, including: an event receiver, a decision maker and an execution command transmitter. The event receiver receives an event showing a situation of a first monitor target simulated by a first simulator simulating at least one of motion and state change of the first monitor target from a monitor apparatus monitoring a simulation of the first simulator. The decision maker determines an action based on the event, the action to be carried out with respect to a second monitor target undergoing a simulation of at least one of motion and state change by a second simulator synchronized with the first simulator by time progress. The execution command transmitter transmits an execution command of the action determined by the decision maker to a control apparatus controlling the second simulator. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131775 | NEUTRON MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND NEUTRON MEASUREMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a neutron measurement apparatus has: a neutron detector; a preamplifier that amplifies an output signal of the neutron detector and outputs a neutron detection signal; a pulse counting unit that measures the neutron intensity by using pulse counting method by which the neutron detection signal is used to count the number of individual pulses; a Campbell measurement unit that measures the neutron intensity by using Campbell method by which a time average of squares of AC component of the neutron detection signal is calculated; a correction constant calculation unit that calculates a correction constant for correcting an output of the Campbell measurement unit by using an output of the pulse counting unit and an output of the Campbell measurement unit; and a correction value calculation unit that outputs, based on the output of the Campbell measurement unit, a corrected value by using the correction constant. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131773 | POLAR EFFECT MODEL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTON COUNTING DETECTOR IN MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS INCLUDING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - An apparatus and a method are provided for calculating an output spectrum of a photon-counting detector based on an incident spectrum. The apparatus includes processing circuitry to determine a plane extending from a top face of the photon-counting detector that includes regions that all possible incident rays will transverse; divide the determined plane into subregions; calculate a detector response function for each of the subregions; determine an overall detector response function by summing the calculated detector response function for each of the subregions and normalizing the summation by an area of the determined plane; and calculate the output spectrum based on the overall detector response function and the incident spectrum. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131730 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes an MRI system and a processing circuitry. The MRI system includes a receiving coil to receive a magnetic resonance signal. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an image based on the magnetic resonance signal, the image including a plurality of pixels; calculate a feature value corresponding to a signal value of the pixel; correct the feature values based on a sensitivity of the receiving coil; and reduce noise in the image based on distribution of the corrected feature values. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131108 | AIRFLOW GENERATION DEVICE AND WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - There is provided an airflow generation device and the like capable of suppressing an increase in a number of poles of a slip ring, and effectively preventing a malfunction from occurring due to a generation of noise caused by the slip ring. An airflow generation device of an embodiment has a main body, a rotation speed detecting unit, and a voltage application unit. The main body has a first electrode and a second electrode provided to a base formed of a dielectric, and is disposed on a rotary body. The rotation speed detecting unit detects a rotation speed of the rotary body. The voltage application unit generates an airflow by applying a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode based on the rotation speed detected in the rotation speed detecting unit. Here, the voltage application unit and the rotation speed detecting unit are disposed in the rotary body. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160129926 | RUNNING CURVE CREATION DEVICE, RUNNING CURVE CREATION METHOD AND RUNNING CURVE CONTROL PROGRAM - A running curve creation device of an embodiment is a running curve creation device to create a running curve which can make a train having a prescribed vehicle characteristic run between a prescribed departure station and a prescribed arrival station in a prescribed running time with a smaller cumulative energy consumption. A shortest time running curve creation unit creates a shortest time running curve in which the train runs between the stations in a shortest time, based on predetermined vehicle information and ground information of the train, and an energy saving running curve creation unit selects from the shortest time running curve and a plurality of solution candidates corresponding to states of the train at each prescribed elapsed time since the train has departed from the departure station, a solution candidate having the relatively small cumulative energy consumption in the prescribed running time, and creates an energy saving running curve based on the selected solution candidate. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160128643 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - In one embodiment, a signal processing apparatus includes a storage circuit and processing circuitry configured to (a) generate detection parameters for detecting a specific signal included in a biosignal relevant to a heartbeat, based on a waveform of the biosignal, (b) store the detection parameters in the storage circuit, (c) detect the specific signal by using the detection parameters, and (d) generate a synchronization signal for performing heartbeat synchronization imaging based on the specific signal. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160128191 | MULTILAYER PRINTED BOARD AND LAYOUT METHOD FOR MULTILAYER PRINTED BOARD - According to one embodiment, a multilayer printed board includes an insulating substrate, a differential signal wiring, and anti-pad regions. Distances between peripheries of the pad and a constant potential layer in each of the wiring layers are set so that a capacitance between the constant potential layers and a signal via included in a signal line constituting the differential signal wiring, which has a longer route from a transmission end to a reception end, is smaller than a capacitance between the constant potential layers and another signal via included in the other signal line. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160128041 | CONTROLLER FOR ALLOCATING RADIO RESOURCE BLOCKS TO USER DEVICES LOCATED IN CELLS OF A CELLULAR NETWORK - A controller for allocating a radio resource block to a user device in a cell of a cellular network, includes a device for identifying a plurality of edge user devices within range of a first base station, a device for identifying, from the plurality of edge user devices, a first edge user device with which the first base station intends to communicate and a second edge user device presently communicating with a second base station in a neighbouring cell, and a device for allocating a communication channel to the first edge user device by assigning a resource block for communications between the first edge user device and first base station. The resource block is one that will provide the highest transmission rate for the first edge user device, whilst differing from any resource blocks already allocated for communication between the second edge user device and the second base station. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160128002 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus supports at least a second wireless communication scheme between a first wireless communication scheme and the second wireless communication scheme. The first wireless communication scheme requires that a wireless medium is determined to be busy when a reception level is equal to or greater than a minimum reception sensitivity level of a physical scheme. The apparatus includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. The first processing unit is configured to set a value lower than a maximum transmission power of the first wireless communication scheme, for a maximum transmission power of the second wireless communication scheme and set a value greater than the minimum reception sensitivity level of the physical scheme, for a carrier sense level, when the second wireless communication scheme is used. The second processing unit is configured to carry out carrier sense using the carrier sense level. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127728 | VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS, VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND VIDEO DELIVERY SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a video compression apparatus includes a controller. The controller controls, based on a first random access point included in the first bitstream, a second random access point included in a second bitstream corresponding to compressed data of the second video. The second bitstream is formed from a plurality of picture groups. Each of the plurality of picture groups includes at least one picture subgroup. The controller selects, from the second bitstream, an earliest picture subgroup on or after the first random access point in display order and sets an earliest picture of the selected picture subgroup in coding order as the second random access point. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127677 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a terminal, a display and a controller. The terminal is capable of charging a battery included in a connected device independently from reception of data stored in the connected device. The display is configured to display video and a setting screen for inputting an input of an instruction regarding whether the connected device connected to the terminal should be operated by a) a first operation mode or b) a second operation mode. The controller is configured to control the display to a) preclude display, during charging the connected device, an output in which video of content stored in the connected device is reproduced in response to the first operation mode being selected on the setting screen, and b) display the output in which the video is reproduced in response to the second operation mode being selected on the setting screen. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126897 | SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIER BIAS CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIER DEVICE - A semiconductor amplifier bias circuit includes a first transmission line, a first grounded capacitor, a second transmission line and a power supply terminal. The first transmission line is connected to an output end part of the output matching circuit and the external load. The second transmission line includes one end part connected to the first transmission line and the other end part connected to the first grounded shunt capacitor. An electrical length of the second transmission line is approximately 90° at a center frequency of a band. The one end part is connected to the first transmission line at a position apart from the output end part by an electrical length of approximately 45° at the center frequency. The power supply terminal is connected to a connection point of the first grounded shunt capacitor and the other end part of the second transmission line. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126757 | SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a system includes an electronic device and an extension device. The electronic device includes a first connector to which a first AC adapter is connected, a first control IC including a first power supply controller, and a first charger IC to charge a first battery with power from the first AC adapter in response to an instruction from the first power supply controller. The extension device includes a second connector to which a second AC adapter is connected, a second control IC including a second power supply controller, and a second charger IC to charge a second battery with power from the second AC adapter in response to an instruction from the second power supply controller. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126546 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND MOTOR CAR - A power supply system includes a first battery module and a second battery module. The first battery module comprises a first nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode containing a carbonaceous material. The second battery module comprises a second nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising a negative electrode and a positive electrode. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material that has a lithium ion absorbing potential of 0.4V (vs.Li/Li | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126284 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, provided is a solid-state imaging device. The solid-state imaging device is provided with a semiconductor layer, a gate of a pixel transistor, a gate of a peripheral circuit transistor, a silicon nitride film and a sidewall. A photo diode and a floating diffusion are provided in the semiconductor layer. The gate of the pixel transistor is provided on a surface of the semiconductor layer with the gate oxide film interposed therebetween. The gate of the peripheral circuit transistor is provided on the surface of the semiconductor layer with the gate oxide film interposed therebetween. The silicon nitride film is provided on an upper surface of the photo diode in the semiconductor layer with the gate oxide film interposed therebetween. The sidewall is provided on at least one side surface of the gate of the pixel transistor except for a side surface on the photo diode. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126268 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE - Certain embodiments provide a solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor substrate having a top surface on which a light receiving section that receives light is provided, the semiconductor substrate having a through hole which is provided in a part of the semiconductor substrate; an electrode pad provided on the top surface side of the semiconductor substrate including an area right above the through hole to be in contact with the first wiring, the electrode pad having a slit between the area right above the through hole and the first wiring; an insulating film provided on a side surface of the through hole; and a second wiring provided on the insulating film to be in contact with the electrode pad. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126251 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a first region and a second region; a stacked body that is disposed on the first region of the substrate and includes a plurality of first metal layers and a plurality of voids each of which is disposed between the plurality of first metal layers; a columnar portion that penetrates the stacked body, extends in a direction of stacking in the stacking body; a transistor that is disposed on the second region; and the interconnect portion that is disposed on the transistor and includes the plurality of first metal layers and a plurality of second metal layers each of which is disposed between the plurality of first metal layers. The transistor is electrically connected to the channel body or the first metal layer of the stacked body through a interconnect portion. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126218 | BONDING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND BONDING APPARATUS OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - According to one embodiment, there is provided a bonding method of a semiconductor chip. The bonding method includes arranging an activated front surface of a semiconductor chip and an activated front surface of a substrate so as to face each other with a back surface of the semiconductor chip attached to a sheet. The bonding method includes pushing the back surface of the semiconductor chip through the sheet to closely attach the activated front surface of the semiconductor chip and the activated front surface of the substrate. The bonding method includes stripping the sheet from the back surface of the semiconductor chip while maintaining a state in which the activated front surface of the semiconductor chip is closely attached to the activated front surface of the substrate. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126136 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a low-adhesion film, a pair of substrates, and a metal electrode. The low-adhesion film has lower adhesion to metal than a semiconductor oxide film. The pair of substrates is provided with the low-adhesion film interposed therebetween. The metal electrode passes through the low-adhesion film and connects the pair of substrates, and includes, between the pair of substrates, a part thinner than parts embedded in the pair of substrates. A portion of the metal electrode embedded in one substrate is provided with a gap interposed between the portion and the low-adhesion film on the other substrate. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126087 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes forming an opening in a surface of an insulating layer which is provided in a surface of a first substrate and a surface of a second substrate. The method includes filling the opening with metal. The method includes activating the surface of the insulating layer. The method includes cleaning the surface of the metal filled in the opening of the first substrate using carbonated water. The method includes connecting the filled metal of the first substrate and the filled metal of the second substrate by bonding the insulating layer of the first substrate and the insulating layer of the second substrate. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125980 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a processing apparatus includes a container, a processor, a supply unit, a recovery unit, a calculator, and a replenishing liquid supply unit. The container contains buffered hydrogen fluoride. The processor performs processing of a processing object using the buffered hydrogen fluoride. The supply unit supplies the buffered hydrogen fluoride to the processor. The buffered hydrogen fluoride is contained in the container. The recovery unit recovers the buffered hydrogen fluoride used in the processor and supplies the recovered buffered hydrogen fluoride to the container. The calculator calculates an evaporation amount of the buffered hydrogen fluoride. The replenishing liquid supply unit supplies the same amount of a replenishing liquid as the calculated evaporation amount of the buffered hydrogen fluoride to the buffered hydrogen fluoride. The replenishing liquid includes ammonia and water. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125950 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a data storage device includes a controller driven by a first power supply voltage, a nonvolatile memory controlled by the controller and driven by a second power supply voltage, and a switch element determining whether the second power supply voltage is applied to the nonvolatile memory. The controller is configured to turn off the switch element in a first mode and turn on the switch element in a second mode. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125945 | THREE DIMENSIONAL STACKED NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A three dimensional stacked nonvolatile semiconductor memory according to an example of the present invention includes a memory cell array comprised of first and second blocks. The first block has a first cell unit which includes a memory cell to be programmed and a second cell unit which does not include a memory cell to be programmed, and programming is executed by applying a program potential or a transfer potential to word lines in the first block after the initial potential of channels of the memory cells in the first and second cell units is set to a plus potential. In the programming, the program potential and the transfer potential are not applied to word lines in the second block. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125874 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING A SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULT - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for optimizing a speech recognition result comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a speech recognition result; a calculating unit configured to calculate a pronunciation similarity between a segment of the speech recognition result and a key word in a key word list; and a replacing unit configured to replace the segment with the key word in a case that the pronunciation similarity is higher than a first threshold. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125604 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes acquisition circuitry, extraction circuitry, calculation circuitry, and determination circuitry. The acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a first photographic image and a second photographic image that contain tree structures of a subject. The extraction circuitry configured to extract branch points of each of the tree structures in the first photographic image and the second photographic image. The calculation circuitry configured to calculate the similarities between the branch points in the first photographic image and the branch points in the second photographic image based on the feature quantities of the branch points. The determination circuitry configured to determine the corresponding path between the branch points in the first photographic image and the branch points in the second photographic image based on the similarities between the branch points calculated by the calculation circuitry. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125565 | ASYNCHRONOUS METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT REAL-TIME PROCESSING AND DATA MOVEMENT - An asynchronous medical image processing system is described that includes a real-time controller connectable to a medical imaging device, a graphics processing unit (GPU) connectable to a display device, and a central processing unit (CPU) that executes an operating system and related application(s). The real-time controller is directly connected to a memory of the GPU and performs respective operations asynchronously with respect to the CPU. The real-time controller additionally obtains medical imaging data, generates instructions for the medical imaging-data and transmits the medical imaging data and the instructions to the memory of the GPU. The GPU additionally receives and processes the medical imaging data based on the instructions from the real-time controller and instructions sent independently from the CPU. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160123928 | EDDY CURRENT FLAW DETECTION DEVICE, EDDY CURRENT FLAW DETECTION METHOD, AND EDDY CURRENT FLAW DETECTION PROGRAM - There is provided an eddy current flaw detection technique capable of, even when inspecting an object having a narrow portion with a small curvature radius, recognizing detection sensitivity change due to change of attitude of a probe. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160123904 | METHOD OF, AND APPARATUS FOR, MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION IN MULTI-ENERGY IMAGE DATA - An apparatus for processing multi-energy image data to separate at least two types of material comprises a classification unit, wherein the classification unit is configured to obtain a classification of pixels or voxels belonging to the types of material based on a threshold which is adaptively changed in dependence on multi-energy intensity information associated with the pixels or voxels. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160122882 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN - A hydrogen production system includes: a steam generator heating supplied raw water and generating steam; an electrolytic cell receiving the steam and generating hydrogen and oxygen through a high temperature electrolysis; a cooling unit cooling an unreacted part of the steam in the high temperature electrolysis and changing the unreacted part of the steam into steam condensate; a gas/liquid separator performing gas/liquid separation on the generated hydrogen and the generated steam condensate; a hydrogen compression unit compressing the separated hydrogen and transmitting thermal energy generated when the hydrogen is compressed, to the raw water; and a hydrogen storage unit storing the compressed hydrogen. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160120512 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, INTERPOLATION PROCESSING UNIT, AND INTERPOLATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes at least a memory circuitry, a processing circuitry, a data interpolation circuitry, and an image generating circuitry. The memory circuitry stores a plurality of pieces of reception data in an order of reception, the plurality of pieces of reception data being received continuously in a time series by a plurality of transducers, and is specified reading positions in an order different from the order of reception. The processing circuitry calculates a delay time, and calculates, based on the delay time, reading positions for acquiring reception data being used for calculating interpolation data from the memory circuitry. The data interpolation circuitry calculates interpolating data based on the plurality of pieces of reception data acquired from the calculated reading positions of the memory circuitry. The image generating circuitry generates an ultrasonic image based on a reception beam formed by using the interpolation data. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160120496 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - An X-ray computed tomography apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises a gantry and a tube current setting circuitry. The tube current setting circuitry set tube currents for the respective imaging regions. To be specific, the tube current setting circuitry calculate X-ray absorption index values in the respective imaging regions, based on scanogram image data, determine tube current values corresponding to the X-ray absorption index values for the respective imaging regions, and correct the tube current values of the respective imaging regions except for a reference region based on a relative relationship between an X-ray absorption index value of the reference imaging region and tube current values of the other imaging regions. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160120486 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray computed tomography (CT) apparatus according to an embodiments includes collection circuitry, control circuitry and image generation circuitry. The collection circuitry collects a signal derived from X-rays emitted from an X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject. The control circuitry calculates a value of tube current to be supplied to the X-ray tube in a main scan, based on a first image acquired through a reconstruction process using the signal and a first filter, the signal being collected by the collection circuitry in a localizer scan. The image generation circuitry generates a second image as a localizer image through a reconstruction process using the signal and a second filter, the signal being collected by the collection circuitry in the localizer scan. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160120485 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND GANTRY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, processing circuitry, a showing device, an image processing circuit, and a gantry device. The X-ray source irradiates an object with X-rays. The X-ray detector detects X-rays radiated by the X-ray source and passed through the object. The processing circuitry sets an irradiation section, which is a moving section of the X-ray source or the X-ray detector during X-ray irradiation. The showing device displays the irradiation section. The image processing circuit generates an X-ray CT image based on data obtained by the X-ray detector during the X-ray irradiation through the irradiation section. The gantry device is provided with the X-ray source, the X-ray detector, and the showing device. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160119954 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus includes a transmission and reception processing unit which communicates using a first communication scheme, by using either a first inter frame spaces of a first type or the second inter frame spaces of the first type, wherein the second inter frame spaces is larger than the first inter frame spaces, the second inter frame spaces is determined based on an inter frame space used in a second communication scheme. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119618 | Moving-picture encoding apparatus and moving-picture decoding apparatus - According to one embodiment, an encoding apparatus includes a prediction unit, a classifying unit, a first transformer, a second transformer, an order controller, and an entropy coder. The prediction unit obtains a predictive residual signal to be encoded, by using a mode selected from intra-prediction modes. The first transformer obtains first transformation coefficients by subjecting the signal to an orthogonal transformation by use of a first transformation basis if the selected mode is classified into a mode having a prediction direction. The first transformation basis is preset so that a coefficient density after the orthogonal transformation is higher than a coefficient density. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119356 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a remote monitoring system includes a monitoring apparatus displaying a screen for monitoring a power plant, a remote monitoring apparatus displaying the screen transferred from the monitoring apparatus, and a management server managing information regarding the remote monitoring apparatus. The management server includes an activation management module to acquire apparatus identification information for identifying the remote monitoring apparatus, and to return activation permission to the remote monitoring apparatus if the apparatus identification information matches apparatus identification information registered previously. The remote monitoring apparatus includes a secret information storing region to store the apparatus identification information, and to limit software accessible to the secret information storing region to BIOS software of the remote monitoring apparatus, and an activation module to acquire the activation permission from the activation management module by providing the apparatus identification information in the secret information storing region to the activation management module. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119292 | RE-ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, RE-ENCRYPTION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A re-encryption system according to this embodiment includes a file sharing apparatus and a re-encryption apparatus. Upon receiving a file request from the client apparatus, the file sharing apparatus acquires a first encrypted file based on the file request, and transmits a re-encryption request including the first encrypted file to the re-encryption apparatus. The re-encryption apparatus re-encrypts the first encrypted file included in the re-encryption request to the second encrypted file based on the re-encryption key, and transmits the second encrypted file to the file sharing apparatus. The file sharing apparatus transmits the second encrypted file to the client apparatus. The client apparatus obtains the file by decrypting the second encrypted file based on a private key corresponding to the public key of the member. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160118815 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - On embodiment relates to an electronic apparatus, including a component configured to receive a power supply as a load; first and second battery drivers configured to manage charging and discharging of first and second batteries and cause them to perform the power supply to the load, respectively; and a controller configured to, upon detection of elapse of a predetermined period from when the first battery is brought into a fully-charged condition, prohibit the power supply to the load from the second battery or a power supply to the load from an external power source, and permit the power supply to the load from the first battery, until a remaining amount of the first battery falls below a predetermined value. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160118774 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING AN OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device comprising:
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| 20160118753 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate including a memory capable of storing data and a controller controlling the memory, and a housing including first and second housing parts and holding the substrate therein. The first housing part includes a fixing unit which has elasticity and is in contact with the substrate. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160118609 | SOLAR CELL, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a substrate and a stacked body. The substrate includes an upper surface. The stacked body includes a lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion film, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is provided on the upper surface. The photoelectric conversion film is provided on the lower electrode. The upper electrode is provided on the photoelectric conversion film. The stacked body includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes a foreign matter between the lower electrode and the photoelectric conversion film. The second region is without the foreign matter. A distance between an end of the foreign matter in a first direction parallel with the upper surface and the upper electrode in a second direction intersecting the upper surface is greater than a distance in the second direction between the lower electrode and the upper electrode in the second region. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160118127 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - For data erase from an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile memory cell, the following operations are performed: an erase operation to apply an erase pulse voltage to a memory cell for data erase, an erase verify operation to verify whether data erase is completed, and a step-up operation to increase the erase pulse voltage by a certain step-up voltage if data erase is not completed. A control unit controls voltages so that at least a first erase pulse voltage initially generated in the erase operation has a longer rise time than that of a second erase pulse voltage generated subsequent to the first erase pulse voltage. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160118098 | MAGNETIC MEMORY - A magnetic memory according to an embodiment includes at least one MTJ element, the MTJ element including: a magnetic multilayer structure including a first magnetic layer in which a direction of magnetization is fixed, a second magnetic layer in which a direction of magnetization is changeable, and a tunnel barrier layer located between the first and second magnetic layers; a first electrode provided on a first surface of the magnetic multilayer structure; a second electrode provided on a second surface of the magnetic multilayer structure; an insulating film provided on a side surface of the magnetic multilayer structure; and a control electrode provided on the side surface of the magnetic multilayer structure with the insulating film located therebetween, a voltage being applied to the control electrode in a read operation, which increases an energy barrier for changing the magnetization of the second magnetic layer. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117859 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A THREE DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF A SUBJECT - In one embodiment a method of generating a three dimensional model of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises receiving point cloud data for a subject; receiving user inputs indicating a plurality of cubes, and a grouping of the cubes into a plurality of blocks to form a representation of a class of subjects; generating a first mesh comprising a plurality of quadrilaterals by subdividing patches corresponding to faces of blocks of the plurality of blocks; fitting the first mesh to the point cloud data to generate a fitted mesh; iteratively generating further meshes, each comprising a plurality of quadrilaterals by subdividing patches of the fitted mesh from the previous iteration and fitting the further mesh to the point cloud data; and outputting as the three dimensional model of the subject the iteratively generated fitted mesh. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160117232 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device of an embodiment includes a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage of power supplied from a host, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory including a saving area and a normal area, a data compression and decompression unit, and a controller. The controller includes a power-supply voltage determining unit which compares the voltage measured by the voltage measurement unit to a predetermined threshold value, a data saving unit which writes compression user data obtained by compressing user data by the data compression and decompression unit in the saving area when the voltage is less than the predetermined threshold value and the user data is included in the volatile memory, and a data rewriting unit which writes the compression user data that is decompressed in the normal area when the compression user data is included in the saving area at the time of supplying the power. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116607 | RADIATION DETECTOR, SCINTILLATOR PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the embodiment, a radiation detector includes a photoelectric conversion substrate converting light to an electrical signal and a scintillator layer being in contact with the photoelectric conversion substrate and converting externally incident radiation to light. The scintillator layer is made of a phosphor containing Tl as an activator in CsI, which is a halide. A concentration of the activator in the phosphor is 1.6 mass %±0.4 mass %, and a concentration distribution of the activator in an in-plane direction and a film thickness direction is within ±15%. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160115940 | AIRFLOW GENERATION DEVICE AND WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - An airflow generation device disposed on a moving body such as a windmill blade in which a conduction state of an electrode can be sufficiently secured, and the like are provided. An airflow generation device of an embodiment includes a base, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and generates an airflow when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode. The base is formed of a dielectric having a flexibility. The first electrode is provided on a front surface side of the base. The second electrode is provided inside the base. Here, the first electrode includes a metal electrode part and an elastomeric electrode part. The metal electrode part is formed of a metal material. The elastomeric electrode part is formed by using an elastomeric material, and has a conductivity. Further, the elastomeric electrode part includes a portion covering the metal electrode part. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160115703 | SEISMIC ISOLATION DEVICE AND SEISMIC ISOLATION METHOD - A seismic isolation apparatus is provided between a structure and a foundation floor, and the seismic isolation apparatus includes: a support plate that is provided so as to face the structure at a predetermined interval; a base plate that is fixed to the foundation floor; and an elasto-plastic damper that is provided between the support plate and the base plate to be fixed to the support plate and the base plate, and then the elasto-plastic damper includes an inner cylinder inside which an elasto-plastic member is provided and an outer cylinder, and the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are configured to mutually slide in axis direction thereof. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160114187 | RADIATION IRRADIATING APPARATUS AND RADIATION DOSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A radiation irradiating apparatus includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires a past cumulative dose distribution associated with patient identifying information, from a storage that is storable a cumulative dose distribution. The processing circuitry calculates a first cumulative dose distribution and a second cumulative dose distribution during a radiation irradiation to a patient associated with the patient identifying information, the first cumulative dose distribution being a cumulative dose distribution, the second cumulative dose distribution being generated by adding the first cumulative dose distribution to the past cumulative dose distribution. The processing circuitry displays, on a display, at least one of the first and second cumulative dose distributions during the radiation irradiation. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160113613 | METHOD FOR SPECTRAL CT LOCAL TOMOGRAPHY - A method for performing reconstruction for a region of interest (ROI) of an object is provided. The method includes designating the ROI within the object, the ROI being located within a scan field of view (FOV) of a combined third- and fourth-generation CT scanner, the CT scanner including fixed photon-counting detectors (PCDs), and an X-ray source that rotates about the object in synchronization with a rotating detector. Further, the method includes determining, for each PCD, as a function of view angle, an on/off timing schedule, based on a size and location of the designated ROI, and performing a scan to obtain a first data set from the rotating detector and a second data set from the plurality of PCDs, while turning each PCD on and off according to the determined schedule. Finally, the method includes performing reconstruction using the first and second data sets to obtain ROI spectral images. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160113609 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS, X-RAY CT SYSTEM, AND INJECTOR - According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes a calculator, a transmitter, a data acquisition unit, and a processor. The calculator calculates a difference between imaging time phases of a first contrast agent and a second contrast agent. The transmitter sends information on the difference between the imaging time phases to an injector. The injector injects the first contrast agent and the second contrast agent into the subject at different timings based on the information. The data acquisition unit scans a subject with X-rays at a predetermined imaging timing to acquire detection data corresponding to different X-ray energies. The processor analyzes the detection data acquired at the predetermined imaging timing to generate a plurality of images corresponding to the imaging time phases. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160113608 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray diagnostic imaging apparatus according to this embodiment includes a display for displaying an image and a processing circuitry which calculates an incident dose on a body surface of an object, superposes information based on the calculated incident dose on a three-dimensional image which is a three-dimensional image relating to the object and is capable of rotating display at a corresponding position on the body surface of the object and causes the three-dimensional image on which the information is superposed to be displayed on the display. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160113604 | NUCLEAR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a nuclear medical diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires gamma-ray emission data based on gamma rays emitted from radio isotopes administered to an object. The processing circuitry further executes scattered-ray correction on the gamma-ray emission data based on a second X-ray CT image obtained by replacing pixel values of a non-object region included in a first X-ray CT image with a predetermined pixel value. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160112449 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor. The hardware processor is configured to store a log of a received packet in the memory, set a transmission delay time for the log stored in the memory, and transmit the log in accordance with the transmission delay time of the log. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111975 | CONTROL DEVICE OF NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF NEUTRAL-POINT-CLAMPED POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a control device of a neutral-point-clamped power converter apparatus including a converter configured to convert current which were obtained by passing a d-axis current and a q-axis current of a rotating coordinate system through a filter having a time constant which is greater than an inverse number of a fundamental wave frequency of a three-phase currents, to three-phase currents, and a controller configured to calculate, based on the three-phase currents converted, a zero-phase voltage instruction value for controlling voltages into which a DC input voltage is divided at a neutral point, as an instruction value which is superimposed on three-phase voltage instruction values. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111951 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, ROTATION SENSORLESS CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A power conversion device includes a carrier generating unit, a setting unit, a PWM signal generating unit, and a power conversion unit. The carrier generating unit generates a carrier of a particular set carrier frequency during a certain continuation time. The setting unit sets the continuation time to be random and sets one carrier frequency among a plurality of mutually-different carrier frequencies as the set carrier frequency. The PWM signal generating unit generates a PWM signal based on the carrier generated by the carrier generating unit. The power conversion unit executes a power conversion based on the PWM signal and supplies converted power to a load. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111830 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus connectable to an external apparatus includes a first connector and a detector. The first connecter is electrically connected to a second connector of the external apparatus. Each of the first connector and the second connecter includes a plurality of terminals. The detector is configured to detect a state of a first terminal of the first connector. The first terminal of the first connector is configured to be set to a predetermined state via at least a connection line connecting two terminals of the second connector to each other while the first connector and the second connector are electrically connected to each other. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111703 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, having an internal resistance of 10 mΩ or less as an alternating-current impedance value of 1 kHz, comprises a metal outer container, a nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the container, a positive electrode contained in the container, a negative electrode contained in the container, a separator interposed between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, a negative electrode lead having one end connected to the negative electrode, and a negative electrode terminal attached to the outer container so as to be connected electrically to the other end of the negative electrode lead, at least the surface of the negative electrode terminal which is connected to the negative electrode lead being formed of aluminum alloy with an aluminum purity of less than 99 wt. % containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mg, Cr, Mn, Cu, Si, Fe and Ni. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111641 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a substrate, a conductive wire provided above the substrate to extend in a first direction and including an end portion decreases in width toward a distal end, and a contact connected to the conductive wire at least a side surface of the end portion. The end portion includes, in the contact, a first portion having a shortest distance from an outer peripheral surface of the contact and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a distance from the outer peripheral surface of the contact longer than the shortest distance. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111630 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING MAGNETIC SHIELD LAYER SURROUNDING MRAM CHIP - A semiconductor device includes a MRAM chip including a semiconductor substrate and a memory cell array area includes magnetoresistive elements which are provided on the semiconductor substrate, and a magnetic shield layer surrounding the memory cell array area in a circumferential direction of the MRAM chip, and having a closed magnetic path. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110875 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A medical information processing system according to an embodiment includes a storage, and processing circuitry. The storage stores therein a mammography image of a breast of a patient and information indicating an image taking direction of the mammography image. The processing circuitry sets a region of interest in the mammography image. The processing circuitry specifies position information of the region of interest in a schematic drawing that schematically expresses the breast, on the basis of position information of the region of interest in the mammography image and the information indicating the image taking direction. The processing circuitry outputs the position information of the region of interest in the schematic drawing. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110874 | SEGMENTATION AND MATCHING OF STRUCTURES IN MEDICAL IMAGING DATA - A medical image processing apparatus for receiving a target phase data set and a reference phase data set at different times, obtaining a segmentation of an elongated structure in the target phase data and the reference phase data set, determining a target phase line along the segmentation of the elongated structure in the target phase data set and a reference phase line along the segmentation of the elongated structure in the reference phase data set, and determining a synthesized target phase line by combining the target phase line and reference phase line. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109917 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a power control system includes a power controlled unit, a first power controller configured to generate a first control signal that controls the power of the power controlled unit, and a second power controller including a signal holding unit configured to hold the first control signal and to transmit a second control signal including information identical to the information of the first control signal to the power controlled unit, the second power controller being different from the first power controller as hardware. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109862 | MULTIPLEX CONTROL DEVICE - In one embodiment, a multiplex control device includes three or more control modules to execute same operations for same input signals, and a majority decision module to output an output signal that matches majority of output signals outputted by the control modules. Each control module includes an input module to convert an input signal into an input value, a first determination module to obtain input values from input modules of respective control modules to determine whether majority of input values among the obtained input values match, an operation executing module to execute an operation using the matched input value to generate an output value, a second determination module to obtain output values from operation executing modules of respective control modules to determine whether majority of output values among the obtained output values match, and an output module to convert the matched output value to generate an output signal. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109503 | JIG, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND TEST METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a jig includes a substrate, a plurality of wiring lines on the substrate, and an electrode on one end of each of the wiring lines. The electrode is located so as to correspond to a location of an electrode of an external semiconductor chip and includes gold (Au), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), tin (Sn), or indium (In). | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109410 | PIPE INSPECTING APPARATUS AND PIPE INSPECTING METHOD - In one embodiment, a pipe inspecting apparatus includes a selection module configured to select first and second ultrasonic optical probes from a plurality of ultrasonic optical probes attached to a pipe. The apparatus further includes a power supplying module configured to supply power to an ultrasonic transducer of the first ultrasonic optical probe to input an ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic transducer to the pipe and to supply the ultrasonic wave via the pipe to an optical fiber sensor of the second ultrasonic optical probe. The apparatus further includes a light detection module configured to detect laser light transmitted through the optical fiber sensor of the second ultrasonic optical probe. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160108527 | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION DEVICE - A photoelectrochemical reaction device of an embodiment includes a solution tank configured to contain a first solution, a stack accommodated in the solution tank, and including a first electrode, a second electrode formed below the first electrode, a photovoltaic layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode and configured to perform charge separation by light energy from above, and a first insulating layer formed on an exposed surface of the second electrode, a tube accommodated in the solution tank, arranged above the first electrode, configured to contain a second solution, and including pores extending from an outer surface to an inner surface, and a wiring configured to electrically connect the second electrode and the tube. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160107001 | PARTICLE BEAM TREATMENT APPARATUS - A particle beam treatment apparatus including a rotating gantry that revolves and displaces an irradiation port for irradiating a radiation treatment room provided inside of the rotating gantry with a charged particle beam comprises: a gantry body portion forming the rotating gantry; a mounted magnet; a displacement meter or an acceleration meter; and a control mechanism. The mounted magnet is connected to the gantry body portion with an intermediation of a magnet support, and guides the charged particle beam to the irradiation port. The displacement meter or the acceleration meter is provided to the mounted magnet, and measures a displacement or an acceleration of the mounted magnet. The control mechanism controls a position of the mounted magnet in a direction so as to reduce the displacement or the acceleration with at least a single degree of freedom measured by the displacement meter or the acceleration meter. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160106393 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a transformer, a first power source, a second power source, and a switching unit. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding, and drives an ultrasound transducer based on a voltage generated in the secondary winding. The first and second power sources cause a potential difference. The switching unit switches a connection path between the primary winding and at least one of the first and second power sources to a first connection path that connects the first power source to one end of the primary winding and the second power source to the other end, a second connection path that connects the first power source to the other end and the second power source to the one end, or a ground connection path that connects the first power source or the second power source to the ground through the primary winding. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160105202 | CODING AND DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUS - According to an embodiment a decoder for decoding a received set of blocks each comprising a plurality of data symbols and a plurality of parity symbols, wherein the received set of blocks is a subset of a complete set of blocks, the complete set of blocks comprising at least one erased block not included in the received set of blocks comprises storage for a coding matrix which is the kronecker product of a totally non-singular matrix with an anti-diagonal matrix; and a processor operable to determine data symbols of the at least one erased block using the encoding matrix. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104824 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a fluorescent material layer, and an inorganic material layer. The light emitting element has an asperity surface. The fluorescent material layer is provided on the asperity surface. The fluorescent material layer has a glass member and a fluorescent material dispersed in the glass member. The inorganic material layer is provided between the asperity surface and the fluorescent material layer. The inorganic material layer is in contact with the asperity surface and the fluorescent material layer, and transmissive to light emitted from the light emitting element. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104802 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY ELEMENT, NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY ELEMENT - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a nonvolatile semiconductor memory element including: a semiconductor substrate including: a source region; a drain region; and a channel region; a lower insulating film that is formed on the channel region; a charge storage film that is formed on the lower insulating film and that stores data; an upper insulating film that is formed on the charge storage film; and a control gate that is formed on the upper insulating film, wherein the upper insulating film includes: a first insulting film; and a second insulating film that is laminated with the first insulating film, and wherein the first insulating film is formed to have a trap level density larger than that of the second insulating film. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104718 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes etching an etching target layer under a mask layer using a first gas. The mask layer includes a plurality of first layers, one or more second layers, and a mask hole piercing through the plurality of first layers and the one or more second layers. The method includes etching an outermost first layer exposed to an outermost layer of the mask layer among the plurality of first layers using a second gas, and exposing a layer directly under the outermost first layer. The etching using the first gas and the etching using the second gas are repeated to form a hole in the etching target layer. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104602 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND FLOW RATE ADJUSTING MECHANISM - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support part, a gas supply part, an exhaust port, and a flow rate adjustment part. The gas supply part is configured to supply a gas into a process space above the substrate. The exhaust port is configured to exhaust a gas, which is present inside the chamber, from the chamber. The flow rate adjustment part is provided inside the chamber. The flow rate adjustment part is configured to adjust a flow rate of a gas flowing from the process space to the exhaust port. The flow rate adjustment part is configured to adjust a gas flow rate in two or more different directions in parallel with a surface of the substrate. Amounts of adjustment of the flow rate in each of the directions are different. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160104475 | SPEECH SYNTHESIS DICTIONARY CREATING DEVICE AND METHOD - According to an embodiment, a speech synthesis dictionary creating device includes a first speech input unit, a second speech input unit, a determining unit, and a creating unit. The first speech input unit receives input of first speech data. The second speech input unit receives input of second speech data which is considered to be appropriate speech data. The determining unit determines whether or not a speaker of the first speech data is the same as a speaker of the second speech data. When the determining unit determines that the speaker of the first speech data is the same as the speaker of the second speech data, the creating unit creates a speech synthesis dictionary using the first speech data and using a text corresponding to the first speech data. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103625 | DEVICE, HOST APPARATUS, HOST SYSTEM, AND MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a device includes a semiconductor memory and a controller. The semiconductor memory includes first and second areas which are accessible from an outside. The controller controls the semiconductor memory. The device includes an unlocked state where accessing the first area is allowed, and a locked state where the accessing the first area is prohibited. The device is capable of holding one or more user key in the device. The device includes a function of configuration operation to register, change, and delete the user key in the semiconductor memory. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103478 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY CONTROLLER - According to embodiments, a second control unit creates parity from information loaded into a volatile second memory. When shifting from a normal mode to a sleep mode, the second control unit stores the created parity and the information loaded in the second memory into a buffer of a non-volatile first memory, and issues a power supply shutdown request. A power supply circuit shuts down power supply to the second memory and the second control unit in response to the issued power supply shutdown request. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103169 | CABLE CONNECTION VERIFICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A cable connection verification system includes: a transmitter configured to transmit an inspection signal to a first terminal of a cable, the cable being configured to connect a first contact on a first terminal block with the first terminal and to connect a second contact on a second terminal block with a second terminal; a receiver configured to receive the inspection signal from the second terminal of the cable; and a tag generator configured to generate a tag containing ID information upon reception of the inspection signal at the receiver. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101483 | WELDING APPARATUS AND NOZZLE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a welding apparatus includes an irradiation device and a nozzle device. The irradiation device irradiates a target with laser light while scanning the laser light. The nozzle device includes an ejection port and ejects inert gas to an irradiation position of the laser light on the target through the ejection port located at a forward side in a scanning direction of the laser light relative to the irradiation position. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160100815 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND CONTRAST MEDIUM INFLOW AMOUNT DETECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes reconstruction circuitry and control circuitry. The reconstruction circuitry is configured to, at the time of the monitoring scan, based on an output of an X-ray detector for detecting X-rays having passed through the object, reconstruct a first image concerning the object at the time of administration of the contrast medium and a second image concerning the object after a predetermined period elapses since administration of the contrast medium. The control circuitry is configured to shift from the monitoring scan to the actual scan based on a change amount of a CT value obtained when the entire reconstructed first image is compared with the entire reconstructed second image. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160100216 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a reproduction device includes an acquirer, a decoder, and a synthesizer. The acquirer is configured to acquire transmission information including first and second coded data. The first and second coded data are generated by encoding first and second image data, respectively. At least one of the first and the second image data is lossy encoded. The first and second image data being generated by performing conversion processes different from each other on original image data. The decoder is configured to decode the first and second coded data to generate first and second decoded data. The synthesizer is configured to synthesize the first and the second decoded data with adjusting pixel positions of the first and the second decoded data so that the pixel positions of the first and the second decoded data are identical to each other to generate reproduction image data. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099414 | POLYMER AND SOLAR CELL USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a polymer includes a repeating unit represented by a formula (1) shown below. A weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is in a range of 3000 or more to 1000000 or less. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099406 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetoresistive element includes a first magnetic layer having a perpendicular and invariable magnetization, a first nonmagnetic insulating layer on the first magnetic layer, a second magnetic layer on the first nonmagnetic insulating layer, the second magnetic layer having a perpendicular and variable magnetization, a second nonmagnetic insulating layer on the second magnetic layer, and a nonmagnetic conductive layer on the second nonmagnetic insulating layer. The second nonmagnetic insulating layer includes a first metal oxide with a predetermined element. The first nonmagnetic insulating layer includes a second metal oxide. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099290 | MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, a third gate electrode, a first active area and a second active area on a substrate. The first to the third gate electrodes extend in a first direction. The first active area and the second active area extend in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction cross each other. The memory device includes a first contact, a second contact, a third contact, a fourth contact, variable resistance layer, a first interconnection layer, a second interconnection layer and the second interconnection layer. The variable resistance layer and the first interconnection layer extend in the first direction. The second interconnection layer and the third interconnection layer extend in the second direction. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099289 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A plurality of first conductive layers are stacked at a predetermined pitch in a first direction perpendicular to a substrate. A memory layer is provided in common on side surfaces of the first conductive layers and functions as the memory cells. A second conductive layer comprises a first side surface in contact with side surfaces of the first conductive layers via the memory layer, the second conductive layer extending in the first direction. A width in a second direction of the first side surface at a first position is smaller than a width in the second direction of the first side surface at a second position lower than the first position. A thickness in the first direction of the first conductive layer at the first position is larger than a thickness in the first direction of the first conductive layer at the second position. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099285 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAMERA MODULE - Certain embodiments provide a method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device including: forming a sensor chip fixed to a supporting substrate by a first adhesive; peeling off the sensor chip from the supporting substrate by softening the first adhesive; and fixing the peeled off sensor chip onto a curved surface of a mounting body to allow the sensor chip to be curved along the curved surface. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099256 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a substrate; a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells and stacked on the substrate; a first transistor; an interlayer insulating layer covering the first transistor; and a first contact portion. The first transistor includes a first gate insulating film which is disposed on the substrate, a first gate electrode which is disposed on the first gate insulating film, and a first semiconductor layer which includes an upper surface at a higher position than an interface between the substrate and the first gate insulating film and a bottom surface at a deeper position than the interface between the substrate and the first gate insulating film. The first contact portion penetrates the interlayer insulating layer to reach the first semiconductor layer and connects the plurality of memory cells and the first transistor electrically. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099003 | DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING DEVICE, DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A digital watermark embedding device includes a synthesized voice generating unit that outputs a synthesized voice according to an input text and outputs phoneme-based alignment regarding phonemes included in the synthesized voice; an estimating unit that estimates whether or not a potentially risky expression is included in the input text, and outputs a potentially risky segment in which the potentially risky expression is estimated to be included; an embedding control unit that associates the potentially risky segment with the phoneme-based alignment, and decides and outputs an embedding time for embedding a watermark in the synthesized voice; and an embedding unit that embeds a digital watermark in the synthesized voice at a time specified as the embedding time for the synthesized voice. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098226 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING HOST DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADDRESS CONVERSION INFORMATION - A device includes a host including a main memory, and semiconductor memory including a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, memory unit, and controller. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory stores first address information. The memory unit stores second address information as part of the first address information. The controller accesses the nonvolatile semiconductor memory based on the second address information. Third address information is stored in the main memory, and is part or all of the first address information. The controller uses the third address information when accessing the nonvolatile semiconductor memory if address information to be referred is not stored in the second address information. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160094101 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rotating electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted on the stator. The stator includes a plurality of slots into which coils are insertable, a plurality of types of unit coils inserted into the slots at slot pitches differing for every type of unit coil, and a plurality of coil groups formed by arranging the unit coils in a lap winding so that the unit coils are overlapped in a radial direction of the stator. The coil groups have the same arrangement configuration before insertion into the slots and are inserted into the slots so as to be shifted from each other by a predetermined slot pitch. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093801 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a substrate, a first wiring layer including a first interconnect extending in a first direction which is disposed on the substrate, a second wiring layer including a second interconnect which is disposed so as to extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction above the first wiring layer, a memory cell which is disposed between the first interconnect and the second interconnect, and a pattern which is spaced from the memory cell. The memory cell and the pattern, respectively, includes a resistance change layer which is disposed between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer, and an electrode layer which is provided below the second wiring layer and directly above the resistance change layer, and the memory cell further including a metal source layer which is provided between the resistance change layer and the electrode layer. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093800 | MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The memory device also includes a first variable resistance layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The memory device also includes a leakage current suppression layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the first variable resistance layer. The memory device also includes a second variable resistance layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the leakage current suppression layer. The memory device also includes a metal source layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second variable resistance layer. In which metal oxide is contained in at least one of a boundary region in the first variable resistance layer to the leakage current suppression layer and a boundary region in the leakage current suppression layer to the first variable resistance layer. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093742 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment, includes a gate electrode, a first dielectric film, a first oxide semiconductor film, a second dielectric film, a source electrode, a source wire, a drain electrode, and a drain wire. The source wire is arranged on the second dielectric film, and connected to the source electrode. The drain wire is arranged on the second dielectric film, and connected to the drain electrode. At least one of the source wire and the drain wire includes a fringe portion sticking out above a channel region. A barrier film that suppresses intrusion of hydrogen is arranged being in contact with at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the fringe portion. A region where the barrier film is not formed is included above the channel region. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093674 | MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first active area, formed on the substrate, which extends in a third direction. The memory device also includes three gate electrodes, provided on the first active area, which extend in a second direction intersecting the third direction. The memory device also includes at least two or more upper-layer interconnects and at least two or more lower-layer interconnects, provided on the first active area, which extend in a first direction intersecting the second direction and the third direction. The memory device also includes first transistors of three, each of them is provided at the intersection point between the first active area and the three gate electrodes. The memory device also includes the first transistors of three are one device isolation transistor and two cell transistors. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093569 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a base body, an insulating layer, first contacts and a first wiring. The insulating layer is disposed above the base body. The first contacts are disposed in the insulating layer. The first contacts are in contact with the base body. The first wiring is disposed around the first contacts. The first wiring has a lower height than the first contacts have. The first wiring includes convex portions in a part of a bottom portion thereof. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093465 | DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a defect inspection method includes: generating first and second images regarding a subject with first and second patterns, extracting first coordinates of the first pattern from the first image, setting a mask region in which a predetermined margin is provided in the first coordinates, taking a difference between the second image and a reference image, and checking the difference against the mask region to detect a defect in the second pattern. The first image is generated from a signal obtained by generating a charged particle beam under a first charged particle irradiation condition and irradiating the charged particle beam to a subject. The second image is generated from a signal obtained by generating a charged particle beam under a second charged particle irradiation condition, irradiating the charged particle beam to a subject region of the subject, and detecting second charged particles generated from the subject. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093408 | JET PUMP FOR BOILING WATER REACTOR AND BOILING WATER REACTOR - The present embodiments provide a jet pump for a boiling water reactor as well as a boiling water reactor equipped with the jet pump, the jet pump being less prone to cause self-excited vibration in the case of both forward leakage flow and backward leakage flow. A jet pump | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093392 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an operation method for a memory device which has a first memory element and a second memory element respectively provided on both sides of a semiconductor member includes applying a first voltage to a second word line, the first voltage being negative for a voltage of a cell source line, and applying a second voltage to a first word line, the second voltage being positive for the voltage of the cell source line when reading out a data from the first memory element. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093382 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an operation method for a memory device which has a first memory element and a second memory element respectively provided on both sides of a semiconductor member includes applying a first potential on the second word line to write a second data to the second memory and applying a second potential on the first word line to write the first data to the first memory. The first potential increases by a first step voltage and the second potential increases by a second step voltage. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093309 | DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING DEVICE, DIGITAL WATERMARK DETECTING DEVICE, DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD, DIGITAL WATERMARK DETECTING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING DIGITAL WATERMARK DETECTING PROGRAM - A digital watermark embedding device includes a generating unit that makes use of a key random number which is input, and outputs a filter for determining a first band and a second band which represent at least a single pair of frequency bands in which a digital watermark bit is to be embedded; and an embedding unit that, when the digital watermark bit is to be embedded in a unit frame of a voice signal which is input, varies a sum of amplitude spectrum intensities of at least one of the first band and the second band in such a way that a first sum of amplitude spectrum intensities of the first band is greater than a second sum of amplitude spectrum intensities of the second band. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093075 | GRAPH DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A graph display device includes a condition receiver, a time information display circuitry, an instruction receiver and a graph display circuitry. The condition receiver receives a condition for specifying at least one data item from graph data including a plurality of data items. The time information display circuitry displays time information relative to a time to display a graph based on the specified data item. The instruction receiver receives an instruction for starting display of the graph. The graph display circuitry displays the graph when the instruction is received. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090911 | GAS TURBINE FACILITY - A gas turbine facility | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090861 | STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine in an embodiment includes a casing, a turbine rotor, a rotor blade cascade, a stationary blade cascade, and a spray unit, the rotor blade cascade and the stationary blade cascade being each arranged at a plurality of stages alternately in an axial direction of the turbine rotor. The turbine rotor is housed inside the casing. In the rotor blade cascade, a plurality of rotor blades are arranged in a circumferential direction of the turbine rotor. In the stationary blade cascade, a plurality of stationary blades are arranged in the circumferential direction of the turbine rotor between a diaphragm inner ring and a diaphragm outer ring. The spray unit sprays spray water to a space located upstream from a rotor blade cascade at a final stage among the rotor blade cascades at the plurality of stages inside the casing. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089991 | INVERTER CONTROL APPARATUS, POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, the inverter control device includes a signal generator. The signal generator outputs a signal to increase the resistance of the gate when the value of the DC voltage is equal to or greater than a first voltage threshold, and the value of the AC current is less than a first current threshold; and when the value of the DC voltage is equal to or greater than the first voltage threshold, and the value of the AC current is equal to or greater than a second current threshold, and outputs the signal to increase the resistance of the gate when the value of the DC voltage is equal to or greater than a second voltage threshold, and the value of the AC current is equal to or greater than the first current threshold and less than the second current threshold. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160088629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication apparatus which can simultaneously conduct communication on at least two frequency channels is described. The apparatus includes a communication unit which refers to a connection management table to determine a communication system which can be used by a wireless communication terminal using an identifier of the wireless communication terminal, and conducts communication with the wireless communication terminal on a second frequency channel using the communication system, when a request from the wireless communication terminal to change the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel is permitted. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160088294 | ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, STREAMING SYSTEM, AND STREAMING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an encoder. The encoder is configured to generate a video stream. The video stream includes at least a first image group including a plurality of images encoded at a first bit rate and a second image group including a plurality of images. The first image group includes an intra-coded image. The plurality of images of the second image group are associated with the intra-coded image serving as a reference image to decode an inter-coded image, and are encoded at a second bit rate different from the first bit rate and having reproduction timing in synchronization with the plurality of images of the first image group. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087850 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a management apparatus includes a receiver, a first calculator, and a second calculator. The receiver is configured to receive existence information from communication apparatuses, the information probabilistically indicating characteristics of identification information of other communication apparatuses detected by a corresponding communication apparatus. The first calculator is configured to calculate, for each communication apparatus, some of the identification information, as a first set indicating a set of other communication apparatuses detectable by the communication apparatuse. The second calculator is configured to calculate, for each communication apparatus, a second set with a smaller number of false positives than the corresponding first set, as existence probability information, based on the existence information and the first set. The existence probability information indicates a probability of existence of a link between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087796 | STRING PROCESSOR - According to one embodiment is a string processor configured to output a biased output string having a first output value and a second output value. The string processor is given an unbiased input string of at least two input values. The string processor has a processing unit and a memory device, the memory device stores a code-word set. The code-word set has a plurality of code-words, each code-word having at least one input value, and each output value has at least one corresponding code-word. The processing unit is configured to: compare a comparison string to the code-word set, wherein the comparison string includes an input from the input string; and assign an output value to the output string when the comparison string matches a code-word. The assigned output value is that to which the matched code-word corresponds. An output probability of an output value is defined by the number and length of the code-words corresponding to that output value; and the output probability of the first output value is larger than the output probability of the second output value. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTENSITY MONITORING - A detection system for monitoring the intensity of a stream of modulated pulses, the system comprising a controller configured to provide a control signal to a component outputting modulated pulses the control signal controlling the level of modulation for each pulse exiting the component and a detector configured to measure the intensity of the pulses in the stream of pulses exiting the component outputting modulated pulses, wherein the detector comprises a gated detector, the controller being configured to send a gating signal to said detector, wherein said gating signal varies the gain of the detector with the control signal, such that pulses with a selected modulation level can be detected. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087631 | MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICE, MAGNETIC LOGIC CIRCUIT, AND MAGNETIC MEMORY - One embodiment provides a magnetic logic device including: a first conductive thin wire; a second conductive thin wire; and a third conductive thin wire that electrically connects the first conductive thin wire and the second conductive thin wire. The first to third conductive thin wires commonly includes: a first non-magnetic metal layer; a second non-magnetic metal layer; and a magnetic metal layer sandwiched between the first non-magnetic metal layer and the second non-magnetic metal layer. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087625 | GATE CONTROL DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiments controls a gate voltage to be applied to a gate electrode of a junction field effect transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and the gate electrode, the transistor having a first threshold voltage at which the transistor is turned on, and a second threshold at which conductivity modulation occurs in the transistor so as to make the gate voltage equal to or higher than the second threshold voltage when a forward current in a direction from the drain electrode toward the source electrode flows, and so as to make the time variation in gate voltage have a point from which the rate of the time variation starts decreasing at a voltage between the second threshold voltage and the first threshold voltage when the forward current to be shut down. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087282 | CATALYST LAYER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - Embodiments of the present disclosure aim to provide a catalyst layer ensuring a high cell voltage and having both excellent robustness and sufficient endurance, and also to provide a process for producing the layer, a membrane electrode assembly and an electrochemical cell. The catalyst layer comprises two or more noble metal-containing layers | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087278 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the embodiment include a granular composite product that includes: an organic resin composition; a metal dispersed in the organic resin composition or a metal and an oxide of the metal dispersed in the organic resin composition; an electroconductive carbonaceous material, wherein an elemental ratio A/B (mass/mass) of carbon (A) and hydrogen (B) is 1 or lower. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087276 | ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - In general, according to one embodiment, the active material for a battery contains a niobium composite oxide represented by the formula: Li | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087275 | ACTIVE MATERIAL, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - According to one embodiment, there is provided an active material. The active material includes particles. Each of the particles includes a core phase and a shell phase surrounding at least a part of the core phase. The core phase includes a first monoclinic niobium-titanium composite oxide. The shell phase includes a second monoclinic niobium-titanium composite oxide. An oxidation number of titanium in the core phase is larger than an oxidation number of titanium in the shell phase, and/or an oxidation number of niobium in the core phase is larger than an oxidation number of niobium in the shell phase. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087268 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A negative electrode material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the embodiment include: at least one selected from a silicon oxide composite particle and a lithium-containing silicon oxide composite particle which is the silicon oxide composite particle containing lithium; and an organic molecule R, wherein the silicon oxide composite particle contains a silicon particle, a silicon oxide phase formed of SiO | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087267 | ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a composite of a lithium-containing silicon oxide and a silicon-containing compound which contains at least one of silicon and silicon oxide, wherein the lithium-containing silicon oxide contains Li | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087265 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND RECHARGEABLE VACUUM CLEANER - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode comprises a current collector made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and an active material layer laminated on the current collector. The active material layer contains first active material particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or less and a lithium diffusion coefficient of 1×10 | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087264 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the embodiment includes a current collector; and an electrode mixture layer that is formed on the current collector and contains a first particle, a second particle and a binder. The first particle is comprised of silicon, a silicon oxide and a carbonaceous material. The second particle has electron conductivity and an oxygen content of 1% or lower. The electrode mixture layer is characterized in that silicon concentrations in the vicinity of the surface having contact with the current collector and the vicinity of the opposite surface to the surface having contact with the current collector are higher than a silicon concentration at the central part in the thickness direction. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087206 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL WIRING - A method for manufacturing a memory device of an embodiment includes: forming on a substrate a block copolymer layer which contains a first polymer and a second polymer having lower surface energy than that of the first polymer; performing thermal treatment on the block copolymer layer, to separate the block copolymer layer such that a first phase containing the first polymer and extending in the first direction and a second phase containing the second polymer and extending in the first direction are alternately arrayed; selectively forming on the first phase a first metal wiring layer extending in the first direction; forming on the first metal wiring layer a memory layer where resistance changes by application of a voltage; and forming on the memory layer a second metal wiring layer which extends in a second direction intersecting in the first direction. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087203 | ORGANIC MOLECULAR MEMORY - An organic molecular memory in an embodiment includes a first electrode having a first work function; a second electrode having a second work function; and an organic molecular layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic molecular layer containing a first organic molecule chemically bonded to the first electrode, the first organic molecule having a resistance-change type molecular chain, and the first organic molecule having a first energy level higher than the first work function, and a second organic molecule chemically bonded to the second electrode and the second organic molecule having a second energy level higher than the second work function and lower than the first energy level. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087202 | ORGANIC MOLECULAR MEMORY - An organic molecular memory in an embodiment includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; and an organic molecular layer provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the organic molecular layer including an organic molecule having an oligophenylene ethynylene backbone, the oligophenylene ethynylene backbone including three or more benzene rings, and the oligophenylene ethynylene backbone including two fluorine atoms added in ortho positions or meta positions of one of the benzene rings other than benzene rings at both ends. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087163 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A present embodiment is to provide a phosphor that has favorable temperature characteristics, that can emit yellow light having excellent color rendering properties, and that has high quantum efficiency. The phosphor emits yellow light when excited with light having a luminescence peak in a wavelength range of 250 to 500 nm and has a crystal structure that is substantially identical to the crystal structure of Sr | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087137 | MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELL - According to one embodiment, a multi-junction solar cell includes a first solar cell, a second solar cell, and an insulating layer. The first solar cell includes a first photoelectric conversion element. The second solar cell is connected in parallel with the first solar cell. The second solar cell includes multiple second photoelectric conversion elements connected in series. The insulating layer is provided between the first solar cell and the second solar cell. The second photoelectric conversion element includes a p-electrode and an n-electrode. The p-electrode is connected to a p | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087136 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - According to one embodiment, a solar cell module includes a solar cell panel and a concentrator. The solar cell panel includes a solar cell. The concentrator reflects light incident from the outside and irradiates the light onto the solar cell. The concentrator has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface reflects light incident at a first incident angle and irradiates the light incident at the first incident angle onto a first portion within the area of the solar cell. The second surface reflects light incident at a second incident angle and irradiates the light incident at the second incident angle onto a second portion within the area of the solar cell. The second incident angle is different from the first incident angle. The second portion is different from the first portion. The first surface and the second surface are asymmetric as viewed from the solar cell. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087127 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment has a substrate, a bottom electrode comprising an electrode layer on the substrate and an intermediate interface layer, a light absorbing layer on the intermediate interface layer. The electrode layer comprises Mo or W. The intermediate interface layer is a compound thin film of a compound comprising Mo or W and at least one element X selected from the group consisting of S, Se, and Te. The intermediate interface layer has a crystal phase and an amorphous phase with which the crystal phase is covered. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087126 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment has a bottom electrode, a light absorbing layer on the bottom electrode. The light absorbing layer comprises a thin film of a semiconductor comprising a group Ib element or elements, a group IIIb element or elements, and a group VIb element or elements and having a chalcopyrite structure. The light absorbing layer has an average crystal grain size of 1.5 μm or more. The group IIIb element or elements include Ga, Al, or both of Ga and Al. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087125 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment has a substrate, a bottom electrode on the substrate, a light absorbing layer on the bottom electrode, an n-type layer on the light absorbing layer, a transparent electrode on the n-type layer, and an oxide layer on the transparent electrode. n | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087118 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion device of an embodiment has a bottom electrode, an intermediate layer on the bottom electrode, a p-type light absorbing layer on the intermediate layer, and an n-type layer on the p-type light absorbing layer. The bottom electrode is a first metal film or a semiconductor film. When the bottom electrode is a metal film, the intermediate layer comprises an oxide film or a sulfide film. When the bottom electrode is a semiconductor film, the intermediate layer comprises a second metal film and an oxide film or a sulfide film on the second metal film. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087109 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a charge storage layer on a first insulating film, a second insulating film which is provided on the charge storage layer, formed of layers, and a control gate electrode on the second insulating film. The second insulating film includes a bottom layer (A) provided just above the charge storage layer, a top layer (C) provided just below the control gate electrode, and a middle layer (B) provided between the bottom layer (A) and the top layer (C). The middle layer (B) has higher barrier height and lower dielectric constant than both the bottom layer (A) and the top layer (C). The average coordination number of the middle layer (B) is smaller than both the average coordination number of the top layer (C) and the average coordination number of the bottom layer (A). | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087067 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor layer; a control gate electrode; and an organic molecular layer, which is provided between the semiconductor layer and the control gate electrode, and has organic molecules including a molecular structure described by a molecular formula (1). | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087064 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a wide bandgap semiconductor layer, a gate electrode and a gate insulating film provided between the wide bandgap semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The gate insulating film includes a first insulating film having a thickness of 7 nm or greater, a fixed charge film provided on the first insulating film, the fixed charge film containing fixed charge and a second insulating film provided on the fixed charge film, the second insulating film having a thickness of 7 nm or greater. The gate insulating film has a total thickness of 25 nm or greater. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087052 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a nitride semiconductor layer, a plurality of source electrodes provided on the nitride semiconductor layer, a plurality of drain electrodes, a plurality of gate electrodes, a first interconnection having a first distance from the nitride semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the source electrodes, a second interconnection electrically connecting the gate electrodes, and a third interconnection having a third distance from the nitride semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the drain electrodes. Each of the drain electrodes are provided between the source electrodes. Each of the gate electrodes are provided between each of the source electrodes and each of the drain electrodes. The third distance is larger than the first distance. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087045 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a SiC layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film provided between the SiC layer and the gate electrode, a first region provided between the SiC layer and the gate insulating film, and a second region provided in the SiC layer. The first region contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of N (nitrogen), P (phosphorus), As (arsenic), Sb (antimony), Sc (scandium), Y (yttrium), La (lanthanum), lanthanoids (Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu), H (hydrogen), D (deuterium), and F (fluorine). The second region provided adjacent to the first region, and the second region has a higher oxygen concentration than a concentration of the at least one element. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087044 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a SiC layer including a first region provided at a surface. The first region satisfies N | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087043 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a p-type SiC layer and a contact electrode electrically connected to the SiC layer. The contact electrode includes metal. And a region is provided in the SiC layer adjacent to the contact electrode. The region having an oxygen concentration not lower than 1×10 | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087036 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a SiC layer, an electrode electrically connected to the SiC layer and an impurity region provided between the SiC layer and the electrode. The impurity region includes first position and second position, the first position having highest concentration of an impurity in the impurity region, the highest concentration being not lower than 1×10 | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087002 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate has a first region in which a photoelectric conversion device is provided, a second region which is provided around the first region, and in which a device is provided, and a third region which is provided between the first region and the second region, and in which the photoelectric conversion device is provided. A first interlayer insulating film is provided on the first region and the third region. A second interlayer insulating film is provided on the second region, and is thicker than the first interlayer insulating film. A resin material is provided on the first interlayer insulating film of the first region, and provided so as to cover a groove of a surface of the first interlayer insulating film of the third region. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086973 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, the stacked body includes a plurality of stacked units and a first intermediate layer. Each of the stacked units includes a plurality of electrode layers and a plurality of insulating layers. Each of the insulating layers is provided between the electrode layers. The first intermediate layer is provided between the stacked units. The first intermediate layer is made of a material different from the electrode layers and the insulating layers. The plurality of columnar portions includes a channel body extending in a stacking direction of the stacked body to pierce the stacked body, and a charge storage film provided between the channel body and the electrode layers. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086891 | GRAPHENE WIRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Graphene wiring of an embodiment has a graphene intercalation compound including a multilayer graphene having graphene sheets stacked therein and an interlayer substance disposed between layers of the multilayer graphene, and an interlayer cross-linked layer connected to a side surface of the multilayer graphene. The interlayer cross-linked layer has a cross-linked molecular structure including multiple bonded molecules cross-linking the graphene sheets included in the multilayer graphene. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086890 | WIRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Wiring comprises a multilayer graphene including graphene sheets, an interlayer substance disposed between layers of the multilayer graphene, and an organic compound layer connected to a side surface of the multilayer graphene. The organic compound layer contains a photoisomerizable organic group connected to the multilayer graphene. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086889 | CARBON NANOTUBE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A carbon nanotube interconnect structure of an embodiment has a first interconnect layer, a first interlayer insulating film on the first interconnect layer, a second interlayer insulating film on the first interlayer insulating film, a contact hole penetrating through the first interlayer insulating film and the second interlayer insulating film, a catalyst metal film on a portion of the first interconnect layer located at a lower end of the contact hole, a second interconnect layer on the second interlayer insulating film, and carbon nanotubes on the catalyst metal film located in the contact hole. The carbon nanotubes electrically connecting the first interconnect layer and the second interconnect layer. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086728 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC MATERIAL - Provided is a method for producing a magnetic material. The method includes preparing magnetic metal particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from a first group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from a second group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, Ba, Sr, Cr, Mo, Ag, Ga, Sc, V, Y, Nb, Pb, Cu, In, Sn and rare earth elements, pulverizing and reaggregating the magnetic metal particles, and thereby forming composite particles containing a magnetic metal phase and an interstitial phase, and heat-treating the composite particles at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C. The particle size distribution of the magnetic metal particles in the preparing magnetic metal particles has two or more peaks. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086717 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC MATERIAL, AND INDUCTOR ELEMENT - Provided is a magnetic material which includes a plurality of magnetic metal particles having a rate of change in the lattice constant of ±1% or less with respect to the lattice constant obtained after a heat treatment at 1000° C., a plurality of insulating coating layers insulating and covering at least a portion of the magnetic metal particles, and an insulating resin disposed around the magnetic metal particles and the insulating coating layers. The insulating coating layers are in contact with one another. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086705 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND DEVICE - Provided is a magnetic material including a plurality of flat particles containing a magnetic metal, and a matrix phase disposed around the flat particles and having higher electrical resistance than the flat particles. In a cross-section of the magnetic material, the aspect ratio of the flat particles is 10 or higher. If the major axis of one of the flat particles is designated as L and the length of a straight line connecting two endpoints of the flat particle is designated as W, the proportion of the area surrounded by the outer peripheries of parts in which flat particles satisfying the relationship: W≦0.95×L are continuously laminated, is 10% or more of the cross-section. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086700 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC MATERIAL - Provided is a method for producing a magnetic material, the method including preparing a mixed phase material including a first magnetic metal phase formed from a magnetic metal and a second phase containing any one of oxygen (O), nitrogen (N) or carbon (C) and a non-magnetic metal, conducting a first heat treatment to the mixed phase material at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C., forming nanoparticle aggregates including a plurality of magnetic metal nanoparticles formed from the first magnetic metal phase and the second phase, and conducting a second heat treatment to the nanoparticle aggregates at a temperature of from 50° C. to 800° C. The nanoparticle aggregates are formed by decreasing an average particle size and a particle size distribution variation of the first magnetic metal phase after the first heat treatment. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086661 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array including a memory cell layer containing plural memory cells operative to store data in accordance with different resistance states; and an access circuit operative to make access to the memory cells, the memory cell changing the resistance state from a first resistance state to a second resistance state on application of a voltage of a first polarity, and changing the resistance state from the second resistance state to the first resistance state on application of a voltage of a second polarity, the access circuit applying voltages, required for access to the memory cell, to first and second lines connected to a selected memory cell, and bringing at least one of the first and second lines connected to non-selected memory cells into the floating state to make access to the selected memory cell. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086647 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device includes a first bit line and a second bit line. A nonvolatile memory element and a first cell transistor are connected in series between the first bit line and the second bit line. A sense transistor has a gate connected to a sense node which is provided between the first bit line and the memory element. A read bit line is connected to a source or a drain of the sense transistor. The read bit line is configured to transmit data of the memory element. A sense amplifier is configured to detect the logic of data transmitted from the read bit line. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus a storage, a first extractor, a second extractor and a determiner. The storage stores worker information including an explanation that includes a keyword and that concerns a skill of a worker. The first extractor extracts, based on the keyword, worker skill word representing a characteristic of the skill of the worker, and worker skill value corresponding to the worker skill word. The second extractor extracts, based on the keyword included in a task summary, task skill word representing a characteristic of a task, and required skill value necessary for a process. The determiner determines, as a task candidate, a task indicating that task skill word matches the worker skill word and indicating that required skill value is no more than the worker skill value. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085961 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - According to an embodiment, an authentication system includes a physical device, a calculator, and an authenticator. The physical device includes a data source which outputs a data sequence along time series. The calculator performs, using hidden Markov model, probability calculation on an ID which is based on the data sequence obtained from the physical device. The authenticator authenticates the physical device based on calculation result of the calculator. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085747 | SPEECH TRANSLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a speech recognizer, a detector, a machine translator and a controller. The speech recognizer performs a speech recognition processing in chronological order on utterances of at least one first language made by a plurality of speakers to obtain a recognition text as a speech recognition result. The detector detects segments of meaning of the recognition text to obtain segments of text. The machine translator translates the segments of text into a second language different from the first language to obtain translated texts. The controller controls, if an utterance overlaps with another utterance in the chronological order, an order of displaying the translated texts corresponding to the overlapped utterances. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085627 | Memory System, Error Correction Device, and Error Correction Method - According to an embodiment, a memory system includes a memory and a computation unit. Into the memory, data are written. The memory stores therein multiple check matrices. Each of the check matrices is associated with the number of errors in the written data. The computation unit is configured to perform a first error correction on the written data by selectively using, from among the check matrices, a check matrix associated with the number of errors recognized in the written data. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085517 | PROGRAM INFORMATION GENERATING SYSTEM, PROGRAM INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A program information generating system includes an acquisition unit, a generating unit, and display control unit. The acquiring unit acquires program information which represents structure of a computer program and operation information which represents structure of operations. The generating unit generates first display information for generating a first display image which visually represents the structure of the computer program and second display information for generating a second display image which visually represents the structure of the operations. The program information includes section information which identifies a position of sections included in the computer program. The operation information includes section identification information which identifies the section corresponding to the operations. The generating unit generates the first display information and the second display information on the basis of the section information and the section identification information so that correspondence relationship between the sections and the operations becomes identifiable. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085283 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes an expansion unit having a battery. The electronic apparatus includes a controller and a display. The controller performs power management of the battery. The display displays a residual capacity of the battery. The controller controls the display such that the display performs pattern display based on the residual capacity. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084981 | SCREENING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a screening device includes a first antenna configured to transmit a first microwave to a subject to generate a second microwave and a third microwave, the second microwave being generated by a diffraction of the first microwave at the subject, the third microwave being a part of the first microwave passing the subject, and a second antenna configured to receive the second microwave in a first period and to receive the third microwave in a second period. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084803 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a detection system includes a plurality of sensor nodes and a sensor module. The plurality of sensor nodes detects sound waves generated from a prestressed concrete and converts the detected sound waves into detection signals. The sensor module is connected to the plurality of sensor nodes and receives the detection signals. The plurality of sensor nodes includes the sensor nodes in an operating state and the sensor nodes in a dormant state in which power consumption is held down as compared to the operating state. When magnitude of the detection signals is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the sensor module switches the sensor node in the dormant state to the operating state. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084489 | HEAT SINK HAVING HEAT DISSIPATING FIN AND LIGHTING DEVICE - A heat sink according to an embodiment includes a base plate having cutting portions, and a heat dissipating fin. The heat dissipating fin is provided perpendicularly to a principal plane of the base plate and is a member having a sectional shape in a direction horizontal to the principal plane of the base plate. The sectional shape is constant substantially in a perpendicular direction. A lighting device according to an embodiment includes the heat sink and a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit is provided on a surface of a base plate opposite to another surface of the base plate of the heat sink on which a heat dissipating fin is arranged. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084098 | SEALING STRUCTURE AND TURBINE - A sealing structure according to the embodiment includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, an intermediate cylinder, a first sealing part, and a second sealing part. The first cylinder forms a flow passage of a working fluid of a turbine therein. The second cylinder is disposed at one end of the first cylinder and downstream from the flow passage. The intermediate cylinder is disposed between the first and second cylinders. The first sealing part is disposed at one of a first region between the first cylinder and the intermediate cylinder and a second region between the second cylinder and the intermediate cylinder, and follows a positional displacement in a radial direction. The second sealing part is disposed at the other of the first and second regions, and follows a positional displacement in an axial direction. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160083649 | PHOSPHOR, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR - An embodiment is to provide a phosphor that has favorable temperature characteristics, that can emit yellow light with a wide half-width emission spectrum, and that has high quantum efficiency. The phosphor emits yellow light when excited with light having a luminescence peak in a wavelength range of 250 to 500 nm, and has a crystal structure that is substantially identical to the crystal structure of Sr | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160083648 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A present embodiment is to provide a phosphor that has favorable temperature characteristics, that can emit yellow light having excellent color rendering properties, and that has high quantum efficiency. The phosphor exhibits a luminescence peak in a wavelength range of 500 to 600 nm when excited with light having a luminescence peak within a wavelength range of 250 to 500 nm. The phosphor is represented by the following formula (1): ((M | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082386 | CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION AND CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION AND CAPTURE APPARATUS - In a carbon dioxide separation and capture apparatus according to an embodiment, a control device calculates a flow rate range of a carbon dioxide gas based on the concentration of the carbon dioxide gas and an output range of a blower. The control device determines a flow rate of the carbon dioxide gas in which the sum of energy is the least based on relationships, corresponding to a preset target amount of carbon dioxide gas to be captured, between a flow rate of the carbon dioxide gas, and sum of energy obtained by summing the amount of heat to be supplied by a heating medium from the external, power of the blower and power of a pump. The control device controls output of the blower, an opening degree of the first flow rate control valve, and an opening degree of the second flow rate control valve. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082284 | PARTICLE BEAM TREATMENT SYSTEM, PARTICLE BEAM TREATMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a particle beam treatment system includes a storage, an estimator, a target value generator, and a particle beam treatment device. The storage stores therein a respiratory movement model obtained by synchronizing amount of displacement of an affected area of a subject with a signal related to respiration of the subject and performing modeling. The estimator estimates, based on the measured signal related to respiration and the respiratory movement model, amount of displacement of the affected area corresponding to the measured signal. The target value generator generates a target value, which is used for performing movement control on a platform on which the subject is lying down, corresponding to the estimated amount of displacement of the affected area. The particle beam treatment device irradiates, with particle beams, the affected area of the subject on the platform subjected to movement control according to the target value. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160080629 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a camera system comprises a camera module and a first processing unit. The first processing unit comprises a first controller and a second controller. The first controller can receive commands from a second processing unit. The first controller executes a command destined for the first processing unit from among the received commands. The second controller transmits a command destined for the camera module from among the received commands to the camera module. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080455 | DELIVERY DEVICE, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND DELIVERY SYSTEM - A reproduction system according to an embodiment includes a communicator which communicates information including an encoded data and a processor. The processor is configured to select the encoded data to be delivered, send a request an external delivery device to deliver a third encoded data until a starting time of following segment included in a second encoded data via the communicator when the second encoded data is selected to be delivered following to a first encoded data, and decode the encoded data received by the communicator. The second encoded data and the third encoded data are generated by encoding a first content. | 03-17-2016 |
