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20160035098 | STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a state estimation apparatus that appropriately estimates the internal state of an observation target by determining likelihoods from a plurality of observations. An observation obtaining unit of the state estimation system obtains, at given time intervals, a plurality of observation data obtained from an observable event. The observation selecting unit selects a piece of observation data from the plurality of pieces of observation data obtained by the observation obtaining unit based on a posterior probability distribution data obtained at a preceding time t−1. The likelihood obtaining unit obtains likelihood data based on the observation data selected by the observation selecting unit and predicted probability distribution data obtained through prediction processing using the posterior probability distribution data. The posterior probability distribution estimation unit estimates posterior probability distribution data representing a state of the observable event based on the predicted probability distribution data obtained by the likelihood obtaining unit and the likelihood data. The prior probability distribution output unit outputs prior probability distribution data based on the posterior probability distribution data estimated by the posterior probability distribution estimation unit as prior probability distribution data at a next time t+1. | 02-04-2016 |
20150346306 | PULSE DETECTION APPARATUS AND PULSE DETECTION METHOD - Provided is a pulse detection apparatus and a pulse detection method less susceptible to movement of a subject and less susceptible to noise. An oscillation frequency controller is configured to cause a frequency variable oscillator to oscillate at a predetermined oscillation frequency, which is a frequency within a range assumed as a resonance frequency of a molecule of a predetermined constituent constituting the blood flowing through a human body. The oscillation frequency controller also controls an oscillation frequency based on a phase difference signal and an amplitude signal, wherein the phase difference signal indicates the phase difference between a transmission signal transmitted from an antenna to the human body and a reception signal received by the antenna, and the amplitude signal indicates the magnitude of the amplitude of the received signal. A pulse detector detects the change of the amplitude signal in an amplitude direction as a pulse signal. | 12-03-2015 |
20150247898 | FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM, GENERATION CIRCUIT, AND PROGRAM - The purpose of the invention is to provide a fault detection system etc., that reduces shift power in scan-out while maintaining the fault coverage. The fault detection system configured to detect a fault in a logic circuit by means of a scan test, includes: multiple flip-flops; a final signal generation unit that generates a final signal indicating a final capture in a capture mode; an assignment unit that differs from the logic circuit and the flip-flops, and that sets a logic signal for a part of the flip-flops upon receiving the final signal; and a fault detection device that detects a fault by making a comparison between a test output captured from the logic circuit and including the logic value set by the assignment unit and a test output to be obtained when the logic circuit has no fault and including the logic value set by the assignment unit. | 09-03-2015 |
20150123165 | HIGH-VOLTAGE INSULATED GATE TYPE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-voltage insulated gate type power semiconductor device includes a low-concentration first conductivity type base layer; a plurality of trenches selectively formed with large intervals and narrow intervals provided alternately, in a front surface of the low-concentration first conductivity type base layer; a gate insulating film formed on a surface of each of the plurality of trenches; a gate electrode formed inside the gate insulating film; and a second conductivity type base layer selectively formed between the adjacent trenches sharing the narrow interval. The high-voltage insulated gate type power semiconductor device includes a high-concentration first conductivity type source layer selectively formed on a front surface of the second conductivity type base layer. | 05-07-2015 |
20150048283 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion material excellent in thermoelectric performance and flexibility and capable of being produced in a simplified manner and at a low cost, and a method for producing the material. The thermoelectric conversion material has, on a support, a thin film of a thermoelectric semiconductor composition containing thermoelectric semiconductor fine particles and a conductive polymer, and the method for producing a thermoelectric conversion material includes a step of applying the thermoelectric semiconductor composition containing thermoelectric semiconductor fine particles and a conductive polymer onto the support and drying it to forma thin film thereon. | 02-19-2015 |
20150013741 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL - The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion material of which the structure is controlled to have nano-order microscopic pores and which has a low thermal conductivity and has an improved thermoelectric performance index. In the thermoelectric conversion material having a thermoelectric semiconductor layer formed on a block copolymer substrate that comprises a block copolymer having microscopic pores, wherein the block copolymer comprises a polymer unit (A) formed of a monomer capable of forming a homopolymer having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or higher, and a polymer unit (B) formed of a conjugated dienic polymer. | 01-15-2015 |
20140378760 | MOBILE CAPSULE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile capsule device | 12-25-2014 |
20140273308 | METHOD OF MEASURING SURFACE PROPERTIES OF POLISHING PAD - The present invention relates to a method of measuring surface properties of a polishing pad which measures surface properties such as surface topography or surface condition of a polishing pad used for polishing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The method of measuring surface properties of a polishing pad includes applying a laser beam to the polishing pad, detecting scattered light that is reflected and scattered by the polishing pad with a photodetector and performing an optical Fourier transform on the detected scattered light to produce an intensity distribution corresponding to a spatial wavelength spectrum based on surface topography of the polishing pad, and calculating a numerical value representing surface properties of the polishing pad based on the intensity distribution corresponding to two different prescribed spatial wavelength ranges. | 09-18-2014 |
20140262027 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SURFACE PROPERTIES OF POLISHING PAD - The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring surface properties of a polishing pad which measures surface properties such as surface topography or surface condition of a polishing pad used for polishing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus for measuring surface properties of a polishing pad includes a laser beam source configured to emit a laser beam, and a photodetector configured to detect scattered light that is reflected and scattered by the polishing pad, an optical Fourier transform being performed on the detected scattered light to produce an intensity distribution corresponding to a spatial wavelength spectrum based on surface topography of the polishing pad. The laser beam is applied to the polishing pad at such an incident angle that the laser beam does not reach a bottom portion of a pore formed in the surface of the polishing pad. | 09-18-2014 |
20140233807 | OBJECT DETECTING METHOD AND OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE - In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated. | 08-21-2014 |
20130251206 | OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND OBJECT DETECTOR USING THE METHOD - In an object detection method and an object detector | 09-26-2013 |
20130205180 | FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM, ACQUISITION APPARATUS, FAULT DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - It is a purpose of the invention to provide a fault detection system, etc., having improved fault coverage with a reduced number of test patterns to be input to a logic circuit. The fault detection system detects a fault in a logic circuit based on multiple output logic values of the logic circuit after a test input pattern is input. The output logic values are input to the logic circuit as an updated test input pattern. The system comprises: a first acquisition unit which acquires a part of or all of the output logic values; a comparison unit which compares the logic values acquired by the first acquisition unit with those predicted for when there are no faults, or for when there is a specific fault; and a fault judgment unit which judges whether or not there is a fault based on the comparison result obtained by the comparison unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130130384 | TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE SHEET THAT DISPLAYS REVERSIBLE PROPERTIES AND CELL SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME - A temperature responsive sheet is disclosed that comprises a chemically modified water-soluble elastin obtained by N-acylating at least some of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin molecule and coupling some or all of carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with a glycine alkyl ester. Also is disclosed a process for producing a cell sheet that comprises preparing above the temperature responsive sheet a film that functions as a scaffold for animal cells, culturing specific cells on the film so as to prepare a cell sheet, and subsequently separating the cell sheet and the temperature responsive sheet comprising the chemically modified water-soluble elastin under conditions of no greater than the culturing temperature for the cells. | 05-23-2013 |
20130101733 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL, AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS USED IN THE METHOD - A method for producing a thermoelectric conversion material composed of a metal A having an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, a transition metal M, and oxygen O, and represented by AxMyOz, where x, y, and z are valences of the respective elements, includes the steps of: using a massive metal oxide as the thermoelectric conversion material and a salt in a solid, liquid or gaseous state; causing a diffusion reaction between the oxide and the salt; and forming the thermoelectric conversion material having aligned crystal orientation. A production apparatus includes a reactor into which the oxide and the salt are introduced, and a heating means for heating the oxide and the salt within the reactor to promote the diffusion reaction. Thereby, the thermoelectric conversion material having efficiency is produced more simply and at lower cost than a production of the single crystal. | 04-25-2013 |
20130040891 | CHEMICALLY MODIFIED WATER-SOLUBLE ELASTIN, MIXED GEL OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED WATER-SOLUBLE ELASTIN AND COLLAGEN, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A chemically modified water-soluble elastin that is obtained by subjecting to N-acylating some or all of the primary amines and secondary amines contained in the molecule of a high molecular weight water-soluble elastin and coupling some or all of the carboxyl groups contained in the molecule with the amino group of an amino acid alkyl ester. | 02-14-2013 |
20130034930 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - In an apparatus for manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell, a photosensitization dye solution makes contact with an electrode material layer that functions as a working electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell so that the photosensitizing dye is adsorbed on the layer. Such an apparatus for manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell has a substrate housing section to house a substrate with the electrode material layer formed on its surface, and a circulation mechanism to circulate the photosensitization dye solution in such a way that the solution passes a surface of the substrate housed in the substrate housing section. In such an apparatus, a cross-sectional area of a flow path for the photosensitization dye solution in a portion facing the substrate in the substrate housing section is set smaller than a cross-sectional area of a flow path for the photosensitization dye solution in other portions. | 02-07-2013 |
20130029878 | Method for Assaying Histone Methylation Enzyme Activity - Provided are a method for measuring histone methyltransferase activity, a method for screening for compounds that inhibit histone methyltransferase activity, a reagent kit for measuring histone methyltransferase activity, and a kit for screening for compounds that inhibit histone methyltransferase activity. A substrate compound represented by general formula (I): R | 01-31-2013 |
20130019598 | STEAM GENERATOR AND ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a steam generator capable of greatly improving energy efficiency, and an energy supply system that uses the steam generator. The steam generator of the present invention includes a high-temperature chamber to which heat of 250° C. to 800° C. is supplied; a low-temperature chamber arranged adjacent to the high-temperature chamber and configured to produce low-temperature steam of 50° C. to 185° C. from water using the heat of the high-temperature chamber; and at least one thermoelectric element arranged between the high-temperature chamber and the low-temperature chamber. | 01-24-2013 |
20130013247 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A semiconductor device and the like that can determine the performance of a semiconductor integrated circuit with higher accuracy even when test environment fluctuates. The semiconductor device detects degradation of the semiconductor integrated circuit, including measurement unit that measures temperature and voltage, decision unit that judges whether the test is executed within an allowable test timing in the detection target circuit portion at each test operation frequency and decides a maximum test operation frequency and calculation unit that converts a maximum test operation frequency into that at a standard temperature and voltage and calculates a degradation amount. The semiconductor integrated circuit has a monitor block circuit that monitors the values for the measurement unit to measure temperature and voltage. The measurement unit has estimation unit that estimates temperature and voltage of a detection target circuit portion based on the monitored values. The calculation unit uses the estimated temperature and voltage. | 01-10-2013 |
20120302857 | BRAIN SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Proposed are a brain signal measurement system and the like, capable of carrying out in vivo placement of measurement units for measuring brain signals with a minimally invasive operation, as well as of easily adjusting the position of each measurement unit. The brain signal measurement device includes sensors to be provided in a space between a dura mater and an arachnoid mater, and a holding unit for holding the sensors. The sensors are connected by a shape-memory unit. The sensors are inserted through a hole penetrating through the scalp and so on, into a space between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater. The diameter of the hole can be equal to or smaller than 1 cm. By electrical heating, the shape-memory unit changes its shape to change positions of the sensors, and thus subdural electrodes can be placed with a minimally invasive operation. | 11-29-2012 |
20120283981 | TEST PATTERN GENERATION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A test pattern is sequentially selected from an original test pattern sequence constituted by a plurality of test patterns including a don't care bit. Power consumption in each of regions obtained by substantially equally dividing a layout region of a semiconductor integrated circuit in a case where a don't care value is specified in the selected test pattern and this selected test pattern is applied to the semiconductor integrated circuit is estimated. A searching is conducted for a don't care value of the selected test pattern which minimizes a variation in power consumption among the regions by repeatedly changing the don't care value and repeatedly estimating power consumption in the regions. A new test pattern sequence constituted by a plurality of test patterns including no don't care bit is generated by defining the don't care value obtained by the searching as a don't care value of the selected test pattern. | 11-08-2012 |
20120142238 | PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING, PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING FILM AND LAMINATED COATING FILM STRUCTURE - Provided is a photocatalytic coating in which the coating per se is hardly eroded even when a photocatalyst is excited and a coating surface having strong hydrophobic tendency can be formed. The photocatalytic coating is prepared by dispersing or dissolving at least a photocatalyst, a tetrafluoro-ethylene-based resin obtained by graft polymerization of a sulfonic acid, a compound containing metal ion having an ionic radius not less than an ionic radius of calcium and/or complex ion having an ionic radius not less than the ionic radius of calcium into a solvent. Further, hydroxide is used as the compound containing the metal ion or an electrically neutral surfactant is added to the photocatalytic coating. | 06-07-2012 |
20120115390 | FLAPPING FLYING ROBOT - A flapping flying robot includes: a body | 05-10-2012 |
20120017974 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DYE ADSORPTION FOR PHOTOSENSITIZING DYE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL, AND DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - A method for adsorption of a photosensitizing dye includes adsorbing the photosensitizing dye to the layer of an electrode material that functions as the working electrode of a dye-sensitized solar cell, within a reaction vessel containing a solution of the photosensitizing dye, wherein a flow of the photosensitizing dye solution is generated by means of a flow generation part in a direction perpendicular to the electrode material layer, a direction parallel thereto or both, and the flow rate of the photosensitizing dye solution to the electrode material layer is higher than the diffusion velocity of the photosensitizing dye. | 01-26-2012 |
20110319775 | BLOOD FLOW IMAGE DIAGNOSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a blood flow image diagnosis device comprising: a laser beam irradiation system that irradiates an observation region of a body tissue with a laser beam; a light receiving system having a light receiver including a large number of pixels that detects reflected light from the observation region of the body tissue; an image capture section that continuously captures a plurality of images for a specified time that is one or more cardiac beats on the basis of a signal from the light receiver; an image storage section that stores the plurality of images; an arithmetic section that calculates a blood flow rate in the body tissue from the time variation of the output signal of each pixel corresponding to the plurality of the stored images; and a display section that displays the two-dimensional distribution of the calculation result as a blood flow map; wherein the blood flow image diagnosis device has a function for analyzing the blood flow map, the arithmetic section has a function that separates a blood flow of a blood vessel observed in a surface layer in the observation region of the body tissue from a peripheral background blood flow on the basis of a plurality of blood flow map data for a time that is one or more cardiac beats, and the display section has a function that distinguishably displays each blood flow on a blood flow map. The blood flow image diagnosis device has an additional function for diagnosing blood flow images as compared to a conventional device. | 12-29-2011 |
20110299739 | OBJECT MOTION ESTIMATING DEVICE, OBJECT MOTION ESTIMATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An embodiment of the present invention provides an object motion estimating device and the like, which solve a problem of assuming translational movement (that is, a spatial gradient is 0) of an optical flow and are suitable to estimation of an optical flow by an image analysis of captured images. The object motion estimating device performs the image analysis of the captured images of the object to estimate motion of the object. The object motion estimating device includes an image analyzing unit | 12-08-2011 |
20110260893 | ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION ENCODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS - A signal corresponding to a short-period change and a signal corresponding to a long-period change of a sound signal are detected, and optimal quantization is performed based on the combination of the two signals. In an ADPCM encoding apparatus ( | 10-27-2011 |
20110153980 | MULTI-STAGE RECONFIGURATION DEVICE AND RECONFIGURATION METHOD, LOGIC CIRCUIT CORRECTION DEVICE, AND RECONFIGURABLE MULTI-STAGE LOGIC CIRCUIT - To provide a device to reconfigure multi-level logic networks, which enable logic modification and reconfiguration of a multi-level logic network with small circuit area and low-power dissipation in a simple manner. For example, in the case of reconfiguring a multi-level logic network following logic modification for deleting an output vector F(b) of an objective logic function F(X) corresponding to an input vector b, unmodified pq elements are selected one by one from the nearest pq element E | 06-23-2011 |
20110140770 | ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL APPARATUS - An acoustic characteristic control apparatus supplies music signal, for example, to input terminal connected to a band-pass filter and a peaking filter. In a zero-cross detection circuit, a pulse signal corresponding to a period while a signal is positive is formed. A pulse-width measuring circuit output a signal corresponding to a pulse width. Next, the output of the pulse-width measuring circuit is inputted to one comparator and another comparator. The one comparator discriminates a time when the pulse width is equal to or larger than a first setting value, and the another comparator discriminates a time when the pulse width is equal to or smaller than a second setting value. The comparator is connected to the up terminal and the down terminal of an up/down counter. The output of the up/down counter is connected to the peaking filter through the subtractor, and acoustic characteristics of the peaking filter is controlled according to the count value of the up/down counter. | 06-16-2011 |
20110110527 | ACTIVE MUFFLER - In an active muffler having improved response characteristics, a speaker section includes a diaphragm adapted to generate sound, a voice coil for driving the diaphragm, and a distance sensor to detect the movement of the diaphragm. A light generated by the LED is reflected by the diaphragm, the reflected light is detected by a phototransistor to thereby measure the distance to the diaphragm, so that the movement of the diaphragm is detected. Noise is detected by a microphone, and a signal having opposite phase to that of the noise is generated by an opposite-phase generating section. The difference between the opposite-phase signal and the signal of the distance to the speaker from the distance sensor is calculated and inputted to a PID control section. Such a difference indicates the delay of the speaker movement. Feedback control is performed in a direction in which the difference is canceled out. | 05-12-2011 |
20110101326 | ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An organic field effect transistor including an organic semiconductor layer constituting a current path between a source electrode and a drain electrode wherein the organic semiconductor layer is made of a conjugated polymer having a depletion layer and a conductivity of the organic semiconductor layer is controlled by using a gate electrode, wherein the depletion layer is formed by joining a reductive material being capable of forming Schottky contact with the organic semiconductor layer made of the conjugated polymer. There can be provided an organic field effect transistor using a conjugated polymer as an organic semiconductor and being capable of maintaining an insulation property. | 05-05-2011 |
20110100812 | ELECTRODE MODULE - An electrode module includes a working electrode, a counter electrode, a reference electrode and a well (container) for retaining an electrolytic solution and is used in electrochemical measuring instruments. This electrode module is produced by integrating the well with at least one of the working electrode, the counter electrode and the reference electrode. This integrated electrode includes a chip-like electrode having a thin membrane of an electrode material formed on the surface of a chip-like base metal. This chip-like electrode is disposed on and integrated with the bottom of the well in a detachable manner. There is provided the compact, low price electrode module of high repetition use efficiency with no need of maintenance and having easy handling. | 05-05-2011 |
20110094376 | PISTON CYLINDER-TYPE HIGH-PRESSURE GENERATING DEVICE - A cylinder portion is divided into a cylinder main body, and two side cylinders coupled to opposite ends of the cylinder main body. The cylinder main body is configured so that a sample-enclosing capsule in which a sample and a pressure medium are enclosed can be disposed inside the cylinder main body. Pistons for load transmission are disposed at opposite ends of the interior of the cylinder portion; and locking nuts are provided on the outer sides of the positions. The pistons are moved in an axial direction by screwing the locking nuts. With this configuration, a piston cylinder-type high-pressure generating device in which a cylinder having a small outer diameter is formed of a non-magnetic material can generate a high pressure while securing a sample space having a predetermined effective volume. | 04-28-2011 |
20110026783 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD USING SUBCUTANEOUS BLOODSTREAM MEASUREMENT AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - In a personal authentication method using the subcutaneous bloodstream measurement where an expanded laser beam is irradiated onto a finger pad, light reflected from a subcutaneous blood vessel layer is imaged on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle is calculated, the values are used as a two-dimensional map to obtain a map showing the bloodstream of the finger pad, and the bloodstream map is comparison-checked against pre-registered data of individuals, the laser speckle is imaged on the image sensor using a region separate from a region irradiated by the laser beam as an observation region of the image sensor. A device for use in the method is also provided. Relating to a method and device for authentication using, e.g., a finger print pattern on the basis of the laser speckle, an improved technique capable of extracting, e.g., the finger print pattern accurately is provided. | 02-03-2011 |
20110012269 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT USED FOR WIRING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring electronic component of the present invention is incorporated into an electronic device package in which a circuit element including a semiconductor chip is disposed and in which the circuit element is connected to a wiring pattern on the back face and also connected, via vertical wiring, to external electrodes located on the front face opposite the wiring pattern. The wiring electronic component is composed of an electrically conductive support portion, which serves as an electroforming mother die, and a plurality of vertical wiring portions formed through electroforming such that they are integrally connected to the support portion. | 01-20-2011 |
20100304145 | CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PREPREG OF GAS BARRIER PROPERTIES, CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAME - There are provided a carbon fiber reinforced prepreg of gas barrier properties comprising a sheet-like carbon fiber reinforcement and a matrix resin including therein a gas barrier layer having a clay mineral with a plate-like crystal structure unidirectionally aligned and densely laminated, and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic produced from the carbon fiber reinforced prepreg. Such prepreg is obtained by disposing a film material of gas barrier properties having a clay mineral with a plate-like crystal structure unidirectionally aligned and densely laminated, in at least one interlayer of a laminate of a carbon fiber reinforced prepreg comprising a sheet form carbon fiber reinforcement and a matrix resin; and then heating and/or pressurizing the laminate. The carbon fiber-reinforced composite material of the invention exhibits high gas barrier properties, and particularly hydrogen gas barrier properties. | 12-02-2010 |
20100277011 | ACTUATOR USING MAGNETIC FORCE, AND DRIVE DEVICE AND SENSOR USING THE SAME - To provide an actuator that can flexibly and softly move like muscles, can maintain a stable operation over a long period of time, can generate a strong driving force, has a rapid input response, has a favorable sensitivity, has a high energy conversion efficiency, and can be accurately controlled. | 11-04-2010 |
20100228947 | ADDRESS GENERATOR - The address generator has a hash network for producing hashed Y | 09-09-2010 |
20100228911 | ASSOCIATED MEMORY - The associative memory comprises a simplified functional processing unit (SFPU), implemented by an LUT logic network, that implements simplified CAM function g, where g is the function derived from CAM function ƒ by replacing the value showing “invalid” with the don't care, an auxiliary memory that stores the inverse function ƒ | 09-09-2010 |
20100219076 | Dielectrophoresis Apparatus and Method - Provided is a dielectrophoresis apparatus with which it is possible to handle (move, stop, separate and sort, etc.) a dielectric particle utilizing dielectrophoresis and to measure dielectrophoretic force. | 09-02-2010 |
20100218063 | DON'T-CARE-BIT IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND DON'T-CARE-BIT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM - The provided are a don't-care-bit identification method and program for identifying don't-care-bits from the first and the second input vectors in an input-vector pair while keeping the sensitization status of paths, in a combinational circuit, sensitized by applying the first and the second input vectors in serial to input lines of combinational circuit. The method identifies an unspecified bit from the first and the second input vectors V | 08-26-2010 |
20100209001 | Operation detecting apparatus and operation detecting method - It is an object to provide an operation detecting apparatus that precisely detects and analyzes the position and motion of an object image included in a moving image in real time. | 08-19-2010 |
20100205491 | LOGIC VALUE DETERMINATION METHOD AND LOGIC VALUE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - The provided are logic value determination method and program for identifying unspecified bits and determining their logic values shortly. The method enables to control the total number of logic value differences between corresponding input and output lines of combinational circuit. The method includes the first step for determining, when output has a logic value and input has an unspecified value, that the unspecified bit has the logic value of output, the second step for determining, when output has an unspecified value and input has a logic value, the logic value of the unspecified bit by justification, and the third step for calculating, when input and output both have unspecified values, probabilities of output to have 0 and 1, and determining the logic value of the unspecified bit based on the difference between the probabilities. The third step is repeated until the total number reaches a target value. | 08-12-2010 |
20100185259 | GARMENT FOR ELECTRICALLY STIMULATING MUSCLES - A garment for electrically stimulating muscles is provided to be used for, e.g., rehabilitation or exercise whereby an electrode can be conveniently provided at such a position as allowing the electrode to stimulate the nerve-muscular junction of a muscle to be moved in toning up the muscle through electrical stimulation on the muscle by taking advantage of the muscular contraction caused by electrically stimulating the muscle. A garment for electrically stimulating muscles comprises a garment body, a required number of openings which are provided in the garment body in such a manner that each opening is located at the nerve-muscular junction or in the vicinity of the nerve-muscular junction of a muscle to be moved in the case where a wearer wears the garment body, and electrodes provided at the respective openings in such a manner that each electrode located on the skin surface at the nerve-muscular junction or in the vicinity of the nerve-muscular junction of a muscle in the case where a wearer wears the garment body. | 07-22-2010 |
20100168585 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE UTILIZING FINGER-TIP BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENT BY LASER LIGHT - A personal authentication method is provided that includes imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from a blood vessel layer in subcutaneous and internal tissues when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate a finger pad, calculating a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle, obtaining a finger pad blood flow map as a two-dimensional map of the numerical values, and comparison-checking the blood flow map against pre-registered data of individuals, wherein using a near-infrared laser beam or using this in combination with a visible laser beam, comparison-checking against pre-registered data of individuals is carried out using a pattern reflecting a fingerprint occurring within the finger pad blood flow map obtained from reflected light and, observed superimposed thereon, an internal tissue blood flow distribution pattern, and there is also provided a device used for the method. | 07-01-2010 |
20100151616 | DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - A dye-sensitized solar cell is provided that includes a transparent electrode formed by depositing, in order on a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film containing tin oxide as a main component, and a compact titanium oxide layer and/or a porous titanium oxide layer, wherein the transparent conductive film, which contains tin oxide as the main component, has a fluorine concentration not exceeding 0.2 wt %, and the transparent conductive film on the transparent substrate has in an X-ray diffraction pattern thereof diffraction peaks attributable to (110), (200), and (211) planes satisfying the conditions that, relative to the sum of the diffraction intensities of the three planes, the ratios of both the (110) and (211) diffraction intensities are larger than 0.25 and smaller than 0.4, and the ratio of the (200) diffraction intensity is larger than 0.25 and smaller than 0.5. The dye-sensitized solar cell has high light conversion efficiency and has an FTO film that are highly heat resistant and does not easily deteriorate during a thermal treatment step when forming a titanium oxide porous film. | 06-17-2010 |
20100115352 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING SRAM MEMORY CELL AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH RECORDS EVALUATION PROGRAM OF SRAM MEMORY CELL - A method for evaluating an SRAM memory cell in which the time required for designing the SRAM memory cell can be shortened by evaluating static noise margin in a shortened time. A recording medium which records an evaluation program is also provided. The coordinate conversion which rotates the coordinate axis by 45 degrees is applied to the input/output characteristic data of a first inverter of the SRAM memory cell, and the first proximity curve function is specified by fitting the input/output characteristic data of the first inverter to the proximity curve. The coordinate conversion which rotates the coordinate axis by 45 degrees is applied to the input/output characteristic data of a second inverter of the SRAM memory cell, and the second proximity curve function is specified by fitting the input/output characteristic data of the second inverter to the proximity curve. A third proximity curve function which is a function generated by mirror-inverting the second proximity curve function with respect to the Y axis is specified, and a static noise margin is specified based on an extremal value of a difference curve function which is the difference between the first proximity curve function and the third proximity curve function. | 05-06-2010 |
20100095179 | TEST PATTERN GENERATION METHOD FOR AVOIDING FALSE TESTING IN TWO-PATTERN TESTING FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A test pattern generation method for determining if a combinational portion | 04-15-2010 |
20100064191 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a diagnostic device and the like providing a favorable diagnosis result by further improving the diagnosis resolution. A diagnostic device | 03-11-2010 |
20100057230 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL INTERPOLATION APPARATUS AND HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL INTERPOLATION METHOD - A favorable high-frequency signal is generated and practical high-frequency signal interpolation is implemented through simple processing. A digital audio signal reproduced by an instrument, which also carries out compression, is supplied as an original signal to an input terminal | 03-04-2010 |
20100023333 | High frequency signal interpolating method and high frequency signal interpolating - A quality high frequency signal is generated through simple processing, and practical high frequency signal interpolation is carried out. A digital audio signal reproduced by an apparatus, which carries out compression, is provided to an input terminal | 01-28-2010 |
20100020625 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE - To provide an electronic circuit device that can change a characteristic after package sealing and that achieves a reduction in miscellaneous tasks during characteristic setting. | 01-28-2010 |
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20090259476 | DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL INTERPOLATION - There are provided a high frequency signal interpolation method and a high frequency signal interpolation device for forming a preferable high frequency signal with a simple configuration and favorably performing practical high frequency signal interpolation. | 10-15-2009 |
20090202113 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE UTILIZING OCULAR FUNDUS BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENT BY LASER LIGHT - A personal authentication method comprising imaging, on an image sensor as a laser speckle using an optical system, light reflected from retinal blood vessels of the ocular fundus and a blood vessel layer in ocular fundus internal tissue when a laser beam is expanded and made to irradiate the ocular fundus, calculating a quantity that represents the rate of change with respect to time of the amount of light received for each pixel of the laser speckle, obtaining an ocular fundus blood flow map as a two-dimensional map of the numerical values of the quantity, and comparison-checking against pre-registered personal data utilizing at least one, observed in the blood flow map, of blood flow distribution data, a pattern reflecting the course of retinal blood vessels, a pattern reflecting the course of blood vessels in ocular fundus internal tissue observed superimposed thereon, and data on changes thereof over time, and a device therefor. In accordance with the method and device of the present invention utilizing the ocular fundus blood flow rate map, a personal authentication method and device can be obtained that have remarkably higher accuracy than conventional methods and devices. | 08-13-2009 |
20090113261 | CONVERSION DEVICE, CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a conversion device and the like for converting a initial test pattern given in advance into a test pattern of a bit constitution of different logic values, without losing the fault coverage of transition delay fault which can be detected by the constitution element of the initial test pattern. The conversion device converts an initial test pattern | 04-30-2009 |
20090083593 | Test Method and Test Program of Semiconductor Logic Circuit Device - The number of output switching scan flip-flops in a capture operation is decreased, which decreases the capture power consumption, so that the reduction of the power supply voltage can be decreased to decrease generation of an erroneous test. For this purpose, 0 or 1 is filled in unspecified bits within a test cube to decrease the output switching scan flip-flops, to convert the test cube into a test vector with no unspecified bit X. In a combinational portion | 03-26-2009 |
20090050994 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH ELECTRODE FOR EXTERNAL CONNECTION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OBTAINED BY MEANS OF SAID METHOD - A circuit element is disposed on an organic substrate and is connected to a wiring pattern provided on the organic substrate. Internal connection electrodes are formed on a support of a conductive material through electrofomiing such that the internal connection electrodes are integrally connected to the support. First ends of the internal connection electrodes integrally connected by the support are connected to the wiring pattern. After the circuit element is resin-sealed, the support is removed so as to separate the internal connection electrodes from one another. Second ends of the internal connection electrodes are used as external connection electrodes on the front face, and external connection electrodes on the back face are connected to the wiring pattern. | 02-26-2009 |
20090023200 | PARTICLE FOR DETECTING ENZYME ACTIVITY, METHOD FOR DETECTING THE ENZYME ACTIVITY AND ENZYME ACTIVITY DETECTION DEVICE BY THE USE THEREOF - An object is to provide a particle for detecting an enzyme activity wherein by measuring an intensity of a fluorescence wavelength in a sample solution, it is possible to not only detect the presence or absence of an enzyme but also accurately perform a quantitative analysis of the enzyme in the sample solution, handleability is excellent as well as measurement accuracy and quantitative property can be enhanced because the present invention is hardly influenced by absorbed moisture and weighing errors hardly occur, and further productivity is remarkably excellent because complicated steps such as a step of cleaving and purifying a synthesized peptide and a step of lyophilizing are not required upon production thereof. | 01-22-2009 |
20090019327 | GENERATING DEVICE, GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A generation apparatus and the like for generating a test vector set capable of reducing differences in a logic value generated before and after a scan capture for outputs from scan cells included in a full-scan sequential circuit are provided. A generation apparatus | 01-15-2009 |
20090017541 | Porous Sheet-Form Material For Cell Culture, And Bioreactor And Culturing Method Utilizing Same - The present invention provides a bioreactor having a system that can grow cells, tissue, etc. while maintaining or improving their function, and finally recover the cells as they are with good efficiency. The bioreactor has a porous sheet-form material disposed in its main body, the porous sheet-form material being formed from a nonwoven fabric, etc. having high cell affinity in order to retain cells. This porous sheet-form material has a thermosensitive polymer and a cell-adhesive substance incorporated thereinto, and the porous sheet-form material is not only cell-adhesive but also allows cells and tissue to be detached from the porous sheet-form material as they are by, for example, cooling from 37° C. to 25° C. Furthermore, in order to efficiently ensure the bioactivity or the survival of the cells, it is arranged so that circulation of a culture medium in a culturing space of the bioreactor is of a radial flow type. | 01-15-2009 |
20090013000 | Interaction Information Processing Apparatus and Interaction Information Processing Method - To provide an interaction information processing apparatus capable of easily performing addition and deletion of a scenario, and of suitably executing processing contents, even when a plurality of events are simultaneously input. The interaction information processing apparatus includes: a net status table | 01-08-2009 |
20080281408 | Artificial Blood Vessel - It is an object of the present invention to retain on an artificial blood vessel material an endothelial cell growth-promoting agent, for example the angiogenic factor HGF, without impairing its activity, thereby providing an artificial blood vessel having the function of promoting endothelialization. Such an object can be attained by an artificial blood vessel that includes a porous tubular structure formed from, for example, polytetrafluoroethylene and, layered and immobilized in sequence onto at least the inner surface thereof, (1) a polyamino acid urethane copolymer, (2) collagen or gelatin, and (3) an endothelial cell growth-promoting agent having collagen-binding activity. Preferred examples of the endothelial cell growth-promoting agent include a fusion protein of a polypeptide having collagen-binding activity such as, for example, a fibronectin-derived polypeptide and an angiogenic factor, in particular, HGF. | 11-13-2008 |
20080235543 | CONVERSION DEVICE, CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a conversion device and others for converting a test vector set so as to reduce a logic value difference generated before and after scan capture in outputs of scan cells included in a full scan sequential circuit. A conversion device | 09-25-2008 |