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20090210517 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information management device and method, an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program that allow the provision of optimum content to each individual user are provided. In a Pochara service server | 08-20-2009 |
20140042223 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system, an information processing method for use with the system, an information providing system, and information providing method for use with the system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method for use with the apparatus, a doll, an object, a program storage medium, and a program for authenticating users reliably are provided. A user acquires beforehand a doll called Pochara the Good Friend incorporating an IC chip that stores a user ID for authenticating the user. When the user mounts the doll on a platform connected to a personal computer, the user ID is read from the IC chip by a reader housed in the platform and transmitted over the Internet to a Pochara service server. The server has a Pochara database holding personal information about users of the service. The transmitted user ID is checked against the personal information in the database for authentication. This invention applies advantageously to servers offering services through networks. | 02-13-2014 |
20150048171 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system, an information processing method for use with the system, an information providing system, and information providing method for use with the system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method for use with the apparatus, a doll, an object, a program storage medium, and a program for authenticating users reliably are provided. A user acquires beforehand a doll called Pochara the Good Friend incorporating an IC chip that stores a user ID for authenticating the user. When the user mounts the doll on a platform connected to a personal computer, the user ID is read from the IC chip by a reader housed in the platform and transmitted over the Internet to a Pochara service server. The server has a Pochara database holding personal information about users of the service. The transmitted user ID is checked against the personal information in the database for authentication. This invention applies advantageously to servers offering services through networks. | 02-19-2015 |
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20080224249 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUAFCTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces opposite each other, the first surface being an active surface by provided with an electronic element thereon, a pad electrode formed to be connected to the electronic element in a peripheral portion of the electronic element on the active surface, a first opening extending from the second surface toward the pad electrode so as not to reach the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second opening, formed to reach the pad electrode from a bottom surface of the first opening, having a diameter smaller than that of the first opening, an insulating layer formed to cover sidewall surfaces of the first opening and the second opening, and a conductive layer formed, inside of the insulating layer, to cover at least an inner wall surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the second opening. | 09-18-2008 |
20080283951 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit formed on an active surface, a pad electrode formed on the active surface by being connected to the first electronic circuit and/or the second electronic circuit, a first opening formed to some point along a depth of the semiconductor substrate toward the pad electrode from a surface opposite to the active surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second opening formed so as to reach the pad electrode from a bottom surface of the first opening, an insulating layer formed by covering sidewall surfaces of the first opening and the second opening, a conductive layer formed by covering at least an inner wall surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the second opening, a third opening formed to some point along the depth of the semiconductor substrate from the surface opposite to the active surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a heat insulator imbedded in the third opening. | 11-20-2008 |
20090200629 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A semiconductor device which includes a semiconductor chip formed with a light-reception area, a spacer, and a transparent substrate. The spacer is bonded to the semiconductor chip via a first adhesive and surrounding the light-reception area. The transparent substrate is bonded to the spacer via a second adhesive and disposed above the light-reception area. A first projection having a predetermined height is formed on a surface of the spacer which is on a side of the semiconductor chip, and the first projection abuts on the semiconductor chip. | 08-13-2009 |
20100122838 | MOUNT BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A mount board includes a laminated wiring section including a plurality of wiring layers formed on a surface of a substrate in a laminated manner, wherein a portion of an inner wiring layer is exposed to the outside, the inner wiring layer being any of the plurality of wiring layers excluding an uppermost wiring layer. | 05-20-2010 |
20100244270 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a component substrate of a semiconductor device; electrode pads provided on one surface of the component substrate; a support plate material reinforcing the component substrate; via holes made in the support plate material; a conducting material filled in the via holes; and a joining member interposed between the electrode pads and the conducting material and joining the component substrate and the support plate material. | 09-30-2010 |
20110193223 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, CHIP-ON-CHIP MOUNTING STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE CHIP-ON-CHIP MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor substrate; a pad electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate; a base metal layer formed on said pad electrode; and a bump electrode formed on the base metal layer, in which an exposed surface including a side surface of the base metal layer is covered with the solder bump electrode. | 08-11-2011 |
20120205817 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device including a component substrate of a semiconductor device; electrode pads provided on one surface of the component substrate; a support plate material reinforcing the component substrate; via holes made in the support plate material; a conducting material filled in the via holes; and a joining member interposed between the electrode pads and the conducting material and joining the component substrate and the support plate material. | 08-16-2012 |
20120267778 | CIRCUIT BOARD, SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A circuit board includes: an electrode portion which has a copper layer, a copper oxide layer formed thereon, and a removal portion formed by partially removing the copper oxide layer so as to partially expose the copper layer from the copper oxide layer; and a solder bump for flip chip mounting formed on the copper layer exposed by the removal portion. | 10-25-2012 |
20120286387 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having oppositely facing first and second surfaces, the first surface being an active surface and provided with an electronic element thereon, a pad electrode to be connected to the electronic element in a peripheral portion of the electronic element on the active surface, a first opening extending from the second surface toward the pad electrode so as not to reach the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second opening formed to reach the pad electrode from a bottom surface of the first opening and having a diameter smaller than that of the first opening, an insulating layer formed to cover sidewall surfaces of the first opening and the second opening, and a conductive layer formed, inside of the insulating layer, to cover at least an inner wall surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the second opening. | 11-15-2012 |
20140183680 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate having oppositely facing first and second surfaces, the first surface being an active surface and provided with an electronic element thereon, a pad electrode to be connected to the electronic element in a peripheral portion of the electronic element on the active surface, a first opening extending from the second surface toward the pad electrode so as not to reach the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second opening formed to reach the pad electrode from a bottom surface of the first opening and having a diameter smaller than that of the first opening, an insulating layer formed to cover sidewall surfaces of the first opening and the second opening, and a conductive layer formed, inside of the insulating layer, to cover at least an inner wall surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the second opening. | 07-03-2014 |
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20110091236 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a recording material, the transfer portion including a transfer member for forming a transfer nip between itself and the image bearing member; and a fixing portion for fixing on the recording material the toner image transferred on the recording material, the fixing device including a fixing sleeve, a heater contacted to an inner surface of the fixing sleeve, and a pressing roller for forming a fixing nip between itself and the heater through the fixing sleeve. At least one of the fixing sleeve and the pressing roller is grounded through a first series circuit consisting of a rectifying element and a first resistance element and is grounded through a second series circuit, which is connected to the first series circuit in parallel, consisting of a capacitative element and a second resistance element. | 04-21-2011 |
20110116844 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OR TRANSFER ROLLER USED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer roller. The transfer roller includes an elastic layer disposed on a metal core bar. The elastic layer is made of a non-foamed solid rubber. The surface of the elastic layer includes a plurality of convex portions extending in a line in the axis direction of the transfer roller. | 05-19-2011 |
20110156336 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reversely-rotatable roller conveys a sheet having an image formed on its one side at a sheet conveying velocity faster than that of a conveying roller by normal rotation and then, the reversely-rotatable roller conveys the sheet to a re-conveying path by reverse rotation. The sheet conveying velocity of the reversely-rotatable roller when the reversely-rotatable roller reversely rotates is made slower than the sheet conveying velocity when the reversely-rotatable roller normally rotates so that the sheet conveying velocity of the re-conveying roller is substantially equal to or slower than the sheet conveying velocity of the conveying roller. | 06-30-2011 |
20120033987 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The task is accomplished by an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus including a heating fixing portion and a host computer capable of instructing printing. In an image forming apparatus, a throughput can be changed and discriminated in accordance with a printing number, wherein for printing on a small size sheet, said system is operable in a normal small size sheet mode, and in a high speed small size sheet output mode in which the printing is effected at a throughput which is higher than in the normal small size sheet mode, and after completion of the printing, the image forming apparatus rests for a predetermined rest period, wherein said host computer includes a mode selector for selecting a mode from the high speed small size sheet output mode and the normal small size sheet mode, and a controller for transmitting the mode selected by said mode selector to said image forming apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
20120147395 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet interval, serving as the distance between conveyed recording materials, is properly controlled based on a kind of a recording material and any one of a printing ratio, an adhesion amount of toner, and the presence or absence of graphic data, thus allowing printing at throughput suitable for, for example, the kind of the recording material and the printing ratio without changing an image forming condition such that image quality does not vary. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148290 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention prevents condensation on a pressure roller and excessive temperature rise of a non-paper-passage portion of a fixing unit by switching a blower unit that cools the fixing unit between a blowing mode in which the blower unit sends air to the non-paper-passage portion and an exhausting mode in which a fan of the blower unit is rotated reversely and the air in the fixing unit is exhausted out of the apparatus. | 06-14-2012 |
20130011157 | HEAT FIXING DEVICE - A heat fixing device includes a rotatable member for heating, a pressing roller configured to form a fixing nip portion that nips and conveys a recording material bearing a toner image, and a cooling fan configured to cool a recording material non-passing region in the rotatable member for heating in a direction orthogonal to a recording material conveying direction, wherein the pressing roller includes a rubber layer, between a cored bar and a release layer, containing a needle-shaped heat conductive filler oriented in a roller axis direction. | 01-10-2013 |
20130108299 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130195494 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a film, a heater that contacts the inner face of the film and is capable of changing heat distribution, and a pressure member that forms the nip portion with the heater via the film, the pressure member including a region on which a diameter is increased from a center portion toward an end portion, wherein the fixing apparatus performs heater control so that a ratio of an amount of heat generation at the end portion of the heater to an amount of heat generation at the center portion of the heater is changed based on a temperature of the end portion of the pressure member, during a period at least from when the warm-up of the fixing apparatus is started until the recording material reaches the nip portion. | 08-01-2013 |
20140219674 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention prevents condensation on a pressure roller and excessive temperature rise of a non-paper-passage portion of a fixing unit by switching a blower unit that cools the fixing unit between a blowing mode in which the blower unit sends air to the non-paper-passage portion and an exhausting mode in which a fan of the blower unit is rotated reversely and the air in the fixing unit is exhausted out of the apparatus. | 08-07-2014 |
20140286665 | FIXING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus that forms a toner image on a recording medium includes an image forming unit that forms an unfixed toner image on a recording medium; a fixing unit that heats the recording medium bearing the unfixed toner image and fixes the unfixed toner image onto the recording medium at a nip portion; a heating member and a pressurizing member that touches the heating member and forms the nip portion therebetween; a first blower that blows air to a non-sheet-passing area of a small-size recording medium in the heating member; and a second blower that blows air to a non-sheet-passing area of a small-size recording medium in the pressurizing member. Upon the temperature of the non-sheet-passing area of the heating member exceeding a threshold temperature, the first blower blows without the second blower blowing, then the two blowers start blowing together. | 09-25-2014 |
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20080288254 | Voice recognition apparatus and navigation apparatus - A voice recognition apparatus recognizes speaker's voice collected by a microphone, determines whether a telephone number is grouped into categories based on an inclusion of vocabulary in the telephone number that divides the telephone number into groups such as an area code, a city code and a subscriber number, and displays the telephone number in a display part in a grouped form of the area code, city code and subscriber number. | 11-20-2008 |
20090150785 | Input device for inputting voice information including voice recognizer - An input device for inputting a command to an electronic system such as an on-board navigation system includes a microphone for inputting voice, a voice recognizer for analyzing the inputted voice and comparing it with data stored in a voice recognition dictionary, a touch panel displaying keys corresponding to the inputted voice and a controller for controlling operation of the input device. User's voice inputted from the microphone is fed into the voice recognizer to calculate a degree of coincidence with the data in the voice recognition dictionary. The keys corresponding to the inputted voice having a high degree of coincidence are displayed on the touch panel in an enlarged size. The enlarging rates may be determined according to the degree of coincidence. The user is able to finalize, easily and quickly, the keys constituting a command by touching the panel because candidate keys are enlarged. | 06-11-2009 |
20100198093 | Voice recognition apparatus, method for recognizing voice, and navigation apparatus having the same - A voice recognition apparatus includes: a voice input element for inputting voice of an user; a voice pattern memory for storing multiple voice patterns respectively corresponding to multiple phrases; a voice recognition element for calculating a similarity degree between the voice and each voice pattern and determining the highest similarity degree so that one voice pattern corresponding to the highest similarity degree is recognized as the voice; a display for displaying a recognition result corresponding to the one voice pattern; an execution determination element for executing a process according to the one voice pattern when a predetermined operation is input by the user; a load estimation element for estimating a load of the user; and a display controller for controlling the display based on a positive correlation between the load and display repetition of the recognition result on the display. | 08-05-2010 |
20100219989 | Input system and wearable electrical apparatus - A wearable input device is worn on a finger of a user to detect contact and separation of the finger to and from the other body part of the user, respectively, and further measure motion of the finger. In the wearable input device, a signal supply unit supplies an electrical signal to a pair of signal electrodes worn on the finger, and a current sensor detects a current flowing between the signal electrodes. The contact and the separation are detected based on the detected current. Further a triaxial acceleration sensor detects the motion of the finger. A user input is determined by extracting only the trajectory of the motion of the finger detected when the finger is in contact with the other body part. | 09-02-2010 |
20100220070 | Apparatus with selectable functions - A user can wear a transmitter module on a finger. The transmitter module transmits an electric signal through a finger. An electronic device includes a touch panel as an input device and a conductive film. The conductive film is a part of a receiver module which receives the electric signal when the body part is approached to the conductive film. The control unit provides a performing module which selectively performs one function among the functions according to the detection result of the receiver module. A first function is performed when the user approaches a finger wearing the transmitter module. A second function is performed when the user approaches another finger not wearing the transmitter module. | 09-02-2010 |
20130013310 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A speech recognition system comprising a recognition dictionary for use in speech recognition and a controller configured to recognize an inputted speech by using the recognition dictionary is disclosed. The controller detects a speech section based on a signal level of the inputted speech, recognizes a speech data corresponding to the speech section by using the recognition dictionary, and displays a recognition result of the recognition process and a correspondence item that corresponds to the recognition result in form of list. The correspondence item displayed in form of list is manually operable. | 01-10-2013 |
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20110129686 | DEPOSITION METHOD, DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND LAMINATED FILM - In a deposition method of forming a compound layer including a metal and an oxide by a supercritical fluid deposition method, a first material for generating the metal and a second material for generating the oxide are supplied to a supercritical fluid. With an increase of a thickness of the compound layer, a ratio of a supplied amount of the first material with respect to a supplied amount of the second material is increased. | 06-02-2011 |
20110244687 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a process for forming trenches having M different widths in a substrate, a passivation step and an etching step are alternately performed. The passivation step includes depositing a passivation layer on a bottom of the trenches by converting gas introduced in a chamber into plasma. The etching step includes removing the passivation layer on the bottom of the trenches and applying reactive ion etching to the bottom to increase a depth of the trenches. The etching step further includes setting energy for the reactive ion etching to a predetermined value when the passivation layer on the bottom of the trench having the Nth smallest width is removed. The value allows the etching amount of the trench having the Nth smallest width to be equal to or greater than the etching amount of the trench having the (N+1)th smallest width. | 10-06-2011 |
20110248380 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a manufacturing method for a semiconductor device having a coil layer part on a substrate, two support substrates each having a flat surface are prepared, and a component member is formed on the flat surface of each of the support substrates. The component member includes a wiring portion having a predetermined pattern and an insulation film surrounding the wiring portion. The wiring portion is provided with a connecting portion exposing from the insulation film. A coil layer part is formed by opposing and bonding the component members formed on the support substrates to each other while applying pressure in a condition where the flat surfaces of the support substrates are parallel to each other. A coil is formed in the coil layer part by connecting the wiring portions through the connecting portions. | 10-13-2011 |
20120080772 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first single conductor, a single insulator, and a second single conductor. The substrate includes first and second regions located adjacent to each other. The first region has blind holes, each of which has an opening on a front surface of the substrate. The second region has a through hole penetrating the substrate. A width of each blind hole is less than a width of the through hole. The first single conductor is formed on the front surface of the substrate in such a manner that an inner surface of each blind hole and an inner surface of the through hole are covered with the first single conductor. The single insulator is formed on the first single conductor. The second single conductor is formed on the single insulator and electrically insulated form the first single conductor. | 04-05-2012 |
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20100103208 | INK FILLING METHOD AND INKJET PRINTER - An ink circulating unit is configured by including an ink head for spraying ink, a first tank, which is arranged upper than the ink head in a gravitational direction, for storing the ink to be supplied to the ink head, a second tank, which is arranged lower than the ink head in the gravitational direction, for storing the ink not sprayed from the ink head, and a pump for conveying the ink within the second tank to the first tank. A first step of driving the pump for a predetermined amount of time in a state where the first tank is sealed, and a second step of stopping the pump for a predetermined amount of time in a state where the air within the first tank is released are executed to fill the ink head with the ink. | 04-29-2010 |
20100177148 | INK-JET PRINTER - In an ink-jet printer of the present invention, an ink circulation path | 07-15-2010 |
20100194798 | INKJET PRINTER AND INK CIRCULATION METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet printer includes a first tank for storing ink supplied to a ink jetting unit, a second tank for storing the ink that is not jetted from the ink jetting unit, and a pump for sending the ink within the second tank to the first tank, and a filling unit for filling a ink circulation path with the ink. The pump starts to be driven if the amount of ink within the first tank is smaller than a predetermined amount and the amount of ink within the second tank is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount. Additionally, the filling unit fills the ink circulation path with the ink if the amount of ink within the first tank is smaller than the predetermined amount and the amount of ink within the second tank is smaller than the predetermined amount. | 08-05-2010 |
20110234714 | INK JET PRINTER - An ink jet printer has an ink circulation unit including an image recording unit to discharge ink to perform image recording on a recording medium; a first tank disposed above the image recording unit in a gravitational force direction to supply the ink to the image recording unit through a first ink path; a second tank disposed below the image recording unit in the gravitational force direction to collect the ink that was not discharged from the image recording unit through the second ink path; a pump to send the ink from the second tank to the first tank through a third ink path, and at least a part of the first ink path connecting the first tank and the image recording unit is positioned below an ink liquid level in the second tank in the gravitational force direction. | 09-29-2011 |
20120015186 | MOLDING MATERIAL AND RESIN-ADHERED REINFORCING FIBER BUNDLE - A molding material comprising the following components (A) to (D) at the following ratios, in which the component (D) is bonded to a composite comprising the components (A) to (C) and the order in the weight average molecular weight is component (D)>component (B)>component (C); (A) 1 to 75 wt % of a reinforcing fiber bundle; (B) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a first propylene-based resin; (C) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a second propylene-based resin having carboxylate groups bound to the polymer chains thereof; and (D) 5 to 98.98 wt % of a third propylene-based resin. A molding material of this invention provides a long fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molding material containing a propylene-based resin as the matrix resin, which allows the reinforcing fibers to be well dispersed into the molded article produced at the time of injection molding and allows the molded article produced to have excellent mechanical properties. | 01-19-2012 |
20120268507 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes an ink circulation path, a first tank, a second tank, and a pump, first and second liquid surface detectors which respectively detect ink liquid surfaces in the first and second tanks, an ink supply unit, a supplementary feed valve a control unit, a storage unit, and a determination unit. During ink circulation, the storage unit accumulatively stores a detection result of the second detector. Based on the result, the determination unit determines occurrence of an abnormality in the second liquid surface detector. The storage unit thereafter accumulatively stores the detection result. Based on the result, the determination unit determines occurrence of the first liquid surface detector. | 10-25-2012 |
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20110057578 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a pair of input terminals to which AC voltage is input, the AC voltage being phase-controlled by a dimmer for phase-controlling AC voltage of an AC source; a damping circuit which has a resistor inserted to a position, into which input current flows from the AC source via the dimmer in series, and a capacitor and an inductor which form a closed circuit together with the AC source and the dimmer, and suppresses high-frequency vibration generated in the dimmer when a phase control element of the dimmer is turned on; and an LED lighting circuit which rectifies AC voltage phase-controlled and input via the pair of input terminals, converts DC output voltage, which is obtained by rectification, so that the voltage adapts to a load, and lights the LED. | 03-10-2011 |
20110068706 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an LED lighting device including: a rectifying circuit having AC input ends connected to an AC source; a converter which has input ends connected to DC output ends of the rectifying circuit and output ends, to which an output capacitor is connected in parallel, connected to an LED, and lights the LED; a control unit for changing continued DC output current of the converter in accordance with a dimming degree; and a bypass circuit which is connected to the output ends of the converter in parallel with the output capacitor and makes bypass current flow, the bypass current being larger than lighting current, which flows through the LED, at least in the vicinity of a dimming lower limit. | 03-24-2011 |
20110181198 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an LED lighting device includes a DC source, a non-insulated step-down chopper and a light emitting diode. The non-insulated step-down chopper includes: a first circuit in which a switching element, a current detecting impedance element and an inductor are connected in series to each other; a second circuit in which the inductor and a freewheel diode are connected in series to each other; and a control portion for controlling the switching element. A power portion including the switching element and the control portion are constituted by a single package IC, and the current detecting impedance element and inductor are attached to the outside of the IC. | 07-28-2011 |
20150062923 | Light-Emitting Module and Lighting System - A light-emitting module according to an embodiment includes a light-emitting element which emits light and a substrate on which the light-emitting element is mounted. Further, the light-emitting module according to the embodiment includes a lens, which is formed from a material containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon organic compound having a cyclic structure in the main backbone, and is disposed on the substrate so as to cover the light-emitting element, and in which on a portion irradiated with light emitted by the light-emitting element, the maximum illuminance of the light is 100,000 lx or more and 300,000 lx or less or the maximum energy per unit area of the light is 30,000 μW/cm | 03-05-2015 |
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20080300327 | Process For Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A synthesis gas is produced from a carbon-containing starting material such as a coal; a CO-containing gas is separated from the resultant synthesis gas, whereby obtaining a gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen; a methanol- and/or dimethyl ether-containing gas is produced from the resultant gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen; meanwhile, a H | 12-04-2008 |
20080319245 | Catalyst and Process for Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a methanol synthesis catalyst component in which an olefin-hydrogenation catalyst component is supported on a Zn—Cr-based methanol synthesis catalyst, and a zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a longer catalyst life with less deterioration. | 12-25-2008 |
20110028307 | CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a Pd- and/or Pt-based catalyst component and a USY-type zeolite. By using the catalyst, a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e. a liquefied petroleum gas, can be produced with high activity, high selectivity and high yield from at least one of methanol and dimethyl ether. | 02-03-2011 |
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20100196127 | SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION OR PROCESSING APPARATUS - In order to enable high accuracy positioning and strong pressing of a substrate, the present invention provides a substrate holding apparatus including: a rotating bed having an inclined surface supporting a lower side of an outer circumferential side surface of the substrate, which bed rotates on a normal line of the substrate as the rotation axis together with the substrate; a position restriction unit rotating together with the rotating bed and restricting the substrate in a predetermined position on the rotating bed by pressing a plurality of points on the circumference on an upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate prior to the rotation; and a pressing unit rotating together with the rotating bed and pressing the substrate against the inclined surface by pressing a plurality of points on the upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate during the rotation. | 08-05-2010 |
20110260080 | SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION OR PROCESSING APPARATUS - In order to enable high accuracy positioning and strong pressing of a substrate, the present invention provides a substrate holding apparatus including: a rotating bed having an inclined surface supporting a lower side of an outer circumferential side surface of the substrate, which bed rotates on a normal line of the substrate as the rotation axis together with the substrate; a position restriction unit rotating together with the rotating bed and restricting the substrate in a predetermined position on the rotating bed by pressing a plurality of points on the circumference on an upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate prior to the rotation; and a pressing unit rotating together with the rotating bed and pressing the substrate against the inclined surface by pressing a plurality of points on the upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate during the rotation. | 10-27-2011 |
20120205850 | SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION OR PROCESSING APPARATUS - In order to enable high accuracy positioning and strong pressing of a substrate, the present invention provides a substrate holding apparatus including: a rotating bed having an inclined surface supporting a lower side of an outer circumferential side surface of the substrate, which bed rotates on a normal line of the substrate as the rotation axis together with the substrate; a position restriction unit rotating together with the rotating bed and restricting the substrate in a predetermined position on the rotating bed by pressing a plurality of points on the circumference on an upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate prior to the rotation; and a pressing unit rotating together with the rotating bed and pressing the substrate against the inclined surface by pressing a plurality of points on the upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate during the rotation. | 08-16-2012 |
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20080229949 | Liquid transfer apparatus - A liquid transfer apparatus includes a supply cylinder and viscosity reducing agent supply unit. The supply cylinder comes into contact with a transfer target body and supplies a transfer liquid to the transfer target body. The viscosity reducing agent supply unit supplies a viscosity reducing agent which reduces a viscosity of the transfer liquid to the supply cylinder after the apparatus emergently stops and before the supply cylinder starts transfer. | 09-25-2008 |
20080229952 | Cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus includes a first liquid supply unit, second cylinder, cleaning unit, third cylinder, second liquid supply unit, first cleaning liquid supply unit, and controller. The first liquid supply unit supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The second cylinder performs transfer to one surface of a transfer target body with the transfer liquid transferred from the first cylinder. The cleaning unit cleans the circumferential surface of the second cylinder in contact with it. The third cylinder is arranged to oppose the second cylinder and performs transfer to the other surface of the transfer target body. The second liquid supply unit supplies the transfer liquid to the third cylinder. The first cleaning liquid supply unit supplies a cleaning liquid to at least one of the first cylinder and the third cylinder. The controller controls the control unit to clean the second cylinder while the second cylinder is in contact with the first cylinder and the third cylinder. | 09-25-2008 |
20080229953 | Cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning web, contact member, and web travel unit. The cleaning web is supported to be able to come into contact with and separate from a rotating body so as to clean the rotating body. The contact member comes into contact with the cleaning web. The web travel unit causes the cleaning web to travel and causes the cleaning web to travel for a predetermined length after cleaning the rotating body. | 09-25-2008 |
20080229954 | Cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus includes a liquid supply device and cleaning unit. The liquid supply device supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The transfer liquid supplied from the liquid supply device to the first cylinder is transferred to a transfer target body which comes into contact with the first cylinder. The cleaning unit comes into contact with and cleans the first cylinder. The cleaning unit is arranged downstream of a contact position where the first cylinder is in contact with the transfer target body in a rotational direction of the first cylinder, and upstream of a liquid receiving position where the first cylinder receives a liquid supplied from the liquid supply device in a rotational direction of the first cylinder. | 09-25-2008 |
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20080210048 | HEATING ELEMENT FOR STEERING WHEEL - A heating element includes a base material and a heater disposed on the base material, which can be deformed to accommodate a part of the heater. A steering wheel equipped with the heating element is free from surface protrusions caused by the heater. Employment of a linear heater reduces connections between the heater and power supply lines, and a high connecting reliability is obtained. The steering wheel includes the heating element and the power lines, and connections between the heating element and the power lines are disposed in the boss portion of the steering wheel. The steering wheel is further provided with a temperature detector, a temperature detector heater and a temperature controller, and the detector and the detector heater are disposed in the boss portion. Thus, a steering wheel with a good grip and a good appearance can be provided at a low cost. | 09-04-2008 |
20090308857 | STEERING WHEEL PLANAR HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a planar heat generating element for use on steering wheels of automotive vehicles and motorboats, and a problem of the invention is to adjust a temperature portion of a planar heat generating element which is attached to a steering wheel, so as to enhance the sensation of using the steering wheel by the user when he or she grips thereon. | 12-17-2009 |
20100096379 | HEATER-EQUIPPED SEAT - A more comfortable seat is provided by detecting whether or not a person is in a seat. A seat has a heating element | 04-22-2010 |
20100224612 | SHEET HEATING ELEMENT - An object of the invention is to provide a highly durable sheet-heating element that has flexibility for making a seat more comfortable, that alleviates load stress for a heater wire while being seated, and that prevents the heater wire from being disconnected. | 09-09-2010 |
20100258645 | VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM - A vehicle seating system is provided in which infrared rays radiated from a surface of a thermal radiation member at the time of heating are emitted to a bodily portion of an occupant which extends from his or her head to shoulders for implementation of effective heading. In a case of a planar heating element | 10-14-2010 |
20110163576 | SEAT WITH HEATING DEVICE - A seat with a heating device is provided which realizes a configuration in which the arm, palms and finger tips of a user can easily be warmed when the user uses the seat with the heating device. When the user is seated in a seat with a heating device and feels cold due to it being winter, the user controls a switch to heat the seat, whereby energization of heating elements | 07-07-2011 |
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20090002967 | Electronic module and fabrication method thereof - The present invention provides an electronic module and fabrication method thereof in which the mounting area of an electronic component can be increased and connection failure between a ground electrode and metal shield can be suppressed to sufficiently ensure the connection strength between the ground electrode and conductive shield. In an electronic module | 01-01-2009 |
20110198115 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT BUILT-IN MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic component built-in module includes an electronic component, a substrate on which the electronic component is mounted, a first resin covering the electronic component and the substrate, and a second resin covering the surface of the first resin. The first resin is formed of a resin including pores. The first resin is formed so that the thickness of the first resin on an area where the electronic component is not mounted is larger than that on an area where the electronic component is mounted on the surface of the substrate. A porosity of the second resin is smaller than that of the first resin. | 08-18-2011 |
20110229708 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE COMPONENT - An electronic circuit module component includes an electronic component, a substrate, a first resin, a second resin, a metal layer, and an opening. The electronic component is mounted on the substrate. The first resin has pores and is in contact with at least a part of the electronic component. The second resin covers a surface of the first resin and has porosity which is lower than that of the first resin. The metal layer covers the first resin and the second resin and is electrically connected to a ground of the substrate. The opening is provided in the metal layer and allows a part of the first resin to be exposed to an outside at least of the metal layer. | 09-22-2011 |
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20090318368 | ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORY PEPTIDES - It is intended to provide ACE inhibitory tripeptides which are not easily digested by digestive enzymes after being orally taken and thus have fewer tendencies to lose their ACE inhibitory activity in vivo. | 12-24-2009 |
20110124887 | EPIGALLOCATECHIN DIMERS OR TRIMERS HAVING LIPASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AND/OR ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lipase activity inhibitor that shows high inhibitory activity against pancreatic lipase to suppress the absorption of meal-derived fat and/or which contributes to suppressing and preventing obesity, as well as a food or beverage that has such lipase activity inhibitor incorporated therein. Another object of the invention is to provide a lipase inhibitor of tea origin that suits most consumers' taste and which will not impair the flavor of the food or beverage when incorporated therein. Still another object of the invention is to provide a process for producing said lipase inhibitors. Further object of the invention is to provide antioxidants. To attain these objects, epigallocatechin dimers (oolong homobisflavans) or trimers are incorporated in foods or beverages. As a result, the absorption of meal-derived fat can be suppressed and, in addition, antioxidation effect is obtained. The compounds of the invention can be produced by reacting epigallocatechin gallate with formaldehyde in the presence of an acid. | 05-26-2011 |
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20110225674 | Transformed plants or algae with highly expressed chloroplast protein BPG2 - This invention provides a transformed plant or alga with increased chlorophyll, comprising an overexpressed foreign DNA which codes for a chloroplast protein BPG2 or a homologue thereof, and a method for producing the transformed plant or alga. | 09-15-2011 |
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20140143910 | COMPOSITION THAT AUGMENTS PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE AND/OR BRANCHING - The objective of the present invention is to develop and provide: a composition that more inexpensively and safely augments plant disease resistance and/or plant branching by inducing new plant disease resistance via a brassinosteroids; and a method for suppressing microbial infection of plants and a method for augmenting branching using the composition. Provided is a composition containing as the active ingredient a peptide hormone obtained on the basis of isolating a disease resistant brassinosteroid variant and analyzing the causative gene thereof. | 05-22-2014 |
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20100035424 | Semiconductor Device and Fabrication Method Thereof - A hydrogenation method that utilizes plasma directly exposes a crystalline semiconductor film to the plasma, and therefore involves the problem that the crystalline semiconductor film is damaged by the ions generated simultaneously in the plasma. If a substrate is heated to 400° C. or above to recover this damage, hydrogen is re-emitted from the crystalline semiconductor film. | 02-11-2010 |
20100151664 | Method of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device - At present, a forming process of a base film through an amorphous silicon film is conducted in respective film forming chambers in order to obtain satisfactory films. When continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film is performed in a single film forming chamber with the above film formation condition, crystallization is not sufficiently attained in a crystallization process. By forming the amorphous silicon film using silane gas diluted with hydrogen, crystallization is sufficiently attained in the crystallization process even with the continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film in the single film forming chamber. | 06-17-2010 |
20130059404 | Method of Manufacturing A Semiconductor Device - At present, a forming process of a base film through an amorphous silicon film is conducted in respective film forming chambers in order to obtain satisfactory films. When continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film is performed in a single film forming chamber with the above film formation condition, crystallization is not sufficiently attained in a crystallization process. By forming the amorphous silicon film using silane gas diluted with hydrogen, crystallization is sufficiently attained in the crystallization process even with the continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film in the single film forming chamber. | 03-07-2013 |
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20080251792 | Luminescent device and process of manufacturing the same - In the case where a material containing an alkaline metal or an alkaline-earth metal in a cathode, an anode, a buffer layer, or an organic compound layer is used, there is a fear of the diffusion of an impurity ion (representatively, alkaline metal ion or alkaline-earth metal ion) from the EL element to the TFT being generated and causing the variation of characteristics of the TFT. | 10-16-2008 |
20110315969 | LUMINESCENT DEVICE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In the case where a material containing an alkaline-earth metal in a cathode, is used, there is a fear of the diffusion of an impurity ion (such as alkaline-earth metal ion) from the EL element to the TFT being generated and causing the variation of characteristics of the TFT. Therefore, as the insulating film provided between TFT and EL element, a film containing a material for not only blocking the diffusion of an impurity ion such as an alkaline-earth metal ion but also aggressively absorbing an impurity ion such as an alkaline-earth metal ion is used. | 12-29-2011 |
20120129329 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention is provided in order to remove contamination due to contaminant impurities of the interfaces of each film which forms a TFT, which is the major factor that reduces the reliability of TFTs. By connecting a washing chamber and a film formation chamber, film formation can be carried out without exposing TFTs to the air during the time from washing step to the film formation step and it becomes possible to maintain the cleanliness of the interfaces of each film which form the TFT. | 05-24-2012 |
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20080248925 | Control Device for Automatic Transmission - An ECU executes a program having a step (S | 10-09-2008 |
20090055063 | AUTOMATIC GEAR CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU executes a program including: a step (S | 02-26-2009 |
20100191430 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An ECU executes a program that includes: a step of outputting a shift stage after a power-on down shift; a step of, when a turbine rotation speed NT does not increase to a synchronized rotation speed corresponding to the shift stage after the shift after an accelerator is deactivated, executing sweep control; and a step of, in a state that the shift stage after the shift is not formed, when the accelerator is activated, executing sweep control. | 07-29-2010 |
20100211276 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In order to realize favorable transmission characteristics in power-off upshift in clutch-to-clutch shift, an ECU detects an upshift request in a power-off state (request of clutch-to-clutch shift), and then outputs a control signal to a hydraulic circuit such that an on-coming clutch is engaged. When the on-coming clutch torque capacity becomes larger than 0 to have transmission torque, a sweep-down control signal is output to the hydraulic circuit such that an off-going clutch is released. | 08-19-2010 |
20120022755 | VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - Damping control, by which an engine is controlled to output torque for reducing up-and-down vibrations such as pitching and bouncing of a vehicle, is performed. When the damping control is interrupted, the behavior of engine torque after the damping control is interrupted is predicted. Shift of an automatic transmission is controlled in accordance with the predicted behavior of the engine torque. | 01-26-2012 |
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20110223527 | Image forming method, image forming apparatus, varnish applicator, and toner - An image forming method including forming a toner image on a transfer medium with a toner comprising a wax having a polar group, and applying a varnish to the toner image. The wax may be a plant wax having an ester group, a wax having a polar group derived from a fatty acid, an oxidized wax, or a mixture thereof. The varnish may include a surfactant, such as a polyoxyethylene glycol, and may be photocurable. | 09-15-2011 |
20120082829 | TONER, PRINTED MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARING PRINTED MATERIAL AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING VARNISH APPLICATION MEANS - A toner including a petroleum wax, wherein the petroleum wax comprises a paraffin wax having a polarity. | 04-05-2012 |
20120243890 | METHOD OF EVALUATING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC OVERCOATABILITY OF COMPOSITION, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC OVERCOAT COMPOSITION, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC METHOD, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A method of evaluating electrophotographic overcoatability of a composition is provided. The method includes measuring a color (C | 09-27-2012 |
20130188972 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming method including forming an image of a toner including a wax on a recording medium; fixing the toner image using by an oil-less fixing device; and then forming an overcoat layer on the fixed toner image. When a portion of the fixed toner image having the heaviest toner weight is subjected to an ATR FT-IR analysis, a peak area ratio Ab/Aa falls in a range of 3.0 to 7.0 or a peak area ratio Ab′/Aa′ falls in a range of 0.004 to 0.014, wherein Aa represents the area of a peak present in a range of 2896 cm | 07-25-2013 |
20140011949 | OVERCOAT COMPOSITION FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An overcoat composition for electrophotography includes at least one of compounds having the following formulae (1) to (3): | 01-09-2014 |
20140023967 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming method, including: forming electrostatic latent image on electrostatic latent image bearing member; developing the image to form visible image with at least two toners containing releasing agent and selected from black, magenta, cyan and yellow toners; transferring the visible image to recording medium; fixing the transferred image thereon with fixing member having no releasing agent on surface thereof; and forming overcoat layer on the fixed image by polymerizing overcoat composition, wherein when lightness-L1, chromaticity-a1 and so chromaticity-b1 according to L*a*b* color system of the fixed image formed with the at least two toners and lightness-L2, chromaticity-a2 and chromaticity-b2 of the fixed image after the overcoat composition is dropped at 0.4 mg/cm | 01-23-2014 |
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20110052976 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member. | 03-03-2011 |
20110076557 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The negative electrode of the battery includes a negative electrode active material which can absorb and release lithium ions at a negative electrode potential of 0.4 V (V.S. Li/Li | 03-31-2011 |
20110311851 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. The battery includes a metallic outer can, a wound electrode group, a positive electrode-lead, a negative electrode-lead, a positive electrode insulating cover, and a negative electrode insulating cover. | 12-22-2011 |
20140030562 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member. | 01-30-2014 |
20140322578 | BATTERY WITH WOUND ELECTRODE GROUP AND POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE INSULATING COVERS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. The battery includes a metallic outer can, a wound electrode group, a positive electrode-lead, a negative electrode-lead, a positive electrode insulating cover, and a negative electrode insulating cover. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100165797 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a drive module configured to drive a hand, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, and an auxiliary drive control module which causes the drive module to perform the auxiliary driving when the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds a third level indicating an amount of electricity which enables the auxiliary driving, and waits until the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds the third level after performing the auxiliary driving. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182880 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a clock module, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having a smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, a detector configured to detect a charge level of the first capacitor module, a power supply switching module configured to be capable of connecting or disconnecting the first capacitor module to or from the clock module, a control module configured to control the power supply switching module based on the charge level detected by the detector such that the first capacitor module is disconnected from the clock module and to supply electricity from the second capacitor module to the clock module. | 07-22-2010 |
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20090267943 | GAME MACHINE, GAME IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - When a viewpoint moves in a game space, the movement of the viewpoint is reflected in a game screen image to thereby improve the realism. A game machine for producing a screen image on a real time basis, the screen image showing a picture obtained by viewing from a predetermined viewpoint defined in a game space in a predetermined viewing direction, and displaying the screen image on a real time basis comprises a viewpoint moving unit ( | 10-29-2009 |
20110048214 | SELECTING DEVICE, SELECTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A music information memory unit stores music information including identification information on each piece of music and pace information thereof. A process control unit selects out a predetermined number of pieces of music information each of whose identification information is to be presented from the music information memory unit. A notification image generating unit generates a notification image in which an object is moved in a scrolling manner based on the pace information of each piece of the selected music information. An image display control unit synthesizes the identification information of each piece of the selected music information with each of the generated notification images, and displays the synthesized image. | 03-03-2011 |
20120122580 | GAME DEVICE, GAME DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A game device includes a memory unit, a display unit, a detecting unit, and a noticing unit. The memory unit stores plural pieces of task information each indicating a timing at which a player should give an operation and a position where the operation should be given. The display unit displays each stored task information in the screen. The detecting unit detects a position where the player gives an operation. The noticing unit gives a notice to the player when the detected position where the player gives an operation does not match any one of the positions indicated in the plural pieces of task information, and prompts the player not to operate the position that should not have been be operated. | 05-17-2012 |
20120315977 | GAME DEVICE, GAME DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In a game device, a task memory stores a plurality of game tasks for indicating the timing when a player is to input an operation instruction. A receiver receives instructions from the player. A music player plays music, stops playing music when the player inputs a pause instruction, and restarts playing music when the player inputs a restart instruction. An object display displays object images that indicate the stored game tasks on a screen in pace with the played music, and displays only object images that indicate the game tasks for which the timing has never occurred once since the music began to be played. A score determiner determines the player's score for each of the game tasks based on the stored game tasks and the inputted operation instructions. | 12-13-2012 |