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20080274404 | Graphite Particles and Lithium Secondary Battery Using The Same As Negative Electrode - A graphite particle obtained by assembling or binding together a plurality of flat-shaped particles so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, or a graphite particle in which aspect ratio is 5 or less or specific surface area is 8 m | 11-06-2008 |
20100159323 | Graphite Particles And Lithium Secondary Battery Using The Same As Negative Electrode - A graphite particle obtained by assembling or binding together a plurality of flat-shaped particles so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, or a graphite particle in which aspect ratio is 5 or less or specific surface area is 8 m | 06-24-2010 |
20110189542 | Graphite Particles And Lithium Secondary Battery Using The Same As Negative Electrode - A graphite particle obtained by assembling or binding together a plurality of flat-shaped particles so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, or a graphite particle in which aspect ratio is 5 or less or specific surface area is 8 m | 08-04-2011 |
20120189905 | Graphite Particles And Lithium Secondary Battery Using The Same As Negative Electrode - A method for forming a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, includes providing a paste comprising graphite particulates comprise assembled or bound graphite particles in each of which a plurality of flat-shaped particles are assembled or bound together so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, and the mixture including 3 to 10 parts by weight of the organic binder per 100 parts by weight of the graphite particulates, a binder and a solvent, coating the paste on a current collector, drying the paste coated on the current collector to form a mixture of the graphite particulates and the binder, and integrating the mixture with the current collector by pressing to provide a density of the mixture of graphite particulates and organic binder of 1.5 to 1.9 g/cm | 07-26-2012 |
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20090309700 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - The authentication apparatus calculates authenticities based upon similarity between detected face image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data prepared beforehand. In accordance with the calculated authenticities, the apparatus causes a display unit to display, as the result of authentication, either a registered name indicating registered face image data calculated to have a maximum authenticity from among the plurality of items of registered face image data, or any group name to which the registered face image data calculated to have the maximum authenticity and other registered face image data belong. | 12-17-2009 |
20120019678 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus sets one of a plurality of obtained images as a reference image, and detects a motion vector relative to the reference image for the other images. A scalar amount of the detected motion vector is compared with a threshold value representing an image displacement limit for combining an image with the reference image, and whether a condition for combining with the reference image is satisfied is determined. If the condition is satisfied, a corresponding image is moved to cancel the detected motion vector and combined with the reference image, and an image in which displacement between images has been corrected is output. The threshold value is changed by a control unit depending on an image-capturing setting set when the plurality of images are captured, the condition of an object image in the plurality of captured images, or the like. | 01-26-2012 |
20140176758 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a shooting scene determining unit configured to determine a shooting scene, a selecting unit configured to select a bracket shooting from a plurality of bracket shootings which alter parameters in different ways from each other, based on the shooting scene determined by the shooting scene determining unit, and an image pickup unit configured to perform the bracket shooting selected by the selecting unit, and the selecting unit selects one type of bracket shooting even when the shooting scene determined by the shooting scene determining unit is suitable for at least two types of bracket shootings in the plurality of bracket shootings. | 06-26-2014 |
20160044243 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a shooting scene determining unit configured to determine a shooting scene, a selecting unit configured to select a bracket shooting from a plurality of bracket shootings which alter parameters in different ways from each other, based on the shooting scene determined by the shooting scene determining unit, and an image pickup unit configured to perform the bracket shooting selected by the selecting unit, and the selecting unit selects one type of bracket shooting even when the shooting scene determined by the shooting scene determining unit is suitable for at least two types of bracket shootings in the plurality of bracket shootings. | 02-11-2016 |
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20110168694 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COOKING DEVICE - An induction heating cooker includes a top plate adapted to have an object placed thereon, plural heating coils provided below a lower surface of the top plate, an inverter for supplying high-frequency power to the heating coils, a data memory, and a controller controlling the inverter. The data memory stores first and second heating coil patterns. Each of the first and second heating coil patterns defines one or more heatable regions and one or more non-heatable regions. The controller selects a heating coil pattern from the first and second coil patterns. The controller controls the inverter such that high-frequency power can be supplied to one or more first heating coils out of the plural heating coils located in the one or more heatable regions of the selected heating coil pattern. The controller controls the inverter such that high-frequency power cannot be supplied to one or more second heating coils out of the plural heating coils located in the one or more non-heatable regions of the selected heating coil pattern. This induction heating cooker can adjust at least one of the location, the size, and the number of the heatable regions for induction-heating objects in response to at least one of the location, the size, and the number of the objects to be heated, thereby heating the objects efficiently. | 07-14-2011 |
20110192838 | INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE - Disclosed is an inductive heating device which can lower losses in the device and readily provide cooling, wherein a controller is operated in a first control mode which controls the operation so that a unipolar first switching element and a unipolar second switching element conduct alternately when one of a bipolar third switching element and a bipolar fourth switching element is conducting and the other is disconnected when an aluminum object to be heated is heated, and in a second control mode in which the conduction of the first switching element and the fourth switching element and the conduction of the second switching element and the third switching element alternate when an iron object to be heated is heated. | 08-11-2011 |
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20120154101 | ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION COIL UNIT AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION DEVICE - In order to provide an electromagnetic induction coil unit and an electromagnetic induction device with reduced coil loss and high power transmission efficiency, and hence whose manufacturing costs are reduced, what is included is a coil ( | 06-21-2012 |
20140175899 | COIL UNIT AND NONCONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A coil unit configured to transmit or receive electric power by electromagnetic induction in a noncontact manner, including: a coil into or from both terminals of which a high-frequency voltage is input or output; a metal conductor placed near the coil; and a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected to the terminals of the coil, wherein the ratio of the capacitance between the first capacitor and the second capacitor is set to a value at which a current induced into the metal conductor due to capacitance coupling when a high-frequency voltage is input into or output from the coil is reduced. | 06-26-2014 |
20140183970 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND POWER FEEDER AND POWER RECEIVER FOR USE IN THE SAME - A power feeder of a contactless power transmission device includes a housing base member, a primary coil provided on the housing base member and configured to generate magnetic flux, a cover attached to the housing base member and configured to cover the primary coil, a capacitance sensor including a detection electrode between the primary coil and the cover, and configured to detect foreign matter around the cover based on a change in capacitance detected using the detection electrode, and a high-dielectric member embedded in the cover and having a permittivity higher than that of a material for the cover. | 07-03-2014 |
20140197693 | CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A contactless power transmission device includes a power receiver, a power feeder configured to contactlessly feed power to the power receiver, the power feeder including a primary coil configured to generate magnetic flux by an input alternating current voltage, and a cover configured to cover the primary coil, and a capacitive sensor configured to supply an alternating current voltage to an electrode to measure a capacitance occurring between the electrode and foreign matter present around the cover and thereby detect the foreign matter. The frequency of the alternating current voltage of the capacitive sensor is set to be higher than the frequency of the magnetic flux generated by the primary coil. | 07-17-2014 |
20140306655 | CONTACTLESS BATTERY CHARGER - A contactless battery charger includes a power feeding device having a power feeding coil to generate a magnetic flux using an inputted alternating current and a power receiving device having a power receiving coil disposed so as to confront the power feeding coil. The contactless battery charger supplies an electric power using electromagnetic induction between the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil. Each of the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil is formed by winding a litz wire made up of element wires. A width of the litz wire of the power feeding coil is smaller than a width of the litz wire of the power receiving coil in a first direction along opposing faces of the power feeding and receiving coils. The power receiving coil has an external diameter greater than or equal to that of the power feeding coil. | 10-16-2014 |
20140354073 | POWER FEED DEVICE OF INDUCTIVE CHARGING DEVICE - A power feeding device of a non-contact charging device includes a power factor improvement circuit which converts an AC power supply to DC, and improves a power factor, a smoothing capacitor connected to an output end of the power factor improvement circuit, an inverter circuit which includes a plurality of switching elements, and generates an AC signal using a voltage of the smoothing capacitor as a power supply, a power feeding section which feeds power based on the AC signal to a power receiving device, and a control circuit which modulates at least one of a duty factor or an operation frequency of each of the switching elements of the inverter circuit in synchronization with the AC power supply. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354074 | POWER FEED DEVICE OF INDUCTIVE CHARGING DEVICE - A power feeding device of a non-contact charging device includes a power factor improvement circuit which converts an AC power supply to DC, and improves a power factor, a smoothing capacitor connected to an output end of the power factor improvement circuit, an inverter circuit which includes a plurality of switching elements, and generates an AC signal using a voltage of the smoothing capacitor as a power supply, a power feeding section which feeds power based on the AC signal to a power receiving device, and a control circuit which modulates a duty factor of each of the switching elements of the inverter circuit in synchronization with the AC power supply, wherein the control circuit controls the plurality of switching elements so that an increment of the modulated duty factor is not equal to a decrement of the modulated duty factor. | 12-04-2014 |
20150332826 | NONCONTACT ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is a noncontact power transmission system including a power transmission device for transmitting power to a power receiving device in a noncontact manner. The power transmission device includes a cover covering a portion of an outline of the power transmission device where the power transmission device faces the power receiving device, a base covering another portion of the outline of the power transmission device where the power transmission device does not face the power receiving device, a magnetic body arranged in a space enclosed with the cover and the base, a coil bobbin covering the magnetic body partially or entirely, and a coil wire which is wound around the coil bobbin and which generates a magnetic flux upon receiving an alternating current. The coil bobbin includes a load support. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332827 | NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A non-contact power transmission system according to the present disclosure transmits electric power from a power transmitting coil to a power receiving coil via a non-contact method by utilizing electromagnetic induction. At least one of the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil includes first and second coils. A wire is wound around the first coil. The second coil is placed at at least one end of the winding axis of the first coil. Another the wire is wound around the second coil. The second coil is arranged such that magnetic fluxes generated along respective winding axes of the first and second coils are oriented in opposite directions. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332847 | NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A non-contact power transmission system according to the present disclosure includes a power transmitting coil and a power receiving coil facing the power transmitting coil. At least one of the power transmitting coil and the power receiving coil includes a first coil in which a wire is wound around a first core, and a second coil in which a wire is wound around a second core. The second coil is placed at at least one end of a winding axis of the first coil. A winding axis of the second coil is inclined with respect to the winding axis of the first coil toward the power transmitting or receiving coil that faces the second coil. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332848 | COIL FOR NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A coil for a non-contact power transmission system according to the present disclosure is used in a non-contact power transmission system to transmit electric power via a non-contact method. The coil includes a magnetic body with a flat cross section, and a wire wound around the magnetic body. The wire is wound around a shorter side surface of the magnetic body at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to a longer side surface of the magnetic body. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332849 | COIL FOR NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND NON-CONTACT POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A coil for a non-contact power transmission system according to the present disclosure is used in a non-contact power transmission system to transmit electric power via a non-contact method. The coil includes a first coil in which a wire is wound around at a center of a core; and a second coil placed at an end of the core, and wound with the wire. Winding axes of the first and second coils are oriented in different directions. | 11-19-2015 |
20150357863 | NON-CONTACT CHARGING DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT CHARGING METHOD - A non-contact charger aims to control transmitted power efficiently. The non-contact charger includes a transmitting coil, an inverter circuit, a receiving coil, and a transmitted power control circuit. The inverter circuit outputs the transmitted power to the transmitting coil. The receiving coil receives power as received power from the transmitting coil. The transmitted power control circuit drives the inverter circuit at a frequency higher than maximum received power frequencies at which the received power has one or two maximum values. | 12-10-2015 |
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20140057159 | Graphite Particles And Lithium Secondary Battery Using The Same As Negative Electrode - A method for forming a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, includes providing a paste comprising graphite particulates comprise assembled or bound graphite particles in each of which a plurality of flat-shaped particles are assembled or bound together so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, and the mixture including 3 to 10 parts by weight of the organic binder per 100 parts by weight of the graphite particulates, a binder and a solvent, coating the paste on a current collector, drying the paste coated on the current collector to form a mixture of the graphite particulates and the binder, and integrating the mixture with the current collector by pressing to provide a density of the mixture of graphite particulates and organic binder of 1.5 to 1.9 g/cm | 02-27-2014 |
20140349173 | Graphite Particles And Lithium Secondary Battery Using The Same As Negative - A method for forming a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, includes providing a paste comprising graphite particulates comprise assembled or bound graphite particles in each of which a plurality of flat-shaped particles are assembled or bound together so that the planes of orientation are not parallel to one another, and the mixture including 3 to 10 parts by weight of the organic binder per 100 parts by weight of the graphite particulates, a binder and a solvent, coating the paste on a current collector, drying the paste coated on the current collector to form a mixture of the graphite particulates and the binder, and integrating the mixture with the current collector by pressing to provide a density of the mixture of graphite particulates and organic binder of 1.5 to 1.9 g/cm | 11-27-2014 |