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20120124275 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA STORAGE METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a volatile memory, a first non-volatile memory connected to the volatile memory, a second non-volatile memory connected to the volatile semiconductor memory, and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to store latest management information to the volatile memory, to store previous management information to the first non-volatile memory, and to store difference data between the latest management information and the previous management information to the second non-volatile memory. | 05-17-2012 |
20120144097 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA DELETING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes: a memory area; a transfer processing unit that stores write data received from a host apparatus in the memory area; a delete notification buffer that accumulates a delete notification; and a delete notification processing unit. The delete notification processing unit collectively reads out a plurality of delete notifications from the delete notification buffer and classifies the read-out delete notifications for each unit area. The delete notification processing unit sequentially executes, for each unit area, processing for collectively invalidating write data related to one or more delete notifications classified in a same unit area and, in executing processing for one unit area in the processing sequentially executed for the each unit area, invalidates all write data stored in the one unit area after copying write data excluding write data to be invalidated stored in the one unit area to another unit area. | 06-07-2012 |
20120246393 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system of a embodiments includes a first storing area having physical blocks and a second storing area recording a logical to physical translation table and an erasure count table keeping data erasure count in physical blocks. The memory system of the embodiments includes a controller which, when a logical address for deletion is notified, obtains data erasure count of a deletion physical block including a deletion area specified by the physical address corresponding to the logical address, and when a physical block having a small erasure count not more than a predetermined rate of the data erasure count exists in the erasure count table, reads out valid data for the memory system in the physical block having a small erasure count onto the second storing area, writes the above data into the deletion area, and invalidates the valid data in the physical block having a small erasure count. | 09-27-2012 |
20120284453 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to the embodiments, an external storage device switches to an interface controller for supporting only a read operation of nonvolatile memory when a shift condition for shifting to a read only mode is met. A host device switches to an interface driver for supporting only the read operation of the nonvolatile memory when determining to recognize as read only memory based on information acquired from the external storage device. | 11-08-2012 |
20130212323 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to the embodiments, an external storage device switches to an interface controller for supporting only a read operation of nonvolatile memory when a shift condition for shifting to a read only mode is met. A host device switches to an interface driver for supporting only the read operation of the nonvolatile memory when determining to recognize as read only memory based on information acquired from the external storage device. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to the embodiments, an external storage device switches to an interface controller for supporting only a read operation of nonvolatile memory when a shift condition for shifting to a read only mode is met. A host device switches to an interface driver for supporting only the read operation of the nonvolatile memory when determining to recognize as read only memory based on information acquired from the external storage device. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212325 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to the embodiments, an external storage device switches to an interface controller for supporting only a read operation of nonvolatile memory when a shift condition for shifting to a read only mode is met. A host device switches to an interface driver for supporting only the read operation of the nonvolatile memory when determining to recognize as read only memory based on information acquired from the external storage device. | 08-15-2013 |
20140006689 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140223088 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, RELAY DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - According to the embodiments, an external storage device switches to an interface controller for supporting only a read operation of nonvolatile memory when a shift condition for shifting to a read only mode is met. A host device switches to an interface driver for supporting only the read operation of the nonvolatile memory when determining to recognize as read only memory based on information acquired from the external storage device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140281154 | MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a memory system that is connected to a host apparatus. The memory system includes a transmitting port and a controller. The transmitting port transmits a transmission signal to the host apparatus. The controller includes a first output interface that is connected to the transmitting port and a second output interface that is connected to the transmitting port. The memory system is configured such that a drivability of an output from the first output interface is larger than a drivability of an output from the second output interface in a first mode. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080211628 | Biometric authentic device - A biometrics authentication system capable of achieving high precision and high safety is provided. A biometrics authentication system includes: a light source applying light to a living organism; a microlens array section condensing light from the living organism, and including a plurality of microlenses each having a different refractive power; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data on a plurality of layers of the living organism on the basis of light condensed by the microlens array section; and an authentication section performing authentication of the living organism on the basis of image pickup data on the plurality of layers of the living organism. | 09-04-2008 |
20080253620 | Biometrics authentication system - A biometrics authentication system includes: a light source applying light to a living organism; a microlens array section condensing light from the living organism, and including a plurality of microlenses each having a different refractive power; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data of the living organism on the basis of the light condensed by the microlens array section; a rotation angle determining section determining the rotation angle of the living organism on the basis of the image pickup data of the living organism; a three-dimensional information producing section producing three-dimensional information of the living organism on the basis of the image pickup data of the living organism; and an authentication section performing authentication on the basis of the rotation angle determined by the rotation angle determining section and the three-dimensional information produced in the three-dimensional information producing section. | 10-16-2008 |
20090107262 | PARTICULATE SAMPLING APPARATUS, PARTICULATE SAMPLING SUBSTRATE AND PARTICULATE SAMPLING METHOD - A particulate sampling apparatus configured to control the flow direction of a dispersion solvent for particulates, at a channel branching section of a channel includes an introduction channel capable of introducing the dispersion solvent, and a plurality of branch channels communicating with the introduction channel, so as to disperse desired ones of the particulates into a selected one of the branch channels, wherein the apparatus includes light irradiation means by which a bubble can be generated in the dispersion solvent by irradiation with a laser beam used as a heat source, and the flow direction of the dispersion solvent at the channel branching section is controlled by the bubble. | 04-30-2009 |
20090114285 | FLOW CHANNEL STRUCTURE, FLOW CHANNEL BOARD HAVING THE SAME, AND FLUID CONTROL METHOD - A flow channel structure includes a first introduction part that introduces a sample, a second introduction part that introduces a fluid for sandwiching the sample, a discharge part that discharges the sample, a bent part at which a flow channel is bent at approximately 90 degrees around a Y axis, provided that an introduction direction of the sample is an X direction, and a bent part at which the flow channel is bent at approximately 90 degrees around an X axis. | 05-07-2009 |
20110222050 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASURING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an optical measuring device including: a light applying section configured to apply exciting light to a sample flowing in a channel; and a scattered light detecting section configured to detect scattered light generated from the sample irradiated with the exciting light on the downstream side of the sample in the traveling direction of the exciting light; the scattered light detecting section including a scattered light separating mask for separating the scattered light into a low numerical aperture component having a numerical aperture not greater than a specific value and a high numerical aperture component having a numerical aperture greater than the specific value; a first detector for detecting the low numerical aperture component; and a second detector for detecting the high numerical aperture component. | 09-15-2011 |
20130309763 | SAMPLE FEEDING APPARATUS, FLOW CYTOMETER, AND SAMPLE FEEDING METHOD - A sample feeding apparatus includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder, and a sealing section. The first cylinder is configured to be mounted with a sample tube. The second cylinder is configured to move the first cylinder between a first position and a second position, the first position being for mounting of the sample tube, the second position being for feeding of a sample in the sample tube. The sealing section is configured to cover the sample tube, the sample tube being mounted to the first cylinder being at the second position, the first cylinder applying pressure to an inner space of the sealing section at the second position. | 11-21-2013 |
20140021370 | MICROPARTICLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MICROPARTICLE ANALYSIS METHOD - There is provided a microparticle measurement apparatus including a first light source configured to irradiate excitation light on a droplet containing a microparticle, the droplet being discharged from an orifice, a second light source configured to irradiate illumination light on the droplet for acquiring an image of the droplet, a light receiving element configured to detect fluorescence generated from the microparticle due to the irradiation of the excitation light, and to acquire an image of the droplet, and a filter member configured to be arranged between the droplet and the light receiving element. The filter member includes a first area through which the fluorescence and the illumination light pass, and a second area that is provided around the first area and that has a wavelength selectivity which lets the fluorescence pass through but blocks the illumination light. | 01-23-2014 |
20140293273 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASURING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an optical measuring device including: a light applying section configured to apply exciting light to a sample flowing in a channel; and a scattered light detecting section configured to detect scattered light generated from the sample irradiated with the exciting light on the downstream side of the sample in the traveling direction of the exciting light; the scattered light detecting section including a scattered light separating mask for separating the scattered light into a low numerical aperture component having a numerical aperture not greater than a specific value and a high numerical aperture component having a numerical aperture greater than the specific value; a first detector for detecting the low numerical aperture component; and a second detector for detecting the high numerical aperture component. | 10-02-2014 |
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20120309478 | GAME DEVICE, GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GOLF GAME - A game device includes: a screen image generating unit that generates and displays an image of a golf course, a landing point control unit that displays a marker indicating a predicted landing point of a ball, and a shot control unit operative to control a shot. Upon receiving an input instruction for moving the position of the marker, the landing point control unit moves the position of the marker by, changing the azimuth angle of the marker in a continuous manner along with a movement of an indicated position and by changing the radius of the marker discretely, when the position of the marker is represented by a two-dimensional polar coordinate system of which the origin point is a current ball position. | 12-06-2012 |
20130017871 | GAME DEVICE, GAME CONTROL METHOD AND GAME CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A GOLF GAMEAANM Kikuchi; TakanoriAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Kikuchi; Takanori Saitama JPAANM Kishida; HisashiAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Kishida; Hisashi Saitama JPAANM Muramori; MasashiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Muramori; Masashi Kanagawa JPAANM Kuwabara; ToshiyukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Kuwabara; Toshiyuki Kanagawa JPAANM Hashimoto; HirofumiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Hashimoto; Hirofumi Kanagawa JPAANM Kotsugai; YoshinoriAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Kotsugai; Yoshinori Tokyo JPAANM Suzuki; KentaroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Suzuki; Kentaro Tokyo JP - A game device includes an input receiving unit for receiving the input of user's operations, a control unit for controlling a game where a player's character plays golf, according to the input of the user's operation, and a screen generating unit for displaying a game screen. The control unit includes an impact determining unit for acquiring the position of an input device at the start of a shot and the position of the input device at the time of an impact, when the user swings the input device while holding it and then comparing the respective positions with each other so as to determine the impact position, and a ball path calculating unit for calculating the path of a ball hit in the impact. | 01-17-2013 |
20140342789 | GAME DEVICE, GAME CONTROL PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GOLF GAME - A game device includes: a screen image generating unit that generates and displays an image of a golf course, a landing point control unit that displays a marker indicating a predicted landing point of a ball, and a shot control unit operative to control a shot. Upon receiving an input instruction for moving the position of the marker, the landing point control unit moves the position of the marker by, changing the azimuth angle of the marker in a continuous manner along with a movement of an indicated position and by changing the radius of the marker discretely, when the position of the marker is represented by a two-dimensional polar coordinate system of which the origin point is a current ball position. | 11-20-2014 |
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20090008416 | Composite Spout and Injection-Forming Apparatus for Forming the Composite Spout - A composite spout which does not permit a sleeve fitted onto the core to be deviated during the injection forming and does not permit end surfaces of the sleeve to be exposed in the spout body. A spout body is injection-formed in a state where a sleeve having a functional resin layer disposed as an intermediate layer is fitted as a core onto the core member of an injection-forming metal mold such that the inner peripheral surface only of the sleeve is substantially exposed on the inner peripheral surface of the spout body. A tilted surface is formed on the inner peripheral surface at one end of the spout body in at least a portion thereof in the circumferential direction, the tilted surface being tilted outward in the radial direction from a position in agreement with the inner peripheral edge at the one end of the sleeve or from the inside thereof in the radial direction facing the one end of the spout body. | 01-08-2009 |
20100108673 | PLASTIC CAP WITH IC TAG AND METHOD OF ATTACHING IC TAG TO THE CAP - [Problem] To provide a plastic cap with an IC tag without interrupting transmission and reception of information to and from the IC tag, reliably inputting product information to the IC tag and reliably outputting product information that is input. | 05-06-2010 |
20120234848 | SYNTHETIC RESIN SPOUT STOPPER - An improved synthetic resin spout stopper to be combined with a discharge port of a container is provided. The spout stopper does not pose difficulty in breaking an annular score formed in an annular flange wall, when discarding the container. Damage to the annular score is avoided even if a considerably great impact is applied to the spout stopper owing to a fall of the container. Damage to the annular score is also avoided even when ultrasonic welding is adopted for welding the container and the spout stopper together. In an inner peripheral edge part of the annular flange wall, an annular additional score is disposed adjacent to the annular score radially outwardly of and/or radially inwardly of the annular score. | 09-20-2012 |
20130199017 | PLASTIC CAP WITH IC TAG AND METHOD OF ATTACHING IC TAG TO THE CAP - A plastic cap with IC tag storing product information provided on the upper surface of a top plate. The top plate is formed by an annular flange and a recessed portion 37, the recessed portion, including a side wall continuous to the inner circumferential edge of the annular flange and a bottom continuous to the lower end of the side wall. The tag 10 is attached to the annular flange to cover the recessed portion. A gap between the tag and the bottom is maintained to such a degree that the transmission and reception of signals to and from the tag are not interrupted when the back surface of the bottom comes in contact with water. | 08-08-2013 |
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20110158371 | PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR PLANT - According to an embodiment, a pressurized water reactor plant has a primary system which includes: a reactor vessel for housing a reactor core which is cooled by a primary coolant, a single steam generator, a hot leg pipe for connecting the reactor vessel and the steam generator, cold leg pipes, at least two primary coolant pumps, and a pressurizer for pressurizing the primary coolant pressure boundary in which the primary coolant flows. The plant also has: a passive cooling and depressurization system which is a primary depressurization means for equalizing the primary system pressure to the secondary system pressure at the time of a tube rupture accident of the steam generator, and a reactor containment vessel containing the primary system and cooling the primary system by air cooling. Thus, a compact pressurized water rector with high economic efficiency, safety, and reliability can be provided. | 06-30-2011 |
20110205153 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone ( | 08-25-2011 |
20130259183 | PASSIVE COOLING AND DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM AND PRESSURIZED WATER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - A passive cooling and depressurization system for a pressurized water nuclear plant is provided with a cooling water pool, a steam supply piping, a heat exchanger, a steam supply valve, a coolant return pipe and an outlet valve. The steam supply piping extends from the gas phase of the pressurizer. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between water stored in the cooling water pool and steam flowing through the steam supply piping. The steam supply valve is equipped on the steam supply piping. The coolant return pipe extends from the heat exchanger to a liquid phase of the reactor pressure boundary. The outlet valve is equipped on the coolant return pipe. | 10-03-2013 |
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20130147887 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle that discharges liquid droplets, a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to an individual liquid chamber that is in communication with the nozzle, and a filter plate that is arranged in a liquid flow path of the common liquid chamber. The filter plate includes a filter part that filters the liquid and a damper part that reduces a pressure variation in the common liquid chamber, and the filter part is arranged to be thicker than the damper part. | 06-13-2013 |
20130241990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LIQUID-JET HEAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID-JET HEAD - A liquid-jet head includes a thin film member having a thin part and a thick part, and at least a part of the thin film member is formed of an electroformed film. In the liquid-jet head, the thin film member includes a metallic film forming the thin part, a first electroformed film formed on the metallic film, the first electroformed film forming the thick part, and a second electroformed film covering a connecting part between the metallic film and the first electroformed film. | 09-19-2013 |
20140055527 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles formed therein from which droplets are ejectable. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle substrate in which a plurality of nozzle holes each constituting a nozzle is formed, and a liquid-repellent film formed on a surface of the nozzle substrate on a droplet ejection side of the nozzle plate. | 02-27-2014 |
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20080286914 | Display device, method of production of the same, and projection type display device - A display device able to raise a light resistance of pixel transistors without depending upon a light shielding structure and a method of production of same, wherein an average crystal grain size of a polycrystalline silicon film | 11-20-2008 |
20100223507 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a plurality of abnormality detection sections provided in each of a plurality of detection target portions, that detect an abnormality caused by high temperature at a predetermined first frequency; an indication detecting section that detects an indication that the abnormality will occur; and a controller that controls to set the detection frequency of the plurality of abnormality detection sections to a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency, when the number of times that the indication is detected within a predetermined period is more than a predetermined number of times. | 09-02-2010 |
20110157446 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SENSOR DEVICE - An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion portion including a light receiving element; and a well region defined by a wall structure that is formed integrally on the photoelectric conversion portion, wherein the well region is positioned to correspond to the light receiving element of the photoelectric conversion portion. An image sensor device and methods of manufacture are also provided. | 06-30-2011 |
20140291670 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image pickup device that includes: a pixel section including a plurality of pixels each configured to generate a signal charge based on radiation; a first field-effect transistor provided in the pixel section; and a second field-effect transistor provided in a peripheral circuit section of the pixel section. The first transistor has a threshold voltage and the second transistor has a threshold voltage that are different from each other. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090006864 | MICROPROCESSOR WITH IMPROVED TASK MANAGEMENT AND TABLE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM - A tamper resistant microprocessor has a task state table for assigning a task identifier to a task that can take a plurality of states, and storing a state of the task in correspondence to the task identifier; a task register for storing the task identifier of a currently executed task; an interface for reading a program stored in a form encrypted by using a program key at an external memory, in units of cache lines, when a request for the task is made; an encryption processing unit for generating decryption keys that are different for different cache lines, according to the program key, and decrypt a content read by the interface; a cache memory formed by a plurality of cache lines each having a tag, for storing the task identifier corresponding to a decryption key used in decrypting each cache line in the tag of each cache line; and an access check unit for comparing the task identifier stored in the tag of each cache line with a value of the task register, and discarding a content of each cache line when the task identifier in the tag and the value of the task register do not coincide. | 01-01-2009 |
20090138729 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM VERIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A first storage unit stores a plurality of security functions each defining a first protection attribute requiring a storage of a value of an argument for input/output of data. A second storage unit stores a program list describing a second protection attribute of a variable indicating a storage area of the data and an executing procedure of a predetermined process. An identifying unit identifies a third protection attribute of an actual argument for input/output of a security function based on the second protection attribute. When a judging unit judges not all of third protection attributes match with first protection attributes, an output unit outputs error information indicating a mismatch of the protection attributes. | 05-28-2009 |
20110296192 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROGRAM VERIFYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processing device stores a program list and plural types of security functions each defining therein protection attributes for respective arguments related to input and output of data to be protected, and stores function argument protection attributes and dependency relations each of which is defined by a determinant set and a dependent attribute that satisfy a predetermined condition. The device detects a combination of first and second security functions in which integrity of variables included in a determinant set of one dependency relation in the first security function are verified by the second security function, generates a third security function which adds protection attributes that guarantee integrity to variables included in the dependent attribute of the dependency relation in the first security function when verification of the second security function is successful and which outputs the variables, and updates the function argument protection attribute and the dependency relation concomitantly with an addition of the third security function. | 12-01-2011 |
20130219408 | COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to an embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer-readable medium including program, when executed by a computer, to have a plurality of modules run by the computer. The computer includes a memory having a shared area, which is an area accessible to only those modules which run cooperatively and storing therein execution module identifiers. Each of the modules includes a first operation configured to store, just prior to a switchover of operations to an other module that runs cooperatively, an identifier of the other module as the execution module identifier in the shared area; and a second operation configured to execute, when the execution module identifier stored in the shared area matches with an identifier of own module immediately after a switchover of operations from the other module, a function inside the own module. | 08-22-2013 |
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20130163058 | IMAGE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image estimation apparatus includes: a forming unit that forms a reference frame with a size determined uniquely in accordance with a size of a recording region where an image is recorded; and an estimating unit that estimates a type of a single image based on a size of a bounding frame around the single image and the size of the reference frame formed by the forming unit, the single image being a target of type inference in an image contained in a designation region in a recording region image which is an image indicating the recording region where an image is recorded. | 06-27-2013 |
20130176596 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes following components. A blank-area identifying unit identifies a blank area having a size exceeding a predetermined size, from a non-specifying-mark image portion of a recording area image of a recording area that includes individual images and a specifying mark specifying an area containing images among the individual images. A concealing unit conceals a divided area specified by the specifying-mark image, among divided areas obtained by dividing a non-blank area by a gap having a width equal to or larger than a threshold in a specific direction, among gaps between the individual images arranged in the specific direction in the non-blank area. The non-blank area is an area of the non-specifying-mark image portion of the recording area image other than the blank area identified by the blank-area identifying unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176605 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, SPECIFYING MARK ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an estimating unit and a hiding unit. The estimating unit extracts a subject specifying mark image corresponding to a specifying mark from a recording area image corresponding to a recording area in which an image is recorded, plural predetermined types of specifying marks having predetermined attributes different from an attribute of the image of the recording area and being used for specifying a region within the recording area by using different specifying methods, at least one of the plural predetermined types of specifying marks being recorded in the recording area. The estimating unit estimates the type of specifying mark corresponding to the extracted subject specifying mark image. The hiding unit hides the region specified by the type of specifying mark estimated by the estimating unit by using a hiding method which is uniquely determined for the estimated type of specifying mark. | 07-11-2013 |
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20100187648 | PHOTOELECTIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion device is provided which is capable of improving the light condensation efficiency without substantially decreasing the sensitivity. The photoelectric conversion device has a first pattern provided above an element isolation region formed between adjacent two photoelectric conversion elements, a second pattern provided above the element isolation region and above the first pattern, and microlenses provided above the photoelectric conversion elements with the first and the second patterns provided therebetween. The photoelectric conversion device further has convex-shaped interlayer lenses in optical paths between the photoelectric conversion elements and the microlenses, the peak of each convex shape projecting in the direction from the electro-optical element to the microlens. | 07-29-2010 |
20120306037 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photoelectric conversion device is provided which is capable of improving the light condensation efficiency without substantially decreasing the sensitivity. The photoelectric conversion device has a first pattern provided above an element isolation region formed between adjacent two photoelectric conversion elements, a second pattern provided above the element isolation region and above the first pattern, and microlenses provided above the photoelectric conversion elements with the first and the second patterns provided therebetween. The photoelectric conversion device further has convex-shaped interlayer lenses in optical paths between the photoelectric conversion elements and the microlenses, the peak of each convex shape projecting in the direction from the electro-optical element to the microlens. | 12-06-2012 |
20140035085 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A photoelectric conversion device is provided which is capable of improving the light condensation efficiency without substantially decreasing the sensitivity. The photoelectric conversion device has a first pattern provided above an element isolation region formed between adjacent two photoelectric conversion elements, a second pattern provided above the element isolation region and above the first pattern, and microlenses provided above the photoelectric conversion elements with the first and the second patterns provided therebetween. The photoelectric conversion device further has convex-shaped interlayer lenses in optical paths between the photoelectric conversion elements and the microlenses, the peak of each convex shape projecting in the direction from the electro-optical element to the microlens. | 02-06-2014 |
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20100066875 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR ADDING SIGNALS INCLUDING SAME COLOR COMPONENT - An imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric converting units arrayed in the horizontal and vertical directions, and an adder for adding signals including the same color component from the a plurality of photoelectric converting units such that the centers of gravity of the signals after addition are at the same pitch for respective signals. | 03-18-2010 |
20100110237 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 05-06-2010 |
20120105697 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPRATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 05-03-2012 |
20140125840 | RRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPRATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 05-08-2014 |
20140332669 | ARRANGEMENT OF CIRCUITS IN PIXELS, EACH CIRCUIT SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF PIXELS, IN IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are arranged at a predetermined interval. | 11-13-2014 |
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20100009510 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including implanting an impurity ion into a predetermined region of a semiconductor layer using a resist film as a mask, wherein in case when a mask data ratio for implanting the impurity ion only into the predetermined region in the resist film is less than a first reference value, a dummy ion implantation region, into which the impurity ion is also implanted in addition to the predetermined region, is added in a region other than the predetermined region so that a mask data ratio becomes larger than a second reference value which is equal to or larger than the first reference value, the mask data ratio indicating a ratio of an opening with respect to an entire region of a reticle region corresponding to the reticle. | 01-14-2010 |
20100314727 | Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device having a digital region and an analog region embedded therein has an annular seal ring which surrounds the outer circumference of the digital region and the analog region in a plan view; a guard ring which is provided in the area surrounded by the seal ring, between the digital region and the analog region, so as to isolate the analog region from the digital region, and so as to be electrically connected to the seal ring; and an electrode pad which is electrically connected to the guard ring in the vicinity of the guard ring. | 12-16-2010 |
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20130147011 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has: a signal pad; a power supply line; a ground line; an inductor section whose one end is connected to the signal pad; a terminating resistor connected between the other end of the inductor section and the power supply line or the ground line. The semiconductor device further has: a first ESD protection element connected to a first node in the inductor section; and a second ESD protection element connected to a second node whose position is different from that of the first node in the inductor section. | 06-13-2013 |
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20130059417 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PACKAGE-ON-PACKAGE TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Bump electrodes (conductive members) bonded onto lands disposed at a peripheral portion side than terminals (bonding leads) electrically coupled to pads (electrode pads) of a microcomputer chip (semiconductor chip) are sealed with sealing resin (a sealing body). Thereafter, the sealing resin is ground (removed) partially such that a part of each of the bump electrodes is exposed. The step of protruding the part of each of the bump electrodes from a front surface of the sealing resin is performed, after the grinding step. | 03-07-2013 |
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20120122028 | CARRIER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A carrier for developing an electrostatic image, includes: magnetic core material particles and a coated layer coated on the magnetic core material particles, the coated layer containing a resin having a monomer unit represented by formula (A): | 05-17-2012 |
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