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| 20120243889 | THERMAL SWITCH, MOUNTING STRUCTURE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A thermal switch includes a body that includes a pair of electrodes and is inserted into an insertion hole formed at a mounting portion so as to be mounted on the mounting portion, a displacement member that is held on the body and displaced according to temperature change, a synchronization member that is provided at the body and separates one contact of the pair of electrodes from the other contact thereof in synchronism with the displacement of the displacement member, and regulating portions that are provided at the body and regulate the separation of the body from the insertion hole. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120251136 | HEAT-RESPONSIVE SWITCH, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heat-responsive switch includes a case member, a deformation member deformed from a shape concave to an inside of the case member to a convex shape in response to a temperature variation, a first electrode having a first contact, a second electrode having a second contact and bringing the second contact into contact with the first contact with the first contact impelled to the deformation member, a first pressing member pressing the first electrode to separate the first contact from the second contact by having an end pressed by the deformation of the deformation member into the convex shape, and a second pressing member pressing the deformation member to restore the deformation member to the concave shape and pressing the second electrode to keep the first contact and the second contact separated by having the end pressed to the deformation member from an outside of the case member. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120251137 | THERMALLY-ACTUATED SWITCH, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A thermally-actuated switch includes a movable member that is provided between a second electrode and a displacement member so as to be movable in a first direction, is pushed at one end by the displacement member in a concave state to push the second electrode at the other end to bring a second contact into contact with a first contact, and is moved in the first direction by an urging force acting on the second electrode due to convex displacement of the displacement member, and a regulating member that regulates movement of the movable member in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction from a transmittable position where a pushing force from the displacement member is capable of being transmitted to the second electrode, and releases the regulation such that the movable member moved in the first direction by the urging force is removed from the transmittable position. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140133874 | PROTECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A protection device includes a pair of electrodes and an output unit. In the pair of electrodes, one electrode, connected to a connection line that connects a load and a power supply that supplies voltage to the load, performs discharge toward the other electrode in response to application, to one electrode, of an abnormal voltage greater than or equal to a pre-set voltage exceeding a steady-state voltage output by the power supply in a steady state. The output unit detects discharge current that flows in the other electrode and outputs the detected discharge current as a control signal. | 05-15-2014 |
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| 20140109960 | CZTS THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A thin film solar cell comprises a metal rear surface electrode layer formed on a substrate, a p-type CZTS light-absorbing layer formed on the electrode layer, an n-type high-resistance buffer layer containing a zinc compound as a material and formed on the p-type CZTS light-absorbing layer, and an n-type transparent electroconductive film formed on the n-type high-resistance buffer layer. When the Cu—Zn—Sn composition ratio (atom ratio) of the p-type CZTS light-absorbing layer is represented by coordinates with the Cu/(Zn+Sn) ratio shown on the horizontal axis and the Zn/Sn ratio shown on the vertical axis, the ratio is within the region formed by connecting point A (0.825, 1.108), point B (1.004, 0.905), point C (1.004, 1.108), point E (0.75, 1.6), and point D (0.65, 1.5), and the Zn/Sn ratio of the p-type CZTS light-absorbing layer surface in the n-type high-resistance buffer layer is 1.11 or less. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140315348 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL - A thin-film solar cell which uses an InS-based buffer layer is produced by forming a metal back electrode layer on a substrate, forming a p-type light absorption layer on the metal back electrode layer, oxidizing the p-type light absorption layer surface, forming an InS-based buffer layer as an n-type high resistance buffer layer on the oxidized p-type light absorption layer, and forming an n-type transparent conductive film on the InS-based buffer layer. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150228811 | COMPOUND-BASED THIN FILM SOLAR CELL - A compound-based thin film solar cell which has a high photovoltaic conversion efficiency is obtained. The compound-based thin film solar cell is provided with substrate ( | 08-13-2015 |
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| 20110010767 | Server System, Communication Method, Computer, Program And Recording Medium - Establishment of communication between client apparatuses and an arithmetic function unit is performed based on communication information acquired by communication using HTTP between the client apparatuses and the arithmetic function unit through a firewall function unit, where the client apparatuses download encrypted contents data from the arithmetic function unit by P2P without passing a firewall. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110273470 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When a single page of a newspaper article or a magazine is displayed using hierarchical data, a guidance area (indicated by a line in the hierarchical data) for each article is defined in a scenario definition file. A plurality of guidance areas are defined in the layer below, i.e., the layer having a resolution of a level that allows characters to be legible, so that the viewer can track the article from start to end. The displayed image is initially guided to the guidance area upon a user request for enlargement. Upon a further request for enlargement, the displayed image is guided to the guidance area at the head of the article. When the user having read the sentence in the guidance area provides an input by indicating a direction or pressing a predetermined button, the displayed image is guided to the guidance area showing the continuation of the sentence. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120038677 | Information Processing Device And Information Processing Method - A range having a predetermined width close to a display margin is defined in an image as a restriction area. When the display area enters the restriction area, the moving speed determination unit reduces the speed of moving the display area in accordance with the extent that the display area enters the restriction area. When the request for moving the display area is suspended while the display area enters the restriction area, the bouncing speed determination unit determines the moving speed so that the display area is bounced in a direction away from the restriction area at a speed determined by the extent that the display area enters the restriction area. A frame coordinate computation unit computes frame coordinates of a display area that should be newly displayed, based on the moving speed determined by the moving speed determination unit and the bouncing speed determination unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130031118 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a technology that enables detection of a change in a feature of a page. An analysis unit identifies a content of a page whose content changes with a lapse of time. A feature change determination unit determines based on contents of the page identified at different timings whether or not a feature of the identified page has changed. | 01-31-2013 |
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| 20130029612 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication system comprises a leaky coaxial cable configured to send and receive electric wave to and from a wireless communication terminal and a retainer member configured to vertically arrange the leaky coaxial cable on a given setting surface. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20150049352 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRINTING FACSIMILE - A facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a receiving section configured to receive facsimile data, a data storage section configured to store the facsimile data received by the receiving section, a non-decolorable printing section, and a decolorable printing section. The facsimile apparatus further comprises a transmission source information detection section configured to detect transmission source information of the received facsimile data, an accumulation section configured to accumulate in advance a list containing a plurality of facsimile transmission source information, a comparison section configured to determine whether the detected transmission source information of the received facsimile data is included in the list and a printing control section configured to control printing of the content of the received facsimile data in the non-decolorable printing section or in the decolorable printing section, based on the determination by the comparison section. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150063838 | CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND QUALITY DETERMINING METHOD OF CARTRIDGE - A cartridge comprises a housing configured to hold a color erasable material which is erasable by heating to a color erasing temperature. The cartridge further comprises a temperature sensing unit configured to detect a temperature of the housing and a recording section configured to record the detected temperature of the housing. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150098107 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming system according to an embodiment comprises a data creation section configured to create document data, and a print instruction section configured to send instructions to print the document data. The image forming section further comprises a printing mode determination section configured to determine a printing mode of the document data based on property information of the document data, and a selection section configured to select for printing the document data with one of a non-erasable image forming section and an erasable image forming section based on the determined printing mode. | 04-09-2015 |
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| 20150108213 | SHOPPING SUPPORT DEVICE AND SHOPPING SUPPORT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a shopping support device has a controller which acquires identification information of a commodity from an electronic shelf tag using a communication unit. The controller acquires commodity information corresponding to the identification information, makes a storage unit store the commodity information, and makes a display display the commodity information. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112833 | SHOPPING SUPPORT SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a shopping support system has a plurality of customer terminals and a center server. The customer terminal has an input acceptance unit and a customer terminal controller. The input acceptance unit accepts an input of a candidate commodity to become a purchase candidate. The customer terminal controller transmits purchase schedule information including the candidate commodity to the center server. The center server has a center server controller. The center server controller receives the purchase schedule information transmitted from the customer terminal controller, and notifies a store to sell the candidate commodity included in the received purchase schedule information, of the candidate commodity. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112834 | SHOPPING SUPPORT DEVICE AND SHOPPING SUPPORT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a shopping support device is configured to accept an input of a periodic purchase commodity to be periodically purchased by a customer. The shopping support device is configured to control a display so that the display displays the periodic purchase commodity as a candidate commodity, along with the candidate commodity. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112840 | SHOPPING SUPPORT DEVICE AND SHOPPING SUPPORT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a shopping support device accepts an input of a candidate commodity to become a purchase candidate of a customer. The shopping support device acquires additional information relating to the candidate commodity. Furthermore, the shopping support device controls a display so that the display displays the additional information, along with the candidate commodity. | 04-23-2015 |
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| 20090116816 | CHAPTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVIE DATA - A chaptering apparatus and method for movie data to set chapter points at more appropriate points in the movie data are disclosed. The apparatus includes a unit for acquiring the subtitle data from the movie data and a unit for chaptering the movie data. The chaptering unit detects sections designated not to display text data in the subtitle data for predetermined time or longer, based on the subtitle data acquired by the subtitle data acquisition unit, and sets, as chapter starting points, ending points of sections designated not to display text data in the subtitle data for predetermined time or longer. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090129749 | VIDEO RECORDER AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD - In a video recorder, closed caption sentence data is outputted by analyzing digital broadcasting data including closed caption information. Index data is generated on the basis of a feature extraction rule and the effectiveness of an appearing keyword by analyzing closed caption sentence data. Closed caption feature data including a type of a closed caption sentence and a display time is generated by analyzing a closed caption ES (Elementary Stream). The broadcasting data is stored as record data, the closed caption feature data is analyzed, chapter data for reproducing a program is generated by a chapter designated by the user, and the chapter data is outputted to a storage. In the case of recording and reproducing the digital broadcasting program, it is possible to perform both the reproduction by the optimal index using the closed caption and the reproduction by the keyword voluntarily inputted by the user. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100329636 | Video playback apparatus - A video playback apparatus includes a first unit which inputs a viewing time of video data to be played back, a second unit which extracts scenes on a basis of a power of audio in the video data or a movement of image in the video data so that a sum of the time of the extracted playback scenes is within the viewing time, and a third unit which plays back the extracted scenes. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110243526 | Video/Audio Player - A video/audio player includes a video/audio data input section that inputs video/audio data, a playback control section that controls playback of the input video/audio data, a chapter point setting section that detects an end point of a given interval of the input video/audio data, and sets a chapter point to the detected end point, and an automatic skip interval setting section that detects the given interval of the input video/audio data as an interval to be automatically skipped. The playback control section automatically skips the given interval set by the automatic skip interval setting section at the time of reproducing the input video/audio data, and upon receiving a skip instruction from a user, skips a reproducing playback position to a chapter point temporally after and closest to the reproducing playback position among the chapter points set by the chapter point setting points. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110320471 | Movie Recommendation System and Movie Recommendation Method - There is provided a movie recommendation system, including: a scene metadata obtaining module for obtaining metadata which contains keywords associated with scenes, and time axis information indicating times at which the keywords appear, the scenes included in a movie content; a movie content information obtaining module for obtaining information of a movie content to be reproduced by a user; a contents preference information obtaining module for obtaining contents preference information, which is generated by assigning preference of the user to the keywords that are contained in the obtained metadata, based on the obtained information of the movie content; and a scene recommendation module for outputting at least one keyword preferred by the user from among the keywords contained in the movie content, based on the obtained contents preference information, in association with a scene recommended to the user. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120198487 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - It is provided a content recommendation system comprising a unit of storing the related information of the content; a history with respect to the content; determination information indicating whether to validate processing of extracting the recommendation content, which uses the each piece of the related information; and an effective period from a last use date, in which the determination information indicates “valid”; a unit of extracting the last use date of the each piece of the related information from the operation history, and, the determination information of the each piece of the related information to indicate “invalid” if a number of days elapsed since the last use date exceeds the effective period; and a unit of extracting the recommendation content by using at least one of the each piece of the related information of the content having the determination information thereof set to indicate “valid” and the operation history. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120254906 | MOVIE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND MOVIE RECOMMENDATION METHOD - It is provided a movie recommendation system comprising a log holding unit a movie information input unit including a movie basic information input unit and a movie extended information input unit, and a recommendation calculation unit including a simple recommendation calculation unit and an extended recommendation calculation unit. The movie recommendation system compares the number of the operation logs held in the log holding unit and a predetermined value, calculates the recommendation movies by the simple recommendation calculation unit in a case where it is determined that a small number of operation logs are held in the log holding unit, and calculates the recommendation movies by the extended recommendation calculation unit in a case where it is determined that a large number of operation logs are held in the log holding unit. | 10-04-2012 |
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| 20090075482 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A PATTERN INCLUDING ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An objective of this invention is to prevent resist poisoning and sensitivity deterioration in a chemically amplified resist. The chemically amplified resist comprises a base resin, a photoacid generator and a salt exhibiting buffer effect in the base resin. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090232551 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING SAME, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER CARTRIDGE - To realize an electrophotographic photoreceptor excellent in abrasion resistance, the photosensitive layer of the photoreceptor comprises a polyester resin containing a repeating structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a hydrazone compound. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090305496 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A post-CMP cleaning process of a copper layer is to be performed as follows. An alkaline aqueous solution, a polycarboxylic acid, BTA, and an alkaline aqueous solution are sequentially brought into contact with a primary surface of a silicon substrate over which the copper layer is provided. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100150608 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE BODY, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE USING SAME AND CARTRIDGE - To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor excellent in electric characteristics and various characteristics, capable of forming a uniform photosensitive layer and excellent in repetitive characteristics, an image forming apparatus using it and an electrophotgraphic cartridge. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110156219 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is disclosed which can prevent interlayer cracking of interlayer dielectric films while improving the adhesion between the interlayer dielectric films in a dicing process using a dicing blade. In a scribing line area, dummy wirings are formed respectively in a blade area through which a dicing blade passes in a dicing process and in non-blade areas formed on both sides of the blade area and through which the dicing blade does not pass. In the non-blade areas, vertically adjacent dummy wirings are coupled together through dummy vias, while in the blade area the vertically adjacent dummy wirings are not coupled together through dummy vias. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110230051 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A post-CMP cleaning process of a copper layer is to be performed as follows. An alkaline aqueous solution, a polycarboxylic acid, BTA, and an alkaline aqueous solution are sequentially brought into contact with a primary surface of a silicon substrate over which the copper layer is provided. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20130285203 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention is directed to a semiconductor integrated circuit device that basically has a non-memory array area, a memory array area, and memory capacitors formed across lower embedded metal interconnection layers including a low-dielectric constant interlayer insulating film in the memory array area. In addition, a memory-periphery metal seal ring is provided in the lower embedded metal interconnection layers having at least the low-dielectric constant interlayer insulating film so as to surround the memory array area. | 10-31-2013 |
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| 20090203208 | COPPER ALLOY FOR WIRING, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR FORMING WIRING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A wiring metal contains a polycrystal of copper (Cu) as a primary element and an additional element other than Cu, and concentration of the additional element is, at crystal grain boundaries composing the Cu polycrystal and in vicinities of the crystal grain boundaries, higher than that of the inside of the crystal grains. The additional element is preferably at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Cr, Co, Al, Sn, Ni, Mg, and Ag. This Cu wiring is formed by forming a Cu polycrystalline film, forming an additional element layer on this Cu film, and diffusing this additional element from the additional element layer into the Cu film. This copper alloy for wiring is preferred as metal wiring formed for a semiconductor device. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20120061844 | COPPER ALLOY FOR WIRING, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR FORMING WIRING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A wiring metal contains a polycrystal of copper (Cu) as a primary element and an additional element other than Cu, and concentration of the additional element is, at crystal grain boundaries composing the Cu polycrystal and in vicinities of the crystal grain boundaries, higher than that of the inside of the crystal grains. The additional element is preferably at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, Cr, Co, Al, Sn, Ni, Mg, and Ag. This Cu wiring is formed by forming a Cu polycrystalline film, forming an additional element layer on this Cu film, and diffusing this additional element from the additional element layer into the Cu film. This copper alloy for wiring is preferred as metal wiring formed for a semiconductor device. | 03-15-2012 |
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| 20080208952 | Information processing apparatus and method and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to distribute stored content to a client reproducing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network, which may include acquiring means; real item information generating means; extracting means; virtual item generating means; reproduction sequence list generating means; virtual item information generating means; collecting means; and distributing means. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080301103 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COLLECTING SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing system including, a client capable of receiving and reproducing content from a media server, and a collecting server for receiving content management information on the content from the media server and managing the content management information. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090300679 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a content information acquisition unit that acquires content related information related to content data managed by a content management server from the content management server managing the content data, a selection unit that selects content from a content list which is a list of the content based on the content related information, and an externally connected device control unit that notifies, when the selected content is executed by an externally connected device connected externally, the externally connected device of location information of content data corresponding to the selected content and acquires reproduction state information representing a reproduction state of content when the externally connected device reproduces the selected content from the externally connected device. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100115062 | Information processing apparatus and method and program - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to distribute stored content to a client reproducing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a network, which may include acquiring means; real item information generating means; extracting means; virtual item generating means; reproduction sequence list generating means; virtual item information generating means; collecting means; and distributing means. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20130232528 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus receives a user selection of content to be reproduced by an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. A request to reproduce the user selected content is sent to the external device. Information indicating whether the external device has started reproducing the selected content is received from the external device. In response to the external device having started reproduction of the selected content, a thumbnail image is reproduced that corresponds to the content being reproduced by the external device. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20150026302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a communication unit and a controller. The communication unit is capable of connecting to, via a fourth network, a first server and a first device existing in a first network, a second server and a second device existing in a second network, and a relay server that exists in a third network and stores connection information with respect to the first server and the second server. The controller is capable of controlling the communication unit to receive the connection information from the relay server and controlling data transmission processing between the first device and the second device via the first server and the second server using the connection information. | 01-22-2015 |
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| 20090073653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, FAN CONTROL METHOD, AND ENERGY-SAVING CONTROL DEVICE - An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a main control unit, a fan, a fan control unit, and an energy-saving control unit. The energy-saving control unit includes a fan-rotation maintaining unit that maintains rotation of the fan for a predetermined time after the operating state of the image processing apparatus is shifted to the energy-saving state, and then turns off the power supply to the fan control unit. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20130234893 | BROADCASTING DEVICE, POSITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BROADCASTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A broadcasting device includes a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast positional information indicating the position of the broadcasting device; and a receiving unit configured to receive, from a communication terminal receiving the broadcast positional information, terminal identification information for identifying the communication terminal and the positional information. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130244697 | POSITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING POSITION DATA - A distribution apparatus includes a distribution unit configured to distribute position data indicating a position of the distribution apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive data from a communication terminal that received the position data distributed by the distribution unit, the data received from the communication terminal including terminal identification data for identifying the communication terminal and the position data, and a transmission unit configured to transmit terminal setting data of the communication terminal. The reception unit is configured to receive the terminal setting data from a position data management system according to an inquiry transmitted from the communication terminal. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130316729 | POSITION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POSITION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER - A position information management system is disclosed, including a communication apparatus which includes a storage unit which stores therein position information of the communication apparatus; a wireless terminal which includes identification information and which communicates with the communication apparatus; and a management server which manages a position of the wireless terminal, wherein the management server further includes a position information receiving unit which receives the identification information and the position information from the communication apparatus; a storage unit which stores therein the communication apparatus and registered position information of the communication apparatus; a determining unit which determines whether the position information received by the position information receiving unit and stored in the storage unit and the registered position information match; and a management unit which manages a position of the wireless terminal with the identification information and the position information that is determined to match by the determining unit. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130324153 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, POSITION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND POSITION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A communication apparatus which transmits information on a position at which the communication apparatus is positioned is disclosed. The communication apparatus includes a detecting unit which detects one of a first signal which is detected when the communication apparatus is fixed to an installed location and a second signal which is detected when the communication apparatus is brought to a state in which it is not fixed to the installed location; a storage unit which stores therein the position information; and a control unit which erases the position information stored in the storage unit when the second signal is detected after the first signal is detected by the detecting unit. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130328481 | LIGHT DEVICE AND POSITIONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A light device includes a light source that irradiates light to the outside; a base part that has a mounting part on which the light source is mounted; a cover part that is formed to cover the light source, and is mounted on a bottom side of the base part; a wireless communication device that carries out wireless communication with a wireless terminal; and a positional information transmitter that transmits positional information of the wireless terminal, wherein the positional information transmitter has a pattern antenna employing an electrode that transmits visible light, and the pattern antenna is provided in the cover part. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130342399 | BROADCASTING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A broadcasting device includes a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast positional information indicating an indoor position of the broadcasting device to a predetermined area, wherein the broadcasting unit broadcasts range information indicating the size of the predetermined area together with the positional information. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140004879 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140071853 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WIRELESS TERMINAL, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information management system is disclosed that includes a wireless terminal configured to store identification data of the wireless terminal used to identify the wireless terminal in the system; a broadcasting device configured to transmit position data which represents a position at which the device is located for a predetermined area; and a server configured to store position data indicating a position at which the terminal is located. The terminal includes a collection unit configured to collect environmental data which represents a state of an environment around the terminal; a receiving unit configured to receive the position data from the device when the terminal is located in the predetermined area; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, via the device, to the server, the identification of the terminal, the position data received from the device, and the environmental data collected by the collection unit. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140087710 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication terminal control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, each of which is capable of receiving location data indicating a location at which at least one transmission device of a transmission system is located, using a receiver. The receiver is activated so as to start receiving the location data, when a stop of a movement of the communication terminal is detected. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140087766 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, LOCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING LOCATION DATA - A transmission system, a location management system, and a transmission method, each of which transmits first location data and second location data, respectively, from a first transmission device and a second transmission device, and receives, at the second transmission device, the first location data and terminal identification data that identifies a communication terminal, from the communication terminal that receives at least the first location data. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140087767 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication terminal, a communication method, and a communication terminal control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium, each of which receives, from a first transmission device, first location data indicating a location at which the first transmission device is located, and transmits the first location data and terminal identification data that identifies the communication terminal, to a second transmission device, which is a separate device from the first transmission device. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140087768 | RECEIVER SYSTEM, LOCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF RECEIVING LOCATION DATA - A receiver system, a location management system, and a receiving method, each of which transmits first location data from a first receiver device, and receives, at a second receiver device, the first location data and terminal identification data that identifies a communication terminal, from the communication terminal that receives at least the first location data. | 03-27-2014 |
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| 20080285841 | IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT FOR WAFER INSPECTION TOOL - An image processing apparatus for wafer inspection tool that is able to perform continuously cell to cell comparison inspection, die to die comparison inspection, and cell-to-cell and die-to-die hybrid comparison inspection, employing a plurality of processors. This image processing apparatus for wafer inspection tool comprises a plurality of processors for performing parallel processing, means for cutting out image data including a forward end overlap and a rear end overlap at partition boundaries in order to cut serial data into a predetermined image size, means for distributing the cutout image data to the plurality of processors, and means for assembling results of processing performed by the plurality of processors. The forward end overlap is set greater than a pitch of the cell subject to cell to cell comparison inspection. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090309022 | APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING A SUBSTRATE, A METHOD OF INSPECTING A SUBSTRATE, A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE, AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMAGE USING A SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An object of the present invention provides an inspection apparatus and an inspection method which use an electron beam image to accurately detect a defect that is difficult to detect in an optical image, the apparatus and method also enabling prevention of a possible decrease in focus accuracy of an inspection image which affect the defect detection. To accomplish the object, the present invention includes a height measurement section which measures height of the electron beam irradiation position on the substrate after the substrate is loaded onto a movable stage, a height correction processing section which corrects the measured height, and a control section which adjusts a focus of the electron beam according to the height corrected by the height correction processing section, wherein a stage position set when the height measurement section measures the height differs from a stage position set when the substrate is irradiated with the electron beam, and the height correction processing section corrects a possible deviation in height resulting from movement from the stage position for the height measurement to the stage position for the electron beam irradiation. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100246933 | Pattern Inspection Method And Apparatus - An apparatus for processing a defect candidate image, including: a scanning electron microscope for taking an enlarged image of a specimen by irradiating and scanning a converged electron beam onto the specimen and detecting charged particles emanated from the specimen by the irradiation; an image processor for processing the image taken by the scanning electron microscope to detect defect candidates on the specimen and classify the detected defect candidates into one of plural classes; a memory for storing output from the image processor including images of the detected defect candidates; and a display unit which displays information stored in the memory and an indicator, wherein the display unit displays a distribution of the detected and classified defect candidates in a map format by distinguishing by the classified class, and the display unit also displays an image of a defect candidate stored in the memory together with the map which is indicated on the map by the indicator. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110129141 | CIRCUIT PATTERN EXAMINING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT PATTERN EXAMINING METHOD - Provided is an examination technique to detect defects with high sensitivity at an outer-most repeative portion of a memory mat of a semiconductor device and even in a peripheral circuit having no repetitiveness. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110163230 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE - There is provided a substrate inspection device which uses a charged particle beam and is capable of more quickly extracting a defect candidate than ever before. The configuration of the substrate inspection device is such that a substrate having a circuit pattern is irradiated with a primary charged particle beam, the substrate is moved at a constant speed or at an increasing or a decreasing speed, a position resulting from the movement is monitored, the position of irradiation with the primary charged particle beam is controlled according to the coordinates of the substrate, an image in a partial region on the substrate is captured at a speed lower than the velocity of the movement, a defect candidate is detected based on the captured image, and the detected defect candidate is displayed in a map format. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110188735 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEFECT INSPECTION - Provided are a method and a device for defect inspection, wherein, in a state where a few DOIs exist in a large number of nuisances, a classification performance can be improved by a few appropriate defect instructions and a high classification performance is ensured while mitigating the burden of user's defect instructions. The method and device for defect inspection is characterized by repeating extraction of one or more defects from a plurality of defects detected by imaging a sample, instruction of a classification class of the extracted defects, and calculation of a classification criterion and a classification performance from the image information and classification class of the defects, and determining, based on the finally obtained classification criterion, the classification class of the unknown defects. This makes it possible to improve a classification performance by a few appropriate defect instructions and ensure a high classification performance while mitigating the burden of user's defect instructions. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110298915 | PATTERN INSPECTING APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTING METHOD - In conventional methods, efficient analyses with respect to detected defects were not given consideration. A detected image is matched against pre-obtained partial images of a normal part and a defect part to determine a defect in the detected image. Then, the partial images and the detected image are synthesized to generate a review image in which the identifiability of the detected image is improved. Thus, the operator is able to readily make a determination with respect to the detected defect. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120045115 | DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - Although there is a method for optimizing a threshold for each of regions to be inspected of an acquired detected image, only a single threshold is applied to a single detected image. Thus, when being included in a single image, an insignificant defect is detected at the same sensitivity level as that for a significant defect. The invention proposes a mechanism in which multiple sensitivity regions are set in a single inspection region, and thereby a defect only in a region where a DOI (Defect of interesting) is present in the single inspection region can be detected while being discriminated from the other ones. Specifically, the multiple sensitivity regions are set based on features of an image in the inspection region, and set sensitivities for the respective sensitivity regions are applied to a detected image, a difference image or a determination threshold for a defect determination unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120305768 | Circuit-Pattern Inspection Device - Provided is a circuit-pattern inspection device which enables efficient inspection of a semiconductor wafer by selectively inspecting areas on the semiconductor wafer, such as boundaries between patterns thereon, where defects are likely to occur during the step of producing the semiconductor wafer while changing the beam scanning direction for each area. Two-dimensional beam-deflection control is employed for inspection operations in a continuous-stage-movement-type circuit-pattern inspection device in which only one-dimensional scanning has been employed conventionally. That is, by employing a combination of an electron-beam-deflection control in a first direction parallel to the stage-movement direction and an electron-beam-deflection control in a second direction intersecting the stage-movement direction, it is possible to obtain an image of any desired area for inspection that is set within a swath. The amplitude of deflection signals for the electron-beam-deflection and the rise and fall timings of the signals are suitably controlled according to inspection conditions. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130010100 | IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SCANNING CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE, SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD, AND OBSERVING DEVICE - In a process of acquiring an image of semiconductor patterns by using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), this invention provides an image generating method and device that allows a high-resolution SEM image to be produced while suppressing damages caused by SEM imaging to a sample as a result of irradiation of an electron beam. A plurality of areas having similarly shaped patterns (similar areas) are extracted from a low-resolution SEM image which has been imaged while suppressing the irradiation energy of electron beam. From the image data of the extracted areas a single high resolution image of the patterns is generated by image restoration processing. Further, the method of this invention also uses design data in determining the similar areas and the SEM imaging position and imaging range for performing the image restoration processing. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130082177 | CIRCUIT PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - High-speed inspection is performed with appropriate sensitivity according to the pattern density and pattern characteristic of a device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130119250 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD, AND DEVICE THEREOF - A conventional pattern inspection, which compares an image to be inspected with a reference image and subjects the resulting difference value to the defect detection using the threshold of defect determination, has difficulty in highly-sensitive inspection. Because defects occur only in specific circuit pattern sections, false reports occur in the conventional pattern inspections which are not based on the position. Disclosed are a defect inspection method and a device thereof which perform a pattern inspection by acquiring a GP image in advance, designating a place to be inspected and a threshold map to the GP image on the GUI, setting the identification reference of the defects, next acquiring the image to be inspected, applying the identification reference to the image to be inspected, and identifying the defects with the identification reference, thereby enabling the highly-sensitive inspection. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130248709 | DEFECT INSPECTING APPARATUS - A semiconductor wafer | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130271595 | CIRCUIT PATTERN INSPECTING DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a high speed circuit pattern inspecting method and inspecting device which have a short preparation time for inspection and are capable of determining a defect by detecting only an image of one die. A coordinate which is expected to obtain the same pattern as a corresponding coordinate and an alignment coordinate are selected by referring to design information. The detected image and the design information are aligned using the alignment coordinate to correct the deviated amount and a pattern of the corresponding coordinate is compared with a pattern of the coordinate which is expected to obtain the same pattern to compare the patterns by detecting only an image of one die. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130322737 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A defect inspection method comprising: picking up an image of a subject under inspection to thereby acquire an inspection image; extracting multiple templates corresponding to multiple regions, respectively from design data of the subject under inspection; finding a first misregistration amount between the inspection image and the design data using a first template as any one template selected from among the plural templates; finding a second misregistration amount between the inspection image and the design data using a second template other than the first template, the second template being selected from among the plural templates, and the first misregistration-amount; and converting the design data, misregistration thereof being corrected using the first misregistration-amount, and the second misregistration-amount, into a design data image, and comparing the design data image with the inspection image to thereby detect a defect of the subject under inspection. | 12-05-2013 |
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| 20080296265 | Shielded metal arc welding machine - A shielded metal arc welding machine having a characteristic with a constant current output characteristic and a drooping output characteristic properly combined is provided. A shielded metal arc welding machine having a constant current output characteristic, characterized by having a desired drooping output characteristic, which has an optional drooping degree with a point at which a characteristic line of said constant current output characteristic intersects a welding load characteristic line L as a base point, and replaces said constant current output characteristic. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080308540 | Engine driven welding machine - An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped is characterized by including an engine stop signal forming circuit IT which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the aforesaid engine when time of the aforesaid idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply PS connected to an output terminal of the aforesaid welding machine, voltage detecting means VS which detects a voltage change of the aforesaid output terminal, a restart detecting circuit RS which forms a restart signal for restarting the aforesaid engine when the detected voltage by the aforesaid voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit EC which stops the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid stop signal, and restarts the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid restart signal. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080308541 | Engine driven welding machine - An engine driven welding machine which is favorable in operability and has high reliability and reliably performs idle stop and restart is provided. An engine driven welding machine in which a welding generator is driven by an engine, and the aforesaid engine performs an idle operation when a welding operation is stopped is characterized by including an engine stop signal forming circuit IT which forms a stop signal for stopping an operation of the aforesaid engine when time of the aforesaid idle operation exceeds a predetermined time, a direct-current power supply PS connected to an output terminal of the aforesaid welding machine, voltage detecting means VS which detects a voltage change of the aforesaid output terminal, a restart detecting circuit RS which forms a restart signal for restarting the aforesaid engine when the detected voltage by the aforesaid voltage detecting means shows a predetermined change mode for starting the welding operation, and an engine control circuit EC which stops the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid stop signal, and restarts the aforesaid engine in response to the aforesaid restart signal. | 12-18-2008 |
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| 20080304877 | Image-forming apparatus equipped with specified intermediate transfer member - An image-forming apparatus comprises an intermediate transfer member having a hard release layer on the surface that receives a primarily transferred toner image from a latent image-supporting member on the hard release layer and secondarily transfers the toner image to an image-receiving medium, wherein,
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| 20080310877 | Image-forming apparatus - An image-forming apparatus that is provided with an intermediate transfer member that has a hard releasing layer formed on the surface thereof, supports a toner image primary-transferred onto the hard releasing layer from a latent-image supporting member, and secondary-transfers the supported toner image onto an image-receiving medium, and a cleaning blade that is arranged in contact with the intermediate transfer member, and removes residual toner from the hard releasing layer of the intermediate transfer member, wherein the cleaning blade has an impact resilience in the range from 20 to 50% at 20° C. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080310890 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER - An image-forming apparatus, comprises:
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| 20090074477 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image-forming apparatus, equipped with an intermediate transfer member | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090310989 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which is free from occurrence of image noise due to the bleed phenomenon even without providing any contact-and-separation mechanism for the transfer member includes a control device which counts stop time elapsing from a stop to a restart of the image carrier, calculates an avoidance sheet count corresponding to the stop time at a restart of the image carrier, and makes a toner image carried on only part of the image carrier that has been out of the nip against the transfer member during the stop of the image carrier until the avoidance sheet count is reached after the restart of the image carrier. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100239281 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer member provided at a position at which the transfer member can be pressed against the image carrier, a detection device for detecting a toner attachment amount of the toner image formed on the image carrier, an avoidance judging section for judging whether or not avoidance of a pressed region should be performed when a toner image for image formation is formed on the image carrier, the pressed region serving as a region located on the image carrier and being pressed against the transfer member from the end of a previous image forming operation to the start of a present image forming operation, and an avoidance continuation judging section for judging the necessity for continuation of the avoidance by being operated when it is judged as avoidance by the avoidance judging section. | 09-23-2010 |
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| 20090217759 | Method of Determining Sublimate in Thermoset Film with Qcm Sensor - A method for measuring an amount of a sublimate in real time with respect to a lapse of heating time, comprising: adhering the sublimate from a thermoset film during heating to a surface of a crystal oscillator using a nozzle inserted into a detection part; and measuring the amount of the sublimate from a change in a resonance frequency corresponding to the amount of the sublimate adhered to the crystal oscillator. In the method, the thermoset film may be formed on a silicon wafer and the measurement is performed while the thermoset film is heated by a heat source disposed under the silicon wafer; or the sublimate may be set so as to flow together with an airstream ascending toward an upper part of an enclosure covering the thermoset film, and the airstream directly contacts the crystal oscillator through the nozzle inserted into the detection part disposed in the path of the airstream. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090317740 | Composition containing hydroxylated condensation resin for forming resist underlayer film - Disclosed is a lithographic composition for forming a resist underlayer film, which can be used as a lower layer antireflection film by which an exposure light striking on a photoresist formed on a semiconductor substrate is inhibited from being reflected from the substrate in a lithographic process of manufacturing semiconductor equipment, a planarization film for flattening a semiconductor substrate having a rugged surface used in order to fill in a hole formed on the semiconductor substrate, a film which prevents a photoresist from being contaminated by a substance generated from a semiconductor substrate during heating/burning, or the like. The lithographic composition for forming a resist underlayer comprises a polymer having a structure of formula (1): | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100221657 | RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME - There is provided a composition for forming a resist underlayer film not only having a large selection ratio of a dry etching rate but also exhibiting desired values of the k value and of the refractive index n at a short wavelength such as a wavelength of an ArF excimer laser. A resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography comprising: a linear polymer; and a solvent, wherein a backbone of the linear polymer has a unit structure in which 2,4-dihydroxy benzoic acid is introduced through an ester bond and an ether bond. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100266951 | RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN - There is provided a composition for forming a resist underlayer film having a large selection ratio of dry etching rate, exhibiting desired values of the k value and the refractive index n at a short wavelength, for example, in an ArF excimer laser, and further, exhibiting solvent resistance. A resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography comprises a linear polymer having, in a main chain thereof, at least one of an aromatic ring-containing structure and a nitrogen atom-containing structure; and a solvent, wherein to the aromatic ring or the nitrogen atom, at least one alkoxyalkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group is directly bonded. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110053091 | SULFUR ATOM-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN - It is an object to provide a resist underlayer film forming composition having a selection ratio of dry etching rate larger than that of a resist film and exhibiting a low k value and a high n value at a short wavelength such as that of an ArF excimer laser, and enabling the formation of a resist pattern having a desired shape. When the composition is produced or used, it is required that odor due to a raw material monomer causes no problem. The object is solved by a resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography containing a polymer having in backbone thereof, a disulfide bond (S—S bond), and a solvent. The polymer may be a product of a reaction between at least one type of compound (diepoxy compound) containing two epoxy groups and at least one type of dicarboxylic acid containing a disulfide bond. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20140370182 | ORGANIC SILICON COMPOUND AND SILANE COUPLING AGENT CONTAINING THE SAME - There is provided a novel organic silicon compound that can be used for a silane coupling agent. An organic silicon compound of Formula (1): | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150267159 | LIGHT-DEGRADABLE MATERIAL, SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR PATTERNING THE SUBSTRATE - There is provided a new material that can form a finer pattern and can be applied to adsorption/adhesion control of various cell species, proteins, viruses, and the like without the limitation of the light source. A light-degradable material comprising: a moiety that is capable of bonding to a surface of a substrate through a siloxane bond; and a structural unit of Formula (2-a) and/or Formula (2-b): | 09-24-2015 |
