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20090030236 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF TERTIARY AMINES - The present invention relates to a process for producing a tertiary amine from its corresponding primary or secondary amine and alcohol as the raw materials by using a film type catalyst. Disclosed is a process for producing a tertiary amine from an alcohol and a primary or secondary amine, which including conducting the reaction, while circulating a reaction solution at least 3 times/hour in a reactor loaded with a film type catalyst in an external circulating line ancillary to a tank. | 01-29-2009 |
20100298608 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TERTIARY AMINE - Disclosed is a process for producing a tertiary amine from a primary or secondary amine and alcohol as corresponding starting materials, which includes step (i) of dehydrogenating an alcohol to obtain an aldehyde, step (ii) of reacting the aldehyde with a primary or secondary amine to obtain a primary or secondary amine adduct, and step (iii) of hydrogenating the primary or secondary amine adduct to obtain a tertiary amine, wherein step (ii) is carried out independently of the other steps. | 11-25-2010 |
20100305363 | REACTION APPARATUS - A reaction apparatus which is used for conducting a gas-liquid chemical reaction in a state that a liquid is in a continuous phase, wherein its reactor has therein a shear type stirring impeller for dispersing a raw reaction gas or a carrier gas and a film-formed catalyst, which apparatus is capable of producing a target reaction product; and a process for producing a tertiary amine in such reaction apparatus. | 12-02-2010 |
20120123167 | REACTION APPARATUS - A reaction apparatus which is used for conducting a gas-liquid chemical reaction in a state that a liquid is in a continuous phase, wherein its reactor has therein a shear type stirring impeller for dispersing a raw reaction gas or a carrier gas and a film-formed catalyst, which apparatus is capable of producing a target reaction product; and a process for producing a tertiary amine in such reaction apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
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20100069789 | Metal Needle Usable in Echo Imaging - A metal needle is obtained by being dipped in a liquid selected from the group consisting of a strong acid solution of a metal, acetic acid, and butyl acetate, and then dried. Preferably, the strong acid solution of a metal to be used in the dipping treatment may be a nitric acid solution of a metal selected from the group consisting of a transition element, a lanthanoid, and an actinoid, for example, a nitric acid solution of a metal selected from the group consisting of palladium, gadolinium, germanium, beryllium, strontium, scandium, and samarium. The metal needle is a metal needle for insertion into the body that can be reliably imaged even when a general-purpose ultrasound imaging system is used, and thus is useful in confirming insertion of the needle into a blood vessel and arrival of the needle at an organ, and confirming the position of the needle when it is broken. | 03-18-2010 |
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20080283351 | Power transfer/transmission apparatus - A power transfer/transmission apparatus includes clutch adjusting mechanisms that are easy to assemble and are stably supported, the power transfer/transmission apparatus has a clutch housing, the clutch housing includes a vertical wall (a flange and a vertical wall) connected to a joint shaft and a peripheral wall connected to the vertical wall and enclosing a main clutch, the flange has an output unit support that rotatably supports a first end of a clutch output unit at a position that is axially different from the position of the joint shaft, a second end of the clutch output unit includes a centering part that forms a hollow axle joint having inner splines engaged with an axle so that the axle joint and axle may rotate together. | 11-20-2008 |
20090017982 | Power Transmission Device - A power transmission device | 01-15-2009 |
20090105032 | Differential gear - A differential gear has a simple structure, is able to produce a difference of differential limiting force between a driving operation of a vehicle in which the differential gear is installed and a coasting operation of the vehicle, secures the strength of a thrust bearing adopted for the differential gear, and provides a stabilized differential limiting force, in the driving operation, helical side gears receive thrusting forces acting away from each other, the differential case has inward support faces to axially support the helical side gears, the helical side gear has an annular inward counter face and an annular outward counter face on the inner circumferential side of opposite ends of a teeth area, and between the inward counter faces, there is a thrust bearing having a plurality of circumferentially arranged rollers. | 04-23-2009 |
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20100203667 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A manufacturing method for a solid-state image sensor, the method comprises the steps of: forming a charge storage region in a photoelectric converting unit by implanting a semiconductor substrate with ions of an impurity of a first conductivity type, using a first mask; heating the semiconductor substrate at a temperature of no less than 800° C. and no more than 1200° C. through RTA (Rapid Thermal Annealing); forming a surface region of the charge storage region by implanting the semiconductor substrate with ions of an impurity of a second conductivity type, using a second a mask; heating the semiconductor substrate at a temperature of no less than 800° C. and no more than 1200° C. through RTA (Rapid Thermal Annealing); and forming an antireflection film that covers the photoelectric converting unit at a temperature of less than 800° C., after the step of forming the surface region, in this order. | 08-12-2010 |
20100311200 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, comprises forming a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate electrode by forming an electrically conductive layer on the first insulating film and patterning the electrically conductive layer, etching an exposed surface of the first insulating film, forming a charge accumulation region of a photoelectric converter by implanting impurity ions of a first conductivity type into the semiconductor substrate through a thinned portion of the first insulating film formed by the etching, removing the thinned portion, forming a second insulating film covering the semiconductor substrate and the gate electrode, and forming a surface region of the photoelectric converter by implanting impurity ions of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type into the semiconductor substrate through the second insulating film. | 12-09-2010 |
20110240835 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - A photoelectric conversion device comprises an n-type surface region, a p-type region which is formed under the surface region, and an n-type buried layer which is formed under the p-type region, wherein the surface region, the p-type region, and the buried layer form a buried photodiode, and a diffusion coefficient of a dominant impurity of the surface region is smaller than a diffusion coefficient of a dominant impurity of the buried layer. | 10-06-2011 |
20110256660 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device, comprises forming a first insulating film on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate electrode by forming an electrically conductive layer on the first insulating film and patterning the electrically conductive layer, etching an exposed surface of the first insulating film, forming a charge accumulation region of a photoelectric converter by implanting impurity ions of a first conductivity type into the semiconductor substrate through a thinned portion of the first insulating film formed by the etching, removing the thinned portion, forming a second insulating film covering the semiconductor substrate and the gate electrode, and forming a surface region of the photoelectric converter by implanting impurity ions of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type into the semiconductor substrate through the second insulating film. | 10-20-2011 |
20130181268 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion section contains a semiconductor element having a laminated structure which contains an electroconductor, a semiconductor, and an insulator provided between the electroconductor and the semiconductor, in which the insulator is a silicon oxide film containing nitrogen in a main portion located between the electroconductor and the semiconductor. | 07-18-2013 |
20140346578 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A solid-state image sensor including a pixel unit arranged on a semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of photoelectric converters, and a peripheral circuit unit arranged on the semiconductor substrate and including MOS transistors and a capacitive element portion, wherein a gate insulating film of the MOS transistor in the peripheral circuit unit and an insulating film between facing electrodes of the capacitive element portion are nitrided, and a density of nitrogen atoms in the nitrided insulating film of the capacitive element portion is higher than the density of the nitrogen atoms in the nitrided insulating film of the MOS transistor in the peripheral circuit unit. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110118960 | KNOCKING DETECTING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knocking detecting apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can more accurately perform the knocking determination based on frequency components of the output signal of the knock sensor, is provided. A frequency spectrum analysis of the knock sensor output signal is performed at predetermined angular intervals of the crankshaft rotation angle. Intensities of a plurality of frequency components obtained by the frequency spectrum analysis are stored as time series data. The time series data of the frequency component intensity are binarized, and it is determined whether or not a knocking has occurred based on the binarized time series data. | 05-19-2011 |
20110178750 | FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYZING APPARATUS - A frequency spectrum analyzing apparatus for performing a frequency spectrum analysis with respect to a detected value of an operating parameter of an internal combustion engine in synchronism with rotation of the engine, is provided. The operating parameter is sampled at predetermined time intervals, and a sampled value is converted to a digital value. Intensities of first and second elements are calculated with respect to a predetermined number of the sampled values. The first elements and second elements respectively correspond to a plurality of frequency components contained in the detected value, and a phase of the second element differs from a phase of the first element by 90 degrees. Frequency component intensities corresponding to the plurality of frequency components are calculated in synchronism with rotation of the engine, using the first element intensities and the second element intensities. The frequency component intensities are calculated by replacing a part of an integrated value of the first element intensities, and a part of an integrated value of the second element intensities respectively with corresponding preceding calculated values, when an rotational speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a set threshold value. | 07-21-2011 |
20110282562 | IGNITION TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine, for controlling an ignition timing of the engine, is provided. A charging efficiency of the engine is calculated according to the intake air flow rate and the engine rotational speed which are detected, and a knock limit ignition timing is calculated according to the engine rotational speed and the charging efficiency. A knock correction value is calculated according to the knocking detection result by a knock sensor, and a learning parameter table, in which first and second learning parameters are set, is updated based on the engine rotational speed and the knock correction value when the knocking is detected. The learning parameter table is retrieved according to the engine rotational speed, to calculate the first and second learning parameters. Each-cylinder correction values are calculated corresponding respectively to a plurality of cylinders of the engine using the charging efficiency, the first learning parameter, and the second learning parameter and the ignition timing of the engine is controlled using the knock limit ignition timing and the each-cylinder correction value. | 11-17-2011 |
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20100166282 | OPTICAL APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING STRUCTURE INFORMATION AND ITS PROCESSING METHOD OF OPTICAL INTERFERENCE SIGNAL - An optical apparatus for acquiring structure information comprises an optical branching device which splits a light outputted from a wavelength-swept light source into a sampling light and a reference light; a scanning device which scans a subject having a layer structure with the sampling light; and an signal processing device which acquires optical structure information of the subject by processing an interference signal between a return light which is reflected or backscattered at the subject and the reference light which has propagated a predetermined optical path length; wherein the signal processing device includes: a layer information extraction device which extracts layer information of the subject based on the interference signal; a feature value calculation device which calculates a feature value of the layer information; and an enhanced layer-structure image construction device which constructs an enhanced layer-structure image in which the layer structure is enhanced based on the feature value. | 07-01-2010 |
20100268087 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CONSTRUCTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - Three-dimensional image data is constructed without reducing precision of tomographic image data by each radial scanning which is acquired by scanning in a longitudinal axis direction of a probe even when a variation of rotational speed of radial scanning occurs due to a variation of torque in wave radiation from a probe distal end. A signal processing unit is configured by including an A/D conversion section, a line data generating section, a frame memory section, a memory control section, a data recording control section, an image constructing section, a data recording section, an longitudinal moving amount calculating section and a control section. The frame memory section stores reflection intensity data from the line data generating section by frame unit based on a rotation detection signal Sa, and is configured by including a first memory, a second memory and a third memory which are constituted of three frame memories for storing reflection intensity data of three frames. | 10-21-2010 |
20110077463 | OPTICAL PROBE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - According to the optical probe of an aspect of the present invention, the flexible and optically transparent partition wall separates the imaging core lumen and the guidewire lumen, and the pressure increasing/decreasing port increases/decreases the pressure inside the imaging core lumen that is at a proximal part of the imaging core lumen. It is therefore possible to advance the probe along the guidewire as far as an affected area, and by pulling back the guidewire to a handle portion to push out the imaging core to the distal end portion, it is possible to observe a distal part and obtain an image without guidewire artifacts. | 03-31-2011 |
20110112410 | OPTICAL PROBE, DRIVE CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An optical probe, comprising:
| 05-12-2011 |
20130182261 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - An optical tomographic imaging method according to one aspect of the present invention is a method of: splitting light emitted from a wavelength sweep light source into measuring light and reference light; radiating the measuring light onto a measuring subject; combining reflection light from the measuring subject with the reference light; detecting interfered light obtained by combining the reflection light with the reference light as an interference signal; and Fourier-transforming the interference signal to acquire a tomographic image of the measuring subject, and includes steps of: generating tomographic data of the measuring subject based on the interference signal; generating surface data of the measuring subject based on the interference signal; constructing a tomographic image that is based on the generated tomographic data; constructing a surface image that is based on the outputted surface data; and generating a display image from the tomographic image and the surface image. | 07-18-2013 |
20140005556 | PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASURING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140007690 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - The amount of time required to complete reception of photoacoustic signals and reflected acoustic signals is shortened in an image generating apparatus. Light is irradiated onto a subject. Sampling of photoacoustic signals is initiated and sampled photoacoustic signals are stored in a memory. Acoustic waves are transmitted toward the subject in a state in which sampling of the photoacoustic signals is being conducted. Reflected acoustic signals are sampled continuous with the photoacoustic signals, and sampled reflected acoustic signals are stored in the memory. A photoacoustic image and an ultrasound image based on data stored in the memory. | 01-09-2014 |
20140202247 | LASER SOURCE UNIT AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - A laser source unit obtains Q switch pulse oscillation with a simple structure while continuously switching a plurality of wavelengths. A laser source unit emits pulsed laser beams with a plurality of different wavelengths. A flash lamp radiates excitation light to a laser rod. A pair of mirrors face each other with the laser rod interposed therebetween. The pair of mirrors form an optical resonator. Wavelength selection unit controls the wavelength of light which resonates in the optical resonator to any one of a plurality of wavelengths to be emitted by the laser source unit. Driving unit drives the wavelength selection unit such that the optical resonator performs the Q switch pulse oscillation. | 07-24-2014 |
20140257079 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNAL - To obtain an absorption distribution from a detected signal with a practical device. Light is applied to a subject, and a photoacoustic signal generated in the subjectA photoacoustic is detected. From the detected photoacoustic signal, a light differential waveform, which is a differential waveform of a temporal waveform of the light applied to the subject, is deconvolved. As a result of this deconvolution, an absorption distribution is obtained. | 09-11-2014 |
20140336482 | LASER DEVICE AND PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Disclosed is a laser device which can emit light having first and second wavelengths, having the advantage of increasing laser efficiency without causing an increase in cost. A flash lamp irradiates excitation light onto a laser rod. An optical resonator includes a pair of mirrors facing each other with the laser rod interposed therebetween. A wavelength switching unit includes a long path filter which transmits light having a wavelength equal to or greater than a first wavelength. The wavelength switching unit inserts the long path filter on the optical path of the optical resonator when the wavelength of laser light to be emitted is the first wavelength. | 11-13-2014 |
20140350402 | PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE - A photoacoustic imaging method is provided that can prevent the surface of the subject from appearing in an image when a part to be observed at a position deeper than the surface of the subject is imaged. The photoacoustic imaging device includes a unit for outputting pulsed light toward the subject, and generating photoacoustic data by detecting photoacoustic waves emitted from the subject exposed to the light. The photoacoustic imaging device also includes a region detection unit that detects a near-surface region of the subject based on the photoacoustic wave detection signals, and a correcting unit that attenuates (which encompasses removing) information of the near-surface region found by the region detection unit when the part to be observed is displayed. | 11-27-2014 |
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20100003577 | Fuel gas supplying apparatus for fuel cell system - A fuel gas supplying apparatus for a fuel cell system includes an exhaust apparatus having an exhaust pipe; a fuel apparatus for supplying fuel to the fuel cell; a regulator arranged to reduce pressure of the fuel gas provided to the fuel cell; and a fuel gas emitting pipe confluence-connected to the exhaust pipe, to emit fuel gas to an outside of the fuel apparatus by using the exhaust pipe as a pipe for temporarily emitting gas to the atmosphere. The regulator includes a plurality of pressure relief valves, a pressure reducing portion, and a solenoid valve upstream of the pressure reducing portion. The pressure relief valves are connected upstream and downstream of the pressure reducing portion. | 01-07-2010 |
20100252554 | Arrangement structure of gaseous fuel filling port for motorcycle - A fuel filling port is inclined at a predetermined angle in a vertical direction such that a filling nozzle is inserted slantwise from above when a body is supported in an upright posture by a center stand to prevent a motorcycle from falling over even if a filling nozzle is pressingly inserted into the fuel filling port. | 10-07-2010 |
20130149624 | AIR-INTAKE APPARATUS FOR AIR-COOLED FUEL CELL - An air-intake apparatus for an air-cooled fuel cell according to this invention is provided with outside air temperature-detecting means; an outside air flow passage; an outside air flow rate-regulating valve; inside air temperature-detecting means; an inside air flow passage; an inside air flow rate-regulating valve; an air-conditioning air passage; an air-conditioning air flow rate-regulating valve; and air-intake control means for driving and controlling the outside air flow rate-regulating valve, the inside air flow rate-regulating valve, and the air-conditioning air flow rate-regulating valve on the basis of respective temperatures detected by the outside air temperature-detecting means and the inside air temperature-detecting means, wherein this air-intake control means generates a gas having a temperature optimized by making the gas pass through one or more of these flow passages and regulating valves, and supplies this gas to the fuel cell main unit as an oxidizing gas. | 06-13-2013 |
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20090003912 | CURL CORRECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A curl correcting device for correcting a curl of a sheet at a curved belt-nip portion includes an endless belt extending between a driving roller and a driven roller, and a pressing roller configured to press a belt surface of the endless belt. A stepping motor is controlled in accordance with a pressing amount of the pressing roller to the belt surface of the endless belt to adjust a speed of the endless belt, thereby preventing the speed from being decreased. | 01-01-2009 |
20120112405 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A registration portion which conveys a sheet toward an image forming portion forming an image on the sheet includes a controlling portion which regulates a sheet skew feeding correction amount by the skew feeding correcting portion based on the sheet right angle degree detected by the end detection sensor. The controlling portion automatically calculates, from the sheet right angle degree detected by the end detection sensor, a skew feeding regulation amount used for making any one of the two sides, forming the corner of the sheet, parallel to the image and corrects the skew feeding of the sheet by the skew feeding correcting portion with the use of the skew feeding regulation amount so that any one of the two sides forming the corner of the sheet is parallel to the image. | 05-10-2012 |
20120321362 | HEATING APPARATUS - A heating apparatus includes a film; a film conveying device; a heating device, contactable to a film surface opposite from another film surface where the film is contactable to the recording material, for selectively heating the recording material via the film in a heating region with respect to a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the recording material; a recording material conveying device for conveying the recording material toward a film contact portion; and a control device for controlling, when a plurality of recording materials are heated by the heating device, the recording material conveying device to convey the recording materials toward the film contact portion so that a heating region of the recording material is contacted to the film and so that at least a part of a region of the recording material other than the heating region overlaps another recording material. | 12-20-2012 |
20130026706 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of high-precision sheet position correction is provided. | 01-31-2013 |
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20140185047 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a measurement image on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to irradiate the measurement image with light and measure light reflected from the measurement image, a white reference plate arranged to be movable to a first position opposed to the measurement unit and a second position separated farther from the measurement unit than the first position, a shielding unit arranged to be movable to a third position that blocks the light with which the measurement unit irradiates the white reference plate and a fourth position that does not block the light, and a control unit configured to control positions of the reference plate and the shielding unit. When the measurement unit measures the white reference plate, the control unit moves the shielding unit to the fourth position and the white reference plate to the first position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140233968 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT FORMS A TEST PATTERN AND CARRIES OUT CORRECTION - An image forming apparatus, includes an image forming unit configured to form a reference pattern and a test pattern on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to detect the reference pattern formed on the sheet and to measure the test pattern formed on the sheet, and a control unit configured to control a measurement timing of the test pattern by the measurement unit according to a detection interval between two reference patterns detected by the measurement unit. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100274860 | CHECKING DESTINATION EMAIL ADDRESSES AGAINST HISTORICAL ADDRESS INFORMATION - An email is created that includes one or more destination email addresses, plus historical information regarding previously exchanged emails. Before sending this email, each of the destination email addresses is checked against the email addresses in the historical information and, if a destination email address (or the domain name of that destination address) is not found in the historical information, then a warning is displayed to alert the user to the fact that this historical information may be sent to an unintended recipient. In response to this warning, which may include a list of unapproved destination email address, the user may approve a previously unapproved destination email address, change the unapproved destination email address to one that has been previously approved, or enter a new distribution email to be substituted for the unapproved one. When creating the email, the user may also specify other approved email addresses. | 10-28-2010 |
20110113233 | SYSTEM, SERVER, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RELAYING ELECTRONIC MAIL - A system, a server, a method, and a computer program are described for relaying an electronic mail without a leak of secret information included in a quoted electronic mail to an unintended recipient without impairing the usability of the electronic mail system. The server receives an electronic mail that is newly created by one of the clients with quotation from one or a plurality of electronic mails received in the past. The server determines, for each quoted electronic mail quoted in the received electronic mail, whether a destination designated in the received electronic mail is included in an originator and a destination set in each quoted electronic mail. The server edits the content of each quoted electronic mail that is determined not to include the destination designated in the received electronic mail. The server transfers the electronic mail including the edited quoted electronic mail to the designated destination. The server stores edition information for returning the edited quoted electronic mail to a state before the editing in association with information that identifies the received electronic mail. | 05-12-2011 |
20120222126 | CHECKING DESTINATION EMAIL ADDRESSES AGAINST HISTORICAL ADDRESS INFORMATION - An email, which includes a header and historical information, is created. The header comprises a destination email address, which comprises a name of an addressed recipient of the email and a domain name of the destination email address. The historical information in the email comprises an approved address for a previously exchanged email with the addressed recipient. The first approved address is compared to a corresponding portion of the first destination email address. In response to the corresponding portion of the first destination email address being different from the first approved address as stored in the storage unit, a warning is outputted. The warning comprises both the approved address, and an unapproved address list that comprises the first destination email address. | 08-30-2012 |
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20100197137 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber arranged in a vacuum vessel. A wafer placed on a sample stage in the processing chamber is processed using a plasma formed in the processing chamber. Before etching the film layers provided on the wafer composed of a metal substance and an underlying oxide film or a material having a high dielectric constant, another wafer, provided on a surface thereof a film composed of a metal of the same kind as the metal substance, is processed and particles of the metal are deposited on an inner wall of said processing chamber. | 08-05-2010 |
20120085366 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a plasma processing method capable of removing a Ti-series deposit from the surface of a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus without production of a foreign matter such as a boron oxide. The plasma processing method includes carbon-series deposition discharge which succeeds product etching during which a sample containing a Ti material is processed, and during which a carbon-series film is deposited on a Ti reaction by-product deposited on the surface of the processing chamber, and chlorine-series discharge which succeeds the carbon-series deposition discharge and during which the carbon-series film and Ti that are deposited on the surface of the processing chamber are removed. | 04-12-2012 |
20120252200 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber arranged in a vacuum vessel. A wafer placed on a sample stage in the processing chamber is processed using a plasma formed in the processing chamber. Before etching the film layers provided on the wafer composed of a metal substance and an underlying oxide film or a material having a high dielectric constant, another wafer, provided on surface thereof a film composed of a metal of the same kind as the metal substance, processed and particles of the metal are deposited on an inner wall of said processing chamber. | 10-04-2012 |
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20090263654 | GAS BARRIER FILM - The present invention relates to a gas barrier film where a polyurethane type resin layer and an inorganic layer are disposed in this order from a polyester type resin film side on at least one surface of a polyester type resin film, wherein the polyurethane type resin constituting said polyurethane type resin layer is a resin containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) and/or the following formula (2). | 10-22-2009 |
20100177456 | METALLIZED FILM FOR CAPACITOR AND CAPACITOR USING THE SAME - A metalized film for a capacitor, wherein a coating layer including a silicone composition as a constituent and a metallic layer are laminated on at least one surface of a polymer film in the order from the polymer film side. | 07-15-2010 |
20110236706 | GAS BARRIER FILM - A gas barrier film is provided comprising a base film of polyester provided, on at least one of its surfaces, with a deposited layer of an inorganic compound and a gas barrier layer of a copolymer resin composition formed on the former. The gas barrier layer is produced from a mixture of a base material composed at least of the two components of (a) an unsaturated nitrile that accounts for 10% to 30% by mass of the copolymer and (b) an unsaturated compound with a hydroxyl group that accounts for 30% to 70% by mass of the copolymer; (c) a curing agent that contains a compound with an isocyanate group; and (d) a compound that has either two or more carboxylic acid groups or one or more carboxylic anhydride groups. | 09-29-2011 |
20120288708 | GAS BARRIER FILM - The present invention relates to a gas barrier film where a polyurethane type resin layer and an inorganic layer are disposed in this order from a polyester type resin film side on at least one surface of a polyester type resin film, wherein the polyurethane type resin constituting said polyurethane type resin layer is a resin containing a skeleton represented by the following formula (1) and/or the following formula (2). | 11-15-2012 |
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20090167915 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a solid-state imaging device being capable of suppressing RTS noise and preventing decrease in S/N when a signal having a smaller value is converted to a digital signal. The solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging unit including pixels arranged in rows and columns; column amplifying units each amplifying a column signal with a variable gain, each of the column amplifying units being provided for each column of the imaging unit; column sample-hold units each selectively sample-holding and passing the column signal, the column signal being amplified by a corresponding one of the column amplifying units; and column AD conversion units each converting, using a ramp signal, the column signal representing a signal component and a reference component to a digital signal corresponding to a difference between the signal component and the reference component, the column signal being read from a corresponding one of said column sample-hold units. | 07-02-2009 |
20090284629 | A/D CONVERTER-INCORPORATED SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The solid-state imaging device includes: a first node for receiving a first signal from outside the solid-state imaging device; a second node for receiving a second signal from outside the solid-state imaging device; a test signal selection circuit for outputting the first signal received at the first node and the second signal received at the second node as a test signal by switching between the first and second signals at desired timing; and a test signal input circuit for supplying the test signal from the test signal selection circuit to an input of the A/D converter. | 11-19-2009 |
20100194948 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - The solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: pixel units arranged two-dimensionally in rows and columns; signal holding units each holding an analog signal outputted from one of the pixel units in a corresponding one of the columns; and column AD circuits each converting, into a digital signal, the analog signal held by a corresponding one of said signal holding units. The signal holding units and the column AD circuits are respectively provided for the columns of the pixel units. Each of the signal holding units includes: a switching element connected to a column signal line through which the analog signal outputted from the one of the pixel units is transmitted; and a capacitor element holding the analog signal and being connected to the column signal line through the switching element. | 08-05-2010 |
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20090002746 | Apparatus For Communicating With A RFID Tag, Tape Cartridge And Tag Tape - There are included an antenna transmitting and receiving information through a radio communication with a RFID circuit element, a signal processing circuit and a transmission portion of a radio frequency circuit configured to execute write or read of information with respect to an IC circuit part of the RFID circuit element, a tape-feeding-roller drive shaft for feeding out a base tape from a first roll, a cutter configured to cut the base tape fed out by this tape-feeding-roller drive shaft to a predetermined length to produce a RFID label, a print head making a print in a predetermined print region of the base tape, and a control circuit configured to control this print head so as to be capable of being switched between the print in a forward direction and the print in a rotation direction inverting this forward direction with respect to a predetermined print region. | 01-01-2009 |
20090160613 | Cartridge for including at least RFID tag and appratus for communicating with RFID tag - This disclosure discloses an apparatus for producing RFID label includes: a cartridge holder detachable with respect to a cartridge having a base tape provided with a RFID circuit element provided with an IC circuit part and a tag antenna, a loop antenna configured to transmit/receive information with the RFID circuit element via radio communication, and a cartridge connector configured to supply power to the loop antenna; a tape feeding roller configured to feed the base tape; and an apparatus connector configured to supply power to the cartridge connector. | 06-25-2009 |
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20080297756 | Transverse electric-field type liquid crystal display device, process of manufacturing the same, and scan-exposing device - A process of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device of transverse electric-field type, wherein a halftone photomask which is used to form a photoresist pattern has a fully light-shielding area preventing UV irradiation of a portion of an active matrix substrate in which a thin-film transistor element is to be formed, so that the photoresist pattern includes a positive resist portion which has a first thickness and which is formed on the above-indicated portion of the substrate. The halftone mask further has a fully light-transmitting area which permits fully UV transmission therethrough to provide the photoresist pattern with a resist-free area which corresponds to a portion of the substrate in which a contact hole serving as a third connection portion connecting an external scanning-line driver circuit and a scanning-line terminal portion through a junction electrode is to be formed. The photoresist pattern also has a positive resist portion which is formed in the other portion of the substrate and which has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. Also disclosed in a scan-exposing device used in the process is also disclosed. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299690 | High quality and ultra large screen liquid crystal display device and production method thereof - A large screen liquid crystal display device using a transverse electric field system which is capable of dramatically improving an aperture ratio, a transmittance ratio, brightness, and contrast with low cost and high production yield. For example, the width of the common electrodes that shield the electric fields of the video signal lines can be decreased dramatically and the aperture ratio can be improved dramatically. Especially, the bumps covering the video signal lines can be used along with the spacers, and with the use of halftone exposure method, the bumps covering the video signal lines and the spacers can be constructed at the same time, which dramatically shortens the time required for the production process. | 12-04-2008 |
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20100066955 | SUBSTRATE FOR USE IN A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a substrate for use in a liquid crystal display of a CF-on-TFT structure in which a color filter is formed on the side of an array substrate in which a switching element is formed, and has an object to provide a substrate for use in a liquid crystal display, which enables simplification of a manufacturing process typified by a photolithography process and has high reliability. The substrate for use in the liquid crystal display is constructed to include external connection terminals which include first terminal electrodes electrically connected to gate bus lines led out from a plurality of pixel regions arranged on a glass substrate in a matrix form, second terminal electrodes formed of forming material of a pixel electrode and directly on the glass substrate, and electrode coupling regions for electrically connecting the first and the second terminal electrodes, and which electrically connect an external circuit and the gate bus lines. | 03-18-2010 |
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20080303997 | VERTICALLY-ALLIGNED (VA) LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A vertically alignment mode liquid crystal display device having an improved viewing angle characteristic is disclosed. The disclosed liquid crystal display device uses a liquid crystal having a negative anisotropic dielectric constant, and orientations of the liquid crystal are vertical to substrates when no voltage being applied, almost horizontal when a predetermined voltage is applied, and oblique when an intermediate voltage is applied. At least one of the substrates includes a structure as domain regulating means, and inclined surfaces of the structure operate as a trigger to regulate azimuths of the oblique orientations of the liquid crystal when the intermediate voltage is applied. | 12-11-2008 |
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20080287313 | Reactive chips and methods for detecting bindings of target substances utilizing the chips - A novel chip capable of reducing a reaction period, applying wide-ranging target substance, preventing a mismatch binding efficiently and enabling a highly accurate detection is provided. Thus, an inventive reactive chip has the capture probe ( | 11-20-2008 |
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20120196765 | METHOD FOR DETECTION OR ANALYSIS OF TARGET SEQUENCE IN GENOMIC DNA - A method of detecting or analyzing a target sequence in a genomic DNA by using a capture probe immobilized on a solid carrier includes: bringing the target nucleic acid into contact with a first query probe that has a sequence complementary to a portion of the target sequence or to a sequence adjacent to the portion and a second query probe that has a sequence complementary to another portion of the target sequence or to a sequence adjacent to the another portion and that has a recognition sequence complementary to a portion of the capture probe; acquiring a ligated molecule by ligating the first query probe and the second query probe that are hybridized to the target nucleic acid; bringing the ligated molecule into contact with the capture probe on the solid carrier and then capturing the ligated molecule on the solid carrier by hybridizing the capture probe with the recognition sequence in the ligated molecule; and detecting the captured ligated molecule. | 08-02-2012 |
20130115718 | Carrier Carrying Identifying Information for Identifying an Identification Subject and Use Thereof - Disclosed are a carrier that carries identifying information having favorable identification performance and a use thereof. The carrier carries identifying information for identifying an identification subject, and comprises one or more pieces of DNA having a thymine-rich base sequence and having, as the identifying information, an identifying base sequence pre-associated with the identification subject. | 05-09-2013 |
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20100052024 | CAPACITOR INSULATING FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, CAPACITOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE CAPACITOR INSULATING FILM - A capacitor insulating film may include, but is not limited to, strontium, titanium, and oxygen. The capacitor insulating film has a ratio of a spectrum intensity of (200) crystal face of the capacitor insulating film to a spectrum intensity of (111) crystal face of the capacitor insulating film in the range of 1.0 to 2.3. Each of the spectrum intensities of (200) crystal face and (111) crystal face is measured by an X-ray diffraction method. | 03-04-2010 |
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