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| 20090103901 | CONTENT TAG ATTACHMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND CONTENT TAG ATTACHMENT SUPPORT METHOD - There is provided a content tag attachment support device enabling a person to perform both tag attachment work and correction word and suppressing increase of the work time. In this device, audio recognition means ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20120117069 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a data processing device that provides a result of categorization that is satisfactory to a user, even when user data includes an object specific to the user. The data processing device stores therein model data pieces each indicating detection counts of feature amounts; judges, for each target data piece, whether the target data piece is a non-categorization data piece including an uncategorizable object, using the model data pieces and the detection count of each of at least two feature amounts detected in the target data piece; when, as a result of the judgment, two or more of the target data pieces are judged to be non-categorization data pieces, specifies at least two feature amounts that are each included, and detected the same number of times, in a predetermined number or more of the non-categorization data pieces, and newly creates a model data piece based on the at least two feature amounts that have been specified, using a class creation method, and stores the model data piece into the storage unit. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120136823 | AUDIO CLASSIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To classify moving images using audio signals. An audio signal is acquired, a section feature relating to an audio frequency distribution is extracted with respect to each of a plurality of sections each having a predetermined length contained in the acquired audio signal, each extracted section feature is compared with each of reference section features to calculate a section similarity indicating a degree of correlation between each section feature and each reference section feature. An integrated feature relating to the plurality of sections and being calculated based on the section similarity calculated with respect to each of the plurality of sections is extracted from the acquired audio signal. The extracted integrated feature is compared with each of one or more reference integrated features, and the audio signal is classified based on comparison result. Then, classification result is used for moving image classification. | 05-31-2012 |
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| 20080198154 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus of the invention has an object to provide an image processing apparatus enabling the user to improve the operation ability even when furnished with a wide variety of capabilities, and a method for supporting an operation of the image processing apparatus, which is formed by including: an instruction unit configured to provide plural operation instructions to a user by displaying one of plural operation screens and plural operation items; an operation skill level calculation unit configured to calculate a level of skill of the user for an operation instructed by the instruction unit for one of each operation screen and each operation item displayed by the instruction unit according to an operation by the user; and an operation support unit configured to support the operation instructed by the instruction unit according to the level of skill calculated by the operation skill level calculation unit. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080199199 | AUTOMATIC JOB TEMPLATE GENERATING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC JOB TEMPLATE GENERATION METHOD - In order to provide an automatic job template generating apparatus capable of making operations simpler by reducing the steps in the user interface operation to match a frequently used capability of an MFP, an automatic job template generating apparatus of the invention is formed of an operation history acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation history of a multi function peripherals for each user according to information accessed to the multi function peripherals on the Web, an operation frequency analysis unit configured to analyze an operation frequency at regular timing according to the operation history acquired by the operation history acquisition unit, and a job template generation unit configured to newly generate a job execution parameter having a high operation frequency on an operation screen as a job template button according to an analysis result of the operation analysis unit. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080231882 | DIGITAL MULTIPLE APPARATUS - In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080232827 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method in the invention include a scanner unit, an image forming unit, and a discarding unit. When time during which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is discharged to a paper discharge tray has exceeded a set time set in advance, the recording medium is discarded to the discarding unit to prevent the recording medium from being inspected by a third party and secure confidentiality. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080304109 | IMAGE-SORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-SORTING METHOD - An image-sorting apparatus includes a feeding unit to feed printed sheets sequentially carried in from an external print unit, in which an electronic watermark is added to an important printed sheet. Particularly, the image-sorting apparatus includes a read unit to read the electronic watermark from the printed sheet fed by the feeding unit, and a control unit to control the feeding unit to feed the printed sheets to one of a first and a second transfer position based on a read result of the electronic watermark. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100221023 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method in the invention include a scanner unit, an image forming unit, and a discarding unit. When time during which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is discharged to a paper discharge tray has exceeded a set time set in advance, the recording medium is discarded to the discarding unit to prevent the recording medium from being inspected by a third party and secure confidentiality. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110235121 | DIGITAL MULTIPLE APPARATUS - In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit. | 09-29-2011 |
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| 20090183899 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - When soldering is performed, heat transferred from through hole | 07-23-2009 |
| 20120103683 | WIRING STRUCTURE, CABLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRING STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a wiring structure that easily achieves a wiring part having a three-dimensional shape with high connection reliability and high signal quality. A wiring structure ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120217653 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NOISE SUPPRESSING METHOD - A first semiconductor chip ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120222891 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD - A first interconnect substrate includes a first conductor pattern. A second interconnect substrate includes a second conductor pattern. At least a portion of the second conductor pattern is formed in a region opposite the first conductor pattern. At least either the first conductor pattern or the second conductor pattern has a repeated structure. The first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern constitute at least a portion of an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20130126227 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Leakage of electromagnetic noise from a wiring substrate is suppressed. A wiring substrate ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130212551 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT DESIGN SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT DESIGN METHOD - A power supply circuit design system according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes: a power supply voltage fluctuation deriving means for deriving a power supply voltage fluctuation characteristic as a voltage fluctuation characteristic in a semiconductor integrated circuit on the basis of design information about a power supply circuit for connecting the semiconductor integrated circuit and other components mounted on a substrate; a determination reference database including a power supply voltage fluctuation condition as a condition for which the power supply voltage fluctuation characteristic is allowed in the power supply circuit, and a change indicator for at least one of a circuit structure and operation of the semiconductor integrated circuit; a power supply voltage fluctuation determination means for comparing the power supply voltage fluctuation characteristic and the power supply voltage fluctuation condition, and determining whether the power supply voltage fluctuation characteristic satisfies the power supply voltage fluctuation condition; and a circuit structure changing means for changing at least one of the structure and the operation of the semiconductor integrated circuit in accordance with the change indicator if the power supply voltage fluctuation characteristic does not satisfy the power supply voltage fluctuation condition, and outputting design information about the changed semiconductor integrated circuit to the power supply voltage fluctuation deriving means; wherein the change indicator does not entail a change in size of the semiconductor integrated circuit. | 08-15-2013 |
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| 20100239263 | OPTICAL RELAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL RELAY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control-target-value setting unit sets a control target value corresponding to the number of multiplexed wavelengths measured by a number-of-multiplexed-wavelengths measuring unit. A controller controls the variable optical attenuator based on the control target value. An optical amplifier performs an optical amplification with a constant gain regardless of power of a wavelength-multiplexed light. The controller performs feedback control of the variable optical attenuator such that a result of measurement of the total power of the wavelength-multiplexed light coincides with the control target value. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20130039643 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An optical communication system including optical transmission systems each includes a transmission processing unit and a receiving processing unit, wherein the transmission processing unit includes an optical transmission unit that converts electric signals into optical signals, an auxiliary optical transmission unit that converts a part of the electric signals into an optical signal having a wavelength other than wavelengths of the optical signals generated by the optical transmission unit, and outputs the generated optical signal to a different transmission processing unit, and a wavelength multiplexing unit, and the receiving processing unit includes a wavelength demultiplexing unit, an optical receiving unit that converts the optical signals having the wavelengths of the optical signals generated by the optical transmission unit into electric signals, respectively, and an auxiliary optical receiving unit that converts the optical signal having the wavelength of the optical signal generated by the auxiliary optical transmission unit. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130129356 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An optical communication system includes an optical-signal transmission unit transmitting an existing optical signal and a low-rate-signal superimposition unit superimposing a low-rate signal on the existing optical signal by intensity modulation. It further includes: a low-rate-signal extraction unit that extracts the low-rate signal from the existing optical signal on which the low-rate signal is superimposed and converts the extracted low-rate signal into a low-rate electric signal; an add-on optical-signal transmission unit that transmits an add-on optical signal; a low-rate-signal superimposition unit that superimposes a low-rate signal on the add-on optical signal by the intensity modulation based on the low-rate electric signal; and a repeater that repeats the add-on optical signal on which the low-rate signal is superimposed, to a transmission destination. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130136451 | OPTICAL TRANSFER SYSTEM, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL RECEPTION DEVICE - In an optical transfer system, an optical transmission unit generates an optical signal in which respective polarization components are alternately present on a time axis, a time period during which the respective polarization components are simultaneously present on the time axis is substantially zero, and a symbol repetition cycle of optical signals of the respective polarization components becomes Ts, an optical reception unit causes an interference between local oscillation light and a received optical signal and converts an interfered optical signal to an electric signal, and a received electric-signal processing unit performs analog-digital conversion of an electric signal, elimination of a delay difference of Ts/2 between the respective polarized signal components, and adaptive equalization of a distortion other than the delay difference. | 05-30-2013 |
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| 20100291363 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING SHEET AND RECORDED MATERIAL - An electrophotographic recording sheet having, on a water-resistant support, a toner-receiving layer containing a liphophilic polymer antistatic agent with a specific surface resistivity of from 1×10 | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110260781 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The interposer is disposed on an upper surface of the stacked structure formed by stacking a plurality of a DRAM chip and a plurality of a flash memory chip. Thus down-size of an entire device is accomplished. A boost converter having an inductor is used as a voltage boost circuit. Thus down-size of the entire device is accomplished in comparison to a voltage boost circuit using a charge pump connected in parallel with a plurality of a capacitance. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110298534 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The channel number detecting circuit | 12-08-2011 |
| 20140104952 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A booster circuit is configured, such that: in response to a reading request for reading data from a flash memory, when a voltage of an output terminal detected by a voltage detection circuit is not higher than a voltage, an oscillator outputs a control clock signal of predetermined on time and off time to a transistor of a boost converter to perform switching control of the transistor; and when the voltage detection circuit detects that the voltage of the output terminal reaches a voltage, an oscillator outputs a control clock signal of an on time and an off time input from a selection circuit to a transistor of a boost converter to perform switching control of the transistor. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140313259 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a liquid ejecting head provided with a suction port capable of avoiding the return of mists, which have once sucked through a suction port, to the suction port. In view of this, the inner diameter L of a suction tube for allowing liquid mists taken in through the suction port to pass is designed such that a meniscus is formed before a liquid droplet adhering to the inside of the suction tube grows enough to move toward the suction port. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150085014 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, MIST COLLECTING MECHANISM AND MIST COLLECTION METHOD - There are provided a mist collecting mechanism capable of efficiently sucking and collecting an air blown out from a blow-out unit and a liquid ejection apparatus including the mist collecting mechanism. The mist collecting mechanism includes a suction port configured to suck an air containing mists. Moreover, the mist collecting mechanism includes a first blow-out port that blows out an air in order to guide the air containing mists to the suction port. Moreover, the mist collecting mechanism includes a second blow-out port that blows out an air in order to adjust a position, toward which the air blown out from the first blow-out port flows, so that the air blown out from the first blow-out port is appropriately sucked by the suction port. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085015 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Air blown out from one blowing-out opening of a pinch roller which is within a predetermined angle range forms an air flow of a flow rate Fc which heads for a region between a suction mechanism and a print medium. This makes it possible to efficiently guide the air blown out from the blowing-out opening into the region, and as a result, ink mist can be collected satisfactorily even in a case where the amount of air blown from the pinch roller is relatively small. Further, in this case, the flow rate Fe of a flow blown from the pinch roller is appropriately determined, whereby the suction mechanism can collect substantially 100% of air and ink mist flowing into the region. | 03-26-2015 |
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| 20090280128 | ANTI-ILT7 ANTIBODY - An antibody binding to IPC was obtained by using an animal cell in which a cell membrane protein associatable with ILT7 was co-expressed as an immunogen. The antibody of the invention has a high specificity which allows immunological distinction between other ILT family molecules and ILT7. The anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention bound to IPC and inhibited the activity thereof. With the anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention, the IPC activity can be inhibited and an interferon-related disease can be treated or prevented. ILT7 expression is maintained even in IPC in the presence of IFNα. Therefore, an inhibitory action of IPC activity by the anti-ILT7 antibody can be expected even in an autoimmune disease patient with an increased production of IFNα. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100278832 | ANTI-BST2 ANTIBODY - BST2 antibodies were selected by using as an indicator the binding between BST2 antibodies and various splicing variants of human BST2 antigen. As a result, the present inventors successfully obtained BST2 antibodies that specifically recognize BST2D, which has been reported to be expressed at high levels in cancer cells. The antibodies of the present invention specifically bind to cells expressing BST2D. Non-specific antibody binding to non-target tissues, which results in the decrease of antibody concentration in blood, can be prevented by using the antibodies of the present invention therapeutically. Alternatively, the present invention provides diagnostic agents comprising an antibody of the present invention, which specifically detect tissues expressing BST2D. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20120135003 | ANTI-ILT7 ANTIBODY - An antibody binding to IPC was obtained by using an animal cell in which a cell membrane protein associatable with ILT7 was co-expressed as an immunogen. The antibody of the invention has a high specificity which allows immunological distinction between other ILT family molecules and ILT7. The anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention bound to IPC and inhibited the activity thereof. With the anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention, the IPC activity can be inhibited and an interferon-related disease can be treated or prevented. ILT7 expression is maintained even in IPC in the presence of IFNα. Therefore, an inhibitory action of IPC activity by the anti-ILT7 antibody can be expected even in an autoimmune disease patient with an increased production of IFNα. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20130259872 | ANTI-ILT7- ANTIBODY - An antibody binding to IPC was obtained by using an animal cell in which a cell membrane protein associatable with ILT7 was co-expressed as an immunogen. The antibody of the invention has a high specificity which allows immunological distinction between other ILT family molecules and ILT7. The anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention bound to IPC and inhibited the activity thereof. With the anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention, the IPC activity can be inhibited and an interferon-related disease can be treated or prevented. ILT7 expression is maintained even in IPC in the presence of IFNα. Therefore, an inhibitory action of IPC activity by the anti-ILT7 antibody can be expected even in an autoimmune disease patient with an increased production of IFNα. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130336967 | ANTI-BST2 ANTIBODY - BST2 antibodies were selected by using as an indicator the binding between BST2 antibodies and various splicing variants of human BST2 antigen. As a result, the present inventors successfully obtained BST2 antibodies that specifically recognize BST2D, which has been reported to be expressed at high levels in cancer cells. The antibodies of the present invention specifically bind to cells expressing BST2D. Non-specific antibody binding to non-target tissues, which results in the decrease of antibody concentration in blood, can be prevented by using the antibodies of the present invention therapeutically. Alternatively, the present invention provides diagnostic agents comprising an antibody of the present invention, which specifically detect tissues expressing BST2D. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140127223 | ANTI-HUMAN RECEPTOR-TYPE PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SIGMA ANTIBODY - A monoclonal antibody that binds to an extracellular domain of human receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase σ (human PTPRS), or a fragment including an antigen-binding region thereof. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150044226 | Anti-Phospholipase D4 Antibody - A monoclonal antibody that binds to a phospholipase D4 (PLD4) protein, or a fragment containing an antigen-binding region thereof. | 02-12-2015 |
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| 20090092515 | HIGH STRENGTH THICK STEEL PLATE SUPERIOR IN CRACK ARRESTABILITY - The present invention provides high strength thick steel plate superior in crack arrestability high in strength, free of deterioration of HAZ toughness, and free of anisotropy, that steel plate containing, by mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.15%, Si: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, P: ≦0.02%, S: ≦0.01%, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.02%, Ni: 0.15 to 2%, and N: 0.001 to 0.008% and having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities as chemical components, having a microstructure of a ferrite and/or pearlite structure with bainite as a matrix phase, and having an average circle equivalent diameter of crystal grains with a crystal misorientation angle of 15° or more of 15 μm or less in the regions of 10% of plate thickness from the front and rear surfaces and of 40 μm or less in the other region including the center part of plate thickness. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20100165073 | Projector, Terminal, Conferencing System, Tree Structure Switching Method and Recording Medium - A conferencing system, which can prevent useless data processing that accompanies data communication from occurring even when a presenter's device that outputs image data is switched, is provided. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20130025760 | RADIAL TIRE FOR HEAVY LOAD - The present invention relates to a radial tire for a heavy load comprising a bead core, a carcass ply layer, an inner liner A layer, a belt and a tread, wherein the following relational equation (I): | 01-31-2013 |
| 20140020807 | RADIAL TIRE FOR HEAVY LOAD - The present invention relates to a radial tire for a heavy load comprising a bead core, a carcass ply layer, an inner liner A layer, a belt and a tread, wherein the following relational equation (I): | 01-23-2014 |
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| 20110220919 | FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE - The embodiment provides a process for production of an oxynitride fluorescent substance. An compound containing In or Ga is adopted in the process as a material thereof. The red fluorescent substance produced by the process can be combined with a semiconductor light-emitting element, so as to be used in a light-emitting device or a light-emitting module. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120056225 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device according to one embodiment includes a board; a light emitting element mounted on the board, emitting light having a wavelength of 250 nm to 500 nm; a red fluorescent layer formed on the element, including a red phosphor expressed by equation (1), having a semicircular shape with a diameter r; | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056525 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device according to one embodiment includes a light emitting element that emits light having a wavelength of 250 nm to 500 nm; plural red fluorescent layers that are formed above the light emitting element to include a red fluorescent material, the red fluorescent layers being disposed at predetermined intervals; and plural green fluorescent layers that are formed above the light emitting element to include a green fluorescent material, a distance between the light emitting element and the green fluorescent layers being larger than a distance between the light emitting element and the red fluorescent layers. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056527 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device according to one embodiment includes a board; a light emitting element mounted on the board, emitting light having a wavelength of 250 nm to 500 nm; a red fluorescent layer formed on the element, including a red phosphor expressed by equation (1), having a semicircular shape with a diameter r; | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120228653 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device of embodiments is provided with a light-emitting element emitting excitation light of a first wavelength, a first phosphor layer containing a first phosphor that converts the excitation light into first converted light of a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, a second phosphor layer provided between the light-emitting element and the first phosphor layer, receiving the excitation light, and containing a second phosphor that converts the excitation light into second converted light of a third wavelength longer than the second wavelength, and a filter layer provided between the first phosphor layer and the second phosphor layer and constituted of a two-dimensional photonic crystal or a three-dimensional photonic crystal that transmits the excitation light and the second converted light and reflects the first converted light. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130044473 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device according to embodiments has: a substrate; first light emitting units arranged along a first straight line on the substrate; second light emitting units arranged along a second straight line on the substrate, the second straight line being parallel to the first straight line, the second light emitting units having an emission color different from the first light emitting units; and third light emitting units arranged along a third straight line on the substrate, the third straight line being parallel to the first and second straight lines, the third light emitting units having an emission color different from the first and second light emitting units, wherein a distance between light emitting units of a same emission color is longer than a minimum distance between light emitting units of different emission colors. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130234584 | WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A white light emitting device according to an embodiment includes: a light emitting element having a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 430 nm or more and 470 nm or less; a first fluorescent material emits light with a first peak wavelength of 525 nm or more and 560 nm or less; a second fluorescent material emits light with a second peak wavelength longer than the first peak wavelength; and a third fluorescent material emits light with a third peak wavelength of 620 nm or more and 750 nm or less, which is longer than the second peak wavelength. The first fluorescent material and the second fluorescent material has a composition of MSi | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234591 | WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A white light emitting device of an embodiment includes: a light emitting element having a peak wavelength in a wavelength range from 430 to 470 nm both inclusive, a first fluorescent material formed over the light emitting element, and emitting light having a first peak wavelength of 530 to 580 nm both inclusive and having a first half width, and a second fluorescent material formed over the light emitting element, and emitting light having a second peak wavelength that is longer than the first peak wavelength and ranges from 570 to 620 nm both inclusive, and having a second half width that is 100 nm or less and is equal to or narrower than the first half width. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130241396 | WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A white light emitting device includes a light emitting element having a peak wavelength at from 430 nm to 460 nm; and a fluorescent layer on the light emitting element containing a red fluorescent material and a green-yellow fluorescent material. The white light emitting device achieves high color rendering properties, a high average color rendering index Ra and a high luminescent efficiency, or a high white efficiency. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140252391 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device of an embodiment includes a light-emitting element emitting blue excitation light and a first phosphor excited by the blue excitation light and emitting fluorescence. A peak wavelength of the fluorescence is not shorter than 520 nm and shorter than 660 nm and the peak wavelength of the fluorescence shifting in the same direction when a peak wavelength of the blue excitation light shifts. The first phosphor is one of a yellow phosphor emitting yellow fluorescence, a green phosphor emitting green fluorescence, a yellow-green/yellow phosphor emitting yellow-green/yellow fluorescence and a red phosphor emitting red fluorescence. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140265819 | PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a phosphor having such high luminous efficiency as to be capable of realizing a light-emitting device suffering less from color drift even when working with high power. This phosphor is a Ce-activated phosphor having a crystal structure of Sr | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140287234 | FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present embodiments provide a yellow light-emitting fluorescent substance of high luminous efficiency and also a production method thereof. This substance is represented by the formula (1): | 09-25-2014 |
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| 20110049104 | ETCHANT FOR COPPER OR COPPER ALLOY, LIQUID FOR ETCHING PRETREATMENT, AND ETCHING METHOD - An etchant for copper or copper alloy, which contains water as a main component and comprises (1) 1 to 20 mass % of iron (III) chloride and (2) 5 to 100 mass %, based on the iron chloride, of oxalic acid, and an etching method using the above etchant are provided, and the etching method includes pretreatment to be carried out with an aqueous solution containing at least one component selected from a component that dissolves copper or copper alloy and an acid, whereby well yields can be materialized. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110056910 | ETCHING METHOD - Etching is carried out with an etchant that reacts with a metal to be etched to form an insoluble compound. After the etching using the above etchant, etching is carried out using an etchant that does not form an insoluble compound through a reaction with the metal to be etched, whereby the form of an etched portion comes close to a rectangular form, and the side surface of a conductor pattern becomes smooth. Further, after the etching of one surface of a material to be etched is carried out using an etchant that reacts with a metal to be etched to form an insoluble compound nearly from below, the upper and lower sides of the material to be etched is reversed, and the etching of the opposite surface is carried out nearly from below, whereby fine conductor patterns can be formed on both of the surfaces. | 03-10-2011 |
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| 20090309091 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device having good switching characteristics even metallic CNTs are included and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a source electrode; a drain electrode; and a channel layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and including a carbon nanotube group. The carbon nanotube group includes conductive carbon nanotubes having a characteristic of a conductive material and semiconductive carbon nanotubes having a characteristic of a semiconductive material. The density of the carbon nanotube group is the density where the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to each other through all of the carbon nanotube group and not connected to each other only through the conductive carbon nanotubes. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100102324 | SWITCHING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a switching element provided with a gate dielectric film and an active layer disposed in contact with the gate dielectric film. The active layer includes carbon nanotubes, and the gate dielectric film includes non-conjugated polymer containing an aromatic ring in a side chain. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20140230873 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND HEAT RADIATION FIN - A thermoelectric conversion element includes: a magnetic body having a magnetization; and an electromotive body formed of material exhibiting a spin orbit coupling and jointed to the magnetic body. The magnetic body has an upper joint surface jointed to the electromotive body. The upper joint surface has concavities and convexities. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140230876 | LAYERED PRODUCT FOR MAGNETIC ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT HAVING LAYERED PRODUCT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic element according to the present invention is formed of a layered product having a magnetic insulator film formed on a substrate including a material having no crystal structure. The magnetic insulator film has a columnar crystal structure. | 08-21-2014 |
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| 20110043669 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that respectively generates, with imaging devices different from one another, a first captured image with a specific direction of a subject set in a longitudinal direction, a second captured image with an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the specific direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to one side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image, and a third captured image with the orthogonal direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to the other side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image; a detecting unit that detects a state of the imaging apparatus; and a control unit that determines, based on the detected state, a range of a target image as a target of display or recording among the first to third captured images. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110234640 | Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus includes: an operation receiving section that, when an enlarged image of a specific region in a first captured image having a predetermined size or an enlarged image of a specific region in a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image is displayed on a display section, receives an operation input for changing a display state of the enlarged image; and a display control section that changes a control amount based on the operation input in accordance with whether or not the enlarged image displayed on the display section when the operation input is received is the enlarged image of the specific region of the second captured image, thus changing a display state of the enlarged image being displayed on the display section. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234852 | Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An imaging apparatus includes: an image generation section that generates at least one of a first captured image having a predetermined size and a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image; a recording control section that, when an instruction operation to record the generated captured image is received, records the generated captured image based on the instruction operation; and a display control section that, when a captured image to be displayed at the time of displaying the recorded captured image on a display section is the second captured image, displays the second captured image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the second captured image are displayed on the display section in a correlated manner. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20140028790 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that respectively generates, with imaging devices different from one another, a first captured image with a specific direction of a subject set in a longitudinal direction, a second captured image with an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the specific direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to one side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image, and a third captured image with the orthogonal direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to the other side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image; a detecting unit that detects a state of the imaging apparatus; and a control unit that determines, based on the detected state, a range of a target image as a target of display or recording among the first to third captured images. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140118333 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes imaging units and a display control unit. The imaging units are arranged, on a surface almost parallel to a display surface of a display unit, in a direction almost orthogonal to a long side of the display unit. The display control unit controls, in a state in which the long side of the display unit is almost parallel to a direction of gravitational force, the display unit to display a plurality of areas of a horizontally long image, which is obtained by connecting images generated by the imaging units, in rows in a longitudinal direction of the display unit. The display control unit controls the display unit to display, as those areas, first and second images including areas of both end portions in a longitudinal direction of the horizontally long image, and a third image including an area present between the both end portions. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140160233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an operation receiving unit and a display control unit. The operation receiving unit is configured to receive, when a plurality of images corresponding to a plurality of areas of a horizontally long image is displayed on a display unit, a predetermined operation with respect to at least one of the plurality of images. The display control unit is configured to subject, when the predetermined operation is received, each of the plurality of images to image processing according to the predetermined operation and controls the display unit to display the images subjected to the image processing. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140347501 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first optical system, a second optical system, and a casing. The first optical system is configured to input light into a first imaging device. The second optical system is configured to input light into a second imaging device. The casing includes one surface long in a specific direction with the first optical system and the second optical system being arranged in the one surface in an orthogonal direction almost orthogonal to the specific direction. The first optical system and the second optical system are arranged such that an optical axis of the first optical system and an optical axis of the second optical system form an angle in the specific direction. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140368608 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an image generation section that generates at least one of a first captured image having a predetermined size and a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image; a recording control section that, when an instruction operation to record the generated captured image is received, records the generated captured image based on the instruction operation; and a display control section that, when a captured image to be displayed at the time of displaying the recorded captured image on a display section is the second captured image, displays the second captured image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the second captured image are displayed on the display section in a correlated manner. | 12-18-2014 |
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| 20090275268 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK - In the production of a glass substrate for magnetic disk, the present invention provides a method for producing a glass substrate for magnetic disk including a step of polishing a main surface of a circular glass substrate using a polishing pad made of a foamed resin while feeding a polishing liquid containing an abrasive, in which a polishing pad made of a foamed resin having an international rubber hardness of 45 IRHD or less, the hardness being measured at a dry state before contact with a slurry by the M method defined in JIS K6253, is used as a starting polishing pad and polishing is started after a polishing surface of the starting polishing pad is subjected to a dressing treatment to adjust the pad so that an open pore area ratio is 8% or more and an average circle equivalent diameter of open pores is 10 μm or more, in order to suppress an increase in roll-off in the polishing step of the main surface of the circular glass plate. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100136372 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk, the method including a step of polishing a main surface of a circular glass plate while supplying a polishing slurry containing a polishing material, in which polishing is performed, after a polishing surface is subjected to dressing treatment, by using a polishing pad having: a first resin foam layer which forms the polishing surface, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of more than 20 μm and has a thickness of 400 μm or less; and a second resin foam layer which is provided between a platen for fixing the polishing pad and the first resin foam layer, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of 20 μm or less and has a thickness of 50 to 250 μm, and in which a total thickness of the first resin foam layer and the second resin foam layer is 550 μm or less, and a international rubber hardness degree of the polishing pad measured by the M method according to JIS K6253 is 40 IRHD or more. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20120251760 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk involving the use of a polishing pad having: a first resin foam layer which forms the polishing surface, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of more than 20 μm and has a thickness of 400 μm or less; and a second resin foam layer which is provided between a platen for fixing the polishing pad and the first resin foam layer, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of 20 μm or less and has a thickness of 50 to 250 μm, and in which a total thickness of the first resin foam layer and the second resin foam layer is 550 μm or less, and a international rubber hardness degree of the polishing pad measured by the M method according to JIS K6253 is 40 IRHD or more. | 10-04-2012 |
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| 20090294817 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE - A ferroelectric memory device comprising a dielectric layer comprising a mixture and/or a compound that comprises a ferroelectric organic polymer and an oxidiser and/or deioniser, and a pair of electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the dielectric layer. Also a method of fabricating a memory device. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090294818 | FERROELECTRIC POLYMER - A ferroelectric film comprising polyaminodifluoroborane (PADFB). Also a memory device utilizing the ferroelectric film, a method of fabricating a ferroelectric polymer and a ferroelectric solution. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20120027398 | LENS MODULE AND CAMERA - A lens module includes: a lens forming an image of an object; a lens holder to hold an outer peripheral side of the lens to allow reciprocal movement in an optical axis direction of the lens; a housing at least one end side of which is opened, which includes a cylindrical receiving part having an inner surface, one surface of which, at a lateral side, contacts one surface of the lens holder at the lateral side perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and which receives the lens holder in the receiving part to allow reciprocal movement in the optical axis direction of the lens and in a sliding state; and an actuator part including a movable part which is displaced by a displacement amount corresponding to a level of an applied drive voltage and reciprocates the lens holder received in the housing between a first position and a second position in the optical axis direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120038815 | DRIVING UNIT, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A driving unit that may improve characteristics in a low temperature environment while implementing downsizing, and a lens module as well as an image pickup device with such a driving unit are provided. The driving unit includes one or a plurality of polymer actuator elements, and a voltage supply section supplying a driving voltage and a heating voltage to the polymer actuator element. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120092228 | VARIABLE CAPACITANCE DEVICE, ANTENNA MODULE, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A variable capacitance device includes a fixing member, a fixed electrode having a first end side fixed by the fixing member, an actuator element having a first end side fixed by the fixing member directly or indirectly, a movable electrode provided to connect to the actuator element directly or indirectly and disposed to approximately face the fixed electrode, and a driving section deforming a second end side of the actuator element, to change a distance between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120276462 | DRIVE UNIT, LENS MODULE, IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, FUEL CELL, AND ION EXCHANGE RESIN - There are provided a drive unit, a lens module, an image pickup unit, a fuel cell, and an ion exchange resin, in which a characteristic deterioration depending on an ambient environment may be suppressed. The drive unit includes one or more polymer actuator devices. The polymer actuator device is configured using an ion exchange resin containing a moisturizing agent. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20130057756 | DRIVE UNIT, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A drive unit includes: a holding member holding an object to be driven; a polymer actuator device provided on one side of the object to be driven; one or more supporting members provided on the other side of the object to be driven; and a fixing member directly or indirectly fixing a first end of each of the polymer actuator device and the supporting members. A second end of each of the polymer actuator device and the supporting members is directly or indirectly connected to an end of the holding member. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130229721 | DRIVE UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A drive unit capable of reducing size while maintaining drive characteristics, a method of manufacturing the same, a lens module, and an image pickup unit are provided. A drive unit includes: a fixing member; an actuator device having a first end portion directly or indirectly fixed by the fixing member; and a reinforcing member (reinforcing layer) provided on part or all of the actuator device. Mechanical strength of the actuator device is secured even when the width of the actuator device (for example, the width W | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140168504 | DRIVE DEVICE, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - There are provided a drive device and the like that are capable of suppressing characteristic degradation according to ambient environment. The drive device includes one or a plurality of polymer actuator devices each configured using an ion-exchange resin, and the ion-exchange resin contains operating ions that have activation energy equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold. Degradation in ion conductivity in the ion-exchange resin is suppressed even in environment with low humidity, high temperature, and the like. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20150070565 | CAMERA MODULE AND CAMERA APPARATUS - There is provided a camera module including: a lens; an image pickup device arranged on an optical axis of the lens; and an actuator section configured to reciprocate the image pickup device in an optical axis direction of the lens, wherein the actuator section includes a movable joint section on which the image pickup device is fixed, a parallel link mechanism section having a movable end section attached to the movable joint section and a mounting end section, and a movable element that is configured to perform displacement motion by a displacement amount depending on a level of a voltage to be applied and that is coupled to a coupling region between the movable joint section and the movable end section of the parallel link mechanism section in such a manner that the displacement motion is transmittable. | 03-12-2015 |
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| 20100108957 | OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter containing at least a clay mineral complex (A). The clay mineral complex (A) comprises a layered clay mineral (B) intercalated with a dye cation (C), and an organic cation (D). | 05-06-2010 |
| 20110049446 | COLOR CORRECTION MATERIAL, FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL FILTER - A color correction material contains at least one type of cyanine compound composed of a cyanine cation represented by general formula (I) below (wherein the symbols are as defined in the description) and a q-valent anion represented by pAn | 03-03-2011 |
| 20120016134 | ORGANIC SALT COMPOUND, AND OPTICAL RECORDING MATERIAL AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE ORGANIC SALT COMPOUND - An organic salt compound, which comprises a monomethine cyanine cation represented by general formula (I) and an azomethine complex anion represented by general formula (IV), having high sensitivity and good light resistance and being appropriate, in particular, for optical elements to be used optical recording materials for recording and reproducing information using laser beams. In general formula (I), X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a selenium atom; R1 and R2 represent a C1-20 alkyl group, a C7-30 arylalkyl group, or the like; R3 to R6 represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-20 alkyl group, or the like, provided that R4 and R5 may be bonded together to form a 6-membered ring; Y1 and Y2 represent a C1-20 alkyl groups, or the like; and R7 to R10 represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-20 alkyl group, or the like, provided that adjacent groups among R7 to R10 may be bonded together to form a 5- or 6-membered ring. In general formula (IV), M′ represents Fe, Co, Ni, Cr, Mn, or the like; and R11 to R26 represent a hydrogen atom, a nitro group, —NRR′ (wherein R and R′ represent a C1-4 alkyl group), or the like. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120193588 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter containing at least a clay mineral complex (A). The clay mineral complex (A) comprises a layered clay mineral (B) intercalated with a dye cation (C), and an organic cation (D). | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197026 | COLOR TONE CORRECTING AGENT, SQUARYLIUM COMPOUND AND OPTICAL FILTER - The present invention provides a color tone correcting agent having suitable heat resistance for use in an optical filter, a novel squarylium compound that is specifically preferable as the color tone correcting agent, and an optical filter including the color tone correcting agent. Specifically, the present invention provides a color tone correcting agent including a squarylium compound represented by the general formula (1), a novel squarylium compound which is represented by the general formula (4) and is preferable as the color tone correcting agent, and an optical filter including the color tone correcting agent. The general formula (1) and (4) are each as defined in the specification. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130186468 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE DYE, AND COMPOUND - The photoelectric conversion device described herein includes a working electrode having a dye-supported metal oxide electrode in which a dye is supported on a metal oxide layer. The dye includes a structure represented by general formula (I) | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140364233 | GAME CONTROL DEVICE, GAME SYSTEM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A game control device includes a direction obtaining unit, a motion data selection unit, and a user character control unit. In a case where a direction designating operation is performed by a user, the direction obtaining unit obtains a relative direction of the direction designated through the direction designating operation relative to the forward direction of a user character. The motion data selection unit selects any of motion data correlated to a type to which the relative direction obtained by the direction obtaining unit belongs from among the motion data stored in a unit that stores a type of a relative direction relative to the forward direction of the user character and a plurality of kinds of motion data so as to be correlated to each other. The user character control unit causes the user character to perform a motion in accordance with the selected motion data. | 12-11-2014 |
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| 20100206736 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING METALLIC MATERIAL - A method for analyzing a metallic material includes the steps of electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolyte; removing the electrolyzed metal sample from the electrolyte; immersing the metal sample removed from the electrolyte into a dispersive solution that is different from the electrolyte to separate at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion deposited on the metal sample; and analyzing the at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion extracted into the dispersive solution. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100291692 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL SPECIMEN - A method for analyzing a metal specimen includes an electrolysis step of electrolyzing a metal specimen containing a reference element and a target element in an electrolytic solution, a sampling step of sampling a portion of the electrolytic solution, an analysis step of analyzing the sampled electrolytic solution, a concentration ratio-calculating step of calculating the concentration ratio of the target element to the reference element in the electrolytic solution on the basis of the analysis results, and a content-calculating step of calculating the content of the target element present in the form of a solid solution by multiplying the content of the reference element in the metal specimen by the obtained concentration ratio. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110240477 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL MATERIAL - A method for analyzing a metal material includes electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolytic solution, immersing a remaining portion of the metal sample taken out of the electrolytic solution in a dispersible solution to separate at least one substance selected from the group consisting of precipitates and inclusions attached to the remaining portion of the metal sample, filtering the dispersible solution containing the at least one separated substance through filters having straight pores and a porosity of 4% or more to obtain residues trapped on the filters and filtrates, and analyzing at least one of the residues and the filtrates. | 10-06-2011 |
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| 20110242571 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document set on a reading surface, a pressing plate capable of opening and closing relative to the reading surface, and an operation device provided on an upper surface of the pressing plate and including a plurality of capacitance touch switches each having a backlight. A control unit of the apparatus changes states of the backlights according to operation modes. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242612 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242613 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - A plurality of touch switches includes a first switch and a second switch provided adjacent to each other. A distance between an electrode and a surface of a cover at the location of the first switch is smaller than a distance between an electrode and the surface of the cover at the location of the second switch. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110299129 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A touch panel includes a ring-like shaped light-transmissive portion. A ring-shaped diffusion surface is formed on the bottom surface of a light guide element. The ring-like shape includes a second region provided at a location corresponding to two light sources adjacent to a first region corresponding to one light source. A distance from a location of the ring-shaped light-transmissive portion to a periphery of the ring close to the light source is greater in the second region than in the first region. Light emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element is diffusion-reflected on the diffusion surface and a part of the diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299134 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - On a bottom surface of a light guide element, a reflection portion is formed in a first region thereof, which is close to a light source, and a first diffusion surface is formed in a second region of the bottom surface of the light guide element, which is a region distant from the light source. A light-incident side of the light guide element is a non-diffusion surface. Sides other than the light-incident side are second diffusion surfaces. Light that has been emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element via the light-incident side is totally reflected and is then guided to the first and the second diffusion surfaces and a part of diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion of the panel. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299142 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A graphic that indicates a switch is formed on a panel at a location corresponding to a first light guide element. A character to be displayed via the panel is formed on a second light guide element. The first light guide element is supported on a substrate, in close contact with an electrode, via a sheet-like shaped attaching member, and the second light guide element is supported by a base material without being supported on the substrate. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20140071498 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a printing unit located inside a housing, a scanner unit including a cover located on top of the printing unit, and an operation unit configured to be opened and closed with respect to the housing. When the operation unit is opened, the operation unit moves to a position where the operation unit hinders the opening and closing of the cover, and a part of the printing unit is exposed. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140092624 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet. | 04-03-2014 |
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| 20110281085 | POLYMER THIN FILM, PATTERNED MEDIA, PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF, AND SURFACE MODIFYING AGENTS - The objects of the present invention are to provide a polymer thin film having finer structure than the conventional product, excellent regularity over a wide range and only limited defects, patterned media, methods for producing the thin film and patterned media, and surface modifying agent used in these production methods. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120326912 | PULSE RADAR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a pulse radar apparatus, and a control method thereof, that permits to readily downsize and to lower its cost and allows information on an object to be detected in high precision by removing an influence of noise when a gain of a variable gain amplifier is discontinuously changed corresponding to detected distance, with a simple configuration. A variable gain amplifier | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140022114 | PULSE RADAR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A pulse radar apparatus and a control method therefor are provided that can detect information about a target with a high degree of accuracy by allowing detection of target information at all times and updating a replica signal of a noise signal in order. | 01-23-2014 |
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| 20080202166 | METHOD OF DEHYDRATING AND SINTERING POROUS PREFORM FOR OPTICAL FIBER AND DEHYDRATION-SINTERING FURNACE - A dehydration-sintering furnace includes a muffle tube that accommodates therein the porous preform, a heater that heats the porous preform from outside of the muffle tube, a furnace body that accommodates the heater at an outer periphery of the muffle tube. When a gas required for dehydrating and sintering the porous preform is supplied in the muffle tube, and a pressure in the muffle tube is measured, an average value of the pressure in the muffle tube P | 08-28-2008 |
| 20100043497 | OPTICAL FIBER FOR WDM SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical fiber having a length of 1 km or more with average transmission loss in a wavelength band of 1383 nm being less than average transmission loss in a wavelength band of 1310 nm, wherein a maximum value of any 1 km section loss in the wavelength band of 1383 nm does not exceed the average transmission loss by 0.03 dB/km or more. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20120279258 | METHOD OF DEHYDRATING AND SINTERING POROUS PREFORM FOR OPTICAL FIBER AND DEHYDRATION-SINTERING FURNACE - A dehydration-sintering furnace includes a muffle tube that accommodates therein the porous preform, a heater that heats the porous preform from outside of the muffle tube, a furnace body that accommodates the heater at an outer periphery of the muffle tube. When a gas required for dehydrating and sintering the porous preform is supplied in the muffle tube, and a pressure in the muffle tube is measured, an average value of the pressure in the muffle tube P0 and a standard deviation of the pressure in the muffle tube σ0 are controlled to satisfy a relation P0−3×σ0>0. | 11-08-2012 |
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| 20080232877 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus including an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet and a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, the conveyance section includes: a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor. The conveyance roller is swung in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080232878 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, having a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls a driving of the conveyance section. The control section controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20120268751 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus according to the present invention comprises a first guide plate | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140064760 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has an image forming section having a photoreceptor on which a toner image is formed, an endless belt that revolves with its outer surface facing the photoreceptor, a steering roller adapted to provide a tension to the belt and adjust the position of the belt in the width direction, a transfer roller that presses the belt toward the photoreceptor so as to form a transfer nip where the toner image is transferred, a transfer pressure adjusting mechanism adapted to adjust pressing force when the transfer roller presses the belt toward the photoreceptor, and a controller adapted to control the pressing force adjusted by the transfer pressure adjusting mechanism, according to the adjustment state of the steering roller. | 03-06-2014 |
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| 20090268019 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes a solid-state image pickup device chip, an FPC whose terminals are connected to the solid-state image pickup device chip, and a plurality of electronic components mounted on a front surface of the FPC, wherein behind a back face of the solid-state image pickup chip, the FPC is disposed by being folded in such a way that the FPC will provide mounting surfaces for the plurality of electronic components in a plurality of layers and that the plurality of electronic components will be superimposed via the FPC. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120206583 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of micro pins provided to project from a back surface in an image pickup device, a plurality of electric boards capable of mounting electric components and having board surfaces provided with through-holes or through-grooves formed to enable the plurality of micro pins to pass through respectively, and solder portions that fix the plurality of micro pins and the plurality of electric boards by soldering in land portions adjacent to the through-holes or the through grooves in a state in which the plurality of electric boards with the plurality of micro pins respectively passed through the through-holes or the through-grooves of the plurality of electric boards are stacked on the back surface of the image pickup device. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20140009592 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT FOR ENDOSCOPE - According to this invention, there is provided an image pickup unit for an endoscope, including a lens barrel portion includes a movable lens holding barrel that holds the movable lens and is movable to advance and retract and a drive mechanism portion which is disposed at a side surface portion of the lens barrel portion and drives the movable lens holding barrel. The unit has a holding portion which is disposed at the side surface portion of the lens barrel portion and is configured to position and hold the drive mechanism portion, a gap between the lens barrel portion and the drive mechanism portion is filled with an adhesive which is made to have a difference in hardness such that hardness is lower on a proximal end side than on a distal end side. | 01-09-2014 |
