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20090116352 | CLOCK GENERATING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS, AND WRITE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - A recording apparatus detects a preamble, which is a series of patterns formed on a track, and generates a clock based on the preamble. The recording apparatus then detects a Sync mark, which is a predetermined pattern formed between the preamble and a Resync mark, calculates a predicted position of the next Resync, and switches PLL gain to a low level. The recording apparatus then detects the Resync mark, which is a pattern of equal to or more than one pulse, and corrects the generated clock. Specifically, upon detecting the Resync mark, the recording apparatus compares a timing of the predicted position of the Resync, and the timing at which the Resync mark is actually detected to correct a write clock. | 05-07-2009 |
20090141384 | Inspection method for perpendicular magnetic recording medium and inspection device thereof - A device inspects the performance of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium by separating the medium noise component of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium to decrease the error rate by accurately separating and detecting the medium noise component. Using correlation matrices, jitter noise and T50 noise which depend on the transition point of magnetization, and DC noise which is added to a DC component are separated and detected from the medium noise component of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium acquired from the reproducing waveform of a magnetic head. By adding a base matrix of the DC noise component to a linear separation expression for detecting the noise power from the medium noise component, the DC noise is detected using the least square method, separately from the other medium noise, which depends on the fluctuation of magnetization transition points. | 06-04-2009 |
20090244756 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS - A data storage apparatus includes: a medium for storing data having synchronization marks and data blocks, the synchronization mark and the data block being allocated alternately in the circumference direction of the medium; a head writing data into or reading out data from the medium; and a processor for executing a process including: reading out synchronization marks, measuring time for the head to pass through each of the data blocks based on signals read out from each of the synchronization marks in the circumference direction, generating write/read clock for each of the data blocks, which is continuously changing in speed, by calculating difference in time for the head to pass through the each one of the data blocks and its adjacent one of the blocks on the basis of the time measured, and writing data into or reading out data from the medium in synchronization with the write/read clock. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244760 | MAGNETIC STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, MAGNETIC STORAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A magnetic storage control apparatus for controlling a magnetic storage apparatus that uses a recording medium having a plurality of reference signals on its track and having a data area between the reference signals. The apparatus includes: a measurement section that reproduces the reference signal in a predetermined track of the recording medium and measures, for each data area, the time for a head to scan the data area to obtain a measurement value; a calculation section that calculates a setting value concerning the frequency of a recording clock used in data recording based on the measurement values of a plurality of data areas obtained by the measurement section; and a generation section that generates the recording clock based on the measurement values obtained by the measurement section and setting value calculated by the calculation section. | 10-01-2009 |
20100073801 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A magnetic recording device includes: a magnetic recording medium including a write-synchronization region and a data region; a correction-value-storage unit configured to store therein a phase-correction value for correcting a phase of the write clock; a reading unit configured to read out a signal from the magnetic recording medium; a write-clock generator configured to generate the write clock based on a write-reproduction signal which is a signal read out from the write-synchronization region by the reading unit; a phase-correction unit configured to correct the phase of the write clock generated by the write-clock generator based on the phase-correction value stored in the correction-value-storage unit; and a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data included in a data-reproduction signal which is a signal read out from the data region by the reading unit based on a clock that is generated by correcting the phase by the phase-correction unit. | 03-25-2010 |
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20110222186 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device based on shingled-write recording method comprises a magnetic storage medium, a recording head, and an actuator. The magnetic storage medium comprises dot rows wherein a phase shift is between adjacent rows. The recording head covers a predetermined number of dot rows of the magnetic storage medium and comprises an edge at one of the dot rows. The actuator configured to move a recording head by an amount equivalent to a dot row after recording is performed on one of the dot rows by the recording head. | 09-15-2011 |
20110267718 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a plurality of magnetic dots having a pattern formed by self organization. The density of magnetic dots in a peripheral portion of a central portion in a widthwise direction is higher than that of magnetic dots in the central portion at a burst portion of the magnetic recording medium. | 11-03-2011 |
20110317306 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording medium which includes a plurality of magnetic dot rows in which there is a phase shift between adjacent dot rows, and dots are arranged in a zigzag manner in a predetermined number of dot rows which are simultaneously read. | 12-29-2011 |
20120060073 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording apparatus configured to record data subjected to error correcting coding according to a shingled recording scheme, the magnetic recording apparatus including a magnetic recording medium in which unit bits of the data subjected to error correcting coding are recorded with phase shifted between adjacent tracks, a read head having a width covering a plurality of tracks and configured to read data from the plurality of tracks, and a recording controller configured to record the data subjected to error correcting coding and a parity for the data in the plurality of tracks covered by the read head, in a divided manner. | 03-08-2012 |
20120063028 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording apparatus including a bit-patterned medium having a data area including magnetic dot rows each of which includes magnetic dots, a magnetic head having a width covering a plurality of magnetic dot rows, and an actuator configured to actuate the magnetic head in a cross-track direction. The magnetic dots included in a n-th magnetic dot row have a higher coercivity than the magnetic dots included in a (n+1)-th magnetic dot row. | 03-15-2012 |
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20090059487 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING BATTERY RECEPTACLE AT THE REAR OF KEYBOARD - According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a keyboard mount portion. A keyboard is mounted on the keyboard mount portion. The keyboard has a plurality of fixing pieces. The fixing pieces are protruded at the rear of the keyboard mount portion, and are removably fixed to the housing. A receptacle on which a module is removably mounted is provided in the housing. The receptacle is located between the fixing pieces at the rear of the keyboard mount portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059488 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING BATTERY RECEPTACLE AT THE REAR OF KEYBOARD - According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a housing including a keyboard mount portion. A keyboard is mounted on the keyboard mount portion. The keyboard has a plurality of fixing pieces. The fixing pieces are protruded at the rear of the keyboard mount portion, and are removably fixed to the housing. A receptacle on which a module is removably mounted is provided in the housing. The receptacle is located between the fixing pieces at the rear of the keyboard mount portion. | 03-05-2009 |
20090083774 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING RECEPTACLE FOR STORING DISK DRIVE - An electronic apparatus is provided with a housing having a receptacle, a disk drive removably stored in the receptacle, and a grounding metal member attached to the disk drive. The disk drive has a depressed section, and this depressed section is exposed to the receptacle when the disk drive is stored in the receptacle. The grounding metal member is located in the depressed section and includes a first conduction portion. The receptacle of the housing has a second conduction portion. When the disk drive is stored in the receptacle, the second conduction portion comes into contact with the first conduction portion of the grounding metal member, thereby providing ground-connection between the disk drive and the housing. | 03-26-2009 |
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20090217486 | HINGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a hinge device includes: a first bracket; a first cam member; a second cam member; a disc spring that urges the second cam member; a first friction plate provided correspondingly to the first bracket, the first friction plate disposed oppositely to the first cam member with respect to the first bracket; a stopper member provided correspondingly to the first friction plate on one side thereof, the stopper member disposed oppositely to the first bracket with respect to the first friction plate, the stopper member engaged with the first bracket; and a hinge shaft having a shaft that rotatably supports the first bracket, the first cam member, the disc spring, and the stopper member, and that unrotatably supports the second cam member and the first friction plate. | 09-03-2009 |
20110157807 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a main housing, a keyboard attached to the main housing, a hinge attached to a display housing, and a reinforcing member in the main housing. The reinforcing member includes a fixing portion to which the hinge is attached and a supporting portion including a surface facing the keyboard. The keyboard is placed on the supporting portion. | 06-30-2011 |
20130057776 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television includes: a display part; a tuner part; an electronic component; a casing including: a first wall provided with an opening part and configured to cover the electronic component; a second wall provided with a second opening part and configured to cover the electronic component; and a third wall provided with a third opening part over the first wall and the second wall; a stand part configured to support the casing; a fan accommodated within the casing; and a radiating member including regions facing the first opening part, the second opening part and the third opening part, and positioned between the fan and the third wall, wherein the second wall includes a recessed part and a projection projected toward the outside of the casing; and a part of the fan faces the recessed part from the inside of the casing. | 03-07-2013 |
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20100123869 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: on an insulating substrate, a first conductive layer in which a first signal line and a second signal line adjacent to the first signal line are formed; an insulating layer which is disposed on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer which is disposed on the insulating layer and in which a ground wire crossing the first signal line and the second signal line in a plan view is formed; and a semiconductor layer which is disposed between the insulating layer and the second conductive layer and in which a first semiconductor film and a second semiconductor film are formed to be separated from each other. The wiring lengths of the first signal line and the second signal line are different by at least 10 times or more. The first semiconductor film overlaps, in a plan view, a region where the first signal line crosses the ground wire. The second semiconductor film overlaps, in a plan view, a region where the second signal line crosses the ground wire. | 05-20-2010 |
20120327348 | Display Device - A display device includes a substrate, a display region having a pixel switch, a pixel electrode which is connected to the pixel switch, and a transparent common electrode formed over the substrate, a peripheral region having a gate signal line which is connected to the pixel switch, and a common connection line which is connected to the transparent common electrode, an insulating layer which is disposed on the gate signal line and the common connection line, a conductive layer which is disposed on the insulating layer and crosses the gate signal line and crosses the common connection line in the peripheral region, a first semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer and is separated from the first semiconductor film. | 12-27-2012 |
20130182209 | Display Device - A display device includes a substrate, a display region having a pixel switch, and a transparent common electrode, a peripheral region having a gate signal line connected to the pixel switch, and a common connection line connected to the transparent common electrode, an insulating layer, a conductive layer, a first semiconductor film disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film disposed between the insulating layer and the conductor layer and separated from the first semiconductor film. The conductor layer is connected to the gate signal line, and the gate signal line is arranged in the display region and the peripheral region. The common connection line is arranged in the peripheral region and is connected to the transparent common electrode in the peripheral region, and the transparent common electrode is arranged in the display region. | 07-18-2013 |
20140022481 | Display Device - A display device includes a substrate, a display region having a pixel switch, and a transparent common electrode, a peripheral region having a gate signal line connected to the pixel switch, and a predetermined connection line, an insulating layer disposed on the gate signal line and the predetermined connection line, a conductive layer, a first semiconductor film disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film disposed between the insulating layer and the conductor layer and separated from the first semiconductor film. The conductor layer is connected to the gate signal line via a pair of diodes. The gate signal line is arranged in the display region and the peripheral region, the predetermined connection line is arranged in the peripheral region, and the transparent common electrode is arranged in the display region. The predetermined connection line is shorter in length than the gate signal line. | 01-23-2014 |
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20080212255 | Electrostatic chuck and method for manufacturing same - An electrostatic chuck includes: a metal plate with an insulator film formed on a surface thereof by thermal spraying; and a dielectric substrate with an electrode formed on a surface thereof. The metal plate and the dielectric substrate are bonded together via an insulative adhesive interposed therebetween so that the insulator film is opposed to the electrode, and the insulator film has a thickness of 0.6 mm or less. Alternatively, An electrostatic chuck includes: a metal plate with an insulator film formed on a surface thereof by thermal spraying; and a dielectric substrate with an electrode selectively formed on a surface thereof. The metal plate and the dielectric substrate are bonded together via an insulative adhesive interposed therebetween so that the insulator film is opposed to the electrode. The insulative adhesive is interposed also between the insulator film and a portion of the surface of the dielectric substrate where the electrode is not formed, and the insulative adhesive has a thermal conductivity of 1 W/mK or more. | 09-04-2008 |
20130026720 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck comprises: a ceramic plate provided with recesses on a major surface and provided with an electrode in an inner part of the ceramic plate; a temperature regulating plate bonded to the major surface of the ceramic plate; a first bonding agent provided between the ceramic plate and the temperature regulating plate; and a heater provided in the each of the recesses of the ceramic plate. The first bonding agent has a first major agent including an organic material, a first amorphous filler including an inorganic material, and a first spherical filler including an inorganic material. The first amorphous filler and the first spherical filler are dispersion-compounded into the first major agent. The first major agent, the first amorphous filler, and the first spherical filler are made of an electrically insulating material. An average diameter of the first spherical filler is greater than a maximum value of a minor axis of the first amorphous filler. A thickness of the first bonding agent is greater than or equal to the average diameter of the first spherical filler. A width of the each of the recesses is greater than a width of the heater, and a depth of the each of the recesses is greater than a thickness of the heater. The heater is adhered within the each of the recesses by a second bonding agent. A first distance between a major surface of the heater on the side of the temperature regulating plate and a major surface of the temperature regulating plate is greater than a second distance between the major surface between the recesses of the ceramic plate and the major surface of the temperature regulating plate. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027838 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck includes: a ceramic substrate; a ceramic dielectric body provided on a top side of the ceramic substrate and having a first major surface where a processing target substrate is to be mounted; and an electrode provided between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic dielectric body. A material of the ceramic dielectric body is a ceramic sintered body. A plurality of protrusions and a groove for supplying a gas are provided on the first major surface of the ceramic dielectric body. A through hole is provided in a bottom face of the groove, the through hole penetrating to a second major surface of the ceramic substrate on a side opposite to the first major surface. A distance between the electrode and the groove is greater than or equal to a distance between the electrode and the first major surface. | 01-31-2013 |
20130093145 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck comprises a ceramic dielectric body having an electrode formed on a surface of the ceramic dielectric body; a ceramic substrate supporting the ceramic dielectric body; and a first bonding agent bonding the ceramic dielectric body to the ceramic substrate. The first bonding agent has a first major agent including an organic material, a first amorphous filler including an inorganic material, and a first spherical filler including an inorganic material. The first amorphous filler and the first spherical filler are dispersion-compounded in the first major agent. The first major agent, the first amorphous filler, and the first spherical filler are made of an electrically insulating material. An average diameter of the first spherical filler is greater than a maximum value of a minor axis of all of the first amorphous filler. A thickness of the first bonding agent is equal to or greater than the average diameter of the first spherical filler. | 04-18-2013 |
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20080211526 | Wafer holder, heater unit used for wafer prober and having wafer holder, and wafer prober - By wafer holder including a chuck top for mounting a wafer and a supporter supporting the chuck top and having flatness of at most 0.1 mm, a heater unit for a wafer prober and the wafer prober using the wafer holder, a wafer holder and a wafer prober apparatus hardly deformable even under high load and capable of effectively preventing contact failure, and capable of preventing temperature increase in a driving system when a semiconductor wafer having semiconductor chips with minute circuitry that requires high accuracy is heated can be provided. In the wafer holder of the present invention, the flatness of the supporter is preferably at most 0.05 mm, and more preferably at most 0.01 mm. | 09-04-2008 |
20090045829 | Wafer holder for wafer prober and wafer prober equipped with same - It is an object of the present invention to provide a wafer prober wafer holder that is highly rigid and increases the heat insulating effect, thereby improving positional accuracy, thermal uniformity, and chip temperature ramp-up and cooling rates, as well as a wafer prober device equipped therewith. | 02-19-2009 |
20090050621 | Wafer holder, heater unit used for wafer prober having the wafer holder, and wafer prober having the heater unit - A wafer holder that prevents positional deviation of the wafer mounted on the wafer-mounting surface of a chuck top and enables better thermal uniformity of the wafer, as well as a heater unit including the wafer holder and a wafer prober mounting these are provided. The wafer holder has a chuck top mounting and fixing the wafer and a supporter supporting the chuck top, and the chuck top has water absorption of at least 0.01% and preferably at least 0.1%. Preferable material of the chuck top is a composite of metal and ceramics, and particularly, a composite of aluminum and silicon carbide, or a composite of silicon and silicon carbide. | 02-26-2009 |
20110139399 | HEATER UNIT, HEATING AND COOLING DEVICE, AND APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - A heater unit has excellent uniform heat properties in a wafer placement surface, and is capable of rapid temperature increase and rapid cooling, also has high rigidity. A heating and cooling device that includes the heater unit is used as a manufacturing or inspection apparatus and is used for work with glass substrates or semiconductor substrates for flat panel displays. The heater comprises a first uniform heat plate having a placement surface on which a substrate is placed, a second uniform heat plate for supporting the first uniform heat plate, and at least one layer of a insulated resistance heating element provided between the first uniform heat plate and the second uniform heat plate. The first uniform heat plate and the second uniform heat plate have a differing thermal conductivity and differing Young's modulus. | 06-16-2011 |
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20080301476 | Power supply and method of controlling same - A power supply supplying electric power through parallel operation of power supply units is disclosed. Each of the power supply units includes a transformer; a stopped state latch part configured to latch a control signal for controlling outputting of the power supply unit in a predetermined stopped state to stop the outputting, after passage of a first time in response to detection of an overcurrent on a primary side of the transformer; and an outputting restriction part configured to set the control signal in a predetermined restricted state to restrict the outputting of the power supply unit without stopping the outputting, after passage of a second time in response to detection of an overcurrent on a secondary side of the transformer. The second time is shorter than the first time. | 12-04-2008 |
20110169470 | Power supply control circuit, power supply device, power supply system, and method of controlling power supply control device - A power supply control circuit detects a reference voltage VD corresponding to an intermediate voltage of a Hi Side FET and a Lo Side FET, when a short-circuit fault of the Lo Side FET is generated, and compares a threshold value VIN−VrefH and the reference voltage VD using a comparator COMP. The power supply control circuit determines that the short-circuit fault is generated, when the reference voltage VD is less than the threshold value VIN−VrefH and a switching control signal (HiDr) is in an ON state. Likewise, the power supply control circuit detects the reference voltage VD of the Hi Side FET and the Lo Side FET, when a short-circuit fault of the Hi Side FET is generated, and compares a threshold value VrefL and the reference voltage VD using the comparator COMP. The power supply control circuit determines that the short-circuit fault is generated, when the reference voltage VD is more than the threshold value VrefL and a switching control signal (LoDr) is in an ON state. | 07-14-2011 |
20110191612 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A power supply system includes a plurality of power supply units that each includes an output terminal connected each other in parallel to other output terminals each included in other power supply units and connected to a plurality of load units, a power supply section that inputs an input voltage and outputs a first output voltage from the output terminal to the plurality of load units, and a shut-off control section that shuts off the output of the first output voltage from the output terminal based on an inputted stand-by signal, and a management control unit that inputs a configuration information representing a configuration of each of the plurality of load units in which the first voltage is inputted, and outputs the stand-by signal to any of the plurality of power supply units based on the configuration information. | 08-04-2011 |
20110308839 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE - As a base, a side wall, and a top board are integrated by integral molding in a printed circuit board module, the printed circuit board module is structured in a simple manner. Further, conductive terminals are used for fitting a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is securely held between the electrically conductive terminals and the top board via an elasticity of the conductive terminals. Here, due to the functioning of the notches, the printed circuit board is positioned in a simple manner. Due to the functioning of the base, a printed circuit board module can stand erect. The printed circuit board establishes a vertical posture. The packaging area is reduced. The packaging density improves. Further, the flat surface of the top board that is formed facing upward with a certain extension is used as, for example, an absorbent face. | 12-22-2011 |
20140040642 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Each of the power supply units in a power supply apparatus includes a voltage conversion circuit that converts input voltage into output voltage within a predetermined voltage range an output capacitor that outputs supply power while accumulating charges according to the voltage converted by the voltage conversion circuit, and an overload detection circuit that detects an overload of the output capacitor and when the overload is detected, notifies an apparatus operated using the power supplied from the power supply apparatus of an overload signal requesting a suppression of power consumption. | 02-06-2014 |
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20090027533 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A row scanner selects an arbitrary row in an pixel array unit. Per-column AD converters separately convert voltage signals respectively outputted from a column of a plurality of unit pixels in the selected arbitrary row into digital signals. A column scanner sequentially outputs the digital signals by a column-scanning operation thereof. An AD conversion result adjuster judges whether or not the digital signals reach a predetermined judgment value or the status equivalent to the digital signals reaching the predetermined judgment value is generated, and fixes the digital signals to digital pixel values set in accordance with the predetermined judgment value when a result of the judgment is positive. | 01-29-2009 |
20100053402 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a lens; a solid-state imaging device having, on its top surface, an imaging area in which pixels for converting incident light to a signal are arranged in rows and columns, a vertical scanning circuit located adjacent to the imaging area in a row direction, a peripheral circuit for processing the signal read from the imaging area, and a plurality of terminals; and a prism placed directly on the imaging area for leading the incident light to the imaging area. Light exposure is adjusted by varying brightness of light output from a processor according to a magnitude of the signal output from the solid-state imaging device. | 03-04-2010 |
20100214462 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A frame rate is improved in accordance with the number of times pixels are summed without increasing an operating frequency of a column scanning circuit, when pixel summation is performed between columns. According to the invention, a row scanner selectively controls unit pixels of a pixel array unit on a row-by-row basis. A column-by-column AD converter is provided in each of columns in the pixel array unit and converts an analog signal of each of the pixels in the rows selected by the row scanner into a digital signal. A column-by-column summer is provided in each of the columns and sums the digital signal of each of the pixels in the rows selected by the row scanner on a column-by-column basis. An input-output selector is provided between the column-by-column AD converters and the column-by-column summers, and selects the column-by-column AD converter of any arbitrary column as an input destination, while selecting the column-by-column summer of any arbitrary column as an output destination. A column scanner serially outputs summation results of the column-by-column summers by scanning columns. A controller controls the timing of the operations of the row scanner, the column-by-column AD converters, the input-output selector and the column-by-column summers. | 08-26-2010 |
20110019054 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - As nonvolatile memory is integrated on a substrate on which a solid-state image sensor device including: photoelectric converters arranged in rows and columns; vertical CCDs configured to transfer signal charge output from the photoelectric converters in the column direction; and a horizontal CCD configured to transfer signal charge output from the vertical CCDs in the row direction and output the signal charge as a video signal. The nonvolatile memory stores individual difference information indicating individual differences in dependence of saturation performance on a substrate voltage in the solid-state image sensor device, and outputs the stored individual difference information to the outside. | 01-27-2011 |
20110157442 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A row scanner selects an arbitrary row in an pixel array unit. Per-column AD converters separately convert voltage signals respectively outputted from a column of a plurality of unit pixels in the selected arbitrary row into digital signals. A column scanner sequentially outputs the digital signals by a column-scanning operation thereof. An AD conversion result adjuster judges whether or not the digital signals reach a predetermined judgment value or the status equivalent to the digital signals reaching the predetermined judgment value is generated, and fixes the digital signals to digital pixel values set in accordance with the predetermined judgment value when a result of the judgment is positive. | 06-30-2011 |
20110254988 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A solid-state image sensing element ( | 10-20-2011 |
20130099343 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixel cells; and column signal lines. Each of the pixel cells includes: a photoelectric conversion film, a pixel electrode, a transparent electrode, an amplifier transistor, a reset transistor, and an address transistor. The solid-state imaging device further includes: a lower-refractive-index transparent layer formed above the transparent electrode; and higher-refractive-index transparent parts embedded in the lower-refractive-index transparent layer and each having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the lower-refractive-index transparent layer. Each of the higher-refractive-index transparent parts separates light passing through the higher-refractive-index transparent part into zero-order diffracted light, first-order diffracted light, and negative-first-order diffracted light which exit the higher-refractive-index transparent part and travel toward the photoelectric conversion film. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090069523 | Propylene Random Block Copolymer, Resin Composition Containing the Copolymer and Molded Article Made Thereof - The invention provides a propylene random block copolymer (A) that has a melt flow rate from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min and a melting point from 100 to 155° C. and includes 90 to 60% by weight of a portion insoluble (D | 03-12-2009 |
20090317615 | PACKAGING PROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION - Packaging propylene resin compositions are excellent in balance in high transparency, rigidity, low-temperature impact resistance and blocking resistance. Retort films, protective films, medical container packaging films and freshness-keeping films, and sheets for similar purposes are obtained from the compositions. A packaging propylene resin composition includes a propylene polymer (A) satisfying specific requirements and a propylene/ethylene copolymer (B) satisfying specific requirements. In another packaging propylene resin composition, D | 12-24-2009 |
20100280153 | MODIFIED PROPYLENE RESIN - It is an object of the present invention to provide a modified propylene resin containing very small amounts of low-crystalline and low-molecular-weight components. The present invention relates to a modified propylene resin characterized by satisfying the following requirements (1) to (4). (1) The melting point (Tm) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 140° C. or higher. (2) The amount of grafts of ethylenic unsaturated bond-containing monomer after hot xylene washing is 0.1 to 5 percent by weight. (3) The amount of components soluble in o-dichlorobenzene at 70° C. is 1.5 percent by weight or less. (4) The intrinsic viscosity [η] is 0.1 to 4 dl/g. | 11-04-2010 |
20110172353 | PROPYLENE-BASED BLOCK COPOLYMER, COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE COPOLYMER, AND MOLDED PRODUCTS OBTAINED THEREFROM - To provide a propylene-based block copolymer which has high melt viscoelasticity, excellent balance between rigidity and impact resistance and good molding processablility and is extremely excellent in its molded product appearance, a composition containing the copolymer and molded products obtained therefrom. The propylene-based block copolymer comprises 5 to 80% by weight of a room temperature n-decane-soluble portion (Dsol) and 20 to 95% by weight of a room temperature n-decane-insoluble portion (Dinsol), with the proviso that the total amount of the Dsol and the Dinsol is 100% by weight, and satisfies the following requirements [1] to [3] at the same time: [1] the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of the Dsol is not less than 7.0 but not more than 30, [2] the molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of the Dinsol is not less than 7.0 but not more than 30, and Mz/Mw thereof is not less than 6.0 but not more than 20, and [3] the pentad fraction (mmmm) of the Dinsol is not less than 93%. | 07-14-2011 |
20110178229 | FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF - Long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin particles and a blend thereof are provided, wherein the opening property of the reinforcing fibers during molding is good, and a molded body exhibiting an excellent appearance and having high mechanical strength is obtained. The particles (A) contains a thermoplastic resin (A1), produced by using a metallocene catalyst, a modified polyolefin resin (A2) modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and reinforcing fibers (A3) and satisfy the following requirements (1) to (5); (1) the amount of modification of the unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof is 0.01 to 2 percent by weight in 100 percent by weight of the total of (A1) and (A2); (2) (A1) and (A2) constitute 20 to 70 percent by weight in 100 percent by weight of the total of (A1), (A2), and (A3); (3) (A3) constitutes 30 to 80 percent by weight in 100 percent by weight of the total of (A1), (A2), and (A3); (4) when 25 g of (A) is encapsulated in a 20-L chamber and is stood at 65° C. for 1 hour, the amount of acetaldehyde dissipated from (A) is 3.0 μg/m | 07-21-2011 |
20110294016 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR USE IN FORMATION OF MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE - [Object] To provide a polypropylene resin composition for use in the formation of a microporous membrane having excellent heat resistance and low thermal shrinkage ratio. | 12-01-2011 |
20110301309 | PROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER FOR CAPACITORS - [Object] To provide a propylene homopolymer suitable for capacitor films having high withstand voltage and a stretched film formed by stretching the propylene homopolymer. | 12-08-2011 |
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20100004384 | PROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER FOR STRESS-RESISTANT MOLDED ARTICLE, COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE POLYMER, AND STRESS-RESISTANT MOLDED ARTICLES OBTAINED THEREFORM - The propylene homopolymers and the polypropylene resin compositions containing the propylene homopolymers according to the present invention give molded articles excellent in vibration fatigue strength and creep properties. The molded articles are therefore suitably used as parts requiring reliability for a long period such as automotive parts and housing parts. | 01-07-2010 |
20100234810 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN FOR SYRINGE, SYRINGE PRODUCED FROM THE SAME AS RAW MATERIAL, AND PREFILLED SYRINGE PREPARATION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a polypropylene resin for syringe that can be used as a raw material for syringe that is excellent in sanitary property, heat resistance and transparency and hardly elutes low molecular weight substance and that can prevent formation of foam during molding, achieve long-run moldability and being prevented from scratches when removed from a core molding die in injection molding at satisfactory levels that have not been achieved conventionally. The polypropylene resin for syringe of the present invention comprises an ethylene-propylene block copolymer (A) having a melt flow rate (ASTM D 1238, 230° C., 2.16 kg load) of 10 to 60 g/10 min and being constituted of 85 to 97% by weight of a room-temperature n-decane-insoluble portion (D | 09-16-2010 |
20130059966 | FIBER-REINFORCED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY THEREOF - Long-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin particles and a blend thereof are provided, wherein the opening property of the reinforcing fibers during molding is good, and a molded body exhibiting an excellent appearance and having high mechanical strength is obtained. The particles (A) contain a thermoplastic resin (A | 03-07-2013 |
20140031459 | MODIFIED PROPYLENE RESIN - It is an object of the present invention to provide a modified propylene resin containing very small amounts of low-crystalline and low-molecular-weight components. The present invention relates to a modified propylene resin characterized by satisfying the following requirements (1) to (4). (1) The melting point (Tm) measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) is 140° C. or higher. (2) The amount of grafts of ethylenic unsaturated bond-containing monomer after hot xylene washing is 0.1 to 5 percent by weight. (3) The amount of components soluble in o-dichlorobenzene at 70° C. is 1.5 percent by weight or less. (4) The intrinsic viscosity [η] is 0.1 to 4 dl/g. | 01-30-2014 |
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20120148444 | ALUMINUM ALLOY CASTING AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an aluminum alloy casting consisting essentially of 7.0 to 11.5 mass % of Si, 0.9 to 4.0 mass % of Mg, 0.1 to 0.65 mass % of Fe, 0.1 to 0.8 mass % of Mn and the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, or consisting essentially of 7.0 to 11.5 mass % of Si, 0.9 to 4.0 mass % of Mg, 0.1 to 0.65 mass % of Fe, 0.1 to 0.8 mass % of Mn, 0.3 to 1.0 mass % of Cu and the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, and containing eutectic Si grains having an aspect ratio of 2.0 or smaller and an average grain size of 1.0 micrometer or smaller. There is also provided an automotive part formed with the aluminum alloy casting and a production method of the aluminum alloy casting. | 06-14-2012 |
20140166162 | ALUMINUM ALLOY SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 μm or less. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080198099 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display driving method in which, in an erase stage of a last sub-field of a one-field display period, a scanning pulse is sequentially applied to one row electrode of each of the row electrode pairs for each scanning line or for each scanning line group having a plurality of scanning lines, while an erase pulse is applied to column electrodes simultaneously with the application of the scanning pulse, to cause an erase discharge between the one row electrode and each of the column electrodes to which the erase pulse is applied. | 08-21-2008 |
20080211741 | DRIVE METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A drive method of a plasma display panel that can increase the dark contrast, without causing a discharge failure. When a discharge cell that assumes a black display state in a first field from among first and a second fields that are adjacent in time and switches to a display state representing a brightness other than black in the second field is detected as a lighting transition cell, at least one drive of the below-described first and second forced lighting drives is executed. In the first forced lighting drive, the lighting transition cell is forcibly set into the lighting mode only in the address process of a predetermined subfield within the field in the first field. In the second forced lighting drive, an adjacent discharge cell that is adjacent to the lighting transition cell is forcibly set into the lighting mode only in the address process of the predetermined subfield in the second field. | 09-04-2008 |
20080252563 | METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method of driving a plasma display panel, which includes secondary electron emission material in a fluorescent layer in discharge cells, has a resetting process in which a first reset discharge is generated between one of a pair of row electrodes of the plasma display panel as an anode and a column electrode as a cathode by applying a voltage between the one row electrode and the column electrode. A second reset discharge is generated by applying a first base pulse having a positive peak potential to the other of the row electrodes while applying a negative potential to the one row electrode. A second base pulse having a positive peak potential different from the positive peak potential of the first base pulse is applied to the other row electrode while a negative potential is applied to the one row electrode throughout the execution period of an addressing process. | 10-16-2008 |
20080278415 | METHOD FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for driving a plasma display panel which is capable of improving contrast is provided. A plasma display apparatus which is capable of improving dark contrast and suppressing a degradation in image quality immediately after power-on is also provided. In the PDP, the peak potentials of drive pulses to be applied in order to drive display cells which have a phosphor layer containing a phosphor material and a secondary electron emitting material, are set as follows. The peak potential of a reset pulse, to be applied to each of the row electrodes in the first subfield within each unit display period, is set to be lower than the peak potential of a sustain pulse, to be applied to each of the row electrodes in every subfield to produce sustain discharge only in display cells that are in the lighting mode. | 11-13-2008 |
20090219226 | DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - It is an object to provide a driving method of a plasma display panel, whereby a dark contrast can be improved while suppressing an erroneous discharge. In a resetting step in a first unit display period, while a first reset pulse having a predetermined peak electric potential is applied to one of first row electrodes of row electrode pairs formed in the PDP, a second reset pulse having a peak electric potential smaller than that of the first reset pulse is applied to the other of the first row electrodes. In the resetting step in a second unit display period subsequent to the first unit display period, a second reset pulse is applied to each of the one and the other of the first row electrodes. | 09-03-2009 |
20110169807 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A plasma display panel and a drive method therefor, which can enhance a representation capability when displaying a dark image. The plasma display panel includes fluorophor layers containing magnesium oxide. The drive method includes a reset step to initialize all the pixel cells into states of one of a light-up mode and a light-off mode, and an address step in which the pixel cells are caused to perform address discharges selectively in accordance with pixel data, which are successively executed in each of a head subfield and a second subfield within a one-field display period. In reset step, a voltage that sets row electrodes on one side, in the row electrode pairs as an anode and sets the column electrodes set as a cathode is applied between the row electrodes on the one side and the column electrodes. | 07-14-2011 |
20110169875 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A plasma display panel and a drive method therefor, which can enhance a representation capability when displaying a dark image. The plasma display panel includes fluorophor layers containing magnesium oxide. The drive method includes a reset step to initialize all the pixel cells into states of one of a light-up mode and a light-off mode, and an address step in which the pixel cells are caused to perform address discharges selectively in accordance with pixel data, which are successively executed in each of a head subfield and a second subfield within a one-field display period. In reset step, a voltage that sets row electrodes on one side, in the row electrode pairs as an anode and sets the column electrodes set as a cathode is applied between the row electrodes on the one side and the column electrodes. | 07-14-2011 |
20110169876 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A plasma display panel and a drive method therefor, which can enhance a representation capability when displaying a dark image. The plasma display panel includes fluorophor layers containing magnesium oxide. The drive method includes a reset step to initialize all the pixel cells into states of one of a light-up mode and a light-off mode, and an address step in which the pixel cells are caused to perform address discharges selectively in accordance with pixel data, which are successively executed in each of a head subfield and a second subfield within a one-field display period. In reset step, a voltage that sets row electrodes on one side, in the row electrode pairs as an anode and sets the column electrodes set as a cathode is applied between the row electrodes on the one side and the column electrodes. | 07-14-2011 |
20120200543 | DRIVING METHOD OF PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - It is an object to provide a driving method of a plasma display panel, whereby a dark contrast can be improved while suppressing an erroneous discharge. In a resetting step in a first unit display period, while a first reset pulse having a predetermined peak electric potential is applied to one of first row electrodes of row electrode pairs formed in the PDP, a second reset pulse having a peak electric potential smaller than that of the first reset pulse is applied to the other of the first row electrodes. In the resetting step in a second unit display period subsequent to the first unit display period, a second reset pulse is applied to each of the one and the other of the first row electrodes. | 08-09-2012 |
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20090131836 | SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is provided a suspicious behavior detection system capable of specifying and identifying a suspicious person exhibiting abnormal behavior. A suspicious behavior detection system is a system to detect suspicious behavior of a monitored subject, by using images captured by a stereo camera. The suspicious behavior detection system has an ambulatory path acquisition unit which acquires ambulatory path information of the monitored subject, and a behavioral identification unit which identifies behavior of the monitored subject based on the ambulatory path information, and automatically determines suspicious behavior of the monitored subject. | 05-21-2009 |
20110050875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BEHAVIOR IN A MONITORING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a behavior detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a characteristic acquisition unit, a behavior identification unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire the image data about an object to detect. The characteristic acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic data about the object, from the image data. The behavior identification unit is configured to identify the behavior of the object on the basis of the characteristic data. The detection unit is configured to compare the behavior identified by the behavior identification unit with the scheduled behavioral data representing the behavior the object is supposed to exhibit, thereby to detect abnormal behavior by the object. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050876 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BEHAVIOR IN A MONITORING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a behavior detection apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a characteristic acquisition unit, a behavior identification unit, and a detection unit. The image acquisition unit is configured to acquire the image data about an object to detect. The characteristic acquisition unit is configured to acquire characteristic data about the object, from the image data. The behavior identification unit is configured to identify the behavior of the object on the basis of the characteristic data. The detection unit is configured to compare the behavior identified by the behavior identification unit with the scheduled behavioral data representing the behavior the object is supposed to exhibit, thereby to detect abnormal behavior by the object. | 03-03-2011 |
20120026409 | Electronic Device and Remote-Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic device searches video devices connected to a network. The electronic device transmits a predetermined command to an identification-target video device via the network in order to make a user confirm the identification-target video device. The identification-target video device is a device selected by the user from the searched video devices, the predetermined command causing the identification-target video device to execute a predetermined operation. The electronic device transmits a command to a operation-target video device via the network in order to remote-control the operation-target video device. The operation-target video device is a device selected by the user from the searched video devices, the command causing the operation-target video device to execute an operation designated by the user. | 02-02-2012 |
20120026411 | Electronic Apparatus and Method for Assisting in Remote Control - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations. | 02-02-2012 |
20120321138 | SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is provided a suspicious behavior detection system capable of specifying and identifying a suspicious person exhibiting abnormal behavior. A suspicious behavior detection system is a system to detect suspicious behavior of a monitored subject, by using images captured by a stereo camera. The suspicious behavior detection system has an ambulatory path acquisition unit which acquires ambulatory path information of the monitored subject, and a behavioral identification unit which identifies behavior of the monitored subject based on the ambulatory path information, and automatically determines suspicious behavior of the monitored subject. | 12-20-2012 |