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20080236171 | MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING METHOD - A magnetic refrigerating device includes: at least one set of double-structured Halbach type magnet including a ring-shaped inner Halbach type magnet and a ring-shaped outer Halbach type magnet which are coaxially arranged one another so that a magnetic field generated by the inner Halbach type magnet is superimposed with a magnetic field generated by the outer Halbach type magnet; a magnetic refrigerant or a magnetic refrigeration working chamber including the magnetic refrigerant therein disposed in a bore space of the inner Halbach type magnet; and a rotating mechanism to rotate the outer Halbach type magnet while the inner Halbach type magnet is stationed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080277099 | EVAPORATOR AND CIRCULATION TYPE COOLING EQUIPMENT USING THE EVAPORATOR - An evaporator includes a hermetically sealed vessel | 11-13-2008 |
20090232281 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - According to the invention, an X-ray CT apparatus includes: an annular rotator including: an X-ray tube; an X-ray detector disposed oppositely to the X-ray tube; a radiator disposed in the vicinity of the X-ray tube and dissipating heat from the X-ray tube; an air outlet provided in the vicinity of the radiator; and an air inlet provided at a position oppositely to the air outlet, a gantry cover covering peripheral of the annular rotator and having an upper air vent and a plurality of lower air vents; a plurality of fans discharging to the outside air exist in a gap between the gantry cover and the annular rotator from the air outlet; and a baffle plate provided in the gap in the vicinity of the lower air vents and controlling an air flow passing through internal space of the annular rotator and an airflow passing through the gap. | 09-17-2009 |
20090279660 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A rotor is rotatably supported in a gantry housing having a substantially sealed structure. An X-ray tube is provided in the rotor. A cooler is provided in the rotor and cools a refrigerant within the X-ray tube. An X-ray detector is provided in the rotor. A reconstruction unit reconstructs an image on the basis of an output of the X-ray detector. A radiator is fixed inside the gantry housing at a position opposite to an exhaust opening of the cooler when the rotor is stationary. | 11-12-2009 |
20100177863 | X-RAY CT SCANNER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an X-ray CT scanner including: a gantry; a revolving body provided inside the gantry; an X-ray tube assembly provided in the revolving body; a heat radiator provided inside the revolving body so as to be connected to the X-ray tube assembly; a heat storage material provided in the heat radiator and capable of accumulating a heat generated by the X-ray tube assembly; and an X-ray detector provided inside the revolving body so as to oppose the X-ray tube assembly. | 07-15-2010 |
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20120011303 | MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND SHUTDOWN CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory control device includes a controller, a command queue module, a plurality of stage processors, and a skip module. The controller controls a data access command to a nonvolatile memory from a host. The command queue module queues a transfer request command corresponding to the data access command. The stage processors each perform stage processing related to the transfer request command queued by the command queue module. The skip module skips the stage processing by the stage processors in response to a shutdown command from the controller. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017116 | MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, MEMORY DEVICE, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory control device includes a first controller, a second controller, an access module, and a response sort module. The first controller controls processing of a data access command to a nonvolatile memory from a host. The second controller controls processing assigned to the second controller between the first controller and the second controller. The access module performs data access to the nonvolatile memory in response to a command from the first controller or the second controller. When an error occurs in the data access by the access module, the response sort module returns a response to the second controller instead of the first controller. | 01-19-2012 |
20120192032 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLASH MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a channel controller, an error correction controller, and an additional correction module. The channel controller is configured to control writing to and reading from the nonvolatile memories of respective channels. The error correction controller is configured to use inter-channel error correction codes during any read process, performing inter-channel correction process on those of the data items read under the control of the channel controller, which have been designated. The additional correction module is configured to designate, in accordance with errors detected by the channel controller, data items to additionally correct, and to notify the data items so designated to the error correction controller while the channel controller is reading the data necessary in the inter-channel correction process. | 07-26-2012 |
20120278538 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLASH MEMORIES - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a memory module and a controller. The memory module has a plurality of flash memory chips. Data is written to or read from each flash memory chip having a specific page size as access unit. The controller is configured to supply memory control signals, which are independent of the common signal containing the data and addresses, to the flash memory chips, respectively, in order to write data larger than the specific data size to the memory module. In the memory module, the respective flash memory chips store the data, each at the same address, in response to the memory control signals. | 11-01-2012 |
20140040695 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER - According to at least one embodiment, a storage apparatus reads first sector data and a first error correcting code. The storage apparatus performs first decoding for the read first sector data using the read first error correcting code. The storage apparatus stores an error correction result by the first decoding. The storage apparatus performs second decoding for decoding-data associated with a second error correcting code using the second error correcting code. The storage apparatus transfers the second error correcting code and the decoding-data via the first buffer storing the error correction result. | 02-06-2014 |
20150055419 | CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory chip and a controller. The controller is configured to count a first elapsed time from a start of an Erase process when causing the memory chip to execute the Erase process. The controller is configured to cause the memory chip to interrupt the Erase process after the first elapsed time exceeds a threshold value. | 02-26-2015 |
20150205534 | CONTROLLER, SOLID-STATE DRIVE AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a controller includes a first command queuing part corresponding to a first bank, the first command queuing part queuing commands, a second command queuing part corresponding to a second bank, the second command queuing part queuing commands, and a bank control part which is configured to generate a first bound command by binding at least two commands in the first command queuing part, generate a second bound command by binding at least two commands in the second command queuing part, transfer the first bound command as an unit of an interleave operation between the first and second banks to the first bank, and transfer the second bound command as an unit of the interleave operation to the second bank. | 07-23-2015 |
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20090185068 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROLLING METHOD - The image-pickup apparatus performs a scan operation for sequentially obtaining focus evaluation values with movement of a focus lens and calculates an in-focus position on the focus evaluation values. The apparatus includes a controller configured to divide a movable range of the focus lens for the scan operation into plural zones, and to change a scan operation zone where the scan operation is performed from a current zone to a next zone among the plural zones when the focus evaluation value satisfies a predetermined condition. The controller sets, as the predetermined condition, a first condition for changing the scan operation zone from a specific zone to the next zone, and a second condition for changing the scan operation zone from a zone other than the specific zone to the next zone. The first condition is harder to be satisfied than the second condition. | 07-23-2009 |
20100060780 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of achieving in-focus photographing with a reduced time lag. A system controller of the image pickup apparatus detects an in-focus state of image while moving a focus lens in an optical axis direction, and detects a state of a photographing scene at image acquisition. When detecting a change in photographing scene, the system controller moves the focus lens to a movement start position. When detecting that a photographing scene has been decided by a photographer, the controller detects an in-focus state while moving the focus lens. | 03-11-2010 |
20100067893 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging apparatus determines the appropriateness of a continuous focusing operation when performing shooting using autofocus. When the continuous focusing operation is determined to be appropriate, the imaging apparatus performs a display indicating that the imaging apparatus is in a continuous focusing operation state. The display indicating the continuous focusing operation state differs from a display indicating a focusing state determined by a focusing operation performed when the imaging apparatus is not in the continuous focusing operation state. | 03-18-2010 |
20120063759 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING APPARATUS - A change to the telephoto side by the zoom control unit makes the stored zoom position as a target, a focus adjustment unit moves a focus lens so as to bring an object into an in-focus state, and the focus adjustment unit, while processing for changing the zoom position is being performed by the zoom control unit, performs a regulating operation of operation for focusing on the object. | 03-15-2012 |
20120281103 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of achieving in-focus photographing with a reduced time lag. A system controller of the image pickup apparatus detects an in-focus state of image while moving a focus lens in an optical axis direction, and detects a state of a photographing scene at image acquisition. When detecting a change in photographing scene, the system controller moves the focus lens to a movement start position. When detecting that a photographing scene has been decided by a photographer, the controller detects an in-focus state while moving the focus lens. | 11-08-2012 |
20140176786 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Subject distances of a plurality of subject areas included in a captured image are computed based on a plurality of focus evaluation values indicating in-focus positions of a plurality of focus detection areas set in the captured image. Upon detection of a change in the captured image, the subject distances of the plurality of subject areas are re-computed by re-moving a focus lens. In this case, a driving range of the focus lens includes in-focus positions corresponding to previously-calculated subject distances and corresponds to the distribution of the previously-calculated subject distances. | 06-26-2014 |
20150163395 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image capturing apparatus, an image sensing unit has a plurality of pixels and photoelectrically converts an object image formed by an optical imaging system including a focus lens and outputs an electrical image signal, a control unit controls at least a readout rate or an exposure condition independently for different regions of the image sensing unit, and a calculation unit calculates a plurality of focus evaluation values based on image signals read out from the pixels present in a focus detection area in one of the plurality of different regions at different focus lens positions, and find an in-focus position of the focus lens based on the focus evaluation values. The control unit takes an image signal read out from a first region among the plurality of different regions as an image signal for display. | 06-11-2015 |
20150226934 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS HAVING FRAME-OUT PREVENTIVE CONTROL, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A focus adjustment apparatus recaptures an object even if the object goes out of a view angle during imaging. The apparatus performs a zoom control of detecting a movement condition of a camera and automatically shifts a zoom position to a wide angle side or a telephoto side on the basis of the movement condition. The zoom position and a focus position before the zoom position is shifted to the wide angle side are stored. A focal point adjustment is performed to bring the object into focus by moving a focus lens to a target position. When the zoom position is moved to the telephoto side, the stored zoom position is used as the target position. When the zoom position is being shifted to the wide angle side, the object is brought into focus by moving the focus lens and the stored focus position is used as the target position. | 08-13-2015 |
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20100269972 | INFUSION CONTAINER WITH MULTIPLE CHAMBERS - The present invention has an object to provide an infusion container with multiple chambers, where the peel strength of the boundary portion between one and another of multiple medicament chambers is stabilized irrespective of the construction material and structure of the film. The present invention provides an infusion container | 10-28-2010 |
20120201984 | PLASTIC FILM AND INFUSION BAG - The present invention relates to a plastic film ( | 08-09-2012 |
20120215196 | PLASTIC FILM HAVING OXYGEN ABSORBING FUNCTION AND INFUSION BAG - The present invention relates to a plastic film for medical containers having an oxygen absorbing function including at least 4 layers ( | 08-23-2012 |
20130129949 | Coextruded Film And Bag Using The Same - Provided is a coextruded film including an adhesive layer, which is formed from a blend of a maleic anhydride modified polyolefin resin and a polyolefin resin, between a barrier layer that is formed from an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, and a sealant layer that is formed from a polyolefin resin. When this adhesive layer is applied, it is possible to provide a coextruded film which has a sufficient barrier property due to the barrier layer formed from the ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, and in which surface gloss is satisfactory, and irregularities are suppressed, and thus the exterior appearance thereof is excellent. | 05-23-2013 |
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20080309228 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - Provided is an organic electroluminescent device that brings together a high efficiency, high durability, and a high color purity. The organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, in which the layer contains at least one organic germanium compound having two or more fluorenyl groups per one germanium atom. | 12-18-2008 |
20090082439 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An organic light-emitting device adapted for coating and having good emission efficiency and luminance. The organic light-emitting device employs an anode, a cathode, and a layer including an organic compound sandwiched between the anode and cathode. The layer containing the organic compound includes a bisfluorene compound represented by General Formula [1] below. | 03-26-2009 |
20100072885 | FLUORENE COMPOUND, ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE FLUORENE COMPOUND - An organic light emitting device having a high efficiency and durability is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode and a layer formed of an organic compound interposed between the anode and the cathode, and contains at least one kind of the fluorene compound represented by the following general formula (I) or (II): | 03-25-2010 |