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20120284911 | DRAINAGE CHANNEL OF FLUSH TOILET - Disclosed is a flush toilet drainage channel capable of good flushing. The flush toilet drainage channel includes an ascending channel ( | 11-15-2012 |
20140264300 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - The organic electroluminescence display device of an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels formed on the substrate, and a sealing film that covers the plurality of pixels. The sealing film includes a first barrier layer, a base layer covering the top surface of the first barrier layer, an inter layer locally formed on the top surface of the base layer, and a second barrier layer covering the top surface of the base layer and the top surface of the inter layer. The inter layer is formed so as to cover a step on the top surface of the base layer. | 09-18-2014 |
20150060822 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an organic EL display device configured in which an acrylic resin layer is disposed under a barrier layer that protects an OLED for flattening the barrier layer, floating the barrier layer caused by penetration of moisture into the acrylic resin can be prevented. A side surface of a bank formed in a boundary of pixels is formed into a cliff part having an inclination angle of 90° or larger in most portions of a circumstance of each pixel part, and formed into a gently sloped part having the inclination angle smaller than 90° in a part of the circumference. The electrode parts disposed within the respective pixels are connected to each other through an electrode part disposed on an upper surface of the bank, and electrode parts disposed on the gently sloped parts to form an OLED common electrode. | 03-05-2015 |
20150155523 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - The organic electroluminescence display device has a circuit board, an element layer which contains an organic electroluminescence film and a positive electrode and a negative electrode sandwiching the organic electroluminescence film and which is formed on the circuit board, and a sealing film sealing the element layer. The sealing film contains an inorganic layer covering the element layer and an organic layer formed between a part of the element layer and a part of the inorganic layer. The upper surface of the element layer has an inorganic contact area contacting the inorganic layer and an organic contact area contacting the organic layer. The organic contact area is a hollow in the upper surface of the element layer. The area of the upper surface of the organic layer is smaller than the area of the lower surface contacting the inner surface of the hollow. | 06-04-2015 |
20150380682 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - The organic electroluminescence display device of an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels formed on the substrate, and a sealing film that covers the plurality of pixels. The sealing film includes a first barrier layer, a base layer covering the top surface of the first barrier layer, an inter layer locally formed on the top surface of the base layer, and a second barrier layer covering the top surface of the base layer and the top surface of the inter layer. The inter layer is formed so as to cover a step on the top surface of the base layer. | 12-31-2015 |
20160043346 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - A bank layer includes projecting portions swollen toward in a thickness direction of a first substrate in an adhesion area. A multi-barrier includes a portion, in which a organic barrier is not disposed, on an upper side of the projecting portions. Therefore, it is possible to obtain, in the adhesion area, a portion in which a first inorganic barrier layer and a second inorganic barrier layer directly come in contact with each other. In an organic EL display device including the multi-barrier formed of an organic material and an inorganic material, it is possible to prevent two facing substrates from being separated from each other. | 02-11-2016 |
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20080261400 | POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMING COPPER WIRING FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a technique for realizing highly flat surface of a semiconductor integrated circuit employing copper as a wiring metal. | 10-23-2008 |
20080272088 | POLISHING COMPOUND AND POLISHING METHOD - To provide a polishing compound that is capable of minimizing formation of scratches on an object to be polished, such as a resin substrate or a metal wiring, and polishing at a high removal rate. To further provide a polishing method that is capable of minimizing formation of scratches on a resin substrate or a metal wiring, and improving the throughput. | 11-06-2008 |
20110212621 | ABRASIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a polishing composition used in a step of polishing until a barrier layer adjacent to a copper layer is exposed, in a pattern formation of polishing the copper layer provided on an insulating layer through the barrier layer thereby alternately forming a copper embedded wiring and the insulating layer, the polishing composition including: an alicyclic resin acid; a colloidal silica in which a content thereof in the polishing composition is from 0.1 to 1.5% by mass, an average primary particle size thereof is from 10 to 40 nm, an average secondary particle size thereof is from 30 to 80 nm, and (the average secondary particle size×the content) is in a range of from 10 to 40; and tetramethylammonium ion. | 09-01-2011 |
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20110198210 | PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIAL, METHOD OF DECOMPOSING ORGANIC SUBSTANCE, INTERIOR MEMBER, AIR CLEANING DEVICE, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OXIDIZING AGENT - A divalent copper salt and/or trivalent iron salt is supported on a surface of a metal ion-doped titanium oxide obtained by doping titanium oxide with metal ions to give a metal ion-doped titanium oxide with a valence band potential of 3 V or more (vs. SHE, pH=0) and a bandgap of 3 V or less between the valence band and an energy level of electrons excited from the valence band (including conduction band minimum potential and isolated potential). The metal ion-doped titanium oxide can be made to exhibit strong oxidative decomposition activity when irradiated with visible light based on the fact the divalent copper salt or trivalent iron salt functions as a catalyst for multi-electron reduction of oxygen. | 08-18-2011 |
20140322629 | NITRATE REDUCTION METHOD, NITRATE REDUCTION CATALYST, NITRATE REDUCTION ELECTRODE, FUEL CELL, AND WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A nitrate reduction method in accordance with the present invention reduces at least one type of nitrates and nitrites in a presence of a carbon-based material containing at least one selected from a group consisting of graphite, graphene, and amorphous carbon. | 10-30-2014 |
20140353144 | CARBON-BASED MATERIAL, ELECTRODE CATALYST, OXYGEN REDUCTION ELECTRODE CATALYST, GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE, AQUEOUS SOLUTION ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING CARBON-BASED MATERIAL - A carbon-based material in accordance with the present invention includes graphene doped with metal atoms and at least one type of non-metal atoms selected from a group consisting of nitrogen atoms, boron atoms, sulfur atoms, and phosphorus atoms. A diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement of the carbon-based material by use of CuKα radiation showing that a proportion of the highest of intensities of peaks derived from an inactive metal compound and a metal crystal to an intensity of a (002) peak is 0.1 or less. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090074161 | TELEPHONE DEVICE - In a telephone device including telephone operation section ( | 03-19-2009 |
20100002862 | TELEPHONE RELAY APPARATUS, TELEPHONE RELAY SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A telephone relay apparatus stores peripheral telephone numbers of a plurality of peripheral telephone terminals scheduled to be located at the periphery of each specific terminal user. When a line connecting request from an outgoing telephone terminal of an arbitrary telephone outgoing user to a specific telephone terminal is received, connection of a telephone call execution line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal is tried. Therefore, when the connection is connected, a telephone call between the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can be immediately made. However, when the telephone call execution line to the specific telephone terminal is not connected, the peripheral telephone terminal is selected in a transfer trying order, and connection of the telephone call execution line is tried with the peripheral telephone numbers in the transfer trying order. | 01-07-2010 |
20100008478 | NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR NOTIFICATION APPARATUS - A management apparatus of a notification system includes an interface unit that communicates with a store terminal used for a predetermined site work process by a site worker and an IP telephone terminal used for IP phone call, which are located at one work site; an accepting unit that accepts an emergency notification to the site worker; a display control unit that displays and outputs the accepted emergency notification on the store terminal via the interface unit; and a calling unit that calls the IP telephone terminal via the interface unit to make the site worker recognize the emergency notification. | 01-14-2010 |
20100040223 | TELEPHONE RELAY SYSTEM, TELEPHONE RELAY APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - When a telephone call line from an outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal of a specific terminal user is not opened, the telephone relay apparatus acquires periphery requirement data from user scheduled data about the specific terminal user having a scheduled date matching the present date, and selects a peripheral telephone terminal. Opening of a telephone call line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the selected peripheral telephone terminal is tried, and the outgoing telephone terminal not connected to the specific telephone terminal is connected to the peripheral telephone terminal. Thus, it is possible to increase the possibility that the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can talk to each other between the peripheral telephone terminal and the outgoing telephone terminal. | 02-18-2010 |
20110038289 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, CENTRAL MANAGEMENT UNIT THEREOF, COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of data communication terminals having a data display function is individually provided in each of a plurality of locations of use where general users individually check in. A user storage unit stores the user ID data and the location ID data with respect to each general user who has checked in, and a situation storage unit stores user situation data of the general user who has checked in, together with the user ID data. A group identification unit identifies the plurality of general users who have checked in as a group, and a listing display unit causes each of the data communication terminals in the plurality of locations of use where the general users of the group have checked in, to display a listing of at least the user ID data, the location ID data, and the user situation data of another member of the group. Thus, a data processing system is provided that allows the general users of the group, who have individually checked in for the plurality of locations of use, to confirm the situation of another member at a glance. | 02-17-2011 |
20140093064 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A communication processing system according to the present invention is a communication processing system including user communication terminals each operated by a user and responder communication terminals each operated by a responder responding to an inquiry from the user. The communication processing system includes: a responder communication terminal information storing means for associating and storing each of the responder communication terminals and a responder attribute of the responder operating the responder communication terminal; and a connection controlling means for controlling to search the responder attribute corresponding to a user attribute of the user by referring to the responder communication terminal information storing means and connect the responder communication terminal associated with the responder attribute to the user communication terminal. | 04-03-2014 |
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20140030049 | MOVING CARTRIDGE BETWEEN LIBRARY STRINGS - A library manager to determine a relay-point library string when a particular cartridge (specific cartridge) is moved to an empty drive (target drive) for mounting. A method for determining a relay-point library string includes: receiving a command to mount a cartridge in a library string located on one side of the relay-point library string; searching for the target drive among library strings, and finding the target drive in a library string on the other side of an interposed relay-point library string relative to the library string in which the specific cartridge is located; selecting a relay-point library string based on predetermined conditions to move the specific cartridge using shuttle connections to the found target drive; and searching to determine whether or there is a newly available drive in a relay-point library string other than the selected relay-point library string before the selected cartridge reaches the selected relay-point library string. | 01-30-2014 |
20140031973 | Moving Cartridges Between Library Strings - The present description is directed to moving a cartridge including a storage medium between library strings (LS) using a car able to move within a shuttle connection in a shuffle complex system in which, in one embodiment, a first cartridge is to be moved from a first LS to a second LS, a car located in the LS nearest to the first LS due to movement of a second cartridge is used to move the second cartridge to the first LS , and the empty car is used to move the first cartridge from the first LS to the second LS. In one aspect, movement of empty cars may be reduced, and cartridges may be moved between library strings more efficiently in less time. Other features and aspects are described. | 01-30-2014 |
20160042760 | METHOD OF DETECTING TAMPERING OF DATA IN TAPE DRIVE, AND FILE SYSTEM - A method of detecting whether data in a tape drive used in a file system is tampered is described according to one embodiment. The method includes: (a) preparing a first tape cartridge including a tape on which multiple files and archival records of index information are stored in a WORM partition, and index information is stored in the R/W partition; (b) reading and comparing the index information of the R/W partition and the last index information of the WORM partition; and (c) when these two pieces of index information do not match, determining that the index information of the R/W partition is tampered when these two pieces of index information do not match. | 02-11-2016 |
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20120321147 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A sales data processing apparatus which registers and processes sales data on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The apparatus includes: an imaging module that images a customer who is waiting for registration; a manipulation determination module that determines whether or not a prescribed one of a series of manipulations for registration of sales data of one transaction was performed; and a generation module that generates customer identification image data based on an image taken by the imaging module if the manipulation determination module determines that the prescribed manipulation was performed. | 12-20-2012 |
20140012622 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus of the present invention, which receives sales data transmitted from a terminal device installed in a mobile sales vehicle via a communication network and processes the sales data, includes a receiving section which receives current position data and sales data from the terminal device as a sales report of mobile sales, a sales venue storage section which stores and manages position data for each of sales venues where mobile sales by mobile sales vehicles are permitted under contracts with operators operating business of renting the sales venues by hour, a search section which specifies a sales venue relevant to the position data by searching the sales venue storage section based on the position data received together with the sales data, and a processing section which processes, when the sales venue is specified, the sales data as sales data regarding sales at the sales venue. | 01-09-2014 |
20140172509 | SALES MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An sales management apparatus of the present invention for managing sales data transmitted from a sales terminal device via a communication network includes a receiving section which receives sales data and position data of a sales venue transmitted from the sales terminal device placed on a mobile sales vehicle side when sales are being conducted at the sales venue by the mobile sales vehicle, a totalizing section which totalizes the sales data by mobile sales for each sales venue based on the sales data and the position data received by the receiving section, an analyzing section which analyzes the totalization results obtained by the totalizing section according to an analysis condition for analyzing the totalization results obtained by the totalizing section, and an output section which develops and outputs the analysis results obtained by the analyzing section on a map. | 06-19-2014 |
20150161745 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A sales data processing apparatus which registers and processes sales data on a transaction-by-transaction basis. The apparatus includes: an imaging module; a moving image storage module; a manipulation situation storage module; and a generation module configured (i) to extract an image that satisfies a prescribed criterion among images which were taken with the manipulation timing indicated by the data stored in the manipulation situation storage module from the moving image stored in the moving image storage module and (ii) to generate user identification image data based on the extracted image. | 06-11-2015 |
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20090187810 | ERROR CORRECTION CODING METHOD AND DEVICE - An error correction coding method using a low-density parity-check code includes: dividing an information bit sequence to be processed for error correction coding, into (m−r) pieces of first blocks each comprising a bit sequence having a length n and r pieces of second blocks comprising respective bit sequences having lengths k | 07-23-2009 |
20100153810 | DECODING DEVICE AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A decoding apparatus for low density parity check codes includes a variable-to-check message generator and a check-to-variable message generator. The variable-to-check message generator includes a variable-to-check processing unit block, provided with an adder, and which is arranged between registers corresponding to locations of ‘1’s in a check matrix. The check-to-variable message generator includes a check-to-variable processing unit block, provided with a comparator, between registers corresponding to locations of ‘1’s in the check matrix. The decoding apparatus for low density parity check codes is simple in configuration and is able to perform high speed processing without using RAMs without the necessity of performing complex control operations. | 06-17-2010 |
20100251063 | DECODING DEVICE, DATA STORAGE DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DECODING METHOD - A data converting means generates first interim data held in one-to-one correspondence to columns vectors from data stored in a first storage means and data stored in a second storage means. A check node processing means generates second interim data for updating the data stored in the first storage means based on the sum of the first interim data and received data. The data converting means updates the data stored in the second storage means using the first interim data, and updates the data stored in the first storage means using the second interim data generated by the check node processing means. Decoded data are generated by a process carried out by the data converting means and the check node processing means. | 09-30-2010 |
20110219286 | DECODING DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING THE DECODER DEVICE, AND DATA MEMORY - A decoding device comprises two check node processing devices of feedback shift register type, each of which node processing includes a plurality of registers and a plurality of comparator circuits. A multiplexer and a demultiplexer switch between the two check node processing devices, and a memory holds the two sorts of data. The comparator circuits are interposed between registers of the check node processing device. | 09-08-2011 |
20120089884 | ERROR CORRECTION ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - Provided is an encoding apparatus wherein a transmission data sequence is divided into L short sequences, each of which is then encoded by use of an m-stage pseudo-cyclic low-density parity check encoding system. Each of the L encoded sequences is further divided into shorter sequences, the number of which is identical to the number m of the stages of the pseudo-cyclic codes and each of which has a length m. The shorter sequences are rearranged in order by a replacing module, thereafter encoded, by use of the m-stage pseudo-cyclic low-density parity check encoding system, and outputted. Accordingly, a decoding apparatus with a simple structure where node processing circuits (e.g., minimum-value calculating circuits), the number of which is p that is a submultiple of the number m of the foregoing stages, are provided, can be employed to efficiently decode the codes having a large frame length and a large encoding gain. | 04-12-2012 |
20130031446 | CODING DEVICE, ERROR-CORRECTION CODE CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A coding device includes: an inspection matrix generating module that generates a block inspection matrix; and a coding module that generates and outputs a code word from an input message by the inspection matrix. The inspection matrix generating module includes: a degree-allocation unit that prescribes function values of the block inspection matrix by the coefficients of a self-reciprocal polynomial expression; a weight distribution determination unit that prescribes the number of components that are non-zero matrices among the components of each block of the block inspection matrix using a mask pattern; a first degree-altering unit that considers the sum of the components of the k_r-th row block of the block inspection matrix as a cyclic permutation matrix; and a second degree-altering unit that prescribes the row-block number of components that are non-zero matrices among the components of each row block excluding said k_r-th row block of the clock inspection matrix. | 01-31-2013 |
20130179757 | ERROR CORRECT CODING DEVICE, ERROR CORRECT CODING METHOD, AND ERROR CORRECT CODING PROGRAM - Disclosed are an encoding apparatus for a quasi-cyclic low-density parity check code for calculating r×m-bit redundant data for information data of length k×m bits (k, m and r are positive integers), and a cyclic addition apparatus including a k×m-bit shift register and exclusive OR. With information data of a length of k×m×L bits (L≦k), a length of (r×m×(L+1)+k×m) bits is calculated as redundant data by adding redundant data of a length of r×m×L bits calculated using the encoding apparatus L times, k×m-bit data calculated by inputting the information data of a length of k×m×L bits to the cyclic addition apparatus, and r×m-bit redundant data calculated by inputting the k×m-bit data to the encoding apparatus. | 07-11-2013 |
20150085960 | CARRIER WAVE REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND CARRIER WAVE REPRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention provides a carrier wave reproduction device in which bit-error characteristics are improved without decreasing transmission capacity. The carrier wave reproduction device is equipped with an interpolation filter that estimates a phase error for a received symbol on the basis of a pilot symbol included in the received symbol, a first phase rotation machine that rotates a phase of the received symbol in response to the phase error estimated by the interpolation filter and then outputs the rotated symbol as a first output symbol, a phase error compensating unit that compensates for the phase error remaining in the first output symbol and then outputs the result of the compensation as a second output symbol, a QAM symbol demapping unit that calculates both a first bit string corresponding to the first output symbol and a second bit string corresponding to the second output signal, and an error correction decoder which performs error correction on the bit error in the first bit string and outputs the result. The phase error compensating unit refers to the first bit string after error correction has been performed thereon and then compensates for the phase error remaining in the first output symbol. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090175287 | Packet switch - A virtual output queuing controlling device in an input buffering switch with a virtual output queuing technique includes a specialized class for CBR traffic, and a connection request generation section that makes a connection request for a switch scheduler, which can execute a three-step priority control. The connection request generation section makes the connection request of the specialized class for CBR traffic prior to the connection request of the other classes for the switch scheduler. | 07-09-2009 |
20090282105 | P2P DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM, P2P DATA DELIVERY METHOD AND P2P DATA DELIVERY PROGRAM - Since a shared public data delivery module makes a response to a data query to other data delivery modules or other shared public data delivery modules; or to a query from other data delivery modules or other shared public data delivery modules instead of the data delivery module, the data delivery module needs not to directly make response to the data query, and it is hence possible to reduce load imposed on data delivery modules participating in the P2P data delivery system. For example, for a data request issued from a data delivery module, an adjacent shared public data delivery module acquires data substitutionally; it is hence possible to reduce the transfer network amount between the module having issued the data request and other data delivery modules and between the module having issued the data request and other shared public data delivery modules not adjacent thereto. | 11-12-2009 |
20090323695 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PIPELINED SCHEDULING TECHNIQUE - A scheduler allowing high-speed scheduling scalable with the number of input and output ports of a crosspoint switch and suppressed unfairness among inputs is disclosed. The scheduler includes an M×M matrix of scheduling modules, each of which schedules packet forwarding connections from a corresponding input group of input ports to selected ones of a corresponding output group of output ports based on reservation information. A diagonal modulo pattern is used to determine a set of M scheduling modules to avoid coming into collision with each other. Each determined scheduling module performs reservation of packet forwarding connections based on current reservation information and transfers updated reservation information in row and column directions of the M×M matrix. | 12-31-2009 |
20100325157 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CHARACTER-STRING MATCHING FINITE AUTOMATION, ITS GENERATING METHOD, AND GENERATING PROGRAM - Disclosed is a system in which Aan NFA conversion meansunit | 12-23-2010 |
20110310746 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD AND MANAGEMENT COMPUTER - A management computer has: a storage unit in which a route information indicating a transfer route of frames in the communication network is stored; and a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit refers to the route information to transmit a frame to the transfer route and performs identification processing that identifies a location of a failure on the transfer route. First to N-th nodes (N is an integer equal to or more than 3) line up in order along the transfer route. The i-th node (i=1 to N−1) forwards a received frame to the (i+1)-th node, and the N-th node forwards a received frame to the management computer. In the identification processing, the monitoring unit sets at least one node between the first node and the N-th node as an insertion node. Then, the monitoring unit transmits a frame to the insertion node each, and identifies the location of the failure based on reception state of a frame from the N-th node. | 12-22-2011 |
20120020219 | Network system and congestion control method - A transmission terminal has a plurality of congestion control units (RPs) each controlling a frame transmission rate. A switch arranged between the transmission terminal and a reception terminal has a plurality of congestion detection units (CPs) each generating a congestion information notification frame addressed to the transmission terminal. A plurality of routes exist between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal. The management computer manages a correspondence relationship between the routes and the RPs, assigns any of the routes to a flow, selects a RP associated with a route assigned to the flow, and notifies the transmission terminal and the switch of the flow and the selected RP. When the switch receives a frame belonging to the flow, a CP associated with the selected RP generates the congestion information notification frame addressed to the selected RP. The transmission terminal transmits a frame belonging to the flow through the selected RP. | 01-26-2012 |
20120026891 | Communication network management system and method and management computer - A management computer includes a storage unit in which route information indicating a transfer route of frames in a communication network is stored; and a monitoring unit. First to N-th nodes (N is an integer not less than 2) line up in order along a transfer route. In identifying a location of failure on the transfer route, the monitoring unit transmits a state notification frame to the first node. The i-th node, when receiving the state notification frame, updates a forwarding table by adding the management computer to the forwarding destination and forwards the state notification frame to the (i+1)-th node. The i-th node, when receiving a check frame, forwards the check frame to the (i+1)-th node and the management computer by referring to the post-update forwarding table. The monitoring unit identifies the location of failure based on reception state of the check frame from the transfer route. | 02-02-2012 |
20120263038 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network system has: a node performing transmission and reception of a frame based on FCoE (Fibre Channel Over Ethernet); a network; a controller performing management of the node and the network; and a gateway provided with respect to the node. The gateway determines whether a frame received from the node is a control frame or a data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a target node without through the controller. The controller comprises a flow management unit that manages a transfer route of the data frame in the network with respect to each flow. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269194 | REPEATING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM - A repeating device according to the present invention is connected with a communication device sending and receiving a packet via a network, for relaying the packet. The repeating device includes a destination determination unit for determining whether a destination of a received retransmission packet is within a communication system including the repeating device or outside the communication system and a retransmission control unit for performing retransmission control of the received retransmission packet, when a result of the determination shows a destination of the received retransmission packet is outside the communication system, and requesting retransmission control of the received retransmission packet to a transmission source of the received retransmission packet, when the result of the determination shows the destination of the received retransmission packet is within the communication system. | 10-25-2012 |
20130159415 | CONGESTION CONTROL SYSTEM, CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION UNIT - A congestion control system is provided with a plurality of reaction points, each of which is configured to transmit a packet to a transmission destination; and a congestion point configured to receive the packets transmitted from the plurality of reaction points. When detecting congestion in itself, the congestion point samples each of the received packets based on a predetermined algorithm, and transmits a feedback message to the reaction point as a transmission source of the sampled packet. Each of the plurality of reaction points controls a target rate based on a reception situation of the feedback message, and sets the target rate to an initial value at an initialization timing which does not depend on the feedback message. | 06-20-2013 |
20130182711 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network system has: a communication device configured to perform frame transmission and reception; a network configured to transfer the frame; a gateway connected between the communication device and the network; and a controller configured to perform management of the communication device and the network. The frame is classified into a control frame for communicating control information necessary for communication and a data frame for communicating data between communication devices. The gateway determines whether a frame received from a source communication device is the control frame or the data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a destination communication device without through the controller. | 07-18-2013 |
20130223450 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network system has: a node performing transmission/reception of a frame based on FCoE; a network; a controller performing management of the node and the network; and a gateway provided with respect to the node. The frame is classified into a control frame and a data frame. The gateway determines whether a frame received from the node is the control frame or the data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a destination node without through the controller. The node has a retransmission control and reordering unit configured to perform retransmission control and reordering processing with respect to the data frame. | 08-29-2013 |
20130257012 | TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE AND FRONT FORK FOR THE SAME - In a two-wheeled motor vehicle having a pair of right and left front forks for supporting a front wheel so that the front wheel is rotatable, a top bridge for supporting upper ends of the pair of right and left front forks, a handle post provided to the top bridge, and a bar-shaped handle secured to the hand post, the handle is provided above the front forks with respect to an axial line direction of the front forks, each front fork is provided with an air valve for sealingly filling air in the front fork and a projection on the upper surface thereof, and the projection is formed to be higher than the air valve. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090162921 | Method of detoxifying a harmful compound - The detoxification method characterized by comprising converting at least one member selected from the group comprising arsenic, antimony and selenium into a harmless substance produced in a food chain system by using the food chain system. The method of detoxifying a harmful compound as described above is characterized by comprising converting a harmful compound containing at least one element selected from the group comprising arsenic, antimony, and selenium into a harmless substance by using a food chain system containing a larval zooplankton. | 06-25-2009 |
20090326313 | Composition for the Alkylation and a Method For Detoxifying a Harmful Compound by Using The Composition - It is an object of the present invention to provide a beneficial composition in order to detoxify the harmful compound containing arsenic etc. effectively and systematically and a method for detoxifying a harmful compound by using the composition. The composition for the alkylation according to the present invention is characterized in that the composition contains a cobalt complex. The method of detoxifying the harmful compound according to the present invention is characterized in that a harmful compound containing at least one element selected from the groups comprising arsenic, antimony and selenium is detoxified by the alkylation of the harmful compound, in the presence of the composition according to the present invention. | 12-31-2009 |
20100116090 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING METAL - It is an object of the present invention to make it possible to recover and recycle the rare metals such as gallium and indium safely from the III-V group compound semiconductors. | 05-13-2010 |
20100228073 | METHOD OF DETOXIFYING A METHYL COMPOUND - It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of detoxifying a methyl compound comprising arsenic etc., effectively and systematically. The method of detoxifying a methyl compound according to the present invention is characterized in that an organic halogenated compound is reacted with a methyl compound comprising at least one element selected from the groups comprising arsenic, antimony and selenium to convert the methyl compound into more harmless substances. Furthermore, in a preferred embodiment of the method of detoxifying a methyl compound according to the present invention, the method is characterized in that the element is arsenic. | 09-09-2010 |
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20140338380 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONER, AND FREEZER - The present invention is a heat pump device that includes a compressor including a compression mechanism and a motor, a heat exchanger, an inverter, and an inverter control unit including a drive-signal generation unit generating a drive signal for the inverter and a heating-operation-mode control unit controlling the drive-signal generation unit when the compressor is heated by applying, to the motor, a high-frequency voltage with which the motor cannot be rotationally driven, wherein the heating-operation-mode control unit includes a magnetic-pole-position estimation unit estimating a magnetic pole position indicating a stop position of a rotor of the motor, and a high-frequency energization unit determining an amplitude and a phase of a voltage command based on an estimation result of the magnetic pole position and a necessary amount of heat, notifies the drive-signal generation unit of determined amplitude and phase, and causes the drive-signal generation unit to generate a drive signal. | 11-20-2014 |
20150089972 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONER, AND FREEZER - A heat pump device includes a compressor including a compression mechanism that compresses a refrigerant and a motor that drives the compression mechanism, an inverter that applies a voltage for driving the motor, a converter that applies a voltage to the inverter, an inverter control unit that generates a driving signal for driving the inverter, and a converter control unit that generates a driving signal for driving the converter, wherein the inverter control unit includes a heating operation mode in which a heating operation of the compressor is performed and a normal operation mode in which a refrigerant is compressed by performing a normal operation of the compressor and the converter control unit sets, in the heating operation mode of the inverter control unit, a voltage applied to the inverter on the basis of a voltage command value for the motor. | 04-02-2015 |
20150096320 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONER, AND FREEZER - A heat pump device includes: a compressor including a compression mechanism compressing a refrigerant and a motor driving the compression mechanism; an inverter unit applying a voltage for driving the motor; an inverter control unit generating a driving signal for driving the inverter unit; and temperature sensors detecting temperatures of the compressor, wherein the inverter control unit includes a normal operation mode in which a refrigerant is compressed by performing a normal operation of the compressor and a heating operation mode in which a heating operation of the compressor is performed by applying, to the motor, a high-frequency voltage, and in the heating operation mode, the inverter control unit determines an amplitude and a phase of a voltage command for generating the high-frequency voltage on a basis of a temperatures detected by the temperature sensors and a necessary amount of heat specified in advance. | 04-09-2015 |
20160079845 | DC POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE AND REFRIGERATION-CYCLE APPLICATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A DC power-supply device that suppresses an increase of a harmonic current and deterioration of a power factor without causing any imbalance among respective phase currents, in a configuration in which a three-phase alternating current is converted into a direct current and supplied to a load. The DC power-supply device includes a rectifier circuit, a reactor connected to an input side or an output side of the rectifier circuit, a first capacitor and a second capacitor serially connected between output terminals to a load, and a charging unit. During a cycle combining a charging period and a non-charging period of a pair of the first capacitor and the second capacitor, the charging unit is controlled so that a charging frequency becomes 3n times (n is a natural number) the frequency of the three-phase alternating current. | 03-17-2016 |
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20110192272 | TONE DATA SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - Storage section stores therein a plurality of tone data sets each representative of a tone waveform but also a plurality of character data sets in association with the tone data sets, each of the character data sets representing content of the tone waveform, represented by the corresponding tone data set, in character quanta. Display control section causes a display section to display an image with some of the stored tone data sets as selection candidates. Selection section is provided for a user to select at least one of the tone data sets displayed as the selection candidates. Identification section searches for and identifies a plurality of character data sets similar to the character data set corresponding to the user-selected tone data set. The display control section causes the display section to further display an image of a plurality of the tone data sets associated with the identified character data sets. | 08-11-2011 |
20110209597 | SOUND GENERATION CONTROL APPARATUS - A sound generation control apparatus defines a loop region indicating progression of time along lengthwise of the loop region, and displays in the loop region a music data image corresponding to music data to be generated as time progresses, such that progression of the music data corresponds to the lengthwise position of the loop region. The sound generation control apparatus outputs time information indicating a time that progresses from a start of generation of music sound. The sound generation control apparatus controls the generation of the music sound based on the music data corresponding to the music data image and according to a relationship between a lengthwise position of the loop region determined by the time information and a displayed location of the music data image in the loop region. The sound generation control apparatus displays a plurality of the music data images in the loop region, and simultaneously generates a plurality of music sounds corresponding to the plurality of the music data images as the time progresses. | 09-01-2011 |
20120222540 | GENERATING TONES BY COMBINING SOUND MATERIALS - The apparatus displays, on a display screen, an icon placement region having a time axis defined therein, and displays, in accordance with an input instruction, an icon image with which feature amount information of material data indicative of a sound material is associated. The apparatus further sets a type of a feature amount database, where material data and feature amount information of the material data are associated with each other, along the time axis in accordance with an input instruction. Then, the apparatus references the feature amount database of a type having correspondence relationship in time axis with an icon image to identify material data similar to the feature amount information corresponding to the icon image, and audibly generates a sound at timing corresponding to a position, on the time axis, of the icon image and with content corresponding to the identified material data. | 09-06-2012 |
20120300950 | MANAGEMENT OF A SOUND MATERIAL TO BE STORED INTO A DATABASE - A data processing apparatus acquires a waveform data set from a waveform DB where waveform data sets are stored in association with tag data for classifying the waveform data sets, analyzes a sound waveform signal indicated by the acquired waveform data set to thereby identify a period of the sound waveform signal, having a predetermined feature, as a waveform signal of a sound material, and calculates a feature amount by analyzing the sound waveform signal of a sound material. Then, the data processing apparatus registers, into a sound material DB, identification data indicative of the sound waveform signal of the sound material, feature amount data indicative of the calculated feature amount and the tag data corresponding to the acquired waveform data set in association with one another. The registered tag data can be used for searching for a desired sound material from the sound material database. | 11-29-2012 |
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20110257778 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIMULATING NC WORKING MACHINE - Even in an uncuttable state in which an actual rotational direction of a main spindle is not matched with an actually cuttable main spindle rotational direction of a tool, an interference check between a workpiece and the tool is performed. Accordingly, the cuttable main spindle rotational direction of the selected tool or the uncuttable main spindle rotational direction is compared with each main spindle rotational direction of a working machine during execution of a simulation, and it is determined whether an interference check between the tool blade edge and the workpiece is necessary on the basis of the comparison result. When it is determined that the interference check is not necessary in the step above, the interference check between the tool blade edge and the workpiece is not performed. When it is determined that the interference check is necessary, the interference check between the tool blade edge and the workpiece is performed. When the interference therebetween is present, abnormality is detected. | 10-20-2011 |
20120016507 | PROCESSING SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM MAKING COMPUTER EXECUTE THE METHOD - A processing simulation method and apparatus is provided, which can appropriately detect interference between a tool processing area and a shape model of a material without being affected by the accuracy of expression of a tool movement path and the shape model. A tool shape model for processing a material, that includes a strict tool shape, and a tool shape model for checking interference, that is included in the strict tool shape, are generated by tool model setting unit according to an error range set in consideration of the tool movement path and the expression accuracy of the shape model, and the processed material shape model is generated by generating a tool processing area shape model from the tool movement path during processing feed and the tool shape model for processing the material and removing the tool processing area shape model from the material shape model. The tool processing area shape model is generated from a tool movement path during fast feed and the tool shape model for detecting the interference, and the interference between the tool processing area shape model and the material shape model is detected. | 01-19-2012 |
20120029675 | NUMERICAL CONTROL PROGRAMMING METHOD, APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A level difference or a uncut portion is prevented from being left between adjoining worked regions without forming any useless worked region. A lathe sectional shape forming unit ( | 02-02-2012 |
20130030781 | PROCESSING STIMULATION METHOD, DEVICE FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - When a material shape model is separated in shear through processing, a shape model of a material in a state of being suspended remains in mid-air, and thus, interference is detected excessively. In order to prevent the excessive detection of interference, in a processing simulation method for generating a shape model of a processed material from a shape model of a material and a shape model of a tool processing area which is defined from a shape model of the tool and a movement path of the tool, the shape model of the material being separated into a plurality of shapes by processing is detected; a material shape to be cut-off is extracted from the separated material shapes; and the extracted material shape to be cut-off is excluded from subject of simulation. | 01-31-2013 |
20130066457 | METHOD OF GENERATING A NUMERICAL CONTROL PROGRAM, APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - In a method of generating a numerical control program in which, based on sectional shape data of a product to which a relief processing is to be performed, a numerical control program for turning-processing the product is generated in order to recognize a groove shape data existing in the vicinity of a corner as a relief sectional shape, wherein groove shape data is extracted from the sectional shape data, an intersection of a line segment parallel to a turning axis and a line segment that is not parallel to the line segment is calculated as a corner of the sectional shape data, and the groove shape data is recognized as a relief sectional shape in a case where dimensions of a frame which includes from the corner to the groove shape data are within predetermined dimensions. | 03-14-2013 |
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20090262605 | ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An ultrasound transducer includes a substrate, an ultrasound transducer cell placed on one surface of the substrate and having a lower electrode, a first gap portion placed on the lower electrode and an upper electrode placed on the first gap portion, a first conductive layer placed on the other surface of the substrate and electrically connected to one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode, an electret film placed on the first conductive layer, an insulating layer placed on the electret film, and a second conductive layer placed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode not electrically connected to the first conductive layer. | 10-22-2009 |
20120317760 | Button Fastener, Method for Forming Button Fastener, Eyelet, and Method for Forming Eyelet - A button fastener made of metal for fastening a button such as a male snap button or a decorative button to a cloth, includes a plate-like base and a cylindrical post projecting from a center area of the base. The upper end face of the post is open as a top opening, and the lower end face of the post is open in the center area of the base as a bottom opening. To the button fastener, a closing member which closes the inside of the post at a proximal side thereof is provided. The closing member is a closing part which has been cut out, by a punch, of an unfinished post of a semifinished product which is fabricated to the button fastener and then displaced by the punch through the inside of the unfinished post toward the lower end. | 12-20-2012 |