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20090222403 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD - When an image processing apparatus acquires job log information and error log information from an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus identifies a job processing time from a job start time and a job end time of each job which are recorded in the acquired job log information. Subsequently, the information processing apparatus identifies a job suspension time from an occurrence time and a recovery time of an error of each log which is recorded in the error log information. Then, the information processing apparatus calculates a job execution time based on the identified job processing time and the job suspension time. | 09-03-2009 |
20090244616 | PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING A BILLING CODE - A print management system includes an image processing apparatus and a server that manages a print log of a print document processed by the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a designation unit configured to designate a billing code of the print document, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the billing code designated by the designation unit and image data generated from the print document to the server. The server includes a determination unit configured to determine a log level of the print log that stores the print document based on the billing code received from the image processing apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
20100231947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus configured to calculate an in-operation time of an image processing apparatus includes an authentication log acquisition unit configured to acquire an authentication log including information capable of specifying login time and logout time of a login process in the image processing apparatus, a job log acquisition unit configured to acquire a job log including information capable of specifying job start time and job end time of a job processed by the image processing apparatus, and a calculation unit configured to calculate the in-operation time of the image processing apparatus based on a first in-operation period corresponding to a job processing period specified by the job log and a second in-operation period corresponding to a period which does not overlap a job processing period specified from a job log relating to the authentication log, in a login period specified from the authentication log. | 09-16-2010 |
20110235108 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A device management system of the present invention, in which a device which is allowed to shift to a power saving mode and a management apparatus which manages the device are connected to a network, allows the management apparatus to recognize power consumption statuses of devices without making any periodic communications between the management apparatus and devices. | 09-29-2011 |
20120300254 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A management apparatus according to the present invention controls whether history information is requested when it is specified that an image forming apparatus as an acquisition target of the history information is in a power saving state. When a return notification from the power saving state is issued after the image forming apparatus as the target requests previous history information, even in the power saving state of the image forming apparatus, the request is issued. The request is not issued when the image forming apparatus does not issue the return notification after the image forming apparatus as the target requests previous history information. | 11-29-2012 |
20140104638 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PERIPHERAL DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR FOR MANAGING DEVICE INFORMATION OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device management system including a peripheral device, a management server configured to manage device information of the peripheral device, and a terminal communicable with the management server. In the device management system, the management server registers key obtaining information received from the terminal while associating the key obtaining information with device identification information of the peripheral device and an authentication key managed by the management server. The management server determines whether the key obtaining information, from the terminal, that is registered while being associated with the device identification information contained in an obtaining request received from the peripheral device matches the key obtaining information contained in the received obtaining request. | 04-17-2014 |
20140298483 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a management device that manages trust relationship information between service providing devices and trust relationship information between a holding device and a service providing device. When the management device determines, based on the acquired trust relationship information, that a second service providing device trusts a first service providing device, the holding device trusts the first service providing device, and the holding device trusts the second service providing device, the management device sets a transfer of access rights to the holding device held by the first service providing device to the second service providing device. | 10-02-2014 |
20150095651 | NETWORK SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a management server system that accepts a transition instruction for transition between tenants of an agent device, generates symmetric keys consisting of a first key and a second key, responds the second key to the agent device, and verifies signature information included in a transition request using the first key when the agent device makes a tenant transition request. Upon successful verification of signature information, the management server system transmits new authentication information for communication between the management server system and the agent device to the agent device. After transition of the tenant, the agent device communicates with the management server system using the new authentication information. | 04-02-2015 |
20150304446 | MANAGING SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD - An instruction to delete a first managing tenant among managing tenants in a system is accepted. Information included in management information of the first managing tenant and customer information unique to a customer managed by the first managing tenant is held as transfer information of the first managing tenant, and is managed using an access authority assigned to information of the customer. The held transfer information of the first managing tenant is transferred to the second management tenant when the second management tenant is determined to be a destination of the transfer from the first managing tenant. | 10-22-2015 |
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20100003745 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL - A cell culture vessel for culturing adherent cells includes a channel allowing liquid to flow therethrough; a culture surface disposed on a wall of the channel, the culture surface allowing the adherent cells to adhere thereto; an inlet for introducing the liquid into the channel; an outlet for draining the liquid from the channel; a connecting portion communicating with the channel; and a connection receiving portion communicating with the channel. The cell culture vessel is capable of being connected to another cell culture vessel using the connecting portion or the connection receiving portion. When the connecting portion of the cell culture vessel is connected to a connection receiving portion of the other cell culture vessel, the culture surface of the cell culture vessel and a culture surface of the other cell culture vessel form a continuous culture surface. | 01-07-2010 |
20100021986 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING SUBSTANCE INTO CELLS - Provided is a cell chip for exposing to a portion of each of cells microdroplets dispensed with an inkjet printer or the like in a screening test of the effect of a substance on cells by using an apparatus for introducing the substance into cells including: a cell-immobilizing support including a substrate having through-holes penetrating from one side to the other side of the substrate and including cells immobilized in the through-holes so as to block up the through-holes; a liquid phase region present in contact with one side of the support and including a medium of the cells; and a mechanism present so as to face the other side of the support and imparting a microdroplet to a portion of each of the cells exposed in the openings on the other side. | 01-28-2010 |
20100197937 | NOVEL COMPOUND, PROBE CONTAINING THE NOVEL COMPOUND, AND FLUORESCENCE-IMAGING CONTRAST AGENT CONTAINING THE NOVEL COMPOUND OR THE PROBE - A compound represented by Formula (1) below, | 08-05-2010 |
20130095038 | PARTICLES, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING CONTRAST AGENT AND SLN CONTRAST AGENT INCLUDING THE PARTICLES - Provided are particles where a hydrophilic coloring agent having an anionic functional group, such as ICG, hardly leaks from the particles. The particles include a coloring agent having an anionic functional group, such as ICG, ions of a polyvalent metal, such as iron ions (Fe | 04-18-2013 |
20130209367 | PARTICLE AND CONTRAST AGENT HAVING THE PARTICLE - There is provided an ICG-loaded polymer nanoparticle that is dynamically stable, prevents the leakage of contained ICG and the resulting discoloration, and has a high molar absorbance coefficient. The particle contains a hydrophilic dye having a sulfonate group and a hydrophobic polymer, and the particle further contains at least one of a lipid having a positively charged region, a nicotinic acid derivative and a thiamine derivative. | 08-15-2013 |
20130323178 | INDOCYANINE GREEN-CONTAINING PARTICLE AND CONTRAST AGENT FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING HAVING THE PARTICLE - Provided is the following indocyanine green (ICG)-containing particle to be used as, for example, a contrast agent for fluorescent imaging or photoacoustic imaging. The leakage of ICG from the particle in a serum is prevented and hence the particle can stably retain ICG. According to a particle characterized by having an aggregate of indocyanine green and a phospholipid, the leakage of ICG from the particle in a serum or the like is prevented and hence ICG can be stably retained in the particle. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140067809 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: accepting a search keyword; retrieving, from information items posted by users, a posted information item including the accepted search keyword, each of the posted information items including at least either of a text information item and an image information item, and acquiring posted information items which are within a predetermined chronological range with respect to the posted information item including the search keyword; and classifying, as image information items related to the search keyword, some of image information items included in the posted information items that have been acquired, and performing first determination of, for each of the classified image information items, whether or not a user who posted an information item including the classified image information item took an action related to the search keyword. | 03-06-2014 |
20140092228 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device sets a determination target area based on a pixel to a taken image for each of a plurality of pixels included in a pixel group obtained as a candidate of a nucleus of a target cell, and determines whether or not the target cell is included in the determination target area, which is set by the setting section for each of the plurality of pixels included in the pixel group, based on whether or not an image feature amount obtained from the determination target area satisfies a condition of the image feature amount of the target cell. | 04-03-2014 |
20150124082 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device | 05-07-2015 |
20150138334 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device | 05-21-2015 |
20150187077 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device | 07-02-2015 |
20150356342 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image-feature-value calculating unit extracts an image feature value of an image of a cell candidate area. An NRBC discriminating unit uses a pre-trained discriminator to identify whether or not a target cell is shown in the cell candidate area, on the basis of the image feature value of the image of the cell candidate area. When the cell candidate area is identified as an area in which a target cell is shown, a discrimination result display unit displays the image of the cell candidate area. When the cell candidate area is identified as an area in which a target cell is shown, a discriminator training unit trains the discriminator by using the image feature value of the image of the cell candidate area as a training sample on the basis of a user input about whether or not a target cell is shown in the cell candidate area. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356731 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A device comprises: a nucleus-candidate-region extracting section that extracts, from a captured image obtained by image-capturing a sample piece including a target cell having a nucleus, a nucleus candidate region corresponding to the nucleus; a basic-probability-information acquiring section that acquires, for each of a plurality of determination subject regions determined on the basis of the nucleus candidate region extracted by the nucleus-candidate-region extracting section, basic probability information indicating probability that an image in the determination subject region is an image of the target cell, on the basis of a feature amount of the image of the determination subject region; and a probability-information calculating section that calculates probability information indicating probability that an image in a display subject region corresponding to the nucleus candidate region is the image of the target cell, on the basis of the basic probability information acquired for each of the plurality of determination subject regions. | 12-10-2015 |
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20130190978 | In-Car Information System, In-Car Device, and Information Terminal - An information terminal includes: an operation assignment information storage unit that stores operation assignment information; an actuation information reception unit that receives from an in-car device actuation information; an assignment unit that, on the basis of the operation assignment information and the actuation information, assigns some among a plurality of operations in the information terminal to each of one or more actuations among a plurality of types of actuation that can be inputted with an actuation unit provided to the in-car device respectively, according to priority levels; an actuation signal reception unit that receives an actuation signal outputted from the in-car device; and a conversion unit that, on the basis of the result of assignment by the assignment unit, converts the actuation signal into an operating command that corresponds to one among the plurality of operations. | 07-25-2013 |
20130274998 | In-Vehicle Information System, In-Vehicle Apparatus And Information Terminal - An in-vehicle information system includes: an information terminal; and an in-vehicle apparatus. At least one of the information terminal and the in-vehicle apparatus decides whether or not a vehicle is currently in a traveling state. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a display unit with a display screen, and restricts an image area ranging over part of or all of the display screen to be obscured from view when deciding that the vehicle is currently in a traveling state. The information terminal includes an application stored therein, outputs an image corresponding to the application to the in-vehicle apparatus, and outputs regulatory information pertaining to an image area to be restricted within the image corresponding to the application, to the in-vehicle apparatus. The in-vehicle apparatus sets an image area in the display screen to be restricted by using the regulatory information output by the information terminal. | 10-17-2013 |
20130298052 | In-Car Information System, Information Terminal, And Application Execution Method - An in-car information system includes a portable information terminal and an in-car device. The information terminal identifies a specific application being executed in the foreground and transmits restriction information pertaining to the particular application to the in-car device. The in-car device either allows or disallows, based upon the restriction information transmitted from the information terminal, image display corresponding to the application being executed in the foreground and transmission of operation information corresponding to an input operation. | 11-07-2013 |
20130305262 | In-Car Information System, Information Terminal, And Application Execution Method - An in-car information system includes a portable information terminal and an in-car device. The information terminal includes a storage unit in which applications are stored and a control unit that executes an application manager. The application manager has a launch function that enables execution of the application stored in the storage unit in the foreground and a communication function that enables execution of communication processing in the background to allow the information terminal and the in-car device to exchange information. | 11-14-2013 |
20140092047 | Information Terminal On-Board Information System, On-Board Device, and Information Terminal Program - A portable information terminal that is connected to an in-vehicle device comprises: a first display unit; a display control unit that generates a first screen image for display upon the first display unit, and a second screen image for display upon a second display unit that is comprised in the in-vehicle device; and a screen image output unit that outputs the second screen image to the in-vehicle device. | 04-03-2014 |
20150024731 | In-Car Information System, In-Car Device, and Information Terminal - An information terminal includes: an operation assignment information storage unit that stores operation assignment information; an actuation information reception unit that receives from an in-car device actuation information; an assignment unit that, on the basis of the operation assignment information and the actuation information, assigns some among a plurality of operations in the information terminal to each of one or more actuations among a plurality of types of actuation that can be inputted with an actuation unit provided to the in-car device respectively, according to priority levels; an actuation signal reception unit that receives an actuation signal outputted from the in-car device; and a conversion unit that, on the basis of the result of assignment by the assignment unit, converts the actuation signal into an operating command that corresponds to one among the plurality of operations. | 01-22-2015 |
20150094949 | INFORMATION PROCESSING COOPERATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An information processing cooperation system, comprising: a first information processing terminal mounted on a vehicle; a second information processing terminal having a plurality of types of applications, wherein the first information processing terminal comprises: a condition determination unit configured to determine current conditions of at least one of the vehicle and a user riding on the vehicle; and an activation control unit configured to transmit, depending on the current conditions determined by the condition determination unit, an activation request for activating at least one of the plurality of types of applications to the second information processing terminal, wherein the second information processing terminal comprises: an application activation unit configured to activate an application corresponding to the activation request received from the activation control unit; and an application execution unit configured to execute the activated application in cooperation with the first information processing terminal. | 04-02-2015 |
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20090246932 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes forming, on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, an isolation trench including sidewall parts and a bottom part, or a stepped structure including a first planar part, a second planar part, and a step part located at a boundary between the first planar part and the second planar part, and supplying oxidizing ions or nitriding ions contained in plasma generated by a microwave, a radio-frequency wave, or electron cyclotron resonance to the sidewall parts and the bottom part of the isolation trench or the first and second planar parts and the step part of the stepped structure by applying a predetermined voltage to the semiconductor substrate, to perform anisotropic oxidation or anisotropic nitridation of the sidewall parts and the bottom part of the isolation trench or the first and second planar parts and the step part of the stepped structure. | 10-01-2009 |
20100190317 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND SILICON OXIDE FILM FORMING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method has forming element isolation trenches in a semiconductor substrate, forming a silicon compound film in insides of the element isolation trenches in order to embed the element isolation trenches, conducting a first oxidation processing at a first temperature to reform a surface of the silicon compound film to a volatile matter emission preventing layer which permits passage of an oxidizing agent and impurities and which does not permit passage of a volatile matter containing silicon atoms, and conducting a second oxidation processing at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature to form a coated silicon oxide film inside the element isolation trenches. | 07-29-2010 |
20110065262 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes forming, on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, an isolation trench including sidewall parts and a bottom part, or a stepped structure including a first planar part, a second planar part, and a step part located at a boundary between the first planar part and the second planar part, and supplying oxidizing ions or nitriding ions contained in plasma generated by a microwave, a radio-frequency wave, or electron cyclotron resonance to the sidewall parts and the bottom part of the isolation trench or the first and second planar parts and the step part of the stepped structure by applying a predetermined voltage to the semiconductor substrate, to perform anisotropic oxidation or anisotropic nitridation of the sidewall parts and the bottom part of the isolation trench or the first and second planar parts and the step part of the stepped structure. | 03-17-2011 |
20120034754 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACATURING METHOD AND SILICON OXIDE FILM FORMING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method has forming element isolation trenches in a semiconductor substrate, forming a silicon compound film in insides of the element isolation trenches in order to embed the element isolation trenches, conducting a first oxidation processing at a first temperature to reform a surface of the silicon compound film to a volatile matter emission preventing layer which permits passage of an oxidizing agent and impurities and which does not permit passage of a volatile matter containing silicon atoms, and conducting a second oxidation processing at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature to form a coated silicon oxide film inside the element isolation trenches. | 02-09-2012 |
20120122294 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes successively forming first and second films to be processed on a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes removing a predetermined region of the second film by etching, to form a slit part including sidewall parts and a bottom part, the sidewall parts including side surfaces of the second film, and the bottom part including an upper surface of the first film. The method further includes supplying oxidizing ions or nitriding ions contained in plasma, generated by a microwave, a radio-frequency wave, or electron cyclotron resonance, to the sidewall parts and the bottom part of the slit part by applying a predetermined voltage to the semiconductor substrate, thereby performing anisotropic oxidation or anisotropic nitridation of the sidewall parts and the bottom part of the slit part. | 05-17-2012 |
20120282773 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a conductive film whose upper surface and side surface are exposed and an insulation film whose upper surface is exposed, on a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes supplying oxidizing ions or nitriding ions contained in plasma generated by a microwave, a radio-frequency wave, or electron cyclotron resonance to the exposed side surface of the conductive film and the exposed upper surface of the insulation film, by applying a predetermined voltage to the semiconductor substrate, thereby performing anisotropic oxidation or anisotropic nitridation of the exposed side surface of the conductive film and the exposed upper surface of the insulation film. | 11-08-2012 |
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20110005470 | HEATING APPARATUS - A first flow passage (R | 01-13-2011 |
20110041837 | COMBUSTION HEATER - A combustion heater ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110048412 | COMBUSTION HEATER - A combustion heater includes an inner tube having a supply passage for combustion gas in an inner portion, and an outer tube disposed to provide a separated combustion space in an outer periphery of the inner tube. A hole part for ejecting the combustion gas is formed on a tube wall of the inner tube and combustion gas is ejected with ejection characteristics such that circulating flow is formed on the periphery of a stagnation point. According to this combustion heater, a stable flame can be formed without increasing costs and the heating efficiency can be improved. | 03-03-2011 |
20110244409 | COMUBSTOR - A combustor comprises a fuel flow path ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110250552 | COMBUSTOR - Includes a low flow-rate region (R | 10-13-2011 |
20120295365 | FUEL PROPERTY DETERMINATION METHOD AND FUEL PROPERTY DETERMINATION DEVICE - A fuel property determination method includes a reaction mechanism analysis process (S1) of analyzing elementary reactions that compose chemical reactions between a plurality of types of initial materials including the materials that compose the fuel and obtaining the elementary reactions as fuel elementary reactions, and an octane number determination process (S2) of calculating the combustion characteristics of the fuel by performing a simulation based on the fuel elementary reactions and determining the octane number based on the combustion characteristics of the fuel. | 11-22-2012 |
20160003482 | COMBUSTION HEATER - The combustion heater includes an inner tube having a supply passage for combustion gas in an inner portion, and an outer tube disposed to provide a separated combustion space in an outer periphery of the inner tube. A hole part for ejecting the combustion gas being formed on a tube wall of the inner tube and a radiation promoting surface is disposed on an outer periphery of the inner tube. This structure suppresses excess temperature increase in the inner tube and improves heating efficiency in the combustion heater. | 01-07-2016 |
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20140363389 | MELANIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent. At least one of A1, A2 and A3 is selected from the aryl group and the aromatic heterocyclic group, the total number of carbon atoms contained in A1, A2 and A3 is 6 to 50 and, when at least two of A1, A2 and A3 represent the aryl groups or the aromatic heterocyclic groups, the adjacent two aryl or aromatic heterocyclic groups may be bound to each other via an alkyl chain or an alkenyl chain to form a ring; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; X represents a hetero atom, a hydrogen atom, or a carbon atom; R1 and R2 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom and an oxo group. When one of R1 and R2 is an oxo group, the other is not presen. R3 is selected from a hydrogen atom, and a C | 12-11-2014 |
20150328107 | MELANIN PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is a melanin production inhibitor which has an excellent inhibitory activity on the production of melanin and is highly safe. The melanin production inhibitor is represented by general formula (1) (excluding clotrimazole) and/or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. In the formula, A1, A2 and A3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, an aryl group which may have a substituent, and an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent. At least one of A1, A2 and A3 is selected from the aryl group and the aromatic heterocyclic group, the total number of carbon atoms contained in A1, A2 and A3 is 6 to 50 and, when at least two of A1, A2 and A3 represent the aryl groups or the aromatic heterocyclic groups, the adjacent two aryl or aromatic heterocyclic groups may be bound to each other via an alkyl chain or an alkenyl chain to form a ring; m represents an integer of 0 to 2; X represents a hetero atom, a hydrogen atom, or a carbon atom; R1 and R2 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom and an oxo group. When one of R1 and R2 is an oxo group, the other is not present. R3 is selected from a hydrogen atom, and a C | 11-19-2015 |
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20150231939 | SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A knee-action-type suspension is provided with an arm member, a compression coil spring, and a shock absorber. The coil spring is extended and retracted between a full-rebound state and a full-bump state in accordance with the magnitude of a load applied to a vehicle body. A wire of the coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion, a small-diameter wire portion, and a wire diameter varying portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a first portion of the coil spring, which is on the side near to a pivot. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a second portion of the coil spring, which is on the side far from the pivot. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 08-20-2015 |
20150251514 | STRUT-TYPE SUSPENSION AND COMPRESSION COIL SPRING FOR SUSPENSION - A strut-type suspension includes a compression coil spring, a lower spring seat, an upper spring seat, and a shock absorber. The compression coil spring is disposed at a position offset to the outer side of a vehicle with respect to the shock absorber. The compression coil spring is mounted in a vehicle body in such a state that it is compressed between spring seats. The compression coil spring includes a large-diameter wire portion and a small-diameter wire portion. The large-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle inner-side portion of the compression coil spring. The small-diameter wire portion is provided in a vehicle outer-side portion. A wire diameter of the large-diameter wire portion is greater than a wire diameter of the small-diameter wire portion. | 09-10-2015 |
20160046164 | SUSPENSION COIL SPRING - A suspension coil spring includes a lower end turn portion, an upper end turn portion, and a helical effective portion formed between the end turn portions. The lower end turn portion includes a first portion which contacts a lower spring seat irrespective of a load, and a second portion which contacts the lower spring seat or is separated from the same according to the load. The wire diameter of the second portion is greater than that of the first portion and an average wire diameter of the effective portion. The upper end turn portion includes a third portion which contacts an upper spring seat, and a fourth portion. The wire diameter of the fourth portion is greater that of the third portion and the average wire diameter of the effective portion. | 02-18-2016 |
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20080230725 | CRYSTALLIZATION APPARATUS, CRYSTALLIZATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT - A crystallization apparatus includes a light modulation element, and an image forming optical system that forms a light intensity distribution set based on light transmitted through the light modulation element on an irradiation surface. The crystallization apparatus irradiates a non-single crystal semiconductor film with light having the light intensity distribution to generate a crystallized semiconductor film. A curvature radius of at least one isointensity line of a light intensity substantially varies along the isointensity line in the light intensity distribution on the irradiation surface, and a curvature radius of at least a part of the isointensity line has a minimum value of 0.3 μm or below. | 09-25-2008 |
20080289573 | CRYSTALLIZATION METHOD, CRYSTALLIZATION APPARATUS, PROCESSED SUBSTRATE, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There are provided a crystallization method which can design laser beam having a light intensity and a distribution optimized on an incident surface of a substrate, form a desired crystallized structure while suppressing generation of any other undesirable structure area and satisfy a demand for low-temperature processing, a crystallization apparatus, a thin film transistor and a display apparatus. When crystallizing a non-single-crystal semiconductor thin film by irradiating laser beam thereto, irradiation light beam to the non-single-crystal semiconductor thin film have a light intensity with a light intensity distribution which cyclically repeats a monotonous increase and a monotonous decrease and a light intensity which melts the non-single-crystal semiconductor. Further, at least a silicon oxide film is provided on a laser beam incident surface of the non-single-crystal semiconductor film. | 11-27-2008 |
20090224253 | CRYSTALLIZATION METHOD, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to a crystallization method, in the crystallization by irradiating a non-single semiconductor thin film of 40 to 100 nm provided on an insulation substrate with a laser light, a light intensity distribution having an inverse peak pattern is formed on the surface of the substrate, a light intensity gradient of the light intensity distribution is controlled, a crystal grain array is formed in which each crystal grain is aligned having a longer shape in a crystal growth direction than in a width direction and having a preferential crystal orientation (100) in a grain length direction, and a TFT is formed in which a source region and a drain region are formed so that current flows across a plurality of crystal grains of the crystal grain array in the crystal growth direction. | 09-10-2009 |
20110075237 | CRYSTALLIZATION APPARATUS, CRYSTALLIZATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT - A crystallization apparatus includes a light modulation element, and an image forming optical system that forms a light intensity distribution set based on light transmitted through the light modulation element on an irradiation surface. The crystallization apparatus irradiates a non-single crystal semiconductor film with light having the light intensity distribution to generate a crystallized semiconductor film. A curvature radius of at least one isointensity line of a light intensity substantially varies along the isointensity line in the light intensity distribution on the irradiation surface, and a curvature radius of at least a part of the isointensity line has a minimum value of 0.3 μm or below. | 03-31-2011 |
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20120164291 | SOFT CANDY AND SOFT CANDY PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is a soft candy that is sufficiently chewable even if sourness has been removed, and has, for example, excellent compatibility with milk flavors, green tea flavors, and the like. The soft candy, which combines at least saccharides, vegetable oil, an emulsifier, and gelatin, comprises one or more components selected from a group consisting of gluconic acids, gluconates, glucono delta lactones, phytic acids, phosphoric acids, and phosphates, and is made such that the pH is 2.0 to 6.0 in mass conversion when measured by melting in nine times the amount of water. The soft candy exhibits a desirable flavor without losing other flavors, even when added to flavors that are characterized by a quality featuring the masking of sourness, for example: dairy product flavors such as milk, western confectionery flavors such as chocolate, Japanese confectionery flavors such as cotton candy, luxury beverage flavors such as green tea, spice and herb flavors such as cinnamon, fish, meat, egg, and cuisine flavors thereof such as sausage, or plant and cuisine flavors thereof such as potato, chestnut, and vegetables. | 06-28-2012 |