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20080254187 | SEASONING HAVING FUNCTION OF IMPARTING KOKUMI TASTE - The present application provides a taste-improving glycopeptide, a seasoning containing the same, and a food or drink containing the seasoning. The taste-improving glycopeptide of the present invention has a molecular weight of from 1,000 to 30,000 and is composed of a sugar chain and a peptide linked to each other. | 10-16-2008 |
20090297662 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEASONING - Provided is a process for producing a seasoning having an excellent roast meat like flavor without unpleasant odor derived from yeast and burnt odor derived from saccharide. The process comprises the steps of mixing a yeast extract containing at least one of cysteine, cystine, methionine, glutathione, γ-glutamylcysteine, cystebylglycine, and salts or hydrates thereof with saccharide and/or a nucleic acid-related substance to prepare a mixture; and heating the mixture under different pH conditions. | 12-03-2009 |
20110143002 | METHOD OF APPLICATION OF BODY TASTE ENHANCER COMPRISING LONG-CHAIN HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACID AND/OR ITS ESTER - The purpose of the invention is to enhance the body taste, taste and flavor of foods. | 06-16-2011 |
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20080296072 | Input Device Having Tactile Function, Information Input Method, and Electronic Device - A digital camera includes an input detection section, which has an input detection plane, that detects a touching position of a finger of an operator and a sliding speed of the finger, a controller that computes a vibration pattern based on the sliding speed detected by the input detection section, and a vibration section that vibrates the input detection plane based on the vibration pattern thus computed. The controller computes a vibration pattern of the input detection plane to generate vibrations from its low frequency and small amplitude to its high frequency and large amplitude, as the finger goes away from a position where it has touched the input detection plane. | 12-04-2008 |
20110157087 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus and an information processing apparatus having excellent operability are provided. A sensor apparatus includes a touch panel, a casing, and a pressure-sensitive sensor. The touch panel includes an input operation surface and detects a position at which an operator comes into contact with the input operation surface directly or indirectly. The casing accommodates the touch panel. The pressure-sensitive sensor includes a first electrode fixed to the touch panel, a second electrode fixed to the casing, and an elastic body arranged between the touch panel and the casing and elastically supporting the touch panel with respect to the casing. The pressure-sensitive sensor detects a pressing force input to the input operation surface, as a change of a capacitance between the first and second electrodes. | 06-30-2011 |
20110175845 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus includes: a display cover including an operation area that is pressed by an operator and a circumferential area located on the circumference of the operation area; a frame including an opening covered by the operation area and a fixing portion that fixes the circumferential area; a touch panel that is supported by the display cover to be positioned at the opening and detects a position at which the operator comes into contact with the operation area; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that is provided between the display cover and the frame, includes a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and detects a pressing force with respect to the operation area based on a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode that corresponds to a deflection amount of the display cover. | 07-21-2011 |
20110227866 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sensor apparatus includes a first member, a second member, and a detection mechanism. The second member is relatively movable in a first direction with respect to the first member. The detection mechanism includes an elastic member arranged between the first member and the second member, a support that is provided between the first member and the elastic member and forms an air layer between the first member and the elastic member, the air layer having a thickness changed by an elastic deformation of the elastic member, and an electrode pair that forms a plurality of capacitances including a capacitance component changed in accordance with a change of the thickness of the air layer. The detection mechanism outputs a detection signal on a movement amount of the second member in the first direction based on a change of a combined capacitance of the electrode pair. | 09-22-2011 |
20110279406 | CAPACITANCE SENSOR AND INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - A capacitance sensor is provided and includes at least one electrode group positioned within a sensor area. The electrode group including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The capacitance sensor also includes a drive section configured to measure capacitances of the first, second and third electrodes, and configured to determine position information of at least one object based on the measured capacitances. At least one of the electrodes includes a portion that both increases and decreases in height along a width direction of the sensor area. | 11-17-2011 |
20120001867 | CAPACITANCE SENSOR AND INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - Provided is a capacitance sensor including: a first electrode including a first region gradually larger in height with respect to a width direction parallel to a first direction in parallel with a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a second region gradually smaller in height with respect to the width direction, and a third region causing the first and second regions to be opposed; a second electrode opposed to the first region in the second direction, and gradually smaller in height with respect to the first direction in parallel with the second direction; a third electrode opposed to the second region in the second direction and gradually larger in height with respect to the first direction in parallel with the second direction; and a support body supporting electrode groups including the first to third electrodes while connected via the third region, and arranging those groups along the second direction. | 01-05-2012 |
20120113071 | INPUT DEVICE, COORDINATES DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes an input operation surface which includes a display region, a display element which displays an operation screen, where an operation region is included in at least a portion thereof, in the display region, a sensor section which has a plurality of electrodes which are individually driven using scanning of electric signals and electrostatically detects an input position in the input operation surface, and a driving section which has a first driving mode where all out of the plurality of electrodes are driven and a second driving mode where a portion of the electrodes out of the plurality of electrodes are driven. | 05-10-2012 |
20120256872 | COORDINATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A coordinate detection apparatus includes: electrode arrays each including first/second/third electrodes extending in a first direction; and a processing unit. The first electrode includes first/second regions larger/smaller in dimension, with respect to the first direction, in parallel with a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second/third electrodes are smaller/larger in dimension, with respect to the first direction, in parallel with the second direction, and are opposed to the first/second regions in the second direction. The first/second/third electrodes are arranged in the second direction. Each electrode array outputs a capacitance value corresponding to a distance between it and a detection target. The processing unit calculates total sums (first/second/third values) of capacitance values of the respective first/second/third electrodes, and a sum of these total sums, and detects a position coordinate based on a different capacitance ratio depending on whether the second value is above or below the third value. | 10-11-2012 |
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20090276557 | BUS SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A processor bus linked with at least a processor, a memory bus linked with a main memory, and a system bus linked with at least an input/output device are connected to a three-way connection control system. The control system includes a bus-memory connection controller connected to address buses and control buses respectively of the processor, memory, and system buses to transfer address and control signals therebetween. The control system further includes a data path switch connected to data buses respectively of the processor, memory, and system buses to transfer data via the data buses therebetween depending on t | 11-05-2009 |
20100306438 | BUS SYSTEM FOR USE WITH INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A processor bus linked with at least a processor, a memory bus linked with a main memory, and a system bus linked with at least an input/output device are connected to a three-way connection control system. The control system includes a bus-memory connection controller connected to address buses and control buses respectively of the processor, memory, and system buses to transfer address and control signals therebetween. The control system further includes a data path switch connected to data buses respectively of the processor, memory, and system buses to transfer data via the data buses therebetween depending on the data path control signal. | 12-02-2010 |
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20080210033 | SHIFT CONTROL SYSTEM, SHIFT CONTROL METHOD, AND SHIFT SWITCHING DEVICE - A shift control system rotates an actuator to cause a wall of a detent plate to contact a roller of a detent spring, and detects the position of contact so as to detect the position of the wall of the detent plate. This wall position is set as a reference position of the actuator. Accordingly, the rotation of the actuator can appropriately be controlled even if an encoder which can only detect relative positional information is employed, and thus the shift range can appropriately be switched. | 09-04-2008 |
20090038387 | Abnormality determination device and abnormality determination method of vehicle - An abnormality determination device and an abnormality determination method of a vehicle that includes a stepped type automatic transmission capable of forming a plurality of speed change steps are provided. The presence/absence of an abnormality of an element related to formation of a predetermined speed change step is determined in a state of the vehicle where the predetermined speed change step is formed. Information about the abnormality determined to be present is then stored. If the information about the abnormality is stored when the vehicle is to newly start to run, the predetermined speed change step where the abnormality stored occurred is established, and the presence/absence of the abnormality of the element related to the formation of the predetermined speed change step is re-determined. | 02-12-2009 |
20110098881 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device having an actuator operative to prevent a movement of a vehicle and a shift operating device including a shift position detection means detecting a shift position, the vehicle control device outputting, when the shift operating device is shift-operated to a predetermined shift position to release prevention of the movement of the vehicle, a control signal for permitting the actuator to release the prevention of the movement of the vehicle, the vehicle control device includes: an abnormality detecting means that detects an abnormality in at least part of the shift position detection means; a shift operation determining means that determines, based on a detection signal from the shift position detection means, whether the shift operating device is shift-operated or not by a driver, and a vehicle movement prevention control means that, in a case where the movement of the vehicle is prevented by the actuator and in a case where the abnormality in part of the shift position detection means is detected by the abnormality detecting means, permits the actuator to release the prevention of the movement of the vehicle if it is determined by the shift operation determining means that the shift operating device is shift-operated by the driver, the shift operation determining means determining that the shift operating device is shift-operated by the driver if the shift position changes from a predefined pre-operation position to a position other than the pre-operation position after the abnormality in part of the shift position detection means is detected by the abnormality detecting means. | 04-28-2011 |
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20110028648 | THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is, in a thermoplastic elastomer composition in which a modified rubber is dispersed and filled in an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer matrix in order to improve the low-temperature durability of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, to reduce the extrusion load during extrusion molding thereof into a film without deteriorating the low-temperature durability. The present invention is a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a modified rubber (B) dispersed in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), wherein the modified rubber (B) has an acid anhydride group or epoxy group and is dynamically cross-linked by a compound (C) having at least two amino groups. This thermoplastic elastomer composition can be suitably used in the production of an inner liner of a pneumatic tire. | 02-03-2011 |
20110028651 | THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is, in a thermoplastic elastomer composition in which a modified rubber is filled and dispersed in a polyamide resin matrix in order to improve the low-temperature durability of the polyamide resin, to reduce the extrusion load during extrusion molding thereof into a film without deteriorating the low-temperature durability. The present invention is a thermoplastic elastomer composition (E) comprising a modified polyamide resin (C) and a modified rubber (D) dispersed in the modified polyamide resin (C), the modified polyamide resin (C) being a resin obtained by melt-blending an polyamide resin (A) and a compound (B) capable of reacting with a terminal amino group of a polyamide resin, wherein the modified rubber (D) has an acid anhydride group or epoxy group and is dynamically cross-linked by a compound (F) having at least one disulfide bond and at least two amino groups. This thermoplastic elastomer composition can be suitably used in the production of an inner liner of a pneumatic tire. | 02-03-2011 |
20130025757 | THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING SAME - Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition that can be suitably used for the inner liners of pneumatic tires and exhibits high air barrier properties and high fatigue durability. The present invention is a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprising a thermoplastic resin composition and a rubber composition dispersed in the thermoplastic resin composition, wherein the thermoplastic resin composition comprises a polyamide and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer or a poly(vinyl alcohol), the rubber composition comprises a halogenated isoolefin-p-alkylstyrene copolymer and is cross inked. The thermoplastic resin composition preferably comprises 1 to 25% by weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer or the poly(vinyl alcohol). The thermoplastic elastomer composition preferably comprises 100 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin composition and 80 to 200 parts by weight of the halogenated isoolefin-p-alkylstyrene copolymer. | 01-31-2013 |
20130144010 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITIONS - Provided is a method for producing thermoplastic resin compositions, the method comprising the step of melt-blending (A) a thermoplastic elastomer composition, obtained by dispersing (ii) an acid anhydride-modified or epoxy-modified rubber in (i) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, with (B-1) a resin composition comprising at least one resin selected from (i) unmodified polyamide resins and modified polyamide resins or (B-2) a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dispersing (ii) an acid anhydride-modified or epoxy-modified rubber in (i) at least one resin selected from unmodified polyamide resins and modified polyamide resins. Said thermoplastic elastomer composition has excellent gas barrier properties and the decrease in gas barrier properties associated with fatigue has been reduced. | 06-06-2013 |
20130146194 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND TIRE USING SAME - Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for the inner liner of pneumatic tires, which has low air permeability and a small percent change in air permeability from fatigue. A thermoplastic resin composition obtained by dispersing a modified rubber having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group into a polyamide resin and an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, the thermoplastic resin composition being characterized in that the ratio of the polyamide resin to the ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer is between 47/53 and 61/39. The percent change in air permeability of the thermoplastic resin composition in the present invention when subjected 1 million times to 20% elongation strain at room temperature is 1.30 times or more. Additionally, a pneumatic tire using a film comprising the thermoplastic resin composition in the present invention as an inner liner has a percent change in air leakage of 1.30 times or less at room temperature after going 70,000 km. | 06-13-2013 |
20130156982 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION - A method for producing a thermoplastic resin composition, comprising the steps of: (I) melt-kneading (A) acid anhydride-modified or epoxy-modified rubber with (B) ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer resin to prepare a first resin composition in which (A) acid anhydride-modified or epoxy-modified rubber is dispersed in (B) ethylene-vinylalcohol copolymer resin, (II) crosslinking (C) crosslinkable elastomer while melt-kneading the crosslinkable elastomer with (D) polyamide resin to prepare a second resin composition in which crosslinked elastomer particles are dispersed in (D) polyamide resin, and (III) melt-mixing together the first resin composition with the second resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent gas barrier properties, low-temperature durability, and fatigue resistance. | 06-20-2013 |
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20080224595 | Organic EL device - The present invention provides a high-efficiency organic EL device that can be fabricated by a simple process and that can prevent color shift arising from variations in film thickness. The organic EL light-emitting device includes a plurality of independent light-emitting elements that constitute first, second, and third emission color subpixels. The light-emitting elements constituting the first emission color subpixels and the second emission color subpixels have a semitransparent reflective layer between a transparent substrate and a transparent electrode, and this semitransparent reflective layer is configured so as to function with the reflective electrode as a resonator for the light of the emission colors. The light-emitting elements constituting the third emission color subpixels additionally have a color conversion layer between the transparent substrate and the transparent electrode. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226814 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PATTERNED VAPOR-DEPOSITED FILM - A method for manufacturing a vapor-deposited film having a high-resolution pattern, without using a metal mask that makes it difficult to realize high resolution or an expensive laser scanning device. A patterned vapor-deposited film is manufactured by a method including: preparing a deposition panel containing a substrate, a plurality of heating elements, and a deposition material layer formed on the plurality of heating elements, the deposition material layer forming the outermost surface; disposing the deposition panel and a device substrate so that the deposition material layer faces the device substrate; and causing at least some of the plurality of heating elements to generate heat, selectively evaporating the deposition material layer that is positioned on the heating elements that have generated heat, and vapor depositing on a surface of the device substrate to form a vapor-deposited film. | 09-18-2008 |
20090189516 | ORGANIC EL LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic EL light emitting display employs a color conversion system having a structure in which generation of dark areas in an organic EL element can be suppressed and emission of the organic EL light emitting element can be made highly efficient. The organic EL light emitting display successively includes a transparent substrate, one kind or a plurality of kinds of color filter layers, a bonding layer, a color conversion layer, a barrier layer, a transparent electrode, an organic EL layer and a reflecting electrode. The color filter layer is formed by a wet process, the color conversion layer and the barrier layer are formed by a dry process, and the bonding layer is selected from a group consisting of an inorganic bonding layer, an organic bonding layer, and a laminated body of an organic bonding layer and an inorganic bonding layer. | 07-30-2009 |
20110291082 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - An organic light emitting element includes a pair of electrodes at least one of which has visible light transmittance; and an organic EL layer provided between the pair of electrodes. The organic EL layer includes at least an organic light emitting layer that emits light when a voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes. The organic light emitting layer includes an electron transport host material; and at least first and second guest materials. Each of the first and second guest materials has an emission peak in a blue to blue-green color region. The electron transport host material has an ionization potential (IPH) and an electron affinity (AFH), and the first guest material has an ionization potential (IPG1) and an electron affinity (AFG1) that satisfy Expression (1): IPH≦IPG1 and AFH12-01-2011 | |
20140014941 | COLOR CONVERSION FILM AND MULTICOLOR-EMITTING, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING THE COLOR CONVERSION FILM - A color conversion film that absorbs light from an organic electroluminescent part emitting blue-green light and converts the light to visible light at a longer wavelength. The color conversion film includes two different dyes. A first dye is a polymer dye with an average molecular weight of 1000 to 1,000,000 that absorbs light incident on the color conversion film and transfers the energy of the light to a second dye. The second dye is a dye that receives the energy from the first dye and emits light. With a multicolor-emitting, organic electroluminescent device including the color conversion film, it is possible to achieve excellent conversion efficiency without increasing the thickness of the color conversion film as in a conventional device using a binder resin. Such an organic electroluminescent device may include as well a pair of electrodes at least one of which is a transparent electrode, and an organic electroluminescent layer sandwiched between the electrodes. | 01-16-2014 |
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20090245915 | Sheet material cutting unit and printing device - To provide a sheet material cutting unit which can retain the posture of a sheet material when the sheet material is cut such that a movable blade can bite the sheet material with stability. A sheet material fixedly holding portion provided in parallel with a fixed blade and a sheet material movably holding portion linked with a movable blade are provided downstream from a sheet material cutting position in a sheet material transfer direction to retain a sheet material from both sides of the sheet material when the sheet material is cut. | 10-01-2009 |
20090279935 | Printer with cutter - an object of the present invention is to provide a printer with a cutter, which has a compact structure to allow for the reduction in size and is capable of performing printing while eliminating an unprinted area as much as possible and of easily performing recovery without wasting a recording sheet even if a paper jam occurs during the printing. Provided is a printer with a cutter including a platen roller | 11-12-2009 |
20110170904 | Printer - Provided is a printer capable of reliably combining a main unit and a detachable unit with each other, performing smooth attachment/detachment operation of the detachable unit, easily achieving miniaturization, and suppressing interference with fingertips during the attachment/detachment operation, to thereby increase safety. The printer includes: a main unit ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110170930 | Printer with a cutter - Provided is a printer with a cutter, which is capable of separating a main unit and a detachable unit while a movable blade is automatically restored even when the movable blade is stopped halfway through sliding, and regulating the slide of the movable blade at a time of separation of both the units, to thereby increase safety. Provided is a printer with a cutter including: a main unit ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110170931 | Cutter mechanism and printer with a cutter - Provided is a cutter mechanism capable of performing satisfactory cutting stably with a low risk of causing cutting defects. The cutter mechanism includes: a fixed blade ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110182647 | Printer - Provided is a printer capable of minimizing paper jam with a simple configuration, preventing a recording sheet from being caught around a platen roller, and quickly performing removal of the recording sheet. The printer includes: a main unit ( | 07-28-2011 |
20140240437 | ADHESIVE LABEL ISSUING APPARATUS AND PRINTER - An adhesive label issuing apparatus comprising: a cutter unit; an adhesive force expression unit; and a slack unit, the slack unit including: a downstream paper passing portion arranged between the cutter unit and the adhesive force expression unit along the conveyance direction so as to pass a label paper which has passed the cutter unit therethrough; and an upstream paper passing portion arranged on the upstream side of the downstream paper passing portion along the conveyance direction so as to pass the label paper therethrough, the downstream paper passing portion being arranged so as to be offset with respect to the upstream paper passing portion along a normal direction of an upstream paper passing surface in the upstream paper passing portion and so that a downstream paper passing surface in the downstream paper passing portion and the upstream paper passing surface are in parallel to each other. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100075154 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL, OPTICAL MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE OPTICAL MATERIAL - The polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention comprises a phenylene diisocyanate, at least one polythiol compound selected from the group consisting of 4-mercaptomethyl-1,8-dimercapto-3,6-dithiaoctane, 4,8-, 4,7- or 5,7-dimercaptomethyl-1,11-dimercapto-3,6,9-trithiaundecane, 2,5-bis(mercaptomethyl)-1,4-dithiane, bis(mercaptoethyl)sulfide, 1,1,3,3-tetrakis(mercaptomethylthio)propane, 4,6-bis(mercaptomethylthio)-1,3-dithiane, 2-(2,2-bis(mercaptomethylthio)ethyl)-1,3-dithietane, 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(mercaptomethylthio)ethane 3-mercaptomethyl-1,5-dimercapto-2,4-dithiapentane and tris(mercaptomethylthio)methane. | 03-25-2010 |
20100280213 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYTHIOL COMPOUND FOR OPTICAL MATERIALS, AND POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYTHIOL COMPOUND - Provided is a process for producing a polythiol compound for an optical material, the method includes reacting 2-mercaptoethanol with an epihalohydrin compound to give polyalcohol, and preparing a polythiol compound through the polyalcohol, wherein a content of bis(2-hydroxyethyl)disulfide in the 2-mercaptoethanol is 0.5 wt % or less. | 11-04-2010 |
20110176220 | Process for Producing Polythiol Compound for Optical Materials, and Polymerizable Composition Containing Polythiol Compound - Provided is a process for producing a polythiol compound for an optical material, the method includes reacting 2-mercaptoethanol with an epihalohydrin compound to give polyalcohol, and preparing a polythiol compound through the polyalcohol, wherein a content of bis(2-hydroxyethyl)disulfide in the 2-mercaptoethanol is 0.5 wt % or less. | 07-21-2011 |
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20100200758 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION - A radiation detecting apparatus of the present invention is an apparatus comprising a scintillator for converting incident radiation into ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength of 220 nm or less, the scintillator being composed of, for example, Nd-doped LaF | 08-12-2010 |
20120161609 | VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A vacuum ultraviolet light emitting device comprising: a luminescence substrate which is composed of a transparent substrate of lithium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, barium fluoride or the like, and a metal fluoride thin-film layer formed on the transparent substrate and being a thin-film layer of a metal fluoride such as LuLiF | 06-28-2012 |
20120286204 | METAL FLUORIDE CRYSTAL, VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, AND VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved] A fluoride which emits light with high brightness in a vacuum ultraviolet region is provided. Also provided are a novel vacuum ultraviolet light emitting element which comprises the fluoride and which can be suitably used in photolithography, cleaning of a semiconductor or liquid crystal substrate, sterilization, next-generation large-capacity optical disks, medical care (ophthalmologic treatment, DNA cleavage), etc.; and a vacuum ultraviolet light emitting scintillator which is composed of the fluoride and can be suitably used in a small-sized radiation detector incorporating a diamond light receiving element or AlGaN light receiving element with a low background noise as an alternative to a conventional photomultiplier tube. | 11-15-2012 |
20130043402 | NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a neutron detector using the neutron scintillator are provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130105707 | RADIATION DETECTOR | 05-02-2013 |
20130112885 | PHOSWICH THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A phoswich radiation detector, which can easily discriminate between detection signals on gamma rays and thermal neutrons, and which can selectively acquire signals on thermal neutrons, is provided. | 05-09-2013 |
20130161519 | COLQUIRIITE-TYPE CRYSTAL, SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] A colquiriite-type crystal preferred for a scintillator for neutron detection, which has high sensitivity to neutron and which is reduced in background noise attributed to γ rays; a scintillator for neutron detection which comprises this crystal; and a neutron detector are provided. | 06-27-2013 |
20130168561 | METAL FLUORIDE EUTECTIC, NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR AND NEUTRON IMAGING DEVICE - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in detection efficiency for neutrons, an S/N ratio, and n/γ discrimination ability, and a eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130183509 | METAL FLUORIDE EUTECTIC AND NEUTRON SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved] A neutron scintillator excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability, and a metal fluoride eutectic preferred for the neutron scintillator are provided. | 07-18-2013 |
20130214203 | METAL FLUORIDE CRYSTAL AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - [Problems to be Solved] To provide a neutron scintillator which shows a large amount of luminescence in response to neutrons and which is excellent in neutron detection efficiency and n/γ discrimination ability; and a metal fluoride crystal suitable for the neutron scintillator. | 08-22-2013 |
20130264482 | SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRONS AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillator for neutrons that allows the detection of neutrons with superb sensitivity and that is little affected by background noise derived from γ-rays, and a neutron detector that uses the neutron scintillator. | 10-10-2013 |
20130320217 | NEUTRON DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention is a neutron detection device comprising a neutron detection scintillator composed of a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal, and a silicon photodiode, characterized in that the single crystal contains only Eu as a lanthanoid and contains 0.80 atom/nm | 12-05-2013 |
20140021355 | SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION - The present invention aims at providing a scintillator for high temperature environments which has satisfactory light emission characteristics under high temperature environments; and a method for measuring radiation under high temperature environments. The scintillator for high temperature environments comprises a colquiriite-type crystal represented by the chemical formula LiM | 01-23-2014 |
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20100314550 | SCINTILLATOR FOR NEUTRON DETECTION AND NEUTRON DETECTOR - To provide a scintillator for neutron detection which has high sensitivity to neutron rays, and is reduced in a background noise attributed to γ rays. | 12-16-2010 |
20110122400 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DOSE OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - [Problems to be Solved] To provide a novel ultraviolet light receiving element which is selectively sensitive to ultraviolet radiation, and a method for measuring the dose of ultraviolet radiation using the ultraviolet light receiving element. | 05-26-2011 |
20120018642 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel radiographic image detector which can detect radiation, such as hard X-rays or γ-rays, with high sensitivity and which is excellent in position resolution and count rate characteristic. | 01-26-2012 |
20120074356 | SCINTILLATOR - [Problems to be Solved] | 03-29-2012 |
20130206996 | NEUTRON DETECTOR - Provided is a scintillation neutron detector capable of measuring neutrons with precision even under a high amount of γ rays as background noise and excellent in neutron counting precision, the scintillation neutron detector comprising a neutron scintillator crystal containing | 08-15-2013 |
20130221227 | RADIATION DETECTOR - Provided is a radiation detector with improved n/γ discrimination and usable even under high counting rate conditions with a reduced load on a signal-processing system. The detector capable of distinguishing neutron and gamma-ray events includes: a scintillator; an optical filter; a first photodetector to which a first part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced via the optical filter; and a second photodetector to which a second part of light emitted from the scintillator is introduced not via the optical filter, wherein, for a set of two wavelengths A and (A+B) nm, the scintillator emits at least a light of A nm and a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by gamma-ray, and emits a light of A nm and does not emit a light of (A+B) nm when irradiated by neutrons; and the optical filter blocks the light of A nm and transmits the light of (A+B) nm. | 08-29-2013 |
20130327946 | Scintillator for Neutron Detection, and Neutron Radiation Detector - A novel scintillator for neutron detection is capable of increasing the probability of inducing a nuclear reaction using epithermal neutrons having higher energy than thermal neutrons as a result of increasing thickness in the direction of incidence of neutron radiation. A scintillator for neutron detection includes a colquiriite-type fluoride single crystal containing europium, containing 0.0025 mol % or more and less than 0.05 mol % europium, containing 0.80 atom/nm | 12-12-2013 |
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20100278799 | Composition for Improving Nutritional Status, Reducing Frequency of Fever and/or Increasing Immunocompetence of the Elderly - Provided is a composition for improving the nutritional status, reducing the frequency of fever, and/or increasing the immunocompetence of the elderly. The composition is one for improving the nutritional status, reducing the frequency of fever, and/or increasing the immunocompetence of the elderly and comprises the following components (a) to (e): (a) an antioxidant agent; (b) at least one component selected from the group consisting of vitamin B | 11-04-2010 |
20100291057 | Composition for Reducing Oxidative Stress and/or Side Effects Occurring During Cancer Chemotherapy or Improving Nutritional Status During Cancer Chemotherapy - Provided is a composition for reducing oxidative stress and/or side effects occurring during cancer chemotherapy or improving a nutritional status during cancer chemotherapy. The composition is one for reducing oxidative stress and/or side effects occurring during cancer chemotherapy or improving nutritional status during cancer chemotherapy and comprises the following components (a) to (f): (a) an antioxidant agent; (b) at least one component selected from the group consisting of vitamin B | 11-18-2010 |
20110257088 | Low-Concentration Nutritional Composition - The present invention provides an enteral nutritional composition with which the labor of administering water between meals can be saved. The enthral nutritional composition comprises proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, with the calories per ml of the composition being less than 1 kcal and the moisture content being 30 percent by mass or more. | 10-20-2011 |
20140370117 | Low-Concentration Nutritional Composition - The present invention provides an enteral nutritional composition with which the labor of administering water between meals can be saved. The enteral nutritional composition comprises proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, with the calories per ml of the composition being less than 1 kcal and the moisture content being 30 percent by mass or more. | 12-18-2014 |
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20110108194 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides a plasma processing apparatus in which ring-like conductors | 05-12-2011 |
20120138229 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides a plasma processing apparatus having a means for generating a plasma capable of correcting the eccentricity of the plasma diffused above the wafer caused by magnetic field or by vacuum eccentricity, comprising a vacuum processing chamber in which a sample is processed via plasma, a gas supply means for supplying gas into the vacuum processing chamber, a sample stage disposed within the vacuum processing chamber on which the sample is placed, an induction coil disposed outside the vacuum processing chamber, a radio frequency power supply for supplying radio frequency power to the induction coil, a Faraday shield being capacitively coupled with the plasma, and an eccentricity correction means disposed between the induction coil and a dielectric sealing window constituting an upper surface of the vacuum processing chamber, wherein the eccentricity correction means generates a plasma capable of correcting the eccentricity of the plasma. | 06-07-2012 |
20130299091 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a flat-plate-like dielectric window, an induction coil, a flat electrode, a RF power source, a gas supply unit, and a sample stage on which a sample is mounted. A process gas supply plate is provided opposite the dielectric window on an inner side of the processing chamber, and a recess portion is formed in the flat electrode on a side opposite the induction coil corresponding to a gas supply position of the process gas supply plate. | 11-14-2013 |
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20080243946 | Storage system and data recovery method - Proposed are a storage system and a data recovery method capable of guaranteeing data recovery processing at a service level sought by a user. This storage system and data recovery method uses one or more data recovery candidate points and specifies a section containing the journal and the replication of write data, checks a redundancy relation of a write range in the volume of write data written from host into the volume contained in the journal regarding one or more the journals in the section, and executes redundancy elimination processing of merging a plurality of the replications of write data or a plurality of the journals into a single replication of write data or a single journal based on the check result. | 10-02-2008 |
20090125680 | Storage System for Restoring Data Stored in Failed Storage Device - The present invention maintains mapping information denoting which real areas have been allocated to which virtual areas for a virtual volume, the capacity of which is dynamically expanded. The present invention also maintains real area management information denoting which real areas have been allocated to which virtual areas. The real area management information is referenced to determine whether or not a low-reliability real area, which is a real area for which reliability has been lowered by the occurrence of a failure in a certain physical storage device, and which belongs to a RAID group comprising this certain physical storage device, has been allocated to a virtual area. A data restore process is not carried out for a low-reliability real area that has not been allocated to a virtual area, but a data restore process is carried out for a low-reliability real area that has been allocated to a virtual area. | 05-14-2009 |
20100011239 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA RESTORATION METHOD THEREOF - This storage system includes a first storage sub system having a first logical volume where a first data area is dynamically allocated to each prescribed area, and which stores data transmitted from a host computer in the first data area, and a second storage sub system having a second data area for backing up the first logical volume; wherein the first storage sub system includes: a first management unit for managing the status of the first data area allocated to each of the areas of the first logical volume; a transfer unit for transferring the data stored in the first data area allocated to each of the areas of the first logical volume to the second storage sub system; and a restoration unit for restoring the first logical volume based on the status of the first data area managed by the first management unit and/or the data transferred from the second storage sub system. | 01-14-2010 |
20110167294 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR RESTORING DATA STORED IN FAILED STORAGE DEVICE - A storage system including: a controller; and, a plurality of physical storage devices coupled to the controller and constituting a RAID group; wherein the controller provides one or more logical volumes belonging to the RAID group, each of the one or more logical volumes having a plurality of storage areas; one or more virtual volumes, wherein, when receiving a write request to a virtual volume of the one or more virtual volumes, the controller allocates a storage area in a logical volume to the virtual volume; and writes data to the allocated storage area, wherein, when a physical storage device of the plurality of physical storage devices fails, the controller selectively performs a RAID restore process to a storage area allocated to a virtual volume. | 07-07-2011 |
20120072688 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA RESTORATION METHOD THEREOF - This storage system includes a first storage sub system having a first logical volume where a first data area is dynamically allocated to each prescribed area, and which stores data transmitted from a host computer in the first data area, and a second storage sub system having a second data area for backing up the first logical volume; wherein the first storage sub system includes: a first management unit for managing the status of the first data area allocated to each of the areas of the first logical volume; a transfer unit for transferring the data stored in the first data area allocated to each of the areas of the first logical volume to the second storage sub system; and a restoration unit for restoring the first logical volume based on the status of the first data area managed by the first management unit and/or the data transferred from the second storage sub system. | 03-22-2012 |
20130326139 | STORAGE SYSTEM FOR RESTORING DATA STORED IN FAILED STORAGE DEVICE - A storage system including: a controller; and, a plurality of physical storage devices coupled to the controller and constituting a RAID group; wherein the controller provides one or more logical volumes belonging to the RAID group, each of the one or more logical volumes having a plurality of storage areas; and one or more virtual volumes, wherein, when receiving a write request to a virtual volume of the one or more virtual volumes, the controller is configured to: allocate a storage area in a logical volume to the virtual volume, as an allocated storage area, where reliability of the storage area is used as a criterion in a selection of the storage area for allocation to the virtual volume; and write data to the allocated storage area, wherein, the controller is configured to selectively perform a RAID allocation process to a storage area allocated to a virtual volume. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090148698 | Molded Foam Article and Method of Producing Molded Foam Article - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a foaming mold having a high expansion ratio and a light weight and having an excellent appearance with no surface roughness; and a method for producing a foaming mold, whereby even in the case of using thermally expandable microcapsules for injection molding, the thermally expandable microcapsules can expand uniformly to give a foaming mold having a high expansion ratio and an excellent appearance. | 06-11-2009 |
20110166242 | MASTERBATCH FOR FOAM MOLDING AND MOLDED FOAM - The present invention has its object to provide a masterbatch for foam molding, which can be suitably used for molding processes involving high shearing force, such as kneading molding, calender molding, extrusion molding, and injection molding, which shows a high expansion ratio, and which yields a foamed product with a good appearance. The present invention also has its object to provide a foamed product using the masterbatch for foam molding. | 07-07-2011 |
20110263746 | THERMALLY EXPANDABLE MICROCAPSULE AND FOAM-MOLDED ARTICLE - The present invention has its object to provide a thermally expandable microcapsule, which shows excellent heat resistance and a high expansion ratio and thereby can be suitably used for molding processes involving high shearing force, such as kneading molding, calender molding, extrusion molding, and injection molding. The present invention also has its object to provide a foamed product using the thermally expandable microcapsule. The present invention relates to a thermally expandable microcapsule, which comprises: a shell made of a polymer; and a volatile expansion agent as a core agent encapsulated in the shell, the storage elastic modulus (E′) of the shell at a temperature of 200° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz being 1×10 | 10-27-2011 |
20120211912 | MOLDED FOAM ARTICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MOLDED FOAM ARTICLE - It is an object of the present invention to provide: a foaming mold having a high expansion ratio and a light weight and having an excellent appearance with no surface roughness; and a method for producing a foaming mold, whereby even in the case of using thermally expandable microcapsules for injection molding, the thermally expandable microcapsules can expand uniformly to give a foaming mold having a high expansion ratio and an excellent appearance. | 08-23-2012 |
20140288199 | THERMALLY EXPANDABLE MICROCAPSULE AND FOAM-MOLDED ARTICLE - A thermally expandable microcapsule, which shows excellent heat resistance and a high expansion ratio and thereby can be suitably used for molding processes involving high shearing force, such as kneading molding, calender molding, extrusion molding, and injection molding. The thermally expandable microcapsule also provides a foamed product using the thermally expandable microcapsule. The thermally expandable microcapsule contains a shell made of a polymer; and a volatile expansion agent as a core agent encapsulated in the shell, the storage elastic modulus (E′) of the shell at a temperature of 200° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz being 1×10 | 09-25-2014 |
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20080231411 | RESISTANCE PLATE AND LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAID RESISTANCE PLATE - In a resistance plate, a first slide portion includes a plurality of first conductive segments arranged at intervals generally in a direction of sliding movement of a sliding arm, the adjacent first conductive segments being connected together via a resistor. A first conducting path | 09-25-2008 |
20080289414 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS - A liquid level detection apparatus includes a resistance plate which has a conducting pattern formed on a board, the conducting pattern including a first slide portion, a second slide portion, a plus electrode electrically connected to the first slide portion, and a minus electrode electrically connected to the second slide portion, a float which moves in accordance with a change of a liquid level, a float arm connected to the float, a sliding arm which slides over the resistance plate in accordance with a pivotal movement of the float arm, a plus connection terminal connected to the plus electrode, a minus connection terminal connected to the minus electrode, and a protective layer formed on the plus connection terminal so as to cover the plus connection terminal. | 11-27-2008 |
20080295592 | Liquid level detection device - A liquid level detection device includes a sensor provided in a container which stores a liquid therein and having a variable resistance which changes a resistance value in association with a change of liquid level to output a voltage signal according to the resistance value of the variable resistance when a voltage is applied thereto, and a power supply circuit applying the voltage to the sensor intermittently on a predetermined cycle. A conducting time during which the power supply circuit applies the voltage to the sensor is equal to or less than 40 ms per cycle. | 12-04-2008 |
20080309471 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTING APPARATUS - A liquid level detecting apparatus includes a liquid level sensor of a variable resistance type which includes a sliding contact and a resistor, and which detects a resistance change corresponding to a change of a liquid level of a liquid in a tank and outputs a detection signal based on the change of the liquid level when the liquid level sensor is energized and a controlling unit which controls to supply energization pulses periodically to the liquid level sensor, and controls a displaying portion to display a remaining amount of the liquid in the tank, on the basis of the detection signal output from the liquid level sensor. The controlling unit changes a number of the energization pulses supplied to the liquid level sensor in a predetermined time, on the basis of the detection signal output from the liquid level sensor. | 12-18-2008 |
20090000376 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTING APPARATUS - A liquid level detecting apparatus includes a resistance plate which includes an insulating plate and a resistor mounted on the insulating plate, the resistor having a plurality of conductive segments, and a sliding body which has a contact for contacting on the conductive segments, and the contact sliding over the conductive segments in accordance with a change of a liquid level of a liquid. At least a surface of a constituent member of the sliding body except for the contact is comprised of a material having a corrosion resistance to the liquid. | 01-01-2009 |
20100259255 | ASSEMBLING STRUCTURE OF CURRENT DETECTION APPARATUS - An assembling structure of a current detection apparatus includes: a bus bar; a sensor main body having a magnetism detection element which detects a magnetism generated from the bus bar; a housing having a sensor compartment which accommodates the sensor main body; a magnetism shield member mounted externally on the housing; a cover that holds the bus bar and the magnetism shield member by the at least part of the upper surface of the cover and the lower surface of the housing therebetween; a projecting portion formed on the cover, which projects upwards from the upper surface of the cover; a hole formed in the bus bar, through which the projecting portion of the cover is inserted; and a hole formed in the lower surface of the housing, which is adapted to fit on the projecting portion which passes through the hole in the bus bar. | 10-14-2010 |
20120032667 | CURRENT SENSOR STRUCTURE - A current sensor structure includes a substantially ring-shaped magnetic core comprising layers of magnetic plates to be accommodated in an insulating case and secured to the case via a molding compound. Projections protruding in the magnetic plate's thickness direction are provided either on a front-side wall portion of the case in the thickness direction or on a surface of the magnetic core in the thickness direction. By virtue of, the surface of the magnetic core is supported by the front-side wall portion via the projections, leaving a gap between this surface and the wall portion to the same height as that of the projections. The gap is filled with the molding compound. Dilative and contractive deformation of the case in the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction is absorbed by the molding compound in the gap to prevent the stress from acting upon the magnetic core. | 02-09-2012 |
20130015842 | CURRENT DETECTION APPARATUSAANM Kawaguchi; YasunoriAACI Shimada-shiAACO JPAAGP Kawaguchi; Yasunori Shimada-shi JP - A current detection apparatus includes two magnetic detectors that are arranged oppositely on a front surface and a back surface of a board which is located above a current path in order to detect a strength of a magnetic field, an electromagnetic shielding frame member that is mounted on the current path so that the two magnetic detectors and a part of the current path are accommodated inside the electromagnetic shielding frame member, and a control circuit that determines whether a failure which occurs in either of the two magnetic detectors from a difference between magnetic fields detected by the two magnetic detectors, respectively. Sensitivities of the two magnetic detectors are made adjusted so that current values outputted from the two magnetic detectors depending on detected magnetic fields are identical to each other in a normal state. | 01-17-2013 |
20130154617 | CURRENT DETECTING DEVICE AND ATTACHING STRUCTURE THEREOF - A current detecting device includes a busbar, a magneto-electric converting element that outputs a signal in response to a magnetic field generated from the busbar, a housing that accommodates the busbar and the magneto-electric converting element, and a shield plate that is attached to the housing. The shield plate is formed in the U-shape in cross section in which an opening is formed between leading ends of a pair of side plates. The leading ends of the pair of side plates of the shield plate are located more inside than an opening peripheral edge of an opening portion of the outer frame portion so that a predetermined distance is secured between the leading ends of the pair of side plates of the shield plate and the opening peripheral edge of the opening portion of the outer frame portion. | 06-20-2013 |
20130269431 | LIQUID LEVEL DETECTING DEVICE - A liquid level detecting device includes a first detecting part that has a first electrode extending in a vertical direction in the tank and opposing to a ground electrode and detects a first electrostatic capacity between the first electrode and the ground electrode, a second detecting part that has a second electrode extending in the vertical direction in the tank and opposing to the ground electrode and detects a second electrostatic capacity between the second electrode and the ground electrode, and a difference calculating part that calculates a difference between the first electrostatic capacity detected by the first detecting part and the second electrostatic capacity detected by the second detecting part as a capacity difference and determines whether the liquid level in the tank is above a warning threshold. | 10-17-2013 |
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20110082690 | SOUND MONITORING SYSTEM AND SPEECH COLLECTION SYSTEM - Monitoring accuracy degrades due to a noise in an environment where there are many sound sources other than those to be monitored. Easy initialization is required for an environment where many apparatuses operate. A sound monitoring system includes a microphone array having multiple microphones and a location-based abnormal sound monitoring section as a processing section. The location-based abnormal sound monitoring section is supplied with an input signal from the microphone array via a waveform acquisition section and a network. Using the input signal, the location-based abnormal sound monitoring section detects a temporal change in a sound source direction histogram. Based on a detected change result, the location-based abnormal sound monitoring section checks for abnormality in a sound field and outputs a monitoring result. The processing section searches for a microphone array near the sound source to be monitored. The processing section selects a sound field monitoring function for the sound source to be monitored based on various data concerning a microphone belonging to the searched microphone array. | 04-07-2011 |
20120298852 | SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY - A mass spectrometry system is mounted with (1) an action planning module for determining a measurement schedule provided by a combination of an MS analysis and an MS | 11-29-2012 |
20120326027 | MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD - A mass spectrometry method that corrects the effects from space charge and that achieves both sensitivity and a dynamic range. The mass axis of the mass spectrum is corrected based on the counts of ions accumulated within the ion trap at the point in time each ion was extracted. | 12-27-2012 |
20130228677 | Mass Spectrometric System - There is a tendency of the intensity and the shape of a spectrum to be measured transitioning with the passage of measured time, depending on the volatility and the reactivity of a component. A mass spectrometric system includes: a mass spectrometric unit that measures a specimen and outputs a mass spectrum; and an estimator that has an estimation rule on content information, the estimation rule being assigned to each component and each measurement time. The estimator estimates, based on a mass spectrum output from the mass spectrometric unit, content information on each component of a plurality of components that may be contained in the specimen in accordance with the estimation rule. | 09-05-2013 |
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20080292264 | Authoring Device, Authoring Method, Authoring Program, and Recording Medium Containing the Program - An authoring device includes: a separator for separating a video stream and an audio stream from the input stream; a multiplexer for multiplexing the video stream and the audio stream to generate content information and further generating control information for managing stream reproduction, generating, from content information and control information, incomplete disc image data which is a series of data basically based on a predetermined format and in which a part of reproduction control information defined by a predetermined format is missing, and further generating analysis information required for generating the missing part of the reproduction control information; and a disc image completing section for completing the incomplete disc image data by referencing the analysis information after generation of the incomplete disc image data. | 11-27-2008 |
20120251081 | IMAGE EDITING DEVICE, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image editing device creates the sequence of images by combining a plurality of images each of which has ancillary information. The image editing device includes: an input interface for receiving a plurality of candidate images that are specified as editing targets; and an image editing unit for creating the sequence of images by giving a characteristic displaying effect to each group consisting of at least two images that are extracted from the plurality of candidate images based on the ancillary information, and then by aligning the groups. | 10-04-2012 |
20140029804 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS - An image editing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a moving image stream that includes a plurality of frames, an extracting unit configured to extract a specific subject from at least one of frames included in the input moving image stream, and an image processor configured to determine whether or not to perform a mask processing to the specific subject included in the at least one frame of the input moving image stream according to a predetermined output condition which is defined based on at least an output resolution of the moving image stream to be output, and performs the mask processing to the specific subject based on the determination result. | 01-30-2014 |
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20080314444 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PASTE AND SOLAR CELL - An electrically conductive paste which can be formed into an electrode by being fired at relatively low temperatures, which exhibits excellent adhesion strength between a light-receiving surface electrode and a semiconductor substrate, and which can satisfactorily reduce the contact resistance between the two, is provided. The electrically conductive paste used as a material for a light-receiving surface electrode of a solar cell, includes a Ag powder, an organic vehicle, and glass frit, wherein the softening point of the above-described glass frit is 570° C. 760° C., and the glass frit contains B | 12-25-2008 |
20100170568 | AG ELECTRODE PASTE, SOLAR BATTERY CELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Ag electrode paste for forming a light-reception-surface-side electrode, with which a solar battery cell having a light-reception-surface-side electrode low in line resistance and achieving high conversion efficiency can be obtained, a solar battery cell having good characteristics manufactured therewith, and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A silver electrode paste contains (a) Ag particles, (b) an organic vehicle, and (c) lead-free glass fit containing 13 to 17 weight % SiO | 07-08-2010 |
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20090317138 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotary for changing an attitude of a developing device to a first attitude in which developer in a developer accommodating chamber is feedable to a developer feeding member and to a second attitude in which the developer having been located above a nip between the developer feeding member and a developing roller drops from the nip. In the image attitude of the developing device, an electrostatic latent image is developed. In the second attitude of the developing device, detection of a remaining amount of the developer is carried out. | 12-24-2009 |
20100054778 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus, rotation of a rotary is temporarily stopped at a position where a coupling member and a drive transmission member are engageable with each other, and a developing roller is set in a rotating state. Subsequently, the rotary is rotated so as to bring the developing roller into contact with a surface of a photosensitive drum. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a plurality of rotatable developer carrying members contactable to a surface of the image bearing member to supply developers to electrostatic latent images formed on the surface, respectively; a plurality of developing devices in each of which the developer carrying member is provided; a developing device supporting member rotatable codirectionally with a rotational direction of the image bearing member and integrally supporting the plurality of such developing devices, wherein the developer carrying members is capable of contacting to and spacing from the surface of the image bearing member sequentially by rotation of the developing device supporting member; a peripheral speed of the developing device supporting member divided by a peripheral speed of the image bearing member at the time when the developer carrying member departs from the surface of the developer carrying member after contact of the developer carrying member to the surface of the image bearing member and subsequent development of the electrostatic latent image is larger than 0 and smaller than 1. | 03-04-2010 |
20100239289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus of a rotary type, when a pause is made during continuous image formation, the time taken to restart image formation after the pause is shortened so as to reduce stress on the user. In the image forming apparatus, it is determined beforehand whether the next image formation mode is a color mode or a mono mode, and a developing device to be first used in the next image formation mode is moved to a developing standby position. | 09-23-2010 |
20110150513 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charge bias causing the surface potential of a photosensitive drum to be lower than that in image formation is applied to a charge roller during a period in which the stop position of a rotary is moved from an unknown state to a home position to cause a developing bias to be applied to a developing roller to be smaller than that in the image formation. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150519 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that performs two types of stop operations in which an image bearing member is rotated or is not rotated after forming an image. The control unit selects the stop operation according to operation time of the image bearing member. | 06-23-2011 |
20110311254 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member configured to bear an electrostatic latent image, a plurality of development devices including a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer for developing the electrostatic latent image, a rotatable development device supporting member configured to support the plurality of development devices. In the image forming apparatus, the developer bearing member is configured to execute development while contacting the image bearing member at a development position via the developer, rotating in the same direction as rotating direction of the image bearing member at the development position, and rotating at a speed faster than a surface speed of the image bearing member. In addition, the development device supporting member is configured to rotate in the same direction of a rotating direction of the image bearing member at a position where the development device supporting member and the image bearing member are facing each other, and change a developer bearing member existing at the development position to another developer bearing member by rotating. Furthermore, a relative speed of a surface moving speed of the developer bearing member with respect to a surface moving speed of the image bearing member when the developer bearing member abuts on or separates from the image bearing member due to the rotation of the development device supporting member becomes higher than a relative speed of the surface moving speed of the developer bearing member with respect to the surface moving speed of the surface of the image bearing member when the electrostatic latent image is developed, and a control unit configured to control a first potential difference, which is a potential difference between a potential of a bias applied to the developer bearing member when the developer bearing member abuts on or separates from the image bearing member and a potential of the image bearing member at the development position becomes higher than a second potential difference, which is a potential difference between the potential of the bias applied to the image bearing member and a potential of a non-imaging portion of the image bearing member at the development position. | 12-22-2011 |
20120045229 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, when no image is being formed, an image bearing member is rotated at least one rotation, in a state in which a transfer bias is controlled such that a potential on a surface of the image bearing member on the upstream side in the rotational direction of a cleaning apparatus is a polarity opposite to that of a developer. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045230 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A mode in which a toner image formed on an intermediate transfer belt passes through a primary transfer portion without a toner image being transferred from a photosensitive drum onto the intermediate transfer belt is provided. In the mode, an area of the photosensitive drum that passes through the primary transfer portion while the toner image is passing through the primary transfer portion is defined as a first area. When the first area passes through a charging position, a charging bias is adjusted so that the occurrence of an image defect is prevented. | 02-23-2012 |
20140286667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that performs two types of stop operations in which an image bearing member is rotated or is not rotated after forming an image. The control unit selects the stop operation according to operation time of the image bearing member. | 09-25-2014 |
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20080298221 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical recording medium includes a main-information area in which a metal reflection film is formed on a substrate where a row of pits is formed as main data, and a sub-information area in which is recorded medium identification information, which is used to identify the optical recording medium individually, by removing the metal reflection film partially and forming a plurality of reflection-film removed areas. Information is reproduced by irradiating the metal reflection film with a beam of light. In the sub-information area, a row of pits or a guide groove is formed on the substrate, and a track pitch of the row of pits or the guide groove is at least 0.24 μm wide and at most 0.45 μm wide. | 12-04-2008 |
20090073848 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical recording medium includes a main-information area in which a metal reflection film is formed on a substrate where a row of pits is formed as main data, and a sub-information area in which is recorded medium identification information, which is used to identify the optical recording medium individually, by removing the metal reflection film partially and forming a plurality of reflection-film removed areas. Information is reproduced by irradiating the metal reflection film with a beam of light. In the sub-information area, a row of pits or a guide groove is formed on the substrate, and a track pitch of the row of pits or the guide groove is at least 0.24 μm wide and at most 0.45 μm wide. | 03-19-2009 |
20100322056 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical recording medium includes a main-information area in which a metal reflection film is formed on a substrate where a row of pits is formed as main data, and a sub-information area in which is recorded medium identification information, which is used to identify the optical recording medium individually, by removing the metal reflection film partially and forming a plurality of reflection-film removed areas. Information is reproduced by irradiating the metal reflection film with a beam of light. In the sub-information area, a row of pits or a guide groove is formed on the substrate, and a track pitch of the row of pits or the guide groove is at least 0.24 μm wide and at most 0.45 μm wide. | 12-23-2010 |
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20080299725 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A method of manufacturing semiconductor devices comprises forming an semiconductor layer of the first conduction type on a substrate of the first conduction type; forming an anti-oxidizing layer on the surface of the semiconductor layer of the first conduction type, the anti-oxidizing layer having an aperture only through a region for use in formation of a guard ring layer of the second conduction type; forming the guard ring layer of the second conduction type in the surface of the semiconductor layer of the first conduction type through implantation of ions into a surface where said anti-oxidizing layer is formed; forming an oxide layer at least in the aperture; forming a base layer of the second conduction type adjacent to the guard ring layer of the second conduction type in the surface of the semiconductor layer of the first conduction type; and forming a diffused layer of the first conduction type through implantation of ions into the base layer of the second conduction type. | 12-04-2008 |
20100096696 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR FOR USE AS A HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING DEVICE AND A POWER DEVICE - A body layer of a first conductivity type is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a source layer of a second conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the body layer. An offset layer of the second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a drain layer of the second conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the offset layer. An insulating film is embedded in a trench formed in the surface region of the offset layer between the source layer and the drain layer. A gate insulating film is formed on the body layer and the offset layer between the source layer and the insulating film. A gate electrode is formed on the gate insulating film. A first peak of an impurity concentration profile in the offset layer is formed at a position deeper than the insulating film. | 04-22-2010 |
20100159659 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USED AS HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING DEVICE AND POWER DEVICE - A low resistance layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a high resistance layer formed on the low resistance layer. A source region of a first conductivity type is formed on a surface region of the high resistance layer. A drain region of the first conductivity type is formed at a distance from the source region. A first resurf region of the first conductivity type is formed in a surface region of the high resistance layer between the source region and the drain region. A channel region of a second conductivity type is formed between the source region and the first resurf region. A gate insulating film is formed on the channel region, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film. An impurity concentration in the channel region under the gate electrode gradually lowers from the source region toward the first resurf region. | 06-24-2010 |
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