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20100035164 | MASK BLANK SUBSTRATE, MASK BLANK, EXPOSURE MASK, MASK BLANK SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a mask blank substrate to be chucked by a mask stage of an exposure system, the flatness of a rectangular flatness measurement area excluding an area of 2 mm inward from an outer peripheral end surface on a main surface of the mask blank substrate on its side to be chucked by the mask stage is 0.6 μm or less, and at least three of four corner portions of the flatness measurement area each have a shape that rises toward the outer peripheral side. | 02-11-2010 |
20100173232 | MASK BLANK PROVIDING SYSTEM, MASK BLANK PROVIDING METHOD, MASK BLANK TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, MASK BLANK MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MASK MANUFACTURING METHOD - A mask blank manufacturing department manufactures a mask blank by forming a thin film to be a mask pattern on a mask blank transparent substrate. When providing the mask blank to a mask manufacturing department, the mask blank manufacturing department provides optical characteristic information (transmittance variation) of the mask blank transparent substrate and optical characteristic information (transmittance variation and/or phase difference variation) of the mask blank to the mask manufacturing department. The optical characteristic information of the mask blank transparent substrate is provided to the mask blank manufacturing department from a materials processing department that manufactures mask blank transparent substrates. | 07-08-2010 |
20100248092 | MASK BLANK SUBSTRATE, MASK BLANK, EXPOSURE MASK, MASK BLANK SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a mask blank substrate to be chucked by a mask stage of an exposure system, the flatness of a rectangular flatness measurement area excluding an area of 2 mm inward from an outer peripheral end surface on a main surface of the mask blank substrate on its side to be chucked by the mask stage is 0.6 μm or less, and at least three of four corner portions of the flatness measurement area each have a shape that rises toward the outer peripheral side. | 09-30-2010 |
20110262847 | MASK BLANK PROVIDING SYSTEM, MASK BLANK PROVIDING METHOD, MASK BLANK TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, MASK BLANK MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MASK MANUFACTURING METHOD - A mask blank manufacturing department manufactures a mask blank by forming a thin film to be a mask pattern on a mask blank transparent substrate. When providing the mask blank to a mask manufacturing department, the mask blank manufacturing department provides optical characteristic information (transmittance variation) of the mask blank transparent substrate and optical characteristic information (transmittance variation and/or phase difference variation) of the mask blank to the mask manufacturing department. The optical characteristic information of the mask blank transparent substrate is provided to the mask blank manufacturing department from a materials processing department that manufactures mask blank transparent substrates. | 10-27-2011 |
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20100078917 | Side impact crash detection system - A side impact crash sensor that operates in conjunction with displacement of a door outer panel of a vehicle door in the event of a side impact crash. The side impact crash sensor comprises a sensor housing coupled to a vehicle door member in a sectioned region of the door and a pendulum rotates around a rotating shaft secured to the sensor housing in the event of a side impact crash. The pendulum is conductive and is housed in a housing space of the sensor housing. The side impact crash sensor further comprises a detecting section including a conductive coil energized by an alternating current secured to the sensor housing. The detecting section detects a rotation operation mode of the pendulum on the basis of a change in impedance of a conductive coil which occurs in conjunction with a rotation operation of the pendulum. | 04-01-2010 |
20120256405 | SIDE COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM, OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A control device is provided with a first collision determiner for determining a side collision to a vehicle based on velocity in a direction orthogonal to the advancing direction of the vehicle, and a second collision determiner for determining a side collision to the vehicle based on a displacement amount and displacement velocity of an acceleration sensor provided in a door of the vehicle. When the vehicle is traveling at a relatively high velocity, the control device detects a side collision to the vehicle using the determination result of the first collision determiner and the determination result of the second collision determiner. In addition, when the vehicle is traveling at a low velocity or is stopped, the control device detects a side collision to the vehicle using the determination result of the first collision determiner, without using the determination result of the second collision determiner. | 10-11-2012 |
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20090047428 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON FIBROUS STRUCTURES - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing carbon fibrous structures each of which comprises a three dimensional network of carbon fibers, which is characterized in that, in the procedure of carbon fiber vapor phase deposition utilizing decomposition of organic carbon compound, at least two kinds of organic carbon compounds as carbon sources are in existence at least at predetermined thermal decomposition reaction temperature range in a reaction furnace and partial pressures of gases of these compounds are regulated so that these compounds are decomposed at mutually different decomposition temperatures, and/or a raw material gas supplied into the reaction furnace is forced to form a turbulent flow. It is possible to obtain efficiently the carbon fibrous structures each of which comprises a three dimensional network of carbon fibers and which are suitable as additives to be added to solid materials, such as resin, ceramics, metal, etc., to improve physical properties, such as electric, mechanical, or thermal properties, of the solid materials, and also as additives to be added to liquid materials, such as fuels, lubricant oils, and etc., to improve physical properties, such as thermal property, of the liquid materials. | 02-19-2009 |
20090049808 | GAS FILTRATION APPARATUS - In order to maintain the dust collection efficiency, it comprises: a filtration chamber | 02-26-2009 |
20140147543 | FLUID PRESSURE IMPRINTING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH PRESSURIZATION UNIT SECURING TOOL - An imprinting device is provided which is capable of using small an opening/closing device even when a transfer area increases. The imprinting device that transfers a molding pattern of a die to a molding target includes a pressurization unit that includes a pressurization chamber to pressurize the die and the molding target by a fluid, a stage that supports the die and the molding target pressurized by the pressurization unit, a pressurization device for adjusting the pressure of the fluid inside the pressurization chamber, an opening/closing device for relatively moving the pressurization unit and the stage, and a securing tool that secures the pressurization unit and the stage so as to prevent or suppress an application of force generated by the pressurization unit to the opening/closing device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140319718 | IMPRINTING DEVICE AND IMPRINTING METHOD - An imprinting device to transfer the mold pattern on a die to a molding target includes a casing forming a pressure-adjusting chamber, a stage supporting the die and the molding target, a frame encircling a circumference of the stage, first moving means moving the casing and the stage in a direction coming close to each other or becoming distant from each other, second moving means moving the casing and the frame in a direction coming close to each other or becoming distant from each other, pressure-adjusting means that adjusts the pressure of a fluid in the pressure-adjusting chamber, and decompression means which decompresses a decompression chamber formed by the stage, a frame, and the die or the molding target, and which eliminates a fluid present between the die and the molding target. | 10-30-2014 |
20150042013 | IMPRINT DEVICE AND IMPRINT METHOD - An imprinting device having a stage and a cover that depress the die and the molding target, a frame formed with a hole into which the stage is fitted and surrounding an outer circumference thereof, a first moving means for relatively moving the stage and the cover in a direction coming close to or becoming apart from each other, a second moving means for relatively moving the cover and the frame in a direction coming close to or becoming apart from each other, a first depressurizing means for depressurizing a depressurizing room formed any one of the cover, the die or the molding target, and the stage, and further the frame, and eliminating a fluid between the die and the molding target, and a second depressurizing means for eliminating a fluid in a space between the cover and the die or the molding target. The imprinting device can be thus downsized and costs can be reduced. | 02-12-2015 |
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20100323734 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIN SYSTEM, WIRELESS NETWORK CONROL DEVICE AND LOAD-DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A mobile communication system provides mobile devices with services while distributing loads in a plurality of wireless areas. A wireless base station covers a plurality of wireless areas among which loads can be distributed. A wireless network control device manages loads of the plurality of areas covered by the wireless base station. The wireless network control device seeks remaining wireless resources of the plurality of wireless areas from the loads of the plurality of wireless areas. The wireless network control device selects wireless areas assigned to mobile devices in accordance with a comparing result of the remaining wireless resources of the plurality of wireless areas. | 12-23-2010 |
20120002659 | GATEWAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM - To provide a gateway apparatus, a communication control method, and a communication control program, capable of implementing a hard handover between base stations that are controlled by the same base station control apparatus. A gateway apparatus | 01-05-2012 |
20120015660 | FEMTO CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACHIEVING MOBILITY WITH MACRO/MICRO CELL IN FEMTO CELL SYSTEM - A node that manages a plurality of femto cells identifies the femto cells that use an identical scrambling code, transfers a relocation request from the macro/micro network of a moving source to the femto cells and obtains information from a correct moving destination to achieve inter-network mobility of the mobile station. | 01-19-2012 |
20130281081 | GATEWAY, SERVER AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND GATEWAY SYSTEM - In order to improve the accuracy of at least one of detecting that a UE camps on a femto cell and detecting that the UE decamps from the range femto cell, a gateway ( | 10-24-2013 |
20140315550 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes a communication network including a plurality of communication cells, a plurality of mobile communication devices each operable to connect into the communication network via at least one of the communication cells, and a communication apparatus for providing at least one of the communication cells. The communication apparatus is operable to provide first and second communication cells via which a mobile communication device can connect to a communication network and to determine whether a mobile communication device is connected to the communication network via the first and/or second communication cells. The communication apparatus is also operable to monitor for further communication cells in dependence on a result of the determination by the determining unit. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315557 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes a communication network including a plurality of communication cells, a plurality of mobile communication devices each operable to connect into the communication network via at least one of the communication cells, and a communication apparatus for providing at least one of the communication cells. The communication apparatus includes first and second base station functions each operable to acquire a congestion status and access control information for the other base station. | 10-23-2014 |
20140341101 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system in which at least one of the first and second base station modules of a dual mode access point is configured to provide information, as regards to its operating mode, to the other base station module. In one embodiment, the operating mode information is provided via an internal interface coupling the first and second base station modules. | 11-20-2014 |
20140349649 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system in which a transferring unit are configured for transferring at least one information element from a first base station to a second base station. In one embodiment, the information element is sent internally to a communication apparatus including the first and second base stations or externally via a communication node external to the apparatus. In one embodiment, the information element is sent between the two base stations via a communication node of a communication network. | 11-27-2014 |
20140370896 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system in which an availability of communication resources to be used by a first base station module and a second base station module of a communications apparatus is managed. In one embodiment, the communication resources are shared between first and second base station modules such that communication resources that are not being used by the first base station module are available to be used by the second base station module and vice versa. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090164936 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen. | 06-25-2009 |
20100031194 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a storage unit to store reference parameter information made up of a plurality of pieces of parameter information and associated with each program, an acquisition unit to acquire the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, a specifying unit to specify a program associated with a reference parameter similar to the plurality of pieces of parameter information of current time, and a display control unit to create a startup menu screen containing a startup display of a program according to a specified result by the specifying unit. | 02-04-2010 |
20100272418 | Electronic device and content reproducing method and program - An electronic device includes a communication block configured to execute communication with an external device; a storage block configured to store content; a compression block configured to compress the stored content; a reproduction block configured to reproduce one of the content before compression by the compression block and the content after compression by the compression block; an operation input block configured to enter an operation signal corresponding to a user operation done for the reproduction; and control block configured to control the communication block to transmit the content before compression to the external device for storage therein and, if the operation signal for reproducing the content after compression is entered, receive, the content before compression stored in the external device corresponding to the content after compression from the external device. | 10-28-2010 |
20140101603 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen. | 04-10-2014 |
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20080289018 | Security Device, Terminal Device, Gate Device, and Device - There are provided a secure device, a gate device, and a device providing a secure device such as an IC card capable of limiting an area where the card application function and the device function are realized. The secure device ( | 11-20-2008 |
20100049829 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service are respectively configured as service objects each having a server facility, and further a local gateway is provided, whereby various types of services can be used through a browser. | 02-25-2010 |
20100153519 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service are respectively configured as service objects each having a server facility, and further a local gateway is provided, whereby various types of services can be used through a browser. | 06-17-2010 |
20120042045 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service are respectively configured as service objects each having a server facility, and further a local gateway is provided, whereby various types of services can be used through a browser. | 02-16-2012 |
20120114183 | OPERATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND OPERATION ANALYSIS METHOD - A motion analysis apparatus is provided that enables a contribution degree that suits analysis conditions to be set easily. A motion analysis apparatus ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130230211 | POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - The present invention is a posture estimation device for estimating a wide variety of 3-dimensional postures by using a skeletal model. The posture estimation device ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130243259 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed is an object detection method capable of detecting with high precision information relating to a jointed object from image data. An object detection device ( | 09-19-2013 |
20130251203 | PERSON DETECTION DEVICE AND PERSON DETECTION METHOD - Provided is a person detection device with which it is possible to estimate a state of a part of a person from an image. A person detection device ( | 09-26-2013 |
20130259391 | STATE-OF-POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND STATE-OF-POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - This posture state estimation device is capable of estimating with high accuracy the posture state of an object. The posture state estimation device ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130301882 | ORIENTATION STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ORIENTATION STATE ESTIMATION METHOD - Disclosed is an orientation state estimation device capable of estimating with high accuracy the orientation state of a jointed body. An orientation state estimation device ( | 11-14-2013 |
20140140596 | POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE, POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND POSTURE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - A posture estimation device, which is able to estimate the posture of a humanoid articulated body with high precision, has: a head estimation unit ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140163424 | POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE, POSTURE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - Provided is a posture estimation device with which it is possible to estimate the posture of an object having joints with a high degree of precision. A posture estimation device ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140301605 | POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - A posture estimation device that is capable of highly precisely estimating the posture of an object comprising multiple parts. Said device ( | 10-09-2014 |
20150055875 | SITE ESTIMATION DEVICE, SITE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SITE ESTIMATION PROGRAM - With this device, an edge pair likelihood map generation unit ( | 02-26-2015 |
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20080267894 | Acerola Fruit-Derived Pectin and Its Application - The present invention relates to a pectin derived from an acerola fruit or a hydrolysate thereof, comprising a complex formed of Aceronidin, which is a novel polyphenol compound. The pectin of the present invention can be used as an active ingredient of an antioxidant or a skin-whitening agent. | 10-30-2008 |
20100029918 | NOVEL POLYPHENOL GLYCOSIDE ISOLATED FROM ACEROLA - It is an objective of the present invention to provide a polyphenol glycoside isolated from acerola, which has a binding mode that has not been conventionally known, and to provide the use of the same. | 02-04-2010 |
20130309187 | SKIN-WHITENING AGENT CONTAINING 3-HYDROXY-2-PYRONE - This invention provides a skin-whitening agent, a tyrosinase activity inhibitor, and melanin production inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound exhibiting excellent solubility in various solvents. Such skin-whitening agent, tyrosinase activity inhibitor, and melanin production inhibitor comprise 3-hydroxy-2-pyrone. | 11-21-2013 |
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20120185121 | ELECTRIC-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND FORKLIFT TRUCK HAVING THE SAME - The electric-vehicle control device is used in an electric vehicle which is provided with a vehicle body having a driving tire and an axle shaft and with a driving motor which imparts torque to the driving tire. The electric-vehicle control device issues a motor control command to the driving motor. The electric-vehicle control device is provided with a control unit, and the control unit gives feedback control to the driving motor by vibration parameters indicating vertical vibration of the electric vehicle at the center of the axle shaft. | 07-19-2012 |
20120253870 | MAINTENANCE PLAN FORMULATION SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE PLAN FORMULATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A maintenance plan formulation system formulates a plan for maintaining an industrial machine used to conduct a specific operation. The maintenance plan formulation system includes first measuring means, second measuring means, and a maintenance plan formulation device. The first measuring means measures a value of information which varies by causing the industrial machine to operate for a specific job. The second measuring means measures a value of information which varies by causing the industrial machine to operate for a job other than the specific job. The maintenance plan formulation device formulates a plan for maintaining the industrial machine on the basis of the values of information measured by the first measuring means and the second measuring means. | 10-04-2012 |
20140241840 | FORKLIFT - A forklift includes a forklift body having a front wheel and a rear wheel, a fork supported to the front of the forklift body so as to be capable of moving vertically via a mast, a lift cylinder capable of moving the fork up and down, a hydraulic pressure supply line capable of supplying hydraulic pressure to a head-side chamber in the lift cylinder, a hydraulic pressure exhaust line capable of exhausting hydraulic pressure from a rod-side chamber in the lift cylinder, and a changeover valve provided on the hydraulic pressure exhaust line, wherein a control device changes a pressure balance between hydraulic pressure on the head-side chamber and hydraulic pressure on the rod-side chamber in the lift cylinder by the changeover valve to restrict the operation of the lift cylinder, when a weight of a load on the fork exceeds a limit load weight. | 08-28-2014 |
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20130242424 | PRIMARY MIRROR SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND TELESCOPE UNIT - The primary mirror support structure comprises an EL rotation structure including two arc-shaped members, a truss structure frame, and a primary mirror support structure. The arc-shaped members face each other via the EL axis and supporting the primary mirror, each of which rotates about the EL axis along an outer surface so as to rotate the primary mirror about the EL axis. The truss structure frame is connected to either one of the arc-shaped members at the ends. The primary mirror support structure includes multiple support members connecting multiple points on the circumference of the primary mirror provided above the truss structure frame to the truss structure frame. At least the support members nearest to the arc-shaped members are connected to the truss structure frame at parts different from the ends at which the truss structure frame is connected to the arc-shaped members. | 09-19-2013 |
20140191922 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus is provided which has a centroid close to a vibration isolation structure and which is hard to vibrate like a pendulum motion when vibration is applied. The antenna apparatus includes a first base plate, an antenna unit disposed at a side of the first base plate and supported by the first base plate, and a counter weight unit disposed at another side of the first base plate opposite to the antenna unit and supported by the first base plate. The antenna apparatus further includes a vibration isolation structure having one end fixed to the first base plate to suppress a vibration of the first base plate, and a second base plate to which other end of the vibration isolation structure is fixed and which is fixed to a moving object or a structural object. | 07-10-2014 |
20140217248 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus which has the centroid close to a base and which has a less constraint for placement of a counter weight. The antenna apparatus includes a base fixed to a moving object or a structural object, an antenna unit disposed at a side of the base and supported by the base, and a counter weight unit disposed at a side of the base opposite to the antenna unit and supported by the base. | 08-07-2014 |
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20110237846 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING 2-CHLORO-1,1,1,2-TETRAFLUOROPROPANE AND 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - To provide processes for efficiently and economically producing 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane (R244bb) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234yf) in an industrially practical manner. | 09-29-2011 |
20110319676 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The object is to provide a process whereby it is possible to produce 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at a high conversion ratio constantly for a long period of time. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319677 | Process for Producing 2, 3, 3, 3-Tetrafluoropropene - The object is to provide a process for producing highly pure 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, whereby formation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene is suppressed. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319678 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 1,1-DICHLORO-2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE AND 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - To provide a process to produce 1,1-dichloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (CFO-1214ya) simply and economically without requiring purification of 1,1-dichloro-2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225ca) from the raw material component obtained as a mixture of isomers, i.e. dichloropentafluoropropane (HCFC-225) including HCFC-225ca and at the same time to produce simply and economically 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) from 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane (HCFC-244eb). | 12-29-2011 |
20110319680 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2, 3, 3, 3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - In the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), formation of HFC-254eb as an excessively reduced product is suppressed. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319681 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - The object is to provide a process for producing highly pure 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, whereby formation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene as a by-product is suppressed. | 12-29-2011 |
20140305161 | PURIFYING METHOD, PURIFYING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE - There is provided a method and an apparatus for efficiently obtaining 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with low contents of both organic impurities and water. The method for continuously purifying crude 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene containing water and one or more organic impurities, the method including using an apparatus having a distillation column with X stages (3≦X, the stage closest to a column top is the first stage) and a unit for cooling and condensing a distillate; supplying the crude 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene to an m-th stage (n+1≦m≦X, 2≦n≦X−1) of the distillation column, recirculating at least part of the distillate cooled and condensed in the unit for cooling and condensing to an h-th stage (1≦h≦n−1) of the distillation column; and taking out a liquid phase part of an n-th stage of the distillation column to obtain a purified product of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. | 10-16-2014 |
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20090284571 | INKJET HEAD - On the back surface of a head chip having a plurality of rows of channels (row A, row B), the connection electrodes for row A that are electrically connected to the drive electrodes of the channels of row A are arranged, a first connection electrodes for row B that are electrically connected to the drive electrodes of the channels of row B are arranged between the rows of channels of row A and the rows of channels of row B, and also, between neighboring connection electrodes for row A, a second connection electrodes for row B are separately placed from the first connection electrodes for row B, the first connection electrodes and the second connection electrodes are connected electrically by drawing out interconnections, and the drawing out interconnections are in contact only with the first connection electrodes, the second connection electrodes, and the back surface of the head chip. | 11-19-2009 |
20100077626 | BIAS RULER - A bias ruler excellent in practical value, which can draw a bias line simply, accurately and quickly, is excellent in operability and able to draw a bias line easily even on paper or fabric and reduce labor and time required for drawing bias lines at equal or regular intervals. The bias ruler of the present invention includes a transparent or semitransparent long ruler body | 04-01-2010 |
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20120319348 | SHEET FEED APPARATUS AND SHEET FEED METHOD - A sheet feed apparatus which includes a sheet feed tray in which a plurality of sheets is loaded in piles; a sheet feed roller which is provided at a forward position of the sheet feed tray in a sheet feed direction, and sends the loaded sheets inside thereof; and a lift detection sensor which detects, by using a movable lever, a lift of a sheet bundle which occurs when the sheet bundle, of which a rear or a side in a sheet feed direction is bound, is sent by the sheet feed roller therein, the lift detection sensor being provided at a side position of the sheet bundle in a width direction and at a backward position with respect to the center of the sheet bundle in the sheet feed direction. | 12-20-2012 |
20150028269 | CAPACITOR OIL HAVING EXCELLENT PROPERTIES IN WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE - The present invention provides a capacitor oil that can maintain breakdown voltage at a high level in a wide temperature range of −50° C. to 30° C., extremely unlikely precipitates as crystals in particular at −50° C. and thus has excellent properties both at normal temperature and a lower temperature. The capacitor oil of the present invention comprises 1,1-diphenylethane and benzyltoluene, wherein the mass ratio of 1,1-diphenylethane to benzyltoluene is 0.8 to 2.0, the total amount of the ortho-isomer and para-isomer in the benzyltoluene is 90 percent by mass or less, and the composition has a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of 3.00 mm | 01-29-2015 |
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20130151806 | TIERED STORAGE POOL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL FOR LOOSELY COUPLED MULTIPLE STORAGE ENVIRONMENT - A system comprises a first storage system including a first storage controller, which receives input/output commands from host computers and provides first storage volumes to the host computers; and a second storage system including a second storage controller which receives input/output commands from host computers and provides second storage volumes to the host computers. A first data storing region of one of the first storage volumes is allocated from a first pool by the first storage controller. A second data storing region of another one of the first storage volumes is allocated from a second pool by the first storage controller. A third data storing region of one of the second storage volumes is allocated from the first pool by the second storage controller. A fourth data storing region of another one of the second storage volumes is allocated from the second pool by the second storage controller. | 06-13-2013 |
20140108763 | TIERED STORAGE POOL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL FOR LOOSELY COUPLED MULTIPLE STORAGE ENVIRONMENT - A system comprises a first storage system including a first storage controller, which receives input/output commands from host computers and provides first storage volumes to the host computers; and a second storage system including a second storage controller which receives input/output commands from host computers and provides second storage volumes to the host computers. A first data storing region of one of the first storage volumes is allocated from a first pool by the first storage controller. A second data storing region of another one of the first storage volumes is allocated from a second pool by the first storage controller. A third data storing region of one of the second storage volumes is allocated from the first pool by the second storage controller. A fourth data storing region of another one of the second storage volumes is allocated from the second pool by the second storage controller. | 04-17-2014 |
20140351538 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE APPARATUS MIGRATION METHOD - A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus. | 11-27-2014 |
20150074364 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE APPARATUS MIGRATION METHOD - A source remote copy configuration in a source storage system is migrated to a destination storage system as a destination remote copy configuration. The destination primary storage apparatus of the destination storage system defines a virtual volume mapped to the primary volume provided by the source primary storage apparatus which is a storage area of the virtual volume; takes over a first identifier of the primary volume to the virtual volume; transfers, when the virtual volume receives an access request, the access request to the source primary storage apparatus to write data in the primary volume; and takes over the first identifier from the virtual volume to another primary volume provided by the destination primary storage apparatus, after completion of copy of data from primary volume of the source primary storage apparatus into primary volume of the destination primary storage apparatus and secondary volume of the destination secondary storage apparatus. | 03-12-2015 |
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20120087639 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL TERMINAL - In the present invention, a content distribution server distributes a content key, encrypted content encrypted using the content key, and playback control information describing a playback mode restriction for a specific section of content, to a content playback terminal, and the content playback terminal refers to the playback control information, and decodes and plays back encrypted content in the case of a playback mode in which the specific section of content is not restricted. By this means, the playback mode of a specific section of content can be restricted based on playback control information. | 04-12-2012 |
20130291025 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE, METHOD FOR PLAYING BACK CONTENT AND CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - A content playback device reduces user discomfort, relative to conventional devices, when playback is interrupted and resumed after switching viewing modes, pieces of content representing different viewing modes for a common product, and differing in video length or having other differences. The content playback device receives and plays back streaming content from a content server delivering two pieces of content having different viewing modes for the common product, and comprises: a selection unit selecting a viewing mode; a determination unit determining whether playback of a first piece of content not having the selected viewing mode was interrupted; a conversion unit converting, when the determination unit has determined affirmatively, a playback interrupt position into a corresponding position in a second piece of content having the selected viewing mode; and a request unit making a request to the content server for transmission of the second piece of content from the corresponding position. | 10-31-2013 |
20140002621 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140092214 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A transmission device transmits data for causing a video display device to display, in a display area, a video made up of a 3D video and a superposed display object, the transmission device comprising: a division information generator generating division information indicating a range for each of two or more regions into which the display area is divided by at least one boundary line that is horizontal; an offset information configurator generating offset information in accordance with a 3D video depth in one of the regions, the offset information indicating a region depth for 3D display of the display object in the region, and a different piece of the offset information being generated for each region; a stream generator generating a transport stream that includes the division information, the offset information, and 3D video data for displaying the 3D video; and a stream transmitter transmitting the transport stream. | 04-03-2014 |
20140147088 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING/PLAYING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEIVING/PLAYING METHOD - A transmission device including: a holder holding stream identification information associated with a first transmission stream among a plurality of transmission streams containing a plurality of types of information that are to be played back simultaneously by a receiving playback device, the stream identification information identifying, among the plurality of transmission streams, at least one transmission stream that is different from the first transmission stream; and a transmitter configured to transmit the stream identification information. The receiving side uses the stream identification information to identify at least one transmission stream that is to be played back simultaneously with the first transmission stream. | 05-29-2014 |
20140152766 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE - Provided is a video transmission device for transmitting a video image so that a video playback device can recognize a transmission path for an additional-view video image transmittable through various transmission paths, and play back a 3D video image. The video transmission device includes: a storage unit for storing therein video images transmitted through respective virtual channels, and virtual channel information pieces including definition information pieces defining the respective virtual channels; and a transmission unit for transmitting the video images and the virtual channel information pieces through the respective virtual channels, wherein the stored video images include one of two viewpoint images constituting the 3D video image, and, in one of the definition information pieces defining one of the virtual channels through which the one of the two viewpoint images is transmitted, transmission form information indicating a form of transmitting the other one of the two viewpoint images is described. | 06-05-2014 |
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20120195611 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a detection mode execution unit, and a notice signal generating unit. The developing device supplies a toner bearing member with toner in a container by rotating a toner supply member in a contact manner with the toner bearing member. The detection mode execution unit executes a detection mode in which a predetermined period for changing a toner amount in the foam layer by rotating the toner supply member is provided, a capacitance C | 08-02-2012 |
20120288293 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus includes a supporting member, supporting developing devices, for moving the supporting member sequentially to a developing position; a detector for detecting at a position different from the developing position information relating to a developer remainder in the developing device; deducing means for deducing a developer consumption from image information. As to the developing device for which the detection is effected after the developing operation therefor, determining device determines the remainder from the information detected by the detector. As to the developing device for which the detection is effected before the developing operation therefor, the determining means determines the remainder from the information detected by the detector and the consumption amount deduced by the deducing means. | 11-15-2012 |
20120308247 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; developing devices, each of which includes a developer carrying member, having an electrode member, for carrying a developer, and a developer feeding member, having a core metal and a surface foam layer, for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member; a supporting member, supporting the developing devices, for sequentially rotating the developing devices to a developing position; and a controller for executing an operation for reducing non-uniform distributions of the developers in the developing devices on the basis of electrostatic capacities between the electrode members and the core metals, respectively. | 12-06-2012 |
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20130164001 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, a holding unit, and a detection device. The image bearing member supports an electrostatic latent image. The developing device includes a developer bearing member having a first electrode member and supporting a developer to develop the electrostatic latent image. The developing device includes a supply member having a second electrode member and supplying the developer to the developer bearing member at a nip portion. The holding unit holds and change the developing device to a first posture and to a second posture where the deposited developer falls off the first posture. The detection device detects a remaining developer amount in the developing device based on a capacitance C | 06-27-2013 |
20130259506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A voltage maintenance element is connected to a contact member that contacts a primary transfer surface area of an intermediate transfer belt to which toner images are transferred from a plurality of image carriers between stretch members, in such a way as to prevent the electric potential of the intermediate transfer belt from varying between respective stations. | 10-03-2013 |
20130259543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In existing image forming apparatuses, it is difficult to maintain each of a primary transfer member and a secondary transfer member at an optimum potential. | 10-03-2013 |
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20140023412 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - It has been difficult to ensure satisfactory secondary transfer performance while ensuring satisfactory primary transfer performance by passing a current in the circumferential direction of an intermediate transfer belt from a current supply member. | 01-23-2014 |
20140105626 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control unit is provided which controls at least one of a first power supply unit (a secondary transfer power supply connected to a secondary transfer roller) and a second power supply unit (high-voltage power supplies connected to a conductive brush and a conductive roller) so that a current supplied to a primary transfer region from a beginning of primary transfer until a beginning of secondary transfer has a magnitude larger than a magnitude of a current supplied to the primary transfer region from a beginning of image formation until the beginning of the primary transfer. | 04-17-2014 |
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20100131088 | AUDIO SIGNAL PLAYBACK APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An audio signal playback apparatus includes a bitstream parser configured to perform bitstream parsing on each frame of a compressed audio signal and to analyze the start address of a next frame, a frame information table configured to store the frame information so as to be associated with an entry number, an address information table configured to store the entry number of the frame information table and the start address so as to be associated with a frame number, and a signal playback unit configured to generate a playback signal on the basis of the frame information stored in the frame information table. When special playback is performed, the signal playback unit refers to the address information table and, when frame information corresponding to a designated frame number is stored in the frame information table, acquires the frame information from the frame information table. | 05-27-2010 |
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20100231740 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: a conversion unit converting a first color image signal including a predetermined color space into a second color image signal including a color space having a luminance signal and a color difference signal; a color determination section determining a color of each pixel of the first color image signal or the second color image signal; and a noise removal unit performing a noise removal process by changing a noise removal strength with respect to the color difference signal in accordance with the color determined by the color determination section. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231758 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer program - An image processing apparatus includes: a first noise removing part which performs color noise removing process for a first color image signal having a predefined color space, a transforming part which transforms the first color image signal subjected to the color noise removing process by the first noise removing part into a second color image signal having a color space including a luminance signal and a color difference signal, and a second noise removing part which performs color noise removing process for the second color image signal. | 09-16-2010 |
20140028880 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing device including a noise reduction intensity setting unit that sets an intensity of noise reduction for removing a predetermined noise component, and a noise reduction intensity correcting unit that corrects the intensity of noise reduction based on corrected data obtained according to an edge rate. | 01-30-2014 |
20140084862 | Charging System - Disclosed is a charging system for both plug-in charging systems and contactless charging systems, having a simple electrical configuration, and capable of achieving miniaturization and weight saving. The charging system includes a secondary cell charged via first/second coils of a transformer to which electrical power is supplied from a first power supply via a plug-in connector, and a third coil supplied with electrical power from a second power supply, a relative position of which to the second coil of the transformer is variable, and which can be magnetically coupled to the second coil when the second coil approaches the third coil, wherein the secondary cell is charged via magnetic coupling between first/second coils when charging the secondary cell by the first power supply, and the secondary cell is charged via magnetic coupling between the third coil and second coils when charging the secondary cell by the second power supply. | 03-27-2014 |
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20080297432 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND SETTING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When a first display device displays image data, a display control apparatus reserves a memory space having the first horizontal pixel number in the storage unit, and sets the frequency of a clock signal supplied to the display control unit to a first frequency. When a second display device displays image data, a display control apparatus reserves a space of the second horizontal pixel number, which is higher than the first horizontal pixel number, and sets the frequency of a clock signal supplied to the display control unit to a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency. | 12-04-2008 |
20100033590 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing unit configured to sense an object and generate image data, a face detection unit configured to detect a face region of a person contained in the image data generated by the image sensing unit, and a facial expression determination unit configured to determine a plurality of facial expressions in the face region determined by the face detection unit. When both a first facial expression and a second facial expression are determined, the facial expression determination unit corrects a condition to determine the second facial expression so as to become difficult as compared to the determination condition when the first facial expression is not determined and the second facial expression is determined. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033591 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an image capturing apparatus with an operation mode for carrying out expression detection, it is determined whether or not the image capturing apparatus is operated in the operation mode for carrying out expression detection. In a case in which the image capturing apparatus is operated in the operation mode for carrying out expression detection, setting in such a way that images with a resolution higher than in a case in which the image capturing apparatus is not operated in the operation mode are read out from an mage sensor allows the expression of a face of a person to be detected efficiently. | 02-11-2010 |
20120319925 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND SETTING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When a first display device displays image data, a display control apparatus reserves a memory space having the first horizontal pixel number in the storage unit, and sets the frequency of a clock signal supplied to the display control unit to a first frequency. When a second display device displays image data, a display control apparatus reserves a space of the second horizontal pixel number, which is higher than the first horizontal pixel number, and sets the frequency of a clock signal supplied to the display control unit to a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency. | 12-20-2012 |
20130063623 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus can execute appropriate image processing while preventing increase in a capacity of a memory for storing a plurality of pieces of image data of different frequency bands. The image processing apparatus stores first image data having the highest frequency among the plurality of pieces of image data of different frequency bands in a state in which each pixel of the first image data includes a color component signal of any of a plurality of colors, on the memory, and further stores second image data and third image data whose frequency bands are lower than that of the first image data on the memory, in a state in which a part of or all pixels of the second and the third image data have color component signals of a plurality of colors. | 03-14-2013 |