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20090052392 | RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION - A base station, a mobile station and a retransmission control method for enabling communication to be more efficiently performed. In a communication system comprising a base station ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090141818 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD IN MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication apparatus capable of performing an efficient communication even in a case of frequency multiplexing a plurality of OFDM symbols having GIs the lengths of which are different from each other in a multicarrier communication. In this wireless communication apparatus ( | 06-04-2009 |
20100222003 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - It is possible to provide a transmission control method, a radio communication system, and a radio base station device which can reduce the time required until an inter-cell interference is reduced so as to improve the system throughput. A base station ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100254485 | PILOT TRANSMISSION METHOD, MIMO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND MIMO RECEPTION DEVICE - It is possible to provide a novel pilot transmission method which can calculate an accurate channel estimation value, a MIMO transmission device using the pilot transmission method, and a MIMO reception device which communicates with the MIMO transmission device. The MIMO transmission device ( | 10-07-2010 |
20100260235 | PILOT TRANSMISSION METHOD, MIMO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MIMO RECEPTION DEVICE WHICH PERFORMS COMMUNICATION WITH MIMO TRANSMISSION DEVICE - It is possible to provide a novel pilot transmission method which can calculate an accurate channel estimation value, a MIMO transmission device using the pilot transmission method, and a MIMO reception device which performs communication with the MIMO transmission device. The MIMO transmission device ( | 10-14-2010 |
20100260284 | PILOT TRANSMISSION METHOD, MIMO TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND MIMO RECEPTION DEVICE - Provided is a MIMO transmission device which can effectively perform a pilot transmission by using a surplus sample generated in a pilot symbol while maintaining the pilot separation accuracy at a reception side. The MIMO transmission device ( | 10-14-2010 |
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20090308230 | SOUND SYNTHESIZER - A sound synthesizer has a storage unit, a setting unit and a sound synthesis unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of sound data respectively representing a plurality of sounds collected by different sound collecting points corresponding to the plurality of the sound data. The setting unit variably sets a position of a sound receiving point according to an instruction from a user. The sound synthesis unit synthesizes a sound by processing each of the plurality of the sound data according to a relation between a position of the sound collecting point corresponding to the sound data and the position of the sound receiving point specified by the user. | 12-17-2009 |
20130231928 | SOUND SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOUND SYNTHESIZING METHOD - A sound synthesizing apparatus includes a waveform storing section which stores a plurality of unit waveforms extracted from different positions, on a time axis, of a sound waveform indicating a voiced sound, and a waveform generating section which generates a synthesized waveform by arranging the plurality of unit waveforms on the time axis. | 09-05-2013 |
20130262121 | SOUND SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS - A sound synthesizing apparatus includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processor configured to execute computer-executable units comprising: an information acquirer adapted to acquire synthesis information which specifies a duration and an utterance content for each unit sound; a prolongation setter adapted to set whether prolongation is permitted or inhibited for each of a plurality of phonemes corresponding to the utterance content of the each unit sound; and a sound synthesizer adapted to generate a synthesized sound corresponding to the synthesis information by connecting a plurality of sound fragments corresponding to the utterance content of the each unit sound. The sound synthesizer prolongs a sound fragment corresponding to the phoneme the prolongation of which is permitted in accordance with the duration of the unit sound. | 10-03-2013 |
20140136207 | VOICE SYNTHESIZING METHOD AND VOICE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS - A voice synthesizing apparatus includes a first receiver configured to receive first utterance control information generated by detecting a start of a manipulation on a manipulating member by a user, a first synthesizer configured to synthesize, in response to a reception of the first utterance control information, a first voice corresponding to a first phoneme in a phoneme sequence of a voice to be synthesized to output the first voice, a second receiver configured to receive second utterance control information generated by detecting a completion of the manipulation on the manipulating member or a manipulation on a different manipulating member, and a second synthesizer configured to synthesize, in response to a reception of the second utterance control information, a second voice including at least the first phoneme and a succeeding phoneme being subsequent to the first phoneme of the voice to be synthesized to output the second voice. | 05-15-2014 |
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20080277562 | Information Processing Device - Light emitted from alight source ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090010119 | Optical Disk Apparatus - An optical disk apparatus according to the present invention includes: a rotation driving section on which an optical disk is to be mounted and which drives the optical disk so as to be rotated; a light source; an objective lens for converging light from the light source onto an optical disk mounted on the rotation driving section; a photodetector having at least two detection sections for detecting reflected light, from the optical disk, of the light; and an error signal generation section for deriving a difference signal and a sum signal of respective outputs from the two detection sections of the photodetector, adjusting an offset in at least the sum signal among the difference signal and the sum signal, and thereafter dividing the difference signal by the sum signal whose offset has been adjusted to generate a position error signal of the objective lens. | 01-08-2009 |
20090245068 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical pickup device according to the present invention includes: first and second light sources that are driven selectively and that emit blue and red light beams, respectively; an optical element for splitting the blue and red light beams emitted into main and sub-blue beams and main and sub-red beams, respectively; first and second photodetectors that receive the main and sub-blue beams reflected from the optical disc, thereby outputting electrical signals; and third and fourth photodetectors that receive the main and sub-red beams reflected from the optical disc, thereby outputting electrical signals. A dead zone that outputs no electrical signal representing the intensity of the light received is provided for respective parts of the second and fourth photodetectors. | 10-01-2009 |
20100143717 | THERMAL BONDING CONJUGATE FIBER WITH EXCELLENT BULKINESS AND SOFTNESS, AND FIBER FORMED ARTICLE USING THE SAME - A thermal bonding conjugate fiber constituted from a first component comprising a polyester resin and a second component comprising a polyolefin resin with a melting point lower than that of the polyester resin by not less than 20° C., characterized in that a post-heat treatment bulk retention rate thereof is 20% or more when calculated by the following measurement method: Bulk retention rate=(H | 06-10-2010 |
20110002117 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive includes: at least one light source; an objective lens configured to focus the light that has been emitted from the at least one light source; a chromatic aberration compensation element, which is arranged on an optical path between the at least one light source and the objective lens in order to compensate for chromatic aberration that has been produced by the objective lens; and an actuator configured to change a position of the objective lens. The actuator changes the position of the objective lens in a tracking direction by a magnitude of an offset, which is determined by a variation in wavelength of the light to be produced when the power of the light emitted from the at least one light source changes. | 01-06-2011 |
20110170384 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive according to the present invention writes information on an optical disc, which includes a substrate on which a number of pre-pits have been formed on its tracks and a recording film that is supported on the substrate. The optical disc drive includes a writing control section for instructing an optical pickup to record marks on the tracks by irradiating the recording film with a writing light beam. In accordance with information that defines, on the tracks, recordable areas Aa | 07-14-2011 |
20110170385 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive according to the present invention can write information on an optical disc, which includes a substrate on which a number of pre-pits | 07-14-2011 |
20110170386 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive according to the present invention includes an optical pickup and a writing control section for instructing the optical pickup to record a mark, representing the information to be written, on the optical disc. In recording the mark on the optical disc, the writing control section instructs the optical pickup to irradiate the same area on the optical disc with a light beam a plurality of times so that the mark is recorded in that repeatedly irradiated area. | 07-14-2011 |
20110299372 | OPTICAL DRIVE - An optical drive according to the present invention can write information on an optical disc, which includes a substrate on which a number of pre-pits ( | 12-08-2011 |
20130088948 | OPTICAL READ/WRITE APPARATUS - An optical read/write apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light-splitting element configured to split a light beam emitted from a light source into multiple light beams including a write beam and a read beam; an optical system configured to converge the write and read beams onto the same track on an optical storage medium; a photodetector including a light receiving element configured to detect the read beam reflected from the optical storage medium and output an electrical signal; and a divider configured to generate a read signal by dividing the signal detected by the light receiving element by a signal that represents a write modulated component and that is obtained by detecting a part of the light beam emitted from the light source. | 04-11-2013 |
20130329539 | OPTICAL READ/WRITE APPARATUS - An optical read/write apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light-splitting element configured to split a light beam emitted from a light source into multiple light beams including a write beam and a read beam; an optical system configured to converge the write and read beams onto the same track on an optical storage medium; a photodetector including a light receiving element configured to detect the read beam reflected from the optical storage medium and output an electrical signal; and a divider configured to generate a read signal by dividing the signal detected by the light receiving element by a signal that represents a write modulated component and that is obtained by detecting a part of the light beam emitted from the light source. | 12-12-2013 |
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20110277267 | ELECTRIC BLOWER AND ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANER UTILIZING THE SAME - Air guide ( | 11-17-2011 |
20120219437 | ELECTRIC BLOWER AND ELECTRIC CLEANER USING SAME - The impeller of an electric blower includes a front shroud, a rear shroud, sheet-metal blades, a hub part, and an inducer having a plurality of blade parts. The inducer is configured to be divided into two parts: a first inducer composed of a first hub part and first blade parts; and a second inducer composed of a second hub part and second blade parts. The first inducer is disposed such that outer-peripheral blade-tips of the first blade parts are disposed in the proximity of the front shroud, and that the upper surface of the first hub part is proximally covered by the lower surface of a fastener. | 08-30-2012 |
20120294739 | IMPELLER, ELECTRIC AIR BLOWER USING SAME, AND ELECTRIC CLEANER USING ELECTRIC AIR BLOWER - An impeller of the present invention includes a front surface shroud including an air intake port; a back surface shroud provided facing the front surface shroud; a first inducer provided between the front surface shroud and the back surface shroud and including a plurality of first blade sections provided around a first hub portion; a second inducer including a plurality of second blade sections connected to the first blade section of the first inducer and provided around a second hub portion; and a plurality of blades connected to the second blade section of the second inducer. A multi-blade structure of the inducer thus can be realized, and an impeller of high performance and low noise can be provided. | 11-22-2012 |
20150289743 | SELF-TRAVELING CLEANER, CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC CLEANING SYSTEM - An automatic cleaning system is configured by a single controlling apparatus, and a plurality of self-traveling cleaners. When the controlling apparatus has received from a self-traveling cleaner a dust location signal containing a dust location detected by the self-traveling cleaner, it writes the received information into a storage unit. When the controlling apparatus has received from one of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners, with respect to dust which is not removed by any self-traveling cleaner, a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, the controlling apparatus will not accept from any other of the plurality of self-traveling cleaners a signal requesting a reservation of removing the dust, until receiving from the one self-traveling cleaner information indicating that removing of the dust has been completed or information indicating that the removing of the dust has been stopped. | 10-15-2015 |
20150290348 | ION SPRAYING APPARATUS, ION SPRAYING SYSTEM, AND ION SPRAYING METHOD - A communication unit receives spraying target information indicating a spray target. A spraying target detector detects the spray target indicated in the spraying target information in space. A spray control unit is a unit that performs ion-spraying processing on the spray target at a predetermined frequency. In the ion-spraying processing, the spray control unit determines a moving direction of an ion spraying apparatus from a current location to the detected spray target, and sprays ions on the spray target when a distance between the spray target and the ion spraying apparatus is within a first threshold value. A flight control unit controls a flight of the ion spraying apparatus in the moving direction. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293227 | DUST DETECTION APPARATUS AND DUST DETECTION METHOD - A dust detection apparatus includes a dust measuring unit that measures an amount of dust in air, a controller that determines a moving direction of the dust detection apparatus based on the measured amount of dust or a predetermined dust accumulation position candidate, a flight controller that controls a flight of the dust detection apparatus to the determined moving direction, and a communication unit that sends, to a server, location information of a dust accumulation position determined based on the measured amount of dust and the amount of dust measured by the dust measuring unit at the dust accumulation position. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294225 | RECIPE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COOKING APPARATUS, AND RECIPE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A cooking apparatus includes a recipe obtaining unit that obtains recipe information for a dish, a preference obtaining unit that obtains preference information for a user, and a recipe modification unit that, based on the obtained preference information, modifies a value of a cooking parameter, which defines a manner of cooking, to provide modified recipe information, the cooking parameter value being included in the obtained recipe information. The preference information is, for example, information indicating taste preference of the user. In that case, the recipe modification unit modifies the cooking parameter value in a direction in which the taste of the dish is more closely fit to the taste preference indicated by the preference information. | 10-15-2015 |
20160029836 | RECIPE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COOKING APPARATUS, AND RECIPE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A cooking apparatus includes a recipe obtaining unit that obtains recipe information for a dish, a modification obtaining unit that obtains first modification information used to modify the obtained recipe information, and a taste complement unit that generates taste complement recipe information based on the obtained recipe information, the first modification information, and second modification information. The second modification information makes a complement to degradation of taste satisfaction with a dish offered based on the obtained recipe information modified by using the first modification information. | 02-04-2016 |
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20080266601 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information processing apparatus capable of storing a job transmitted to a printing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a job result regarding the job from the printing apparatus, an identifying unit configured to identify an output mode of the job, a reference unit configured to store a storage setting that defines whether to store or delete job data based on a combination of the job output mode and the job result and reference the storage setting, based on the output mode identified by the identifying unit and the job result obtained by the obtaining unit, and a storage control unit configured to store or delete the transmitted job based on the storage setting referenced by the reference unit. | 10-30-2008 |
20080297839 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus that improves operability, productivity and flexibility in print setting when collectively executing print jobs. If a print instruction is input, a job list display unit determines whether the instruction is directed to a plurality of job data items. If the instruction is directed to a plurality of job data items, it is determined whether or not to allow the user to confirm output settings for each individual print job. If the user confirms the output settings, a user interface for making a change to the output settings associated with each individual print job is displayed. The displayed output settings are the output settings saved together with the job data item. If the user does not confirm the output settings, the user interface is not displayed, and output settings and the corresponding job data item are associated with each other, and they are transferred to a printer. | 12-04-2008 |
20100039668 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD ALLOWING FLEXIBLE OUTPUT SETTINGS FOR INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF OUTPUT DATA - In order to allow flexible output settings for individual pieces of output data, in a hot folder, names relating to pieces of output data (e.g., subfolder names or print data names) and pieces of output setting information are set in association with each other. Thus, a job ticket is generated using a piece of output setting information associated with a name relating to a piece of output data input to the hot folder. | 02-18-2010 |
20100134829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The information processing apparatus acquires the status of a print job transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus, and retains the status as a list of the print job and the status; and acquires information regarding a print job retained by the printing apparatus, and retains the information as a list of the print job retained by the printing apparatus and the information. The information processing apparatus refers to the list of the print job and the status and the list of the print job and the information and stops the transmission of a print job if the number of jobs that have already been transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value or if the number of print jobs retained by the printing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value. | 06-03-2010 |
20110128564 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus configured to execute functions determines whether an another apparatus can operate a target function, enables display used for causing a user to input an instruction for causing the other apparatus to operate the target function when the other apparatus can operate the target function, transmits information used by the other apparatus in order to operate the target function, to the other apparatus, in response to input the instruction, and accepts an operation from the other apparatus, being inputted on the other apparatus by using the information, and executes the target function. In response to input the instruction, the display control unit controls a default screen so as to being capable of newly operating for executing a function. The function execution unit accepts an operation related to a function different from that being operated from the other apparatus and being executed, and executes the different function. | 06-02-2011 |
20110141518 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - In an information distribution apparatus, if an optimum layout of a plurality of printers is calculated and a printer utilization information list is updated, a determination is made for each client to check whether a printer to be used by each client has been changed. Then, if the printer to be used by a client has been changed, the information relating to the client stored in a currently used printer is moved to a newly used printer. Further, notification information relating to the newly used printer (i.e., information including the printer to be used by the client and the print method of the client) is generated for the client and transmitted to the client. | 06-16-2011 |
20120287445 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMPOSITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set whether to enlarge a print area to a size of a tab area, and an imposition unit configured to, when a setting to enlarge the print area to the tab area is set by the setting unit, enlarge the print area to the size of an index sheet and perform imposition of an image of original data of a page to be processed, on the enlarged print area. | 11-15-2012 |
20130259606 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for generating print data based on document data, comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive, in bookbinding printing for generating a book by folding a bundle of a plurality of sheets overlapping each other into two, an instruction to insert an insertion sheet to the folded bundle; and a generation unit configured to generate, in response to the instruction to insert the insertion sheet which has been received by the receiving unit, print data for outputting a book in which the insertion sheet has been inserted to inner side of the folded bundle by stacking a bundle of printed materials based on settings of the bookbinding printing and the insertion sheet on each other, and folding the bundle into two. | 10-03-2013 |
20140218756 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus, in a case where determination whether resource data can be added and registered in a printing control apparatus is made, and if it is determined that the resource data cannot be added and registered, without transmitting a resource registration job, performs control so that the print job is transmitted to the printing control apparatus, and when the print job arrives at the top of a print queue, performs control so that the resource registration job is transmitted, and after registration of the resource data, performs control so that output of the print job being stopped in the printing control apparatus is started. | 08-07-2014 |
20150156361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - With respect to a job input to a printer, a job information management unit in a computer obtains information about a ratio of a color area in each page of the input job from the printer before the information is overwritten and stores the obtained information together with job identification information in a job information storage unit. Further, if information which is not recorded by another computer is included in a color information list of the printer regarding a copy job or a FAX job, the job information management unit obtains the information about a ratio of a color area in each page of the copy job of the FAX job from the printer. | 06-04-2015 |
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20130313903 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a semiconductor integrated circuit including first and second supply terminals; an input voltage selection circuit including a power-on reset circuit, an input voltage detection circuit, a control circuit and a power-on reset auxiliary circuit; and first and second power supply switches, and its operating method. When the above detection circuit detects the supply of both first and second power supply voltages to both supply terminals upon completion of a power on reset operation of the reset circuit, the control circuit controls either of both power supply switches, having a high priority of preset priorities, to an on state. After its control, the auxiliary circuit detects a power failure in the power supply voltage supplied to the high-priority power supply switch. The reset circuit performs another power on reset operation. The control circuit controls the power supply switch having a low priority of the priorities to an on state. | 11-28-2013 |
20130313904 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor integrated circuit and its operating method are provided. The present circuit has first and second supply terminals capable of supplying first and second power supply voltages respectively, an input voltage selection circuit coupled to the first and second supply terminals, and first and second power supply switches. The input voltage selection circuit includes a power-on reset circuit, an input voltage detection circuit and a control circuit. When the supply of the first or second power supply voltage to one of both supply terminals is detected upon completion of a power on reset operation, one of both power supply switches and the other thereof are controlled to on and off respectively. When the supply of both power supply voltages to both supply terminals is detected, the one thereof and the other thereof are respectively controlled to on and off according to the preset order of precedence. | 11-28-2013 |
20140145504 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention is to reduce the possibility that a DC-DC converter stops in the case where supply power is small and load current is large. Output terminals use a DC output voltage of a DC-DC converter so that an external battery can be charged or power can be supplied to a power-reception-side system on the outside, and a current limiting circuit limits load current of a power supply switch transistor flowing from a converter output terminal to the output terminals. An input voltage detecting circuit detects level of a DC input voltage of an input terminal, generates a detection signal, and supplies the detection signal to the current limiting circuit. In the case where the DC input voltage of the input terminal is at the low level, the current limiting circuit controls the maximum current by current limitation of the power supply switch transistor to a small current. | 05-29-2014 |
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20110031498 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a pixel portion having a first thin film transistor and a driver circuit having a second thin film transistor. Each of the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer. Each of the layers of the first thin film transistor has a light-transmitting property. Materials of the gate electrode layer, the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the first thin film transistor are different from those of the second transistor, and each of the resistances of the second thin film transistor is lower than that of the first thin film transistor. | 02-10-2011 |
20110248266 | TRANSISTOR - An object is to provide a transistor having a novel electrode structure capable of substantially maintaining on-state current while parasitic capacitance generated in an overlap portion between a source electrode layer (a drain electrode layer) and a gate electrode layer is reduced. Parasitic capacitance is reduced by using a source electrode layer and a drain electrode in a comb shape in a transistor. Curved current flowing from side edges of electrode tooth portions can be generated by controlling the width of an end of a comb-shaped electrode layer or the interval between the electrode tooth portions. This curved current compensates for a decrease in linear current due to a comb electrode shape; thus, on-state current can be kept unchanged even when parasitic capacitance is reduced. | 10-13-2011 |
20130095588 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a pixel portion having a first thin film transistor and a driver circuit having a second thin film transistor. Each of the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer. Each of the layers of the first thin film transistor has a light-transmitting property. Materials of the gate electrode layer, the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the first thin film transistor are different from those of the second transistor, and each of the resistances of the second thin film transistor is lower than that of the first thin film transistor. | 04-18-2013 |
20140302622 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a pixel portion having a first thin film transistor and a driver circuit having a second thin film transistor. Each of the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer. Each of the layers of the first thin film transistor has a light-transmitting property. Materials of the gate electrode layer, the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the first thin film transistor are different from those of the second transistor, and each of the resistances of the second thin film transistor is lower than that of the first thin film transistor. | 10-09-2014 |
20160035758 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a pixel portion having a first thin film transistor and a driver circuit having a second thin film transistor. Each of the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor includes a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer. Each of the layers of the first thin film transistor has a light-transmitting property. Materials of the gate electrode layer, the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer of the first thin film transistor are different from those of the second transistor, and each of the resistances of the second thin film transistor is lower than that of the first thin film transistor. | 02-04-2016 |
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20080284083 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that can perform stable sheet conveyance, regardless of whether a sheet processing apparatus is connected thereto. The image forming apparatus can be connected to a sheet processing apparatus that performs post processing on each conveyed sheet. The image forming apparatus includes: a pair of discharge rollers that are located at the discharge outlet of the image forming main body for sheet conveyance, and have rotational members arranged so as to alternately face both sides of each sheet in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction; and an upper discharge roller holding member that changes the center distance between the discharge rollers from a first center distance observed when the sheet processing apparatus is not connected to the image forming main body to a second center distance observed when the sheet processing apparatus is connected to the image forming main body to convey a sheet to the sheet processing apparatus. | 11-20-2008 |
20090245866 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A CLEANING MEMBER THAT CLEANS A TRANSMITTING MEMBER PROVIDED IN AN OPTICAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus including a cartridge that has a photosensitive drum and can be attached to and detached from a main body of the image forming apparatus, an optical device that has a cover glass through which light emitted toward the photosensitive drum passes, a cleaning member that can move from a cleaning start position to a cleaning end position for cleaning the cover glass, and a lock member that prevents the cleaning member from moving. Before the cartridge is attached, the lock member prevents the cleaning member from moving in the longitudinal direction of the cover glass. During the attachment of the cartridge, the cartridge engages with the lock member and unlocks the cleaning member and enables the cleaning member to move from the cleaning start position. | 10-01-2009 |
20150212484 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station including a heater for heating a sheet and a discharge opening for discharging a sheet having passed through the heater, in a discharging direction; an image reading station provided above the image forming station to read image information of an original; and a duct portion provided by an upper surface of the image forming station and a lower surface of the image reading station, and a position upstream of the discharge opening with respect to the discharging direction, wherein such a portion of the lower surface of the image reading station as provides the duct portion is at a level higher toward an upstream with respect to the discharging direction. | 07-30-2015 |