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20090020769 | Semiconductor light emitting element - A semiconductor light emitting element having a rectangular shape in plan view comprising at least a first side and a second side adjacent to the first side, the semiconductor light emitting element including a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a plurality of first electrodes having a long shape along the first side and being arranged on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer in a lattice form of x columns (x≧2) along the first side and y rows (y>x) along the second side, and a second electrode arranged on the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged on the same surface side. The first electrode is surrounded by the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and the second electrode is provided. | 01-22-2009 |
20140319567 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A provided light includes a semiconductor chip including a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, the semiconductor chip being adapted to emit light between the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-side pad electrode disposed on an upper surface side of the semiconductor chip and over the p-type semiconductor layer; an n-side pad electrode disposed on an upper surface side of the semiconductor chip and over the n-type semiconductor layer; a resin layer disposed to cover the upper surface of the semiconductor chip; a p-side connection electrode and an n-side connection electrode disposed at an outer surface of the resin layer and positioned on the upper surface side of the semiconductor chip; and a metal wire disposed in the resin. The metal wire is adapted to make connection at least one of between the p-side pad electrode and the p-side connection electrode, and between the n-side pad electrode and the n-side connection electrode. | 10-30-2014 |
20150034963 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A semiconductor light emitting element in which changes in light distribution characteristics due to inclination angle of side surfaces are suppressed. The semiconductor light emitting element includes a semiconductor structure having a light extracting surface as its upper surface; a reflecting layer disposed on side surfaces of the semiconductor structure; and a positive electrode and a negative electrode disposed on a lower surface of the semiconductor structure. Side surfaces of the semiconductor structure are inclined, expanding upward from the lower surface to the upper surface. At least a portion of each side surface includes a plurality of protrusions, a plurality of recesses, or a combination thereof. | 02-05-2015 |
20150060934 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A side-view type light emitting device having a bottom surface thereof as a light emission surface and one side surface thereof as amounting surface for mounting on amounting substrate includes a stacked semiconductor layer having a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer which are stacked in that order from a side of the bottom surface; a first connecting electrode exposed from the one side surface and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; a metal wire having one end thereof electrically connected to an upper surface of the second semiconductor layer; a second connecting electrode exposed from the one side surface and electrically connected to the other end of the metal wire; and a resin layer which covers at least a part of each of the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, the first connecting electrode, the second connecting electrode and the metal wire and which is configured to form an upper surface and side surfaces of the light emitting device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150311410 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a semiconductor chip including a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, the semiconductor chip being adapted to emit light between the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer; a p-side pad electrode disposed on an upper surface side of the semiconductor chip and over the p-type semiconductor layer; an n-side pad electrode disposed on an upper surface side of the semiconductor chip and over the n-type semiconductor layer; a resin layer disposed to cover the upper surface of the semiconductor chip; a p-side connection electrode and an n-side connection electrode disposed at an outer surface of the resin layer and positioned on the upper surface side of the semiconductor chip; and a metal wire disposed in the resin. The metal wire is adapted to make connection at least one of between the p-side pad electrode and the p-side connection electrode, and between the n-side pad electrode and the n-side connection electrode. | 10-29-2015 |
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20110046440 | MEDICAL APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD FOR INTRODUCING MEDICAL APPARATUS INTO BODY - A medical apparatus which is introduced into a body includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image of the interior of the body, a communication cable that sends/receives a signal to/from an external device, an electric terminal section disposed at an end section of the communication cable, a drip-proof cap attached so as to cover the electric terminal section, a locking section provided at the drip-proof cap that locks a puncture needle for pulling the communication cable introduced into the body out of the body, and a dissection section provided at the drip-proof cap that dissects a body wall tissue when the cable wire is pulled out. | 02-24-2011 |
20120062717 | Medical apparatus - A medical apparatus includes: a first image pickup section that is fixed to a body wall and picks up an image of an inside of a body cavity; a recording section that records in advance, in preparation for a case in which a predetermined image change occurs in a first image picked up by the first image pickup section, a predetermined image area in the first image or a coordinate for specifying the predetermined image area; and a display section that displays, when the predetermined image change occurs in the first image, the image area or the coordinate recorded in the recording section to be superimposed on the first image picked up by the first image pickup section. | 03-15-2012 |
20160006915 | IMAGING UNIT - An imaging unit provided at a tip portion of an endoscope includes: an imaging element configured to receive light and perform photoelectric conversion on the light to generate an electrical signal; an oscillator configured to generate a clock signal for driving the imaging element; a photoelectric element configured to convert the electrical signal generated by the imaging element into an optical signal and to output the optical signal to outside; a regulator configured to convert electric power input from the outside into electric power depending on each of the imaging element, the oscillator, and the photoelectric element, and to supply the converted electric power thereto. The imaging element is spaced farther than the oscillator and the photoelectric element from the regulator. | 01-07-2016 |
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20100015498 | METHANOL FUEL CELL CARTRIDGE - Provided is a methanol fuel cell cartridge formed of a container comprising a polyester-based resin layer which has a methanol vapor permeability coefficient at 40° C. of 3 μg·mm/m | 01-21-2010 |
20100167172 | ELASTIC MEMBER FOR METHANOL FUEL CELL CARTRIDGE - This invention provides an elastic member for a methanol fuel cell cartridge, comprising an elastomer having a compression set of 1 to 80 and a hardness (type A) of 40 to 70 and having an operating limit time of 10,000 hours or more determined by a DMFC performance test for the fuel cell. The elastic member can prevent leakage of methanol from a methanol fuel cell cartridge, or a connection part between the cartridge and a fuel cell body and, at the same time, can realize long-term operation of the fuel cell without causing deterioration of power generation performance. | 07-01-2010 |
20100189997 | STAINLESS STEEL MEMBER FOR A FUEL CELL - A stainless steel material for a fuel cell, used for a fuel cell or a cartridge for the fuel cell, having a magnetic permeability of 1.000 to 2.500, and forming a layer having a value of chromium atomic %/iron atomic % of not less than 3.0 in the most surface thereof, and/or the layer of thickness of not less than 12 nm calculated as SiO | 07-29-2010 |
20100248079 | COIL SPRING FOR A FUEL CELL - A coil spring for fuel cells, used for a fuel cell or a cartridge for the fuel cell, comprising an austenite type stainless steel without any nickel layer formed on the surface thereof, and having a cationic index I of not more than 60 as expressed by the following formula (1), | 09-30-2010 |
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20120031557 | BONDING UNIT CONTROL UNIT AND MULTI-LAYER BONDING METHOD - A multi-layer bonding method of the present invention includes: forming a first bonded substrate by bonding a first substrate and an intermediate substrate in a bonding chamber; conveying a second substrate inside said bonding chamber when said first bonded substrate is arranged inside said bonding chamber; and forming a second bonded substrate by bonding said first bonded substrate and said second substrate in said bonding chamber. According to such a multi-layer bonding method, the upper-side substrate can be bonded with an intermediate substrate and then a first bonded substrate is bonded with a lower-side substrate without taking out the first bonded substrate from the bonding chamber. For this reason, a second bonded substrate can be produced at high speed and at a low cost. | 02-09-2012 |
20120247645 | BONDING METHOD, BONDING APPARATUS, AND BONDING SYSTEM - The present invention includes an activating step S | 10-04-2012 |
20130112334 | ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING APPARATUS AND ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD - A room temperature bonding method of the present invention includes a step of activating two substrates to prepare two activated substrates; a step of bonding the two activated substrates to produce a bonding resultant substrate; a step of performing annealing of the bonding resultant substrate to reduce residual stress of the bonding resultant substrate. According to such a room temperature bonding method, the residual stress of the bonding resultant substrate can be reduced and the quality can be improved. | 05-09-2013 |
20150014889 | MACHINING DEVICE, MACHINING UNIT, AND MACHINING METHOD - Provided are a machining device ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150249026 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING APPARATUS AND ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD - A room-temperature bonding apparatus includes a vacuum chamber; a first holding mechanism; a second holding mechanism; a beam source; and a pressure bonding mechanism which bonds first and second substrates. At least one of the above members is formed of a first material which is difficult to be sputtered or which does not obstruct a function of a device obtained by bonding the first and second substrates even if the first material is in the bonding surfaces, or a surface of the at least one is covered with the first material. | 09-03-2015 |
20150251904 | ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING APPARATUS AND ROOM TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD - A room temperature bonding apparatus includes a first beam source, a second beam source, and a press bonding mechanism. The first beam source emits a first activation beam that irradiates a first surface of a first substrate. Independently from the first beam source, the second beam source emits a second activation beam that irradiates a second surface of a second substrate. The press bonding mechanism bonds between the first substrate and the second substrate by contacting between the first surface and the second surface after the first surface is irradiated with the first activation beam and the second surface is irradiated with the second activation beam. Thus, a plurality of the substrates made of different materials is appropriately bonded. | 09-10-2015 |
20150294900 | ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDED DEVICE, WAFER HAVING ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDED DEVICE, AND ROOM-TEMPERATURE BONDING METHOD - A room-temperature bonded device has a first substrate having a first surface and a second substrate having a second surface to be bonded to the first surface. In the bonding of the first surface and the second surface, one of the first surface and the second surface contains an inorganic material such as silicon, SiO | 10-15-2015 |
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20080311303 | Modified Polyimide Resin and Curable Resin Composition - A modified polyimide resin favorably employable for manufacturing an insulation film of an electric-electronic device is composed of recurring units (I) derived from a biphenyltetracarboxylic acid compound, a diamine compound, and a monoamine compound having at least one hydroxyl group and recurring units (II) derived from diisocyanate and polybutadiene having hydroxyl group at each terminal, which optionally contains further recurring units (III) derived from diisocyanate and a compound having hydroxyl group at each terminal and further having a reactive substituent. | 12-18-2008 |
20090092748 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGING AND CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - A process for packaging an electronic device employs an insulating protective resin layer produced from one or more of the resin compositions: (1) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.5 to 30 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of more than 800, and an organic solvent, (2) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.1 to 10 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of 100 to 800, 2 to 30 weight parts of a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and an organic solvent; and (3) 100 parts of an organic solvent-soluble resin having a polysiloxane skeleton and a polar group, 0.1 to 20 parts of an epoxy compound having an epoxy equivalent of more than 800, 2 to 30 parts of a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and an organic solvent. | 04-09-2009 |
20100112415 | ACID-BASE MIXTURE AND ION CONDUCTOR COMPRISING THE SAME - An acid-base mixture composed of a base component and an acid component wherein at least either the base component or the acid component is composed of at least two different compounds is characterized in that at least one base in the base component is represented by the formula (1) below. An ion conductor is characterized by being composed of an acid-base mixture which is composed of a base component composed of a base represented by the formula (2) below and an acid component. (In the formula (1), R | 05-06-2010 |
20100113689 | Polyimide Resin and Curable Resin Composition - A curable polyimide resin composition containing a polyimide resin obtainable from by a reaction of a reaction mixture containing a diisocyanate compound, a carbonate group-containing diol compound and an imide compound having two terminal hydroxyhydrocarbyl groups gives a cured insulation film having improved characteristics. | 05-06-2010 |
20120164557 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - A method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane having a strong acid group or a superstrong acid group is provided. The method includes casting on a support a polymer electrolyte solution containing from 0.0005 to 2 parts by weight of a phosphate ester represented by formula (11) and/or a salt between an amine represented by formula (12) and a phosphate ester represented by formula (11), with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polymer electrolyte; heating the solution until a solvent of the solution is evaporated to form a self-supporting membrane; and removing the self-supporting membrane from the support. | 06-28-2012 |
20120171598 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - A polymer electrolyte composition of a sulfonated block copolymer (A) having a hydrophilic segment with a sulfonic acid group and a hydrophobic segment with no sulfonic acid group, each segment having an aromatic ring is its main chain, and an aromatic polymer (B) having no sulfonic acid group with a structural unit that is identical to the structural unit contained in the hydrophobic segment of the sulfonated block copolymer is provided. The ion-exchange capacity of the composition can be in a range of 0.5 mmol/g to 2.9 mmol/g. Electrolyte membranes, membrane/electrolyte assemblies, and electrolyte fuel cells utilizing the polymer electrolyte composition are also provide. | 07-05-2012 |
20120264835 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SULFONATED POLYARYLETHER BLOCK COPOLYMER - A method of producing a sulfonated polyarylether block copolymer is provided. The method includes producing a sulfonated polyarylether block copolymer containing a hydrophobic segment having a structural unit represented by formula (5) and a hydrophilic segment having a structural unit having a sulfonic acid groups or derivative thereof incorporated into a structure represented by formula (6). A hydrophilic segment prepolymer having a sulfonic acid group in a potassium salt form and a hydrophobic segment prepolymer are block copolymerized. A proton conductor that includes the sulfonated polyarylether block copolymer is also provided. | 10-18-2012 |
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20080285996 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND HEATING CONTROL METHOD FOR FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a heat roller having a degaussing alloy material, an induction heating member for exciting the heat roller, an inverter circuit for giving power at a predetermined frequency to the induction heating member, and a control unit, and when driving at a first drive frequency and fixing small size sheets by continuous passing, a local temperature rise occurs at an end part of the heat roller, and the end part approaches the Curie temperature, and when impedance of the inverter circuit reduces and an excessive current flows in the circuit, the fixing device drives at a higher second drive frequency, thereby increases a resistance of the heat roller by an epidermal effect of magnetic flux, increases an apparent resistance of the inverter circuit, makes it possible to use a flowing current within a normal range, heating a central part of the heat roller, and continues the fixing. | 11-20-2008 |
20100124447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FUSER APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, a heat uniforming member, which has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a hollow member and in which thermal deformation generated by thermal expansion remains, is set in the inside of the hollow member having a center axis, support members are set to both ends of the hollow member to enable supporting of ends of the heat uniforming member, and an endless body having a uniform thermal distribution is formed by heating the hollow member, the heat uniforming member and the support member at a specified temperature for a specific time and causing the heat uniforming member to adhere closely to an inner wall of the hollow member. | 05-20-2010 |
20100171783 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a carrying unit that carries a recording medium in a carrying direction. A recording head records on the recording medium carried by the carrying unit by ejecting ink. An application unit applies a treatment liquid to the recording medium carried by the carrying unit. An inclination correction unit is disposed on a downstream side in the carrying direction from the application unit and an upstream side in the carrying direction from the recording head and corrects an inclination of the recording medium carried by the carrying unit. | 07-08-2010 |
20110081156 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FUSER UNIT - According to one embodiment, a fuser including, a first endless member into which fluid, which retains heat, can flow, a second endless member configured to apply pressure to the first endless member, a fluid moving mechanism configured to move the fluid to the first endless member and move the fluid from the first endless member, and a heat source configured to raise temperature of the first endless member to a predetermined temperature. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081175 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FUSER UNIT - According to one embodiment, a fuser including, a first endless member including a gel-like silicone material and configured to apply heat to an object, a second endless member configured to apply pressure to the first endless member, and a heat source configured to raise temperature of the first endless member to predetermined temperature. | 04-07-2011 |
20110199447 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DRYING METHOD USED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus has an image forming unit, a heat pump, and a blow-out port. The image forming unit forms an image on a medium. The heat pump generates air of a decreased low humidity. The low-humidity air generated by the heat pump is blown from the blow-out port to the medium on which the image is formed by the image forming unit. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199448 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DRYING METHOD IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a tray, a heating mechanism, a blower, and a body casing. The image forming unit forms an image on an image forming medium. The tray stacks the image forming medium, having an image formed thereon by the image forming unit, on the tray. The heating mechanism warms air. The blower sends out the air warmed by the heating mechanism. The body casing has a discharge opening. The discharge opening is used to discharge the air sent from the blower to the image forming medium stacked on the tray. | 08-18-2011 |
20110262194 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FUSER APPARATUS - According to an embodiment of the invention, a heat uniforming member, which has an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of a hollow member and in which thermal deformation generated by thermal expansion remains, is set in the inside of the hollow member having a center axis, support members are set to both ends of the hollow member to enable supporting of ends of the heat uniforming member, and an endless body having a uniform thermal distribution is formed by heating the hollow member, the heat uniforming member and the support member at a specified temperature for a specific time and causing the heat uniforming member to adhere closely to an inner wall of the hollow member. | 10-27-2011 |
20120082484 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, there are provided a developing section storing a color erasable developing agent that includes capsule colorant particles with a core in which a color developable compound, a color developing agent, and a color erasing agent are contained, and a developing section storing a binder resin-containing transparent developing agent. A transparent developing agent image is transferred to a region capable of covering a color erasable developing agent image and the resulting image is fixed. | 04-05-2012 |
20130164008 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a developing device in which a decolorizable developing agent containing encapsulated colorant microparticles each including a core containing a color developable compound, a color developer, and a decolorizing agent is accommodated and a developing device in which a transparent developing agent containing a binder resin is accommodated are provided, respectively, and an image is formed by transferring a transparent developing agent image onto a region capable of covering a decolorizable developing agent image, followed by fusing the image. Further, in the second image formation and thereafter, the using amount of the transparent developing agent is decreased as compared with that in the first image formation. | 06-27-2013 |
20140240724 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a printing recording medium, a fixing section configured to heat the printing recording medium printed with the toner image at a fixing temperature, a temperature control section configured to control the fixing section to a temperature above a color erasing temperature, a conveyance section configured to convey the printing recording medium or a color erasing recording medium to the fixing section, and a speed control section configured to control, according to a setting temperature of the fixing section, a speed ratio of a traveling speed of the fixing section to a conveyance speed of the conveyance section. | 08-28-2014 |
20150378289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND THE IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprising a printer section configured to include a first image forming section which forms a monochrome image with inerasable coloring agent and a plurality of color image forming sections at least one of which forms a color image with erasable coloring agent; and a control section configured to control the printer section so that the printer section operates in a first mode of forming a monochrome image through the first image forming section, a second mode of forming an erasable image with the erasable coloring agent, and a third mode of forming an image through the first image forming section and the plurality of color image forming sections. | 12-31-2015 |
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20100231269 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A drive circuit wherein any abnormality of a semiconductor element is prevented from being erroneously sensed in a case where a gate “ON” command has entered in a state in which a gate voltage of the semiconductor element has not lowered fully. A detection process for a controlled variable of the semiconductor element is permitted only within a period which corresponds to a controlled variable of the semiconductor element at the time when an “ON” signal has been inputted to a control circuit, and a detected controlled variable which is detected within the period and a comparison controlled variable which is set in correspondence with the controlled variable are compared so as to output an abnormality signal, whereby the semiconductor element is turn-off at a speed lower than in normal turn-off. | 09-16-2010 |
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20120326646 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND RAILWAY CAR - A power semiconductor module includes an element pair formed by connecting, in anti-parallel to each other, an IGBT and an FWD group in which an FWD, a voltage drop characteristic of which during conduction has a negative temperature coefficient, and an FED, a voltage drop characteristic of which during conduction has a positive temperature coefficient, are connected in series and an element pair formed by connecting, in anti-parallel to each other, an IGBT and an FWD group in which a FWD, a voltage drop characteristic of which during conduction has a negative temperature coefficient, and an FWD, a voltage drop characteristic of which during conduction has a positive temperature coefficient, are connected in series. The element pairs are connected in parallel. | 12-27-2012 |
20130153900 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device capable of rapidly and accurately sensing the information regarding the temperature of a semiconductor transistor contained therein. A MOSFET includes a plurality of cells, and includes a main cell group including a cell for supplying a current to a load among the plurality of cells, and a sense cell group including a cell for sensing temperature information regarding the temperature of the MOSFET thereamong. The main cell group and the sense cell group have different temperature characteristics showing changes in electrical characteristics to changes in temperature. A temperature sensing circuit senses the temperature of the MOSFET based on, for example, a value of a main current flowing through the main cell group and a value of a sense current flowing through the sense cell group. | 06-20-2013 |
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20080198275 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video. | 08-21-2008 |
20090147969 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A playback device includes: a playback portion that plays back content and outputs at least an audio signal; an acquisition portion that acquires an external audio signal; a generating portion that, based on noise collected by a sound collecting device, generates a noise cancellation signal to reduce the noise; a switching portion that, if the acquisition portion has acquired the external audio signal when the playback portion is playing back content, switches an output signal from the audio signal to the external audio signal; and a synthesizing portion that synthesizes the output signal from the switching portion with the noise cancellation signal. | 06-11-2009 |
20100058186 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing apparatus includes a storage section, a judgment section, an analysis section, a classification section, an input section, and a reproduction section. The storage section stores a plurality of pieces of audio data. The judgment section judges, based on a length of each piece of audio data stored in the storage section, an analysis time interval for each piece of audio data. The analysis section analyzes the audio data in the analysis time interval judged by the judgment section. The classification section classifies the respective pieces of audio data into a plurality of predetermined classification items based on results of the analysis. The input section causes a user to select the classification item of the audio data to be reproduced. The reproduction section reproduces the audio data belonging to the classification item selected by the input section from a reproduction start point within the analysis time interval. | 03-04-2010 |
20110107814 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to access a recording medium using a head; an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration generated in the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to write, in the recording medium or a predetermined memory, detection data indicating a result of the detection by the acceleration sensor or a state of the electronic apparatus detected on the basis of the detection result and retracting, when the detection result satisfies a drop condition for the electronic apparatus defined in advance, the head of the recording unit to a predetermined retraction position. | 05-12-2011 |
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20120131506 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a method may obtain metadata associated with corresponding values of a first characteristic and a second characteristic of a plurality of content elements. A display including a plurality of display elements may be generated, and the content elements may be assigned to corresponding ones of the display elements, based on a comparison between first and second characteristic values and first and second characteristic value ranges. A first signal may be generated to display a representation of the display to a user, and a selection of a display element may be received from the user. The method may obtain a content element assigned to the selected display element. | 05-24-2012 |
20120240047 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A reproduction device including a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data including at least one of audio, video, and text for which attribute data is assigned for each of a different plurality of attributes; a display unit; and a control unit configured to make the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and, when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, switch the display content of the content from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data. | 09-20-2012 |
20130308052 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video. | 11-21-2013 |
20140157198 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A reproduction device including a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data including at least one of audio, video, and text for which attribute data is assigned for each of a different plurality of attributes; a display unit; and a control unit configured to make the display unit display a playback screen containing at least one attribute data among the plurality of attribute data assigned to the content data when reproducing the content data and, when one attribute data among the attribute data composing the playback screen is selected, switch the display content of the content from the playback screen to the list relating to the selected attribute data. | 06-05-2014 |
20150185978 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a content selection view in which the user can select a content intuitively and easily. When the user places a touch pen in touch with a touch panel in a position corresponding to a position P | 07-02-2015 |
20150189220 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video. | 07-02-2015 |
20160100123 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback apparatus to play back content data including sound data includes an instruction operating portion to detect an instruction operation that instructs execution of prescribed processing, a hold operating portion to detect a hold setting operation that sets a state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion, a state control portion to set the state of not accepting the instruction operation to the instruction operating portion if the hold setting operation is detected by the hold operating portion, and a video processing portion to perform processing for displaying a video. If the video processing portion performs processing for displaying the video when the hold setting operation is detected, the state control portion controls the video processing portion to suspend at least a part of processing for displaying the video. | 04-07-2016 |