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20130209144 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer member, a leading end holding member, a trailing end holding member, and a movement mechanism. The trailing end holding member is disposed at a standby position such that there is a space between the trailing end holding member and the transfer member. The trailing end holding member is rotatable around the transfer member along a rotation path on which the standby position is located. In a multiple transfer operation, the trailing end holding member holds a trailing end of the recording medium after a leading end of the recording medium held by the leading end holding member has passed through the space. In a single transfer operation, the movement mechanism moves the trailing end holding member from the standby position to a position that is not on a transport path of the recording medium. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216256 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a transfer body; a leading-end holding member that holds a leading-end portion of the recording medium so that the recording medium is wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of the transfer body; a trailing-end holding member that is movable in a circumferential direction of the transfer body, the trailing-end holding member holding a trailing-end portion of the recording medium wrapped around the transfer body such that the trailing-end portion lies along the outer circumferential surface of the transfer body by bringing a holding surface of the trailing-end holding member into contact with the trailing-end portion; and a cleaning portion that contacts the holding surface of the trailing-end holding member, which moves relative to the transfer body, in order to clean the holding surface. | 08-22-2013 |
20130234386 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transport device includes a transporting member that transports an object that is wound around an outer peripheral surface thereof by rotating; a holding unit that is rotatably supported by the transporting member at a first end thereof, the holding unit holding a leading end of the object in a transport direction by gripping the leading end between a second end thereof and the outer peripheral surface when the object enters a space between the second end and the outer peripheral surface; and a positioning unit disposed on the transporting member or the holding unit so as to be movable downstream in a direction in which the object enters the space. The positioning unit contacts the leading end of the object that has entered the space and positions the object in the transport direction when the holding unit moves to hold the object. | 09-12-2013 |
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20080241616 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel supplier supplying hydrocarbon-based fuel, a water supplier supplying water, an oxygen supplier supplying oxygen-containing gas for combustion, a combustion vessel connected to the fuel supplier, the water supplier and the oxygen supplier, and containing a catalyst to accelerate combustion reaction of the fuel and oxygen, a reformer connected to the combustion vessel and serving to react the fuel with water to convert them into a hydrogen-containing gas, a fuel cell disposed to enable heat transfer with the combustion vessel and generating power by electrochemical reaction between the hydrogen-containing gas supplied from the reformer and an oxygen-containing gas for power generation, and a controller controlling flow rates of the fuel, the water and the oxygen-containing gas for combustion supplied to the combustion vessel by controlling the fuel supplier, the water supplier and the oxygen supplier. | 10-02-2008 |
20090244843 | COOLING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device including: a fan configured to rotate and produce airflow; a fan case accommodating the fan, the fan case having an outlet for discharging the airflow produced by the fan; a heat exchanger having an inlet disposed to oppose the outlet of the fan case, the inlet being configured to take in the airflow discharged from the outlet; a wire disposed between the heat exchanger and the fan case to stretch along an end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger, the wire having a first end being fixed to a fulcrum and a second end; and a wire driving mechanism configured to swing the wire about the fulcrum to scrape the end face of the inlet of the heat exchanger by the wire. | 10-01-2009 |
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20120068343 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an interlayer dielectric film, a contact hole, a contact plug and a nickel silicide film. The semiconductor substrate includes silicon. The interlayer dielectric film is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The contact hole is formed in the interlayer dielectric film. A contact plug is formed within the contact hole. A nickel silicide film is formed on a bottom part of the contact hole and electrically connected to the contact plug. A position of an interface between the nickel silicide and the contact plug is higher than a position of an interface between the semiconductor substrate and the interlayer dielectric film. | 03-22-2012 |
20120228614 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device is disclosed. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, and an interconnection above the semiconductor substrate. The interconnection includes a co-catalyst layer, a catalyst layer on the co-catalyst layer, and a graphene layer on the catalyst layer. The co-catalyst layer includes a portion contacting the catalyst layer. The portion has a face-centered cubic structure with a (111) plane oriented parallel to a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The catalyst layer has a face-centered cubic structure with a (111) plane oriented parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 09-13-2012 |
20130075912 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a silicon oxide film on a semiconductor substrate; forming a via in the silicon oxide film; forming a contact layer inside the via; forming a silicon layer on the contact layer; and forming a tungsten film embedded in the via by making a tungsten-containing gas react with the silicon layer. | 03-28-2013 |
20130217226 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes forming a co-catalyst layer and catalyst layer above a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The co-catalyst layer and catalyst layer have fcc structure. The fcc structure is formed such that (111) face of the fcc structure is to be oriented parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate. The catalyst includes a portion which contacts the co-catalyst layer. The portion has the fcc structure. An exposed surface of the catalyst layer is planarized by oxidation and reduction treatments. A graphene layer is formed on the catalyst layer. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110032206 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device, on which both a touch sensor and a fingerprint sensor can be mounted is provided. Furthermore, presence of touch on the touch sensor or the fingerprint sensor efficiently monitored. The mobile electronic device includes the touch sensor that obtains touch information by detecting, in a first touch area, touching with a finger, and the fingerprint sensor that obtains fingerprint information by detecting, in a second touch area adjacent to the first touch area, the surface unevenness of the finger. The mobile electronic device further includes a control unit that generates first movement information relating to the finger by processing of the touch information in time series, generates second movement information relating to the finger by processing of the fingerprint information in time series, and associates the first movement information with the second movement information, thereby generating information relating to movement of the finger from the first touch area to the second touch area, or a control unit that sets a state where finger print detection can be started in the second touch area when detecting touching with the finger in the first touch area. | 02-10-2011 |
20120182307 | PROJECTOR DEVICE AND PROJECTING METHOD - According to an aspect, a projector device includes an image projecting unit and a control unit. The image projecting unit projects an image. The control unit acquires brightness information of regions included in a projection surface on which the image projecting unit can project the image, and causes the image projecting unit to project, based on the brightness information of the regions, the image on a low-brightness region, among the regions, whose brightness is lower than that of another region. | 07-19-2012 |
20120182531 | IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS - According to an aspect, an image projecting apparatus that projects an image includes a light source, a light emitting port, an emitting unit, and a control unit. The emitting unit causes the light emitted from the light source to be emitted from the light emitting port in such a manner that an emission direction of the light emitted from the light source can be varied. The control unit controls the light source and the emitting unit to switch between a first projection mode and a second projection mode. When the image projecting apparatus is placed on a horizontal plane, the emission direction is a front direction of the light emitting port or obliquely upward with respect to the horizontal plane in the first projection mode, and the emission direction is obliquely downward with respect to the horizontal plane in the second projection mode. | 07-19-2012 |
20120212647 | PORTABLE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - According to an aspect, a portable photographing device includes: an image capturing unit; a projecting unit for projecting an image; and a storing unit for storing an image captured by the image capturing unit. The projecting unit projects any of a first image captured by the image capturing unit, a second image related to the first image, and a third image obtained by synthesizing the first image with the second image as a projection image into a region which is different from an image capturing region of the photographing unit. The storing unit stores the first image in the projection of the projection image or the first image after the projection of the projection image. | 08-23-2012 |
20120262416 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, and control unit. The first touch sensor detects a contact in an active state. The second touch sensor detects a contact in a sleep state with a power consumption lower than that of the first touch sensor. The control unit switches from the sleep state to the active state when a contact is detected by the second touch sensor. | 10-18-2012 |