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20100091120 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION - An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module having a lens, a fixed body supporting the movable module, a shake detection sensor for detecting shake of the movable module, and at least one pair of magnetic drive mechanism for shake correction which is structured on both sides of the movable module so that the movable module is swung with respect to the fixed body on the basis of detection result of the shake detection sensor to correct the shake of the movable module. The magnetic drive mechanism for shake correction is disposed so that a shake correction magnet is held by the fixed body and a shake correction coil is held by the movable module. Further, a shake correction coil may be disposed in a first region, where magnetic lines of force generated by a shake correction magnet are directed in directions generally going away from a supporting point part and/or a second region where magnetic lines of force generated by the shake correction magnet are directed in directions generally going toward the supporting point part. | 04-15-2010 |
20100098394 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION AND SHAKE CORRECTION CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module on which at least an optical element is mounted, a fixed body which supports the movable module, a shake detection sensor which detects a shake of the movable module, a drive mechanism for shake correction for swinging the movable module on the fixed body on the basis of a detection result of the shake detection sensor to correct the shake of the movable module, and a control section which controls the drive mechanism for shake correction on the basis of the detection result of the shake detection sensor. The shake detection sensor is a gyroscope mounted on the movable module and the control section controls the drive mechanism for shake correction so as to cancel the shake detected by the gyroscope. | 04-22-2010 |
20110097062 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION - Provided is an optical imaging device which improves the structure of an imaging unit drive mechanism for vibration correction in an imaging unit and can reliably correct the vibrations. An optical imaging device, wherein an imaging unit is displaced to correct the vibrations, and the imaging unit is supported on a stationary object by a total of four suspension wires. A first imaging unit drive mechanism and a second imaging unit drive mechanism are provided as a pair at two positions on either side of the optical axis L. In the imaging unit drive mechanisms, imaging unit drive magnets, are held on the imaging unit side, which is the movable side, and imaging unit drive coils, are held on the stationary object side. | 04-28-2011 |
20110103782 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is a photographing optical device, which is able to reliably correct an unintentional movement by hand of a user by improving the constitution of a camera unit driving mechanism for correcting the deflection of a camera unit. In order that a camera unit is made to be rocked to correct the unintentional movement, a photographing optical device includes a first camera unit drive mechanism and a second camera unit drive mechanism, which are so disposed at two side portions sandwiching a pivot portion therebetween as to make a pair. In these camera unit drive mechanisms, camera unit driving magnets are held on the side of the camera unit as a movable body side, and camera unit driving coils are held on the side of a stationary body. The camera unit is pushed toward the pivot portion by a gimbal spring, which is provided with a plurality of arm portions extending mutually in the same circumferential direction. | 05-05-2011 |
20110235197 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - A lens drive device for use with at least one lens may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include a drive coil fixed to the movable body and a plurality of drive magnets which is fixed to the fixed body and magnetized so that magnetic poles are different from each other in the optical axis direction. The fixed body may include an outer peripheral side magnetic member and an end face side magnetic member and an inner peripheral face of the outer peripheral side magnetic member and a side face of the drive magnet are faced each other through a predetermined space. The drive coil is disposed between the drive magnet and the inner peripheral face of the outer peripheral side magnetic member. | 09-29-2011 |
20110262121 | Optical Unit with Shake Correction Function, Optical Apparatus, and Method of Manufacturing Optical Unit with Shake Correction Function - An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module on which an optical element is mounted, a fixed body which supports the movable module, a shake detection sensor which detects a shake of the movable module, a shake correction magnetic drive mechanism which swings the movable module on the fixed body on a basis of a detection result of the shake detection sensor to correct the shake of the movable module, and a spring member which is connected with the fixed body and the movable module. A stopper mechanism may be structured between the movable module and the fixed body, and the stopper mechanism may moving ranges of the movable module due to the shake. | 10-27-2011 |
20110262122 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL DEVICE - An imaging optical device may include a movable module having a lens drive device on which a lens and an imaging element are mounted; a support body for supporting the movable module; a rocking drive mechanism for rocking the movable module; and a plate spring for rockably supporting the movable module. The plate spring is provided with a holding section for holding the movable module, a fixed section fixed to the support body, and a spring section for connecting the holding section and the fixed section to each other. The spring section can deform in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis and in the direction of the optical axis. | 10-27-2011 |
20120020654 | Image-Capturing Optical Device - A photographic optical device may include a movable module having a camera module on which a lens and an imaging element are mounted, a support body, and a shake correction mechanism. The movable module may be provided with a sensor for detecting an inclination of the camera module and a cover member which structures an outer peripheral face of the movable module. The shake correction mechanism may be provided with a swing drive mechanism for swinging the movable module so that the optical axis is inclined. The swing drive mechanism may be provided with a drive magnet and a drive coil. | 01-26-2012 |
20120140326 | OPTICAL UNIT AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is an optical unit comprising a shake detecting sensor which is less likely to unnecessarily vibrate even with the optical unit being designed to have a thinner profile. At a first step in the assembly of an optical unit provided with a shake correction mechanism, a module cover is mounted on a fixed body with a spring member therebetween and a movable module driving mechanism is provided between the module cover and the fixed body. At a second step, an image-capturing unit is inserted into the interior of the module cover by way of a fixed-body-side opening portion and a module-cover-side opening portion, and at a third step, a holding member is attached to a module cover. | 06-07-2012 |
20120224840 | OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTING FUNCTION - Disclosed is an optical unit with a shake correction function which is capable of suppressing interference with swinging of a movable module due to the rigidity of a wiring material and a repelling force generated when the wiring material is deformed, even when the wiring material is extended from the movable module. The optical unit uses a flexible wiring board as the wiring material for electrically interconnecting the movable module and outside. In the flexible wiring board, the connecting portion of a movable-side connecting section and an extending unit is provided, in the optical axis direction, on a side where the swing center of the movable module is positioned with respect to the position of the center of supporting a spring member to the movable module. The swing center, the connecting portion, and a fixed-side connecting section are at the same position in the optical axis direction. | 09-06-2012 |
20120229926 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - The lens drive device is equipped with a first supporting body that holds the lens and is movable in the direction of the optical axis, a second supporting body that holds the first supporting body, a fixed body that holds the second supporting body in a manner enabling movement in directions that are roughly orthogonal to the optical axis direction, a first drive mechanism for driving the first supporting body, a second drive mechanism for driving the second supporting body in a first direction, and a third drive mechanism for driving the second supporting body in a second direction. The first supporting body is supported by the second supporting body by means of first supporting members ( | 09-13-2012 |
20130201559 | Lens Drive Device - A lens drive device may include a first holding body, a second holding body, a fixed body which holds the second holding body, a first drive mechanism to drive the first holding body, a second drive mechanism to drive the second holding body, a third drive mechanism structured to drive the second holding body in a different direction than the second drive mechanism, an elastic member having a fixed part which is fixed to the second holding body and a deformable part, and plural wires in a substantially straight line shape with one end side fixed to the deformable part and the other end side fixed to the fixed body. | 08-08-2013 |
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20090220816 | METAL BASE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CATALYST - A metal base including a surface portion containing aluminum. The metal base is formed with at least either of recesses and projections at a surface of the metal base and therefore has a planar pattern formed by the at least either of the recesses and projections when viewed from above the surface of the metal base, in which the planar pattern is a scale-like pattern. | 09-03-2009 |
20100171732 | Reference voltage generator - A reference voltage generator includes an output terminal, a load circuit connected between the output terminal and a ground voltage terminal, an output transistor connected between the output terminal and a power supply voltage terminal, a first constant current source connected between the output terminal and the power supply voltage terminal, a first switch circuit that selectively connects the output terminal with the output transistor or the first constant current source, and a control circuit that controls a band-gap current to be supplied to the load circuit. In a first state, the first switch circuit connects the output terminal with the output transistor, and the control circuit controls an activation state of the output transistor. In a second state, the first switch circuit connects the output terminal with the first constant current source, and the control circuit controls the amount of current drawn from the first constant current source. | 07-08-2010 |
20100182349 | Display apparatus and driver - A display apparatus includes a display section; latching sections configured to receive and hold display data to be displayed on the display section; input switches respectively connected with outputs of the latching sections, D/A converters respectively connected with the input switch groups; amplifiers configured to amplify and output the output gradation voltages from the D/A converters, respectively; output switches provided between outputs of the amplifiers and an output node, respectively; data line switches provided onto data lines, respectively; and a control section configured to sequentially supply input switching control signals to the input switches, sequentially supply output switching control signals to the output switches, and sequentially supplies data line switching control signals to the data line switches in synchronization with a Y | 07-22-2010 |
20100207929 | Booster circuit and display device - A booster circuit has: a charge pump configured to perform a booster operation that boosts a voltage supplied from an external power source and outputs the boosted voltage as an output voltage through an output capacitor; and a feedback circuit section configured to control the booster operation depending on the output voltage. A mode of the booster operation includes: a charge mode that charges the output capacitor with the voltage supplied from the external power source; and a discharge mode that discharges the output capacitor. The mode of the booster operation is switched between the charge mode and the discharge mode depending on the output voltage. The feedback circuit section has a booster operation control section that secures a period during which the mode is not switched between the charge mode and the discharge mode in accordance with an external synchronizing signal. | 08-19-2010 |
20130009566 | BOOSTER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel having scan lines, and a booster circuit configured to generate an output voltage and to supply the output voltage as power source to the display panel. The booster circuit includes a charge pump and a feedback circuit section configured to control a booster operation of the charge pump depending on the output voltage. A mode of the booster operation includes a charge mode that charges the output capacitor and a discharge mode that discharges the output capacitor. The mode is switched depending on the output voltage. The feedback circuit section includes a booster operation control section configured to secure a period during which the mode is not switched between the charge mode and the discharge mode in accordance with an external synchronizing signal. The period includes a timing at which an active scan line is switched among the plurality of scan lines. | 01-10-2013 |
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20120005438 | INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus that enables data to be input to and output from a first processing device that performs an arithmetic operation and outputs first data, a second processing device that performs an arithmetic operation and outputs second data that has a number of bits which is smaller than the first data, a first storage device and a second storage device. The apparatus includes a data dividing unit and a storage control unit. The data dividing unit divides the first data output from the first processing device. The storage control unit causes the divided first data to be stored in the first storage device and the second storage device and causes the second data output from the second processing device to be stored in one of the first and second storage devices. | 01-05-2012 |
20120088485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An information processing system includes a first apparatus including a position information transmission unit to transmit information on the position of the first apparatus; and a second apparatus including, a position information acquisition unit to acquire a position of the second apparatus; a position information receiving unit to receive the information on the position of the first apparatus; a relative-position information acquisition unit to acquire relative-position information of the second and the first apparatus on the basis of the information on the position of the second and the first apparatus; and a control unit to control a coupling mode of the second and the first apparatus on the basis of the relative-position information. | 04-12-2012 |
20120304183 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, THREAD CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A multi-core processor system includes multiple cores and memory accessible from the cores, where a given core is configured to detect among the cores, first cores having a highest execution priority level; identify among the detected first cores, a second core that caused access conflict of the memory; and control a third core that is among the cores, excluding the first cores and the identified second core, the third core being controlled to execute for a given interval during an interval when the access conflict occurs, a thread that does not access the memory. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304184 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND CONTROL METHOD - A multi-core processor system includes a multi-core processor and a storage apparatus storing for each application, a reliability level related to operation, where a given core accesses the storage apparatus and is configured to extract from the storage apparatus, the reliability level for a given application that invokes a given thread; judge based on the extracted reliability level and a specified threshold, whether the given application is an application of high reliability; identify, in the multi-core processor, a core that has not been allocated a thread of an application of low reliability, when judging that the given application is an application of high reliability, and identify in the multi-core processor, a core that has not been allocated a thread of an application of high reliability, when judging that the given application is an application of low reliability; and give to the identified core, an invocation instruction for the given thread. | 11-29-2012 |
20120317403 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND INTERRUPT METHOD - A multi-core processor system has a first core executing an OS and multiple applications, and a second core to which a first thread of the applications is assigned. The multi-core processor system includes a processor configured to receive from the first core, an interrupt signal specifying an event that has occurred with an application among the applications, determine whether the event specified by the received interrupt signal is any one among a start event for exclusion and a start event for synchronization for the first thread currently under execution by the second core, save from the second core, the first thread currently under execution, upon determining the specified event to be a start event, and assign a second thread different from the saved first thread and among a group of execution-awaiting threads of the applications, as a thread to be executed by the second core. | 12-13-2012 |
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20130007439 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND NOTIFICATION METHOD - A multicore processor system includes a processor configured to detect, among cores that have booted with an old boot program in the multicore processor, a core to which no process is assigned; change upon detecting a core to which no process is assigned, a reference area from a storage area for the old boot program to a storage area for a new boot program; and notify the core to which no process is assigned of a reboot instruction specifying the reference area after the change. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007490 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A multicore processor system having multiple cores, includes processors configured to measure bandwidth of a network; compare the measured bandwidth and a given threshold; determine among the cores and based on an obtained comparison result, a core adjustment number by which the number of cores executing a given process related to data communicated through the network is adjusted; calculate the number of executing cores after adjustment by the core adjustment number and based on the number of cores executing the given process before the adjustment and the determined core adjustment number; specify a core executing the given process among the cores and based on the calculated number of executing cores after the adjustment; and distribute the communicated data to the specified core executing the given process. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007758 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, THREAD SWITCHING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A multi-core processor system includes a given core configured to switch at a prescribed switching period, threads assigned to the given core; identify whether the given core has switched threads at a period exceeding the prescribed switching period; correct the prescribed switching period into a shorter switching period, based on a difference of an actual switching period at which the threads have been switched by the given core and the prescribed switching period; and set the corrected switching period as the prescribed switching period. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007763 | GENERATING METHOD, SCHEDULING METHOD, COMPUTER PRODUCT, GENERATING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A generating method is executed by a processor. The method includes executing simulation using a simulation model expressing a processor model, a memory model to which the processor model is accessible, and a load source that accesses the memory model according to an access contention rate, to obtain an index value for performance of the processor model, for each access contention rate; and saving to a memory area and as contention characteristics information, the index value for each access contention rate. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007765 | SOFTWARE CONTROL DEVICE, SOFTWARE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A software control device includes a processor configured to determine whether starting software and running software are accessing the same common resource; and control the running software to be temporarily suspended upon determining that the starting software and the running software are accessing the same common resource. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013835 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND CONTROL METHOD - A multicore processor system includes a processor configured to detect any among a switching process and an assignment process of applications in a multicore processor; acquire upon detecting any among the switching process and the assignment process, a priority level concerning execution of each application assigned to each core of the multicore processor and number of accesses of a shared resource shared by the multicore processor; determine an access ratio of an application whose priority level is highest to each of application remaining after excluding the application whose priority level is highest, among the assigned applications, by comparing the number of accesses by each remaining application and the number of accesses by the application whose priority level is highest; notify an arbiter circuit of the determined access ratios; and arbitrate using the arbiter circuit, the access of the shared resource by the multicore processor, based on the access ratios. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013892 | HIERARCHICAL MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR, MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A hierarchical multi-core processor includes a core group for each hierarchy of a hierarchy group constituting a series of communication functions divided according to communication protocol, where a first core group of a given hierarchy among the hierarchy group is connected to a second core group of another hierarchy constituting a first communication function to be executed following a second communication function of the given hierarchy. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024588 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND CONTROL METHOD - A multicore processor system includes a core configured to detect a change in a state of assignment of a multicore processor; obtain, upon detecting the change in the state of assignment, number of accesses of a common resource shared by the multicore processor by each of process that are assigned to cores of the multicore processor; calculate an access ratio based on the obtained number of accesses; and notify an arbitration circuit of the calculated access ratio, the arbitration circuit arbitrating accesses of the common resource by the multicore processor. | 01-24-2013 |
20130067442 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING INTERMEDIATE CODE INSTRUCTIONS - The CPU includes a byte code interpretation unit that sequentially reads intermediate code instructions along an execution route, determining whether or not there is a compilation result of the read intermediate code instruction in the compilation result storage unit, interpreting the intermediate code instruction when there is no compilation result, and designating the compilation result if there is a compilation result; and a program execution unit that, if received the interpretation result of the intermediate code instruction from the byte code interpretation unit, executes the intermediate code instruction and, if received the designation of the compilation result, executes the program by executing designated native code. The CPU includes a compilation execution unit that compiles the intermediate code instruction interpreted by the byte code interpretation unit to generate the native code and stores them in the compilation result storage unit. | 03-14-2013 |
20130125131 | MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM, THREAD CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A multi-core processor system includes a first core configured to detect a state where a first thread that is allocated to a first core and a second thread that is allocated to a second core access a common resource; calculate, upon detecting the state and based on a first cycle for the first thread to be allocated to the first core and a second cycle for the second thread to be allocated to the second core, a contention cycle for the first and the second threads to cause access contention for the resource; and select a thread allocated at a time before or after the contention cycle of a core to which a given thread that is either the first or the second thread is allocated at the contention cycle; and a second core configured to switch the times at which the given thread and the selected thread are allocated. | 05-16-2013 |