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20080230360 | Rocking switch unit - A rocking switch unit includes a base section, a switch knob, a pair of tactile switches, a middle rocking section, and a pair of switch-pressing portions. The switch knob and the middle rocking section are coupled with the base section to be rockable. The switch-pressing portions are located between a pair of rocking end portions of the switch knob and the tactile switches, for transmitting a pressing force from one of the rocking end portions to a corresponding tactile switch when the one of the rocking end portions is pressed in a pressing direction. The switch-pressing portions are coupled with two end portions of the middle rocking section in such a manner that a coupling angle between a rocking surface of the middle rocking section and rocking surfaces of the switch-pressing portions is variable in a pressing direction. | 09-25-2008 |
20100073291 | IN-VEHICLE MANIPULATION APPARATUS AND IN-VEHICLE INPUT APPARATUS - A two-dimensional operation section includes a stick-shaped rocking shaft having an end having an operation knob. The operation knob is operated within a predetermined two-dimensional operation surface determined as an operation range such that a rocking axis of the rocking shaft tilts from a predetermined neutral angular position to a direction corresponding to an instructed position. A one-dimensional operation section has an operation surface exposed in a main surface of the operation knob, the main surface being an end surface of the rocking shaft. The one-dimensional operation section can be operated in a predetermined one-dimensional operation direction determined within the two-dimensional operation surface relative to the operation surface. | 03-25-2010 |
20100277438 | Operation apparatus for in-vehicle electronic device and method for controlling the same - An operation surface detects a touch point specified by an operator. An imaging area obtains a hand image of the operator. A fingertip detection unit detects a fingertip of the hand image. A display device includes a display screen having coordinates uniquely corresponding to the operation surface and the imaging area. The display device indicates the fingertip and an operation panel specific to an in-vehicle electronic device to be operated. An interface engine having a prescribed interface relationship between an input, which is specified by at least one of the touch point and the fingertip, and an output to be outputted to the in-vehicle electronic device according to a combination of the input and the interface relationship. An alteration unit alters the interface relationship according to a detected traveling state of the vehicle. | 11-04-2010 |
20110106365 | In-vehicle device for storing gadget - An in-vehicle device includes: a memory for storing a gadget corresponding to an icon, a display content of which is changed with time, wherein the gadget provides a process; a display having a screen, on which the icon is displayed; an operation receiver for receiving an operation to the icon; a controller for executing the process when the controller determines that the operation receiver receives the operation to the icon under a condition that the display displays the icon; and a driving condition information obtaining element for obtaining driving condition information of a vehicle. The controller controls the display to change a display mode of the icon based on the driving condition information when the display displays the icon. | 05-05-2011 |
20110281545 | IN-VEHICLE TERMINAL FOR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION - An emergency notification in-vehicle terminal mountable to a vehicle is disclosed. The in-vehicle terminal is configured to transmit emergency information to a center in response to detection of an occurrence of an emergency situation involving the vehicle. The in-vehicle terminal determines, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the emergency situation, whether the emergency notification in-vehicle terminal is operating by an electric power of a back-up battery. If it is determined that the emergency notification in-vehicle terminal is operating by the electric power of the back-up battery, the in-vehicle terminal transmits a minimum necessary amount of the emergency information to the center. | 11-17-2011 |
20120197462 | EMERGENCY REPORT APPARATUS - A portable device includes an airbag deployment determination unit that detects a deployment of an airbag, a travel condition detection unit that determines a travel condition of a vehicle, a travel condition determination unit that compares the travel condition before and after the detected deployment of the airbag to determine whether the travel condition has changed. Based on a comparison performed by the travel condition determination unit, an emergency report unit performs an emergency report operation, when the travel condition determination unit determines a change in the travel condition of the vehicle before and after the detected deployment of the airbag. | 08-02-2012 |
20120245945 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An in-vehicle apparatus receives an image data representative of a screen image from a portable terminal with a touch panel. The apparatus extracts a text code data from the image data, and identifies a text-code display area in the screen image. The apparatus determines a command text based on a user-uttered voice command. The apparatus identifies a text-code display area as a subject operation area in the screen image of the portable terminal, based on the command text, the text code data extracted from image data, and information on the text-code display area corresponding to the text code data. An area of the screen image of the touch panel corresponding to the text-code display area is identified as the subject operation area, and a signal indicative of the subject operation area identified is transmitted to the portable terminal. | 09-27-2012 |
20130121502 | VEHICULAR SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS - A vehicular apparatus receives music data from a portable terminal through a first communication device and stores the music data to a memory unit. The vehicular apparatus then outputs the music data stored to a music playback apparatus. The vehicular apparatus continues the output of the music data stored in the memory unit even after disconnection of the first communication device with the portable terminal, and the vehicular apparatus output the music data when the vehicular apparatus receives the music data from the portable terminal through a second communication device, without interrupting the playback of the music data over the switching of communication devices. | 05-16-2013 |
20140018056 | VEHICULAR APPARATUS, MOBILE PHONE, AND INSTRUMENT COORDINATION SYSTEM - A vehicular apparatus includes a communication portion and a vehicular display portion to communicate with a mobile phone having a touch panel. The vehicular apparatus acquires pixel information about a screen of the touch panel and displays the pixel information on the vehicular display portion. When a user performs a press manipulation onto the vehicular display portion, the vehicular apparatus transmits a signal indicating a manipulation target area to the mobile phone via the communication portion. The vehicular apparatus performs changeover to handsfree phone call when detecting that the mobile phone enters a phone call state within a specified time since detection of the press manipulation onto the vehicular display portion. | 01-16-2014 |
20140242973 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A smart phone carried by a user being aboard a vehicle transmits an automatic Virtual Network Computing (VNC) request that is a request of a remote manipulation based on a trigger event that arises when a short range wireless communication is established with an in-vehicle apparatus in the vehicle. Further, the smart phone transmits a manual VNC request at the time when a manipulation for a VNC request is performed by a user. In contrast, the in-vehicle apparatus uses, as a start condition of starting a VNC connection, a reception of the automatic VNC request from a smart phone that is registered as a target of remote manipulation. In particular, when a plurality of smart phones are registered, the in-vehicle apparatus adds a reception of the manual VNC request from a smart phone into the start condition. | 08-28-2014 |
20150189462 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHMENT METHOD - Provided is a communication device which, during communication with a first communication device, can further receive separate service offerings by communicating with second communication devices. Even if a wireless connection with the first communication device has been established, when not communicating prescribed content with the first communication device, this communication device gives priority to establishing a wireless connection with a second communication device which has newly entered into the communication range. On the other hand, when communicating prescribed content with the first communication device, the communication device does not immediately establish a wireless connection with a second communication device. | 07-02-2015 |
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20090083346 | CANCELLATION OF INDIVIDUAL LOGICAL VOLUMES IN PREMIGRATION CHAINS - Provided are techniques for cancellation of premigration of a member in a chain. A set of premigration messages are received, wherein a separate premigration message is received for each logical volume in a chain of logical volumes. While processing the premigration messages in order of receipt of each of the premigration messages, a cancel message indicating that premigration of a logical volume in the chain is to be cancelled is received. In response to determining that the logical volume whose premigration is to be cancelled has not already been transferred to physical storage media, premigration of the logical volume is cancelled by removing a premigration message for that logical volume from the set of premigration messages and premigration of each other logical volume in the chain of logical volumes is continued in order of receipt. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083501 | CANCELLATION OF INDIVIDUAL LOGICAL VOLUMES IN PREMIGRATION CHAINS - Provided are techniques for cancellation of premigration of a member in a chain. A set of premigration messages are received, wherein a separate premigration message is received for each logical volume in a chain of logical volumes. While processing the premigration messages in order of receipt of each of the premigration messages, a cancel message indicating that premigration of a logical volume in the chain is to be cancelled is received. In response to determining that the logical volume whose premigration is to be cancelled has not already been transferred to physical storage media, premigration of the logical volume is cancelled by removing a premigration message for that logical volume from the set of premigration messages and premigration of each other logical volume in the chain of logical volumes is continued in order of receipt. | 03-26-2009 |
20100046108 | Verification of a Tape Data Storage Cartridge - The provision of verification for data storage cartridges having data storage tape media employs determining the volume identity of a data storage cartridge; and providing an internal label at each block of data to be written to the data storage tape media of the data storage cartridge, the internal label at least comprising the volume identity. Verification of a label comprises reading an external label of the cartridge, the external label at least comprising a volume identity of the cartridge; determining whether the tape media comprises valid data arranged in blocks; positioning the tape media at one of the data blocks and attempting to read an internal label from the data block; and if so, determining whether the volume identity of the external label matches the volume identity of the internal label, and, if so, determining that the matching volume identity is the volume identity of the cartridge. | 02-25-2010 |
20150154084 | FLASH COPY FOR DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) TESTING - In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to define a disaster recovery (DR) family, the DR family having one or more DR clusters accessible to a DR host and one or more production clusters accessible to a production host, wherein the DR host is configured to replicate data from the one or more production clusters to the one or more DR clusters, create a backup copy of data stored to the one or more production clusters, store the backup copy to the one or more DR clusters, establish a time-zero in the DR family, and share a point-in-time data consistency at the time-zero among all clusters within the DR family. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are presented for DR testing, according to more embodiments. | 06-04-2015 |
20150154085 | FLASH COPY FOR DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) TESTING - In one embodiment, a system includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being configured to cause the processor to access a snapshot of data stored on one or more DR clusters within a disaster recovery (DR) family only when the snapshot was made consistent with respect to data on one or more production clusters within the DR family before a time-zero, and perform DR testing using the snapshot, wherein the time-zero represents a time selected to simulate a disaster, wherein the DR family includes one or more DR clusters accessible to a DR host and the one or more production clusters accessible to a production host, and wherein the DR host is configured to replicate data from the one or more production clusters to the one or more DR clusters. | 06-04-2015 |
20150154271 | TIME-DELAYED REPLICATION FOR DATA ARCHIVES - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor configured to cause the processor to receive data to store to a first cluster, store one or more copies of the data to the first cluster, and set a time-delayed copy consistency point time-delayed cops consistency point indicating an amount of time in which data stored to the first cluster is aged prior to being copied from the first cluster to a second cluster. In another embodiment, a method for time-delayed replication includes receiving data to store to a first cluster, storing one or more copies of the data to the first cluster, and setting a time-delayed copy consistency point, the time-delayed copy consistency point indicating an amount of time in which data stored to the first cluster is aged prior to being copied from the first cluster to a second cluster. | 06-04-2015 |
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20110281472 | CONNECTOR - Each of contact fittings is obtained by bending a die-cut member having a metal plate portion of substantially rectangular shape and a metal piece connecting to a long side of the metal plate portion. The metal piece is folded to be accommodated within a region directly above a surface of the metal plate portion opposite a surface in contact with a front-surface electrode or a back-surface electrode. Then, the metal piece is bent along the length of the metal plate portion to form a hook to be retained by a first housing or a second housing. Therefore, as compared to a structure in which hooks are orthogonal to the length of metal plate portions and bend outward from contact fittings, the arrangement width of the contact fittings arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the length of the contact fittings can be reduced. | 11-17-2011 |
20120031171 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - In a gas sensor, when an arithmetical mean roughness Ra of an inner periphery of a metal tube | 02-09-2012 |
20120071042 | CONTACT MEMBER FOR A GAS SENSOR, METHOD FOR CONNECTING A CONTACT MEMBER WITH A SENSOR ELEMENT IN A GAS SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GAS SENSOR - In a contact member for a gas sensor configured to fix a sensor element by sandwiching the sensor element in an insertion port defined by a pair of housing members to thereby obtain electrical connection with the sensor element, a restraint member provided at an outer circumference of the pair of housing members and having a restraint function for restraining a displacement of the pair of housing members within a predetermined range is used. The restraint member includes: two pressing surface portions to which a compression force that occurs when the annular member shrinkingly deforms is applied; a first side portion coupled perpendicularly to the two pressing surface portions; and a second side portion having an upper side portion coupled perpendicularly to one of the pressing surface portions and a lower side portion coupled perpendicularly to the other of the pressing surface portions. | 03-22-2012 |
20120192653 | CONTACT MEMBER FOR GAS SENSOR, GAS SENSOR, CONSTRAINT MEMBER, CONNECTING METHOD OF SENSOR ELEMENT AND CONTACT MEMBER OF GAS SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GAS SENSOR - To provide a gas sensor which can stably carry out a securement of an electric continuity between a sensor element and a contact member. A contact member in which an electric connection to a sensor element is obtained by pinching and fixing the sensor element in an inserting port formed by a pair of housing members includes a constraint member which is provided in an outer periphery of a pair of housing members. The constraint member constrains a displacement of a pair of housing members within a predetermined range before the sensor element is pinched and fixed by a pair of housing members, and exists in a state of being pinched between the annular member and a pair of housing member without generating any reaction force with respect to the external force, after the sensor element is pinched and fixed. | 08-02-2012 |
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20130164383 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING THE SYNTHESIS OF COLLAGEN AND PROTEOGLYCAN IN CHONDROCYTES - The synthesis of collagen and proteoglycan in chondrocytes, such as intervertebral disc cells, articular chondrocytes and meniscal cells is promoted by administration of an extract from inflamed tissue inoculated with vaccinia virus. | 06-27-2013 |
20140255507 | METHOD FOR PROMOTING THE SYNTHESIS OF COLLAGEN AND PROTEOGLYCAN IN CHONDROCYTES - The synthesis of collagen and proteoglycan in chondrocytes, such as intervertebral disc cells, articular chondrocytes and meniscal cells is promoted by administration of an extract from inflamed tissue inoculated with vaccinia virus. | 09-11-2014 |
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20140295715 | CONTACT MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SENSOR - A contact fitting has a supporting portion capable of contacting a surface of a sensor element, and a conducting portion protruding in the same direction as the supporting portion and capable of contacting an electrode on the sensor element. Before the contact fitting is attached to the sensor element, a protrusion height of the conducting portion is 90% to 110% of a protrusion height of the supporting portion, and the protrusion heights and are relatively close to each other. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are elastically deformable and are curved in shape. The supporting portion and the conducting portion are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the contact fitting. | 10-02-2014 |
20140302726 | CRIMP TERMINAL, CRIMP BODY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CRIMP BODY - In a holding portion of a contact fitting, in a state before crimping of core wires, the thickness of a first distal end portion and the thickness of a second distal end portion are both 70% or less of the thickness of the bottom portion. The thicknesses are both smaller than the diameter of core wires of a lead wire to be crimped. The first distal end portion and the second distal end portion are formed by compression processing. Using the holding portion, a first side portion and a second side portion are curved such that they face the bottom portion, and the plurality of core wires are surrounded and crimped with the bottom portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion. | 10-09-2014 |
20150260698 | GAS SENSOR - In a gas sensor, not only a tube | 09-17-2015 |
20150268187 | GAS SENSOR - In a gas sensor | 09-24-2015 |