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20080309808 | METHOD OF DRIVING CCD SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A method of driving a CCD solid-state image pickup device, which performs multiplication driving on the signal charges, the method including: reading out signal charges from a plurality of photoelectric converting elements that are arranged in a two-dimensional array-like pattern to a charge transfer path that is disposed in parallel to a photoelectric converting element column of the photoelectric converting elements; and applying a multiplying pulse to a multiplying electrode among transfer electrodes constituting the charge transfer path, wherein an electrode, which is set as the multiplying electrode among the transfer electrodes, is periodically changed. | 12-18-2008 |
20090109307 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE FOR COLOR IMAGING - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided at a surface portion of a semiconductor substrate by being arranged in a form of a two-dimensional array, spectral elements each provided on a number of the photoelectric conversion elements which are arranged linearly, a trapezoidal opening which is longitudinally elongated in a direction from a base toward an upper side thereof and which introduces incident light to the number of the photoelectric conversion elements being provided in each of the spectral elements, so as to cause spectral separation in the longitudinal direction by interference between the incident light and light reflected on inner side surfaces of the trapezoidal opening and a signal reading unit for reading a signal which is detected by each of the number of the photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the longitudinal direction by receiving the light incident through the trapezoidal opening. | 04-30-2009 |
20090219425 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, an imaging device deriving unit and a signal processing unit. Pixels of the imaging device include a first pixel group and a second pixel group. The imaging device driving unit exposes the first pixel group during a first exposure period, exposes the second pixel group during a second exposure period, and reads first image data captured by the first pixel group and second image data captured by the second pixel group separately. The signal processing unit performs image processing for the first and second image data. A first shooting mode and a second shooting mode are provided. In the first shooting mode, the signal processing unit performs the image processing for the first and second image data separately to generate two pieces of subject image data. In the second shooting mode, the signal processing unit combines the first and second image data. | 09-03-2009 |
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20080231602 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus 20 of the present invention includes operating means 220, control means 221, attitude detecting means 222, and assignment changing means 223. The operating means 220 has a plurality of keys capable of being operated independently from each other. The control means 221 performs predetermined operations different from each other assigned to the plurality of keys when the keys are operated. The attitude detecting means 222 performs attitude detection of the operating means 220. The assignment changing means 223 performs assignment changing processing for changing the assignment of the predetermined operations to be performed by the control means 221 to at least a part of the plurality of keys based on the detection results performed by the attitude detecting means 222. | 09-25-2008 |
20080234968 | Program development system - When an acquisition and reporting control unit | 09-25-2008 |
20080254821 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes key operation means, control means, detection means, storage means and memory means. The detection means detects motion of the electronic apparatus. The storage means stores motion identification data obtained from detection data on a motion after a predetermined key operation in the key operation means after predetermined guidance information is outputted or data obtained by computing the detection data, in the memory means. The control means executes the specific process according to the comparison results between detection data obtained by detecting a motion of the electronic apparatus after the motion identification data is stored or data obtained by computing the detection data, and the motion identification data. | 10-16-2008 |
20080263568 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes program memory means, application program execution means, and attitude detection means. The program memory means stores a plurality of application programs. The application program execution means executes an application program read out from the program memory means. The attitude detection means detects the attitude of the electronic apparatus. The application program execution means performs an application switching process to execute a second application program when detection data obtained by attitude detection performed by the attitude detection means during execution of a first application program or data obtained by computing the detection data changes across a predetermined threshold. | 10-23-2008 |
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20130125877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HYDROLYTIC SACCHARIFICATION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS - The hydrolytic saccharification method and hydrolytic saccharification apparatus according to the present invention use a hydraulic cylinder-type pressurized reactor as a reactor for causing cellulosic biomass to be in a supercritical or subcritical state, and use a hydraulic cylinder-type steam compressor as a source of superheated steam, such that the reactor and the compressor are operated in conjunction with each other. Surplus hydraulic pressure that is generated when hydrolysis of the cellulosic biomass is completed is recovered as compression power of the hydraulic cylinder-type steam compressor. Moreover, flash steam generated from slurry containing a hydrolysate is supplied to the hydraulic cylinder-type steam compressor for cyclic use of the flash steam. | 05-23-2013 |
20130171709 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL USING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS AS RAW MATERIAL - A method for producing ethanol by alcohol fermentation of a saccharide obtained by hydrolyzing cellulosic biomass in a supercritical or subcritical state, wherein excessive decomposition and caramelization of the saccharide are inhibited to prevent a reduction in yield of the saccharide, and flash steam is effectively used. The method for producing ethanol of the present invention is characterized in that in a saccharification/decomposition step, a slurry after saccharification/decomposition, is flash-evaporated in a first flash tank so as to have a temperature of 150° C. to 200° C.; the slurry after saccharification/decomposition, which is taken from the first flash tank, is further flash-evaporated in a second flash tank so as to have a temperature of 100° C. to 120° C.; and first flash steam generated from the first flash tank is used as a heat source in the saccharification/decomposition step or a distillation step. | 07-04-2013 |
20140234935 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL USING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS AS RAW MATERIAL - According to the method of the present invention, a cellulosic biomass slurry whose concentration of cellulosic biomass between 1% and 5% by mass is hydrothermally treated at a temperature of between 140° C. and 200° C. a pressure of between 1 MPa and 5 MPa to saccharify/decompose hemicellulose into C5 sugars. Then, a dewatered cake obtained after the hydrothermal treatment is slurried and has a solid concentration of between 1% and 5% by mass, and the slurry is hydrothermally treated at a temperature of between 240° C. and 300° C. and a pressure of between 4 MPa and 10 MPa to saccharify/decompose cellulose into C6 sugars. A saccharified solution is concentrated by a concentration device such as a reverse osmosis membrane device so that the concentration of sugars is 10% by mass or higher, and is then subjected to alcoholic fermentation. | 08-21-2014 |
20150329925 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING SACCHARIDE FROM SACCHARIFIED SLURRY, AND WASHING DEVICE FOR WASHING RESIDUE - A saccharide recovering method for recovering saccharides from a saccharified slurry obtained after subjecting a slurry of cellulosic biomass to a hot water treatment and to provide a washing device for washing a saccharified slurry residue suited for conducting such a saccharide recovery method is provided. Saccharified slurry of cellulosic biomass is fed on a conveyor having a net conveyor belt, the saccharified slurry is dehydrated, washing water is sprayed to dissolve saccharides remaining in the residue into the washing liquid. The residue is washed by a plurality of washing water spraying units disposed in series in such a manner that the moving direction of the residue and the moving direction of the washing water are opposite to each other. The washing water having washed the residue is used as washing water for washing water spraying unit in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the conveyor. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329926 | SACCHARIFIED SOLUTION PRODUCTION METHOD AND SACCHARIFIED SOLUTION PRODUCTION APPARATUS THAT USE CELLULOSIC BIOMASS AS STARTING MATERIAL - A saccharified solution production method includes: a saccharifying step of saccharifying hemicellulose or cellulose contained in cellulosic biomass to C5 or C6 saccharides by subjecting a slurry of cellulosic biomass to a hot water treatment in a supercritical state or subcritical state; a washing step of successively washing a solid in the slurry with washing water after the saccharifying step, by using multiple stages of thickeners for washing arranged in series so that the direction of movement of the solid in the slurry and the direction of movement of overflow water are opposite to each other; and a concentration step of removing a solid residue from the washing water recovered in the washing step by using a thickener for still standing that is different from the thickeners for washing, and then concentrating a supernatant of the thickener for still standing by using a concentration device to give a saccharified solution. | 11-19-2015 |
20150354018 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONCENTRATED SACCHARIFIED SOLUTION - A method for producing a concentrated saccharified solution using lignocellulosic biomass as a source material. The method includes filtering a saccharified solution obtained by hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass through a membrane separator having a separation membrane having a molecular cutoff ranging from 1000 or more and 7000 or less, and feeding it to a reverse osmosis membrane device to concentrate the same. By such treatment, the saccharides having small molecular weights contained in the saccharified solution are transferred to the filtrate, and the lignin and its decomposition product having large molecular weights are drained as a concentrated solution from the membrane separator. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent loss of saccharides contained in the saccharified solution, and to easily prevent occurrence of fouling in the reverse osmosis membrane used in concentration of the saccharified solution. | 12-10-2015 |
20160108355 | SACCHARIFICATION REACTION APPARATUS - A saccharification-reaction apparatus includes: a reactor which causes a saccharification-reaction of a raw material; and a raw material charging device which charges the raw material into the reactor at a predetermined interval; the reactor includes: a heating steam feeder which increases a temperature of the raw material charged from the charging device to a saccharification-reaction temperature; and a feeding mechanism which sequentially feeds each of the charged raw materials toward an outlet-port in a predetermined short period of time while causing the saccharification-reaction of each raw material under a high temperature and pressure; the raw material charging-device charges into the reactor, the raw material with a suitable bulk density for a saccharification-reaction speed of the reactor; in this manner, the saccharification-reaction apparatus charges the raw material in a hydrolytic saccharification state into the reactor by the raw material charging device; and hydrolytically saccharifying the raw material efficiently in the reactor. | 04-21-2016 |
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20130123000 | GAME APPARATUS - A game apparatus has an operation unit and a radio communication unit for performing radio communication with the outside and a connection unit that establishes a connection with an external terminal device via the radio communication unit, and stores the number of credits in association with a player ID obtained and also stores this player ID in association with a terminal ID of the external terminal device for which the connection has been established by the connection unit. Also, the game apparatus controls a first game that advances based on an operation of the operation unit while consuming credit corresponding to a player ID and a second game that advances while consuming credit corresponding to a player ID that is associated with the terminal ID of the external terminal device for which the connection has been established by the connection unit so that the first game and the second game advance simultaneously. The game apparatus reduces the number of credits corresponding to the player ID depending on credit consumed respectively in the first and the second game. | 05-16-2013 |
20130137515 | GAME SYSTEM - A game system has plural game devices and a storage device that stores attribute information and location information of a pet in association with a player ID. Each game device obtains a player ID of a player who plays at the game device, and obtains attribute information corresponding to location information identifying a game device identified by the obtained player ID, and controls a game to cause the game device to display a pet according to the obtained attribute information. In a case in which location information stored in association with a player ID of a first player who plays at a first game device is changed to that which identifies a second game device identified by a player ID of a second player, the first game device does not display a pet of the first player, but the second game device displays the pet of the first player. | 05-30-2013 |
20130150156 | GAME APPARATUS AND GAME SYSTEM - A setting terminal is provided that has a player ID obtainer that obtains a player ID uniquely identifying a player, a storage device that stores, in association with the identification information obtained by the player ID obtainer, value information that changes when credit is consumed in exchange for a play in a game or when a game value is granted depending on a result of the game, and an automatic game controller that controls a game corresponding to the identification information obtained by the player ID obtainer, to advance automatically while following a predetermined rule. The automatic game controller controls plural games respectively corresponding to which plural pieces of identification information differ from one another, to advance in parallel. | 06-13-2013 |
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20090135492 | ANTI-REFLECTIVE FILM, POLARIZER, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY ELEMENT - The present invention provides an antireflective film, a polarizer, a liquid crystal display element, and a display element, each of which makes it possible for light reflected on a surface to which stains have adhered and on a surface where the stains have remained even after being wiped off to be recognized as an almost achromatic color, thereby suppressing the stains having adhered to the surface such as fingerprint from being recognized to shine in blue. The reflective display film of the present invention is an anti-reflective film which is placed on a base material and reduces light reflected on a surface of the base material, wherein a reflection spectrum of the anti-reflective film has a bottom wavelength of less than 550 nm. | 05-28-2009 |
20100296028 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device excellent in display qualities, capable of suppressing coloring of stains such as a fingerprint which has adhered to a surface of a display so that the stains are not recognized. The present invention is a liquid crystal display panel having a structure in which the first polarizer, the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, the second substrate, and the second polarizer are stacked in this order toward a display surface, wherein the second polarizer includes an anti-reflective film on a display surface side, a reflection spectrum of the anti-reflective film having a bottom wavelength of less than 550 nm, at least one of the first and second substrates includes a color filter including three colors of blue, green, and red, and in the color filter, blue has the highest depolarization property of all the three colors. | 11-25-2010 |
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20090316034 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - A column A/D converter includes two column A/D converting elements. Each of the column A/D converting elements is operable to divide a pixel signal read out from a pixel array into two blocks i.e. an upper block constituted of upper two bit data, and a lower block constituted of lower two bit data, and sequentially perform A/D conversion with respect to the blocks in the unit of one horizontal scanning period. A controller causes each of the column A/D converting elements to concurrently perform A/D conversion with respect to different blocks of pixel signals at different rows. | 12-24-2009 |
20100213351 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS INCORPORATED WITH THE SAME - A solid state image sensor and an image sensing apparatus incorporated with the solid state image sensor include: pixel arrays each provided with pixels, and an accumulating section e.g. a capacitor CX which sums up and accumulates signal charges obtained by exposure of an object with respect to a corresponding color at different timings when the signal charges are obtained by the pixels of each of the pixel arrays. A reset noise of a converting floating diffusion is outputted after the converting floating diffusion is reset. Thereafter, a summation of the reset noise, and the signal charges accumulated in the accumulating section is outputted. | 08-26-2010 |
20120211642 | Solid-State Imaging Device - Provided is a solid-state imaging device comprising a plurality of pixel circuits GC having photoelectric conversion characteristics including linear characteristics and logarithmic characteristics on either side of an inflection point. The pixel circuits GC each include a photoelectric conversion element PD which accumulates a signal charge by exposing a subject, and a floating diffusion FD which converts the signal charge accumulated by the photoelectric conversion element PD into a voltage signal. The floating diffusion FD is set to have an operating charge that is smaller than a saturation charge of the photoelectric conversion element PD. | 08-23-2012 |
20120305751 | Solid-State Image Capture Device - A control part | 12-06-2012 |
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20110235142 | Light Scanning Apparatus - A light scanning apparatus includes: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a deflector configured to deflect and scan the light beam from the light source in a main scanning direction; a control substrate that is configured to control driving of the light source and includes a first connection part to which the light source is connected and a second connection part for connecting an external terminal; and a housing that supports the control substrate. The first connection part is arranged within the housing and the second connection part is exposed and arranged at the outside of the housing. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235144 | Light Scanning Device - A light scanning device includes: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a deflector configured to deflect and scan the light beam from the light source in a main scanning direction; a driving source that drives the deflector; and a housing including a support wall to which the driving source is fixed. The support wall has a first surface, a second surface to which the driving source is fixed and that is deviated with respect to the first surface in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, and a third surface that connects the first surface and the second surface and is inclined to form obtuse angles relative to the first surface and the second surface. | 09-29-2011 |
20120218614 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing an optical scanning apparatus which includes: a light source having a plurality of luminous points; a coupling lens converting a plurality of beams from the light source into luminous flux; a deflector deflecting the luminous flux in a main scanning direction; a scanning lens focusing the luminous flux from the deflector onto a scanned surface so as to form an image; and a frame supporting at least the light source and the coupling lens, the method includes: fixing a coupling lens to a frame; adjusting a position of the light source, relative to the coupling lens fixed to the frame, while the light source emits the light; adjusting a pitch between the plurality of beams the optical axis while the light source emits the light; and fixing the light source to the frame at the adjusted position and the adjusted pitch. | 08-30-2012 |
20140158874 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - In an optical scanning device, a lower frame includes a first wall contacting an optical element, a second wall connected to a second-wall connecting portion of the first wall, a third wall connected to a third-wall connecting portion of the first wall, and a biasing member having a first end contacting the optical element and a second end supported by a scanner frame to press the optical element against the first wall. The second wall extends in a traverse direction angled with respect to a direction in which the first wall extends. The third wall extends in a direction facing away from an optical element side of the first wall on which the optical element is located. The optical element is in contact with at least one position of the first wall which position is between the second-wall connecting position and the third-wall connecting position. | 06-12-2014 |
20150085052 | Optical Scanning Device - In an optical scanning device, a first deflector rotates about a first axis in a first direction and deflects light to scan the deflected light, and a second deflector rotates about a second axis parallel to the first axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction and deflects light to scan the deflected light. The light detecting unit detects the light deflected by the first deflector and the light deflected by the second deflector. As viewed in an axial direction along the first and second axes, the light detecting unit is disposed on one side relative to a first line and between second and third lines, the first line passing through the first and second axes, the second line passing through the first axis and being perpendicular to the first line, and the third line passing through the second axis and being perpendicular to the first line. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090131403 | NITROGENATED HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE , AND PHARMACEUTICAL AGENT COMPRISING THE DERIVATIVE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - The compound represented by formula (I), a salt thereof, an N-oxide thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof specifically binds CCR5, so it is useful for preventing and/or treating CCR5-related diseases, for example, various inflammatory diseases (asthma, nephritis, nephropathy, hepatitis, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rhinitis, conjunctivitis, ulcerative colitis, etc.), immunological diseases (autoimmune diseases, rejection in organ transplantation, immunosuppression, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, etc.), infectious diseases (infection with human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, etc.), allergic diseases (atopic dermatitis, urticaria, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis, etc.), ischemic reperfusion injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, shock accompanying bacterial infection diabetes cancer metastasis and so on. | 05-21-2009 |
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20090067823 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION WITH LIGHT - A capacitor, a coil, a flash lamp, and a switching element such as an IGBT are connected in series. A controller outputs a pulse signal to the gate of the switching element. A waveform setter sets the waveform of the pulse signal, based on the contents of input from an input unit. With electrical charge accumulated in the capacitor, a pulse signal is output to the gate of the switching element so that the flash lamp emits light intermittently. A change in the waveform of the pulse signal applied to the switching element will change the waveform of current flowing through the flash lamp and, accordingly, the form of light emission, thereby resulting in a change in the temperature profile for a semiconductor wafer. | 03-12-2009 |
20090103906 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION THEREOF WITH LIGHT - A semiconductor wafer preheated to a preheating temperature is irradiated with light from flash lamps. With the light emission from the flash lamps, a surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer is maintained at a recovery temperature during a period of 10 to 100 milliseconds to induce recovery of defects created in silicon crystals. Then, with subsequent flashing light emission from the flash lamps, the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer will reach a processing temperature to induce activation of impurities. Increasing the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer once to the recovery temperature and then, with the flashing light emission, to the processing temperature will also prevent cracking of the semiconductor wafer. | 04-23-2009 |
20120008926 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION WITH LIGHT - A capacitor, a coil, a flash lamp, and a switching element such as an IGBT are connected in series. A controller outputs a pulse signal to the gate of the switching element. A waveform setter sets the waveform of the pulse signal, based on the contents of input from an input unit. With electrical charge accumulated in the capacitor, a pulse signal is output to the gate of the switching element so that the flash lamp emits light intermittently. A change in the waveform of the pulse signal applied to the switching element will change the waveform of current flowing through the flash lamp and, accordingly, the form of light emission, thereby resulting in a change in the temperature profile for a semiconductor wafer. | 01-12-2012 |
20120261400 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION THEREOF WITH LIGHT - A semiconductor wafer preheated to a preheating temperature is irradiated with light from flash lamps. With the light emission from the flash lamps, a surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer is maintained at a recovery temperature during a period of 10 to 100 milliseconds to induce recovery of defects created in silicon crystals. Then, with subsequent flashing light emission from the flash lamps, the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer will reach a processing temperature to induce activation of impurities. Increasing the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer once to the recovery temperature and then, with the flashing light emission, to the processing temperature will also prevent cracking of the semiconductor wafer. | 10-18-2012 |
20130224967 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION WITH LIGHT - A capacitor, a coil, a flash lamp, and a switching element such as an IGBT are connected in series. A controller outputs a pulse signal to the gate of the switching element. A waveform setter sets the waveform of the pulse signal, based on the contents of input from an input unit. With electrical charge accumulated in the capacitor, a pulse signal is output to the gate of the switching element so that the flash lamp emits light intermittently. A change in the waveform of the pulse signal applied to the switching element will change the waveform of current flowing through the flash lamp and, accordingly, the form of light emission, thereby resulting in a change in the temperature profile for a semiconductor wafer. | 08-29-2013 |
20140212117 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATION WITH LIGHT - A capacitor, a coil, a flash lamp, and a switching element such as an IGBT are connected in series. A controller outputs a pulse signal to the gate of the switching element. A waveform setter sets the waveform of the pulse signal, based on the contents of input from an input unit. With electrical charge accumulated in the capacitor, a pulse signal is output to the gate of the switching element so that the flash lamp emits light intermittently. A change in the waveform of the pulse signal applied to the switching element will change the waveform of current flowing through the flash lamp and, accordingly, the form of light emission, thereby resulting in a change in the temperature profile for a semiconductor wafer. | 07-31-2014 |
20150234537 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCHED POSITION ON TOUCH PANEL, METHOD FOR INSPECTING TOUCH PANEL, AND TOUCH PANEL INSPECTING APPARATUS - A method for detecting a touched position on a touch panel includes: acquiring a capacitance value detected in each sensing area of the touch panel; correcting each capacitance value, based on a correlation value table that stores therein a numerical influence to be exerted on the capacitance value in each sensing area by the capacitance value in the adjacent sensing areas, and calculating a correlation correction value for each sensing area; retrieving the maximum value from among the correlation correction values; and defining the sensing area for which the correlation correction value is the maximum value, as a maximum area, calculating a centroid position as to an area including the maximum area and the sensing areas adjacent to the maximum area, based on the correlation correction values, and acquiring the calculated centroid position as a touched position. | 08-20-2015 |
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20120067864 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATING SUBSTRATE WITH FLASHES OF LIGHT - When a semiconductor wafer is preheated by halogen lamps, the temperature of a peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer is lower than that of a central portion thereof. A laser light emitting part disposed immediately under the center of the semiconductor wafer is rotated about the center line of the semiconductor wafer, while laser light is directed from the laser light emitting part toward the peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer. Thus, the irradiation spot of the laser light exiting the laser light emitting part swirls around along the peripheral portion of the back surface of the semiconductor wafer so as to draw a circular trajectory. As a result, the entire peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer at a relatively low temperature is uniformly heated. This achieves a uniform in-plane temperature distribution of the semiconductor wafer. | 03-22-2012 |
20120076476 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATING SUBSTRATE WITH FLASHES OF LIGHT - A photodiode excellent in responsivity receives flashes of light emitted from flash lamps in the process of heating a semiconductor wafer by irradiation with flashes of light, and the waveform of the intensity of the flashes of light versus time is acquired using voltage data obtained from an output from the photodiode. Then, a temperature calculating part performs a heat conduction simulation using the acquired data to calculate the temperature of the semiconductor wafer irradiated with the flashes of light from the flash lamps. The temperature of the semiconductor wafer is computed using data corresponding to the intensity of the flashes of light obtained from the output from the photodiode. This allows the determination of the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer irradiated with the flashes of light, irrespective of the waveform of the emission intensity of the flash lamps. | 03-29-2012 |
20120288261 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATING SUBSTRATE WITH LIGHT - A photodetector element for receiving radiated light from a surface of a semiconductor wafer loses a detection function because the intensity of the received light exceeds a detection limit while a flash lamp emits light. Measurement is not performed during the above-mentioned period, and the intensity of the radiated light from the surface of the semiconductor wafer is measured after the flash lamp stops emitting light and the photodetector element restores the detection function. Then, the temperature of the surface of the semiconductor wafer heated by irradiation with a flash of light is calculated based on the measured intensity of the radiated light. Accordingly, even in a case where intense irradiation is performed in an extremely short period of time, such as flash irradiation, the flash of light does not act as ambient light, which enables to obtain the surface temperature of the semiconductor wafer. | 11-15-2012 |
20120288970 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY IRRADIATING SUBSTRATE WITH LIGHT - After flash irradiation on a semiconductor wafer is started and then the temperatures of front and back surfaces of the semiconductor wafer become equal to each other, the temperature of the back surface of the semiconductor wafer, which has a known emissivity, is measured with a radiation thermometer. The emissivity of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer is calculated based on the intensity of radiated light from a black body having an equal temperature to the temperature of the back surface thereof, and the intensity of radiated light actually radiated from the front surface of the semiconductor wafer. Then, the temperature of the front surface of the semiconductor wafer heated by the flash irradiation is calculated based on the calculated emissivity and the intensity of the radiated light from the front surface of the semiconductor wafer that has been measured after the flash irradiation is started. | 11-15-2012 |
20130248504 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY LIGHT IRRADIATION - The temperature of a semiconductor wafer is raised by light irradiation heating performed by halogen lamps. An infrared ray emitted from the semiconductor wafer whose temperature has been raised transmits through an infrared-transparent window made of silicon, and then is detected by an infrared camera. The infrared camera two-dimensionally detects the temperature of an entire surface of the semiconductor wafer. Based on a result of the detection obtained by the infrared camera, a temperature drop region having a relatively low temperature among the region of the semiconductor wafer is irradiated with laser light emitted from a laser light emission part. Accordingly, without rotating the semiconductor wafer, a temperature distribution can be made uniform with a high accuracy throughout the entire surface of the semiconductor wafer. | 09-26-2013 |
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20080218951 | Protection Panel for Electronic Apparatus Display Window and Production Method for Protection Panel - To provide a low reflectance protection panel with decoration for a display window of an electronic apparatus, superior in productivity. A decorating film is laminated on the surface of a transparent protective plate: the decorating film forms at least a window forming layer having a transparent window portion on the surface of a hard coating film at the transparent protective plate side and is formed with a low reflectance processed layer on the opposite surface thereof: and a low reflectance processed layer is formed on the rear surface of the transparent protective plate. Or, a decorating film is laminated on a surface of an optical isotropic transparent protective plate being interposed by a polarizing plate, the decorating film forms at least a window forming layer having a transparent window portion on the surface of the hard coating film at the transparent protective plate side. | 09-11-2008 |
20100033442 | PROTECTIVE PANEL HAVING TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION - A protective panel having touch panel function is used for protecting a front surface of a display device that is disposed so as to be visually recognized from outside, and the protective panel is fitted in a panel fitting part of a casing provided with an opening such that an outer surface of the protective panel forms a flat plane identical with that of the casing with no gap formed therebetween. The protective panel includes: an upper electrode sheet having a decorative layer and upper electrodes provided thereon; and a lower electrode sheet having lower electrodes provided on an upper surface thereof, and the upper electrode sheet and the lower electrode sheet are disposed such that the respective electrodes thereof face with each other. On a lower surface of the upper electrode sheet, at a non-electrode part not provided with the upper electrodes, there is provided a height difference adjustment part that has a thickness substantially equal to each of those of the upper electrodes, and the height difference adjustment part is provided such that short circuit is prevented with the upper electrodes as well as with the lower electrodes. | 02-11-2010 |
20100309152 | PROTECTION PANEL WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION FOR DISPLAY WINDOW OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There are included a protection panel main body configured by a transparent plate, a lower electrode sheet laminated onto an upper surface of the protection panel main body, an upper electrode sheet bonded to the lower electrode sheet at peripheral edges thereof with a gap being formed between electrodes, a decorative sheet laminated onto an upper surface of the upper electrode sheet, and an FPC that has an end inserted between the lower electrode sheet and the upper electrode sheet and is connected by thermal compression bonding to output ends of an upper circuit and a lower circuit. Further, the protection panel main body is provided with a thermal compression head inserting space at a portion corresponding to a portion bonded with the FPC by thermal compression so that a thermal compression heater is allowed to be brought closer to the lower electrode sheet. | 12-09-2010 |
20110151937 | PROTECTIVE PANEL WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION SUPERIOR IN SURFACE FLATNESS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE PROTECTIVE PANEL (amended - In a protective panel with a touch input function of an electronic apparatus display window, with a built-in antenna being placed on a back side thereof, an upper electrode sheet and a lower electrode panel that constitute the protective panel with a touch input function are respectively provided with radio-wave transmitting sections with no conductor formed therein, within a frame area to be covered with a decorative layer, in association with the built-in antenna, and with respect to all the portion or most of the portion of a border relative to the conductor of the radio-wave transmitting section on the upper electrode sheet side, since a paste layer, used for bonding the upper electrode sheet to the lower electrode panel at peripheral edge portions thereof, is provided with a through hole in a manner so as to overlap with, at least, an area near the inside of the border, with air inside the through hole being allowed to flow in or flow out through an air bent. | 06-23-2011 |