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20090055537 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, TERMINAL SWITCHING SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL SWITCHING METHOD - A transfer-source terminal, a communication-destination terminal, and a nearby terminal existing in the neighborhood of transfer-source terminal are provided. The nearby terminal collects connectivity information for monitoring connectivity after terminal switching by performing a communication process with the communication-destination terminal, and transmits the connectivity information collected to the transfer-source terminal. The transfer-source terminal receives connectivity information from the nearby terminal by a connectivity information receiving unit, determines a transfer-destination terminal from among the nearby terminals according to connectivity information by a transfer-destination terminal determinating unit, and transfers a communication session with a communication-destination terminal to the transfer-destination terminal determined, by a session transferring unit. | 02-26-2009 |
20090061776 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION SERVICE DECISION METHOD - An object of the invention is to present service selection to the user immediately when it is made possible to realize a new service with a communication terminal of an associated party. A communication terminal | 03-05-2009 |
20090067425 | SWITCHING SOURCE DEVICE, SWITCHING DESTINATION DEVICE, HIGH SPEED DEVICE SWITCHING SYSTEM, AND SIGNALING METHOD - A session mobility for moving a session held between a switching source device and a communication counterpart to a switching destination device other than the switching source device. The switching source device transmits media data relating to a session by multicast or broadcast prior to device switching. The switching destination candidate device receives the transmitted media data, and thereby switching destination determined device, in replace of the switching source device, outputs media data. Thus, a switching time from a switching source device to a switching destination device can be made fast such that a user cannot perceive it. | 03-12-2009 |
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20120078670 | OPERATION INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MONITORING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An operation information output device includes: a power data acquirer that acquires time-series data of a physical quantity consumed or generated when production equipment executes a process; a single-cycle detector that detects time-series data of predetermined duration from the time-series data acquired by the power data acquirer, and an operation information acquirer that acquires operation information of the production equipment by use of the time-series data detected by the single-cycle detector, hence it becomes possible to easily calculate and determine detailed operation information. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084030 | ENERGY MONITORING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND ENERGY MONITORING PROGRAM - A processing machine processes a work and repeats processes on the work, thereby consuming energy. Within the consumed energy, room for improvement is computed by an energy monitoring device and is referred to as an amount of energy that can be improved. An energy monitoring device includes a power data acquirer that acquires a time-series power data measured by a power meter, a cycle detector that detects a single-cycle power data from the power data acquired by the acquirer, a divider that divides the single-cycle power data detected by the detector into an added-value creating portion and an unproductive portion, and a computing unit that computes an amount of energy consumed in the unproductive portion divided by the divider and defines it as the amount of energy to be improved. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084031 | EQUIPMENT OPERATION STATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, EQUIPMENT OPERATION STATE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - The invention is directed towards an equipment operation state measurer having a power data acquirer and an operation state determiner. The power date acquirer acquires power consumption of equipment changing according to an operation state of the equipment. Additionally, a cause inputter accepts an input of a stop cause of the equipment from an operator, with respect to a stopped state determined by the operation state determiner, and sets the stop cause of the stopped state based on the input. Also, a computing unit obtains electric energy consumption for each stop cause, by integrating a period during which the stopped state corresponding to the stop cause continues and the power consumption in the period during which the stopped state continues, and is capable of measuring duration of the stopped state and the electric energy consumption for each stop cause of the equipment. | 04-05-2012 |
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20130281959 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING TRAVERSE REINFORCING ELEMENT - An absorbent article having a front end region, a rear end region, a central region disposed between the front and rear end regions, a fluids source area, and a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis. The absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a reinforcing structure disposed within the central region. In one aspect of the invention, the reinforcing structure includes a pair of traverse reinforcing elements each of which is formed by two traverse channels. The two traverse channels may be disposed generally parallel to the transverse axis with a reinforcement distance such that the absorbent core has an average density of in the range of about 5% to about 500% higher at the traverse reinforcing element than the fluids source area. | 10-24-2013 |
20150038932 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING TRAVERSE REINFORCING ELEMENT - An absorbent article having a front end region, a rear end region, a central region disposed between the front and rear end regions, a fluids source area, and a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis. The absorbent article includes a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a reinforcing structure disposed within the central region. In one aspect of the invention, the reinforcing structure includes a pair of traverse reinforcing elements each of which is formed by two traverse channels. The two traverse channels may be disposed generally parallel to the transverse axis with a reinforcement distance such that the absorbent core has an average density of in the range of about 5% to about 500% higher at the traverse reinforcing element than the fluids source area. | 02-05-2015 |
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20100031178 | Computer system, information collection support device, and method for supporting information collection - Provided is a computer system including an information providing server and a computer which is coupled to the information providing server, and which collects information, the computer being configured to: record status histories including a history of an operation to a screen which shows a status of the computer, and which is displayed on the computer in chronological order to constitute a set of the status histories; and divide, in a case where a history of an operation of switching the screen is detected from the set of the status histories, based on the history of the operation of switching the screen, the set of the status histories. Accordingly, when a user collects information, navigation information is provided by taking the fact that the user has actually reached useful information into consideration. | 02-04-2010 |
20140350741 | DEMAND REGULATING SYSTEM, DEMAND REGULATING APPARATUS, AND CONSUMPTION DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - The priority of a demand regulating control for a device is changed in accordance with a simple operation by a consumer. A demand regulating system has an operation unit that selects from among a plurality of consumption devices, on the basis of priority information and a regulating quantity, a plurality of control-target devices, which are targeted for demand regulating control reducing consumption of the resource. A control unit executes the demand regulating control on the basis of a control instruction; and an input unit receives a first operation by the consumer, and transmits first request information requesting a change in the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices, to the operation unit in accordance with the first operation. The operation unit, upon receiving the first request information, specifies the plurality of control-target devices, and changes the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices in the priority information. | 11-27-2014 |
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20130012087 | Cured Organopolysiloxane Resin Film Having Gas Barrier Properties and Method Of Producing The Same - A cured organopolysiloxane resin film having gas barrier properties comprising a fiber-reinforced film made of a hydrosilylation-cured organopolysiloxane resin and having a transparent inorganic layer selected from silicon oxynitride layer, silicon nitride layer, and silicon oxide layer formed on the fiber-reinforced film wherein a layer of cured organopolysiloxane that contains an organic functional group, silanol group, hydrosilyl group, or an organic group produced by the polymerization of polymerizable organic functional groups is interposed between said fiber-reinforced film and inorganic layer. Also, a method of producing this cured organopolysiloxane resin film having gas barrier properties. | 01-10-2013 |
20140191161 | Curable Silicon Composition, Cured Product Thereof, And Optical Semiconductor Device - A hydrosilylation curable silicone composition that forms a cured product with a high refractive index, high transparency, excellent heat resistance, and excellent flexibility, the hydrosilylation curable silicone composition comprising, as a main component, an organopolysiloxane represented by the following average unit formula: | 07-10-2014 |
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20130141494 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE - A liquid discharge head, contains: an energy generating element which generates thermal energy and contains a heat generation resistant layer and a pair of electrode layers whose end surfaces are separated from each other; an insulating layer covering the pair of electrode layers and the heat generation resistant layer and containing an insulating material; a protective layer provided above the insulating layer at least at a position corresponding to the energy generating element and containing a metal material containing iridium or ruthenium; and a covering layer provided at a position covering at least portions of the protective layer corresponding to the end surfaces of the pair of electrode layers in such a manner that a part of the protective layer is exposed and containing a metal material containing tantalum or niobium. | 06-06-2013 |
20140218439 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge device includes a liquid discharge head including a discharge port surface on which discharge ports for discharging liquid are formed, an electrothermal conversion element configured to generate energy for discharging liquid from the discharge ports, and a protection film configured to cover at least the electrothermal conversion element, and a cap configured to cover the discharge port surface, wherein the cap is arranged along the discharge port surface at a position opposite to the protection film via the discharge ports in a state where the cap covers the discharge port surface, and wherein the cap includes an electrode configured to be used to apply voltage between the protection film and the electrode. | 08-07-2014 |
20140240402 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE - A liquid discharge head substrate includes a base; a pair of wiring lines; a heat-generating resistive layer, which is in contact with the wiring lines, and which has a portion corresponding to a space between the wiring lines, the portion forming an electrothermal transducer; an insulating layer which covers the heat-generating resistive layer and the wiring lines and which contains Si; a protective layer which covers at least one region of the insulating layer which contains Ir; and an intermediate layer which is placed between the insulating layer and the protective layer. The intermediate layer contains a material represented by the formula Ta | 08-28-2014 |
20140300669 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, CLEANING METHOD FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A substrate for a liquid discharge head includes an upper protection film that covers at least a region corresponding to each of thermal energy generation elements. The upper protection film and at least one of the upper protection films adjacent to the upper protection film within a liquid chamber are respectively connected to different external electrodes, and a voltage can be applied therebetween via the different external electrodes. | 10-09-2014 |
20140318976 | REPRODUCTION METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A reproduction method of a liquid ejecting head including: a process of filling the flow path with an electrolyte solution containing metal, and filling a space between an electrode capable of applying a voltage to between itself and the upper protective film and the upper protective film with the electrolyte solution; and a process of applying a voltage to between the upper protective film and the electrode to make the metal contained in the electrolyte solution deposit on the surface of the upper protective film. | 10-30-2014 |
20140368581 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head substrate includes a substrate, an element disposed on the substrate that generates thermal energy used for ejecting liquid, and a protective layer disposed at least at a position corresponding to the element. The protective layer contains iridium and has a density in the range of 21.0 g/cm | 12-18-2014 |
20150029267 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A print head includes upper protective members located at positions corresponding to heat generating resistor elements to protect the heat generating resistor elements, and further, a part of the protective member being eluted to ink when a current flows inside in a state in which the ink is reserved in the pressure chambers. The print head includes a drive element and a logic circuit capable of allowing a current to independently flow in each of the upper protective layers so as to elute a part of the upper protective layer, in which the current flows, to the ink. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120056877 | Information Processing Device, Program, and Information Processing Method - There is provided an information processing device including a display control section which causes a three-dimensional space in which an object is arranged to be displayed on a display screen, an acquisition section which acquires a pointing operation in the three-dimensional space, and a position setting section which sets a pointing position in the three-dimensional space on the basis of the pointing operation. The display control section displays the pointing position in the three-dimensional space, a difference of the pointing position from a position of the object in a depth direction of the display screen having been corrected. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056880 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a drawing position calculation unit for calculating a drawing position of each image of a group of at least two images in a shape being divided at predetermined distance in the width direction so that each of the images is to be displayed on a screen as a stereoscopic image, the shape which is expected to be displayed on a screen as a stereoscopic image, and an image drawing unit for drawing each image of the group of images at the drawing position calculated by the drawing position calculation unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20140297289 | VOICE CONTROL DEVICE, VOICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communication device to receive plural pieces of tag information corresponding to respective positions within a target area, the target area having a position defined by the position of the apparatus; and an output device to output a plurality of sounds such that for each sound at least a portion of the sound overlaps with at least a portion of another of the sounds, each of the sounds being indicative of a respective piece of tag information. | 10-02-2014 |
20150020014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquiring unit configured to acquire at least one captured image; and an associating unit configured to associate a first information corresponding to a first object and a second information corresponding to a second object, wherein the acquired at least one captured image comprises at least one selectable object depicted therewithin, and at least one of the first object and the second object corresponds to a respective one or ones of the at least one selectable object. | 01-15-2015 |
20150049909 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided an information processing device including ail image acquisition configured to acquire a captured image, a change detection unit configured to detect a change in a state of a subject in a network service recognized from the captured image, and a depiction change unit configured to change a depiction of the subject shown in the captured image in a case where the change detection unit detects the change in the state. | 02-19-2015 |
20150062355 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image; a recognition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a user based on the received image, wherein the recognition result includes a position of the user, the user being associated with a display terminal; an image determination unit configured to determine an object based on the recognition result; and a display control unit configured to control display of the object on the display terminal. | 03-05-2015 |
20150077331 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an illustrative embodiment, a display control device is provided. The display control device includes a display control section to control display of a virtual object according to a positional relationship between an imaging device and a display device. | 03-19-2015 |
20150086074 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image, a parameter acquisition unit configured to acquire a parameter associated with a user of a portable terminal, a specification unit configured to specify the user from the captured image on the basis of the parameter, and a display control unit configured to perform control in a manner that, in a case where the user is not specified by the specification unit, information indicating a movement of the user necessary to specify the user is displayed in the portable terminal. | 03-26-2015 |
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20140100320 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin [A], an amine-based curing agent [B] and a block copolymer [C] as components, wherein the epoxy resin [A] contains [Aa] an epoxy resin having at least one structure selected from a condensed polycyclic structure, biphenyl structure and oxazolidone ring structure; [Ab] an epoxy resin selected from a polyfunctional amine type epoxy resin [Ab1] and a liquid bisphenol type epoxy resin [Ab2], and the block copolymer [C] is at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of S-B-M, B-M and M-B-M. The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition that can be cured to form a cured product excellent in heat resistance, elastic modulus and toughness. | 04-10-2014 |
20140162518 | PREPREG AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The invention provides a fiber reinforced composite material having high interlaminar toughness and compressive strength under wet heat conditions, as well as an epoxy resin composition for production thereof and a prepreg producible from the epoxy resin composition. | 06-12-2014 |
20140309337 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS, PREPREG, AND FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Provided are: a fiber-reinforced composite material which is suppressed in morphology variation due to the molding conditions, while having excellent mode I interlaminar fracture toughness and excellent wet heat resistance; an epoxy resin composition for obtaining the fiber-reinforced composite material; and a prepreg which is obtained using the epoxy resin composition. An epoxy resin composition for fiber-reinforced composite materials, which contains at least the following constituent elements [A]-[F], and which is characterized by containing 5-25 parts by mass of constituent element [C] and 2-15 parts by mass of constituent element [E] per 100 parts by mass of the total epoxy resin blended therein. [A] A bifunctional amine type epoxy resin. [B] A tetrafunctional amine type epoxy resin. [C] A bisphenol F type epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of 450-4,500. [D] An aromatic amine curing agent. [E] A block copolymer having a reactive group that can be reacted with as epoxy resin. [F] Thermoplastic resin particles that are insoluble in an epoxy resin. | 10-16-2014 |
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20120105151 | TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is a transmission circuit capable of compensating a variation in output power caused due to a temperature change or an individual variability when the operation mode is switched without an increase in the size of the transmission circuit which switches the operation mode between a linear operation mode and a nonlinear operation mode, and capable of suppressing the deterioration of the quality of a transmission signal. In the transmission circuit, a gain setting section ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120106402 | POLAR MODULATOR - A polar modulator of the present invention includes: a first function block which generates an amplitude signal and a phase signal; a second function block which adjusts the signal delay between the amplitude signal and the phase signal; a third function block which allows the low frequency component of the amplitude signal to pass therethrough; a fourth function block which modulates the phase of the phase signal; a fifth function block which outputs a modulation voltage, based on the amplitude signal; a sixth function block which modulates the amplitude of the phase signal, based on the modulation voltage; a seventh function block which measures the temperature of at least one function block; and an eighth function block which calculates a compensation amount for the signal delay, based on the measured temperature. The second function block adjusts the signal delay, based on the compensation amount. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112847 | POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT AND POLAR MODULATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - Disclosed is a polar modulation transmission circuit wherein distortion components resulting from variations between individual amplifiers are compensated for with few man-hours, and deterioration in signal quality is effectively suppressed. A frequency converter ( | 05-10-2012 |
20140151860 | WIRELESS MODULE - A wireless module includes a first board which has a first component mounted thereon, a second board which faces the first board and has a second component mounted thereon, a connecting member which is provided between the first board and the second board and transmits a signal between the first board and the second board, and a filling material with which a space between the first board and the second board including the connecting member is sealed. A conductive member for connecting a ground between the first board and the second board is arranged in a periphery of the connecting member. | 06-05-2014 |
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20090250694 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a channel region which is formed above the substrate by printing, wherein a relationship L≧ | 10-08-2009 |
20090250695 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a semiconductor layer having a channel region, the channel region is made from an oxide semiconductor which satisfies Vc/Va>4 where Vc is a volume ratio of a crystalline component and Va is a volume ratio of a non-crystalline component. | 10-08-2009 |
20090294765 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, SENSOR AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - A gate electrode, a gate insulation film and an inorganic oxide film are formed in this order on a substrate, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are formed to partially cover the inorganic oxide film. Then, oxidation treatment is applied to reduce the carrier density at a region of the inorganic oxide film which is not covered by the electrodes and is used as a channel region of a semiconductor device. | 12-03-2009 |
20090298226 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - During a process of forming an active layer of a semiconductor device using a ZnO film, the ZnO film is laser-annealed with an ultraviolet pulsed laser to reduce the resistance of the film, and then oxidation treatment is applied to increase the specific resistance value at a channel portion of the ZnO film, which once has excessively low resistance after the laser annealing, to 10 | 12-03-2009 |
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20120071722 | ENDOSCOPE AND FLEXIBLE PORTION THEREOF - An endoscope comprising:
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20120073614 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING METHOD - An endoscope cleaning system of one aspect of the subject matter includes: a first cleaning device configured to clean an endoscope; a second cleaning device configured to clean the endoscope according to a method different from that of the first cleaning device; and a cleaning evaluation device configured to determine whether or not a cleaning level of the endoscope cleaned by one of the first cleaning device and the second cleaning device satisfies a predetermined criterion, wherein one of the first cleaning device and the second cleaning device cleans the endoscope in accordance with a determination result of the cleaning evaluation device. | 03-29-2012 |
20130053642 | ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, an endoscopic apparatus outputs illuminating light from a tip of an endoscope inserting module to a subject and detects a reflected light from the subject to obtain an image signal of the subject. The endoscopic apparatus includes a first light source, a second light source, a target light intensity setting module, a light intensity ratio setting module, an information storing module, an amplitude value setting module, a driving signal generating module, a signal supplying module. | 02-28-2013 |
20130345517 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A light source apparatus for supplying an endoscope with light includes at least one light source unit for generating the light. A transparent light homogenizer includes an entrance end face, disposed on a proximal side in an optical axis direction, for receiving entry of the light, an exit end face, disposed on a distal side in the optical axis direction, for exiting the light traveling from the entrance end face, and a reflective interface, formed in a tubular shape between the entrance end face and the exit end face, for total reflection of the light in an internal manner and for directing the light in the optical axis direction. A photo sensor is disposed on the reflective interface, for measuring a light amount of the light. The light homogenizer regularizes the light amount of the light from the exit end face in a radial direction. | 12-26-2013 |
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20120115139 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CANCER - Provided is a cancer evaluation method using a novel cancer marker for evaluating the onset, the preclinical stage, the clinical stage, or the prognosis of a cancer in a subject. At least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494 is used as the novel cancer marker in cancer evaluation. The cancer marker in a sample of a cell or a tissue is detected, and the possibility of a cancer in the sample is evaluated based on the expression level of the cancer marker. According to this evaluation method, by detecting the miRNA as the cancer marker, it becomes possible to evaluate the possibility of a cancer in the sample with excellent reliability. As a method for detecting the cancer marker, it is preferable to perform an in situ hybridization method using a labeled probe with respect to the sample that has been immobilized, for example. | 05-10-2012 |
20140178874 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING CANCER - Provided is a cancer evaluation method using a novel cancer marker for evaluating the onset, the preclinical stage, the clinical stage, or the prognosis of a cancer in a subject. At least one miRNA selected from hsa-miR-92 and hsa-miR-494 is used as the novel cancer marker in cancer evaluation. The cancer marker in a sample of a cell or a tissue is detected, and the possibility of a cancer in the sample is evaluated based on the expression level of the cancer marker. According to this evaluation method, by detecting the miRNA as the cancer marker, it becomes possible to evaluate the possibility of a cancer in the sample with excellent reliability. As a method for detecting the cancer marker, it is preferable to perform an in situ hybridization method using a labeled probe with respect to the sample that has been immobilized, for example. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110109781 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a solid state imaging device includes a first photodiode, a first transistor, a floating diffusion, a second transistor, a third transistor. The first photodiode performs photoelectric conversion and accumulates a charge obtained. The first transistor reads the charge. The floating diffusion is one end of a current pathway of the first transistor. The charge is read through the first transistor to the first node. The second transistor's gate is connected to the first node. The second transistor's one end of a current pathway is connected to a vertical signal line. The one end of a current pathway of the third transistor is connected to the floating diffusion. Another end is connected to a power supply. The charge accumulated in the floating diffusion is discharged to the power supply by turning on the third transistor. | 05-12-2011 |
20110221941 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE APPLIED TO CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array, two signal lines and a row scanning circuit. The row scanning circuit simultaneously renders conductive, by the first read-out row scanning circuit and the second read-out row scanning circuit, the two transfer transistors, which are connected to two photoelectric conversion elements do not share a floating diffusion portion neighboring in the column direction, thereby reading out signals in parallel from the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixels of two rows of an odd-numbered row and an even-numbered row. | 09-15-2011 |
20110234867 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a VOB region, an effective pixel region, a comparator, a holder, and a drive controller. The effective pixel region outputs the reset signal, and an image signal to the vertical signal line. The comparator compares the reset signal transferred from the VOB region through the vertical signal line with a reference signal, and determining whether the reset signal is within a digital level range. The holder is capable of holding either a value representing a first result or a value representing a second result, according to a determination result of the comparator. The drive controller varies a pulse timing period according to the value held by the holder, and automatically sets the period when the reset signal is read from the effective pixel region to the vertical signal line. A voltage of the vertical signal line is clamped in the period. | 09-29-2011 |
20110248149 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a solid-state image sensing device for reading out, via an output circuit, a reset signal and a pixel signal from a pixel unit which performs photoelectric conversion includes a comparator which compares a signal read out from the pixel unit with a reference signal, a counter which counts clocks input until a pulse signal indicating a comparison result from the comparator is obtained, and a counter controller which prevents the counter from performing an operation of stopping pixel signal counting, based on an output result of the reset signal from the comparator. | 10-13-2011 |
20120146116 | BACK SIDE ILLUMINATION TYPE SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first conductivity type, a well region which is arranged on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate and has the first conductivity type, photodiodes which are arranged in the well region and have a second conductivity type, a diffusion layer which is arranged between the photodiodes, supplies a potential to the well region, and has the first conductivity type, an overflow drain layer which is arranged on a back surface side of the semiconductor substrate and has the second conductivity type, an overflow drain electrode which extends from the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate to the overflow drain layer and supplies a bias potential to the overflow drain layer from the front surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and a wiring layer which is arranged on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 06-14-2012 |
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20080318771 | PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) OXIDIZING CATALYST - A particulate matter oxidizing catalyst includes: at least one metal selected from the group consisting of: gallium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, silver, lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium and gold; and cerium, wherein a first oxide includes: the cerium, and a first metal which is at least one element selected from the group consisting of: gallium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel, wherein a second oxide includes: the cerium, and a second metal which is at least one element selected from the group consisting of: praseodymium, zirconium and aluminum, and wherein the second oxide and the first oxide have a content ratio of second oxide/(first oxide+second oxide)=0.1 by mass to 0.8 by mass. | 12-25-2008 |
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20080285809 | Photographic subject tracking method, computer program product and photographic subject tracking device - A photographic subject tracking method comprises calculating similarity levels of images input sequentially to a template image, determining a photographic subject position in each of the input images based upon the similarity levels, tracking the photographic subject position through the input images, judging whether reliability of the similarity level calculated for the photographic subject position is high or low, and changing ways of at least one of calculating the similarity levels, determining the photographic subject position and tracking the photographic subject position, if the reliability of the similarity level is judged to be low. | 11-20-2008 |
20100013977 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - It is enabled to check a detail of a subject being a tracking object more rapidly and easily by including an image-capturing unit capturing a subject image and generating an image, a selecting unit continuously selecting a focus detection object area at the time of image-capturing by the image-capturing unit based on the image generated by the image-capturing unit, a displaying unit capable of displaying the image generated by the image-capturing unit, a generating unit cutting out a part corresponding to the focus detection object area from the image generated by the image-capturing unit and generating a tracking object checking image, and a controlling unit displaying on the displaying unit by overlapping a through image for a composition checking based on the image generated by the image-capturing unit and the tracking object checking image at the time of image-capturing by the image-capturing unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20100066847 | Imaging apparatus and program - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging section, a memory, and a control section. The imaging section captures an image of an object and generates data of the image. The memory records pieces of feature information respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of registered objects to be recognized as recognition targets. The control section recognizes the registered objects included in the image based on the feature information. Further, the control section executes predetermined processing when two or more of specified objects which are specified among the registered objects are included in the image. | 03-18-2010 |
20130343659 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic device includes: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of images in which a first subject is imaged, and a plurality of images in which a second subject which is different from the first subject is imaged, and stores therein supplementary information about the first subject and the second subject including information about dates and times of imaging, and sites of imaging; and an extracting unit that extracts images whose dates and times of imaging are different from each other, and images imaged at a common site of imaging based on the supplementary information when extracting an image in which the first subject is imaged and an image in which the second subject is imaged. In the electronic device, when the first subject and the second subject are humans, the storage unit stores therein, as the supplementary information, birth dates of the first and second people. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346016 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A conventional portable terminal has trouble associating gathered activity information with other information to create useful information to be supplied to the user. Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an information terminal comprising an activity identifying section that gathers activity information of a user; a first detecting section that detects change in the gathered activity information; and an information providing section that, based on frequency of an activity corresponding to the detected change, provides information relating to the activity. | 12-26-2013 |
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20090085774 | ONBOARD VEHICLE INFORMATION NOTIFYING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION NOTIFYING METHOD - An onboard vehicle information notifying apparatus is proved with a moving body position acquiring section, an information acquiring section, an information providing zone setting section and an information notifying section. The moving body position acquiring section acquires a moving body position for at least one moving body existing in a vicinity of a host vehicle. The information acquiring section acquires an advancement speed and an advancement direction of the host vehicle, and a prescribed movement speed of the moving body. The information providing zone setting section sets an information providing zone within which existence of the moving body should be reported, based on information acquired by the information acquiring section. The information notifying section reports the existence of the moving body when the position of the moving body acquired by the moving body position acquiring section exists within the information providing zone set by the information providing zone setting section. | 04-02-2009 |
20090088184 | MOVING BODY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOVING BODY TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - A moving body terminal is basically provided with a position information acquiring section, a receiving section and a control section. The position information acquiring section is configured to acquire position information indicating a current position of the moving body terminal. The receiving section is configured to receive from an information providing apparatus simple map information which includes information transmission determining information indicating an information transmission unnecessary region of the simple map information where the position information of the moving body terminal is not required to be transmitted from the moving body terminal to the information providing apparatus. The control section is configured to prohibit a transmission of the position information to the information providing apparatus when the position information acquired by the position information acquiring section is inside the information transmission unnecessary region contained in the simple map information that was received. | 04-02-2009 |
20090088977 | CURRENT POSITION INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION CENTER APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF - An information center apparatus has a communication section, a motion information calculating section, a communication delay time calculating section, a communication cycle waiting time calculating section, an error estimating section and a correcting section. The communication section acquires reported current position information of a first moving body apparatus and reports a corrected current position information to a second moving body apparatus. The error estimating section estimate an error in the reported current position information with respect to an actual current position of the first moving body apparatus based on motion information calculated by the motion information calculating section, communication delay times calculated by the communication delay time calculating section, and a communication cycle waiting time calculated by the communication cycle waiting time calculating section. The correcting section corrects the reported current position information using the error estimated by the error estimating section to obtain the corrected current position information. | 04-02-2009 |
20120007728 | ONBOARD VEHICLE INFORMATION NOTIFYING APPARATUS - An onboard vehicle information notifying apparatus has a moving body position acquiring section that acquires a moving body position for at least one moving body existing in a vicinity of a host vehicle and that acquires map information of the vicinity of the host vehicle. The map information is divided into a plurality of unit regions, with each of the unit regions being a notification necessary region when the moving body exists in the unit region. An information acquiring section acquires an advancement speed and an advancement direction of the host vehicle, and a prescribed movement speed of the moving body. An information providing zone setting section sets an information providing zone within which existence of the moving body should be reported. The information notifying section reports the existence of the moving body when the information providing zone overlaps with the notification necessary region. | 01-12-2012 |
20120178475 | MOVING BODY TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - A moving body terminal is basically provided with a position information acquiring section, a receiving section and a control section. The position information acquiring section is configured to acquire position information indicating a current position of the moving body terminal. The receiving section is configured to receive from an information providing apparatus simple map information which includes information transmission determining information indicating an information transmission unnecessary region of the simple map information where the position information of the moving body terminal is not required to be transmitted from the moving body terminal to the information providing apparatus. The control section is configured to prohibit a transmission of the position information to the information providing apparatus when the position information acquired by the position information acquiring section is inside the information transmission unnecessary region contained in the simple map information that was received. | 07-12-2012 |
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20130000950 | EXTRUDED FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE - The present invention provides an extruded flexible flat cable, which has a superior formability, flexibility, adhesiveness, and fire-retardancy, with a low manufacturing cost. The flexible flat cable of the present invention is adapted for sliding door of a motor vehicle and also other parts. The extruded flexible flat cable has a conductor covered with an insulation layer extrude-formed with an extrusion molding method. The insulation layer is formed from a fire-retardant resin composition containing a modified polybutylene terephthalate and a fire-retardant additive. The fire-retardant resin composition has a melting point of 170-215 degrees C. measured in reference to JIS K7121 with a differential thermal analysis at a rate of temperature increase of 10 degrees C. per minute. | 01-03-2013 |
20140116750 | FLAT CABLE - The invention is provided to a flat cable having a thinner insulating covering while keeping sufficient wear resistance and low temperature resistance. The invention provides a flat cable, which includes at least two conductors disposed apart from each other and in parallel to each other, and an insulating covering disposed over a periphery of the at least two conductors, and formed of vinyl chloride-based resin composition having a brittle temperature of from −40 Celsius degrees to −25 Celsius degrees, an hardness D of from 35 to 55, and heating deformation of 10% or below. | 05-01-2014 |
20140131064 | FLAT CABLE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The objective of the invention is to provide a thin and flexible flat cable suited for being arranged in a narrow space such as a vehicle, as well as, a method for stably preparing such a flat cable. | 05-15-2014 |
20140262430 | Flexible Flat Cable and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A flexible flat cable includes an insulating layer disposed through extrusion in vicinity of a plurality of conductors arrayed in parallel with each other. The insulating layer is composed of a vinyl chloride-based resin composition having a die swell ratio of 1.1 or more at a molding temperature during the extrusion. The molding temperature is between 150° C. to 200° C. with a linear rate of between 50 m/minute to 200 m/minute. A melt tension of the vinyl chloride-based resin composition is 0.02 N to 0.2 N. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090288119 | Information receiving apparatus, information receiving method, program, and broadcast system - Disclosed herein is an information receiving apparatus including an EPG processing section configured to acquire electric program guide information (EPG information) from broadcast waves in a suitably timed manner before storing the acquired EPG information; an iEPG information acquisition section configured to acquire Internet-derived EPG information (iEPG information) from the Internet; and a reservation system section configured to let programs be reserved for recording using time designations based on the iEPG information. | 11-19-2009 |
20100131901 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed. | 05-27-2010 |
20120216148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed. | 08-23-2012 |
20140137047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that displays a list screen of thumbnails associated with content, an execution unit that executes any application using the content associated with the thumbnails, and an image generation unit that generates an execution state image showing an execution state of the application by the execution unit, wherein the display control unit displays the execution state image generated by the image generation unit in at least a portion of an area where the list screen is displayed. | 05-15-2014 |