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20110080565 | IMAGE PROJECTING APPARATUS - An image projecting apparatus includes an image display element, an optical system that projects an image displayed on the image display element onto a screen, an optical element that shifts in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical system, an adjusting mechanism that can shift the optical element in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a holding member that fixes the optical element to a lens barrel, wherein a combined Abbe number vdch of materials of the optical element with respect to a d-line, a combined focal length fdch of the optical element with respect to the d-line, and the pixel pitch P of the image display element satisfy an appropriate condition. | 04-07-2011 |
20110317279 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an enlargement side to a reduction side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, which is stationary for variation of magnification, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, which moves for variation of magnification, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, which moves for variation of magnification, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, which includes a stop and which moves for variation of magnification, and at least one lens unit. In the zoom lens, for variation of magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens unit and the third lens unit move towards the reduction side and the fourth lens unit move towards the enlargement side. The zoom lens satisfies an appropriate condition. | 12-29-2011 |
20140139930 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a front group, an aperture stop, and a rear group. The front group includes a lens unit configured not to move during zooming and a front variable power lens unit including one or more lens units and configured not to move during zooming. The rear group includes, in order from a magnification conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side, a rear variable power lens unit having one or more lens units and configured to move during zooming, and a lens unit configured not to move during zooming. The aperture stop moves during zooming, and the front group has an auxiliary stop which moves during zooming. A length from a focal point position of the front group to the aperture stop, and imaging magnifications of the rear group, at a wide angle end and a telephoto end, are set to adequate values. | 05-22-2014 |
20150055225 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, sequentially from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side: a 1st lens unit having negative refractive power not moved during zooming; plural lens units that are moved during zooming; and a final lens unit having positive refractive power that is not moved during zooming. A final moving lens unit having positive refractive power and disposed nearest to the reduction conjugate side among the plural lens units that are moved during zooming is moved toward the enlargement conjugate side during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and the final moving lens unit includes one or more cemented lenses, and the final moving lens unit includes one or more negative lenses and one or more positive lenses. Predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied to maintain wide angle of view and high image quality along the entire zoom range. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100146762 | STAGE APPARATUS ASSEMBLING METHOD - An assembling method that is high in assembly accuracy and easily performed at the actual installation site is provided. In this method, the sub base plates on the sub mounting tables are aligned with respect to a main base plate on a main mounting table at a temporary installation site, and the state thereof is maintained. Then, the main mounting table and the sub mounting tables are separated from each other to be transferred to the actual installation site, and the positioning state is restored at the actual installation site. Since a positional alignment can be performed at the temporary installation site, the work required at the actual installation site can be reduced. Furthermore, since a fine adjustment can be performed at the actual installation site, the accuracy in the positional alignment can be improved. | 06-17-2010 |
20100163703 | STAGE APPARATUS - A stage apparatus enables easy position alignment at a real installation site. Mounts | 07-01-2010 |
20100177153 | STAGE APPARATUS - A stage apparatus that achieves a high accuracy in assembling and enables easy work at a real installation site. In a stage apparatus of the present invention, sub rails are arranged on respective sub base plates, which are connected respectively with the first and second main rails on a main base plate to extend the first and second main rails. Accordingly, when the sub base plates are fixed to the main base plate | 07-15-2010 |
20110042876 | STAGE - Provided is a substrate stage which can transfer a substrate at a high speed. In the substrate stage of the present invention, auxiliary mounting tables are attached to a main mounting table, and lower rails are arranged over on the main mounting table and above the auxiliary mounting tables. When both ends of the lower rails are bent upwardly by a vertically adjusting unit in order to prevent the both ends of the lower rails to be bent downwardly, the lower rails are made straight. Since the lower rail is not divided, the linearity is ensured and the moving plate does not stutter so that transfer of the substrate at high speed can be performed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110048319 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate transfer processing apparatus capable of processing a substrate at high speed is provided. A mounting table on which a substrate is mounted includes a plate-shaped main body and a recessed part formed in a rear surface of the plate-shaped main body. Since the mounting table is lightweight as compared to the mounting table before the recessed part is formed therein, the load on a motor is small and the running cost is low even when the mounting table is moved at high speed. Because the plate-shaped main body is made of granite, the mounting surface can be made flat and smooth by polishing. Since the mounting surface is flat and smooth, the accuracy in positioning the substrate is high. | 03-03-2011 |
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20100324464 | WOUND-COVERING HYDROGEL MATERIAL - A wound-covering hydrogel material which has excellent stretchability and absorbs exudates from wounds. It can maintain over long a wet environment which is suitable for accelerating the healing of wounds. There is no fear of causing pain or damaging the regenerated skin when the wound-covering hydrogel material is replaced with a fresh one. The wound-covering hydrogel material prepared by spreading a hydrogel comprising a water-soluble semi-synthetic polymer, glycerol and water, on a laminated two-layer film composed of a polyurethane film and hydrophobic fibers. The covering material has a moisture permeability as measured by the cup method in accordance with JIS Z0208 of 500-2,000 (g/m | 12-23-2010 |
20110221457 | CAPACITIVE DYNAMIC QUANTITY SENSOR ELEMENT AND DYNAMIC QUANTITY SENSOR - In order to make it possible to have a simple structure and a small size, to deform flexibly, and to be used for various applications without restricting usage, a capacitive dynamic quantity sensor element includes a base material | 09-15-2011 |
20130310733 | ELECTRODE PAD USED FOR IONTOPHORESIS TREATMENT - The present invention verifies a method of reducing skin irritation (particularly, cumulative skin irritation) caused by transdermal administration of a local anesthetic using iontophoresis, and provides an electrode pad for relief from a puncture pain which is safe not only at single administration but also at repeated administrations. The electrode pad comprises a base sheet; an electrode placed on the base sheet; an adhesive sheet placed on the base sheet and having an opening, within which the electrode being exposed; and a medicament reservoir containing a local anesthetic and placed in the opening of the adhesive sheet while being in contact with the electrode. An inner peripheral surface of the opening of the adhesive sheet and an outer peripheral surface of the medicament reservoir are prevented from coming into contact with human skin while contacting with each other, and thereby skin irritation is reduced. | 11-21-2013 |
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20100289694 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND GPS POSITIONING METHOD - An object is to enhance certainty of a positioning process in a mobile communication terminal even with a large error of approximate location information. A mobile communication terminal | 11-18-2010 |
20120165045 | LOCATION POSITIONING APPARATUS, LOCATION POSITIONING METHOD, AND LOCATION POSITIONING PROGRAM - A location positioning apparatus, a location positioning method, and a location positioning program are provided for shortening the wait time necessary for positioning, by changing the timeout period in the positioning measurement according to the accuracy of the general location, when the current location cannot be positioned. A general location error determining unit ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120214513 | MOVEMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE AND MOVEMENT DETERMINATION METHOD - A movement determination device and method that can perform movement determination of mobile communication terminals. A mobile communication terminal includes a visiting area information acquisition unit that acquires visiting area information indicating the communication area the mobile communication terminal is visiting, a storage unit that stores the visiting area information as a visiting area information history of the communication area the mobile communication terminal is visiting, a peripheral area count acquisition unit that acquires the number of communication areas located at the periphery of the mobile communication terminal, a reference range specifying unit that specifies a reference range of the visiting area information history stored by a storage in accordance with the number of the peripheral areas, and a determination unit that determines whether the mobile communication terminal is moving or not by comparing the reference range of the visiting area information history with the visiting area information. | 08-23-2012 |
20120258734 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal receives information adapted to the current location of the mobile terminal via a mobile communication network from an information service providing communication apparatus that sends information adapted to current locations of mobile terminals to mobile terminals. The mobile terminal repeats identifying the location of the mobile terminal, and calculates a linear movement distance of the mobile terminal between a past location of the mobile terminal and the current location of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal transmits a signal indicating the current location if the linear movement distance is greater than a threshold, but does not transmit the signal indicating the current location if the linear movement distance is less than the threshold. | 10-11-2012 |
20120268322 | GPS POSITIONING SYSTEM, GPS POSITIONING METHOD, AND GPS POSITIONING TERMINAL - A GPS positioning system including: a storage unit for storing therein assist data for GPS positioning; a determination unit for determining whether the stored assist data stored in the storage unit is valid or invalid; an autonomous positioning unit for, when the stored assist data is determined to be valid, based on the stored assist data determined to be valid without communicating with a base station, performing GPS positioning; an A-GPS positioning unit for, when the stored assist data is determined to be invalid, based on assist data acquired by communication with the base station, performing GPS positioning; and an updating unit for, when the GPS positioning succeeds, based on a result of the positioning, updating the stored assist data and, when the GPS positioning fails, based on the assist data acquired by communication with the base station, updating the stored assist data. | 10-25-2012 |
20120295642 | POSITIONING TIME INTERVAL CONTROL DEVICE AND POSITIONING TIME INTERVAL CONTROL METHOD - A positioning time interval control device for controlling a time interval for measuring a position includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a movement state and a movement speed of a mobile terminal, and a positioning time interval setting unit configured to set the time interval for measuring the position of the mobile terminal and a time interval for outputting position information derived from the measurement based on the movement state and the movement speed of the mobile terminal obtained by the obtaining unit. The positioning time interval setting unit changes the time intervals when the movement state and/or the movement speed of the mobile terminal is changed. At the time interval set by the positioning time interval setting unit, the mobile terminal obtains the position information of the mobile terminal and outputs the position information. | 11-22-2012 |
20120327922 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning device for measuring a position includes a WLAN positioning calculation unit that performs first positioning, based on first radio waves from access points; a satellite positioning unit that performs second positioning, based on second radio waves from satellites; a positioning result determination unit that determines whether a positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit exists within a predetermined range from position information or a measured position, based on the position information to be obtained during the second positioning by the satellite positioning unit or the measured position by the satellite positioning unit; and a positioning result adoption determination unit that determines whether the positioning result is adopted, based on a determined result by the positioning result determination unit. | 12-27-2012 |
20120329480 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning device includes a WLAN positioning calculation unit that performs first positioning based on first radio waves from access points; a satellite positioning unit that performs second positioning based on second radio waves from positioning satellites; a positioning result determination unit that determines whether a positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit is to be adopted, when the second positioning by the satellite positioning unit has failed; and an output unit that outputs the positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit, when the positioning result determination unit determines to adopt the positioning result by the WLAN positioning calculation unit. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005357 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - A positioning portion does not identify a position of a mobile terminal in a case in which a stationary continuation determiner determines that the mobile terminal has continued to be stationary during a period, the positioning portion identifies the position of the mobile terminal in a case in which the stationary continuation determiner determines that the mobile terminal has not continued to be stationary during the period and in which a traveling condition determiner determines that the mobile terminal is in traveling condition, and the positioning portion does not identify the position of the mobile terminal in a case in which the stationary continuation determiner determines that the mobile terminal has not continued to be stationary during the period and in which the traveling condition determiner determines that the mobile terminal is in a stationary condition. | 01-03-2013 |
20130012229 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning apparatus for performing a positioning operation based on distance to an access point includes an access point detection unit configured to detect an access point, a memory unit configured to store the access point detected by the access point detection unit for each of channels, a channel setup unit configured to set a channel to be scanned based on the access points in the memory unit, and a positioning operation unit configured to perform positioning based on the distance to the access point detected by the access point detection unit. The access point detection unit detects the access point based on the channel set by the channel setup unit. | 01-10-2013 |
20130035112 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - There are provided a mobile terminal device and a positioning method, in which power saving is enabled. When an environment estimating unit determines that the mobile terminal device is currently located in an indoor environment, an autonomous GPS positioning regulating unit thereof regulates implementation of an autonomous positioning operation by an autonomous GPS positioning unit to enable the suppression of wasteful power consumption caused by the implementation of the autonomous GPS positioning operation that has no possibility of being successful at a current time. In the meanwhile, an assist information acquiring processing unit of an A-GPS positioning unit is made to perform an assist information acquiring process that is a former process of the A-GPS positioning operation. When the location accuracy of outline location information acquired has a good result of a level 3 or higher, the outline location information is provided as a positioning result. | 02-07-2013 |
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20090230452 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device which has a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating film formed in the semiconductor substrate, a conductive pattern formed over the semiconductor substrate and the isolation insulating film, so that a side face of the conductive pattern is formed over the isolation insulating film, and an insulating film is formed over the isolation insulating film, the conductive pattern and the side face of the conductive pattern, and the side face of the conductive pattern comprises a notch. | 09-17-2009 |
20100207178 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: forming a lower electrode on a semiconductor substrate, sputtering a ferroelectric film on the lower electrode using a target, thermal treating the ferroelectric film in an atmosphere containing oxygen in accordance with an accumulated period of use of the target for fabricating the ferroelectric film, and forming an upper electrode on the ferroelectric film. | 08-19-2010 |
20100267214 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a surface of a lower, insulating film ( | 10-21-2010 |
20110312154 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device which has a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating film formed in the semiconductor substrate, a conductive pattern formed over the semiconductor substrate and the isolation insulating film, so that a side face of the conductive pattern is formed over the isolation insulating film, and an insulating film is formed over the isolation insulating film, the conductive pattern and the side face of the conductive pattern, and the side face of the conductive pattern comprises a notch. | 12-22-2011 |
20130140614 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: forming a lower electrode on a semiconductor substrate, sputtering a ferroelectric film on the lower electrode using a target, thermal treating the ferroelectric film in an atmosphere containing oxygen in accordance with an accumulated period of use of the target for fabricating the ferroelectric film, and forming an upper electrode on the ferroelectric film. | 06-06-2013 |
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20090236320 | METHOD FOR TANDEM GAS METAL ARC WELDING, AND WELDING TORCH AND WELDING APPARATUS USED THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method for tandem gas metal arc welding using a leading electrode and a trailing electrode, wherein a shielding gas for the leading electrode is a two-component mixed gas containing argon and carbon dioxide, or a three-component mixed gas containing argon, carbon dioxide, and oxygen; a shielding gas for the trailing electrode is argon, a two-component mixed gas containing argon and carbon dioxide, a two-component mixed gas containing argon and oxygen, or a three-component mixed gas containing argon, carbon dioxide, and oxygen; and the concentration of carbon dioxide in the shielding gas for the trailing electrode is lower than the concentration of carbon dioxide in the shielding gas for the leading electrode. | 09-24-2009 |
20100133240 | Consumable Electrode-Based Gas-Shielded Arc Welding Method and Welding Torch Therefor - A method of consumable electrode type gas shield arc welding characterized in that a shield gas consisting of an inert gas is fed toward a consumable electrode and an addition gas consisting of a mixture of oxidizing gas and inert gas toward an outer edge of welding pool. Further, there is provided a welding torch for use in the method. Thus, in the welding of steel material in accordance with GMA welding technique, the dissolved oxygen concentration of the weld metal can be reduced to 100 ppm or less, and while maintaining arc stability, desirable bead formation can be attained. | 06-03-2010 |
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20090014890 | MULTI-CHIP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An interposer has an opening in the central portion. A plurality of first electrode terminals are formed on the front surface near the opening of the interposer, a plurality of second electrode terminals are formed on the front surface of the peripheral portion thereof and corresponding ones of the plurality of first and second electrode terminals are electrically connected to one another via a plurality of wirings. A plurality of bump electrodes is formed on the front surface of a child chip. A plurality of bump electrodes containing a plurality of bump electrodes for connection with the exterior are formed on the front surface of a parent chip. The front surfaces of the parent chip and child chip are set to face each other with the interposer disposed therebetween and the bump electrodes are electrically connected to one another in the opening of the interposer. | 01-15-2009 |
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20110186996 | MULTI-CHIP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An interposer has an opening in the central portion. A plurality of first electrode terminals are formed on the front surface near the opening of the interposer, a plurality of second electrode terminals are formed on the front surface of the peripheral portion thereof and corresponding ones of the plurality of first and second electrode terminals are electrically connected to one another via a plurality of wirings. A plurality of bump electrodes is formed on the front surface of a child chip. A plurality of bump electrodes containing a plurality of bump electrodes for connection with the exterior are formed on the front surface of a parent chip. The front surfaces of the parent chip and child chip are set to face each other with the interposer disposed therebetween and the bump electrodes are electrically connected to one another in the opening of the interposer. | 08-04-2011 |
20120261038 | LOW ALLOY STEEL FOR GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION TURBINE ROTOR, AND LOW ALLOY MATERIAL FOR GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION TURBINE ROTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A low alloy steel ingot contains from 0.15 to 0.30% of C, from 0.03 to 0.2% of Si, from 0.5 to 2.0% of Mn, from 0.1 to 1.3% of Ni, from 1.5 to 3.5% of Cr, from 0.1 to 1.0% of Mo, and more than 0.15 to 0.35% of V, and optionally Ni, with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Performing quality heat treatment including a quenching step and a tempering step to the low alloy steel ingot to obtain a material, which has a grain size number of from 3 to 7 and is free from pro-eutectoid ferrite in a metallographic structure thereof, and which has a tensile strength of from 760 to 860 MPa and a fracture appearance transition temperature of not higher than 40 ° C. | 10-18-2012 |
20130077420 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND DEFECTIVE CELL RELIEVING METHOD - A memory cell array of a first semiconductor chip includes a normal cell array and a spare cell array. A first defect address data storage circuit outputs first defect address data indicating an address of a defective memory cell in the memory cell array. A first comparison circuit compares address data with the first defect address data and outputs a first match signal in case of matching. A second defect address data storage circuit outputs second defect address data indicating an address of a defective memory cell in the memory cell array. A second comparison circuit compares the address data with the second defect address data and outputs a second match signal in case of matching. | 03-28-2013 |
20140059304 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory core, a peripheral circuit which executes a reading/writing of data in the memory core, and an interface which inputs a control signal for the reading/writing. The control signal inputs by one data path. The peripheral circuit is configured to read a first data from a first address in the memory core in a first cycle, and read a second data from a second address in the memory core in parallel with writing a third data to a third address in the memory core in a second cycle. | 02-27-2014 |
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20120019412 | GPS TERMINAL, POSITIONING METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A GPS terminal, comprises: a communication unit that receives assist data from a network, the assist data used for positioning via GPS (Global Positioning System); and a GPS positioning unit that receives a GPS signal using the assist data and outputs a positioning result. A communication session with the network is released without waiting for said GPS positioning unit to complete positioning. | 01-26-2012 |
20130153644 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An electronic component mounting apparatus includes a bonding tool for thermally bonding an electronic component onto a substrate, the bonding tool to be driven in a direction getting close to and from the substrate, a linear scale and a linear scale head detecting the position of the bonding tool in the direction getting close to and from the substrate, and a control unit configured to hold the position of the bonding tool in the direction getting close to and from the substrate when a solder film between an electrode of the electronic component and an electrode of the substrate is thermally fused when the bonding tool gets close to the substrate by a predetermined distance from a reference position while heating the electronic component. The electronic component mounting apparatus for bonding the electronic component and the substrate with thermally fusible bond metal offers an improvement in the bonding quality. | 06-20-2013 |
20140175490 | SILICON-GERMANIUM LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - Provided is an element structure whereby it is possible to produce a silicon-germanium light-emitting element enclosing an injected carrier within a light-emitting region. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the structure. Between the light-emitting region and an electrode there is produced a narrow passage for the carrier, specifically, a one-dimensional or two-dimensional quantum confinement region. A band gap opens up in this section due to the quantum confinement, thereby forming an energy barrier for both electrons and positive holes, and affording an effect analogous to a double hetero structure in an ordinary Group III-V semiconductor laser. Because no chemical elements other than those used in ordinary silicon processes are employed, the element can be manufactured inexpensively, simply by controlling the shape of the element. | 06-26-2014 |
20160029494 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An electronic component mounting apparatus includes a bonding tool for thermally bonding an electronic component onto a substrate, the bonding tool to be driven in a direction getting close to and from the substrate, a linear scale and a linear scale head detecting the position of the bonding tool in the direction getting close to and from the substrate, and a control unit configured to hold the position of the bonding tool in the direction getting close to and from the substrate when a solder film between an electrode of the electronic component and an electrode of the substrate is thermally fused when the bonding tool gets close to the substrate by a predetermined distance from a reference position while heating the electronic component. The electronic component mounting apparatus for bonding the electronic component and the substrate with thermally fusible bond metal offers an improvement in the bonding quality. | 01-28-2016 |
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20120315928 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND LOCATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - A mobile terminal and a location measurement method that can reduce measurement loads on the terminal. A GPS positioning unit performs location measurement in predetermined cycles or in accordance with user instructions. In performing the measurement, a control unit determines a movement state of the mobile terminal. The control unit, when determining that the mobile terminal is in a stationary state and the mobile terminal has not moved from a most recently measured location by referring to state information stored in a state information management table, can cause the location information storage table to store therein the most recently measured location stored in the location information storage table as a current location of the mobile terminal. | 12-13-2012 |
20130115975 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND LOCATION SYSTEM SELECTION METHOD - A mobile communication terminal ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130210440 | MOBILE TERMINAL, MOTION/STILLNESS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile terminal determines whether the mobile terminal is moving or stationary. The mobile terminal includes a motion acceleration detection unit that detects motion acceleration based on acceleration information of the mobile terminal, a serving cell information retrieving unit that retrieves information representing a serving cell, a serving cell information switching determination unit that determines whether the serving cell is switched, based on the information representing the serving cell, and a motion/stillness determination unit that determines, when the serving cell is determined to be switched, whether the mobile terminal is moved, based on whether the motion acceleration is detected. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210459 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having an autonomous navigation function including a map application unit configured to perform map matching of a current position of the mobile terminal onto a route from a departure point to a destination point of a user of the mobile terminal in map information, a measurement unit configured to detect movement of the mobile terminal and provide sensor information indicative of the movement of the user, a position calculation unit configured to calculate a movement amount of the mobile terminal from a reference position based on the sensor information and calculate a current position of the mobile terminal based on the calculated movement amount and the reference position, and a reroute detection unit configured to compare a first distance between the calculated current position of the mobile terminal and the reference position with a second distance between the map-matched current position of the mobile terminal and the reference position, wherein if the first distance is sufficiently greater than the second distance, the reroute detection unit requests the map application unit to search for a route again. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211708 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having an autonomous navigation function, including an anchor management unit configured to acquire a directional change point, set the acquired directional change point as an anchor point and store the anchor point, wherein the directional change point is assumed for a user to change direction on a route from a departure point to a destination point of the user of the mobile terminal on map information, a measurement unit configured to detect movement of the mobile terminal and provide sensor information indicative of the movement, a position calculation unit configured to calculate a current position of the mobile terminal based on the sensor information, a rotation detection unit configured to detect rotation of the user based on the sensor information and determine a rotation point associated with the detected rotation and a current position correction unit configured to determine an anchor point corresponding to the determined rotation point from the anchor points stored in the anchor management unit and correct the current position of the mobile terminal with a position of the determined anchor point. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211709 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention pertains to a mobile terminal having an autonomous navigation function, said mobile terminal comprising: a map application which performs map matching on the current position of the mobile terminal on a route to a destination; a measurement unit which detects the movement of the mobile terminal, and which provides sensor information representing the number of steps and travel direction; a position calculation unit which determines the current position of the mobile terminal; a travel direction correction unit which, when it has been estimated that a user is walking straight by determining whether the amount of change of the user's travel direction is within a prescribed range in a prescribed period, corrects the user's travel direction according to the orientation of the straight parts when the user is walking straight on the route; and a current position correction unit which, on the basis of the corrected travel direction and the starting time and starting point when walking straight, recalculates the current position of the mobile terminal from the starting point, and corrects the current position of the mobile terminal according to the recalculated current position. | 08-15-2013 |
20130325392 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD - A mobile terminal includes a first fixed-interval timer that counts a first interval; a second fixed-interval timer that counts a second interval longer than the first interval; a motion acceleration detection unit that obtains a first period of acceleration data from an acceleration sensor at the first interval and detects motion acceleration based on the first period of acceleration data; a walking state detection unit that, when the motion acceleration is detected based on the first period of acceleration data, obtains a second period of acceleration data, which is longer than the first period, from the acceleration sensor and detects a walking state or a non-walking state based on the second period of acceleration data; and a continuous walking determining unit that determines that continuous walking is detected when the walking state is detected a predetermined number of times or more within the second interval. | 12-05-2013 |
20140300513 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a positioning function, comprising: a GPS positioning unit configured to perform GPS based positioning to obtain a positioning result including a position of the mobile terminal and a measurement status regarding the GPS based positioning; a base station based positioning unit configured to perform base station based positioning to obtain a positioning result including a position of the mobile terminal and a measurement status regarding the base station based positioning; a historical positional information storage unit configured to store historical positional information including the positioning results obtained by the GPS based positioning unit and the base station based positioning unit; and a positioning determination unit configured to determine whether a valid positioning result regarding a camped base station of the mobile terminal is in the historical positional information, wherein when positioning is performed for the mobile terminal in response to activation of the positioning function, prior to activation of the GPS based positioning and the base station based positioning, the positioning determination unit identifies the camped base station of the mobile terminal, identifies positioning results regarding the identified base station in the historical positional information, detects a valid positioning result from the identified positioning results based on the measurement status of the identified positioning results and provides the detected positioning result as the positioning result for the mobile terminal. | 10-09-2014 |
20150141042 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a continuous positioning function, including a radio positioning unit configured to derive a position of the mobile terminal in continuous positioning, a movement detection unit configured to detect a movement distance and a traveling direction of the mobile terminal, a target zone setting unit configured to set a target zone based on a confirmed position of the mobile terminal determined as being valid in the continuous positioning and the movement distance and the traveling direction of the mobile terminal detected by the movement detection unit, the target zone comprising an area to which it is estimated that a user has moved and a validity determination unit configured to determine whether the position of the mobile terminal measured by the radio positioning unit is included in the set target zone to determine validity of the measured position of the mobile terminal. | 05-21-2015 |