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20090242163 | IMMERSION NOZZLE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING - An immersion nozzle for continuous casting, including (1) a tubular body with a bottom, the tubular body having an inlet for entry of molten steel disposed at an upper end and a passage extending inside the tubular body downward from the inlet, and (2) a pair of opposing outlets disposed in a sidewall at a lower section of the tubular body so as to communicate with the passage, the nozzle comprising: a pair of opposing ridges horizontally projecting into the passage from an inner wall between the pair of outlets, the inner wall defining the passage. | 10-01-2009 |
20090242592 | IMMERSION NOZZLE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING - An immersion nozzle for continuous casting including a tubular body, the tubular body having at the upper end an inlet from which molten steel is introduced into a passage extending from the inlet downward inside the tubular body, the tubular body having a bottom and being depressed in cross section at least at a lower section, the lower section having two narrow sidewalls and two broad sidewalls, the narrow sidewalls having a pair of opposing first outlets communicating with the passage, the bottom having a pair of second outlets communicating with the passage. The lower section has ridges projecting into the passage respectively from the inner surfaces of the broad sidewalls between the pair of first outlets. The second outlets are arranged symmetrically about the axis of the tubular body such that the axes of the second outlets cross each other within the passage. | 10-01-2009 |
20120248157 | IMMERSION NOZZLE FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING - The immersion nozzle for continuous casting, including a tubular body with a bottom, a pair of first outlets, and a pair of second outlets, wherein at least a lower section of the tubular body has a rectangular flat cross section; the two opposing first outlets are disposed in narrow sidewalls at the lower section; the pair of second outlets is disposed at the bottom; each of the first outlets is partitioned by a partitioning section formed at the first outlet into an upper outlet and a lower outlet; ridges formed between the partitioning sections respectively project into a passage from a wide inner wall of the passage; the pair of second outlets is disposed symmetrically to a central axis of the tubular body such that virtual faces extended from tilted faces of the second outlets intersect with each other in the passage. | 10-04-2012 |
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20090145934 | Immersion nozzle - Disclosed is an immersion nozzle, which comprises a vertically-extending pipe-shaped straight nozzle body | 06-11-2009 |
20100219212 | UPPER NOZZLE - The present invention is directed to creating a less-energy loss or smooth (constant) molten steel flow with a focus on a configuration of a bore of an upper nozzle, so as to provide an upper nozzle formed with a bore having a configuration capable of to suppress deposit formation. For this purpose, in an upper nozzle | 09-02-2010 |
20110017784 | MOLTEN METAL DISCHARGE NOZZLE - Provided is a molten metal discharge nozzle capable of suppressing turbulence in a molten metal stream passing through an inner bore thereof, with a simple structure. A cross-sectional shape of a wall surface of the inner bore, taken along an axis of the inner bore, comprises a part or an entirety of a curved line expressed by the following formula: log(r(z))=(1/n)×log((Hc+L)/(Hc+z))+log(r(L)) (1), where: 6≧n≧1.5; L is a length of the nozzle; Hc is a calculative hydrostatic head; and r(z) is a radius of the inner bore at a position located a distance z downward from an upper end of the nozzle, wherein, in a graph where the distance z is plotted with respect to a horizontal axis (X-axis) thereof, and a pressure of molten metal at a center of the inner bore in horizontal cross-section at a position located the distance z is plotted with respect to a vertical axis (Y-axis) thereof, an approximation formula of a line on the graph is established without simultaneously including two or more coefficients having opposite signs, and wherein, on an assumption that the line is derived from an approximation formula based on a linear regression, an absolute value of a correlation coefficient of the line is 0.95 or more. | 01-27-2011 |
20110240688 | IMMERSION NOZZLE - It is intended to uniform and straighten a molten steel stream flowing out of a discharge port of an immersion nozzle, and thus suppress mold powder entrapment in the vicinity of the immersion nozzle. The immersion nozzle comprises a tubular-shaped straight nozzle body formed to extend in a vertical longitudinal direction and adapted to allow molten steel from a molten-steel inlet provided at an upper end thereof to pass downwardly therethrough, and a pair of discharge ports provided in a lower portion of the straight nozzle body in bilaterally symmetrical relation and adapted to discharge the molten steel from a lateral surface of the straight nozzle body in a lateral direction. An inner surface of each of the discharge ports has, at least in part or in its entirety, a shape defined by a curved line along which an inner bore of the discharge port in a longitudinal cross-section of the immersion nozzle passing through respective centers of the immersion nozzle and the discharge port is gradually reduced in diameter in a direction from a start position to an end of the discharge port, wherein the curved line is represented by a diameter in the longitudinal cross-section of the immersion nozzle. | 10-06-2011 |
20120217271 | MOLTEN METAL DISCHARGE NOZZLE - Provided is a molten metal discharge nozzle which has a bore configuration capable of creating a low-energy loss and smooth (stabilized) molten metal flow to suppress the occurrence of an adhesion matter. In the molten metal discharge nozzle, a radius r(0) of an upper end ( | 08-30-2012 |
20150196954 | METHOD FOR USING UPPER NOZZLE - With a view to adding, to an upper nozzle formed with a bore having a shape capable of creating a less energy loss or smooth (constant) molten steel flow to suppress the occurrence of adhesion of inclusions and metals in molten steel, a gas injection function to thereby further suppress the occurrence of the adhesion, the present invention provides a method of using an upper nozzle configured to have a cross-sectional shape of a wall surface defining the bore, taken along an axis of the bore, comprising a curve represented by the following formula: log(r (z))=(1/n)×log((H+L)/(H+z))+log(r (L)) (n=1.5 to 6), where: L is a length of the upper nozzle; H is a calculational hydrostatic head height; and r (z) is an inner radius of the bore at a position downwardly away from an upper edge of the bore by a distance z. The method comprises using the upper nozzle in such a manner as to satisfy the following relationship: R | 07-16-2015 |
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20090086229 | Image Processing Device and Pixel Attribute Identification Method - The printer of the invention performs an area classification process to classify each pixel included in an input image read by a scanner as a pixel in an edge component area or a pixel in a halftone dot area, and performs a correction process with a spatial filter suitable for each area. The area classification process calculates a difference value between luminance values of two arbitrary pixels selected among peripheral pixels in a specific pixel range around each target pixel according to each of multiple differential patterns t, compares the calculated difference value with threshold values provided for each differential pattern t to compute multiple difference detection values ht(x) corresponding to the multiple differential patterns t, and gives weights to the computed difference detection values ht(x) to compute a comprehensive difference detection value H(x). The area classification process identifies whether the target pixel is a pixel in the edge component area or a pixel in the halftone dot area, based on the computed comprehensive difference detection value H(x). This arrangement enables high-speed identification of the attribute of each pixel included in an image by such simple operation, while enabling identification of pixel attribute with high accuracy. | 04-02-2009 |
20090091809 | Image Processing Device, Method and Program Product - First integrated data is generated using tone value data. The tone value data represents respective tone values of pixels of an image. The first integrated data represents respective first pixel values of the pixels. The first pixel value is associated with sum of tone values of pixels within a rectangle in the image. The rectangle has two opposing corners represented by a pixel corresponding to the first pixel value and a reference pixel respectively. The reference pixel is a pixel at a predetermined corner of the image. A calculation process is executed. The calculation process includes calculation of a first calculation value of a target rectangle area using the first integrated data. The first calculation value is correlated to sum of tone values within the target rectangle area. The target rectangle area is enclosed by a rectangle defined by pixel boundary lines. The pixel boundary lines represent boundary lines between neighboring pixels in the image. Image processing in relation to the target rectangle area is executed in accordance with the result of the calculation process. In the calculation of the first calculation value, the first calculation value is calculated using respective first pixel values of four calculation pixels. The four calculation pixels are respectively adjacent to four vertexes of the target rectangle area in the direction of the reference pixel. The four vertexes are on the pixel boundary lines. | 04-09-2009 |
20100014121 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method, and Recording Medium - There is provided a printing apparatus that prints an image constituted by a plurality of pixels. The printing apparatus includes a sum correspondence value calculating unit that calculates a sum correspondence value on the basis of a sum value of saturation evaluating values of pixels located within a rectangle in which a corner adjacent to an arbitrary pixel within the image and a corner adjacent to a reference pixel within the image become opposing corners for the arbitrary pixel, a rectangle sum value calculating unit that calculates a sum value within the rectangle on the basis of the sum correspondence value for adjacent pixels that are adjacent to four vertexes of an arbitrary target rectangle of the image for a target pixel located in a predetermined position within the target rectangle, an attribute determining unit that determines the attribute of the target pixel in the image based on the sum value within the rectangle for the target pixel, and a print control unit that prints image data for which image processing on the basis of the attributes of the pixels is performed. | 01-21-2010 |
20100208276 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a data creating unit that creates image data in response to input data representing an image, wherein the image data includes first image data of a first pixel density and a second image data of a second pixel density lower than the first pixel density, and the data creating unit selects a representative color from colors included in the image, creates data, which includes information for specifying a high resolution pixel representing a portion indicating the representative color of the image among a plurality of high resolution pixels arranged with the first pixel density in an image area representing the image, as the first image data, and creates data, which includes a pixel value of a low resolution pixel representing a portion indicating a color different from the representative color of the image among a plurality of low resolution pixels arranged with the second pixel density in the image area, as the second image data. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208277 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a raster data creating unit that creates raster data representing an image including plural types of objects in response to input data representing the image, wherein the raster data includes high resolution raster data of a first pixel density and a low resolution raster data of a second pixel density lower than the first pixel density, and the raster data creating unit sets any one of pixel values of pixels of the high resolution raster data and pixel values of pixels of the low resolution raster data in an image area of objects of a type other than characters based on variation of colors of the image area represented by a plurality of pixels of the first pixel density, which correspond to one pixel of the second pixel density. | 08-19-2010 |
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20120176117 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING SWITCHING ELEMENT AND DRIVE CIRCUIT - An electronic control apparatus includes a switching element; an ON-drive constant-current circuit supplying a constant current to the control terminal of the switching element thereby charging the control terminal of the switching element; an OFF-drive switching element discharging electrical charge from the control terminal of the switching element by being turned ON; and a control circuit adapted to control the ON-drive constant-current circuit and the OFF-drive switching element in response to a drive signal being inputted, thereby controlling the voltage of the control terminal of the switching element so as to drive the switching element. The control circuit controls the current control transistor based on the voltage of the current detection resistor and supplies the constant current to the control terminal of the switching element, and detects an abnormality in the ON-drive constant-current circuit based on the voltage of the current detection resistor. | 07-12-2012 |
20120188001 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING SWITCHING ELEMENT AND DRIVE CIRCUIT - An electronic control apparatus includes a switching element having a control terminal; an ON-drive constant-current circuit for supplying a constant current to the control terminal, thereby charging the control terminal of the switching element with electrical charge; an OFF-drive switching element for discharging electrical charge from the control terminal of the switching element by being turned ON; and a control circuit adapted to control the ON-drive constant-current circuit and the OFF-drive switching element in response to a drive signal being inputted, thereby controlling the voltage of the control terminal of the switching element to drive the switching element. The ON-drive constant-current circuit includes a current control transistor and a current detection element. The control circuit controls the current control transistor based on the voltage of the current detection resistor and detects abnormality in the ON-drive constant-current circuit based on a source-drain voltage of the current control transistor. | 07-26-2012 |
20140147713 | BATTERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A battery monitoring apparatus monitors a battery pack configured by a plurality of battery cells. The battery monitoring apparatus includes a main monitoring unit, a sub monitoring unit and a control unit. The main monitoring unit monitors a plurality of physical quantities indicating a battery state of the battery pack. The sub monitoring unit monitors a part of the physical quantities separately from the main monitoring unit. The control unit detects malfunction of the battery pack on the basis of at least one of a monitoring result of the main monitoring unit and a monitoring result of the sub monitoring unit. | 05-29-2014 |
20150102820 | BATTERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A battery monitoring apparatus capable of reducing power consumption. At least one monitoring integrated circuit (IC) is electrically connected to a high-voltage battery formed of a plurality of cells and configured to monitor the high-voltage battery in a plurality of modes of operation. A low-voltage power supply circuit can deliver power of a lower voltage than the power of the high-voltage battery to the at least one monitoring IC. A power supply to the at least one monitoring IC is selected from a group of the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage power supply circuit depending on the mode of operation the at least one monitoring IC. | 04-16-2015 |
20150108992 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING STATE OF BATTERY PACK - In a battery monitoring system, an input current flowing through an input portion of an isolator member is larger than an output current flowing through an output portion of the isolator member. The output portion is electrically isolated from the input portion. The input and output portions of the isolator member are connected respectively to first and second circuits included in a group of the control circuit and the plurality of monitoring circuits. The first and second circuits are selected for the isolator member, The first and second circuits respectively serve as a sender and a receiver. The isolator member transfers serial data sent from the sender to the receiver while the sender and the receiver are electrically isolated from each other. The isolator is mounted on a substrate included in the control and monitoring substrates. The receiver is mounted on the substrate. | 04-23-2015 |
20150111073 | BATTERY PACK UNIT INTEGRATING BUS BAR UNIT, CELL MONITOR SUBSTRATE AND CONTROL UNIT - A battery pack unit includes: a plurality of battery cells each having an electrode; a battery pack constituted by the plurality of battery cells being laminated in a lamination direction; an electrode connecting member electrically connecting electrodes of mutually adjacent battery cells; a cell monitor substrate that monitors a state of every battery cell and a control unit electrically connected to the cell monitor substrate, receiving a signal transmitted from the cell monitor substrate. The cell monitor substrate and the control unit are arranged in the lamination direction and arranged in parallel with the electrode connecting member at a side of the electrode surface. | 04-23-2015 |
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20110097656 | TONER SET, DEVELOPER SET, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner set is composed of toners of a plurality of colors that are used in a tandem-type color image forming apparatus. Each of the toners of a plurality of colors includes toner base particles and an external additive. The external additive includes small-diameter silica particles and large-diameter silica particles larger than the small-diameter silica particles. When, of the toners of a plurality of colors, three color toners to be used consecutively for forming the toner image are defined as a first toner, second toner and third toner respectively in order of usage thereof, the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the second toner is smaller than the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the first toner and is larger than the average particle diameter of the large-diameter silica particles contained in the third toner. | 04-28-2011 |
20140030647 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. The average particle diameter of the resin fine particles is from 45 nm to 300 nm. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer. | 01-30-2014 |
20140030649 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner for electrostatic latent image development is comprised toner particles containing toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. The shell layer is smoothened to a predetermined level. And, when cross-sections of the toner particles are observed using a transmission electron microscope, cracks approximately perpendicular to surfaces of the toner core particles are observable inside the shell layer. | 01-30-2014 |
20140038097 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner for electrostatic latent image development, containing toner particles composed of toner core particle containing at least a binder resin and a shell layer coating the toner core particle. Average circularities D | 02-06-2014 |
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20080300095 | Automatic transmission - An automatic transmission comprises first, second and third gear sets | 12-04-2008 |
20090088281 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission is provided. One embodiment of the automatic transmission may include a valve body including control valves for hydraulically controlling a friction engaging element provided within said transmission. The automatic transmission may further include an electric control unit located on said valve body for controlling gear shifting of said automatic transmission. The automatic transmission may further include a transmission case having a peripheral wall for at least partially enclosing a gear shift mechanism and an outer wall provided adjacent to said peripheral wall, wherein said electric control unit is located within a containing space surrounded by said peripheral wall, said outer wall and said valve body. | 04-02-2009 |
20110232409 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an automatic transmission. In one example, the automatic transmission comprises a transmission case, a valve body which is arranged in the transmission case, a control valve mechanism which controls oil pressures in parts of the automatic transmission and is installed in the valve body, and a solenoid valve which is attached to the valve body and is arranged at a first side of the valve body and in the transmission case. The automatic transmission further comprises an electronic control unit which controls the solenoid valve, is attached to the valve body, and is arranged at a second side of the valve body that is opposite to the first side across the valve body. | 09-29-2011 |
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20130163771 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS - A communication method is provided. The communication method includes generating a pseudo background sound signal based on a gradient pulse control signal, performing a computation of subtracting the pseudo background sound signal from an acoustic signal having a sound signal and a background sound signal including a gradient coil drive sound signal, the acoustic signal obtained by an input device configured to receive the voice of a subject, and outputting sound based on a result of the computation, wherein a parameter of generating the pseudo background sound signal is controlled to reduce the difference resulting from the subtraction. | 06-27-2013 |
20140072131 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS - A communication method is provided. The communication method includes generating a pseudo background sound signal based on a gradient pulse control signal, performing a computation of subtracting the pseudo background sound signal from an acoustic signal having a sound signal and a background sound signal including a gradient coil drive sound signal, the acoustic signal obtained by an input device configured to receive the voice of a subject, and outputting sound based on a result of the computation, wherein a parameter of generating the pseudo background sound signal is controlled to reduce the difference resulting from the subtraction. | 03-13-2014 |
20140295671 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus is provided which includes a processing chamber disposed in a vacuum container, in a decompressed inside of which plasma is formed, a sample stage disposed in a lower part of the processing chamber, on a top surface of which a sample is mounted, a dielectric film made of a dielectric that forms a mounting surface on which the sample is mounted, and electrodes arranged inside the dielectric film and supplied with power for chucking and holding the sample onto the dielectric film, and when the sample is mounted on the sample stage, the sample is kept mounted on the sample stage until a sample temperature becomes a predetermined temperature or until a predetermined time elapses, and power is then supplied to the electrodes to chuck the sample to the sample stage and then start processing on the sample using the plasma. | 10-02-2014 |