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20090081393 | THERMAL INSULATION FOAMED SHEET, THERMAL INSULATION FOAMED CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a thermal insulation foamed sheet whose foaming height can be kept high by increasing an expansion ratio of foaming cells, thermal insulation foamed container using this and method for producing the same. | 03-26-2009 |
20110060446 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FLEXIBLE VESSEL MODEL FOR SIMULATING SURGICAL OPERATION - A method of producing a flexible vessel model for simulating a surgical operation, which is a three-dimensional model being capable of reproducing an aneurysm or narrowing occurring in the artery or vein based on CT/MRI image data of a patient obtained in practice and thus allowing vascular therapy trainings and preoperative simulations, with the use of a precise lamination modeling machine, wherein a vascular model having an affected part is fabricated by using a lamination technique together with a supporting material for sustaining the shape of the three-dimensional model during the fabrication in the precise lamination modeling machine and, after the completion of the fabrication by the lamination machine technique, the supporting material is removed. Thus, it is possible to provide a three-dimensional vascular model whereby the shape of an aneurysm or narrowing occurring in the artery or vein, which is to be used in preoperative simulation of vascular therapy for the artery or vein, can be reproduced with the use of a flexible polymer model and thus vascular therapy trainings and preoperative simulation can be carried out by using the same. | 03-10-2011 |
20120327513 | LENS COVER MECHANISM FOR PROJECTOR - The present invention provides a sliding lens cover mechanism for a projector, which enables enhancement in operability and prevention of noise, and the sliding lens cover mechanism includes: a front panel that allows the projection lens to be exposed from a part thereof; a lens cover that moves over said front panel, from fully-open state in which the projection lens is exposed and a fully-closed state in which said lens cover covers the projection lens; and a slide device unit that biases the lens cover to move to a fully-open state or to a fully-closed state or to an intermediate state, wherein the lens cover includes a pin that protrudes toward the front panel; and wherein the front panel includes a slide plate that abuts against the pin only in the fully open state or in the fully closed state. | 12-27-2012 |
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20100015779 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONDED WAFER - There is provided a bonded wafer having excellent thickness uniformity after thinning but also good surface roughness and being less in defects. | 01-21-2010 |
20100201976 | WAFER SURFACE MEASURING APPARATUS - A wafer surface measuring apparatus which measures a surface of the wafer by irradiating a laser beam on a wafer comprising a measuring stage that supports the outer edge of the wafer and loads the wafer in a manner not contacting the rear surface of the wafer and the stage surface, a wafer carrying means that moves the wafer over the measuring stage and loads the wafer on the measuring stage from an upward side, a rotary drive unit which rotates the measuring stage, and an ejection hole formed at a center portion of the stage surface to supply gas to a rear surface of the wafer loaded on the measuring stage. The wafer carrying means includes a chuck which sucks and holds the surface of the wafer in a non-contact manner and bends the wafer in an upwardly convex shape. | 08-12-2010 |
20100219500 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIRECT BONDED SOI WAFER AND DIRECT BONDED SOI WAFER MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOND - A direct bonded SOI wafer having an entire buried oxide film layer covered and not exposed is manufactured by: (A) forming a laminated body by laminating a semiconductor wafer and a support wafer via an oxide film; and (B) forming a thin-film single crystal silicon layer on the support wafer using a buried oxide film layer by film-thinning the semiconductor wafer to a predetermined thickness. In a process (C) the entire buried oxide film layer is covered by a main surface on the laminating side of the support wafer and the single crystal silicon layer. The covering of the entire buried film layer is carried out by, between process (A) and (B), removing the oxide film formed on the circumferential end edge of the main surface on the laminating side and the chamfered portion to leave the oxide film only on the laminated surface except the circumferential end edge. | 09-02-2010 |
20110136267 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FILM THINNING OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - The thickness of a semiconductor wafer layer, extending from a mirror-finished surface thereof to a solid-state image sensing device, is measured. Based on the residual thickness data, plasma etching is performed from the mirror-finished surface until a predetermined thickness is reached by controlling the plasma etching amount. By doing this, it is possible to reduce variation in the thickness of the solid-state image sensing device at low cost without causing an increase in the number of processes. | 06-09-2011 |
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20110279948 | Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a support member, and an antenna. The housing houses an electronic component. The support member is fixed to the housing. The antenna is fixed to the support member. The support member is arranged spaced apart from an outer surface of a main body of the electronic component. | 11-17-2011 |
20120307475 | Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a support member, and an antenna. The housing houses an electronic component. The support member is fixed to the housing. The antenna is fixed to the support member. The support member is arranged spaced apart from an outer surface of a main body of the electronic component. | 12-06-2012 |
20140111704 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE ASSEMBLY - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a display in the housing; a substrate configured to be accommodated in the housing and comprising a first opening; and a part configured to be mounted on a surface of the substrate and exhibit a square outer shape on a line of sight from a thickness direction of the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a second opening in a first region that is sandwiched between extended lines of two sides sandwiching a corner of the part on the line of sight from the thickness direction of the substrate and is at a side opposite to the part with respect to the corner, at a position that is overlapped with a straight line connecting the corner of the part and center of the first opening on the line of sight from the thickness direction of the substrate. | 04-24-2014 |
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20120280167 | FERRITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL, FERRITE MAGNET, AND FERRITE SINTERED MAGNET - A ferrite magnet and a ferrite sintered magnet including a ferrite magnetic material are provided. A main phase of the ferrite magnetic material includes a ferrite phase having a hexagonal crystal structure, and metal element composition expressed by Ca1-w-x-yR wSr xBayFezMm wherein 0.2511-08-2012 | |
20130027160 | SINTERED MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SINTERED MAGNET - The present invention aims to ensure strength of a thin-walled sintered magnet. A sintered magnet is a ferrite sintered magnet made by sintering a magnetic material. A magnetic powder mixture obtained by mixing magnetic powder with a binder resin is injection-molded into a mold with a magnetic field applied thereto to produce a molded body, which is then sintered to produce the sintered magnet. The sintered magnet has a thickness of 3.5 mm or less in the position of center of gravity thereof. The sintered magnet has a surface roughness Rz of 0.1 or more and 2.5 μm or less. The surface roughness Rz is a 10 point average roughness. | 01-31-2013 |
20140051799 | MODIFIED CONJUGATED DIENE RUBBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND RUBBER COMPOSITION - A method containing a step of reacting a conjugated diene polymer having an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal active end with a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound having one or more of each of the following functional groups I and II in its molecule to obtain a modified conjugated diene polymer containing a functional group II, and a step of mixing the modified conjugated diene polymer and a compound such as organic acid. A modified conjugated diene rubber which can be used as a raw material of a cross-linked rubber which can be used in tire treads and the like and can enhance low fuel consumption performance is provided. The functional group I is a hydrocarbyloxysilyl group. The functional group II is a nitrogen-containing group in which both of two hydrogen atoms of a primary amino group are substituted with protective groups. | 02-20-2014 |
20140097378 | FERRITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL, FERRITE MAGNET, AND FERRITE SINTERED MAGNET - A ferrite magnet and a ferrite sintered magnet including a ferrite magnetic material are provided. A main phase of the ferrite magnetic material includes a ferrite phase having a hexagonal crystal structure, and metal element composition expressed by Ca1-w-x-yR wSr xBayFezMm wherein 0.2504-10-2014 | |
20140221563 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENATURED CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER - A method for producing a modified conjugated diene polymer usable as a raw material of a crosslinked polymer which is used for use in tires and the like of automobiles and can enhance low fuel consumption performance of automobiles and the like is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
20140309363 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENATURED CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER - A method for producing a conjugated diene polymer usable as a raw material of a crosslinked polymer which is used for use in tires of automobiles and can enhance low fuel consumption performance of automobiles is provided. | 10-16-2014 |
20140357784 | MODIFIED CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A modified conjugated diene polymer, which can be used as a raw material of a cross-linked polymer for automobile tires, is prepared by a method including a step of polymerizing a monomer having a conjugated diene compound etc. in the presence of a compound of formula (1) or (2) and an alkali metal compound to obtain a conjugated diene polymer, and a step of reacting the polymer and a compound of formula (3). | 12-04-2014 |
20140361214 | FERRITE MAGNETIC MATERIAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a ferrite magnetic material which can provide a permanent magnet retaining high Br and HcJ as well as having high Hk/HcJ. The ferrite magnetic material according to a preferred embodiment is a ferrite magnetic material formed of hard ferrite, wherein a P content in terms of P | 12-11-2014 |
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20080279918 | Liposome And Method For Injecting Substance To Cell Using This Liposome - It is intended to efficiently inject into a target cell, a substance charged within a liposome. The present inventors have found that connexin synthesized within a liposome is introduced as connexon having a gap junction function into the liposome membrane. Specifically, the liposome according to the present invention is a liposome in which connexon composed of connexin synthesized by an in-vitro protein synthesis system is incorporated in a state of having a gap junction function. | 11-13-2008 |
20110242485 | FLUORESCENCE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, FLUORESCENCE IMAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A fluorescence image acquisition method including: irradiating an eyeground with a short-pulse beam of light for exciting a fluorescent dye; setting the time point of emission of the light as a reference, measuring the intensities of luminescence of the fluorescent dye at two different times which are predetermined periods of time after the reference, determining the ratio between the intensities of luminescence at the two different times, and detecting the intensity of luminescence of the fluorescent dye having marked a target by using the ratio; and generating a fluorescence image of the fluorescent dye having marked the target, based on the results of detection by the detecting step. | 10-06-2011 |
20130137156 | ARTIFICIAL BLOOD VESSEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - An artificial tissue capable of carrying necessary nutrients for maintaining activities of cells and tissues, and method of manufacturing artificial blood vessel. A plurality of forms of blood vessels are extracted from an image of living tissue and made into blood vessel form image. Each of the blood vessel forms of the blood vessel form image is adjusted and a blood vessel formation pattern is formed. A blood vessel cell culturing pattern of forming is formed, in a cell culturing layer. The blood vessel cell culturing pattern includes: a cell adhesion portion having adhesive properties with blood vessel cell and formed to the blood vessel formation pattern; and a cell adhesion-inhibiting portion having cell adhesion-inhibiting properties for inhibiting adhesion with a blood vessel cell and formed in an area other than the cell adhesion portion. A blood vessel cell is adhered to the cell adhesion portion, and cultured into tissue. | 05-30-2013 |
20130323842 | ARTIFICIAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial tissue construct that has means for transporting nutrients, oxygen, waste products, or the like and is viable in vivo. The present invention relates to a tissue construct formed in vitro, which comprises a vascular layer, a basal membrane layer, and a tissue-forming cell layer. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080305826 | Communication Device - It is equipped with information inquiry means which inquires for service utilization information regarding user's utilization of network on the occasion of receiving a multimedia transmission service by communication server through network, circuit switch communication means and packet switch communication means which communicate with communication server accounting situation monitor means which monitors a use situation of each communication means and, and multimedia transmission service request means which requests for a multimedia transmission service by communication server, on the basis of service utilization information acquired by information inquiry means and result information monitored by accounting situation monitor means, and can receive an optimum multimedia transmission service, responsive to a utilization situation of each communication means. | 12-11-2008 |
20140068114 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal includes a storage section that stores a file to be transmitted to an opponent terminal, a communication section that transmits the file to the opponent terminal, a cluster information calculation section that determines cluster information about clusters, and a DMA transfer section that DMA-transfers the file from the storage section to the communication section on the basis of the cluster information about the clusters to be transferred determined by the cluster information calculation section. The cluster information calculation section determines cluster information about clusters to be transferred next during the course of the DMA transfer. | 03-06-2014 |
20150016246 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A transmission terminal communicates with a reception terminal using a first communication path (a 60 GHz band) or a second communication path (a 2.4 GHz band or 5 GHz band). A first communication path connection detector | 01-15-2015 |
20150016378 | CONTROL METHOD OF FREQUENCY BAND SWITCHING AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - In a frequency band switching by Fast Session Transfer (FST), a timeout value (link loss timeout: LLT) is determined based on a change in a communication state, a switching setup sequence including a step of transmitting the determined timeout value to a peer wireless station is performed, and frequency switching to the second frequency band is performed when time of the timeout value elapses from when the switching setup sequence is completed. For example, a large timeout value (LLT=T1) is set at time of connection establishment, and the LLT is changed (LLT=T2 to T4) based on, for example, a state of transmission data or a change in a channel state. | 01-15-2015 |
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20120088853 | MOLDING MATERIAL FOR EXTRUSION FOAM MOLDING, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, WOODY MOLDED FOAM PRODUCED FROM THE MOLDING MATERIAL, AND PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE WOODY MOLDED FOAM - Disclosed is a molding material for extrusion foam molding from which woody molded foam of high quality can be obtained. From the molding material, woody molded foam of high quality with no defects is efficiently produced. Constituent materials comprising woodmeal and a thermoplastic resin as major components and containing 1-5 wt % alkane having a molecular weight of 300-1,000 g/mol are melt-kneaded until the components come into an evenly dispersed state, and the resultant mixture is molded into pellets having a given diameter to obtain a molding material. Subsequently, this molding material is extrusion-molded into a given shape together with a blowing agent by means of an extrusion molding device, thereby obtaining woody molded foam. The extrusion molding is preferably conducted in a manner such that the extrudate ( | 04-12-2012 |
20130065053 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE PELLET FOR EXTRUSION MOLDING, AND COMPOSITE PELLET FOR EXTRUSION MOLDING PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - Disclosed are composite pellets for extrusion molding wherein fusion does not occur between the pellets, and there is no variation in size and density. A molten material obtained by an extruder for a raw material containing a thermoplastic resin and wood powder is extruded into a strand shape through a die nozzle of the extruder, and cut into a predetermined length to form a pellet. At this time, the extrusion amount, the diameter of each nozzle hole, and the number of nozzle holes are adjusted so that the linear velocity (νd) of the molten material in each nozzle hole of the die nozzle is in the range of 12 to 50 cm/sec. Further, regardless of the variations in particle diameter, etc., a stable amount of the composite pellets are supplied to the extruder, and smoothly introduced to a screw of the extruder. The composite pellets and 12-hydroxystearic acid containing a metal of Ca, Mg, or Zn are agitated together, and 0.03 to 0.4 mass % of the 12-hydroxystearic acid is attached to the periphery of 100 mass % of the composite pellet, and the pellets are used for extrusion molding. | 03-14-2013 |
20140350143 | SYNTHETIC WOOD MEAL - The present invention directed to a synthetic wood meal for a pellet that enables to manufacture a molded product with no deformation such as warping and distortion or, if any, deformation that can be alleviated to a practically non-problematic level and also features high mechanical strength. The synthetic wood meal comprises 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a thermoplastic resin including polypropylene or a mixed material of polypropylene and polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride; 70 wt % to 30 wt % of a wood meal having a bulk density of 0.14 to 0.22 g/cm3 and a mean fiber length of 80 to 250 μm in which 30 wt % or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 60 μm or less, and 25 wt % or less of the wood meal having a shortest fiber length of 30 μm or less; and an additive including a reinforcing agent. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080203068 | Power Supply-Control Device for Electrical Discharge Machining Apparatus - A power-supply control device includes a high-frequency component detecting unit, a machining voltage level detecting device, and a pulse control device. The high-frequency component detecting unit detects a high-frequency component of discharge voltage at a machining gap. The machining voltage level detecting device detects a discharge voltage level at the machining gap. The high-frequency component is compared with a reference high-frequency component to obtain a first comparison result. The discharge voltage level is compared with a reference voltage level to obtain a second comparison result. The pulse control device controls pulse off time based on the first comparison result, and cuts off a discharge pulse based on the second comparison result. | 08-28-2008 |
20100147805 | Power-Supply Control Device for Electrical Discharge Machining Apparatus - A power-supply control device includes a high-frequency component detecting unit, a machining voltage level detecting device, a no-load time detecting device, and a pulse control device. The high-frequency component detecting unit detects a high-frequency component of discharge voltage at a machining gap. The machining voltage level detecting device detects a discharge voltage level at the machining gap. The no-load time detecting device detects delay time of discharge of the discharge voltage at the machining gap. The high-frequency component is compared with a reference value to obtain a first comparison result. The discharge voltage level is compared with a reference level to obtain a second comparison result. The pulse control device controls pulse off time based on the first comparison result and the detected delay time, and cuts off a discharge pulse based on the second comparison result. | 06-17-2010 |
20100320173 | POWER SOURCE CONTROLLER OF ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINE - A discharge pulse control device cuts off a pulse width of the a discharge pulse being produced in a machining gap when a comparison result of a voltage level comparator indicates abnormal electrical discharge. Upon detection of abnormal electrical discharge based on comparison results of a high-frequency component comparator and the voltage level comparator, a quiescent period control unit constructed from a discharge pulse diagnosis device, a first pulse counter, a second pulse counter, and a quiescent pulse control device performs change setting of the quiescent period at the time of occurrence of abnormal electrical discharge and sends that information to the discharge pulse control device. Subsequently, the discharge pulse control device performs change control of the quiescent period at the time of occurrence of abnormal electrical discharge so that the discharge pulse and the quiescent time are optimally controlled. | 12-23-2010 |
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20080252970 | Stereoscopic display unit and stereoscopic vision observation device - A stereoscopic display unit and stereoscopic vison observation device are disclosed that include a projector that projects left-eye and right-eye images via two apertures that serve as exit pupils of the projector onto the same image surface and a display panel. The display panel is positioned at, or in the vicinity of, the image surface, and includes an optical element having an optical axis and positive optical power that conjugates the exit pupils of the projector so as to form exit pupils for observation. The optical axis of the optical element having positive optical power is offset so as to lie outside the surface area of the display panel and a diffuser is provided at, or in the vicinity of, the image surface for the purpose of enlarging the exit pupils for observation to thereby form enlarged exit pupils for observation. Various other features are also disclosed. | 10-16-2008 |
20090218896 | Surface mount-type vibration motor and fixation structure for surface mount-type vibration motor - [Problems] A surface mount-type vibration motor and an installation structure for a surface mount-type vibration motor, where soldered portions are prevented from separating from a circuit board without requiring any design change in a vibration motor body. | 09-03-2009 |
20130163092 | Endoscope Objective Optical System - Provided is an endoscope objective optical system that allows close-up observation while ensuring sufficient image brightness. Provided is an endoscope objective optical system consisting of a front group, an aperture stop, and a back group disposed in order from an object side; and a meniscus lens that can be inserted in and removed from an optical path between the aperture stop and the front group or the back group, with a convex surface thereof facing the aperture stop side. | 06-27-2013 |
20140009958 | Endoscopic Illumination Optical System - Illumination light is efficiently distributed to a target, and luminous intensity distribution is enhanced. An endoscopic illumination optical system includes a light guide bundle in an insertion portion of an endoscope, for guiding light from a light source, and a lens for distributing the light from the bundle to a target. The lens includes two inflection points in a vertical cross section including an optical axis of the lens, and includes a first concave surface inside the two inflection points, and an annular second concave surface outside the inflection points, continuous with an outer periphery of the first surface. The second surface faces an outer peripheral edge of the bundle in an optical axis direction. A distance A between the inflection points in the vertical cross section and a diameter D of an end surface of the satisfy | 01-09-2014 |
20140098429 | Endoscopic Objective Optical System - The diameter of an endoscope insertion portion is reduced, and a wide field angle of an endoscope insertion portion is obtained. An endoscope objective optical system includes, from an object side, a first lens formed of a plano-concave lens having a concave surface facing an image side, a second lens formed of a plano-concave lens having a concave surface facing the object side, an aperture stop, and a third lens formed of a plano-convex lens having a plane surface facing the object side, and satisfies | 04-10-2014 |
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20080266607 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet including: an image forming section to form images on sheets according to a plurality of page image data divided in a plurality of chapters; a finisher section for forming a book with the sheets divided in chapters; and a control section to combine heading image data with the page image data with respect to chapters in a matter that positions of the heading image data to discern chapters are along a fore edge of the book and to allow the image forming section to form the images when the book is formed by the finisher section. | 10-30-2008 |
20090285587 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a printer section to form an image on a paper sheet; a plurality of paper feed trays; and a controller which controls the image forming apparatus to execute a job, wherein, the controller sets a paper size, a paper type, and a paper feed tray to be used for each page of the job, and wherein in cases where a first paper feed tray is refilled with the paper sheet, after the first paper feed tray runs out of the paper sheet in the course of executing a first job and is switched to a second paper feed tray by an automatic tray switching function, the controller continues to feed the paper sheet by using the second paper feed tray, even in cases where the first paper feed tray has been set as a paper feed tray for the each page of the first job. | 11-19-2009 |
20100244856 | OBSTACLE DETECTING SYSTEM AND OBSTACLE DETECTING DEVICE - An obstacle detecting system having leakage coaxial cables laid on at both the sides of an obstacle monitoring district and an obstacle detecting device for emitting electrical waves from one of the leakage coaxial cables laid on at both the sides to the other leakage coaxial cable and detecting an obstacle in the obstacle monitoring district on the basis of the electrical waves incident to the other leakage coaxial cable is further equipped with an electrical wave transmitting unit for transmitting the electrical waves to the one leakage coaxial cable in the obstacle detecting device, an electrical wave receiving unit for receiving the electrical waves incident to the other leakage coaxial cable, and a connecting unit for connecting the electrical wave transmitting unit and the electrical wave receiving unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20110234404 | INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM AND SENSOR DEVICE THEREOF - A intrusion detection system includes a first sensor device having a first transmission circuit unit that transmits a modulation wave of a first transmission spectrum diffusion signal to a first transmission leakage transfer passage and a second sensor device having a second transmission circuit unit that transmits a modulation wave of a second transmission spectrum diffusion signal to a second transmission leakage transfer passage. The signal interval of the first transmission spectrum diffusion signal is the same as the signal interval of the second transmission spectrum diffusion signal. The first transmission spectrum diffusion signal and the second transmission spectrum diffusion signal are shifted in frequency so that the first transmission spectrum diffusion signal does not overlap with the second transmission spectrum diffusion signal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110267650 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium to output the image based on a print job, and the image forming apparatus includes: a control section which controls an output operation performed by the image forming apparatus; and an informing section; wherein the control section causes the informing section to inform output content confirmation information for confirming one or more contents each being of an image output operation corresponding to the print job and one or more contents each being of a predetermined output operation set in the image forming apparatus, based on the print job and a setting content of the predetermined output operation set in the image forming apparatus, the setting content being set independently of a setting of the image output operation corresponding to the print job. | 11-03-2011 |
20110310403 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECORDED - A computer executes blocking processing for an object based on the size of a blank space between objects included in document data to thereby generate a block. Then, the computer divides the block in the vertical direction, and detects the column group structure of document data based on the division result. When a multiple-column structure is included in the detected column group structure, the computer performs reblocking processing for an object of a column included in a column group area corresponding to the multiple-column structure. Then, the computer performs margin reduction processing for reducing a blank space between blocks included in the column group area by setting the column group area subject to reblocking as the subject to be processed. | 12-22-2011 |
20120128342 | SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA USING PHASE DIFFERENCE DETECTION METHOD - A single-reflex camera includes a mirror box, and a focus detecting unit. The mirror box further includes a first opening on a side of the image-pickup optical system, which the light flux that has passed the image-pickup optical system enters, and a bottom plate arranged between the mirror and the focus detecting unit, the bottom plate including a plate-shaped front part that extends so as to approach to an optical axis of the image-pickup optical system from the first opening. Part of the condenser lens is located on a side of the optical axis of the image-pickup optical system with respect to a line that is made by extending, parallel to the optical axis of the image-pickup optical system, an end of the first opening on a side of the bottom plate. | 05-24-2012 |
20120229860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECORDED - An information processing apparatus includes a print appearance acquisition unit configured to acquire print appearance information including information for integration printing; a group generation unit configured to generate one or a plurality of groups by grouping the plurality of objects; a page number calculation unit configured to calculate the number of pages targeted for reduction for reducing the print sheets without producing any blank page area on the print sheets, when the integration printing is performed, on the basis of the number of pages of the plurality of pages to be assigned on each of the print sheets by the integration printing and the number of pages of the document data; and a page reduction unit configured to reduce the total number of pages by moving the groups on the basis of the print appearance information and the number of pages targeted for reduction. | 09-13-2012 |
20120236336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - An information apparatus determines whether a number of color pages in a document data has increased, and when it is determined that the number of the color pages has not increased, page reduction processing is executed on specified pages in the document data, and when it is determined that the number of the color pages has increased, page reduction processing is not executed on the specified pages in the document data. | 09-20-2012 |
20130227400 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to scan document data in a direction from a first page to a last page to extract a first page range required for reducing one page and to scan the document data from the last page in the first page range in a direction opposite to the direction of scanning the first page range to extract a second page range required for reducing one page, and a page reduction unit configured to execute page reduction processing by reducing a blank region included in a page in the second page range if a number of pages included in the second page range is smaller than a number of pages included in the first page range. | 08-29-2013 |
20130272741 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming system including an image forming unit to print an image on a sheet based on a job, a postprocessing unit to carry out postprocessing to the sheet based on the job, and a control unit to manage the job, and to control the print and the postprocessing, the control unit can determine whether the postprocessing execution job includes an applying prohibition sheet or not, and if a predetermined condition such as a page other than first and last pages is satisfied in predetermined postprocessing such as bundle processing, permits the job for the predetermined postprocessing to carry out an output such as insertion of the applying prohibition sheet, for which the postprocessing is prohibited in applying due to a difference in sheet size from a prescribed size and the like, into a bundle of applying permission sheets. | 10-17-2013 |
20140074897 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a first saving unit configured to save a file received by a first receiving method for receiving one file via one request, a first deletion unit configured to, if it is determined that a file has been newly received, delete the file which the first saving unit has saved, a second saving unit configured to save a file received by a second receiving method which is capable of receiving a plurality of files via one request, and a second deletion unit configured to, if it is determined that a file has been newly received, delete the file which the second saving unit has saved with higher priority than deletion of the file, which the first saving unit has saved, by the first deletion unit. | 03-13-2014 |
20140192375 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of a job and a controller that manages the job and controls the formation of the image. The controller enables a sample discharge and determines whether to change a sample discharge interval which is set in the sample discharge on the basis of information related to the image when the job is executed. | 07-10-2014 |
20140289662 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: a status change unit configured to change, if a drag operation required to drag an object is made by bringing an instruction member into contact with a screen which is configured to accept a multi-touch instruction, an object, for which the drag operation is made, of a first page to a drag state; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not an instruction requested by bringing the instruction member into contact with the screen during dragging of the object is a page change instruction; a page change unit configured to change, if it is determined that the instruction is the page change instruction, a display target page from the first page to a second page during dragging of the object; and an arrangement unit configured to arrange the dragged object on the second page. | 09-25-2014 |
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20120119436 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING UNIT INCLUDING SAME - A sheet conveyance device includes a loading section, a first conveyance member a separation section, a first sheet length detector to detect whether the sheet is longer than a predetermined length slightly longer than a specific sheet size in the sheet conveyance direction, a trailing-edge detector disposed downstream from the separation section, a leading-edge detector disposed downstream from the trailing-edge detector a distance smaller than the specific sheet size and from the first conveyance member a distance longer than the specific sheet size, and a controller. When the sheet is equal to or greater than the predetermined length, the controller starts sheet feeding when the trailing-edge detector detects the trailing edge of the sheet, and when the sheet is smaller than that, the controller starts sheet feeding when either the leading-edge detector detects the leading edge of the sheet or the trailing-edge detector detects the trailing edge thereof. | 05-17-2012 |
20120314267 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A sheet conveyance device includes a loading section, a sheet feeding unit, a separation section disposed downstream in a sheet conveyance direction from the sheet feeding unit, a conveyance member to transport a sheet separated by the separation section, a trailing-edge detector disposed at a first conveyance distance (L | 12-13-2012 |
20130215481 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet housing unit that houses a sheet; a sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheet; a sheet detection unit that detects presence or absence of the sheet in the sheet housing unit; a sheet nipping unit that nips the sheet housed in the sheet housing unit; and a control unit. The control unit controls the sheet nipping unit to reach a nipping state to nip the sheet in the sheet housing unit upon the sheet detection unit detecting a sheet-present state, executes a power saving mode to stop supplying power to at least a part of the electric mechanisms when no drive command is input for a predetermined time, and controls the sheet nipping unit to cancel the nipping state before execution of the power saving mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130242359 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member. | 09-19-2013 |
20130320611 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device such as a feed mechanism includes a pick-up roller and a cover member. The pick-up roller feeds, into an apparatus, a sheet such as a document on a placing table such as a document placing table on which the sheet is placed. The cover member such as a pick-up cover covers the pick-up roller. The cover member is supported at both ends thereof on a shaft of the pick-up roller or on shaft bearings that receive the shaft of the pick-up roller. | 12-05-2013 |
20140084531 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes: a separation sheet feeding mechanism having a paper feeding belt and a separation roller; and an adjustment mechanism that changes contact state of the paper feeding belt to the separation roller by changing relative position of the paper feeding belt and the separation roller, and changes and adjusts separation performance of the separation roller for the subsequent sheet, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a cam follower member changing the relative position of the feeding belt and the separation roller, the cam member includes a first cam face and a second cam face which are formed at each rotation radius position in accordance with the rotation angle position, and are spaced apart in the rotation radius direction, and the cam follower member has a contact unit guided by the first cam face and the second cam face. | 03-27-2014 |
20140118475 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONFERENCE SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A disclosed information processing device transmits and receives, as elements, audio information of inputted audio, video information of video taken, and screen image information of a screen image to be shared. The information processing device includes a determination criteria storing unit configured to store determination criteria created in terms of the elements for determining whether to continue transmission or reception of the elements, an information obtaining unit configured to obtain specified information related to the elements from the elements being transmitted and received, and an element determination unit configured to determine from the obtained information whether to continue or not the transmission or the reception of the elements by referring to the determination criteria. | 05-01-2014 |
20140140744 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic document feeder includes a document stack unit; a conveying unit configured to separate a document from the documents stacked on the document stack unit and convey the document to a scanning position through a conveying path; document detecting units configured to detect the document; an upstream document detecting unit configured to detect the document, the upstream document detecting unit being arranged in the conveying path at an uppermost stream in a document conveying direction with respect to the document detecting units; and a determining unit configured to determine a passage of a trailing end of the document at positions of the document detecting units and the upstream document detecting unit and determine a presence of a hole on the document, based on the detection results. A detection range of the upstream document detecting unit is set to be wider than detection ranges of the document detecting units. | 05-22-2014 |
20140240450 | TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - A transmission terminal is connected to a management apparatus, which stores information on a destination in a first communication mode associated with a plurality of transmission terminals, via a network. The transmission terminal includes a transmission unit that sends data including at least voice data; a voice input unit, that inputs the voice data; and a determination unit that determines whether the transmission terminal is in the first communication mode or not based on an input volume level of the voice data, input by the voice input unit. When the determination unit determines that the transmission terminal is in the first communication mode, the data sent by the transmission unit is relayed only to an other transmission terminal of the transmission terminals, which communicate with the transmission terminal. The other transmission terminal corresponds to the destination associated with the transmission terminal in the management apparatus. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244460 | FEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND FEE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A disclosed fee management system is for managing attending fees that are charged when transmission terminals attend a conversation in a transmission management system, which manages transmission of information associated with the conversation between the transmission terminals. The fee management system includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire attending hours information and conversation quality information, the attending hours information indicating attending hours for which the respective transmission terminals have attended the conversation, the conversation quality information indicating conversation communication service quality provided during the conversation; an attending hours computing unit configured to compute total attending hours based on the attending hours information, the total attending hours indicating hours for which the terminal has attended the conversation; and an attending fee computing unit configured to compute an attending fee for each of the terminals based on the corresponding total attending hours and the conversation quality information. | 08-28-2014 |
20140368410 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes a display control unit configured to display data in an area formed in a display unit connected to the information processing device, a display data acquiring unit configured to acquire the display data displayed in an operation reception area or an entire area, which is a target of receiving an operation by a user, an area forming unit configured to form a render reception area so as to be superposed on the operation reception area, a render receiving unit configured to receive rendering with respect to the render reception area, a render data acquiring unit configured to acquire render data rendered in the render reception area, a render data combining unit configured to combine the display data with the render data, and a data sending unit configured to send, to a terminal, the display data with which the render data has been combined. | 12-18-2014 |
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20110190403 | Hydrocarbon compound synthesis reaction unit and operating method thereof - A hydrocarbon compound synthesis reaction unit which synthesizes a hydrocarbon compound by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having a solid catalyst suspended in liquid hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbon compound synthesis reaction unit is provided with: a reactor which contains the slurry inside, into which the synthesis gas is introduced, and from which the gas after the reaction is discharged from the top thereof; an internal separation device provided inside the reactor to separate the catalyst and the synthesized liquid hydrocarbons in the slurry; and an external separation device provided outside the reactor to separate the catalyst and the liquid hydrocarbons in the slurry which is extracted from the reactor. | 08-04-2011 |
20110200492 | Catalyst separation system - A catalyst separation system which separates catalyst particles from liquid hydrocarbons synthesized by a chemical reaction of a synthesis gas including a hydrogen and a carbon monoxide as the main components, and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid, the catalyst separation system is provided with: a reactor; a storage tank which stores the slurry drawn from the reactor; a plurality of filters which filters the slurry; and a filtrate recovery vessel which recovers a filtrate which has passed through the plurality of filters, wherein the plurality of filters is disposed in series in a flow line for the slurry from the storage tank to the filtrate recovery vessel. | 08-18-2011 |
20130327687 | MAGNETIC-SEPARATION FILTER DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a magnetic-separation filter device that removes contaminants of fine ferromagnetic particles from a fluid containing such contaminants, comprising: a substantially cylindrical housing; two partition plates that are disposed in an inside of the housing so as to extend in a vertical direction of the housing, dividing the inside of the housing by being disposed in parallel to each other; | 12-12-2013 |
20140157813 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A temperature control system of the invention recovers reaction heat in a reactor in which an exothermal reaction occurs, to control the temperature in the reactor. The temperature control system includes: a refrigerant drum in which vapor and a liquid refrigerant are stored in a vapor-liquid equilibrium state; a heat removing section arranged in the reactor to evaporate a part of the liquid refrigerant supplied from the refrigerant drum by the reaction heat; a Return line that returns mixed phase fluid of vapor and the liquid refrigerant generated in the heat removing section to the refrigerant drum; a Vapor outlet line that supplies vapor in the refrigerant drum to outside of the system; and a Replenishing line that supplies makeup water in an amount matched with an amount of vapor discharged to the outside of the system, to the Return line. | 06-12-2014 |
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20090002112 | Coil component and method and apparatus for producing the same - A coil component having a core including a winding portion, and first and second flanges disposed one on either end of the winding portion, A winding is wound about the winding portion, and first and second terminal electrodes are disposed on the first flange. The first flange has an octagonal shape including a bottom surface, a first peripheral surface, first and third omitted peripheral surfaces disposed one on either side of the first peripheral surface, a second peripheral surface opposing the first peripheral surface, and second and fourth omitted peripheral surfaces disposed one on either side of the second peripheral surface. The first terminal electrode is disposed across the first omitted peripheral surface, a part of the bottom surface in a region connecting the entire first omitted side to the entire third omitted side, and the third omitted peripheral surface. The second terminal electrode is disposed across the second omitted peripheral surface, a part of the bottom surface in a region connecting the entire second omitted side to the entire fourth omitted side, and the fourth omitted peripheral surface. The winding has a first end electrically connected to the first terminal electrode on the first omitted peripheral surface and a second end electrically connected to the second terminal electrode on the second omitted peripheral surface. | 01-01-2009 |
20090315659 | Coil component and method for producing the same - A coil component having an easily discernible orientation, and a method of producing such a coil component that facilitates the injection of resin. A coil component includes a core with a winding portion, first and second flanges disposed on either end of the winding portion, and a winding accommodating region defined by the winding portion and the first and second flanges, terminal electrodes disposed on the second flange and a winding wound about the winding portion and connected to the terminal electrodes. An insulating resin is formed over the winding at the winding accommodating region. A marker made from a material the same as the insulating resin is provided at outer peripheral surface of the flanges. | 12-24-2009 |
20110007439 | COMPOSITE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention is provided with a composite electronic device comprising an inductor element and an ESD protection element formed between two magnetic substrates, wherein the inductor element includes insulation layers made of a resin, and spiral conductors formed on the insulation layers, the ESD protection element includes a base insulation layer, a pair of gap electrodes arranged via gap formed therebetween on the base insulation layer, and an ESD absorbing layer arranged at least between the gap electrodes, and a gap protection layer provided on at least one of the upper side and lower side of the gap, the ESD absorbing layer includes a composite material having an insulation inorganic material and a conductive inorganic material discontinuously dispersed in a matrix of the insulation inorganic material. The gap protection layer is made of resin including magnetic powder and carbon. | 01-13-2011 |
20130222101 | COIL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A coil component includes: an insulating resin layer provided between a first planar spiral conductor formed on a back surface of a first substrate and a second planer spiral conductor formed on a back surface of a second substrate; an upper core covering a third second planer spiral conductor formed on a front surface of the first substrate on which the insulating resin layer is formed; and a lower core covering a fourth planer spiral conductor formed on a front surface of the second substrate on which the insulating resin layer is formed. One of the upper and lower cores is formed of a metal-magnetic-powder-containing resin. The coil component includes connecting portions disposed respectively at center and outside portions of each of the first and second substrates so as to physically connect the upper and lower cores. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224854 | ANTI-SINGLE-CHAIN TYPE IV COLLAGEN POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBODY, PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG, DIAGNOSTIC, PREVENTIVE, OR THERAPEUTIC DRUG FOR TUMOUR CONTAINING THE ANTIBODY - A monoclonal antibody, wherein the monoclonal antibody specifically binds to a single-chain type IV collagen polypeptide, and wherein the monoclonal antibody is obtained by a hybridoma line of Anti NK-Antigen monoclonal antibody #141 having Accession No: FERM BP-11300. | 08-29-2013 |
20130249662 | PLANAR COIL ELEMENT - In a planar coil element, the quantitative ratio of inclined particles to total particles of a first metal magnetic powder contained in a metal magnetic powder-containing resin provided in a through hole of a coil unit is higher than the quantitative ratio of inclined particles to total particles of the first metal magnetic powder contained in the metal magnetic powder-containing resin provided in other than the through hole, and many of particles of the first metal magnetic powder in the magnetic core are inclined particles whose major axes are inclined with respect to the thickness direction and the planar direction of a substrate. Therefore, the planar coil element has improved strength as compared to a planar coil element shown in FIG. | 09-26-2013 |
20130249664 | PLANAR COIL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - In a planar coil element and a method for producing the same, a metal magnetic powder-containing resin containing an oblate or needle-like first metal magnetic powder contains a second metal magnetic powder having an average particle size (1 μm) smaller than that (32 μm) of the first metal magnetic powder, which significantly reduces the viscosity of the metal magnetic powder-containing resin. Therefore, the metal magnetic powder-containing resin is easy to handle when applied to enclose a coil unit, which makes it easy to produce the planar coil element. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090029308 | HEAT SHIELD PLATE FOR SUBSTRATE ANNEALING APPARATUS - A heat shield plate for a substrate annealing apparatus is provided with a horizontally supported flat-plate-like substrate | 01-29-2009 |
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20110097907 | LASER ANNEALING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are a laser annealing method and apparatus capable of forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film on the entire surface of a substrate without sacrificing the uniformity of crystallinity in a seam portion in a long-axis direction of laser light, the crystalline semiconductor thin film having good properties and high uniformity to an extent that the seam portion is not visually recognizable. | 04-28-2011 |
20110108535 | LASER ANNEALING APPARATUS - Provided is a laser annealing apparatus capable of reducing irradiation unevenness of laser light caused by a refraction phenomenon of laser light due to fluctuation in the temperature of inert gas. | 05-12-2011 |
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20110237304 | Portable terminal device - A portable terminal device includes a first housing in which at least a display section is placed; a second housing in which at least an operation section is placed; a first circuit board on which a first connector is mounted; a second circuit board on which a second connector is mounted; and a connecting cable. A part of the first housing and a part of the second housing are placed one on top of another in a thickness direction. A first holding section and a second holding section are provided inside at least one of the first housing and the second housing, and when the first housing slides with respect to the second housing, a portion of the connecting cable between the first holding section and the second holding section is bent and extended. | 09-29-2011 |
20110304716 | Optical device for stereoscopic display and stereoscopic display apparatus - An optical device for stereoscopic display includes: a display section having a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other and outputting displayed-image light from the second surface; a parallax separation section disposed to face the second surface of the display section, and splitting the displayed-image light from the display section to allow stereoscopy; a first transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the first surface of the display section; and a second transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the second surface of the display section. | 12-15-2011 |
20130057756 | DRIVE UNIT, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A drive unit includes: a holding member holding an object to be driven; a polymer actuator device provided on one side of the object to be driven; one or more supporting members provided on the other side of the object to be driven; and a fixing member directly or indirectly fixing a first end of each of the polymer actuator device and the supporting members. A second end of each of the polymer actuator device and the supporting members is directly or indirectly connected to an end of the holding member. | 03-07-2013 |
20140320988 | POLYMER DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LENSE MODULE, AND IMAGING UNIT - A polymer device includes: a pair of electrode layers; a polymer layer inserted between the pair of electrode layers; and an expansion-contraction suppression layer arranged between the pair of electrode layers, the expansion-contraction suppression layer being arranged away from the respective electrode layers, and the expansion-contraction suppression layer being configured to suppress expansion and contraction of the polymer layer. | 10-30-2014 |
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20110308371 | SAW WIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAW WIRE - There are provided a fixed-abrasive grain saw wire with a superior cutting performance and a manufacturing method thereof. Particularly, there are provided a fixed-abrasive grain saw wire with abrasive grains adhered to a metal wire via a Zn-based or Sn-based low-melting-point metal and a high-melting-point metal having a melting point higher than that of the low-melting-point metal, and a manufacturing method thereof. | 12-22-2011 |
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20130071504 | TIRE VULCANIZER AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING OR PACKAGING THE SAME - Provided are a tire vulcanizer and a method for transporting or packaging the same whereby, even in cases where the overall height direction dimension of the vulcanizer exceeds size limits for domestic transportation or export packaging, the vulcanizer can easily clear said limits and be transported or packaged. A tire vulcanizer comprising tie rods extending upward from a base plate, said tie rods receiving squeezing force applied to a bolster plate and a top mold when vulcanizing a tire and guiding lifting/lowering of the bolster plate and the top mold when opening and closing the top mold. In such a tire vulcanizer, the tie rods are configured so as to be vertically dividable into at least two or more sections at a position in the length direction thereof. | 03-21-2013 |
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20080285164 | Light Reflecting Board - A technology for preventing cracks from occurring in a light reflector plate fabricated by forming a synthetic resin reflector plate into a three-dimensional shape and effectively preventing deformation of this light reflector plate is provided. | 11-20-2008 |
20090195880 | LIGHT REFLECTION PLATE - A three-dimensional light reflection plate that can successfully prevent deformation of the light reflection plate, reduce initial cost and product cost, and facilitate increase in size and reflectance. The light reflection plate includes a bottom plate in which a plurality of mutually parallel slit holes are formed on a flat, light-reflective plate material and a mountain plate that is rectangular from a planar view of which a width direction cross-sectional shape is a mountain shape and in which insertion sections are formed in both width-direction end sections. The mountain plate is fixed to the bottom plate by the insertion sections of the mountain plate being inserted into the slit holes of the bottom plate. | 08-06-2009 |
20090231842 | LIGHT REFLECTOR AND PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE - A light reflector and a planar light source achieving high average luminance and little luminance unevenness are provided. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231843 | PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE - A planar light source achieving high average luminance and little luminance unevenness is provided. | 09-17-2009 |
20130033899 | REFLECTING BASE MATERIAL, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTING BASE MATERIAL - A reflecting base material that can reliably prevent the occurrence of uneven brightness, a backlight unit that uses the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. Surface profile information of the reflecting base material | 02-07-2013 |
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20090062545 | Trisazo Compound, Ink Composition, Recording Method, and Colored Article - The present invention relates to a trisazo compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof, | 03-05-2009 |
20090136720 | Azo Compound, Ink Composition, Recording Method and Colored Article - The present invention relates to an azo compound represented by the following formula (1) | 05-28-2009 |
20100118067 | WATER-SOLUBLE AZO COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, INK COMPOSITION AND COLORED PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a water-soluble azo compound represented by the following formula (1): | 05-13-2010 |
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20110052885 | WATER SOLUBLE AZO COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, INK COMPOSITION AND COLORED BODY - Provided is a water soluble azo compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof, which serves as a yellow coloring matter having a hue with high brilliance which is suitable for ink jet recording, and which enables a recorded matter to have various superior fastness properties. When an ink composition is prepared using the azo compound or a salt thereof, the ink composition can have superior storage stability. Also provided is an ink composition containing the water soluble azo compound or a salt thereof. | 03-03-2011 |
20110216117 | WATER-SOLUBLE AZO COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, INK COMPOSITION, AND COLORED MATTER - Disclosed is a water-soluble azo compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof, which functions as a yellow dye having a high print density suitable for inkjet recording. Matter recorded by using the water-soluble azo compound or a salt thereof has high fastness in various fields, and an ink composition prepared by using the water-soluble azo compound or a salt thereof has excellent storage stability. An ink composition containing the water-soluble azo compound or a salt thereof is also disclosed. In formula (1), R represents a hydrogen atom or the like; n represents an integer of 1-3; m represents 1 or 2; x represents an integer of 2-4; and group A represents a carboxy-substituted C | 09-08-2011 |
20120037037 | WATER-SOLUBLE AZO COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, INK COMPOSITION, AND COLORED ARTICLE - Disclosed are: a yellow dye which has a color phase having a high contrast ratio suitable for inkjet recording, can produce recorded materials having high durability, and can be used for the preparation of an ink composition to provide an ink composition having excellent storage stability; and an ink composition containing the yellow dye. Specifically disclosed are: a water-soluble azo compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof; and an ink composition containing the compound or the salt thereof. The ink composition has a color phase and a color saturation suitable for inkjet recording, can produce recorded materials having high durability, particularly high light resistance and ozone gas resistance, and can also produce printed images having excellent storage stability or the like. In the formula, Q represents a halogen atom; R represents a C1-C11 alkylene group; p represents an integer of 2 to 4; and n represents 1 or 2. | 02-16-2012 |
20120092400 | WATER-SOLUBLE AZO COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, INK COMPOSITION, AND COLORED ARTICLE - Disclosed is a yellow dye which has a hue with high definition that is suitable for inkjet recording, and which enables a material recorded therewith to have high fastness in various fields. The yellow dye is capable of providing an ink composition that has excellent storage stability. Also disclosed is an ink composition containing the yellow dye. Specifically disclosed are a water-soluble azo compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof, and an ink composition containing the compound or salt. The ink composition has a hue and definition suitable for inkjet recording, and enables a material recorded therewith to have high fastness in various fields, while enabling an image recorded therewith to have excellent storage stability and the like. In formula (1), Q represents a halogen atom; W represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group; x represents an integer of 2-4; and y represents an integer of 1-4. | 04-19-2012 |
20130011637 | WATER-SOLUBLE AZO COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF, INK COMPOSITION, AND COLORED BODY - A water-soluble azo compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof, and an ink composition containing the compound or salt. The ink composition has a chroma saturation and hue suitable for inkjet recording, and enables a material recorded therewith to have high fastness in various fields, in particular high ozone gas resistance, while enabling an image recorded therewith to have excellent storage stability and the like. In formula (1), Q represents a halogen atom; x represents an integer of 2 to 4; and the group A represents an amino group represented by the following formula (101). In formula (101), y represents an integer of 1 to 3. | 01-10-2013 |
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20120000885 | STAMPER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE STAMPER, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE STAMPER - According to one embodiment, a stamper manufacturing method includes forming a conductive material concentration gradient layer including the projections pattern, and a composition ratio of a buffering agent to a conductive material in the conductive material concentration gradient layer reducing in a thickness direction from a master side. | 01-05-2012 |
20120063290 | Write-once type information storage medium (disk structure of recording type information storage medium having structure in which recording layer formed on transparent susbstrate is defined as inside), and information reproducing method or information recording method as well as storage medium manufacturing - An embodiment of the invention, to provide a recording method and a storage medium for BCA data with high reliability for a storage medium and a method for reproducing BCA data from the storage medium, and an information recording apparatus and an information reproducing apparatus. In a conventional optical disk, low reliability data is recorded in a data area of BCA. Thus, the thickness of a film material for use in a recording layer oriented to BCA data or close to the inner periphery of the storage medium in the vicinity thereof is formed in uniform thickness by using a substrate of the storage medium, the substrate being formed by being suctioned by means of adsorbing mechanisms formed in an arc shape so as to integrated two of the adsorbing mechanisms to be adjacent to each other. | 03-15-2012 |
20140232032 | LITHOGRAPHY ORIGINAL CHECKING DEVICE, LITHOGRAPHY ORIGINAL CHECKING METHOD, AND PATTERN DATA CREATING METHOD - In one embodiment, a lithography original checking method includes applying resin onto a first lithography original having a first concavo-convex pattern, hardening the resin, releasing the hardened resin from the first lithography original and producing a second lithography original having a second concavo-convex pattern corresponding to the first concavo-convex pattern, enlarging the second lithography original, detecting a defect on the enlarged second lithography original, and calculating a position of a defect on the first lithography original based on the position of the detected defect. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235739 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TEMPLATE, METHOD FOR CHECKING TEMPLATE, AND TEMPLATE MATERIAL - In one embodiment, a method for producing a template includes applying a resin to a first template having a first concavo-convex pattern, hardening the resin, releasing the hardened resin from the first template to produce a second template having a second concavo-convex pattern corresponding to the first concavo-convex pattern, and enlarging the second template. | 08-21-2014 |
20140293767 | WRITE-ONCE TYPE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM (DISK STRUCTURE OF RECORDING TYPE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STRUCTURE IN WHICH RECORDING LAYER FORMED ON TRANSPARENT SUSBSTRATE IS DEFINED AS INSIDE), AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD OR INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM MANUFACTURING - An embodiment of the invention, to provide a recording method and a storage medium for BCA data with high reliability for a storage medium and a method for reproducing BCA data from the storage medium, and an information recording apparatus and an information reproducing apparatus. In a conventional optical disk, low reliability data is recorded in a data area of BCA. Thus, the thickness of a film material for use in a recording layer oriented to BCA data or close to the inner periphery of the storage medium in the vicinity thereof is formed in uniform thickness by using a substrate of the storage medium, the substrate being formed by being suctioned by means of adsorbing mechanisms formed in an arc shape so as to integrated two of the adsorbing mechanisms to be adjacent to each other. | 10-02-2014 |
20150028524 | RESIST MATERIAL AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAME - In one embodiment, a resist material to be used in an imprint process includes a diluent monomer having a hydroxyl group and at least one functional group selected from a vinyl ether group, an epoxy group and an oxetanyl group. The material further includes a dendrimer having at least two reactive groups for photo-cationic polymerization. The material further includes a photo-acid generator as a polymerization initiator. | 01-29-2015 |
20150037540 | TEMPLATE, A METHOD OF PROCESSING A TEMPLATE, A METHOD OF PRODUCING A PATTERN, AND RESIST - An aspect of one embodiment, there is provided a template employed in imprinting including a substrate having a main surface, a pattern including a concave portion and a convex portion on the main surface, and a liquid-repellent layer selectively provided on the convex portion, the liquid-repellent layer having liquid-repellency to resist having fluidity in the imprinting. | 02-05-2015 |
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20100312432 | ON-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an on-vehicle communication device capable of suppressing a delay in providing information, avoiding congestion, and sufficiently securing transmission power. An on-vehicle communication device ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110034201 | ON-BOARD COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COOPERATIVE ROAD-TO-VEHICLE/VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention has an object to provide an on-board communication device and a cooperative road-to-vehicle/car-to-car communication system that are adaptable to a road-to-vehicle communication system and a car-to-car communication system. An on-board communication device ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110254699 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED NARROW-BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ROADSIDE-TO-VEHICLE NARROW-BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted narrow-band wireless communication apparatus includes: information storing/managing section | 10-20-2011 |
20120232781 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An information providing apparatus makes a decision, when an information providing deciding unit decides that driving support information is to be provided, as to whether the output of the voice information about the driving support information responding to a command from the information providing deciding unit and the output of the voice information about route guidance info nation responding to a command from a route guidance unit overlap each other or not, and controls, when they overlap each other, the output of voice information by an information providing output unit in such a manner as to prevent the output of the voice information about the driving support information from overlapping with the output of the voice information about the route guidance information. | 09-13-2012 |
20120242505 | ROAD-VEHICLE COOPERATIVE DRIVING SAFETY SUPPORT DEVICE - When a decision is made that it is necessary to call driver's attention as a result of analyzing driving safety support information received by a roadside device information receiving unit | 09-27-2012 |
20120275334 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication control apparatus in which, when requested to transmit (transmission) terminal information from information processing means, a transmission timing controller obtains past own terminal communication band information from an information storage, and determines whether or not to control a transmission timing. Moreover, the transmission timing controller calculates a back-off parameter for the control based on a past reception power information history that is obtained from the information storage, and sets a back-off parameter to a transmission device. | 11-01-2012 |
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20140046581 | DRIVE ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A stopping vehicle estimating unit estimates one of a number of stopping vehicles and a length of a stopping vehicle line of different vehicles that are stopping at a traffic light along an estimated driving route ahead of the own vehicle closer to the traffic light than the own vehicle, based on a position information of a site at which a traffic light is provided, an own vehicle position, an own vehicle speed, and traffic information. A passable time zone estimating unit estimates a passable time zone during which the own vehicle is able to pass by the traffic light, based on the one of the number of stopping vehicles and the length of the stopping vehicle line that have been estimated by the stopping vehicle estimating unit, and on schedule information. | 02-13-2014 |
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20100197349 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, IC CARD, AND MICROCOMPUTER - The present invention provides a noncontact interface technique capable of performing communication operation without stopping an internal operation even when a clock signal cannot be extracted from a carrier wave. In a semiconductor device that receives a modulated carrier wave from an antenna, generates an internal clock signal on the basis of a clock signal extracted from the received carrier wave, and performs operation synchronously with the internal clock signal, a PLL circuit that receives the extracted clock signal and generates the internal clock signal is provided with a voltage control oscillation function. In the case where the clock signal extracted from the carrier wave is discretely interrupted, the function makes the internal clock signal maintained at a frequency immediately before the interruption. With the configuration, even when the clock signal extracted from the carrier wave is interrupted, internal data processes such as decoding and bus interfacing can be continued. | 08-05-2010 |
20130027284 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVE AND CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A liquid crystal display drive and control device for reducing the number of exclusive signal interconnections for connecting a host module to a liquid crystal display driver for a sub-display, and peripheral devices, respectively. The liquid crystal display drive and control device includes, over one semiconductor substrate, a host interface circuit, a drive circuit, and an output port, and is used for connection with the host module. The drive circuit generates a drive signal for driving a liquid crystal display on the basis of information inputted to the host interface circuit before outputting. The output port is capable of controlling a logic level of an output signal on the basis of the information inputted to the host interface circuit. The liquid crystal display drive and control device is capable of distribute signals to circuits controlled by level signals with determined logic levels. | 01-31-2013 |
20140125927 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a liquid crystal display apparatus, a pair of substrates has surfaces which is so arranged as to be opposed to each other. The one of the opposed surfaces has a display region in which pixels are arrayed in a matrix. A liquid crystal layer is held between the opposed surfaces of the pair of substrates. A first shading portion is arranged to surround the display region. A second shading portion is arranged between the first shading portion and an outer peripheral end of the one of the substrates, and is formed as discontinuous segments. | 05-08-2014 |
20150072737 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, IC CARD, AND MICROCOMPUTER - The present invention provides a noncontact interface technique capable of performing communication operation without stopping an internal operation even when a clock signal cannot be extracted from a carrier wave. In a semiconductor device that receives a modulated carrier wave from an antenna, generates an internal clock signal on the basis of a clock signal extracted from the received carrier wave, and performs operation synchronously with the internal clock signal, a PLL circuit that receives the extracted clock signal and generates the internal clock signal is provided with a voltage control oscillation function. In the case where the clock signal extracted from the carrier wave is discretely interrupted, the function makes the internal clock signal maintained at a frequency immediately before the interruption. With the configuration, even when the clock signal extracted from the carrier wave is interrupted, internal data processes such as decoding and bus interfacing can be continued. | 03-12-2015 |
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20120282917 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND EXCHANGE - The present invention is designed such that a new SGSN receives a location update message from a terminal ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120295621 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND EXCHANGE - The present invention includes the steps of: receiving, from a mobile terminal (UE) having moved from a management area of an exchange (SGSN # | 11-22-2012 |
20130259004 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, by a UE, “Attach Request” for E-UTRAN; transmitting, by an MME, “Attach Reject” in which “#15” is set as “Cause value” to the UE when the MME determines that the UE cannot be connected to a desired external network and determines that the UE can utilize CS communications, upon receipt of the “Attach Request;” and transmitting, by the UE, “Attach Request” for UTRAN/GERAN when the UE receives the “Attach Reject” in which “#15” is set as “Cause value.” | 10-03-2013 |
20130272207 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting, by a UE, “Attach Request” for E-UTRAN; transmitting, by an MME, “Attach Reject” in which “# | 10-17-2013 |
20140301204 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, POLICY AND CHARGING RULE SERVER APPARATUS, AND MOBILE MANAGEMENT NODE - When congestion is detected in an S-GW, communications are allowed to continue as many as possible. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes: notifying, by the S-GW, a PDF in a PCRF of detection of congestion when the congest is detected; acquiring, by the PDF in the PCRF, charging system information regarding UEs using an S1 bearer and an S5 bearer set in the S-GW from an HSS; acquiring, by the PDF in the PCRF, communication service class information in a flow unit in the S1 bearer and the S5 bearer from the P-GW according to the notification; and performing, by the PDF in the PCRF, bandwidth adjustment on specific flows of the S1 bearer and the S5 bearer based on the charging system information and the communication service class information in the flow unit. | 10-09-2014 |
20150048339 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic EL display device including a substrate, a transparent electrode, a luminescent layer, and a metal electrode layer in this order from a light emission side, a circularly polarizing plate disposed on the light emission side of the substrate, the circularly polarizing plate including a polarizing film and phase difference films that stacked on each other. The phase difference film includes a resin composition (A) containing polystyrene-based polymer having a syndiotactic structure and polyarylene ether, a ratio of the polystyrene-based polymer having the syndiotactic structure with respect to the polyarylene ether in the resin composition (A) is 65:35 to 55:45, being a weight ratio of (the polystyrene-based polymer having the syndiotactic structure) with respect to (the polyarylene ether), the phase difference film satisfies a relation Re | 02-19-2015 |
20150062702 | PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM - A phase difference film layered body is obtained by stretching a film before stretching, the film before stretching including: a P1 layer formed of a resin p1 containing polyphenylene ether having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a polystyrene-based polymer having a negative intrinsic birefringence value and having a syndiotactic structure; and a P2 layer disposed in contact with the P1 layer and formed of a resin p2 containing an acrylic resin or an alicyclic structure-containing polymer. In the resin p1, the weight ratio of (the content of the polyphenylene ether)/(the content of the polystyrene-based polymer) is 35/65 to 45/55. A method for producing the phase difference film layered body and a method for producing a phase difference film using the phase difference film layered body are also provided. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110219173 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor memory system including a controller and a memory unit. The controller includes a generation unit, an association unit, a retaining unit, an encoding/decoding unit, and a determination unit. When the access request information is managed, the encoding/decoding unit performs, without generating an obfuscation information by the generation unit, an encoding processing or a decoding processing by using the obfuscation information retained in the retaining unit. And when the access request information is not managed, the encoding/decoding unit performs, after the generation unit generates obfuscation information based on the access request information, the encoding processing or the decoding processing. | 09-08-2011 |
20120159024 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor apparatus including a slave device which includes a plurality of slave interfaces, an adjustment unit, a processing unit, and a processing unit. The plurality of slave interfaces are connected to the bus to receive transmission instructions from master devices at the first frequency. The adjustment unit decides a processing sequence of the transmission instructions which are received through the plurality of slave interfaces according to priority information. On priority information, a plurality of master devices are prioritized in a sequence depending on association of processing content among the plurality of master devices. The processing unit performs a data transmission process corresponding to a transmission instruction at a second frequency according to the processing sequence decided by the adjustment unit. The transmission instruction instructs to transform data to/from a module. The second frequency is higher than the first frequency. | 06-21-2012 |
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20090324089 | IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A favorable noise reduction process that is optimized for capturing conditions and that prevents the occurrence of residual image components is enabled. Provided is an imaging system including: a first extraction section that extracts a local region that includes a pixel of interest from an image signal; a second extraction section that extracts, from another image signal captured at a different time, a local region located at almost the same position as said local region; a first noise reduction section that performs a noise reduction process by using the local regions; a noise estimation section that estimates an amount of noise included in the pixel of interest; a residual image detection section that detects a residual image component included in the local region based on the estimated amount of noise; and a second noise reduction section that performs a noise reduction process based on the detected residual image component. | 12-31-2009 |
20100245551 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A reflected light image of an observed region and a fluorescent light image of the observed region based on fluorescent light that is generated from the observed region are acquired. The variation component of the acquired latest reflected light image is detected on the basis of the latest reflected light image and an old reflected light image. A correction process is performed on the luminance value of the latest reflected light image taking the variation component into account. A normalization process is performed on the luminance value of the fluorescent light image using the luminance value of the reflected light image after the correction process, which sharpens the image of the region in the observed region from which the fluorescent light is generated. | 09-30-2010 |
20110235877 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a normal light image acquisition section that acquires a normal light image that includes an object image and includes information within a wavelength band of white light, a special light image acquisition section that acquires a special light image that includes an object image and includes information within a specific wavelength band, a correction section that performs a correction process on the special light image, and a blending section that performs a blending process that blends the normal light image and a corrected special light image that is the special light image corrected by the correction section. The blending section blends a component G of the normal light image and a component G of the corrected special light image, and blends a component B of the normal light image and a component B of the corrected special light image. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242301 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image acquisition section that acquires an image that has been acquired by imaging a tissue using an endoscope apparatus, an in vivo position identification information acquisition section that acquires in vivo position identification information that specifies an in vivo position of the endoscope apparatus when the image has been acquired, a in vivo model acquisition section that acquires a in vivo model that is a model of the tissue, an on-model position determination section that specifies an on-model position that corresponds to the position specified by the in vivo position identification information on the acquired in vivo model, and a linking section that links information about the acquired image to the specified on-model position. | 10-06-2011 |
20120120216 | ENDSCOPE APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An endoscope apparatus includes an image acquisition section that acquires images in time series, a coefficient calculation section that calculates a correction coefficient for correcting blurring in a depth direction that is a direction along an optical axis of an imaging section, and a depth-direction blurring correction section that performs a depth-direction blurring correction process that corrects blurring in the depth direction on the images acquired in time series based on the correction coefficient. | 05-17-2012 |
20120147165 | CONTROL DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes an image acquisition section and a focus control section. The image acquisition section acquires an image captured by an imaging section. The focus control section performs a focus control process that focuses the imaging section on an object based on the acquired image. The focus control section performs the focus control process based on an image for which occurrence of a bright spot is suppressed. | 06-14-2012 |
20120218394 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The image processing device includes: a first image acquisition section that acquires a first image, the first image being an image that includes an object image including information within a wavelength band of white light; a second image acquisition section that acquires a second image, the second image being an image that includes an object image including information within a specific wavelength band; a candidate attention area detection section that detects a candidate attention area based on a feature quantity of each pixel within the second image; a reliability calculation section that calculates reliability that indicates a likelihood that the candidate attention area is the attention area; and a display mode setting section that performs a display mode setting process that sets a display mode of an output image corresponding to the reliability calculated by the reliability calculation section. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220840 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - The image processing device includes: a first image acquisition section that acquires a first image, the first image being an image that includes an object image including information within a wavelength band of white light; a second image acquisition section that acquires a second image, the second image being an image that includes an object image including information within a specific wavelength band; a candidate attention area detection section that detects a candidate attention area based on a feature quantity of each pixel within the second image, the candidate attention area being a candidate for an attention area; a reliability calculation section that calculates reliability that indicates a likelihood that the candidate attention area is the attention area; and a display mode setting section that performs a display mode setting process that sets a display mode of an output image corresponding to the reliability calculated by the reliability calculation section. | 08-30-2012 |
20130137929 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE - An endoscope system includes an imaging section that captures an object via an optical system and an image sensor, an observation state determination section that determines the observation state of the object captured by the imaging section, and an aperture control section that controls the state of an aperture included in the optical system based on the observation state, the aperture control section controlling the state of the aperture so that the resolution determined by the diffraction limit due to the aperture is equal to or higher than a resolution determined by the image sensor when the observation state determination section has determined that the observation state is a first observation state, and stopping down the aperture as compared with the state of the aperture in the first observation state when the observation state determination section has determined that the observation state is a second observation state. | 05-30-2013 |
20140046131 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an image acquisition section, an attention area setting section, and a scaling section. The image acquisition section acquires a captured image that includes an object image. The attention area setting section sets an attention area within the captured image based on information from the endoscope system. The scaling section performs a local scaling process that relatively enlarges the attention area as compared with another area. | 02-13-2014 |
20140081083 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an image acquisition section, an attention area setting section, and a dimming control section. The image acquisition section acquires a captured image that includes an object image. The attention area setting section sets an attention area within the captured image based on information from the endoscope system. The dimming control section performs a dimming control process that controls the intensity of illumination light based on the attention area set by the attention area setting section. | 03-20-2014 |