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20120007563 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - Included are a power-generation amount calculating section calculating an expected amount of power-generation being an amount of power generated by a power generating section in the future, for each predetermined period, a power-consumption amount calculating section calculating an expected amount of power-consumption being an amount of power consumed by a power load, for the predetermined period, an excess power period determining section determining an excess power period, an excess power amount calculating section calculating an expected excess power amount, and a charge/discharge control section controlling charge/discharge of a battery so that a remaining amount of the battery at the beginning of the excess power period becomes an amount resulting from subtracting the expected excess power amount from a pre-set charge amount. | 01-12-2012 |
20120011706 | BATTERY ASSEMBLING APPARATUS AND BATTERY ASSEMBLING METHOD - Provided is a battery assembling apparatus comprising a selecting section that selects as battery cells to be assembled into a battery pack, from among a plurality of battery cells, battery cells having similar charge curves that indicate a relationship between voltage and charge period, which is a time period necessary for a battery cell to be charged from a first voltage to a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. As a result, the lifetimes of battery cells and of a battery pack assembled from a plurality of battery cells can be extended. | 01-19-2012 |
20120013179 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND VEHICLE - A manufacturing method of a vehicle, includes: preparing a chassis of the vehicle in which a plurality of battery modules are installed; forming a wiring section in a body of the vehicle; and electrically connecting the plurality of battery modules by means of the wiring section, by coupling the chassis to the body. | 01-19-2012 |
20120013304 | BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND BATTERY CONTROL METHOD - A battery control apparatus includes: a battery circuit in which a plurality of batteries are connected in series; a plurality of bypass circuits, each of which removes a corresponding battery from the battery circuit; a plurality of switches, each of which switches whether to connect a corresponding battery in series with the other batteries, or to connect the corresponding battery to a corresponding bypass circuit to remove the corresponding battery from the battery circuit; a deterioration detecting section that detects deterioration of each of the plurality of batteries; and a switch control section that controls the plurality of switches to remove, from the battery circuit, the batteries having greater deterioration and connects, in series, the batteries having smaller deterioration. | 01-19-2012 |
20120015221 | BATTERY PACK - Provided is a battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries; and a plurality of memories that correspond respectively to the batteries and that each record deterioration information of the corresponding battery. Each set of a battery and a corresponding memory may be formed integrally as a battery cell. As a result, the deterioration information of each battery cell can be known even after the battery pack is disassembled. | 01-19-2012 |
20150355287 | BATTERY PACK - Provided is a battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries; and a plurality of memories that correspond respectively to the batteries and that each record deterioration information of the corresponding battery. Each set of a battery and a corresponding memory may be formed integrally as a battery cell. As a result, the deterioration information of each battery cell can be known even after the battery pack is disassembled. | 12-10-2015 |
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20140118558 | IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY PANEL - Provided is an image quality adjustment apparatus that can measure display unevenness for each pixel with higher accuracy than in the conventional art. An image quality adjustment system includes an image quality adjustment apparatus that generates correction data corresponding to a display panel, a test pattern generation device that causes the display panel to display a test pattern image, and a ROM writer. The image quality adjustment apparatus measures unevenness based on images of a display state of the display panel that are captured using cameras, and generates correction data for correcting the display unevenness that occurs due to manufacturing variations of the display panel. A feature of the present invention is that the image quality adjustment apparatus includes a plurality of cameras, and an image of a single display panel is captured using the plurality of cameras to obtain unevenness data of the display panel. | 05-01-2014 |
20140232625 | CORRECTION DATA GENERATION METHOD, CORRECTION DATA GENERATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUE USING THE METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided is a correction data generation method that can generate highly accurate correction data while suppressing the influence of photon shot noise. According to the correction data generation method of the present invention, test patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140232880 | PATTERN POSITION DETECTION METHOD, PATTERN POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUE USING THE METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided is a pattern position detection method that allows detecting positions of patterns used for alignment with high accuracy. According to the pattern position detection method of the present invention, patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140300756 | LUMINANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, LUMINANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUE USING THE METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided is a luminance measurement method for accurately measuring luminance of each pixel even if pixel images of a display panel overlap each other on an imaging surface of a camera. A central exposure factor indicating luminance of the central part of the pixel image is calculated on the basis of an output of a picture element corresponding to the central part. A peripheral exposure factor indicating luminance of the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated on the basis of an output of picture elements corresponding to the peripheral part of the pixel image is calculated, all pixels of the display panel are sorted into a plurality of groups, sequentially turned on one group after another, and imaged by the camera, and the luminance of all the pixels of the display panel is calculated based on this imaged image, the central exposure factor, and the peripheral exposure factor. | 10-09-2014 |
20140375824 | PATTERN POSITION DETECTION METHOD, PATTERN POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUE USING THE METHOD AND SYSTEM - Provided is a pattern position detection method that allows detecting positions of patterns used for alignment with high accuracy. According to the pattern position detection method of the present invention, patterns are displayed on a liquid crystal panel ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150271409 | IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, CORRECTION DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT TECHNIQUE USING THE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image quality adjustment apparatus obtains correction data for correcting display unevenness of a display panel by capturing an image of the display panel using a camera, and includes a moire frequency control unit that performs a control to position the display panel and the camera at a predetermined relative angle with respect to each other, an unevenness measurement unit that measures the display unevenness of the display panel based on the image captured by the camera, and a correction data generation unit that generates the correction data based on the unevenness measured by the unevenness measurement unit. Arranging the panel and the camera at the predetermined relative angle shifts a spatial frequency component of a moire pattern occurring in the image captured by the camera out of a region where a spatial frequency component of the display unevenness is present, and removes an influence of the moire pattern. | 09-24-2015 |
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20120123887 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACE-TO-FACE MOBILE PHONE MERCANTILE TRANSACTIONS - Methods and arrangements for processing face-to-face mobile phone transactions. An agreed-upon price for a product is accepted from a buyer mobile phone and a seller mobile phone. Distinct random numbers are assigned to each of the buyer and seller mobile phones. The random number assigned to the seller mobile phone is received from the buyer mobile phone, and the random number assigned to the buyer mobile phone is received from the seller mobile phone. A match is ascertained between the buyer and seller mobile phones based on receipt from the buyer mobile phone the random number assigned to the seller mobile phone and receipt from the seller mobile phone the random number assigned to the buyer mobile phone. | 05-17-2012 |
20130080609 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Traffic data while the system is in operation is collected for a certain time as a preprocess. Typical patterns are extracted from the collected traffic data. Next, stream programs are created for the individual typical patterns and stored for the future reference. Next, the IDs of alternative tasks for transition among different stream programs are stored. In actual system operation, the system measures traffic data regularly or at any time, compares the resultant patterns with the typical patterns, and selects a stream program corresponding to the closest typical pattern as the next phase. Program shutdown time when shifting from the stream program in the present phase to the next phase can be reduced by gradually shifting empty tasks in the present phase to the next stream program as alternative tasks in consideration of the cost of switching between tasks, the cost of transferring data among resources, and so on. | 03-28-2013 |
20130103829 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Traffic data while the system is in operation is collected for a certain time as a preprocess. Typical patterns are extracted from the collected traffic data. Next, stream programs are created for the individual typical patterns and stored for the future reference. Next, the IDs of alternative tasks for transition among different stream programs are stored. In actual system operation, the system measures traffic data regularly or at any time, compares the resultant patterns with the typical patterns, and selects a stream program corresponding to the closest typical pattern as the next phase. Program shutdown time when shifting from the stream program in the present phase to the next phase can be reduced by gradually shifting empty tasks in the present phase to the next stream program as alternative tasks in consideration of the cost of switching between tasks, the cost of transferring data among resources, and so on. | 04-25-2013 |
20130185034 | SIMULATION EXECUTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM - [Object] To provide a technique for increasing the speed of parallel running of logical processes without sacrificing the accuracy of data update timing in a parallel discrete event simulation system. | 07-18-2013 |
20140040907 | RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT IN A HYBRID SYSTEM - A system processing an application in a hybrid system includes a database comprising a plurality of libraries, each library comprising sub-program components, wherein two or more of the components are combined by an end user into a stream flow defining an application. The system also includes a plurality of resources configured to process the stream flow, architecture of at least one of the plurality of resources being different from architecture of another of the plurality of resources. The system also includes a compiler configured to generate a resource assignment assigning the plurality of resources to the two or more of the components in the stream flow, at least two of the two or more of the components in the stream flow sharing at least one of the plurality of resources according to the resource assignment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040908 | RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT IN A HYBRID SYSTEM - A system processing an application in a hybrid system includes a database comprising a plurality of libraries, each library comprising sub-program components, wherein two or more of the components are combined by an end user into a stream flow defining an application. The system also includes a plurality of resources configured to process the stream flow, architecture of at least one of the plurality of resources being different from architecture of another of the plurality of resources. The system also includes a compiler configured to generate a resource assignment assigning the plurality of resources to the two or more of the components in the stream flow, at least two of the two or more of the components in the stream flow sharing at least one of the plurality of resources according to the resource assignment. | 02-06-2014 |
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20080274029 | ORANGE-EMITTING PHOSPHOR - An orange-emitting phosphor that emits at a high luminance when being excited by blue light emitted by a blue light-emitting diode is provided. This orange-emitting phosphor is an alkaline-earth metal silicate-based phosphor represented by a general formula of a(Sr | 11-06-2008 |
20090267027 | Infra-Red Light Emitting Phosphor - It is an object of the present invention to provide an infra-red light emitting phosphor having an excellent chemical stability and desirable light emitting properties. The infra-red light emitting phosphor is represented by a chemical formula: (A | 10-29-2009 |
20090318663 | Polymerizable Spherical Transition Metal Complex, Spherical Transition Metal Complex, and Production Method Thereof - A polymerizable spherical transition metal complex is provided which has a hollow shell which is formed from transition metal atoms and bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands having a substituent having a polymerizable group moiety at an end thereof, and the substituents being oriented towards the interior of the hollow shell. A spherical transition metal complex in which, in the hollow shell of the polymerizable spherical transition metal complex, the polymerizable groups are polymerized, and a production method thereof are also provided. The polymerizable spherical transition metal complex which is a spherical transition metal complex having a hollow shell, is characterized in that the hollow shell is formed from a transition metal atoms (wherein a represents an integer of 6 to 60), and 2a bidentate organic ligands, the bidentate organic ligands have a substituent having at least one or more polymerizable group moieties at an end thereof, and the substituents are oriented towards an interior of the hollow shell. The spherical transition metal complex is characterized in that the polymerizable groups are polymerized in the hollow shell of the polymerizable spherical transition metal complex. The production method thereof is also provided. | 12-24-2009 |
20100201683 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A medical image display apparatus that obtains medical image information of a real space coordinate system containing a luminal organ of an examinee and develops the thus-obtained medical image information of the real space coordinate system to display a developed image of the luminal organ on a display device is equipped with a developed image creator for rearranging the obtained medical image information of the luminal organ of the real space coordinate system to medical image information of the luminal organ of a developed image crating coordinate system by adding information about the radial direction of the luminal organ of the real space coordinate system to create a developed image, and a developed image display unit for displaying the created developed image. | 08-12-2010 |
20130199763 | Manufacturing Method Of Heat Exchanger, And Heat Exchanger Manufactured By Such Manufacturing Method - The disclosed method relates to manufacturing a heat exchanger which causes no brazing defects, and a heat exchanger manufactured by the method. The method relates to manufacturing a heat exchanger having an aluminum alloy tube defining a cooling-medium flowing passage and a copper alloy tube defining a water flowing passage, wherein a heat exchange is carried out between a cooling medium flowing through the cooling-medium flowing passage and water flowing through the water flowing passage. The aluminum alloy tube and the copper alloy tube are brazed to each other at a temperature of less than 548° C. | 08-08-2013 |
20130206822 | METHOD OF BONDING ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIALS TO EACH OTHER - A method of bonding two members including an aluminum alloy material as one member, and an aluminum alloy material or a pure aluminum material as the other member, the method being characterized in: that the aluminum alloy material for the one member and the aluminum alloy material for the other member are composed of an aluminum alloy containing Mg of not more than 0.5 mass %; and that a bonding process is carried out in a furnace having a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature, at which a ratio of a mass of liquid phases generated in the aluminum alloy material defined as the one member to the total mass of the aluminum alloy material falls within a range from 5% to 35%, on the condition that there is either a coated fluoride-based flux or a coated chloride-based flux between both of the members to be bonded. | 08-15-2013 |
20140308541 | BONDED BODY OF ALUMINUM ALLOY AND COPPER ALLOY, AND BONDING METHOD FOR SAME - A bonded body made of an aluminum alloy and a copper alloy and obtained by employing the aluminum alloy as one member to be bonded and the copper alloy as the other member to be bonded, the one bonded member and the other bonded member being bonded to each other through metallic connection, wherein the one bonded member is made of comprising an aluminum alloy containing Cu: 3.0 mass % to 8.0 mass % and Si: 0.1 mass % to 10 mass % with balance being Al and unavoidable inevitable impurities, and satisfying the chemical formula: C+2.4×S≧7.8 where C (mass %) is a Cu concentration and S (mass %) is a Si composition concentration is satisfied, and the other bonded member comprises a copper alloy having a higher solidus temperature than the one bonded member. A bonding method for the bonded body is provided. | 10-16-2014 |
20140360712 | ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL FOR HEAT EXCHANGER FIN, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, AND HEAT EXCHANGER USING THE ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL - Disclosed is an aluminum alloy material for a heat exchanger fin, the aluminum alloy material containing Si: 1.0% to 5.0% by mass, Fe: 0.1% to 2.0% by mass, and Mn: 0.1% to 2.0% by mass with balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein 250 pieces/mm | 12-11-2014 |
20140376996 | METAL FORMING METHOD AND FORMED PRODUCT - The metal forming method includes deforming a member to be formed ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150050520 | ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL, ALUMINUM ALLOY STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - An aluminum alloy material contains Si: 1.0 mass % to 5.0 mass % and Fe: 0.01 mass % to 2.0 mass % with balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein 250 pcs/mm | 02-19-2015 |
20160089860 | ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL HAVING THERMAL BONDING FUNCTION IN SINGLE LAYER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, AND ALUMINUM BONDED BODY USING THE ALUMINUM ALLOY MATERIAL - This invention provides an aluminum alloy material capable of being thermally bonded in a single layer without using a bonding agent, such as a brazing or welding filler metal. This invention also provides a bonding method for the aluminum alloy material, and an aluminum bonded body using the aluminum alloy material. The aluminum alloy material is made of an aluminum alloy containing Si: 1.0 to 5.0 mass % and Fe: 0.01 to 2.0 mass % with the balance Al and inevitable impurities. The aluminum alloy material contains 10 to 1×10 | 03-31-2016 |