Nishizaka, JP
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Kita Kyusku-Shi JP
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20100073419 | Printer - When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of sheets guaranteed for printing has been set, but when the number of sheets printed has not reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, performs printing of an image onto a recording sheet S by using the ink cartridge, the ink jet printer determining the number of sheets remaining N on the basis of the number of sheets printed that have been printed, and displaying on a display unit | 03-25-2010 |
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
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20090174744 | Fluid ejection device and mounting position determination method - An output voltage of a paper-width detector is input while a carriage is moved leftward in a main scan direction. Whether a mounting position of a test element member in the main scan direction falls within a generally horizontal design basis range is determined based on the position of the carriage and reference information. The position of the carriage in the main scan direction is determined from a signal of a linear encoder when a right edge of the test element member is detected in response to a substantial change in the output voltage of the paper-width detector. Whether a mounting position of the test element member in a substantially vertical direction falls within a vertical design basis range is determined based on the mounting position of the test element member in the substantially vertical direction determined from the output voltage of the paper-width detector and the reference information. | 07-09-2009 |
20100097420 | Printer - When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of sheets guaranteed for printing has been set, but when the number of sheets printed has not reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, performs printing of an image onto a recording sheet S by using the ink cartridge, the ink jet printer determining the number of sheets remaining N on the basis of the number of sheets printed that have been printed, and displaying on a display unit | 04-22-2010 |
20110175957 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes an ejection head having a plurality of nozzle arrays arranged in an orthogonal direction to an array direction thereof, a carriage on which the ejection head is loaded, and a moving unit that moves the carriage. The image forming apparatus further includes a control unit that controls the moving unit and the ejection head such that, when flushing is to be performed while the image is formed on a sheet as the carriage reciprocates, a liquid is ejected to an image forming region of the sheet from the plurality of nozzle arrays, the liquid is ejected to a first receiving area from a first nozzle array group disposed adjacent to an outward side, and the liquid is ejected to a second receiving area from a remaining second nozzle array group excluding the first nozzle array group and disposed adjacent to a homeward side. | 07-21-2011 |
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Kitakyuchu-Shi JP
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20080225075 | Image printing apparatus and method for calibrating image printing apparatus - The invention provides an image printing apparatus including: a printing unit that performs printing on a print target medium; a moving unit that can move in a predetermined main scan direction; an edge-detecting unit that is mounted on the moving unit and outputs, by utilizing photoelectric conversion, a voltage that changes across each edge of the print target medium; a position-detecting unit that detects the position of the moving unit; a reference stage that has one edge and another edge in such a manner that the reference stage has a predetermined reference width therebetween, the reference stage being formed in such a manner that the edge-detecting unit outputs a voltage that changes across each edge of the reference stage; and a calibrating unit that commands the moving unit to move in such a manner that the edge-detecting unit passes through each edge of the reference stage, commands the position-detecting unit to detect the position of the moving unit at a point at which a voltage outputted by the edge-detecting unit changes during the movement of the moving unit as each measured position, calculates a measured width on the basis of the measured positions, and calibrates the edge-detecting unit on the basis of the measured width and the reference width. | 09-18-2008 |
Katsuhiko Nishizaka, Kitakyushu JP
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20140204415 | PRINTING SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL, PRINTER, USER TERMINAL CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING METHOD - To reduce effort in an operation where an email address which is assigned to a printer is set as the destination of an email in a user terminal, a printing system which performs printing based on an email which is transmitted by a user terminal and which includes a printer which has a recording medium which records information which indicates an email address which is assigned to the printer and provides the email address to the user terminal by means of contactless communication, and a printing control means which executes printing based on printing data which corresponds to an email which is transmitted with the email address set as the destination. | 07-24-2014 |
20140293310 | PRINT APPARATUS - When a start button of a scanner is operated in a state where a communication connection has been established with the scanner, then image data generated by the scanner by reading a document is acquired, a run mode is set from a plurality of operating modes including a copy mode and a transfer mode, and a process corresponding to the set run mode is executed on the acquired image data. This makes it possible to realize a plurality of functions of a printer in response to a single start button of a scanner. | 10-02-2014 |
Kenichi Nishizaka, Ishikawa JP
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20140332353 | CONVEYOR CHAIN - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a conveyor chain conveying a conveyance object such as a bucket while the conveyance object is mounted thereon, wherein the conveyance object can be conveyed to a predetermined position while both the conveyance object and the receiving member are not damaged by “biting” or “hooking” at upstream or downstream end in a conveying direction. An upstream tapered surface and a downstream tapered surface, which reduce the thickness of the receiving member gradually along the extended direction, are formed respectively at sides in the extended direction of a mounting surface of the receiving member. A locus of the mounting surface in a case in which the conveyor chain is meshed with and wound onto a sprocket is within a circle which is coaxial to the sprocket and whose tangent is a straight locus of the mounting surface in a case of conveying a bucket (conveyance object). | 11-13-2014 |
Kohei Nishizaka, Kochi JP
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20140042661 | METHOD OF FORMING A BATTERY SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A method of forming a battery separator to be sandwiched between a positive and a negative electrode of a battery is discussed. A polyethylene resin surface is formed on a surface of a nonwoven fabric, which is made of polypropylene resin as a main component material and structured with bonded pieces of the polypropylene resin. The polyethylene resin surface is then subjected to a hydrophilization treatment, such as a radical reaction treatment or a sulfonation treatment. As a result, a secondary battery separator having a high mechanical strength along with a high hydrophilic nature, and a secondary battery using that secondary battery separator are provided. | 02-13-2014 |
20150270519 | FIBER USING OLEFIN RESIN, NONWOVEN FABRIC USING SAME, AND SEPARATOR FOR ALKALI STORAGE BATTERY - There is provided a low-cost alkaline storage battery separator capable of implementing stable fiber spinning and excellent ammonia trapping function so as to control self-discharge. Spinning fiber using resin including 1.0 mass % or greater of low crystalline polyolefin, crystalline polyolefin and maleic anhydride-modified polyolefin corresponding to a maleic anhydride component content of 3.5 to 35 mass % in the fiber assures stability during fiber spinning. Moreover, making a nonwoven fabric using the fiber act as a separator allows a high level of ammonia trapping function and controls self-discharge of the alkaline storage battery. | 09-24-2015 |
Kohei Nishizaka, Kochi-Shi JP
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20110229752 | BATTERY SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A polyethylene resin surface is formed on a surface of a nonwoven fabric, which is made of polypropylene resin as a main component material and structured with bonded pieces of the polypropylene resin. The polyethylene resin surface is then subjected to a hydrophilization treatment, such as a radical reaction treatment or a sulfonation treatment. As a result, a secondary battery separator having a high mechanical strength along with a high hydrophilic nature, and a secondary battery using that secondary battery separator are provided. | 09-22-2011 |
Masaki Nishizaka, Osaka JP
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20120026427 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - In an image display apparatus, the diffusing plate includes a rectangular plate body section and diffusing plate projecting sections that project to an outside in parallel with a main surface of the body section. The diffusing plate projecting sections are provided at all perimeter sections that form four sides of a rectangular shape when the body section is viewed from a thickness direction Z thereof. Optical sheets have sheet projecting sections provided at perimeter sections that form two sides parallel to each other among four sides that are rectangular when the sheet body section is viewed from the thickness direction Z. At this time, one optical sheet has sheet projecting sections provided at perimeter sections that form two long sides of the sheet body section. The other optical sheet has sheet projecting sections provided at perimeter section that forms two short sides of the sheet body section. | 02-02-2012 |
Masatomo Nishizaka, Fujimino-Shi JP
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20080284075 | LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - To block the transmission to a vehicle body side of the vibration due to the cavitation phenomenon occurred in a primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of noises, at the same time, to make the device compact, and to improve the fitting accuracy to obtain the reliable positioning, a first metallic fitting and a second metallic fitting are connected by an insulator. A primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber formed inwardly are partitioned by a partition member and communicated therebetween by an orifice passage. The partition member is floatingly supported between an extended portion of the insulator and an outer peripheral thick wall portion of a diaphragm, and the tuning is performed to generate the rigid resonance at the predetermined frequency. An outer ring is provided in the outer peripheral thick wall portion so as to be securely fixed by a fixing portion formed by bending an end of an outer cylindrical fitting. The floatingly supporting structure does not become large-sized and complicated since the partition member is simply floatingly supported. | 11-20-2008 |
Masatomo Nishizaka, Saitama JP
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20100072683 | LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - To form a relief valve for preventing the generation of the cavitation phenomenon into a simple and accurately operable structure, there are provided a central thin wall portion and a fixing portion in an elastic diaphragm provided in the partition member to have the fixing portion fixed in position. A relief valve is integrally formed with an outer peripheral portion of the fixing portion. The relief valve is provided with an inclined surface formed on the side of a secondary liquid chamber and a recessed portion opened on the side of a primary liquid chamber and has a difference in rigidity in the circumferential direction. When the primary liquid chamber turns negative pressure, a hydraulic liquid in the secondary liquid chamber opens the relief valve and leaks to the primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of the cavitation phenomenon. | 03-25-2010 |
20110101581 | LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - A liquid sealed vibration isolating device has an elastically movable diaphragm capable of preventing elastic deformation of a relief valve to realize high damping while preventing a cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is provided in the elastic movable diaphragm arranged in a partition member in order to open and close a leak passage so as to prevent occurrence of the cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is integrally formed with a fixing portion of the elastic movable diaphragm. There is provided an upwardly open concavity that the relief valve faces. The relief valve is made thicker and provided with an opening and closing adjustment groove at a basal portion of its inclined wall. The opening and closing adjustment groove is formed with a locally thin bending portion functioning as a starting point of bending in an opening and closing operation of the relief valve. | 05-05-2011 |
Naoki Nishizaka, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20110235536 | COMMUNICATION REPEATER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication repeater comprises a transmitting and receiving that performs wireless communication with a communication device, a power-line carrier communication unit that performs power-line carrier communication with the communication device, and a control unit. The control unit selects either one of the wireless communication and the power-line carrier communication according to conditions. | 09-29-2011 |
Naoki Nishizaka, Sagamihara-Shi, Kanagawa JP
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20150349407 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device in which, if an antenna element is formed on the surface of a housing, restrictions on the formation of the antenna element are less likely to arise. The following are provided: a rear case, an antenna element, and a power supply unit that supplies power to the antenna element. The antenna unit comprises a first section that is formed by applying a conductive material onto a first main surface of the rear case, and a second section. A dielectric or an insulator is interposed between the first section and the second section. | 12-03-2015 |
Naoki Nishizaka, Hadano-Shi JP
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20130070651 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SECURITY LEVEL SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SECURITY LEVEL SETTING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a power line communication device includes a power line communication unit, a process unit, a waveform acquiring unit, a storage unit, a comparing unit, and a security level setting unit. The power line communication unit performs power line communication based on a communication signal superimposed on a carrier wave transmitted via a power line. The waveform acquiring unit acquires a waveform of the communication signal included in the carrier wave transmitted via the power line of the commercial power source. The comparing unit compares waveform information stored in the storage unit with waveform information acquired by the waveform acquiring unit at the time of requiring the process of the process. The security level setting unit changes the security level based on the comparison result by the comparing unit. | 03-21-2013 |
Nobuyoshi Nishizaka, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo JP
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20160142638 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Problem: To simplify an operation for causing an apparatus to perform desired control. | 05-19-2016 |
Nobuyoshi Nishizaka, Tokyo JP
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20090113339 | ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR DISPLAYABLE WITH REPEATING DECIMAL - An electronic calculator includes: a display device; a user interface; a memory device; and a processor that is operable with the memory device to: perform a calculation to convert a fractional number into a decimal number; control the display device to display the decimal number, when the decimal number is a repeating decimal, with a symbol indicating a periodic block included in the repeating decimal control the display device to display a scroll indicator indicating that the displayed repeating decimal is scrollable when the number of digits included in the repeating decimal overflows the number of digits displayable by the display device; control the display device to display an undisplayed part of the repeating decimal to scroll in when a scroll command is input by the user through the user interface while the scroll indicator is displayed. | 04-30-2009 |
20120075412 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera | 03-29-2012 |
20140112643 | REPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REPLAYING MOVING IMAGE DATA - A simultaneous replay information storage unit stores a replay condition when simultaneously replaying the plurality of pieces of moving image data constituting the set of moving images so as to correspond to each of the sets of moving images in which a combination of the plurality of pieces of moving image data is different, respectively. A simultaneous replay control unit simultaneously replays, in a case in which the set of moving images as a replay target is designated from among a plurality of sets of moving images stored in the simultaneous replay information storage unit, a plurality of pieces of moving image data constituting the set of moving images, with a replay condition that is stored to be associated with the designated set of moving images. | 04-24-2014 |
20140267836 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS THAT CAN DISPLAY REVIEW IMAGE, IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A live view image generation unit sequentially displays on a display screen a captured image that is sequentially outputted from an image capture unit as a live view image. In a case of photographing and recording being directed, a review image generation unit displays a captured image for recording outputted from the image capture unit as a first review image on a portion of a display screen in a state of displaying the live view image. A photographing result evaluation unit evaluates a photographing result based on a captured image for recording outputted from the image capture unit according to an direction for photographing and recording. The review image generation unit performs display control to make a display form of the first review image different according to the evaluation result by the photographing result evaluation unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20150043893 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR TIME-LAPSE MOVING IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capture apparatus includes a photographic scene selection section and a parameter setting section. The photographic scene selection section selects a photographic scene. The parameter setting section independently sets, according to the photographic scene selected by the photographic scene selection section, each of a photographing parameter relating to time-lapse photography that captures images at a predetermined interval and generates a moving image with a shorter playback time than photographing time, and a playback parameter relating to playback of a time-lapse moving image photographed at the photographing parameter. | 02-12-2015 |
20150078731 | MOVING IMAGE SELECTION APPARATUS FOR SELECTING MOVING IMAGE TO BE COMBINED, MOVING IMAGE SELECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capture apparatus includes a combination candidate selection processing unit. When one moving image is generated by combining a plurality of moving images, the combination candidate selection processing unit judges a possibility of combination between a moving image which is a basis for combination chosen and another moving image based on a predetermined condition. Furthermore, the combination candidate selection processing unit selects, as a candidate of a moving image for a combination target, a moving image that can be combined with the moving image which is a basis for combination, from among other moving images based on a judgment result. | 03-19-2015 |
20150130895 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image composition unit, and a display control unit. The image capturing unit captures frames at predetermined time intervals. The image composition unit sequentially combines at least a part of image data from image data of a plurality of frames sequentially captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. The display control unit performs control to sequentially display image data combined by the image composition unit while the image data of the frames are captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. | 05-14-2015 |
20150215537 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR GENERATING TIME-LAPSE MOVING IMAGE - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a shooting scene setting unit, a component image acquiring unit, and a time-lapse moving image generating unit. The shooting scene setting unit sets a shooting interval according to shooting situations or shooting setting and selects one of different methods for generating a time-lapse moving image from a plurality of images obtained at the set shooting interval according to shooting situations or shooting setting. The component image acquiring unit obtains a plurality of component images forming a time-lapse moving image based on the time-lapse moving image generating method set by the shooting scene setting unit. The time-lapse moving image generating unit generates a time-lapse moving image by using the plurality of component images obtained by the component image acquiring unit based on the set time-lapse moving image generating method. | 07-30-2015 |
20150341556 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an image composition unit, and a display control unit. The image capturing unit captures frames at predetermined time intervals. The image composition unit sequentially combines at least a part of image data from image data of a plurality of frames sequentially captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. The display control unit performs control to sequentially display image data combined by the image composition unit while the image data of the frames are captured by the image capturing unit at predetermined time intervals. | 11-26-2015 |
Satoshi Nishizaka, Hiroshima JP
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20120003075 | LUBRICATION DEVICE OF TURBOCHARGER OF ENGINE FOR VEHICLE - A first turbocharger comprises a first center housing and a first return passage. A second turbocharger comprises a second center housing and a second return passage. The first return passage joins the second return passage at a junction. The length of the second return passage from the second center housing to the junction is longer than that of the first return passage from the first center housing to the junction. A bellows-shaped vibration absorption portion is provided at the second return passage. The first return passage comprises a first upstream return passage and a first downstream return passage, and the first upstream and downstream return passages are connected to each other via the flexible hose. | 01-05-2012 |
20120003082 | COOLING DEVICE OF TURBOCHARGER OF ENGINE FOR VEHICLE - There are provided first and second water supply passages to supply cooling water from an engine to first and second center housings of first and second turbochargers, and first and second return passages to return the cooling water from the first and second turbochargers to the engine. A cooling-water connection portion of the first water supply is located above the level of a cooling-water connection portion of the second water supply passage. A vapor releasing passage is provided between the second turbocharger and an upper tank provided on the outside of an engine body at a position located above the connection portion of the second return passage of the second turbocharger. Accordingly, the function of vapor releasing from the first and second turbochargers can be improved, thereby increasing the layout flexibility around the engine. | 01-05-2012 |
Satoshi Nishizaka, Hiroshima-Shi JP
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20120000196 | TURBO-CHARGING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE ENGINE - The disclosure provides a turbo-charging apparatus for a vehicle engine, which includes a first and second turbocharger, an inter-turbine passage connecting a discharging port of a first turbocharger turbine with an introducing port of a second turbocharger turbine, a bypass passage connecting an introducing passage of the first turbocharger turbine with the inter-turbine passage, and a control valve for opening and closing the bypass passage. The inter-turbine passage extends substantially straight from the discharging port of the first turbocharger turbine toward the second turbocharger when viewed from a direction parallel to turbine shafts of the first and second turbochargers, which are arranged substantially parallel to each other, so that the inter-turbine passage connects with an outer circumferential part of the second turbocharger turbine so as to extend in a direction tangent to an outer circumference direction of the second turbocharger turbine. | 01-05-2012 |
Takashi Nishizaka, Ikeda-Shi JP
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20100045095 | Wheel for vehicles and method for producing the same - A wheel for a vehicle including an outer rim and an inner rim, in which the outer rim is comprised of a disk section formed by embossing a first portion having a certain thickness and a rim section formed by drawing a second portion having a smaller thickness than the first portion so as to make a periphery of the disk section; and the inner rim is comprised of superimposed portions formed by drawing and to be superimposed on prescribed positions of the disk section of the outer rim. Flange sections of the outer and inner rims are respectively inwardly curled so as to form a double-layered structure. The outer and inner rims are integrated by welding with the superimposed portions set at the prescribed positions of the disk section. | 02-25-2010 |
Takayuki Nishizaka, Tokyo JP
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20090219549 | Three dimensional, position observation method and apparatus - A three-dimensional position observation apparatus provided with a lens system having focusing and diaphragm mechanisms, for forming an image on an imaging plane by light from an observation object includes a beam steering member disposed in a light path extending from the observation object to the imaging plane, for changing a traveling direction of observation light into a plurality of different directions, and an image analyzing unit for analyzing a position of the observation object based on a positional relation between a plurality of images on the imaging plane formed by light passing through the beam steering member. | 09-03-2009 |
20100202044 | DARK FIELD MICROSCOPE AND ITS ADJUSTING METHOD | 08-12-2010 |
20130136311 | THREE DIMENSIONAL POSITION OBSERVATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A three-dimensional position observation apparatus provided with a lens system having focusing and diaphragm mechanisms, for forming an image on an imaging plane by light from an observation object includes a beam steering member disposed in a light path extending from the observation object to the imaging plane, for changing a traveling direction of observation light into a plurality of different directions, and an image analyzing unit for analyzing a position of the observation object based on a positional relation between a plurality of images on the imaging plane formed by light passing through the beam steering member. | 05-30-2013 |
Takeshi Nishizaka, Chiba JP
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20120081538 | PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS - This pattern inspection apparatus includes an inspection region information storage unit that stores an inspection region specified in a pattern region, a pattern surface height detection unit that detects a pattern surface height signal corresponding to a pattern surface height measurement position on the inspection sample, an autofocus mechanism that focuses on the inspection sample using the pattern surface height signal detected by the pattern surface height detection unit, a determination unit, and an autofocus mechanism control unit. When the determination unit determines that the pattern surface height measurement position is located within the inspection region, the autofocus mechanism control unit drives the autofocus mechanism, and the determination unit determines that the pattern surface height measurement position is not located within the inspection region, the autofocus mechanism control unit stops the autofocus mechanism. | 04-05-2012 |
Yataka Nishizaka, Ota-Shi JP
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20090135011 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF SHOWCASE - An object is to provide a control apparatus of a showcase in which appropriate illumination having a high presentation effect can be realized by an LED illumination apparatus having a high durability against turning ON/OFF and capable of securing a predetermined illumination intensity even under an environment at a low temperature. The control apparatus controls a plurality of showcases so that display chambers where commodities are displayed are illuminated with LED illumination apparatuses, and includes a person detecting sensor provided in a showcase disposed in such a position that the approaching of any person can first be detected among the plurality of arranged showcases, so that the approaching of the person is detected. When the person detecting sensor detects the approaching of the person, the illumination intensities of all the LED illumination apparatuses of the plurality of showcases are increased. | 05-28-2009 |
Yoshitaka Nishizaka, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
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20160083198 | ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PICKING WORKPIECE - A robot system includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a robot, and a controller. The first conveyor conveys a plurality of kinds of workpieces. The second conveyor conveys workpiece groups each including a combination of the workpieces. The controller controls the robot, and includes a situation acquirer, a determiner, and an instructor. The situation acquirer acquires a situation in a predetermined monitor area on the first and second conveyors. The monitor area is set based on a movable range of the robot. Based on the situation, the determiner determines whether one of the workpieces on the first conveyor in the monitor area is a missing workpiece of one of the workpiece groups in the monitor area. The instructor instructs the robot to hold the one workpiece and to transfer the one workpiece from the first conveyor to the second conveyor. | 03-24-2016 |
20160083199 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING WORKPIECE - A robot system includes a conveyor, a robot, and a controller. The conveyor is configured to convey a workpiece. The robot includes a plurality of holders configured to hold the workpiece. The controller is configured to control the robot to hold the workpiece conveyed on the conveyor and transfer the workpiece to a predetermined place using at least one holder among the plurality of holders. The controller includes a divided area setter and an allocator. The divided area setter is configured to set a plurality of divided areas on the conveyor in a width direction of the conveyor, and is configured to store the plurality of divided areas in a storage. The allocator is configured to allocate the plurality of holders respectively to the plurality of divided areas so as to hold the workpiece when the workpiece is conveyed in the plurality of divided areas. | 03-24-2016 |