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20090066725 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - An information-processing apparatus determines whether a stimulation generation unit and a background virtual object contact each other based on position and orientation information about the stimulation generation unit and position and orientation information about the background virtual object. If it is determined that the stimulation generation unit and the background virtual object contact each other, the information-processing apparatus determines whether the stimulation generation unit is included within an attention range. The information-processing apparatus generates operation setting information for controlling an operation of the stimulation generation unit according to a result of the determination and outputs the generated operation setting information to the stimulation generation unit. | 03-12-2009 |
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20110091069 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises: an extraction unit configured to extract a person from a video obtained by capturing a real space; a holding unit configured to hold a movement estimation rule corresponding to a partial region specified in the video; a determination unit configured to determine whether a region where the person has disappeared from the video or appeared in the video corresponds to the partial region; and an estimation unit configured to estimate, based on the movement estimation rule corresponding to the partial region determined to correspond, a movement of the person after the person has disappeared from the video or before the person has appeared in the video. | 04-21-2011 |
20130051662 | LEARNING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LEARNING APPARATUS, DETECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DETECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A learning apparatus comprises a plurality of detection units configured to detect a part or whole of a target object in an image and output a plurality of detection results; an estimation unit configured to estimate a state of the target object based on at least one of the plurality of detection results; a classification unit configured to classify the image into a plurality of groups based on the state of the target object; and a weight calculation unit configured to calculate weight information on each of the plurality of detection units for each of the groups based on the detection results. | 02-28-2013 |
20130135087 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Contact detection units ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130259307 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - An object detection apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect a first portion of an object from an input image, a second detection unit configured to detect a second portion different from the first portion of the object, a first estimation unit configured to estimate a third portion of the object based on the first portion, a second estimation unit configured to estimate a third portion of the object based on the second portion, a determination unit configured to determine whether the third portions, which have been respectively estimated by the first and second estimation units, match each other, and an output unit configured to output, if the third portions match each other, a detection result of the object based on at least one of a detection result of the first or second detection unit and an estimation result of the first or second estimation unit. | 10-03-2013 |
20150036879 | POSTURE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, POSTURE ESTIMATING METHOD AND STORING MEDIUM - The present invention aims to estimate a more consistent posture in regard to a multi-joint object. A target range image is first input, a human body region is extracted from the input range image, a target joint position candidate is calculated from the input range image, and a joint position is finally determined based on the calculated joint position candidate and a likelihood of each joint to estimate the posture. At this time, joint position permissible range information concerning inter-joint distance and angle of a human body model previously set by learning is obtained from a human body model storing unit, consistency is evaluated for a relation between the joint position candidates of a certain joint and other joint based on the obtained information, and thus the posture corresponding to the best combination of the joint positions is determined. | 02-05-2015 |
20150350579 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a setting unit, a reference value calculation unit, a comparison unit, and an information determination unit. The extraction unit extracts a target area from an image. The setting unit sets a pixel from the target area as a pixel-of-interest. The reference value calculation unit calculates a reference value based on a pixel value of at least one or more pixels included in the target area. The comparison unit repeatedly performs processing of comparing a pixel value of at least one or more pixels among a plurality of pixels in a predetermined layout with respect to the pixel-of-interest with the reference value. The information determination unit determines information of the pixel-of-interest based on a comparison result of the comparison unit and a value corresponding to the comparison result. | 12-03-2015 |
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20100170442 | REMOTE PLASMA APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE WITH TWO TYPES OF GASES - In a plasma CVD apparatus, a plate formed with a plurality of perforated holes is arranged to separate a plasma generation region and a processing region. The aperture ratio of the perforated holes to the plate is not greater than five percent. Plasma including radicals and excited species is generated from an oxygen (O | 07-08-2010 |
20150247541 | RAILWAY VEHICLE BRAKE DISC - A railway vehicle brake disc which can reduce aerodynamic sound raised high speed running, improve cooling performance during braking, and improve durability comprises a donut-shaped disc section having a sliding surface on a front surface side, a plurality of fin sections, each convexly provided in a rear surface of the disc section in a radial pattern, and a bolt hole passing through the disc section and the fin section. The disc section is mounted on a wheel in a state where the fin sections contact a plate section of the wheel using a bolt inserted into the bolt hole. The fin section has a groove formed along a circumferential direction in at least one of an area on an inner peripheral side and an area on an outer peripheral side of the bolt hole when viewed in a radial direction of the disc section. | 09-03-2015 |
20150323023 | FLUID-TYPE RETARDING DEVICE - This fluid-type retarding device includes: a rotating disk provided to a rotating shaft; a rotating housing that includes paired disk portions and a cylinder portion connecting outer circumferential portions of the disk portions so as to surround the rotating disk, and is rotatably supported with the rotating shaft; and a friction brake that presses a friction member against the rotating housing at the time of braking to bring the rotating housing to a stop. On at least one surface of the rotating disk, a disk vane extending from an inner circumference of the surface toward an outer peripheral side is formed, and on an inner surface of each of the paired disk portions corresponding to the disk vane, a housing vane extending from an inner circumference to an outer periphery is formed. Furthermore, working fluid is accommodated within the rotating housing. | 11-12-2015 |
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20090310493 | COMMUNICATION UNIT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A transmission-time measurement section ( | 12-17-2009 |
20090310498 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A packetizer sectionalizes data to be transmitted into predetermined units and packetizes them into packets. A permuter permutes the order of the packets created by the packetizer based on a designated interleave length and sends out the packets to a network. A continuous loss information collector collects information on continuous packet loss occurring on the network. An interleave length determiner determines an interleave length based on the information on continuous packet loss, collected by the continuous loss information collector and designates the interleave length for the permuter. | 12-17-2009 |
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20120014259 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes a transmission device configured to transmit a packet and a reception device configured to receive the packet. The reception device is equipped with a behavior information acquisition unit, a model specification information acquisition unit, and a model specification information transmission unit. The behavior information acquisition unit acquires behavior information representing the behavior of a packet before the packet reaches the reception device from the transmission device. The model specification information acquisition unit acquires model specification information for specifying a mathematical model representing the behaviors of a plurality of packets based on the acquired behavior information. The model specification information transmission unit transmits the acquired model specification information to the transmission device. The transmission device is equipped with a model specification information reception unit. The model specification information reception unit receives model specification information. | 01-19-2012 |
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20120198024 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A content distribution system | 08-02-2012 |
20120203903 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A content distribution system | 08-09-2012 |
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20090252504 | Optical Receiver - Provided is an optical receiver which has a wide dynamic range characteristic for stably reproducing packets having different light receiving levels, and which is superior in high-speed responsiveness and consecutive same binary symbols tolerance. | 10-08-2009 |
20100067924 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver of wide-dynamic range characteristic that stably reproduces a burst signal having different light receiving levels. A preamplifier converts an output from a light receiving element into a voltage signal. A level detecting circuit includes: a first level detecting unit having a shorter time constant; and a second level detecting unit having a longer time constant and switching over to any of the level detecting units in response to a time constant switching signal to detect a voltage level of an output voltage signal output from the preamplifier. An amplifier variably controls conversion gain of the preamplifier based on the detecting result. A time constant switching control outputs the time constant switching signal to the level detecting unit based on the output voltage signal from the preamplifier, to select the first level detecting unit or the second detecting unit based on a number of consecutive identical digits being equal to, smaller, or larger than the predetermined number. | 03-18-2010 |
20100164575 | DATA REPRODUCTION CIRCUIT - Provided is a data recovery circuit including an input data phase detection circuit for outputting a gate signal synchronized with a rising phase of input data, a gated multiphase oscillator for instantly generating N-phase clocks based on the gate signal as a trigger, data discriminating and reproducing circuits for outputting sampled data of the input data which are synchronized with the clocks, a continuous clock generation circuit for generating a continuous clock which is a reference clock, continuous clock synchronization circuits for synchronizing the sampled data with the continuous clock and outputting the synchronized sampled data as phase synchronization data, and a phase selector for selecting the phase synchronization data having an optimum discrimination phase with the largest phase margin with respect to the input data and outputting the selected phase synchronization data as recovery data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100181937 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER - An optical transmitter that can perform high-speed ON/OFF control of bias light that is input to an optical modulator. A high-speed current switching circuit performs a high-speed ON/OFF control of a drive current of an LD according to an LD ON/OFF signal. Thus, high-speed ON/OFF control of an optical output from the LD can be performed. A temperature detecting current generation circuit detects the ambient temperature, and generates the drive current adjusted according to the ambient temperature detected thereby so that the optical output from the LD is not affected by the ambient temperature. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189436 | POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a point-to-multipoint optical communication system capable of extending a transmission distance between a subscriber apparatus and a station apparatus without changing wavelengths of an upstream optical signal and a downstream optical signal, which are used in both of the apparatuses. The point-to-multipoint optical communication system includes, as a basic configuration thereof, an optical network for connecting one station apparatus ( | 07-29-2010 |
20130308669 | LASER DIODE DRIVER CIRCUIT - A laser diode drive circuit includes a laser diode (LD), a modulation-current differential drive circuit, a bias-current differential drive circuit, a first inductance connected between an anode of the LD and a positive power source, a second inductance connected between a cathode of the LD and a negative-phase output terminal of the bias-current differential drive circuit, a first resistor connected to a connection point of the anode of the LD and the first inductance and connected to a negative-phase output terminal of the modulation-current differential drive circuit, and a second resistor connected to a connection point of the cathode of the LD and the second inductance and connected to a positive-phase output terminal of the modulation-current differential drive circuit, and a positive-phase output terminal of the bias-current differential drive circuit is connected to the connection point. | 11-21-2013 |
20130343769 | OPTICAL RECEIVER - An optical receiver including: a preamplifier capable of changing a conversion gain in accordance with a reception level of a received burst signal; a gain control circuit capable of switching between a fast time constant and a slow time constant; and a convergence determination circuit for outputting a time constant switching signal in accordance with a state of the gain control circuit (transient state or steady state) and a reset signal between the burst signals. This configuration can switch the time constant of the gain control circuit at an appropriate timing. | 12-26-2013 |
20150295659 | OPTICAL RECEIVER, STATION-SIDE OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT, AND LIGHT RECEPTION LEVEL MONITORING METHOD - An optical receiver includes a light receiving element configured to convert an input light signal into an electric current, a current mirror circuit including a reference current side transistor and a mirror current side transistor, the transistor being connected to the light receiving element, a current-voltage conversion circuit configured to convert an output current from the transistor into a voltage and output the voltage as a light reception level monitor voltage of the light receiving element, and a current sink circuit connected to the transistor and configured to feed an electric current to the transistor. | 10-15-2015 |
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20080303114 | Semiconductor device having P-N column layer and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a substrate; a P-N column layer disposed on the substrate; a second conductivity type epitaxial layer disposed on the P-N column layer. The P-N column layer includes first conductivity type columns and second conductivity type columns, which are alternately arranged. Each column has a tapered shape. A portion of the first conductivity type column located around the substrate has a smaller impurity concentration than another portion of the first conductivity type column located around the second conductivity type epitaxial layer. A portion of the second conductivity type column located around the substrate has a larger impurity concentration than another portion of the first conductivity type column located around the second conductivity type epitaxial layer. | 12-11-2008 |
20090273102 | Semiconductor Substrate and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A semiconductor substrate is provided in which an alignment mark is formed that can be used for an aligment even after the formation of an impurity diffused layer by the planarization of an epitaxial film. | 11-05-2009 |
20110076830 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor substrate is provided in which an alignment mark is formed that can be used for an aligment even after the formation of an impurity diffused layer by the planarization of an epitaxial film. A trench is formed in an alignment region of an N | 03-31-2011 |
20120032312 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor substrate which allows desired electrical characteristics to be more easily acquired, a semiconductor device of the same, and a method of producing the semiconductor substrate. The method of producing this semiconductor substrate is provided with: a first epitaxial layer forming step (S | 02-09-2012 |
20140342525 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor substrate is provided in which an alignment mark is formed that can be used for an alignment even after the formation of an impurity diffused layer by the planarization of an epitaxial film. A trench is formed in an alignment region of an N | 11-20-2014 |
20140342526 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor substrate is provided in which an alignment mark is formed that can be used for an alignment even after the formation of an impurity diffused layer by the planarization of an epitaxial film. A trench is formed in an alignment region of an N | 11-20-2014 |
20140342535 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A semiconductor substrate preventing a void from being generated in an epitaxial film buried in a trench. An N-type first epitaxial film and first trenches are formed on an N | 11-20-2014 |
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20080283882 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor substrate; a buffer layer, a channel layer, and a Schottky junction forming layer sequentially formed on the compound semiconductor substrate, the buffer layer, the channel layer, and the Schottky junction forming layer each being a compound semiconductor; a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the Schottky junction forming layer; and a gate electrode disposed between the source and drain electrodes and forming a Schottky junction with the Schottky junction forming layer. The carrier density in the channel layer is inversely proportional to the third power of depth into the channel layer from a top surface of the channel layer, the channel layer has a uniform sheet carrier density, and the top surface of the channel layer has a dopant concentration in a range from 5.0×10 | 11-20-2008 |
20090014758 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a semiconductor device, a SiN first protective insulating film is formed on a semiconductor layer. A T-shaped gate electrode is formed on the semiconductor layer. A SiN second protective insulating film spreads in an umbrella shape from above the T-shaped gate electrode. A hollow region is formed between the two SiN films. The SiN films are coated with a SiN third protective insulating film with the hollow region remaining. | 01-15-2009 |
20120007153 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor substrate; a buffer layer, a channel layer, and a Schottky junction forming layer sequentially disposed on the compound semiconductor substrate, the buffer layer, the channel layer, and the Schottky junction forming layer each being compound semiconductor materials; a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the Schottky junction forming layer; and a gate electrode disposed between the source and drain electrodes and forming a Schottky junction with the Schottky junction forming layer. The dopant impurity concentration in the channel layer is inversely proportional to the third power of depth into the channel layer from a top surface of the channel layer. The gate electrode has a gate length in a range from 0.2 μm to 0.6 μm. | 01-12-2012 |
20120217557 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate of a compound semiconductor material; a buffer layer, a channel layer, and a Schottky junction forming layer sequentially disposed on the semiconductor substrate, the buffer layer, the channel layer, and the Schottky junction forming layer each being compound semiconductor materials; a source electrode and a drain electrode located on the Schottky junction forming layer; and a gate electrode disposed between the source and drain electrodes and forming a Schottky junction with the Schottky junction forming layer. The carrier density in the channel layer varies with distance from a top surface of the channel layer and is inversely proportional to the third power of depth into the channel layer from the top surface of the channel layer. The buffer layer has a lower electron affinity than the channel layer and is a different compound semiconductor material from the channel layer. | 08-30-2012 |
20140077280 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor element on the substrate; an interconnection on the substrate and electrically connected to the semiconductor element; a window frame member on the substrate, surrounding the semiconductor element, and in contact with the interconnection; and a sealing window bonded to the window frame member and encapsulating the semiconductor element. The window frame member is a low melting glass and has a sheet resistance of 10 | 03-20-2014 |
20140175615 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a semiconductor element on a main surface of a substrate; forming a low melting glass film having a melting point of 450° C. or less on the main surface and the semiconductor element; heat treating the substrate while pressing the low melting glass film toward the main surface of the substrate with a pressurizing jig that is insulating or semi-insulating, and sintering the low melting glass film; and leaving the pressurizing jig on the low melting glass film after sintering the low melting glass film. | 06-26-2014 |
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20150243530 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A plurality of semiconductor element is formed on a substrate. A plurality of sealing windows and a support portion supporting the plurality of sealing windows are formed on a SOI substrate. The SOI substrate is pressured against the substrate by using a pressurizing member and the plurality of sealing windows of the SOI substrate is bonded to the substrate via a low melting point glass member arranged around the plurality of semiconductor elements. The support portion is separated from the plurality of sealing windows bonded to the substrate. | 08-27-2015 |
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20110006351 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; an impurity-doped region at a top surface of the semiconductor substrate; an insulating region located around the impurity-doped region on the top surface of the semiconductor substrate; a gate electrode on the impurity-doped region; a first electrode and a second electrode located on the impurity-doped region, sandwiching the gate electrode; a first pad located on the insulating region and connected to the gate electrode; a second pad facing the first pad across the impurity-doped region, on the insulating region, and connected to the second electrode; and a conductor located between the first electrode and the second pad on the insulating region. | 01-13-2011 |
20130056875 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a main surface; an electrode in a device region on the main surface; a metal wiring on the main surface and having a first end connected to the electrode; an electrode pad outside the device region and spaced from the metal wiring; an air gap between the main surface and an air gap forming film on the main surface, enveloping the first end of the metal wiring and the electrode, and having a first opening; a resin closing the first opening and covering a second end of the metal wiring; a liquid repellent film facing the air gap and increasing contact angle of the resin, when liquid, relative to contact angles on the semiconductor substrate and the air gap forming film; and a metal film connecting the metal wiring to the electrode pad through a second opening located in the resin. | 03-07-2013 |
20150054137 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having opposed main and back surfaces; first and second electrodes in a device region of the substrate, and spaced apart from each other; a metal film on the main surface and joined to the second electrode; an air gap between part of the main surface and the metal film, enveloping the first electrode, and having an opening; a cured resin closing the opening; a liquid repellent film increasing contact angle of the resin, relative to contact angles on the substrate and the metal film; a first metal film joined to the metal film, covering the metal film and the cured resin, and joined to an outer peripheral region of the substrate, at a periphery of the device region; and a second metal film on the back surface and connected to the first electrode through a via hole penetrating the substrate. | 02-26-2015 |