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| 20100057306 | Vehicle-mounted device control system - A vehicle-mounted device control system includes a first vehicle-mounted device, a second vehicle-mounted device, and a control unit connected to the first vehicle-mounted device and the second vehicle-mounted device. The control unit includes signal transmission means that transmits a predetermined signal to the first vehicle-mounted device, cooperative control means that performs cooperative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled using information used by the first vehicle-mounted device when the first vehicle-mounted device responds to the predetermined signal, and alternative control means that performs alternative control in which the second vehicle-mounted device is controlled without using information, used by the first vehicle-mounted device, when the first vehicle-mounted device does not respond to the predetermined signal. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100090524 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An electric automobile has a battery and also has a travel motor and a vehicle interior load device which operate using electric power from the battery. In response to a request for a start of electric power supply to the vehicle interior load device with the automobile being at a standstill, the electric automobile determines, based on the charged state of the battery, whether electric power from the battery can be supplied to the vehicle interior load device. When determining that the electric power from the battery cannot be supplied to the vehicle interior load device, the electric automobile makes a request to an electric power supply device to supply electric power to the vehicle interior load device. In response to the request, the electric power supply device electrically connects to the vehicle interior load device and starts supply of electric power to the vehicle interior load device. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100145560 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYBRID VEHICLE - An EV priority switch is configured to allow a user to request a change between an EV priority mode and an HV mode. If an SOC of a power storage device is less than a first threshold value when the change to the HV mode is requested from the EV priority switch during the EV priority mode, an ECU changes the running mode to attain the HV mode and controls the SOC to be close to the SOC at the moment of a request for the change to the HV mode. If the SOC is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, the ECU maintains the EV priority mode. If the SOC reaches a second threshold value less than the first threshold value, the ECU forcefully changes the running mode to attain the HV mode. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100296204 | Control device of power supply circuit - An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SMRP and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on; a step of detecting voltage values VB( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100312425 | APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ENERGY SUPPLIED TO FUNCTIONAL DEVICE UNITS REALIZING A SPECIFIC FUNCTION - An energy management apparatus is used to manage energy to be supplied to a system. A paid energy resource can be supplied to the system from the outside. The system is provided with two or more functional device units realizing a specific function using the input energy and adapted to satisfy an external request using at least one of the two or more functional device units such that supply of energy to the functional device units can be controlled. In the apparatus, a standardizing means standardizes input energy of each of the two or more functional device units in terms of the cost of the paid energy resource required for producing the input energy. In addition, a determining means determines to which of the two or more functional device units a predetermined quantity of energy should be fed such that the cost incurred in the system can be reduced. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110004364 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a hybrid vehicle, a target rotational speed and a target torque or a target operation point of an engine are set to a predetermined optimal efficiency rotational speed and a predetermined optimal efficiency torque that enable the engine to be operated efficiently when the engine is operated while a state of charge of the battery is equal to or more than a control-center state of charge after a start of a driving of the vehicle. Then, the engine and motors are controlled so that the engine is operated at the target operation point and a torque equivalent to a torque demand is output to a ring gear shaft or an axle. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110260528 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power supply apparatus for a vehicle supplies/charges electric power to/from a power supply unit. The vehicle includes a first power-inverter circuit, a capacitor, high-resistance and low-resistance electric-paths between the capacitor and a battery, a first switching unit opening/closing the electric-paths, and a unit operating the first switching unit, when connecting between the battery and the first power-inverter circuit, in such a manner that after the high-resistance electric path is closed and the low-resistance electric path is opened, the high-resistance electric-path is opened and the low-resistance electric-path is closed. The apparatus includes an electric power transferring electric-path, an operating unit operating the first power-inverter circuit to supply/receive electric power to/from the power supply unit, and a prohibiting unit prohibiting the electric-path between the power supply unit and the first power-inverter circuit from closing when the amount of charge of the capacitor is equal to or less than a predetermined value. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260531 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A power supply apparatus for a vehicle is provided which supplies electric power to a power supply unit and charges electric power from the power supply unit via a power port. The vehicle includes a plurality of power inverter circuits which are connected to a common storage unit in parallel. The plurality of power inverter circuits include an electric power transferring power inverter circuit connected to the power port via an electric power transferring electric path, and are divided into a first category including the electric power transferring power inverter circuit and a second category. The power supply apparatus includes a connection prohibiting unit which realizes a state in which the power inverter circuit included in the first category is electrically connected to the storage unit, and the power inverter circuit included in the second category is disconnected from the storage unit. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110278920 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLIED TO ON-VEHICLE ELECTRICAL LOADS - A power control apparatus is applied to a vehicle provided with a receiving port connected with an external power supply device placed outside the vehicle and on-vehicle electrical loads including a second battery which stores power supplied from the external power supply device via the receiving port. The power control apparatus for vehicles has power supply processing means that performs a power supply process for supplying desired power to the loads during a stop of the vehicle. This power supply processing means predicts cost required to supply the desired power, based on future predicted power cost information, in planning a power supply process needed during the stop of the vehicle. This planned power supply process is performed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120086397 | POWER EXCHANGE SYSTEM - A power exchange system for exchanging power between a power supply system of an installation and a battery of a vehicle includes an installation-side charger/discharger, a vehicle-side charger/discharger coupled to the installation-side charger/discharger to exchange the power, and a vehicle-side controller having a determination section and a setting section. The determination section determines whether the installation is equipped with an installation-side controller that controls power distribution in the power supply system. The setting section sets one of the installation-side controller and the vehicle-side controller as a power command center based on a result of determination by the determination section. The power command center commands one of the installation-side charger/discharger and the vehicle-side charger/discharger to charge/discharge the battery based on information of the battery and information of the power supply system. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120153717 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES - A power supply apparatus for vehicles is provided. This apparatus includes a battery mounted on a vehicle as well as first and second power transferring means and a power conversion unit. The first power transferring means transfers power between the battery and a first power supply section placed outside the vehicle, in a state where the battery is electrically connected to the power supply section. The second power transferring means transfers power between the battery and the power supply section placed outside the vehicle, in a state where the battery is electromagnetically connected to a second power supply section. The power conversion unit is used commonly in both the first and second power transferring means and used for transferring the power between the battery and the first power supply section and for transferring the power between the battery and the second power supply section. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120200151 | NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND NON-CONTACT POWER CHARGE SYSTEM - A non-contact power supply control device controls power supply to transmit power in a non-contact manner from a ground-side power supply section provided outside a vehicle traveling using stored power to a vehicle-side power receiving section provided to the vehicle. A detection unit detects a living body at the periphery of the ground-side power supply section. A control unit restricts the power supply in a case where the detection unit detects the living body at the periphery of the ground-side power supply section during the power supply operation to the vehicle-side power receiving section. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120228928 | VEHICULAR ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - The electric power supply system includes a stationary device and a mobile device. The mobile device includes a rotary electric machine driven by an engine, a vehicular battery which is used to move the vehicle, and an emergency battery. The stationary battery in the stationary device may be charged by either one of the rotary electric machine, the stationary battery or the emergency battery via an inter-battery power line. The amount of charge to the stationary battery is set based on an amount of necessary power WRQ which the stationary device needs, and an amount of available power WVH which the mobile device can supply. The stationary battery can be charged in an efficient manner and with a sufficient amount of electric power. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120262881 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A power supply device includes a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a motor, an inverter-integrated charger, a heat exchanger unit, and a controller having a determining unit. The inverter-integrated charger selectively controls operation of the motor using electrical power of a battery and charge of the battery with external power. The heat exchanger unit cools a cooling-necessary part of the inverter-integrated charger using refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle. When the vehicle is stopped and the battery is charged with the external power, the controller makes the inverter-integrated charger serve as: a charger to perform the charge of the battery; or an inverter to control the operation of the motor, thereby driving the compressor, upon determination that the cooling-necessary part needs to be cooled by the determining unit. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130069591 | BATTERY CHARGING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A battery charger of a battery charging apparatus is disposed on an exterior case of an engine in such a manner that a generated heat is transferred therebetween. An ECU drives a cooling system when an engine temperature and temperature of the battery charger satisfy a predetermined cooling temperature condition. A cooling capacity for cooling the battery charger is improved by establishing a heat radiation passage to radiate a heat from the battery charger efficiently. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130099594 | Control Device of Power Supply Circuit - An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SMRP and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on; a step of detecting voltage values VB(1)and VB(2) of running batteries when VH is detected and if VH is higher than | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130099595 | Control Device of Power Supply Circuit - An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SM and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on a step of detecting voltage values VB(1)and VB(2) of running batteries when VH is detected and if VH is higher than 180 V; a step of detecting that SMRP connected to the running battery is welded, if VB(1) is higher than 150 V; and a step of detecting that A-SMRB connected to the running battery is welded, if VB(2) is higher than 150 V. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130099596 | Control Device of Power Supply Circuit - An ECU executes a program including a step of turning on an SMRP and an A-SMRP if an ignition switch is turned on; a step of detecting voltage values VB( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130301323 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - A power conversion apparatus includes: a bridge circuit between AC and DC ends; a converter circuit between the bridge circuit and the DC end; and a control device for the converter circuit. The converter circuit includes: first and second switches in series between terminals of the bridge circuit; third and fourth switches in series between terminals of the DC end; and a reactor between an intermediate point of the first and second switches and an intermediate point of the third and fourth switches. The control device includes: a first controller defining a part of a cycle of an AC voltage as a stop period and stopping switching the first and second switches during the stop period; and a second controller performing voltage/power factor correction controls over an entire cycle by switching the third and/or fourth switches. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130308230 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device for a battery of a vehicle includes an insulation resistance detecting circuit, a charging circuit, a leak current detecting circuit and a decoupling circuit. The insulation resistance detecting circuit includes a coupling capacitor, and is disposed between the battery and a vehicle body for detecting an insulation resistance between the battery and the vehicle body. The charging circuit converts an alternating current supplied from an alternating current source into a direct current and charges the battery in a state without insulting the input terminal and the output terminal and in a state where the vehicle body is coupled to an earth. The leak current detecting circuit detects a leak current between the charging circuit and the earth. The decoupling circuit decouples the insulation resistance detecting circuit from one of the battery and the vehicle body during a charging of the battery. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20150061585 | CONTACTLESS FEEDING PAD AND CONTACTLESS FEEDING DEVICE - A contactless feeding pad includes a power-receiving side pad, a power-transmitting side pad, and an auxiliary pad. The power-transmitting side pad is different from the power-receiving side pad in size or shape and transmits electric power contactlessly to the power-receiving side pad while being situated oppositely to the power-receiving side pad. The auxiliary pad is installed between the power-transmitting side pad and the power-receiving side pad in close proximity to the power-transmitting side pad or the power-receiving side pad and forms a resonance circuit. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150076918 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A contactless power supply device includes a power-transmitting-side pad and a power-receiving-side pad. Each of the power-transmitting-side pad and the power-receiving-side pad has a core and a coil. The core has a plate-shaped yoke portion. The coil has a first coil portion and a second coil portion. The first coil portion is arranged on a top surface of the yoke portion. The second coil portion is arranged along an outer periphery of the yoke portion. | 03-19-2015 |
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| 20120247249 | Gears and its process of manufacture - A method of manufacturing a gear, and the resulting gear, the method resulting such that the surface layer portions of the tooth portions and a tooth root portion are made to be a carburized layer, the remaining portion of the tooth portions and a portion of a disk portion lying below the carburized layer be a quench-hardened layer, and a region of the disk portion lying deeper than the quench-hardened layer be an unquenched layer. The gear is manufactured using raw material steel having the following chemical composition: C: 0.1% to 0.40% (% by mass), Si: 0.35% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%, Cr: less than 0.2%, Mo: 0.1% or less, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.15% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, N: 0.03% or less, and Fe and unavoidable impurities. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120247619 | Carburized steel and its process of manufacture - A carburized steel member is manufactured by specific carburizing, cooling, and quenching steps. The steel member contains: C: 0.1% to 0.4%, Si: 0.35% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.15% or less, Al: 0.05% or less, and N: 0.03% or less, and a content of Cr is less than 0.2%, a content of Mo is 0.1% or less, and remainder is constituted of Fe and unavoidable impurities. A surface layer thereof includes: a first layer having a carbon concentration of 0.60 mass % to 0.85 mass % and including a martensitic structure in which no grain boundary oxide layer caused by Si exists; a second layer having a carbon concentration of 0.1 mass % to 0.4 mass % and including a martensitic structure; and a third layer having a carbon concentration of 0.1 mass % to 0.4 mass % and including no martensitic structure. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120267009 | COMPOSITE STEEL PART AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A manufacturing method for a composite steel part including preparing an intermediate product in which an extra portion, which has a thickness equal to or more than that of a carburized layer to be formed in a subsequent carburizing step, has been added to a welding expected portion, carburizing the intermediate product by heating to an austenitizing temperature or more in a carburizing atmosphere, then cooling the intermediate product at a cooling rate less than a rate at which martensitic transformation occurs and without completing structural transformation due to the cooling, quenching a portion of the intermediate product after heating to an austenitizing range by high-density energy and thereafter cooling to cause martensitic transformation to form a carburized quenched portion, removing an extra portion of the intermediate product; and then welding a second steel part to the welding expected portion. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120267010 | COMPOSITE STEEL PART AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A manufacturing method for a composite steel part including manufacturing a first steel part by preparing an intermediate product in which an extra portion is added, and heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing temperature in a carburizing atmosphere to form a carburized layer, cooling the intermediate product at a rate less than a cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused and in which the intermediate product is cooled to a temperature equal to or less than a temperature at which structure transformation due to the cooling is completed, heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing range by high-density energy and thereafter cooled at a rate equal to or more than the cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused to form a carburized quenched portion, cutting the extra portion of the intermediate product, and welding the first steel part and the second steel part to each other. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120297910 | DRIVE PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A drive plate includes a disk-shaped plate portion; and a tooth-shaped portion formed at an outer peripheral end of the plate portion. The plate portion and the tooth-shaped portion are integrally shaped from a single steel plate material. The plate portion and the tooth-shaped portion include a carburized layer provided over an entire surface layer of the plate portion and the tooth-shaped portion, the carburized layer having a carbon concentration higher than that of a center portion of the plate portion and the tooth-shaped portion in a thickness direction. The carburized layer of the plate portion is higher in hardness than the center portion of the plate portion in the thickness direction. The carburized layer of the tooth-shaped portion has been subjected to a quenching process, and is further higher in hardness than the carburized layer of the plate portion. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20150020924 | COMPOSITE STEEL PART AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A manufacturing method for a composite steel part including manufacturing a first steel part by preparing an intermediate product in which an extra portion is added, and heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing temperature in a carburizing atmosphere to form a carburized layer, cooling the intermediate product at a rate less than a cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused and in which the intermediate product is cooled to a temperature equal to or less than a temperature at which structure transformation due to the cooling is completed, heating the intermediate product to an austenitizing range by high-density energy and thereafter cooled at a rate equal to or more than the cooling rate at which martensitic transformation is caused to form a carburized quenched portion, cutting the extra portion of the intermediate product, and welding the first steel part and the second steel part to each other. | 01-22-2015 |
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| 20130222300 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS INCLUDING DISTORTION DETECTION ELEMENT - An in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of operations sections, a detection section, and a cancellation section. The operation sections are configured to receive an operation by a user while driving of a vehicle and respectively include distortion detection elements that respectively transmit detection signals in accordance with loads generated due to the operation. The detection section detects the operation to the operation sections based on the detection signals. The cancellation section determines whether loads are generated in the operation sections in a same period based on the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements and cancels the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements in the same period when the loads are generated in the same period. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222304 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A CPU of a control apparatus identifies a driver's manipulatable range, calculates compensation parameters, and sets the compensation parameters to be used for a compensation process. As a result, since the manipulation signal is compensated, e.g., to expand manipulation trajectories based on the driver's manipulatable range, a manipulation content can be recognized accurately. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130275130 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD OF RECOGNIZING SPEECH, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A speech recognition apparatus includes: a recognition device that recognizes a speech of a user and generates a speech character string; a display device that displays the speech character string; a reception device that receives an input of a correction character string, which is used for correction of the speech character string, through an operation portion; and a correction device that corrects the speech character string with using the correction character string. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130282240 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A display control apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering angle detector, an operation detector, a display section, and a setting section. The steering angle detector detects a steering angle of the vehicle. The operation detector detects an operation to an operation unit mounted on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The display section displays an operation image on a display unit located behind the steering wheel in such a manner that the operation image changes according to the operation detected by the operation detector. The setting section sets a display position of the operation image on the display unit according to the steering angle detected by the steering angle detector so that a driver of the vehicle views the operation image at a position adjacent to the operation unit. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130285949 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING TOUCHPAD SIGNALS - A control apparatus includes a first input unit, a second input unit, and an operation command output unit. The first input unit receives a first manipulation signal indicative of a first manipulation including a first manipulation point and a first manipulation pressure from a first touchpad. The second input unit receives a second manipulation signal indicative of a second manipulation including a second manipulation point and a second manipulation pressure from a second touchpad. The operation command output unit receives the first manipulation signal and the second manipulation signal, and outputs an operation command to a display device based on a combination of the first manipulation and the second manipulation. The first touchpad is arranged to be approachable by a first manipulation finger of a left hand. The second touchpad is arranged to be approachable by a second manipulation finger of a right hand. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20150106051 | OPERATION POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR APPARATUS - An operation position detection apparatus includes: an operation body including front and back side operation surfaces; a casing; three strain generating bodies on each operation surface, wherein each strain generating body includes a connection section connected to the operation body, a fixed section fixed to the casing, and a displacement transmission surface displaceable by a pushing pressure to each operation surface; a distortion detection section arranged on each displacement transmission surface and detecting a distortion of the displacement transmission surface; and an operation position calculation section detecting which of the front side operation surface and the back side operation surface is pushed, the magnitude of the operation force generated by the pushing pressure, and an operation position of the pushing pressure, according to a detected distortion. | 04-16-2015 |
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| 20080317504 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which has a plurality of image forming stations arranged in parallel, each of the image forming stations having a photosensitive drum, and which forms a desired image by combining toner images formed on the photosensitive drums. A laser scanning optical system deflects and scans a plurality of laser beams concurrently with a single polygon mirror to irradiate the photosensitive drums. In a monochromatic mode, the rotation speed of the photosensitive drum for forming a black image is changed higher, and synchronization of writing in a main scanning direction is performed by using one of the laser beams irradiating the other photosensitive drums of which rotation speeds are not changed. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20140232805 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical writing device having; a plurality of light-emitting points; a plurality of drive circuits for supplying drive currents to the plurality of light-emitting points respectively; a photodetector for outputting signals indicating quantities of light entering thereto from the respective light-emitting points; a gain switch circuit for outputting photodetection signals obtained by amplifying the signals output from the photodetector in regard to the respective light-emitting points with gains preset for the respective light-emitting points; and a control circuit for controlling the drive circuits such that the photodetection signals output from the gain switch circuit in regard to the respective light-emitting points coincide with a value substantially equal to a predetermined reference value. The gains for the respective light-emitting points are preset based on the distances between the photodetector and the respective light-emitting points. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140267527 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical writing device for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photoreceptor by exposing the photoreceptor to light modulated in accordance with image data. The optical writing device has: a substrate; a light-emitting-element array including a plurality of light-emitting elements supported by the substrate to be arranged in a main-scanning direction; and a light-receiving-element array substantially in parallel to the light-emitting-element array, the light-receiving-element array including a plurality of light-receiving elements supported by the substrate to be arranged in the main-scanning direction. For light-quantity measurement of one of the light-emitting elements, at least an output value output from one of the light-receiving elements of which center is located in a different position, with respect to the main-scanning direction, from a center of the one of the light-emitting elements is used. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375743 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A light-emitting element having a light-emitting section and a light-receiving section provided on a substrate. The light-emitting section includes: an organic compound in which light is emitted; a translucent reflecting portion that transmits the emitted light which has spectral radiance changeable with changes in ambient temperature; and a transparent portion that radiates first part of the light coming through the translucent reflecting portion to outside and total-reflects second part that is light incident to a boundary surface therebetween at angles larger than a critical angle. Wherein, the light-receiving section is capable of receiving the light total-reflected at the boundary surface, the received light having a quantity of light changeable with changes in wavelength of the light passing through the translucent reflecting portion. The light-receiving section further outputs a signal which has an amplitude level in correlation to the quantity of light. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150103865 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE CALCULATION METHOD - An optical writing device having; a plurality of light-emitting points; a photodiode configured to output a signal which represents a quantity of incident light from a predetermined light-emitting point selected from the plurality of light-emitting points; and a calculation section for calculating a temperature of the photodiode based on a magnitude of a photodiode dark current included in the signal output from the photodiode while the predetermined light-emitting point is OFF. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150239258 | OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical print head performs optical writing onto target, and includes: current-driven light-emitting elements arranged in rows in a predetermined direction; driving transistors that are each electrically series-connected with the light-emitting elements in one-to-one correspondence, and each supply a driving current to a corresponding light-emitting element; a current control unit that controls, for each light-emitting element, a driving current amount in accordance with variation in light-emitting properties of the light-emitting element that indicate relation between the driving current amount and a light amount emitted by the light-emitting element; an application unit that, upon receiving electrical power supplied from an external power source, applies application voltage to circuits each consisting of a light-emitting element and a corresponding driving transistor; and a voltage control unit that suppresses variation in divided voltage applied to each driving transistor by controlling the application unit to apply increased application voltage of the driving current amount increases. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150266310 | OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Optical print head includes: light-emitting elements connected one-to-one to current supply lines branching from first power line at different positions in longitudinal direction; holding elements; signal writing unit writing luminance signal into each holding element, the luminance signal being represented by voltage indicating light emission amount of corresponding light-emitting element; second power line supplying reference voltage to each holding element, the reference voltage being reference when signal writing unit writes luminance signal into holding element; and driving drivers corresponding one-to-one with current supply lines and controlling current supplied to corresponding current supply line from first power line, in accordance with voltage held in corresponding holding element when signal writing unit has written luminance signal into corresponding holding element, wherein power source supplying the reference voltage to second power line is common with power source supplying voltage to signal output subunit outputting luminance signal. | 09-24-2015 |
| 20150317953 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical writing device includes a plurality of current driven light emitting elements, first and second power source lines, a designation circuit that outputs a designation potential, first driving circuits provided for each of the light emitting elements to supply driving current to the corresponding light emitting element, second driving circuits provided for each of the light emitting elements to supply driving current to the corresponding light emitting element, and a switching control unit that alternately switches respective states of the first and second driving circuits between a state where one of the first and second driving circuits receives the designation potential while the other driving circuit supplies the driving current, and a state where the other driving circuit receives the designation potential while the one driving circuit supplies the driving current. | 11-05-2015 |
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| 20110149316 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to the present invention, patch data is printed in such a manner that the length of a low-optical-density patch is small and the length of a high-optical-density patch is large. In addition, the measurement is performed by a sensor that measures at a constant scanning speed. Therefore, SN of a dark patch having a high optical density is improved, and a patch chart can be measured in a short time. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20130169994 | DATA GENERATION METHOD AND DATA GENERATION APPARATUS - Conventional calibration patches are designed such that gradation values of the patches are determined, based on the overall length of a trajectory of a monochrome ink color in an L*a*b* space, so that distances between patches become uniform, and therefore provide low interpolation accuracy in a region where measurement values change non-linearly in accordance with the change in gradation. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130222859 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to the invention it is possible to determine in advance whether it is possible to correctly generate a conversion table for calibration or color profile correction even with respect to an unknown print medium, and to avoid the preparation of unsuitable parameters and the performance of unsuitable image processing based thereon. In order to achieve this the color of a subject print medium is measured and from the color measurement result it is determined, based on color measurement data from a test pattern printed on the print medium, whether it is possible to obtain parameters suited to the print medium. As a result it has become possible to avoid the preparation of unsuitable parameters to be associated with the print medium, and it has become possible to output images with a comparatively stable reproduction of color even where performing printing on a variety of print mediums. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20140055797 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - Acquired monochrome image data is converted into color image data using a first lookup table in which gray line gradations are mapped to coordinate values in a color space. Image processing corresponding to printing is executed for the converted color image data, and the color image data that is subjected to the image processing is converted into color material data using a second lookup table in which the coordinate values in the color space are mapped to coordinate values in a color material color space. | 02-27-2014 |
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| 20130014841 | COMPRESSORAANM Moroi; TakahiroAACI Kariya-shiAACO JPAAGP Moroi; Takahiro Kariya-shi JPAANM Obayashi; MasakazuAACI Kariya-shiAACO JPAAGP Obayashi; Masakazu Kariya-shi JPAANM Kimura; NaofumiAACI Kariya-shiAACO JPAAGP Kimura; Naofumi Kariya-shi JPAANM Yoshizumi; FumitakaAACI Nisshin-shiAACO JPAAGP Yoshizumi; Fumitaka Nisshin-shi JPAANM Kuroishi; MasakatsuAACI Seto-shiAACO JPAAGP Kuroishi; Masakatsu Seto-shi JPAANM Kondoh; YasuhiroAACI Nisshin-shiAACO JPAAGP Kondoh; Yasuhiro Nisshin-shi JPAANM Yoshida; KazunoriAACI Nagoya-shiAACO JPAAGP Yoshida; Kazunori Nagoya-shi JP - A compressor includes a discharge chamber, a compression chamber, a partition wall, and a discharge reed valve. The partition wall is arranged between the discharge chamber and the compression chamber and includes a fixing surface facing the discharge chamber. The partition wall includes a discharge port that communicates the discharge chamber and the compression chamber. The discharge reed valve includes a fixed portion, an intermediate portion, and a valve portion. The fixing surface includes a first groove portion, which extends around the discharge port, and a valve seat surface, which is arranged between the discharge port and the first groove portion. The first groove portion extends to a range overlapped with the intermediate portion. A part of the valve portion at a distal side does not close the first groove portion. The valve seat surface includes a receiving portion. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130078126 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a discharge chamber, compressor chamber, valve plate, and discharge reed valve. The valve plate includes a fixing surface, exposed to the discharge chamber, and a discharge port, which communicates the discharge chamber and the compression chamber. The discharge reed valve includes a fixed portion, fixed to the fixing surface, a base portion, separable from the valve plate, and a valve portion, which closes the discharge port. The valve plate includes an annular seal surface, recessed groove, receiving surface, and support surface. The seal surface contacts the valve portion around the discharge port. The recessed groove is arranged in the fixing surface outward from the seal surface. The receiving surface is flush with the fixing surface and contacts a distal region of the valve portion. The support surface is flush with the fixing surface and contacts a central region of the valve portion. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130084201 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor valve structure permits improvement in durability and volumetric efficiency of a compressor and limits power losses. The width of the base portion of each suction reed valve is shorter than the width of the valve flap. The valve base plate has support portions, receiving portions, main coupling portions, and auxiliary coupling portions. Each support portion receives a central area of corresponding one of the valve flaps. The receiving portion receives a distal area of the valve flap. The main coupling portion extends from the support portion and couples the support portion to the receiving portion. The auxiliary coupling portion extends from the support portion. The suction ports are formed through the valve base plate, while leaving the support portions, the receiving portions, the main coupling portions, and the auxiliary coupling portions. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130129546 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a valve base plate, which is arranged between a suction chamber and a compression chamber and has a suction port. The valve base plate includes a sealing surface, a recessed groove, a receiving surface, and a support surface. The sealing surface is flush with a fixing surface and contacts the valve portion in an annular manner. The recessed groove is located at an outer side of the sealing surface and recessed with respect to the fixing surface. The recessed groove includes a bottom portion and separates an edge portion of the valve portion from the bottom portion. The receiving surface is flush with the fixing surface and capable of contacting a distal zone of the valve portion. The support surface is flush with the fixing surface and capable of contacting a middle zone located at an inner side of the sealing surface of the valve portion. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130195686 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a variable displacement swash plate type compressor that reduces wear of cylinder bores and the amount of blow-by gas. Each piston of the compressor has a piston main body, which has a distal portion located at an end corresponding to the compression chamber. A tapering portion and an arcuate portion are formed in the distal portion. The arcuate portion is continuous with an end of the tapering portion that is closer to the compression chamber. The tapering portion and the arcuate portion each have a diameter that increases toward the skirt. The tapering portion has a tapering angle that is in a range from 0.45 degrees to 1.5 degrees. The distance between the distal end of the piston main body and a starting point of the tapering portion on an end closer to the skirt is set in a range from 1.5 mm to 5.0 mm. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130236342 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor has suction reed valves each of which includes a fixation portion fixed to the valve base plate, a basal portion that extends from the fixation portion and is separable from the plate, and a valve flap extending from the basal portion toward the distal end to selectively open and close the suction port. Each suction port has a shape elongated in the width direction, which is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The width of the basal portion is greater than that of the suction port. Each valve flap includes an opening-closing portion facing the corresponding suction port and stoppers, which project from the ends in the width direction. The side edges in the width direction are continuous from the stoppers to the basal portion to gradually approach the suction port. The cylinder block has pairs of recessed retainers. The stoppers contact the retainers. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130251548 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a housing, compression unit, discharge chamber, outlet, and oil separation structure. The oil separation structure, which is arranged between the discharge chamber and the outlet, includes an oil reservoir, oil separation compartment, intake passage, exhaust passage, and supply passage. The oil separation compartment is located upward from the oil reservoir. The intake passage, which extends upward from the oil separation compartment, draws refrigerant gas into the oil separation compartment from the discharge chamber to separate lubrication oil from the refrigerant gas. The exhaust passage extends upward from the oil separation compartment and discharges the refrigerant gas in the oil separation compartment out of the housing through the outlet. The supply passage extends upward from the oil separation compartment and has a larger cross-sectional area than the intake passage. The supply passage supplies the oil reservoir with lubrication oil from the oil separation compartment. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20150023812 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR WITH SINGLE-HEAD PISTONS - The muffler has a muffler chamber formed in a rear housing, an inlet channel that provides communication between the discharge chamber and the muffler chamber, and an outlet channel that provides communication between the muffler chamber and the outlet port. The muffler chamber has a first end surface positioned on one end side of the muffler chamber, a second end surface positioned on the other end side of the muffler chamber, and an inner peripheral surface having a cylindrical shape that is positioned between the first end surface and the second end surface and extends from the discharge chamber toward the other end side. The muffler chamber is positioned between an annular wall and an outer peripheral wall. The inlet channel opens in the first end surface. The outlet channel opens in the inner peripheral surface at a position spaced apart from the second end surface. | 01-22-2015 |
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| 20100002874 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an information apparatus and method suitable for use in upgrading control programs readily by a user. In step S | 01-07-2010 |
| 20120002751 | Transmitter, Transmission Method, Receiver, Reception Method, and Program - A transmitter, a transmission method, a receiver, a reception method, and a program are provided which can allow the acquisition of all selection information of multi-segment broadcasting. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120102519 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHOD - The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus and transmitting method as well as a receiving apparatus and receiving method configured to be able to recognize only channel selection information for digital broadcasting that is viewable at the receiving end. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120281141 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A reception apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive a broadcast stream at least including a data stream for data broadcasting; a first style selector configured to select a display style for each of data broadcast content acquired from the broadcast stream received by the reception unit; a second style selector configured to select, when the data broadcast content corresponding to the style selected by the first style selector corresponds to a plurality of display styles, one display style out of the plurality of display styles; and a display unit configured to display the data broadcast content corresponding to the style selected by the first style selector or the second style selector. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120300130 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus and method and a receiving apparatus and method that allow obtaining of all of the tuning information of a multi-segment broadcasting. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130141649 | RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL INCLUDING TUNING ASSISTANT INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device and a transmission method for a digital signal including tuning assistant information capable of rapidly presenting one segment broadcasting which can be received, and a program. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140044219 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to a receiving device that can promptly present receivable one-segment broadcasts, a receiving method, and a program. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140196096 | BROADCAST WAVE RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, BROADCAST WAVE TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present technique relates to a broadcast wave receiving device and method, a broadcast wave transmitting device and method, a program, and a recording medium that realize universal tuning that enables selection of multi-segment broadcasting only through broadcast reception while utilizing existing infrastructures. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20150131548 | RECEIVER, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to a receiver, a receiving method, and a program capable of rapidly presenting receivable one segment broadcasting. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150222374 | RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a reception device including a first acquisition unit configured to acquire station information regarding a station transmitting a broadcasting wave of broadcasting on an arbitrary segment, a storage unit configured to store the station information, a selection unit configured to select a station transmitting a broadcasting wave that is receivable at a predetermined position as a tunable station to be tuned to using the station information, a specifying unit configured to specify a transmission frequency used at a transmission point of a broadcasting wave of the broadcasting performed by the tunable station using the station information, and a tuning control unit configured to perform tuning control such that a service of the broadcasting performed by the tunable station is tuned to according to the transmission frequency. | 08-06-2015 |
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| 20120228889 | VEHICLE BUMPER DEVICE - A bumper reinforcement is provided with a front wall portion, an upper wall portion, and a lower wall portion. The front wall portion constitutes the front portion of the bumper reinforcement. The upper wall portion is connected to the upper edge of the front wall portion and constitutes the upper half of the rear portion of the bumper reinforcement. The lower wall portion is connected to the lower edge of the front wall portion and constitutes the lower half of the rear portion of the bumper reinforcement. Outer grooves are formed by denting the front wall portion rearward and extend along the vehicle width direction. The upper wall portion comprises a top wall which constitutes the top of the upper wall portion. Upper grooves are formed by denting the top wall downward, and are located intermittently along the aforementioned width direction. Furthermore, the upper grooves extend in the longitudinal direction. The lower wall portion comprises a bottom wall which constitutes the bottom of the lower wall portion. Lower grooves are formed by denting the lower wall portion upward, and are located intermittently along the aforementioned width direction. Furthermore, the lower grooves extend in the longitudinal direction. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130001963 | SHOCK ABSORBER AND BUMPER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A shock absorber includes a cylindrical small diameter portion, a cylindrical large diameter portion, and an annular step portion that connects the small diameter portion and the large diameter portion to each other. The shock absorber absorbs load applied thereto through plastic deformation that starts at the annular step portion thereby absorbing impact energy. In the deformation, the small diameter portion is folded back into the large diameter portion. The large diameter portion has protrusions, which extend in the axial direction and protrude radially outward. Therefore, the shock absorber stabilizes turning deformation and is capable of efficiently absorbing impact energy. A bumper device for a vehicle is also provided. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130076052 | CRUSH BOX AND VEHICLE BUMPER APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A crush box arranged between a side member of a vehicle body and a bumper reinforcement member, the crush box including: a main body portion arranged in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and formed in a tubular shape, the main body portion having first and second portions; a vehicle body attaching portion arranged at a first end of the main body portion; and a bumper attaching portion arranged at a second end of the main body portion, wherein vertical cross-sections of both the first portion adjacent to the vehicle body attaching portion and the second portion adjacent to the bumper attaching portion are polygonal shapes, and the number of vertices of the polygonal shape of the vertical cross-section of the second portion is greater than the number of vertices of the polygonal shape of the vertical cross-section of the first portion. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130099514 | VEHICLE BUMPER APPARATUS AND CRUSH BOX THEREOF - A vehicle bumper apparatus includes a bumper reinforcement member formed to have a hollow cross section and including a vehicle interior portion formed to have an open cross section including an opening, and a crush box supporting the bumper reinforcement member to mount the bumper reinforcement member to a side member of a vehicle body, the crush box including a connecting portion arranged at a vehicle exterior portion, the connecting portion closing the opening of the bumper reinforcement member to restrict the opening from being expanded, and a retaining portion protruding from the connecting portion toward an exterior side of a vehicle to retain the bumper reinforcement member. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130113224 | BUMPER REINFORCEMENT - A bumper reinforcement includes end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein the bumper reinforcement is made of a light alloy extruded material including a hollow cross-section and is configured to be arranged at a vehicle, the bumper reinforcement is configured to be assembled on and supported by a supporting member at each of the end portions bent toward a vehicle body side, the hollow cross-section includes a closed cross-section at the intermediate portion and includes an open cross-section provided with an opening at each of the end portions, each of the end portions is formed in a manner that a thickness of the hollow cross-section thereof in a vehicle front-rear direction is gradually reduced toward an end, and each of the openings is configured to be at least partially closed with a connecting portion of the supporting member and is restricted from being expanded. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130241218 | VEHICLE BUMPER REINFORCEMENT - Provided is a vehicle bumper reinforcement including: an inner-wall section in a long shape along the width direction of a vehicle; an outer-wall section formed in a long shape so as to be arranged to face the inner-wall section; an upper-wall section connecting an upper end side of the inner-wall section and an upper end side of the outer-wall section; and a lower-wall section connecting a lower end side of the inner-wall section and a lower end side of the outer-wall section. The inner-wall section has a first concave section with a bottom, which is formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, the outer-wall section has a second concave section with a bottom, which is formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, and a bottom surface of the first concave section and a bottom surface of the second concave section are arranged to face each other. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241219 | CRASH BOX AND BUMPER DEVICE - Provided is a crash box to be installed to a bumper reinforcement including an outer-wall section, an upper-wall section and a lower-wall section, an upper inner-wall section, a lower inner-wall section, and a clearance between the upper inner-wall section and the lower inner-wall section. The crash box includes a body section provided between a member of a vehicle body side and the bumper reinforcement, an upper support section provided to protrude from the body section to a bumper reinforcement side, a lower support section provided to protrude from the body section to the bumper reinforcement side, and an insertion section provided to protrude from the body section to the bumper reinforcement side, inserted from the clearance into the bumper reinforcement and contacting a lower end portion of the upper inner-wall section and an upper end portion of the lower inner-wall section. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20150176673 | SHOCK ABSORBING MEMBER - A shock absorbing member is arranged at a side end portion of a vehicle, and is formed into a tubular shape extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction. The shock absorbing member includes an outer wall portion formed so as to extend in a vehicle height direction and the vehicle front-and-rear direction, an inner wall portion formed so as to extend in the vehicle height direction and the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and arranged on a center portion side of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction with respect to the outer wall portion so as to be opposed to the outer wall portion, an upper wall portion connected to upper end portions of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, a lower wall portion connected to lower end portions of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, and a horizontal rib connected to the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion. A distance between the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion is decreased as approaching from the inner wall portion side to the outer wall portion side. A thickness of a part of the horizontal rib, which is connected to the outer wall portion, is set larger than a thickness of a part of the horizontal rib, which is connected to the inner wall portion. | 06-25-2015 |
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| 20120046420 | POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER, RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL, SHAPED ARTICLE, OPTICAL MATERIAL, AND LENS - A polymer containing a recurring unit having an aliphatic polycyclic structure, wherein at least two atoms constituting the ring skeleton of the aliphatic polycyclic structure constitute the main chain of the polymer, and the recurring unit has an aliphatic ring containing a sulfonyl group as the constitutive group of the ring skeleton, has high refractivity, high Abbe's number, high-level heat resistance, high-level light transmittance and low water absorption. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20130131212 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE - Disclosed is a curable resin composition comprising a polymer (A) that has a main chain comprising carbon atoms and a side chain having a polymerizing unsaturated linking group and has a cyclic structure in the main chain and/or the side chain, and a compound having a polymerizing unsaturated group. The curable resin composition has good optical characteristics, good heat resistance and good moldability. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130237630 | SEMI-CURED PRODUCT, CURED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THESE, OPTICAL COMPONENT, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - A heat-resistant cured product is efficiently produced by obtaining a semi-cured product where a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound and a thermal radical-polymerization initiator is processed by at least one of photoirradiation and heating to give a semi-cured product having a complex viscosity of from 10 | 09-12-2013 |
| 20150015973 | COMPOUND LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A compound lens produced by heating and pressing a semi-cured product of a curable resin composition containing a (meth)acrylate monomer, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound, and a photo-radical initiator and a transparent substrate arranged so as to be in contact with the semi-cured product in a state in which a molding die is filled with the semi-cured product and the transparent substrate, and obtaining a cured product by allowing the semi-cured product to be thermally polymerized, exhibits an excellent transfer property, a small number of bubble mixtures, and excellent heat resistance and crack resistance. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150018445 | SEMI-CURED PRODUCT, CURED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, OPTICAL COMPONENT, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - A curable resin composition comprising a (meth)acrylate monomer having an aromatic ring, a non-conjugated vinylidene group-containing compound represented by the general formula below, and a thermal or a photo-radical polymerization initiator makes it possible to produce a cured product with minimized occurrence of burring during molding and high product yield after molding. The cured product has good heat coloration resistance and low Abbe's number. R | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150197592 | SEMI-CURED PRODUCT, CURED PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THESE, OPTICAL COMPONENT, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND COMPOUND - A curable resin composition containing a compound of formula (1), a compound of formula (2) and a thermal- or photo-radical polymerization initiator is capable of producing a cured product having a low Abbe's number and capable of realizing burr reduction in molding the composition. Ar | 07-16-2015 |
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| 20130073550 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An information management method to be executed by a computer, the information management method includes; accepting a registration request that includes identification information of a mobile device, and position information of the mobile device that includes latitude and longitude; generating a value that includes the identification information followed by information that indicates a date and time when the registration request is accepted; storing the position information in a first storage unit in a manner correlated with the value; generating another value that includes the information that indicates the date and time followed by the identification information; storing the position information in a second storage unit in a manner correlated with the other value; storing the position information in a third storage unit in a manner correlated with the identification information; and storing the identification information in a fourth storage unit in a manner correlated with the position information. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073553 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An information management method to be executed by a computer, the information management method includes: accepting a registration request including information in which latitude and longitude are included, and correspondence information corresponding to the position information; generating one character string by alternately arraying one character of the latitude and another one character of the longitude, each of the one character and the other one character is in a same digit regarding all of the digits of each of the latitude and the longitude, or some digits from the least significant digit of each of the latitude and the longitude; and storing the correspondence information in a storage unit in a manner correlated with the character string as a key. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130262512 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data management method including accepting a request of polygon data including data pertaining to latitude/longitude of each vertex of a polygon, specifying a minimum unit rectangle matching a minimum bounding rectangle of the polygon or including the minimum bounding rectangle from plural unit rectangles formed by recursively dividing a two-dimensional space including a latitude/longitude range and being equally divided in X and Y directions in the same number, generating a character string by assigning values to the minimum unit rectangle or all unit rectangles including the minimum unit rectangle in correspondence with the number of divided parts of the two-dimensional space in the X and Y directions, and alternately arranging the values, in the X or Y direction, starting from values corresponding to a large unit rectangle among the unit rectangles, and storing the polygon data in correspondence with a key including the character string. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130304382 | NAVIGATION DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Navigation systems, methods, and programs acquire deviated point information regarding a deviated point where a vehicle traveling a set route has deviated the route, and acquire post-deviation travel history information regarding a travel history after a deviated vehicle has deviated the route at the deviated point. The systems, methods, and programs determine based on the post-deviation travel history information for each of the deviated vehicles whether the deviated vehicle has traveled along a reroute set after deviating the route at the deviated point, and judges whether a rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is a first predetermined value or more. If the rate of the deviated vehicles which were determined as having traveled along the reroute is the first predetermined value or more, the systems, methods, and programs determine that guidance of the route is not appropriate. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140195561 | SEARCH METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGING APPARATUS - A search method to be implemented in a computer which performs a process to search searching information including a plurality of items that are targets of information search, includes, in response to receiving a search request for the searching information, comparing one or more first character strings stored in a storage in a related manner to information related to a source of the search request, and a second character string specified in the search request, in order to judge the item corresponding to the second character string based on a result of the comparing, and searching the searching information using the second character string as a search condition related to the item that is judged as corresponding to the second character string. | 07-10-2014 |
