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20100246826 | Digital cinema management device and digital cinema management method - A digital cinema management device includes a control unit that manages keys used when exhibiting contents with playback devices and controls a representation of a management window for performing the key management, in which the control unit displays an arrangement representation in the management window and provides a representation at an arrangement position defined by a playback device and content exhibited by the playback device, the representation representing a status of a key used when decoding content corresponding to the arrangement position with a playback device corresponding to the arrangement position. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247069 | Digital cinema management device and digital cinema management method - A digital cinema management device includes a control unit that supplies data of contents stored in a storage device to a playback device, in which the control unit refers to the contents stored in the storage device, contents stored in a content storage unit of the playback device, and an exhibition schedule, selects contents which are scheduled to be exhibited by the playback device, and which are not stored in the content storage unit, from the storage device, and supplies data of the selected contents to the playback device. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247070 | Digital cinema management device and digital cinema management method - A digital cinema management device includes a control unit that manages schedules of contents exhibited by playback devices and controls a representation of a management window for performing the schedule management, in which the control unit determines an urgent level in accordance with the number of days left until an exhibition day when the requirements for exhibiting contents with the playback devices in accordance with an exhibition schedule are not satisfied and switches the properties of the representation on the management window in accordance with the determined urgent level. | 09-30-2010 |
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20110229030 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire image data of an image; a histogram calculation section configured to calculate a histogram of the acquired image data; a histogram storage section configured to store the calculated histogram that is updated sequentially; and a change determination section configured to determine whether a change has occurred in the acquired image based on the degree of similarity between the calculated histogram and the previously stored histogram. | 09-22-2011 |
20120155764 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an obtaining unit obtaining image data of images; a dividing unit dividing the obtained image into N blocks; a designation unit sequentially designating the M blocks among the N blocks as the blocks to be updated; a histogram generation unit generating histograms of the obtained image data; a histogram storage unit sequentially updating and storing the generated histogram; a change determination unit determining a change in the obtained image, on the basis of the degree of similarity between the histogram of the generated M blocks and the histogram of the M blocks in the past corresponding to the generated M blocks which are stored; a normalization determination unit determining whether or not to perform normalization of the histogram; and a normalization unit normalizing any one of the histogram of the generated M blocks and the histogram of the corresponding M blocks in the past. | 06-21-2012 |
20130044964 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including an acquisition portion that acquires image data of an image, a dividing portion that divides the acquired image into a number of blocks N (N>1), a specification portion that sequentially specifies, each time the image data of the image is newly acquired, a number of the blocks M (N≧M>1) from among the number of the blocks N, as the blocks to be updated, a filtering portion that performs filtering using a predetermined filter on the image data of the specified number of the blocks M, a counting portion that counts a number of pixels for which a filtering result is larger than a predetermined value, a first determination portion that determines whether there is an abnormality in the blocks, and a second determination portion that determines whether sabotage has occurred. | 02-21-2013 |
20140267821 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: an acquisition section configured to acquire image data of a captured image; a dividing section configured to divide the acquired image data into divisional regions; a characteristic-amount calculation section configured to calculate a characteristic amount of the image data in each of the divisional regions; a characteristic-amount storage section configured to update the calculated characteristic amount and store the updated characteristic amount sequentially; and a change determination section configured to perform first and second processings, the first processing being provided to calculate a change amount or an agreement amount between the characteristic amounts, the second processing being provided to calculate a difference value between the characteristic amounts, and the change determination section being configured to determine, based on processing contents of the first and second processings, whether or not the update region is a changed region. | 09-18-2014 |
20140362238 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, TEMPLATE CREATION APPARATUS, TEMPLATE CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A photographing apparatus includes a position estimation unit and a photographing control unit. The position estimation unit is configured to use a long-term template of a target to be tracked and a short-term template of the target to be tracked, which are created from a past taken image, to estimate a position of the target to be tracked in a current taken image. The long-term template is a template updated at a longer interval, and the short-term template is a template updated at a shorter interval. The photographing control unit is configured to control photographing on the basis of the position estimated by the position estimation unit. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090039386 | Semiconductor Device - A semiconductor device comprises a first base layer of a first conductivity type; a plurality of second base layers of a second conductivity type, provided on a part of a first surface of the first base layer; trenches formed on each side of the second base layers, and formed to be deeper than the second base layers; an emitter layer formed along the trench on a surface of the second base layers; a collector layer of the second conductivity type, provided on a second surface of the first base layer opposite to the first surface; an insulating film formed on an inner wall of the trench, the insulating film being thicker on a bottom of the trench than on a side surface of the trench; a gate electrode formed within the trench, and isolated from the second base layers and the emitter layer by the insulating film; and a space section provided between the second base layers adjacent to each other, the space section being deeper than the second base layers and being electrically isolated from the emitter layer and the second base layers. | 02-12-2009 |
20110101417 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises a first base layer of a first conductivity type; a plurality of second base layers of a second conductivity type, provided on a part of a first surface of the first base layer; trenches formed on each side of the second base layers, and formed to be deeper than the second base layers; an emitter layer formed along the trench on a surface of the second base layers; a collector layer of the second conductivity type, provided on a second surface of the first base layer opposite to the first surface; an insulating film formed on an inner wall of the trench, the insulating film being thicker on a bottom of the trench than on a side surface of the trench; a gate electrode formed within the trench, and isolated from the second base layers and the emitter layer by the insulating film; and a space section provided between the second base layers adjacent to each other, the space section being deeper than the second base layers and being electrically isolated from the emitter layer and the second base layers. | 05-05-2011 |
20130240947 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device formed on a substrate of a first conductivity type, including a base layer of a second conductivity disposed on a first face of the substrate, an anode layer with a higher dopant amount in a portion of the base layer, an IGBT region formed on the base layer, a diode region formed on the anode layer, a trench extending from the top of the IGBT and diode regions in to the substrate. The area occupied by the diode region is different from the area occupied by the IGBT region, but they share collector and emitter electrodes. The contact area between the diode anode layer and the emitter electrode may be adjusted by the arrangement of trenches. | 09-19-2013 |
20130248882 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device, transistor cells and diode cells are formed on a single semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type. A first semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type is formed in a transistor cell region and at a lower side of the substrate. A second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type is formed in a region adjacent to the transistor cell region and at the lower side of the substrate. Gate electrodes are formed at an upper side of the substrate. A third semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type and a fourth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type are formed between the gate electrodes. A fifth semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type is formed above the first semiconductor layer in the transistor cell region. A first and a second electrode are formed on both sides of the substrate. | 09-26-2013 |
20150021655 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor region of a second conductivity type on the first semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region of the first conductivity type on the second semiconductor region, a control electrode disposed within and insulated from the first, second, and third semiconductor regions, a first electrode electrically connected with the second and third semiconductor regions, a second electrode, and a fourth semiconductor region of the second conductivity type between the second electrode and the first semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region includes a first portion having a first dopant concentration and a second portion having a second dopant concentration higher than the first dopant concentration, and a contact area of the first portion with the second electrode is larger than a contact area of the second area with the second electrode. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090190147 | Image forming apparatus, print control method, and computer-readable recording medium storing print control program - An image forming apparatus and a print control method prevents a disadvantageous effect to a user due to print failure, before an image forming operation is started. The image forming apparatus includes an interface for connecting an external storage device to the image forming apparatus. Data stored in the external storage device is read via the interface and printed by the image forming apparatus. A memory usage at the time of printing the data is calculated based on a parameter obtained from various information about the data. The calculated memory usage and a memory capacity that is available in the image forming apparatus during printing are compared. An image forming operation for printing the data is controlled depending on a comparison result. | 07-30-2009 |
20110016464 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processor includes a first part storing one or more programs included in one or more packages; a second part correlating and retaining the package and version information of the programs on a program basis; a third part comparing, if one of the installed programs is to be installed, the version information of the installed one of the programs and the one of the programs to be installed; a fourth part determining whether the one of the programs to be installed is subordinate to a package other than a package including the one of the programs to be installed, if the version information of the one of the programs to be installed is determined to be lower; and a fifth part installing the one of the programs to be installed if the one of the programs to be installed is determined to be not subordinate to the other package. | 01-20-2011 |
20110161652 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING OPERATION THAT MODIFIES PROGRAM CONFIGURATION - An operation inhibiting system includes an image forming apparatus in which programs are installed and an operation inhibition information providing apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a configuration information storing unit to store configuration information about the installed programs, an operation inhibition information acquiring unit to transmit the configuration information to the operation inhibition information providing apparatus, and to receive operation inhibition information that is transmitted from the operation inhibition information providing apparatus in response to the configuration information, the operation inhibition information indicating on a program-specific basis whether an operation to modify a configuration of an installed program is allowed, and an operation unit to inhibit the operation on the program based on the received operation inhibition information, wherein the operation inhibition information providing apparatus includes a unit that transmits the operation inhibition information responsive to the configuration information upon receiving the configuration information. | 06-30-2011 |
20110296400 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING LICENSE - An information processing apparatus includes an install unit to receive install data for software to install the software for providing a function, an acquisition unit to acquire a license file for activating the function, a management unit to manage information indicative of presence or absence of a license to use the function, independently of presence or absence of the license file, and an update unit to update the information indicative of presence or absence of the license upon transferring the license between apparatuses. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296405 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes an installation unit which downloads installation data of an application program corresponding to a function from an external device and installs the application program. A license acquisition unit acquires a license file from an external device in order to activate the function. A license managing unit manages presence of a license of the function independently of presence of the license file. A license transfer managing unit transfers the license from a source device to a destination device and updates the presence of the license of the function. An automatic return unit automatically returns the transferred license to the source device according to automatic return conditions stored in the information processing device. | 12-01-2011 |
20120017199 | REMOVAL OF PROGRAM LICENSED TO USER - An image forming apparatus includes a program storing unit, a function introducing unit to obtain a program licensed to an individual user and license information about the program from an external source and to store the program in the program storing unit, a user information storing unit to store user information that includes the license information about the program that is stored by the function introducing unit, the license information being associated with a user ID of the individual user in the user information, a removal timing receiving unit to receive a setting of removal timing at which the program stored by the function introducing unit is removed from the program storing unit, and a removal unit to remove the program stored by the function introducing unit from the program storing unit upon arrival of the removal timing received by the removal timing receiving unit. | 01-19-2012 |
20120017286 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a login unit configured to receive a login of a user; a program storage unit; a function introduction unit configured to obtain a first program licensed to the user and license information of the first program, and to store the first program and the license information in the program storage unit without deleting a second program that is a different version of the first program from the program storage unit; a user information storage unit configured to store user information that registers license information of introduced programs and version information with user IDs; and a function providing unit configured to specify license information and version information that are associated with a user ID of a user who logs into the image forming apparatus in order to provide a function realized by a program corresponding to the license information and the version information to the user. | 01-19-2012 |
20120047242 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HANDLING LICENSE FILE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an installing part configured to install a function by downloading installing data of the function from outside the information processing apparatus, a license file acquiring part configured to acquire a license file for activating the function from the outside, a license managing part configured to manage existence of a license for the function regardless of existence of the license file, a license moving and updating part configured to move the license to or from another apparatus and update existence of the license of the function, a license returning part configured to cause the moved license to be returned based on an automatic return condition to a predetermined apparatus, and a license holding part configured to hold a predetermined license structure of the information processing apparatus set up by a user to cause the license to be moved in conformity with the predetermined license structure. | 02-23-2012 |
20120127490 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a communication unit to communicate with other electronic apparatuses and a license management apparatus; a license file management unit to obtain license files from the license management apparatus; a license information management unit to manage license information to determine licensed software programs; an apparatus management unit to manage apparatus-related information including component parts information; and a license distribution management unit. The license distribution management unit confirms that licensed software programs are present. When transferring licenses for the confirmed software programs, the license distribution management unit requests and obtains the license information and the apparatus-related information from the other electronic apparatuses. The license distribution management unit conducts a searching process to identify the electronic apparatuses to which licenses are allowed to be transferred based on the obtained license information and apparatus-related information from the other electronic apparatuses, and transfers the licenses to the identified electronic apparatuses. | 05-24-2012 |
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20080225070 | Image forming apparatus - In an image forming apparatus, a control unit determines that dirt is present on the linear scale when a detecting unit detects a change in a moving direction of a moving member while the moving member is moving at a constant speed. | 09-18-2008 |
20090237744 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELIMINATING CONVEYANCE FAILURE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELIMINATING CONVEYANCE FAILURE - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that forms an image based on a control signal from an image processing controlling unit that processes input image information into image data. The apparatus includes a carriage that moves in a main scanning direction in accordance with the control signal; a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction; an output detection unit that detects motor outputs of the carriage at any plural points when the carriage moves at a constant speed; and a jamming determination unit that compares an average value of the motor outputs of the carriage between the plural points with a predetermined tolerance to determine a conveyance failure. | 09-24-2009 |
20100196025 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including a receiving part for receiving an image forming request, a conveyor belt for rotating and conveying a recording paper, a charging part for applying charges to the conveyor belt, and an image forming part for forming an image on the recording paper is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a cleaning part configured to clean a surface of the conveyor belt by rotating the conveyor belt and setting a contacting member in contact with the surface of the conveyor belt when a bias voltage of the charges is reduced. The cleaning part is configured to clean the surface of conveyor belt when a printing process and a post-printing process are completed by the image forming part and no subsequent image forming request is received by the receiving part. | 08-05-2010 |
20110090269 | Image forming apparatus - A vibration damping member, for dampening vibration triggered by movement of a carriage, is driven to move by a vibration-damping drive motor that is a different drive source from a drive source of the carriage. The vibration-damping drive motor includes a stepping motor which may be controlled by an input of a pulse. A carriage-position detecting unit for detecting the position of the carriage in a moving direction updates the position count each time the carriage is moved by a predetermined amount. Each time the position count of the carriage-position detecting unit is updated by a predetermined amount, a first pulse generating unit generates a pulse that causes the vibration-damping drive motor to move by one step. The vibration-damping drive motor is driven with the pulse, thereby causing the vibration damping member to move. | 04-21-2011 |
20110187305 | SERVO CONTROL DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed servo control device includes a servo control unit configured to control a driving unit for driving a driven body with servo control, and a changing unit configured to change a timing of ending the servo control in response to stop position accuracy for a target stop position of the driven body when the driven body is driven to move, wherein the servo control unit detects an error between the target stop position and an actual stop position of the driven body, and corrects the timing of ending the servo control using the detected error. | 08-04-2011 |
20110193930 | ENCODER SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ENCODER SENSOR - An encoder sensor for reading plural slits of an encoder scale includes a light emitting part configured to emit light and a light receiving part configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting part. The light emitting part is configured to emit the light from plural areas arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the plural slits are arranged. | 08-11-2011 |
20140253623 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a conveyance unit, a correction unit, and an attitude controller. The image forming device forms an image on a printing medium. The conveyance unit is disposed opposing the image forming device to convey the printing medium. The correction unit corrects an attitude of a leading edge of the printing medium sent out from the conveyance unit. The attitude controller controls correction of the attitude of the leading edge of the punting medium performed by the correction unit. The attitude controller determines whether or not the correction of the attitude of the leading edge of the printing medium is to be performed, and causes the correction unit to perform the correction when the attitude controller determines that the correction is to be performed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140267487 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, a belt member, a reflection-type photosensor, and a reflection member. The belt member includes plural suction holes to attract a printing medium onto the belt member. The reflection member reflects light from the reflection-type photosensor through the suction holes. The reflection member is disposed inside the belt member. The reflection member has a reflection rate at which, when the reflection-type photosensor receives reflection light at positions of the suction holes with a transparent printing medium being not present on the belt member, a sensor output of the reflection-type photosensor is lower than a predetermined reference value, and when the reflection-type photosensor receives reflection light at the positions of the suction holes with the transparent printing medium being present on the belt member, a sensor output of the reflection-type photosensor is equal to or greater than the predetermined reference value. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100266519 | Production Method Of A Powder Cosmetic - The present invention is to provide an easy production method of powder cosmetics having improved practical characteristics such as extensibility on the skin, adhesion, feeling of particulate fineness, and long-lasting property, and having improved impact resistance. A production method of a powder cosmetic comprising; mixing powder component and oil component as a binder with a mixing apparatus, wherein the mixing apparatus is a facing rotor type mixing apparatus having a first rotor with a plurality of blades and a second rotor with a plurality of blades in a mixing chamber, in which the first rotor and the second rotor face each other and have rotating shafts on same axis line, and in the facing rotor type mixing apparatus, raw materials are fed into an introduction opening on a first rotor side, the raw materials are mixed by rotating the first rotor and the second rotor in same or opposite directions to each other, and the mixed raw materials are discharged from a discharge opening on a second rotor side. | 10-21-2010 |
20120039830 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POWDERY COMPOSITION AND POWDERY COSMETIC - Disclosed is a process for producing a powdery cosmetic having an excellent feeling upon application, an excellent long-lasting property and excellent production efficiency. Specifically disclosed is a process for producing a powdery composition, which comprises: a slurry preparation step of mixing a powder component with a non-volatile oily component in a volatile solvent to prepare a slurry, wherein the non-volatile oily component comprises (A) an amino-modified silicone having a functional group equivalent of 1000 to 10,000 and a viscosity of 200 to 2000 mm | 02-16-2012 |
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20110092091 | CONNECTOR - A connector which effectively prevents an incomplete connection caused by an imperfect insertion of an object to be connected. When a flexible circuit tip is inserted into a connector main body and abuts against a lock member, a pushing member rotates toward one direction while the lock member moves toward the outside in the width direction of the connector main body, a protruding portion of the press member abuts against the lock member so that the rotation of the pushing member becomes regulated, and the press member rotates toward one direction while the lock member returns toward the inside in the width direction of the connector main body, the press member is rotatable, therefore, the press member does not rotate to the closed position while the flexible circuit is imperfectly inserted. Hence, it becomes capable of effectively preventing the incomplete connection caused by the imperfect insertion of the flexible circuit. | 04-21-2011 |
20120142223 | CONNECTOR - A connector arranged to prevent connection failure due to foreign matter trapped between contacts and a connectable object. The contacts have a first movable piece portion, the anterior end including a first contacting portion for contact with a flexible circuit, the posterior end pressable by a press member in a direction opposite the flexible circuit, a second movable piece portion, the anterior end including a second contacting portion for contact with the flexible circuit, the posterior end of first and second movable piece portions being integrally formed, and a springy piece portion for displacing the movable piece portions. Pressing the posterior end of the first movable piece portion by the press member causes the contacting portions to come into pressure contact with the flexible circuit. The contacting portions being brought into two-point contact with the flexible circuit by the press member pressing the contacts. | 06-07-2012 |
20120289093 | CONNECTOR - A connector is capable of facilitating a rotation manipulation of a pressing member. A pair of first manipulation portions projecting backward from both sides in the width direction are provided on the back ends of the pressing member, and the first manipulation portions are for performing the pressing manipulation in the top-to-bottom direction with a finger upon rotation of the pressing member. The length from the rotation fulcrum of the pressing member to each first manipulation portion (power point) is increasable, and the pressing force for performing the rotation manipulation of the pressing member is reducible. The protrusions projecting upward are on the back end sides of the first manipulation portions. Furthermore, the first manipulation portions are outside in the width direction of the pressing member from the terminals. | 11-15-2012 |