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20080316431 | WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The wavelength-selective polarization conversion element includes a plurality of polarization splitting surfaces each of which separates entering light into two polarized light components having polarization directions different from each other, a plurality of phase plates that causes a polarization direction of one polarized light component in the two polarized light components from the polarization splitting surfaces to coincide with a polarization direction of the other polarized light component. The element further includes a plurality of dichroic surfaces that is disposed closer to a light entrance side than the plurality of polarization splitting surfaces or between the plurality of polarization splitting surfaces and the plurality of phase plates, each dichroic surface separating entering light into two wavelength region components different from each other. The element is capable of generating light components having different polarization directions and different wavelength regions from non-polarized light while preventing a reduction of light use efficiency. | 12-25-2008 |
20130215237 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtainer configured to obtain a parallax image, an object extractor configured to extract at least a first object and a second object in the parallax image, a parallax amount calculator configured to calculate an amount of parallax of each of the first object and the second object, a viewing condition obtainer configured to obtain a viewing condition when a three-dimensional image is displayed, and a three-dimensional appearance determiner configured to, by using the viewing condition and the amounts of parallax of the first and second objects that are calculated by the parallax amount calculator, determine that a three-dimensional appearance is obtained when a difference between the amounts of parallax of the first and second objects is not less than a predetermined value, and determine that the three-dimensional appearance is not obtained when the difference is less than the predetermined value. | 08-22-2013 |
20130215285 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor that includes a plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements, and a plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements, a plurality of micro lenses each of which is provided for each pixel on the image sensor, and a controller configured to execute still image pickup using the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements simultaneous with motion image pickup using the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements. Each micro lens introduces a light flux from part of an exit pupil of the image pickup optical system to at least one first photoelectric conversion element, and a light flux from another part of the exit pupil to at least one second photoelectric conversion element. | 08-22-2013 |
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20100161341 | DISCRIMINATOR FOR DISCRIMINATING EMPLOYED MODULATION TECHNIQUE, SIGNAL DEMODULATOR, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF DISCRIMINATION - A signal modulator includes a discriminator for discriminating a modulation technique through which a carrier signal was modulated to a quasi audio signal and a signal demodulation module for reproducing a continuous data stream from the quasi audio signal through a demodulating technique corresponding to the discriminated modulation technique; the discriminator includes a sampling circuit for extracting groups of samples from the quasi audio signal during each period of the carrier signal, an integrator calculating an integrated value on each group of samples, a comparator comparing the integrated value with a threshold for a neighborhood of zero so as to determine the groups of samples with the integrated value less than the threshold and a determiner measuring the time period between the groups of two modulation period and discriminating 16DPSK when the time period is equal to the modulation period. | 06-24-2010 |
20110150240 | MODULATION DEVICE AND DEMODULATION DEVICE - A modulation device includes: a spread code generation unit which generates a spread code having a predetermined cycle; an audio signal input unit to which an audio signal is input; a first modulation unit which phase-modulates the spread code in each cycle on the basis of a data code; and a combining unit which combines the audio signal with a modulation signal which has been generated on the basis of the phase-modulated spread code and distributed in a frequency range higher than a predetermined frequency to output a combined signal. | 06-23-2011 |
20130061734 | ACOUSTIC EFFECT IMPARTMENT APPARATUS, AND PIANO - An acoustic effect impartment apparatus detects striking of any one of strings by a corresponding hammer in an acoustic piano like a grand piano, and vibrates a vibration section with a driving waveform signal obtained by synthesizing sine wave signals of the fundamental frequency and harmonic frequency of the hammer-struck string. Such vibration of the vibration section is transmitted to the keys via a soundboard and bridge of the piano. Thus, vibration is excited in the hammer-struck string by the striking with the hammer but also by the driving waveform signal, so that an acoustic effect corresponding to the driving waveform signal is imparted. Because the driving waveform signal is a simple signal using the sine wave signals corresponding to the fundamental frequency of the string, a natural feeling of the acoustic piano will not be lost even when the acoustic effect is imparted. | 03-14-2013 |
20130276620 | PERFORMANCE SYSTEM - A performance system includes a plurality of performance information output devices, a storage device, and a plurality of automatic performance devices. At least one performance information output device transmits performance data having the combination of an identifier, time information, and the performance information to at least one automatic performance device through the storage device without passing through a moving image distribution server. The at least one performance information output device transmits a synchronization signal to the at least one automatic performance device through the moving image distribution server. The at least one automatic performance device reproduces the performance information in synchronization with a video distributed at the time when the synchronization signal is distributed, at the timing corresponding to the time indicated by the time information and the time indicated by the synchronization signal. | 10-24-2013 |
20130283332 | AUTOMATIC PERFORMANCE DEVICE - An automatic performance device includes a performance data receiving unit that receives performance data transmitted from a storage device without passing through a moving image distribution server, the storage device configured to store the performance data having a combination of performance information and time information, the time information indicating the time when the performance indicated by the performance information was carried out; a synchronization signal receiving unit that receives a synchronization signal by using an audio signal transmission path for an audio via the moving image distribution server; and a reproducing unit that reproduces the performance information of the performance data in synchronization with a video distributed at the time when the synchronization signal is distributed, at the timing corresponding to the time indicated by the time information and the time indicated by the synchronization signal. | 10-24-2013 |
20140150623 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION OF WAVEFORM BASED ON SOUND BOARD VIBRATIONS - In a musical instrument, such as a piano, having a sound board, the sound board vibrates in response to vibrations of a string responsive to depression of a key. A waveform corresponding to such vibrations of the sound board is detected and recorded. The recorded vibration waveform is usable for reproduction of a sound based on sound board vibrations. In a sound reproduction apparatus, such as a piano, having a sound board, an excitation device physically excitable in response to an input waveform is provided on the sound board. A signal indicative of a vibration waveform of the sound board is received, and the excitation device is driven in accordance with the received waveform signal so that the sound board is vibrated. Thus, a sound based on the sound board vibrations can be replicated or reproduced with a high quality. | 06-05-2014 |
20140150624 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION OF WAVEFORM BASED ON SOUND BOARD VIBRATIONS - In a musical instrument, such as a piano, having a sound board, the sound board vibrates in response to vibrations of a string responsive to depression of a key. A waveform corresponding to such vibrations of the sound board is detected and recorded into a memory for each of the keys. The recorded vibration waveform is usable for reproduction of a sound based on sound board vibrations. In a sound reproduction apparatus, such as a piano, having a sound board, an excitation device physically excitable in response to an input waveform is provided on the sound board. In response to an operation of a key, a sound board vibration waveform corresponding to the operated key is read out from the memory, and the excitation device is driven in accordance with the read-out waveform signal so that the sound board is vibrated. | 06-05-2014 |
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20110199623 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SETTING METHOD USED IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus has a storage unit, a display unit, a display control unit, a setting log saving unit, a determination unit, and an updating unit. The storage unit stores default settings. The display unit displays setting contents reflecting the default settings. The display control unit causes the setting contents which are changed in response to an instruction from a user to be displayed on the display unit. The setting log saving unit saves the setting contents of the executed process as setting log information. The determination unit determines whether or not the default settings are to be changed using a plurality of the setting log information. The updating unit, if it is determined that the default settings are to be changed, updates the default settings to default settings determined from the plurality of the setting log information. | 08-18-2011 |
20110292153 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus, including an accommodation unit, an image forming unit, an image reading unit, an image erasing unit, a first medium processing unit, and a second medium processing unit. The first medium processing unit forms the image on the recording medium carried from the accommodation unit and discharges the recording medium on which the image is formed, based on the setting of a first image process mode. The second medium processing unit forms a test image on the recording medium carried from the accommodation unit, reads the test image, erases the test image, and returns the recording medium to the accommodation unit, based on a setting of a second image process mode. | 12-01-2011 |
20110299867 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a first paper feeding unit; a second paper feeding unit; a fixing unit configured to fix a developer image transferred onto a sheet; a conveying path configured to convey sheets; a receiving unit configured to receive an execution instruction for duplex printing for continuously printing an image on one surface and on the other surface of a sheet; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, in the printing on one surface, information concerning presence or absence of an image on the other surface; and a processor configured to change, in the printing on one surface, if a result of the acquisition concerning the sheet fed from the first paper feeding unit indicates that an image is present, a paper feeding unit from the first paper feeding unit to the second paper feeding unit and performs control for re-executing the duplex printing. | 12-08-2011 |
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20100242627 | TORQUE-INDEX SENSOR - A torque-index sensor having index sensor and torque sensor closely arranged and integrated therein with lightened interference between them is provided. The invented torque-index sensor is comprised of torque sensor that includes first magnetic sensor arranged beside first annular-shaped magnet and index sensor that includes second magnet arranged beside annular-shaped encoder and second magnetic sensor that are arranged being in-line on common axis; and means for varying magnetic flux, which changes direction of magnetic flux that is generated from second magnet toward first magnetic sensor, positioned between first magnetic sensor in torque sensor and second magnet in index sensor. | 09-30-2010 |
20130043069 | CABLE HOLDING STRUCTURE - A cable holding structure includes a shielded cable that includes a center conductor and a shield conductor on an outer periphery of the center conductor, and a holding portion being electrically conductive, provided on a flat plate portion and configured to hold the shielded cable. The holding portion includes a through-hole aligned in a direction intersecting with the flat plate portion. The shielded cable is held by the holding portion such that at least the center conductor is enclosed in the through-hole and the shield conductor is electrically connected to the conductive holding portion. | 02-21-2013 |
20130233616 | CABLE HOLDING STRUCTURE - A cable holding structure includes a plate-shaped member having an opening, and a conductive wire holding portion holding a plurality of wires inserted therethrough, the wire holding portion being disposed in the opening and electrically connected to a braided shield that collectively covers the plurality of wires. The wire holding portion protrudes from the opening of the plate-shaped member and includes a plurality of through-holes extending in a direction orthogonal to the plate-shaped member. The plurality of wires are each enclosed in the through-holes. The braided shield is electrically connected to an outer surface of the wire holding portion protruding from the opening. | 09-12-2013 |
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20100109508 | M-C-N-O BASED PHOSPHOR - M-C—N—O based phosphors having high emission intensity are provided without using heavy metals, rare metals, and special activator agents. Colors of the M-C—N—O based phosphors can be changed by adjusting a peak top of an emission spectrum. Highly environmentally-compatible polymer dispersions, inorganic EL devices, light emitting devices, fluorescent tubes, and the like are also provided, which use the M-C—N—O based phosphors. | 05-06-2010 |
20110260108 | METHOD OF PRODUCING M-C-N-O BASED PHOSPHOR - A method of producing an M-C—N—O based phosphor with reduced non-uniform emission and improved color purity is provided. The method of producing an M-C—N—O based phosphor comprising a group IIIB element (M), carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) comprises: heating a mixture comprising a group IIIB element-containing compound and a nitrogen-containing organic compound to form a pyrolysate; disintegrating the resulting pyrolysate-containing product; and firing the disintegrated product. | 10-27-2011 |
20120018675 | ALUMINUM OXIDE PHOSPHOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an Al—C—O based phosphor using neither heavy metal nor rare metal and composed of elements with high environmental compatibility and excellent economic efficiency, wherein the wavelength of the peak intensity of the emission spectrum can be changed without changing the basic composition. An aluminum oxide phosphor which comprises aluminum (Al), carbon (C), and oxygen (O) respectively in an amount of 30 mol %01-26-2012 | |
20120055506 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD - In a substrate cleaning method for cleaning a substrate with fine patterns having grooves or holes whose representative length is 0.1 mm or less, the substrate is arranged in a space which contains water, such that the substrate faces an acute-angled leading end of a discharge electrode which can be cooled, with a predetermined interval therebetween, with a counter electrode being interposed at a predetermined position between the substrate and the discharge electrode. Then, a predetermined voltage is applied between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode while generating dew condensation in the discharge electrode by cooling the discharge electrode. The substrate is cleaned by generating an aerosol containing water particles having sizes of equal to less than 10 nm in the leading end of the discharge electrode and spraying the aerosol on the substrate. | 03-08-2012 |
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20080215232 | Driving assist system and vehicle-mounted apparatus - There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data. | 09-04-2008 |
20100057357 | DEVICE FOR SELECTING AREA TO BE INTRODUCED AND METHOD THEREOF - A device selects an area to be introduced, from among a plurality of areas. The area is introduced to a user moving along a given route. The device includes a candidate selector, a time estimator, and an area determiner. The candidate selector selects a candidate area for an area to be introduced. The candidate area is adjacent to or neighboring a road on the given route. The time estimator estimates a transit time for transiting the candidate area. The area determiner determines the candidate area as an area to be introduced, in accordance with the transit time and a given reference time. | 03-04-2010 |
20100076720 | ORIENTATION DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MOVEMENT RECORD COMPUTING APPARATUS - An orientation detection method includes: a standard orientation determination step that detects a direction of an orientation determination element outside of a portable device with a direction detection device under the condition that a position of the portable device is fixed, and that determines the standard orientation of the portable device based on the result of the detection and the position of the portable device; and a relative angle detection step that computes a present orientation of the portable device based on both a result of a re-detection of the direction of the orientation decision element with the direction detection device and the position of the portable device after the determination of the standard orientation, and that detects an angle between the present orientation and the standard orientation. | 03-25-2010 |
20100125414 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING ABSOLUTE MOVEMENT PATH AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An absolute-movement-path calculating apparatus includes a direction acquiring part detecting a movement direction of the terminal at a given timing; a movement-distance calculating part calculating a movement distance of the terminal at the given timing; a relative-movement-path calculating part calculating a relative movement path based on the number of steps and a user's step length and storing the relative movement path; an absolute-position acquiring part acquiring an absolute position of the terminal, and storing the absolute position; and an absolute-movement-path calculating part calculating, each time the absolute positions are stored, a correction value from the relationship between at least two absolute positions and the relative positions corresponding to the absolute positions and calculating an absolute movement path of the terminal indicated by the absolute coordinate from the correction value and the relative movement path. | 05-20-2010 |
20100138140 | DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The data communication device and method include storing road map information indicating locations of nodes and links, a time when a vehicle enters one link and an identifier of the link, and a vehicle location and the link identifier in a memory, periodically acquiring vehicle position data, identifying the link based on the road map information, and comparing the identified link with the link the vehicle has passed through a node. The device rewrites the position data and acquired time stored in the memory when receiving a result that the vehicle has not passed, determines an exit time based on the acquired time and the time of last acquired position data when receiving a result that the vehicle has passed, calculates a travel period of the vehicle, writes the exit time as an entry time, rewrites the link identification data, and transmits the travel period to a given communication destination. | 06-03-2010 |
20100245174 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND PROGRAM RECORDING STORAGE MEDIUM FOR POSITIONING - A positioning device includes: a device body; a direction change detecting section that detects whether a traveling direction of the device body has been changed based on a detection of an azimuth with respect to reference axes preset in the device body; and an absolute position acquiring section that acquires an absolute position of the device body at a timing based on a change of the moving direction of the device body as detected by the direction change detecting section. | 09-30-2010 |
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20100128212 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ORIENTED FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ORIENTED FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an oriented film of a liquid crystal device holding a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates facing each other, comprising: a film formation chamber; an evaporation section having an evaporation source, evaporating an oriented film material on the substrate by a physical vapor deposition, and forming the oriented film in the film formation chamber; a shielding plate arranged between the evaporation section and the substrate, having an elongated opening for selectively evaporating the oriented film material, and covering an area of the substrate on which the oriented film is not formed; and a first regulating member arranged between the evaporation source and the shielding plate and at a position closer to the evaporation source than from the shielding plate, regulating a sublimating direction in which the oriented film material is sublimated. | 05-27-2010 |
20140070900 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OSCILLATOR - An electronic device includes a substrate, a cavity part formed above the substrate with a functional device placed therein, a coating structure that defines the cavity part, and the coating structure has a first surrounding wall formed around the cavity part above the substrate, a second surrounding wall formed around the cavity part above the first surrounding wall, a coating layer that defines an upper surface of the cavity part, wherein the second surrounding wall is located inside the first surrounding wall in a plan view. | 03-13-2014 |
20140077390 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a multilayered structure in which a plurality of semiconductor chips provided with semiconductor devices are stacked, penetrating electrodes penetrating the semiconductor chips and electrically connecting the semiconductor devices of the plurality of semiconductor chips, an MEMS chip mounted on the multilayered structure and provided with an MEMS device, wherein pads connecting to the penetrating electrodes are provided on the MEMS chip. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100006477 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ASHLESS COAL - A method of producing ashless coal used in caking coal for coke for iron making includes a slurry preparation step (S | 01-14-2010 |
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20140305034 | ASH-FREE COAL PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is an ash-free coal production method that can produce an ash-free coal efficiently with a higher solvent recovery rate. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to give a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the coal component from the slurry containing the extracted coal component; and an ash-free coal obtaining step of separating and recovering the solvent from the separated solution to give an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step includes a pressure-reducing substep of reducing a pressure to a level lower than the solvent vapor pressure to evaporatively separate the solvent from the solution to thereby give a solid ash-free coal; and a heating substep of heating the solid ash-free coal to evaporatively separate a residual solvent from the ash-free coal. | 10-16-2014 |
20140311024 | ASH-FREE COAL PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is a meted that controls and uniformizes fluidity of ash-free coal. The method includes the steps of obtaining an ash-free coal by removing a solvent from a solution containing a coal component dissolved therein (ash-free coal obtaining step (solvent recovering unit | 10-23-2014 |
20140325901 | ASH-FREE COAL PRODUCTION METHOD - Provided is an ash-free coal production method without the need to once re-liquefy and form an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to prepare a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the solvent-soluble coal component from the slurry obtained from the extraction step; an ash-free coal obtaining step of evaporatively separating the solvent from the solution separated in the separation step to obtain an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step in the production method is performed so that the solvent is evaporatively separated from the solution to give a liquid ash-free coal, and the liquid ash-free coal is brought into contact with a solidifier (e.g., water) to solidify into a predetermined shape. | 11-06-2014 |
20150013215 | SOLVENT SEPARATION METHOD - A method for separating solvent-containing water, which is generated in the process for producing an ashless coal, into a solvent and water readily without using any adsorbent or the like (a solvent separation method). The solvent separation method comprises: a solvent-containing water supply step of supplying the solvent-containing water into a pressure vessel for solvent separation purposes; and a temperature retention step of retaining the temperature of the solvent-containing water that has been supplied into the pressure vessel for solvent separation purposes at a predetermined temperature (e.g., 100 to 180 DEG C. inclusive). In the pressure vessel for solvent separation purposes, water in the liquid form moves downward and the solvent moves upward due to the difference between the density of water and the density of the solvent at the predetermined temperature. In this manner, the solvent-containing water can be separated into the solvent and water. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090050882 | Organic thin film transistor - An organic thin film transistor including: a substrate; a gate electrode placed on the substrate; a gate insulating film placed on the gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are placed on the gate insulating film; an organic semiconductor layer placed on the gate insulating film between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a hole transport layer placed on the organic semiconductor layer; an electron transport layer placed on the hole transport layer; and a conductor layer placed on the electron transport layer; the organic thin film transistor which characteristics are stable by being protected from oxygen or moisture and being protected electromagnetically and which is suitable for integration. | 02-26-2009 |
20090305033 | FIBER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A highly transparent fiber composite material is provided that can be manufactured through a simplified process using reduced amounts of raw materials and that has high flexibility and low thermal expansivity and retains good functionality of the fiber material. The fiber composite material includes: a fiber assembly having an average fiber diameter of 4 to 200 nm and a 50 μm-thick visible light transmittance of 3% or more; and a coating layer that coats and smoothes the surface of the fiber assembly, wherein the fiber composite material has a 50 μm-thick visible light transmittance of 60% or more. With this fiber assembly, the scattering of light caused by the irregularities on the surface can be suppressed by coating the surface with the coating layer to smooth the surface, whereby a highly transparent fiber composite material can be obtained. | 12-10-2009 |
20100065831 | HYBRID ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A hybrid organic light-emitting transistor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The hybrid organic light-emitting transistor device includes at least one organic light-emitting diode device and at least one organic thin-film transistor device placed on the same substrate. The organic light-emitting diode device has a first organic layer placed between an anode and a cathode, and the organic thin-film transistor device has a second organic layer placed on a source electrode and a drain electrode. The first organic layer and the second organic layer are spatially isolated from each other, and an organic material forming the second organic layer is identical to an organic material forming the first organic layer. The hybrid organic light-emitting transistor with a reduced pixel size and an improved aperture ratio can be easily obtained. | 03-18-2010 |
20120132950 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light-emitting device includes a base plate, an organic light-emitting body formed on the base plate, a heat-transferring filling material formed around the organic light-emitting body to cover the organic light-emitting body, the heat-transferring filling material having an electrically insulating property, and a sealing plate arranged on the heat-transferring filling material. | 05-31-2012 |
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20120248970 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device includes a substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the substrate, an organic EL layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic EL layer. A distribution characteristic of light emitted from the first electrode layer into the substrate has a luminance in a direction of a first angle of 20 to 50 degrees measured with respect to an axis perpendicular to the substrate that is relatively high as compared to luminance in other angular directions. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248971 | Organic EL Device - An organic EL device includes a light-transmitting substrate, a light-transmitting first electrode layer arranged on the substrate, three or more light-emitting units layered and arranged on the first electrode layer, each of the light-emitting units including a central organic emission layer, a hole transfer layer and an electron transfer layer, a plurality of charge generation layers, each of the charge generation layers being interposed and arranged between two corresponding adjacent ones of the light-emitting units, and a second electrode layer arranged on the light-emitting unit positioned highest in a layering direction among the light-emitting units. The total thickness of the layers interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer being 360 nm or less. | 10-04-2012 |
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20090043904 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND PROGRAM - In a connection device connected to a network mounted in a boat, a protocol of a connection device connected to a network mounted in a boat is identified based on a communication ID in a certain message transmitted through the network. A device protocol is determined in accordance with the protocol of the network. Data communication in the network is performed in conformity with the device protocol. Accordingly, when the connection device is connected to the network, the connection device automatically identifies a protocol of the network and operates appropriately. Therefore, upward compatibility is maintained and usability is improved. | 02-12-2009 |
20090044255 | DEVICE AUTHENTICATION CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE AUTHENTICATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND BOAT - In a device authentication control method and device, when a connection device is connected to a network mounted on a boat, it is determined whether or not the connection device corresponds to an authentication-free device. If the connection device does not correspond to an authentication-free device, an authenticating action is performed on the connection device. If the connection device does correspond to an authentication-free device, the connection device is exempted from the authenticating action. In this way, when a connection device does not correspond to an authentication-free device, an authenticating action is performed, but when the connection device corresponds to an authentication-free device, the connection device is exempted from an authenticating action. As a result, it is possible to handle specific connection devices as authentication-free. | 02-12-2009 |
20100131132 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WATERCRAFT - A remote control system for controlling a propulsion unit of a watercraft includes a plurality of remote controller side ECUs, all of which have the same construction in one embodiment. Each remote controller side ECU includes ECU discriminating terminal sections and an ECU determining section for determining a role of each remote controller side ECU based upon signals provided by the ECU discriminating terminal sections. The ECU determining section determines a role of the particular remote controller side ECU based upon the signals provided by the ECU discriminating terminal sections when the remote controller side ECU starts operating. The ECU determining section also reads out the most proper one of first through sixth exclusive use sections, which define the function of the ECU's role. A determination result is stored in first, second and third EPROMs so as to be used to determine the role. | 05-27-2010 |
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20080233512 | Liquid recovery system, immersion exposure apparatus, immersion exposing method, and device fabricating method - A liquid recovery system is used by an immersion exposure apparatus. The liquid recovery system comprises: a plate that has a first surface and a second surface on the side opposite the first surface; and a liquid recovery part, at least part of which opposes the second surface with a first gap interposed therebetween. The liquid recovery system recovers the liquid on a movable object that opposes the first surface of the plate via the liquid recovery part. | 09-25-2008 |
20090153820 | Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by forming a liquid immersion region on the substrate, and projecting a pattern image onto the substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid that forms the liquid immersion region. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system having a plurality of optical elements, by which a pattern image is projected onto a substrate via a liquid to expose the substrate and a liquid recovery system that recovers the liquid along with a gas and has a separator that separates the recovered liquid and the recovered gas. | 06-18-2009 |
20090262316 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus EX includes a recovery port which recovers a liquid, a blow port which is provided outside the recovery port with respect to an optical path space and which blows a gas therefrom, and a gas discharge port which is provided between the recovery port and blow port and which discharges at least a part of the gas blown from the blow port. An exposure apparatus which makes it possible to avoid the leakage of the liquid with which the optical path space of the exposure light between a projection optical system and a substrate is filled is provided. | 10-22-2009 |
20100195067 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device - A lithographic apparatus is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate through a liquid confined in a space adjacent the substrate. The apparatus includes a structure substantially parallel to a surface of a substrate table configured to hold the substrate, to divide the space into two parts. The structure has an aperture to allow transmission of the pattern and a recess at the bottom side of the structure to extract a fluid from the space. | 08-05-2010 |
20120133912 | LIQUID RECOVERY SYSTEM, IMMERSION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, IMMERSION EXPOSING METHOD, AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD - A liquid recovery system is used by an immersion exposure apparatus. The liquid recovery system comprises: a plate that has a first surface and a second surface on the side opposite the first surface; and a liquid recovery part, at least part of which opposes the second surface with a first gap interposed therebetween. The liquid recovery system recovers the liquid on a movable object that opposes the first surface of the plate via the liquid recovery part. | 05-31-2012 |
20120200836 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by forming a liquid immersion region on the substrate, and projecting a pattern image onto the substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid that forms the liquid immersion region. The exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system having a plurality of optical elements, by which a pattern image is projected onto a substrate via a liquid to expose the substrate and a liquid recovery system that recovers the liquid along with a gas and has a separator that separates the recovered liquid and the recovered gas. | 08-09-2012 |
20130293860 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - Exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by irradiating the substrate with exposure light via a projection optical system and a liquid. The exposure apparatus is provided with a liquid immersion mechanism for supplying the liquid and recovering the liquid. The liquid immersion mechanism has an inclined surface, which is opposite to a surface of the substrate and is inclined with respect to the surface of the substrate, and a liquid recovering port of the liquid immersion mechanism is formed in the inclined surface. A flat portion is provided between the substrate and the projection optical system. A liquid immersion area can be maintained to be small. | 11-07-2013 |
20140300878 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In an immersion exposure apparatus, a projection system includes an optical element having a light emitting surface that contacts immersion liquid and an outer surface above the light emitting surface. A holding member holds the optical element, and a liquid confinement member surrounds the optical element to form a gap between the optical element and the liquid confinement member. The outer surface of the optical element includes a first part extending upwardly with respect to the light emitting surface, and a second part above the gap and extending radially outwardly with respect to the first part. The gap is between the first part and an inner surface of the liquid confinement member, which has an upper surface extending radially outwardly with respect to the inner surface. The holding member holds the optical element over a portion of the upper surface of the liquid confinement member. | 10-09-2014 |
20140307238 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVICE - A liquid immersion exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via a liquid immersion area formed on a portion of a surface of the substrate. The apparatus includes a projection system, a first nozzle member having an aperture through which the exposure beam is projected, the first nozzle member having a liquid supply inlet and a liquid recovery outlet, a second nozzle member having a gas supply inlet via which a gas is supplied to a space surrounding the liquid immersion area during the exposure, a driving system which moves the second nozzle member relative to the first nozzle member, and a stage system having a holder which holds the substrate and which is movable relative to and below the projection system, the first nozzle member and the second nozzle member. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100039441 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a pixel that has an electro-optical element with a light transmittance that changes to a predetermined value in response to an applied voltage, which changes in response to the temperature. A light source irradiates light to the pixel. A driving unit includes a predetermined number of sub-fields having the same length in one frame. The driving unit provides either an on-voltage indicating light-on or an off-voltage indicating light-off to the pixel in each of the predetermined number of the sub-fields in response to the grayscale to be displayed. A temperature measuring unit measures the temperature and outputs a temperature signal. A time controlling unit controls the length of one sub-field on the basis of the temperature signal. A light intensity controlling unit controls the intensity of the light incident on the pixel on the basis of the temperature signal. | 02-18-2010 |
20100188444 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes pixels that is driven in response to an ON voltage or an OFF voltage supplied to the signal lines at a time when each of scanning lines is selected, a scanning line driving circuit that sequentially selects the scanning lines in each of a plurality of subfields within a field, a signal line driving circuit that outputs the ON voltage to the signal lines in at least one temperature compensation subfield and outputs either the ON voltage or the OFF voltage to each of the signal lines in accordance with a designated gray scale of each of the pixels in each of a plurality of gray scale control subfields, which is different from the temperature compensation subfield, and a control unit that sets a time length of the temperature compensation subfield to be changed in accordance with the temperature detected by a temperature detecting unit. | 07-29-2010 |
20110001735 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device operates in a cycle of unit periods of time. Each of the unit periods of time includes a first time period, a second time period, and a third time period. The electro-optical device includes: scanning lines; data lines; potential lines; a driving section; and pixels, each of pixels including a pixel electrode. In the first time period of a certain unit period of time, the driving section writes a data potential that is in accordance with an image into the pixel electrode. In the second time period, the driving section writes a reset potential that makes a potential of the pixel electrode closer to a potential of the potential line. In the third time period, the driving section sequentially makes a transition of a potential of the potential lines from a first potential to a second potential. | 01-06-2011 |
20120319934 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a pixel that has an electro-optical element with a light transmittance that changes to a predetermined value in response to an applied voltage, which changes in response to the temperature. A light source irradiates light to the pixel. A driving unit includes a predetermined number of sub-fields having the same length in one frame. The driving unit provides either an on-voltage indicating light-on or an off-voltage indicating light-off to the pixel in each of the predetermined number of the sub-fields in response to the grayscale to be displayed. A temperature measuring unit measures the temperature and outputs a temperature signal. A time controlling unit controls the length of one sub-field on the basis of the temperature signal. A light intensity controlling unit controls the intensity of the light incident on the pixel on the basis of the temperature signal. | 12-20-2012 |
20130208063 | INK JET PENETRANT, COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet penetrant contains a compound represented by general formula (1), and this compound is obtained by a block polymerization process for sequentially polymerizing an alcohol represented by general formula (2) with propylene oxide and then with ethylene oxide. The amount of this alcohol in the penetrant is 1% by mass or less. | 08-15-2013 |
20130235134 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING, PENETRANT FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink composition for ink jet recording includes a penetrant for ink jet recording that includes a compound represented by the following formula (1) and 1% by mass or less of alcohol represented by the following formula (2). | 09-12-2013 |
20140287198 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDED MATTER - An ink jet recording method includes discharging a first ink composition onto a recording medium using a recording head, in which the first ink composition includes a coloring material, an alkane diol with 4 or more to 8 or fewer carbon atoms, a water-soluble solvent, and water; the recording head discharges the first ink composition using a piezoelectric element, and has a resolution per unit length of 200 dpi or more, and the recording medium has an absorbing layer on the surface thereof, in which a nonpolar component of a surface free energy of the absorbing layer is 20 mN/m or lower. | 09-25-2014 |
20140287207 | INK FOR INK JET RECORDING, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDED MEDIUM - An ink for ink jet recording includes a chelating agent represented by Structural Formula (1) or (2) and water. The ink has a hydrogen ion exponent (pH) of more than 7 and 10 or less. | 09-25-2014 |
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20110171554 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL APPARATUS - [Means for Solution] A solid oxide fuel cell apparatus including a fuel cell having a plate-shaped first solid electrolyte, an anode provided on one side of the first solid electrolyte and coming in contact with fuel gas, and a cathode provided on the other side of the first solid electrolyte and coming in contact with oxidizer gas. The solid oxide fuel cell apparatus further includes a cell-follow-up deformation member located on at least one of opposite sides of the fuel cell with respect to a first stacking direction along which the anode, the first solid electrolyte, and the cathode are stacked together. The cell-follow-up deformation member deforms according to a deformation of the fuel cell on the basis of at least one of physical quantities including differential thermal expansion coefficient and differential pressure. | 07-14-2011 |
20130130144 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - A fuel battery cell includes, between a pair of upper and lower interconnectors, a gas sealing part in an air-electrode side, a separator, a fuel electrode frame, and a gas sealing part in a fuel-electrode side. The gas sealing part includes a first gas flowing path penetrating therethrough in a stacking direction of the fuel battery cell to constitute a part of gas flowing paths, and a second gas flowing path extending along a plane direction of the gas sealing part. In the gas sealing part, the first and second gas flowing paths do not communicate with each other. A third gas flowing path is formed in a member stacked on at least one of both sides of the gas sealing part in a thickness direction of the gas sealing part. Through the third gas flowing path, the first and second gas flowing paths communicate with each other. | 05-23-2013 |
20140212784 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND INTER-CONNECTOR - A solid oxide fuel cell includes a fuel cell body and an inter-connector. The inter-connector has a base portion and a plurality of projecting portions projecting from the base portion toward the fuel cell body and electrically connected to the fuel cell body, and is integrally formed from a metallic material. Each of the projecting portions has a contour composed of a pair of linear portions which are disposed parallel to each other and each of which includes a straight line, and a pair of curved portions which connect opposite ends of the linear portions. | 07-31-2014 |
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20100193856 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A step is provided between a substrate surface of a select gate and a substrate surface of a memory gate. When the substrate surface of the select gate is lower than the substrate surface of the memory gate, electrons in a channel upon writing obliquely flow in the step portion. Even if the electrons obtain the energy required for passing a barrier during the oblique flow, the electron injection does not occur because electrons are away from the substrate surface. The injection can occur only on a drain region side from a position where the electrons reach the substrate surface. As a result, the injection of the electrons into a gap region is suppressed, so that the electron distribution comes close to the hole distribution. Therefore, variation in a threshold value upon information retention is suppressed, and information-retaining characteristics of a memory cell are improved. | 08-05-2010 |
20110175156 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - In a semiconductor memory device having split-gate MONOS memory cells, disturb resistance during writing by a SSI method is improved. In addition, with an improvement in the disturb resistance of a non-selected memory cell, a reduction in the area occupied by a memory module can be achieved. Over a side surface of a memory gate electrode, a first insulating film is formed between a charge storage film and a second insulating film so that the total thickness of the first and second insulating films over the side surface of the memory gate electrode is larger than the thickness of the second insulating film under the memory gate electrode. | 07-21-2011 |
20110235419 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - In a split gate MONOS memory which carries out rewrite by hot carrier injection, retention characteristics are improved. A select gate electrode of a memory cell is connected to a select gate line, and a memory gate electrode is connected to a memory gate line. A drain region is connected to a bit line, and a source region is connected to a source line. Furthermore, a well line is connected to a p type well region in which the memory cell is formed. When write to the memory cell is to be carried out, write by a source side injection method is carried out while applying a negative voltage to the p type well region via the well line. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242888 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The semiconductor device includes the nonvolatile memory cell in the main surface of a semiconductor substrate. The nonvolatile memory cell has a first insulating film over the semiconductor substrate, a conductive film, a second insulating film, the charge storage film capable of storing therein charges, a third insulating film over the charge storage film, a first gate electrode, a fourth insulating film in contact with the set of stacked films from the first insulating film to the foregoing first gate electrode, a fifth insulating film juxtaposed with the first insulating film over the foregoing semiconductor substrate, a second gate electrode formed over the fifth insulating film to be adjacent to the foregoing first gate electrode over the side surface of the fourth insulating film, and source/drain regions with the first and second gate electrodes interposed therebetween. The conductive film and the charge storage film are formed to two-dimensionally overlap. | 10-06-2011 |
20140092688 | Non-Volatile Semiconductor Storage Device - In a split gate MONOS memory which carries out rewrite by hot carrier injection, retention characteristics are improved. A select gate electrode of a memory cell is connected to a select gate line, and a memory gate electrode is connected to a memory gate line. A drain region is connected to a bit line, and a source region is connected to a source line. Furthermore, a well line is connected to a p type well region in which the memory cell is formed. When write to the memory cell is to be carried out, write by a source side injection method is carried out while applying a negative voltage to the p type well region via the well line. | 04-03-2014 |