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20120310560 | ENERGY DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention provides an energy display system, comprising a first electric power detection device that can detect the power consumption of grid power, a second electric power detection device that can detect the power consumption of electric power generated by a solar electric power generation device, third electric power detection devices that can detect the power consumption of household electric loads on the basis of grid power and generated power respectively, a fourth electric power detection device that can detect the power consumption resulting from charging of a traveling object on the basis of grid power and generated power respectively, and a display device that is connected with the first through fourth electric power detection devices and can display the power consumption detected by those electric power detection devices; hence, the power consumption due to the household electric loads and power consumption resulting from charging of the traveling object can be displayed on the basis of grid power and generated power respectively. | 12-06-2012 |
20120323387 | POWER SYSTEM FOR RESIDENCE - The present invention provides a household electric power system, comprising an electric control device that predicts whether voltage suppression will occur at the system side according to the historical data including voltage fluctuation at the system side, date and time, outdoor air temperature, and meteorological condition, etc. when voltage suppression occurred at the system side previously, and the present data including voltage fluctuation at the system side, date and time, outdoor air temperature, and meteorological condition, etc. The electric control device stores the surplus power generated by a solar electric power generation device as energy into an energy storage device, if voltage suppression is predicted to occur at the system side; thus, the purpose of the surplus power generated by the solar electric power generation device can be switched from selling electricity to the system side, to storing as energy. | 12-20-2012 |
20130013123 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HOUSES - A household energy management system, which comprises a common controller connected with a controller for controlling grid power, a controller for controlling an in-house electric power generation device, a controller for controlling an electric storage device, a controller for controlling an electric storage device for traveling object, controllers for controlling household electric loads, and manage the energy consumption and supply by controlling the respective controllers, so that the overall energy consumption and supply in the house can be managed centrally, and the respective machines can be controlled with a single controller centrally. | 01-10-2013 |
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20130009083 | SOLENOID AND SOLENOID VALVE - A solenoid includes a plunger, a core, an electromagnetic coil, and a casing. A core receiving portion of the plunger is to receive a core projection while the electromagnetic coil is energized. A plunger receiving portion of the core is to receive a plunger projection while the electromagnetic coil is energized. The casing houses the plunger, the core, and the electromagnetic coil. At least one of an end portion of the plunger projection and an end portion of the core projection has an acute angle in a cross section along the axial direction. A distance between the end portion of the plunger projection and the end portion of the core projection is shortest among distances between the core and the plunger while the electromagnetic coil is not energized. | 01-10-2013 |
20130133759 | FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fluid supply system includes a fluid supply source, a first valve unit, a second valve unit, a first pressure detector, a second pressure detector, a third pressure detector, and a controller. If the pressure detected by the third pressure detector is less than a shutoff pressure at a timing of starting supply of fluid from the fluid supply source, the controller calculates a pressure equalization time from a timing at which opening of a pilot valve is completed to a timing at which a main valve starts closing, based on the pressures detected by the first pressure detector, the second pressure detector and the third pressure detector, sets a valve-open waiting time based on the pressure equalization time, and controls opening of the second valve unit upon elapse of the valve-open waiting time after controlling opening of the first valve unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20140116524 | FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM - A fluid supply system includes a tank, a shutoff valve, a fluid fill channel, a fluid supply channel, a fill detector, a pressure detector, and a controller. The shutoff valve includes a shared channel to enable fluid to flow from a fill hole to the tank and to flow from the tank to a fluid usage device. The pressure detector is provided in the fluid supply channel. The controller is configured to output a close instruction to the shutoff valve and configured to execute a processing to determine open valve malfunctions in the shutoff valve based on changes in pressure values which are input from the pressure detector. The controller stops the processing to determine open valve malfunctions when the fill detector detects that the fluid supply system is in the supplying state. | 05-01-2014 |
20140126608 | TEMPERATURE DETECTING CIRCUIT - A temperature detecting circuit includes a first thermistor, a second thermistor, a first pull-up resistor, a second pull-up resistor, and a controller. The controller is configured to sense a temperature based on a voltage signal from the first thermistor if a temperature corresponding to a voltage signal from one of the first thermistor and the second thermistor is below a threshold temperature. The controller is configured to sense a temperature based on a voltage signal from the second thermistor if a temperature corresponding to a voltage signal from one of the first thermistor and the second thermistor is higher than or equal to the threshold temperature. A resistance Ra of the first thermistor, a resistance Rb of the second thermistor, a resistance Rc of the first pull-up resistor, and a resistance Rd of the second pull-up resistor have a relationship expressed by RaRd. | 05-08-2014 |
20140133516 | TEMPERATURE DETECTING CIRCUIT - A temperature detecting circuit includes a first thermistor, a second thermistor, a first pull-up resistor, and a second pull-up resistor. The first thermistor has a first positive-side terminal. The second thermistor has a second positive-side terminal. The first thermistor and the second thermistor have different detection sensitivities to temperature. The first pull-up resistor is connected between the first thermistor and a power supply. The second pull-up resistor is connected between the second thermistor and the power supply. The first pull-up resistor and the second pull-up resistor have different resistances. The first pull-up resistor and the second pull-up resistor have such resistances that, in a state where the first positive-side terminal and the second positive-side terminal are short-circuited to each other, the first thermistor detects a temperature as a temperature lower than an actual temperature, and the second thermistor detects a temperature as a temperature higher than an actual temperature. | 05-15-2014 |
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20120247585 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE HAVING SHUTOFF MECHANISM - A high-pressure side primary pressure chamber communicates with a secondary pressure chamber on the side of a pressure receiving device through a communication hole. A diaphragm which receives the pressure in the secondary pressure chamber is provided, and a valve body is connected to the diaphragm. The diaphragm is biased by a spring in a valve opening direction. The area S (mm | 10-04-2012 |
20120248365 | OPENING AND CLOSING VALVE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE GAS - A pilot valve is provided with a conical first contact surface, and a pilot valve seat is provided with an annular second contact surface of which an initial contact portion with respect to the first contact surface has a circular-arc cross-section. The first contact surface is formed of a resin with elasticity, and the second contact surface is formed of metal. When a pressure-contact load is small, the first contact surface and the second contact surface come into line-contact with each other. When a pressure-contact load increases, the first contact surface and the second contact surface come into plane-contact with each other. | 10-04-2012 |
20140290760 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE - A pressure reducing valve has a seal member, which is mounted on a side wall of a piston. The seal member is arranged between a first ring and a second ring. Consequently, depending on the direction of displacement of the piston, the first ring or the second ring is positioned on one of a displacement direction upstream side or a displacement direction downstream side of the seal member. The first ring and the second ring are made of a resin material, for example a polytetrafluoroethylene resin or a polyetheretherketone resin, having lower coefficient of friction compared with that of the seal member. | 10-02-2014 |
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20120194875 | IMAGE READING DEVICE - An image reading device includes a first reading unit, second reading unit, and determining unit. The first and second reading units are configured to read one surface and another surface of an original, respectively. The second reading unit is disposed downstream of the first reading unit with respect to a conveying path. The determining unit determines, based on read data obtained by reading the one surface with the first reading unit before the original is arrived at the second reading unit, whether or not an image is formed on the one surface. The first reading unit continues reading the one surface and the second reading unit fails to read another surface when an image is formed on the one surface. The second reading unit reads another surface and the first reading unit fails to read the one surface when an image is not formed on the one surface. | 08-02-2012 |
20130077115 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM - An image reading apparatus includes: an input operation unit; a reading device which performs a scanning operation of reading an image of a document; and a control unit. The control unit performs: a communication receiving process of receiving a scan condition for the scanning operation through a data communication unit; an input receiving process of receiving a scan condition for the scanning operation through the input operation unit; a selection receiving process of receiving a selection instruction received by the input operation unit and representing whether to perform a first reading mode for performing the scanning operation preferentially on a basis of the scan condition received in the communication receiving process or a second reading mode for performing the scanning operation preferentially on a basis of the scan condition received in the input receiving process; and a scanning executing process of performing the selected reading mode. | 03-28-2013 |
20130135691 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A controller converts the original image data into converted image data representing a first converted image, analyzes the original image data and counts a number of first characters recognized in the original image represented by the original image data, and analyzes the converted image data and count a number of second characters recognized in the converted image represented by the first converted image data. The controller compares the number of first characters with the number of second characters and determine which one of the number of first characters and the number of second characters is greater than the other. The controller outputs the original image data when the controller determines that the number of first characters is greater than the number of second characters, and outputs the converted image data when the controller determines that the number of second characters is greater than the number of first characters. | 05-30-2013 |
20140211277 | Reading Apparatus That Reads Original Sheet While Conveying the Same - In a reading apparatus, a control device is configured to: acquire a conveyance path switching information indicating whether a conveyance path switching unit has switched a conveyance path to a first conveyance path or a second conveyance path; judge, based on detection results by a width detecting unit, whether a type of an original sheet that is currently placed on an original sheet placing unit and that is not yet conveyed by a conveyance unit from the original sheet placing unit is a first type or a second type; and determine, based on both of the conveyance path switching information and the type of the not-yet-conveyed original sheet, whether the conveyance unit should stop conveyance of a preceding original sheet that the conveyance unit is currently conveying. | 07-31-2014 |
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20130077511 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication system is provided with a wireless transmission apparatus and a wireless reception apparatus. The wireless transmission apparatus includes a plurality of transmission antennas and a transmission unit. The transmission unit performs signal transmission according to a notified operation mode. The wireless reception apparatus includes a plurality of antennas, a reception unit, a reception quality controller, and an operation mode controller. The reception unit performs reception processing of reception signals received by the reception antennas. The reception quality controller measures a reception quality of each reception signal to calculate a ratio of the reception quality. The operation mode controller determines selection or non-selection of an operation mode according to a comparison result of the ratio and a threshold value and gives notification of the selected operation mode. | 03-28-2013 |
20130137477 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication apparatus includes: an estimating section to estimate a positional relationship between a destination node and a node; a first determination section to set an electric power larger than or equal to minimum power as a first transmission power if the node is estimated to be located in a first area, the minimum power being detected by a node at the largest distance from the node in the first area; a second determination section that set an electric power smaller than a minimum power as a second transmission power if the node is estimated to be located in an area other than the first area, the minimum power being detected by the destination; and a transmitting section to transmit data to the destination node with the first transmission power or the second transmission power. | 05-30-2013 |
20130177109 | SIGNAL DETECTOR, SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - There is provided a signal detector which includes a correlation emphasis unit configured to generate correlation emphasis signals corresponding to the respective fixed intervals, an autocorrelation matrix generation unit configured to generate an autocorrelation matrix, a noise power estimation unit configured to estimate noise power in the correlation emphasis signals, a noise power matrix generation unit configured to generate, a noise power matrix having noise power components, a noise removal unit configured to remove an influence of noise from the autocorrelation matrix, an eigenvalue calculation unit configured to calculate an eigenvalue of the autocorrelation matrix from which the influence of noise has been removed by the noise removal unit, and a signal judgment unit configured to determine whether a signal transmitted from an external apparatus is included in the received signals. | 07-11-2013 |
20130201970 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Each node transmits to a destination node a registration packet indicating that a local node is a node to request packet transmission. Each node transmits a packet to the destination node within a transmission time reported from the destination node. The destination node receives a registration packet from each node, and calculates a traffic amount to occur in each path for every path going through an adjacent node that enables direct communication with the destination node. The destination node assigns a transmission time to transmit the packet to the each path based on the calculated traffic amount of each path and reports the assigned transmission time to each node. | 08-08-2013 |
20140140229 | MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a gateway (GW), when interference is detected by an interference detection unit, a frame generation unit sends an interference broadcast signal. A terminal receives the interference broadcast signal sent at a maximum transmission power from the GW to which the terminal belongs. The interference broadcast signal includes information on a planned transmission power value that is a transmission power value of a data signal in the GW and is smaller than the maximum transmission power value. The interference broadcast signal is sent at the maximum transmission power value. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140230 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TRANSMITTING TERMINAL, AND RECEIVING TERMINAL - A wireless communication system constitutes a wireless ad hoc network. A plurality of wireless terminals include a receiving terminal and a plurality of the transmitting terminals. Each of the transmitting terminals executes direct communication or indirect communication. The wireless communication system includes a first obtainer that obtains a reception side terminal number which is the number of the wireless terminals with which the receiving terminal is able to communicate directly, a second obtainer that obtains a transmission side terminal number which is the number of the wireless terminals with which a target transmitting terminal, which is one of the plurality of transmitting terminals, is able to communicate directly, and a setter that selects one of the direct communication and the indirect communication based on the reception side terminal number and the transmission side terminal number, and sets the target transmitting terminal so as to execute the selected communication. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140272 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND TRANSMITTING TERMINAL - A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless terminals. Each of transmitting terminals executes direct communication or indirect communication. The wireless communication system includes a first obtainer that obtains a reception side terminal number which is the number of the wireless terminals with which the receiving terminal is able to communicate directly, a second obtainer that obtains a transmission side terminal number which is the number of the wireless terminals with which the transmitting terminal is able to communicate directly for each of a target transmitting terminal and a neighboring transmitting terminal, and a setter that selects one of the direct communication and the indirect communication based on the reception side terminal number, the transmission side terminal number for the target transmitting terminal, and the transmission side terminal number for the neighboring transmitting terminal, and executes the selected communication. | 05-22-2014 |
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20120249611 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The invention includes: an input section ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120320018 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVE METHOD AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130009935 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a signal line drive circuit provided with an analog amplifier through which a stationary electric current flows. The display device further includes a control signal output section which suspends operation of the analog amplifier during a period (non-scanning period) from an start time after application to a data signal line S(i) of a voltage necessary for display is completed in a horizontal period to an end time in the horizontal period. The control signal output section sustains an AMP_Enable signal through which the analog amplifier is controlled at an L value (a low value) in the non-scanning period. As a result, stationary electric current flowing through the analog amplifier is cut off in the non-scanning period. According to this, the display device allows for reduction of electric power consumption while being capable of displaying a moving image without causing flickering. | 01-10-2013 |
20130307884 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD - The object of the present invention is to provide a display device and a driving method each of which is capable of displaying moving images without causing flicker and reducing power consumption. The display device ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130314360 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Provided are a display device ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130314361 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a display element for displaying an image on a screen; and driving means for driving the display element so that a scan mode for carrying out scanning and a pause mode for pausing the scanning are alternately repeated. The driving means drives, by transmitting a pause and drive control signal to the display element, the display element so that scanning of a single frame is carried out by going through the scan mode twice and the pause mode twice. During the pause mode, the driving means outputs, to a touch panel, a detection command signal which commands that detection be carried out. | 11-28-2013 |
20130321386 | DRIVER DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A driver device ( | 12-05-2013 |
20140002431 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140015787 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - When a detection device ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140022231 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD - A display device ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140022232 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An auxiliary wire, which can be connected to each of a plurality of data signal lines (Sn), is constituted by (i) a first auxiliary wire ( | 01-23-2014 |
20140028646 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - A display device including a display panel and repeating a scanning period during which the display panel is scanned and a pause period during which the display panel is not scanned. A scanning period and a pause period are set successively to a preceding frame out of two consecutive frames. A pause period is set to an entire period of a subsequent frame out of the two consecutive frames. | 01-30-2014 |
20140028654 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to provide a display device and a method for driving a display device, each of which is capable of repairing a disconnection in a data signal line and further reduces electric power consumption, a display device ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140028655 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140028658 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided for each data signal line drive circuit ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140049533 | DISPLAY MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display module of the present invention includes: a plurality of source drivers (SDa); a plurality of memory sections ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140055697 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A source AMP output circuit ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140085280 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A timing controller ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140118421 | DISPLAY MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY MODULE - A display module of the present invention includes first through third source drivers ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140125569 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - According to a liquid crystal display device ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140168197 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display system ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140168289 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140191989 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Electronic apparatus ( | 07-10-2014 |
20150042636 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE DRIVING METHOD - The present invention is intended to make it unlikely that, in a case where a transistor is turned on in preparation for an operation to turn off a power source of a liquid crystal display device, a DC voltage becomes applied across a pixel even if potential variation (kickback) occurs at a pixel electrode in reaction to a change in status of the transistor from an on state to an off state. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: a data signal line; a scan signal line; a pixel electrode; a transistor connected to (i) the data signal line, (ii) the scan signal line, and (iii) the pixel electrode; and a common electrode, the liquid crystal display device being configured to turn on the transistor during a power-off sequence by causing a change in an electric potential of the scan signal line, the electric potential of the scan signal line increasing up to a first electric potential at a first timing after the change is initiated, and an output electric potential supplied to the data signal line at a second timing which comes after the first timing being set to a value higher than an output electric potential supplied to the common electrode at the second timing. | 02-12-2015 |
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20130242201 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND TRANSMITTER - According to one embodiment, a transmission system includes a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter includes one or a plurality of light sources, a modulator, a first driver, a display, and a second driver. The one or a plurality of light sources is configured to emit a visible light whose light amount corresponds to a first drive signal. The modulator is configured to, according to transmission data to be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, modulate a first luminance signal indicative of an amount of the light the light source is configured to emit, to generate a second luminance signal. The first driver is configured to generate the first drive signal based on the second luminance signal. A mean of the second luminance signal during one frame in the input video signal is substantially equal to a value of the first luminance signal in the frame. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251375 | RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a receiver includes an image sensor, a synchronization controller, and a data generator. The image sensor detects a visible ray having a lattice-shaped emission pattern. The synchronization controller determines whether it is necessary to generate data based on a first synchronized visible ray located at a first lattice corner of the emission pattern and a second synchronized visible ray located at a second lattice corner. The second lattice corner is an opposite corner to the first lattice corner. The data generator generates the data corresponding to a data visible ray located at a lattice point other than the first lattice corner and the second lattice corner when the synchronization controller determines that it is necessary to generate the data. | 09-26-2013 |
20130272717 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, a transmission system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a modulator configured to modulate transmission data at a chip rate to generate a modulation signal, and one or a plurality of light sources configured to emit visible light according to the modulation signal. The receiver includes a light receiver having one or more lines of light receiving elements to receive light in a first range including the visible light; and a demodulator configured to demodulate image data generated according to the light received by the light receiver to generate reception data corresponding to the transmission data. A following equation is satisfied ff10-17-2013 | |
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20130069175 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND HIGH-FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION UNIT - A semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor multilayer structure, a fluorine-containing barrier film that covers a surface of the compound semiconductor multilayer structure, and a gate electrode that is arranged over the compound semiconductor multilayer structure with the fluorine-containing barrier film placed the gate and the compound semiconductor multilayer structure. | 03-21-2013 |
20130082307 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor laminated structure, a passivation film formed on the compound semiconductor laminated structure and having a through-hole, and a gate electrode formed on the passivation film so as to plug the through-hole. A grain boundary between different crystalline orientations is formed in the gate electrode, and a starting point of the grain boundary is located apart from the through-hole on a flat surface of the passivation film. | 04-04-2013 |
20130082400 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A HEMT has a compound semiconductor layer, a protection film which has an opening and covers an upper side of the compound semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode which fills the opening and has a shape riding on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the protection film has a stacked structure of a lower insulating film not containing oxygen and an upper insulating film containing oxygen, and the opening includes a first opening formed in the lower insulating film and a second opening formed in the upper insulating film and wider than the first opening, the first opening and the second opening communicating with each other. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083568 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An HEMT includes, on an SiC substrate, a compound semiconductor layer, a silicon nitride (SiN) protective film having an opening and covering the compound semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode formed on the compound semiconductor layer so as to plug the opening. In the protective film, a projecting portion projecting from a side surface of the opening is formed at a lower layer portion | 04-04-2013 |
20130256690 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device may include a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode in contact with the first semiconductor layer or the second semiconductor layer, an opening formed in the second semiconductor layer, an insulating film formed on an inner surface of the opening formed in the second semiconductor layer and above the second semiconductor layer, a gate electrode formed in the opening via the insulating film, and a protective film formed on the insulating film and including an amorphous film containing carbon as a major component. | 10-03-2013 |
20140185347 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An HEMT includes, on an SiC substrate, a compound semiconductor layer, a silicon nitride (SiN) protective film having an opening and covering the compound semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode formed on the compound semiconductor layer so as to plug the opening. In the protective film, a projecting portion projecting from a side surface of the opening is formed at a lower layer portion | 07-03-2014 |
20140264451 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND HIGH-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER - A semiconductor device includes: a nitride semiconductor multilayer; an insulating film disposed on the nitride semiconductor multilayer; and a gate electrode disposed on the insulating film, wherein the nitride semiconductor multilayer has a first oxidized region near an interface with a region of the insulating film below the gate electrode, the first oxidized region having an oxygen concentration higher than an oxygen concentration of a region near an interface with a region of the insulating film other than below the gate electrode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295666 | COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor laminated structure, a passivation film formed on the compound semiconductor laminated structure and having a through-hole, and a gate electrode formed on the passivation film so as to plug the through-hole. A grain boundary between different crystalline orientations is formed in the gate electrode, and a starting point of the grain boundary is located apart from the through-hole on a flat surface of the passivation film. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306231 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; an interlayer insulating film made of a porous insulating material and formed above the first electrode and the second electrode; and connection parts electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode respectively, wherein a cavity is formed between the interlayer insulating film and a surface of the first electrode, a surface of the second electrode, and parts of surfaces of the connection parts. | 10-16-2014 |
20140367694 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer configured to be formed of a nitride semiconductor on a substrate; a second semiconductor layer configured to be formed of a nitride semiconductor on the first semiconductor layer; an insulation film configured to include an opening, and to be formed on the second semiconductor layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode configured to be formed on the second semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode configured to be formed at the opening on the second semiconductor layer. Both the insulation film and the second semiconductor layer include carbon in a neighborhood of an interface between the insulation film and the second semiconductor layer. | 12-18-2014 |
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20120141712 | RUBBER-RESIN LAMINATE - Disclosed is a vulcanized rubber laminate, wherein a thermoplastic resin layer and an unvulcanized epichlorohydrin rubber composition layer containing a specific maleimide compound, vulcanizing agent, and acid acceptor are heated and bonded. Specifically disclosed is a laminate configured by heating and bonding an unvulcanized epichlorohydrin rubber composition layer (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B), wherein the unvulcanized epichlorohydrin rubber composition contains: an epichlorohydrin rubber (a), a compound containing one or more maleimide group within the molecule (b), a vulcanizing agent (c), and an acid acceptor (d). | 06-07-2012 |
20120322916 | FLAME-RETARDANT RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR VULCANIZATION - A flame-retardant rubber composition for vulcanization, comprising an epichlorohydrin based rubber (A), red phosphorus (B), and a vulcanizing agent (C), in which the content of the red phosphorus (B) is from 3 to 20 parts by weight for 100 parts by weight of the epichlorohydrin based rubber (A). | 12-20-2012 |
20130236670 | COMPOSITION FOR VULCANIZING ADHESION - A composition for vulcanizing adhesion, comprises a rubber (a), at least one compound (b) selected from the group consisting of salts of 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0) undecene-7, salts of 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-nonene-5, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0) undecene-7, and 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-nonene-5, and at least one water-carrying substance (c) selected from water-absorbed substances and hydrated substances. | 09-12-2013 |
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20120066975 | CLUTCH, MOTOR AND VEHICLE DOOR OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE - A clutch includes a driving-side rotating body, a driven-side rotating body, a holding case, and a power transmitting member held by one of the driving-side rotating body and the holding case. The power transmitting member is moved between a non-engaging position and an engaging position where the driving-side rotating body engages with the driven-side rotating body. The clutch further includes a guiding member held by the other of the driving-side rotating body and the holding case. The guiding member has a cam portion engaged with the power transmitting member and guides movement of the power transmitting member between the engaging position and the non-engaging position. Relative rotation between the driving-side rotating body and the holding case occurs, resulting in that the power transmitting member is guided by the cam portion to move from the non-engaging position to the engaging position. | 03-22-2012 |
20130285492 | MOTOR - The axial direction of a worm wheel is defined as a motor short-transverse direction, and a plane orthogonal to the motor short-transverse direction is defined as a motor flat plane. An imaginary plane contacting a first end of a sensor magnet in a motor short-transverse direction and parallel with the flat plane is defined as a first imaginary plane. An imaginary plane contacting a second end of the sensor magnet in the motor short-transverse direction and parallel with the flat plane is defined as a second imaginary plane. A control circuit board is provided with a rotation detecting element that detects rotation of the rotary shaft of the motor. The control circuit board is arranged to be parallel with or inclined relative to the flat plane, and is provided between the first and second imaginary planes. | 10-31-2013 |
20140132095 | MOTOR - A motor includes a motor unit, a gear housing coupled to the motor unit, and a connector module including a connector housing coupled to the gear housing. The motor unit includes a rotation shaft and a power terminal. The gear housing accommodates a deceleration mechanism that outputs decelerated rotation of the rotation shaft. The connector terminal and the circuit substrate are fixed to the connector housing. The power terminal is connected to a socket of the connector terminal when coupling the connector housing to the gear housing. The connector terminal includes a fixed portion fixed to the connector housing, a substrate connecting portion connected to the circuit substrate, and a supported portion located closer to the socket than the substrate connecting portion. The connector housing includes a terminal supporting portion that supports the supported portion from the rear in the coupling direction. | 05-15-2014 |
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20120296495 | VEHICULAR DRIVING SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a vehicular driving system and a driving method thereof that can improve production efficiency by driving a vehicle toward a loading point without fail even when the loading point is changed successively due to a movement or the like of a loader, and by keeping driving the vehicle as close as possible to the loader without stopping the vehicle forcedly (without waiting time). A waiting point, which is a point where the vehicle should stand by until permission is given by the loader to the vehicle, is set on a driving path. For example, a switch-back point is set as the waiting point. The vehicle drives from an entry point of a loading site to the waiting point along the driving path, and stands by at the waiting point until the permission is given by the loader. In a case when there is an order to change the loading point when the vehicle is standing by at the waiting point or driving from the entry point to the waiting point, a partial driving path is created, and the vehicle drives from the waiting point to the new loading point along the partial driving path. Meanwhile, in a case when there is no order to change the loading point when the vehicle is standing by at the waiting point and driving from the entry point to the waiting point, the vehicle drives from the waiting point to the original loading point along the driving path. | 11-22-2012 |
20120330540 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF VEHICLES - A method for causing vehicles to travel improves work efficiency by minimizing stop time of the vehicles while avoiding deadlock, wherein reservation-requested routes are generated for the respective vehicles. The reservation-requested routes are parts of travel routes and between the current positions and travel stop positions, and are generated in so that a position not interfering with an interference region shown on a map and the terminal position of the reservation-requested routes for other vehicles becomes a terminal. Then, an already reserved route, is generated on conditions that the reservation-requested route for the vehicle does not interfere with the already reserved routes for the other vehicles and that deadlock does not occur. Then, the respective vehicles are controlled to travel from the current positions to the terminal positions of the already reserved routes. | 12-27-2012 |
20130238182 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRAVEL WITHIN TRAVEL SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE AND TRAVEL SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE - Topographical data for a work location is created and information on a new travel route is generated. Next, a work location including the new travel route is constructed on the basis of the created topographical data. Then, the information on the new travel route generated is provided to the vehicle, the vehicle is made to travel along said new travel route in accordance with temporary travel control data, and actual topographical data for the new travel route is acquired. Next, the aforementioned temporary travel control data is corrected on the basis of the acquired actual topographical data for the new travel route. After that, the unmanned vehicle is made to travel in accordance with the corrected travel control data. | 09-12-2013 |
20130325208 | DRIVING SYSTEM OF UNMANNED VEHICLE AND DRIVING PATH GENERATION METHOD - Based on initial position information on an instructed fixed switch-back point and position information on a loading point, a relative positional relationship between the loading point and the switch-back point is generated. If the position of the loading point moves, then based on position information on the position- moved loading point, information on a direction of an unmanned vehicle at the loading point and information on a relative positional relationship, a new switch-back point is set at a position where the relative positional relationship can be maintained. When the initial position of the switch-back point is instructed, then on the basis of the initial position information on the switch-back point, a driving path leading to the loading point via the instructed switch-back point is generated and, when the position of the loading point moves, a driving path leading to the position-moved loading point via the new switch-back point is generated. | 12-05-2013 |
20140358382 | OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MINING MACHINE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR MINING MACHINE - An operation control system for a mining machine includes, based on travel path information including at least information on moisture content of a travel path on which a mining machine operating at a mine runs, and position information being information on a position of a travel path corresponding to the travel path information, generating speed limit information for changing a speed limit for the mining machine to run on the travel path corresponding to the travel path information. | 12-04-2014 |
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20130021335 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In an image processing system according to an embodiment, an image processing device in the embodiment includes a receiving unit, a flat image generator, and an output unit. The receiving unit receives setting of a region of interest on parallax images of a subject that are displayed stereoscopically. The flat image generator generates a flat image of a cut surface of the subject that is generated by cutting the subject along a plane corresponding to the region of interest received by the receiving unit based on volume data of the subject stored in a predetermined storage device. The output unit outputs the flat image generated by the flat image generator. | 01-24-2013 |
20140035914 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing system includes an accepting unit, an acquisition unit, a measuring unit), and an output unit. The accepting unit accepts the setting of two coordinates in a stereoscopic image of a subject displayed on a stereoscopic image display device. The acquisition unit acquires volume data coordinates that are coordinates corresponding to stereoscopic image coordinates indicating the accepted coordinates. The measuring unit executes a measuring process of measuring the distance between the two coordinates accepted by the accepting unit, based on the volume data coordinates acquired by the acquisition unit. The output unit outputs a result of measurement by the measuring unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140211909 | PHOTON COUNTING TYPE X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD FOR THE SAME - A photon counting type X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a detector, a raw data generating section, an information compression section, and a data transmission section. The X-ray tube is configured to irradiate an X-ray. The detector is configured to count photons derived from the irradiated X-ray. The raw data generating section is configured to collect results of counting performed by the detector and to generate, from the results of counting, raw data for each of a plurality of energy bands. The information compression section is configured to compare values of the raw data between the raw data generated respectively for the energy bands, and to perform information compression of each of the raw data. The data transmission section is configured to transmit the raw data compressed by the information compression. | 07-31-2014 |
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20120321596 | KIT FOR ADHERING BIOLOGICAL HARD TISSUES - A kit for bonding to biological hard tissues, containing a phosphorylated polysaccharide, a polyvalent metal salt other than phosphates, and a solvent. The adhesive composition for biological hard tissues provided by the kit for bonding to biological hard tissues is suitably used in for medical uses, such as cement for bones or dental cement. In addition, since the adhesive composition has excellent bio-absorbability, it is useful as fusion materials for artificial joint prosthesis, fusion materials for spine fracture, fusion materials for extremity fracture, filling materials for bone tumors in the region of orthopedics, filling materials and restorative materials at dental caries-defective sites, luting materials for prosthetic restorative materials such as inlay and crown, pulp-capping and lining materials, implant surface treatment materials, periodontal disease therapeutic materials, hyperesthesia preventive materials, dental pulp capping materials, substrates for DDS, substrates for systems engineering, and tissue bonding materials in the dental region. | 12-20-2012 |
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20120134661 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A sliding lid of an electronic device can move between an open state and a closed state, and in the open state, the external connecting terminals are exposed. The sliding lid includes a plurality of projecting shafts that project from the outer peripheral portion and a projecting portion that is formed on the surface of the device main body. A jack holder is provided with first guide rails and second guide rails that are rail members that guide the sliding lid, where first guide rails correspond to the projecting shafts of the sliding lid and second guide rails correspond to the projecting portion. In a closed state, the projecting shafts respectively abut the rails. While the sliding lid moves from the closed state to the open state, a projecting shaft separates from the first guide rails and the projecting portion slides to abut the second guide rails. | 05-31-2012 |
20140293110 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus that reduces the number of components of a supporting mechanism for a viewfinder. A base member of the mechanism is fixed to the apparatus body, has side wall sections at both sides, and has a linear rail extended along the pulling direction and at least one circular rail extended from the linear rail on each of the side wall sections. A holding member of the mechanism is arranged inside the side wall sections of the base member while holding the viewfinder, has side walls at both sides in the width direction, has supporting shafts for each side wall that are connected to the side wall and can slide along the linear rail, is slidable in the pulling direction with the viewfinder, and is rotatable in a pulled state by moving at least one supporting shaft along the circular rail around the other supporting shaft. | 10-02-2014 |
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20130153292 | CONDUCTIVE PATH STRUCTURE AND WIRE HARNESS - A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, and an insulation member that covers the cut-off facilitating portion directly or indirectly. When the cut-off facilitating portion is cut off so as to separate the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to each other due to an impact applied to the cut-off facilitating portion, the insulation member is configured so as to cover the separated first conductive portion and the separated second conductive portion. | 06-20-2013 |
20140151087 | WATER STOP STRUCTURE FOR WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE HARNESS - A water stop structure for a wire harness includes a cylindrical shield shell which is disposed at an intermediate portion of a shield member in a longitudinal direction, an outer water stop mechanism which is disposed on a side of an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shield shell, and an inner water stop mechanism which is disposed on a side of an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical shield shell. The inner water stop mechanism has an elastic water stop plug member. A shell-side seal portion which is in watertight contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical shield shell and one or plural conducting path-side seal portions which are in watertight contact with outer peripheral surfaces of covers of the conducting paths are formed on the water stop plug member. | 06-05-2014 |
20140202756 | BRAID AND WIRE HARNESS - A braid having a function as an exterior member as well as an electromagnetic shielding function is provided. Also, a wire harness including such a braid in a configuration is provided. A braid is used for a wire harness cabled to a hybrid vehicle. Also, the braid is formed by knitting multiple ultrathin strands in a tubular shape. The braid includes two kinds of strands, a metal strand made of metal having conductivity and a resin strand made of synthetic resin having abrasion resistance etc., and ensures abrasion resistance and impact resistance by the portion made of the resin strand while performing an electromagnetic shielding function by the portion made of the metal strand. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202762 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes one or a plurality of electrically conducting paths and a tubular braided wire which is made from a plurality of fine element wires and which covers the one or plurality of electrically conducting paths. The element wires are conductive and made of non-metallic fibers. Terminals of the tubular braided wire are folded to the inside in the axial direction. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202763 | SHIELDING STRUCTURE AND WIRE HARNESS - A shielding structure includes a conductive resin molded product, and a non-metallic fiber braid which is formed in a tubular shape by using multiple ultrathin strands made of conductive non-metallic fibers. A distal end of the non-metallic fiber braid is welded to the conductive resin molded product in the shielding structure. | 07-24-2014 |
20140216805 | BRAID AND WIRE HARNESS - A braid for a wire harness includes a plurality of element wire bundles, each of which is formed of a plurality of element wires, and the plurality of element wire bundles being braided into a tubular shape. Each of the plurality of element wire bundles includes a metal element wire that has electrical conductivity, a plurality of resin element wires that have abrasion resistance and that are disposed to surround the metal element wire, and a drain metal element wire that has electrical conductivity and that is disposed with the resin element wires and contacts with the metal element wire. The drain metal element wires in the plurality of element wire bundles contact to each other. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216812 | WIRE HARNESS WITH PROTECTIVE MEMBER - A wire harness includes one or more conducting paths, a protective member that is formed in a pipe shape, and accommodates the one or more conducting paths in the protective member to shield a electromagnetic wave emitted from the one or more conducting paths. The protective member is formed of resin composition that has conductivity. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220816 | CONDUCTIVE PATH - There is provided a conductive path. The conductive path includes a conductor and a sheath. The sheath covers the conductor. The sheath is made of a resin composition. The resin composition has elasticity. There are formed protrusions which are convexly protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the sheath of the conductive path and have elasticity so as to be deformed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140251681 | WIRE HARNESS WITH EXTERIOR MEMBER - A wire harness includes one or more conducting paths, and a pipe-like exterior member which accommodates the one or more conducting paths. The exterior member is formed of a shrinkable tube having a bent part formed in conformity with a wiring path of the one or more conducting paths during a shrink of the shrinkable tube, and the bent part maintains a shape of the wiring path of the one or more conducting paths after the shrink of the shrinkable tube. | 09-11-2014 |
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20120140104 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - The image pickup lens is composed of, in order from the object side, an aperture stop; a first lens with positive refractive power, including a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens with negative refractive power, including a concave surface facing an image side; a third lens with positive refractive power, including a convex surface facing the image side; a fourth lens with positive refractive power, having a meniscus shape including a convex surface facing the image side; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power, including a concave surface facing the image side. The image pickup lens satisfies conditional expressions relating to curvature radiuses of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens, a distance on an optical axis from the aperture stop to a focal point at the image side, and a focal length of the total system of the image pickup lens. | 06-07-2012 |
20130016433 | Zoom Lens and Imaging DeviceAANM Ozaki; YuichiAACI Hachioji-shiAACO JPAAGP Ozaki; Yuichi Hachioji-shi JPAANM Yamashita; AtsushiAACI Sagamihara-shiAACO JPAAGP Yamashita; Atsushi Sagamihara-shi JP - Provided is a zoom lens including a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. The first lens group contains a reflective optical element that bends the light path. In order from the object side, the second lens group comprises a positive 2p1 lens, a negative 2n lens, and a positive 2p2 lens. The third lens group comprises a single negative lens. Letting n2n be the index of refraction of the 2n lens, n2p2 be the index of refraction of the 2p2 lens, ν2p2 be the Abbe number of the 2p2 lens, and ν2n be the Abbe number of the 2n lens, 0.3001-17-2013 | |
20130027604 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - Disclosed are an image pickup lens which provides a sufficient back focus and can be subjected to a reflow process while offering a capability to be used with either a 1/10-inch-sized or a 1/12-inch-sized solid-state image pickup device, as well as an image pickup apparatus and a portable terminal employing such an image pickup lens. An image pickup lens for focusing an image of a subject on a photoelectric converting portion of a solid-state image pickup device, the image pickup lens comprising an aperture stop and a single lens arranged in this order from an object side, wherein the image pickup lens satisfies the following conditional formulae: | 01-31-2013 |
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20120156893 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICEOUS FILM AND POLYSILAZANE COATING TREATMENT LIQUID USED THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method for forming a siliceous film. According to the method, a siliceous film having a hydrophilic surface can be formed from a polysilazane compound at a low temperature. In the method, a composition containing a polysilazane compound and a silica-conversion reaction accelerator is applied on a substrate surface to form a polysilazane film, and then a polysilazane film-treatment solution is applied thereon so that the polysilazane compound can be converted into a siliceous film at 300° C. or less. The polysilazane film-treatment solution contains a solvent, hydrogen peroxide and an alcohol. | 06-21-2012 |
20120296022 | POLYSILAZANE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION CAPABLE OF FORMING A DENSE SILICEOUS FILM - The present invention provides a polysilazane-containing composition capable of forming a dense siliceous film more rapidly and at a lower temperature than known polysilazane-containing composition. In a process for forming the siliceous film, the composition comprising a polysilazane compound, a particular amine compound and a solvent is coated on a substrate and converted into a siliceous substance. The particular amine compound preferably contains two amine groups separated from each other at the distance corresponding to five C—C bonds or more, and the amine groups preferably have hydrocarbon substituent groups. | 11-22-2012 |
20130337274 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING LOW-REFRACTIVE-INDEX FILM, METHOD OF FORMING LOW-REFRACTIVE-INDEX FILM, AND LOW-REFRACTIVE-INDEX FILM AND ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM BOTH FORMED BY THE FORMATION METHOD - Provided is a composition for forming a low-refractive-index film, which exhibits an excellent antireflective function even when applied in a single layer and does not affect the environment, and which is characterized by comprising (A) an inorganic polysilazane and (B) at least one organic polymer selected from a silazane-containing organic polymer, a siloxazane-containing organic polymer and a ureasilazane-containing organic polymer, wherein the ratio (A):(B) is 40:60-17:83 by weight. | 12-19-2013 |