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20080239501 | COLOR-SEPARATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A curve representing a characteristic of a blue-light reflecting dichroic film DB and a curve representing a characteristic of a red-light reflecting dichroic film DR are configured to have shapes that track an ideal spectral characteristic of green. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a characteristic approximated to the ideal spectral characteristic without using a trimming filter having a dichroic film in an exiting surface of a prism. Since it is not necessary to use the trimming filter having the dichroic film, it is possible to prevent ghost and flare from occurring due to the dichroic film of the trimming filter. Accordingly, it is possible to embody an imaging apparatus having the ideal spectral characteristic with ghost and flare being reduced. | 10-02-2008 |
20090086324 | COLOR SEPARATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - It is disclosed that a color separation optical system improves color reproducibility by obtaining a characteristic which approximates an ideal spectral characteristic in view of influence of polarization separation caused according to the magnitude of an incidence angle. In the color separation optical system, a curve representing a characteristic of a green-reflecting dichroic film DG has a shape along the characteristic curve representing an ideal spectral characteristic corresponding to green light. Further, the characteristic of the blue-reflecting dichroic film DB is associated with that of the green-reflecting dichroic film DG. A part, in which the transmittance of the blue-reflecting dichroic film DB changes from a low transmittance to a high transmittance, in the transmittance characteristic curve representing the characteristic of the blue-reflecting dichroic film DB is included in a predetermined wavelength region associated with the characteristic of the green-reflecting dichroic film DG. | 04-02-2009 |
20100259824 | ND FILTER AND TELEVISION CAMERA, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ND FILTER - An ND filter, comprising: | 10-14-2010 |
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20090032081 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - With the method for manufacturing the solar cell module according to the present embodiment, the width W | 02-05-2009 |
20100315790 | Circuit Substrate Structure And Circuit Apparatus - A first wiring layer in a circuit substrate structure is provided with a first inductor and a second inductor. A dielectric layer is provided with a first via and a second via electrically connected to the first inductor and the second inductor, respectively. A second wiring layer is provided with: a bridge electrically connecting the first via and the second via; and a conductive pattern provided around the bridge, the outer edge of the conductive pattern being located outside the outer edge of the first wiring pattern and the second wiring pattern in the first wiring layer. The bridge functions as a coplanar line and suppresses generation of electromagnetic field. | 12-16-2010 |
20120285536 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - The solar cell module includes a plate, a sheet opposed to the plate, a filler layer provided between the plate and the sheet, and a solar cell disposed inside the filler layer. The filler layer includes a first filler layer and a second filler layer. The first filler layer is provided to come into contact with the sheet. The first filler layer contains, as a main component, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The second filler layer contains, as a main component, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer which is smaller in vinyl acetate content than the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the first filler layer, or polyethylene. | 11-15-2012 |
20120312359 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module includes a protective body, a sheet facing the protective body, a filler layer provided between the protective body and the sheet, and a solar cell disposed inside the filler layer. The filler layer has a first filler layer and a second filler layer. The first filler layer is provided in contact with the sheet. The first filler layer is formed of a resin. The second filler layer is formed of a resin whose gel fraction is higher than 0% and is less than a gel fraction of the resin of the first filler layer. | 12-13-2012 |
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20110284050 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a solar cell module ( | 11-24-2011 |
20140130863 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A photovoltaic module comprises a plurality of photovoltaic elements connected by a wiring member; a bus bar portion provided on the light-receiving surface of each of the photovoltaic elements; and an adhesive having a first adhesion section and a second adhesion section, the adhesive being provided on the bus bar portion to connect the bus bar portion and the wiring member to each other. The first adhesion section has a higher electrical conductivity than that of the second adhesion section, and the second adhesion section has a higher translucency than that of the first adhesion section. | 05-15-2014 |
20150083187 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD - This solar cell module is provided with a plurality of solar cells, and connecting members that connect the solar cells to each other with bonding layers therebetween. At an edge portion of each of the connecting members, said edge portion being in the longitudinal direction of the connecting member, the solar cell module has a bonding portion wherein the length of contact between each of the bonding layers and each of the connecting members is longer than the length of such contact at the center portion of each of the solar cells. | 03-26-2015 |
20150118783 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A stacked body is obtained by stacking a glass plate, a transparent resin sheet, a solar cell, a colored resin sheet, and a first resin sheet in the order. The stacked body is pressed under heat to fabricate the solar cell module. The module includes the glass plate, a transparent sealing layer placed between the glass plate and the solar cell and formed of the transparent resin sheet, a colored sealing layer placed between the first resin sheet and the solar cell and formed of the colored resin sheet, and the first resin sheet. One of the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet has a tan δ of 1 or higher at a temperature of the pressing, and the other one of the transparent resin sheet and the colored resin sheet has a tan δ of less than 1 at the temperature of the pressing. | 04-30-2015 |
20150214410 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module may include: solar cells; a colored layer serving as a first reflective layer disposed at the rear sides of the solar cells and including a coloring agent with a higher refractive index than the main material of the colored layer; an intermediate transparent layer disposed at the rear side of the colored layer and having a higher transmission factor than the colored layer; and a protective member at the rear side of the module, serving as a second reflective layer disposed at the rear side of the intermediate transparent layer, including a whitened portion having a higher refractive index than the main material of the protective member, and having a higher refractive index for the entire layer than the intermediate transparent layer. A sealing member at the rear side of the module includes the colored layer and the intermediate transparent layer. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090244167 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, TEST IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An inkjet recording apparatus has: a head having a plurality of nozzles which eject an ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which conveys the recording medium; a droplet ejection control device which controls ink ejection of the head; a test image forming device that forms a test image on the recording medium by causing the ink to be ejected from every n (where n is a natural number equal to 2 or higher) nozzles in an X direction perpendicular to a direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, and causing the ink to be ejected so as to form vertical lines forming n columns which shift by one nozzle in the X direction and each extend continuously in terms of a Y direction parallel to the direction in which the recording medium is conveyed; and a reading device which is provided on a conveyance path of the recording medium, reads in a test image on the recording medium and has an image reading structure covering a length corresponding to full width of the recording medium in a breadthways direction which is perpendicular to the direction in which the recording medium is conveyed, wherein in the test image, an arrangement pitch in the X direction of the vertical lines is equal to or exceeding a reading pitch in the X direction of the reading device, an arrangement pitch in the Y direction of the vertical lines is N times a reading pitch in the Y direction of the reading device (where N is a natural number), and an interval corresponding to variation in a conveyance of the recording medium is provided between the vertical lines in such a manner that a length in the Y direction of each of the vertical lines is less than the reading pitch in the Y direction of the reading device. | 10-01-2009 |
20100079524 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, COLOR CORRECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a treatment liquid deposition device which deposits a treatment liquid insolubilizing or aggregating inks of a plurality of colors, onto a recording medium; a recording head which has a plurality of nozzles ejecting the inks onto the recording medium on which the treatment liquid has been deposited; a data acquisition device which acquires density data of an image with respect to each color, the density data corresponding to the plurality of colors; a higher-order color correction device which corrects the density data, wherein when the inks of different colors are ejected in ejection order so that a preceding ink ejected precedingly to form a lower layer and a subsequent ink ejected subsequently to form an upper layer overlap each other, the higher-order color correction device corrects the density data for a nozzle ejecting the subsequent ink according to the density data for a nozzle ejecting the preceding ink; and an ejection controller which controls ejection of the inks from the recording head according to the density data that the higher-order color correction device has corrected in such a manner that the image is formed on the recording medium. | 04-01-2010 |
20100149567 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method - An image forming apparatus has: a recording head for forming an image on a recording medium; a color correction processing device which performs a color correction processing with respect to an input image data; an image output controller which controls the recording head according to the image data after performing the color correction processing in such a manner that the image corresponding to the image data is formed on the recording medium; a patch forming controller which controls the recording head so as to form a patch for colorimetry on the recording medium; a memory device for storing an output condition for forming the image, and measured results of the patch for colorimetry formed under the output condition; and a correction data change device which changes a correction data used for the color correction processing performed by the color correction processing device, when difference between the measured results of the patch for colorimetry that are obtained by forming the patch for colorimetry and performing colorimetry of that formed patch before starting of a printing job or during performing the printing job and the measured results of the patch for colorimetry that are stored in the memory device exceeds a predetermined acceptable range. | 06-17-2010 |
20110316925 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD OF INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus includes: an inkjet head having nozzles which eject ink; a first conveyance device which moves at least one of an image formation medium and the inkjet head during image formation by the inkjet head; a second conveyance device which conveys the image formation medium along a conveyance path after the image formation by the inkjet head; an imaging device; a test pattern printing control device which controls ejection of the inkjet head; an ejection failure nozzle detection processing device; an expansion-contraction reference mark printing control device; an expansion-contraction deformation amount measurement device; an image deformation processing device which applies image deformation processing corresponding to the amount of deformation due to expansion and contraction, to image data to be printed on the second surface,; and a print control device which carries out the printing on the second surface on a basis of the image data which has been corrected through the image deformation processing. | 12-29-2011 |
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20100165022 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING MAINTENANCE SERVICE - An image forming apparatus includes: a recording head which has a plurality of nozzles for ejecting an ink onto a recording medium; a movement device which causes relative movement between the recording head and the recording medium; an image forming controller which controls the recording head according to image data in such a manner that an image corresponding to the image data is formed on the recording medium; an ejection abnormality detection device which detects ejection abnormality including at least one of non-ejection and ejection direction deviation of the plurality of nozzles; a compensation device which compensates an image defect caused by the ejection abnormality; and a determination device which determines whether or not the head is in a state where the compensation device can compensate the image defect, according to detection result of the ejection abnormality detection device. | 07-01-2010 |
20100214345 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INVESTIGATING EJECTION FAILURE DETERMINATION PERFORMANCE - An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which conveys the recording medium in a prescribed direction along a conveyance path; an investigation pattern generation device which generates a thinned-out investigation pattern that is to be output by causing the nozzles other than a portion of the plurality of nozzles of the head to eject the ink; a reading device which is provided on the conveyance path and which reads in the investigation pattern output onto the recording medium; and a checking device which performs comparison between data of the investigation pattern read in by the reading device and data of the investigation pattern generated by the investigation pattern generation device, wherein a determination rate of ejection failure nozzles is found from result obtained by outputting the investigation pattern generated by the investigation pattern generation device onto the recording medium from the head, reading in the output investigation pattern by the reading device, and performing the comparison between the data of the investigation pattern thus read in and the data of the investigation pattern generated by the investigation pattern generation device. | 08-26-2010 |
20110205281 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING RECORDING HEAD IN IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The image recording apparatus includes: a recording head in which a plurality of recording elements are arranged over a length corresponding to a recordable width of a recording medium; a conveyance device which performs conveyance to cause the recording head and the recording medium to move relatively to each other one time only in a conveyance direction, a reference line being arranged on the conveyance device; an image output device which records a prescribed image on the recording medium through the recording head; a sensor which reads the reference line on the conveyance device, and reads the prescribed image on the recording medium recorded by the image output device; and a displacement evaluation device which evaluates a displacement between the reference line and the recording head in accordance with a result of reading the reference line by the sensor and a result of reading the prescribed image by the sensor. | 08-25-2011 |
20120120168 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus and an image forming method in which ink curing defects caused by differences in the activation energy absorption characteristics due to differences in the inks are avoided, and a desirable curing process can be achieved. | 05-17-2012 |
20150231892 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus for forming an image by discharging an ink including an ink pigment and a polymerizable compound containing at least an N-vinyl lactam, in which the 90% diameter in cumulative volume distribution of the particle diameters of the ink pigment is equal to or less than 500 nm and the content of N-vinyl lactam is 3% to 24%, from nozzles of an inkjet head, which includes nozzle arrays having nozzles each of which discharges a curable ink cured by applied active energy and which are arranged in the first direction at a pitch P, the nozzle arrays being N (N≧4) nozzle arrays of every color, which respectively discharge thick inks of at least four colors and which nozzle arrays are arranged to be shifted by P/N away from each other in the first direction. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090244165 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image formation device that inspects for image irregularities caused by joining of inkjet head modules. The image formation device is equipped with a belt conveyance unit, a recording head, a print sensor and a system controller. The belt conveyance unit moves paper in a conveyance direction. At the recording head, modules including plural recording elements that eject ink droplets are joined up to a length corresponding to the width of the paper. The recording head ejects ink droplets at the paper being conveyed to form an image. The print sensor reads the image recorded on the paper, while moving in the width direction of the paper. On the basis of the image that is read, the system controller inspects the quality of the image recorded on the paper. | 10-01-2009 |
20130250018 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, by switching off the provisional curing device on the rear side in the direction of travel of the scanning direction, droplet ejection is carried out without performing provisional curing of the ink immediately after droplet ejection. The provisional curing of the ink is carried out by the provisional curing device on the front side in the direction of travel of the scanning direction, during scanning in the opposite direction to that during droplet ejection. | 09-26-2013 |
20130335469 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an inkjet head which has nozzle rows having nozzles each of which ejects curable inks cured by imparted activation energy and which are arranged in a first direction at a pitch P, the nozzle rows being N (N≧5) nozzle rows of every color which eject, respectively, thick inks of four colors including cyan, magenta, yellow and black, and at least one light ink among light inks similar in color tone to the thick inks, the nozzles in each of the nozzle rows are arranged so as to be shifted by P/N from each other in a first direction, a nozzle of an ink with lowest cure sensitivity is arranged on the most upstream side in a direction of relative movement of a recording medium in the first direction, and further the nozzle of light ink is arranged in between the nozzles of two different thick inks. | 12-19-2013 |
20140043386 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - Curing processing is realized according to differences in absorption characteristics of activation light among inks and characteristics of layers to be formed with the inks. A scanning device reciprocally moves in a first direction an inkjet head including a first nozzle array ejecting a first ink and a second nozzle array ejecting a second ink; a relative movement device relatively moves a recording medium in a second direction with respect to the head; an ejection control device divides the nozzle array into regions in the second direction and controls ink ejection for each unit of the divided nozzle region; an activation light irradiation device irradiates the inks deposited on the medium with the activation light; an irradiation region dividing device divides an irradiation range into divided irradiation regions corresponding respectively to the divided nozzle regions; and a light quantity control device controls light quantities respectively for the divided irradiation regions. | 02-13-2014 |
20140062076 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An inkjet recording method of the present invention includes preparing an inkjet recording apparatus having an inkjet head that has N (N≧4) nozzle arrays, so as to respectively discharge inks of at least four colors of cyan, magenta, yellow and black, having nozzles arranged in a first direction at a predetermined pitch P for discharging a curable ink which is cured by providing active energy, each of the nozzle arrays is arranged to be shifted in the first direction so as to have distances of more than 0 among each virtual line extending from each nozzle in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, in which the viscosity of any of the respective inks at 25° C. is 10 to 30 mPa·s. | 03-06-2014 |
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20100084175 | COMPONENT BUILT-IN WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A component built-in wiring substrate ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100163168 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD WITH BUILT-IN COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a wiring board includes a core substrate preparation step, a component preparation step, an accommodation step, a resin layer formation step, a fixing step, an insulation layer and a surface modification step. In the accommodation step, a component is held in an accommodation hole of a core substrate. In the resin layer formation step, a gap between an inner wall surface of the accommodation hole and a side surface of the component is filled with a resin layer. In the fixing step, the resin layer is hardened. In the insulation layer formation step, a resin insulation layer is formed on a second major surface and a second component major surface. In the surface modification step, a surface of the resin layer is modified, after the fixing step but before the insulation layer formation step. | 07-01-2010 |
20100163172 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD WITH BUILT-IN COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a wiring board includes a core substrate preparation step, a component preparation step, an accommodation step, a resin layer formation step, a fixing step, an insulation layer and a surface activation step. In the accommodation step, a component is held in an accommodation hole of a core substrate. In the resin layer formation step, a gap between an inner wall surface of the accommodation hole and a side surface of the component is filled with a resin layer. In the fixing step, the resin layer is hardened. In the insulation layer formation step, a resin insulation layer is formed on a second major surface and a second component major surface. In the surface activation step, a surface of the resin layer is activated by means of plasma treatment, after the fixing step but before the insulation layer formation step. | 07-01-2010 |
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20080230337 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES - A brake control apparatus including a reservoir tank, a housing, a pump within the housing, a suction port formed in the housing and communicated with a suction portion of the pump, a discharge port formed in the housing and communicating a discharge portion of the pump with wheel cylinders, a suction pipe connecting the suction port and the reservoir tank, and a reservoir chamber disposed within the housing between the suction portion of the pump and the suction port. The reservoir chamber has a volume capable of reserving at least a predetermined amount of the brake fluid which is required for one-time braking at a maximum fluid pressure. | 09-25-2008 |
20090091180 | BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROCESS OF OPERATING THE SAME - In a brake control apparatus, a fluid passage section is hydraulically connected between a hydraulic pressure source and a wheel cylinder. A first pressure sensor measures a first quantity correlated to a hydraulic pressure outputted by the hydraulic pressure source. A second pressure sensor measures a second quantity correlated to an internal pressure of the wheel cylinder. A controller controls a braking force of a wheel by the wheel cylinder. The controller is configured to: allow the first pressure sensor to obtain a value of the first quantity, and allow the second pressure sensor to obtain a value of the second quantity, while allowing a selector to regulate fluid communication between the hydraulic pressure source and the wheel cylinder; and calibrate the first and second pressure sensors with respect to each other in accordance with the obtained values of the first and second quantities. | 04-09-2009 |
20090232690 | SEAL APPARATUS OF GEAR PUMP - A seal apparatus includes at least one pair of gears; a side plate arranged adjacent to the pair of gears; and a housing sandwiching the side plate. At least one of the side plate and the housing includes a shoulder portion. The seal apparatus further includes a seal member arranged between the housing and the side plate and arranged at the shoulder portion. The seal member separates a low pressure area from a high pressure area in a radial direction of the gear. The shoulder portion is located in the low pressure area. At least a part of the seal member faces the high pressure area. The seal apparatus further includes a backup member reinforcing the seal member and facing a tip portion of the shoulder portion; and a containing portion formed between a root portion of the shoulder portion and the seal member to be capable of containing a part of the seal member at least when the seal member is elastically deformed. | 09-17-2009 |
20110062361 | NORMALLY-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE - A solenoid valve includes a solenoid coil to produce a magnetic field when energized, a yoke of magnetic material encasing the solenoid coil, an armature of magnetic material surrounded by the yoke, and arranged to move in an axial direction of the solenoid coil when the solenoid coil is energized, a plunger to be moved with the armature, a valve seat member including a seat portion formed with a valve hole to be closed and opened by a forward end portion of the plunger, and a coil spring which is disposed between a spring receiving portion of the plunger and the valve seat member, around the plunger, and which is arranged to urge the plunger toward a normal position. The plunger includes a pressure receiving portion (such as a flat portion) which extends in a radial direction of the plunger at a position between the forward end portion and the spring receiving portion of the plunger, and which faces to the seat portion. | 03-17-2011 |
20110221264 | HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A hydraulic pressure control apparatus has an electromagnetic valve having a valve body forced to one side by an elastic member and a coil driving the valve body to the other side; a hydraulic pressure control section for calculating a command current value to drive the electromagnetic valve and controlling a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic circuit by opening/closing the electromagnetic valve; a current detection section detecting a value of the current passing through the coil; and a command current value correction section. The command current value correction section detects a change of an inductance of the coil when the valve body moves from the one side to the other side or from the other side to the one side through the current detection section, and corrects the command current value using the detected inductance change. | 09-15-2011 |
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20080318819 | GREASE COMPOSITION AND BEARING - A grease composition which is suitable for a ball bearing exposed to high temperatures and exhibits stable lubricity for a prolonged period of time, and a bearing which encapsulates the grease composition are provided. | 12-25-2008 |
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