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20100028584 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRESSURE-RESISTANT CONTAINER LINER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL RESIN LINER - A resin composition formed by mixing 99 to 70 weight % of specific whole aromatic polyesteramide liquid crystal resin (A) with 1 to 30 weight % of epoxy modified polyolefin-base resin (B) and by melting and kneading both of the resins, wherein the resin composition having a melt viscosity of 60 to 4000 Pa·s at a shear rate of 1000/second at a temperature which is 20° C. higher than the melting point and having a melt tension of 20 mN or more at a take-over speed of 14.8 m/minute, is melt within a temperature range of a melting point to the melting point +40° C., a parison (P) is formed by extruding it with an extrusion speed equal to or higher than 0.3 kg/minute and lower than 5 kg/minute, a pair of moldings placed so as to sandwich the parison (P) are closed at a predetermined mold closing pressure, and air is blown into the parison (P). | 02-04-2010 |
20100087575 | POLYACETAL RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a polyacetal resin material having reduced generation of gases such as formaldehyde to the utmost limit while maintaining or further improving the excellent properties such as mechanical properties, processability and surface properties, of which the polyacetal resin is inherently possessed. In detail, the present invention provides a polyacetal resin composition, obtained by blending, to 100 parts by weight of (A1) a polyacetal resin having substantially linear molecular structure, 0.01 to 20.0 parts by weight of (A2) a polyacetal resin having a branched or crosslinked structure, 0.01 to 5.0 parts by weight of (B) a hindered phenol-based antioxidant and 0.01 to 5.0 parts by weight of (C) a hydrazide compound. | 04-08-2010 |
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20110110751 | VACUUM PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VACUUM PROCESSING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE - A vacuum processing system of a semiconductor processing substrate and a vacuum processing method using the same comprises an atmospheric transfer chamber having a plurality of cassette stands for transferring a wafer, a lock chamber for storing the wafer transferred from the atmospheric transfer chamber, a first vacuum transfer chamber to which the wafer from the lock chamber is transferred, a transfer intermediate chamber connected to the first vacuum transfer chamber, a second vacuum transfer chamber connected to the transfer intermediate chamber, at least one vacuum processing chamber connected to the first vacuum transfer chamber, and two or more vacuum processing chambers connected to a rear side of the second vacuum transfer chamber, wherein the number of vacuum processing chambers connected to the first vacuum transfer chamber is smaller than the number of vacuum processing chambers connected to the second vacuum transfer chamber, or the number of use of vacuum processing chambers connected to the first vacuum transfer chamber is restricted to one. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110752 | VACUUM PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VACUUM PROCESSING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a vacuum processing system of a semiconductor processing substrate and a vacuum processing method using the same, comprising an atmospheric transfer chamber having a plurality of cassette stands, a lock chamber arranged on a rear side of the atmospheric transfer chamber, and a first vacuum transfer chamber connected to a rear side of the lock chamber, wherein the first vacuum transfer chamber does not have any vacuum processing chamber connected thereto and has transfer intermediate chambers connected thereto, and the transfer intermediate chambers have subsequent vacuum transfer chambers connected thereto, and wherein the wafers are transferred via the lock chamber to the first vacuum transfer chamber to be processed in each of the subsequent vacuum processing chambers, which are further transferred via any of the transfer intermediate chambers connected to the first vacuum transfer chamber to the subsequent vacuum transfer chambers, and the respective wafers transferred to the subsequent vacuum transfer chambers other than the first vacuum transfer chamber are transferred to the respective vacuum processing chambers connected to each of the vacuum processing chambers and processed therein. | 05-12-2011 |
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20090066943 | Apparatus And Method For Inspecting Pattern - A method and apparatus for inspecting defects includes emitting an ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source, illuminating a specimen with the ultraviolet light in which a polarization condition of the ultraviolet light is controlled, controlling a polarization condition of light reflected from the specimen which is illuminated by the polarization condition controlled ultraviolet light, detecting the light reflected from the specimen, processing the detected light so as to detect defects, and outputting information about the defects. The ultraviolet light source is disposed in a clean environment supplied with clean gas and separated from outside. | 03-12-2009 |
20090153840 | Method And Apparatus For Inspecting Pattern Defects - An apparatus and method for inspecting defects includes an illuminator for irradiating light having an ultraviolet wavelength emitted from a light source onto a specimen through a reflection objective lens, an image-former for forming an image of light reflected from the specimen by the illumination of the light from the illuminator, which is passed through at least the reflection objective lens, a detector which detects the image of light formed by the image-former with an image sensor, and an image processor for processing a signal output from the detector to detect defects on the specimen. The image sensor is a reverse-surface irradiation type image sensor. | 06-18-2009 |
20100104173 | Method And Apparatus For Inspecting A Pattern Formed On A Substrate - A pattern inspection method and apparatus in which a deep ultraviolet light or an ultraviolet light is irradiated onto a specimen on which a pattern is formed, an image of the specimen which is irradiated with the deep ultraviolet light or the ultraviolet light is formed and the formed image is detected with a rear-surface irradiation type image sensor, which is sensitive to wavelengths of no greater than 400 nmm. A signal outputted from the image sensor is processed so as to detect a defect of the specimen by converting an analog image signal outputted from the image sensor to a digital image signal with an A/D converter, and a display displays information of the defect detected. | 04-29-2010 |
20110170092 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING PATTERN - A method and apparatus for inspecting defects includes emitting an ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source, illuminating a specimen with the ultraviolet light in which a polarization condition of the ultraviolet light is controlled, controlling a polarization condition of light reflected from the specimen which is illuminated by the polarization condition controlled ultraviolet light, detecting the light reflected from the specimen, processing the detected light so as to detect defects, and outputting information about the defects. The ultraviolet light source is disposed in a clean environment supplied with clean gas and separated from outside. | 07-14-2011 |
20120176602 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING PATTERN - A method and apparatus for inspecting defects includes emitting an ultraviolet light from an ultraviolet light source, illuminating a specimen with the ultraviolet light in which a polarization condition of the ultraviolet light is controlled, controlling a polarization condition of light reflected from the specimen which is illuminated by the polarization condition controlled ultraviolet light, detecting the light reflected from the specimen, processing the detected light so as to detect defects, and outputting information about the defects. The ultraviolet light source is disposed in a clean environment supplied with clean gas and separated from outside. | 07-12-2012 |
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20110077792 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTED POWER SOURCES - A control method of the present invention is a control method for distributed power sources which systematically controls a plurality of distributed power sources having different responsive capabilities for a load disturbance. The distributed power sources include an electricity storage device. The control method of the present invention includes: obtaining a component to be compensated for using a power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device based on a difference value between a remaining capacity of the electricity storage device and a target remaining capacity; and compensating for the component to be compensated for using the power source having a responsive capability equal to or lower than that of the electricity storage device. | 03-31-2011 |
20110170219 | Islanded Power System with Distributed Power Supply - An islanded power system with a distributed power supply includes a system abnormality detection unit, which outputs an abnormality detection signal when an abnormality in a commercial system is detected; a breaker, which interrupts a supply of power from the commercial system when the abnormality detection signal is input from the system abnormality detection unit; a status detection unit, which outputs a breaker status signal when the breaker's open state is detected; and an electrical storage device, which compensates a fluctuation in load until a rotating machine generator switches to an islanded operation after the supply of power from the commercial system is interrupted by the breaker by starting the supply of power when the breaker status signal is input. | 07-14-2011 |
20120083927 | Operation Management Apparatus, Operation Management Method, and Operation Management Program - An operation management apparatus includes an air conditioning thermal load prediction unit configured to calculate an air conditioning thermal load predicted value indicating a predicted amount of heat required to adjust temperature to a pre-set temperature on a day-of-prediction, a power generation output prediction processing unit configured to calculate power generation output prediction data indicating a generated power obtained by a generator within the day-of-prediction, and an operation planning unit configured to prepare an air conditioning heat source operation plan, and determines a purchased power and the generated power using the power generation output prediction data to thereby prepare a power facility operation plan indicating a schedule of a power output from the purchased power source and the generator, so that the purchased power per predetermined time supplied from a purchased power source of a commercial power system becomes a target value. | 04-05-2012 |
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20110089354 | GATE VALVE - Between a driving base operated by an air cylinder and a lever member fixed to a valve shaft integral with a valve plate, a connecting mechanism for connecting the driving base and a lever member, capable of displacement, and a cam mechanism for tilting the lever member are interposed, and a stopper mechanism for stopping the lever member at an opposing position of the valve plate or a full-open position, and after the lever member is stopped by the stopper mechanism at the opposing position or the full-open position, the lever member is tilted by the cam mechanism so as to incline the valve plate and to press a valve seal to a valve seat portion or a wall face in the periphery of an opening. | 04-21-2011 |
20110290340 | VACUUM VALVE - A cartridge heater is accommodated in a heater bore in a shaft connected to a valve element, and a heating portion provided at an end portion of the cartridge heater is located at a joint portion of the shaft and the valve element. At the joint portion, a heat receiving groove and a pressurizing portion communicating with the heater bore are provided at a position between a surface of the valve element and that of the shaft located so as to oppose and to contact each other. The heat receiving groove includes an arcuate groove portion of the same radius as that of the heating portion of the cartridge heater, and the heating portion is pressed by the pressurizing portion to enter into plane-to-plane contact with an inner circumferential surface of the arcuate groove portion of the heat receiving groove, upon fastening the valve element and the shaft to each other with a bolt, with the heating portion located between the heat receiving groove and the pressurizing portion. | 12-01-2011 |
20120267556 | GATE VALVE - In a gate valve including a valve plate connected to a valve plate mounting portion of at a tip end of a valve rod with a connecting plate and configured to open and close a communicating hole of a valve box with the valve plate, the valve plate includes a mounting hole, a joint flat surfaces coming into press-contact with each other, the valve rod includes a depressed-shaped joint shoulder portion, the joint shoulder portion is formed with an inclined surface configured to guide the valve plate in the direction in which the joint flat surfaces are brought into press-contact with each other, and the coupling plate couples the valve plate and the valve rod with each other. | 10-25-2012 |
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20090274777 | Dietetic composition - (Problems) To provide a highly safe dietetic composition originating in green coffee beans by which excellent dietetic effects can be obtained and which contributes to the prevention and treatment of life style-related diseases such as diabetes. | 11-05-2009 |
20110189313 | Method of using a green coffee bean extract to promote carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity - (Problems) To provide a highly safe dietetic composition originating in green coffee beans by which excellent dietetic effects can be obtained and which contributes to the prevention and treatment of life style-related diseases such as diabetes. | 08-04-2011 |
20130196937 | AGE PRODUCTION INHIBITOR - Disclosed is an AGE production inhibitor or the like, which effectively inhibits the production of an advanced glycation end product (AGE), while having improved biological safety. Specifically disclosed is an AGE production inhibitor or the like, which contains en extract of cherry tree (preferably blossoms or leaves thereof) and/or a processed product of the extract as an active substance. The AGE production inhibitor or the like contains, as an active substance, at least one compound that is selected from among 1-O-(E)-Caffeoyl-β-D-glucopyranoside, 1-O-(E)-Coumaroyl-β-D-glucopyranoside, 1-O-(E)-Cinnamoyl-β-D-glucopyranoside, Kaempferol 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, Quercetin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, Kaempferol 3-O-(6″-malony)-β-D-glucopyranoside, and Quercetin 3-O-(6″-malony)-β-D-glucopyranoside. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090162725 | MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - To provide a membrane/electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which has a high power generation performance in an environment ranging from a low humidity to a high humidity and is scarcely susceptible to deterioration in the performance of the electrode even when fuel becomes deficient. | 06-25-2009 |
20090291345 | MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PRODUCTION - To provide a membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and processes for their production, which make it possible to stably exhibit a high power generation performance in various environments. A membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, which comprises a first electrode having a first catalyst layer and a first gas diffusion layer, a second electrode having a second catalyst layer and a second gas diffusion layer, and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the 90° peel strength at least one of the interface between the first electrode and the polymer electrolyte membrane and the interface between the second electrode and the polymer electrolyte membrane is at least 0.03 N/cm. | 11-26-2009 |
20100043954 | PROCESS FOR FORMING CATALYST LAYER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - To provide a process for forming a catalyst layer whereby defects such as cracks are scarcely formed in the catalyst layer, and the bond strength is high at the interface between the catalyst layer and a reinforcing layer and at the interface between the catalyst layer and a polymer electrolyte membrane; and a process for producing a membrane/electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which is capable of exhibiting high power generation performance even under a low humidity condition and has sufficient mechanical strength and dimensional stability and which has excellent durability even in an environment where humidification and drying, etc. are repeated. | 02-25-2010 |
20140055652 | OPTICAL FILTER AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - An optical filter including a near infrared absorbing layer on a glass substrate, in which adhesiveness between the glass substrate and the near infrared absorbing layer is firm, high reliability is enabled in uses under a high temperature and high humidity environment, and manufacturing yield is secured, and a high reliability solid-state imaging device having the optical filter are provided. An optical filter includes: a glass substrate; and a near infrared absorbing layer formed on one principal surface of the glass substrate, wherein the near infrared absorbing layer is obtained by reacting a composition for forming the near infrared absorbing layer on the glass substrate and the composition contains a transparent resin having a fluorene skeleton and a reactivity group; a near infrared absorbing dye; and a silane coupling agent and/or oligomer thereof having a hydrolyzable group and a functional group which have reactivity for the reactivity group. | 02-27-2014 |
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20100176273 | Image pickup element and image pickup device - An image pickup element includes a light-receiving portion having a matrix arrangement formed by disposing first-direction arrays, each having photoelectric conversion portions arranged in a first direction with a predetermined gap maintained therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and micro-lenses provided above the light-receiving portion. A certain first-direction array in the matrix arrangement is provided with a pair of photoelectric conversion portions that optically receive, via a pair of micro-lenses, photographic-subject light beams passing through a pair of segmental regions in an exit pupil of a photographic optical system, the pair of segmental regions being disposed biasedly in opposite directions from each other in the first direction. The pair of micro-lenses is disposed such that light axes thereof extend through vicinities of edges of the pair of photoelectric conversion portions, the edges being the farthest edges from each other in the first direction. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177205 | Image pickup element and image pickup device - An image pickup element includes a light receiver having a matrix arrangement formed by disposing first-direction arrays, each having photoelectric converters arranged in a first direction with a gap therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal thereto, and micro-lenses above the light receiver. In the matrix arrangement, a certain first-direction array has two first photoelectric converters receiving, via two micro-lenses, photographic-subject light passing through two segmental regions in an exit pupil of a photographic optical system, and a certain second-direction array has two second photoelectric converters receiving photographic-subject light passing through two segmental regions in the exit pupil. Light axes of the two micro-lenses extend through vicinities of edges, farthest from each other in the first direction, of the first photoelectric converters. The first photoelectric converters include two photoelectric converters that flank one photoelectric converter, disposed at an intersection between the certain first-direction and second-direction arrays, in the certain first-direction array. | 07-15-2010 |
20100245656 | Imaging device and focus detecting method - An imaging device includes an image pickup device having an arrangement of photoelectric converting units, the arrangement in which a plurality of pairs of photoelectric converting units are arranged along a predetermined direction, each pair of photoelectric converting units receiving light beams of a subject passing through partial areas in a pair that are lopsided in reverse to each other along the predetermined direction in an exit pupil of a shooting optical system, and a focus detector for performing focus detection of a phase-difference detecting technique according to data obtained from the pair of photoelectric converting units in the arrangement of the photoelectric converting units. The focus detector corrects the data according to a correction amount corresponding to a positional shift amount from the normalized position, and performs focus detection of the phase-difference detecting technique according to the corrected data. | 09-30-2010 |
20100277637 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device includes a fixedly provided half mirror that separates object light that has passed through a shooting optical system into transmitted light and reflected light, and an image pickup unit that generates an image of an object by receiving the transmitted light. The half mirror includes an optically transmissive film that is optically isotropic. | 11-04-2010 |
20100310247 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a light-beam splitting mirror configured to transmit and reflect incident light that has entered the light-beam splitting mirror through a photographing optical system; an image sensor that receives light transmitted through the light-beam splitting mirror; an autofocus detecting unit that receives light reflected by the light-beam splitting mirror; a signal processing unit configured to process an image pickup signal of the image sensor; and a display unit configured to display an image being photographed, on the basis of an image signal obtained at the signal processing unit. In the image pickup apparatus, the light-beam splitting mirror has spectral characteristics including a reflectivity of 25% or more and 35% or less at a wavelength of 400 to 650 nm and a reflectivity of 60% or more at a wavelength of about 700 nm through optimization. | 12-09-2010 |
20120044406 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes: a microlens that focuses subject light; a light receiving element that receives the subject light focused by the microlens to thereby generate a signal for making focus determination through phase-difference detection; and a light blocking portion that is disposed between the microlens and the light receiving element so as to block part of the subject light focused by the microlens, wherein the distance between the light blocking portion and the microlens in an optical axis direction of the microlens is set so as to decrease as an image height increases. | 02-23-2012 |
20120212662 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes a micro lens that collects light from a subject, a light sensing element that generates a signal for performing focusing determination through phase difference detection by sensing subject light collected by the micro lens, a first light blocking unit that performs pupil division by blocking a portion of the subject light, and a second light blocking unit that is disposed between the first light blocking unit and the micro lens, and blocks the portion of the subject light which is incident to the first light blocking unit, wherein an aperture area of the second light blocking unit is smaller than an aperture area of an image generation pixel. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224096 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes a micro lens that collects light from a subject, a light sensing element that generates a signal for performing focusing determination through phase difference detection by sensing subject light collected by the micro lens, and a light blocking portion that is disposed between the micro lens and the light sensing element and performs pupil division for the subject light by blocking a part of the subject light, wherein the light blocking portion is set such that a position of an image forming point of subject light passing through the micro lens and a position of an end portion of the light blocking portion on an entrance side become distant from each other according to a variation in image height. | 09-06-2012 |
20130113982 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup element includes a light-receiving portion having a matrix arrangement formed by disposing first-direction arrays, each having photoelectric conversion portions arranged in a first direction with a predetermined gap maintained therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and micro-lenses provided above the light-receiving portion. A certain first-direction array in the matrix arrangement is provided with a pair of photoelectric conversion portions that optically receive, via a pair of micro-lenses, photographic-subject light beams passing through a pair of segmental regions in an exit pupil of a photographic optical system, the pair of segmental regions being disposed biasedly in opposite directions from each other in the first direction. The pair of micro-lenses is disposed such that light axes thereof extend through vicinities of edges of the pair of photoelectric conversion portions, the edges being the farthest edges from each other in the first direction. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090029068 | CARBON THIN FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND CARBON THIN FILM COATED BODY - A carbon thin film manufacturing method includes depositing an intermediate layer on a surface of a substrate, and forming a diamond-like carbon coating on a surface of the intermediate layer. In the carbon thin film manufacturing method, a bias voltage within a range of 0 V to −30 V is applied to the substrate during the deposition of the intermediate layer. | 01-29-2009 |
20120121476 | ELECTRICALLY-HEATED CATALYST - An electrically-heated catalyst is disclosed. The catalyst may include a carrier; more than two comb-shaped electrode portions extending in a longitudinal direction; an electrically conductive underlying layer provided between the carrier and the comb-shaped electrode portions; and more than two electrically conductive fixing layers bonding to at least one of the comb-shaped electrode portions and to the underlying layer to fix the comb-shaped electrode portions to the carrier at more than two points spaced apart. | 05-17-2012 |
20130062328 | ELECTRODE, ELECTRICALLY HEATING TYPE CATALYST DEVICE USING SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRICALLY HEATING TYPE CATALYST DEVICE - An electrode according to one aspect of the present invention is formed on a base material composed of a ceramics. The electrodes includes a matrix composed of an Ni-Cr alloy (with a Cr content of 20 to 60 wt. %) or an MCrAlY alloy (M is at least one material selected from Fe, Co and Ni), and a disperse phase that is dispersed in the matrix and composed of an oxide mineral having a laminated structure. The ratio of area occupied by the disperse phase in a cross section of the electrode is 40 to 80%. With the structure like this, it is possible to suppress the increase in the electrical resistance even after a thermal cycle is performed. | 03-14-2013 |
20140038868 | SLIDING MEMBER - A sliding member includes: a substrate which has a sliding surface sliding under the presence of lubricating oil; and a film which is fixed to at least a part of the sliding surface. The film contains carbon (C), titanium (Ti), and boron (B), is obtained by repeatedly and alternately layering a first layer containing amorphous carbon as a principal component and a second layer containing C and Ti as principal components, and has hardness of 18 GPa or more. | 02-06-2014 |
20140301908 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An electrically heated catalyst device includes a catalyst support including a ceramics, on which a catalyst is supported, a pair of surface electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the catalyst support, the surface electrodes being disposed opposite to each other and extending in an axial direction of the catalyst support, and a wiring line that externally supplies electric power to the surface electrodes, in which the catalyst support is electrically heated through the surface electrodes. A wrought member made of metal is buried in the surface electrodes, the wrought member extending in the axial direction of the catalyst support. With the configuration like this, the spreading of electric currents in the catalyst-support axis direction can be maintained even when cracks occur in the catalyst-support circumference direction in the surface electrodes. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090290677 | BOOTSTRAP CIRCUIT, SHIFT REGISTER EMPLOYING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a shift register which includes first transistor connected between a first clock signal terminal and an output terminal, a second transistor with a gate connected to an input terminal and a source connected to a gate of the first transistor, a third transistor with a gate connected to a second clock signal terminal, an inverter with an input connected to the input terminal, a fourth transistor cascode connected to the third transistor with a gate connected to an output of the inverter, a fifth transistor connected between the gate of the first transistor and a power supply terminal, a sixth transistor connected between the fourth transistor and the power supply terminal with a gate connected to the input terminal, and a seventh transistor connected between the output terminal and the power supply terminal, the fifth and seventh transistors having gates connected in common to a connection node of the fourth and the sixth transistors. | 11-26-2009 |
20100208187 | Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus using the same and manufacturing method thereof - A liquid crystal display device of IPS mode includes an array of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern by crossing a plurality of video signal lines and a plurality of scanning signal lines each other. Each of the pixels is provided with at least a switching element. A transparent insulating film is provided on both signal lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes, common electrodes and common lines are provided on the transparent insulating film. The common lines are formed in a grid-shaped pattern such that a first group of the common lines is made of a first conductor having lower reflectivity against optical light than that of metal while a second group of the common lines is made of a second conductor including a metal layer such that the first group and the second group are crossing each other along the video signal lines and the scanning signal lines. | 08-19-2010 |
20120112992 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display apparatus including two scanning circuits of the same configuration and layout, arranged on either sides of the display part. As long as one of the scanning circuits is in operation, the other scanning circuit is in a state in which no output signal is output. | 05-10-2012 |
20130182208 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device of IPS mode includes an array of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern by crossing a plurality of video signal lines and a plurality of scanning signal lines each other. Each of the pixels is provided with at least a switching element. A transparent insulating film is provided on both signal lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes, common electrodes and common lines are provided on the transparent insulating film. The common lines are formed in a grid-shaped pattern such that a first group of the common lines is made of a first conductor having lower reflectivity against optical light than that of metal while a second group of the common lines is made of a second conductor including a metal layer such that said first group and said second group are crossing each other along said video signal lines and said scanning signal lines. | 07-18-2013 |
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20100073455 | Television receiver with a TV phone function - A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network. | 03-25-2010 |
20130127977 | TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH A TV PHONE FUNCTION - A videophone system includes a processor which selectively sets a television (TV) broadcast program viewing function mode and videophone function mode in response to manual operation of a remote control, a decoder which performs, in the TV program view mode, a TV program-use decode function for decoding a broadcast program signal received from a TV tuner to thereby display it on a display screen while producing audio sounds by loudspeakers and which performs, in the videophone function mode a videophone-use decode function for decoding a videophone signal received from a distant party to thereby display on the screen an image of the distant party using the screen and speakers, and an encoder which performs a videophone-use encode function for encoding a video signal from a camera and a voice signal from a microphone to generate a videophone signal, which is sent to the distant party via a network. | 05-23-2013 |
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20080267579 | Recording and reproducing apparatus with improved video editing function - A recording and reproducing apparatus capable of solving a problem that, after a user edits video information recorded in a recording medium of a video camera, the user later cannot cancel the editing operation and cannot restore the edited video information to its initial information before edited. When the user edits video information recorded in a first recording medium; the video information deleted through the editing, video modification history information based on the editing, and data management information of the recording medium are recorded in a temporary storage area of a second recording medium. Thus, the user can cancel the editing of the video information and restore the information to its initial information before edited. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267580 | Recording/reproducing apparatus - A recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: an image pickup element; an audio input portion; a recording portion, which is configured to record video information inputted from the image pickup element and audio information inputted from the audio input portion on a recording medium, in a form of stream data; a reproducing portion, which is configured to reproduce the stream data recorded on the recording medium; a contents memory portion, which is configured to memorize a plural number of contents, each being made of video and audio, on the recording medium; a composing portion, which is configured to compose the stream data memorized in the recording medium and the contents; and a selecting portion, which is configured to select the contents to be composed with the stream data recorded on the recording medium, from among the plural number of contents, wherein the stream data recorded on the recording medium and the contents selected by the selecting portion are composed to be recorded on the recording medium. | 10-30-2008 |
20090162031 | Recording and Reproducing Apparatus - To provide a recording and reproducing apparatus capable of storing AV data reliably during recording and capable of reading the AV data reliably during reproducing even when the communication state between the video camera and a network is bad, the recording and reproducing apparatus neither failing to record nor reproduce AV data, the recording and reproducing apparatus improving the recording reliability and reproduction reliability of AV data. With a unit for determining whether the communication state is good or bad, the recording and reproducing reliability is improved by carrying out recording and reproducing of AV data to a hard disk of the recording and reproducing apparatus by utilizing a built-in hard disk when the communication state is bad. | 06-25-2009 |
20100295988 | Information Recording Apparatus and Power-Saving Method Therefor - An information recording apparatus for recording information obtained from a sensor, comprises: a face detecting unit for detecting a face of a person among the information obtained from the sensor; a face detection switching unit for switching a control of the face detecting unit between valid and invalid; a face detection setup information obtaining unit for obtaining information of whether face detection set up by the face detection switching unit is valid or invalid; a face detection observation unit for observing on whether detection is made on the face or not, when the face detection is valid; a power-saving controller unit for executing a power-saving control; a recording unit for record the information inputted from the sensor onto a recording medium; a recording observation unit for observing on whether recording of the information is conducted or not by the recording unit; a memory unit for memorizing information necessary for controlling the information recording apparatus; and a controller unit for controlling each constituent elements mentioned above, wherein the controller unit executes a control for reducing an electric power consumption of the information recording apparatus, by the power-saving controller unit, when determining that: the control of the face detection unit is valid from the face detection setup information obtaining unit; face detection is not made on the face of the person from the face detection observation unit; and recording of the information is not made from the recording observation unit. | 11-25-2010 |
20130077454 | DATA LIBRARY APPARATUS, DATA ARCHIVE SYSTEM AND SERVER - In a data library apparatus for managing plural pieces of record media, and performing record/reproduction of data into/from the record media, there are provided an information-memorizing memory unit and a device-controlling control unit. Having received a data record/reproduction processing request from a server, the control unit collects load information imposed on data record/reproduction devices, load information imposed on a record-media transportation device, and load information imposed on the record media. Moreover, the control unit memorizes the collected load information into the memory unit. | 03-28-2013 |
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20110031410 | METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUORESCENT LIGHT AMOUNT OR LIGHT ABSORPTION AMOUNT AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SAME - An amount of fluorescent light generated from the specimen is quantitatively measured as “a light-amount value per unit area traceable to the national standard” instead of in terms of a ratio (a ratio value) as in the past. A method for measuring a fluorescent light amount, whereby a specimen is irradiated with excitation light, and fluorescent light generated from the specimen is measured by a light-receiving element via a receiving optical system, said method comprising the steps of irradiating the specimen with excitation light having a light-amount value per specified unit area traceable to the national standard, and designated on the surface of the specimen beforehand, causing the light-receiving element to measure the fluorescent light generated from the specimen via the receiving optical system, and computing a fluorescent light-amount as measured by the light-receiving element via the receiving optical system on the basis of an excitation light-amount per the specified unit area, optical coefficients of the receiving optical system, and the acceptance coefficient of the light-receiving element, thereby working out a light amount value per the unit area traceable to the national standard. | 02-10-2011 |
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20110158886 | POLYSILANE PRODUCTION PROCESS - A polysilane production process comprising reacting a specific silane compound typified by a cyclic silane compound represented by the following formula (2) in the presence of a binuclear metal complex represented by the following formula (4). | 06-30-2011 |
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20140319660 | SOLID-STATE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state electronic device according to the present invention includes: an oxide layer (possibly containing inevitable impurities) that is formed by heating, in an atmosphere containing oxygen, a precursor layer obtained from a precursor solution as a start material including both a precursor containing bismuth (Bi) and a precursor containing niobium (Nb) as solutes, the oxide layer consisting of the bismuth (Bi) and the niobium (Nb); wherein the oxide layer is formed by heating at a heating temperature from 520° C. to 650° C. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100085395 | Inkjet image-forming apparatus and method for printing - An image forming apparatus including: a print-job controller configured to receive a print job and control a printing operation based on the received print job; an ink-ejection driver configured to output a driving signal on the basis of the print job; an ink ejector configured to eject ink onto a paper sheet on the basis of the driving signal outputted by the ink-ejection driver; and an ink-temperature measuring unit configured to measure an ink temperature. When the ink temperature measured by the ink-temperature measuring unit is equal to or higher than a first reference temperature, the ink-ejection driver outputs a driving signal of a first voltage. When the ink temperature measured by the ink-temperature measuring unit is lower than the first reference temperature and is equal to or higher than a second reference temperature that is lower than the first reference temperature, the print-job controller performs the printing operation as long as predetermined conditions are satisfied for suppressing lowering of print quality possibly caused by ink ejection based on a driving signal of a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage and the ink-ejection driver outputs the driving signal of the second voltage while the printing operation is being performed. | 04-08-2010 |
20110048263 | SHEET TRANSFER SYSTEM AND DUPLEX PRINTER USING SAME - A sheet transfer system includes a register roller working for transfer of a one-side printed print sheet and a non-printed print sheet, a pair of first guide plates working to guide the one-side printed print sheet to the register, and a pair of second guide plates working to guide the non-printed print sheet to the register. The first guide plates make an opening angle θ | 03-03-2011 |
20110050777 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes a printing unit, a transfer route, a heating chamber, and a heater. The printing unit ejects ink onto a sheet through nozzles of the inkjet heads. The transfer route transfers the sheet as printed at the printing unit. The heating chamber accommodates at least part of the transfer route to heat the sheet as transferred in the transfer route. The heater heats inside the heating chamber. The heating chamber is sectioned into sub-chambers along the transfer route, including a first sub-chamber to be heated by the heater and a second sub-chamber to be lower in temperature than the first sub-chamber and located between the printing unit and the first sub-chamber. | 03-03-2011 |
20110242156 | INKJET PRINTER - Streams of ink being returned by a circulation pump from a lower tank through an upstream flow path block to an upper tank have viscosities higher than viscosities of streams of ink being supplied from the upper tank through a downstream flow path block to an inkjet head, there being a difference in flow rate of ink developed with attendant differences in viscosity between the upstream flow path block and the downstream flow path block, while being reduced by differences between heating efficiencies in the upstream flow path block and heating efficiencies in the downstream flow path block. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242220 | INK-JET PRINTER - An ink-jet printer comprises: a platen plate including a plurality of recesses, which are formed and regularly arranged in a front surface by digging from the front surface toward the back surface, and a suction hole extending from a part of the bottom surface of the recess through the back surface; and a print head having ink-discharging nozzles arranged in a nozzle face which is arranged in a position facing the front surface of the platen plate. The ink-discharging nozzles are arranged between an opening end of the recess and an opening end of the suction hole excluding an area directly above the suction hole of the platen plate. | 10-06-2011 |
20120056925 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a conveyer belt with a plurality of belt holes formed therein, the conveyer belt suctioning and conveying a recording medium with a negative pressure acting on the belt holes; a platen with a plurality of through holes formed therein; a pressure-reducing unit for generating the negative pressure on a side of the platen opposite from the side thereof supporting the conveyer belt; inkjet nozzles disposed to face the platen; a distance-changing unit for changing a distance between the inkjet nozzles and a surface of the conveyer belt on which the recording medium is suctioned; and a size-adjusting unit for adjusting, when the distance is large, a size of at least one through hole in a through hole group, which includes the through holes positioned in the vicinity of the inkjet nozzles, such that the size of the at least one through hole is reduced. | 03-08-2012 |
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20120105520 | INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inkjet image forming apparatus includes print heads, a first tank, an ink circulation line, and a controller. The ink circulation line includes an ink supply line for supplying ink from the first tank to the print heads, and an ink return line for returning ink collected from the print heads to a second tank. The controller controls line elements of the ink circulation line, to adjust a magnitude relation between a first product and a second product, in accordance with the type of ink. The first product is a product of factors including a flow passage length along, a viscosity of ink in, and a fluid resistance coefficient of the ink supply line. The second product is a product of factors including a flow passage length along, a viscosity of ink in, and a fluid resistance coefficient of the ink return line. | 05-03-2012 |
20120120174 | INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM - An inkjet printing system using a non-aqueous ink composition, wherein
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20120229822 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming machine includes an image data memory, an image data mapper, and a printer. For an envelope, the image data memory stores image data to be printed on a back of the body and a face of the flap, as backside image data. Based on this data, the image data mapper generates print data including a first print data to be printed on the body back and a second print data to be printed on the flap face. The printer prints a part of the backside image data on the body back in accordance with the first print data, and a remaining part of the backside image data on the flap face in accordance with the second print data. | 09-13-2012 |
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20080221761 | Vehicle control system and component units therefor - In a vehicle control system, a vehicle unit transmits a smart request signal through its LF transmitter. When a mobile unit receives the smart request signal through its LF receiver, it transmits a response signal through its RF transmitter. The vehicle unit, receiving this response signal though its RF receiver, performs smart control such as door unlocking. The mobile unit further transmits a presence notification signal different from the response signal through its RF transmitter, when a predetermined notification condition is satisfied. The vehicle unit notifies passengers of the vehicle of the presence of the mobile unit, when it receives this notification signal while the predetermined condition is not satisfied. | 09-11-2008 |
20100250072 | Vehicular device control system - An in-vehicle device wirelessly sends a request signal to an assistance-possible area in which a user of a welfare-use seat device can be assisted. When a wireless portable key device, i.e., a remote control is present inside of the assistance-possible area, the portable key device returns a response signal containing an ID code. When receiving the response signal, the in-vehicle device executes a collation relative to the ID code contained in the response signal. When the collation is successfully completed, a short-depression movement mode is designated. When a short-time manipulation or depression is once applied to an operation instruction switch of the wireless portable key device under the short-depression movement mode being designated, the movement of a welfare-use seat device is started toward a movement end position without need further continued manipulation or depression to the operation instruction switch. | 09-30-2010 |
20120086567 | Vehicular control system and in-vehicle apparatus - An in-vehicle apparatus operates on a second frequency by a second vibrator while wirelessly receiving from a portable apparatus a wireless signal on a first frequency by a first vibrator along with information on temperature of the portable apparatus. The in-vehicle apparatus previously stores a data map of a frequency and temperature characteristic of the first vibrator and second vibrator while measuring own temperature. The in-vehicle apparatus has an amendment device that acquires an offset value for the second vibrator based on the data map and information on temperatures of the in-vehicle apparatus and portable terminal. The acquired offset value is added to the second vibrator to thereby cause the second frequency to approach the first frequency of the first vibrator. | 04-12-2012 |