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20080297549 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for discharging ink from a recording head arraying a plurality of nozzles to execute recording of an image includes a drive unit configured to form a group with a defined number of nozzles so as to include an adjacent nozzle in a different block and to execute time-division driving of the block according to a driving order corresponding to a recording mode, and a recording control unit configured to execute scan recording to a recording medium in a first recording mode or a second recording mode. Each pass of scan recording in the second recording mode is executed using nozzles smaller in number than a number of nozzles used to execute each pass of scan recording in the first recording mode. The recording apparatus further includes a driving control unit configured to control the drive unit wherein a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the first recording mode is larger than a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the second recording mode. | 12-04-2008 |
20090315959 | RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording head includes ejection ports that eject ink, a first liquid chamber for supplying ink to the ejection ports, a second liquid chamber for supplying ink to the first liquid chamber, a gas reservoir disposed in the upper part of the first liquid chamber and collecting gas, a first outlet through which fluid is discharged out of the gas reservoir, and a pump chamber into which fluid is moved through the first outlet out of the first liquid chamber by producing a pressure difference from the first liquid chamber. | 12-24-2009 |
20100155417 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a liquid container having an information storage portion configured to store information and a supply port for supplying liquid in the liquid container to the outside and a movable member having the liquid container attached thereon. After the connection between the supply port and the apparatus is severed while the movable member moves from a first position to a second position, information is written in the information storage portion. The second position is set such that the time required for the movable member to move from the first position to the second position is longer than or equal to the time required for the information communication. | 06-24-2010 |
20110050776 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for discharging ink from a recording head arraying a plurality of nozzles to execute recording of an image includes a drive unit configured to form a group with a defined number of nozzles so as to include an adjacent nozzle in a different block and to execute time-division driving of the block according to a driving order corresponding to a recording mode, and a recording control unit configured to execute scan recording to a recording medium in a first recording mode or a second recording mode. Each pass of scan recording in the second recording mode is executed using nozzles smaller in number than a number of nozzles used to execute each pass of scan recording in the first recording mode. The recording apparatus further includes a driving control unit configured to control the drive unit wherein a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the first recording mode is larger than a drive interval of an adjacent nozzle in the same group corresponding to the second recording mode. | 03-03-2011 |
20110181645 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a speed of ink discharged from a recording head, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to a speed change based on the speed acquired by the first acquisition unit and a reference speed; a setting unit configured to set driving information relating to the recording head based on the information relating to the speed change acquired by the second acquisition unit, and a drive unit configured to drive the recording head based on the driving information set by the setting unit. | 07-28-2011 |
20120182338 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including a recording head that includes an element array of a plurality of recording elements for discharging a liquid, the plurality of recording elements in the element array being divided into groups, and a drive unit configured to drive the recording head in a driving mode selected from a plurality of driving modes including a continuous driving mode in which recording elements in each of the groups are driven in order from one end and a distributed driving mode in which recording elements in each of the groups are driven such that adjacent recording elements are not driven sequentially. | 07-19-2012 |
20130027455 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a print unit, an acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The print unit performs printing on a sheet by repeating reciprocating scans of a print head. The acquisition unit acquires information on a temperature of the print head. The setting unit sets a wait time to start a next scan after one scan. The setting unit increases the wait time by a predetermined additional time for each subsequent scan once a value acquired by the acquisition unit exceeds a first threshold, unless the value falls below a second threshold. | 01-31-2013 |
20130027456 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus, which includes a heating unit for heating a recording medium during printing, determines a pass number for multi-pass printing based on acquired information relating to the duty in each of a plurality of regions in one band of print region. The printing apparatus sets an amount of heat of the heating unit based on the acquired information. | 01-31-2013 |
20130147868 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an ink jet recording apparatus including a recording head including a plurality of energy generation elements configured to generate thermal energy. The ink jet recording apparatus includes a specification unit and a control unit. The specification unit specifies a pulse width upper limit value of a prepulse during a recording operation based on a minimum pulse width by which ink is discharged by applying a drive pulse to the energy generation elements and a temperature of the recording head during the recording operation. The control unit controls the energy generation elements to be driven using a drive pulse of a prepulse with a pulse width equal to or less than the pulse width upper limit value. | 06-13-2013 |
20130235104 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD - Provided are an inkjet printing apparatus, whereby pulse drive periods and a pause period can be adjusted so as to fall within predetermined periods, while the volume of ink to be ejected is ensured, and a heat generating element driving method therefor. For the inkjet printing apparatus, a pulse signal drive period for a pulse driven previously, a pulse signal drive period for a pulse driven subsequently and a pause period are set to perform ejection of ink droplets one time. When the ejection period exceeds the threshold value, the pulse signal drive period for the pulse driven subsequently and the pause period are reduced to adjust the ejection period to be equal to or lower than a threshold value. | 09-12-2013 |
20130257933 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus predicts the volume of air bubbles generated in a storage section of a recording head based on an input recording job. When the volume of the amount of ink in the storage section of the recording head is less than the predicted volume of air bubbles, a recovery operation is performed. | 10-03-2013 |
20150022574 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus which performs printing by performing scanning using a print head has a problem in that quality of an image of a ruled line is degraded when ink is not ejected for a certain period of time. To address this problem, control is performed such that power for driving the print head for unit regions including pixels having a ruled-line attribute becomes higher than power for driving the print head for unit regions which do not include the pixels having the ruled-line attribute. By this, a high-quality ruled-line image may be printed. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090154245 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes: a memory cell array in which electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory cells are arranged; and a register that holds good/bad information on a specific area that requires high reliability in a user accessible area of the memory cell array. An address conversion circuit internally accesses, when the specific area is bad and is accessed, a backup area in the user accessible area based on the good/bad information in the register. When the specific area is bad and the backup area is accessed, on the other hand, the address conversion circuit internally accesses the specific area based on the good/bad information in the register. | 06-18-2009 |
20090168523 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array; a bad block position data register area defined in the memory cell array to store bad block position data; an address decoder circuit configured to select a block in the cell array; and bad block flag latches disposed in the address decoder circuit, bad block flags being set in the bad block flag latches in accordance with the bad block position data read out the bad block position data register area, wherein the bad block position data in the bad block position data register area are defined by such a bit position assignment scheme that one bit is assigned to one block under the condition that block positions in the cell array and column positions in one page are set in one-to-one correspondence. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168530 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA THEREFROM - A semiconductor memory device comprises a first memory cell array having a first plane which is composed of a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of memory cells, a sense circuit which reads data the memory cells, a sequencer which receives control signals from outside, a first address register, and a second address register which receives an output address from the first address register and outputs an address signal in response to an address control signal from the sequencer. In reading from the memory cells, the sequencer reads a page n in accordance with the address stored in the second address register, then transfers an address stored in the first address register to the second address register concurrently with outputting data read from the page n to outside and reads data from an arbitrary page m in accordance with the address transferred to the second address register. | 07-02-2009 |
20090190405 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array having electrically rewritable and non-volatile memory cells arranged; a data register circuit configured to hold write data to be written into the memory cell array; and an address decode circuit configured to decode a write address signal and control the write data-loading in the data register circuit, the address decode circuit being settable in such a multiple selection mode that the same write data is loaded in multiple registers in the data register circuit in correspondence to multiple addresses. | 07-30-2009 |
20120069667 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF SPEEDING UP DATA WRITE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a control circuit. The memory cell array having a plurality of memory cells is connected to a plurality of word lines stacked on a semiconductor substrate, and the memory cells having a charge accumulation layer, and the charge accumulation layers are united between adjacent memory cells. When writing data to a memory cell group connected to the nth (n is a natural number) word line of the memory cell array, the control circuit controls to simultaneously apply the same program voltage to memory cell groups connected to the (n−1)th and (n+1)th word lines. | 03-22-2012 |
20120092930 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA THEREFROM - A semiconductor memory device includes a first memory cell array having a first plane which is composed of a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of memory cells, a sense circuit which reads data the memory cells, a sequencer which receives control signals from outside, a first address register, and a second address register which receives an output address from the first address register and outputs an address signal in response to an address control signal from the sequencer. In reading from the memory cells, the sequencer reads a page n in accordance with the address stored in the second address register, then transfers an address stored in the first address register to the second address register concurrently with outputting data read from the page n to outside and reads data from an arbitrary page m in accordance with the address transferred to the second address register. | 04-19-2012 |
20120182803 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING FAILURE-RELIEF EFFICIENCY - According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a row decoder. The memory cell array has NAND strings as a physical block, and word lines respectively connected to memory cells included in the NAND strings. The row decoder includes latch circuits and a drive circuit. When a failure exists within a corresponding first logical block, the latch circuits store a flag indicating the failure. The drive circuit inhibits driving of the word lines belonging to the first logical block when the flag is stored in the latch circuit corresponding to the first logical block to which the selected word lines belong, and allows the driving of the word lines belonging to the physical block including the first logical block when the flag is not stored in the latch circuit corresponding to the first logical block to which the selected word lines belong. | 07-19-2012 |
20120243309 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - When performing a data erase operation, the control circuit generates positive holes at least at any one of the drain side select transistor and the source side select transistor, and supply the positive holes to a body of the memory string to raise a voltage of the body of the memory string to a first voltage. Then, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a first word line among the plurality of the word lines during a first time period. In addition, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a second word line different from the first word line during a second time period. The second time period is different from the first time period. | 09-27-2012 |
20120250420 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A control circuit performs a read operation of reading data held in a memory-cell by supplying a selected word-line with a read voltage that is a voltage between the lower limit and the upper limit of a plurality of threshold-voltage distributions provided to the memory-cell. The control circuit also performs a verify operation of determining whether a write operation is completed by supplying a selected word-line with a verify voltage higher than the read voltage to read the memory cell. The control circuit then performs a data variation determination operation of determining whether the memory-cells connected to a selected word-line each have a threshold voltage equal to or less than a certain value to determine, from among the plurality of memory cells connected to the selected word-line, whether the number of memory cells where data variation has occurred is not less than a certain number. | 10-04-2012 |
20120287710 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF SPEEDING UP WRITE OPERATION - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, write circuit, memory unit, and voltage generation unit. A plurality of strings is arranged in the memory cell array, each of which includes a plurality of memory cells connected to word lines. The write circuit selects a first string selected as a sample from the memory cell array, and writes data to the memory cell. The memory unit holds, for each word line, the number of write operations to each memory cell of the first string. When data is written to each memory cell of a second string other than the first string, the voltage generation unit generates an initial write voltage based on the number of write operations, which corresponds to the selected word line and is read out from the memory unit. | 11-15-2012 |
20130100754 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF READING DATA THEREOF - A memory string includes a semiconductor layer, a charge accumulation layer, and a conductive layer. The semiconductor layer extends in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate and functions as a body of a memory cell. The charge accumulation layer may accumulate charges. The conductive layer sandwiches the charge accumulation layer with the semiconductor layer, and functions as a gate of the memory cell. The control circuit performs, before a read operation, a refresh operation of rendering the selected memory cell and a non-selected memory cell conductive to conduct a current from a first end to a second end of the memory string. | 04-25-2013 |
20130294168 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array and a memory region. The memory cell array has a plurality of physical blocks. Each of the plurality of physical blocks includes a plurality of string units. Each string unit has a plurality of NAND strings that shares a plurality of word lines connected to a plurality of memory cells, respectively. The memory region is disposed to one of the plurality of physical blocks. Each of the plurality of string units configures a first logical block, and when the first logical block is failed, information of the first failed logical block is stored in a first region of the memory region. | 11-07-2013 |
20130308384 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING FAILURE-RELIEF EFFICIENCY - According to one embodiment, a non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array and a row decoder. The memory cell array has NAND strings as a physical block, and word lines respectively connected to memory cells included in the NAND strings. The row decoder includes latch circuits and a drive circuit. When a failure exists within a corresponding first logical block, the latch circuits store a flag indicating the failure. The drive circuit inhibits driving of the word lines belonging to the first logical block when the flag is stored in the latch circuit corresponding to the first logical block to which the selected word lines belong, and allows the driving of the word lines belonging to the physical block including the first logical block when the flag is not stored in the latch circuit corresponding to the first logical block to which the selected word lines belong. | 11-21-2013 |
20140063952 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes memory cell arrays each including blocks. The block is unit of erase and includes string-groups. Each string-group includes strings each including a first transistor, memory cell transistors, a second transistor coupled in series. The first transistor is connected to different bit line and the second transistor is connected to same source line. The memory cell arrays are provided with different respective block address signals. The memory cell arrays are provided with different respective string address signals. Each of the block address signals specifies one block. Each of the string address signals specifies one string-group. | 03-06-2014 |
20140269084 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - When performing a data erase operation, the control circuit generates positive holes at least at any one of the drain side select transistor and the source side select transistor, and supply the positive holes to a body of the memory string to raise a voltage of the body of the memory string to a first voltage. Then, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a first word line among the plurality of the word lines during a first time period. In addition, it applies a voltage smaller than the first voltage to a second word line different from the first word line during a second time period. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090325102 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAME - A photosensitive composition comprises (A) a resin whose solubility in an alkali developer is increased by the action of an acid, and (B) a compound that generates an acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, wherein the resin (A) contains two or more repeating units respectively having acid-decomposable groups that are different from each other in the acid decomposition ratio at an image formation sensitivity. | 12-31-2009 |
20100009288 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition comprises (A) a resin that exhibits an increased solubility in an alkali developer when acted on by an acid, and (B) at least two types of sulfonic acid generators that generate a sulfonic acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, wherein the two types of sulfonic acid generators (B) consist of sulfonic acid generators (B1) and (B2) satisfying the following requirements, namely the sulfonic acid generator (B1) generates a sulfonic acid composed of 9 to 20 elements with an acid strength (pKa) satisfying the relationship pKa<−3.50, and the sulfonic acid generator (B2) generates an acid composed of 17 or more elements with an acid strength (pKa) satisfying the relationship −2.00>pKa≧−3.50, provided that no hydrogen atom is included in the number of elements of the generated acids. | 01-14-2010 |
20120219910 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAME - A photosensitive composition comprises (A) a resin whose solubility in an alkali developer is increased by the action of an acid, and (B) a compound that generates an acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, wherein the resin (A) contains two or more repeating units respectively having acid-decomposable groups that are different from each other in the acid decomposition ratio at an image formation sensitivity. | 08-30-2012 |
20130078432 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, METHOD FOR PREPARING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The pattern forming method of the invention includes (i) forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin (P) having a repeating unit (a) represented by the following general formula (I), a compound (B) capable of generating an organic acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a nitrogen-containing organic compound (NA) having a group capable of leaving by the action of an acid, (ii) exposing the film, and (iii) developing the film after the exposure using a developer including an organic solvent to form a negative type pattern, | 03-28-2013 |
20130078433 | ACTINIC-RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND RESIST FILM USING THE SAME, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, EACH USING THE SAME - Provided are an actinic-ray-sensitive or a radiation-sensitive resin composition with greater residual film ratio and capable of suppressing pattern collapse and an occurrence of bridge defects after development, and a resist film, a pattern forming method, an electronic device manufacturing method, and an electronic device, each using the same. An actinic-ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin (P) having a repeating unit (a) represented by following General Formula (I), a compound (B) represented by any of following General Formulae (B-1) to (B-3), and a solvent, | 03-28-2013 |
20140045117 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method, includes: (i) a step of forming a film from an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing (P) a resin having (a1) a repeating unit capable of decomposing by an action of an acid to produce a carboxyl group, represented by the following formula (I) as defined in the specification and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; (ii) a step of exposing the film; and (iii) a step of performing a development by using a developer containing an organic solvent to form a negative pattern. | 02-13-2014 |
20140087310 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method comprises (i) a step of forming a film by using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing: (A) a resin containing a repeating unit having a group capable of decomposing by the action of an acid to produce a polar group, (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, and (C) a solvent, (ii) a step of exposing the film, and (iii) a step of developing the exposed film by using an organic solvent-containing developer to form a negative pattern, wherein the content of a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I) is less than 20 mol % based on all repeating units in the resin (A) and the resin (A) contains a repeating unit having a non-phenolic aromatic group other than the repeating unit represented by the specific formula. | 03-27-2014 |
20140113223 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, MULTI-LAYERED RESIST PATTERN, MULTI-LAYERED FILM FOR ORGANIC SOLVENT DEVELOPMENT, RESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a pattern forming method comprising: (i) a step of forming a first film on a substrate by using a first resin composition (I), (ii) a step of forming a second film on the first film by using a second resin composition (II) different from the resin composition (I), (iii) a step of exposing a multi-layered film having the first film and the second film, and (iv) a step of developing the first film and the second film in the exposed multi-layered film by using an organic solvent-containing developer to form a negative pattern. | 04-24-2014 |
20140141360 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method, includes: (i) a step of forming a film from an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing (P) a resin having (a1) a repeating unit represented by the following formula (I) or (II) as defined in the specification in an amount of 20 mol % or more based on all repeating units in the resin (P) and (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; (ii) a step of exposing the film, so as to form an exposed film; and (iii) a step of developing the exposed film by using a developer containing an organic solvent to form a negative pattern. | 05-22-2014 |
20140234761 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, MULTI-LAYERED RESIST PATTERN, MULTI-LAYERED FILM FOR ORGANIC SOLVENT DEVELOPMENT, RESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method contains: (i) a step of forming a first film on a substrate by using a first resin composition (I), (ii) a step of forming a second film on the first film by using a second resin composition (II) different from the resin composition (I), (iii) a step of exposing a multi-layered film having the first film and the second film, and (iv) a step of developing the first film and the second film in the exposed multi-layered film by using an organic solvent-containing developer to form a negative pattern. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234762 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method including: a process of forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin including a Repeating Unit (a1) having a group capable of being decomposed by acid and generating a carboxyl group, and a compound capable of generating acid through irradiation of actinic rays or radiation; a process of exposing the film; and a process of developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent to form a negative tone pattern, wherein the value X obtained by substituting the number of each atom included in the Repeating Unit (a1) after being decomposed by acid and generating a carboxyl group in the following formula is 008-21-2014 | |
20140248556 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method including: (i) forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin (A) having a repeating unit having a group generating a polar group upon being decomposed by the action of an acid, and a repeating unit having an aromatic group, a compound (B) generating an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a solvent (C); (ii) exposing the film; and (iii) developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent to form a negative tone pattern, wherein the resin (A) is a resin having a repeating unit having a naphthyl group, and the like, and/or the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition contains a compound (D) having a naphthalene ring, and the like. | 09-04-2014 |
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20090027988 | Memory device, memory controller and memory system - An image memory, image memory system, and memory controller that are capable of efficiently accessing a rectangular area of two-dimensionally arrayed data are provided. The memory device has: a memory cell array that has a plurality of memory unit areas, each of which is selected by addresses; a plurality of input/output terminals; and an input/output unit provided between the memory cell array and the plurality of input/output terminals. Each of the memory unit areas stores therein data of a plurality of bytes or bits corresponding to the plurality of input/output terminals respectively, and the memory cell array and the input/output unit access a plurality of bytes or bits stored in a first memory unit area corresponding to the input address and in a second memory unit area adjacent to the first memory unit on the basis of the input address and combination information of the bytes or bits in response to a first operation code, and then, from the plurality of bytes or bits within the accessed first and second memory unit areas, associate a combination of the plurality of bytes or bits based on the combination information, with the plurality of input/output terminals. | 01-29-2009 |
20100146201 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Provided is a memory device in which the decrease of the effective bandwidth caused by the refresh operation of the memory device has been solved, a memory controller of the memory device, and a memory system thereof. A memory device that is operated in response to a command from a memory controller has a plurality of banks that respectively have memory cores including memory cell arrays and decoders and are selected by bank addresses; and a control circuit, which, in response to a background refresh command, causes the memory cores within refresh target banks set by the memory controller to successively execute refresh operation a number of times corresponding to refresh burst length that is set by the memory controller, and, in response to a normal operation command, further causes the memory cores within banks other than the refresh target banks and selected by the bank addresses to execute normal memory operation corresponding to the normal operation command, during the refresh operation executed by the memory cores within the refresh target banks. | 06-10-2010 |
20100172200 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - Provided is a memory device in which the decrease of the effective bandwidth caused by the refresh operation of the memory device has been solved, a memory controller of the memory device, and a memory system thereof. A memory device that is operated in response to a command from a memory controller has a plurality of banks that respectively have memory cores including memory cell arrays and decoders and are selected by bank addresses; and a control circuit, which, in response to a background refresh command, causes the memory cores within refresh target banks set by the memory controller to successively execute refresh operation a number of times corresponding to refresh burst length that is set by the memory controller, and, in response to a normal operation command, further causes the memory cores within banks other than the refresh target banks and selected by the bank addresses to execute normal memory operation corresponding to the normal operation command, during the refresh operation executed by the memory cores within the refresh target banks. | 07-08-2010 |
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20090023583 | PHOTOCATALYST MATERIAL, PHOTOCATALYST COMPOSITION USING THE SAME AND PHOTOCATALYST PRODUCT - An object of the invention is to provide a photocatalyst material having a higher catalyst effect than conventional photocatalyst materials. The photocatalyst material of the invention contains, as its major component, a tungsten oxide powder excited by a light source which emits light having a wavelength of 430 to 500 nm, the photocatalyst material having a decomposition ability of 50% or more wherein the decomposition ability is given by the following equation based on the following test: | 01-22-2009 |
20100225849 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE, BACKLIGHT USING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting module | 09-09-2010 |
20100292075 | VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSE-TYPE PHOTOCATALYST POWDER, VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSE-TYPE PHOTOCATALYST MATERIAL USING THE VISIBLE LIGHT RESPONSE-TYPE PHOTOCATALYST POWDER, PHOTOCATALYST COATING MATERIAL, AND PHOTOCATALYST PRODUCT - In one embodiment, a visible light responsive photocatalyst powder has organic gas decomposition performance that responds nonlinearly to an amount of irradiated light under visible light in an illuminance range of not less than 200 lx nor more than 2500 lx. The visible light responsive photocatalyst powder has a gas decomposition rate of 20% or more, for example, when visible light having only a wavelength of not less than 380 nm and an illuminance of 2500 lx is irradiated, the gas decomposition rate (%) being set as a value calculated based on [formula: (A−B)/A×100], where A represents a gas concentration before light irradiation and B represents a gas concentration when not less than 15 minutes have elapsed from the light irradiation and, at the same time, the gas concentration is stable, the gas concentrations being measured while allowing an acetaldehyde gas having an initial concentration of 10 ppm to flow into a flow-type apparatus in which 0.2 g of a sample is placed. | 11-18-2010 |
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20110109222 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND BACKLIGHT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light emitting device | 05-12-2011 |
20110116005 | LINEAR WHITE LIGHT SOURCE, AND BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A linear white light source | 05-19-2011 |
20110128466 | WHITE LED, AND BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A white LED includes a light emitting element with a light emission peak wavelength equal to or longer than 380 nm and equal to or shorter than 420 nm, and a phosphor layer containing three or more types of phosphors including at least a blue phosphor, a green phosphor, and a red phosphor and disposed in a manner to cover at least part of the light emitting element. The phosphor layer has a first phosphor layer and a second phosphor layer disposed in an opposite side of a side of the light emitting element of the first phosphor layer. In the first phosphor layer, a content of the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the first phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or the blue phosphor is not contained. In the second phosphor layer, a content of phosphor other than the blue phosphor in an entire phosphor contained in the second phosphor layer is equal to or less than 5 mass %, or no phosphor other than the blue phosphor is contained. | 06-02-2011 |
20110212298 | HYDROPHILIC MEMBER AND HYDROPHILIC PRODUCT USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a hydrophilic member includes a substrate having a surface and particles existing at least on the surface of the substrate. The particles are constituted of at least one selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. The substrate surface on which the particles exist has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra in the range of 1 nm to 1000 nm with a reference length of 100 μm, and exhibits hydrophilicity independently of light. | 09-01-2011 |
20110212832 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION LIQUID AND COATING MATERIAL, FILM, AND PRODUCT USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an aqueous dispersion liquid contains at least one particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. A mean primary particle diameter (D50) of the particles is in the range of 1 nm to 400 nm. In the aqueous dispersion liquid, concentration of the particles is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 40 mass %, and pH is in the range of 1.5 to 6.5. The aqueous dispersion liquid excels in dispersibility of particles and capable of maintaining good liquidity for a long period. | 09-01-2011 |
20120062821 | WHITE LED, BACKLIGHT USING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONFORMING TO EBU STANDARD - In a embodiment, a white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device conforming to the EBU standard includes an ultraviolet (purple) light-emitting element, and a phosphor layer which contains 1 to 10 wt % of a green phosphor including a divalent europium-activated silicate phosphor, 40 to 80 wt % of a blue phosphor including at least one selected from a divalent europium-activated halo-phosphate phosphor and a divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphor, and 10 to 50 wt % of a red phosphor including at least one selected from a europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphor and a europium-activated yttrium oxysulfide phosphor. | 03-15-2012 |
20120187824 | WHITE LIGHT EMITTING LAMP AND WHITE LED LIGHTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An object is to provide a white light emitting lamp in which a BGR phosphor containing blue, green and red phosphor is combined with a semiconductor light emitting element such as an LED, a deep red phosphor having a main emission peak in a longer wavelength region than a main emission peak of the red phosphor is further added so as to enhance characteristics, whereby both high luminance and high color rendering properties can be obtained. This invention provides a white light emitting lamp | 07-26-2012 |
20120206671 | WHITE LED, BACKLIGHT USING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Certain embodiments provide a white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device, which comprises an ultraviolet (or violet) light emitting element and a phosphor layer that contains a green phosphor selected from trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth borate phosphors, a blue phosphor selected from divalent europium-activated halophosphate phosphors and divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphors, and a red phosphor selected from europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphors and europium-activated yttrium oxysulfide phosphors as the contained amounts of the respective phosphors relative to the total amount of the phosphors as follows: 35-50% by weight of the green phosphor content; 50-70% by weight of the blue phosphor content; and 1-10% by weight of the red phosphor content. | 08-16-2012 |
20120223352 | PHOSPHOR AND LED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - An LED light emitting device is provided that has high color rendering properties and is excellent color uniformity and, at the same time, can realize even luminescence unattainable by conventional techniques. A phosphor having a composition represented by formula: (Sr | 09-06-2012 |
20120316056 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION LIQUID AND COATING MATERIAL, FILM, AND PRODUCT USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an aqueous dispersion liquid contains at least one particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. A mean primary particle diameter (D50) of the particles is in the range of 1 nm to 400 nm. In the aqueous dispersion liquid, concentration of the particles is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 40 mass %, and pH is in the range of 1.5 to 6.5. The aqueous dispersion liquid excels in dispersibility of particles and capable of maintaining good liquidity for a long period. | 12-13-2012 |
20130100645 | LED LIGHT BULB - In one embodiment, an LED light bulb includes an LED module, a base portion on which the LED module is disposed, and a glove attached to the base portion. The LED module includes an ultraviolet to violet light-emitting LED chip mounted on a substrate. A lighting circuit and a bayonet cap are provided in and on the base portion. A fluorescent film is provided on an inner surface of the glove, and emits white light by absorbing ultraviolet to violet light emitted from the LED chip. The fluorescent film has a film thickness in a range of 80 to 800 μm. In the LED light bulb, an amount of ultraviolet light which leaks from the glove is 0.1 mW/nm/lm or less. | 04-25-2013 |
20130169147 | LED LIGHT BULB - In one embodiment, an LED light bulb includes an LED module, a base part on which the LED module is disposed, and a globe attached to the base part. The LED module includes an ultraviolet to violet light-emitting LED chip mounted on a substrate. A lighting circuit and a bayonet cap are provided at the base part. A phosphor screen emitting white light by absorbing the ultraviolet to violet light emitted from the LED chip is provided on an inner surface of the globe. The phosphor screen has a color in which a* is −10 or more and +10 or less, b* is 0 (zero) or more and +30 or less, and L* is +40 or more when a body color thereof is represented by an L*a*b* color system. | 07-04-2013 |
20130188333 | LED LIGHT BULB - In one embodiment, an LED light bulb includes an LED module, a base part on which the LED module is disposed, and a globe attached to the base part. The LED module includes an ultraviolet to violet light-emitting LED chip mounted on a surface of a substrate. The globe has a shape in which a cross section in a direction in parallel to the surface of the substrate is circular. A phosphor screen emitting white light by absorbing the ultraviolet to violet light emitted from the LED chip is provided on an inner surface of the globe. The globe has a shape in which a diameter D | 07-25-2013 |
20130307011 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE AND WHITE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a white light source satisfying a relational equation of | 11-21-2013 |
20140036499 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE AND WHITE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a white light source comprising a blue light emitting LED having a light emission peak of 421 to 490 nm and satisfying a relational equation of | 02-06-2014 |
20140187412 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION LIQUID AND COATING MATERIAL, FILM, AND PRODUCT USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an aqueous dispersion liquid contains at least one particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. A mean primary particle diameter (D50) of the particles is in the range of 1 nm to 400 nm. In the aqueous dispersion liquid, concentration of the particles is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 40 mass %, and pH is in the range of 1.5 to 6.5. The aqueous dispersion liquid excels in dispersibility of particles and capable of maintaining good liquidity for a long period. | 07-03-2014 |
20140284636 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE AND WHITE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a white light source comprising: a light emitting diode (LED) having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 350 or more and 420 nm or less; and a phosphor layer including four or more types of phosphors and resin, wherein the white light source satisfies a relational equation of: −0.2≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax1)×V(λmax1))−(B(λ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax2)×V(λmax2))]≦+0.2, assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax1; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax2, and wherein an amount (difference) of chromaticity change on CIE chromaticity diagram from a time of initial lighting up of the white light source to a time after the white light source is continuously lighted up for 6000 hours is less than 0.010. According to the above white light source, there can be provided a white light source capable of reproducing the same light emission spectrum as that of natural light. | 09-25-2014 |
20140293577 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE AND WHITE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a white light source comprising: a blue light emitting diode (blue LED) having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 421 to 490 nm; and a phosphor layer including phosphor and resin, wherein the white light source satisfies a relational equation of −0.2≦[(P(λ)×V(λ))/(P(λmax1)×V(λmax1))−(Bλ)×V(λ))/(B(λmax2)×V(λmax2))]≦+0.2, assuming that: a light emission spectrum of the white light source is P(λ); a light emission spectrum of black-body radiation having a same color temperature as that of the white light source is B(λ); a spectrum of a spectral luminous efficiency is V(λ); a wavelength at which P(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax1; and a wavelength at which B(λ)×V(λ) becomes largest is λmax2, and wherein an amount of chromaticity change on CIE chromaticity diagram from a time of initial lighting up of the white light source to a time after the white light source is continuously lighted up for 6000 hours is less than 0.010. According to the above white light source, there can be provided a white light source capable of reproducing the same light emission spectrum as that of natural light. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307417 | WHITE LIGHT SOURCE AND WHITE LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a white light source comprising a light emitting diode having a light emission peak wavelength of 350 to 490 nm and a phosphor that emits visible light upon excitation by a light emitted from the light emitting diode; wherein, with respect to an arbitrary local maximum value of light-emission intensity between 350 and 780 nm of a light emission spectrum of the white light source, a ratio of a local minimum value of light-emission intensity that is closest on a long wavelength side to the local maximum value is such that, when the local maximum value is taken as 1, the local minimum value is 0.5 or more. It is preferable that, with respect to an arbitrary local maximum value of light-emission intensity between 350 and 780 nm of a light emission spectrum of the white light source, a ratio of a local minimum value of light-emission intensity that is closest on a long wavelength side to the local maximum value is such that, when the local maximum value is taken as 1, the local minimum value is 0.7 or more. According to the above structure, there can be provided a white light source capable of preventing a specified wavelength region from protruding in the light emission spectrum, and capable of visually perceiving the color tone of the irradiation object as the same state where the object is irradiated with sunlight. | 10-16-2014 |
20140329029 | HYDROPHILIC MEMBER AND HYDROPHILIC PRODUCT USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a hydrophilic member includes a substrate having a surface and particles existing at least on the surface of the substrate. The particles are constituted of at least one selected from tungsten oxide particles and tungsten oxide composite particles. The substrate surface on which the particles exist has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra in the range of 1 nm to 1000 nm with a reference length of 100 μm, and exhibits hydrophilicity independently of light. | 11-06-2014 |
20150014726 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a phosphor comprising a europium-activated sialon crystal having a basic composition represented by a formula: (Sr | 01-15-2015 |
20150030855 | PHOSPHOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a phosphor comprising a cerium-activated sialon crystal having a basic composition represented by formula (1): | 01-29-2015 |
20150060926 | WHITE LED LAMP, BACKLIGHT, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A white LED lamp including: a conductive portion; a light emitting diode chip mounted on the conductive portion, for emitting a primary light having a peak wavelength of 360 nm to 420 nm; a transparent resin layer including a first hardened transparent resin, for sealing the light emitting diode chip; and a phosphor layer covering the transparent resin layer, the phosphor layer being formed by dispersing a phosphor powder into a second hardened transparent resin, and the phosphor powder receiving the primary light and radiating a secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light. An energy of the primary light contained in the radiated secondary light is 0.4 mW/lm or less. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080258984 | Antenna, and wireless module, wireless unit and wireless apparatus having the antenna - In an antenna that has high sensitivity to frequencies of narrow bands and over a wide band and that can be small-sized, and in a wireless module, wireless unit and wireless apparatus using this antenna, the antenna is comprised of a transmission line, and variable capacitance means connected to this transmission line, and the variable capacitance means controls the resonant frequency. | 10-23-2008 |
20110109408 | Electromagnetic coupler and communication apparatus using the same - An electromagnetic coupler has a first conductor pattern and a second conductor pattern separated from the first conductor pattern that are formed in a first plane, a feeding pattern made of a conductor and being connected to a feeing system and a ground made of a conductor and being separated from the feeding pattern that are formed in a second plane, and linear conductors electrically connecting between the first conductor pattern and the feeding pattern, and between the second conductor pattern and the ground, respectively. | 05-12-2011 |
20110238398 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLER, WIRELESS TERMINAL INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLERS - There is provided an electromagnetic coupler that communicates signals by using at least one of a longitudinal electrostatic field and a longitudinal induced electric field. The electromagnetic coupler has a ground conductor, a radiation conductor composed of a plurality of rectangular conductors connected in series, and a feeding point formed at one point in the connection of the plurality of rectangular conductors. The plurality of rectangular conductors are connected such that each pair of adjacent rectangular conductors form an angle other than π radian, and a length from the feeding point to either end of the radiation conductor is an integral multiple of π/4 in electrical length with respect to a wavelength λ of a central frequency of a frequency band of interest of the electromagnetic coupler. | 09-29-2011 |
20120007700 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLER AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - There is provided an electromagnetic coupler, which includes: a first conductor pattern and at least one second conductor pattern separated from the first conductor pattern, the first conductor pattern and the at least one second conductor pattern being formed in a first conductor layer; a feed pattern connected to a feeding system and a ground pattern separated from the feed pattern, the feed pattern and the ground pattern being composed of a conductor and formed in a second conductor layer; and a plurality of linear conductors electrically connecting the first conductor pattern with the feed pattern and connecting the second conductor pattern with the ground pattern, the plurality of linear conductors being formed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. Furthermore, the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are parallel to each other. | 01-12-2012 |
20120032761 | ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLER AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - There is provided an electromagnetic coupler, which includes: a conductor pattern formed in a first conductor layer; a feed pattern connected to a feeding system and a ground pattern separated from the feed pattern, the feed pattern and the ground pattern being formed in a second conductor layer parallel to the first conductor layer; and a first linear conductor and a plurality of second linear conductors formed perpendicularly to the first and the second conductor layers, the first linear conductor connecting the conductor pattern and the feed pattern, the plurality of second linear conductors connecting the conductor pattern and the ground pattern. In addition, the conductor pattern is symmetrical in shape with respect to the connection point between the conductor pattern and the first linear conductor; and the plurality of second linear conductors are symmetrical in position with respect to the first linear conductor in a planar view. | 02-09-2012 |
20120154240 | Antenna and wireless device having same - An antenna includes an antenna element to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals, and a ground conductor to be grounded. The antenna element includes two conductors arranged substantially parallel to each other, a power feed portion provided between one conductor of the two conductors and the ground conductor, and connected to a feed system, a shorting portion for electrically connecting an other conductor of the two conductors and the ground conductor, and a conductor connecting portion for electrically connecting the two conductors together. The distance between the two conductors is not more than 1/100 a wavelength equivalent to a minimum frequency of operating frequencies of the antenna. | 06-21-2012 |
20120176208 | Electromagnetic coupler and information communication device with same mounted thereon - An electromagnetic coupler includes a first plane, a plurality of conductive patterns formed on the first plane and spaced apart from each other, a second plane parallel to the first plane, a ground pattern formed on the second plane and connected to ground, a first linear conductor formed to have a length shorter than ¼ a wavelength equivalent to a frequency used, the first linear conductor being connected at one end to one conductive pattern of the plural conductive patterns, and fed between an other end of the first linear conductor and the ground pattern, and a plurality of second linear conductors formed to have a length shorter than ¼ the wavelength equivalent to the frequency used, one or more of the second linear conductors being formed for each of the plural conductive patterns, to connect each of the plural conductive patterns and the ground pattern. | 07-12-2012 |
20120249390 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - There is provided an antenna comprising: a ground conductor; and an antenna element portion for sending and receiving electromagnetic wave signals, the antenna element portion comprising: a coaxial cable including a center conductor and an outer conductor; a feeding point connected to a feeding system and disposed between the ground conductor and a first end of one of the center and outer conductors; a short-circuit portion electrically connecting the ground conductor and a first end of the other one of the center and outer conductors; and a conductor connection portion electrically connecting second ends of the center and outer conductors each other. In addition, an overall length of the coaxial cable is not more than ½ of a wavelength corresponding to the minimum series resonance frequency; and a distance between the center and outer conductors is not more than 1/100 of a wavelength corresponding to the minimum operation frequency. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100202767 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLASH DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus for performing wireless communication with a flash device, including a generation unit configured to generate a plurality of emitting instructions which include timing information indicating a timing for emitting the flash device, wherein each emitting instruction includes different timing information, and a transmission unit configured to successively transmit the plurality of emitting instructions to the flash device, wherein the transmission unit transmits each emitting instruction in succession based on the timing information. | 08-12-2010 |
20110205380 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THESE APPARATUSES - In an image sensing system in which a master camera and a slave camera are communicatably connected, the master camera acquires delay time information of the slave camera, indicative of delay time from the moment of reception of an exposure-start instruction signal to the moment of a start of exposure of the slave camera, and based on the acquired delay time information, controls at least one of the exposure-start timing of the master camera and the transmission timing for transmitting the exposure-start instruction signal to the slave camera. | 08-25-2011 |
20120139880 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO OPERATION USING A PLURALITY OF OPERATION ELEMENTS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of discriminating between an operation of turning an operation member and an operation of moving a finger alone and switching between detections of the two operations according to the situation to thereby provide a simple and intuitive user interface. A first detection unit detects a finger movement on a sub electronic dial. A second detection unit detects a turn of the sub electronic dial. When the finger movement has been detected, but the turn of the sub electronic dial has not, a first detection function is executed. When the turn of the sub electronic dial has been detected, a second detection function different from the first detection function is executed without executing the first detection function, irrespective of whether or not the finger movement has been detected. | 06-07-2012 |
20120213502 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLASH DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus for performing wireless communication with an external device. An instruction transmitting unit transmits an operation instruction to the external device. A response signal receiving unit receives a response signal from the external device. A first controlling unit starts a first operation relating to an imaging process in a case that a first time passes from a point of receiving the response signal by the response signal receiving unit. The external device executes a second operation relating to the imaging process in a case that a second time passes from a point of transmitting the response signal from the external device to the imaging apparatus. | 08-23-2012 |
20130076958 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRONIC COMPASS FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of displaying a shooting azimuth for a user such that it can be intuitively understood with ease while keeping the amount of computations required to display a shooting azimuth small. When a though-the-lens image or a moving image from an image pickup sensor, which shoots a subject, is displayed on a TFT display, a shooting azimuth is displayed by a first azimuth display method based on shooting azimuth information, and when a though-the-lens image or a moving image from the image pickup sensor is not displayed on the TFT display, the shooting azimuth is displayed based on the shooting azimuth information by a second azimuth display method different from the first azimuth display method. | 03-28-2013 |
20130230304 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLASH DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus for performing wireless communication with an external device. An instruction transmitting unit transmits an operation instruction to the external device. A response signal receiving unit receives a response signal from the external device. A first controlling unit starts a first operation relating to an imaging process in a case that a first time passes from a point of receiving the response signal by the response signal receiving unit. The external device executes a second operation relating to the imaging process in a case that a second time passes from a point of transmitting the response signal from the external device to the imaging apparatus. | 09-05-2013 |
20140037280 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLASH DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus for performing wireless communication with an external device. An instruction transmitting unit transmits an operation instruction to the external device. A response signal receiving unit receives a response signal from the external device. A first controlling unit starts a first operation relating to an imaging process in a case that a first time passes from a point of receiving the response signal by the response signal receiving unit. The external device executes a second operation relating to the imaging process in a case that a second time passes from a point of transmitting the response signal from the external device to the imaging apparatus. | 02-06-2014 |
20140347554 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLASH DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus for performing wireless communication with an external device. An instruction transmitting unit transmits an operation instruction to the external device. A response signal receiving unit receives a response signal from the external device. A first controlling unit starts a first operation relating to an imaging process in a case that a first time passes from a point of receiving the response signal by the response signal receiving unit. The external device executes a second operation relating to the imaging process in a case that a second time passes from a point of transmitting the response signal from the external device to the imaging apparatus. | 11-27-2014 |