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20120262675 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light source device, that obtains high light usage efficiency by projecting simultaneously two or more of three primary color lights X, Y and Z. Moreover, each color light X, Y and Z is divided into two in terms of time so that p-wave and s-wave linear polarization lights are formed, such that the synthesized light of the p-wave linear polarization lights enters a first spatial modulation element and the synthesized light of the s-wave linear polarization lights enters a second spatial modulation element to permit gradation control of each color light. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262676 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light source device, in each division of an image frame, two or more of the color lights X, Y and Z (e.g., red, green and blue) can be projected simultaneously. Each of the color lights X, Y and Z is divided into two in terms of time so that synthesized light of one group of division color lights enters a first spatial modulation element. Synthesized light of another group of division color lights enters a second spatial modulation element, whereby gradation of each color light in each of the first and second spatial modulation elements is controlled. | 10-18-2012 |
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20120218360 | INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet printer includes: a transfer path configured to transfer a recording medium therein: an inkjet head disposed with a gap from the transfer path, and configured to discharge ink toward the recording medium being transferred in the transfer path; a gap adjuster configured to adjust the gap; a guide disposed upstream of the inkjet head in a transfer direction of the recording medium, and configured to prevent the recording medium from being uplifted from the transfer path; and a guide mover configured to move the guide toward the inkjet head in the transfer direction in response to an increase in the gap by the gap adjuster. | 08-30-2012 |
20140062004 | SHEET EJECTION DEVICE - A sheet ejection device includes a sheet tray on which ejected sheets are stacked, a pair of side fences for restricting positions of the ejected sheets along a lateral direction perpendicular to an ejection direction, and at least one rib is formed vertically on each inner side of the side fences. The ribs are configured to contact with side edges of each of the ejected sheets while the each of the ejected sheets falls down to the sheet tray to align the ejected sheet along the lateral direction. The ejected sheets are aligned adequately by the ribs. According to the sheet ejection device, superior sheet ejection performance can be brought without affected by its environment. | 03-06-2014 |
20140062014 | SHEET SORTING DEVICE - A controller temporarily opens a pair of side fence plates under a prescribed condition to move the side fence plates away from both side ends of sheets in a sheet width direction, after each time stacking of sheets at a first or second sheet stacking position is completed, but before a sheet receiving tray is temporarily lifted down to offset an offset guide plate and an end fence plate. Else, the controller sets an amount of lifting up and down of the sheet receiving tray such that the amount at the second sheet stacking position is smaller than that at the first sheet stacking position when offsetting the offset guide plate and the end fence plate after each time the stacking of sheets at the first or second sheet stacking position on the sheet receiving tray is completed. | 03-06-2014 |
20150022572 | INKJET PRINTER - A determiner determines whether a total ink amount in an ink circulation passage calculated by an ink amount calculator is less than an ink circulation necessary amount being an amount necessary for circulation of ink in the ink circulation passage, when a liquid level detector detects that a liquid level of the ink in an ink tank is lower than a liquid level corresponding to an ink circulation standard amount being a standard for ink circulation. A controller performs ink supply amount control to supply the ink from an ink bottle to the ink tank in such an amount that the total ink amount is kept below the ink circulation standard amount, when the determiner determines that the total ink amount is less than the ink circulation necessary amount. | 01-22-2015 |
20150091956 | Inkjet Printer - A first ink air chamber is in communication with an air layer in a first ink tank for an ink of a first viscosity in communication with a first inkjet head. A second ink air chamber is in communication with an air layer in a second ink tank for an ink of a second viscosity in communication with a second inkjet head. A first on-off valve opens or closes communication between the first and second ink air chambers. A second on-off valve opens or closes communication between the second ink air chamber and the atmosphere. A pressure adjuster is configured to adjust a pressure in the second ink air chamber without intervention of the first ink air chamber. A controller is configured to drive the pressure adjuster to increase the pressure in the second ink air chamber with the first and second on-off valves being closed. | 04-02-2015 |
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20100150588 | PRIMARY TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A primary transfer device includes a primary transfer roll that is capable of being engaged with and disengaged from an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is primarily transferred; and a setting-changing unit that changes a setting of pressure of the primary transfer roll to the intermediate transfer member in accordance with kind of a recording medium to which the developer image is secondarily transferred, wherein the setting-changing unit has an irregular medium transfer mode for a case where the recording medium to which the developer image is a recording medium having irregularities formed on a surface thereof, and an ordinary transfer mode for a case where the recording medium is a recording medium other than the recording medium having the irregularities, wherein a pressure set in the irregular medium transfer mode is smaller than that set in the ordinary transfer mode. | 06-17-2010 |
20100215420 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image apparatus includes: a first housing including an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording material; a second housing including a heating unit for heating the formed image; a conveying unit, provided across the first and second housings, that conveys the recording material to a side of the heating unit using a no-end belt; a conveying unit including a first fixed unit disposed on a side of the second housing and a second fixed unit disposed on a side of the first housing; a first fixing unit positioning the first fixed unit to the heating unit, and fixing the first fixed unit to restrict directions other than a rotating direction of the conveying unit around the first fixed unit; a second fixing unit rotating the conveying unit around the first fixed unit, and fixing the second fixed unit to the first housing. | 08-26-2010 |
20100247129 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms a plurality of images including an image of a low-gloss toner lower in glossiness than any other color toner and an image of a transparent toner; an intermediate transferer to which the plurality of images formed by the image forming section are transferred; and a control section that controls a position for forming the image of the transparent toner, so as to prevent the image of the transparent toner from being transferred under the image of the low-gloss toner on the intermediate transferer. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247144 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer device includes an endless-belt-form intermediate transfer material; a first moving that is movable between a first position- | 09-30-2010 |
20100284708 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT, TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer unit includes first to third movement controllers. When a first image carrier is used, the first movement controller moves a first moving member to a first position. When the first image carrier is not used, the first movement controller moves the first moving member to a second position. When second image carriers are used, the third movement controller moves a third moving member to a fifth position. When the second image carriers are not used, the third movement controller moves the third moving member to a sixth position. When any of the first and second image carriers is used, the second movement controller moves a second moving member to a third position. When the first and second image carriers are not used, the second movement controller moves the second moving member to a fourth position. | 11-11-2010 |
20130064579 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a medium transport member, an image transfer member, a first detection member detecting widthwise deviation of the image bearing member, a first deviation correcting member tiltable relative to the width direction and supporting the image bearing member, a first correction control section tilting the first deviation correcting member to correct deviation of the image bearing member, a second detection member detecting widthwise deviation of the transport member, a second deviation correcting member tiltable relative to the width direction and supporting the transport member, and a second correction control section tilting the second deviation correcting member to correct deviation of the transport member. A width-direction moving amount of the image bearing member per unit time when the first deviation correcting member is tilted is larger than that of the transport member per unit time when the second deviation correcting member is tilted. | 03-14-2013 |
20130136487 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TRANSFER UNIT - A cleaning device includes a first cleaning member, a first opposing member, a second cleaning member, a second opposing member, and a pressing member. The first and second cleaning members clean an outer surface of a belt member by coming into contact with the outer surface. The first and second opposing members are in contact with an inner face of the belt member at positions that are opposite the first and second cleaning members. The pressing member is disposed between the first and second opposing members and is in contact with the outer surface of the belt member. The pressing member presses a portion of the belt member that is located between the first and second opposing members from an outer surface side of the belt member toward an inner face side of the belt member. | 05-30-2013 |
20130142539 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device includes at least one first cleaning member that removes residual substances that remain on a surface of an endless belt by being in contact with the surface of the endless belt while rotating in a direction that is opposite to a movement direction in which the endless belt moves; a second cleaning member that is brought into contact with and separated from the surface of the endless belt at a predetermined timing and removes the residual substances that remain on the surface of the endless belt; and a switching unit that switches a rotation direction of the first cleaning member to a direction the same as the movement direction of the endless belt when the second cleaning member is brought into contact with the surface of the endless belt and cleans the surface. | 06-06-2013 |
20130142540 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cleaning device includes first to third cleaning members that clean a surface of an endless belt that is looped over rollers including a driving roller. The first cleaning member is brought into contact with and separated from the surface at a predetermined timing. The second cleaning member is disposed upstream of the first cleaning member and downstream of the driving roller in a movement direction of the endless belt. The second cleaning member is in contact with the endless belt so as to prevent a tension variation of the endless belt caused by the first cleaning member from affecting the driving roller. The third cleaning member is disposed downstream of the first cleaning member. A contact state in which the third cleaning member is in contact with the endless belt is switched from a first contact state to a second contact state so as to reduce the tension variation. | 06-06-2013 |
20140056609 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes first and second cleaning members and a moving member. The first cleaning member contacts a surface of a rotating member, which is in contact with an image carrier, to clean the rotating member by removing substances attached thereto. The moving member supports the first cleaning member in a movable manner. The second cleaning member is disposed downstream of the first cleaning member in a rotation direction in which the rotating member rotates and contacts the surface of the rotating member to clean the rotating member by removing the substances. The second cleaning member removes the substances that remain on the surface of the rotating member after the first cleaning member has been separated from the rotating member so that the substances are removed before a part of the surface of the rotating member on which the substances remain comes into contact with the image carrier. | 02-27-2014 |
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20100196017 | DISTORTION COMPENSATING APPARATUS, OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A distortion compensating apparatus which compensates for distortion in a waveform of a received light signal through a digital signal processing includes a plurality of fixed amount compensators which compensate for the distortion in the waveform at respective given compensating amounts. The combination of operating states of the plurality of fixed amount compensators is changed by on/off switching of each of the plurality of fixed amount compensators, and the plurality of fixed amount compensators are cascaded. | 08-05-2010 |
20100239269 | PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND DIGITAL COHERENT LIGHT RECEIVER - A phase synchronization method uses a removal path for removing an error component contained in an input signal and a delay addition path for adding a delay corresponding to a processing time period taken to remove the error component in the removal path. The removal path includes an averaging section. The averaging section includes a shift register and an obtaining unit. The shift register stores as many data as the maximum number of data to be averaged and successively receives processing data from which the error component has been extracted in the removal path. The obtaining unit obtains, among the successive processing data input to the shift register, as many processing data as the number of data to be averaged from a position near the center toward both ends in the shift register. | 09-23-2010 |
20140064345 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A signal processing apparatus includes a number P of adaptive equalization filters, P being 2 or more, configured to execute a first computing process for equalization on respective input signals, and to issue output signals; a number N of error calculation circuits, N being not more than P, configured to determine, per adaptive equalization filter, a second computing process to calculate an error in order to reduce a difference between a value of the output signal obtained with the first computing process and a predetermined objective value of the output signal; and an update circuit configured to determine a third computing process based on the second computing process determined per adaptive equalization filter by the error calculation circuit, and to update a computing process, which is executed in the adaptive equalization filter, to the third computing process. | 03-06-2014 |
20140119731 | OPTICAL RECEIVER, OPTICAL RECEPTION METHOD AND OPTICAL RECEPTION SYSTEM - An optical digital coherent receiver includes: a polarization separation circuit configured to perform polarization separation on a received signal and output polarized signals; and a determination circuit configured to trigger a start of digital signal processing in a stage subsequent to the polarization separation circuit when it is determined that a distribution of a peak of an amplitude of one of the polarized signals has a characteristic corresponding to a modulation method used on a transmitting side. | 05-01-2014 |
20150125150 | OPTICAL RECEIVER AND OPTICAL RECEIVING METHOD - An optical receiver, includes: a signal processor to perform digital signal processing on a polarization demultiplexed signal obtained by demultiplexing a polarization multiplexed signal corresponding to a reception signal, the signal processor includes: an adaptive equalization circuit to compensate for the polarization demultiplexed signal by control of a filter coefficient; a first frequency offset estimation circuit to receive a first polarization demultiplexed signal diverged at a preceding stage and estimate a first frequency offset; a second frequency offset estimation circuit to receive a second polarization demultiplexed signal diverged at a succeeding stage and estimate a second frequency offset; and a decision circuit to decide whether the filter coefficient is correct based on a first difference between the first frequency offset and the second frequency offset and output, when deciding that the filter coefficient is incorrect, a first trigger for re-calculation of the filter coefficient. | 05-07-2015 |
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20100031656 | CONDENSER - A condenser comprises a high pressure side condenser, a high pressure side cooling tube bank, a high pressure side hot well, a low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side cooling tube bank, a pressure shroud provided inside the low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side hot well, high pressure steam introducing portion, low pressure side condensate introducing portion, a flash box which communicates with at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well, flashes a heater drain from a feed water heater, and urges at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well to recover the flashed heater drain, and a flash steam path which introduces flash steam generated inside the flash box into at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well. | 02-11-2010 |
20130118723 | CONDENSER - A condenser comprises a high pressure side condenser, a high pressure side cooling tube bank, a high pressure side hot well, a low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side cooling tube bank, a pressure shroud provided inside the low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side hot well, high pressure steam introducing portion, low pressure side condensate introducing portion, a flash box which communicates with at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well, flashes a heater drain from a feed water heater, and urges at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well to recover the flashed heater drain, and a flash steam path which introduces flash steam generated inside the flash box into at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well. | 05-16-2013 |
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20090193841 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATOR - A turbo compressor including:
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20090193844 | INLET GUIDE VANE, TURBO COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATOR - An inlet guide vane is installed at a suction port into which a fluid is sucked by the rotation of an impeller so as to be rotatable about an axis, and is comprised of a rod-like shaft supported by an inner peripheral surface of the suction port so as to be rotatable about the axis, and a plate-like vane body connected to the shaft and provided so as to protrude from the inner peripheral surface of the suction port. The vane body includes a tapered portion formed such that both side surfaces approach each other toward an outer edge of the vane body in its width direction and an outer edge thereof at a tip in the direction of the axis, and a parallel portion arranged on the axis and formed such that both the side surfaces are parallel to each other along the direction of the axis. | 08-06-2009 |
20090193845 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATOR - A turbo compressor includes an impeller which is rotationally driven, and a flow path in which the impeller is provided, and through which gas flows, the turbo compressor sucking and compressing the gas in the flow path. The turbo compressor further includes a fluid discharge device which discharges a liquid in the flow path on the upstream side of the impeller. | 08-06-2009 |
20090196745 | INLET GUIDE VANE, COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATOR - An inlet guide vane is turnably installed about an axis line at a suction port into which a fluid is drawn by rotation of an impeller in order to adjust a suction amount and flow direction of the fluid, the inlet guide vane, and includes: a shaft that is turnably supported by inserting a round bar-shaped shaft main body portion thereof in a bearing sleeve; and a plate-shaped vane main body that is joined with the shaft and projects from an inner periphery surface of the suction port to a central portion of the suction port, the shaft including a flange portion that is provided at a distal end side in a direction of the axis line to join with the vane main body and that extends to an outside in a direction perpendicular to the axis line so as to be extended outward in a radial direction of the bearing sleeve. | 08-06-2009 |
20110219812 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a turbo compressor configured to compress a gas in cooperation with a rotatable impeller and a diffuser formed around the impeller and to discharge the compressed gas to the outside thereof through a scroll chamber communicating with the diffuser, the turbo compressor including: an impeller casing which is formed by integrally molding a body portion surrounding the impeller and forming a part of a the scroll chamber and a partition plate provided at the rear surface side of the impeller; and a shroud cover which is provided at the inside of the body portion to surround the impeller and forming the scroll chamber in cooperation with the body portion. | 09-15-2011 |
20110219813 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR - A turbo compressor according to the present invention includes: a flow rate adjustment section which adjusts the flow rate of gas that is introduced into an impeller; a driving section which drives the flow rate adjustment section; and a power transmission shaft which transmits power that is generated by the driving section to the flow rate adjustment section, wherein the turbo compressor further includes a frame which is provided to surround the flow rate adjustment section, and the frame has an intake port for gas that is introduced into the impeller and a hole portion in which the power transmission shaft is provided passing through. | 09-15-2011 |
20110236204 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTOR ASSEMBLY, ROTOR ASSEMBLY, AND TURBO COMPRESSOR - A method of manufacturing a rotor assembly in which a first impeller and a second impeller are fixed to a rotation shaft which is supported by a bearing so as to be rotatable, the method including: fixing the second impeller to the rotation shaft; fitting and fixing a sleeve to the rotation shaft after fixing the second impeller; fitting and fixing the bearing to the sleeve after fitting and fixing the sleeve; and fixing the first impeller after fitting and fixing the bearing. | 09-29-2011 |
20110239693 | DRIVE SHAFT STRUCTURE, TURBO COMPRESSOR, AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a drive shaft structure including: a drive shaft which transmits the drive force; and a seal member which is provided to come into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft. In the drive shaft structure, the drive shaft includes a second surface located closer to the inner side of the radial direction than the outer peripheral surface, and the second surface includes an index mark used to confirm information on the rotation of the drive shaft or information on the displacement thereof in the axial direction. | 10-06-2011 |
20110239694 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a turbo compressor that includes: a compressor unit compressing a gas; a motor driving the compressor unit; and a motor casing accommodating the motor. In the turbo compressor, the motor casing includes: a body portion which is molded in a cylindrical shape; an annular diameter reduced portion which is connected to at least one end portion of the body portion in the rotation axis direction of the motor and of which the diameter is reduced as it moves away from the body portion; and a flat portion which is connected to the central end portion of the diameter reduced portion and is molded in a planar shape. | 10-06-2011 |
20110239695 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR - A turbo compressor having an impeller and a rotary shaft connected to the impeller, the turbo compressor including: a positioning unit that positions the impeller and the rotary shaft in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the rotary shaft; and a rotation regulating unit installed at a location different from the positioning unit and regulating relative rotation between the impeller and the rotary shaft around the axis, in which the rotation regulating unit includes an impeller-side regulating unit integrally formed with the impeller and a shaft-side regulating unit integrally formed with the rotary shaft and locked to the impeller-side regulating unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243710 | TURBO COMPRESSOR AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR - A turbo compressor is provided including: a pump which sends lubricant stored in an oil tank having an open portion; and a control valve which adjusts the flow rate of the lubricant returning to the oil tank by dividing the stream of the lubricant sent from the pump; and an oil tank cover which blocks the open portion and is provided with an installation portion for the control valve, wherein the oil tank cover includes at least one of a first passage opened from the installation portion and allowing the stream of the lubricant sent from the pump to be divided and flow toward the control valve and a second passage opened from the installation portion and allowing the lubricant to flow from the control valve toward the oil tank. | 10-06-2011 |
20110247357 | TURBO REFRIGERATOR - A turbo refrigerator includes a condenser that cools and liquefies a compressed refrigerant, an evaporator that vaporizes the liquefied refrigerant and takes away heat of vaporization from a cooling object, thereby cooling the cooling object, and a turbo compressor that compresses the refrigerant vaporized by the evaporator by rotation of an impeller driven to rotate by an electric motor, and supplies the compressed refrigerant to the condenser. Moreover, the turbo refrigerator includes a braking device that operates the electric motor as a generator when the impeller is urged to rotate by the vaporized refrigerant, so as to brake the rotation of the impeller. | 10-13-2011 |
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20110027692 | PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE - A method of manufacturing a proton-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as a base material and having excellent proton conductivity and methanol blocking properties is provided. The method includes: heat-treating a precursor membrane including PVA and a water-soluble polymer electrolyte having a proton conductive group to proceed crystallization of the PVA; and chemically crosslinking the heat-treated precursor membrane with a crosslinking agent reactive with the PVA, to form a polymer electrolyte membrane in which a crosslinked PVA is a base material and protons are conducted through the electrolyte retained in the base material. The content of a water-soluble polymer except the PVA and the water-soluble polymer electrolyte in the precursor membrane is in a weight ratio of less than 0.1 with respect to the PVA. | 02-03-2011 |
20110039185 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrolyte membrane ( | 02-17-2011 |
20120129075 | PROTON-CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - Provided is a polyimide-based proton-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane having high methanol permeation resistance property (methanol blocking property). The proton-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane includes, as a main component, a polyimide resin formed by polycondensation of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride, a first aromatic diamine having a proton-conductive group, and a second aromatic diamine having no proton-conductive group. The second aromatic diamine has a fused ring skeleton composed of three or more rings. This electrolyte membrane is suitable for use in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC), in particular in a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). | 05-24-2012 |
20130006017 | NOVEL DIAMINE COMPOUND AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a novel diamine compound represented by formula (1) below. A in formula (1) denotes an optionally-substituted divalent aliphatic group (having a carbon number of 10 or less) or an optionally-substituted divalent aromatic group (having the number of rings of 4 or less), for example. The diamine compound of the present invention can be used as a raw material or a crosslinking agent for polyamide, polyimide, polyurethane, epoxy resin, etc. | 01-03-2013 |
20130171541 | POLYIMIDE, POLYIMIDE-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a novel polyimide containing a diamine component having a fluorene skeleton and a novel polyimide-based polymer electrolyte membrane containing this polyimide as a main component and having properties based on this polyimide (for example, high resistance to methanol crossover). The polyimide of the present invention contains a structural unit (P) represented by the following formula (1). The polyimide-based polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention contains the polyimide of the present invention as a main component. | 07-04-2013 |
20130178649 | SULFONIC ACID GROUP-CONTAINING DIAMINE COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel sulfonic acid group-containing diamine compound represented by formula (1) below, and a method for producing the same. This compound has a fluorene skeleton with sulfonic acid groups or derivatives thereof. In this compound, a substituent having an amino group is bonded to each of carbon atoms at the 2-position and the 7-position in the skeleton, and no substituent is bonded to a carbon atom at the 9-position in the skeleton. A in formula (1) denotes an optionally-substituted divalent aliphatic group (having a carbon number of 10 or less) or an optionally-substituted divalent aromatic group (having the number of rings of 4 or less), for example. | 07-11-2013 |
20130288156 | POLYIMIDE, POLYIMIDE-BASED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a novel polyimide containing a diamine component that has a fluorene skeleton having a sulfonic acid group or a derivative thereof, and a novel polyimide-based polymer electrolyte membrane containing this polyimide as a main component and having properties based on this polyimide (for example, a good balance between the resistance to methanol crossover and the proton conductivity). The polyimide of the present invention contains a structural unit (P) represented by the following formula (1). The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention contains this polyimide as a main component. | 10-31-2013 |
20140235896 | NOVEL DIAMINE COMPOUND - The present invention provides a novel diamine compound represented by formula (1) below. A in formula (1) denotes an optionally-substituted divalent aliphatic group (having a carbon number of 10 or less) or an optionally-substituted divalent aromatic group (having the number of rings of 4 or less), for example. The diamine compound of the present invention can be used as a raw material or a crosslinking agent for polyamide, polyimide, polyurethane, epoxy resin, etc. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080247336 | Radio Communication System and Door Phone System Using the Same - To implement highly-reliable information transmission to a plurality of counterparties by using one radio resource. | 10-09-2008 |
20140153470 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM FOR REDUCING CURRENT CONSUMPTION DURING A PERIOD OF A MASTER APPARATUS DETECTION PROCESS - To provide a communication apparatus or the like capable of reducing current consumption during a period of a master apparatus detection process. The communication apparatus is a communication apparatus operating as a slave apparatus. The communication apparatus includes a radio unit | 06-05-2014 |
20140286490 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An inexpensive radio communication apparatus is provided which can safely generate and share a key to be used for encryption/decryption and lower the possibility of loss of the key even if a packet error occurs at the time of reestablishment of a radio link. When a request for position registration that is made to a base unit is not a request made by encrypted communication using a common encryption key, the base unit transmits a message to request generation of an initial encryption key, and when a handset correctly responds to the message, both the base unit and the handset store information on the initial encryption key. | 09-25-2014 |
20140301377 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a wireless communication system based on a time division multiple access method such as cordless telephone systems including a door camera, voice communication is performed in a bi-directional communication by using a paired time slots, and image communication is performed in a uni-directional communication by using both of paired time slots. One of the paired time slots may be used for transmitting a control signal such as an image data resend control signal. | 10-09-2014 |
20140334375 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE THEREFOR - In a wireless communication system for performing a wireless communication based on a time division method between two wireless communication devices, data packets are transmitted from one wireless communication device to another. If the other wireless communication device fails to receive a packet in a correct order or has received a packet that does not coincide with a scheduled packet sequence number, the incorrectly received packet is stored in a storage unit, and released after the packet that is correctly received later so that the packets are obtained in the correct order. When the scheduled packet number fails to be updated in a certain frame, and the scheduled packet fails to be received in a succeeding frame, the other wireless communication device transmits a resend request in the succeeding frame. | 11-13-2014 |
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20130121223 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication apparatus operates in tributary to a control station that performs a time division multiplex communication. The wireless communication apparatus includes a switch unit that switches on/off a power supplied from a battery; a power supply control unit that controls the switch unit; a RAM to which a power is constantly supplied from the battery; a control unit that receives the power supplied through the switch unit. The control unit writes information for determining an operating state in the RAM when being shifted to a standby state. The power supply control unit turns off the switch unit upon receiving a signal of a power supply off. When the control unit is re-supplied with the power through the switch unit, the control unit determines an operation based on the information for determining the operating state stored in the RAM. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121224 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus operates as a tributary. station in a wireless communication system including a control station and the tributary station that perform a time division multiplex communication. The wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless unit that performs a wireless communication with the control station; an event processing unit that notifies of an event occurrence based on an occurrence of an event; and a control unit that controls a communication in synchronization with the control station by detecting a control signal from the control station. When received a notification of the event occurrence, the control unit starts a search operation to acquire the control signal transmitted by the control station. When received the control signal, the control unit transmits a message according to the event occurrence using a slot that has a predetermined position relationship with the slot in which the control signal is received. | 05-16-2013 |
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20130137422 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus includes a power switch unit that switches a power supplied from a battery, and a timer unit that measures a time period through a power supplied from the battery. The power switch unit is turned on upon receiving a trigger for turning on the power supply and turned off upon receiving a trigger for turning off the power supply. When a wireless unit and a control unit are supplied with the power through the power switch unit in accordance with the trigger for turning on the power supply, the control unit controls to receive a wireless signal from a different wireless communication apparatus, and the control unit then sets a given value of the expiration of the time period in the timer unit and outputs the trigger for turning off the power supply to the power supply control unit. | 05-30-2013 |
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20120202479 | OPERATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SERVER, OPERATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND OPERATION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - A first terminal device includes an input unit which inputs operation information indicating operation content, and a first transmission unit which transmits packet information including operation information input from the input unit and destination information for designating a second terminal device, which is a transmission target of the operation information among a plurality of terminal devices to an operation information transmission server. The operation information transmission server includes a first reception unit which receives the packet information transmitted from the first transmission unit and a second transmission unit which refers to the destination information included in the received packet information and transmitting the packet information addressed to the second terminal device corresponding to the destination information. The second terminal device receives the packet information transmitted from the second transmission unit, acquires the operation information from the packet information, and controls an operation corresponding to the operation information to be performed. | 08-09-2012 |
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20130314586 | IMAGING DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND IMAGING METHOD - An image-capturing device disclosed in the present application includes: an image-capturing element including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in two dimensions, wherein the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are exposed through successive scanning and electrical signals are read out from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements through successive scanning, thereby generating an image signal; a lens optical system including a focus lens for collecting light toward the image-capturing element; a driving section for driving one of the image-capturing element and the focus lens so as to change a distance between the image-capturing element and the focus lens; a displacement control section for outputting a command to the driving section so as to control displacement of the image-capturing element or the focus lens to be driven based on a predetermined displacement pattern; and a synchronizing section for controlling the displacement control section based on exposure timing of the image-capturing element, wherein: the predetermined displacement pattern represents a reciprocal displacement of the image-capturing element or the focus lens to be driven over an entire section between a first focus position of the focus lens or the image-capturing element at which focus is at a first object distance in an image-capturing scene and a second focus position of the focus lens or the image-capturing element at which focus is at a second object distance in the image-capturing scene; and the image-capturing element or the focus lens to be driven is reciprocally displaced an integer number of times within an exposure time for one image of the image-capturing scene for each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. | 11-28-2013 |