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| 20080219679 | OPTICAL BRANCHING DEVICE - An optical branching device comprises a first lens member comprising a transmitting plane surface, a transmitting convex surface having an approximate center of curvature in the transmitting plane surface, and a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber firmly affixed on the transmitting plane surface of the first lens member. The transmitting convex surface has a wavelength-selective mirror surface that transmits light of a first wavelength and reflects light of a second wavelength. The light of the second wavelength, which is one of the wavelengths of light emitted from the first optical fiber and is reflected and converged by the wavelength-selective mirror surface, enters into the second optical fiber. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090244531 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, PHOTOMASK INSPECTING APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes a laser light source for emitting a beam of light, an integrator for dividing the beam of light into plural beams of light, and a light focusing optical system for focusing the beams of light passed through the integrator. The optical apparatus also includes a stage, on which the light concentrated by the light focusing optical system is irradiated and on which an object may be placed, and includes a projecting optical system for projecting the light transmitted through the object. The following conditions satisfy the following numerical formula (1). The projecting optical system has a visual field including an effective visual field, and the integrator has a division number N corresponding to a predetermined direction in a predetermined effective visual field. A ghost image is formed in the effective visual field in the predetermined direction and has contrast γ. The light focusing optical system has numerical aperture NA | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100321680 | CIRCUIT PATTERN DEFECT DETECTION APPARATUS, CIRCUIT PATTERN DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - The present invention provides a defect detection apparatus for a circuit pattern, including: an illumination optical system that irradiates illumination light, having a predetermined polarization condition, onto a detection subject having a circuit pattern formed thereon; a detection device that detects change in the polarization condition of the illumination light between before and after the illumination light passes through the detection subject or between before and after the illumination light is reflected by the detection subject; and a defect detection device that detects a defect of the circuit pattern based on an output of the detection device. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110053059 | MASK BLANKS - The present invention provides a mask blank which comprises a substrate made of a synthetic quartz glass and a light-shielding film laminated on a surface of the substrate and is for use in a semiconductor device production technique employing an exposure light wavelength of 200 nm or shorter, wherein the mask blank has a birefringence, as measured at a wavelength of 193 nm, of 1 nm or less per substrate thickness. According to the present invention, mask blanks suitable for use in the immersion exposure technique and the polarized illumination technique are provided. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20090095383 | Fine grain surface layer steel part and method of production of same - The present invention provides a fine grain surface layer steel part having a high proof strength ratio equal to or higher than that of conventional quenched and tempered materials, that is, a fine grain surface layer steel part containing, by mass %, C: 0.45% to 0.70%, Nb: 0.01% to 0.60%, Si: 0.10% to 1.50%, Mn: 0.40% to 2.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.001% to 0.15%, and N: 0.003% to 0.025% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, where the surface layer and inside at all or part of the part have structures of different average particle sizes of ferrite crystal grains surrounded by high angle grain boundaries of a misorientation angle of 15 degrees or more and a method of production of that part comprising warm forging locations where strength is required to a predetermined shape at 1000° C. to 800° C. during which working so as to give an equivalent strain of 1.5 or more. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20110163512 | STEERING TIE ROD END MADE OF STEEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel tie rod end includes a shaft portion and first and second fitting portions. A minimum area portion having a small radially cross-sectional area is provided for the shaft portion, and 90% or above of a steel structure of the minimum area portion is formed of martensite or tempered martensite. The surface hardness of the minimum area portion and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the minimum area portion are 600 Hv or below, and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the first fitting portion and the average hardness of the radial cross section of the second fitting portion are 300 Hv or below. A method of manufacturing a steel tie rod end includes a quenching process of heating only a prospective shaft portion by high frequency to an austenitizing temperature and then rapidly cooling the prospective shaft portion by water or cooling medium. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110318218 | LOW SPECIFIC GRAVITY STEEL FOR FORGING USE EXCELLENT IN MACHINEABILITY - Steel for forging having high strength and superior machinability due to controlled cooling immediately after shaping by hot forging followed by tempering and having a lower specific gravity than ordinary steel for forging use, the steel containing C: 0.05 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 1.50%, Mn: 3.0 to 7.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.020 to 0.200%, Al: 3.0 to 6.0%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, and N: 0.0040 to 0.0200% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20130167986 | STEEL PART FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL USE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.25 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 μm or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130186528 | STEEL PART FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL USE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: 0.05 to 0.20%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 μm or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130186529 | STEEL PART FOR MACHINE STRUCTURAL USE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a steel part for machine structural use whose fatigue strength and toughness are improved and a manufacturing method thereof. A steel part made of a steel containing, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10 to 1.00%, Mn: 0.75 to 3.00%, P: 0.001 to 0.050%, S: 0.001 to 0.200%, V: exceeding 0.20 to 0.25%, Cr: 0.01 to 1.00%, Al: 0.001 to 0.500%, and N: 0.0080 to 0.0200%, and a balance being composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a steel structure contains a bainite structure having an area ratio of 95% or more, a bainite lath width is 5 μm or less, V carbide having an average grain diameter of not less than 4 nm nor more than 7 nm dispersedly exists in the bainite structure, and an area ratio of V carbide in the bainite structure is 0.18% or more. | 07-25-2013 |
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| 20080199092 | Image Data Generating Method, Apparatus Thereof, Image Distributing System, Image Distributing Apparatus Thereof, and Their Programs - There are included an image data storing means for accumulating image data of JPEG format; an image dividing means for dividing the accumulated JPEG images; and a distributing means for distributing the divided image data to a client. The image dividing means decides a title area containing an image area required for display at the client, and extracts coefficient data, which corresponds to the title area, from the image data accumulated in the image data storing means. The image dividing means then calculates, as coefficient data to be distributed to the client, the values of AC components of the extracted coefficient data as they are but, as to DC components thereof, a result of addition of the values of the DC components to those in the adjacent, immediately preceding title area. The distributing means distributes, as the image data, the coefficient data as calculated to the client. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090324116 | Encoding and decoding device and encoding method and decoding method - [Problems] To provide an encoding device capable of achieving a sufficient compression ratio even when using a prefix code such as a Huffman code as the entropy encoding method in the wavelet conversion encoding. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100054617 | CODING AND DECODING DEVICE, CODING AND DECODING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A coding device is comprised of an initial resolution coding unit for coding an initial resolution image sub-sampled from an image at every interval of predetermined pixels, and a high resolution coding unit for coding images at sub-sampling intervals sequentially halved, wherein said high resolution coding unit comprises a pixel value predicting means for, out of the pixels that should be coded in present resolution, predicting a value of a pixel being positioned at a center of its adjacent four pixels already coded in previous resolution from said adjacent four pixels with a linear interpolation, and predicting a value of a remaining pixel from its adjacent four pixels having the above pixel at a center thereof with the linear interpolation, said adjacent four pixels being positioned in an upper, lower, left and right sides of the above pixel, a prediction error calculating means for obtaining a residual between the pixel value of the to-be-coded pixel and the predicted value, and a variable length coding means for coding the residual. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100315547 | MOVING REGION DETECTION DEVICE - To provide a moving region detection device capable of rapidly and accurately detecting a main moving region from plot data on a computer screen. A moving region detection unit ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110002550 | UPDATE REGION DETECTION DEVICE - To provide an update region detection device capable of accurately detecting an update region from plot data on a computer screen. In an update region detection unit ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110026598 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTION DEVICE - To provide a motion vector detection device capable of rapidly and accurately detecting a main motion vector from plot data on a computer screen. An edge extraction unit ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110103489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING BY WAVELET TRANSFORM - A wavelet transform encoding apparatus includes a coefficient encoding unit which encodes each group of multiple wavelet transform coefficients LH, HL, and NH located spatially at the same position within multiple high-frequency subbands belonging to the same hierarchy. At the time, the coefficient encoding unit calculates an encoding parameter for the wavelet transform coefficient of an encoding object based on multiple encoded vicinal wavelet transform coefficients within the multiple high-frequency subbands belonging to the same hierarchy, and encodes the wavelet transform coefficient of the encoding object into a variable-length code by utilizing the calculated encoding parameter. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110317929 | 2 DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE - An image is divided into subbands by wavelet transform using the Haar function as the base, and the lowest-frequency LL subband is entirely encoded. LH, HL, and HH subband coefficients which belong to the wavelet decomposition level of each hierarchy are then encoded such that coefficients at the same spatial position are encoded at once. The decoding side first decompresses the lowest-frequency LL subband, and then decodes sets of the LH, HL, and HH coefficients at the same spatial position in the subband of each wavelet decomposition level one by one. The decoding side immediately performs inverse wavelet transform by using the coefficient values, thereby obtaining the LL coefficient value of the next wavelet decomposition level. This makes it possible to sufficiently increase the processing speed even when the wavelet encoding/decoding is performed using a sequential CPU. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120140833 | MOVING IMAGE CODING DEVICE - This moving image coding device has an update region detection unit, a coding target region detection and cache update unit, and a coding unit. The update region detection unit compares a reference frame and a current frame, and detects an update region that a pixel value changed. The coding target region detection and cache update unit replaces an image of an update region in the reference frame with an image in a cache frame, and thereafter, detects a region that a pixel value changed as a coding target region and stores an image of a region that a pixel value did not change for a predetermined past period in the image of the update region in the reference frame before the replacement, into the cache frame as an image of a stable region. The coding unit codes an image of the coding target region and cache information. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130300893 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIGNAL ENCODING DEVICE - The device for encoding a Bayer pattern image includes a two-dimensional high-pass filtering means for calculating a GH coefficient which is a high-pass component corresponding to a space coordinate of a G1 pixel, from the value of the G1 pixel and the values of four G0 pixels in the neighborhood of the G1 pixel; a two-dimensional low-pass filtering means for calculating a GL coefficient which is a low-pass component corresponding to a space coordinate of a G0 pixel, from the value of the G0 pixel and the values of four GH coefficients in the neighborhood of the G0 pixel; a first encoding means for encoding a two-dimensional signal including the GH coefficient; and a second encoding means for encoding a two-dimensional signal including the GL coefficient. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140147044 | MOVING IMAGE REGION DETECTION DEVICE - The moving image region detection device includes an updated block detection means, a natural image updated block determination means, and a moving image block extraction means. The updated block detection means compares pixel values between a frame of an input video and the previous frame, and detects a block including a pixel in which a value having been changed, as an updated block. The natural image updated block determination means calculates an index value representing a degree of continuity of changes in pixel values in the updated block, compares the calculated index value with a threshold, and determines whether it is an updated block of a natural image. The moving image block extraction means extracts a block determined to be an updated block of a natural image a given number of times or more in most recent frames including the frame, as a moving image block of a natural image. | 05-29-2014 |
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| 20130163094 | Objective Optical System and Observation Apparatus Provided with the Same - An objective optical system of an embodiment according to the present invention is formed in such a way that: the objective optical system includes an immovable lens group which is arranged nearest to the object side, which is immovable in focusing, and which has negative power, and first and second movable lens groups at least one of which moves along the optical axis in focusing; and an amount of variation in magnification per movement of the first movable lens group is different from an amount of variation in magnification per movement of the second movable lens group. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140162071 | RESIN COMPOSITION, AND PREPREG AND METAL FOIL-CLAD LAMINATE USING THE SAME - There are provided a resin composition which has high optical reflectance in an ultraviolet light region and a visible light region, undergoes less deterioration in optical reflectance when subjected to a heat treatment and a light irradiation treatment, has an improved peel strength to a metal foil, has excellent heat resistance, and can be used suitably for an LED-mounting printed wiring board; and a prepreg and a metal foil-clad laminate using the same. The resin composition of the present invention comprises: an aliphatic epoxy-modified silicone compound (A); a multibranched imide resin (B) having an isocyanurate ring and a carboxyl group; titanium dioxide (C); and a dispersing agent (D). | 06-12-2014 |
| 20150056454 | RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, AND METAL FOIL-CLAD LAMINATE - Provided are a resin composition that can realize a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate and the like high in light reflectance in an ultraviolet region and in a visible light region, small in the reduction in light reflectance due to a heating treatment and a light irradiation treatment, good in peel strength of metal foil, also excellent in heat resistance after moisture absorption, also good in outer appearance, and also excellent in preservation stability, and a prepreg, a metal foil-clad laminate and the like using the same. The resin composition of the present invention contains at least an epoxy-modified silicone compound (A), a branched imide resin (B) having an isocyanurate group and a carboxyl group, a phosphorus curing accelerator (C), titanium dioxide (D) and a dispersant (E). The branched imide resin (B) is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of an epoxy-modified branched imide resin, an alcohol-modified branched imide resin and an amine-modified branched imide resin. | 02-26-2015 |
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| 20110145486 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a device includes a determination unit, compression unit, selecting unit, write updating unit, writing unit. The determination unit determines whether to compress write data based on specific information. The specific information including at least one of the type, number of accesses, access frequency and importance level of the write data. The compression unit compresses the write data when determining to compress the write data. The selecting unit selects a write region for the write data in nonvolatile memory based on the specific information. The write updating unit updates the specific information. The writing unit writes compressed write data into the write region when determining to compress the write data. The writing unit writes uncompressed write data into the write region when not determining to compress the write data. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120191900 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A memory management device of an example of the invention controls writing into and reading from a main memory including a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a volatile semiconductor memory in response to a writing request and a reading request from a processor. The memory management device includes a coloring information storage unit that stores coloring information generated based on a data characteristic of write target data to be written into at least one of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory and the volatile semiconductor memory, and a writing management unit that references the coloring information to determines a region into which the write target data is written from the nonvolatile semiconductor memory and the volatile semiconductor memory. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20150058541 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a device includes a determination unit, compression unit, selecting unit, write updating unit, writing unit. The determination unit determines whether to compress write data based on specific information. The specific information including at least one of the type, number of accesses, access frequency and importance level of the write data. The compression unit compresses the write data when determining to compress the write data. The selecting unit selects a write region for the write data in nonvolatile memory based on the specific information. The write updating unit updates the specific information. The writing unit writes compressed write data into the write region when determining to compress the write data. The writing unit writes uncompressed write data into the write region when not determining to compress the write data. | 02-26-2015 |
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| 20100089558 | Total Heat Exchanging Element and Total Heat Exchanger - A total heat exchanging element | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100139901 | HEAT EXCHANGER ELEMENT AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger element includes partition members that include first gas passages that are passages for first gas and second gas passages that are passages for second gas and that are provided above the first gas passages, the partition members operative to partition the first gas passages and the second gas passages; spacing members that form the first gas passages and the second gas passages and that maintain a gap between the partition members; and an adhesive that adheres the partition member and the spacing member with each other. At least one of the partition member and the spacing member is made of a liquid absorbing material, and the adhesive is a water solvent adhesive in which water-soluble flame retardant is impregnated. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100147499 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATOR - According to the present invention, in constituting a heat exchange element having a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members added a moisture absorbent thereto and spacing members are stacked alternately, the spacing members being joined with the partition members so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members, each of the spacing members includes a plurality of section walls that divide a space between the partition member joined under the spacing member and the partition member joined on the spacing member into a plurality of flow passages, and one or more first section walls formed with holes that bring adjacent flow passages into communication with each other and one or more second section walls formed with no hole that brings adjacent flow passages into communication with each other are alternately arranged in each of the spacing members. The present invention facilitates to constitute a light-weight total-heat type heat exchanger having high heat exchanging efficiency using the heat exchange element. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100175859 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A total heat exchange element has a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members added a water-soluble moisture absorbent thereto and spacing members are stacked alternately, the spacing members are joined with the partition members by using an adhesive so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members. According to the present invention, the spacing members have water retention properties. Further, an adhesive that exhibits insolubility to the water-soluble moisture absorbent or an aqueous solution of the water-soluble moisture absorbent is used as the adhesive. As a result, it is easy to obtain a total heat exchange element with which it is possible to easily constitute an air-conditioning apparatus or a ventilator that has high latent heat exchange efficiency and has high reliability. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100178157 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATOR - A heat exchange element according to the present invention has a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members and spacing members are stacked alternately, while the spacing members are joined with the partition members so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members. A plurality of adhesive layers included in the stacked-layer structure i.e., the plurality of adhesive layers that cause the partition members to be each joined with a corresponding one of the spacing members include one or more colored adhesive layers. It is therefore easy to manufacture a heat exchange element having a desired color arrangement at a low cost, regardless of the type of the heat exchange element. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110036541 | HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATOR - When configuring a heat exchange ventilator that includes a supply air duct that takes in outdoor air and blows it out indoors, an exhaust air duct that takes in indoor air and blows it out outdoors, and a plurality of heat exchange elements that exchanges heat between outdoor air flowing down through the supply air duct and indoor air flowing down through the exhaust air duct, the heat exchange elements being arranged in series from an outdoor side to an indoor side, the sensible heat exchange efficiency of a heat exchange element arranged on the most outdoor side is made higher than the sensible heat exchange efficiency of a heat exchange element arranged on an indoor side adjacent to the heat exchange element arranged on the most outdoor side, thereby preventing condensation and freezing on the heat exchange element on the outdoor side. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110108256 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGING ELEMENT AND TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGER - A total heat exchanging element includes a partitioning component to which a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent has been added that is a component partitioning between a first laminar air-flow path and a second laminar air-flow path that are layered; a spacing component that forms the first laminar air-flow path and the second laminar air-flow path and maintains a space between adjacent partitioning components; and an adhesive agent that adheres the partitioning component and the spacing component. The adhesive agent is a water-solvent-type adhesive agent impregnated with a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent. The partitioning component and the spacing component are made from a liquid-absorbing material that absorbs water and substances dissolved in the water. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110146961 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A total heat exchange element includes a sheet-like partitioning member and space holding members on both sides of the partitioning member to form air paths and performs a heat exchange via the partitioning member between an air flow flowing through an air path formed on one side of the partitioning member and an air flow flowing through an air path formed on other side of the partitioning member. The partitioning member and the space holding members are bonded by a water-solvent adhesive in which a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent is dissolved. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110192579 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGER - A total heat exchange element, includes: a first flow passage through which a first airflow passes; a second flow passage through which a second airflow passes; and a partition plate that is arranged to separate the first flow passage and the second flow passage from each other and conduct total heat exchange between the first airflow and the second airflow. The partition plate has a layered structure of sandwiching a first film on both surfaces thereof with second films, the first film is a non-aqueous film having a gas shielding property and vapor-permeable property, and each of the second films is waterproof vapor-permeable film. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120037349 | HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning, a first wave-form plate member and a second wave-form plate member on top of each other and with a predetermined interval therebetween, and further causing spacers to hermetically close two lateral portions with respect to the traveling direction of the fluid. The second flow passage is a straight flow passage that has a substantially triangular cross section and is formed between a flat-plate-like member and one of the first and the second wave-form plate members, when the flat-plate-like member is positioned on the wave-like form of the one of the first and the second wave-form plate members so as to be in close contact therewith. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120043064 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - A total heat exchange element includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage extending orthogonal thereto. The first flow passage is an undulating flow passage that has a rectangular cross section and is formed by positioning a first wave-form plate member and a second wave-form plate member on top of each other and with a predetermined interval therebetween, and further causing spacers to hermetically close two lateral portions with respect to the traveling direction of the fluid. The second flow passage is a straight flow passage that has a substantially triangular cross section and is formed between a flat-plate-like member and one of the first and the second wave-form plate members. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120168136 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT - In a total heat exchange element, a partition member has a heat transfer property, moisture permeability, and a gas blocking property. A spacer is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape polygonal in section extending substantially in parallel along the surface of the partition member and includes an overlapping wall that overlaps the partition member and supporting walls that rise from side ends of the overlapping wall and are vertically provided between the partition members respectively being upper and lower parts in a laminating direction to retain a space between the partition members. The overlapping wall has thickness smaller than that of the supporting walls and stuck to the partition member with an adhesive having moisture permeability. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20140242900 | TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is a total heat exchange element in which a spacing member is provided on both sides of a sheet-like partition member to form a flow path and which performs heat exchange between an airflow that flows in a flow path formed on one side of the partition member and an airflow that flows in a flow path formed on another side of the partition member via the partition member, wherein the spacing member is molded integrally with the partition member by using a resin, and the partition member is configured to include a functional layer that has heat conductivity, moisture permeability, and gas shielding property and a heat shrink layer that shrinks at a predetermined temperature or higher. | 08-28-2014 |
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| 20090074485 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device including a pressure member that presses an endless fixing belt toward a fixing nip portion from the inner circumferential surface side; a sliding sheet that covers the pressure member; and a regulating member arranged on an end part of the sliding sheet for regulating the slack of the sliding sheet. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090074486 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device including an endless fixing belt; a pressure member that presses the fixing belt toward the fixing nip portion from the inner circumferential surface side of the fixing belt; and a sliding sheet that covers the pressure member and extends outside the pressure member in the longitudinal direction thereof wherein a surface other than an opposed surface opposed to the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt is cut out. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090208263 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a heating section; and a press section which presses the heating section and thereby forms a fixing nip section, wherein at least one of the heating section and the press section comprises, an endless fixing belt; a press member which presses the fixing belt to the fixing nip; and a sliding sheet covering the press member, wherein the sliding sheet is wider than the fixing belt; projections are provided at a first area which is inside of an end part of the press member of a surface of the sliding sheet in the width direction; and projections lower than the projections provided at the first area are provided at a second area which is near the end of the fixing belt of the surface of the sliding sheet, or projections are not provided at all at the second area. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20110044737 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing apparatus having: a heating section and a pressing section that forms a fixing-nip portion by being in pressure contact with the heating section, wherein at least one of the heating section and the pressing section having: an endless fixing belt that is trained about a plurality of rollers, a pressure applying member that causes the fixing belt to be in pressure contact with a side of the fixing-nip portion from an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a lubricant supplying member that supplies lubricant to the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt; and a supplying amount change section that changes a supplying amount of the lubricant by the lubricant supplying member based on an amount used coming from a part replacement of at least one of the fixing belt, the pressure applying member and the lubricant supplying member. | 02-24-2011 |
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| 20090311122 | POWDER FORGED MEMBER, POWDER MIXTURE FOR POWDER FORGING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER FORGED MEMBER, AND FRACTURE SPLIT TYPE CONNECTING ROD USING THE SAME - A member produced by powder forging which retains machinability and improved fatigue strength without having an increased hardness and can retain self conformability after fracture splitting; a powder mixture for powder forging; a process for producing a member by powder forging; and a fracture splitting connecting rod obtained from the member produced by powder forging. The member produced by powder forging is one obtained by preforming a powder mixture, subsequently sintering the preform, and forging the resultant sintered preform at a high temperature. The free-copper proportion in the sintered preform at the time when the forging is started is 10% or lower, and the member obtained through the forging has a composition containing, in terms of mass %, 0.2-0.4% C, 3-5% Cu, and up to 0.4% Mn (excluding 0), the remainder being iron and incidental impurities, and has a ferrite content of 40-90%. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20130192414 | POWDER FORGED MEMBER, POWDER MIXTURE FOR POWDER FORGING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER FORGED MEMBER, AND FRACTURE SPLIT TYPE CONNECTING ROD USING THE SAME - A member produced by powder forging which retains machinability and improved fatigue strength without having an increased hardness and can retain self conformability after fracture splitting; a powder mixture for powder forging; a process for producing a member by powder forging; and a fracture splitting connecting rod obtained from the member produced by powder forging. The member produced by powder forging is one obtained by preforming a powder mixture, subsequently sintering the preform, and forging the resultant sintered preform at a high temperature. The free-copper proportion in the sintered preform at the time when the forging is started is 10% or lower, and the member obtained through the forging has a composition containing, in terms of mass %, 0.2-0.4% C, 3-5% Cu, and up to 0.4% Mn (excluding 0), the remainder being iron and incidental impurities, and has a ferrite content of 40-90%. | 08-01-2013 |
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| 20090305108 | Fuel Cell Device - A surface on the fuel electrode side of a lower portion of a separator in a fuel cell stack is made to have water repellency, so that water accumulated in a fuel gas flow path can be appropriately discharged, and thus so that reduction in fuel cell performance and deterioration of the fuel electrode can be surely prevented. For that purpose, in a fuel cell device, a fuel cell having an electrolyte layer interposed between the fuel electrode and an oxygen electrode includes a cell module laminated so as to interpose a separator formed with the fuel gas flow path along the fuel electrode, and a fuel gas flows substantially perpendicularly to the direction of gravity in the fuel gas flow path. The separator is provided with a water-repellent surface on the fuel electrode side of a lower portion thereof. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090305109 | Fuel Cell Device - A portion of a fuel electrode corresponding to a portion in a fuel gas flow path where water accumulates is made to contain no catalyst, thus preventing abnormal reaction from occurring, and consequently enabling sure prevention of degradation of the fuel electrode and reduction in fuel cell performance. For that purpose, in a fuel cell device, a fuel cell having an electrolyte layer interposed between the fuel electrode and an oxygen electrode includes a cell module laminated so as to interpose a separator formed with the fuel gas flow path along the fuel electrode, and a fuel gas flows substantially perpendicularly to the direction of gravity in the fuel gas flow path. The fuel electrode includes a catalyst-absent portion which contains no catalyst, provided in a portion corresponding to a water-accumulating portion in which water is accumulated, in the fuel gas flow path. | 12-10-2009 |
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| 20120044399 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20140084159 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SPECIMEN - In related art, when a location to be analyzed is selected from inspection data, a relatively highly critical defect among entire defects is not selected as a defect to be analyzed. Further, when a mark is placed in a fixed position associated with a defect, the mark affects the defect itself depending on the shape and size of the defect, which is problematic in the following analysis made in an analysis apparatus. Moreover, in the case of a wafer with no pattern, a defect invisible to a SEM cannot be marked. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140132803 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTINUOUS IMAGE CAPTURING - An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20150085161 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTINUOUS IMAGE CAPTURING - An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results. | 03-26-2015 |
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| 20120255044 | URATE TRANSPORTER, AS WELL AS METHOD AND KIT FOR EVALUATING URATE TRANSPORT-RELATED DISEASE FACTOR AND INFLAMMATION-RELATED DISEASE FACTOR, AND TEST SAMPLE AND DRUG - A method and evaluation kit are provided, in which a high-capacity urate transporter is identified to assist in the early treatment and prevention of urate transport-related disease and inflammation-related disease. The method can include a step for detecting variations in genes that encode ABCG2 protein. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, R113X, Q126X, Q141K, F208S, G268R, E334X, S441N, L447V, S486N, F506SfsX4, R575X, and/or C608X, it can be concluded that the subject has a factor that is capable of inducing urate transport failure, or a state or disease attributable to that failure. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, it can be concluded that, unlike the other SNPs, there is a possibility that the subject does not possess such a factor because, although this variation itself does not lead to a change in urate transport capability, said variation is related to linkage disequilibrium with other SNPs. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20150080257 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING URATE TRANSPORT-RELATED DISEASE FACTOR AND INFLAMMATION-RELATED DISEASE FACTOR - A method and evaluation kit are provided, in which a high-capacity urate transporter is identified to assist in the early treatment and prevention of urate transport-related disease and inflammation-related disease. The method can include a step for detecting variations in genes that encode ABCG2 protein. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, R113X, Q126X, Q141K, F2085, G268R, E334X, S441N, L447V, S486N, F506SfsX4, R575X, and/or C608X, it can be concluded that the subject has a factor that is capable of inducing urate transport failure, or a state or disease attributable to that failure. When a subject has an SNP of V12M, it can be concluded that, unlike the other SNPs, there is a possibility that the subject does not possess such a factor because, although this variation itself does not lead to a change in urate transport capability, said variation is related to linkage disequilibrium with other SNPs. | 03-19-2015 |
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| 20130196881 | SUGAR CHAIN ARRAY - A sugar chain array containing a sugar chain immobilized thereon for detecting binding between an analyte and a sugar chain, and a sugar chain array having the sugar chain immobilized thereon that is capable of inhibiting non-specific adsorption and binding of an analyte without having to coat the array with an adsorption inhibitor. A specific sugar chain is immobilized on the array, and is useful for detecting binding between the sugar chain and an analyte, such as a pathogen of an infectious disease or an excretion thereof. In addition, in the array, when a base material is coated with a polymeric compound having a unit having a primary amino group, a unit for maintaining hydrophilicity, and a unit having a hydrophobic group, the sugar chain is immobilized efficiently and non-specific adsorption and binding of the analyte can be effectively inhibited. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130316932 | GLYCOPEPTIDE ARRAY - The present invention provides: a glycopeptide array which is useful for the detection of the binding between a substance to be detected and a glycopeptide; and an array which can inhibit the non-specific adsorption or binding of a substance to be detected without the need of coating any adsorption-inhibiting agent and which has the glycopeptide immobilized thereon. In the present invention, it was found that a glycopeptide that has a molecule having a carbonyl group bound to a peptide moiety thereof can be immobilized on a substrate that is coated with a polymer compound containing a unit having a primary amino group with high efficiency through the carbonyl group. Particularly, it was found by the present inventors that a glycopeptide can be immobilized on a substrate with high efficiency and the non-specific adsorption or binding of a substance to be detected can be inhibited effectively when a substrate that is coated with a polymer compound containing a unit having a primary amino group, a unit for retaining hydrophilicity and a unit having a hydrophobic group is used as the substrate for the glycopeptide. | 11-28-2013 |
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| 20080237459 | Ion source and mass spectrometer instrument using the same - An ion source includes a body having a gas passage and an orifice. A capillary is inserted into the gas passage so that a tip portion of the capillary extends into the orifice. A gas supplier supplies a gas into the gas passage to form a gas flow through the gas passage along the capillary and through the orifice past a tip of the capillary so that the gas flow sprays a sample solution flowing through the capillary from the tip of the capillary. A flow controller regulates a pressure of the gas in the gas passage to adjust a characteristic value F/S to a predetermined value, where F is a flow rate of the gas flow at standard conditions (20.degree. C., 1 atmosphere), and S is a difference between a cross section of the orifice and a cross section of the tip portion of the capillary in the orifice. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20140238106 | ATTACHED MATTER TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD - Provided is a technique to identify a sample substance attached to an inspection target easily and precisely, while improving the rate of operation and reducing the number of persons required for inspection. A trace detecting system includes detection means to detect the size (vertical and horizontal dimensions) of an inspection target, and selects an air nozzle capable of spraying air jet at 15 m/s or more to the surface of the inspection target for air jet spraying. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140260542 | ANALYZER FOR SUBSTANCE - Provided is an analyzer for a substance, including: a first particle holding unit having a tubular shape; a first intake pipe for sucking a gas from an upper side of the first particle holding unit to cause a cyclonic phenomenon inside the first particle holding unit; a first supply pipe for supplying a sample containing particles, the first supply pipe being connected to a side surface of the first particle holding unit; a first flow control unit for controlling a flow rate of a gas flowing into the first particle holding unit to hold the rotationally moving particles inside the first particle holding unit for a predetermined time period and then cause the particles to settle, the first flow control unit being connected to a lower part of the first particle holding unit; a first collection heating unit for collecting and heating the settled particles; and an analysis unit for analyzing a substance vaporized from the particles through the heating by the first collection heating unit, the analysis unit being connected to the first collection heating unit through a pipe. | 09-18-2014 |
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| 20100059473 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SEAL FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INNER SEAL ATTACHMENT CONTAINER, INNER SEAL MEMBER, AND METHOD OF SEALING CAP ATTACHMENT CONTAINER USING THE SAME - A first base is interfolded along a folding line | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100086243 | Package Bag And Spout Member - A spout member including a base portion which is fixed to a bag body, a cylindrical portion which protrudes upward from the base portion, and a sealing portion which seals a front end of the cylindrical portion through a breakable thin portion is disposed between two sheets of film forming the bag body. A sealing chamber accommodating the cylindrical portion and the sealing portion is opened by tearing the two sheets of film along an opening assisting line. An opening assisting plate protruding to at least one of a left side and a right side of the sealing portion is disposed above the opening assisting line. A sandwiching reinforcement seal portion for reinforcing the two sheets of film by sealing inner surfaces thereof is provided between the opening assisting plate and the opening assisting line. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110293202 | SPOUT MEMBER AND PACKAGING BAG UTILIZING SAME - It is aimed to provide a spout member and a packaging bag using the spout member which have excellent handling property and hygiene management performance at the time of supplying water or the like from the outside before and during use such as administration of water and medicine, in which a closure means for freely opening and closing an aperture formed by cutting off parts of peripheral portions of sealed film pieces is protected from a contained content at the time of storage or transportation and which have excellent protecting property even when an inner pressure acts in the packaging bag, excellent contamination preventing property until a spout is opened and excellent contamination preventing property and handling property after opening. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20130217556 | PACKAGE BAG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A manufacturing method of a package bag ( | 08-22-2013 |
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| 20080315365 | Method for designing dummy pattern, exposure mask, semiconductor device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, and storage medium - A method for designing a dummy pattern that is formed in a vacant section of a chip region before a semiconductor substrate including the chip region that has a device graphics data section in which a circuit element pattern is formed and the vacant section in which the circuit element pattern is not formed is planarized by a chemical mechanical polishing process, the method includes: setting an overall dummy section on the entire chip region; setting a mesh section on the entire overall dummy section; dividing the overall dummy section by the mesh section so that a plurality of rectangular dummy patterns is formed on the entire chip region after the mesh section is set; and removing or transforming a part of the rectangular dummy patterns, thereby uniformizing a density of the dummy pattern in the chip region. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20100109163 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a semiconductor device comprising a first layer that is provided on a semiconductor substrate and includes a first wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of first dummy patterns made of a same material as the first wiring pattern and a second layer that is provided above the semiconductor substrate and includes a second wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of second dummy patterns made of a same material as the second wiring pattern. A central axis of each of the second dummy patterns coincides with that of a corresponding one of the first dummy patterns in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100293515 | METHOD OF LAYOUT OF PATTERN - A method of layout of pattern includes the following processes. A graphic data of a first wiring in a first area of a semiconductor wafer is extracted. The first area is a semiconductor chip forming area. The first area is surrounded by a scribed area of the semiconductor wafer. The first area includes a second area. The second area is bounded with the scribed area. The second area has a second distance from a boundary between the semiconductor chip forming area and the scribed area to an boundary between the first area and the second area. A first dummy pattern in the first area is laid out. The first dummy pattern has at least a first distance from the first wiring. A second dummy pattern in the second area is laid out. The second dummy pattern has at least the first distance from the first wiring. The second dummy pattern has at least a third distance from the first dummy pattern. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120306106 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING DUMMY PATTERN AND DESIGN METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is the semiconductor substrate, wiring patterns and dummy patterns. A margin region is formed around the wiring pattern. The dummy region is further formed around the margin region. The dummy patterns are formed in the dummy region. The dummy patterns are arranged along the extending direction of the dummy region. Margin regions and dummy regions are allocated alternately with respect to the wiring pattern. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130043596 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of layout of pattern includes the following processes. A graphic data of a first wiring in a first area of a semiconductor wafer is extracted. The first area is a semiconductor chip forming area. The first area is surrounded by a scribed area of the semiconductor wafer. The first area includes a second area. The second area is bounded with the scribed area. The second area has a second distance from a boundary between the semiconductor chip forming area and the scribed area to an boundary between the first area and the second area. A first dummy pattern in the first area is laid out. The first dummy pattern has at least a first distance from the first wiring. A second dummy pattern in the second area is laid out. The second dummy pattern has at least the first distance from the first wiring. The second dummy pattern has at least a third distance from the first dummy pattern. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130264715 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a semiconductor device comprising a first layer that is provided on a semiconductor substrate and includes a first wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of first dummy patterns made of a same material as the first wiring pattern and a second layer that is provided above the semiconductor substrate and includes a second wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of second dummy patterns made of a same material as the second wiring pattern. A central axis of each of the second dummy patterns coincides with that of a corresponding one of the first dummy patterns in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20140239506 | Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - To provide a semiconductor device comprising a first layer that is provided on a semiconductor substrate and includes a first wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of first dummy patterns made of a same material as the first wiring pattern and a second layer that is provided above the semiconductor substrate and includes a second wiring pattern planarized by CMP and a plurality of second dummy patterns made of a same material as the second wiring pattern. A central axis of each of the second dummy patterns coincides with that of a corresponding one of the first dummy patterns in a direction perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140246780 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING DUMMY PATTERN - A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a circuit region, a dummy region, and a dummy clearance section surrounding the circuit region, and a plurality of dummy patterns formed in the dummy region, the plurality of dummy patterns comprising a first dummy pattern and a second dummy pattern, a distance between the first dummy pattern and the circuit region being less than a distance between the second dummy pattern and the circuit region, and a dummy pattern being absent between the first dummy pattern and the circuit region. The first dummy pattern includes an area which is greater than an area of the second dummy pattern. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20150041970 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of layout of pattern includes the following processes. A graphic data of a first wiring in a first area of a semiconductor wafer is extracted. The first area is a semiconductor chip forming area. The first area is surrounded by a scribed area of the semiconductor wafer. The first area includes a second area. The second area is bounded with the scribed area. The second area has a second distance from a boundary between the semiconductor chip forming area and the scribed area to an boundary between the first area and the second area. A first dummy pattern in the first area is laid out. The first dummy pattern has at least a first distance from the first wiring. A second dummy pattern in the second area is laid out. The second dummy pattern has at least the first distance from the first wiring. The second dummy pattern has at least a third distance from the first dummy pattern. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150084184 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of layout of pattern includes the following processes. A graphic data of a first wiring in a first area of a semiconductor wafer is extracted. The first area is a semiconductor chip forming area. The first area is surrounded by a scribed area of the semiconductor wafer. The first area includes a second area. The second area is bounded with the scribed area. The second area has a second distance from a boundary between the semiconductor chip forming area and the scribed area to an boundary between the first area and the second area. A first dummy pattern in the first area is laid out. The first dummy pattern has at least a first distance from the first wiring. A second dummy pattern in the second area is laid out. The second dummy pattern has at least the first distance from the first wiring. The second dummy pattern has at least a third distance from the first dummy pattern. | 03-26-2015 |
