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20090033075 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT SENSING SYSTEM - A vehicle occupant sensing system includes a plurality of image pickup devices arranged to capture a three-dimensional image in a region including at least a cover part of the front airbag system and an upper part of the front passenger seat, and a signal processing unit for processing image signals taken by the image pickup devices to determine a three-dimensional position of the captured image. The signal processing unit is configured to determine a three-dimensional position of a part of the captured image pertaining to the cover part and includes a storage section which stores in advance a reference three-dimensional position corresponding to an external configuration of the cover part, and a comparing section which compares the three-dimensional position of the image part pertaining to the cover part with the reference three-dimensional position to determine if there is an object placed on the cover part. | 02-05-2009 |
20090079239 | Passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat and attachment structure for load sensor - There is disclosed a passenger's weight measurement device for a vehicle seat, capable of suppressing generation of an initial load. The passenger's weight measurement device includes an upper rail disposed to be movable back and forth on a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor; a load sensor fixed on the upper rail; and a frame disposed on the load sensor and below a vehicle seat, wherein a rod extends from the load sensor to penetrate the frame and to be inserted into an insertion hole formed in a center of a leaf spring, the leaf spring is curved into an angle shape to separate the center of the leaf spring from the frame, a nut is engaged with the rod on the leaf spring, and both hems of the leaf spring abut on the frame in a state that the leaf spring is fastened by the nut. | 03-26-2009 |
20110018301 | PASSENGER'S WEIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT AND ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR LOAD SENSOR - A passenger's weight measurement device for a vehicle seat, capable of suppressing generation of an initial load. The passenger's weight measurement device includes a pair of slide rails extending in parallel and fixed to the vehicle floor, and a pair of side frames that support the seat and are disposed above the pair of slide rails. Load cells are disposed between the pair of the slide rails and the pair of the side frames. A set of first connection frames for connecting both ends the pair of side frames extend in parallel so as to be perpendicular to the pair of side frames. Second and third connecting frames connect middle parts of the pair of slide rails so as to be perpendicular to the slide rails. The pair of the slide rails and the second and a third connecting frames constitute an H-shaped frame. | 01-27-2011 |
20110018302 | PASSENGER'S WEIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT AND ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR LOAD SENSOR - A passenger's weight measurement device for a vehicle seat, capable of suppressing generation of an initial load. The passenger's weight measurement device includes a pair of slide rails extending in parallel and fixed to the vehicle floor, and a pair of side frames that support the seat and are disposed above the pair of slide rails. Load cells are disposed between the pair of the slide rails and the pair of the side frames. A set of first connection frames for connecting both ends the pair of side frames extend in parallel so as to be perpendicular to the pair of side frames. Second and third connecting frames connect middle parts of the pair of slide rails so as to be perpendicular to the slide rails. The pair of the slide rails and the second and a third connecting frames constitute an H-shaped frame. | 01-27-2011 |
20110024279 | SEATING DETECTION SWITCH - A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer ( | 02-03-2011 |
20120125698 | SEATING SENSOR - The present invention relates to a seating sensor | 05-24-2012 |
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20090051818 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A video signal processing device includes a sample data register to hold a signal level of a video signal after correction at each sample point as a correction level, a coefficient operation circuit to output a first coefficient, a coefficient selection circuit to output a second coefficient, and an interpolation operation unit to calculate a signal level of a video signal after correction corresponding to a signal level of the input video signal by using the correction level held in the sample data register, the first coefficient or the second coefficient and performing the cubic interpolation operation or the linear interpolation operation. The first coefficient is used when a video signal after correction is obtained from the input video signal by a linear interpolation operation. The second coefficient is used when a video signal after correction is obtained from the input video signal by a cubic interpolation operation. | 02-26-2009 |
20110019972 | VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING APPARATUS AND EDITING METHOD - A video and audio recording apparatus includes a recording medium that records base data therein and a control unit that starts and stops destructive editing in response to an instruction to start and stop destructive editing received through an operation unit. When part of the base data is deleted, the control unit writes, using management information for managing a physical area of the base data in the recording medium on the per predetermined recording unit basis, information indicating that the physical area in which the deleted part of the base data was recorded is defined as a reserved area on the per predetermined recording unit basis to the management information. When the edit data is input in response to the instruction to start editing, the edit data is overwritten into the physical area managed using the management information and defined as a reserved area on a preferential basis. | 01-27-2011 |
20120242894 | CONVERTION APPARATUS AND CONVERTION METHOD - A conversion apparatus and method is disclosed by which a file including data multiplexed therein can be edited or handled readily while maintaining the compatibility. A standard/independent conversion section converts a file of a standard AV multiplex format wherein video data and audio data are placed in a multiplexed state in a body into a file of an AV independent format wherein video data or audio data are placed collectively in a body. Meanwhile, an independent/standard conversion section converts a file of the AV independent formation into a file of the standard AV multiplex format. | 09-27-2012 |
20140105581 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a recording unit and a control unit. The recording unit is capable of performing random access to a recording medium by a data block corresponding to a predetermined reproduction time period. The control unit is configured to cause, when partial data blocks in a plurality of data blocks which are recorded as a first file in the recording medium are edited, the recording unit to record the edited data blocks in a free space of the recording medium as a second file. | 04-17-2014 |
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20080226460 | COMPRESSOR ROTOR - A blade as a main body of a rotor blade has a suction side made convex and a pressure side made concave so as to have an aerofoil profile. A squealer tip having a back face continuous to the suction side and a front face matching with a center plane of the blade is formed at a distal end of the blade. The front face is coated with a hard coating. | 09-18-2008 |
20080230374 | ELECTRICAL-DISCHARGE SURFACE-TREATMENT METHOD - An electrode for an electrical-discharge surface-treatment method is molded with a metallic powder or a metallic compound powder having an average grain diameter of 6 micrometers to 10 micrometers. A coat on a surface of a workpiece is formed with a material constituting the electrode or a substance that is generated by a reaction of the material due to a pulse-like electrical discharge. The coat is built up with a material containing metal as a main constituent under conditions of a width of a current pulse for the pulse-like electrical discharge in a range of 50 microseconds to 500 microseconds and a peak of the current pulse equal to or less than 30 amperes. | 09-25-2008 |
20090214352 | SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD AND REPAIR METHOD - A method for forming a dense coating on a limited region of a subject body is disclosed. The method is composed of the steps of: applying one selected from the group of a compressed body of a powder of a metal and a sintered compressed body of a powder of a metal to a working electrode; executing discharge deposition to deposit a first coating from the working electrode on the subject body by applying the subject body as a workpiece of the discharge deposition; executing discharge deposition to deposit a second coating from the working electrode on the first coating by applying the subject body as a workpiece of the discharge deposition; and heating the subject body in one selected from the group of a vacuum, an air and an oxidizing atmosphere so as to densify the second coating or oxidizing the second coating at least in part to generate a solid lubricant substance. | 08-27-2009 |
20090267279 | JIG - A jig for fixing a subject body, is provided with a support block configured to support the subject body, which includes a support face, a coating discharge-deposited to coat the support face, which includes a ceramic, and a fixation member configured to fix the subject body in cooperation with the support block. | 10-29-2009 |
20100119864 | HEAT-RESISTANT COMPONENT - In a heat-resistant component of a TiAl intermetallic component, in its main body having a friction region subject to friction with other components, a coating discharge-deposited by a consumable electrode covers the friction region. | 05-13-2010 |
20100180725 | ELECTRODE FOR DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND EVALUATION METHOD FOR ELECTRODE FOR DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT, DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD - An electrode is used to perform discharge surface treatment of a work piece. The electrode is made of a green compact obtained by compression-molding an electrode material including powder of any of a metal, a metallic compound, and ceramics. The discharge surface treatment includes generating an electric discharge between the electrode and the work piece in an atmosphere of a machining medium and forming a film consisting of a machining material on a surface of a work piece using energy produced by the electric discharge. The powder has an average particle diameter of 5 micrometer to 10 micrometers, and contains 40 volume percent or more of a component not forming or less easily forming carbide as a component for forming the film on the work piece. The electrode has a hardness in a range of B to 8B tested with a pencil scratch test for a coating film. | 07-22-2010 |
20100239841 | PROTECTIVE COATING AND METAL STRUCTURE - A protective coating for protecting a component of a gas turbine engine or such from wear is provided with a base coating consisting essentially of metal and including a pore, and a spherical particle filling the pore, at least a surface of which consists essentially of a ceramic. | 09-23-2010 |
20110232108 | CUTTING INSTRUMENT - A cutting instrument ( | 09-29-2011 |
20120128893 | METHOD FOR CLOSING HOLES - A method for closing a hole with a coating is provided. The method comprises attaching the subject body to an electric spark machine as a workpiece; bringing an electrode of a powder including an electrically conductive substance close to the subject body so as to lap the electrode over the hole; applying a voltage between the electrode and the subject body so as to generate electric discharge repetitiously to cause a coating closing the hole to grow from a periphery of the hole; and machining an edge of the hole before applying the voltage, or the coating along the edge of the hole during repetition of applying the voltage, to give a bevel. | 05-24-2012 |
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20080218185 | PROBE NAVIGATION METHOD AND DEVICE AND DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE - A probe navigation method, a navigation device, and a defect inspection device wherein in a charged particle beam system provided with probes for electrical characteristics evaluation, probing can be easily carried out regardless of the equipment user's level of skill are provided. To attain this object, probes and a test piece stage on which a test piece is placed are driven by independent driving means. Further, a large stage driving means which integrally drives the probes and the test piece stage is provided. In addition, CAD navigation is adopted. This enhances the equipment users' convenience during probing. | 09-11-2008 |
20080246497 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER INSPECTION APPARATUS - Efficiency of a charging processing of an insulator sample is improved. And, an electron optical system is adjusted according to a contact resistance value of the insulator sample. Breakdown of a sample is performed before the charging processing, and then, the charging processing is performed. A control parameter of the electron optical system is selected using a result of a resistance value of the sample for checking the breakdown. | 10-09-2008 |
20080277583 | Charged particle beam apparatus - Electrification affected on a surface of a sample which is caused by irradiation of a primary charged particle beam is prevented when plural frames are integrated to obtain an image of a predetermined area of the sample in a charged particle beam apparatus. The predetermined area of the sample is scanned with a primary electron beam from an electron gun, and plural frames are generated and integrated while detecting generated secondary electrons with a detector to obtain the image of the predetermined area. If it is determined by a detection signal of the detector that an electrification amount at the predetermined area becomes a specified value when generating plural frames, an electricity removal voltage is applied to a boosting electrode to remove or reduce the electrification, prior to generation of the next frame. Accordingly, the signal-to-noise ratio of the image obtained by integrating plural frames can be improved. | 11-13-2008 |
20090230984 | DEFECTIVE PRODUCT INSPECTION APPARATUS, PROBE POSITIONING METHOD AND PROBE MOVING METHOD - For adjusting a positional relationship between a specimen and a probe to measure an electric characteristic of the specimen through a contact therebetween, a base table holding a specimen table holding the specimen and a probe holder holding the probe is positioned at a first position to measure the positional relationship between the probe and the specimen at the first position, and subsequently positioned at a second position to measure the positional relationship therebetween at the second position so that the probe and the specimen are contact each other at the second position, the specimen table and the probe holder are movable with respect to each other on the base table at each of the first and second positions to adjust the positional relationship between the probe and the specimen, and a measuring accuracy at the second position is superior to a measuring accuracy at the first position. | 09-17-2009 |