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20110003639 | GAMING DEVICE, GAME PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION MEMORY MEDIUM - In a gaming device, an input receiving unit receives an instruction input to specify a position where a moving object is to be arranged. The moving object is movable in a predetermined pathway. A memory unit stores, for each of a plurality of timings, a timing and a position where the moving object is to be placed at that timing in association with each other. For each of the plurality of timings, a sound outputting unit determines whether a position stored in the memory unit in association with a timing matches a position specified by a latest instruction input received by the input receiving unit. When the positions match, the sound outputting unit outputs a sound associated with the matching position. | 01-06-2011 |
20110300948 | GAME DEVICE, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A state storage unit ( | 12-08-2011 |
20120015729 | GAME DEVICE, TEMPO ANNOUNCEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - A game device ( | 01-19-2012 |
20130045801 | GAME APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A game apparatus provides a game that, on the basis of a game history of a player, conditions an amount for the player to move a body part of the player, and thereby moves an object arranged in a virtual space. The object is related to a conditioning parameter and a position in the virtual space. The acceptor detects a position of a predefined body part of the player in a real space. The obtainer obtains a movement direction and a movement distance of the predefined body part from detected positions. The mover moves the object in the movement direction on the basis of the obtained movement distance, the conditioning parameter, and the position of the object. The changer changes the conditioning parameter depending on a history of the player. | 02-21-2013 |
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20120058825 | GAME APPARATUS, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a game apparatus suitable for pausing and resuming a game by use of a touch panel. A game apparatus has a touch detection part, a display part, and a pause part. The touch detection part detects the touch of the user on the screen. The display part displays a pause command button at a position different from the initial touch position on the screen so long as a touch is detected by the touch detection part. The pause part pauses the game when the touch detection part detects touch to the pause command button. | 03-08-2012 |
20120077589 | GAME DEVICE, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - The game device comprises a detection unit, an acquisition unit, a generation unit and a display unit. The detection unit detects the position of a user in real space. The acquisition unit determines clarity that is correlated with the detected position of the user. The generation unit generates an image that expresses a state of an object placed in virtual space that is drawn with the clarity determined for the object. The display unit displays the image generated by the generation unit on a screen. | 03-29-2012 |
20120165093 | GAME DEVICE, GAME CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A game device ( | 06-28-2012 |
20130005434 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME DEVICE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In a device that executes an activity that can be paused and restarted, an acquirer acquires information that indicates a user's position and posture in real space. An activity advancer advances the activity based on the acquired position and posture. The activity advancer pauses the activity when a specified stopping condition is satisfied. The activity advancer restarts the activity when position and posture that was acquired while the activity is paused matches a history of position and posture that the acquirer acquired while the activity is not paused. | 01-03-2013 |
20130061176 | ITEM SELECTION DEVICE, ITEM SELECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an item selection device, a display controller displays an item on a screen. A first acquirer acquires a position of contact by a user on the front side of the screen. A second acquirer acquires a position of contact by a user on the back side of the screen. A measurer measures an inclination of the item selection device. An outputter outputs an item selected based on the position acquired by the first acquirer when the measured inclination satisfies a first condition and outputs an item selected based on the position acquired by the second acquirer when the measured inclination satisfies a second condition. Furthermore, the display controller displays the item in a first state when the measured inclination satisfies the first condition and displays the item in a second state when the measured inclination satisfies the second condition. | 03-07-2013 |
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20110123896 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having a blocked passage and showing capability of inhibiting desiccation and flooding of the membrane electrode assembly. The fuel cell comprises: a laminated body comprising at least a membrane electrode assembly which includes: an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer arranged on one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode catalyst layer arranged on the other surface of the electrolyte membrane; and a pair of separators sandwiching the laminated body, wherein, between the pair of separators, along the laminated body side surface of at least one separator, an inlet passage is provided for getting through a reaction gas supplied to the laminated body and an outlet passage is provided for getting through a reaction gas having passed through the laminated body; the inlet passage is blocked at a downstream end of the reaction gas being supplied to the laminated body and the outlet passage is blocked at an upstream end of the reaction gas having passed through the laminated body; the inlet passage and the outlet passage are arranged separately from each other along the separator; and the depth of the upstream region of the inlet passage is larger than that of the downstream region of the inlet passage. | 05-26-2011 |
20110236787 | FUEL CELL - The present invention provides a fuel cell having obstructed passages, which is capable of inhibiting the occurrence of flooding. The fuel cell comprises: a stacked body comprising at least a membrane electrode assembly; and a pair of separators sandwiching the stacked body. A face of the stacked body side of the separator is provided with inlet passage(s) through which reaction gas to be supplied to the stacked body passes and outlet passage(s) through which reaction gas having passed the stacked body passes. The inlet passage is obstructed at a downstream end of the reaction gas to be supplied to the stacked body and the outlet passage is obstructed at an upstream end of the reaction gas having passed through the stacked body. The inlet passage and the outlet passage is arranged separately from each other, and the inlet passage is arranged on both ends of the face of the stacked body side of the separator in the passage width direction of the inlet passage and the outlet passage. | 09-29-2011 |
20150093682 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS, AND FUEL CELL CONTAINING CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS PRODUCED BY THE PRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention is to provide a method for producing a catalyst for fuel cells with excellent durability, and a fuel cell comprising a catalyst for fuel cells produced by the production method. Disclosed is a method for producing a catalyst for fuel cells, the catalyst comprising fine catalyst particles, each of which comprises a palladium-containing core particle and a platinum-containing outermost layer covering the core particle, and carbon supports on which the fine catalyst particles are supported, wherein the method comprises the steps of: preparing carbon supports on which palladium-containing particles are supported; fining the carbon supports; and covering the palladium-containing particles with a platinum-containing outermost layer after the fining step. | 04-02-2015 |
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20120010069 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CORE-SHELL CATALYST PARTICLE AND CORE-SHELL CATALYST PARTICLE PRODUCED BY THIS PRODUCTION METHOD - A method of producing a core-shell catalyst particle, the method including: preparing a core particle that contains an alloy including a first core metal having a standard electrode potential of at least 0.6 V and a second core metal having a standard electrode potential lower than that of the first core metal; eluting the second core metal at least at a surface of the core particle, the elution being carried out under conditions at which an equilibrium is maintained for the first core metal between a metal state and a hydroxide and at which an equilibrium is maintained for the second core metal between a metal state and a metal ion; and, with the core particle being designed as a core portion, coating this core portion with a shell portion after the elution of the second core metal. | 01-12-2012 |
20120208105 | FUEL CELL ELECTROCATALYTIC PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a catalyst particle having high catalyst activity and a method for producing the catalyst particle. | 08-16-2012 |
20130022899 | CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Core-shell type metal nanoparticles including a core portion and a shell portion covering the core portion, wherein the core portion includes a core metal material selected from metals and alloys, and wherein the shell portion includes an alloy of a first shell metal material and a second shell metal material. | 01-24-2013 |
20130029248 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell including a single fuel cell which includes a membrane electrode including a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode electrode on one surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a cathode electrode on another surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, the anode electrode including an anode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer and the cathode electrode including a cathode catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer. At least one of the anode cathode catalyst layers includes core-shell type catalyst particles, each having a core and a shell covering the core and including a shell metallic material. At least one of the polymer electrolyte membrane, anode catalyst layer, gas diffusion layer at the anode side, cathode catalyst layer and gas diffusion layer at the cathode side includes metallic nanoparticles having an average particle diameter different from that of the core-shell type catalyst particles and including the shell metallic material. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029842 | CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides core-shell type metal nanoparticles having a high surface coverage of the core portion with the shell portion, and a method for producing the same. Disclosed is core-shell type metal nanoparticles comprising a core portion comprising a core metal material and a shell portion covering the core portion, wherein the core portion substantially has no {100 } plane of the core metal material on the surface thereof. | 01-31-2013 |
20130059219 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system which prevents a reduction in catalyst activity, wherein at least one of the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer includes a core-shell type catalyst particle having a core portion including a core metallic material and a shell portion covering the core portion and including a shell metallic material; and wherein the fuel cell system has: a means for storing an initial value of a ratio of the core metallic material to a surface area of the core-shell type catalyst particle, and a means for determining whether or not the ratio of the core metallic material to the surface area of the core-shell type catalyst particle is increased at a predetermined stage, compared to the initial value. | 03-07-2013 |
20130189607 | CATALYST PARTICLES, CARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYST PARTICLES AND FUEL CELL CATALYSTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH CATALYST PARTICLES AND CARBON-SUPPORTED CATALYST PARTICLES - A catalyst particle is composed of an inner particle and an outermost layer that includes platinum and covers the inner particle. The inner particle includes on at least a surface thereof a first oxide having an oxygen defect. | 07-25-2013 |
20140114628 | METHOD OF PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF FUEL CELL CATALYST USING THE METHOD OF CREATING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION MODEL - A particle size distribution creating method includes a particle size range determining step, an integrating step of integrating the frequency of appearance of particles within the particle size range determined in the particle size range determining step, a division point determining step of determining particle sizes that provide division points, using the integral of the frequency of appearance obtained in the integrating step, and a typical point determining step of determining the minimum particle size, maximum particle size and the particle sizes of the division points as typical points. This method is characterized by assuming a particle size distribution which contains particles having the particle sizes of the respective typical points and is plotted such that the frequency of appearance of the particles having the particle size of each of the typical points is equal to the integral over each of the regions defined by the typical points, and obtaining the assumed particle size distribution as a particle size distribution model. | 04-24-2014 |
20140178575 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE CATALYST PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON-SUPPORTED FINE CATALYST PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST MIX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing fine catalyst particles, a method for producing carbon-supported fine catalyst particles, a method for producing a catalyst mix, and a method for producing an electrode, all of which are configured to inhibit, when used in fuel cells, etc., performance deterioration during operation at especially high temperature. Disclosed is a method for producing fine catalyst particles each comprising a core particle and an outermost layer, the core particle containing palladium and the outermost layer containing platinum and covering the core particle, the method comprising the steps of: preparing palladium-containing particles; preparing an acid solution configured to dissolve palladium more preferentially than platinum; covering each palladium-containing particle with an outermost layer containing platinum; and bringing the palladium-containing particles each covered with the outermost layer into contact with the acid solution. | 06-26-2014 |
20140200133 | CORE-SHELL TYPE METAL NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides core-shell type metal nanoparticles having a high surface coverage of the core portion with the shell portion, and a method for producing the same. Disclosed is core-shell type metal nanoparticles comprising a core portion comprising a core metal material and a shell portion covering the core portion, wherein the core portion substantially has no {100} plane of the core metal material on the surface thereof. | 07-17-2014 |