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20100274831 | COMPUTING DEVICE, CALCULATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - A computing device includes: a deciding unit which, in computation of values of nodes on a lattice in a direction where a value of m representing a horizontal axis coordinate of the lattice increases, decides dummy nodes to be added to m=n−1, so as to enable values of nodes on m=n to be calculated by adding the dummy nodes to m=n−1 and executing a vector operation through the use of the SIMD function by using values of nodes on m=n−1 and values of the added dummy nodes; an adding unit adding the dummy nodes decided by the deciding unit to m=n−1; and a calculating unit calculating the values of the nodes present on m=n by executing the vector operation through the use of the SIND function by using the values of the nodes on m=n−1 and the values of the dummy nodes added by the adding unit. | 10-28-2010 |
20100306131 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus includes: a rating threshold calculating unit obtaining a probability p | 12-02-2010 |
20110225085 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - Aspects of the invention relate to creating virtual data of an effective obligor number N based on setting information, determining ratings after transition of the virtual data for a plurality of scenarios according to rating transition data representing transition of each rating, calculating a risk amount for each of the scenarios based on the rating after transition of the virtual data and specifying a risk amount corresponding to a confidence level as a predicted risk amount of the virtual data, setting a minimum effective obligor number N among the effective obligor numbers N when predicted risk amounts smaller than an allowable risk amount are specified, as a diversification object number, and calculating a credit limit based on the set diversification object number and a total credit. | 09-15-2011 |
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20080232815 | Dpsk Modulation-Demodulation Method, and Optical Communication Device and Optical Communication System Using the Same - In the optical communication device and the optical communication system using DPSK modulation whose cost is low, whose size is small and whose power consumption is low, the N:1 multiplexer | 09-25-2008 |
20090267778 | Optical signal quality monitoring - An optical signal quality monitoring apparatus includes a trajectory length acquirer measuring a Stokes vector of an optical transmission signal over an optical signal modulation frequency band and acquiring the length of a trajectory in the optical signal modulation frequency band traced out on a Poincare sphere by the measured Stokes vector as the measurement value; a DGD acquirer acquiring a DGD value of the optical transmission signal the Stokes vector of which is measured by the trajectory length acquirer; and a quality value estimator estimating a quality value by using the length of the trajectory acquired by the trajectory length acquirer and the DGD value acquired by the DGD acquirer. | 10-29-2009 |
20100021169 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - The present invention is intended to provide an optical transmission system which is applicable not only to a known signal but also to an unknown signal, and has a high reliability at a low cost. A branching device branches an optical transmission output of a transmitter, and transmits the branched signals through different optical transmission channels. A polarization mode dispersion monitor monitors the degree of polarization mode dispersion from the optical transmission channels at the receiving end. A switch control circuit and a switch select a signal which is less affected by a deterioration in quality due to polarization mode dispersion, and outputs the selected signal to receiver 8. In this way, the probability of a deterioration in the quality of a signal due to polarization mode dispersion can be reduced for a transmission signal. | 01-28-2010 |
20150289036 | OPTICAL SWITCH, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SWITCHING METHOD - It is difficult to increase the number of inputs and outputs of an optical switch supporting CDC functions, therefore, an optical switch according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a unit optical switch inputting n optical signals and outputting n optical signals; an optical splitter inputting a single optical signal, splitting the single optical signal into k optical signals, and outputting the k optical signals; and an optical selector inputting m optical signals and outputting a single optical signal, wherein the optical splitter includes m×n pieces, the unit optical switch includes m×k pieces, the optical selector includes n×k pieces, (k×(m×n)) outputs of the optical splitter correspond to (n×(m×k)) inputs of the unit optical switch, (n×(m×k)) outputs of the unit optical switch correspond to (m×(n×k)) inputs of the optical selector, and (n×m) optical signals inputted into the optical splitter are output through the (m×k) unit optical switch from the optical selector as (n×k) optical signals. | 10-08-2015 |
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20110215765 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACK - A protection circuit includes a detector to detect an overcharging or an excessive discharging of a battery, from a voltage of a power terminal coupled to the battery, a controller to generate a control signal to stop the charging or the discharging of the battery when a detection of the overcharging or the excessive discharging is continuously detected by the detector for a predetermined time, and a current varying circuit to vary a current flowing through the power terminal only for a certain time when the detector detects the overcharging or the excessive discharging of the battery. | 09-08-2011 |
20130063090 | BATTERY PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PROTECTION DEVICE, AND BATTERY PACK - A battery protection circuit to protect secondary batteries coupled in parallel, includes an overdischarge detection part provided for each of the secondary batteries and to output an abnormality signal when an overdischarge is detected from a corresponding one of the secondary batteries, an overcurrent detection part provided for each of the secondary batteries and to output an abnormality signal when an overcurrent is detected from a corresponding one of the secondary batteries, and a discharge control part to prohibit a discharge of at least one secondary battery when the abnormality signal is output from at least one of the overdischarge detection part and the overcurrent detection part. | 03-14-2013 |
20140239896 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE/DISCHARGE - A charge/discharge control circuit for controlling charging and discharging of multiple secondary batteries includes a series-connection switch part that connects the multiple secondary batteries in series during the charging and connects the multiple secondary batteries in parallel during the discharging. | 08-28-2014 |
20150162763 | SECONDARY PROTECTION IC, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SECONDARY PROTECTION IC, PROTECTION MODULE, AND BATTERY PACK - A secondary protection IC is connected in parallel with a rechargeable battery and controls the charge and discharge of the rechargeable battery separately from a primary protection IC. The secondary protection IC includes a detection circuit that detects an overcharge or overdischarge of the rechargeable battery, a regulator that stabilizes the voltage of the rechargeable battery and outputs the stabilized voltage to the outside of the rechargeable battery, and a control terminal that controls the regulator with a control signal. Each of the detection circuit and the regulator performs a normal operation or stops operating based on the voltage of the rechargeable battery and the control signal. | 06-11-2015 |
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20100176277 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A solid-state image pickup element includes: (A) a light receiving/charge accumulating region formed in a semiconductor layer and formed by laminating M (where M≧2) light receiving/charge accumulating layers; (B) a charge outputting region formed in the semiconductor layer; (C) a depletion layer forming region formed of a part of the semiconductor layer, the part of the semiconductor layer being situated between the light receiving/charge accumulating region and the charge outputting region; and (D) a control electrode region for controlling a state of formation of a depletion layer in the depletion layer forming region, wherein the solid-state image pickup element further includes a light receiving/charge accumulating layer extending section extending from each light receiving/charge accumulating layer to the depletion layer forming region. | 07-15-2010 |
20100213354 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SOLID-STATE IMAGE ELEMENT - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging element including: (A) a light reception/charge storage region formed in a semiconductor layer, the light reception/charge storage region including M light reception/charge storage layers stacked one on top of the other, where M≧2; (B) a charge output region formed in the semiconductor layer; (C) a conduction/non-conduction control region which includes a portion of the semiconductor layer located between the light reception/charge storage region and the charge output region; and (D) a conduction/non-conduction control electrode adapted to control the conduction or non-conduction state of the conduction/non-conduction control region, wherein mth potential control electrodes are provided between the mth and (m+1)th light reception/charge storage layers, where 1≦m≦(M−1), to control the potentials of the light reception/charge storage layers. | 08-26-2010 |
20110102648 | Imaging Apparatus and method, electronic device, and program - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to image an image using an imaging device; an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of images equivalent to the time of dark, imaged by the imaging unit; a registering unit configured to register, with an image obtained by the image obtaining unit, the address and change amount of a pixel where the output value of the pixel changes so as to exceed a predetermined threshold; and a correcting unit configured to correct, when taking a pixel corresponding to an address registered by the registering unit as a processing object pixel, the pixel value of the processing object pixel based on comparison between difference of the output values of the processing object pixel and a peripheral pixel of the processing object pixel, and the change amount of the processing object pixel. | 05-05-2011 |
20120223405 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, a photoelectric conversion section, a first impurity layer having a carrier polarity of a second conductivity type, a charge-to-voltage converting section, an amplifying section, and a second impurity layer having a carrier polarity of the second conductivity type. The second impurity layer is disposed in a region between the photoelectric conversion section and the amplifying section. The second impurity concentration of the second P-type impurity layer is made higher than the first impurity concentration of the first impurity layer. | 09-06-2012 |
20130277535 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels arranged thereon, the plurality of unit pixels each including a light receiving section which stores a charge generated by photoelectric conversion, a signal storage section which is connected to the light receiving section and has a structure of a MOS capacitor, and a signal output section to which a gate electrode of the MOS capacitor is connected. | 10-24-2013 |
20140117429 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, a photoelectric conversion section, a first impurity layer having a carrier polarity of a second conductivity type, a charge-to-voltage converting section, an amplifying section, and a second impurity layer having a carrier polarity of the second conductivity type. The second impurity layer is disposed in a region between the photoelectric conversion section and the amplifying section. The second impurity concentration of the second P-type impurity layer is made higher than the first impurity concentration of the first impurity layer. | 05-01-2014 |
20140253765 | SIGNAL PROCESSING UNIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal processing unit includes: an extraction section configured to extract variation between a plurality of sampling values obtained through a plurality of sampling operations of signal levels in one or both of a first state and a second state, the first state being a state where floating diffusion is reset, the floating diffusion temporarily accumulating charges transferred from a photodiode performing photoelectric conversion, and the second state being a state where charges generated in the photodiode are accumulated in the floating diffusion; and a comparison section configured to compare the variation extracted by the extraction section and a predetermined reference value, and to switch, based on a result of the comparison, a signal to be output to a processing section in a subsequent stage. | 09-11-2014 |
20150325617 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, a photoelectric conversion section, a first impurity layer having a carrier polarity of a second conductivity type, a charge-to-voltage converting section, an amplifying section, and a second impurity layer having a carrier polarity of the second conductivity type. The second impurity layer is disposed in a region between the photoelectric conversion section and the amplifying section. The second impurity concentration of the second P-type impurity layer is made higher than the first impurity concentration of the first impurity layer. | 11-12-2015 |
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20090237860 | FEEDSTOCK COMPOSITION AND RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides feedstock compositions for use of the production of an activated carbon for electric double layer capacitor electrodes or the production of needle coke, comprising a first heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 300° C. or higher, an asphalten content of 12 percent by mass or less, a saturate content of 50 percent by mass or more and a sulfur content of 0.3 percent by mass or less, produced as a residue resulting from vacuum-distillation of a petroleum-based oil and a second heavy oil with an initial boiling point of 150° C. or higher and a sulfur content of 0.5 percent by mass or less, produced by subjecting a hydrocarbon oil to fluidized catalytic cracking. | 09-24-2009 |
20090268375 | RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke. | 10-29-2009 |
20100209331 | ARTIFICIAL GRAPHITE FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The artificial graphite for the negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery according to the invention has a crystallite size Lc of 60-120 nm in the c-axial direction according to X-ray diffraction, and a crystallite size Lc of 150 nm or greater when subjected to graphitizing at a temperature of 3000° C. in an inert gas atmosphere. | 08-19-2010 |
20100214722 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING ACTIVATED CARBON FOR ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR ELECTRODE - The present invention provides a process of producing an activated carbon for an electric double layer capacitor, which can produce easily and inexpensively an activated carbon free from fusing of carbon particles during activation and having a small diameter, a uniform particle diameter, and a relatively large specific surface area on a commercial scale. The process comprises the steps of calcining an easily graphitizable carbon material so that the reduction rates of the hydrogen/carbon atomic ratio (H/C) and the volatile components in the carbon material are 4 percent or more and 5 percent or more, respectively after calcination and activating the carbon material thereby producing an activated carbon for an electric double layer capacitor, having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 7 μm and a BET specific surface area of 1500 to 3000 m | 08-26-2010 |
20100215567 | AMORPHOUS CARBON MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The amorphous carbon material for the negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery of the invention has a true density of 1.800-2.165 g/cm | 08-26-2010 |
20110253593 | RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the (002) plane and 1500 or less in the (110) plane, as a raw coke providing active carbon produced by alkali-activating the raw coke, which is reduced in remaining alkali content and can simplify washing operation because washing liquid can easily pass through the activated carbon, or as a raw coke for the production of needle coke. | 10-20-2011 |
20110267737 | RAW COKE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE CARBON MATERIAL AND NEEDLE COKE - The present invention provides a raw coke having such a structure that the graphitized product resulting from graphitization of the raw coke at a temperature of 2800° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere will have ratios of the crystallite size to the lattice constant of 360 or less in the ( | 11-03-2011 |
20120121987 | AMORPHOUS CARBON MATERIAL FOR NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The amorphous carbon material for the negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery of the invention has a true density of 1.800-2.165 g/cm | 05-17-2012 |
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20140172860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a collection information obtaining unit configured to collect information stored in a plurality of apparatuses so as to obtain collection information assigned to predetermined category groups, and a display controller configured to control display of the collection information. The category groups include first and second category groups. The display controller controls display of an image including a first category group display region which displays categories of the first category group, a second category group display region which displays categories of the second category group, and a content display region which displays concrete content of the collection information which corresponds to one of the categories selected in the first category group and which corresponds to one of the categories selected in the second category group. | 06-19-2014 |
20140188698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a condition data obtaining unit configured to obtain condition data representing conditions of use of electronic money in a predetermined period of time from an information management apparatus which accepts access from a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected through a network, a condition determination unit configured to determine whether the conditions are satisfied in accordance with usage history of the electronic money stored in advance and the condition data, and a transmission unit configured to transmit, when the condition determination unit determines that the conditions are satisfied, application data including identification information for identifying an applicant to the information management apparatus. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090029970 | PAIN REMEDY CONTAINING ROCK INHIBITOR - Since a ROCK inhibitor exerts a potent analgesic effect by a single dose after the onset of a cartilage-related disease such as osteoarthritis, and can regenerate or suppress destruction of cartilage tissue and alleviate pain associated with cartilage diseases by multiple doses, administration of an therapeutically effective amount of the ROCK inhibitor to a patient with cartilage-related disease such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis can treat the patient with cartilage-related disease and the ROCK inhibitor is thus useful. | 01-29-2009 |
20090105231 | AMIDE DERIVATIVES AS ROCK INHIBITORS - This invention relates to novel amide derivatives and salts thereof. More particularly, it relates to novel amide derivatives and salts thereof which act as a ROCK inhibitor, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and to a method of using the same therapeutically in the treatment and/or prevention of ROCK-related disease. | 04-23-2009 |
20100216778 | PAIN REMEDY CONTAINING ROCK INHIBITOR - Since a ROCK inhibitor exerts a potent analgesic effect by a single dose after the onset of a cartilage-related disease such as osteoarthritis, and can regenerate or suppress destruction of cartilage tissue and alleviate pain associated with cartilage diseases by multiple doses, administration of an therapeutically effective amount of the ROCK inhibitor to a patient with cartilage-related disease such as osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis can treat the patient with cartilage-related disease and the ROCK inhibitor is thus useful. | 08-26-2010 |
20110152268 | NOVEL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING NOCICEPTIVE PAIN - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating nociceptive pain, containing a morpholine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. The present invention is useful in providing an excellent pharmaceutical composition for treating nociceptive pain. In addition, the present invention is particularly useful in providing a pharmaceutical composition for treating pain accompanying a disease selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid spondylitis, osteoarthritis, spondylosis deformans, gouty arthritis, juvenile arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis, and cervical syndrome, lumbago, lumbago accompanying spondylosis deformans, menalgia, pain and tumentia after inflammation, operation or injury, pain after odontectomy, and cancer pain. In addition, the present invention is particularly useful for alleviating pain in a damaged cartilage region, and is particularly useful for osteoarthritis in which NSAIDs are not effective. | 06-23-2011 |
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20150133433 | BENZOTHIOPHENE COMPOUND - A method for preventing or treating a disease selected from the group consisting of visceral pain, inflammatory pain, osteoarthritis pain, neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of the compound of the following formula (I) or a salt thereof: | 05-14-2015 |
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20080205507 | Device Switching System, and Sender and Distribution Destination Device - When a switching target device receives a media output indication from a sender device, a switch ( | 08-28-2008 |
20090055537 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, TERMINAL SWITCHING SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL SWITCHING METHOD - A transfer-source terminal, a communication-destination terminal, and a nearby terminal existing in the neighborhood of transfer-source terminal are provided. The nearby terminal collects connectivity information for monitoring connectivity after terminal switching by performing a communication process with the communication-destination terminal, and transmits the connectivity information collected to the transfer-source terminal. The transfer-source terminal receives connectivity information from the nearby terminal by a connectivity information receiving unit, determines a transfer-destination terminal from among the nearby terminals according to connectivity information by a transfer-destination terminal determinating unit, and transfers a communication session with a communication-destination terminal to the transfer-destination terminal determined, by a session transferring unit. | 02-26-2009 |
20090061776 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION SERVICE DECISION METHOD - An object of the invention is to present service selection to the user immediately when it is made possible to realize a new service with a communication terminal of an associated party. A communication terminal | 03-05-2009 |
20090067425 | SWITCHING SOURCE DEVICE, SWITCHING DESTINATION DEVICE, HIGH SPEED DEVICE SWITCHING SYSTEM, AND SIGNALING METHOD - A session mobility for moving a session held between a switching source device and a communication counterpart to a switching destination device other than the switching source device. The switching source device transmits media data relating to a session by multicast or broadcast prior to device switching. The switching destination candidate device receives the transmitted media data, and thereby switching destination determined device, in replace of the switching source device, outputs media data. Thus, a switching time from a switching source device to a switching destination device can be made fast such that a user cannot perceive it. | 03-12-2009 |
20150182747 | POSTURE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND POSTURE CORRECTION METHOD - A posture correction apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to a muscle condition in a body, a determination unit configured to determine muscle stimulation to be provided to the body, based on the obtained information, and a stimulation unit configured to provide the determined muscle stimulation to the body. | 07-02-2015 |
20150224309 | MUSCLE SUPPORTER AND MUSCLE SUPPORT METHOD - A muscle supporter includes a sheet member that is to be closely attached to skin covering a muscle, a muscle strength condition detector, a muscle contraction timing detector, and a muscle assist movement provider. The muscle strength condition detector disposed on the sheet member detects information related to muscle strength condition of the muscle. The muscle contraction timing detector disposed on the sheet member, in operation, detects a muscle contraction timing of the muscle. The muscle assist movement provider disposed on the sheet member, in operation, assists the muscle to contract in response to the detected information and the detected muscle contraction timing. | 08-13-2015 |