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20110207136 | Detection of Micro Metastasis of Melanoma and Breast Cancer in Paraffin-Embedded Tumor Draining Lymph Nodes by Multimarker Quantitative RT-PCR - The invention provides a quantitative realtime RT-PCR assay for detection of metastatic breast, gastric, pancreas or colon cancer cells or metastatic melanoma. The assay allows to predict disease recurrence and survival in patients with AJCC stage I and II, and III disease using multimarker panels. The method for detecting metastatic melanoma cells utilizes panels of markers selected from a group consisting of MAGE-A3, GalNAcT, MART-1, PAX3, Mitf, TRP-2, and Tyrosinase. The method for detecting metastatic breast, gastric, pancreas or colon cancer cells in paraffin-embedded samples utilizes panels of markers selected from a group consisting of C-Met, MAGE-A3, Stanniocalcin-1, mammoglobin, HSP27, GalNAcT, CK20, and β-HCG. | 08-25-2011 |
20130231259 | Detection of Micro Metastasis of Melanoma and Breast Cancer in Paraffin-Embedded Tumor Draining Lymph Nodes by Multimarker Quantitative RT-PCR - The invention provides a quantitative realtime RT-PCR assay for detection of metastatic breast, gastric, pancreas or colon cancer cells or metastatic melanoma. The assay allows to predict disease recurrence and survival in patients with AJCC stage I and II, and III disease using multimarker panels. The method for detecting metastatic melanoma cells utilizes panels of markers selected from a group consisting of MAGE-A3, GaINAcT, MART-1, PAX3, Mitf, TRP-2, and Tyrosinase. The method for detecting metastatic breast, gastric, pancreas or colon cancer cells in paraffin-embedded samples utilizes panels of markers selected from a group consisting of C-Met, MAGE-A3, Stanniocalcin-1, mammoglobin, HSP27, GaINAcT, CK20, and β-HCG. | 09-05-2013 |
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20080272767 | POSITION DETECTING CIRCUIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A position detecting circuit provided in an imaging apparatus having an optical system that images a subject image, an imaging element that performs photoelectric conversion of the subject image, and a release switch capable of setting states of two stages includes: a plurality of magnetic field change detecting elements that detect the intensity of a magnetic field formed by a magnetic field generating body attached to either the optical system or the imaging element and that are provided so as to be separated from each other; a position detecting portion that detects the position of the magnetic field generating body on the basis of outputs from the plurality of magnetic field change detecting elements; and a standby portion that stops a function of at least one of the position detecting portion and the plurality of magnetic field change detecting elements until a first stage of the release switch is set. | 11-06-2008 |
20140085494 | AMOUNT-OF-SHAKE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING THE AMOUNT OF SHAKE - The apparatus of the invention is characterized by executing first integration operation for time-integrating the first acceleration to calculate a first velocity, second integration operation for time-integrating the first velocity to calculate an amount of movement in the first axial direction, estimation operation for calculating an estimated first velocity in the first axial direction based on a first velocity change found by time integration of the first acceleration from a first timing at which the third angular velocity becomes zero to a second timing at which the third angular velocity again becomes zero, the second angular velocity at the first timing, and the second angular velocity at the second timing, and update operation for updating the first velocity calculated in the first integration operation to the estimated first velocity estimated in the estimation operation. | 03-27-2014 |
20140146191 | AMOUNT-OF-SHAKE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE AMOUNT OF SHAKE - The apparatus of the invention is characterized by executing radius-of-rotation calculation operation for calculating a radius of rotation from a velocity change found by time integration of acceleration, and an angular velocity; velocity calculation operation in which during a given time from a start of exposure, velocity is calculated based on the angular velocity and the radius of rotation calculated before the start of exposure, and after a lapse of the given time, the acceleration is cumulatively added to the velocity detected during the given time to calculate the velocity, and amount-of-movement calculation operation for time-integrating the velocity calculated in the velocity calculation operation to calculate the amount of movement. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090114559 | CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A connected fastener assembly is formed by fitting a shaft guide on a shaft section of each fastener, by connecting the fasteners using two connecting sheets made of a synthetic resin and disposed on upper and lower sides of the shaft guides. Since the connecting sheets have through holes thorough which the fasteners pass and connecting sections formed so as to be easy to bend or difficult to bend in the width direction, the connected fastener assembly can be formed into a straight type or a coil type. | 05-07-2009 |
20090129890 | CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - In a connected fastener assembly, the shaft sections of multiple fasteners are connected using a connecting band made of a synthetic resin. Retaining sections for allowing the shaft sections of the fasteners to be inserted therein and connecting sections for connecting the adjacent retaining sections are formed continuously. The connecting sections are offset from the center line “a” connecting the centers of the adjacent fasteners (retaining sections). | 05-21-2009 |
20110158770 | CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A connected fastener assembly is formed by fitting a shaft guide on a shaft section of each fastener, by connecting the fasteners using two connecting sheets made of a synthetic resin and disposed on upper and lower sides of the shaft guides. Since the connecting sheets have through holes thorough which the fasteners pass and connecting sections formed so as to be easy to bend or difficult to bend in the width direction, the connected fastener assembly can be formed into a straight type or a coil type. | 06-30-2011 |
20110210155 | CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A connected fastener assembly is formed by fitting a shaft guide on a shaft section of each fastener, by connecting the fasteners using two connecting sheets made of a synthetic resin and disposed on upper and lower sides of the shaft guides. Since the connecting sheets have through holes thorough which the fasteners pass and connecting sections formed so as to be easy to bend or difficult to bend in the width direction, the connected fastener assembly can be formed into a straight type or a coil type. | 09-01-2011 |
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20090044818 | Carbonaceous heat source composition for non-combustion type smoking article and non-combustion type smoking article - A carbonaceous heat source composition for a non-combustion type smoking article according to the present invention includes carbon and 0.5 to 5% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol. Also, a non-combustion type smoking article according to the present invention is provided with such a heat source. | 02-19-2009 |
20110030707 | METHOD FOR DRYING MOLDED PRODUCT FOR NON-COMBUSTIBLE SMOKING ARTICLE AND DRYING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method for drying a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article, including preparing a molded product for a non-combustible smoking article corresponding to two non-combustible smoking articles includes an aerosol generating section which generates aerosol when heated and carbonaceous heat sources fitted to both ends of the aerosol generating section, covering the aerosol generating section with a far infrared reflective cover, and irradiating the carbonaceous heat sources with far infrared radiation from a far infrared heater. | 02-10-2011 |
20110192408 | NON-COMBUSTION FLAVOR INHALATION ARTICLE - A non-combustion flavor inhalation article includes a heating device including a heater to be heated to a temperature between 80 and 140° C., and a roll including a tobacco sheet to be disposed in contact with the heater. | 08-11-2011 |
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20110297166 | NON-HEATING TOBACCO FLAVOR SUCTION DEVICE - A non-heating tobacco flavor suction device ( | 12-08-2011 |
20120073588 | ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCT - An oral tobacco product has a tobacco pouch ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120073589 | ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCT - An oral tobacco product ( | 03-29-2012 |
20120073590 | ORAL TOBACCO ARTICLE - An oral tobacco article ( | 03-29-2012 |
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20140020692 | ORAL TOBACCO AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An oral tobacco raw material is easily handled during the manufacturing of oral tobacco, does not stain a packaging material when packaged as a pouch, and does not cause a feeling of a lump to a user and rapidly emits flavor when the user uses the pouch by placing it in the oral cavity. A method for manufacturing such an oral tobacco raw material, and a method for stably obtaining oral tobacco at low cost using the oral tobacco raw material are disclosed. A raw material chip for oral tobacco, includes a tobacco raw material composition including tobacco particles, water, and an additive, and a water-soluble edible film, the tobacco raw material composition and the water-soluble edible film being laminated, wherein outer surfaces of the raw material chip for oral tobacco are composed of a surface composed of the tobacco raw material composition, and a surface composed of the film. | 01-23-2014 |
20140027325 | PACKAGE FOR ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCT AND THE ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCT - A package for an oral tobacco product is a package that houses a pouch P including tobacco microparticles made of a tobacco raw material and a packaging material for packaging the tobacco microparticles and configured to cause, when being put in an oral cavity of a user, the user to absorb a tobacco component of the tobacco microparticles, the package including, in the inside thereof, a liquid storing section | 01-30-2014 |
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20090202917 | COMPOSITE GRAPHITE PARTICLES AND LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USING THE SAME - The invention provides composite graphite particles, comprising a core material consisting of graphite having a interlayer distance d(002) of 0.337 nm or less and a surface layer consisting of graphite in which the intensity ratio I | 08-13-2009 |
20090242849 | GRAPHITE MATERIAL, CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY - A carbon raw material such as a green coke in which loss on heat when it is heated from 300 to 1200° C. under an inert atmosphere is no less than 5% by mass and no more than 20% by mass is pulverized and then the pulverized carbon raw material is graphitized to obtain a graphite material suitable for a carbon material for anode in a lithium-ion secondary battery or the like that enables to make electrodes having a high-energy density and a large-current load characteristic since it has a small specific surface area and a small average particle diameter while maintaining high beginning efficiency and a high discharge capacity in the first round of charging and discharging. And an electrode for batteries are obtained using the graphite material. | 10-01-2009 |
20120196193 | COMPOSITE GRAPHITE PARTICLES AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides composite graphite particles, which are useful for a negative electrode in a secondary battery having high capacitance, good charge-discharge characteristics and good charge-discharge cycle characteristics; and a paste for negative electrode, a negative electrode and a lithium secondary battery which use the composite graphite particles. | 08-02-2012 |
20130295446 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM BATTERY - A negative electrode material for a lithium ion battery, in which a fine particle (A) containing an element selected from Si, Sn, Ge and In and a carbon particle (B) obtained by heat-treating a petroleum-based coke and/or a coal-based coke at a temperature of 2,500° C. or more are connected through a chemical bond such as urethane bond, urea bond, siloxane bond and ester bond. Also disclosed are a negative electrode sheet obtained by coating a current collector with a paste containing the negative electrode material, a binder and a solvent, and then drying and pressure-forming the paste; and a lithium ion battery incorporating the negative electrode sheet. | 11-07-2013 |
20140205532 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - A method for producing a graphie material for an electrode material for lithium ion batteries, including a step for exothermically graphitizing a carbon material by directly passing an electric current therethrough. The carbon material has an compact powder resistivity of 0.4 Ω·cm or less when compressed to a density of 1.4 g/cm | 07-24-2014 |
20140212762 | COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - Particles (A) including an element capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, carbon particles (B) capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (C), carbon nanofibers (D) and optionally electrically conductive carbon particles (E) are mixed in the presence of shear force to obtain a composite electrode material. A lithium ion secondary battery is obtained using the above composite electrode material. | 07-31-2014 |
20140255292 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - A method for producing a graphite material for lithium ion batteries, including a step for exothermically graphitizing a carbon material by directly applying an electric current therethrough. The carbon material is obtained by heating at a temperature in the range of 800° C.-1500° C. inclusive and subsequently pulverizing an organic carbon starting material, has a compact powder resistivity of 0.3 Ωcm or less when compressed to a density of 1.4 g/cm | 09-11-2014 |
20140335428 | GRAPHITE MATERIAL, CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY - A graphite material having pores which, when 200 rectangular regions of 6 μm×8 μm are randomly selected in a surface image of the graphite material observed by a scanning electron microscope, in the surface of the graphite material appearing in the regions, a pore appearing on the surface and having an aperture in a shape having a diameter of 15 nm to 200 nm, a circularity degree of 0.75 to 1.0 and a major axis/minor axis ratio of 1.0 to 1.5 is visible in two regions or more. Also disclosed is a carbon material for battery electrodes, a paste for electrodes, an electrode and a lithium ion secondary battery including the graphite material. | 11-13-2014 |
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20120325642 | CARBONIZING DEVICE - The carbonizing apparatus includes a heating chamber that thermally decomposes a treatment object by heating, a preliminary chamber through which the treatment object is carried from an outside into the heating member in a state in which the heating chamber is substantially shielded from the outside, the preliminary chamber being provided between the heating chamber and the outside, a plurality of cooling chambers in which the treatment object is treated after thermal decomposition, shielding doors that close the preliminary chamber, the heating chamber, and the cooling chambers arranged in series, a transport means that transports the treatment object while opening and closing the shielding doors, and exhaust pipes through which gas discharged from the preliminary chamber, the heating chamber, and the cooling chambers is exhausted. The treatment object is carbonized while being sequentially passed through the preliminary chamber, the heating chamber, and the cooling chambers. | 12-27-2012 |
20140079598 | CARBONIZING DEVICE - The carbonizing apparatus includes a heating chamber that thermally decomposes a treatment object by heating, a preliminary chamber through which the treatment object is carried from an outside into the heating member in a state in which the heating chamber is substantially shielded from the outside, the preliminary chamber being provided between the heating chamber and the outside, a plurality of cooling chambers in which the treatment object is treated after thermal decomposition, shielding doors that close the preliminary chamber, the heating chamber, and the cooling chambers arranged in series, a transport means that transports the treatment object while opening and closing the shielding doors, and exhaust pipes through which gas discharged from the preliminary chamber, the heating chamber, and the cooling chambers is exhausted. The treatment object is carbonized while being sequentially passed through the preliminary chamber, the heating chamber, and the cooling chambers. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100172570 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD AND ITS APPARATUS - A pattern inspection method including: sequentially imaging plural chip formed on a substrate; selecting at least one of pattern sections of each inspection image obtained by the imaging, while discarding other pattern sections, based on a recipe created in advance, the recipe including information for determining which pattern sections to be selected or discarded; calculating position gap between an inspection image of a chip obtained by the imaging and a reference image stored in a memory by using positional information of pattern images included in the inspection image and reference pattern images which are both corresponding to the at least one of pattern sections selected at the selecting; aligning the inspection image and the reference image by using information of the calculated position gap; and comparing the aligned inspection image with the reference image, and extracting a difference between the two images as a defect candidate. | 07-08-2010 |
20120076396 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD AND ITS APPARATUS - A pattern inspection method and apparatus are provided for sequentially imaging plural chips formed on a substrate to be inspected to and obtaining inspection images and reference images, calculating a position gap between the inspection images and the reference images using a recipe created in advance by using another substrate of the same kind or type as the substrate, the recipe including information for determining which pattern sections are to be selected and discarded, aligning the inspection images and the reference images using information of the position gap from the calculating step, and comparing the inspection images with the reference images aligned by the aligning step and extracting a defect candidate. | 03-29-2012 |
20140038077 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL USING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - By stacking a gas diffusion layer, which comprises a first conductive layer comprising a specific conductive carbon material and a specific polymer, on a catalyst layer in such a manner that the first conductive layer is in contact with the catalyst layer and the polymer in the first conductive layer is present with a higher density at the surface of the layer in contact with the catalyst layer than at the surface not in contact with the catalyst layer, a membrane-electrode assembly having a strong adhesion between the catalyst layer and the gas diffusion layer can be provided. A fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly that reduces the position gap between a catalyst layer and a conductive porous layer, and between a conductive porous layer and a conductive porous substrate can be provided by using a gas diffusion layer that further comprises a second conductive layer formed on the first conductive layer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140087272 | CONDUCTIVE POROUS LAYER FOR BATTERIES AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR SAME - The conductive porous layer for batteries according to the present invention comprises a laminate comprising a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes at least a conductive carbon material and a polymer. The second conductive layer includes at least a conductive carbon material and a polymer. The conductive porous layer satisfies at least one of the following two conditions: “the polymer in the first conductive layer is present with a high density at the surface of the layer in contact with the second conductive layer than at the surface not in contact with the second conductive layer” and “the polymer in the second conductive layer is present with a higher density at the surface of the layer in contact with the first conductive layer than at the surface not in contact with the first conductive layer.” | 03-27-2014 |
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20120127525 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION SETTING METHOD - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the, image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. The common setting information received by the receiving part is set in the setting information stored in the storage part. | 05-24-2012 |
20120127527 | Image Forming Apparatus, Information Setting System, And Information Setting Method - In an image forming apparatus, setting information is stored in a storage part for a function which the image forming apparatus operates based on the setting information. An acquisition request of common setting information is sent to an information processing apparatus including the common setting information in common with multiple of the image forming apparatuses connected through a network. The common setting information is received from the information processing apparatus. It is monitored whether there is a job in the function. Timing for setting the common setting information, which is received by the receiving part to the setting information stored in the storage part, is controlled based on whether a non-processed job is prioritized or an update is prioritized. | 05-24-2012 |
20130063761 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SETTING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores setting information for operating the image processing apparatus; and an updating control unit that sends a request for obtaining predetermined differentiated setting information, which is a part of a set of setting information stored in a data processing apparatus in a differentiated manner in accordance with a predetermined differentiating criterion, to the data processing apparatus via a network, obtains the predetermined differentiated setting information from the data processing apparatus via the network and controls to update the setting information stored in the storing unit by the obtained predetermined differentiated setting information. | 03-14-2013 |
20140074906 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a receiving part that receives, via a network, a processing request for a process to be performed on management information, an execution time estimating part that estimates an execution time of the process to be performed on the management information, and a selection part that selects a notification method for notifying an execution result of the process to be performed on the management information based on a comparison result of comparing the estimated execution time with a predetermined threshold value. | 03-13-2014 |
20140122576 | SETTING SUPPORT APPARATUS, SETTING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SETTING SUPPORT METHOD - A setting support apparatus includes an obtaining part configured to obtain, in response to an input request to input a value for a setting item of a program, the program identification information of the program stored in correlation with identification information pertaining to a requestor of the input request in a first storage part, a generation part configured to generate data for causing the value to be input for the setting item of the program related to the obtained program identification information, and a returning part configured to return the generated data to the requestor of the input request. | 05-01-2014 |
20150029535 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - A service providing system that provides a service to a service using apparatus includes a management information storage unit that stores management information associating service identification information of the service, user identification information of a user using the service, and device identification information of the service using apparatus; an authentication unit that authenticates user authentication information for user authentication and/or device authentication information for device authentication acquired from the service using apparatus; a service identification unit that identifies the service associated with the authentication information based on the management information and the authentication information that has been authenticated; and an execution unit that executes a process according to a use request for the identified service acquired from the service using apparatus. The execution unit determines a content of a predetermined output request acquired from the service using apparatus and controls output of data according to the output request. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029536 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION GATHERING METHOD - A service providing system includes a unit that stores management information associating user identification, service identification information, and device identification information; a unit that receives authentication information from a service using apparatus; a unit that performs an authentication process on the authentication information; a unit that identifies a service based on the authentication information and the management information when the authentication information is authenticated; and an execution unit that executes a process according to a service use request. The execution unit includes a unit that determines rule information to be applied to a user using rule information to be applied to the service according to use history information, a unit that applies the rule information to be applied to the user to the process associated with the service use request; and a unit that stores a record of the applied rule information. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036167 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - A service providing system includes an information processing device and provides a service to a service usage device connected via a network. The service providing system includes a storage unit for storing management information, in which service identification information, user identification information, and service usage device identification information are associated; an authentication unit for performing authentication, by using authentication information of the user or the device acquired from the service usage device; a service specification unit for specifying the service associated with the authentication information, based on the authenticated authentication information and the management information; and an execution unit configured to execute a process according to a usage request to use the service, when the usage request specified by the service specification unit is acquired, and to execute control of output, based on contents of an output request from the service usage device instructed by the user. | 02-05-2015 |
20150040188 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND DATA PROVIDING METHOD - A system providing a service to a service receiving apparatus includes a management information storage that stores management information including service identification information, user authentication information of a user, and device authentication information of the service receiving apparatus that are associated with each other; an authentication information receiving unit that receives, as authentication information, at least one of user authentication information and device authentication information from the service receiving apparatus; an authentication unit that performs authentication by referring to the management information storage based on the received authentication information; an obtaining unit that obtains process target data from an external service based on an entry request from the service receiving apparatus that has been successfully authenticated; and a conversion unit that converts the obtained process target data into output data with a data format that the service receiving apparatus is able to output. | 02-05-2015 |
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20110017066 | ACTIVE OXYGEN GENERATING DEVICE, HUMIDIFIER, AND AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM WITH HUMIDIFIER - To provide a small active oxygen generating device capable of efficiently continuously generating active oxygen while supplying oxygen in the air. In the active oxygen generating device in which water is made to exist between an anode and a cathode composed of a base material containing a conductive polymer and by turning on electricity between the anode and the cathode, the conductive polymer deoxidizes the oxygen dissolved in the water to generate active oxygen, the cathode is rotatably installed about a conductive horizontal axis with part of the surface being projected over the surface of the water. | 01-27-2011 |
20110100889 | STERILZATION AND ANTI-BACTERIALZATION EQUIPMENT - The present invention relates to sterilization and anti-bacterialization equipment, in which an anode electrode and a cathode electrode having capability of creating active oxygen species are installed, and active oxygen species are created by making water to be treated intervene between both of electrodes and energizing the water between both electrodes, include the anode electrode made of a polymeric material or a material mainly made of the polymeric material. | 05-05-2011 |
20110147201 | ACTIVE OXYGEN GENERATING APPARATUS - An active oxygen generating apparatus comprises cathodes constituted by a plurality of base materials, each containing a conductive polymer, an anode having conductivity, a power source that conducts electricity between both electrodes through water in which oxygen is dissolved, and a water receiving portion that contains the water. The cathodes are made of a plurality of plate-shaped base materials installed upright at intervals in the water receiving portion and the anode is arranged across the plurality of base materials and orthogonally to the plurality of base materials. | 06-23-2011 |
20140147308 | FLUID SENDING APPARATUS - A fluid sending apparatus includes a signal generator that generates a signal including a signal component that has a one-sided waveform and is composed of a rising component in a positive voltage direction, a falling component in the positive voltage direction, and a vortex ring formation time component T, and a damping component for driving for a predetermined time with a voltage less than or equal to one-half of a voltage in the positive voltage direction, the waveform of each of the signal component and the damping component corresponding to a single wave. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100076180 | Method of fixing rail molecule and nano transport device - An object is to move a rail molecule by means of a biomolecular motor deposited on a base and inactivate the biomolecular motor through irradiation with light having a predetermined wavelength, to thereby readily and reliably fix the rail molecule at a predetermined position, while orienting the rail molecule in a predetermined direction without employment of any reagent. A method for fixing a rail molecule which has polarity and on which a biomolecular motor moves in a direction corresponding to the polarity includes depositing a biomolecular motor on a base; moving a rail molecule by means of the biomolecular motor; and inactivating the biomolecular motor by irradiating the biomolecular motor with light having a predetermined wavelength when the rail molecule reaches a predetermined position, to thereby fix the rail molecule so that it is oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-25-2010 |
20100147450 | METHOD OF FORMING BILAYER MEMBRANE BY CONTACT BETWEEN AMPHIPATHIC MONOLAYERS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention provides a simple and an accurate method of forming a bilayer membrane by the contact of amphipathic monolayers and an apparatus therefor. The method is characterized in that the organic solvent ( | 06-17-2010 |
20100279398 | INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR TREATING MINOR AMOUNT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL - Provided is a technique for handling a minor amount of a biological material with the purpose of observing selectively the interaction between single cells by controlling cell number and two- or three-dimensional configurations of each of the different cell types. The present invention provides an instrument and a method for handling a minor amount of a biological material. The instrument of the present invention for handling a minor amount of a biological material comprises a construct and a base, wherein: the base holds the construct in a releasable manner; the construct is held on a surface of the base in such a manner that a part of the construct is exposed externally on the outer face of the instrument; and at least a part of a surface of the constructs is exposed externally on the outer face of the instrument being fabricated so as to allow the adhesion of the minor amount of the biological material thereto. | 11-04-2010 |
20100304980 | PLANAR LIPID BILAYER ARRAY FORMED BY MICROFLUIDIC TECHNIQUE AND METHOD OF ANALYSIS USING PLANAR LIPID BILAYER - There is provided a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique and a method of analysis using the planar lipid bilayers, providing the advantages such as portability, decreased analysis time, a smaller amount of required reagents, and parallel automation with high reproducibility. The planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique is a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique (PDMS device) | 12-02-2010 |
20100307918 | METHOD OF PREPARING ARTIFICIAL LIPID MEMBRANES OVER MICROAPERTURES OF SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE FOR HOLDING ARTIFICIAL LIPID MEMBRANES - There is provided a method of preparing organic-solvent-free artificial lipid membranes formed over microapertures of a substrate and a substrate for holding the artificial lipid membranes. The method of preparing artificial lipid membranes over microapertures of a substrate includes forming a lipid pattern | 12-09-2010 |
20110306110 | METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL HIERARCHICAL CELL CO-CULTURE - A method for preparing a biomaterial comprising a gel layer which forms a core region, and cells (cover cells) which cover around the gel layer, said method comprising the steps of: | 12-15-2011 |
20120070873 | METHOD OF FIXING RAIL MOLECULE AND NANO TRANSPORT DEVICE - An object is to move a rail molecule by means of a biomolecular motor deposited on a base and inactivate the biomolecular motor through irradiation with light having a predetermined wavelength, to thereby readily and reliably fix the rail molecule at a predetermined position, while orienting the rail molecule in a predetermined direction without employment of any reagent. A method for fixing a rail molecule which has polarity and on which a biomolecular motor moves in a direction corresponding to the polarity includes depositing a biomolecular motor on a base; moving a rail molecule by means of the biomolecular motor; and inactivating the biomolecular motor by irradiating the biomolecular motor with light having a predetermined wavelength when the rail molecule reaches a predetermined position, to thereby fix the rail molecule so that it is oriented in a predetermined direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20120183989 | METHOD FOR CULTURE OF HEPATOCYTES - A method for culturing hepatocytes, wherein hepatocytes embedded in an extracellular matrix is placed on a gas-permeable membrane and the hepatocytes are cultured while being supplied with oxygen from the gas-permeable membrane side. By this, the polarity in the hepatocytes can be induced and a bile canaliculus can be formed in a short period of time. Further, the formed polarity can be maintained for a longer period. | 07-19-2012 |
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20090217047 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING SERVER AND INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A service providing system is provided, which includes a client device capable of accessing a tamper-resistant secure memory, an area management server managing memory area of the secure memory and a service providing server providing service that uses the secure memory to the client device, and which improves the security at the time of sending an access control list provided by the area management server and an instruction set provided by the service providing server to the client device by using a digital signature and a certificate. | 08-27-2009 |
20090279897 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER, AND TRANSMITTING-RECEIVING SYSTEM - A transmitter-receiver having a means for automatically determining the status of transmission medium such as optical fiber, and a means for automatically setting and resetting the transmission rate and/or output power according to the status of the transmission medium, a transmission loss and gain measurement method, and a transmitting-receiving system. A transmitter-receiver comprises at least: an output power controller for controlling the output power of a transmitter; an input power measuring section for measuring the strength of input signals; and an information processor for deriving the loss or gain of a path to change the output power of the transmitter and/or the rate of data transmission according to the derived loss or gain of the path. A transmission loss and gain measurement method applied to a system comprising transmission media and a plurality of the transmitter-receivers connected via the transmission media, comprises the steps of: transmitting information on the output power of a first transmitter-receiver from the first transmitter-receiver to a second transmitter-receiver; measuring reception strength by the second transmitter-receiver when the second transmitter-receiver receives the output power information; reading the output power information by the second transmitter-receiver; and comparing the reception strength with the output power information to calculate a transmission loss or gain by the second transmitter-receiver. | 11-12-2009 |
20120275763 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a reproduction processing unit executing a process of reproducing a content item from a recording medium. The reproduction processing unit reads scenario data, which is reproduction sequence definition information of the content item stored in the recording medium, and a program, which executes reproduction control of the content item based on the scenario data, from the recording medium and reproduces the content time under the control of the program. The scenario data includes a plurality of different scenarios defining a plurality of different content item reproduction sequences. The reproduction processing unit executes a process of acquiring scenario selection information, a process of selecting the scenario based on the acquired scenario selection information, and the process of reproducing the content item based on the selected scenario. | 11-01-2012 |
20120294584 | REPRODUCING DEVICE, METHOD OF REPRODUCING STREAM FILE, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a reproducing device including a stream acquiring unit that acquires a stream file, a stream dividing unit that divides the stream file to be appropriate for a predetermined play list and a predetermined clip information file and generates a division stream file, and a stream reproducing unit that reproduces the division stream file based on the predetermined play list and the predetermined clip information file. | 11-22-2012 |
20130058627 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including a data processing unit for performing a process of reproducing content including music content. The data processing unit performs the content reproduction process using a scenario in which reproduction control information is recorded and a playlist file including designation information on the content to be reproduced, the playlist file has playitem information including the designation information on a stream file in which the content as reproduction target data is stored, and position information corresponding to an entry mark corresponding to a boundary position between each playitem and a link point set within a reproduction section of each playitem, the scenario has control information for a scene that is a content portion divided by the entry mark and the link point, and the data processing unit performs the reproduction control, performs transitioning of the scene to be reproduced and switching of the control information. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060366 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Information processing device including a data processing unit configured to perform a process of reproducing content including music content. The data processing unit performs the content reproduction process using a scenario in which reproduction control information is recorded and a playlist file including designation information on content to be reproduced, the playlist file is one music reproduction playlist in which a plurality of music contents as reproduction target data and image content for a standby screen to be displayed on a display unit are used as reproduction designation content, and the data processing unit sequentially switches a plurality of playitems recorded in the music reproduction playlist, sequentially selects a stream file in which the music content associated with each of the playitems is stored, and performs continuous reproduction on the music content stored in each stream file in accordance with the reproduction control information on the scenario. | 03-07-2013 |
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20110181116 | POWER CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POWER CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - A reception unit sequentially receives input of voltage values indicating an AC input voltage from an AC power supply. A ROM stores a power control table in which a power control parameter corresponding to the AC power supply voltage is matched with each group of the voltage values indicating the same AC power supply voltage. A decision unit determines to which group the received voltage values belong among the plurality of groups, whenever the reception unit receives the input of the voltage value and decides the group, to which a predetermined number of voltage values belongs among the plurality of voltage values sequentially received by the reception unit, among the plurality of groups using the determination result. A power control unit controls power supply according to the power control parameter matched with the decided group. | 07-28-2011 |
20120045237 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer bias generator including a transfer bias supply that supplies a transfer bias to a transfer nip formed between an image carrier and a first rotary body, and a controller that detects a toner adhesion amount at a predetermined region of the image carrier located immediately upstream from the transfer nip and having a predetermined length in a moving direction of the image carrier. The transfer bias generator outputs at least an alternating current component under one of constant voltage control and constant current control and changes a target output value of the alternating current component according to the toner adhesion amount detected by the controller. | 02-23-2012 |
20120213536 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a calculating unit configured to specify pieces of thickness information for calculation of a difference between thicknesses of a recording medium among pieces of thickness information each indicating thicknesses of the recording medium and calculate the difference using the specified pieces of thickness information, the pieces of thickness information being obtained as a detection result by sequentially detecting the thicknesses of the recording medium being conveyed; a determining unit configured to determine whether the calculated difference is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and a transfer unit configured to transfer an image onto the recording medium using at least an alternating-current voltage when the difference is equal to or larger than the first threshold. | 08-23-2012 |
20120230715 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a transfer device includes: an image carrier from which an image is transferred onto a transfer medium using electrostatic toner, the image carrier being applied with a direct current voltage superimposed with an alternating current (AC) voltage as a transfer bias. An output voltage of a power source for applying the voltage is controlled so that a current level of a direct current component output from the power source is kept at a specified current level. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237271 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming unit for forming a toner image and a toner pattern comprising toner not to be transferred onto a recording medium for adjustment of a density of toner on a surface of the image bearing member, a nip forming member contacting the surface of the image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween, a transfer bias applicator for applying a transfer bias in which an alternating current component and a direct current component are superimposed to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium in the transfer nip, a first cleaning device to mechanically remove toner remaining on the image bearing member after passing through the transfer nip. The transfer bias applicator applies a charge eliminating bias to remove charge from toner in the toner pattern when the toner pattern passes through the transfer nip. | 09-20-2012 |
20120308250 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, includes an image bearer to bear a toner image; a transfer member to transfer the toner image; a transfer bias applicator to apply a transfer bias to the transfer member, the transfer bias applicator including a direct current voltage source to apply a direct current transfer bias constituted by a direct current voltage to the transfer member; and a superimposed voltage source to apply a superimposed transfer bias in which an alternating current voltage is superimposed on a direct current voltage to the transfer member; and a controller to switch between a direct current transfer mode during which the direct current transfer bias is applied to transfer the toner image and a superimposed transfer mode during which the superimposed transfer bias is applied to transfer the toner image while the direct current voltage source and the superimposed voltage source are off. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315058 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a facing member facing the image carrier via a transfer position; a power supply to output a voltage between a first position on the image carrier side and a second position on the facing member side; a resistance detector to detect electrical resistance between the first position and the second position via the transfer position; and a controller to switch between a first transfer mode in which the power supply outputs a direct current voltage, and a second transfer mode in which the power supply outputs a superimposed voltage. When a toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto a recording medium at the transfer position, the controller selects either the first transfer mode or the second transfer mode. When the resistance detector detects the electrical resistance, the controller selects the first transfer mode. | 12-13-2012 |
20120328315 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; a power supply unit configured to output one of an alternating-current-based voltage including at least an alternating-current voltage and a direct-current voltage to the transfer unit; and a power supply control unit configured to cause the power supply unit to start switching to the alternating-current-based voltage a first time after the power supply unit stops outputting the direct-current voltage in the case that output of the power supply unit is switched to the alternating-current-based voltage, and cause the power supply unit to start switching to the direct-current voltage a second time after the power supply unit stops outputting the alternating-current-based voltage in the case that output of the power supply unit is switched to the direct-current voltage. The second time is longer than the first time. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328320 | POWER SUPPLY MODULE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a toner image on a surface thereof, a transfer unit including a transfer device to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium, disposed opposite the image bearing member, a direct current (DC) power source to apply, between the image bearing member and the transfer device, a DC bias to form a first transfer electric field to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium, and a power supply module detachably attachable relative to the image forming apparatus. The power supply module includes an AC-DC superimposed bias power source to apply, between the image bearing member and the transfer device, a superimposed bias in which an alternating voltage is superimposed on a DC voltage to form a second transfer electric field to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328321 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; a power supply unit configured to apply one of a superimposed voltage in which an alternating-current voltage and a first direct-current voltage are superimposed and a second direct-current voltage to the transfer unit; and a power supply control configured to, when the power supply unit outputs the superimposed voltage, instruct the power supply unit to output the first direct-current voltage at a first timing, and, when the power-supply unit outputs the second direct-current voltage, instruct the power-supply unit to output the second direct-current voltage at a second timing which is later than the first timing. | 12-27-2012 |
20130004190 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer device to transfer a toner image from an image bearing member onto a recording medium, disposed opposite the image bearing member, a transfer bias power source to apply, between the image bearing member and the transfer device, a superimposed transfer bias in which a direct current (DC) component and an alternative current (AC) component are superimposed to transfer the toner image borne on the image bearing member to the recording medium, and a controller to change the superimposed bias that the transfer bias power source applies. The controller changes the levels of the DC component and the AC component of the superimposed transfer bias in a color mode from that in a monochrome mode to secure a return electric field in the superimposed transfer bias by which the toner is returned from the recording medium to the image bearing member. | 01-03-2013 |
20130011155 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer device including an image carrier; a transfer member disposed facing the image carrier; a transfer electrical field generator including a direct-current (DC) power source to generate a DC voltage and an alternating current (AC) power source to generate an AC voltage; and a controller. The transfer electrical field generator forms the transfer electrical field between the image carrier and the transfer member using the DC voltage and the AC voltage, to transfer the toner image on the image carrier, charged to a predetermined polarity, onto the recording medium. The controller controls the AC voltage source so that, the AC voltage output from the AC voltage source when a leading edge of the recording medium is positioned in the transfer electrical field is set larger than the AC voltage when the portion of the recording medium other than the leading edge is positioned in the transfer electrical field. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016989 | POWER SUPPLY MODULE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAMEAANM FUJITA; JunpeiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP FUJITA; Junpei Kanagawa JPAANM Takeuchi; TomokazuAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Takeuchi; Tomokazu Tokyo JPAANM Haga; HiroyoshiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Haga; Hiroyoshi Kanagawa JPAANM Ogiyama; HiromiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Ogiyama; Hiromi Tokyo JPAANM Shimizu; YasunobuAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Shimizu; Yasunobu Kanagawa JPAANM Sengoku; KenjiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Sengoku; Kenji Kanagawa JP - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer unit, a control circuit board, and a power supply module detachably attachable relative to the image forming apparatus. The image bearing member bears a toner image on a surface thereof. The transfer unit includes a transfer device to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium and is disposed opposite the image bearing member. The control circuit board controls the transfer unit. The power supply module is disposed in the transfer unit and includes a power source to apply, between the image bearing member and the transfer device, an AC-DC superimposed bias in which an alternating voltage (AC) is superimposed on a direct current (DC) voltage to form a transfer electric field to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto the recording medium. | 01-17-2013 |
20130094870 | IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - An image transfer device includes an image bearing member, a pair of opposed transfer members, a media separator, and an electrical bias applicator. The image bearing member defines an image bearing surface on which a toner image is created. The pair of opposed transfer members is disposed opposite each other via the image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween through which a recording medium is passed. One of the transfer members defines a first electrode to which a first electrical bias is applied. The media separator defines a second electrode downstream from the transfer nip to which a second electrical bias is applied. The electrical bias applicator includes a power supply connectable with each of the first and second electrodes to supply the first electrical bias to the first electrode and the second electrical bias to the second electrode. | 04-18-2013 |
20130136477 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a controller and a transfer device including a power source to output a superimposed bias in which an AC voltage is superimposed on a DC voltage, a first electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite the first electrode with an image bearing member interposed therebetween to form a transfer electric field to transfer a toner image on the image bearing member to a recording medium. The controller including a CPU adjusts the transfer electric field and a transfer speed. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is connected to the power source, and the other is grounded. The controller adjusts the transfer speed such that in a case in which an oscillating electric field of the transfer electric field is strong, a maximum transfer speed is slower than the maximum transfer speed in a case in which the oscillating electric field is weak. | 05-30-2013 |
20130216281 | TRANSFER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING DEVELOPER TO SHEET - A transfer device includes a direct-current (DC) power supply configured to output a DC voltage; an alternating-current (AC) power supply configured to selectively output a superimposed voltage in which an AC voltage is superimposed on the DC voltage output from the DC power supply or the DC voltage output from the DC power supply; and a transfer unit configured to transfer a developer to a sheet using the voltage output from the AC power supply. | 08-22-2013 |
20140147182 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming unit for forming a toner image and a toner pattern comprising toner not to be transferred onto a recording medium for adjustment of a density of toner on a surface of the image bearing member, a nip forming member contacting the surface of the image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween, a transfer bias applicator for applying a transfer bias in which an alternating current component and a direct current component are superimposed to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium in the transfer nip, a first cleaning device to mechanically remove toner remaining on the image bearing member after passing through the transfer nip. The transfer bias applicator applies a charge eliminating bias to remove charge from toner in the toner pattern when the toner pattern passes through the transfer nip. | 05-29-2014 |
20140341605 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND TRANSFER METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; a power supply unit configured to output one of an alternating-current-based voltage including at least an alternating-current voltage and a direct-current voltage to the transfer unit; and a power supply control unit configured to cause the power supply unit to start switching to the alternating-current-based voltage a first time after the power supply unit stops outputting the direct-current voltage in the case that output of the power supply unit is switched to the alternating-current-based voltage, and cause the power supply unit to start switching to the direct-current voltage a second time after the power supply unit stops outputting the alternating-current-based voltage in the case that output of the power supply unit is switched to the direct-current voltage. The second time is longer than the first time. | 11-20-2014 |
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20130063785 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive display information indicating whether gloss-control plane image data is displayed and whether clear plane image data is displayed. The gloss-control plane image data specifies a type of a surface effect applied to a recording medium and a glossy area to which the surface effect is to be applied, and indicates a color of the glossy area when being displayed. The clear plane image data specifies a transparent image formed on the recording medium and indicates a color of the transparent image when being displayed. The apparatus also includes a generating unit configured to synthesize color plane image data indicating a color image and one of the gloss-control plane image data and the clear plane image data that is specified to be displayed thus to generate a synthetic image. | 03-14-2013 |
20130271791 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display processing apparatus includes a transparent display data generating unit and a preview image generating unit. Based on document data including color plane image data indicating an area for which use of a color developer is specified and transparent plane image data indicating an area for which use of a transparent developer is specified together with the type of transparent processing performed on the area by using the transparent developer, the transparent display data generating unit generates pieces of transparent display data showing a result of image formation corresponding to the transparent processing with the transparent developer for each type of transparent processing. The preview image generating unit generates a preview image by projecting a color display plane on which the color plane image data is displayed and transparent display planes on which the pieces of transparent display data are displayed in a three-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional plane. | 10-17-2013 |
20140125659 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A first acquiring unit acquires a background image being an image of a usage environment in which a printed material is used, a lighting image of a lighting installed in the usage environment, and light source information indicating an optical attribute in the usage environment. A second acquiring unit acquires print data. A display control unit displays a preview image on a display unit, where the preview image is an image in which a printed material image is superimposed on the background image, and the printed material image is an image in which the lighting image is mapped by environment mapping onto a print-image display surface generated based on the print data and in which the optical attribute specified by the light source information is set. | 05-08-2014 |
20140126006 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display apparatus that displays a preview of print data includes an input unit that receives input of a sheet handling method of a sheet on which the print data is printed from a user, a generating unit that dynamically generates a three-dimensional image representing a behavior, which is a continuous change in a form of the sheet on which the print data is printed, according to the input sheet handling method, and a display unit that displays, as a moving image, the three-dimensional image that is dynamically generated. | 05-08-2014 |
20140184811 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention is concerning to an image processing apparatus of the present invention including an acquisition unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, and a detection unit. The acquisition unit acquires image data. The first setting unit sets an area included in the image data as a template area. The second setting unit sets a search area indicating an area to be subjected to a detection process for detecting an area similar to the template area from the image data. The detection unit performs the detection process for detecting, out of the search area, whether or not there is an area similar to the template area in an area other than an area corresponding to each of the template area and an area that has been detected by the detection process. | 07-03-2014 |
20140333968 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive display information indicating whether gloss-control plane image data is displayed and whether clear plane image data is displayed. The gloss-control plane image data specifies a type of a surface effect applied to a recording medium and a glossy area to which the surface effect is to be applied, and indicates a color of the glossy area when being displayed. The clear plane image data specifies a transparent image formed on the recording medium and indicates a color of the transparent image when being displayed. The apparatus also includes a generating unit configured to synthesize color plane image data indicating a color image and one of the gloss-control plane image data and the clear plane image data that is specified to be displayed thus to generate a synthetic image. | 11-13-2014 |
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20120133719 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a upstream roller pair arranged on the upstream side of a printing head with respect to a direction in which a sheet is conveyed; and a downstream roller pair arranged on the downstream side of the printing head with respect to the direction, wherein each of the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair includes a first roller and a second roller configured to hold the sheet therebetween. In both of the upstream roller pair and the downstream roller pair, a rotation shaft of the second roller is provided to be situated on the downstream side of a rotation shaft of the first roller with respect to the direction. | 05-31-2012 |
20120194613 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a print head for inkjet printing, and a guide disposed opposing the print head and configured to guide a back surface of a sheet being conveyed in a first direction. The back surface is a reverse surface of a surface being printed. The printing apparatus further includes a receiving unit disposed opposing the print head and configured to receive ink outside the sheet being conveyed, and a mechanism configured to change a position of the guide in a second direction relative to the receiving unit being fixed, according to a size of the sheet to be used. The second direction crosses the first direction. | 08-02-2012 |
20120206520 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a roller configured to convey a recording medium, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a conveyance amount for conveying the recording medium per a predetermined rotation amount of the roller, a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a plurality of timing signals for performing recording for one raster line according to a rotation of the roller during one rotation thereof, and a drive signal generation unit configured to generate a drive reference signal for performing the recording for the one raster line on the recording medium at a predetermined interval based on the conveyance amount information and the timing signal. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206550 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus coveys a sheet while nipping the sheet between a conveyance roller and a pinch roller. The pinch roller includes a first roller portion and a second roller portion adjacent to each other in a rotational axial direction thereof. The pinch roller further includes a mechanism configured to change a difference between a pressing force that the first roller portion applies to the conveyance roller and a pressing force that the second roller portion applies to the conveyance roller. | 08-16-2012 |
20120246369 | BUS MONITOR CIRCUIT AND BUS MONITOR METHOD - A bus monitor circuit that produces a bus monitor output signal on a bus transmitting data between a master and a slave includes an access information/write data FIFO and a read data FIFO. When an attribute of the access information stored at a header of the access information/write data FIFO indicates a write access, it directly outputs a bus monitor output signal indicating access information accompanied with the corresponding write data which is transmitted in the same cycle. When an attribute of the access information stored at the header of the access information/write data FIFO indicates a read access, it waits for the read data FIFO storing the corresponding read data, and then outputs a bus monitor output signal indicating the access information paired with the read data in the same cycle. Thus, it is possible to guarantee the occurrence order of bus access according to a bus interface protocol enabling pipeline transaction, thus outputting a bus monitor output signal indicating a pair of access information and data information. | 09-27-2012 |
20130067201 | MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM, EXECUTION CONTROL METHOD AND EXECUTION CONTROL PROGRAM - The multiprocessor system includes one or a plurality of main processors and a plurality of sub-processors, and an execution control circuit which conducts execution control of each the sub-processors, wherein the execution control circuit includes an execution control processor for execution control processing of each the sub-processors, a control bus output unit for activation of a command to each the sub-processors, a status bus input unit for status notification from each the sub-processors, a determination circuit which determines whether or not the status notification has one-to-one dependency with a processing command to be issued next on an operation sequence and is to be processed at a high speed, a status accelerator which issues a corresponding processing activation command when the status notification is to be processed at a high speed, and a status FIFO control unit which processes the status notification by using the execution control processor. | 03-14-2013 |
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20100196948 | METHOD OF SCREENING BAFF SUPPRESSOR OR INHIBITOR - A method of screening a novel BAFF suppressor or inhibitor. More specifically speaking, a method which comprises adding a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody to a cultured human cell to thereby induce the production of BAFF by the cell; a method of screening a substance capable of suppressing the expression or activity of BAFF which comprises adding a test substance to a BAFF-production system prepared by adding a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody to a cultured human cell and measuring the expression amount and/or the activity of BAFF in the BAFF-production system; and a BAFF production inducer for a BAFF-producing cell which contains a combination of TPA with ionomycin and/or an anti-CD3 antibody. | 08-05-2010 |
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20140024055 | ANTIHUMAN BAFF ANTIBODY - An antibody against a peptide having an amino acid sequence AVQGPEETVT QDC (expressed in single letter amino acid code) as represented by SEQ ID: NO. 1 corresponding to the 134- to 146-positions in human BAFF (B cell activating factor belonging to the TNF family) protein which is preferably a monoclonal antibody; a method of producing the above antibody; a medicinal composition containing the antibody; utilization of the antibody; and a method of screening an inhibitory effect or an activating effect on BAFF with the use of the antibody. | 01-23-2014 |
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20100132056 | Germ Cell Marker Using Fish Vasa Gene - In order to examine whether or not a germ cell derived from a donor fish, which has been transplanted into a recipient fish of a different species by a surrogate fish technique, grows or matures in the gonad of the recipient fish, it is necessary to use, as an indicator, a trait that is specifically expressed in the germ cell and can be used to distinguish the recipient fish from the donor fish. Vasa gene, which is a germ cell-specific gene, is specific to a primordial germ cell and a spermatogonium/an oogonium, and it is not expressed in a somatic cell. In the present invention, the Vasa gene sequences of a tuna, a chub mackerel, a spotted mackerel, an eastern little tuna, and a drumfish are determined, and the expression of such gene is used as a marker for a germ cell. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to specifically detect only a tuna Vasa gene in Vasa gene sequences that are highly conserved in fishes, without sequencing. Thus, a tuna-derived germ cell can be reliably and simply identified in the gonad of the recipient fish. As a result, the growth or breeding of tuna can be carried out with good efficiency. Moreover, utilizing the aforementioned findings, even in a case in which not only a tuna but also another Perciformes fish is used as a donor, a germ cell derived from the donor fish can be efficiently detected from the gonad of a recipient fish of a different species. | 05-27-2010 |
20110244485 | ANTI-TUNA VASA ANTIBODY - An object of the present invention is to provide a means for distinguishing between a germ cell derived from a donor (tuna) and a germ cell derived from a recipient in a method for inducing differentiation of a tuna germ cell, wherein a primordial germ cell derived from the tuna is transplanted into an early embryo of the heterologous recipient fish. The present inventors compared a Vasa amino acid sequence of bluefin tuna with those of other fish (black skipjack, skipjack, chub mackerel, blue mackerel, round frigate mackerel and frigate mackerel), identified amino acid sequence regions specific to bluefin tuna, and, by using the amino acid sequences specific to bluefin tuna as antigens, successfully produced monoclonal antibodies specifically recognizing primordial germ cells, spermatogonia, oogonia or oocytes derived from bluefin tuna, thus accomplishing the present invention. | 10-06-2011 |