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20130277684 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTOR ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - A nitride semiconductor structure in which a first nitride semiconductor underlying layer is provided on a substrate having a recess portion and a projection portion provided between the recess portions at a surface thereof, the first nitride semiconductor underlying layer has at least 6 first oblique facet planes surrounding the projection portion on an outer side of the projection portion, and a second nitride semiconductor underlying layer buries the first oblique facet planes, a nitride semiconductor light emitting element, a nitride semiconductor transistor element, a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor structure, and a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor element are provided. | 10-24-2013 |
20140332756 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor light-emitting device is formed of an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, a trigger layer, a V-pit expanding layer, a light-emitting layer, and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer provided in this order. The light-emitting layer has a V-pit formed therein. The trigger layer is made of a nitride semiconductor material having a lattice constant different from that of a material that forms an upper surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer. The V-pit expanding layer is made of a nitride semiconductor material having a lattice constant substantially identical to that of the material that forms the upper surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer, and the V-pit expanding layer has a thickness of 5 nm or more and 5000 nm or less. | 11-13-2014 |
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20110102458 | CONTENT MANAGING DEVICE AND CONTENT MANAGING METHOD - A content managing device is provided, which can allow a user to intuitively perform generation of, using an operation that is similar to an operation of sorting content items or to an operation of adding attribute information to content items, a new sort-destination region into which content items are to be sorted. A first display object indicating a content item and a region in which the first display object is to be stored are displayed on a display unit. A position to which the first display object is moved is determined. When the determined position is located in the region, the first display object is stored in the region. When the determined position is not located in the region, a new region is displayed at the position to which the first display object was moved, and the first display object is stored in the new region. | 05-05-2011 |
20120201510 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - One disclosed aspect of the embodiments relates to a technique, when a moving image file is divided and divisional moving images are reproduced simultaneously in a plurality of display areas, for allowing a user to easily search for a desired scene in the entire moving image more quickly. A moving image reproducing apparatus divides a moving image to generate a plurality of divisional moving images and reproduces the divisional moving images simultaneously. If the user issues an instruction to divide a first divisional moving image that is being reproduced and generate a plurality of second divisional moving images, in response to the instruction, the apparatus acquires a reproduction position of the first divisional moving image. The apparatus starts reproduction of the plurality of second divisional moving images at a position corresponding to the acquired reproduction position. | 08-09-2012 |
20130163814 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Face recognition data to be used in recognizing a person corresponding to a face image is managed upon associating the feature amount of the face image, a first person's name, and a second person's name different from the first person's name with each other for each registered person. A person corresponding to a face image included in a captured image is identified using the feature amount managed in the face recognition data, and the second person's name for the identified person is stored in a storage in association with the captured image. When the image stored in the storage is read out and displayed on a display device, the first person's name which corresponds to the second person's name associated with the readout image is displayed on the display device together with the readout image. | 06-27-2013 |
20130201220 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - It is difficult appropriately to select only a favorite image in a list display screen of small images such as a thumbnail image. An image processing apparatus is provided that has, in various embodiments, one or more of the features of an indicator for indicating a reduced image to be subjected to a specific image processing among displayed reduced images; a display controller for displaying an image in a size larger than the size of the reduced image indicated by the indicator; and an executor for executing the specific image processing on the stored image after the mentioned display controller displays the image in the size larger than the size of the reduced image. | 08-08-2013 |
20140040187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a face dictionary for performing face authentication, and a processing unit configured to update the face dictionary stored in the storage unit, wherein the processing unit controls updating of the face dictionary based on the number of images from among stored images corresponding to a person registered with the face dictionary. | 02-06-2014 |
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20100250084 | REACTION FORCE APPARATUS - A reaction force apparatus incorporated in a vehicle includes a reaction force controller for setting an acceleration intention boundary threshold value, which comprises a threshold value with respect to a rate of depression of an accelerator pedal, and which determines whether the driver of the vehicle intends to accelerate the vehicle quickly or gradually. The reaction force controller reduces the reaction force when the rate of depression exceeds the acceleration intention boundary threshold value, whereas the reaction force controller maintains the reaction force when the rate of depression is less than the acceleration intention boundary threshold value. | 09-30-2010 |
20100274459 | REACTION FORCE APPARATUS - When a target vehicle speed setting unit switches from a target vehicle speed to a higher target vehicle speed, a reaction force controller of a reaction force apparatus lowers, at the same ratio, a reaction force applying characteristic, which corresponds to the target vehicle speed before being switched to the higher target vehicle speed. | 10-28-2010 |
20120325042 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE - An accelerator pedal device provided with a driving control device. The driving control device generates a braking force for braking a vehicle when the operation quantity of an acceleration pedal is below a first threshold value, and generates a driving force for driving the vehicle when the operation quantity exceeds a second threshold value larger than the first threshold value. The driving control device does not generate either the driving force or the braking force, and allows the vehicle to drive inertially, when the operation quantity ranges from the first threshold value to the second threshold value. | 12-27-2012 |
20130173113 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle travel control device can accurately determine a driver's intention to adjust the vehicle speed. After applying attention attracting reaction force corresponding to outside circumstances and the like to an accelerator pedal through a reaction force application mechanism, a reaction force control unit outputs intention determining reaction force that is used to determine the driver's intention to adjust the vehicle speed and is smaller than the attention attracting reaction force, and determines the intention to adjust the vehicle speed on the basis of the accelerator pedal operation amount of the driver while the intention determining reaction force is being applied to the accelerator pedal through the reaction force application mechanism. | 07-04-2013 |
20130304317 | REACTION FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a reaction force control device for reducing discomfort experienced by the driver operating the accelerator pedal when continuous curves are being traveled, and setting the characteristics of the reaction force on the accelerator pedal in accordance with the curves. In the case that the target reaction force, which has been set prior to entering a subsequently traveled second curve, is greater than the current reaction force acting on the acceleration pedal and being generated during the turn through the first curve, a reaction force controller controls the operation so as to reduce the target reaction force imparted on the second curve until the vehicle leaves the first curve. | 11-14-2013 |
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20110038511 | COMPACT BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF IMAGING AND DETECTING LIVING-TISSUE PATTERNS - The present invention enables permanent biometric authentication without the risk of forgery or the like. The present invention enables living-tissue discrimination as well as biometric authentication. The roughness distribution pattern of deep-layer tissue of the skin covered with epidermal tissue is detected, thereby extracting a unique pattern of the living tissue. Then, biometric authentication is performed based upon the detected pattern. The roughness distribution pattern of the deep-layer tissue of the skin is optically detected using difference in optical properties between the epidermal tissue and the deep-layer tissue of the skin. In this case, long-wavelength light, e.g., near-infrared light is used as illumination light cast onto the skin tissue. A fork structure of a subcutaneous blood vessel is used as the portion which is to be detected, for example. The portion which is to be detected is determined based upon the structure of the fork structure. In this case, the living-tissue discrimination may be made using the subcutaneous blood vessel. | 02-17-2011 |
20120148143 | COMPACT BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF IMAGING AND DETECTING LIVING-TISSUE PATTERNS - The apparatus enables biometric authentication without the risk of forgery or the like and enables living-tissue discrimination. The roughness distribution pattern of deep-layer tissue of the skin covered with epidermal tissue is detected, thereby extracting a unique pattern of the living tissue. Biometric authentication is performed based upon the detected pattern. The roughness distribution pattern of the deep-layer tissue of the skin is optically detected using difference in optical properties between the epidermal tissue and the deep-layer tissue of the skin. Long-wavelength light, e.g., near-infrared light, is used as illumination light cast onto the skin tissue. A fork structure of a subcutaneous blood vessel is used as the portion which is to be detected, for example. The portion which is to be detected is determined based upon the structure of the fork structure. The living-tissue discrimination may be made using the subcutaneous blood vessel. | 06-14-2012 |
20140301610 | COMPACT BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF IMAGING AND DETECTING LIVING-TISSUE PATTERNS - The apparatus enables biometric authentication without the risk of forgery or the like and enables living-tissue discrimination. The roughness distribution pattern of deep-layer tissue of the skin covered with epidermal tissue is detected, thereby extracting a unique pattern of the living tissue. Biometric authentication is performed based upon the detected pattern. The roughness distribution pattern of the deep-layer tissue of the skin is optically detected using difference in optical properties between the epidermal tissue and the deep-layer tissue of the skin. Long-wavelength light, e.g., near-infrared light, is used as illumination light cast onto the skin tissue. A fork structure of a subcutaneous blood vessel is used as the portion which is to be detected, for example. The portion which is to be detected is determined based upon the structure of the fork structure. The living-tissue discrimination may be made using the subcutaneous blood vessel. | 10-09-2014 |
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20120206493 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAID DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREON - A television receiver includes a genre identification section that identifies a genre of contents, a video processing section that displays the contents upon correcting the contents with an image quality parameter set in accordance with the identified genre in advance, a display control section that displays, while the contents is displayed, an adjustment item for adjusting a value of the image quality parameter, a parameter value adjustment section that adjusts the value of the image quality parameter based on entry by a user, and a parameter value changing section that changes the value of the image quality parameter, when the identified genre changes to another genre, to a value set in advance corresponding to a genre after the genre changes, and the parameter value changing section changes the value of the image quality parameter in a different period of time depending on whether or not the adjustment item is displayed. | 08-16-2012 |
20120233634 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH SAID PROGRAM IS STORED - A television receiver for content with which genre information is associated includes: a basic picture quality information receiving section which associates, with a single piece of genre information, a plurality of candidates for picture quality information regarding the content with which the genre information is associated, and which receives basic picture quality information indicating which one of the plurality of candidates is based on; a picture quality correction information creating section which receives picture quality correction information for further correcting the picture quality, and which creates, in accordance with the basic picture quality information and the picture quality correction information, information for correcting the picture quality; and a picture processing section which corrects the picture quality and which creates a picture to be displayed by a liquid crystal display device. | 09-13-2012 |
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20100330554 | DIAGNOSTIC KIT FOR SOLID CANCER AND MEDICAMENT FOR SOLID CANCER THERAPY - The present invention provides novel solid cancer antigenic proteins, and diagnostic kits for solid cancer and therapeutic agents for solid cancer based on the antigenic proteins. Specifically, the present invention provides a human solid cancer antigenic polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, and 75. | 12-30-2010 |
20110287955 | POLYPEPTIDE MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS BY USING THE MAKER OR THE LIKE, AND KIT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - Disclosed are: a polypeptide marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; a gene marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; an antibody; a probe for detecting an arteriosclerosis marker gene; a DNA microarray or a DNA chip for detecting an arteriosclerosis marker gene; a method for detecting arteriosclerosis; and a kit for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; with which an arteriosclerotic lesion can be detected with much improved accuracy. Specifically disclosed are: a polypeptide marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis, which comprises a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35 of the Sequence Listing, or a partial amino acid sequence thereof; a gene which encodes the amino acid sequence; a probe for detecting the gene; a DNA microarray or a DNA chip comprising the probe; an antibody bindable to the polypeptide as an antigen; a kit comprising any one of the above-mentioned items; and a method for detecting arteriosclerosis by using any one of the above-mentioned items. | 11-24-2011 |
20130183691 | POLYPEPTIDE MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS BY USING THE MAKER OR THE LIKE, AND KIT FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS - Disclosed are: a polypeptide marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; a gene marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; an antibody; a probe for detecting an arteriosclerosis marker gene; a DNA microarray or a DNA chip for detecting an arteriosclerosis marker gene; a method for detecting arteriosclerosis; and a kit for diagnosing arteriosclerosis; with which an arteriosclerotic lesion can be detected with much improved accuracy. Specifically disclosed are: a polypeptide marker for diagnosing arteriosclerosis, which comprises a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and 35 of the Sequence Listing, or a partial amino acid sequence thereof; a gene which encodes the amino acid sequence; a probe for detecting the gene; a DNA microarray or a DNA chip comprising the probe; an antibody bindable to the polypeptide as an antigen; a kit comprising any one of the above-mentioned items; and a method for detecting arteriosclerosis by using any one of the above-mentioned items. | 07-18-2013 |
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20080219981 | Diagnostic Kit for Solid Cancer and Medicament for Solid Cancer Therapy - The present invention provides novel solid cancer antigenic proteins, and diagnostic kits for solid cancer and therapeutic agents for solid cancer based on the antigenic proteins. Specifically, the present invention provides a human solid cancer antigenic polypeptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, and 75. | 09-11-2008 |
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20110156336 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reversely-rotatable roller conveys a sheet having an image formed on its one side at a sheet conveying velocity faster than that of a conveying roller by normal rotation and then, the reversely-rotatable roller conveys the sheet to a re-conveying path by reverse rotation. The sheet conveying velocity of the reversely-rotatable roller when the reversely-rotatable roller reversely rotates is made slower than the sheet conveying velocity when the reversely-rotatable roller normally rotates so that the sheet conveying velocity of the re-conveying roller is substantially equal to or slower than the sheet conveying velocity of the conveying roller. | 06-30-2011 |
20110316222 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus including a sheet stacking portion, a feeding roller, a biasing member, and a cam member, wherein a predetermined idling section in which the feeding roller does not work with rotation of the feeding shaft is provided between the feeding roller and the feeding shaft, the sheet feeding apparatus comprises a returning mechanism which returns the feeding roller to the initial feeding position after the feeding roller finishes feeding the sheet on the sheet stacking portion, and when a sheet feeding operation is started, at a time when the cam member starts rotating together with the feeding shaft and passes the idling section, the feeding roller starts rotating, feeds out the sheet on the sheet stacking portion and then is returned to the initial feeding position by the returning mechanism. | 12-29-2011 |
20110316223 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - At a start of sheet feeding operation, a feed cam starts to rotate in association with rotation of a feed shaft and a feed roller starts to rotate from a time when the feed shaft has passed an idle zone, so as to send out each of sheets on a rising and lowering plate. After that, the feed roller is returned to a feed initial position by a return mechanism including a conveyance roller and a feed rotatable member. A cam curve of the feed cam reduces a rising speed as compared to a rising speed of a conventional rising and lowering plate, and reduces generation of noise at the time of collision between the sheets on the rising and lowering plate and the feed rotatable member. Thus, an image forming apparatus having lower noise level can be provided. | 12-29-2011 |
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20130187510 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A coil is configured so that: N conductor wires of wave windings each divided at at least two positions in a circumferential direction are provided in one of a plurality of slots; within a unit of the divided wave windings in which conduction is made, the N conductor wires are connected in one of series and parallel to each other at division positions located at substantially the same circumferential position of conductor-wire end portions; division units of the divided wave windings are connected in series to each other, and a total number of series turns of the series-connected division units of the each phase is a predetermined number of series turns, which does not exceed an upper limit value of a terminal voltage of the rotary electric machine; and the series-connected division units of the each phase have the same total number of series turns. | 07-25-2013 |
20130234555 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - Provided is a rotary electric machine, including: a stator; and a rotor provided on the stator so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft, in which the rotor includes, at an outer circumference thereof, magnetic poles arranged so as to have different polarities alternately, the magnetic poles being formed of a rotor core in which electromagnetic steel plates are stacked, the magnetic poles being excited by permanent magnets which are housed in gaps disposed at an outer circumferential part of the rotor core, and in which the rotor core includes, at an inner circumferential part thereof, in the same stack plane: a short circuit magnetic path connecting magnetic pole pieces which form the magnetic poles; and a protruding portion held in contact with the permanent magnets, which is positioned between magnetic pole pieces which are not connected to the short circuit magnetic path. | 09-12-2013 |
20130257332 | ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING FAILURE DETECTION CIRCUIT, AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD FOR THE ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING FAILURE DETECTION CIRCUIT - An electric motor driving apparatus having a failure detection circuit includes: a bridge circuit driving an electric motor; a PWM control circuit generating voltage instruction for driving the electric motor; a PWM signal generation circuit generating a PWM signal; a DC current detection circuit detecting DC current of the bridge circuit; a phase current calculation circuit calculating output phase current of the bridge circuit, based on the DC current and PWM signal; and a failure detection circuit detecting failure of the DC current detection circuit. The failure detection circuit determines failure of the DC current detection circuit from the DC current detected values in a zero voltage period in which the high-potential-side arms of the bridge circuit are all ON and in a zero voltage period in which the low-potential-side arms are all ON. | 10-03-2013 |
20140145547 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - Provided is a permanent magnet motor that realizes reduction of both cogging torque and torque ripple, and also downsizing and weight reduction together with torque ripple reduction. When two sets of three-phase armature windings are defined such that a first armature winding | 05-29-2014 |
20140191628 | PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR - A permanent magnet motor in which electromagnetic excitation force of low spatial order is reduced, and influence of a magnetomotive force harmonic of a rotor and torque ripple is reduced. One set of armature windings receives current from a first inverter, and another set of armature windings receives current from a second inverter. Where a pole number of a rotor is M and the number of slots of a stator core is Q, M and Q satisfy M07-10-2014 |
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20140340015 | BRUSHLESS MOTOR, EXTERNAL AC VOLTAGE SOURCE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - The present invention provides a brushless motor in which the voltage utilization ratio can be increased and the torque and output of the motor can thereby be increased, and also provides a drive method for a brushless motor. The brushless motor includes an armature constituted by an armature core having armature windings of a plurality of phases, and a field pole constituted by a field pole core having a plurality of permanent magnets. A voltage, in which at least a 5th order harmonic component is superimposed on a 1st order fundamental wave of a voltage under predetermined phase difference condition and amplitude condition in order to increase a 1st order fundamental wave peak of the applied voltage over an applied voltage peak, is applied to the armature windings. | 11-20-2014 |
20140346910 | PERMANENT MAGNET TYPE CONCENTRATED WINDING MOTOR - In a permanent magnet type concentrated winding motor, the number of magnetic poles is M, a stator Sr has an N number of teeth T around which coils are concentratedly wound and which are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals, M is equal to (18±4)n and N is equal to 18n, an armature winding AW has an m number of parallel circuits, and a 1-phase circuit of the parallel circuits is configured to have a 6n/m number of coils connected in series with each other. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110296904 | AIR FLOW RATE MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow rate measuring device includes a housing, a sensor assembly, and an urging mechanism. The housing defines an internal flow passage, through which air taken in by the device passes, and the housing includes a contact surface. The sensor assembly includes a sensor chip and a contact surface. The sensor chip is configured to generate an electrical signal through a heat transfer phenomenon. The sensor assembly is inserted and fixed in the housing such that the sensor chip is exposed to the internal flow passage. The contact surface of the sensor assembly is in surface contact with the contact surface of the housing. The urging mechanism is configured to press the contact surface of the sensor assembly on the contact surface of the housing, so that the sensor assembly is fixed to the housing by the urging mechanism. | 12-08-2011 |
20120306484 | MAGNETIC DETECTION APPARATUS - A magnetic detection apparatus includes an IC device, a casing defining a housing space of the IC device, and a resin mold portion arranged on a first part of an outside surface of the casing. The IC device includes an IC package having a built-in magnetoelectric transducer, and lead wires. The housing space is defined by a second part of an inner wall of the casing. A predetermined portion of the second part of the inner wall is defined as a contact region, with which the IC device contacts. The resin mold portion is arranged other than a predetermined portion of a second part of the outside surface corresponding to the contact region. A position of the magnetoelectric transducer is determined by positions of the contact region and the resin mold portion. | 12-06-2012 |
20120325011 | METHOD FOR MAKING RESIN HOLLOW BODY AND AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - According to a method for making a resin hollow body, in a primary-formation process, molten resin is injected into spaces defined by dies to form resin components. In a die-moving process, each component is held in at least one die. Joining edges of the components are brought close through relative movement of the dies to make a predetermined arrangement of the components. In a secondary-formation process, molten resin is injected into a region where the edges are adjacent. The edges are joined to form an outer wall, partition wall, and hollow portion of the hollow body. At least one of the edges constituting the partition wall includes a linear groove. In the die-moving process, the partition-wall-constituting edges are brought into contact to define by the groove a linear hollow cavity surrounded with the edges. In the secondary-formation process, the cavity is filled with molten resin to join the partition-wall-constituting edges. | 12-27-2012 |
20130028288 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow measuring device includes a fitted part, a housing, a flow sensor, and a temperature sensor component. A projection shape of the fitted part onto an imaginary plane is a first circle. On the imaginary plane, a first point and a second point are located on the first circle or inward of the first circle, and a third point is located inward of the first circle. A diameter of an imaginary circle passing through the first, second, and third points is larger than a diameter of the first circle. The first, second, and third points have such a positional relationship that, when at least one of the first and second points comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of an attachment hole at time of insertion of the housing into a duct, the third point is away from the inner peripheral surface of the attachment hole. | 01-31-2013 |
20140077794 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE - A position detection device includes a first component provided by molding of a first mold resin with a first hall IC, a second component provided by molding of a second mold resin with a second hall IC, a terminal connected to a first wiring of the first component and to a second wiring of the second component, and a third mold resin molded to hold and protect the first component, the second component and the terminal. The third mold resin fixing the first component and the second component to each other. Accordingly, the position detection device can be provided, which includes a component usable commonly for a variety of position detection devices which are different in the number of hall ICs. | 03-20-2014 |
20140111193 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE AND ROTARY DRIVE UNIT BY USE THEREOF - In a rotation angle detecting device, a signal from a first magnetism detecting element is outputted to a signal output part of a first IC package. A first signal output terminal outputs the signal from the first magnetism detecting element to outside. A signal from a second magnetism detecting element is outputted to a signal output part of a second IC package. A second signal output terminal outputs the signal from the second magnetism detecting element to outside. At least one of a power supply terminal and a ground terminal is located between the first and second signal output terminals. A rotary drive unit includes the device, a motor that rotates a detection object, and a motor power source wire. The ground terminal and a motor power source terminal are adjacent to each other. | 04-24-2014 |
20140306696 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE - A magnetism sensing element is provided to be rotatable relative to permanent magnets and outputs a magnetic force detection value, which corresponds to a perpendicular component of magnetic flux. A Hall IC calculates and outputs an output voltage, which corresponds to a relative rotational angle between the permanent magnets and the magnetism sensing element, based on the magnetic force detection value outputted by the magnetism sensing element. The Hall IC calculates the output voltage as V | 10-16-2014 |
20150061657 | POSITION DETECTOR APPARATUS - A position detector apparatus includes a detector part, wiring, a resin part, a resin body, a terminal, and a lead frame. The resin part has a thickness at a wiring side portion of the detector part that is greater than a thickness on a side opposite to the wiring side portion. Therefore, when injection-molding the resin part, due to a thickness change of the resin part, the detector part is pressed against a metal mold and a position of the detecting part is fixed. Further, the resin body has a thick-resin portion and a thin-resin portion. The thickness of the thin-resin portion allows a predetermined amount of dislocation of the detector part. Therefore, if the detector part is exposed, water is prevented from intruding the lead frame and the terminal. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100209137 | IMAGE FORMING ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image forming assembly includes a photoreceptor assembly that includes a photoreceptor, and an accommodating container that accommodates at least the photoreceptor and holds the photoreceptor with a part of the photoreceptor being exposed; a developing assembly that includes a developing member, and a developer container that accommodates at least the developer member and holds the developing member so as to position the developing member at a portion opposed to the photoreceptor; a connecting mechanism that connects the photoreceptor assembly to the developing assembly so that a distance between the photoreceptor and the developing member is changeable; a protection member that covers and protects the exposed portion of the photoreceptor; and guide members that are respectively provided on the accommodating container and the developer container, and that detachably guide the protection member with the protection member lying astride the two assemblies. | 08-19-2010 |
20100247137 | DETACHABLE BODY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus defined herein, in case the opening/closing member is rotationally moved from the opened position toward the normal position, when the detachable body main unit is at a restricted position between the attached position and the separated position, the restricting portion is contacted with the restricted portion to be moved between the opening/closing member and the detachable body main unit, so as to restrict a rotational movement of the opening/closing member to the normal position, and, when the detachable body main unit is at the attached position, the restricting portion and the restricted portion that is being rotated are separated from each other to enable the opening/closing member to be rotationally moved to the normal position, and, in case the opening/closing member is moved to the normal position, the restricted portion is housed in a space between the detachable body main unit and the opening/closing member. | 09-30-2010 |
20110064476 | IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE UNIT, METHOD FOR FILLING IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE UNIT WITH IMAGE FORMING AGENT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming agent storage unit includes a body portion and a pair of a protrusion portion. The body portion extends in an insertion direction in which the image forming agent storage unit is inserted into an image forming apparatus. The pair of a protrusion portion is disposed on an outer face of the body portion and extends along the insertion direction. An approximate geometrical center of gravity of a cross-sectional shape of the body portion is disposed between the pair of the protrusion portion. One of the protrusion portions is disposed on an upper right angle position between an upper portion of the body portion and a right portion of the body portion and the other of the protrusion portions is disposed on a lower left angle position between a lower portion of the body portion and a left portion of the body portion. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064477 | IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE UNIT, METHOD FOR FILLING IMAGE FORMING AGENT STORAGE UNIT WITH IMAGE FORMING AGENT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming agent storage unit includes a body portion, grip portion, a movement preventing member. The body portion exists to extend in a direction in which the image forming agent storage unit is mounted in an image forming apparatus. The grip portion is disposed on an operator's side of the body portion in the direction in which the image forming agent storage unit is mounted in the image forming apparatus, so that the grip portion can be gripped by a hand. The movement preventing member is disposed in a top portion of the grip portion. The movement preventing member is caught on the image forming apparatus. And, the movement preventing member prevents the image forming agent storage unit mounted in the image forming apparatus from moving in a direction in which the image forming agent storage unit is pulled out. | 03-17-2011 |
20110305818 | Candy And Method Of Producing The Same - A candy having a novel crispy texture and a method of production thereof. The method controls physical properties and crystallized states of the candy by preventing the sugar crystallization during forming and accelerating the crystallization after forming in the production of a candy with a high sugar content. | 12-15-2011 |
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20130118533 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD - To provide a liquid processing apparatus capable of processing substrates with a high throughput with the lesser number of nozzles for chemical-liquid, when the substrates that are horizontally held in cup bodies are liquid-processed by supplying a chemical liquid to the substrates. Taking a developing process as an example of a liquid process, two-types of developing nozzles are prepared for two types of developing methods. The developing nozzle, which is used in the method in which the nozzle is engaged with the process for a longer period of time, is individually disposed on each of a first processing module | 05-16-2013 |
20140102474 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a substrate back surface includes a first substrate supporting portion supporting the substrate at a first area of the substrate back surface, the back surface facing down; a second substrate supporting portion supporting the substrate at a second area of the substrate back surface, the second area being separated from the first area; a cleaning liquid supplying portion supplying cleaning liquid to the substrate back surface; a drying portion drying the second area of the substrate back surface; and a cleaning portion cleaning a third area of the substrate back surface when the substrate is supported by the first substrate supporting portion, the third area including the second area, and cleaning a fourth area of the substrate back surface when the substrate is supported by the second substrate supporting portion, the fourth area excluding the second area. | 04-17-2014 |
20150027492 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided first and second cleaning members which are configured to clean a central zone in a rear surface of a wafer when the wafer held by an absorption pad is horizontally held, and configured to clean a peripheral zone in the rear surface of the wafer when the wafer is held by the spin chuck. Due to the provision of the first and second cleaning members, detergency can be improved as compared with a case in which only one cleaning member is used. The first and second cleaning members are configured to be horizontally turned by a common turning shaft. When the central zone in the rear surface of the wafer is cleaned, the turning shaft is located to be overlapped with the wafer. Since the turning shaft is located by using the moving area of the wafer, a size of an apparatus can be reduced. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036109 | DEVELOPING METHOD, DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A developing method includes: horizontally holding an exposed substrate by a substrate holder; forming a liquid puddle on a part of the substrate, by supplying a developer from a developer nozzle; rotating the substrate; spreading the liquid puddle on a whole surface of the substrate, by moving the developer nozzle such that a supply position of the developer on the rotating substrate is moved in a radial direction of the substrate; bringing, simultaneously with the spreading of the liquid puddle on the whole surface of the substrate, a contact part into contact with the liquid puddle, the contact part being configured to be moved together with the developer nozzle and having a surface opposed to the substrate which is smaller than the surface of the substrate. According to this method, an amount of liquid falling down to the outside of the substrate can be inhibited. In addition, since the rotating speed of the substrate can be decreased, spattering of the developer can be inhibited. Further, a throughput can be improved by stirring the developer. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036110 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS, DEVELOPING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A developing apparatus includes: a substrate holder that hold a substrate horizontally; a developer nozzle that supplies a developer onto the substrate to form a liquid puddle; a turning flow generation mechanism including a rotary member that rotates about an axis perpendicular to the substrate while the rotary member is being in contact with the liquid puddle thereby to generate a turning flow in the liquid puddle of the developer formed on the substrate; and a moving mechanism for moving the turning flow generation mechanism along a surface of the substrate. The line-width uniformity of a pattern can be improved by forming turning flows in a desired region of the substrate and stirring the developer. | 02-05-2015 |
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20100000978 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD - A laser machining device is provided with a laser light source, a spatial light modulator, a driving unit, a control unit, and a condensing optical system. The control unit selects a basic hologram corresponding to each basic machining pattern included in a whole machining pattern in a workpiece from a plurality of basic holograms stored by the storage unit, and determines a display region of the basic hologram in the spatial light modulator so that the deviation of the value of “Iη/n” becomes small for the selected respective basic hologram when the intensity of a laser beam input to a display region of the basic hologram in the spatial light modulator is defined as I, the diffraction efficiency of the laser beam in the basic hologram is defined as η, and the number of condensing points in a basic machining pattern corresponding to the basic hologram is defined as n. | 01-07-2010 |
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20140022474 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, AND SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATING METHOD - A spatial light modulation device includes a liquid crystal layer modulating a phase of incident light according to a level of an applied electric field, a temperature sensor generating a temperature signal corresponding to a temperature of the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes provided for each of a plurality of pixels and applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a driving device providing a voltage to the plurality of pixel electrodes. The driving device has a nonvolatile storage element storing in advance a coefficient α included in a function expressing a correlation between a temperature change amount in the liquid crystal layer and a variation in phase modulation amount in the liquid crystal layer, and performs a calculation for correcting a level of voltage by use of a temperature indicated by the temperature signal and the coefficient α. | 01-23-2014 |
20140036180 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE AND SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION METHOD - A spatial light modulation device includes a phase-modulation type spatial light modulator, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the spatial light modulator, and a control unit providing a drive signal to the spatial light modulator. The control unit has a storage unit. The storage unit stores N correction patterns created so as to correspond to N (N is an integer not less than 2) temperature values of the spatial light modulator in order to correct phase distortion of the spatial light modulator. The control unit selects one correction pattern according to a temperature value of the spatial light modulator, and generates the drive signal based on a phase pattern created by adding the one correction pattern to a desired phase pattern. Thereby, it becomes possible to suppress phase distortion according to a temperature change while suppressing a delay in operation. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036206 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, AND SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATING METHOD - A spatial light modulation device includes a liquid crystal layer modulating a phase of incident light according to a level of an applied electric field, a temperature sensor generating a temperature signal corresponding to a temperature of the liquid crystal layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes provided for each of a plurality of pixels and applying a voltage to the liquid crystal layer, and a driving device providing a voltage to the plurality of pixel electrodes. The driving device has a nonvolatile storage element storing in advance a coefficient α included in a function expressing a correlation between a temperature change amount in the liquid crystal layer and a variation in phase modulation amount in the liquid crystal layer, and performs a calculation for correcting a level of voltage by use of a temperature indicated by the temperature signal and the coefficient α. | 02-06-2014 |
20140293388 | LIGHT MODULATION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE AND LASER BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE - In the control of light condensing irradiation of laser light using a spatial light modulator, the number of wavelengths, a value of each wavelength, and incident conditions of the laser light are acquired, the number of light condensing points, and a light condensing position, a wavelength, and a light condensing intensity on each light condensing point are set, and a distortion phase pattern provided in an optical system including the spatial light modulator to the laser light is derived. Then, a modulation pattern presented in the spatial light modulator is designed in consideration of the distortion phase pattern. Further, in the design of a modulation pattern, a design method focusing on an effect by a phase value of one pixel is used, and when evaluating a light condensing state, a propagation function to which a distortion phase pattern is added is used. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307299 | LIGHT MODULATION CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE AND LASER BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE - In the control of light condensing irradiation of laser light using a spatial light modulator, the number of wavelengths, a value of each wavelength, and incident conditions of the laser light are acquired, the number of light condensing points, and a light condensing position, a wavelength, and a light condensing intensity on each light condensing point are set, and a light condensing control pattern is set for each light condensing point. Then, a modulation pattern presented in the spatial light modulator is designed in consideration of the light condensing control pattern. Further, in the design of a modulation pattern, a design method focusing on an effect by a phase value of one pixel is used, and when evaluating a light condensing state, a propagation function to which a phase pattern opposite to the light condensing control pattern is added is used. | 10-16-2014 |
20150049376 | BEAM-SHAPING DEVICE - A beam shaping device includes a first phase modulation unit including a phase-modulation type SLM, and displaying a first phase pattern for modulating a phase of input light, a second phase modulation unit including a phase-modulation type SLM, being optically coupled to the first phase modulation unit, and displaying a second phase pattern for further modulating a phase of light phase-modulated by the first phase modulation unit, and a control unit providing the first and second phase patterns to the first and second phase modulation units, respectively. The first and second phase patterns are phase patterns for approximating an intensity distribution and a phase distribution of light output from the second phase modulation unit, to predetermined distributions. | 02-19-2015 |
20150085373 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit including one of an SLM or a VFL, a second lens unit being optically coupled between the first lens unit and a focal plane and including one of an SLM or a VFL, and a control unit controlling focal lengths of the first and second lens units. A distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit and a distance between the second lens unit and the focal plane are invariable. The control unit changes a magnification ratio of the zoom lens by changing the focal lengths of the first and second lens units. | 03-26-2015 |