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20090254738 | OBFUSCATION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF - It is an object of the present invention to provide an obfuscation device that can achieve both sufficient obfuscation and the appropriate instruction block to be executed. In the obfuscation device, a first instruction generating unit, for each of the first process and the second process, generates an initialization instruction for securing a management area for managing the identification information indicating an instruction block that should be executed next so as to proceed with the process, and to store the initialization instruction in said storage unit. Further, a second instruction generating unit generates a selection instruction (i) to make a first selection selecting a process that should be proceeded out of the first process and the second process, (ii) to make a second selection selecting an instruction block indicated by the identification information managed in the management area as an instruction block that should be executed for proceeding with the process selected by the first selection, and (iii) to cause the execution device to execute the instruction block selected by the second selection, and stores the selection instruction in said storage unit. Furthermore, a third instruction generating unit generates an updating instruction for updating, when the second process is selected by the first selection, and when the loop instruction included in the second process is executed, the identification information regarding the first process managed in the management area to identification information indicating an instruction block to be executed next in the first process which is subsequently selected by the first selection, and to store the updating instruction in said storage unit. | 10-08-2009 |
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20110050817 | LIQUID-JETTING APPARATUS - A liquid-jetting apparatus includes: a liquid-jetting head which jets the liquid; a liquid tank which stores the liquid; a first flow passage which connects the liquid-jetting head and the liquid tank; a gas-liquid separating section which is arranged on the first flow passage and which separates the liquid and a gas in the liquid; a gas communication passage which connects the gas-liquid separating section and the liquid tank and through which the gas in the gas-liquid separating section is transported to the liquid tank; a second flow passage which communicates an upstream side and a down stream side of the gas-liquid separating section; and a switching mechanism which selectively switches between a first passage route for supplying the liquid through only the first flow passage and a second passage route for supplying the liquid through the second flow passage. | 03-03-2011 |
20110157274 | LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS AND PRINTER - A liquid supply apparatus, which supplies a liquid or liquids stored in liquid cartridges of a plurality of types, includes a plurality of cartridge installing sections to which the liquid cartridges of the plurality of types are detachably installable, wherein a plurality of connection ports, which correspond to supply ports formed for the liquid cartridges of the plurality of types respectively, are formed at mutually different positions of the respective cartridge installing sections. | 06-30-2011 |
20110188884 | CARTRIDGE INSTALLING UNIT AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A cartridge installing unit on which a plurality of types of liquid cartridges are to be installed, includes: a plurality of cartridge installing portions on which the plurality of types of liquid cartridges are installed; a plurality of liquid infusing portions each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of types of liquid cartridges, and each of which is provided to be movable between the plurality of cartridge installing portions to communicate with corresponding liquid cartridge; and a plurality of moving mechanisms each of which moves one of the plurality of liquid infusing portions, and when a liquid cartridge among the liquid cartridges is installed on a cartridge installing portion among the cartridge installing portions, a moving mechanism among the moving mechanisms moves a liquid infusing portion corresponding to the liquid cartridge to the cartridge installing portion on which the liquid cartridge is installed. | 08-04-2011 |
20110205298 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes: a recording head which records an image to a recording surface of a recording medium; a scanning mechanism which reciprocates the recording head along a scanning direction; a recording direction deciding unit which decides a recording direction along which the recording head scans with respect to the recording surface of the recording medium to record the image, from a first direction along the recording surface and a second direction intersecting with the first direction and along the recording surface; and a changing unit which changes one of the scanning direction of the recording head and a direction of the recording medium to bring the recording direction with respect to the recording surface decided by the recording direction deciding unit and the scanning direction of the recording head in line. | 08-25-2011 |
20110242160 | RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording apparatus including: a head jetting liquid droplets from nozzles; and a controller controlling the head to perform a recording jetting-operation for jetting the liquid droplets toward a recording medium from the nozzles at each of drive periods, and a flushing operation for performing maintenance on the nozzles by jetting the liquid droplets from the nozzles prior to the recording jetting-operation. The controller controls the head so that with respect to each of the nozzles, a total liquid discharge amount in the flushing operation becomes less in a case of jetting a liquid droplet at a first drive period in the recording jetting-operation, in comparison with a case of not jetting the liquid droplet at the first drive period. | 10-06-2011 |
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20110117822 | DRESSING JIG FOR GLASS SUBSTRATE POLISHING PAD - Dressing treatment of a polishing pad, adjusting a polishing surface of the polishing pad to given flatness and surface roughness without deteriorating productivity, a method for polishing a glass substrate, including polishing a main surface of a glass substrate using the polishing pad adjusted by the dressing treatment, and a method for manufacturing a glass substrate using the polishing method are provided. A dressing jig having arithmetic surface roughness on a surface performing dressing treatment of from 0.10 μm to 2.5 μm is used as the dressing jig for adjusting a polishing surface of the polishing pad to given flatness and surface roughness. A main surface of the glass substrate is polished with the polishing surface of the polishing pad having been subjected to a dressing treatment using the dressing jig. | 05-19-2011 |
20110212669 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a disk-shaped glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, having a circular hole at the center thereof, the method including: a shape-forming step of performing shape forming to a glass substrate having a sheet shape; a polishing step of polishing a main surface of the glass substrate; and a cleaning step of cleaning the glass substrate, in which the polishing step includes a finish polishing step of simultaneously polishing both main surfaces of the glass substrate using a polishing slurry containing abrasives having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less; and the glass substrate polished in the finish polishing step has a thickness deviation among glass substrates polished in the same lot of 1.5 μm or less. | 09-01-2011 |
20150316442 | METHOD OF EVALUATING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE - The present invention is a method of evaluating optical characteristics of a transparent substrate that is disposed on a display device, wherein the optical characteristics of the transparent substrate are evaluated by selecting two values among a quantified resolution index value (T), a quantified reflection image diffusiveness index value (R), and a quantified sparkle index value of the transparent substrate. According to the present invention, a transparent substrate and an anti-glare process that is to be applied to it can be properly selected, depending on purpose and use. The present invention can be utilized, for example, for evaluating optical characteristics of a transparent substrate that is installed in various types of display devices, such as an LCD device, an OLED device, a PDP device, and a tablet type display device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316690 | OPTICAL DEVICE - There is provided an optical device including a display device, and a transparent substrate that is disposed on a side of a display surface of the display device. When the transparent substrate is evaluated by using a three index values of a resolution index value T, a reflection image diffusiveness index value R, and a sparkle index value S, the following conditions are satisfied: the resolution index value T≦0.2, the reflection image diffusiveness index value R≧0.2, and the sparkle index value S≦60. | 11-05-2015 |
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20140357992 | ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A region of interest which is considered to be a vascular wall of an artery is set in a B-mode image, and tracking processing is performed for each region of interest. A maximum displacement velocity Vu in a positive direction and a maximum displacement velocity Vd in a negative direction are obtained as a peak value of a displacement velocity of the vascular wall. If a first peak ratio (Vu/Vd) of a region of interest corresponding to an anterior wall is equal to or greater than a predetermined first feature threshold value (for example, 2.0) using the obtained maximum displacement velocity Vu in the positive direction and maximum displacement velocity Vd in the negative direction, it is determined that the region of interest is an artery. | 12-04-2014 |
20150209004 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - Scanning lines immediately above the blood vessel are detected using received signals of reflected waves obtained when ultrasonic waves transmitted to the blood vessel are reflected from the blood vessel, and candidates at depth positions that seem to be front and rear walls of the blood vessel are detected based on the received signals of the scanning lines. Then, vascular front and rear walls pairs of front and rear walls are narrowed down from the candidates, and the narrowed-down vascular front and rear walls pair is regarded as one blood vessel and artery/vein identification is performed for each blood vessel. Measurement of vascular function information is performed for the blood vessel determined to be an artery. | 07-30-2015 |
20150245820 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - A scanning line immediately above a blood vessel is detected using a received signal of a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to the blood vessel, and candidates for front and rear walls of the blood vessel are detected based on the received signal of the scanning line. Then, vascular front and rear walls pairs of front and rear walls are narrowed down from the candidates, and the narrowed-down vascular front and rear walls pair is regarded as one blood vessel and artery/vein identification is performed for each blood vessel. Measurement of vascular function information is performed for the blood vessel determined to be an artery. Determination of an artery/vein is performed based on the relative relationship between the contraction time and the expansion time of the blood vessel. | 09-03-2015 |
20150250448 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - A scanning line immediately above a blood vessel is detected using a received signal of a reflected wave of an ultrasonic wave transmitted to the blood vessel, and candidates for front and rear walls of the blood vessel are detected based on the received signal of the scanning line. Then, vascular front and rear walls pairs of front and rear walls among the candidates are narrowed down, and the narrowed-down vascular front and rear walls pair is regarded as one blood vessel and artery/vein identification is performed for each blood vessel. Measurement of vascular function information is performed for the blood vessel determined to be an artery. | 09-10-2015 |
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20090073845 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical recording medium using Sn as the recording material to improve the jitter is provided, in which on the surface of a disc substrate | 03-19-2009 |
20090302223 | METHOD OF MEASURING TERAHERTZ WAVE AND TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS - A method of measuring a terahertz wave includes the steps of: starting input of a pulse signal showing that scale marks have been detected, which are arranged at equal intervals along a moving direction of a movable stage which can move in a direction in which an optical path length of incident pulse light is contracted or extended; and taking signals outputted at pulse intervals of the pulse light from a terahertz wave detecting section by synchronizing the timing with the pulse signal. | 12-10-2009 |
20090303480 | TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS - A terahertz spectroscopic apparatus includes a polarization beam splitter transmitting or reflecting a linearly polarized terahertz wave, a quarter wave plate imparting a phase difference of 90° to a terahertz wave impinging thereon, and an optical member guiding a circularly polarized terahertz wave impinging thereon from the polarization beam splitter via the quarter wave plate to an irradiation surface. | 12-10-2009 |
20100046338 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS, FOCUS POSITION CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical disc apparatus can highly accurately record a hologram representing information on or reproduce such a hologram from an optical disc. When recording information on an optical disc | 02-25-2010 |
20110242485 | FLUORESCENCE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, FLUORESCENCE IMAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A fluorescence image acquisition method including: irradiating an eyeground with a short-pulse beam of light for exciting a fluorescent dye; setting the time point of emission of the light as a reference, measuring the intensities of luminescence of the fluorescent dye at two different times which are predetermined periods of time after the reference, determining the ratio between the intensities of luminescence at the two different times, and detecting the intensity of luminescence of the fluorescent dye having marked a target by using the ratio; and generating a fluorescence image of the fluorescent dye having marked the target, based on the results of detection by the detecting step. | 10-06-2011 |
20120004856 | SPECTRAL DATA ANALYZER, BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION SYSTEM, AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A spectral data analyzer is disclosed. The spectral data analyzer calculates the spectral intensity ratio of a C—H band and an amide I band in a Raman spectrum that corresponds to a substance present in a body tissue; and automatically determines the presence or absence of amyloid beta in the substance based on the calculated ratio. | 01-05-2012 |
20120229769 | FUNDUS IMAGING APPARATUS AND FUNDUS IMAGING METHOD - Provided is a fundus imaging apparatus including a wavefront adjuster and a detector. The wavefront adjuster is configured to adjust a wavefront of a femtosecond pulsed laser beam incident on an ocular fundus to be examined. The detector is configured to detect fluorescence generated in a multi-photon excitation process by the femtosecond pulsed laser beam incident on the ocular fundus to be examined. The wavefront adjuster is further configured to adjust the wavefront so that an intensity of the fluorescence to be detected by the detector becomes a maximum value. | 09-13-2012 |
20120250013 | NON-LINEAR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUS, NON-LINEAR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM, AND NON-LINEAR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY METHOD - A non-linear Raman spectroscopy apparatus includes a light source unit emitting a pulse beam having a pulse width of 0.2 ns to 10 ns, a pulse peak power of 50 W to 5000 W, and a wavelength of 500 nm to 1200 nm, and a single-mode fiber through which continuous white light is generated from the pulse beam. A test sample to be measured is radiated with a pump-cum-probe beam formed of the pulse beam and a Stokes beam formed of the continuous white light to obtain a Raman spectrum. | 10-04-2012 |
20120287428 | NONLINEAR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS, MICROSPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS, AND MICROSPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is a nonlinear Raman spectroscopic apparatus includes two light sources and a pulse control section. The two light sources are each configured to emit short-pulse laser light. The pulse control section is configured to time-delay the short-pulse laser light emitted from one of the light sources. | 11-15-2012 |
20140268131 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - There is provided a measurement apparatus including a light source unit configured to emit pulsed laser light used for pump light and Stokes light that excite predetermined molecular vibration of a measurement sample and for probe light that is intensity-modulated with a predetermined reference frequency and that has a same wavelength as the pump light or the Stokes light, a pulse control unit configured to cause time delay of the probe light generated by the light source unit and then to guide the pump light, the Stokes light, and the time-delayed probe light to the measurement sample, and a detection unit configured to detect transmitted light transmitted through the measurement sample or reflected light from the measurement sample. A relaxation time of the molecular vibration of the measurement sample is measured using time-resolved stimulated Raman gain spectroscopic measurement or time-resolved stimulated Raman loss spectroscopic measurement of the measurement sample. | 09-18-2014 |
20150369742 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD - Provided is a measuring apparatus including: a light source unit to emit pulsed laser light used for pump light and Stokes light that excite a molecular vibration of a sample; a Stokes light generating unit to modulate an intensity of the pulsed laser light and to generate Stokes light using the pulsed laser light having the modulated intensity; a time delaying unit to delay the pump light using the pulsed laser light or the Stokes light; a detecting unit to detect, by lock-in detection, light transmitted through the sample irradiated with the pump light and the Stokes light having a controlled time delay amount, or reflected light from the sample; and an arithmetic processing device to perform arithmetic processing on the basis of anti-Stokes light detected by the lock-in detection while controlling the intensity modulation and the time delay amount. | 12-24-2015 |
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20130203254 | POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD - A polishing composition contains a water-soluble polymer, a polishing accelerator, and an oxidizing agent. The water-soluble polymer is a polyamide-polyamine polymer having an amine value of 150 mg KOH/1 g·solid or greater. | 08-08-2013 |
20140014872 | POLISHING COMPOSITION AND POLISHING METHOD - Disclosed is a polishing composition containing a pH-lowering substance and a pH-buffering agent. The difference in absolute value between the pH of the polishing composition immediately after adding a 31% by weight hydrogen peroxide solution thereto at 5.16 g per 100 g of the polishing composition and the pH of the polishing composition after leaving to stand for eight days therefrom is 0.5 or less. Also disclosed is another polishing composition containing a pH-lowering substance and a pH-controlling agent. In comparison to the amount of a basic substance in the polishing composition immediately after adding a 31% by weight hydrogen peroxide solution thereto at 5.16 g per 100 ml of the polishing composition, the amount of a basic substance in the polishing composition after leaving to stand for eight days therefrom is increased by no less than 0.1 mM. | 01-16-2014 |
20140322913 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a high-mobility material and a portion containing a silicon material. The polishing composition comprises an oxidizing agent and abrasive grains having an average primary particle diameter of 40 nm or less. The polishing composition preferably further contains a hydrolysis-suppressing compound that bonds to a surface OH group of the portion containing a silicon material of the object to function to suppress hydrolysis of the portion containing a silicon material. Alternatively, a polishing composition of the present invention contains abrasive grains, an oxidizing agent, and a hydrolysis-suppressing compound. The polishing composition preferably has a neutral pH. | 10-30-2014 |
20140342562 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a high-mobility material and a portion containing a silicon material. The polishing composition comprises odd-shaped abrasive grains and an oxidizing agent having a standard electrode of 0.3 V or more, and preferably further contains a salt, such as an ammonium salt. The pH of the polishing composition is 1 or more and 6 or less, or 8 or more and 14 or less. The average degree of association of the abrasive grains, obtained by dividing the value of the average secondary particle diameter of the abrasive grains by the value of the average primary particle diameter of the abrasive grains, is preferably 1.6 or more. | 11-20-2014 |
20150060400 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a polishing composition that can suppress generation of bumps due to etching on a surface of an object to be polished having a germanium material-containing part during the polishing of the object. | 03-05-2015 |
20150069016 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - There is provided a polishing composition capable of suppressing formation of a stepped portion caused by etching of a surface of a polishing object including a portion containing a group IV material when the polishing object is polished. The present invention relates to a polishing composition for polishing of a polishing object including a portion that contains a group IV material, and the polishing composition contains an oxidizing agent and an anticorrosive agent. Preferably, the anticorrosive agent includes at least one selected from the group consisting of compounds in which two or more carbonyl groups contained in a molecule are bonded through a carbon atom in the molecule. To be more specific, preferably, the anticorrosive agent includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a 1,3-diketone compound, a 1,4-diketone compound, and a triketone compound. | 03-12-2015 |
20150287609 | POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a portion containing a high-mobility material and a portion containing a silicon material. The polishing composition comprises an oxidizing agent and abrasive grains having an average primary particle diameter of 40 nm or less. The polishing composition preferably further contains a hydrolysis-suppressing compound that bonds to a surface OH group of the portion containing a silicon material of the object to function to suppress hydrolysis of the portion containing a silicon material. Alternatively, a polishing composition of the present invention contains abrasive grains, an oxidizing agent, and a hydrolysis-suppressing compound. The polishing composition preferably has a neutral pH. | 10-08-2015 |
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20110034659 | MOLDING MATERIAL COMPOSED OF POLYORGANOSILOXANE COMPOUND, SEALING MATERIAL, AND SEALED OPTICAL DEVICE - A molding material includes a polyorganosiloxane compound having a ladder structure including a repeating unit shown by the following formula (I) in the molecule as a main component, a sealing material includes the molding material, and a sealed optical device includes an optical device that is sealed with a cured product of the sealing material. The molding material produces a cured product that exhibits excellent transparency and heat resistance for a long time. | 02-10-2011 |
20110124812 | FIXING MATERIAL COMPRISING SILANE COMPOUND POLYMER AND PHOTONIC DEVICE SEALED BODY - A fixing material includes a silane compound polymer as the main component, the silane compound polymer being produced by condensing a silane compound mixture that includes at least one silane compound (1) shown by the following formula (1): R | 05-26-2011 |
20110276263 | MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER, MAP INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND MAP DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING THESE MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND MAP INFORMATION TERMINAL - A map distribution system that implements navigation using desired map data in which the degree of reliability of information about an object, such as a road or a facility, is taken into consideration is provided. A map distribution server | 11-10-2011 |
20120034460 | PROTECTIVE SHEET FOR BACK SURFACE OF SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A protective sheet for the back surface of a solar cell module prepared by laminating a thermal adhesive sheet to at least one surface of a base sheet with a urethane-based adhesive layer disposed therebetween, wherein the thermal adhesive sheet contains a pigment and the urethane-based adhesive layer contains a silane coupling agent. The pigment is preferably an inorganic pigment or a carbon black. | 02-09-2012 |
20120239736 | MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER, MAP INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND MAP DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING THESE MAP DISTRIBUTION SERVER AND MAP INFORMATION TERMINAL - A map distribution system that implements navigation using desired map data in which the degree of reliability of information about an object, such as a road or a facility, is taken into consideration is provided. A map distribution server | 09-20-2012 |
20120323492 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system | 12-20-2012 |
20120323875 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system includes data management data that determines storage locations of real data from data definition information indicating a data structure of a map DB | 12-20-2012 |
20120331006 | DATA ACCESS METHOD AND DATA ACCESS DEVICE - An information processing apparatus has data management data that determines storage locations of real data in a data group in accordance with data definition information indicating a data structure of the data group, and a data access program that describes an access function to the real data whose data structure is specified in accordance with the data definition information, and gains access to the real data of the data group by executing the data access program while determining the storage locations of the real data by referring to the data management data. | 12-27-2012 |
20130096253 | FIXING MATERIAL COMPRISING SILANE COMPOUND POLYMER AND PHOTONIC DEVICE SEALED BODY - A fixing material includes a silane compound polymer as the main component, the silane compound polymer being produced by condensing a silane compound mixture that includes at least one silane compound (1) shown by the following formula (1): R | 04-18-2013 |
20130261968 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - A navigation device includes a data relation definition analysis unit | 10-03-2013 |
20130275428 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a navigation device including a navigation function performing unit 13 | 10-17-2013 |
20130297644 | RELATION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, RELATION INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, AND DATABASE DATA STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a relation information generating device including a data relation definition input unit | 11-07-2013 |
20140046594 | MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION DEVICE AND MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A mobile-body navigation device includes a route search unit | 02-13-2014 |
20140052370 | MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION DEVICE AND MOBILE-BODY NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A mobile-body navigation device includes a communication device | 02-20-2014 |
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20150188739 | ON-BOARD POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An on-board power line communication system that performs power line communication during charging and discharging of a battery prevents electromagnetic wave leakage from a power line from interfering with other on-board devices. A vehicle includes a PLC communication device that performs PLC communication using a charging cable that is connected to a battery, and an interference suppressor that prevents electromagnetic wave leakage from the charging cable, which accompanies PLC communication, from interfering with the operations of an on-board electronic device. The interference suppressor reduces electromagnetic wave leakage from the charging cable by reducing the output frequency of the PLC communication device or the value of current flowing through the charging cable while the on-board electronic device is performing a specific operation that will be affected by interference from PLC communication. | 07-02-2015 |
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20130128359 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical film having a high Re and a low |Rth| is provided. An optical film consists of a composition that includes cellulose acylate having an acyl group including an aromatic group, and satisfies Formula (I) 150 nm≦Re (550)≦350 nm, Formula (II) −50 nm≦Rth (550)≦50 nm, and Formula (III) 0.07 nm≦degree of cross-sectional orientation P2z≦1, Here, Re (550) represents the in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm, and Rth (550) represents the thickness direction retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm. | 05-23-2013 |
20130163082 | OPTICAL FILM, MULTILAYER FILM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical film that does not cause display unevenness, includes a retardation layer A (A layer) satisfying the following relational expression, nz>nx≧ny here, nx represents an in-plane refractive index in a direction of an in-plane slow axis, ny represents an in-plane refractive index in a direction orthogonal to the direction of an in-plane slow axis, and nz represents a refractive index in a thickness direction; and a retardation layer B (B layer) of which in-plane retardation Re and thickness direction retardation Rth satisfy the following relational expressions: 0 nm≦Re≦20 nm and 50 nm≦Rth≦300 nm, wherein the total film thickness is 5 μm to 40 μm. | 06-27-2013 |
20130266743 | OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An optical film having a thickness of from 20-60 μm, Re(550) of larger than 80-350 nm, an elastic modulus Em in a direction that is in parallel or perpendicular to one arbitrary edge of the film and provides a maximum elastic modulus of the film, and an elastic modulus Es in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of Em, with satisfying Em/Es of 1.5-2.5; and satisfying: | 10-10-2013 |
20140178606 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM, POLARIZER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate film containing a cellulose acylate, that has an aromatic group-containing acyl group and satisfies the formulae (I) and (II): | 06-26-2014 |
20150015833 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A cellulose acylate film that contains at least one kind of cellulose acylate that has a substitution degree of an acyl group that contains an aromatic group of from 0.1 to 2.0, or a substitution degree of an acyl group having from 2 to 4 carbon atoms of from 2.0 to 2.6, and has an in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm Re(550) of from 80 to 350 nm, and the number of bright spots caused from irregular retardation regions having a major axis diameter of from 0.01 to 0.05 mm of 500 or less per 1 cm | 01-15-2015 |
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20090091182 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING POWER FROM A PLURALITY OF POWER SOURCES AND CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED IN SUCH IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A power supply unit selects one of drive power provided from an AC/DC conversion unit and that provided from a separation unit and outputs the selected drive power to a control unit and a transmission and reception unit continuously. If the AC/DC conversion unit and the separation unit both supply their respective drive powers, the drive power that has a higher voltage value, i.e., the first drive power, is selectively output. When the first drive power supplied is stopped, a diode transitions from the on state to the off state and a diode transitions from the off state to the on state. As a result the second drive power is selectively output. | 04-09-2009 |
20100073703 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS CONNECTED TO POWER SUPPLYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING POWER VIA DATA COMMUNICATION LINE, CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED BY SAME IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM EXECUTED BY SAME IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A message displaying area displays a message “DATA HAS BEEN RECEIVED”, which indicates that a print instruction has been received, as well as a message “CONDUCT AUTHENTICATION”, which urges a user to enter identification information. On the other hand, an input area displays a form in which a “username” and a corresponding “password” are to be entered. Specifically, a display presents an entry screen for identification information, including messages indicating that a print instruction has been received and authentication is required. | 03-25-2010 |
20110084436 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - When a sheet is loaded to the sheet tray, the position of a trailing edge regulating section is set in response to the size of an insert sheet. Owing to this, the print sheet ejected from the ejection rollers onto the sheet tray falls onto the surface of the insert sheet. Further, when a booklet with an insert sheet placed therein is produced, an insert sheet is supplied to the sheet tray along the second conveying path. The shift amount of the execution position of center folding or the execution position of center stitching with respect to the sheet bundle is calculated in conformity to the finishing form of the booklet containing the insert sheet. | 04-14-2011 |
20110116128 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PLURAL IMAGE FORMING DEVICES - An image forming system includes MFPs and a PC. A control unit in the PC, on receipt of information on a print job, transmits it to each MFP. A CPU in each MFP checks an operating state, a fixing roller temperature, and others in the MFP, calculates power consumption required for executing the print job on the basis of the machine conditions of the MFP and the information on the print job, and transmits the calculation result to the PC. The control unit in the PC displays the required power calculated in each MFP. This allows a user to select an MFP for executing the print job, taking into consideration the required power in each MFP. Accordingly, the image forming device for use in printing can be specified in accordance with the states of the individual image forming devices, so that power saving can be promoted more effectively. | 05-19-2011 |
20120104689 | SHEET DISCHARGING TRAY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH - A sheet discharging tray device includes: a discharging section from which a sheet is discharged; a discharging tray on which the sheet discharged from the discharging section is stacked sequentially; a tray drive section which drives the discharging tray in a tray shift direction that is perpendicular to a sheet discharging direction from the discharging section with reference to a sheet surface; a controller which conducts a tray shift operation that shifts a position of the discharging tray under a condition of the number of sheets stacked on the discharging tray, and a sheet detection section which detects an alignment deviation in the tray shift direction. The controller changes an operation status of the discharging tray when a tray shift operation is conducted and changes a discharging operation of a sheet to the discharging tray, based on a detected result of the sheet detection section. | 05-03-2012 |
20120250058 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control apparatus connected via a network with one or more of image forming apparatuses includes: a power source detection section which detects an image forming apparatus turned on; and a setting section which sets a mode shift time for shifting from a normal power mode to a power saving power mode a power consumption of which is less than a power consumption of the normal power mode of each of the image forming apparatuses; and a notice section which notices the set mode shift time to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the mode shift time, wherein the setting section changes the mode shift time when a plurality of image forming apparatuses which has been turned on is connected with the network, by comparing with a case when the network is connected with only one image forming apparatus turned on. | 10-04-2012 |
20130331246 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus is described which is used to process a sheet transferred from an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine. A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a punching unit which cuts off part of a sheet conveyed along a conveying route, and a humidifying unit located on this conveying route in the upstream side of the punching unit and configured to humidify a predetermined area which is selected from the entire area of the sheet and includes punch areas to be cut off from the conveyed sheet by the punching unit. The cutting wastes can thereby be electrostatically discharged without leaving the sheet excessively wet. | 12-12-2013 |
20140348528 | FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with a fixing unit in which flickers can be effectively reduced while inhibiting electric current imbalance. The fixing unit comprises a fixing heater, a switching unit for switching the fixing heater on/off with an AC power source, and a control unit which controls the switching unit to switch in units of the half wave period of the AC power source AC, and a storing unit for storing a plurality of energization patterns which define the ways of performing the switch control. Each energization pattern corresponds to a control cycle which contains a three or more odd number of the half wave periods each of which is either an OFF period and an ON period, and all the half wave periods of the smaller in number of the ON periods and the OFF periods are not successively arranged. | 11-27-2014 |
20140363185 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a drive motor configured to rotate the lower pressure roller, a torque generation unit for generating a breaking force in the direction to hinder rotation of a fixing belt in order to adjust the differential speed between the surface speed of the fixing belt and the surface speed of the lower pressure roller | 12-11-2014 |
20150063850 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes an upper pressure roller, a fixing belt, a lower pressure roller which cooperates with the upper pressure roller and the fixing belt for forming a fixing nip portion which holds and conveys a sheet with a toner image therebetween; a drive motor which rotates the lower pressure roller; a plurality of motors each of which is capable of generating a braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of the upper pressure roller and an assist force in the direction to assist rotation of the upper pressure roller; a torque generation unit which generate an effective braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of the fixing side member as a combination of the braking and assist forces; and a control unit which switches the motor used to generate the braking force among the plurality of motors in accordance with a predetermined condition. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063851 | FIXING APPARATUS FOR FIXING IMAGES FORMED ON SHEET AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THIS FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus comprises a fixing nip width adjustment unit configured to adjust the fixing nip width of a fixing nip portion; a braking force generation motor configured to generate an effective braking force in the direction to hinder rotation of an upper pressure roller; and a control unit configured to perform restore control for rotating the upper pressure roller and a lower pressure roller by driving a drive motor and speed keeping control for keeping the rotational speed of the braking force generation motor no higher than a predetermined speed during the restore control in a non-fixing period in which the fixing nip width adjustment unit is controlled to decrease the fixing nip width smaller than in a fixing period and a braking force is applied to the fixing side member by the braking force generation motor. | 03-05-2015 |
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20120148639 | SUBSTRATE FOR FEEDING CELLS AND/OR TISSUES, CELL/TISSUE-FEEDER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, METHOD FOR THE REGENERATION OF TISSUES, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POROUS BODIES - A substrate for feeding cells and/or tissues which is composed of a porous body having a thin film surface and a porous surface and which can be used in the regenerative medical techniques. A cell/tissue feeder is produced by cultivating tissues on the porous surface of the porous body. Cells are seeded on the porous surface of the body, followed by the cultivation of the cells to thus form and/or regenerate tissues. An aqueous solution of silk proteins, to which a water-soluble organic solvent is added, is introduced into a mold whose bottom or top surface is surface-roughened, followed by freezing the aqueous solution and then thawing the frozen aqueous solution to form a porous body having a thin film surface and a porous surface. | 06-14-2012 |
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20110235114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of displaying a screen so that the contents of print jobs can be grasped immediately. | 09-29-2011 |
20110299120 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system according to an embodiment includes: plural printers connected to a network; a user terminal connected to the network; and a print server which receives and saves a print job from the user terminal, and which determines plural printer candidates suitable for executing the print job from among the plural printers connected to the network, monitors an operation mode of the plural printer candidates that are determined, and when plural printer candidates include a printer in a sleep mode, shifts the printer from the sleep mode to an normal operating mode via the network. | 12-08-2011 |
20120092717 | PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a print server that is connected with at least one printing device and client terminal through a communication line, includes an information acquiring-storing unit configured to acquire and stores print data and attribute information of a print job from the client terminal, an information changing unit configured to shorten a portion of character strings of the attribute information of the print job on the basis of a preset changing rule, and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the attribute information of the print job including some shortened information to the printing device in accordance with a request from the printing device. | 04-19-2012 |
20120243044 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system which can provide information in which usage of a user of an image forming apparatus can be easily comprehended by the user who uses the image forming apparatus connected to a network is provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20130155454 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprises a display unit and an image forming unit. The display unit displays a list of print jobs. The image forming unit forms an image based on the print job registered last, if a first printing instruction is given without selecting a print job from the list of print jobs displayed on the display unit. | 06-20-2013 |
20150268900 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system according to an embodiment includes: plural printers connected to a network; a user terminal connected to the network; and a print server which receives and saves a print job from the user terminal, and which determines plural printer candidates suitable for executing the print job from among the plural printers connected to the network, monitors an operation mode of the plural printer candidates that are determined, and when plural printer candidates include a printer in a sleep mode, shifts the printer from the sleep mode to an normal operating mode via the network. | 09-24-2015 |