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| 20110026992 | Image forming apparatus - In an image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming devices, a first image forming device in which a leveling blade that functions as a lubricant leveling blade is easily worn away over time uses an obtuse-angle blade as a first leveling blade, and a second image forming device being other image forming device among the plurality of image forming devices uses a right-angle blade as a second leveling blade. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110091227 | Waste toner container and image forming apparatus incorporating same - A waste toner container that collects waste toner that is not used to form an image in an image forming unit of an image forming apparatus, and includes a waste toner collection opening to receive the waste toner output from the image forming unit, a toner amount detector to detect toner amount in the waste toner container, and a waste toner conveyance member disposed inside the waste toner container to convey the waste toner in the waste toner container. The waste toner conveyance member defines a waste toner conveyance direction exchange point, which is a boundary between two different toner conveyance direction regions in which the waste toner is conveyed in opposite directions, and the waste toner conveyance direction exchange point is disposed closer to the toner amount detector than is the waste toner collection opening. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20140204388 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS - Provided is a compact, low-cost optical measuring apparatus capable of acquiring an image of a target to be measured without moving a mirror or using a wavelength-scanning light source or beam splitter. A laser beam emitted from a light source is split into first and second beams, and the first beam is focused as a signal beam onto the target by a lens for irradiation purposes, while the second beam is reflected as a reference beam by a mirror without irradiating the target. Then, a signal beam reflected by or scattered by the target is multiplexed with the reference beam and then enters interference optics, whereby three or more interference beams with different phases are generated and detected by photodetectors. Then, the detection signals are operated by a signal processing unit. During the measurement, the focus position of the first beam is moved at least in the optical axis direction. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20150062589 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD - A small and inexpensive optical measurement apparatus is provided in which noise due to optical interference such as inter-layer crosstalk or speckle is suppressed. The optical measurement apparatus includes a light source to emit laser light, a high-frequency superimposing unit to superimpose a high-frequency current on a driving current to drive the light source, a light branching element to branch the laser light into signal light and reference light, an objective lens to condense and irradiate the signal light on a measurement object, a condensing position scanning unit to scan a condensing position of the signal light, a light path length adjusting unit to adjust a light path length difference between the signal light and the reference light, an interference optical system which combines the signal light reflected or scattered by the measurement object and the reference light, and generates a plurality of interference lights different from each other in phase relation, and a photodetector to detect the interference lights. | 03-05-2015 |
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| 20090159591 | SUPERHEATED STEAM GENERATION CONTAINER, SUPERHEATED STEAM GENERATOR, AND SUPERHEATED STEAM GENERATION METHOD - A superheated steam generator, capable of generating superheated steam which exceeds 400° C. even if a litz wire is adopted as an induction heating coil, and capable of being used as a middle-sized or small-sized home-available apparatus, is provided. The invention provided a superheated steam generator in which induction heating elements | 06-25-2009 |
| 20150039135 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM AND AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - A base terminal receives the air-conditioning control information from the server, and on the basis of the received air-conditioning control information, when a power consumption value in a site is greater than the target power value for demand control, the base terminal transmits, to air-conditioning control equipment, a control instruction that sets an air conditioner to OFF, and when the temperature measured in an area is greater than the upper limit temperature when the air conditioner is performing a cooling operation, or when the temperature measured in the area is less than the lower limit temperature when the air conditioner is performing a heating operation, the base terminal transmits a control instruction that sets the air conditioner to ON. | 02-05-2015 |
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| 20140108100 | DATA INTEGRATED ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A generation technique and an analysis technique of a large number of explanatory variables to derive effective measures by using various data are provided. Specifically, a factor which lurks in a large amount of data and affects business performance is identified by automatically generating a large number of explanatory variables and performing correlation analysis between the explanatory variables and an objective variable. Three operators representing condition, target, and arithmetic which are variable generation conditions are defined in advance for data inputted into an analysis system and a large number of explanatory variables are automatically generated by these operators. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140320736 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND LENS BARREL - A focus adjustment control apparatus is provided which includes: a focus detection unit that calculates an evaluation value with regard to contrast of an image via an optical system to detect a focus adjustment state of the optical system; an acquisition unit that acquires from a lens barrel at least one of a maximum value and a minimum value of an image plane movement coefficient that represents correspondence relationship between a movement amount of a focus adjustment lens included in the optical system and a movement amount of an image plane; and a control unit that uses at least one of the maximum value and the minimum value of the image plane movement coefficient to determine a drive speed for the focus adjustment lens when the focus detection unit detects the focus adjustment state. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150018091 | GAME MANAGEMENT DEVICE, GAME SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A game management device includes a game information storage control unit for storing in a storage device, an each user's game information, the game information storage control unit including an owned object information storage control unit for storing in a storage device, an object owned by each user; a priority setting unit for setting a priority for an object owned by a first user according to a first user's gift destination selecting operation of selecting a second user as a gift destination, the priority setting unit setting the priority based on a second user's game information for recommending the object owned by the first user for a gift to the second user; and a priority notification unit for transmitting to a terminal device of the first user, an information for notifying the priority set for the object owned by the first user. | 01-15-2015 |
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| 20110039523 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a communication unit that transmits content to a communication terminal connected via a network and a control unit that controls transmission of the content by the communication unit. The control unit causes the communication unit to transmit a first file containing the content for a time corresponding to a communication disabled time of the communication terminal in response to a transmission request of the content from the communication terminal and causes the communication unit to transmit a second file to be transmitted subsequent to the first file at a transmission predetermined time obtained by adding the communication disabled time of the communication terminal to a transmission time of the first file. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20120195570 | Broadcast Program Processing Device, Broadcast Program Processing Method and Program Product - A broadcast program processing device is provided. The device includes a recording unit configured to record content including an advertising video and a recorded data analysis unit configured to obtain an attribute of the advertising video that is included in the recorded content. The device further includes a CM replacing unit configured to obtain an attribute of each of a plurality of advertising videos to be inserted and select one or more of the plurality of advertising videos to be inserted, based on the attribute of the advertising video that is included in the recorded content and the attribute of each of the plurality of advertising videos to be inserted, and a reproduction unit configured to insert the selected one or more of the plurality of advertising videos to be inserted into the recoded content. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20140298381 | BROADCAST PROGRAM PROCESSING DEVICE, BROADCAST PROGRAM PROCESSING METHOD, BROADCASTING STATION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVER, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIA - A broadcast program processing device includes video content recording unit. The video content recording unit causes a storage unit to store a plurality of pieces of video content each of which includes at least one advertisement video. The broadcast program processing device changes the advertisement video included in a piece of video content stored in the storage unit to a substitute advertisement video before being instructed to play any one of the pieces of video content and plays the piece of video content whose advertisement video has been changed if instructed to play any one of the pieces of video content. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140309039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A front end server receives a request to start executing a game on at least one game server, the at least one game server being capable of executing at least one game, having an upper limit set to a total of amounts of resources that can be secured in executing at least one game, and executing a game as an object of execution when an amount of resources associated with the game as the object of execution can be secured. A management server starts a new game server when an amount of resources associated with the game according to the execution start request exceeds an amount of remaining resources that can be secured in each game server already started or being started at a time of receiving the execution start request. The management server makes one of the game servers execute the game according to the execution start request. | 10-16-2014 |
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| 20120121400 | COMPRESSOR OF EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - A compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger has an inlet slit, an outlet slit and the recirculation passage can formed at the same time when the compressor housing assembled. Ease of assembly and the reduction of the production cost is achieved. The structure of the inlet slit, the outlet slit and the recirculation passage can be compact and can be easily adjusted. Noises generated in the compressor impeller can be reduced without providing a noise insulation cover. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120148391 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - A centrifugal compressor is equipped with a resin housing, that is made in a manner such that compression efficiency is not lost and merits such as weight and cost reduction are not cancelled out. The turbo charger housing comprises a volute section, a channel formation section, and an impeller that is fixed in the center of the channel formation section to a rotating shaft. An annular shroud is disposed in a recess formed on the inner wall of the channel formation section. The annular shroud forms the outer walls of a channel and a diffuser for compressed gas. The edge of the annular shroud spaced from a partition wall, which forms a portion of a bearing housing. If the resin housing undergoes thermal deformation, the dimensions of a gap between the annular shroud and the curved profile of a blade is maintained. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120189454 | IMPELLER OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - Providing an impeller of a centrifugal compressor, the impeller including, but not limited to: a plurality of full blades provided from the fluid inlet part to the fluid outlet part of the impeller, each full blade being arranged next to the adjacent full blade; a plurality of splitter blades provided on the hub surface, each splitter blade being provide between a full blade and the adjacent full blade from a location on a part way of the flow passage between the full blades to the fluid outlet part of the impeller, wherein the geometry of the flow entering part of the splitter blade is compatible with the complicated flow inside the compressor so that the evenly distributed flow rate distribution, the increased pressure ratio and the enhanced efficiency are achieved. An impeller of a centrifugal compressor, wherein, the leading edge blade angle θ in the tip end part of the flow entering front-end-part of the splitter blade | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120328444 | IMPELLER OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - Interference of a leakage vortex flow generated at the tip end side of the full blade with the leading edge of the splitter blade is avoided and high pressure ratio and enhanced efficiency can be achieved. A throat of am impeller is formed so that a distance from a leading edge of a rear side full blade on the rear side of the rotation direction of the compressor to a front side full blade adjacent to the rear side full blade is minimized, and the leading edge of the splitter blade is placed in a fluid flow streaming along the flow passage between the mutually adjacent full blades, on the downstream side of a leakage vortex line formed to connect the middle location of the throat to the leading edge of the front side full blade. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130195667 | IMPELLER FOR CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - An impeller for a centrifugal compressor is characterized in that a shroud side of a front edge | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130199175 | WASTEGATE VALVE - In a wastegate valve which is provided in the bypass path bypassing the turbine of the turbocharger in the exhaust gas path and which opens and closes the bypass path, the wastegate valve is provided with a valve seat which is formed in a plane perpendicular to or tilted with an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction of the bypass path, and a valving element which is pivotable around a pivot point which has a relationship of 0°<β<90° with respect to the plane including the valve seat where β is an inclination angle, the valving element being moved away from or closer to the valve seat by pivotation of the valving element to open or close the valve. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130266264 | OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An optical module includes a module substrate; a first optical component disposed on the module substrate; and a second optical component disposed apart from the first optical component in a direction perpendicular to the module substrate, wherein the first optical component includes a first optical main part facing and optically connecting to the second optical component, and a first peripheral part located in the periphery of the first optical main part without facing the second optical component; the first peripheral part includes a first fiducial mark as a reference for a disposed position of the first optical component; the second optical component includes a second fiducial mark as a reference for a disposed position of the second optical component; and the first fiducial mark and the second fiducial mark are aligned on the same straight line when they are projected on to a plane parallel to the module substrate. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130266432 | SCROLL STRUCTURE OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - A scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130266450 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - Provided is a centrifugal compressor including a first splitter blade | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130272861 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR IMPELLER - Provided is a centrifugal compressor impeller which is characterized in that leading edges | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130272865 | SCROLL STRUCTURE OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - In a scroll structure of a centrifugal compressor, there are provided a radius increase arc portion E in which a radius from the center of a scroll | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130294903 | SCROLL SHAPE OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - In a scroll shape of a centrifugal compressor, an enlargement rate of a ratio A/R of a cross-sectional area A of a scroll portion | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130343885 | SCROLL STRUCTURE OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - An axial cross-sectional shape of a scroll flow path | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140010647 | TURBOCHARGER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLOATING BUSH - A turbocharger and a method of manufacturing a floating bush with which noise can be reduced, and the rotation speed can be increased. In a turbocharger in which a rotating shaft having a circular cross-section and connecting a turbine rotor and a compressor rotor is supported in a freely rotatable manner, at two axially separated positions via floating bushes, by an inner circumferential surface disposed so as to surround the rotating shaft in a bearing housing, an inner circumferential surface of each of the floating bushes has a non-circular shape in which the curvature of the cross-sectional shape varies in the circumferential direction. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140217270 | LIGHT-RECEIVING MODULE - A light-receiving module of the present invention includes: a lens collimating signal light entering from an optical fiber; a PLC (Planar Lightwave Circuit) where the signal light emitted by the lens enters; a mirror having a function of reflecting and transmitting the signal light emitted by the PLC; and a light-receiving element receiving the signal light reflected by the mirror. The mirror also has a function of transmitting light from the opposite direction to a direction to transmit the signal light emitted by the PLC. The module further includes a dummy mirror which reflects external light entering from outside in a direction toward the PLC, passes the reflected external light through the mirror from the opposite direction to the signal light transmission direction, causes the light to enter the PLC, and guides the light to the optical fiber via the PLC. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20150050136 | AIR INTAKE DUCT STRUCTURE FOR CENTRIFUGAL FLUID MACHINE - An object is to provide an air intake duct structure for a centrifugal fluid machine, capable of swirling the fluid introduced into the impeller in the reverse direction to increase the pressure ratio when the flow rate is high and swirling the fluid in the forward direction to avoid a surging when the flow rate is low, as well as securing a wide operating range, without using mechanical means. The centrifugal fluid machine | 02-19-2015 |
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| 20090158539 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND LEAK DETECTION METHOD PERFORMED BY THE APPARATUS - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes: a connecting portion connected to a bending transmitting portion of an endoscope to transmit driving force; a distal end driving portion for transmitting the driving force to the bending transmitting portion through the connecting portion; a fluid supplying unit for supplying gas into an inner space of the endoscope; and a control unit for controlling a pressure detecting portion for detecting pressure in the inner space and the distal end driving portion to provide the bending portion with bending motion, and for determining occurrence or nonoccurrence of water leak in the endoscope by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion and a preset threshold. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090205687 | WASHING TUBE AND ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A washing tube of the present invention is a washing tube for supplying a washing and disinfecting fluid to an endoscope conduit of an endoscope placed in an endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus, includes: a tube body, one end of which is connected to fluid supply sections of the endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus for sending a fluid, a connector section disposed at the other end of the tube body and loosely and detachably fitted to a base of the endoscope conduit, a sealing member that is provided inside the connector section and comes into close contact with the base to keep the base and the connector section connected in a watertight manner, a valve body that moves forward by a liquid sending pressure of the supplied fluid and a biasing member provided inside the connector section for biasing the valve body backward. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100022839 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WASHING ENDOSCOPE USING ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention includes an air pump supplying a gas to an endoscope channel included by an endoscope, a faucet supplying a liquid into the endoscope channel, a channel connectable to a mouthpiece of the endoscope channel included by the endoscope and supplying at least one of a gas or a liquid to the endoscope channel, and an injector converting the liquid into a liquid droplet, mixing the liquid droplet into the gas flowing in the channel with the size of the liquid droplet changeable, and thereby supplying gas-liquid two-phase flow in which the liquid droplet is mixed at a set ratio into the gas into the endoscope channel through the channel. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100252074 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING METHOD - An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus for processing an endoscope in a cleaning tank using a diluted chemical obtained by diluting a chemical with hot water in a dilution tank of the present invention introduces the hot water into the cleaning tank immediately before processing, introduces the hot water into the dilution tank after the temperature of the hot water introduced into the cleaning tank falls within a specified temperature range, generates the diluted chemical, introduces the diluted chemical into the cleaning tank and processes the endoscope. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110097248 | ENDOSCOPE AUTOMATIC CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A control section reads data such as a conduit diameter and a conduit length of an endoscope and a cleaning profile which are separately recorded in a storage section based on type information of the endoscope registered in the storage section. A cleaning degree suited to the endoscope is estimated by calculation based on a pressure value and a flow rate value which are measured, the diameter and the length of the conduit to be cleaned, and the cleaning profile. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20130008233 | WATER LEAKAGE CHECKING APPARATUS - A water leakage checking apparatus includes: a plurality of attachment portions for attaching an endoscope; a water leakage sensing portion that communicates with the plurality of attachment portions and simultaneously carries out a plurality of items of a water leakage check menu; and an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the endoscope. Also, the water leakage checking apparatus includes: a control portion that determines an item of the water leakage check menu based on the read endoscope information, assigns the determined item of the water leakage check menu to one of the plurality of attachment portions, and outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying the assigned one of the attachment portions; and a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20140166059 | CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a plurality of attachment portions for attaching an endoscope; a cleaning/disinfecting portion that communicates with the plurality of attachment portions and can execute different types of cleaning/disinfection menus for the respective attachment portions; and an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the endoscope. Also, the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a control portion that determines a cleaning/disinfection menu based on the read endoscope information and outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying an attachment portion for executing the determined cleaning/disinfection menu; and a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion. | 06-19-2014 |
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| 20080250151 | NETWORK SYSTEM, NETWORK CONNECTING DEVICE, AND NETWORK CONNECTING METHOD - A network system that performs network connection between devices conforming to a predetermined communication standard is disclosed. The system includes client devices including first network starting units that present first identification information including an identifier decided in advance and designating a first network and start the first network and a server. The server includes a reading unit that reads the first identification information, an option presenting unit that presents, as an option of a network connection destination, a client device including the first identification information read by the reading unit, a first network joining unit that joins the first network when the option is selected, and a transmitting unit that transmits, in the first network, a communication encryption key for joining a second network and second identification information designating the second network to the selected client device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090207905 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method for realizing a configuration for transmitting and outputting captured data of a video camera to a specific device via a network are provided. In a configuration for generating a transmission packet containing the captured data of the video camera and outputting the transmission packet via a network, a host name of a data transmission destination device and a port number, to which port forwarding processing of a relay device of a network connected to the data transmission destination device is set, are acquired from a memory, address information corresponding to the host name is acquired from a DNS server, and a captured image data containing transmission packet in which the address information and the port number are set as destination information is output via the network. This configuration permits data to be certainly transmitted to a specific selected device and reproduction of stream data in synchronization with a capturing timing is realized. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100293158 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search processing section for causing a transmission/reception section to execute processing of transmitting a search request including a search condition to each of one or more information management devices, causing the transmission/reception section to execute processing of receiving, as a response to the search request and from each of the one or more information management devices via a network, content information corresponding to the search condition from among pieces of content information and management subject identification information for identifying the information management device which manages the content information, and correlating the management subject identification information with content identification information and content-related information that are included in the content information received by the transmission/reception section and causing a storage section to store the correlated management subject identification information, content identification information, and content-related information as a search result. | 11-18-2010 |
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| 20090008659 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STACKED STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor stacked structure having good working efficiency includes a p-type nitride semiconductor layer of low resistance, which is formed from an organometallic compound, compounds including Group V elements, including ammonia and a hydrazine derivative, and a p-type impurity material on a substrate. The p-type nitride layer has a carbon concentration not higher than 1×10 | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090236589 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor laminated structure comprises: a substrate; a first p-type nitride semiconductor layer formed using an organometallic compound as a Group III element source material, a p-type impurity source material and ammonia as a Group V element source material, with the hydrogen concentration in the first p-type nitride semiconductor layer being 1×10 | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100289056 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES - A semiconductor laser device comprises an n-type cladding layer, a p-type cladding layer, and an active layer which is sandwiched between the n-type cladding layer and the p-type cladding layer. The p-type cladding layer contains magnesium as a dopant impurity. Further, an n-type diffusion blocking layer of a nitride compound semiconductor material located between the active layer and the p-type cladding layer and is In | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110312161 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A film of an epitaxial layer that allows the reduction in both the height of a bunching step and crystal defects caused by a failure in migration of reactive species on a terrace is formed on a SiC semiconductor substrate having an off angle of 5 degrees or less. A film of a first-layer epitaxial layer is formed on and in contact with a surface of the SiC semiconductor substrate having an off angle of 5 degrees or less. Subsequently, the temperature in a reactor is lowered. A second-layer epitaxial layer is caused to epitaxially grow on and in contact with a surface of the first-layer epitaxial layer. In the above-described manner, the epitaxial layer is structured with two layers, and the growth temperature for the second epitaxial layer is set lower than the growth temperature for the first epitaxial layer. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20130099253 | EPITAXIAL WAFER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device that can suppress deterioration in crystal quality caused by a lattice mismatch between a substrate and an epitaxial layer and that also can ensure a voltage sustaining performance, and a wafer for forming the semiconductor device. An epitaxial wafer of silicon carbide (SiC), which is used for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes a low resistance substrate and an epitaxial layer provided thereon. The epitaxial layer is doped with the same dopant as a dopant doped into the substrate, and has a laminated structure including a low concentration layer and an ultrathin high concentration layer. A doping concentration in the low concentration layer is lower than that in the silicon carbide substrate. A doping concentration in the ultrathin high concentration layer is equal to that in the silicon carbide substrate. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130126906 | SILICON CARBIDE EPITAXIAL WAFER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SILICON CARBIDE BULK SUBSTRATE FOR EPITAXIAL GROWTH AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A method is provided in order to manufacture a silicon carbide epitaxial wafer whose surface flatness is very good and has a very low density of carrot defects and triangular defects arising after epitaxial growth. The silicon carbide epitaxial wafer is manufactured by a first step of annealing a silicon carbide bulk substrate that is tilted less than 5 degrees from <0001> face, in a reducing gas atmosphere at a first temperature T | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140295136 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL 4H-SiC SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a single-crystal 4H-SiC substrate includes: preparing a flat 4H-SiC bulk single-crystal substrate; and epitaxially growing a first single-crystal 4H-SiC layer having recesses on the 4H-SiC bulk single-crystal substrate, wherein the first single-crystal 4H-SiC layer has a thickness of X (μm), the recesses have a diameter Y (μm) no smaller than 0.2*X (μm) and no larger than 2*X (μm), and a depth of Z (nm) no smaller than (0.95*X (μm) +0.5 (nm)) and no larger than 10*X (μm). | 10-02-2014 |
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| 20130225329 | High Performance Golf Ball Comprising Modified High Mooney Viscosity Rubber - A high performance golf ball made in part of a modified high Mooney viscosity rubber. The modified high Mooney viscosity rubber has less than about 20 phr oil and is high Mooney viscosity rubber having a Mooney viscosity at least about 40 blended with between about 1 phr and about 10 phr of process oil and between about 0.05 phr and 5 phr of peptizing agent. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130225330 | Golf Ball Having Larger Lower Density Inner Core And Thinner Higher Density Outer Core - A golf ball having a relatively larger, lower density inner core, and a relatively thinner, higher density outer core such that the ball has a relatively large moment of inertia (MOI) to generate an improved spin rate profile. The inner core is a blend of highly neutralized acid polymer and metallocene-catalyzed polymer, and the golf ball has a cover surrounding the inner layers. Also, an “on demand” method and system for making such golf balls. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130260044 | METHOD OF MAKING GOLF BALL WITH THERMAL SPRAYED LAYER - A method of manufacturing a golf ball with a deposited layer is disclosed. The deposited layer is not produced by a molding process, such as injection molding or compression molding. Instead, the deposition process is produced by another process, such as thermal spraying. The deposited layer may include partially fused particulate material. The deposited layer may be added to a golf ball design as one or more supplemental layers. The deposited layer may also be provided in a golf ball design as a substitute for one or more layers. A golf ball may further include a combination of one or more supplemental deposited layers and one or more substituted deposited layers. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130260916 | Golf Ball With Deposited Layer - A golf ball with a deposited layer is disclosed. The deposited layer is not produced by a molding process, such as injection molding or compression molding. Instead, the deposition process is produced by another process, such as thermal spraying or sintering. The deposited layer may include partially fused particulate material. The deposited layer may be added to a golf ball design as one or more supplemental layers. The deposited layer may also be provided in a golf ball design as a substitute for one or more layers. A golf ball may further include a combination of one or more supplemental deposited layers and one or more substituted deposited layers. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130260919 | Golf Balls Including Highly Neutralized Polymer Having A Hardness Modifier - A golf ball includes a core made from a highly neutralized polymer that has been mixed with a hardness modifier. The modifier may be a process oil or a plasticizer. In particular, the modifier may be a naphthenic process oil, a paraffinic process oil, a phthalate plasticizer, a trimellitate plasticizer, an adipate plasticizer, a sebacate-based plasticizer, a maleate-based plasticizer, and blends thereof. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing a golf ball that includes changing the hardness of a highly neutralized polymer core. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130289186 | Zinc Diacrylate Dispersed In Oil - A dispersion of a processing aid in oil is disclosed. Further, a method of forming the dispersion in accordance with methods for preparing rubber compositions is disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130310197 | Golf Ball With Aggregated Layer Core And Method Of Making - A golf ball is provided capable of having various characteristics based on having an aggregated layer core. The golf ball includes an inner core, an outer shell enclosing the inner core, and an intermediate core enclosing the inner core. The intermediate core includes sublayers thermoplastically fused together to form an aggregated intermediate core layer having overall characteristics formed as a combination of the sublayer characteristics. A method of forming a golf ball core having an aggregated layer core can include forming a first and second stack of nested cups, thermoplastically bonding each of the stacks to each other to form first and second aggregated cups, arranging the aggregated cups around a golf ball inner core, and bonding the aggregated cups to each other. In some configurations, the sublayers can include ultrathin sublayers less than 20 microns thick, and in some configurations, the sublayers can include injection molded sublayers. | 11-21-2013 |
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| 20090093106 | BONDED SOI SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This bonded SOI substrate includes: an SOI layer having a low density impurity layer in which dopants are present at low density and a high density impurity layer in which dopants are present at high density; a wafer for a support substrate which supports said SOI layer; and a buried insulating film, wherein said SOI layer and said wafer for a support substrate are bonded with said buried insulating film therebetween, and gettering sites are formed in said high density impurity layer. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090325385 | Method for manufacturing silicon wafer - A method for manufacturing a silicon wafer is characterized by performing one or both of grinding and polishing to a thin discoid silicon wafer to give bowl-shaped warpage that is concave at a central part to a wafer surface. One main surface of the thin discoid silicon wafer is adsorbed and held, and one or both of grinding and polishing are performed to the other main surface to fabricate a convex wafer whose thickness is increased from a wafer outer periphery toward a wafer center or fabricate a concave wafer whose thickness is reduced from the wafer outer periphery toward the wafer center. Then, the other main surface is adsorbed and held to protrude the center or the periphery of the one main surface side based on elastic deformation. One or both of grinding and polishing are carried out with respect to the one main surface to flatten the main surface, and adsorption and holding are released to give bowl-shaped warpage that is concave at the central part to the other main surface or the one main surface. By the method, an SOI wafer or an epitaxial silicon wafer having a high degree of flatness is obtained. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20140131590 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - In recent years, a range of users for a charged particle beam apparatus such as a scanning electron microscope has been broadened. All users want to learn a manual adjustment technology, but it is very difficult to adjust all parameters for observation to have an appropriate value. Therefore, a beginner is unlikely to sufficiently show a performance of an apparatus. This disclosure aims to provide the charged particle beam apparatus including a parameter adjustment practice function for allowing any user to easily learn the manual adjustment technology. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140284477 | CHARGED-PARTICLE RADIATION APPARATUS - In order to provide a charged-particle radiation apparatus capable of evaluating and distinguishing the analysis position in a sample subjected to X-ray analysis in the stage before performing X-ray elemental analysis, and also making it possible for an analyst to perform, in a short period of time and without reworking, analysis for which high reliability is ensured, the present invention provides a charged-particle radiation apparatus provided with an X-ray detector, wherein a first back scattered electron detector ( | 09-25-2014 |
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| 20140204021 | EYEGLASSES TYPE OPERATION DEVICE, EYEGLASSES TYPE OPERATING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An eyeglasses type operation device comprises a frame configured to be worn on a head of a user, a sensor that outputs a detection signal by sensing, the sensor being disposed inside the frame and a connector operatively connected to the sensor to receive the detection signal, the connector being configured to detachably connect to an external electronic device, and the connector being configured to output the detection signal to the external electronic device when the external electronic device is connected to the connector. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140306881 | WEARABLE DEVICE, PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD OF WEARABLE DEVICE - A wearable device configured to be worn by a wearer, the wearable device includes a display to provide an image on a display area that occupies a part of a field of view of the wearer, an eyesight sensor to acquire eyesight sensing information by an eyesight sensing in a field of view of the eyesight sensor, a peripheral sensing acquisition section to acquire peripheral sensing information from a peripheral sensing having a detection angle larger than an angle of the field of view of the eyesight sensor, and a display controller to control displaying object information of an object in the image, the object being selected from at least one candidate object recognized by at least one of the eyesight sensing and the peripheral sensing. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150042544 | EYEGLASS-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE, AND FRONT PART AND TEMPLE PART OF EYEGLASS-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE - An eyeglass-type wearable device includes a first temple part that is positioned along one temporal region of a user, a second temple part that is positioned along the other temporal region of the user, and a front part that is positioned in front of the face of the user, when the eyeglass-type wearable device is worn by the user. The first temple part includes a first electrical unit, and the second temple part includes a second electrical unit. The front part includes a first connection section to which the first temple part is connected, a second connection section to which the second temple part is connected, and a connection line that electrically connects the first electrical unit of the first temple part and the second electrical unit of the second temple part when the first temple part and the second temple part are connected to the front part. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150054717 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - To improve a balance of weight and improve wearing comfort of a user. A head-mounted display device is provided which includes a display having a display element, an electronic circuit board which controls the display, a battery which supplies power to the electronic circuit board and the display, and a holder which holds these components at the head of the user, and the battery is disposed at an opposite side of the display over a position held by the holder. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150084862 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display is worn on the head of the user, and allows the user to observe a display image, the head-mounted display including a display section that displays the display image, and a control section that performs a control process that controls the timing at which the display image is displayed on the display section. The control section performs the control process that causes a display period and a non-display period to repeat alternately, and sets one display period to be equal to or less than 600 ms, the display period being a period in which the display image is displayed on the display section, and the non-display period being a period in which the display image is not displayed on the display section. | 03-26-2015 |
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| 20090109811 | OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An optical disk apparatus driving an optical disk includes a tilt-angle adjusting unit configured to adjust a tilt angle indicating the tilt of an optical axis of laser light emitted from a pickup to detect an optimal tilt angle at which a traverse signal has the maximum amplitude and a storing unit configured to store information about the optimal tilt angle. When the optical disk has multiple recording layers on one side, the tilt-angle adjusting unit adjusts the tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers to detect the optimal tilt angle and the storing unit stores information about the optimal tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers. The tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers is controlled in accordance with the information about the optimal tilt angle with respect to each of the multiple recording layers. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20140257582 | ELECTRICITY DEMAND REGULATING SYSTEM AND DEMAND ADJUSTMENT EXECUTIVE SYSTEM - There is provided an electricity demand regulating system which estimates a load amount of an individual equipment whose measurement information can not be acquired and improves estimation accuracy of an electricity demand amount in a power system. The electricity demand regulating system for managing electric energy used by a consumer according to an operation state of the power system includes a storage part to store measurement information of a consumer equipment, and a generation part to generate a load pattern indicating a load amount tendency from the measurement information of the equipment stored in the storage part. A load amount of an equipment whose measurement information is not stored in the storage part is estimated from the load pattern generated by the generation part, and an electricity demand amount of the consumer is obtained based on the measurement information and the estimated load amount. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140316599 | CONSUMER ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONSUMER ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD - The present invention adjusts the operating status of consumer devices in a manner meeting the consumer's needs when the electric power usable by the consumer is limited. There are provided: an information acquisition part (S | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140327309 | ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND REGULATING SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND REGULATING DEVICE, AND ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND REGULATING METHOD - A power demand regulation system has a power demand regulation device that regulates the load applied to equipment of an electrical power system by a load apparatus operating by means of power from the electrical power system, which supplies power to consumers. When regulating the load to the equipment, the power demand regulation device selects a load apparatus as the subject of a request for an alteration of operating state on the basis of by-apparatus load information, which is information of each load apparatus, and a regulation target value, which is the amount of load that is to be regulated, and, in the period from the start to the end of regulation, executes a plurality of times the outputting of an alteration request that requests the alteration of the operating state of the selected load apparatus. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140350741 | DEMAND REGULATING SYSTEM, DEMAND REGULATING APPARATUS, AND CONSUMPTION DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - The priority of a demand regulating control for a device is changed in accordance with a simple operation by a consumer. A demand regulating system has an operation unit that selects from among a plurality of consumption devices, on the basis of priority information and a regulating quantity, a plurality of control-target devices, which are targeted for demand regulating control reducing consumption of the resource. A control unit executes the demand regulating control on the basis of a control instruction; and an input unit receives a first operation by the consumer, and transmits first request information requesting a change in the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices, to the operation unit in accordance with the first operation. The operation unit, upon receiving the first request information, specifies the plurality of control-target devices, and changes the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices in the priority information. | 11-27-2014 |
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| 20080300060 | ONLINE GAME SERVER, ONLINE GAME PROGRAM PRODUCT AND GAME APPARATUS - An online game server delivers an online game to a player terminal via a communication network. The online game is played in the player terminal operated by a player. The online game server receives object selection information indicating that an object selectably displayed on a game display screen of the online game is selected at the player terminal. The online game server then transmits related site specification information to the player terminal on the basis of the received object selection information. The related site specification information is used for the player terminal to access a related site related to the object. Game progress information necessary for progress of the online game is included in the related site. The related site specification information is a URL indicating an address of the related site or a search formula for searching for the related site using a search engine. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100302239 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAM, MEDIUM THAT RECORDS THE PROGRAM, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - It is an object of the present invention to move a viewpoint position and a direction of a line of sight a player character with an intuitive operation method without requiring pre-study. In a case where a player touches a point within a movement determination region, a virtual 3D spatial image moved forward in the direction of the line of sight is displayed. In a case where a player touches a point at the left side outside the movement determination region, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera panned to the left is displayed, whereas in a case where a player touches a point at the right side, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera panned to the right is displayed. Furthermore, in a case where a player touches an upper point, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera tilted in the upper direction is displayed, whereas in a case where a player touches a lower point, a virtual 3D spatial image as viewed by a virtual camera tilted in the lower direction is displayed. | 12-02-2010 |
