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20080211756 | Driving method of liquid crystal display apparatus, driving apparatus of liquid crystal display apparatus, and program thereof - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of areas in which response speeds greatly different from each other coexist in a pixel. A first replacement process section replaces the image data of the desired target frame with a first gradation, when a gradation transition from a current frame to a desired target frame corresponds to the above gradation transition. A second replacement process section replaces the image data of the current frame with a second value. The first value is set to a value causing the pixel to respond at a relatively higher speed without the occurrence of the excessive brightness. Without avoiding the deterioration of the image, it is possible to drive a liquid crystal display apparatus including areas whose response speeds are different from each other coexist in the pixel, such as a liquid crystal display apparatus of vertically aligned mode and normally black mode. | 09-04-2008 |
20100110318 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a semi-transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display device in which gray scale inversion is suppressed by appropriately adjusting its voltage-reflection luminance characteristics. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a transmission region and a reflection region, the reflection region includes a first section and a second section, a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the first section is larger than half of but equal to or smaller than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region, and a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the second section is larger than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region. | 05-06-2010 |
20100164923 | Driving system for display device - A driving system of the present invention for use in a displaying device is provided with a pseudo bit-depth extension section. In the pseudo bit-depth extension section, a noise pattern is added to upper-n-bit data of an input signal D | 07-01-2010 |
20120162545 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, DRIVING APPARATUS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of areas in which response speeds greatly different from each other coexist in a pixel. A first replacement process section replaces the image data of the desired target frame with a first gradation, when a gradation transition from a current frame to a desired target frame corresponds to the above gradation transition. A second replacement process section replaces the image data of the current frame with a second value. The first value is set to a value causing the pixel to respond at a relatively higher speed without the occurrence of the excessive brightness. Without avoiding the deterioration of the image, it is possible to drive a liquid crystal display apparatus including areas whose response speeds are different from each other coexist in the pixel, such as a liquid crystal display apparatus of vertically aligned mode and normally black mode. | 06-28-2012 |
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20080310971 | PISTON PUMP - A piston pump includes a first piston pump including a first piston and a first pump chamber, a second piston pump including a second piston and a second pump chamber, the second piston operating to follow the first piston, a pressure release passage formed in communication with the second pump chamber, and a relief valve provided at the pressure release passage and defining an upper limit discharge pressure of the second piston pump. When a discharge pressure of the second piston pump is equal to or smaller than the upper limit, a discharge fluid of the second piston pump is added to that of the first piston pump so as to flow into an outlet port. When the discharge pressure exceeds the upper limit, the discharge fluid is released to the pressure release passage and the discharge fluid of the first piston pump only flows to the outlet port. | 12-18-2008 |
20100052417 | PRESSURE REGULATING RESERVOIR - A pressure regulating reservoir includes, first and second conduits, a reservoir chamber, first and second reservoir ports, a valve portion including a first hydraulic passage, first and second valve bodies, and a valve seat including a second hydraulic passage, a piston portion including a piston and a spring, a mobile member, a protruding portion and a shaft, wherein the first hydraulic passage is closed by the second valve body thereby interrupting the fluid communication when the pump is not actuated, a pressure difference between a brake hydraulic pressure within the reservoir chamber and a brake hydraulic pressure within the first reservoir port is regulated when the pump is actuated while the brake hydraulic pressure is generated by the brake hydraulic pressure generating means, and the second hydraulic passage is opened to establish the fluid communication when the pump is actuated while no brake hydraulic pressure is generated. | 03-04-2010 |
20100209273 | PISTON PUMP - A piston pump includes a pump mechanism configured to compress fluid sucked from an inlet port by increasing or decreasing a volume of a pump chamber which faces a front end of a piston by reciprocating the piston housed in a housing, a feed mechanism including a feed ring mounted to an annular groove provided at an outer periphery of the piston and following a motion of the piston, a feed chamber formed between the feed ring and the housing, and a valve portion. The piston pump includes a pressure wall provided at the piston and configured to contact the feed ring to axially move the feed ring, and a restriction portion provided at the feed ring and configured to engage with an outer periphery of the piston at a position approximate to the pressure wall for restricting a radial displacement of the feed ring on the piston. | 08-19-2010 |
20120326493 | BRAKE FLUID PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - A brake fluid pressure control device includes: a electromagnetic control valve; a electromagnetic booster valve; a electromagnetic decompression valve; a pump, which are incorporated in a single housing; and an electronic control unit, wherein, the pump draws up at least one of brake fluid, which is supplied from the main reservoir, and brake fluid, which is discharged from the wheel cylinder, and then the pump returns the drawn brake fluid to an area that extends from the electromagnetic control valve of a main flow path up to the electromagnetic booster valve; and a fluid reservoir, which communicates with both the decompression path and an intake port of the pump, and which is arranged inside the housing so that the brake fluid in the fluid reservoir flows toward the intake port of the pump by gravity. | 12-27-2012 |
20140130925 | PRESSURE CONTROL RESERVOIR WITH CHECK VALVE - A pressure control reservoir includes a valve ball and a shaft which is movable to move the valve ball to open or close a fluid path leading to a fluid reservoir chamber. The shaft has a tip with a slant surface which has a peripheral edge of a polygonal shape with even numbers of vertices and is inclined to the longitudinal center line of the shaft. Such a polygonal geometry increases an entire or inclined length of the slant surface, which results in an increased range where an angle which the slant surface makes with a plane extending perpendicular to an axial direction of the tip is permitted to be increased without causing the point of contact between the valve ball and the slant surface to be shifted close to the tip of the slant surface when the tip of the shaft moves the valve ball. | 05-15-2014 |
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20120078629 | MEETING SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a meeting support apparatus includes a storage unit, a determination unit, a generation unit. The storage unit is configured to store storage information for each of words, the storage information indicating a word of the words, pronunciation information on the word, and pronunciation recognition frequency. The determination unit is configured to generate emphasis determination information including an emphasis level that represents whether a first word should be highlighted and represents a degree of highlighting determined in accordance with a pronunciation recognition frequency of a second word when the first word is highlighted, based on whether the storage information includes second set corresponding to first set and based on the pronunciation recognition frequency of the second word when the second set is included. The generation unit is configured to generate an emphasis character string based on the emphasis determination information when the first word is highlighted. | 03-29-2012 |
20120154514 | CONFERENCE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND CONFERENCE SUPPORT METHOD - A conference support apparatus for supporting a conference held between at least two terminals, includes: a delay unit configured to delay first voice data obtained by one of the terminals, in accordance with a delay caused by an information extraction processing performed on the first voice data; and a delay information video generation unit configured to generate a delay information video obtained by visualizing information about the delay of the first voice data that is delayed by the delay unit. | 06-21-2012 |
20130030794 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLUSTERING SPEAKERS, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a speaker clustering apparatus includes a clustering unit, an extraction unit, and an error detection unit. The clustering unit is configured to extract acoustic features for speakers from an acoustic signal, and to cluster utterances included in the acoustic signal into the speakers by using the acoustic features. The extraction unit is configured to acquire character strings representing contents of the utterances, and to extract linguistic features of the speakers by using the character strings. The error detection unit is configured to decide that, when one of the character strings does not fit with a linguistic feature of a speaker into which an utterance of the one is clustered, the utterance is erroneously clustered by the clustering unit. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030805 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a transcription support system supports transcription work to convert voice data to text. The system includes a first storage unit configured to store therein the voice data; a playback unit configured to play back the voice data; a second storage unit configured to store therein voice indices, each of which associates a character string obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, for which the voice positional information is indicative of a temporal position in the voice data and corresponds to the character string; a text creating unit that creates the text in response to an operation input of a user; and an estimation unit configured to estimate already-transcribed voice positional information indicative of a position at which the creation of the text is completed in the voice data based on the voice indices. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030806 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORT METHOD - In an embodiment, a transcription support system includes: a first storage, a playback unit, a second storage, a text generating unit, an estimating unit, and a setting unit. The first storage stores the voice data therein; a playback unit plays back the voice data; and a second storage stores voice indices, each of which associates a character string obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, for which the voice positional information is indicative of a temporal position in the voice data and corresponds to the character string. The text creating unit creates text; the estimating unit estimates already-transcribed voice positional information based on the voice indices; and the setting unit sets a playback starting position that indicates a position at which playback is started in the voice data based on the already-transcribed voice positional information. | 01-31-2013 |
20130080163 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a detector, an acquisition unit, and a search unit. The storage unit configured to store therein voice indices, each of which associates a character string included in voice text data obtained from a voice recognition process with voice positional information, the voice positional information indicating a temporal position in the voice data and corresponding to the character string. The acquisition unit acquires reading information being at least a part of a character string representing a reading of a phrase to be transcribed from the voice data played back. The search unit specifies, as search targets, character strings whose associated voice positional information is included in the played-back section information among the character strings included in the voice indices, and retrieves a character string including the reading represented by the reading information from among the specified character strings. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080174 | RETRIEVING DEVICE, RETRIEVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an embodiment, a retrieving device includes: a text input unit, a first extracting unit, a retrieving unit, a second extracting unit, an acquiring unit, and a selecting unit. The text input unit inputs a text including unknown word information representing a phrase that a user was unable to transcribe. The first extracting unit extracts related words representing a phrase related to the unknown word information among phrases other than the unknown word information included in the text. The retrieving unit retrieves a related document representing a document including the related words. The second extracting unit extracts candidate words representing candidates for the unknown word information from a plurality of phrases included in the related document. The acquiring unit acquires reading information representing estimated pronunciation of the unknown word information. The selecting unit selects at least one of candidate word of which pronunciation is similar to the reading information. | 03-28-2013 |
20130191125 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING METHOD - A transcription supporting system for the conversion of voice data to text data includes a first storage module, a playing module, a voice recognition module, an index generating module, a second storage module, a text forming module, and an estimation module. The first storage module stores the voice data. The playing module plays the voice data. The voice recognition module executes the voice recognition processing on the voice data. The index generating module generates a voice index that makes the plural text strings generated in the voice recognition processing correspond to voice position data. The second storage module stores the voice index. The text forming module forms text corresponding to input of a user correcting or editing the generated text strings. The estimation module estimates the formed voice position indicating the last position in the voice data where the user corrected/confirmed the voice recognition. | 07-25-2013 |
20140046666 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a dividing unit, an assigning unit, and a generating unit. The dividing unit is configured to divide speech data into pieces of utterance data. The assigning unit is configured to assign speaker identification information to each piece of utterance data based on an acoustic feature of the each piece of utterance data. The generating unit is configured to generate a candidate list that indicates candidate speaker names so as to enable a user to determine a speaker name to be given to the piece of utterance data identified by instruction information, based on operation history information in which at least pieces of utterance identification information, pieces of the speaker identification information, and speaker names given by the user to the respective pieces of utterance data are associated with one another. | 02-13-2014 |
20140303974 | TEXT GENERATOR, TEXT GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a text generator includes a recognizer, a selector, and a generation unit. The recognizer is configured to recognize an acquired sound and obtain recognized character strings in recognition units and confidence levels of the recognized character strings. The selector is configured to select at least one of the recognized character strings used for a transcribed sentence on the basis of at least one of a parameter about transcription accuracy and a parameter about a workload needed for transcription. The generation unit is configured to generate the transcribed sentence using the selected recognized character strings. | 10-09-2014 |
20140372117 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a transcription support device includes a first voice acquisition unit, a second voice acquisition unit, a recognizer, a text acquisition unit, an information acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a controller. The first voice acquisition unit acquires a first voice to be transcribed. The second voice acquisition unit acquires a second voice uttered by a user. The recognizer recognizes the second voice to generate a first text. The text acquisition unit acquires a second text obtained by correcting the first text by the user. The information acquisition unit acquires reproduction information representing a reproduction section of the first voice. The determination unit determines a reproduction speed of the first voice on the basis of the first voice, the second voice, the second text, and the reproduction information. The controller reproduces the first voice at the determined reproduction speed. | 12-18-2014 |
20150025877 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a character input device includes a first obtainer, a determiner, a first generator, and an outputter. The first obtainer receives an input of characters from a user and obtains an input character string. The determiner infers, from the input character string, word notations intended by the user and relations of connection between the word notations and to determine routes each of which represents the relation of connection having a high likelihood of serving as a notation candidate intended by the user. The first generator extracts, from a group of word notations included in the routes, the word notations to be output and generate layout information used in outputting the extracted word notations as the notation candidates. The outputter outputs the layout information. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090206789 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING STEPPING MOTOR OF ANALOG ELECTRONIC CLOCK - A stepping motor driving apparatus of an analog electronic clock, in which, when the rotation of a rotor is not detected after a pulse is supplied to a coil of a stepping motor, a first switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a larger effective value, and when the rotation of the rotor is detected continuously for a predetermined period or a predetermined number of times, a second switching control section switches the pulse supplied to the coil to a pulse having a smaller effective value, wherein the apparatus further includes a third switching control section that switches a driving pulse to a pulse having a smaller effective value when the rotation of the rotor is not detected for two times continuously, even after the first switching section increases the effective value of the driving pulse for two times continuously. | 08-20-2009 |
20100165797 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a drive module configured to drive a hand, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, and an auxiliary drive control module which causes the drive module to perform the auxiliary driving when the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds a third level indicating an amount of electricity which enables the auxiliary driving, and waits until the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds the third level after performing the auxiliary driving. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182880 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a clock module, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having a smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, a detector configured to detect a charge level of the first capacitor module, a power supply switching module configured to be capable of connecting or disconnecting the first capacitor module to or from the clock module, a control module configured to control the power supply switching module based on the charge level detected by the detector such that the first capacitor module is disconnected from the clock module and to supply electricity from the second capacitor module to the clock module. | 07-22-2010 |
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20100048322 | Golf club head, face of the golf club head, and method of manufacturing the golf club head - A golf club head that may increase the degree of freedom in design, a face of the golf club head, and a method of manufacturing the golf club head are provided. At least part of the golf club head includes an alloy, and the alloy includes Co and Fe in a total amount of 33 mass % to 65 mass %, Ni in an amount of 15 mass % to 35 mass %, Cr in an amount of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, Mo in an amount of 3 mass % to 12 mass %, at least one of Nb in an amount of 2 mass % or less and W in an amount of 5 mass % or less, and at least one of Mn in an amount of 2 mass % or less and Ti in an amount of 1 mass % or less. | 02-25-2010 |
20110079944 | ALLOY FOR SPRING, PLATE MATERIAL FOR SPRING, AND SPRING MEMBER - Provided are an alloy for spring, a plate material for spring, and a spring member, all of which are high in mechanical strength, also high in fatigue strength, and excellent in corrosion resistance. An alloy for spring of the present invention includes, as composition in terms of weight ratio, 28 to 42% Co, 10 to 27% Cr, 3 to 12% Mo, 15 to 40% Ni, 0.1 to 1.0% Ti, 1.5% or less Mn, 0.1 to 26.0% Fe, 0.1% or less C, and inevitable impurities, and at least one kind selected from 3.0% or less Nb, 5.0% or less W, 0.5% or less Al, 0.1% or less Zr, and 0.01% or less B. | 04-07-2011 |
20120067464 | CO-NI-BASED ALLOY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CRYSTAL OF CO-NI-BASED ALLOY, METHOD OF PRODUCING CO-NI-BASED ALLOY, AND CO-NI-BASED ALLOY HAVING CONTROLLED CRYSTALLINITY - Provided is a Co—Ni-based alloy in which a crystal is easily controlled, a method of controlling a crystal of a Co—Ni-based alloy, a method of producing a Co—Ni-based alloy, and a Co—Ni-based alloy having controlled crystallinity. The Co—Ni-based alloy includes Co, Ni, Cr, and Mo, in which the Co—Ni-based alloy has a crystal texture in which a Goss orientation is a main orientation. The Co—Ni-based alloy preferably has a composition including, in terms of mass ratio: 28 to 42% of Co, 10 to 27% of Cr, 3 to 12% of Mo, 15 to 40% of Ni, 0.1 to 1% of Ti, 1.5% or less of Mn, 0.1 to 26% of Fe, 0.1% or less of C, and an inevitable impurity; and at least one kind selected from the group consisting of 3% or less of Nb, 5% or less of W, 0.5% or less of Al, 0.1% or less of Zr, and 0.01% or less of B. | 03-22-2012 |
20130226281 | Co-BASED ALLOY FOR LIVING BODY AND STENT - Provided is a Co-based alloy for a living body based on Co—Cr—W—Fe, including a composition of Cr: 5% by mass to 30% by mass, W: 5% by mass to 20% by mass, Fe: 1% by mass to 15% by mass, Co as the remainder, and unavoidable impurities. In this alloy, when the content of W is 5% by mass to 10% by mass, the content of Fe can be set to be in a range of 1% by mass to 5% by mass, and when the content of W is 11% by mass to 20% by mass, the content of Fe can be set to be in a range of 3% by mass to 15% by mass. | 08-29-2013 |
20140209220 | TWO-PHASE STAINLESS STEEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DIAPHRAGM, PRESSURE SENSOR, AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE USING TWO-PHASE STAINLESS STEEL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a metal diaphragm capable of achieving a higher strength, excellent corrosion resistance, and a smooth surface condition, and a pressure sensor including the diaphragm. The diaphragm according to the present invention includes a two-phase stainless steel having a composition of 24 to 26 mass % Cr, 2.5 to 3.5 mass % Mo, 5.5 to 7.5 mass % Ni, 0.03 mass % or less C, 0.08 to 0.3 mass % N, and the balance Fe and inevitable impurities, and having a 0.2% proof stress of 1300 MPa or higher. | 07-31-2014 |
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20100084150 | Electric power tool, tool body, and battery pack - An electric power tool includes a tool body and a battery pack. A terminal voltage setting unit of the tool body sets a voltage of a body side terminal to a first voltage when a command to drive a drive portion of the tool body is issued by a switch of the tool body. A voltage changing unit of the battery pack changes a voltage of a battery side terminal from the first voltage to a second voltage when supply of electric power from the battery pack to the drive portion is permitted. | 04-08-2010 |
20100085008 | Monitoring system for electric power tool, battery pack for electric power tool, and battery charger for electric power tool - A battery monitoring system for electric power tool includes a battery pack for electric power tool and an auxiliary power source. The battery pack has a battery and a monitoring circuit. The battery is provided with at least one battery cell. The monitoring circuit is operated by electric power supplied from the battery, and monitors a status of the battery. The auxiliary power source outputs electric power allowing the monitoring circuit to operate. The monitoring circuit is configured such that, when the monitoring circuit is unoperational with the electric power of the battery due to a decrease in a voltage of the battery, the monitoring circuit becomes operational by the electric power supplied from the auxiliary power source. | 04-08-2010 |
20100085010 | Battery pack for power tool, and power tool - A battery pack for power tool includes a battery, a monitoring circuit, and a sleep mode switching unit. The battery includes at least one battery cell. The monitoring circuit is operated by receiving power supply from the battery. The sleep mode switching unit switches the battery pack to a sleep mode by stopping at least a part or all of operations of the monitoring circuit when the monitoring circuit detects a discharge end state where a discharge current from the battery is equal to or lower than a predetermined set current value, and the monitoring circuit further detects at least one of a voltage stable state where a voltage change amount in the battery cell is within a predetermined stable range of voltage change amount and a temperature stable state where a temperature change amount in the battery is within a predetermined stable range of temperature change amount. | 04-08-2010 |
20100085020 | Charging system for electric power tool, battery pack for electric power tool, and battery charger for electric power tool - Each of a battery charger and a battery pack has a microcomputer. The respective microcomputers mutually perform data communication while the battery pack is being charged by the battery charger, and confirm an operational state of the microcomputer of the communication counterpart (mutual operation confirmation) based on a result of the data communication. When an abnormality of one of the microcomputers is detected, the other microcomputer executes a predetermined process for stopping charging. | 04-08-2010 |
20140055093 | CHARGER - A charger of the present invention may include a plurality of battery connection parts to which battery packs can be connected to charge, with each battery connection part having an indicator. The indicators may be configured such that when charging is expected to be completed more quickly in a first battery connection part compared to a second battery connection part, the indicator of the first battery connection part is displayed differently from the indicator of the second battery connection part. | 02-27-2014 |
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20080205906 | PREAMPLIFIER AND OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - When an optical signal that is a wide dynamic range and different in level depending on burst signals is input as in a GPON system, a preamplifier can stably control the gain within a short preamble. The gain changeover of the preamplifier is controlled by the aid of timing information that is extracted from a data signal as data count number, to change over the gain at a high speed and with high precision. A level detector, a preamble recovery, a counter, and a control circuit are disposed within the preamplifier in addition to a TIA main body. In order to suppress the band deterioration or the phase margin reduction which are attributable to the gain changeover, there is provided a bias terminal for conducting a current injection and a current drawing with respect to the signal amplification transistor of the TIA main body. | 08-28-2008 |
20100072821 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Operating speed as well as output accuracy of a D-A converter is enhanced. With a semiconductor device including unit current sources, and unit current source switches, plural current source elements constituting each of the unit current sources are disposed so as to be evenly dispersed, thereby reducing errors of the current source element, dependent on distance while the unit current source switches are concentratedly disposed in a small region, thereby mitigating delay in operation, attributable to parasitic capacitance. In addition, with the semiconductor device including R2R resistance ladders, the R2R resistance ladder is provided on the positive and the negative of each of the unit current source switches, and the respective R2R resistance ladders are shorted with each other at respective nodes on a unit current source switch-by-unit current source switch basis, are rendered identical in length, thereby cancelling out a nonlinearity error attributable to wiring parasitic resistance. | 03-25-2010 |
20100110751 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - In a configuration having a nonvolatile memory and a volatile memory, when storage information of the nonvolatile memory is changed and an abnormal operation occurs due to temporary blackout, α-ray or others, the abnormal operation is recovered to a normal operation regardless of the presence of the detection of the abnormal operation. A reset to be inputted to the nonvolatile memory is collectively transmitted for each 1 bit, each 1 word or each predetermined arbitrary bit, and the collectively transmitted reset serving as one unit is periodically transmitted, so that the abnormal operation is recovered to a normal operation without input signals from outside even if the storage information of the nonvolatile memory is changed due to temporary blackout, α-ray or others. | 05-06-2010 |
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20090168090 | VIEWER METHOD AND VIEWER DEVICE - A viewer method and a viewer device capable of more rapidly reproducing desired screen data are provided. An input of character string is accepted in an input accepting unit, a title name saved in a screen data saving section is searched based on the input character string, and an instruction is made to a reproduction unit to jump to and reproduce arbitrary screen data based on the search result. Therefore, the desired screen data can be more rapidly reproduced by inputting a character string corresponding to the desired screen data. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172575 | VIEWER METHOD AND VIEWER DEVICE - A viewer method and a viewer device are capable of more rapidly reproducing desired screen data. A jump processing unit instructs a reproduction unit to jump to and reproduce arbitrary screen data based on difference data between sequentially retrieved screen data. The screen data a user desires to check is often screen data of when the difference data is large, that is, screen data of when the amount of change in the retrieved screen data is large such as when an error has occurred. Thus, the desired screen data can be more rapidly reproduced by jumping to and reproducing the screen data based on the difference data. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172582 | CAPTURE METHOD AND CAPTURE DEVICE - A capture method and a capture device are capable of increasing the amount of screen data that can be saved as log. The information of screen data displayed on a screen is acquired, and the active screen data is captured when determined that the active screen data is from application software to be captured based on the information of the screen data. In the capture processing step, an image data of a current active screen is presumptively configured so as to include a last active screen retrieved immediately before said current active screen that is positioned in a screen region other than said current active screen. A pixel difference between a pixel date of a current full-screen region and a pixel date of a last full-screen region is taken, and the pixel difference data as said active screen data is retrieved. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172590 | CAPTURE METHOD AND CAPTURE DEVICE - A capture method and a capture device retrieve screen data to be captured. The capture method uses a program for causing a computer to execute a screen data information acquisition processing step of acquiring information of active screen data in screen data displayed on a screen; a determination processing step of determining whether or not the active screen data is from an application software to be captured based on the acquired information of the screen data; a capture processing step of capturing the active screen data when determined that the active screen data is from the application software to be captured in the determination processing step; and a save processing step of saving the screen data captured in the capture processing step. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172703 | CAPTURE METHOD AND CAPTURE DEVICE - A capture method and a capture device are capable of efficiently analyzing problems in software of an application software to be captured. A capture method for retrieving screen data displayed on a screen causes a computer to capture screen data displayed on the screen, acquire utilization data of a CPU and/or a memory, and save the screen data in association with the utilization data by time data. | 07-02-2009 |
20120147045 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display apparatus including a first storage means for storing at least one item of image data, correction condition data for correcting the image data, and corrected image data obtained after the image data is corrected on the basis of the correction condition data; an image processing means for producing the corrected image data; a display means comprising a screen for superimposing an original image based on the image data and a corrected image based on the corrected image data onto each other and displaying either the original image or the corrected image; an input means for selecting an image to be displayed on the display screen, and a display control means for switching between the images in response to an input from the input means, so that either the original image or the corrected image is displayed on the display screen. | 06-14-2012 |
20140223305 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus includes a group creation unit and a group adjustment unit. The group creation unit automatically creates a frame group that includes multiple frames that are a portion of the video and have undergone position adjustment with respect to one another such that the target object images overlap one another. The group adjustment unit receives, from a user, a designation of a group adjustment amount that is a position adjustment amount for the frame group, and performs position adjustment on the frames included in the frame group in accordance with the group adjustment amount. Note that automatically creating the frame group here means that rather than receiving a designation of a position adjustment amount from the user, the image processing apparatus automatically creates a frame group in accordance with a predetermined algorithm. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223368 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus that can be connected to a display device and removes blurring from a first-order image is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a generation unit, a display control unit, and a selection reception unit. The generation unit generates multiple I-th order intermediate images by performing blur correction in multiple blur directions on an I-th order image. The display control unit causes the multiple I-th order intermediate images to be displayed on the display device. The selection reception unit allows the user to select an (I+1)-th order image from among the displayed multiple I-th order intermediate images as a corrected image whose blurring has been reduced more than in the I-th order image. The generation unit, the display control unit, and the selection reception unit execute the above processing in order with respect to I=1, 2, . . . , K (K being a natural number). | 08-07-2014 |
20140241701 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a storage unit having a first storage area and a second storage area, as well as an output processing unit, a record storage unit, and a display control unit. The output processing unit executes output processing for exporting and/or printing on one or more frames selected by a user from a video stored in the first storage area. The record storage unit stores, in the second storage area, a record of the output processing that includes an identifier for each frame that was subjected to the output processing. The display control unit references the second storage area and displays a record screen for displaying the record of the output processing. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245153 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a selection unit, a registration unit, a re-selection unit, and a frame processing unit. The selection unit allows a user to select any segment on a timeline of a video. The registration unit receives a registration instruction from the user and executes registration processing for registering the segment that is currently selected on the timeline. The re-selection unit allows the user to select the registered segment. The frame processing unit executes image processing, export processing, or print processing on a frame group belonging to the segment that is currently selected on the timeline. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100015356 | IN-LINE FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An in-line film forming apparatus is provided which prevents uneven processing from occurring when reactive plasma treatment or ion irradiation treatment is performed on a substrate held by a carrier. A carrier ( | 01-21-2010 |
20110056908 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium which manufactures media by employing the same in-line apparatus and which is capable of reducing the contamination due to the handling and of enhancing the productivity,
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20110261479 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium is provided, which include: forming a magnetic layer on the surface of a nonmagnetic substrate; forming a groove in which a nonmagnetic section is formed by etching a portion corresponding to a formation region of the nonmagnetic section in the magnetic layer and a magnetic recording section formed of the magnetic layer; applying a resin having an active energy ray curable functional group to the surface of the magnetic recording section so as to fill the groove; pressing a plate material against the resin so that the smooth surface of the plate material is in contact with the surface of the resin to make the surface of the resin smooth; removing the plate material from the resin; and forming the nonmagnetic section in the groove by etching and removing a portion located above the surface of the magnetic recording section in the resin having a smooth surface. | 10-27-2011 |
20120200956 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A method for producing a magnetic recording medium which includes: forming a magnetic layer on a non-magnetic substrate; forming a dissolution layer on the magnetic layer; forming a mask layer on the dissolution layer; patterning the dissolution layer and the mask layer so as to have a pattern corresponding to a magnetic recording pattern; partially modifying or removing a part of the magnetic layer and the mask layer not covered with the dissolution layer; and dissolving the dissolution layer and removing the dissolution layer together with the mask layer which is on the dissolution layer from the surface of the magnetic layer. The dissolution layer is formed by coating a solution containing an organic silicon compound dissolved in an organic solvent on the magnetic layer, and solidifying the coated chemical solution in the step in which the dissolution layer is formed on the magnetic layer. | 08-09-2012 |
20120300339 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORD/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to the present invention, a magnetic recording medium is provided including a disk-shaped non-magnetic substrate and at least a perpendicular magnetic layer formed on the disk-shaped non-magnetic substrate, wherein the perpendicular magnetic layer has a structure in which an FePt or CoPt nanoparticle array is formed on a formation surface, on which a plurality of striations each having a circumferential directional component are formed, by a texturing treatment; a manufacturing method thereof; and a magnetic record/reproduction apparatus including the magnetic recording medium or a magnetic recording medium manufactured according to the manufacturing method. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100210488 | SLIDING MEMBER - A sliding member has a base material whose surface is at least partially covered with a DLC film, wherein an intermediate layer is interposed between the base material and the DLC film, and the intermediate layer has a multilayer structure obtained by stacking a first Cr layer, a CrN layer and a second Cr layer successively from the side closer to the base material. | 08-19-2010 |
20120028723 | PROPELLER SHAFT - A propeller shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft has a torque transmission face in which a plurality of fine grooves extending in a first direction (face width direction) is formed. The second spline shaft is coupled to the first spline shaft so as to be movable relative to the first spline shaft in the axial direction of the first spline shaft, and has a torque transmission face in which a plurality of second fine grooves extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction is formed. | 02-02-2012 |
20120034393 | FORMATION METHOD OF COATING - A formation method of a coating that coats a coated body with the coating includes: generating cylindrical plasma in a vacuum deposition chamber as well as supplying material gas into the vacuum deposition chamber; applying pulse voltage to the coated body; and attaching a shield member that shields an uncoated member to an uncoated part where the coating of the coated body is not formed with separation spacing over a coated part where the coating is to be formed for preventing decrease of hardness of the coating in the coated part. | 02-09-2012 |
20130054104 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE, FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A drive system for a four-wheel drive vehicle, the drive system being mounted in a four-wheel drive vehicle that includes front wheels serving as main drive wheels and rear wheels serving as auxiliary drive wheels, includes: a propeller shaft that transmits the driving force from the engine side to the rear wheels side; a dog clutch that is able to interrupt torque transmission between the engine and the propeller shaft; a torque coupling that is able to interrupt torque transmission between the propeller shaft and the rear wheels; and an ECU that interrupts both torque transmissions by the dog clutch and the torque coupling when the vehicle speed is higher than or equal to a predetermined speed. | 02-28-2013 |
20130220798 | METHOD FOR FORMING DLC FILM ON SPLINE SHAFT AND HOT CATHODE PIG PLASMA CVD DEVICE - Plural spline shafts are arranged around columnar plasma, and plural spline shafts are coaxially aligned in a direction that the columnar plasma extends within a vacuum chamber. The plural coaxially aligned spline shafts are positioned so that axial gap is formed between the respective male spline sections. The axial gap of the plural male spline sections is positioned at a center of the columnar plasma in the direction that the columnar plasma extends. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090269677 | ANODE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery capable of improving the cycle characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution is impregnated in a separator provided between the cathode and the anode. The anode has an anode structure on an anode current collector. The anode structure has a structure in which a plurality of anode active material particles having silicon are held by a plurality of metal fibers forming a three-dimensional network structure. Due to the plurality of metal fibers, sufficient conductive paths are obtained among the plurality of anode active material particles. Thus, compared to a general anode in which an active material layer is provided on a current collector made of a metal foil or the like, the current collectivity is improved. | 10-29-2009 |
20100099018 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery capable of improving cycle characteristics, initial charge and discharge characteristics, and swollenness characteristics is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic solution is impregnated in a separator provided between the cathode and the anode. A cathode active material layer of the cathode contains a lithium-nickel based composite oxide (LiNi1-xMxO2) as a cathode active material capable of inserting and extracting lithium ions. An anode active material layer of the anode contains a material having silicon as an element as an anode active material capable of inserting and extracting lithium ions. The usage ratio in the fully charged state of the anode is set from 20% to 70% both inclusive, and the thickness in discharged state in the initial charge and discharge of the anode active material layer is 40 μm or less | 04-22-2010 |
20110143201 | BATTERY - A battery with more superior reliability is provided. The battery includes: a battery element in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a separator in between, wherein the anode active material layer is provided to occupy a first region that is overlapped with a cathode active material layer formation region in which the cathode active material layer is provided on the cathode current collector and a peripheral region thereof in the anode, and out of a second region adjacent to the first region in the longitudinal direction in the anode, a width of a third region in which the anode active material layer is not formed and the anode current collector is exposed is smaller than a width of the first region. | 06-16-2011 |
20120135285 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - There is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a first electrode having a strip shape, a second electrode having a strip shape, a first electrode lead, a second electrode lead, a separator having a strip shape that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. A laminated electrode body, which is obtained by laminating the first electrode and the second electrode through the separator in such a manner that the second electrode lead is disposed at the other end portion of the second electrode not opposite to one end portion of the first electrode to which the first electrode lead is connected, is wound in a longitudinal direction with one end to which the first electrode lead is connected made as an initial end, and a wound electrode body is obtained. | 05-31-2012 |
20140114519 | BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER SYSTEM - There is provided a battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode active material layer, on at least one surface of a positive electrode current collector, including a binder and a positive electrode active material of a deoxidized lithium transition metal composite oxide. The positive electrode active material layer shows first and second peaks of oxygen amounts generated from a type of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material layer when the positive electrode active material layer is heated in a charge state of higher than or equal to 4.2 V and lower than or equal to 4.5 V in a lithium antipode potential, the second peak appearing in a temperature region higher than a temperature region of the first peak. At least the second peak appears in a temperature region higher than 220° C. | 04-24-2014 |
20140295263 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes: a cathode and an anode that are opposed to each other with a separator in between; and an electrolytic solution, wherein the cathode includes a cathode current collector and a cathode active material layer provided between the cathode current collector and the separator, the anode includes an anode current collector and an anode active material layer provided between the anode current collector and the separator, one or more of the cathode, the anode, and the separator includes a plurality of thermally-conductive particles in a region between the cathode current collector and the anode current collector, and heat conductivity of the thermally-conductive particles is larger in a second direction that intersects with a first direction, in which the cathode and the anode are opposed to each other, than in the first direction. | 10-02-2014 |
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20080239684 | WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A wiring board including, on a resin insulating layer, an Ni—Cu alloy bonding seed layer constituted by 20 to 75 wt % of Ni and Cu to be a residual part and a wiring layer constituted by Cu formed thereon is provided. It is possible to manufacture the wiring board by (A) forming the Ni—Cu alloy bonding seed layer through a one-time treatment and removing an unnecessary portion through one-time etching after wiring patterning, or (B) forming the Ni—Cu alloy bonding seed layer and a Cu layer thereon and patterning thereof in a lump by etching. A wiring board in which a wiring layer is formed by an Ni—Cu alloy constituted by 20 to 75 wt % of Ni and Cu to be a residual part over a whole thickness of the wiring layer is also provided. | 10-02-2008 |
20090188806 | Manufacturing Method of Wiring Board - A manufacturing method of a wiring board includes a sticking layer forming step; a resist film forming step of forming a resist film on an upper surface of the sticking layer, the resist film having an opening exposing the upper surface of the sticking layer; a metal layer forming step of forming a metal layer, so as to cover an upper surface of the resist film and cover a side surface of the resist film and the upper surface of the sticking layer forming the opening for forming the wiring; a plating film forming step of filling with a plating film the opening for forming the wiring; a metal layer and plating film removing step; a resist film removing step; and a sticking layer removing step of removing the sticking layer of an unnecessary part not covered with the metal layer, after the resist film removing step. | 07-30-2009 |
20090200072 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The wiring substrate | 08-13-2009 |
20110012266 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device, a substrate includes a plurality of line conductors which penetrate the substrate from a top surface to a bottom surface of the substrate. A semiconductor chip is secured in a hole of the substrate. A first insulating layer is formed on the top surfaces of the substrate and the semiconductor chip. A first wiring layer is formed on the first insulating layer and electrically connected via through holes of the first insulating layer to the semiconductor chip and some line conductors exposed to one of the through holes. A second insulating layer is formed on the bottom surfaces of the substrate and the semiconductor chip. A second wiring layer is formed on the second insulating layer and electrically connected via a through hole of the second insulating layer to some line conductors exposed to the through hole. | 01-20-2011 |
20110018144 | WIRING BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A wiring board includes a core substrate including an insulation base member; linear conductors configured to pierce from a first surface of the insulation base member to a second surface of the insulation base member; a ground wiring group including a first ground wiring formed on the first surface of the core substrate, and a belt-shaped second ground wiring formed on the second surface of the core substrate and electrically connected to the first ground wiring by way of a part of the linear conductors; and an electric power supply wiring group including a first electric power supply wiring formed on the first surface, and a second electric power supply wiring formed on the second surface and electrically connected to the first electric power supply wiring by way of a part of the plural linear conductors. | 01-27-2011 |
20110061916 | WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A wiring board includes a substrate having a surface made of an insulating resin. An adhesion layer is formed on the substrate. A wiring layer is formed on the adhesion layer. The adhesion layer is formed by a nitrided NiCu alloy containing nitrogen therein. A nitrogen content of the nitrided NiCu alloy is within a range from 1 atoms % to 5 atoms %. | 03-17-2011 |
20120327626 | WIRING SUBSTRATE, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - One embodiment provides a wiring substrate including: a core substrate having an insulative base member, the insulative base member having a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of linear conductors penetrating through the insulative base member from the first surface to the second surface; an inorganic material layer joined to at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the insulative base member; and a penetration line penetrating through the inorganic material layer, wherein one end of the penetration line is electrically connected to a corresponding part of the linear conductors, without intervention of a bump. | 12-27-2012 |
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20090053098 | 7000-SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUDED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An extruded product includes a 7000-series aluminum alloy, the 7000-series aluminum alloy having an excess Mg content or an excess Zn content of less than 0.5 mass % with respect to a stoichiometric composition shown by MgZn | 02-26-2009 |
20100047114 | Al-Mg-Si ALUMININUM ALLOY EXTRUDED PRODUCT EXHIBITING EXCELLENT FATIGUE STRENGTH AND IMPACT FRACTURE RESISTANCE - An aluminum alloy extruded product includes 0.3 to 0.8 mass % of Mg, 0.5 to 1.2 mass % of Si, 0.3 mass % or more of excess Si with respect to the Mg | 02-25-2010 |
20110017366 | 7000-SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUDED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing an aluminum alloy extruded product comprising: casting a billet using a 7000-series aluminum alloy having Mg of 0.95 to 1.95 mass %, Zn of 5.10 to 7.90 mass %, an excess mg or Zn content relative to a stoichiometric composition shown by MgZn2 of less than 0.5 mass %; an A=Zn−5.36×Mg (mass %) of −2.64 to 0.50; and at least one of Mn, Cr and Zr with a total content thereof being less than 0.25 mass %; homogenizing the billet at 450 to 550° C.; preheating the homogenized product at 480 to 540° C.; extruding the preheated product with a die heated at 440 to 500° C.; and subjecting the extruded product to press quenching at an air cooling rate of 29° C./min or more, wherein a proof stress increase due to natural aging is 15 Mpa or less and a hardness HV increase due to natural aging is seven or less. | 01-27-2011 |
20110240178 | Al-Mg-Si ALUMINUM ALLOY EXTRUDED PRODUCT EXHIBITING EXCELLENT FATIGUE STRENGTH AND IMPACT FRACTURE RESISTANCE - A method includes: preparing a molten aluminum alloy consisting of 0.3-0.8 mass % Mg, 0.5-1.2 mass % Si, 0.3 mass % or more excess Si relative to the Mg | 10-06-2011 |
20140102601 | ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EXTRUSION USING SAME - A high-strength aluminum alloy exhibiting excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance and excellent extrudability, and a method for producing an extruded shape using the same are disclosed. The aluminum alloy includes 1.6 to 2.6 mass % of Mg, 6.0 to 7.0 mass % of Zn, 0.5 mass % or less of Cu, and 0.01 to 0.05 mass % of Ti, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. | 04-17-2014 |