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20140159264 | SOLUTION OF AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, this disclosure relates to a solution of polyamide comprising: an aromatic polyamide, a silane coupling agent and a solvent. The solution of polyamide can improve adhesion between the polyamide film and the base of glass or silicon wafer. | 06-12-2014 |
20140175683 | AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FILMS FOR SOLVENT RESISTANT FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES - This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a solution of polyamide comprising: an aromatic polyamide, silane coupling agent and a solvent. The solution of polyamide can improve adhesion between the polyamide film and the base of glass or silicon wafer. | 06-26-2014 |
20140234532 | LAMINATED COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a laminated composite material, including a glass plate and an organic resin layer. The organic resin layer is laminated on one surface of the glass plate, the organic resin is a polyamide resin, the rate of mass change of the polyamide resin from 300° C. to 400° C. measured by thermo gravimetry (TG) is 3.0% or less, and the glass transition temperature of the polyamide resin is 300° C. or more. | 08-21-2014 |
20140299264 | SOLUTION OF AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - This disclosure, in one aspect, relates to a solution of polyamide including an aromatic polyamide and an amphiphilic solvent. This disclosure, in another aspect, relates to a solution of polyamide including an aromatic polyamide, an amphiphilic solvent, and an aprotic solvent. This disclosure, in another aspect, relates to a solution of aromatic polyamide for producing a display element, an optical element or an illumination element. | 10-09-2014 |
20140305597 | SOLUTION OF AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a solution of polyamide comprising: an aromatic polyamide; and a solvent; wherein elastic modulus at 30.0° C. of a cast film formed by applying the solution onto a glass plate is 5.0 GPa or less, and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the cast film is more than 30 ppm/K, and wherein the aromatic copolyamide comprises at least two repeat units, and at least one of the repeat units has one or more free carboxyl groups. | 10-16-2014 |
20140356636 | SOLUTION OF AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - This disclosure, in one or plurality of embodiments, relates to a solution of polyamide from which a cast film with low CTE and Rth can be achieved. This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a solution of polyamide comprising: an aromatic polyamide; inorganic filler; and a solvent. This disclosure, viewed from one aspect, relates to a laminated composite material, comprising a base, and a polyamide resin layer: wherein the polyamide resin layer is laminated to one surface of the base; and wherein the polyamide resin layer is obtained or obtainable by applying a polyamide solution comprising an aromatic polyamide, an inorganic filler and a solvent onto the base. | 12-04-2014 |
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20140083624 | SOLUTION OF AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - The present disclosure is directed toward solutions, transparent films prepared from aromatic copolyamides, and a display element, an optical element or an illumination element using the solutions and/or the films. The copolyamides, which contain pendant carboxylic groups are solution cast into films using cresol, xylene, N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), or butyl cellosolve or other solvents or mixed solvent which has more than two solvents. When the films are thermally cured at temperatures near the copolymer glass transition temperature, after curing, the polymer films display transmittances >80% from 400 to 750 nm, have coefficients of thermal expansion of less than 20 ppm, and are solvent resistant. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084499 | SOLUTION OF AROMATIC POLYAMIDE FOR PRODUCING DISPLAY ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OR ILLUMINATION ELEMENT - The present disclosure is directed toward solutions, transparent films prepared from aromatic copolyamides, and a display element, an optical element or an illumination element using the solutions and/or the films. The copolyamides, which contain pendant carboxylic groups are solution cast into films using cresol, xylene, N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), or butyl cellosolve or other solvents or mixed solvent which has more than two solvents. When the films are thermally cured at temperatures near the copolymer glass transition temperature, after curing, the polymer films display transmittances >80% from 400 to 750 nm, have coefficients of thermal expansion of less than 20 ppm, and are solvent resistant. | 03-27-2014 |
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20130102353 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION MODE SETTING METHOD - A terminal apparatus that performs radio communication with a base station apparatus in a mobile communication system, including: a transmission mode information receiving unit configured to receive transmission mode information, from the base station apparatus, corresponding to a transmission mode that should be set in the terminal apparatus; a transmission mode setting unit configured to set the terminal apparatus to the transmission mode if the terminal apparatus can perform radio transmission in the transmission mode corresponding to the transmission mode information received by the transmission mode receiving unit; and a radio transmission unit configured to perform radio transmission in the transmission mode. | 04-25-2013 |
20130163482 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS COMMUNICATION USING A PLURALITY OF FREQUENCIES - In order to enable simultaneous communication using a plurality of frequencies, provided is a mobile communication terminal including: a first combining circuit | 06-27-2013 |
20130183993 | MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A mobile station includes, where the mobile station supports a first frequency band and a second frequency band, an information element generating unit configured to generate an information element indicating at least one of whether a receiver sensitivity is degraded in the second frequency band, whether a certificate has been obtained for communications in the second frequency band, and whether transmission and reception bands of the mobile station correspond to a portion of a bandwidth of the second frequency band, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated information element. | 07-18-2013 |
20140016523 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - User equipment includes a diplexer that separates an uplink frequency band from a downlink frequency band of different component carriers (CCs); a duplexer that separates an uplink frequency band from a downlink frequency band of each of CCs; a reference value calculation unit that calculates a lower limit and, at least, a reference value being greater than the lower limit using control information from a base station; and a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal with transmission power calculated from the reference value while using a radio resource specified by the control signal in the uplink frequency bands of one or more of the CCs, wherein, when the control signal specifies the radio resource of two or more of the CCs, the lower limit is less than that in a case where the control signal specifies the radio resource of less than two of the CCs. | 01-16-2014 |
20140113645 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO BASE STATION - To appropriately decrease the amount of interference with respect to an adjacent band appropriately using “A-MPR” and “NS”. A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a process A in which a mobile station UE notifies a radio base station eNB of “NS (network signaling value)” to which the mobile station UE corresponds, and a process B in which the radio base station eNB controls connection of the mobile station UE based on the notified “NS”. | 04-24-2014 |
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20140008552 | TARGET SUPPLY APPARATUS, CHAMBER, AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS - A target supply apparatus mounted in a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated by introducing a target material and a laser beam into the chamber may include a target generator having a nozzle, a first pipe configured to cover the nozzle, a cover opening provided in the first pipe to allow the target material to pass through the first pipe, and a first valve configured to open and close the cover opening. | 01-09-2014 |
20140138560 | TARGET SUPPLY DEVICE - A target supply device may include a tank including a nozzle, a first electrode provided with a first through-hole and disposed so that a center axis of the nozzle is positioned within the first through-hole, a second electrode that includes a main body portion provided with a second through-hole and a collection portion formed in a cylindrical shape extending in a direction from a circumferential edge of the second through-hole toward the nozzle and that is disposed so that the center axis of the nozzle is positioned within the second through-hole, a third electrode disposed within the tank, and a heating unit configured to heat the second electrode. | 05-22-2014 |
20140138561 | TARGET SUPPLY DEVICE - A target supply device may include a tank having a nozzle, a first electrode provided with a first through-hole, a second electrode provided with a second through-hole, a third electrode disposed within the tank, an anchoring portion configured to anchor the first electrode and the second electrode to the tank so that insulation among the nozzle, the first electrode, and the second electrode is maintained, and so that a center axis of the nozzle is positioned within the first through-hole and the second through-hole, a first projecting portion that is an integrated part of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode and that is configured to project toward the nozzle, and a second projecting portion that is an integrated part of at least the second electrode and that is configured to project so as to be positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 05-22-2014 |
20140209819 | TARGET SUPPLY DEVICE AND EUV LIGHT GENERATION CHAMBER - A target supply device may include a tank including a nozzle, a first electrode disposed within the tank, a first potential setting unit configured to set a potential at the first electrode to a first potential, a second electrode provided with a first through-hole and disposed so that a center axis of the nozzle is positioned within the first through-hole, a second potential setting unit configured to set a potential at the second electrode to a second potential that is different from the first potential, and a charge neutralization unit configured to neutralize a charge of the target material that passes through a first region located between the second electrode and the plasma generation region. | 07-31-2014 |
20140239203 | TARGET SUPPLY DEVICE AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS - A target supply device | 08-28-2014 |
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20130219251 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND ERROR CORRECTION METHOD - In an electronic apparatus, a soft decision likelihood value is generated and subject to a decoding process supporting a convolutional code; and a data series is interleaved, subjected to an error correction process, and decoded data is generated. A detecting unit, based on information concerning the position of a symbol for which an error has been corrected successfully by the error correction process, estimates whether an error occurs in a symbol for which the error correction process failed and detects the position of a symbol estimated to have an error. A setting unit sets based on the decoded data and information concerning the position of the symbol estimated to have an error, a correction value of the soft decision likelihood value. The electronic device interleaves the order of a correction value series of the soft decision likelihood value and feeds the resulting correction value series back to the decoding process. | 08-22-2013 |
20130301759 | RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving device for receiving OFDM signals in which arrangement of pilot signals changes with symbol time, includes: an inverse Fourier transform unit configured to calculate an impulse response by performing an inverse Fourier transform on pilot signals included in a received signal; a first Doppler frequency estimation unit configured to estimate a first Doppler frequency from a phase rotation amount at peak positions between impulse responses of pilot signals of different subcarriers of the impulse responses; a second Doppler frequency estimation unit configured to estimate a second Doppler frequency from a phase rotation amount between impulse responses of pilot signals of the same subcarrier of the impulse responses; and a Doppler frequency selection unit configured to select one of the first and the second Doppler frequency estimated by the first and the second Doppler frequency estimation unit so as to reduce influence of a multipath. | 11-14-2013 |
20140192854 | RECEIVER APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIVED SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A reception apparatus includes: a Fourier transform unit to output a converted signal; a propagation path estimation unit to calculate propagation-path-estimated-values based on pilot subcarriers; and a propagation path compensation unit, including a filter, to compensate propagation path distortion, the filter includes: first multipliers to multiply the propagation-path-estimated-values of taps other than a center tap by filtering coefficients; a first adder to add outputs of the first multipliers; a first subtractor to calculate an error between an output of the first adder and a propagation-path-estimated-value of the center tap; a filtering coefficient generation unit to generate the filtering coefficients based on the error; a second multiplier to multiply the propagation-path-estimated-value of the center tap by first coefficient; a third multiplier to multiply the output of the first adder by second coefficient; and a second adder to add an output of the second multiplier and an output of the third multiplier. | 07-10-2014 |
20140270022 | DATA SIGNAL CORRECTION CIRCUIT, RECEIVER, AND DATA SIGNAL CORRECTION METHOD - A data signal correction circuit includes a channel characteristic calculator unit configured to calculate a channel characteristic estimate value of a received data signal on the basis of a pilot signal, a path detector unit configured to determine a delay quantity of multipath propagation of the received data signal on the basis of the calculated channel characteristic estimate value, and an adaptive filter configured to receive the delay quantity and the channel characteristic estimate value as input items, adjust an input interval of the channel characteristic estimate value along a carrier frequency axis in accordance with the delay quantity, and perform adaptive equalization on the channel characteristic estimate value inputted to the adaptive filter at the adjusted input interval. | 09-18-2014 |
20140294128 | RECEIVER AND SYNCHRONIZATION CORRECTING METHOD - A receiver includes a transformation part configured to convert a time domain received signal to a frequency domain signal, a known signal extraction part configured to extract a known signal from the frequency domain signal, an estimation part configured to estimate a channel characteristic based upon the extracted known signal, a time direction extraction part configured to extract channel characteristic values of a particular carrier in a time direction from the estimated channel characteristic, a power spectrum acquiring part configured to acquire a power spectrum from the channel characteristic values extracted in the time direction, an error calculation part configured to calculate a carrier frequency error from the power spectrum, and a carrier correction part configured to correct for a carrier frequency of the received signal based upon the carrier frequency error. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294130 | RECEIVER AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A receiver includes a detector to detect an interfered-with carrier from a received and demodulated signal, a fast Fourier transform computation part to perform fast Fourier transform to convert a time domain signal to a frequency domain signal and adjust an output power level of a desired carrier wave contained in the frequency domain signal based upon the detected interfered-with carrier, and a channel estimation part to estimate a channel characteristic based upon a non-interfered-with pilot signal that is not subject to influence of the interfered-with carrier and an interpolation value interpolated based upon the non-interfered-with pilot signal, the non-interfered-with pilot signal being obtained by removing, based upon the interfered-with carrier, an interfered-with pilot signal that is subject to the influence of the interfered-with carrier and an interpolation value interpolated based upon the interfered-with pilot signal. | 10-02-2014 |
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20130066705 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS OF VARIABLE LENGTHS - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066707 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING AD RELEVANCY USING USER INTERACTION - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066712 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVING ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON VISIBILITY OF AD-FRAMES - Introduced is a method for presenting online advertisements based on a visibility of an advertisement (ad) spot in online content. The method includes determining ad spots that are visible or at least a substantial portion of the ad spots that are visible for a pre-defined duration, and serving advertisements in those ad spots. The method includes auctioning only the selected ad spots to the advertisers. Another method for measuring effectiveness of an ad creative is disclosed. The effectiveness of an ad creative is measured using a metric, such as an engagement rate of the ad creative. The engagement rate is determined as a ratio of a number of users that responded to the ad creative to a total number of users to whom the ad creative was served, wherein number of users who responded to the ad creative is a function of response score of the ad creative. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066713 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS OF VARIABLE LENGTHS - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-plus-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066714 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN INTEGRATED AD CAMPAIGN IN SOCIAL MEDIA - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066715 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TIME-VARIABLE CPS BASED ON USER INTERACTION WITH ADVERTISEMENT - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066725 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUIRING ADVERTISEMENT IMPRESSIONS - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066726 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIDDING AND DISPLAYING ADVERTISEMENTS UTILIZING VARIOUS COST MODELS - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-14-2013 |
20130080264 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIDDING AND ACQUIRING ADVERTISEMENT IMPRESSIONS - A cost-per-second (CPS) based technology for Internet advertising is introduced. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user; decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and being charged according to actual duration for the advertiser. In embodiments, the cost for a certain branding effect can be measured and used with higher accuracy. In embodiments where multiple advertisements are shown simultaneously or at various timings, the technology introduced here provides unique bidding models to allow an advertiser to bid for advertising space, of an advertisement display. The bidding models incorporate bidding based on CPS, a function of CPS and cost-per-click, effective CPS, etc. Conversion models for comparing advertising schema using traditional and newly introduced models are also disclosed. | 03-28-2013 |
20130166381 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY UI AND ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed is an effective and high-quality advertisement information display system that adapts to an internet user's lifestyle. The disclosed advertisement system includes a user interface such as an internet browser that itself has the capability of acquiring and displaying video advertisement data, at least one advertisement data storage site located on a communication network, and a user terminal connected to the abovementioned communication network and provided with the abovementioned browser, and by means of the abovementioned advertisement display capability, the advertisement system displays video advertisement data obtained by the user interface's advertisement acquisition capability to a user in accordance with an advertisement management capability. In the system, the user interface has a social capability, and users can gain rewards according to advertisements browsed. | 06-27-2013 |
20140180829 | Advertising Platform - Introduced is a method for presenting online advertisements. In one embodiment, the systems and methods described herein improve efficiency and efficacy of Internet based advertisements. Efficiency is improved by making advertisements relevant to the user, decreasing loss or waste in advertisement space and increasing opportunity for the publisher; and displaying advertisements only for an appropriate duration and charging advertisers according to the user's exposure to the displayed advertisement. | 06-26-2014 |
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20130325854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus allows a user to easily find information about search targets which the user is likely to desire. Pieces of information about a plurality of searched search targets displayed as a search result include attribute values of search targets. The information processing apparatus specifies information selected by the user from displayed information, and compares an attribute value of a selected search target, with attribute values of search targets associated with display rankings which are higher than a display ranking of the selected search target associated with the specified information. When the attribute value of the selected search target is more advantageous for the user, the information processing apparatus performs control such that information about search targets whose attribute values are more advantageous for the user than that of the selected search target changes to a display mode which is more easily visually checked than the information about search targets whose attribute values are more disadvantageous for the user than that of the selected search target. | 12-05-2013 |
20140089088 | PURCHASE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PURCHASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PURCHASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A purchase management apparatus notifies a target user having purchased a first item about next purchase timing. The apparatus can refer to a purchase history DB associating user ID and purchase history records, and an item DB associating item ID and category ID. The apparatus acquires user ID of a target user from the purchase history DB, specifies a category using the category ID of the category to which the first item belongs, calculates a purchase interval of the items belonging to the category based on the purchase history record specified using the target user ID among the purchase history records of the items belonging to the category, and estimates a purchase interval of the first item based on the calculated purchase interval. The purchase interval of the first item with no purchase history can be thereby estimated based on the known purchase history. | 03-27-2014 |
20140351094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CATEGORY DISPLAYING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Users are enabled to select a category with more ease than in the past. An information processing device estimates, for a target category that is one of a plurality of categories which have a tree structure including a plurality of hierarchy levels and to each of which one or more objects belong, whether a user is knowledgeable about categories below the target category, based on an input from the user, and controls whether or not display means displays the categories below the target category, based on whether or not the user is estimated as being knowledgeable about the categories below the target category. | 11-27-2014 |
20150088862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIMILAR CATEGORY IDENTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To reduce time and labor in identifying a similar category among a plurality of categories into which objects are classified. Based on a predetermined operation performed by a user with respect to two objects among a plurality of objects classified into some of a plurality of predetermined categories, the information processing system deduces the two objects as comparison targets. Then, based on the number of times at which the two objects are deduced as comparison targets, the information processing system determines two categories into which the two objects are respectively classified as similar categories. | 03-26-2015 |
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20120154719 | LIGHT DIFFUSION POLARIZING SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT DIFFUSION POLARIZING SHEET, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to provide a light diffusion polarizing sheet which reduces generation of an image blur and is easily manufactured, a light diffusion polarizing sheet ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120268826 | LIGHT DIFFUSION SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LIGHT DIFFUSION SHEET - A light diffusion sheet ( | 10-25-2012 |
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20130265774 | LIGHT DIFFUSING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light diffusing member includes a base material having a light transmitting property; a plurality of light blocking sections that are formed in a scattered manner at one surface of the base material; and a light transmissive material layer that is formed at the one surface of the base material. A thickness of the light transmissive material layer is larger than a thickness of each light blocking section. The light transmissive material layer has hollow portions in regions where the light blocking sections are formed. Each hollow portion has a shape in which a cross-section area when each hollow portion is cut at a plane that is parallel to the one surface of the base material is large on a side of the corresponding light blocking section and becomes gradually smaller with increasing distance from the corresponding light blocking section. A portion of the light transmissive material layer other than where the hollow portions are formed is a light transmitting section. | 10-10-2013 |
20140026962 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - A solar cell module includes a light guide body that guides incident light to propagate therein, and a solar cell element that receives the light propagating within the light guide body, wherein the light guide body is made of a light-transmissive base material and has a curved surface in at least a part thereof. | 01-30-2014 |
20140318601 | LIGHT GUIDE BODY, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - A light guide body includes a light-entering surface which outside light enters, one or more outside light-absorbing optical functional materials that absorb part of the outside light which enters the light-entering surface, a light-guiding optical functional material that is excited by energy of light absorbed by the one or more outside light-absorbing optical functional materials and that emits light different from the light, and a light-emitting surface whose area is smaller than the light-entering surface and from which the light emitted from the light-guiding optical functional material is emitted. A mixing ratio of the light-guiding optical functional material is smaller than a mixing ratio of at least an optical functional material having a largest mixing ratio among the one or more outside light-absorbing optical functional materials. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318621 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - A solar cell module includes a light guide and a solar cell element. The light guide has a light incident surface and a light exit surface having an area smaller than the light incident surface and contains a plurality of optical functional materials. In the light guide, part of external light incident on the light incident surface is absorbed by the plurality of optical functional materials, Foerster energy transfer occurs among the plurality of optical functional materials, and light emitted by the optical functional material having the longest peak wavelength of the emission spectrum among the plurality of optical functional materials is collected to and exits from the light exit surface. The solar cell element receives light exiting from the light exit surface of the light guide. The spectral sensitivity of the solar cell element at the peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the optical functional material having the longest peak wavelength of the emission spectrum among the plurality of optical functional materials is higher than the spectral sensitivity of the solar cell element at peak wavelengths of the emission spectrums of the other optical functional materials contained in the light guide. | 10-30-2014 |
20150034158 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - A solar cell module capable of suppressing a decrease of a light gathering function with use and offering an excellent light gathering function over a long period of time, and a photovoltaic power generation device using the solar cell module are provided. | 02-05-2015 |
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20110234777 | THREE-DEMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A stereoscopic display apparatus and a stereoscopic display system capable of reducing flicker due to the influence of a fluorescent lamp while preventing an increase in crosstalk. The stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display controller that causes a display section to display left-eye video and right-eye video based on an input left-eye video signal and right-eye video signal and a shutter control section that controls an open/closed state of left and right shutters of stereoscopic image observation glasses in an opening/closing cycle in accordance with a display cycle of the left-eye video and the right-eye video, wherein the shutter control section controls a duty ratio of an Open period of each of the left and right shutters to a greater value than 50% and the display controller causes the display section to display video on a side whose shutter is in the open state of the left-eye video and the right-eye video only while the shutter control section exercises control so that one of the left and right shutters is in the closed state. | 09-29-2011 |
20110304657 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a backlight device that reduces elevated black levels and the visibility of flickering when displaying a video. A light-emitting unit ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110304709 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A liquid crystal drive unit performs overdrive processing such that when driving a liquid crystal panel so as to increase a brightness toward a target brightness determined by a left-eye video signal or a right-eye video signal, the liquid crystal drive unit drives the liquid crystal panel in accordance with a drive amount corresponding to a brightness of not less than the target brightness and, when driving the liquid crystal panel so as to reduce the brightness toward the target brightness, the liquid crystal drive unit drives the liquid crystal panel in accordance with a drive amount corresponding to a brightness of not more than the target brightness. In the overdrive processing, the drive amount corresponding to the same target brightness differs depending on a scanning position on a display screen of the liquid crystal panel. | 12-15-2011 |
20110304712 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY SYSTEM, STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND GLASSES FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO IMAGE OBSERVATION - Provided are a stereoscopic display device and stereoscopic display system, and a stereoscopic display device and glasses for stereoscopic video image observation, which are capable of reducing flicker attributable to the influence of a fluorescent lamp while preventing increase in crosstalk. Specifically, provided is a stereoscopic display system provided with: a stereoscopic display device which displays left-eye video images and right-eye video images alternatively in terms of time, the left-eye video images and right-eye video images being based on inputted left-eye video signals and right-eye video signals; and glasses for stereoscopic observation which comprise left-eye shutter and right-eye shutter configured to adjust quantities of light passing through the glasses toward the respective left and right eyes, and with which the left-eye video images and right-eye video images are observed. The stereoscopic display system is further provided with: an ambient light detecting unit which detects ambient light surrounding the system; and a shutter controlling unit which, so that changes in quantities of ambient light entering the respective left and right shutters can be reduced, controls quantities of light passing through the respective left and right shutters. | 12-15-2011 |
20110316902 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a backlight device, wherein when both the drive duty and the drive current are controlled in each of separated areas, the image quality is improved by preventing the change of luminance even when there is a difference between the adjustment resolutions of both the drive duty and the drive current. A light-emitting unit ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120007844 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a backlight device, wherein when the drive duty and drive current are controlled in each of predetermined light-emitting areas of a light-emitting unit, the color unevenness and moving image resolution difference between image display areas corresponding thereto are improved. A light-emitting unit ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120007965 | CONTROLLER, DISPLAY DEVICE, EYEGLASS DEVICE AND VIDEO SYSTEM - A controller for controlling an eyeglass device which performs an assistance operation for assisting in stereoscopically viewing a video includes: a first acquisition portion for acquiring first frequency information relating to a display frequency of frame images of the video; a second acquisition portion for acquiring second frequency information relating to an environmental factor which periodically varies in an environment where the video is viewed; and a generator for generating a reference signal to adapt the assistance operation of the eyeglass device to display of the frame image and periodic variation of the environmental factor on the basis of the first frequency information and the second frequency information. | 01-12-2012 |
20120013652 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a backlight device wherein when the drive duty and the drive current are controlled according to a motion, the image quality is improved by preventing flicker caused by the change of the drive waveform. A light-emitting unit ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120025716 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a backlight device that suppresses the increase of maximum power consumption. A light-emitting unit ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120081624 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE VIEWING SYSTEM - The present invention provides display apparatus including: liquid crystal panel for displaying left and right images; liquid crystal driver for writing image signal into liquid crystal panel; backlight source for radiating light to liquid crystal panel; and controller for controlling backlight source so that it emit the light during first emission periods which are set for left viewing period while left image is viewed with left and right viewing periods while right image is viewed with right eye, respectively, wherein controller controls backlight source so that it emits the light during second emission period within non-viewing period, during which none image is viewed, and sets turn-off period during which backlight source is turned off between first and second emission periods. | 04-05-2012 |
20120120209 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A display device includes a liquid crystal panel which switches between a left frame image which is viewed by a left eye and a right frame image which is viewed by a right eye to alternately display the left and right frame images on a display surface with time; and a liquid crystal driver which scans and drives the liquid crystal panel with a frame image signal for displaying the left or right frame image over the display surface. The liquid crystal driver executes a first scanning operation over the display surface and a second scanning operation over the display surface after the first scanning operation, and the first scanning operation is executed in a shorter period than the second scanning operation. | 05-17-2012 |
20120162219 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a display surface on which frame images are displayed; a conversion portion for converting a frame image signal into a first image signal representing an image having a lower resolution and a second image signal representing an image having a higher resolution; and a liquid crystal driver for driving the liquid crystal panel with performing first and second scanning operations of the first and second image signals over pixels of the entire display surface. The liquid crystal driver performs the second scanning operation with targeting a drive luminance value which is set in response to an expected value of an achieved luminance value during the first scanning operation for the pixel of the display surface before the second scanning operation commences, and target luminance value for the pixels defined by the frame image signal. | 06-28-2012 |
20120188294 | Backlight Device - A backlight device, used in a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a substrate including first and second areas; a plurality of first light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged in the first area at a density equal to or higher than a predetermined density; a plurality of second LEDs arranged in the second area at a density lower than the predetermined density; and a control unit configured to control current supplied to the first LEDs with respect to the temperature of the first area, and current supplied to the second LEDs with respect to the temperature of the second area so as to make the rate of change in effective value of the current supplied to the first LEDs different from the rate of change in effective value of the current supplied to the second LEDs when temperatures of the first and second areas are higher than a predetermined temperature. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188348 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEW SYSTEM - A video display device and a video view system with which occurrence of crosstalk can be avoided in stereoscopic video images. The device has a liquid crystal panel on which the video image for the left eye corresponding to the video signal for the left eye and the video image for the right eye corresponding to the video signal for the right eye are displayed, and a driving unit which drives the liquid crystal panel by executing at least two times of write-scanning respectively according to the driving amount based on the respective video signal for the left or right eye, wherein in each write-scanning, the driving unit performs an overdrive operation in which the liquid crystal panel is driven according to a driving amount based on a target luminance. | 07-26-2012 |
20120229494 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY - A display device including: a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystals driven to display a frame image; a generator which generates image data to display the frame image in response to a frame image signal corresponding to the frame image; a driver which writes the image data to the liquid crystal panel to drive the liquid crystals; and a detector for detecting a temperature of the driver, wherein the generator adjusts how many times the image data are written to the liquid crystal panel by the driver in response to the temperature of the driver. | 09-13-2012 |
20120299985 | Luminous Intensity Distribution System and Stereoscopic Image Display Device - A luminous intensity distribution system includes a first optical element extending in a first direction, and distributes, given that a first direction is taken to be leftward-rightward when viewed frontward-rearward, light having entered a light-incident surface from a right-rear direction and emits the light through a light-emitting surface toward a right-forward direction when viewed from the frontward end, and distributes light having entered the light-incident surface from a left-rear direction and emits the light through the light-emitting surface toward a left-forward direction when viewed from the frontward end; and a second optical element extending in the first direction and that diffuses light having entered the light-incident surface and emits the light through the light-emitting side, with the first optical element and the second optical element being arranged in parallel with each other vertically when viewed frontward-rearward. | 11-29-2012 |
20130135297 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application discloses a video display device. The display device includes: a display surface with pixels. Each pixel has an opened sub-pixel including an opened filter having a color filter with an opening, an unopened sub-pixel having a color filter without an opening, and a liquid crystal driven in response to luminance for each of the opened and unopened sub-pixels; an input portion to which a video signal is input to define the video on the display surface; a signal generator for generating a luminance signal to define the luminance of the opened sub-pixel in response to the video signal; a detector for detecting a degree of change corresponding to a change between video frame images in response to the video signal; and an adjuster for adjusting the luminance of the opened sub-pixel defined by the video signal in response to the degree of change. | 05-30-2013 |
20130155040 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display panel includes a liquid crystal display unit, and a backlight unit illuminating the liquid crystal display unit. The backlight unit includes first and second white light-emitting diodes that respectively emit white light, and first and second drive units that respectively supply a current to the first and second white light-emitting diodes. The first and second drive units are respectively configured to be able to adjust supply current to the first and second white light-emitting diodes. Chromaticities of the first and second white light-emitting diodes are of a relationship of being positioned opposite each other across a blackbody locus on an xy chromaticity diagram. The first and second white light-emitting diodes change over time so that, on the xy chromaticity diagram, an intersection point of the blackbody locus and a line that passes through the chromaticities of the first and second white light-emitting diodes becomes constant. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162697 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display unit including pixels and displaying an image based on an input image signal; a drive unit that applies a voltage based on the input image signal to the pixels while inverting a polarity of the voltage for each of frames; a luminance determination unit that determines whether a detected average luminance has changed, between the frames, by an amount equal to or more than a reference luminance; and a signal generation unit that generates a phase inversion enabling signal for inverting a phase of the polarity of the voltage applied to the pixels, in a case where the luminance determination unit determines that the average luminance has changed by the above amount, wherein the drive unit inverts the phase of the polarity of the voltage applied to the pixels when the phase inversion enabling signal is generated. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169615 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display unit that displays, for each of frames, an image based on an input image signal; a drive unit that applies a voltage based on the input image signal to pixels of the liquid crystal display unit; and a control unit that controls an amplitude of the voltage applied to the pixels. The drive unit applies, in one of the frames, a voltage of the same polarity to the pixels connected to one of the source signal lines. The control unit includes: a temperature-information acquiring unit that acquires temperature information of the drive unit; and a filter unit that acquires high-frequency and low-frequency components of the input image signal in a substantial extending direction of the source signal lines. The control unit controls the amplitude of the applied voltage using the temperature information and an output value of the high-frequency component. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169618 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display unit that includes pixels and displays an image based on an input image signal input for each of frames; a drive unit that applies a voltage based on the input image signal to the pixels of the liquid crystal display unit while inverting a polarity of the voltage for each of the frames; a signal discrimination unit that discriminates whether the input image signal is an interlaced signal; and a signal generation unit that generates a phase inversion enabling signal for inverting a phase of the polarity of the voltage applied to the pixels, in a case where the signal discrimination unit discriminates that the input image signal is the interlaced signal. The drive unit inverts the phase of the polarity of the voltage applied to the pixels when the signal generation unit generates the phase inversion enabling signal. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169705 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application discloses a liquid crystal display device for displaying a video on a display surface with pixels arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixels has three sub-pixels formed with different color filter portions in hue. The display surface includes pixel sets. Each of the pixel sets is defined to include two or three of the pixels next to each other in at least one of the vertical and horizontal directions. An opening is formed on one of the color filter portions every hue in each of the pixel sets. | 07-04-2013 |
20130286167 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO VIEWING SYSTEM - A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel which has a display surface including pixels, and displays frame images; a generation portion which generates a first and a second image signals based on a frame image signal, the first image signal rendering an image of a lower resolution than the frame image signal and including data to be written to all the pixels, the second image signal including data to be written to a part of the pixels and not including data to be written to remaining pixels other than the part of the pixels; and a liquid crystal driver which executes, after executing a first scanning operation, a second scanning operation in which scanning based on the second image signal is executed, to drive the liquid crystal panel, wherein data that has been written to the remaining pixels is held in the second scanning operation. | 10-31-2013 |