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20090261524 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus and Print Server - An image forming apparatus has: pluralities of sheet storage units; a printing unit; a sheet driving unit that feeds a sheet of paper from the sheet storage units to the printing unit; a group setting maintaining unit that forms a group of the sheet storage units; a residual sheet amount detecting unit that detects sheet empty on any of the sheet storage units in the group; a sheet storage switching control unit that controls the sheet driving unit to select another one of the sheet storage units in the same group for feeding a sheet, if the residual sheet amount detecting unit detects the sheet empty; and a sheet empty warning unit that warns a user of the sheet empty detected by the residual sheet amount detecting unit. | 10-22-2009 |
20120293838 | Image Forming Apparatus Using Option Controller for Printing - An image forming apparatus includes a print engine configured to print an image based on raster image data, a main controller configured to execute a process that depends on the print engine, and a relay unit configured to receive the raster image data from an option controller that generates the raster image data, store the raster image data in a memory, receive a control command based on a result of the process that depends on the print engine from the main controller, read the raster image data from the memory in accordance with the control command, and supply the read raster image data to the print engine. | 11-22-2012 |
20140279206 | Sales Support System for Proposing Product to Customer - A sales support system includes: an equipment use information receiving unit configured to receive equipment use information relating to equipment used by a customer; a user authorization unit configured to authorize a user; a user product price management unit configured to manage a price of a product associated with the user; a customer product price determination unit configured to determine the price of the product managed by the user product price management unit associated with the user authorized by the user authorization unit as the price of the product for the customer; and a product proposal information generation unit configured to generate product proposal information for proposing a product suitable for the customer, on the basis of the equipment use information received by the equipment use information receiving unit, and the price of the product for the customer determined by the customer product price determination unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289062 | Sales Support System for Proposing Product to Customer - A sales support system includes: a used equipment information receiving unit configured to receive used equipment information regarding a used equipment of a customer; a product proposal information generating unit configured to generate product proposal information that is used to propose a product to the customer; and a selected process receiving unit configured to receive a process for generating the product proposal information selected from a plurality of processes for generating the product proposal information by the product proposal information generating unit. The product proposal information generating unit is further configured to generate the product proposal information using the process received by the selected process receiving unit based on the used equipment information received by the used equipment information receiving unit. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090258709 | Game apparatus and storage medium storing game program - A player character appearing in a virtual game world is caused to perform actions in accordance with operation data. Based on the actions performed by the player character, operation tendency data, which indicates a tendency in operations performed by a player operating the player character, is generated, and a group of image data and the operation tendency data of the player character is stored. Then, an image of a non-player character indicated by the stored image data is displayed on a display device in accordance with the image data. An action of the non-player character in a virtual game world is controlled in accordance with the stored operation tendency data. | 10-15-2009 |
20100081506 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD - First, based on the position of a target in a taken image included in imaging information, a pointing position which an operating device points to is calculated. Next, a change amount of the pointing position within a predetermined time is calculated. Then, whether or not the change amount of the pointing position satisfies a first condition is determined. As a result, when it is determined that the change amount of the pointing position satisfies the first condition, predetermined processing is executed in which the pointing position within the predetermined time or a position calculated based on pointing positions within the predetermined time is set as a start point. | 04-01-2010 |
20100095249 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED GAME PROGRAM THEREIN, AND GAME APPARATUS - Based on operation information obtained from an operating device for pointing to a position on a screen of a display device, a pointing position to which the operating device points is repeatedly calculated. Next, a change amount of the pointing position is calculated. Then, whether or not the change amount of the pointing position meets a first condition is determined. As a result, when it is determined that the change amount of the pointing position meets the first condition, predetermined processing is executed for the pointing position or a position specified based on the pointing position. | 04-15-2010 |
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20090250256 | SOCKET CONTACT TERMINAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A socket contact terminal for electrical connection between a connection portion formed of a metal conductor on a printed circuit board and a connection terminal of an IC package. The contact terminal comprises a metal terminal composed of a main columnar portion and arm portions on both sides and having an angular U shape and an elastomeric member attached to the metal terminal. A metal surface is exposed from the outer surface of each arm portion. The elastomeric member is firmly held between the arm portions of the metal terminal and exhibits a repulsive force when the arm portions are pressed in the direction that the arm portions approach each other. | 10-08-2009 |
20100081342 | DOUBLE-SIDED CONNECTOR - This double-sided connector is provided with: an insulating member having an insulating substrate and an elastomer insert-molded on both faces of the insulating substrate, and a through-hole formed along a thickness direction of the insulating substrate and the elastomer; a conductive member formed on an inner face of the through-hole, both ends of the conductive member exposed at the both faces; and a contact terminal part provided at one end of the conductive member. A protrusion is formed on at least a first face of the two faces of the insulating member and near one of the two ends of the through-hole, the protrusion formed by a part of the elastomer protruding from the first face. The contact terminal part includes a ring part formed around the end of the through-hole on the first face, a sloping part connected to the ring part and extended slantingly toward a top of the protrusion, and an approximately hemispherical point of contact part connected to the sloping part and covering the top. | 04-01-2010 |
20120310043 | STRUCTURE OF IMAGING PART IN ELECTRONIC VISUALIZED CATHETER - An imaging part of an electronic visualized catheter including, an object lens system, and a solid state imaging element which is positioned to receive light output from the object lens system and which photoelectrically converts the light output from the object lens system into an electric signal, wherein an output lens face of the object lens system is planar, and the output lens face is joined to a light receiving surface of the solid state imaging element. | 12-06-2012 |
20140009593 | IMAGING MODULE, LENS-ATTACHED IMAGING MODULE, ENDOSCOPE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGING MODULE, AND FLEXIBLE WIRING SUBSTRATE FORMATION APPARATUS - An imaging module of the invention includes: an electrical cable; a solid-state image sensing device; and a flexible wiring substrate including: a device-mounted portion onto which the solid-state image sensing device is mounted; two extended portions which bend at both sides of the device-mounted portion and extend from the device-mounted portion so as to come close to each other with increasing distance from the device-mounted portion; two connection end portions extending from the two extended portions along the direction of the axis of the front end of the electrical cable on an opposite side of the device-mounted portion; and terminals which are provided on the two connection end portions and connected to the electrical cable, the flexible wiring substrate electrically connecting the solid-state image sensing device and the electrical cable. | 01-09-2014 |
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20090259475 | VOICE QUALITY CHANGE PORTION LOCATING APPARATUS - A text edit apparatus which presents, based on language analysis information regarding a text, a portion of the text where voice quality may change when the text is read aloud has advantages of predicting likelihood of the voice quality change and judging whether or not the voice quality change will occur. The apparatus includes: a voice quality change estimation unit ( | 10-15-2009 |
20110184685 | POSITION CALIBRATION INFORMATION COLLECTING APPARATUS, POSITION CALIBRATION INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD, AND POSITION CALIBRATION INFORMATION COLLECTING PROGRAM - A person is detected by an observer device. A person detection history is recorded in a person detection history database. A position where the person is detected for the first time is estimated by a first-time detection position estimating unit, to be stored in a first-time detection position history database. The position of the door of the room in terms of local coordinates is estimated by a doorway position estimating unit. The calibration information as to the position of the observer device is calculated by a position calibration information calculating unit based on the door position in terms of local coordinates and that in terms of global coordinates. | 07-28-2011 |
20120020521 | OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - An object-state change determination unit calculates a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of observed values obtained from a plurality of objects and each of a plurality of the latest object states to be recorded in an object state information storage unit, and determines presence or absence of a change in the object state so that only in a case where there is a change in the object state, an object position is estimated with high precision by using a batch estimation unit, while in the case of no change in the object state, the result of a position estimation of the object with high precision, recorded in the object state information storage unit, is outputted as a result of an object position estimation. | 01-26-2012 |
20140031981 | AUTONOMOUS LOCOMOTION APPARATUS, AUTONOMOUS LOCOMOTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR AUTONOMOUS LOCOMOTION APPARATUS - The autonomous locomotion apparatus has a human information acquisition unit which detects a person. When there is probability of contact between the detected person and the autonomous locomotion apparatus based on movement information of the person, the autonomous locomotion apparatus controls a traveling speed or a rotational speed of the autonomous locomotion apparatus to perform a guide operation which presents a path of the autonomous locomotion apparatus which is intended to cause the person to predict, so that it causes the person to avoid the path without giving the person a sense of uneasiness. | 01-30-2014 |
20140039676 | AUTONOMOUS LOCOMOTION APPARATUS, AUTONOMOUS LOCOMOTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR AUTONOMOUS LOCOMOTION APPARATUS - An attribute about person's mobility capability is judged by a human movement attribute acquisition unit. Candidate paths for a detected person to move along are created by a human path candidate creation unit based on information about the person and a predicted time left for a collision between the autonomous locomotion apparatus and the person. A movement load for each candidate path is evaluated by a human path load evaluation unit based on an attribute of person's movement. A path which imposes a minimum movement load on the person, i.e., a path suitable for the person's mobility capability and the easiest for the person to avoid the autonomous locomotion apparatus is selected by a human path determination unit. A path for the autonomous locomotion apparatus to guide the person to the selected path is planned by a guide path planning unit. | 02-06-2014 |
20140249438 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An exemplary electronic device is in a housing to be gripped by a right hand and a left hand of a user, and has a plurality of manipulable portions. The electronic device includes: electrodes placed at positions which come in contact with the right hand and left hand of the user gripping the housing; an extractor for extracting an electrocardiographic component of the user from a potential difference between the electrodes; a determination section for determining whether the extracted electrocardiographic component is in a positive direction or a negative direction by referring to a prestored criterion; and a change section for, in accordance with a result of determination by the determination section, changing assignment between each of the plurality of manipulable portions and a manipulation signal generated in response to a manipulation. | 09-04-2014 |
20140333332 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An exemplary electronic device is in a housing to be gripped by both hands, and measures the potentials of first and second fingers of respectively different hands. The device includes: a first electrode group provided in a position to come in contact with the first finger, including a first main electrode and at least one first auxiliary electrode provided in a position away from the first main electrode; a second electrode group provided in a position to come in contact with the second finger, including a second main electrode and at least one second auxiliary electrode provided in a position away from the second main electrode; a biological signal processor for, from potential values measured at the first and second electrode groups, determining respective contact states concerning the first and second fingers; and a transmission circuit for presenting information concerning a finger contact state based on a result of determination. | 11-13-2014 |
20150066515 | EQUIPMENT CONTROL METHOD AND SPEECH-BASED EQUIPMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for controlling a supply device according to a user's speech in a speech-based equipment control system. The s system periodically updates a current quantity of a material that has already been supplied, and ascertains an already-supplied quantity. A first specific quantity is stored in the system, which is a quantity of the prescribed material to be supplied as designated by a user using speech. The instruction is received to change the first specific quantity to a second specific quantity, and if the second specific quantity is greater than the already-supplied quantity at the current time, the prescribed material is supplied until the already-supplied quantity reaches the second specific quantity. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066516 | APPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD, SPEECH-BASED APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND COOKING APPLIANCE - In a case of receiving, from an audio input device, instruction information including first audio information indicating operation instructions for a cooking appliance when first and second cooking units are executing first and second cooking programs, respectively, operation instructions are recognized from the first audio information. In a case where it is determined that the instruction information includes second audio information related to the first cooking menu information or the second cooking menu information, a control command is transmitted to the cooking appliance to cause the cooking appliance to execute a process corresponding to the operation instructions, without executing a process according to the first cooking program or the second cooking program corresponding to one of the first cooking menu information or the second cooking menu information to which the second audio information is related. | 03-05-2015 |
20150100158 | AUTONOMOUS RUNNING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE OF AUTONOMOUS RUNNING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR AUTONOMOUS RUNNING CONTROL DEVICE - In a running control method of a running apparatus, person moving direction and speed are estimated based on a person position history for predetermined time. It is decided whether contact with a person is likely to be made based on the estimation and running information about the running apparatus. When it is decided that the contact is likely to be made, a first route where the running apparatus avoids the person is generated for controlling running of the running apparatus therealong. It is decided whether the person has the intention to contact with the running apparatus based on the decision in the contact possibility deciding unit after the running along the first route. When it is decided that the person has the contact intention, a second route where the running apparatus approaches the person is generated for controlling the running of the running apparatus therealong. | 04-09-2015 |
20150234383 | RUNNING INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS OF AUTONOMOUS RUNNING APPARATUS, RUNNING INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, RUNNING INFORMATION GENERATING PROGRAM, AND AUTONOMOUS RUNNING APPARATUS - A movement information calculator calculates a moving direction and a speed of the moving person from a position history database. An approach time calculator calculates an approach time at which an autonomous running apparatus and the moving person approach to each other within a predetermined distance from the moving person's position, moving direction, and speed, and the running information. A gaze position obtaining unit obtains a moving person's gaze position from the moving person's position and moving direction, and the position of an obstacle recorded in an obstacle database. A gaze region calculator calculates a moving person's gaze region from the moving person's position, moving direction, and gaze position. A running information generator generates running information for making the autonomous running apparatus run to the gaze region at a predetermined time earlier than the approach time from the obstacle's position, the approach time, and the gaze region. | 08-20-2015 |
20150235642 | SPEECH DIALOGUE CONTROL METHOD - A cloud server extracts voiceprint data from voice data of a user, and distinguishes the user. The cloud server identifies a task which the user instructs, from the voice data of the user. If contexts required to execute the task have not been amassed, the cloud server registers the distinguished user as a task owner, and notifies the user with a reply sentence to cause the user to speak the required context. If the voiceprint data of the voice data which the user has uttered matches the voiceprint data of the user A, and all required contexts are amassed, the cloud server causes a device to execute the task. | 08-20-2015 |
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20140312514 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - [Object] A semiconductor device is configured to release heat from semiconductor chips more efficiently. [Means for Solution] A semiconductor device includes: a die pad | 10-23-2014 |
20150035528 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PROVIDED WITH DIRECTION SENSOR ELEMENTS - A semiconductor device is provided with a substrate including a main surface and a back surface that face in opposite directions to each other in a thickness direction, and first, second and third direction sensor elements having different detection reference axes from each other. The substrate is formed with a recessed portion that is recessed from the main surface toward the back surface side. The first direction sensor element is disposed at least partially within the recessed portion. The second direction sensor element is disposed so as to overlap with the main surface as viewed in the thickness direction. | 02-05-2015 |
20150091143 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes first and semiconductor elements, an electroconductive support member including electroconductive elements, and a resin package. The first semiconductor element includes a first active surface and first electrodes formed on the first active surface. The second semiconductor element includes a second active surface and second electrodes formed on the second active surface. The electroconductive support member is electrically connected to the first and second semiconductor elements and support these elements. The resin package covers the first and second semiconductor elements. The second semiconductor element is located between the first semiconductor element and the electroconductive support member. The first electrodes of the first semiconductor element and the electroconductive elements are connected by wire. An electroconductive bonding material is also provided that bonds the second electrodes of the second semiconductor element and the electroconductive elements to which the wire is bonded. | 04-02-2015 |
20150255369 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - [Object]A semiconductor device is configured to release heat from semiconductor chips more efficiently. [Means for Solution]A semiconductor device includes: a die pad | 09-10-2015 |
20150294928 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor element provided with a functional surface on which a functional circuit is formed and with a back surface facing in the opposite direction to the functional surface, while also having a lead supporting the semiconductor element and electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and a resin package covering at least a portion of the semiconductor element and the lead. The semiconductor element has a functional surface side electrode formed on the functional surface and equipped with a functional surface side raised part that projects in the direction in which the functional surface faces. The functional surface side raised part of the functional surface side electrode is joined to the lead by solid state bonding. | 10-15-2015 |
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20120225337 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: an electrode group in which a long first electrode, a long second electrode, and a long separator disposed therebetween are wound spirally; and a non-aqueous electrolyte, is provided. The first electrode includes a sheet-like first current collector and a first active material layer disposed on a surface of the first current collector. The second electrode includes a sheet-like second current collector and a second active material layer disposed on a surface of the second current collector. An end portion of the first electrode on a winding-end side of the electrode group has a non-linear form and faces the second electrode placed on an outer circumferential side with the separator therebetween. The non-linear form is preferably a periodically continuous form, for example a waveform. | 09-06-2012 |
20130157096 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including: a spirally-wound electrode group including a continuous first electrode, a continuous second electrode, and a continuous separator interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The first electrode includes a sheet-like first current collector, and a first active material layer formed on a surface of the first current collector; and the second electrode includes a sheet-like second current collector, and a second active material layer formed on a surface of the second current collector. In the electrode group, the winding terminal end of the first electrode faces the second electrode on the further outer peripheral side, with the separator interposed therebetween. The facing site of the second electrode where the second electrode faces the winding terminal end of the first electrode is reinforced with a reinforcing component for supplementing the thickness of the second electrode. | 06-20-2013 |
20140154544 | RECTANGULAR BATTERY - Disclosed is a rectangular battery in which an electrode group formed by winding a first electrode and a second electrode with a separator interposed therebetween is housed in a battery case having an opening sealed by a sealing plate. The first electrode is electrically connected to the sealing plate, and the second electrode is electrically connected to a current collector plate provided between the sealing plate and the electrode group and extending along a longer side direction of the sealing plate. The sealing plate has a lower-strength portion configured to be deformed prior to the other portions of the sealing plate to provide a contact between the sealing plate and the current collector plate when the sealing plate receives an external pressure along the longer side direction of the sealing plate. | 06-05-2014 |
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20090108850 | Insulation resistance decrease detector for industrial vehicle - An insulation resistance decrease detector for an industrial vehicle is disclosed. The detector includes a coupling capacitor, a sensing resistor, an AC voltage applying section having a first terminal and a second terminal, a voltage detecting section, and a determining section. The AC voltage applying section applies an AC voltage of a predetermined frequency to the vehicle body through the sensing resistor and the coupling capacitor. The voltage detecting section detects the voltage at a node between the sensing resistor and the coupling capacitor. The determining section determines that a resistance value of the insulation resistor has decreased when the level of voltage detected by the voltage detecting section becomes less than or equal to a predetermined level. | 04-30-2009 |
20090236182 | FUEL CELL INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A fuel cell forklift using a fuel cell unit, which includes a fuel cell system and which is replaceable by a lead-acid battery. The forklift includes a motor which generates drive force when supplied with power from the fuel cell unit or lead-acid battery. A voltmeter measures voltage of the fuel cell unit or lead-acid battery. A vehicle controller controls operation of the forklift and restricts operation when the measured voltage is less than a threshold voltage. The fuel cell unit includes a capacitor charged by the fuel cell system. A voltage conversion unit converts voltage of power from the capacitor to a target voltage, which is set to be greater than or equal to the threshold voltage, and supplies a power supply destination, which includes the motor, with the power of which voltage has been converted to the target voltage. | 09-24-2009 |
20100092812 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING EXHAUST GAS FROM FUEL CELL - An exhaust gas processing device ( | 04-15-2010 |
20140015461 | INVERTER - An inverter includes a warm-up control section and a switching control section. In a state in which an electric motor is not operating, the warm-up control section controls switching elements of an inverter circuit to perform warm-up control, in which direct currents are supplied to the coils of the respective phases of the electric motor, when the temperature of the capacitor is lower than a prescribed temperature. When a warm-up control is switched to a normal operation control, the switching control section sets initial phases of alternating currents such that the relationship between the values of the alternating currents supplied to the coils of the electric motor in the normal operation control matches with the relationship between the values of the direct currents that have been supplied to the corresponding coils of the electric motor in the warm-up control. | 01-16-2014 |
20150295490 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes an inverter circuit, which has switching elements in a bridge connection, a capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the input side of the inverter circuit, a control device, which controls the inverter circuit, a temperature detector, which detects the temperature of the capacitor, a degree-of-deterioration determiner, which determines the degree of deterioration of the capacitor, and a warm-up controller. When the temperature of the capacitor detected by the temperature detector is lower than a prescribed temperature, the warm-up controller controls the switching elements of the inverter circuit to supply a direct current set based on the degree of deterioration and the temperature of the capacitor to the coil of an electric motor connected to the output side of the inverter circuit. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295514 | INVERTER DEVICE - An inverter device includes an inverter circuit, which has switching elements in a bridge connection, a capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the input side of the inverter circuit, a temperature detector, which detects the temperature of the capacitor, a battery charge information acquisition section, which acquires charge information related to a battery connected to the input side of the inverter circuit, and a warm-up controller. When the temperature of the capacitor detected by the temperature detector is lower than a prescribed temperature, the warm-up controller determines a warm-up current based on the battery charge information acquired by the battery charge information acquisition section and the temperature of the capacitor detected by the temperature detector, and controls the switching elements of the inverter circuit to supply the warm-up current to the coil of an electric motor connected to the output side of the inverter circuit. | 10-15-2015 |
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20140267492 | WASTE INK ABSORBER, WASTE INK TANK, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE - A waste ink absorber for absorbing waste ink discharged from a head for ejecting ink includes layers the same in density and different in flame retardant content ratio, which are stacked. | 09-18-2014 |
20140290884 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET - A present sheet manufacturing apparatus, which manufactures a sheet including defibrated material and whiteness enhancer, is provided with a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a stock material that includes fibers, a whiteness enhancer feeding unit configured to feed the whiteness enhancer to the defibrated material defibrated in the defibrating unit. A feeding amount of the whiteness enhancer is changed based on whiteness information of the stock material or the defibrated material. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290890 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate stock material in a dry process, a transferring tube configured to transfer the stock material to the defibrating unit, and a magnet unit arranged such that a magnetic surface is exposed an inside of the transferring tube without being protruded inner than an inner surface of the transferring tube. | 10-02-2014 |
20150096701 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND DEFIBRATING UNIT - The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes the defibrating unit configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating a rotating unit, and manufactures sheets by accumulating and heating at least a portion of defibrated material on which the dry-type defibrating process is carried out. The rotating unit includes a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade configured to generate a flow of air and arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of the input section for the defibration object. | 04-09-2015 |
20150096702 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND DEFIBRATION UNIT - The sheet manufacturing apparatus in the present invention includes a defibration unit configured to cause a rotating unit to rotate and dry-defibrating a defibration object, and at least a part of defibrated material that has been dry-defibrated is deposited and heated to manufacture a sheet. A plurality of rotating plates provided with a base section located on a central rotation axis side and a plurality of protruding sections that protrude out in a direction drawing away from the central rotation axis are stacked in the rotating unit such that the protruding sections are in contact in a direction in which the central rotation axis extends. | 04-09-2015 |
20150275435 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a defibrating unit which defibrates a raw material including at least fibers; an addition unit which adds an additive agent to a defibrated material which is defibrated in the defibrating unit; and a sheet forming unit which forms a sheet by bonding the plurality of fibers to each other via the additive agent. According to a history of the raw material, an amount of the additive agent which is fed by the addition unit varies. In addition, there is provided a sheet manufacturing method, including: defibrating the raw material which includes at least fibers; adding the additive agent to the defibrated material; and bonding the plurality of fibers to each other via the additive agent. According to the history of the raw material, a feed amount of the additive agent with respect to the raw material varies. | 10-01-2015 |
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20080276222 | CONTROL METHOD OF SYSTEM MONITORING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A system monitoring device retains hardware state information of a computer system and OS software state information of a hardware control instruction given by OS software and monitors and controls the entire computer system. When state change of the hardware state information and OS software state information is recognized, save information is stored in a non-volatile memory. When re-activation accompanying active replacement of the system monitoring device, which has failed, is recognized, the save information is read from the non-volatile memory, and the corresponding hardware state information and OS software state information before device failure is restored. The operating hardware is recognized according to save information, and the hardware state information generated for the recognized hardware during active replacement is restored. The operating OS software is recognized according to the save information, and the OS software state information generated for the recognized OS software during active replacement is restored. | 11-06-2008 |
20090022244 | Information processing apparatus and process execution method - An information processing apparatus is provided that executes a process sequence stored in a sequence table, based on a sequence code created for each process in the process sequence. The sequence code includes a process type that specifies a sequence table, a control target that specifies a control target, and a process number that specifies one particular process in the specified process sequence. | 01-22-2009 |
20120124420 | RESET METHOD AND MONITORING APPARATUS - A reset method performs a software reset in a state in which data in a volatile memory is retained, when an abnormality is generated in a monitoring apparatus. Hardware of the monitoring apparatus may include a function to perform a hardware reset in a state in which the data in the volatile memory is retained, but the software reset is performed with respect to the hardware that does not include such a hardware reset function. The volatile memory may store control information for controlling a host computer monitored by the monitoring apparatus, in addition to data including fault check materials to be retained when the fault is generated. The monitoring apparatus may read the fault information from the hardware to judge whether an abnormal value is reached. | 05-17-2012 |
20130060982 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HARDWARE OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system has a plurality of processing devices and a plurality of system control devices which control hardware in the plurality of processing devices. Each of the system control devices shares the hardware control in the plurality of processing devices. One of system control devices determines shared processing amount of which each of system control devices charge from processing amount of hardware control in the plurality of processing devices and each of the system control devices executes the hardware control of the shared amount in the plurality of processing devices. | 03-07-2013 |
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20110083935 | CLUTCH MECHANISM AND CLUTCH SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - When a pulley and an armature are coupled with each other, first and second permanent magnets place the movable member at a location where a magnetic resistance of an attracting magnetic circuit, which generates an attracting magnetic force to couple between the pulley and the armature, is reduced. In contrast, when the pulley and the armature are decoupled from each other, the movable member is placed at a location where the magnetic resistance of the attracting magnetic circuit is increased, and a magnetic resistance of a non-attracting magnetic circuit is reduced. Thereby, a coupled state or a decoupled state of the pulley and the armature can be maintained without an erroneous operation. | 04-14-2011 |
20150292573 | CLUTCH - A recess, which has a bottom, is formed in at least one of a contact surface of a rotor and a contact surface of an armature. A solid material, which is made of thermoset resin that contains powder of metal oxide or metal dispersed in the thermoset resin, is formed in an inside of the recess. | 10-15-2015 |
20150292574 | CLUTCH MECHANISM - When a control unit starts to supply power to an electromagnetic coil in a first direction, a magnetic force generated by a non-attracting magnetic circuit becomes larger than a magnetic attraction force generated by an attracting magnetic circuit. As a result, a movable member is guided by a guide portion of a yoke and moves to a second position from a first position. When the control unit starts to supply power to an electromagnetic coil in a second direction, the magnetic attraction force generated by the attracting magnetic circuit becomes larger than the magnetic force generated by the non-attracting magnetic circuit. As a result, the movable member is guided by the guide portion and moves to the first position from the second position. Accordingly, the movable member can reliably perform a moving operation when turning ON/OFF. | 10-15-2015 |
20150300424 | CLUTCH MECHANISM - In a clutch mechanism, non-magnetic portions of an armature and non-magnetic portions of a pulley are offset from one another in a radial direction of a rotating shaft. For this reason, in an attracting magnetic circuit, magnetic flux passes between an outer cylindrical portion and an inner cylindrical portion so as to avoid the non-magnetic portions of the armature and the non-magnetic portions of the pulley. Accordingly, magnetic flux passes through a boundary between the armature and the pulley six times. The number of poles of the attracting magnetic circuit is increased. The physical size of a permanent magnet can be reduced. For this reason, the physical size of the clutch mechanism is reduced. As a result, the power consumption of an electromagnetic coil can be reduced by increasing the cross-sectional areas of coil portions. The physical size of the clutch mechanism is reduced and the power consumed is reduced. | 10-22-2015 |