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20100017541 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A memory device controlling apparatus of the present invention includes a device information requesting part that requests device information with respect to a memory device, when recognizing that the memory device is connected to the memory device controlling apparatus, and an extension activating part that activates an extension of the memory device based on the device information acquired in the device information requesting part. The memory device controlling apparatus accesses the memory device using the extension in the memory device. Such a configuration enables the memory device and the memory device controlling apparatus to be operated in an optimum operation mode in accordance with the characteristics of each bus, a host PC, and the memory device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100153629 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A command analyzer | 06-17-2010 |
20100174951 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, HOST DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - A host device | 07-08-2010 |
20100268897 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY DEVICE CONTROLLER - A memory device controller interposed between a memory device and a host device includes a data communication unit configured to transfer data to and from the memory device in synchronization with a clock signal. The data communication unit supports a single edge synchronization mode in which data is transferred in synchronization with either one of a rising edge and a falling edge of the clock signal, and a double edge synchronization mode in which data is transferred in synchronization with both the rising edge and the falling edge. The data communication unit transfers data in the double edge synchronization mode when data is transferred by the memory device operating as a bus master. | 10-21-2010 |
20110161779 | SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR RECORDING SYSTEM - Included are a flash memory onto which user data and parity data are recorded, an external interface unit which receives a first write command for instructing recording of the user data onto the flash memory, and a block managing unit which manages management information indicating whether parity data is valid or invalid. When the user data related to the first write command received through the external interface unit is recorded onto the flash memory 18, the block managing unit updates the management information so as to indicate that the parity data corresponding to the user data is invalid. | 06-30-2011 |
20110283053 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM - A semiconductor memory device that stores information includes: a flash memory that is managed by a predetermined file system having a parameter dependent on the semiconductor memory device; a rewrite frequency storage unit that stores a rewrite frequency of the flash memory; an ID detection unit that detects whether or not first identification information associated with the rewrite frequency is stored in the flash memory as the parameter; and a control unit that, when the ID detection unit detects that the first identification information is stored, reflects the rewrite frequency stored in the rewrite frequency storage unit, on a storage area corresponding to the first identification information. | 11-17-2011 |
20130239207 | INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information recording system includes a recording medium and an information recording device. The information recording device has a group password manager for saving a group password used for a predetermined group and an identification ID of the group password; a password setter for registering the group password in a password register of the recording medium and registering the identification ID in a password related information storage; a password selector for reading the identification ID from the password related information storage of the recording medium and selecting a group password corresponding to the identification ID from at least one group password stored in the group password manager according to the identification ID; and a limitation cancel requester for inputting the password selected by the password selector in the password comparator of the recording medium. | 09-12-2013 |
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20090117336 | CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH CIRCUIT BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT USING SUCH CIRCUIT BOARD - The present invention provides a circuit board in which the through hole is highly hermetically sealed, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic component including the same. A circuit board ( | 05-07-2009 |
20100159621 | SURFACE-MOUNT TYPE OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A small and thin surface-mount type optical semiconductor device having high air tightness, which can be manufactured at a reduced cost includes: a base | 06-24-2010 |
20110301876 | TACTILE SENSOR UNIT, ROBOT INCLUDING THE TACTILE SENSOR UNIT, AND LOAD CALCULATION METHOD - A tactile sensor unit is provided, which includes a substrate; a coat formed on the substrate; and a cantilever beam structure having one end fixed to the substrate and curved to rise in such a direction that the other end of the cantilever beam structure is farther from the substrate than the one end. The tactile sensor unit detects a load applied to the coat. The cantilever beam structure is capable of resonating at a first resonant frequency and a second resonant frequency which is different from the first resonant frequency. The tactile sensor unit further includes a computation section for calculating a directional component of the load based on a change ratio of the first resonant frequency obtained in accordance with a change in the load and a change ratio of the second resonant frequency obtained in accordance with the change in the load. | 12-08-2011 |
20120099401 | SENSOR AND SENSING METHOD - A sensor and sensing method are provided in which a ghost which significantly occurs when only higher frequencies are present can be reduced, and a high directivity which is not obtained when only lower frequencies are present can be obtained. A sensor | 04-26-2012 |
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20130076625 | POINTING CONTROL DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF AND POINTING CONTROL METHOD - When a plurality of operators perform pointing operations, a pointing control device selects a pointer for determining a position to be pointed from among the operators by using the distance between a face and a fingertip or a substitute for a fingertip of each operator. The pointing device calculates the distance between the face and the fingertip or the substitute for each operator by using a position of the face and a position of the fingertip or the substitute, selects a pointer from the operators by using the calculated distance, and calculates a position of a cursor for a pointing operation based on the position of the fingertip or the substitute calculated for the selected pointer. A pointer can be selected regardless of the number of operators, and a pointer can easily change to another operator. | 03-28-2013 |
20140368630 | CAMERA, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD - A camera that includes a capture unit, a calculation unit, an object information acquisition unit, and an evaluation unit. The capture unit generates an image by capturing an area in which an evaluation-use object is present. The calculation unit analyzes the image, and thereby detects the evaluation-use object in the image and calculates meaningful information from the evaluation-use object in the image. The object information acquisition unit acquires and stores object information that is meaningful to a user and derived from the evaluation-use object. The evaluation unit performs an evaluation that includes comparing the meaningful information and the object information, and thereby calculating a degree of matching between the meaningful information and the object information, the evaluation determining whether or not a desired result is obtained from the image. | 12-18-2014 |
20150350520 | REMOTE IMAGING METHOD AND REMOTE IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE - A remote imaging method includes: continuously imaging a person having an operating terminal in an imaging spot by a camera; obtaining a display content displayed on a screen of the operating terminal during the continuous imaging; determining whether or not the operating terminal has imaging authority with the camera using the obtained display content; and sending a specified timing image taken by the camera at imaging timing specified by the operating terminal determined to have the imaging authority to the operating terminal. The determining further includes assessing whether the obtained display content and temporal transition of the obtained display content make a predetermined pattern is carried out, and when an assessment result is positive, the determining determines that the operating terminal has the imaging authority, and the predetermined pattern is to display each authentication image on the display of the operating terminal for display time predefined in an order predefined. | 12-03-2015 |
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20140354317 | CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION APPARATUS, CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION METHOD AND CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION TOOL - A circuit board inspection apparatus configured to perform electrical inspection of wiring patterns formed on a circuit board with a built-in electronic component is provided with a plurality of contactors, a switching circuit, and a controller. The controlling device applies voltage by using a power supply between a contactor and a contactor in a state a switch of the switching circuit is set to be ON and inspects an insulating state between two wiring patterns corresponding to two inspection points on the circuit board. At this time, if forward bias is applied to and forward current flows in diodes inserted between the contactors outside the circuit board, a potential difference between the contactors becomes equal to a potential difference between the diodes and is limited to a relatively small value. | 12-04-2014 |
20150084643 | INSULATION INSPECTION METHOD AND INSULATION INSPECTION APPARATUS - An insulation test apparatus and method for a circuit board having a plurality of wiring patterns formed thereon includes: selection means for selecting wiring patterns to be tested, power supply means for sending a predetermined electrical output between a first object to be measured and a target object to be measured; measurement means for measuring an electrical signal between the first object to be measured and the target object to be measured; and calculation means for calculating the resistance of an insulation failure portion between the first object to be measured and the target object to be measured. | 03-26-2015 |
20150115974 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MAINTENANCE TIME FOR CONTACTS, AND TESTING APPARATUS - A method for maintaining a contact of a connection jig for connecting between a target object to be subjected to an electrical test and a testing apparatus configured to conduct the electrical test on the target object includes: detecting a change in voltage upon supply of power for the electrical test to a test point on the target object through the contact; and issuing maintenance information indicating the contact is abnormal, upon detection of a portion where the voltage does not successively rise. | 04-30-2015 |
20150346268 | CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTING METHOD - A circuit board inspecting apparatus is disclosed for inspecting a circuit board having wiring patterns separated from each other and forming a plurality of wiring pattern pairs. The apparatus includes a low-voltage inspection part to apply a first low-potential difference below a threshold voltage between wiring patterns in a first of the plurality of wiring pattern pairs, and to detect a first current flowing therebetween. A resistance measurement part is provided to measure a first resistance value between the wiring patterns of the first wiring pattern pair upon detection of the first current and a high-voltage inspection part is configured to selectively apply, based on the first resistance value, a high-potential difference above said threshold voltage, between the wiring patterns in a second of said plurality of wiring pattern pairs. | 12-03-2015 |
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20090047479 | Mems sensor and production method of mems sensor - An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film. | 02-19-2009 |
20090309173 | MEMS SENSOR - The MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm. In the diaphragm, an angle formed by two straight lines connecting supporting portions and the center of a main portion with one another respectively is set to satisfy the relation of the following formula (1): | 12-17-2009 |
20100193886 | MEMS SENSOR, AND MEMS SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - MEMS sensor including substrate, lower thin film confronting one face of the substrate with a space therebetween and having lower through holes extending in the thickness direction thereof, and upper thin film arranged on the opposite side of the substrate confronting the lower thin film with a space therebetween and having upper through holes extending in the thickness direction. A MEMS sensor manufacturing method includes forming a first sacrificing layer on one face of a substrate, forming a lower thin film on the first sacrificing layer with lower through holes individually extending in the thickness direction, forming a second sacrificing layer on the lower thin film, forming an upper thin film on the second sacrificing layer with upper through holes individually extending in the thickness direction, removing the second sacrificing layer through the upper through holes by etching, and removing the first sacrificing layer through the upper and lower through holes by etching. | 08-05-2010 |
20110012212 | MEMS SENSOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF MEMS SENSOR - An MEMS sensor of the present invention includes a substrate, a lower thin film provided on a surface of the substrate, an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at an interval on the side opposite to the substrate, and a wall portion surrounding the lower thin film and the upper thin film and protruding on the side opposite to the lower thin film with respect to the upper thin film. | 01-20-2011 |
20110227177 | MEMS sensor - The MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes a diaphragm. In the diaphragm, an angle formed by two straight lines connecting supporting portions and the center of a main portion with one another respectively is set to satisfy the relation of the following formula (1): | 09-22-2011 |
20120247207 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM STRUCTURE AND ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION APPARATUS - A piezoelectric thin film structure includes a substrate, a silicon oxide film disposed on the substrate, a first aluminum oxide film disposed on the silicon oxide film, a lower electrode layer disposed on the first aluminum oxide film, a piezoelectric film layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric film layer. | 10-04-2012 |
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20110058716 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR DENTAL TREATMENT, AND INSTRUMENT UNIT FOR DENTAL TREATMENT WITH IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device for dental treatment for use in an instrument for dental treatment with a head to which a rotary cutting tool can be attached. The imaging device for dental treatment comprises: an imaging module with an imaging element; and a mounting section through which the imaging module is detachably attached to the instrument for dental treatment such that the imaging module is on the bottom side or on the lateral side of the head, and that the imaging module is in a posture that causes the imaging axis of the imaging module and the rotary axis of the rotary cutting tool to be substantially parallel. | 03-10-2011 |
20130108978 | DENTAL TREATING APPARATUS WITH HAND PIECE | 05-02-2013 |
20130224677 | DENTAL TREATING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a dental treating apparatus including: a hand piece; a power source (micro motor); a driving unit (motor driver); a driving state detecting unit (resistor for load detection, root canal length measuring circuit); and a controller. The hand piece drivably holds a cutting tool on a head unit. The power source drives the cutting tool. The driving unit drives the cutting tool with twist driving in which the normal rotation and the reverse rotation are repeated. The driving state detecting unit detects a driving state of the cutting tool. The controller changes at least one parameter of a rotation angle in the normal rotation, a rotation angle speed in the normal rotation, a rotation angle in the reverse rotation, and a rotation angle speed in the reverse rotation in accordance with the driving state of the cutting tool detected by the driving state detecting unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20130224678 | DENTAL TREATING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a dental treating apparatus including: a hand piece; a power source (micro motor); a driving unit (motor driver); and a controller. The driving unit drives the cutting tool so as to be switchable between first driving in which the cutting tool is driven clockwise and second driving in which the cutting tool is driven counterclockwise. When a rotation direction in which the cutting tool cuts an object to be cut is defined as normal rotation and a rotation direction opposite to the normal rotation is defined as reverse rotation, the controller sets the first driving as driving for the normal rotation when a first cutting tool rotated clockwise is held on the head unit, and sets the second driving as the driving for the normal rotation when a second cutting tool rotated counterclockwise is held on the head unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20150086937 | DENTAL TREATING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A dental treating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a hand piece; a head unit; a driving unit; a control unit; a load specifying unit; and a load comparing unit. The hand piece drivably holds a cutting tool on the head unit. The driving unit drives the cutting tool in a normal rotation direction or in a reverse rotation direction. The load comparing unit compares a load detected and a reference load. During a normal rotation period until driving for rotating the cutting tool in the normal rotation direction by the driving unit satisfies a predetermined first condition, the control unit maintains a rotation direction of the cutting tool in the normal rotation direction, and when a result of comparison by the load comparing unit attains a predetermined result during the normal rotation period, the control unit controls the rotation direction to the reverse rotation direction. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086941 | DENTAL TREATING APPARATUS - A dental treating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a hand piece; a head unit; a driving unit; a resistor for load detection; a load comparing unit; and a control unit. The hand piece drivably holds a cutting tool on the head unit. The driving unit drives the cutting tool in a normal rotation direction or in a reverse rotation direction. The resistor for load detection detects a load applied to the cutting tool. The load comparing unit compares the detected load and a reference load each time driving for rotating the cutting tool in the reverse rotation direction by a predetermined rotation angle is performed. The control unit controls the driving unit based on a result of comparison by the load comparing unit. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090124913 | Blood Pressure Measuring Apparatus Enabling Accurate Blood Pressure Measurement - A blood pressure measuring apparatus includes a plurality of mechanisms compressing a cuff, and the mechanisms are separately controlled. Therefore, a stable measurement attitude is maintained irrespective of a circumference or a shape of an upper arm. Compression degrees are separately controlled, whereby a pressure can evenly be applied to the cuff to improve a compression force acting on an artery. | 05-14-2009 |
20100268098 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND MEASUREMENT ACCURACY CHECK SYSTEM OF SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A measurement accuracy check system of a sphygmomanometer includes a sphygmomanometer having a blood pressure measurement mode for measuring a blood pressure based on a change in internal pressure of a cuff attached to a blood pressure measurement site, and an accuracy check mode for checking measurement accuracy in the blood pressure measurement mode, and an accuracy check device communicably connected with the sphygmomanometer for determining the measurement accuracy of the sphygmomanometer in the accuracy check mode. The sphygmomanometer includes an air system piping communicating to the cuff in the blood pressure measurement mode and communicating to an air system of the accuracy check device in the accuracy check mode, a pressurization and depressurization unit for adjusting pressure to be applied to the air system piping, and a first pressure detection unit for detecting pressure in the air system piping. | 10-21-2010 |
20100286539 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PROCESS TAKING CHANGE OF MEASUREMENT ENVIRONMENT INTO CONSIDERATION - A blood pressure measurement device includes a measurement fluid bag, a sensor for measuring a change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag, a blood pressure measurement unit for calculating a blood pressure value based on the change in internal pressure of the measurement fluid bag obtained by the sensor, an environmental information measurement unit for measuring environmental information in association with a calculation process of the blood pressure value, a storage unit for storing a measurement result, a recording processing unit for storing the calculated blood pressure value and the environmental information in the storage unit in association with each other and a notification unit for notifying a blood pressure fluctuation with respect to an environmental fluctuation based on the blood pressure value and the environmental information. | 11-11-2010 |
20110125035 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In a sphygmomanometer, a value representing a perimeter of a measuring portion is obtained. A parameter for controlling a drive voltage of a pump is determined based on the value. The drive voltage is determined based on the parameter and an internal pressure of a fluid bladder to pressurize the fluid bladder. In pressurizing process, a diastolic blood pressure value is calculated. A systolic blood pressure value is estimated, and when the internal pressure of the fluid bladder reaches the pressure, the pressurizing is stopped. A gap of a valve for discharging the fluid from the fluid bladder is determined based on a perimeter of a measuring portion, and the fluid bladder is depressurized with the gap constant. In the depressurizing process, the systolic blood pressure value is calculated. When the systolic blood pressure value is calculated, the fluid is discharged from the fluid bladder, and the measurement is terminated. | 05-26-2011 |
20110160598 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER AND BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD - A blood pressure measurement control method for controlling the measurement of a blood pressure according to an oscillometric method has the steps of determining whether to employ a depressurization measurement method or a pressurization measurement method to measure the blood pressure according to a person to be measured, performing a measurement process of the blood pressure in a depressurization process when determined to measure the blood pressure with the depressurization measurement method, performing a measurement process of the blood pressure in a pressurization process when determined to measure the blood pressure with the pressurization measurement method, and outputting the measured blood pressure value. | 06-30-2011 |
20120220884 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A sphygmomanometer has an automatic inflation mode and a manual inflation mode as modes for inflating a cuff. During control in the automatic inflation mode, the sphygmomanometer can determine whether the mode should be switched to the manual inflation mode. Upon switching to the manual inflation mode, when inflation is being carried out in the manual inflation mode, a mark indicating that inflation is being carried out in the manual inflation mode is displayed in a display region in a display screen. | 08-30-2012 |
20140350419 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff and a control unit. The cuff includes a first securing portion, provided on one surface of the cuff, for securing the cuff to the measurement area in a wrapped state, and a second securing portion, provided on another surface of the cuff, for securing the cuff to the measurement area in a wrapped state. At least one of the first securing portion and the second securing portion includes an electromagnet portion. The control unit secures the cuff to the measurement area by controlling a magnetic force emitted from the electromagnet portion and causing the second securing portion to be attracted to the first securing portion. | 11-27-2014 |
20150025400 | BLOOD PRESSURE METER - With the blood pressure meter of the present invention, a pump unit is connected via a first fluid path to a fluid bladder. The first fluid path extends straight in the Z direction between the pump unit and the fluid bladder, sends air supplied from the pump unit to the fluid bladder or sends air inside of the fluid bladder to a valve. | 01-22-2015 |
20150038801 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF DETERMINING REST CONDITION OF PATIENT - A blood pressure measurement device measures a pulse period of a patient and includes a memory, a threshold calculation section, a rest/unrest condition determination section, and a display unit. The memory stores data of the measured pulse period and data of a pulse period of past measurement of the patient. The threshold calculation section calculates a threshold value range based on the data of the pulse period of the past measurement of the patient. The rest/unrest condition determination section determines whether the patient was under the rest condition or the unrest condition during blood pressure measurement by comparing the measured pulse period with the threshold value range. The display unit displays the blood pressure measured and whether the blood pressure was measured when the patient was in the rest condition or the unrest condition. | 02-05-2015 |
20150038802 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF DETERMINING REST CONDITION OF PATIENT - A method includes pressurizing a cuff of a blood pressure measurement device that is wrapped around a measurement site of a patient, measuring the patient's blood pressure and pulse period during and before depressurization of the cuff, calculating a threshold value range of the pulse period based on data of a past measured pulse period of the patient, determining whether the measured pulse period is within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period, if the measured pulse period is determined to be within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period both during and before depressurization, displaying that the patient was in the rest condition, and if the measured pulse period is determined not to be within the threshold value range of the past measured pulse period either during or before depressurization, displaying that the patient was in the unrest condition. | 02-05-2015 |
20150105676 | BLOOD PRESSURE METER CUFF - A blood pressure meter cuff of the present invention includes an air bladder that receives a supply of air in order to compress a radial artery and an ulnar artery, and a cuff band for fixing the air bladder to a wrist including the radial artery and the ulnar artery. The air bladder has a wide portion that is arranged on the radial artery and the ulnar artery, and first and second narrow portions that are continuous with the wide portion and are narrower than the wide portion. The edges of the first and second narrow portions that are continuous with the edges of the wide portion are shaped as straight lines that are inclined with respect to the width direction. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112213 | BLOOD PRESSURE METER - A blood pressure meter includes a cuff serving as a blood pressure measurement cuff, a main body attached in an opposing manner to the cuff, a display unit having a rectangular width and being arranged along an external face of the main body on a side opposite to the cuff, and first to third light emitting elements serving as light emitting units arranged inside the main body at positions that are farther from the external face than the display unit is. The first to third light emitting elements serving as a light emitting unit are arranged in a row in the width direction of the cuff. The display unit has a cutout portion at the center of one end side with respect to the direction in which the cuff extends. The cutout portion is formed by cutting out a region corresponding to the first to third light emitting elements. | 04-23-2015 |
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20080223551 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FIN UNIT - In a manufacturing method of a fin unit for a heat sink for dissipating a heat from a heat source, the fin unit includes a plurality of fins radially arranged about its center axis, and a fin supporting portion connecting inner ends of the fins and supporting the fins. First, metal is heated. The heated metal is extruded and/or drawn through a die to obtain a metal body. One of the die and the metal body obtained through the die is rotated relative to the other about a center axis of a die hole of the die. The metal body is then cut, thereby obtaining the fin unit. | 09-18-2008 |
20080223558 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device includes a fan, a heat sink, and an attaching portion arranged to attach the fan to the heat sink. The fan includes an impeller rotating about a center axis, a motor arranged to rotate the impeller, and a base portion supporting the motor. The attaching portion includes a frame surrounding a portion of the impeller opposed to the heat sink, a plurality of supports projecting from the frame to a side opposite to the heat sink, and a plurality of supporting ribs connecting the supports and the base portion to each other, arranged about the center axis, and extending from the base portion away from the center axis. Each supporting rib has a first primary surface and a second primary surface arranged opposite to the impeller. The first and second primary surfaces are inclined with respect to a plane substantially perpendicular to the center axis. | 09-18-2008 |
20090073656 | HEAT SINK, HEAT SINK FAN, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A heat sink has a structure which enables the heat sink to be carried by a holding device in an automated production line. The heat sink includes a base portion at a center thereof and a finned portion around the base portion. The heat sink is arranged in contact with, or very close to, an object to be cooled, e.g., an MPU, and receives the heat generated in the object. The heat is then dissipated to ambient air from the fins. At an object-side end of the heat sink is provided a convex portion which has an engagement feature to be caught by the holding device while the heat sink is carried. | 03-19-2009 |
20090147478 | HEAT SINK FAN - A heat sink fan of the present invention includes a heat sink and a fan. The heat sink includes a base having a center axis and a plurality of fins extending radially outwardly from an outer circumference of the base and disposed in a circumferential direction. The fan includes an impeller portion disposed adjacently to the heat sink in the direction along the center axis, the impeller portion rotating about the center axis, and a frame portion for covering and fixing the impeller portion, part of the frame portion being opposed to the heat sink. The frame portion has at least one protruding portion. The protruding portion enters into a space between the fins which are adjacent to each other. | 06-11-2009 |
20120121407 | BLOWER FAN - A blower fan includes a housing arranged to accommodate an impeller, wherein an upper surface portion of the housing includes a motor fixing portion, a peripheral portion, and a plurality of ribs interconnecting the motor fixing portion and the peripheral portion, the upper surface portion including a plurality of air intake ports defined between the motor fixing portion, the peripheral portion and the plurality of ribs being arranged to oppose the impeller; and the peripheral portion includes a peripheral low portion arranged to surround or substantially surround outer peripheries of the air intake ports and positioned lower than upper surfaces of the plurality of ribs and a peripheral high portion provided with rib extension portions continuously extending from the plurality of ribs and positioned higher than an upper surface of the peripheral low portion. | 05-17-2012 |
20140138067 | HEAT SINK AND HEAT SINK FAN - Each fin of a heat sink includes a main fin connected to a core and extending radially outwards, and a pair of branch fins extending radially outwards from a branch point at a radially outer end of the main fin. Among a plurality of fins, in each of three fins which are adjacent in the circumferential direction, a width of an end portion of the main fin viewed along the center axis expands radially outwards at an angle which is larger than an expanding angle of the pair of branch fins. A difference between a distance from the center axis to the branch point in the center one of the fins and a distance from the center axis to the branch point in each of the other two fins is equal to or larger than a width of a root of the main fin in the center radiating fin. | 05-22-2014 |
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20090001290 | Ion Source and Method For Operating Same - An ion source is provided that can generate an ion beam in which the width is wide, the beam current is large, and the uniformity of the beam current distribution in the width direction is high, and that can prolong the lifetime of a cathode. | 01-01-2009 |
20090078890 | ION SOURCE, ION IMPLANTATION APPARATUS, AND ION IMPLANTATION METHOD - This ion source generates a ribbon-like ion beam whose dimension in the Y direction is larger than the dimension in the X direction. This ion source includes a plasma generating vessel having an ion extraction port extending in the Y direction, a plurality of cathodes arranged in a plurality of stages along the Y direction on one side in the X direction in the plasma generating vessel, a reflecting electrode arranged on the other side in the X direction in the plasma generating vessel opposite to the cathodes, and electromagnets for generating magnetic fields along the X direction in regions including the plurality of cathodes in the plasma generating vessel. | 03-26-2009 |
20090212232 | ION SOURCE AND ION IMPLANTATION APPARATUS - An ion source is to extract a ribbon-shaped ion beam longer in the Y direction in the Z direction and provided with a plasma generating chamber, a plasma electrode which is disposed near the end of the plasma generating chamber in the Z direction and has an ion extracting port extending in the Y direction, a plurality of cathodes for emitting electrons into the plasma generating chamber to generate a plasma and arranged in a plurality of stages along the Y direction, and a magnetic coil which generates magnetic fields along the Z direction in a domain containing the plurality of cathodes inside the plasma generating chamber. | 08-27-2009 |
20090289193 | ION IMPLANTING APPARATUS AND ION BEAM DEFLECTION ANGLE CORRECTING METHOD - To increase a transport efficiency of an ion beam by correcting Y-direction diffusion caused by the space charge effect of the ion beam between an ion beam deflector, which separates the ion beam and neutrons from each other, and a target. An ion implantation apparatus has a beam paralleling device that bends an ion beam scanned in an X direction by magnetic field to be parallel and draws a ribbon-shaped ion beam. The beam paralleling device serves also as an ion beam deflector that deflects the ion beam by magnetic field to separates neutrons from the ion beam. In the vicinity of an outlet of the beam paralleling device, there is provided an electric field lens having a plurality of electrodes opposed to each other in a Y direction with a space for passing the ion beam and narrowing the ion beam in the Y direction. | 11-26-2009 |
20090302214 | ION IMPLANTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING BEAM ORBIT - An extraction electrode of an ion source is dividedly configured by a first extraction electrode and a second extraction electrode. DC power supplies which form a potential difference between the electrodes, a camera which takes an image of the ion beam to output image data of the ion beam, and a rear-stage beam instrument which measures the beam current of the ion beam that has passed through the analysis slit are disposed. A step of adjusting an analysis electromagnet current so that the beam current measured by the rear-stage beam instrument is maximum, that of processing the image data from the camera to obtain the deviation angle of the ion beam entering the analysis slit from the design beam orbit, and that of, if the deviation angle is not within an allowable range, adjusting the potential difference between the electrodes so that the ion beam is bent to a direction where the deviation angle becomes small, by the potential difference are performed one or more times until the deviation angle is within the allowable range. | 12-10-2009 |
20100051825 | ION SOURCE - An ion source includes a plasma generating chamber into which an ionization gas containing fluorine is introduced, a hot cathode provided on one side in the plasma generating chamber, an opposing reflecting electrode which is provided on other side in the plasma generating chamber and reflects electrons when a negative voltage is applied from a bias power supply to the opposing reflecting electrode, and a magnet for generating a magnetic field along a line, which connects the hot cathode and the opposing reflecting electrode, in the plasma generating chamber. The opposing reflecting electrode is formed of an aluminum containing material. | 03-04-2010 |
20110139613 | REPELLER STRUCTURE AND ION SOURCE - A repeller structure is provided in a plasma generating chamber of an ion source facing a cathode that emits electrons for ionizing a source gas in the plasma generating chamber to generate a plasma. The repeller structure reflects the ions toward the cathode. The repeller structure includes a sputtering target that is sputtered by the plasma to emit predetermined ions, the sputtering target including a through hole that connects a sputtering surface and a back surface of the sputtering target; and an electrode body that is inserted in the through hole, the electrode body including a repeller surface that is exposed to the sputtering surface side through the through hole. | 06-16-2011 |
20110297843 | ION IMPLANTING APPARATUS AND DEFLECTING ELECTRODE - An ion implanting apparatus includes: an electrostatic accelerating tube for causing an ion beam extracted from an ion source to have a desirable energy, and deflecting the ion beam to be incident on a target, the electrostatic accelerating tube including deflecting electrodes provided to interpose the ion beam therebetween. The deflecting electrodes include a first deflecting electrode and a second deflecting electrode to which different electric potentials from each other are set. The second deflecting electrode is provided on a side where the ion beam is to be deflected and includes an upstream electrode provided on an upstream side of the ion beam and a downstream electrode provided apart from the upstream electrode toward a downstream side. An electric potential of the upstream electrode and an electric potential of the downstream electrode are independently set from each other. | 12-08-2011 |
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20100195870 | TRACKING METHOD AND DEVICE ADOPTING A SERIES OF OBSERVATION MODELS WITH DIFFERENT LIFE SPANS - The present invention relates to a tracking method and a tracking device adopting multiple observation models with different life spans. The tracking method is suitable for tracking an object in a low frame rate video or with abrupt motion, and uses three observation models with different life spans to track and detect a specific subject in frame images of a video sequence. An observation model I performs online learning with one frame image prior to the current image, an observation model II performs online learning with five frames prior to the current image, and an observation model III is offline trained. The three observation models are combined by a cascade particle filter so that the specific subject in the low frame rate video or the object with abrupt motion can be tracked quickly and accurately. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202681 | DETECTING DEVICE OF SPECIAL SHOT OBJECT AND LEARNING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a detecting device for specific subjects and a learning device and method thereof. The detecting device for specific subjects includes an input unit, one or more strong classifying units, a storage unit and a judging unit, wherein the input unit is used for inputting images to be detected; the strong classifying units are used for carrying out strong classification to the image, each strong classifying unit includes one or more weak classifying units, and the weak classifying unit carries out weak classification to the image with a weak classifying template; the storage unit stores the weak classifying template used by the weak classifying unit; and the judging unit judges whether or not the image contains specific subjects according to the classification result of the strong classifying unit. The detecting device for specific subjects also includes an incremental sample input unit and a learning unit, wherein the incremental sample input unit is used for inputting data for incremental learning, namely for inputting an incremental learning sample, which is data undetected and wrongly detected by the detecting device or other detecting devices for specific subjects; the learning unit is used for updating the weak classifying template stored in the storage unit according to the incremental learning sample inputted by the incremental sample input unit. | 08-12-2010 |
20110007974 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention discloses an object detection apparatus and method. A feature extracting section of the present invention comprises: a feature point extracting section, for extracting a combination of predetermined feature point pairs from an image; a pixel value obtaining section, for obtaining a pixel value of each feature point in the combination of feature point pairs; a feature point comparing section, for comparing, in accordance with the pixel values obtained by the pixel value obtaining section, two feature points in each feature point pair to obtain a logical value; and an feature obtaining section, for determining the feature of the image in accordance with the logical value. | 01-13-2011 |
20140010409 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE, OBJECT TRACKING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An object tracking device which tracks a target object in a time-series image including a plurality of frames has a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of a target object in a first frame, the target object being a tracked target, a detailed contour model generation unit that generates a detailed contour model in the first frame, on the basis of the location information, the detailed contour model being formed with a plurality of contour points representing a contour of the target object, and a search location setting unit that sets a plurality of different search locations in a second frame, the second frame being any one of frames following the first frame. | 01-09-2014 |
20140112598 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing device has a query image specification unit that specifies a query image in accordance with designation by a user, an object detection unit that detects an object in the query image, a synthetic query image generation unit that synthesizes a plurality of objects in the objects detected by the object detection unit to generate a synthetic query image including the plurality of objects, and an image retrieval unit that retrieves an image similar to the synthetic query image based on the synthetic query image. | 04-24-2014 |
20140198953 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device configured to detect a detection target, which is all or a part of a predetermined main body on an image has a detection target detection unit that detects an estimated detection target that the image processing device assumes to be the detection target from the image, a heterogeneous target determination unit that determines whether the estimated detection target detected by the detection target detection unit is an estimated heterogeneous target that the image processing device assumes to be a heterogeneous target, which is all or a part of a main body different in class from the main body, and a detection target determination unit that determines whether the estimated detection target detected by the detection target detection unit is the detection target based on a determination result of the heterogeneous target determination unit. | 07-17-2014 |
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20090097284 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - In the present invention, an on time is used which increases at an instantaneous interruption. The on time is detected by a MAX-DUTY detector | 04-16-2009 |
20090147547 | ENERGY TRANSFER DEVICE AND ENERGY TRANSFER CONTROL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention includes a turn-off signal modulating circuit that periodically varies a turn-off timing of a switching element | 06-11-2009 |
20090180302 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USED IN THE SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A switching power supply apparatus having a highly accurate overvoltage protection function which is free of erroneous operation is provided. A regulating circuit connected to an auxiliary winding generates an AC voltage proportional to a voltage component in which the ringing component has been removed from the AC voltage induced in the auxiliary winding by the switching operation of a switching element. If the peak value of the AC voltage generated by the regulating circuit is equal to or greater than a prescribed value, an overvoltage detection circuit controls the switching operation of the switching element so as to reduce the output DC voltage. | 07-16-2009 |
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20100321963 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device providing a control circuit for controlling a switching power supply apparatus includes: an intermittent-oscillation control circuit which outputs an enable signal providing instructions to execute and suspend switching alternately; a turn-on control circuit which changes between an execution state and a suspension state of the switching according to the enable signal, and outputs, only in the execution state, a turn-on signal which turns on the switching element with a switching period; and an intermittent-oscillation frequency control circuit which causes the turn-on control circuit to delay the changing between the execution state and the suspension state so that an intermittence period including periods during which the turn-on control circuit is in the execution state and the turn-on control circuit is in the suspension state falls outside of a specific time range. Intermittent oscillation is thus operated out of a specific frequency band within an audible frequency range. | 12-23-2010 |
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20100001952 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU controls a moving object within a virtual space on the basis of acceleration data and angular velocity data which are transmitted from a controller. For example, before the angular velocity data is above a predetermined magnitude, a position and an orientation of the moving object is controlled on the basis of the angular velocity data. When the angular velocity data is above the predetermined magnitude, an initial velocity of the moving object is decided on the basis of the acceleration data, and a moving direction (orientation) of the moving object is decided on the basis of the angular velocity data. Thereafter, the moving object moves within the virtual space according to a general physical behavior. | 01-07-2010 |
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20120236034 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image is placed, based on a predetermined designation input, on a predetermined placement position in relation to a display area, and displayed. The image is enlarged and reduced in accordance with an enlargement ratio of the image, and an area within which the placement position can be set is changed in relation to the display area in accordance with the enlargement ratio. Then, based on an obtained designation input, a position within the area, which position corresponds to the designation input, is calculated as a placement position, and the image having been enlarged and reduced is placed on the placement position. The image is then displayed on a display device. | 09-20-2012 |
20130109470 | GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN | 05-02-2013 |
20130109473 | GAME SYSTEM, GAME DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND GAME PROCESS METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
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20130324253 | Storage Medium Storing Information Processing Program, Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - A game apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU controls a moving object within a virtual space on the basis of acceleration data and angular velocity data which are transmitted from a controller. For example, before the angular velocity data is above a predetermined magnitude, a position and an orientation of the moving object is controlled on the basis of the angular velocity data. When the angular velocity data is above the predetermined magnitude, an initial velocity of the moving object is decided on the basis of the acceleration data, and a moving direction (orientation) of the moving object is decided on the basis of the angular velocity data. Thereafter, the moving object moves within the virtual space according to a general physical behavior. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140257116 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE METER - An electronic blood pressure meter includes a cuff, an inflation control unit that controls a pump for outputting a fluid into the cuff so that a pressure in the cuff is increased at an inflation speed target in accordance with a driving voltage, a pressure detection unit that detects a cuff pressure signal indicating a cuff pressure, a blood pressure calculation unit that calculates a blood pressure value based on a pulse wave superimposed on the detected cuff pressure signal, and a target changing unit that varies the inflation speed target during an inflation process in which the cuff pressure begins to increase at an initial inflation speed target and continues to increase. The target changing unit varies the inflation speed target so that the driving voltage measured during the inflation process stays within a voltage range corresponding to a range in which the pump is capable of output. | 09-11-2014 |
20140276146 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE METER - An electronic blood pressure meter includes a cuff that is to be worn on a measurement area, a piezoelectric pump that adjusts a pressure applied to the cuff, a drive circuit that drives the piezoelectric pump, and a controller that outputs, to the drive circuit, a pulse signal defining a driving timing of the piezoelectric pump. The drive circuit includes a switching circuit for switching a connection relationship between respective voltages applied to both ends of the piezoelectric pump in response to corresponding first and second driving signals, and a signal generation circuit that outputs the first and second driving signals based on the pulse signal outputted from the controller. The signal generation circuit has a signal conditioning circuit hat adjusts timings of the first and second driving signals so that the phases of the first and second driving signals do not overlap. | 09-18-2014 |
20140309541 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A blood pressure measurement device determines an amplitude and a frequency of a voltage applied to a piezoelectric pump, carries out control so that a voltage at the determined amplitude and frequency is applied to the piezoelectric pump, and calculates a blood pressure value based on a detected cuff pressure during inflation when the cuff pressure is increased by the piezoelectric pump. A control frequency at which a pump efficiency of the piezoelectric pump is maximum in the case where the fluid is supplied to the cuff at a required flow rate during inflation using a predetermined voltage as the voltage is determined, and first control that applies a voltage at the amplitude of the predetermined voltage and at the determined control frequency is carried out. The amount of power consumed can be reduced when increasing the cuff pressure for blood pressure measurement using the piezoelectric pump. | 10-16-2014 |
20140316290 | ELECTRONIC BLOOD PRESSURE METER - A blood pressure meter includes an adjustment unit that adjusts a pressure in a cuff by controlling a piezoelectric pump that uses a piezoelectric vibrator to supply fluid to the cuff, a driving control unit that gradually changes a cuff pressure by performing driving control on the adjustment unit, a pressure detection unit that detects the cuff pressure, a blood pressure determination unit that determines a blood pressure value, a circumferential length detection unit that detects a circumferential length of the measurement area, a battery that supplies power to various units, and a decrease detection unit that detects a voltage decrease value for the battery during blood pressure measurement. Based on the circumferential length and the voltage decrease value detected in an initial inflation period when the blood pressure measurement is first started, a range of the voltage decrease value during blood pressure measurement carried out thereafter is estimated. | 10-23-2014 |
20150094602 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A control amplitude and a control frequency of a voltage applied to a piezoelectric pump are determined, control is carried out so that a voltage at the determined control amplitude and control frequency is applied to the piezoelectric pump, and a blood pressure value is calculated based on a cuff pressure detected by a pressure detection unit during inflation when the cuff pressure is increased by the piezoelectric pump. The amplitude of the voltage is controlled in predetermined steps, and a voltage having an amplitude that is a value above the control amplitude by at least one step and a voltage having an amplitude that is a value below the control amplitude by at least one step are applied, in a predetermined order, so that the control is the same or essentially the same as when a voltage at the determined control amplitude is applied. | 04-02-2015 |
20150150470 | PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP AND BLOOD-PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A piezoelectric pump is provided with an actuator containing a piezoelectric element and a vibrating sheet; a first diaphragm, positioned opposite the actuator, with a first connecting hole provided therein; a pump chamber formed by the space between the actuator and the first diaphragm; and a second diaphragm positioned opposite the first diaphragm. The part of the second diaphragm opposite the first connecting hole is provided with an opposing wall portion that prevents a fluid that has been introduced into the pump chamber via the first connecting hole from flowing back towards a suction side via the first connecting hole. | 06-04-2015 |