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20140210842 | MEASUREMENT POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A measurement position determination apparatus includes a creation unit, a measurement unit, and a determination unit. The creation unit creates display image data for displaying a reference image and a comparison image on a display screen. The reference image includes one achromatic image, and the comparison image is formed by arranging two or more images including a chromatic image. The measurement unit measures the reference image and the comparison image in a sub-area on the display screen. The reference image and the comparison image are displayed on the display screen in accordance with the display image data. The determination unit determines a measurement position of the measurement unit on the display screen in accordance with measurement results obtained by measurement of the reference image and the comparison image using the measurement unit. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210851 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an image information transmission unit, a color information acquisition unit, and a conversion relationship creation unit. The image information transmission unit transmits, to a display device, pieces of color-conversion image information representing images used for performing color conversion for the display device, in ascending order of lightness of the images in a predetermined color space. The color information acquisition unit acquires color information of each image that is displayed on the display device in accordance with a corresponding piece of color-conversion image information among the pieces of color-conversion image information that have been transmitted by the image information transmission unit. The conversion relationship creation unit creates, on the basis of the color information that has been acquired by the color information acquisition unit, a conversion relationship for a color of an image to be displayed on the display device. | 07-31-2014 |
20140362065 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus for setting a display device includes a target value obtainer, a measured value obtainer, and a determiner. The target value obtainer acquires a target value of a display setting including color temperature and brightness for a display device configured to display an image. The measured value obtainer acquires a measured value of display characteristics including the color temperature and the brightness in each of multiple states specific to the display device, from the display device for which the display setting is sequentially changed to the multiple states. The determiner determines a setting value in the display setting including the color temperature and the brightness from among the multiple states, on the basis of the target value and multiple measured values acquired by the measured value obtainer. | 12-11-2014 |
20150199938 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COLOR VALUE DATA STRUCTURE - Provided is a display control device causing a display unit to display plural color charts constituting a color sample used when obtaining color reproduction characteristics of the display unit, which densely include a color in which all values of two color components are set to be a minimum value or a maximum value of the values of the respective color components, in colors in which a value of one color component out of plural color components in a color space of the display unit is set to be a minimum value or a maximum value of the value of the color component. | 07-16-2015 |
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20100174013 | Oil Base Ink Composition for Ink Jet Recording - The inventive oil base ink composition for ink jet recording has a binder resin, a dispersant and at least C.I. Pigment Yellow 213 as an organic pigment contained in an organic solvent comprising a specific polyalkylene glycol dialkyl ether and a specific cyclic ester, and having a boiling point of 150° C. to 280° C. This ink composition is highly safe for the human body, ensures that print quality is maintained over extended periods of time, and is improved in weather resistance. | 07-08-2010 |
20110223391 | Ink Composition for Ink Jet Recording of the Active Energy Beam Curing Type, and Printed Article - The invention provides an ink composition for ink jet recording of the active energy beam curing type that comprises 30 to 80% by mass of a monofunctional acrylate having a monoalicyclic structure, 1 to 10% by mass of an urethane acrylate oligomer and 5 to 30% by mass of N-vinylcaprolactam together with a polymerization initiator and a coloring agent, and has a viscosity at 40° C. of 5 to 20 mPa·s and a surface tension of 20 to 50 mN/m. The ink composition exhibits good ejection capability and curability, is less smelling and of great safety, and has good adhesion to a variety of substrate materials. | 09-15-2011 |
20120308786 | INK COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an ink composition which has superior storage stability, is resistant to bleeding, has good fixability to paper, and enables printing of a clear image. The ink composition includes a pigment dispersion containing a surface-treated pigment and a resin emulsion, wherein the surface-treated pigment is obtained by binding a functional group, having a larger calcium index than a calcium index of 1,2,3-benzenetricarboxylic acid, to the surface of a pigment; and the resin emulsion is adapted so that an aqueous solution containing 1 mass % of a solid content of the resin emulsion has a conductance of 300 μS/cm or less. | 12-06-2012 |
20140055520 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An inkjet recording method which suppresses feathering and color bleeding and is excellent in fixability to a recording medium. The inkjet recording method includes the steps of applying an ink-receiving solution prepared by dissolving in an aqueous solvent at least one metal salt having a water solubility of 0.1 mol/l or more, selected from calcium salts, magnesium salts, nickel salts and zinc salts having a valence of 2 or more, to at least the surface to be printed by using an inkjet ink or the entire surface of a recording medium; and printing on the metal salt adhered part by using the inkjet ink comprising at least a pigment, a resin emulsion and an aqueous solvent containing a surfactant. Further, a phosphorus-containing group having at least one P—O or P═O bond is bound to the surface of the pigment. | 02-27-2014 |
20140132661 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD AND INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING - Provided is an inkjet recording method which minimizes blur and achieves excellent fixing to a recoding medium. This inkjet recording method is characterized by adhering a receiving solution (A) to at least areas on a recording medium (R) which are to be printed with an inkjet ink (I) or the whole surface of the medium (R) which is to be printed, said receiving solution (A) being a solution obtained by dissolving (inclusive of dispersing) one or more metal salts (S) selected from among at least divalent, calcium salts, magnesium salts, nickel salts, aluminum salts, boron salts, and zinc salts and one or more resins (B) having hydrophilic groups in an aqueous solvent in such amounts that the concentrations of the metal salts (S) and the resins (B) fall within the range of 0.005 to 2.0 mol/l and within the range of 0.5 to 20 mass % respectively, and then applying the inkjet ink (I) to areas where the metal salts are present in an adhered state to carry out printing. Said inkjet ink (I) is an ink which comprises a pigment (P), an anionic resin emulsion (E), and an aqueous solvent, and in which phosphorus-containing groups each having at least one P—O or P═O bond are bonded to the surface of the pigment (P) or the surface of the anionic resin emulsion (E). | 05-15-2014 |
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20120008318 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus includes a red LED; a green LED; a blue LED; and a white LED made up of a blue light-emitting element and a yellow phosphor, wherein the red LED, the green LED, the blue LED, and the white LED generate 26 to 38%, 35 to 50%, 0 to 2%, and 12 to 33% of light, respectively, and white light obtained by additive color mixing of light from the red, green, blue, and white LEDs has a correlated color temperature of 2800 K or more to less than 3500 K, a deviation of 0.02 or below in absolute value, and a color gamut area ratio of 120% or more to 140% or less. Consequently, the lighting apparatus can radiate an illuminating light which makes colors look vivid. | 01-12-2012 |
20120169122 | DIRECT CURRENT POWER SWITCH DEVICE - Disclosed is a direct current power switch device which safely shuts off direct current power supply without generating arc at the time of shutting off the power supply to an electrical load. The direct current power switch device is provided with: an operation input unit ( | 07-05-2012 |
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20120060633 | DRIVE TRANSMITTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive transmitter, including a first rotational axis transmitting a drive force of a drive source to a first rotator, a second rotational axis transmitting a drive force of the drive source to a second rotator, and an idler gear configured to transmit a drive force to the second rotational axis; wherein the first rotational axis penetrates the idler gear with a gap therebetween. | 03-15-2012 |
20120201571 | Synchronized Drive Unit And Image Forming Apparatus Having The Synchronized Drive Unit - A synchronized drive unit, including a drive member including a pulley; a driven member including a pulley; a relay member including to transmit a power; and timing belts hung around the drive and driven members through the relay member with tension and rotates the drive and driven members in synchronization, wherein each of the timing belts is formed of plural narrow timing belts parallely placed in a rotational axis direction of the pulley and the narrow timing belts are located on the driven member so as to counteract their eccentric components each other. | 08-09-2012 |
20140356027 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A drive transmission device that transmits rotation from a drive source of an image forming apparatus to a rotary body detachably attachable relative to a main body thereof in an axial direction includes two external gears, a cylindrical member, and an intermediate-body retainer. The two external gears include teeth on an outer circumferential surface thereof extending in an axial direction. The cylindrical member includes an internal gear formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof to mesh with the external gears, and a flange on a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member, the flange including a projection. The intermediate-body retainer includes a depression to fit with the projection of the flange to prevent the cylindrical member from getting disengaged from the external gears. The external gears constitute a two-stage spline joint that meshes with the internal gear of the cylindrical member. | 12-04-2014 |
20150047459 | ROTATOR DRIVING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SAME - A rotator driving system for driving a rotator with a motor includes a dynamic vibration absorber attached to a rotary shaft of the rotator. The dynamic vibration absorber includes an inertia body, a viscosity-providing component to provide a viscosity, and a torsion spring unit to function as a torsion spring that includes a boss fixed to the rotary shaft. Multiple spokes extend radially outward from the boss. Multiple seats are provided at respective tips of the multiple spokes to fix the inertia body. The torsion spring unit is fixed by both the rotary shaft of the rotator and the boss fixed to the rotary shaft therebetween. The viscosity-providing component supports the inertia body via the multiple seats provided at the respective tips of the multiple spokes. | 02-19-2015 |
20150053032 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A power transmission device includes a drive coupling, a driven coupling, and an intermediate transmission member. The drive coupling receives power from a drive source and rotates. The driven coupling is disposed coaxially on a first rotary shaft of the drive coupling and detachably attachable relative to the main body of the image forming apparatus. The intermediate transmission member meshes with the drive coupling and the driven coupling and is held by one of the drive coupling and the driven coupling in a state in which the driven coupling is disengaged from the main body. One of the drive coupling and the driven coupling, whichever holds the intermediate transmission member, constitutes a retaining coupling including an attachment member attached to one of a drive-side device and a driven-side device, and a stopper assembly facing the intermediate transmission member in an axial direction of the first rotary shaft. | 02-26-2015 |
20150240879 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A power transmission device includes coaxially a first rotary body including a first gear on a drive source side, a second rotary body including a second gear on a driven side, a third rotary body including a third gear movably held to transmit a driving force, and a guide member disposed at one of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear to contact a first end surface of a gear tooth of another of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear, serving as a mating gear, to guide the first end surface between teeth of the one of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear. The guide member extends toward the mating gear and a tip of the guide member is placed at a distance from an end of the one of the gears in the axial direction. | 08-27-2015 |
20150261140 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A transfer device includes at least one pair of lateral plates, an intermediate transfer belt, a plurality of rollers, and a dynamic vibration absorber. The intermediate transfer belt is formed into an endless loop and is entrained about the plurality of rollers. The dynamic vibration absorber is disposed on at least one of the plurality of rollers and includes an inertial body. The inertial body is disposed inside the endless loop of the intermediate transfer belt, and both ends of the inertial body in an axial direction of the inertial body are rotatably supported by the at least one pair of lateral plates via shaft bearings. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090025403 | ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP AND USE OF ADSORBENT AS ADSORBENT FOR ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP - An adsorption heat pump is provided in which water vapor can be efficiently adsorbed and desorbed using a heat source having a lower temperature than ones heretofore in use because the pump employs an adsorbent which has a large difference in water adsorption amount in adsorption/desorption and can be regenerated (release the adsorbate) at a low temperature. | 01-29-2009 |
20090045422 | MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH MEMBER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING SUCH MEMBER - To provide novel semiconductor light-emitting device member superior in transparency, light resistance, and heat resistance and capable of sealing semiconductor light-emitting device and holding phosphor without generating cracks or peelings even after use for a long time, the member meets the following requirements: (1) comprising functional group forming hydrogen bond with hydroxyl group or oxygen in a metalloxane bond, on the surface of ceramic or metal, (2) maintenance rate of transmittance at 400 nm wavelength before and after left at 200° C. for 500 hours is between 80% to 110%, (3) no change is observed by visual inspection after irradiated with light having 380 nm to 500 nm wavelength, whose center wavelength is between 400 nm and 450 nm both inclusive, for 24 hours with 4500 W/m | 02-19-2009 |
20110098420 | CURABLE POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION, AND POLYSILOXANE CURED PRODUCT, OPTICAL MEMBER, MEMBER FOR AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a curable polysiloxane composition which is excellent in light resistance (particularly ultraviolet resistance) and adhesion and has a sufficient heat resistance/hydrothermal resistance and film-forming property and which generates little foaming at curing and does not generate cracks, peeling, coloring, and foaming even when used for a long period of time. A curable polysiloxane composition which comprises a specific hydrosilyl group-containing polysiloxane compound, a specific polysiloxane compound comprising two or more silanol groups in one molecule, and a dehydrogenative condensation reaction catalyst. | 04-28-2011 |
20130091879 | ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP AND USE OF ADSORBENT AS ADSORBENT FOR ADSORPTION HEAT PUMP - An adsorption heat pump using a heat source having a lower temperature and an adsorbent which has a large difference in water adsorption amount in adsorption/desorption and can be regenerated at a low temperature. An adsorption heat pump including an adsorbate, an adsorption/desorption part having an adsorbent for adsorbate adsorption/desorption, a vaporization part for adsorbate vaporization connected to the adsorption/desorption part, and a condensation part for adsorbate condensation connected to the adsorption/desorption part, wherein the adsorbent, when examined at 25° C., gives a water vapor adsorption isotherm which, in the relative vapor pressure range of from 0.05 to 0.30, has a relative vapor pressure region in which a change in relative vapor pressure of 0.15 results in a change in water adsorption amount of 0.18 g/g or larger. | 04-18-2013 |
20130116362 | INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID MATERIAL, OPTICAL MATERIAL USING THE SAME, AND INORGANIC-ORGANIC COMPOSITE COMPOSITION - The invention relates to an inorganic-organic hybrid material which comprises an inorganic component and an organic component, has a content of the inorganic component of 20-80% by mass, and has a refractive index of 1.60 or higher, wherein, when preparing a strip specimen having a thickness of 1,000 μm, a width of 5 mm and a length of 70 mm by using the inorganic-organic hybrid material and winding the specimen by 180° on a cylindrical metal rod having a diameter of 10 mm at 25° C., the specimen does not crack. | 05-09-2013 |
20140213725 | POLYMERIZABLE INORGANIC-PARTICLE DISPERSANT, INORGANIC-ORGANIC COMPOSITE PARTICLES CONTAINING SAID POLYMERIZABLE INORGANIC-PARTICLE DISPERSANT, AND INORGANIC-ORGANIC RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention provides a polymerizable inorganic particle dispersant that can achieve an inorganic-organic composite particle and inorganic-organic resin composite material, which have a high refractive index and a high Abbe's number, i.e., which can achieve both of a high refractive index and a high Abbe's number that is non-conventional in a composite with an inorganic particle. The present invention relates to a polymerizable inorganic particle dispersant comprising a compound which includes the following functional groups A, B and Q: A: Polymerizable functional group; B: Carboxyl group, Oxo acid group containing a phosphorous or Oxo acid group containing sulfur; and C: Sulfur-containing divalent or more aliphatic hydrocarbon group, which may contain a hetero atom other than sulfur. | 07-31-2014 |
20140316033 | INORGANIC-ORGANIC HYBRID MATERIAL, OPTICAL MATERIAL USING THE SAME, AND INORGANIC-ORGANIC COMPOSITE COMPOSITION - The invention relates to an inorganic-organic hybrid material which comprises an inorganic component and an organic component, has a content of the inorganic component of 20-80% by mass, and has a refractive index of 1.60 or higher, wherein, when preparing a strip specimen having a thickness of 1,000 μm, a width of 5 mm and a length of 70 mm by using the inorganic-organic hybrid material and winding the specimen by 180° on a cylindrical metal rod having a diameter of 10 mm at 25° C., the specimen does not crack. | 10-23-2014 |
20150122334 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER CONTAINING METAL OXIDE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for producing a semiconductor layer containing a metal oxide, which comprises: coating an ink containing a specific metal salt of unsaturated carboxylic acid on a base material; and conducting a heat treatment after the coating. | 05-07-2015 |
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20090069173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPOSITING PARTICLES - A supporting method for supporting a metal particle including at least two elements on a surface of a plurality of granular supports in a decompression device, the supporting method supporting the metal particle whose particle diameter being smaller than a grain size of the granular support comprises holding the plurality of granular supports in a container and rotating a stirring device and/or the container, a stirring period in which the relative position among the plurality of granular supports are changed and a non-stirring period in which the relative position among the plurality of granular supports are not changed being altered by the rotating, wherein the decompression device comprises, an evaporation source for evaporating elements to form an alloy particle, the container for holding the plurality of granular supports in the decompression device so that a relative position among granular supports is able to be changed, a rotating device for rotating the container and the stirring device disposed in the container. | 03-12-2009 |
20130081410 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE, HYDROGENATION DEVICE FOR NITROGEN, AND LEAKED GAS REMOVING METHOD - A refrigeration device of an embodiment includes: a heat-insulating vacuum chamber; a refrigerator cryogenic unit that is provided in the heat-insulating vacuum chamber and is cooled to a lower temperature than 195 K; a catalytic electrode that is provided in the heat-insulating vacuum chamber and contains a transition metal at least in part of a surface thereof; a power supply that applies a voltage to the catalytic electrode; and a heating unit that is provided in the heat-insulating vacuum chamber and heats the catalytic electrode. In this refrigeration device, the catalytic electrode is insulated from the heat-insulating vacuum chamber and the heating unit, and the heating unit is insulated from the heat-insulating vacuum chamber and the catalytic electrode. | 04-04-2013 |
20140053902 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element of an embodiment includes a p-type light absorbing layer containing Cu, at least one or more Group IIIb elements selected from the group including Al, In and Ga, and at least one or more elements selected from the group including O, S, Se and Te; and an n-type semiconductor layer formed on the p-type light absorbing layer and represented by any one of Zn | 02-27-2014 |
20140053903 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element of an embodiment includes: a light absorbing layer containing copper (Cu), at least one Group IIIb element selected from the group including aluminum (Al), indium (In) and gallium (Ga), and sulfur (S) or selenium (Se), and having a chalcopyrite structure; and a buffer layer formed from zinc (Zn) and oxygen (O) or sulfur (S), wherein the molar ratio represented by S/(S+O) of the buffer layer is equal to or greater than 0.7 and equal to or less than 1.0, and the crystal grain size is equal to or greater than 10 nm and equal to or less than 100 nm. | 02-27-2014 |
20140053904 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element of an embodiment includes: a light absorbing layer containing Cu, at least one Group IIIb element selected from the group including Al, In and Ga, and S or Se, and having a chalcopyrite structure; and a buffer layer formed from Zn and O or S, in which the ratio S/(S+O) in the area extending in the buffer layer up to 10 nm from the interface between the light absorbing layer and the buffer layer, is equal to or greater than 0.7 and equal to or less than 1.0. | 02-27-2014 |
20140083496 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element includes a photoelectric conversion layer, a transparent electrode, an intermediate layer, and a window layer. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a homojunction of a p-type compound semiconductor layer and an n-type compound semiconductor layer. The p-type and n-type compound semiconductors include group I-III-VI | 03-27-2014 |
20140144502 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element of an embodiment includes: a back electrode; a heterojunction-type light absorbing layer on the back electrode, containing Cu, selected from Al, In and Ga, and selected from Se and S, and having a chalcopyrite structure; a transparent electrode on the light absorbing layer, wherein aback electrode side-part of the light absorbing layer is of p-type, and a transparent electrode-side part of the light absorbing layer is of n-type, the light absorbing layer has a part with an average crystal grain size of 1,000 nm to 3,000 nm in the vicinity of the back electrode, and the light absorbing layer has apart with an average crystal grain size of at most 500 nm in the vicinity of the transparent electrode or the light absorbing layer has an amorphous part in the vicinity of the transparent electrode. | 05-29-2014 |
20140144510 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR CELL - A photoelectric conversion element of an embodiment includes: a p-type light absorbing layer having a chalcopyrite structure; an n-type semiconductor layer on the p-type light absorbing layer; an oxide layer on the n-type semiconductor layer; and a transparent electrode on the oxide layer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140166078 | LIGHT CONCENTRATOR AND A SOLAR CELL - A light concentrator of an embodiment includes: a first high refractive index layer, a first low refractive index layer, and a second high refractive index layer stacked in sequence, wherein a surface on the first low refractive index layer side of the first high refractive index layer has a periodic concavoconvex region. | 06-19-2014 |
20140290727 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell of an embodiment has a first solar cell, a second solar cell, and an intermediate layer between the first and second solar cells. The first solar cell has a Si layer as a light absorbing layer. The second solar cell has as a light absorbing layer one of a group I-III-VI | 10-02-2014 |
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20090189984 | OBJECT VERIFICATION DEVICE AND OBJECT VERIFICATION METHOD - An apparatus for verifying subjects includes: a camera for photographing a plurality of subjects; a subject detector for detecting subject images of each of the subjects from the pieces of image information photographed by the camera; a subject tracking unit for tracking each of the subjects based on the movement of the subject images corresponding to each of the subjects and for forming tracking information of each of the subjects; a tracking information storage for storing the tracking information of each of the subjects; a subject selector for selecting a subject to be verified from the plurality of subjects based on the tracking information; a verification unit for verifying the selected subject; and a notification unit for notifying the verified result. | 07-30-2009 |
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20150281832 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD - A sound processing apparatus includes a data obtaining unit, configured to obtain sound data collected by a sound collection unit including a plurality of microphones and image data captured by an imaging unit, a designation unit, configured to designate a plurality of directions defined relative to the sound collection unit, wherein the plurality of directions correspond to designation parts on an image displayed based on the image data, and a directivity processing unit, configured to emphasize sound components in the sound data in the plurality of directions designated by the designation unit | 10-01-2015 |
20150312662 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD - A sound processing apparatus includes a processor to obtain sound data and image data, wherein the sound data is collected from a sound source in a given area by a sound collection unit including a plurality of microphones and the image data is captured by an imaging unit which captures an image at least partially in the given area, to designate a direction defined relative to the sound collection unit, wherein the designated direction corresponds to a designation part on an image displayed based on the image data, to designate an arbitrary range in the given area, wherein the designated arbitrary range corresponds to a designation part on the image displayed based on the image data, and to emphasize a sound component in the sound data in the direction designated by the first designation unit within the arbitrary range designated by the second designation unit. | 10-29-2015 |
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20120143441 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPARATUS - An accelerator pedal apparatus includes a torque motor which generates operational reaction force corresponding to operation of an accelerator pedal, an accelerator pedal position sensor (APS) which detects an accelerator opening rate of an accelerator pedal and outputs the accelerator opening rate to an engine control unit (ECU) being an upper device, and a control unit which applies the operational reaction force as controlling driving of the torque motor. The control unit applies the operational reaction force as controlling driving of the torque motor based on the accelerator opening rate when being commanded to apply the operational reaction force by the ECU. | 06-07-2012 |
20120216652 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPARATUS - An accelerator pedal apparatus including an actuator pedal, a hysteresis generating mechanism which provides a hysteresis pedaling force characteristic having larger pedaling force in a depression direction than that in a return direction, and a reaction force adding control mechanism which adds operational reaction force to operation of the accelerator pedal based on an adjustment force generation command from an upper unit, while the operational reaction force added by the reaction force adding control mechanism is not larger than a hysteresis amount generated by the hysteresis generating mechanism. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221220 | ACCELERATOR PEDAL APPARATUS - An accelerator pedal apparatus includes an accelerator pedal, a hysteresis generating mechanism which generates hysteresis on pedaling force, a reaction force adding mechanism which adds reaction force to push back the accelerator pedal toward a rest position, and controller which performs drive control of the reaction force adding mechanism, while the controller performs drive control of the reaction force adding mechanism so that reaction force is added during returning as well as during depressing of the accelerator pedal under predetermined conditions as the reaction force being larger than pedaling force difference between pedaling force at the depression side and pedaling force at the return side of the pedaling force hysteresis to obtain an appropriate accelerator feeling and to quickly perform danger avoidance or danger notification. | 08-30-2012 |
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20100170710 | CONDUCTIVE FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND TRANSPARENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING FILM - An electromagnetic shielding film for plasma display which is excellent in electromagnetic shielding characteristics for effectively shielding electromagnetic waves, near infrared rays, stray light, external light, and the like and even when stored under a wet heat condition, is small in change of color tint and good in adhesion, with a blackening layer hardly peeled away, is provided by a transparent electromagnetic shielding film including a transparent support having thereon a conductive metal layer in a pattern-like state having an electromagnetic shielding ability and having a surface covered by a blackening layer, with the blackening layer made of an alloy of nickel and zinc in a nickel/zinc mass ratio of from 0.5 to 50. | 07-08-2010 |
20110049435 | Optical film having antistatic layer, polarizing plate and image display device - An optical film includes a transparent support and at least one antistatic layer formed from a composition containing an electrically conductive polymer, a polyfunctional monomer having two or more polymerizable groups, at least one compound selected from a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined herein, a compound represented by the formula (2) as defined herein and a trivalent phosphorus compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. | 03-03-2011 |
20110183110 | Optical film, antireflection film, polarizing plate and image display apparatus - An optical film is provided and includes: a cellulose acylate film; and an antistatic layer including a conductive compound having a hydrophilic property. The conductive compound is localized in an inside of the antistatic layer as compared to a surface-side region of the antistatic layer. | 07-28-2011 |
20120075706 | Optical film having antistatic layer, antireflection film, polarizing plate and image display device - An optical film having a transparent support having thereon at least a hardcoat layer and an antistatic layer in this order, wherein the hardcoat layer and the antistatic layer are formed by simultaneously coating compositions for forming respective layers, the antistatic layer comprises at least (A) an electrically conductive organic compound and (B) a polyfunctional monomer having three or more polymerizable groups, a content of an inorganic oxide fine particle in the antistatic layer is less than 10 weight % based on an entire solid content of the antistatic layer, and a common logarithmic value (LogSR) of surface resistivity SR (Ω/sq) on the antistatic layer side with respect to the transparent support is 13 or less. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077047 | Antistatic hardcoat layer-forming composition, optical film, production method of optical film, polarizing plate and image display device - A antistatic hard coat layer-forming composition having the following (a), (b), (c) and (d): (a) an ion-conducting compound, (b) a polyethylene oxide compound having one or more photopolymerizable groups, having no hydroxyl group, and having a —(CH | 03-29-2012 |
20130094082 | OPTICAL FILM, METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM, ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film has a cellulose acylate film base material containing a plurality of sugar ester compounds having different ester substitution degrees in which an average ester substitution degree of the plurality of sugar ester compounds is form 60 to 94% and cellulose acylate, and an antistatic hardcoat layer formed from a coating composition containing at least an organic antistatic agent and a curable compound having a (meth)acryloyl group in a molecule of the curable compound. | 04-18-2013 |
20140141235 | OPTICAL FILM HAVING ANTISTATIC LAYER, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film includes a transparent support and at least one antistatic layer formed from a composition containing an electrically conductive polymer, a polyfunctional monomer having two or more polymerizable groups, at least one compound selected from a compound represented by the formula (1) as defined herein, a compound represented by the formula (2) as defined herein and a trivalent phosphorus compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. | 05-22-2014 |
20150275028 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HARD COAT FILM - An aspect of the present invention relates to method of manufacturing a hard coat film, wherein the hard coat film comprises a plastic substrate and a hard coat layer, the method comprises forming the hard coat layer by subjecting a photopolymerizable hard coating composition to photopolymerization processing, and the photopolymerizable hard coating composition comprises a radical polymerizable compound having two or more radical polymerizable groups selected from the group consisting of acryloyloxy groups, acryloyl groups, methacryloyloxy groups, and methacryloyl groups per molecule, a cationic polymerizable compound, a radical photopolymerization initiator, and a cationic photopolymerization initiator. | 10-01-2015 |
20160077240 | ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, COVER GLASS, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM, CLOTH FOR CLEANING ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM, KIT INCLUDING ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM AND CLEANING CLOTH, AND METHOD FOR CLEANING ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM - The invention is to provide a antireflective film having a moth-eye structure, which has sufficient antireflective performances, which exhibits excellent planar uniformity, and which can be manufactured by a simple method; a polarizing plate, a cover glass, and an image display device that have the antireflective film; a method for producing the antireflective film; a cloth for cleaning the antireflective film; a kit including the antireflective film and the cleaning cloth; and a method for cleaning the antireflective film. The invention provides a antireflective film which includes a plastic substrate; a infiltration layer; a antireflective layer including a binder resin and particles with an average primary particle diameter of 50 nm to 700 nm, in this order in an adjacent manner, in which the antireflective layer has moth-eye structures formed by the particles on the surface opposite to the infiltration layer. | 03-17-2016 |
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20150227826 | PRINT INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT INSTRUCTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print instruction apparatus includes a group information acquisition unit that acquires information identifying a feeder unit included in a group including two or more feeder units, from among a plurality of feeder units mounted on a printer to feed paper sheets, where if one feeder unit in the group runs out of paper sheets during printing, another feeder unit in the same group is configured to feed paper sheets, and a display that acquires information related to a remaining amount of paper sheets each of the feeder units in the group, and displays information related to a total remaining amount of paper sheets in the group. | 08-13-2015 |
20150254541 | PRINT INSTRUCTION APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT INSTRUCTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print instruction apparatus includes a group information acquisition unit that acquires information identifying a feeder unit included in a group that includes two or more feeder units, from among feeder units arranged in a printer to feed paper sheets, and that is configured in a manner such that if one of the feeder units in the group runs out of paper sheets in a printing of the printer, another feeder unit in the group starts to feed paper sheets, and a display that acquires information related to a remaining amount of paper sheets or information related to an out-of-paper state in each of the feeder units in the group that is configured to feed paper sheets in the printing operation, and that displays information related to a feeder unit in the group that is to be replenished with paper sheets. | 09-10-2015 |
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20100194965 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus and electronic apparatus - Disclosed is a solid-state image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each including a lens, a photoelectric converter to convert incident light that passes through the lens into an electrical signal, and a waveguide provided between the lens and the photoelectric converter. The waveguide is disposed so that a center of at least a part of the waveguide on a light exit side is shifted from a main light beam that passes a center of the lens in a direction in which an area where an end portion of the waveguide on the light exit side is overlapped with the photoelectric converter is increased. | 08-05-2010 |
20100230578 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, and image pickup apparatus - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a substrate, a wiring layer, and a waveguide. The substrate is provided with a pixel array portion constituted of a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into an electrical signal. The wiring layer includes a plurality of wirings and an insulating layer that covers the plurality of wirings that are laminated above the substrate. The waveguide guides light to each of the photoelectric converters of the plurality of pixels, the waveguide being formed in the wiring layer. The waveguide is formed to have a waveguide exit end from which light exits the waveguide so that a distance between the waveguide exit end and a surface of the photoelectric converter that receives light from the waveguide become shorter, as wavelengths of light guided by the waveguide are longer. | 09-16-2010 |
20110024857 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including: a semiconductor substrate; a pixel portion which is formed on the semiconductor substrate and in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion are arranged; an insulating layer formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the photoelectric conversion portion; a hole portion formed in the insulating layer and above the photoelectric conversion portion; a silicon nitride layer formed so as to cover a bottom surface and a side surface of the hole portion; and a buried layer formed on the silicon nitride layer, wherein the silicon nitride layer is formed so as to contain a silicon nitride formed by utilizing an atomic layer deposition method. | 02-03-2011 |
20130215238 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging lens, and an image sensor array of first and second image sensor units, wherein a single first image sensor unit includes a single first microlens and a plurality of image sensors, a single second image sensor unit includes a single second microlens and a single image sensor, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each first image sensor unit passes through the first microlens and forms an image on the image sensors constituting the first image sensor unit, light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each second image sensor unit passes through the second microlens and forms an image on the image sensor constituting the second image sensor unit, an inter-unit light shielding layer is formed between the image sensor units, and a light shielding layer is not formed between the image sensor units constituting the first image sensor unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130309802 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a substrate, a wiring layer, and a waveguide. The substrate is provided with a pixel array portion constituted of a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into an electrical signal. The wiring layer includes a plurality of wirings and an insulating layer that covers the plurality of wirings that are laminated above the substrate. The waveguide guides light to each of the photoelectric converters of the plurality of pixels, the waveguide being formed in the wiring layer. The waveguide is formed to have a waveguide exit end from which light exits the waveguide so that a distance between the waveguide exit end and a surface of the photoelectric converter that receives light from the waveguide become shorter, as wavelengths of light guided by the waveguide are longer. | 11-21-2013 |
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20140300703 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method are provided, which can output stereo images that can be displayed as 3D even in any one of the case where a twin-lens camera captures images with the camera held horizontally or the case where the twin-lens camera captures images with the camera held vertically. The image processing apparatus includes an image input unit configured to receive, as input images, a left-eye image and a right-eye image which are captured from different view points, and an image-capturing angle determination unit configured to output a control signal according to an angle of a camera during image-capturing of the input images, wherein in a case where the control signal indicates a horizontally-captured image obtained by image-capturing process with a twin-lens camera held horizontally, the left-eye image and the right-eye image which are the input images are output, and in a case where the control signal indicates a vertically-captured image obtained by image-capturing process with the twin-lens camera held vertically, any one of the left-eye image and the right-eye image is input into a stereo image generation processing unit, and a left-eye image and a right-eye image are output, which are generated by causing the stereo image generation processing unit to execute 2D-3D conversion processing based on a single image. | 10-09-2014 |
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20080198402 | Communication system, image formation apparatus, controller, computer readable medium and data signal - An image formation apparatus includes a reception section, a function section, an image formation section and a power output device. The reception section is configured to be connected to a communication line over which image information and power are transmitted. The reception section receives the image information and the power transmitted over the communication line. The function section receives supply of the power received by the reception section, to function. The image formation section forms an image on a medium based on the image information received by the reception section or the function section. The power output device receives power supply from a commercial power supply. The power output device outputs power of a predetermined voltage to the image formation section. | 08-21-2008 |
20080244288 | Power supply system, management system, and computer readable medium - A power supply system includes: a first device that commands an external device to perform processing, and is configured to supply electric power to the external device; a second device that is connected to the first device through a communications line, and that performs the processing in accordance with the command received from the first device; and a request unit that requests the first device to supply to the second device an amount of electric power needed for the second device performing the processing commanded by the first device, the first device determining whether or not to supply electric power to the second device, in accordance with at least one of; (i) content of the command sent to the second device, and (ii) the amount of electric power requested by the request unit and an amount of electric power which the first device is capable of supplying. | 10-02-2008 |
20100208109 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving apparatus includes: a signal-level detecting unit detecting a signal level of an input signal; a first signal-level converting unit including amplifiers, capturing the input signal and converting a signal level of the input signal; a switching unit switching an output of a signal whose level is converted by the amplifiers; a switching control unit selecting a specific amplifier out of the amplifiers and controlling the switching unit to select an output signal from the selected amplifier; a band-pass filter allowing only a predetermined frequency band in the signal, the output of which is switched by the switching unit, to pass; a second signal-level converting unit converting a signal level of an output signal from the amplifier into a predetermined signal level; a mixer mixing the signal passed through the band-pass filter, the signal level of which is converted by the second signal-level converting unit, and an oscillation signal to generate an intermediate frequency signal; and a demodulating unit demodulating the intermediate frequency signal. | 08-19-2010 |
20120320988 | VIDEO SENDING APPARATUS, VIDEO RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO SENDING METHOD - Provided is a video sending apparatus, comprising: a compression unit configured to handle, in encoded video data encoded by pixel unit, a predetermined number of continuous pieces of pixel data as a differential-data-generating unit, the predetermined number being two or more, to cause the first piece of pixel data in the differential-data-generating unit to pass through, and to transform the pieces of pixel data other than the first piece of pixel data into pieces of differential data to thereby generate compressed video data, each of the pieces of differential data indicating a change amount from the preceding piece of pixel data in one of a positive direction and a negative direction; and a sending unit configured to send the compressed video data generated by the compression unit. | 12-20-2012 |