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20130271700 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY UNIT, AND ILLUMINATION UNIT - A light emitting device includes: a light source; an optical component including a light incident surface, the light incident surface facing the light source; and a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface, the wavelength conversion member crossing a first region and extending to a second region outside the first region, the first region being surrounded by the light incident surface and light paths of light that is emitted from the light source and enters edges of the light incident surface. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294107 | LIGHT EMITTING UNIT, DISPLAY, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - There are provided a light emitting unit that enhances the uniformity of in-plane colors, as well as a display and a lighting apparatus that include such a light emitting unit thereon. The light emitting unit includes: a plurality of light emitting sections each having a light source and a wavelength conversion member, the wavelength conversion member converting a wavelength of light emitted from the light source; an optical component having a light incident surface in opposition to the plurality of light emitting sections; and a color unevenness prevention structure suppressing direct entering of light from the light source into the optical component. | 11-07-2013 |
20150323726 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY UNIT, AND ILLUMINATION UNIT - A light emitting device includes: a light source; an optical component including a light incident surface, the light incident surface facing the light source; and a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface, the wavelength conversion member crossing a first region and extending to a second region outside the first region, the first region being surrounded by the light incident surface and light paths of light that is emitted from the light source and enters edges of the light incident surface. | 11-12-2015 |
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20140063740 | COMMUNICATION MODULE-COOLING STRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication module-cooling structure includes a main body section to be cooled by a cooling mechanism, and a heat sink including a cooling receiving section including partition walls and slit-shaped receiving spaces defined by the partition walls. The receiving spaces of the cooling receiving section receive communication modules, and each of the communication modules includes a substrate mounted with a communication circuit component thereon and first and second sidewalls which sandwich the substrate therebetween in a thickness direction of the substrate. At least one of the first and second sidewalls of each of the communication modules is in surface contact with an inner surface of each of the receiving spaces. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071632 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - A semiconductor device includes a plate shaped semiconductor package substrate, a semiconductor chip mounted on the semiconductor package substrate, a plurality of electrodes formed on a lower surface of the semiconductor package substrate, the plurality of electrodes being electrically connected to a mother board; and a connector formed at an end of the semiconductor package substrate. The connector includes a plurality of terminals to be electrically connected to a plurality of spring terminals of a mating connector which is mated in a parallel direction to the semiconductor package substrate. | 03-13-2014 |
20140086528 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE - An optical communication module includes: an optical element array; a supporting member on which the optical element array is placed; an optical member for optically coupling the optical element array and a plurality of optical fibers together; a plurality of grooves provided in the supporting member or the optical member; and a plurality of protrusions provided on the optical member or the supporting member in correspondence with the grooves respectively. The grooves and the protrusions are mated together. The grooves are provided as being widened toward their openings. The grooves and the protrusions are each provided so that a location in a width direction at which no relative locational misalignment occurs therebetween lies on a line through the center of the optical element array. The grooves and the protrusions are each provided on at least two or more different lines through the center of the optical element array. | 03-27-2014 |
20140133101 | Signal Transmission Device - A height of a signal transmission device is decreased as low as possible as maintaining or improving a cooling performance for the communication module. Ina signal transmission device provided with a communication module provided on a substrate and a cooling mechanism for cooling the communication module, the cooling mechanism includes: a heat-transfer plate including a first region which overlaps with bottom surfaces of a plurality of the communication modules and is thermally connected to the bottom surfaces and a second region which does not overlap with the bottom surfaces of the communication modules; and a heat-release fin provided in the second region of the heat-transfer plate. | 05-15-2014 |
20140140011 | Signal Transmission Device - Thermal connection between a plurality of communication modules and a heatsink placed on these communication modules is securely achieved and maintained. In a signal transmission device in which a common heatsink is arranged on a plurality of communication modules equipped on a board, the signal transmission device has a coil spring provided between the board and the communication modules, and the communication modules are biased toward the heatsink by the coil spring so that an upper surface of the communication module is pressed against a bottom surface of the heatsink. | 05-22-2014 |
20150053453 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CABLE - In a differential signal transmission cable, a surface of a skin layer is partially provided with shield conductors disposed at respective equidistant portions spaced apart in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which two signal conductors are arranged, the equidistant portions each being distant by the same distance from axial centers of the signal conductors. On the surface of the skin layer, the shield conductors are not provided in areas located in the direction in which the signal conductors are arranged, and spaces are created in these areas. | 02-26-2015 |
20150162113 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL CABLE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A differential signal cable is composed of two inner conductors, an insulator, which covers the two inner conductors separately or together, and an outer conductor, which covers a circumference of the insulator. When measured in a cable length of 1 m, an effective capacitance difference ΔX represented by Formula (1) below is not greater than 0.2 percent of an average value C of capacitances of the two inner conductors, | 06-11-2015 |
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20130033824 | DISPLAY DEVICE CABINET - In a display device cabinet, a fixing assembly to join a front panel and a rear panel include a first fixing mechanism that uses attachment screws and a second fixing mechanism that uses no attachment screws, which have a structure that prevents the application of excessive force to engaging openings and protrusions during the assembly process and disassembly process. The second fixing mechanism includes protrusions on an edge frame of the front panel, a mating piece provided on the rear panel, engaging openings provided in the mating piece, and rib-shaped plates defining stopper elements between the edge frame and the outer frame of the display module. The stopper elements prevent the protrusions from slipping out of the engaging openings by contacting the outer frame. The stopper elements are shaped to prevent interference between the stopper elements and the outer frame during cabinet assembly. | 02-07-2013 |
20130093959 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a light source portion, a first heat radiation member for radiating heat generated by the light source portion, a rear housing covering the first heat radiation member in a state in contact with the first heat radiation member, and a cover member covering a rear surface of the rear housing so that the rear surface of the rear housing is partially exposed outward. The first heat radiation member is arranged on a region corresponding to a region of the rear housing exposed outward from the cover member as viewed from the side of the rear surface. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093961 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a presser member consisting of an elastic member held between the inner surface of a front housing and the front surface of a display cell portion in a state contactable with both of the inner surface of the front housing and the front surface of the display cell portion thereby pressing an edge portion on the front surface side of the display cell portion on a non-bezelled portion provided with no bezel for holding the display cell portion in the edge portion of the display cell portion. | 04-18-2013 |
20130107127 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION | 05-02-2013 |
20130107135 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION | 05-02-2013 |
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20130089296 | MULTI-MODE OPTICAL FIBER - The present invention relates to a multi-mode optical fiber having a structure enabling stable production and broadening of communication bandwidth as compared with the conventional structures. The multi-mode optical fiber has a core with a diameter | 04-11-2013 |
20130129291 | MULTI-MODE OPTICAL FIBER - The present invention relates to a multi-mode optical fiber having a structure which can be produced with good stability with a communication bandwidth broader than that in the conventional structures, and in which both GeO | 05-23-2013 |
20130243379 | MULTI-MODE OPTICAL FIBER - The present invention relates to a GI-type multi-mode optical fiber in which the outer diameter 2a of a core is 47.5 to 52.5 μm or 60 to 65 μm. In the multi-mode optical fiber, stress in the optical axis direction remaining in an outermost peripheral portion of the cladding is tensile stress of 0 to 25 MPa, the outermost peripheral portion of the cladding being defined as a region having a diameter of 1.8b or more when the diameter of the cladding is 2b. | 09-19-2013 |
20130302000 | MULTI-MODE OPTICAL FIBER - The present invention relates to a GI-type multi-mode optical fiber in which the outer diameter of the core is 47.5 to 52.5 μm or 60 to 65 μm, or to a bend resistant multi-mode optical fiber provided with resistance against property fluctuation caused by the bending of the multi-mode optical fiber by providing a trench portion having a low refractive index at the outer periphery of the core. In the multi-mode optical fiber, both the maximum tensile stress and the maximum compressive stress in the optical axis direction remaining in the core are 50 MPa or less. | 11-14-2013 |
20140140673 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM, AND OPTICAL FIBER - The present invention relates to a preform manufacturing method and others for effectively reducing variation in refractive index due to chlorine used in manufacture of an optical fiber preform. The manufacturing method includes a dechlorination step carried out between a point of an end time of a dehydration step and a point of a start time of a sintering step, the dechlorination step being a step of heating a porous preform after dehydrated, in an atmosphere containing no chlorine-based dehydrating agent, for a given length of time while maintaining a temperature lower than a sintering temperature, thereby removing chlorine from the porous preform after dehydrated. | 05-22-2014 |
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20140311159 | VARIABLE NOZZLE MECHANISM - A variable nozzle mechanism applied to a turbocharger includes a pair of annular plates located between a scroll passage and a turbine chamber such that the plates are apart from each other in a direction along an axis; a coupling portion which couples the plates; a plurality of variable nozzles which are provided between the plates so as to open and close, and which change a flow speed of exhaust gas blown onto a turbine wheel when an opening degree of the variable nozzles is changed; and an urging portion which urges the plates in the direction along the axis to press one of the plates against a contacted object. The one of the plates includes a contact face which is in contact with the contacted object, and the contact face is located on an action line along which an urging force of the urging portion acts. | 10-23-2014 |
20150020783 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A second recirculation passage recirculates blow-by gas at an upstream section, which is upstream of an impeller of a turbocharger in an intake passage. A first passage branches and extends from a downstream section, which is downstream of the impeller in the intake passage. A second passage that forms part of the second recirculation passage connects the first passage and the upstream section to each other. A third passage, which is provided separately from the second passage, connects the first passage and the upstream section to each other. A change mechanism changes, in different manners, the flow rate of compressed gas recirculating to the upstream section through the second passage, and the flow rate of compressed gas recirculating to the upstream section through the third passage. | 01-22-2015 |
20150240871 | BEARING STRUCTURE OF TURBO CHARGER - A bearing structure of a turbo charger is provided. The turbo charger includes a semi-float bearing, a rotary shaft. The semi-float bearing is cylindrical and mounted in the bearing housing. The rotary shaft passes through the semi-float bearing and is supported rotatably by the semi-float bearing. The bearing structure includes a slinger wall and a projecting portion. The slinger wall is provided on the rotary shaft so that it is opposed to an end face in the axial direction of the semi-float bearing. The projecting portion projects from at least one of the slinger wall or the end face to the other. The projecting portion is provided in an annular shape along the circumferential direction of the semi-float bearing. The projecting portion includes a cutout portion that links the inner circumferential face side of the semi-float bearing with the outer circumferential face side thereof. | 08-27-2015 |
20150354359 | TURBOCHARGER IMPELLER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, TURBOCHARGER, AND TURBOCHARGER UNIT - A turbocharger impeller is provided with a hub portion with a plurality of vane portions extending outwardly thereof. The hub portion is substantially shaped as a truncated cone with a diameter that gradually increases along a rotation axis. The vane portions are formed on a surface of the hub portion and guide a fluid flowing along the rotation axis radially outward relative to the hub portion. Grooves are formed in and/or on surfaces of the vane portions along a direction of the fluid flowing radially outward during rotation of the impeller. Protruding crest portions are formed between adjacent grooves. Crest portions in a central region near the rotation axis are lower in height than crest portions in an outer region further away from the rotation axis. | 12-10-2015 |
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20140295941 | GAME SYSTEM, SERVER SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A game system includes a game processing section that performs a process that implements a game that utilizes a moving object, the moving object moving in a game space based on operation information, a restoration processing section that performs a restoration process that restores the moving object that has reached an unable-to-continue state when it has become unable to continue to play the game that utilizes the moving object, the moving object being restored at a restoration point in the game space that has been selected by a player, and a charging section. The charging section performs a charging process that causes a charge to differ corresponding to the restoration point selected by the player. | 10-02-2014 |
20150080083 | GAME SYSTEM, SERVER SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A game system includes a game processing section that performs a game process, a lottery processing section that sets a lottery range that specifies a range of items among a plurality of items used during the game process that are subjected to a lottery process, and selects an item from the items that belong to the lottery range by performing the lottery process, and an item acquisition processing section that performs a process that allows a player to acquire the selected item. Information about the plurality of items has a data structure in which the plurality of items are linked to have a parent-child relationship. The lottery processing section sets the lottery range so that a child item is included within the lottery range when a parent item has been set to an acquired state or an acquirable state, and changes the set lottery range based on given information. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080127 | GAME SYSTEM, SERVER SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A game system includes a game processing section that performs a process that implements a game, a data link processing section that determines that a data link activation condition has been satisfied when a data link start positional relationship has been established between a moving object and another moving object, and performs a process that produces a data link effect that changes at least one of the radar-related capability of the moving object and the performance of the moving object, and a display processing section that performs a display process that displays a display object that notifies a player of information about a data link. The data link processing section performs a process that prohibits production of the data link effect during at least one of a given first period after the game has started, and a given second period after production of the data link effect has been canceled. | 03-19-2015 |
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20120066470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING MEMORY TO A PIPELINE - A method, and associated system, for allocating memory to a first pipeline that includes a sequence of filters. Each filter is configured to execute a process specific to each filter, receive input data, and generate output data. The output data from each filter, except the last filter in the sequence, serves as the input data to the next filter in the sequence. An optimum memory capacity is allocated to the first pipeline if possible. Otherwise, a guaranteed memory bandwidth is allocated to the first pipeline if possible. Otherwise, extra memory currently allocated to a second pipeline is currently released if the second pipeline not currently performing processing or subsequently released when the second pipeline subsequently completes performing processing that is currently being performed, followed by allocating the extra memory to the first pipeline. | 03-15-2012 |
20120323633 | SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOLUTION - A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for providing an integrated solution to a set of supply chain optimization problems. In one embodiment, the method comprises defining a distribution network, vehicle routing, inventory positioning, and environmental sustainability for a supply chain; and combining an optimization of the distribution network, the vehicle routing, the inventory positioning, and the environmental sustainability into a single problem. In an embodiment, the optimization of the distribution network, the vehicle routing, the inventory positioning, and the environmental sustainability are combined into a single problem by using analytical engines. In one embodiment, these analytical engines include an inventory positioning engine to identify an inventory policy, a network analysis engine to identify a network structure, a vehicle routing engine to identify routes for delivering products, and a sustainability engine to quantify energy use and carbon emissions of defined actions. | 12-20-2012 |
20130082877 | DETECTION OF A POSITION OF AN OBJECT - A method and associated system for estimating a position of an object. A radio wave is received from each radio frequency identification (RFID) tag of N RFID tags affixed to the object at different positions at the object (N≧2). A position of each RFID tag is detected from the received radio waves. A position of each RFID tag is estimated from analysis of the detected positions. The estimating includes utilizing, for n=1, 2, . . . , N, a specified probability function P(′p | 04-04-2013 |
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20150268265 | IMPACT DETECTION CIRCUIT, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MOVING OBJECT, AND IMPACT DETECTION METHOD - An impact detection circuit includes a first detection section adapted to detect presence or absence of an impact input based on a first output signal as an output signal in a first detection axis of an inertial sensor having the first detection axis and a second detection axis different from each other, a second detection section adapted to detect presence or absence of an impact input based on a second output signal as an output signal in the second detection axis, and an impact detection determination section adapted to determine that an impact input has been made in a case in which both of the first detection section and the second detection section have detected the presence of the impact input. | 09-24-2015 |
20150276790 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, SENSOR UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MOVING OBJECT, AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION METHOD - A physical quantity sensor includes a physical quantity sensor element and an IC connected to the physical quantity sensor element. The IC includes an analog power supply circuit that is switched to enable or disable, a signal processing unit to which a voltage is supplied from the analog power supply circuit and which processes a signal from the physical quantity sensor element, and a control circuit that sets the analog power supply circuit to enable within a processing period based on an external trigger and makes the signal processing unit process a physical quantity signal from the physical quantity sensor element intermittently for every processing period. | 10-01-2015 |
20150276853 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MOVING OBJECT, AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - A physical quantity detecting sensor includes a physical quantity detecting sensor element and an IC connected to the physical quantity detecting sensor element. The IC includes: a logic circuit; an analog circuit; a first regulator that supplies a logic power supply voltage generated based on a power supply voltage to the logic circuit; a second regulator that is switched to enable or disable and supplies an analog power supply voltage, which is generated based on the power supply voltage when the second regulator is set to enable, to the analog circuit; and a switch for supplying the logic power supply voltage to the analog circuit when the second regulator is set to disable. | 10-01-2015 |
20150301074 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING CIRCUIT, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MOVING OBJECT, AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY MEASUREMENT DATA GENERATION METHOD - A physical quantity detecting circuit includes a detection signal generation section adapted to generate a detection signal corresponding to a physical quantity at a first rate based on an output signal of an inertial sensor, an arithmetic processing section adapted to perform arithmetic processing based on the detection signal, a measurement data holding section adapted to hold measurement data based on the detection signal, and a measurement completion flag generation section adapted to generate and then output a measurement completion flag at a second rate lower than the first rate. | 10-22-2015 |
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20120249809 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING THE LENS APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes: a switch for switching between single and plural modes for using lens apparatus singularly and plurally, respectively; a communication unit to communicate with external device; a unit to set all elements to first state in single mode and set the respective elements to second or third state in plural mode; a control source output unit to output, for each state of the elements, control source information for determining a control command to drive the element; and a unit to determine a command for controlling drive of the elements based on the control source information determined by the control source output portion, wherein in the second state, control commands for corresponding elements are output to other lens apparatuses through the communication unit, and in the third state, the control source output portion outputs control source information different from that in the first and second states. | 10-04-2012 |
20140292311 | POSITION DETECTOR - A position detector detecting a position of a movable member relative to a fixed member, including: a signal detector detecting periodic signals each indicating a predetermined value for the position of the movable member; a signal processor generating displacement signals based on the detected periodic signals and switching the generated displacement signals in a predetermined cycle to sequentially output the displacement signals; a position calculator calculating the position of the movable member based on a first signal group of the displacement signals; and a movement amount calculator calculating a movement amount of the movable member within the predetermined cycle by using a second signal group contained in the first signal group formed by obtaining the same displacement signal at different times. The position calculator calculates the position of the movable member based on the first signal group and the movement amount. | 10-02-2014 |
20150070760 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING THE LENS APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes: a switch for switching between single and plural modes for using lens apparatus singularly and plurally, respectively; a communication unit to communicate with external device; a unit to set all elements to first state in single mode and set the respective elements to second or third state in plural mode; a control source output unit to output, for each state of the elements, control source information for determining a control command to drive the element; and a unit to determine a command for controlling drive of the elements based on the control source information determined by the control source output portion, wherein in the second state, control commands for corresponding elements are output to other lens apparatuses through the communication unit, and in the third state, the control source output portion outputs control source information different from that in the first and second states. | 03-12-2015 |
20150115142 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a position detecting apparatus, including: a scale including pattern arrays formed in different cycles in a movement direction; an obtaining unit configured to obtain signals in accordance with a the plurality of pattern arrays; a phase calculator configured to calculate a phase of signals; a synchronism calculator configured to calculate a relative positional relationship between the obtaining unit and the scale by performing synchronism calculation of the phases calculated by the phase calculator; a synchronization error calculator configured to calculate a synchronization error in the synchronism calculation; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the synchronism calculation is normal by comparing the synchronization error and a predetermined threshold value with each other. | 04-30-2015 |
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20120218647 | IMAGING LENS UNIT - A compact low-cost imaging lens unit for a solid-state image sensor which corrects various aberrations adequately and produces a high-resolution high-definition image. The components of the unit are arranged from an object side to an image side in the following order: an aperture stop, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens with negative refractive power having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a third lens with negative refractive power having a convex surface facing the object side near the optical axis, a fourth lens as a meniscus lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface facing the image side near the optical axis; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis. | 08-30-2012 |
20130182339 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS - A wide-angle image pickup lens having small F-value, high resolution, and small distortion is provided. The image pickup lens is configured from, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side, an aperture stop, a second lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power with a concave surface facing the object side, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power with a concave surface facing the image side. | 07-18-2013 |
20140002909 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS | 01-02-2014 |
20140376110 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS - An image pickup lens includes an aperture stop, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second meniscus lens having a concave image-side surface, a third meniscus lens having a convex image-side surface, a fourth meniscus lens having a concave object-side surface near an optical axis, and a fifth meniscus lens having a concave image-side surface near the optical axis, wherein the image-side surface of the fourth lens has an aspherical shape in which a positive refractive power weakens toward the periphery, and wherein the following conditional expressions (1) and (7) are satisfied: | 12-25-2014 |
20150138651 | IMAGING LENS - A compact low-cost imaging lens which provides high brightness with an F-value of 2.5 or less and a wide field of view and corrects aberrations properly, meeting the demand for low-profile design. The imaging lens elements are arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side: an aperture stop; a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on each of the object and image sides; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface on each of the object and image sides; a fourth lens with negative refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens. The imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression (1) below: | 05-21-2015 |
20150146306 | IMAGING LENS - A compact low-cost imaging lens which provides brightness with an F-value of 2.5 or less and a wide field of view and corrects aberrations properly, meeting the demand for low-profileness. The imaging lens elements are arranged in order from an object side, an aperture stop, positive first lens having convex object-side and image-side surfaces, negative meniscus second lens having a concave image-side surface, positive third lens having at least one aspheric surface, positive double-sided aspheric fourth lens, and negative double-sided aspheric fifth lens having concave object-side and image-side surfaces with its image-side surface having a pole-change point off the axis. It satisfies conditional expressions below: | 05-28-2015 |
20150277086 | IMAGING LENS - A compact low-priced imaging lens which offers a field of view of about 180 degrees and high optical performance. The imaging lens for a solid-state image sensor includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and an aspheric image-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave surface on the image side; a third lens with positive refractive power; an aperture stop; and a fourth lens with positive refractive power. The first and second lenses are made of plastic material. The imaging lens satisfies conditional expressions (1) and (2) below: | 10-01-2015 |
20150293331 | IMAGING LENS - A compact low-cost imaging lens with an F-value of 2.5 or less which achieves both low-profileness and a wide field of view and corrects various aberrations properly. It includes elements arranged from an object side to an image side as follows: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface; a third lens with positive refractive power having convex object-side and image-side surfaces and having at least one aspheric surface; a fourth lens with positive refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface. The imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression 20<νd1−νd2<50, where νd1 denotes Abbe number of the first lens at d-ray, and νd2 denotes Abbe number of the second lens at d-ray. | 10-15-2015 |
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20130003195 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a positive first lens; a negative second lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to an object side near an optical axis; a positive third lens; a negative fourth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a concave surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis; a negative fifth lens with a meniscus lens shape directing a convex surface thereof to the object side near the optical axis, arranged in this order from the object side. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions when the first lens has a focal length f | 01-03-2013 |
20130057973 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive and the second lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are positive. The third lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface is positive, and the fifth lens is formed so that a curvature radius of an object-side surface and a curvature radius of an image plane-side surface are both positive. An Abbe's number from the first and the third to the fifth lens is greater than 45, and an Abbe's number of the second lens is less than 35. | 03-07-2013 |
20130279024 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a stop; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface, curvature radii of which are both negative. The second lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface, curvature radii of which are both positive. The third lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface, curvature radii of which are both negative. The fourth lens has an object-side surface, a curvature of which is positive. | 10-24-2013 |
20140118846 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens has object-side and image plane-side surfaces with positive curvature radii. The second lens has object-side and image plane-side surfaces with positive curvature radii. The third lens has an object-side surface with a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface with a negative curvature radius. The fourth lens has an object-side surface with a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface with a negative curvature radius. The fifth lens has object-side and image plane-side surfaces with negative curvature radii. The first to fifth lenses have specific Abbe's numbers to satisfy specific conditions. The fifth lens has a specific focal length to satisfy specific conditions. | 05-01-2014 |
20140153116 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a stop; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an image plane-side surface having a positive curvature radius. The second lens has an image plane-side surface having negative curvature radius. The third lens has an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius. The fourth lens has an object-side surface having a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius. The first lens has a specific focal length and a specific Abbe's number to satisfy specific conditional expressions. | 06-05-2014 |
20140240853 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes an object-side lens group having positive refractive power; an aperture stop; and an image plane-side lens group having positive refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The object-side lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power. The image plane-side lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power. The first lens has an aspheric shape to have negative refractive power increasing toward a lens periphery from an optical axis, and has a surface on the object side having a positive curvature radius. The first to third lenses have specific focal lengths to satisfy specific conditions. The first to fifth lenses have specific Abbe's numbers to satisfy specific conditions. | 08-28-2014 |
20140320984 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, the second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, and the fourth lens and the fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied: | 10-30-2014 |
20150029602 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having negative refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens respectively have an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface whose curvature radii are both positive. The second lens has an image plane-side surface whose a curvature radius is negative. In addition, when the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the curvature radius of the image plane-side surface of the second lens is R2r, and the curvature radius of the object-side surface of the third lens is R3f, the imaging lens satisfies specific conditional expressions. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029603 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens have object-side surfaces and image plane-side surfaces, curvature radii of which are both positive. When the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the first lens has a focal length f1, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: | 01-29-2015 |
20150146307 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens having object-side and image plane-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The fifth lens has a shape so that a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of the surface thereof on the image plane side are positive. The second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens are arranged so that a specific conditional expression is satisfied. | 05-28-2015 |
20150177488 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens; and a fourth lens arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an image plane-side surface having a positive curvature radius. The first lens has a specific focal length to satisfy a specific conditional expression. | 06-25-2015 |
20150198787 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens having positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The fourth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the object side thereof has a negative curvature radius. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface on the image plane side thereof has a positive curvature radius. The first to third lenses have specific Abbe's numbers. | 07-16-2015 |
20150198791 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens having positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens having positive refractive power and a seventh lens having negative refractive power. The first to third lenses and the sixth to seventh lenses have specific Abbe's numbers. | 07-16-2015 |
20150226940 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens. The second lens has a surface on the object side formed in an aspheric shape. The first to fifth lenses are formed of materials having specific Abbe's numbers to satisfy specific conditions. | 08-13-2015 |
20150247990 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens having positive refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens having positive refractive power and a fifth lens having positive refractive power. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first to fifth lenses have specific Abbe's numbers. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247991 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the object side has a negative curvature radius, and a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The first to third lenses have specific Abbe's numbers. The second and third lenses have specific focal lengths. | 09-03-2015 |
20150268448 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The second lens group includes a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The third lens group includes a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The first to third lenses have specific Abbe's numbers. | 09-24-2015 |
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20130099768 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A control circuit includes: a first switching device that includes a source, a gate, and a drain; a negative voltage generating circuit that generates, from a pulse width modulation signal that controls the gate of the first switching device, a negative potential voltage which is equal to or smaller than a threshold of the first switching device; a gate control circuit that outputs a signal obtained by shifting a level of the pulse width modulation signal by an amount equal to the negative potential voltage to the gate of the first switching device; a second switching device that is disposed on a side of the drain of the first switching device; and a negative voltage detecting circuit that outputs a signal for turning ON the second switching device upon detecting that the negative potential voltage generated by the negative voltage generating circuit has reached a predetermined negative potential. | 04-25-2013 |
20130322129 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT - This is an insulation-type power factor correction circuit including a resonance unit configured to accumulate energy of a surge occurring when the first switching element is turned off and to transmit a resonance current generated by resonating the first capacitor and the primary winding of the second transformer from the primary winding of the second transformer to the secondary winding, a rectifier unit configured to rectify a resonance current output from the resonance unit, a smoothing unit configured to regenerate power output from the rectifier unit to an output of the insulation-type power factor correction circuit, and a control unit configured to control a first switching element for each cycle. | 12-05-2013 |
20140153288 | DC-DC CONVERTER WITH LC RESONANCE CIRCUIT - A DC-DC converter includes a capacitor configured to be charged for a predetermined period by an external voltage, an inductor configured to constitute an LC resonance circuit together with the capacitor, a closed-loop current path configured to release energy accumulated in the capacitor after the predetermined period to cause a current flowing in the LC resonance circuit to oscillate, a transformer configured to receive a current flowing in the closed-loop current path, and a rectifying circuit situated on an output side of the transformer. | 06-05-2014 |
20140169051 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes: a first serial circuit coupled between a first output terminal and a second output terminal, and including a first switching element and a first rectification element; a second serial circuit coupled between the first output terminal and the second output terminal, and including a second switching element and a second rectification element; a third switching element inserted between a connection point between a first inductor and a first input terminal, and a second output terminal; a fourth switching element inserted between a connection point between a second inductor and a second input terminal, and the second output terminal; a control circuit configured to control the first and second switching elements; and a synchronous rectification control circuit configured to control the third and fourth switching elements. | 06-19-2014 |
20140232365 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A control device includes: a power supply circuit that controls output voltage using a switching element; a generation unit that generates a reference signal on the basis of the output voltage from the power supply circuit; a PWM unit that generates a PWM signal that is output to the switching element by comparing the reference signal with a carrier signal; and a switching unit that switches a frequency of the carrier signal by changing amplitude of the carrier signal, wherein the generation unit generates the reference signal on the basis of the frequency. | 08-21-2014 |
20150084607 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus includes a power supply section and a control section. The power supply section includes a first switch which performs switching of power-supply output, an inductor and a capacitor which form an LC circuit that resonates current flowing through the first switch, and a second switch which changes capacitance of the capacitor. The control section finds in advance a correspondence between a time ratio of a switching pulse of the first switch and a resonance frequency which matches an edge of a switching pulse having each time ratio, and controls switching of the second switch so as to resonate the LC circuit at a resonance frequency corresponding to a time ratio at operation time. | 03-26-2015 |
20150138851 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A PFC circuit generates substantially sinusoidal current that is in-phase with AC input voltage to compensate for a power factor. A DC-DC converter converts the voltage of a signal outputted from the PFC circuit to determined voltage. A current change detection section detects an amount of change in current outputted from the DC-DC converter, compares the detected amount of change in current with a threshold set in advance, and if the detected amount of change in current is larger than the threshold, outputs a gain switching signal for raising the gain of voltage outputted from the PFC circuit. The current change detection section outputs a voltage control signal for raising the voltage outputted from the PFC circuit to a determined value. A voltage setting section sets the voltage outputted from the PFC circuit to the determined value on the basis of the voltage control signal. | 05-21-2015 |
20150155792 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - First FET switches control supply of electricity from an external power supply to a primary winding of a transformer. A condenser is connected, in series, to a secondary winding of the transformer. A second FET switch is connected, in parallel, to the secondary winding and the condenser. The diode is connected, in parallel, to the second FET switch. A switch control unit acquires a value obtained by measuring a current flowing through the first FET switches and the second FET switch and controls, on the basis of the measurement result of the current, conduction of the first FET switches and the second FET switch. | 06-04-2015 |
20150188534 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a first field-effect transistor configured to have a source connected to a reference potential node; a second field-effect transistor configured to have a source connected to a drain of the first field-effect transistor, and a gate connected to the source of the first field-effect transistor; a gate signal node configured to input a gate signal therein; a first resistor configured to be connected between the gate signal node and a gate of the first field-effect transistor; and a first capacitor and a switch circuit configured to be connected between a drain of the second field-effect transistor and the gate of the first field-effect transistor, in which the switch circuit is connected in series with the first capacitor. | 07-02-2015 |
20150200050 | INDUCTOR APPARATUS AND INDUCTOR APPARATUS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An inductor apparatus includes: a substrate including an electrical insulation property and a non-magnetic material; and a plurality of inductors disposed in the substrate so as to extend from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate, each of the plurality of inductors including: an inductor conductive part that has an electrical conductivity and extends in a thickness direction of the substrate; and a magnetic layer that covers a side of the inductor conductive part and include a relative permeability and a soft magnetic material. | 07-16-2015 |
20150236590 | SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD OF SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION CONVERTER - A synchronous rectification converter includes: a first switching element coupled between a inductor and an input terminal; a second switching element coupled between the inductor and the input terminal; a capacitive element coupled between the other end of the inductor and the other end of the input terminal; a control circuit detects voltages of the inductor and the capacitive element; a current inversion detection circuit detects inversion of a direction in which a current supplied from the second switching element to the inductor flows and outputs an inversion signal; a delay circuit delays the inversion signal and outputs a delay inversion signal; a synchronous rectification reset circuit that changes the control signal; a load detector detects reduction of an output current supplied from a connection node of the inductor and the capacitive element; and a delay control circuit generates a delay control signal. | 08-20-2015 |
20150256101 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes: a rectifying circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a capacitor configured to integrate an output current of the rectifying circuit; a field effect transistor connected between the rectifying circuit and the capacitor; and a control circuit configured to supply a first gate voltage to a gate of the field effect transistor when a voltage of the capacitor is lower than a threshold value and supply a second gate voltage to the gate of the field effect transistor when the voltage of the capacitor is higher than the threshold value, wherein a resistance of the field effect transistor when the first gate voltage is supplied is higher than a resistance of the field effect transistor when the second gate voltage is supplied. | 09-10-2015 |
20150302972 | PLANAR TYPE TRANSFORMER AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A planar type transformer includes: a multilayer substrate including a primary main winding pattern and a secondary main winding pattern that perform first power transmission, the primary main winding pattern and the secondary main winding pattern being stacked with an insulating layer interposed between the primary main winding pattern and the secondary main winding pattern; and an auxiliary winding that is disposed outside the multilayer substrate and performs second power transmission between the auxiliary winding and the primary main winding pattern or the secondary main winding pattern. | 10-22-2015 |
20150346788 | CONTROL DEVICE, DC-DC CONVERTER, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A control device includes a processor that executes a process including generating a driving signal that drives a switching device, so that an output voltage of a converter circuit that performs a step-down conversion on input power by driving the switching device matches a target value, and modifying the target value so that as an output current of the converter circuit becomes lower the output voltage becomes closer to an upper limit value of the output voltage. | 12-03-2015 |
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20140091753 | GATEWAY APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE SYSTEM - A gateway apparatus includes a managing unit, an assigning unit, a receiving unit, a generating unit and a transmitting unit. The managing unit manages at least one storage battery group including a set of one or more storage battery systems selected from a plurality of storage battery systems. The assigning unit assigns a first storage battery group, which is one of the at least one storage battery group, to a first charge/discharge instruction apparatus. The receiving unit receives an instruction related to charge or discharge from the first charge/discharge instruction apparatus. The generating unit generates a first control order that is a control order for the storage battery systems belonging to the first storage battery group, based on the instruction. The transmitting unit transmits the first control order to the storage battery systems belonging to the first storage battery group. | 04-03-2014 |
20140288718 | POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICE, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COOPERATIVE CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to some embodiments, there is provided a power electronics device including: a controlling unit, a determining unit, a confirming unit and a determining unit. The controlling unit performs surveillance/control concerning an input/output of power to a power line with other power electronics devices connected via the power line. The determining unit determines a master device which is a subject of the surveillance/control and a slave device which is controlled by the master device, based on power characteristic information of the other power electronics devices from among the other power electronics devices and the power electronics device. The confirming unit confirms whether the master device and the slave device determined by the determining unit are matched with the master device and the slave device determined by the other power electronics devices. The determining unit permits a start of the surveillance/control when matching is determined by the confirming unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288719 | POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICE, POWER CONNECTION INSPECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a power electronics device including: a connection unit connected to a first power line; a communication unit; at least one unit of an electricity change unit and an electricity detection unit; and a control unit. The communication unit performs communication with other power electronics devices. The electricity change unit changes an energization state of the first power line and the electricity detection unit detects a change in the energization state of the first power line. The control unit specifies a power electronics device connected to the first power line out of the other power electronics devices using the communication unit and said at least one unit of the electricity change unit and the electricity detection unit. | 09-25-2014 |