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20120023267 | REPEATER DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A repeater device connected to source and sink devices includes: an input terminal receiving transmission data supplied from the source device; relay means for relaying the transmission data; an output terminal outputting the transmission data relayed by the relay means to the sink device; control means for setting an operating mode of a limited state where a dynamic function of causing a superficial dynamic change and allowing a user to visually confirm the superficial dynamic change is deactivated and only a static function of not causing the superficial dynamic change is activated in response to a user's predetermined operation even when the source and sink device are connected to each other in a controllable state; and switch means for switching activated and deactivated states of a connecting line to the sink device by controlling the ON and OFF states. | 01-26-2012 |
20120033129 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVING APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVING METHOD - A transmission and receiving apparatus includes: a receiving section receiving a content signal conforming to a predetermined transmission standard, and restoring a video signal included in the content signal to output the video signal; a video-signal processing section performing predetermined processing on the video signal output from the receiving section; a selection section selecting either a signal path allowing the video signal to go through the video-signal processing section or a signal path not allowing the video signal to go through the video-signal processing section; and a transmission section converting the video signal having gone through the signal path selected by the selection section into a content signal conforming to the predetermined transmission standard, and transmitting the content signal. | 02-09-2012 |
20120320275 | CONTENT REPRODUCING DEVICE AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - A content reproducing device includes: an input unit connected to a source side via a content transmission channel for transmitting a content and a control signal transmission channel for transmitting an address representing a physical connection relation of a device; an output unit connected to a sink side via a content transmission channel for transmitting a content and a control signal transmission channel for transmitting an address representing a physical connection relation of a device; and a switch provided between the input and output units and assuming one of a first connection state of connecting between the input and output units and a second connection state of connecting the input unit and a content reproducing unit, the device acquiring the address at the sink side in the first connection state, and setting the acquired address as the address provided to the source side in the second connection state. | 12-20-2012 |
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20130222677 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit which captures a plurality of images having different in-focus positions; a defocus amount calculating unit which calculates a defocus amount of an image captured by the image capturing unit; a filtering unit which performs filtering on an original image according to the defocus amount calculated by the defocus amount calculating unit; and a displacement amount detecting unit which detects a displacement amount between the images having different in-focus positions using the image on which filtering was performed by the filtering unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20140072179 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH DETECTION OF MOTION VECTOR BETWEEN IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus that is capable of improving the alignment accuracy by detecting a motion vector accurately even if there is a low contrast region or a repeating pattern region. A division unit divides each of inputted images into blocks of a predetermined size. A first determination unit determines whether contrast in a block is less than a predetermined contrast for each of the blocks. A size changing unit changes the size of the block concerned when the first determination unit determines that the block concerned is low contrast. A motion vector detection unit detects a motion vector by comparing images in each pair of corresponding blocks between the images. | 03-13-2014 |
20140130871 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a photoelectric conversion element with high photoelectric conversion efficiency, whose light absorption efficiency, charge separation efficiency, and charge transport efficiency are at high level, and a method for efficiently manufacturing the photoelectric conversion element. A photoelectric conversion element has an anode, a cathode opposed to the anode, and an organic film disposed between the anode and the cathode and containing a liquid-crystalline conjugated block polymer. A method of manufacturing the above mentioned photoelectric conversion element has the step of, (1) preparing an organic film forming composition containing the liquid-crystalline conjugated block polymer; (2) forming the one electrode and a coating film using the composition on it; (3) heat treating the coating film within a temperature range in a liquid-crystalline state so as to obtain an organic film; and (4) forming the other electrode which is not formed in the step (2) above the organic film. | 05-15-2014 |
20140147362 | Shift Catalyst, Gas Purification Method and Equipment of Coal Gasifier Plant - A gas purification method is disclosed for a coal gasifier plant, with which energy loss accompanying recovery of CO | 05-29-2014 |
20140171593 | FLUORINATED BLOCK COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT - A fluorinated block copolymer having R | 06-19-2014 |
20140240896 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A multilayer ceramic composition showing good characteristics, even when electric intensity on dielectric layers is high and a stacked number of a multilayer ceramic capacitor is increased, and an electronic device thereof. Said composition comprises: a perovskite compound ABO | 08-28-2014 |
20140267841 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS GRADATION CORRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus capable of reducing processing load by determining whether or not to perform gradation correction, according to a difference or a ratio between feature values of object areas, and generating an excellent image by performing gradation correction. An image dividing section divides an input image into a plurality of predetermined object areas. A feature value calculation section and a determination section compare the feature values indicative of features of the respective object areas, obtain a luminance level difference, and determine whether or not the difference is within a predetermined range. When the difference is within the predetermined range, an image processing section and a system controller perform area-by-area tone mapping on respective images of the areas to form a synthesized image. | 09-18-2014 |
20150060970 | Semiconductor Device Including Contact Plugs And Conductive Layers Thereon - Disclosed herein is a device that includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating layer over a surface of the semiconductor substrate; first and second contact plugs each including side and upper surfaces, the side surfaces of the first and second contact plugs being surrounded by the first insulating film, the upper surfaces of the first and second contact plugs being substantially on the same plane with an upper surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer over the first insulating layer; a first conductive layer including a bottom portion on the first contact plug and a side portion surrounded by the second insulating layer; a third insulating layer over the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer on the second contact plug, apart of a side surface of the second conductive layer being surrounded by both the second and third insulating layers. | 03-05-2015 |