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20090080874 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, there is provided photographic apparatus which has image acquisition unit, image processing unit configured to process the image data acquired by image acquisition unit, display unit configured to display the image represented by the imaged data processed by image processing unit, attitude detection unit configured to detect the attitude of photographic apparatus and outputs attitude information, and control unit configured to controls image acquisition unit, image processing unit and display unit. The control unit outputs, to display unit, an inclination reference image that enables a user to visually perceive how much an image photographed when photographic apparatus actually inclines is inclined to an image photographed when photographic apparatus does not incline at all. The control unit controls the density of the inclination reference image, increasing the density when the inclination of photographic apparatus is large, and decreasing the density when the inclination is small. | 03-26-2009 |
20110019979 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video. | 01-27-2011 |
20110115948 | CAMERA APPARATUS WITH MAGNIFIED PLAYBACK FEATURES - An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position. | 05-19-2011 |
20110129195 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a capturing apparatus includes a capturing unit configured to capture a moving image video, a storage unit configured to store the moving image video captured by the capturing unit, an operation unit configured to include a plurality of keys used to instruct playback of the moving image video stored in the storage unit, a skip playback unit configured to play back the moving image video while skipping the moving image video at predetermined time intervals every time a predetermined operation is made on the operation unit, and a playback control unit configured to switch the time intervals skipped by the skip playback unit based on the total playback time period of the moving image video. | 06-02-2011 |
20130266288 | CAMERA APPARATUS WITH MAGNIFIED PLAYBACK FEATURES - An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position. | 10-10-2013 |
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20080306386 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING VELOCITY WITH ULTRASONIC WAVES - A multiple ultrasonic beam is transmitted from an ultrasonic probe, and a velocity of blood flow, azimuth and elevation angle of a sample such as a blood flow are acquired by a three-dimensional information acquisition section, as three-dimensional fluid information in a range gate, based on a Doppler signal output from the ultrasonic probe. | 12-11-2008 |
20090024037 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF ACQUIRING ULTRASONIC IMAGES - Transmitting and receiving ultrasound with repetition frequency that corresponds to velocity range indicating the measurable velocity to and from a diagnostic site that contains moving fluid within a body to be examined. Generating Doppler spectrum image showing velocity of moving fluid based on signals obtained from transmission and reception of ultrasound. Storing modeled value based on model correlating standard blood velocity waveform with an ECG waveform. Calculating measured blood velocity waveform based on spectrum image of a specified patient. Acquiring ECG waveform at timing corresponding to measured blood velocity waveform. Estimating blood velocity waveform excluding effects of valve signals of patient based on measured blood velocity waveform, ECG waveform, and modeled value. Comparing measured blood velocity waveform with estimated blood velocity waveform, to exclude excess parts of the difference over a threshold from measured blood velocity waveform, and to interpolate excluded parts of measured blood velocity waveform. | 01-22-2009 |
20090030321 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND SOUND OUTPUT METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A vector norm N, an azimuthal angle θ and an angle of elevation φ which represent the velocity (blood flow velocity) of a specimen such as blood flow are acquired by a three-dimensional angle correction velocity vectorization section as three-dimensional fluid vector data indicating the three-dimensional flow direction and flow volume of the specimen such as the blood flow on the basis of Doppler signals corresponding to reception beams F | 01-29-2009 |
20090088641 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE - A scanner transmits and receives ultrasonic waves at a specified pulse repetition frequency (PRF). A storage stores received signals acquired through the transmission and reception. A calculator generates a Doppler spectrum image by executing frequency analysis on the received signals. A display displays the Doppler spectrum image. When a desired Doppler velocity range for the displayed Doppler spectrum image is inputted, a processor reads out the received signals from the storage, and executes a resampling process on the read-out received signals at a sampling frequency corresponding to the desired Doppler velocity range. The calculator generates a new Doppler spectrum image by executing frequency analysis corresponding to the desired Doppler velocity range on the received signals having been subjected to the resampling process by the processor. The display displays the new Doppler spectrum image. | 04-02-2009 |
20090149759 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF GENERATING ULTRASONIC IMAGES - A processor generates a first Doppler spectrum image representing the velocity of a moving body at each observation point by analyzing the frequency of signals received at the plurality of observation points acquired via Doppler scanning. An interpolator acquires a second Doppler spectrum image consecutively at each observation point time when the ultrasound has not been transmitted to and received from each observation point by the Doppler scanner transmitting and receiving the ultrasound toward and from the plurality of observation points at a plurality of respective times, based on interpolation of the first Doppler spectrum image at each observation point. The interpolator generates a third Doppler spectrum at each observation point by combining the first Doppler spectrum at each observation point and the second Doppler spectrum image at each observation point per observation point. | 06-11-2009 |
20100010350 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD - Real-time display of a three-dimensional ultrasonic image in which there is little time delay, power required for transmission of an ultrasonic wave is reduced, and heterogeneousness of received beams is almost solved is performed by executing multi-beam reception while performing frequency demodulation of a reflected wave obtained as a result of transmission of a frequency-modulated continuous ultrasonic wave to the subject body. As a demodulation method, for example, a multi-phase demodulation method of obtaining the distance resolution in multi-beam reception by performing (multi-phase) demodulation while changing the phases of transmission modulation and reception modulation for every range in the range direction (beam direction). | 01-14-2010 |
20100331688 | AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD - Certain embodiments provide an automatic diagnosis support apparatus includes extracting a plurality of parameters associated with a predetermined object by using medical information acquired by a medical image diagnosis apparatus and extracting the plurality of parameters for each disease associated with a disable-bodied person by using medical information associated with the disable-bodied person, calculating a ruler associated with each disease case by executing an MT system using the plurality of parameters for each disease associated with the disable-bodied person, calculating a distance between the object and a state space of the disable-bodied person associated with the each disease by executing the MT system using a plurality of parameters associated with the object, determining a disease type of the object by using the ruler and a distance between the object and a state space of a disable-bodied person, and generating diagnosis support information based on the determination result. | 12-30-2010 |
20100331700 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC SUPPORT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus includes a storage unit, a ultrasonic probe, a transmission/reception unit, a measured value calculation unit, a distance calculation unit, and a determination unit. The storage unit stores data of a state space based on a first measured values of a measurement item associated with an able-bodied person. The transmission/reception unit transmits ultrasonic waves to a subject via an ultrasonic probe, and generates reception signals corresponding to an ultrasonic waves reflected by the subject. The measured value calculation unit calculates a second measured value of the measurement item associated with the subject based on the reception signals. The distance calculation unit calculates a Mahalanobis distance of the subject based on the state space and the second measured value. The determination unit compares the Mahalanobis distance with a threshold to determine whether the subject has the disease evaluated by the measurement item. | 12-30-2010 |
20110230764 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, DOPPLER MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND DOPPLER MEASUREMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a Doppler processing unit which generates a Doppler spectrum from an ultrasonic signal reflected from a predetermined region in a heart, a trace waveform generation unit which generates temporal changes in a predetermined spectrum component in the Doppler spectrum as a plurality of trace waveforms, a corrected trace waveform generation unit which generates a corrected trace waveform with the loss being interpolated by using a trace waveform, of the plurality of trace waveforms, which has a loss portion, and at least one estimation point input for the trace waveform, and an output unit which outputs a plurality of trace waveforms including the corrected trace waveform. | 09-22-2011 |
20110288413 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is configured to execute an imaging mode of alternately executing a continuous wave Doppler mode of acquiring time-series Doppler data by performing continuous wave transmission/reception with respect to an object and a B mode of acquiring tomogram data represented by luminance by transmitting and receiving a pulse wave to and from the object, the apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire continuous wave Doppler data and the tomogram data by alternately executing the continuous wave Doppler mode and the B mode while switching the modes, and a display unit configured to simultaneously display Doppler spectrum information generated based on the continuous wave Doppler data and a tomogram generated based on the tomogram data. | 11-24-2011 |
20130197365 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - In one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus continuously generates driving signals by frequency-modulating waveforms having a plurality of center frequencies respectively assigned to orientation directions and multiplexing the waveforms and transmits continuous waves, and generates beam signals corresponding to the respective orientation directions by adding the respective echo signals and demultiplexing the signals for the respective center frequencies, demodulates beam signals corresponding to the respective orientation directions, frequency-analyzes the demodulated beam signals, calculates two-dimensional (beam direction and range direction) mapping of beam signals. | 08-01-2013 |
20130281855 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - In an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment, a scan switching unit switches between scanning methods so as to perform a first scanning method by which an ultrasound wave is transmitted and received to and from each of a plurality of observation sites alternately once each if the depth on the scanning line in at least one of the observation sites is smaller than a threshold value and so as to perform a second scanning method by which an ultrasound wave is transmitted and received to and from each of the plurality of observation sites alternately in such a manner that an ultrasound wave is transmitted and received to and from at least one of the plurality of observation sites multiple times if the depth on the scanning line in the at least one of the observation sites is equal to or larger than the threshold value. | 10-24-2013 |
20130303908 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is configured to execute an imaging mode of alternately executing a continuous wave Doppler mode of acquiring time-series Doppler data by performing continuous wave transmission/reception with respect to an object and a B mode of acquiring tomogram data represented by luminance by transmitting and receiving a pulse wave to and from the object, the apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire continuous wave Doppler data and the tomogram data by alternately executing the continuous wave Doppler mode and the B mode while switching the modes, and a display unit configured to simultaneously display Doppler spectrum information generated based on the continuous wave Doppler data and a tomogram generated based on the tomogram data. | 11-14-2013 |
20140148701 | ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - In an ultrasound probe according to an embodiment, a first ultrasound transducer array scans a first scanned plane. A second ultrasound transducer array engages with the first ultrasound transducer array, is provided so as to intersect the first ultrasound transducer array, and scans a second scanned plane different from the first scanned plane. A probe main body is provided with the first ultrasound transducer array and the second ultrasound transducer array, has an opening in a position where the first and the second ultrasound transducer arrays intersect each other, and has a through hole extending to the opening. An engaging part that causes the first and the second ultrasound transducer arrays to engage with each other is configured in such a manner that the angle at which the first and the second ultrasound transducer arrays intersect each other is changeable. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100264773 | ARMATURE - An armature includes a plurality of armature elements, wherein each of the armature elements has an armature element core that has a predetermined core length and has end faces spaced apart in a core length direction and side faces connecting the end faces, a first coil that is formed by winding a wire over the side faces and the end faces, a second coil that is formed, after forming the first coil, by winding a wire over the side faces and the end faces so that on the side faces the second coil is formed contiguously to the first coil, and an end structure member that is provided on each of the end faces, has a first-winding face and a second-winding face on which the wires of the first coil and the second coil are wound, respectively, and has a riser formed between the first-winding face and the second-winding face, the end structure member in which a vicinity of the riser on the second-winding face is positioned farther from the each of the end faces than the first-winding face. | 10-21-2010 |
20150084449 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - Obtain a rotary electric machine by which a share of coil slots for a stator winding in slots, which are formed in a stator core, can be increased, and heat generation at a central portion of a stator can be decreased. The stator winding is composed of coil slots, which are inserted to the slots, and coil ends extended toward the outside in the axis direction of the stator core; and the coil conductors of the coil slots are configured in such a way that cross-sectional areas at central portions in the axis direction are wider cross-sectional areas at both end portions, and the cross-sectional areas of the coil conductors are reduced along the coil slots from the central portions to the both end portions. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090002573 | Image Display Device - A first translucent conductive layer is disposed on a front surface of a front substrate, a translucent insulating member is disposed on a front surface of the first translucent conductive layer, and a second translucent conductive layer held at the ground potential is disposed on a front surface of the translucent insulating member. According to the invention, an image display device, which prevents the abnormal discharge in the vacuum panel from occurring, and has high quality and reliability and long life, can be provided. | 01-01-2009 |
20130270825 | Wind Power Generator - In a wind power generator, a nacelle is located on an upper portion of a support rod, a rotor head having wind turbine blades fitted thereto is rotatably supported to a front end side of the nacelle, and a main shaft rotating integrally with the rotor head, a gear box coupled with the main shaft which rotates while the wind turbine blades receive a wind power, a power generator having a rotor driven by a shaft output of the gear box, a brush, and a slip ring, and a humidity management device controlling humidity inside of the power generator having the brush and the slip ring, are installed in an interior of the nacelle. | 10-17-2013 |
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20130237448 | SUGARCANE-SUGAR-YIELD-RELATED MARKER AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a sugarcane-sugar-yield-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-sugar-yield-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 24, or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 of a sugarcane chromosome. | 09-12-2013 |
20130252844 | SUGARCANE-STALK-SUGAR-CONTENT-RELATED MARKER AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16. | 09-26-2013 |
20140349876 | SUGARCANE-STALK=SUGAR-CONTENT-RELATED MARKER AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16. | 11-27-2014 |
20150052631 | STALK-LENGTH-RELATED MARKER DERIVED FROM GENOME OF WILD-TYPE SUGARCANE AND USE THEREOF - The invention provides a marker related to quantitative traits of a Gramineae plant, and in particular, stalk length. Such Gramineae stalk-length-related marker comprises a continuous nucleic acid region selected from a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 of a chromosome of the Gramineae plant. | 02-19-2015 |
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20120180649 | HIGH PRESSURE PUMP - At least one choked flow passage communicates between one side of the movable member and the other side of the movable member and limits an amount of fuel, which passes from the one side of the movable member to the other side of the movable member, when the movable member is moved by an urging force of a relief spring toward a valve element. A larger amount of fuel, which is larger than the amount of fuel that is passable through the at least one choked flow passage, flows from a first return flow passage to a second return flow passage, when the movable member is moved toward the other side, which is opposite from the valve element, against the urging force of the relief spring. | 07-19-2012 |
20120195778 | HIGH PRESSURE PUMP - A gas chamber is placed adjacent to a variable volume chamber of a high pressure pump. The gas chamber includes an inner blocking wall, which borders on the variable volume chamber and contacts fuel in the variable volume chamber, an outer blocking wall, which is opposed to the inner blocking wall, and gas, which fills a space that is defined between the inner blocking wall and the outer blocking wall. | 08-02-2012 |
20120251366 | HIGH-PRESSURE PUMP - A valve body is provided with a discharge relief portion. A relief valve outlet is formed in an end face thereof on a central axis of the valve body. Discharge valve inlets are point-symmetrically formed with respect to the central axis. A discharge valve outlet is formed in another end face thereof and relief valve inlets are point-symmetrically formed with respect to the central axis. A discharge valve outlet and the discharge valve inlets communicate with each other. A flow of fuel from a pressurization chamber to a fuel discharge port is restricted by a discharge valve member capable of closing the discharge valve outlet. The relief valve outlet and the relief valve inlets communicate with each other. A flow of fuel from the fuel discharge port to the pressurization chamber is restricted by a relief valve member capable of closing the relief valve outlet. | 10-04-2012 |
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20130050991 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME - An illumination device is provided that can reduce the displacement of the position of a diffusion plate. This illumination device includes the diffusion plate and a fixing pin that fixes the diffusion plate. When seen in plan view from the side of the light emitting surface of the diffusion plate, a diffusion plate fixing portion is provided in a perimeter portion on the side of the light emitting surface of the diffusion plate, and the fixing pin is engaged with the diffusion plate fixing portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130057784 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is an electronic device whereby it is possible to suppress a decline in heat-dissipating properties. This liquid crystal display device (electronic device) ( | 03-07-2013 |
20130088820 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal display device is provided with: a liquid crystal panel capable of displaying an image; a backlight unit including cold cathode tubes and a chassis housing the cold cathode tubes and supplying light to the liquid crystal panel; and a second exterior member housing the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit and including a bottom portion facing the chassis. On a surface of the chassis facing the bottom portion, a plurality of fixing members capable of fixing the bottom portion is provided. The fixing members include inverter covers disposed with a gap from the bottom portion, and reinforcing members abutting on the bottom portion. Between the inverter covers and the bottom portion, spacers with the function of damping vibration are interposed. | 04-11-2013 |
20130088836 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A heat dissipation structure in which an IC chip that generates heat is mounted on a substrate and a heat dissipation sheet is interposed between a cover member and the IC chip to dissipate heat, wherein chip-pressing parts ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130093964 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting device including a chassis, a lamp, and a lamp holder for mounting the lamp on the chassis, in which the lamp is less likely to be damaged due to warping or distortion of the chassis. A backlight according to the present invention includes linear cold cathode fluorescent tubes arranged in parallel with each other, a chassis housing the cold cathode fluorescent tubes, and lamp clips mounting the cold cathode fluorescent tubes on the chassis. The lamp clips are each arranged at least 0.125X away from ends of the chassis in an axial direction of the cold cathode fluorescent tube, in which is a length of the chassis measured in the axial direction of the cold cathode fluorescent tube. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093966 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A lighting device includes a cold cathode fluorescent tube (CCFT), a chassis housing the CCFT, and a retainer holding the CCFT such that the CCFT is allowed to be displaced with respect to a bottom plate of the chassis in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the CCFT. According to the lighting device, the CCFT can be deformed in a curved shape when an external force is applied from the chassis to the CCFT due to an error in a mounting pitch of the cold cathode fluorescent tube or thermal contraction of the chassis. This releases the external force, and thus the CCFT is less likely to be broken. | 04-18-2013 |
20130107134 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER | 05-02-2013 |
20130107463 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20150054757 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The touch screen apparatus includes a display screen; a calculation unit configured to calculate an angle between a direction in which a direction of the pen tip is projected on the display screen when the pen tip of the touch pen is touched to the display screen and a reference direction on the display screen; and a determination unit configured to determine a direction of the image of the writing brush shape which is drawn depending on the angle calculated by the calculation unit, and is configured to detect the position when the pen. tip of the touch pen is touched to the display screen and draw the image of the writing brush shape on the detected position. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100329645 | PROGRAM RECORDING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a program recording apparatus is provided, which includes a storage configured to hold files, a console module configured to select a program when operated, a reception processing circuit configured to play back the program selected at the console module, while receiving the program, a presence detection sensor configured to detect a non-viewed state in which the program being played back by the reception processing circuit is not viewed, and a recording controller configured to record the program selected, as a file, in the storage, and to erase the file of the program from the storage if the program is confirmed not set to a non-viewed state before the program comes to an end. | 12-30-2010 |
20110079450 | Small Device - According to one embodiment, a small device includes a first touchpad, a second touchpad, a board and a housing. The first touchpad has a first input surface on a surface of the first touchpad. The second touchpad has a second input surface on a surface of the second touchpad. The second input surface allows a rubbing operation continuing from the first input surface of the first touchpad. The board has a first detector configured to detect push-down input from the first touchpad and second detector configured to detect input by the rubbing operation. The first detector is provided at a position where the first detection section is opposed to the first touchpad. The second detector is provided at a position where the second detection section is opposed to the second touchpad. The housing positions the second touchpad and the board and covers the board. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080253 | Remote Control Apparatus - According to one embodiment, a remote control apparatus includes a first input module, a second input module, a transmit/receive module and a controller. The first input module is configured to input a gesture pattern. The second input module is configured to input starting of an application. The transmit/receive module is configured to transmit information on the gesture pattern and to transmit or receive a command. The controller is configured to activate the first input module if starting of a particular application is input via the second input module, to transmit a command requesting specification of an operation mode for the starting of the particular application after touch-on via the first input module, and to set the operation mode based on reception of a command specifying the operation mode. | 04-07-2011 |
20130120667 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a remote control apparatus includes a first input module, a second input module, a transmit/receive module and a controller. The first input module is configured to input a gesture pattern. The second input module is configured to input starting of an application. The transmit/receive module is configured to transmit information on the gesture pattern and to transmit or receive a command. The controller is configured to activate the first input module if starting of a particular application is input via the second input module, to transmit a command requesting specification of an operation mode for the starting of the particular application after touch-on via the first input module, and to set the operation mode based on reception of a command specifying the operation mode. | 05-16-2013 |
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20110039157 | ANODIC CARBON MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY ANODE, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention aims to improve the charge/discharge cycle characteristics of an anodic carbon material for a lithium secondary battery. An anodic carbon material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention comprises: particles containing carbon, or a metal or metalloid, or an alloy, oxide, nitride, or carbide thereof, the particle capable of absorbing and releasing lithium ions; a resinous carbon material enclosing the particles; and a network structure formed from carbon nanofibers and/or carbon nanotubes that bond to the surfaces of the particles and that enclose the particles. | 02-17-2011 |
20110200874 | ANODIC CARBON MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY ANODE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANODIC CARBON MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The invention provides an anodic carbon material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery anode having excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and a lithium secondary battery using the same. More specifically, an anodic carbon material for a lithium secondary battery according to the present invention comprises: composite particles composed of silicon-containing particles containing an alloy, oxide, nitride, or carbide of silicon capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions and a resinous carbon material enclosing the silicon-containing particles; and a network structure formed from nanofibers and/or nanotubes that bond to surfaces of the composite particles and that enclose the composite particles, and wherein: the network structure contains silicon. | 08-18-2011 |
20120208089 | CARBON MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY CELL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY CELL AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY CELL - Disclosed is a carbon material for lithium ion secondary cell having a positron lifetime of 370 picoseconds or longer, and 480 picoseconds or shorter, when measured by positron annihilation spectroscopy under conditions (A) to (E) below:
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20140230240 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A method of producing a lithium ion secondary battery includes: a first winding process of winding a positive electrode plate ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140242434 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided are negative electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, which is capable of realizing a lithium ion secondary battery having characteristics such as stable output and stable capacity, and a lithium ion secondary battery having characteristics such as stable output and stable capacity. The negative electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries includes a laminated body of a negative electrode material layer that is mainly constituted by a carbonaceous material, and a negative electrode current collector. When the negative electrode material layer is in a dry state, a limit radius of curvature of a negative electrode is 15 mm or less. Content of the hard carbon in the carbonaceous material is preferably 5% by weight to 45% by weight. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100218204 | PHOTODETECTOR - A light receiving device generates photocurrent that corresponds to the quantity of incident light. A capacitor is arranged with one terminal set to a fixed electric potential, and is charged using the photocurrent. A comparator compares the voltage that occurs between both terminals of the capacitor with a predetermined threshold voltage, and generates a judgment signal that corresponds to the comparison result. An initialization switch initializes the voltage that occurs both terminals of the capacitor. A judgment unit acquires, as data which indicates the quantity of light, the level of the judgment signal at a timing after the passage of a predetermined judgment period of time from the commencement of charging of the capacitor using the photocurrent. | 08-26-2010 |
20110031917 | Motor drive circuit and a method for driving a motor - A motor drive circuit includes an H-bridge circuit, voltage difference detection circuit, calibration circuit, back electromotive voltage detection circuit, control circuit, and calibration value acquisition circuit. The H-bridge circuit is connected to a DC motor. The voltage difference detection circuit outputs terminal voltage according to voltage difference occurring between both terminals of the DC motor. The calibration circuit outputs calibration voltage according to the resistance component. The back electromotive voltage detection circuit outputs voltage according to the difference between the terminal voltage and the calibration voltage, as detection voltage indicating back electromotive voltage. The control circuit drives the H-bridge circuit by pulse width modulation. The calibration circuit calibrates voltage drop occurring at the ON resistance of the low-side transistor using a calibration value that corresponds to the ratio between the resistance component and the ON resistance of the low-side transistor, and outputs calibration voltage which corresponds to the resistance component. | 02-10-2011 |
20110234129 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT - First and second A/D converters perform analog/digital conversion of first and second signals of a Hall signal so as to generate third and fourth signals as digital signals. A differential conversion circuit generates a fifth signal as a single-ended signal that corresponds to the difference between the third and fourth signals. An offset correction circuit corrects offset of the fifth signal so as to generate a sixth signal. An amplitude control circuit stabilizes the amplitude of the sixth signal to a predetermined target value, and generates its absolute value, thus generating a seventh signal. A control signal generating unit generates a control signal based upon the seventh signal. A driver circuit drives a motor according to the control signal. | 09-29-2011 |
20110279975 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT - A first calculation unit subtracts third digital data which indicates the minimum value of the duty ratio from first digital data which indicates the duty ratio of the PWM driving operation. A slope calculation unit generates slope data which is dependent on the temperature based upon second digital data which indicates the temperature. A second calculation unit multiplies the slope data by the output data of the first calculation unit. A third calculation unit sums the output data of the second calculation unit and the third digital data. A selector receives the output data of the third calculation unit and the third digital data, selects one data that corresponds to the sign of the output data of the first calculation unit, and outputs the data thus selected as a duty ratio control signal. | 11-17-2011 |
20110282605 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT - A test signal generating circuit generates an AC test signal. A driving unit supplies, to a motor, a driving voltage on which the test signal has been superimposed. A current detection circuit generates a detection signal that corresponds to an actual current that flows through a coil of the motor. A filter extracts, from the detection signal, a frequency component that corresponds to the test signal. A coil constant calculation circuit calculates the resistance value and the inductance value of the motor based upon the amplitude of the detection signal output from the filter, the amplitude of the test signal, and the phase difference between these signals. | 11-17-2011 |
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20090199405 | Tripod type constant velocity universal joint - A tripod type constant velocity universal joint comprises an outer joint member having three track grooves with roller-guiding surfaces opposing each other circumferentially, a tripod member with three trunnions protruding in a radial direction, a plurality of rollers each inserted into a corresponding track groove and a plurality of rings each fitted on the corresponding trunnion for supporting the roller rotatably. An outer surface of the trunnion is formed to take on a straight shape in a longitudinal section and an ellipse shape in a cross-section. A contact ellipse shape between the trunnion and the ring is modified so as to render the radius of curvature r smaller while keeping an aspect ratio b/a stable in comparison with a contact ellipse shape being defined to minimize contact pressure between a ring inner surface and a trunnion outer surface. | 08-13-2009 |
20120165105 | FIXED TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided is a fixed type constant velocity universal joint, which is capable of preventing heat generation when high load is applied or during high-speed rotation to improve durability, and further, suppressing a contact resistance between a cage and inner and outer races to improve constant velocity performance. A curvature center of a track groove ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120329564 | TRIPOD CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - A tripod constant velocity universal joint is configured with only three parts including an outer ring ( | 12-27-2012 |
20130137526 | SLIDING TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - An object of the invention is to provide an arrangement for a sliding type constant velocity universal joint which includes a coil spring employed to urge an intermediate shaft. The arrangement prevents a spring receptacle member from interfering with an intricately-shaped portion of the roller assembly even at a maximum operating angle. Reducing the weight of the universal joint is also an object. In a sliding type constant velocity universal joint which includes a coil spring employed to urge an intermediate shaft, a cylindrical portion of a spring receptacle which supports an end of the coil spring rises by a height, so that an edge of the cylindrical portion makes contact with a lower end surface of an outer ring of a roller assembly of an inner joint member when the constant velocity universal joint takes a maximum operating angle. | 05-30-2013 |
20140038732 | CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - A constant-velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member; an inner joint member arranged in an inside of the outer joint member; and torque transmitting members. At least one of the outer joint member and the inner joint member comprises track grooves that are engaged with rolling surfaces of the torque transmitting members. At least one of the components of the constant-velocity universal joint is formed of a metal sintered compact. The metal sintered compact has a relative density of 80% or more and less than 100%. The metal sintered compact comprises a hardened layer formed on a surface thereof through heat treatment. Among the components each formed of the metal sintered compact, a component having a ring shape is subjected to a cold rolling process. | 02-06-2014 |
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20100243367 | POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A power steering apparatus includes a worm wheel mounted on the steering shaft, a worm shaft engaged with the worm wheel, a gear housing having a wheel accommodating portion to accommodate the worm wheel and a shaft accommodating portion to accommodate the worm shaft, a bearing mounted on the worm shaft to rotatably support the worm shaft, a holder disposed in the shaft accommodating portion and having a bearing retaining portion to retain the bearing and a resilient element disposed in the shaft accommodating portion and having a resilient body portion formed with a curvature. The resilient body portion is so structured as to become deformed in such a manner as to increase or decrease in diameter when the bearing shifts in a direction that moves the worm shaft away from the worm wheel and bias the bearing in a direction that urges the worm wheel toward the worm wheel. | 09-30-2010 |
20110147112 | WORM WHEEL, POWER STEERING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE WORM WHEEL, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE WORM WHEEL - A worm wheel including an annular worm wheel main body formed from a resin material by injection molding, a plurality of teeth disposed on an outer periphery of the worm wheel main body in a circumferential direction of the worm wheel main body, wherein a non-cutting region is provided on respective tooth flanks of the teeth and located offset from a mid-position of a whole depth of the respective teeth in a radially outward direction of the worm wheel main body, the non-cutting region being not formed by cutting by a hob after completion of the injection molding, and a cutting region is provided on the respective tooth flanks, the cutting region being formed by cutting by the hob after completion of the injection molding. | 06-23-2011 |
20110240399 | POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A power steering apparatus including a joint including a first boss disposed on an axial end portion of a motor output shaft, first projections disposed on the first boss in the circumferential direction, a second boss disposed on an axial end portion of a worm shaft and opposed to the first boss, second projections disposed on the second boss in the circumferential direction and arranged between the adjacent first projections, a first elastic member made of metal and a second elastic member made of at least one of resin and rubber, the first and second elastic members being disposed between an axial end surface of the first boss and an opposed axial end surface of the second boss and cooperating with each other to generate an elastic force in such a direction as to move the worm shaft away from the motor output shaft. | 10-06-2011 |
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20100239146 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A rotation frame supports an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector to be rotatable about a rotation axis. A top plate support mechanism supports the top plate on which a sample is placed to be movable along the rotation axis. A scan controller drives the top plate support mechanism and the rotation frame so as to scan a plurality of scan areas either partially overlapping or being adjacent along the rotation axis with the X-rays. A reconstruction processor generates a plurality of volume data sets corresponding to the plurality of scan areas on the basis of the output from the X-ray detector. A boundary corrector corrects CT values of the plurality of volume data sets on the basis of CT value differences between the overlapping or adjacent portions of the plurality of volume data sets. | 09-23-2010 |
20110286574 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, X-ray detector, acquisition unit, rotating mechanism, input unit, and control unit. The input unit repeatedly inputs trigger signals originating from a specific phase of a periodic motion of a body of a subject or a periodic motion of an organ of the subject. The trigger signals being supplied from a measuring device which measures the periodic motion. The control unit causes the X-ray tube to start generating X-rays on the basis of the input of a first trigger signal of the repeatedly input trigger signals, and causes the X-ray tube to stop generating X-rays on the basis of the input of a second trigger signal next to the first trigger signal in order to repeatedly scan the subject over substantially one period of the movement while a scan position is fixed. | 11-24-2011 |
20130177129 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube to generate X-rays, X-ray detector to detect the X-rays transmitted through an object, top to place the object, rotation driving unit to rotate a rotating frame with the X-ray tube and the X-ray detector around the object, movement driving unit to relatively reciprocate the rotating frame and the top over a plurality of times along a long-axis direction of the top, and scan control unit to control the movement driving unit in the relative reciprocal movement such that moving loci of the X-ray tube corresponding to the respective forward movements are matched with each other and moving loci of the X-ray tube corresponding to the respective backward movements are matched with each other. | 07-11-2013 |
20140037047 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, and a control unit. The X-ray detector includes at least two divided ranges. One range includes a small detection range in which X-ray detection elements of a small size for detecting the X-rays radiated from the X-ray tube are arrayed. The other range includes a large detection range in which the X-ray detection elements of a large size for detecting the X-rays radiated from the X-ray tube are arrayed. The control unit is configured to select the small detection range or the large detection range. The X-ray CT apparatus can efficiently achieve high resolution upon imaging and, further, is capable of fully utilizing X-ray detection elements of a small detector size. | 02-06-2014 |
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20090269837 | System for assessing the efficacy of stored red blood cells using microvascular networks - A system for assessing the microvascular fitness of a sample of stored red blood cells. The system has a network device having at least one network unit. The network unit has a single inlet and a single outlet for the sample and a plurality of microchannels. The plurality of microchannels receive the sample from the single inlet and drain the sample into the single outlet. The network unit includes an aspiration pressure means for providing movement of liquid sample through the at least one network unit. The system further includes an analysis unit that receives the network device therein. The analysis unit includes a sensor for capturing measurements related to the sample and a processor capable of comparing the captured measurements to measurements stored in a database of healthy red blood cells to determine the microvascular fitness of the stored red blood cells. | 10-29-2009 |
20120077182 | ADDITIVE SOLUTION FOR BLOOD PRESERVATION - A method for the storage of red blood cells provides for mixing an additive solution with packed red blood cells to create a suspension of red blood cells. The method further provides for reducing the oxygen in the suspension of red blood cells; and storing the suspension of red blood cells under oxygen-depleted storage. | 03-29-2012 |
20120100523 | OXYGEN DEPLETION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING OXYGEN FROM RED BLOOD CELLS - An oxygen depletion device. The device has a cartridge; a plurality of hollow fibers extending within the cartridge from an entrance to an exit thereof; an amount of an oxygen scavenger packed within the cartridge and contiguous to and in between the plurality of hollow fibers. The hollow fibers are adapted to receiving and conveying red blood cells. There is another embodiment of an oxygen depletion device and method for removing oxygen from red blood cells. | 04-26-2012 |
20120115124 | IRRADIATION OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND ANAEROBIC STORAGE - A blood storage system comprising: a collection vessel for red blood cells; an oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device; a storage vessel for red blood cells; tubing connecting the collection vessel to the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device and the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device to the storage vessel; and a gamma or X-ray irradiating device is used to irradiate red blood cells stored in the vessel, storing red blood cells under anaerobic conditions. | 05-10-2012 |
20120225416 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING RED BLOOD CELL QUALITY AND SURVIVAL DURING STORAGE - The present invention is a method for enhancing the quality and survival of red blood cells during storage by depleting the red blood cells of both carbon dioxide and oxygen and maintaining 2,3-diphosphoglycerate acid levels. | 09-06-2012 |
20130004937 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED STORAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS AND METHODS OF USE - A system and methodology for the preservation of red blood cells is described in which red blood cells are oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depleted, treated and are stored in an anaerobic environment to optimize preparation for transfusion. More particularly, a system and method for extended storage of red blood cells from collection to transfusion that optimizes red blood cells prior to transfusion is described. | 01-03-2013 |
20130047861 | INTEGRATED LEUKOCYTE, OXYGEN AND/OR CO2 DEPLETION, AND PLASMA SEPARATION FILTER DEVICE - A blood filter device comprising: a housing comprising an outer wall and a first inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet; a membrane which is capable of separating plasma from the blood, wherein the membrane forms an inner chamber; a leukocyte and oxygen and/or carbon dioxide depletion media disposed wherein the inner chamber, the leukocyte and oxygen and/or carbon dioxide depletion media is capable of depleting leukocytes and oxygen and/or carbon dioxide from the blood; an outer chamber disposed between the outer wall and the membrane, wherein the plasma which permeates through the membrane enters the outer chamber and exits the filter device via the first outlet; whereby the blood which has been depleted of oxygen and/or carbon dioxide, leukocytes and plasma exists and filter device via the second outlet. | 02-28-2013 |
20130259744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE DURING RED CELL BLOOD PROCESSING USING AN INERT CARRIER GAS AND MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY - A portable assembly for processing red blood cells RBCs including a disposable blood collection set including a blood bag, an anaerobic storage bag and an oxygen and/or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device disposed between the blood collection bag and anaerobic storage bag. The portable assembly further provides for a gas circulation device in fluid communication with the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device. The gas circulation device includes a pressure source that is able circulate flushing gas through the depletion device as RBCs pass from the blood collection bag, through the depletion device and into the anaerobic storage bag. | 10-03-2013 |
20130333561 | BLOOD STORAGE BAG SYSTEM AND DEPLETION DEVICES WITH OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE DEPLETION CAPABILITIES - A blood storage system. The system has a collection bag for red blood cells; an oxygen/carbon dioxide depletion device; a storage bag for red blood cells; and tubing connecting the collection bag to the depletion device and the depletion device to the storage bag. The depletion device includes a receptacle of a solid material having an inlet and an outlet adapted to receiving and expelling a flushing gas; a plurality of hollow fibers or gas-permeable films extending within the receptacle from an entrance to an exit thereof. The hollow fibers or gas-permeable films are adapted to receiving and conveying red blood cells. | 12-19-2013 |
20140030694 | OXYGEN DEPLETION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVING OXYGEN FROM RED BLOOD CELLS - An oxygen depletion device. The device has a cartridge; a plurality of hollow fibers extending within the cartridge from an entrance to an exit thereof; an amount of an oxygen scavenger packed within the cartridge and contiguous to and in between the plurality of hollow fibers. The hollow fibers are adapted to receiving and conveying red blood cells. There is another embodiment of an oxygen depletion device and method for removing oxygen from red blood cells. | 01-30-2014 |