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20130024049 | VEHICLE REMOTE OPERATING SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - In a vehicle remote operating system remotely operating a host vehicle VM from a portable terminal | 01-24-2013 |
20130289801 | VEHICLE REMOTE OPERATING SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - In a vehicle remote operating system remotely operating a host vehicle VM from a portable terminal | 10-31-2013 |
20140005870 | VEHICLE HAVING OBSTACLE DETECTION DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140012464 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - The recognizability of a vehicle peripheral environment may be enhanced. A vehicle periphery monitoring device is to monitor the periphery of a vehicle. The vehicle periphery monitoring device includes an imaging unit that obtains a plurality of peripheral images by imaging the periphery of the vehicle, a display unit that displays the plurality of peripheral images imaged in the imaging unit, and an image control unit that controls the plurality of peripheral images displayed in the display unit. The image control unit varies a distance between the plurality of peripheral images displayed in the display unit, As a result, sensory understanding of a vehicle peripheral environment by a driver may be enhanced, thereby enhancing the recognizability of the vehicle peripheral environment. | 01-09-2014 |
20150009330 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - An object detection device is equipped with an object detection unit that detects a moving object in a periphery of a vehicle, and a threshold change unit that changes, based on mobility information on the vehicle, a detection threshold in detecting the moving object. Thus, by changing the detection threshold T such that the moving object becomes difficult to detect during a movement of the host vehicle, especially during a turn thereof, the occurrence of an erroneous detection can be suppressed even in a situation where an erroneous detection is likely to occur. It is preferable that the detection threshold be changed such that the moving object becomes difficult to detect as a speed increases or as a steering angle increases. The detection threshold may be changed in stages or continuously based on the mobility information on the vehicle. | 01-08-2015 |
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20130204108 | VITAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND VITAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD EMPLOYING SAME - An objective of the present invention is to provide a vital information measurement device which measures vital information using a biosensor, with which it is possible to adjudicate more precisely whether a mounted biosensor is usable, and to alleviate inconsistency in measured values therefrom. Specifically, the present invention provides a vital information measurement device comprising: an input terminal to which a biosensor is connected; a voltage application unit which applies a voltage to the input terminal; an adjudication unit which is connected to the input terminal; a control unit which is connected to the adjudication unit; and a display unit which is connected to the control unit. The control unit causes the adjudication unit to carry out a first adjudication, a second adjudication, and a third adjudication. | 08-08-2013 |
20130266482 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASURING DEVICE - This biological sample measuring device comprises a mounting portion ( | 10-10-2013 |
20130306474 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASURING DEVICE - A biological sample measuring device in which a deposited biological sample is introduced into a capillary, a biological sample measuring sensor in which a reagent and the biological sample provided is mounted, and the biological sample is measured. The biological sample measuring device comprises a mounting portion, a voltage application section, and a detection component. The biological sample measuring sensor is mounted to the mounting portion. The voltage application section applies a measurement voltage to a plurality of electrodes disposed along the capillary. The detection component eliminates the effect of seepage of the biological sample by pass-around at the end of the capillary, or the effect whereby the plasma component seeps into the reagent, and detects the degree to which the biological sample is introduced into the capillary, based on the output result for the voltage applied by the voltage application section to the electrodes. | 11-21-2013 |
20140037505 | BIOSENSOR AND MEASURING DEVICE USING SAME - Electrodes (A, B) are provided in at least one of plate-like members corresponding to an inner side direction of supply path from an opening of supply path. Electrode (C) of a biological sample is provided in the inner side direction from electrodes (A, B) Reagent part is provided so as to cover electrodes (A, B) and electrode (C). Inflow restricting hole of a sample liquid is provided in at least one of plate-like members corresponding to the portions on both sides of supply path closer to the opening side than the electrode. | 02-06-2014 |
20150087940 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME - The present invention relates to a biological information measurement device and a biological information measurement method using the same, and is intended to allow appropriate measurement to be carried out. In the biological information measurement device of the present invention, a control unit | 03-26-2015 |
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20120094320 | THERMOSTABLE 1,5-ANHYDROGLUCITOL DEHYDROGENASE, AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF 1,5-ANHYDROGLUCITOL BY USING THE SAME - A protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least one mutation selected from a Gly-4 to Ala mutation, a Glu-6 to His mutation, a Ser-14 to Thr mutation, an Ala-37 to Thr or Arg mutation, a Pro-50 to Gln mutation, a Glu-67 to Gly mutation, an Asp-80 to Tyr mutation, a Val-93 to Met mutation, an Arg-156 to Pro mutation, a Leu-164 to Met mutation, an Asn-202 to Asp mutation, a Thr-235 to Ala mutation, an Asn-348 to Tyr mutation, a Gly-362 to Arg mutation and a Val-473 to Ala mutation in the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ II NO:4. (2) A thermostable protein which comprises an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence having at least one variation described in (1) and having 1,5-anhydroglucitol dehydrogenase activity. These proteins act specifically on 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG), have thermal stability and exhibit excellent storage stability. | 04-19-2012 |
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20120312634 | Article Storage Facility - A work platform on which a worker can ride includes a suspended portion supported above a floor surface, the suspended portion being movable by a movement rail provided upwardly of a movement path, and a platform portion provided in the form of a plate on which the worker can ride, the platform portion having a base end connected to a lower end portion of the suspended portion to be pivotable about an axis along the direction of lateral width of the movement path. With pivotal movements about the axis, the platform portion can selectively assume a riding posture wherein the platform portion extends along the movement path so that the worker riding on this platform portion can move along the longitudinal direction of the movement path and a folded posture wherein the platform portion is folded toward the suspended portion to extend along the vertical direction. | 12-13-2012 |
20140110192 | Article Storage Facility - An article storage facility includes an elevating scaffold capable of ascending/descending in a movement space across a withdrawal height that is set on an upper side and a plurality of working heights that are set in intermediate locations in the movement space in the vertical direction. A plurality of support bodies that support the elevating scaffold are provided in the vertical direction so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of working heights, and at least a support body other than the lowermost support body of the plurality of support bodies is configured to be movable to an acting position at which the support body protrudes toward the movement space so as to support the elevating scaffold and a withdrawal position at which the support body retracts toward the article storage shelf so as not to come into contact with the elevating scaffold moving up and down. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112741 | Article Storage Facility and Article Transport Facility - An article storage facility includes a storage rack configured to store a semiconductor wafer and a reticle, and a storage and retrieval transport apparatus. The storage rack includes a first accommodation unit configured to store a wafer container for containing the semiconductor wafer, and a second accommodation unit configured to store a reticle container for containing the reticle. The storage and retrieval transport apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a top flange formed at an upper portion of the wafer container to support the wafer container in a hanging state. A flange portion configured to allow the storage and retrieval transport apparatus to hold the reticle container using the holding unit to support the reticle container in a hanging state is formed at an upper portion of the reticle container. | 04-24-2014 |
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20120045248 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; a rotatable supporting member swingably supporting the rotatable supporting member, the rotatable supporting member being provided with a first gear portion and being rotatable while carrying a plurality of developing devices for developing the electrostatic image with toner; a drive transmission device for transmitting a rotational force to the rotatable supporting member, the drive transmission device being provided with a second gear portion engaged with first gear portion at an engagement position; and an opposing portion provided opposed to the rotatable supporting member with a gap therebetween which is smaller than an amount of engagement between the first gear portion and the second gear portion. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045264 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an openable cover, including a rotational shaft, capable of opening and closing an opening by being rotated about the rotational shaft relative to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet; an opposing member, provided in the image forming portion, opposing the openable cover when the openable cover closes the opening; a contact member, provided on the openable cover, contactable to the opposing member; an urging member, provided on the openable cover, for urging the contact member toward the opposing member; and a locking member for locking the openable cover in a closed state relative to the main assembly. The image forming apparatus comprising a cam member, provided in the image forming portion, for moving the contact member toward and away from the opposing member by rotation of the cam member. The cam member has a shape such that when the contact member is contacted to the opposing member in a state in which the openable cover is not locked by the locking member, the cam member applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is open, by rotation thereof and then applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is closed, by rotation thereof. | 02-23-2012 |
20140356022 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an openable cover, including a rotational shaft, capable of opening and closing an opening by being rotated about the rotational shaft relative to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet; an opposing member, provided in the image forming portion, opposing the openable cover when the openable cover closes the opening; a contact member, provided on the openable cover, contactable to the opposing member; an urging member, provided on the openable cover, for urging the contact member toward the opposing member; and a locking member for locking the openable cover in a closed state relative to the main assembly. The image forming apparatus comprising a cam member, provided in the image forming portion, for moving the contact member toward and away from the opposing member by rotation of the cam member. The cam member has a shape such that when the contact member is contacted to the opposing member in a state in which the openable cover is not locked by the locking member, the cam member applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is open, by rotation thereof and then applies a force to the openable cover in a direction, in which the opening is closed, by rotation thereof. | 12-04-2014 |
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20120280234 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A highly reliable semiconductor device which is formed using an oxide semiconductor and has stable electric characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device which includes an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer including a region containing oxygen in a proportion higher than that in the stoichiometric composition, and an aluminum oxide film provided over the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer is provided. The amorphous oxide semiconductor layer is formed as follows: oxygen implantation treatment is performed on a crystalline or amorphous oxide semiconductor layer which has been subjected to dehydration or dehydrogenation treatment, and then thermal treatment is performed on the oxide semiconductor layer provided with an aluminum oxide film at a temperature lower than or equal to 450° C. | 11-08-2012 |
20120319100 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A miniaturized semiconductor device in which an increase in power consumption is suppressed and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. A highly reliable semiconductor device having stable electric characteristics and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. An oxide semiconductor film is irradiated with ions accelerated by an electric field in order to reduce the average surface roughness of a surface of the oxide semiconductor film. Consequently, an increase in the leakage current and power consumption of a transistor can be suppressed. Moreover, by performing heat treatment so that the oxide semiconductor film includes a crystal having a c-axis substantially perpendicular to the surface of the oxide semiconductor film, a change in electric characteristics of the oxide semiconductor film due to irradiation with visible light or ultraviolet light can be suppressed. | 12-20-2012 |
20140186998 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A highly reliable semiconductor device which is formed using an oxide semiconductor and has stable electric characteristics is provided. A semiconductor device which includes an amorphous oxide semiconductor layer including a region containing oxygen in a proportion higher than that in the stoichiometric composition, and an aluminum oxide film provided over the amorphous oxide semiconductor layer is provided. The amorphous oxide semiconductor layer is formed as follows: oxygen implantation treatment is performed on a crystalline or amorphous oxide semiconductor layer which has been subjected to dehydration or dehydrogenation treatment, and then thermal treatment is performed on the oxide semiconductor layer provided with an aluminum oxide film at a temperature lower than or equal to 450° C. | 07-03-2014 |
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20120231350 | Solid Battery - A solid battery that includes a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer. The positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer include an electrode active material. The solid electrolyte layer includes a solid electrolyte. A LiZr | 09-13-2012 |
20120328959 | ALL SOLID STATE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An all solid state secondary battery configured with the use of a NASICON-type compound for a solid electrolyte and a lithium-containing manganese oxide for a positive electrode active material. The all solid state secondary battery includes a positive electrode layer and a solid electrolyte layer, in which a positive electrode active material constituting the positive electrode layer contains a compound represented by the general formula Li | 12-27-2012 |
20130149592 | Layered Solid-State Battery - A layered solid-state battery that includes a first unit cell, a second unit cell, and an internal collection layer that is disposed to intervene between the unit cells. Each of the unit cells includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer that are sequentially stacked. The internal collection layer has one side surface that is in contact with the positive electrode layer of the first unit cell and the other side surface that is in contact with the negative electrode layer of the second unit cell. Also, the internal collection layer contains an electron conductive material and an ion-conductively insulating specific conductive material. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149593 | LAYERED SOLID-STATE BATTERY - A layered solid-state battery that includes a first unit cell, a second unit cell, and an internal collection layer that is disposed to intervene between the first unit cell and the second unit cell. Each of the unit cells is constituted of a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a negative electrode layer that are sequentially stacked. The internal collection layer is disposed to be in contact with each of the negative electrode layers of the unit cells. Also, the internal collection layer contains an electron conductive material and an ion-conductively electrically conductive specific conductive material. | 06-13-2013 |
20130244108 | Total Solid Battery and Method of Producing the Same - A method of producing a total solid battery by stacking a molded body of each of a positive electrode material, a solid electrolyte material, a negative electrode material, and a collector material and firing the stacked body. The firing step includes a first firing step of firing the stacked body in an inert atmosphere and, after the first firing step, a second firing step of firing the stacked body in an atmosphere containing oxygen. | 09-19-2013 |
20130273437 | ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY - Provided is an all solid state battery which has the same level of discharge capacity as in the case of using an electrolyte solution, and is able to improve the cycle stability. An all solid state battery includes a solid electrolyte layer, as well as a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer provided in positions opposed to each other with the solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween. At least one of the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer is bonded to the solid electrolyte layer by firing. The negative electrode layer contains an electrode active material composed of a metal oxide containing no lithium, and a solid electrolyte containing no titanium. | 10-17-2013 |
20140120409 | ALL-SOLID BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A method for manufacturing an all-solid battery that includes: preparing a first green sheet as a green sheet for at least any one of a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer; preparing a second green sheet as a green sheet for a solid electrolyte layer; forming a stacked body by stacking the first green sheet and the second green sheet; and firing the stacked body while a pressure of 0.01 kg/cm | 05-01-2014 |
20140120421 | ALL-SOLID BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A method for manufacturing an all-solid battery that includes: preparing a first green sheet for at least any one of a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer, preparing a second green sheet for at least any one of a solid electrolyte layer and a current collector layer; and stacking the first green sheet and the second green sheet to form a stacked body while applying pressure so that the stacked body has an elongation percentage of 2.0% or less in the planar direction of the first and second green sheets. | 05-01-2014 |
20140134483 | ALL-SOLID BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A method for manufacturing an all-solid battery that includes preparing a first green sheet as a green sheet for at least any one of a positive electrode layer and a negative electrode layer and a second green sheet as a green sheet for a solid electrolyte layer, stacking the first green sheet and the second green sheet to form a stacked body, and firing the stacked body with a setter placed in contact with at least one surface of the stacked body. The setter in contact with the at least one surface of the stacked body is 0.11 μmRa or more and 50.13 μmRa or less in surface roughness. | 05-15-2014 |
20140154586 | LAMINATE FOR ALL-SOLID TYPE BATTERY - A laminate for an all-solid type battery which is an electrode/electrolyte laminate used in an all-solid type battery. The laminate includes a positive electrode layer, a solid electrolyte layer and a negative electrode layer in this order, and at least one intermediate layer disposed between (a) the positive electrode layer and the solid electrolyte layer and (b) the negative electrode layer and the solid electrolyte layer. The solid electrolyte layer contains a Li-containing oxide having a garnet crystal structure, and the intermediate layer contains monoclinic Li | 06-05-2014 |
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20120009828 | TERMINAL FITTING AND A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A male terminal comprises an electrical contact portion and an insulating member made of insulating material. The electrical contact portion is inserted into and connected to a female terminal. The insulating member includes a to-be-received portion accommodated in the electrical contact portion and a to-be-exposed portion. The electrical contact portion includes a bottom wall upon which the to-be-received portion is disposed, and a top wall. The to-be-received portion is positioned between the bottom wall and the top wall having a securing engagement portion brought into engagement with the to-be-received portion. The male terminal is made by placing the to-be-received portion upon the bottom wall while the bottom wall, the top wall, and the securing engagement portion are flush with each other, bending them such that the to-be-received portion resides between the top wall and the bottom wall, and bringing the securing engagement portion into engagement with the to-be-received portion. | 01-12-2012 |
20120015546 | CONNECTOR - To provide a connector able to be surely fitted with a mating connector by absorbing a position gap generated between a terminal and a terminal of the mating connector. | 01-19-2012 |
20120040571 | METHOD OF INTEGRALLY MOLDING CONNECTOR, AND OBJECT CONNECTOR - There is provided a method of integrally molding a connector in which the number of components can be reduced, and productivity can be enhanced. | 02-16-2012 |
20140220419 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes a terminal including an electrode connection part having first and second surfaces directed to opposite sides each other, a first battery cell arranged on one side based on a position of the electrode connection part, and a second battery cell arranged on the other side based on the position of the electrode connection part and stacked on the first battery cell. The first battery cell has a first electrode arranged to be superposed on the first surface of the electrode connection part. The second battery cell has a second electrode arranged to be superposed on the second surface of the electrode connection part. | 08-07-2014 |
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20120068559 | ROTATING SHAFT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - A apparatus is provided in which, in a state before being assembled to a drive target, one end of a rotating shaft is not supported by a bearing, and in this state, the rotating shaft is pressed to the side of a bracket by coil springs and thus centering of the rotating shaft is maintained. In this way, axial run-out of the rotating shaft before a magnetic motor is assembled to the drive target is inhibited. Thus, damage and deterioration in assembly efficiency as a result of axial run-out of the rotating shaft can be inhibited, such as deterioration in assembly efficiency caused by adhesion between a magnet and coils wound on an armature core, for example. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070222 | SHAFT COUPLING APPARATUS - A shaft coupling apparatus is provided in which a cylindrically-shaped hole is provided on a leading end surface of a shaft, the hole having a central axis that is different from a rotational central axis of the shaft, and a cylindrically-shaped hole is provided on a leading end surface of a shaft, the hole having a central axis that is different from a rotational central axis of the shaft. The shafts are coupled by pressure fitting a cross-sectionally circular pin in the hole and by loosely fitting the pin in the hole, the pin corresponding to an inner diameter of the hole and the hole. | 03-22-2012 |
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20120209453 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER, AND DRIVING EVALUATION SYSTEM - A check point calculation unit evaluates the driving of a driver in a travel segment where a host vehicle has traveled and extracts a check point where the driving evaluation does not meet a predetermined evaluation standard, thereby obtaining data representing a point in the travel segment where the driving evaluation is lowered. An advice generation unit provides maneuver support to the driver on the basis of the check point. When there is the check point in the traveling direction host vehicle, the advice generation unit provides maneuver support at the check point such that the driving evaluation by the check point calculation unit meets a predetermined evaluation standard, thereby improving the driving evaluation at the check point where the driving evaluation is low and improving the driving evaluation as a whole. | 08-16-2012 |
20130173147 | SECTION SETTING METHOD, MILEAGE INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, AND OPERATION ASSIST DEVICE - A section setting method calculates information relating to an attainable actual fuel efficiency under a vehicle operation performed in consideration of fuel efficiency. To that end, the section setting method collects fuel-efficiency information that is information relating to the fuel efficiency required for a movement from a start point to a destination point of the vehicle, which is obtained under a plurality of kinds of vehicle operations, along with positional information of the vehicle at each time. The section setting method compares change pattern parts of the collected fuel-efficiency information with each other, thereby sequentially connecting the change pattern parts of the fuel-efficiency information from the start point to the destination point. The section setting method sets, as a section used to calculate the actual fuel efficiency, a section obtained by sectioning at points corresponding to the connection points of the change pattern parts connected. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173153 | SEGMENT DEFINING METHOD, TRAVEL TIME CALCULATION DEVICE, AND DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE - A section defining method separates a road between a departure point and a destination point into a plurality of links under a predetermined condition and defines a section based on a link cost, which is an index indicating ease of travel and set for each link. The section is used to generate guide information provided to a driver of a vehicle. The section is defined by combining, among the plurality of links between the departure point and the destination point, at least two continuous links that yield a decrease in standard deviation, which is based on sums of the link costs. | 07-04-2013 |
20130288206 | DRIVING EVALUATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - A driving evaluation system that divides a traveling route of a vehicle into a plurality of sections and evaluates the driving of a driver of the vehicle includes: a driving data acquiring unit that acquires driving data of the driver for each section; a determining unit that determines whether the driving data acquired by the driving data acquiring unit satisfies the evaluation conditions set to each section; and an upload unit that uploads the driving data to a center which evaluates driving when the determining unit determines that the driving data satisfies the evaluation conditions. | 10-31-2013 |
20130302756 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DRIVING SUPPORT MANAGING DEVICE - A driving support system for giving a support to a driving operation of a vehicle includes a drive history database and a drive teaching unit for specifying a travel route of a vehicle subjected to a driving support. Vehicle information including information about vehicle operation is associated with pertinent route information and is registered as a drive history in the drive history database. The drive teaching unit is configured to extract a drive history corresponding to the specified travel route from the drive history database. The drive teaching unit is further configured as a guide for the driving support to teach information about the extracted drive history to a driver of the vehicle subjected to the driving support. | 11-14-2013 |
20140365029 | VEHICLE DATA ANALYSIS METHOD AND VEHICLE DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM - The invention provides a vehicle data analysis method that enables quantitative analysis of characteristics of vehicle data indicating transition in a driver's driving operation, and a vehicle data analysis system using this analysis method. A plurality of vehicle data are collected based a plurality of types of driving operations. Based on an evaluation criterion as an index for evaluating levels of the driving operations, the collected vehicle data are grouped into at least two groups. Characteristic values of the vehicle data differing between these groups are extracted. | 12-11-2014 |
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20120319693 | ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - When a continuous short circuit occurs between both terminals of a battery pack, fault, destruction and rupture of the battery can occur. Further, when a momentary short circuit occurs, a user may continue to use, without knowing thermal and electrical damage to the batteries, and reliability for the batteries is impaired, To overcome the problem, in a battery pack configured by connecting a plurality of storage batteries in series, at least one first storage battery is included which has a low capacity compared to second storage batteries during high-rate discharge, and the first storage battery undergoes polarity inversion during external short circuit, thereby preventing the other batteries from becoming damaged. There are also included a detector that detects voltage of the first storage battery, and a fault signal generator that generates an output fault signal when a voltage detected by the detector inverses. | 12-20-2012 |
20130271084 | CHARGING AND DISCHARGING DEVICE - A charging and discharging device includes a switching circuit, an input of which is connected to a power supply, the switching circuit adjusting an output current IB to a power storing unit connected to an output of the switching circuit, and a control unit configured to generate an ON/OFF signal DGC to the switching circuit. The control unit includes a temperature-rise control unit configured to separately generate, based on a signal BTMP equivalent to the temperature of the power storing unit, a control signal FC for adjusting a ripple component of the output current IB and a control signal OFS for adjusting a non-ripple component of the output current IB and generates the ON/OFF signal DGC based on the control signal FC and the control signal OFS and outputs the ON/OFF signal DGC to the switching circuit. | 10-17-2013 |
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20130071632 | ULTRAVIOLET RAY-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION USED IN INKJET PRINTING AND OPTICAL ELEMENT OBTAINED USING SAME - Provided is a material suitable for an optical element, which can be applied by inkjet, has an ultraviolet curable characteristic, and yields a cured product excellent in transparency and hardness and having a refractive index of more than 1.5. Specifically, an optical element excellent in transparency and hardness and having a refractive index of more than 1.5 is obtained by preparing a resin composition including at least: (A) 5 to 45 mass % of a vinyl group-containing copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a divinyl aromatic compound; (B) 55 to 94 mass % of a liquid photocurable polyfunctional (meth)acrylate having two or more (meth)acryloyl groups; (C) 0.97 to 20 mass % of a photopolymerization initiator; and (D) 0.03 to 1 mass % of a surfactant, and applying the resin composition onto a support substrate by inkjet, followed by photocuring. | 03-21-2013 |
20130088769 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC PAPER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Provided are a color display device capable of colorized display in a reflection type display device which is adopted to electronic paper and the like without degrading the degree of brightness and with high efficiency, and also with ease and lower costs, and a method of producing the same. The color display device includes: a drive-side substrate ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130094079 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LENTICULAR LENS, LENTICULAR LENS, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a method for manufacturing a lenticular lens sheet to be used in a stereoscopic display, a projection screen, and the like without using a mold at low cost. A method of manufacturing a lenticular lens sheet, the lenticular lens sheet including a support substrate and a plurality of lenticular lenses formed on the support substrate, includes the steps of: (1) filling a transparent resin composition ink containing an ultraviolet-curable component of 90 wt % or more and having surface ink-repellency after curing with ultraviolet light to a lens area of an even-numbered array by an inkjet method; (2) curing the transparent resin composition ink obtained in the step (1) with ultraviolet light; (3) filling a transparent resin composition ink containing the ultraviolet-curable component of 90 wt % or more and being curable with ultraviolet light to a lens area of an odd-numbered array by an inkjet method; and (4) forming the plurality of lenticular lenses in the lens areas of the even-numbered array and the odd-numbered array by curing the transparent resin composition ink obtained in the step (1) and the transparent resin composition ink obtained in the step (3) with ultraviolet light. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094080 | LENTICULAR LENS SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - Provided are a lenticular lens sheet which can be used in a stereoscopic display, a rear projection display, a projection screen, and the like, and means for manufacturing the lenticular lens sheet at low cost without using any mold. The lenticular lens sheet includes at least a transparent support substrate; a plurality of lenticular lenses; and a partition between adjacent ones of the plurality of lenticular lenses, and the lenticular lens sheet is obtained by applying a transparent resin composition ink by an inkjet method to an area partitioned by the partition and subsequently curing the transparent resin composition ink with ultraviolet rays. | 04-18-2013 |
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20130038810 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit includes excellent heat radiation characteristics. The backlight unit of an embodiment of the present invention includes a chassis and a light source attached to the chassis. As the light source, an LED is preferably used. The chassis includes an aluminum base or aluminum layer, and a porous alumina layer or pore-sealed porous alumina layer provided on the surface of the aluminum base or aluminum layer. | 02-14-2013 |
20130208450 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel ( | 08-15-2013 |
20140036192 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can achieve a sufficiently-high-speed response and has a sufficiently excellent transmittance and a thin film transistor array substrate preferably used in the liquid crystal display device. The thin film transistor array substrate according to the present invention is a thin film transistor array substrate that includes, as electrodes, one pair of comb electrodes and a sheet electrode, and at least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the pair of comb electrodes and the sheet electrode being electrically connected along a pixel line. | 02-06-2014 |
20140111561 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal drive device and a liquid crystal display device each of which has a sufficiently excellent transmittance, provides a sufficiently high response speed, and sufficiently reduces the load on the circuit and the driver. The liquid crystal drive device of the present invention includes a first electrode pair that is a pair of electrodes and second electrode pair that is a pair of electrodes different from the first electrode pair. The device implements a driving operation that generates a potential difference between the electrodes of the first electrode pair and simultaneously generates a potential difference between the electrodes of the second electrode pair when a displayed image has a gray scale value that is half or smaller of the total number of gray scale values for image display. | 04-24-2014 |
20140118671 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device each of which exhibits a sufficiently high response speed and an excellent transmittance. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, the first substrate and the second substrate each comprising an electrode, the electrode of the second substrate including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes and a planar electrode, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules which are inclined from an orthogonal direction to the main faces of the substrates between the pair of comb-shaped electrodes in a plan view of the main faces of the substrates when a voltage lower than a threshold voltage is applied. | 05-01-2014 |
20140132906 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel which is capable of providing a sufficiently high response speed and an excellent transmittance, and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates. The first substrate and the second substrate have electrodes. The electrodes of the second substrate include a pair of comb-shaped electrodes and a slit-formed electrode. | 05-15-2014 |
20140240651 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device that can provide a sufficiently high response speed and an excellent transmittance and reduce flexoelectricity so as to achieve excellent display quality. A liquid crystal display panel of the present invention is a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate including a dielectric layer, and a second substrate including an electrode, the electrode including an electrode to generate a transverse electric field and a slit-formed electrode. | 08-28-2014 |
20140264330 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a thin film transistor array substrate and a liquid crystal display device including the thin film transistor array substrate that are preferably applicable to a liquid crystal display device including the three-layered electrode structure that enables high response speed and high transmittance, and can have a high aperture ratio. The thin film transistor array substrate of the present invention includes: a thin film transistor element, gate bus lines, and source bus lines, in which the thin film transistor array substrate includes electrodes, the electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode includes a linear portion along the source bus lines, the first electrode includes a linear portion along the gate bus lines, at least one linear portion along the source bus lines is disposed transversely to the linear portion along the gate bus lines in a plan view of main face of the substrate and is connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor element at a position overlapping the gate bus lines, and the second electrode is a planar electrode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267964 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DRIVING METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal driving method and a liquid crystal display device that provide a sufficiently high response speed and a sufficiently excellent contrast ratio by reducing distortion of the electric field and sufficiently reducing transmittance during black display. The liquid crystal driving method of the present invention is a liquid crystal driving method of driving a liquid crystal using electrodes at a liquid crystal layer side and an electrode opposite to the liquid crystal layer side disposed in one of upper and lower substrates, the liquid crystal driving method including: performing a driving operation in which the electrode opposite to the liquid crystal layer side has a higher absolute value of an applied voltage than that of the electrodes at the liquid crystal layer side to align an alignment direction of the liquid crystal in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction to main faces of the substrates. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120138975 | LIGHT- EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting element and a display device having a resonator structure which has a small luminance fluctuation, even if a film thickness is deviated from a designed value, thereby resulting in a variation in resonator optical path length. There are included: a first reflective member; a second reflective member; and a light-emitting layer provided therebetween, and there is provided a resonator structure that transmits part of light by the first reflective member or the second reflective member, the light being resonated between the first reflective member and the second reflective member. The resonator structure has at least two or more resonance spectral peaks at respective wavelengths in a visible light range with a wavelength of a maximum value relative luminosity being a border line and an emission output spectrum has at least two or more peaks at respective wavelengths based on the resonance spectral peaks. | 06-07-2012 |
20120161172 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device capable of suppressing a reduction in color purity includes: a first resonator structure having an upper reflective member, a lower reflective member, and a light-emitting functional layer therebetween, the light-emitting functional layer including a red light-emitting layer which emits red light; a second resonator structure having an upper reflective member, a lower reflective member, and a light-emitting functional layer provided therebetween, the light-emitting functional layer including a blue light-emitting layer which emits blue light; and a third resonator structure having an part reflective member, a lower reflective member, and a light-emitting functional layer provided therebetween, the light-emitting functional layer including a green light-emitting layer which emits green light, wherein the red light-emitting layer is a common layer provided in each of the light-emitting functional layers of the first to third resonator structures. | 06-28-2012 |
20130168715 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A light emitting element includes a resonator structure which has a first reflecting member, a second reflecting member, and a light emission layer placed between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member, and part of light resonated between the first reflecting member and the second reflecting member is transmitted through the first reflecting member or the second reflecting member in the resonator structure. A wavelength at which a resonator output spectrum from the resonator structure has a maximum value is located between a wavelength at which an inner light emission spectrum of the light emission layer has a maximum value and a wavelength at which relative luminous efficiency has a maximum value. | 07-04-2013 |
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20120070716 | BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAME - Provided is a battery pack that ensures sufficient sealing performance between a tray and a cover by arranging a necessary sealing member between a lower flange portion of the tray and an upper flange portion of the cover that are held in abutment with each other. The tray and the cover covering the tray constitute a packaging case of electric cells. At least a part of a facing surface of at least one of the lower flange portion of the tray and the upper flange portion of the cover that abut each other forms a non-abutting portion that is located apart from the facing surface of the opposite flange portion, and a sealing member is arranged on the non-abutting portion. | 03-22-2012 |
20130157113 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE, AND BUS BAR USED FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - An electric storage device includes: electric storage elements including external terminals; and bus bars connected to the external terminals, wherein the bus bars include thin-walled portions, and the thin-walled portions and the external terminals are welded together. | 06-20-2013 |
20130309539 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE, SPACER AND ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - A method for producing an electric storage device having a bus bar and an electric storage element equipped with an external terminal includes the steps of: arranging the electric storage element having the external terminal, positioning a resin member having either one of a receiving portion or a projection relative to the electric storage element, arranging the bus bar having the other one of the receiving portion or the projection on the external terminal, connecting the bus bar to the external terminal, and inserting the projection into the receiving portion in the step of arranging the bus bar. | 11-21-2013 |
20140120400 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY - A spacer disposed between first and second unit cells has a corrugated portion. The corrugated portion includes first and second protrusions alternating continuously and repeatedly in a vertical direction. The first protrusions protrude from a center in the thickness direction toward the first unit cell to faun clearances that function as cooling passages between the first protrusion and the second unit cell. The second protrusions protrude from the center in the thickness direction toward the second unit cell to form clearances that function as cooling passages between the second protrusions and the first unit cell. The spacer includes a straight portion extending in a direction crossing the cooling passages so as to prevent elongation of the corrugated portion in a direction perpendicular to the cooling passages. | 05-01-2014 |
20140220404 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY - A spacer interposed between first and second unit cells has alternately arranged first and second corrugated portions. Each of the corrugated portions has first and second protrusions alternately and repeatedly formed continuously in a vertical direction. Each of the first protrusions protrudes from a center in a thickness direction toward the first unit cell so as to define a clearance functioning as a cooling passage between the second unit cell and the first protrusion. Each of the second protrusions protrudes from the center in the thickness direction toward the second unit cell so as to define a clearance functioning as a cooling passage between the first unit cell and the second protrusion. The arrangement phases of the first and second protrusions are different from each other in the first and second corrugated portions. A cooling medium flowing in the cooling passages is alternately brought into contact with the first and second unit cells, thus achieving the uniform cooling efficiency with respect to the unit cells. | 08-07-2014 |
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20130059831 | NOVEL CRYSTAL FORM OF PYRROLIDYLTHIOCARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE - Novel crystals of a pyrrolidylthiocarbapenem derivative having excellent stability is provided. According to the present invention, a crystal of (+)-(4R,5S,6S)-6-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-7-oxo-3[[(3S,5S)-5-(sulfamoylaminomethyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl]thio]-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid having a diffraction pattern in powder X-ray diffraction having main peaks at diffraction angles (2θ) of about 6.62, 13.04, 15.44, 16.58, 17.64, 20.88, 23.26, 25.02 and 25.52 (degrees) are provided. | 03-07-2013 |
20150031664 | NOVEL CRYSTAL FORM OF PYRROLIDYLTHIOCARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE - Novel crystals of a pyrrolidylthiocarbapenem derivative having excellent stability is provided. According to the present invention, a crystal of (+)-(4R,5S,6S)-6-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4-methyl-7-oxo-3[[(3S,5S)-5-(sulfamoylaminomethyl)pyrrolidin-3-yl]thio]-1-azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid having a diffraction pattern in powder X-ray diffraction having main peaks at diffraction angles (2θ) of about 6.62, 13.04, 15.44, 16.58, 17.64, 20.88, 23.26, 25.02 and 25.52 (degrees) are provided. | 01-29-2015 |