Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.
A fractional up-sampling filter is configured to convert a lower data rate to a higher data rate by using methods of interpolation to generate output digital data that corresponds to the higher data rate. For example, if the higher data rate output is 4/3 of the lower data rate input, then for every three (3) digital data values originally sampled by the fractional up-sampling filter, four (4) output digital data values are generated and output from the filter. These output digital data values are obtained by methods of interpolation. Interpolation is performed using different filter coefficients depending on the relative timing of the output digital data rate versus the original sampling rate. The fractional up-sampling filter utilizes a high frequency master clock to derive the fractional relationship between the original sampling rate to the new fractional sampling rate.
H03M 7/00 - Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits
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Automatic radio frequency feedback calibration circuit
A calibration circuit is configured to provide automatic feedback calibration during a tuning cycle. Automating the calibration process reduces the engineering evaluation time and mass production test time. The calibration settings vary as a function of frequency, and the calibration circuit automatically determines the proper calibration for any frequency application. The calibration circuit enhances communication performance by comparing and computing a time difference between a reference path and a feedback path. The calibration circuit is configured as part of a phase modulation path within a modulation circuit. The calibration circuit provides for calibration without prior knowledge of the system and reduced factory test time. The calibration circuit provides numerous advantages, including, but not limited to, accurate system results for time, frequency, temperature, and process variations with each calibration, or tuning.
H03L 7/06 - Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop
H03L 7/18 - Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop
A method for selectively arranging ferritin in a specified inorganic material part formed on a substrate is provided. The method for arranging ferritin of the present invention is characterized in that ferritin is selectively arranged on a part including titanium or silicon nitride (SiN) in an efficient manner by adding a nonionic surface active agent. Also, selective arrangement capability of ferritin can be markedly improved by modifying the N-terminus of ferritin with a certain peptide.
The present invention provides a method for production of a single electron semiconductor element (SET) in which a quantum dot is selectively arranged in a nano gap between fine electrodes, whereby the product yield is significantly improved, leading to excellent practical applicability. The method for production of SET of the present invention is characterized in that a solution containing ferritin including a metal or semiconductor particle therein, and a nonionic surfactant is dropped on a substrate having a source electrode and a drain electrode formed by laminating a titanium film and a film of a metal other than titanium, whereby the ferritin is selectively arranged in a nano gap between the source electrode/drain electrode.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is G, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is C. According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be T or G; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of A, T or C; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
A digital camera of the present invention includes a microcomputer 110 having a live view mode controlling so that image data generated by a CMOS sensor 133 or image data obtained by subjecting the image data generated by the CMOS sensor 133 to predetermined processing is displayed on a liquid crystal monitor 150 as a moving image in real time, wherein the microcomputer 110 controls so that, when the live view mode is set, the digital camera comes out of the live view mode, and setting information on the digital camera is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 150, in accordance with the manipulation of the manipulation portion 140. Due to this configuration, in a digital camera that includes a movable mirror and is capable of displaying a subject image in a live view through an electronic viewfinder, the operability thereof can be enhanced.
The present invention provides an induction heating apparatus that can detect that a power factor correction circuit is in operation or in non-operation. The induction heating apparatus includes a power factor correction circuit that corrects a power factor of an inputted direct-current power supply by turning on and off a switching element connected to a choke coil, a booster circuit that boosts an output voltage of the power factor correction circuit by turning on and off a switching element connected to a choke coil, an inverter circuit that inputs the output voltage of the booster circuit to generate a high-frequency current in a heating coil by turning on and off a switching element, and an inverter circuit drive control unit that, in driving the power factor correction circuit, controls output of the inverter circuit such that an input current reaches a target value and detects the voltage in the booster circuit. The inverter circuit drive control unit stops the output of the inverter circuit when it is detected that the power factor correction circuit is in non-operation.
H02M 3/24 - Conversion of dc power input into dc power output with intermediate conversion into ac by static converters
G05F 1/40 - Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable is actually regulated by the final control device is ac using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices as final control devices
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Discrimination method of target base in DNA, and allele specific primer used in the method of the same
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is G, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is G. According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be T or G; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of T or G; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is G, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is T. According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be T or G; the third base from the 3′ end to be G or C; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is G, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is C. According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be T or G; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of A, T or C; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
A scalable encoder enabling improvement of the encoding efficiency in the second layer and improvement of the quality of the original signal decoded using the encoding signal in the second layer. A predictive coefficient encoder of the scalable encoder has a predictive coefficient codebook where candidates of the predictive coefficient are recorded. After searching the predictive coefficient codebook, the scale factor of the first layer decoded signal inputted from a scale factor calculator is multiplied, and a predictive coefficient which most approximates the multiplication result to the scale factor of the original signal inputted from the scale factor calculator is determined and encoded, and the coded code is inputted to a multiplexer.
G10L 11/00 - Determination or detection of speech or audio characteristics not restricted to a single one of groups ; G10L 15/00-G10L 21/00
G10L 19/00 - Speech or audio signal analysis-synthesis techniques for redundancy reduction, e.g. in vocoders; Coding or decoding of speech or audio signals, using source filter models or psychoacoustic analysis
G10L 21/00 - Processing of the speech or voice signal to produce another audible or non-audible signal, e.g. visual or tactile, in order to modify its quality or its intelligibility
G10L 21/02 - Speech enhancement, e.g. noise reduction or echo cancellation
G06F 15/00 - Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
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Write-once read-many information recording medium, information recording method, information reproduction method, information recording apparatus, and information reproduction apparatus
A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-many information recording medium of the present invention. The latest defect list and the latest DDS are provided in a recorded disc management working area neighboring a border between the recorded disc management working area and an unrecorded disc management working area, where the latest defect list precedes the latest DDS in the predetermined direction.
An image feature analyzing section performs an image feature analysis with respect to an input image to output an image feature vector. A parameter output section stores a plurality of image feature vectors and a plurality of parameters corresponding to the respective image feature vectors and outputs an original parameter value corresponding to an image feature vector. A parameter operation setting section determines contents of an operation of an illumination equation parameter, depending on a prescribed image conversion. A parameter operating section operates the original parameter value in accordance with a prescription of the parameter operation setting section, to obtain a new parameter value. An image generating section generates an output image based on the new parameter value.
A multimode-based phase modulating apparatus capable of reducing the degradation of modulation precision and suppressing the unnecessary power consumption. This apparatus has a switch for switching the modulation modes of a PLL circuit between a single-point modulation and a double-point modulation. In a case of a narrow modulation bandwidth, the switch is turned off to cease a second digital baseband signal, thereby causing the PLL circuit to perform the single-point modulation in which only a first digital baseband signal from a frequency division rate generating part is used for the modulation. Contrarily, in a case of a wide modulation bandwidth, the switch is turned on, thereby performing the double-point modulation using both the first digital baseband signal and the second digital baseband signal.
A sound identification apparatus which reduces the chance of a drop in the identification rate, including: a frame sound feature extraction unit which extracts a sound feature per frame of an inputted audio signal; a frame likelihood calculation unit which calculates a frame likelihood of the sound feature in each frame, for each of a plurality of sound models; a confidence measure judgment unit which judges a confidence measure based on the frame likelihood; a cumulative likelihood output unit time determination unit which determines a cumulative likelihood output unit time based on the confidence measure; a cumulative likelihood calculation unit which calculates a cumulative likelihood in which the frame likelihoods of the frames included in the cumulative likelihood output unit time are cumulated, for each sound model; a sound type candidate judgment unit which determines, for each cumulative likelihood output unit time, a sound type corresponding to the sound model that has a maximum cumulative likelihood; a sound type frequency calculation unit which calculates the frequency of the sound type candidate; and a sound type interval determination unit which determines the sound type of the inputted audio signal and the interval of the sound type, based on the frequency of the sound type.
G10H 1/00 - ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE - Details of electrophonic musical instruments
G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
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3D lithography with laser beam writer for making hybrid surfaces
A method of etching a feature in a surface of a substrate. The substrate is provided. A photoresist layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. A thickness profile of the formed photoresist layer is determined. A grayscale scanning pattern is determined based on the feature and the thickness profile of the photoresist layer. The determined grayscale scanning pattern is laser written on the photoresist layer to expose a portion of the photoresist layer. The exposed portion of the photoresist layer is removed to form a grayscale pattern in the photoresist layer. The photoresist layer and the surface of the substrate are etched to form the feature in the surface of the substrate.
H01L 21/302 - Treatment of semiconductor bodies using processes or apparatus not provided for in groups to change the physical characteristics of their surfaces, or to change their shape, e.g. etching, polishing, cutting
A rotary manipulation type electronic device permits users to obtain a feel of manipulation during rotational manipulations and produces clicking sounds of manipulations to thereby obtain an audiological sense of manipulations. The rotary manipulation type electronic device has a base body with which a rotary body is rotatably combined. An operative element is disposed such that movement of the operative element is restricted by an inside wall of a terminal leading portion of the base body and by leg portions of a leaf spring. Engagement portions engaging an uneven portion of a top surface of a flange portion of the rotary body protrude from the operative element. The leaf spring is brought into elastic contact with the top surface of the operative element.
This disclosure is directed to a communications device having a comparator that receives a signal associated with an output and produces a signal associated with a difference between a reference signal and the output signal. A loop filter is coupled to the comparator and accepts the difference signal. An oscillator is coupled to the loop filter and accepts the loop filter signal. It produces a signal with a frequency-characteristic in response. The oscillator can operate at a plurality of segments. A segment selection circuit is coupled to the oscillator. It determines which segment will be selected based upon a signal associated with an expected frequency characteristic, and outputs a signal associated with the particular segment. In response, the oscillator can then change its operational state to the particular segment. An amplification circuit is coupled to the oscillator, and produces an output signal with the particular frequency characteristic.
H03L 7/07 - Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop using several loops, e.g. for redundant clock signal generation
H03L 7/087 - Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop - Details of the phase-locked loop concerning mainly the frequency- or phase-detection arrangement including the filtering or amplification of its output signal using at least two phase detectors or a frequency and phase detector in the loop
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Method and apparatus for measuring interfacial positions, method and apparatus for measuring layer thickness, and method and apparatus for manufacturing optical discs
An interfacial position measuring method for a substrate internally having a plurality of interfaces parallel to one another. A light-convergent line which has converged in only a one-axis direction out of parallel light having an optical axis vertical to the substrate surface is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the substrate surface, and the light-convergent line is made to intersect with the substrate. Out of reflected light of the light-convergent line reflected by the substrate, a position having a light intensity peak is taken as an interface, by which a plurality of interfaces inside the substrate can be measured simultaneously and high-speed interfacial position measurement can be achieved.
A secure device capable of reducing influences by interruptions of communication with an external device and allowing a user to install a desired application program speedily and safely. Command storage section (106) of this secure device (100) stores command groups for executing card issuance. Card issuance section (104) extracts a series of card issuance commands corresponding to a function of a card to be acquired from the command group stored in command storage section (106) and writes the commands into a buffer of card management section (102), Card management section (102) executes each card issuance command written by card issuance section (104). Card issuance is completed through internal processing of secure device (100).
G06K 7/06 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by means which conduct current when a mark is sensed or absent, e.g. contact brush for a conductive mark
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Discrimination method of target base in DNA, and allele specific primer used in the method of the same
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is C, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is A.
According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second and the third bases from the 3′ end to be 5′-AT-3′, 5′-GT-3′, 5′-CA-3′ or 5′-CT-3′; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is C, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is C.
According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second and the third bases from the 3′ end to be 5′-AT-3′, 5′-TA-3′, 5′-TT-3′ or 5′-CT-3′; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is C, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is T.
According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be T; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of T, G or C; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is C, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is G.
According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second and the third bases from the 3′ end to be 5′-AT-3′, 5′-TT-3′, 5′-GA-3′ or 5′-GT-3′; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a flat-shaped anode terminal having a first surface connected to an anode portion of a capacitor element and having a second surface opposite to the first surface, a flat-shaped cathode terminal having a first surface connected to a cathode layer of the capacitor element and having a second surface opposite to the first surface thereof, and an insulating resin package accommodating the capacitor element, the anode terminal, and the cathode terminal. The second surface of the cathode terminal is flush with the second surface of the anode terminal. The second surface of the anode terminal and the second surface of the cathode terminal expose to an outside of the resin package. The anode terminal includes a first thick portion and a first thin portion thinner than the first thick portion. The first thick portion has the second surface of the anode terminal and a portion of the first surface of the anode terminal. The first thin portion has a portion of the first surface of the anode terminal and being connected to the first thick portion. The cathode terminal includes a second thick portion and a second thin portion thinner than the second thick portion. The second thick portion has the second surface of the cathode terminal and a portion of the first surface of the cathode terminal. The second thin portion has a portion of the first surface and being connected to the second thick portion. This solid electrolytic capacitor has a small equivalent series inductance, and is stably mountable to a mount body.
A transmitter has a signal generator, an amplifier, a detection circuit, a comparison circuit, a loop filter, and an adjustable clock. The signal generator produces a signal. The signal is produced with a first frequency characteristic and contains frequency-related information. The detection circuit detects the first frequency-related characteristic and generates an associated signal in response. A comparison circuit compares the signal from the detection circuit and another signal. It outputs a signal associated with the difference between the two. A loop filter receives the output of the comparison circuit and generates a signal to the signal generator in. The loop filter is clocked at a second frequency by a signal from a clock circuit. The clock circuit can compare the first frequency and the second frequency, and can change the second frequency based upon a relationship between the two frequencies.
A thermoelectric conversion device of the present invention includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layered oxide arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode, the layered oxide, and the second electrode are arranged in this order so that a multilayer is formed. The layered oxide is formed of electric conductive layers and electric insulating layers being alternately arranged. The C axis of the layered oxide is perpendicular to the interface between the first electrode and the layered oxide. The area of the second electrode is smaller than that of the first electrode.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is A, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is A. According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be C; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of A or C; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is A, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is C.
According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be C; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of A, T or C; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
In a slide switch apparatus of the present invention, a click spring movable along a side surface portion of a housing includes an engagement portion that is engaged with a switch lever and can be switched in accordance with the movement along the side surface portion of the housing, a protrusion that generates a click feeling when moving along the side surface portion of the housing, a positioning rib, and a plate spring portion in which the engagement portion, the protrusion, and the positioning rib are placed and which can be deformed elastically. The positioning rib is placed between the engagement portion and the protrusion in the movement direction of the click spring. Because of this, a slide switch apparatus whose housing can be miniaturized is obtained.
An information-processing apparatus includes a controller for sending a first parallel digital signal having a plurality of bits, a first converter for time-dividing the first parallel digital signal as to convert the first parallel digital signal into a serial signal, a first case for accommodating the controller and the first converter, a second converter for converting the serial signal into a second parallel digital signal having a plurality of bits, a wireless communication device for receiving the second parallel digital signal to producing a high frequency signal based on the second parallel digital signal, an antenna for transmitting the high frequency signal, a second case for accommodating the second converter and the wireless communication device and for having the antenna mounted thereto, a hinge unit coupling the second case rotatably with the first case, and a signal line provided at the hinge unit and transmitting the serial signal between the first converter and the second converter. These information-processing apparatuses can transmit the high frequency signals to the antennas with low losses.
A differential transmission line includes: a substrate; a ground conductor layer; and a first and a second signal conductor disposed in parallel to each other on the substrate. The first signal conductor and the ground conductor layer compose a first transmission line, whereas the second signal conductor and the ground conductor layer compose a second transmission line. The first transmission line and the second transmission line compose a differential transmission line. The differential transmission line includes a curved region, with a straight region being connected to each end of the curved region. In the ground conductor layer in the curved region, a plurality of slots orthogonal to a local transmission direction of signals in the curved region are formed, and the slots are connected to one another on the inner side of the curvature.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is A, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is T.
According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be C; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of T, C or G; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
An image heating apparatus that enables a temperature of an image heating element to be stably maintained at a target temperature as a fixing speed varies. A Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller determines whether a temperature control computation results in a range that allows temperature control with one IGBT, and a linear control is performed if the result is at least equal to a minimum power obtained as IH output. PWM control is performed at minimum power if the power is less than a required minimum power. Thus, a computation method of a supply power computator need not be switched according to the fixing speed, and a calorific value of a fixing belt can be controlled using one computation method.
An object of the present invention is to provide an allele specific primer which is accompanied by less possibility of the false positive and enables definite discrimination when a base immediately adjacent to on the 3′ side of a target SNP base is A, while a base adjacent with one base spaced apart is G. According to the present invention, the 3′ end base is designed to be the base corresponding to SNP; the second base from the 3′ end to be C; the third base from the 3′ end to be any one of A, T or G; and the base sequence of from the fourth from the 3′ end to the 5′ end base to be completely complementary to the sequence of from a base three bases away from the target SNP base on the 3′ side to a desired base.
In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode containing Si as a negative electrode active material, a binder containing a non-crosslinked polyacrylic acid having a weight-average molecular weight of 300,000 to 3,000,000 is incorporated into a negative electrode molded article that constitutes the negative electrode, so as to prevent electrode decay resulting from expansion and contraction during charge/discharge, as well as to achieve high energy density and improved charge/discharge cycle characteristics.
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor unit having a cathode frame coupled to a cathode part of a capacitor element, and anode frames formed at the opposite sides of the capacitor unit sandwiching a cathode frame, and coupled to an anode part of the capacitor element. Flat parts provided at the opposite ends of anode terminals are coupled to the anode frames. A flat part provided in the center of a cathode terminal is coupled to the cathode frame. The capacitor unit is covered with coating resin. The solid electrolytic capacitor has a simplified structure and a lower ESL.
There provides a two-point modulation phase modulation apparatus capable of obtaining an RF phase modulation signal of superior modulation precision with low power consumption and a simple configuration even in the event of inputting a wide band baseband modulation signal. A differentiator (21) of the opposite characteristics to the attenuation characteristics of anti-alias filter (22) is provided at the front stage of a D/A converter (6). As a result, it is possible to sufficiently suppress an alias signal without raising the sampling frequency of the D/A converter (6) (i.e. low power consumption) using an anti-alias filter (22) of a simple configuration (i.e. low cost) with a low order for a narrower bandwidth than a PLL modulation frequency bandwidth, and it is possible to obtain an RF phase modulation signal where the entire frequency band of input digital baseband modulation signal (S1) is reflected in a superior manner.
H03L 7/08 - Automatic control of frequency or phase; Synchronisation using a reference signal applied to a frequency- or phase-locked loop - Details of the phase-locked loop
H03L 7/18 - Indirect frequency synthesis, i.e. generating a desired one of a number of predetermined frequencies using a frequency- or phase-locked loop using a frequency divider or counter in the loop
In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.
In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.
In a component pressing head which holds a component with a component holding tool provided at one end of a shaft member, rotates the component around an axis of the shaft member and presses the component in an axial direction of the axis, a first voice coil motor and a second voice coil motor are disposed between a upper plate and a lower plate so as to sandwich the shaft member from opposite sides thereof, so that a load is transmitted to the shaft member from the lower plate that is coupled to movable magnet holding portions of these two voice coil motors.
An event moderating architecture is provided for exporting event notification messages from an event publishing environment. The event moderating architecture includes: a mobile network device residing outside of the event publishing environment and operable to formulate a subscription request for receiving event notification messages; and an event moderation module adapted to receive the subscription request from the mobile network device and translate the subscription request into a subscription with the event publishing environment. The event moderation module receives a subset of event notification messages from the event publishing environment and forwards select event notification messages in accordance with the subscription request to the mobile network device.
A key input device includes a key input unit and an illuminating unit. The key input unit has a key cap, movable mechanism, pressure sensing part, and a frame housing these components. The illuminating unit illuminates the key cap from the bottom of this key input unit through the movable mechanism and the pressure sensing part. The key input unit and the illuminating unit are configured in such a way that they are independently waterproofed.
H01H 9/18 - Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
H01H 13/70 - Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
T is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at a telephoto limit, Z is the magnification variation ratio), and is held in a compact lens barrel.
G02B 15/14 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective
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Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element using the same, and electronic apparatus and cooling device comprising the element
H01L 35/22 - Selection of the material for the legs of the junction using inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing boron, carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen
A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a plurality of laminated capacitor elements; an anode terminal connected to an anode portion where anode exposed portions of the capacitor elements are connected together; and a cathode terminal connected to a cathode portion where cathode layers of the capacitor elements are bonded together. Between lamination planes of the cathode layers of the capacitor elements, a conductive sheet is disposed. The capacitor elements are coated with a packaging resin layer in such a manner that a part of the anode terminal and a part of the cathode terminal are exposed.
The present invention provides a blood processing apparatus that can introduce a metered quantity of a blood sample into a chamber and does not require an opening linked to the chamber to be closed after the introduction of the blood sample. An introducing chamber, an injection port, and an air port are formed in a rotatable platform of a blood processing apparatus. The injection port links the introducing chamber with the outside of the rotatable platform. A blood sample is introduced from the injection port into the introducing chamber. A blood coagulant is held on the port wall surface of the air port and/or around a portion of the surface of the rotatable platform where the air port is open.
A chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor has a four-terminal structure. The chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor includes capacitor elements laminated such that anode electrodes face alternately in opposite directions; a pair of anode terminals opposing each other; and a pair of cathode terminals opposing each other. The magnetic fluxes generated by current passing between respective terminals are mutually cancelled, thus allowing ESL to be drastically reduced. Further reduction of ESL is feasible by shortening the distance between the terminals as much as possible so as to reduce the current loop area.
c existing in the vicinity. In this system, the following tracking cycle is executed. The autonomous mobile unit 1 transmits a first ultrasonic wave, and upon receipt of it, the transponder 20 transmits a second ultrasonic wave. By receiving the second ultrasonic wave, the autonomous mobile unit 1 acquires reception information relating to a direct wave that directly arrives at the autonomous mobile unit 1 from the transponder 20 and a reflected wave that arrives via the wall surface. Using the reception information and the reflection environment information, the autonomous mobile unit 1 decides whether the received second ultrasonic wave is the direct wave or the reflected wave and processes the reception information based on the decision to estimate and track the position of the transponder 20.
G01C 22/00 - Measuring distance traversed on the ground by vehicles, persons, animals or other moving solid bodies, e.g. using odometers or using pedometers
G05D 1/00 - Control of position, course, altitude, or attitude of land, water, air, or space vehicles, e.g. automatic pilot
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Exterior enclosure for portable information processor, method of manufacturing the same, and portable information processor using the enclosure
An exterior enclosure has an elevated portion forming a top plane. The elevated portion is surrounded by two pairs of mutually opposed ridge lines. The top plane is formed to have a concavely curved surface with respect to one of the two pairs of ridge lines. The exterior enclosure is manufactured by fixing a plate-shaped metallic blank material in place and pressing the blank material in a heated condition so that the elevated portion is formed with the top plane formed thereon. In the forming process of the elevated portion, the elevated portion is so formed as to have a concavely curved surface with respect to one of the two pairs of the ridge lines.
A resampling detection apparatus for receiving a plurality of input signals composing a digital signal, and detecting whether the digital signal is a resampled signal, includes an estimation section that estimates a signal before resampling for the digital signal from one or more input signals, and a detecting section detects whether the digital signal is a resampled signal, using the estimated signal and one or more input signals.
H03M 7/00 - Conversion of a code where information is represented by a given sequence or number of digits to a code where the same information is represented by a different sequence or number of digits
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Prismatic lithium secondary battery having a porous heat resistant layer
A prismatic lithium secondary battery includes: a prismatic battery can having a bottom, a side wall, and an open top; an electrode assembly; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a sealing plate covering the open top of the battery can that accommodates the electrode assembly and the non-aqueous electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a porous heat-resistant layer and a separator that are interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. The side wall of the battery can has two rectangular main flat portions that are opposed to each other, and the thickness A of the porous heat-resistant layer and the thickness B of each of the main flat portions of the side wall satisfy the relation: 0.003≦A/B≦0.05.
A cylindrical lithium secondary battery that is resistant to breakage of the porous heat-resistant layer and therefore excellent in both safety and battery characteristics. The cylindrical lithium secondary battery includes: a battery can having a bottom, a side wall, and an open top; an electrode assembly; a non-aqueous electrolyte; and a sealing plate covering the open top of the battery can that accommodates the electrode assembly and the electrolyte. The electrode assembly includes a strip-like positive electrode and a strip-like negative electrode that are wound together with a porous heat-resistant layer and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrodes. The thickness A of the porous heat-resistant layer and the thickness B of the side wall of the battery can satisfy the relation: 0.005≦A/B≦0.1.
a) for bidirectional communications with the telephone selected from the other telephones in the unidirectional communications, for forming a channel so that the unidirectional communications with the telephone of the selected telephone number may be the bidirectional communications.
Provided is a transmission modulation apparatus, using polar modulation of two-point modulation scheme, capable of completing a timing adjustment of a BB phase modulation signal and BB amplitude modulation signal in a short time. A phase modulation section (10) that performs two-point modulation with a PLL circuit is provided with a switch (17) to make the PLL circuit open loop, and when a first delay section (5) corrects the deviation in synchronization between the BB phase modulation signal and BB amplitude modulation signal, the switch (17) is turned off to make the PLL circuit open loop.
H03C 3/08 - Modifications of modulator to linearise modulation, e.g. by feedback, and clearly applicable to more than one type of modulator
H03C 3/40 - Angle modulation by converting amplitude modulation to angle modulation using two signal paths the outputs of which have a predetermined phase difference and at least one output being amplitude-modulated
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Switching device and remote control transmitter using the switching device
A switching device and a remote control transmitter using the switching device are provided. In the switching device, a driving body rotating in conjunction with an operation body is provided. This rotation of the driving body provides an electrical contact or separation of a switch. A rotation of the operation body causes a great number of electrical contacts and separations of the switch. The operation as described above provides fine detection of an operation angle of the operation body to provide detection of the operation position with a high accuracy.
A nonvolatile memory device has a controller and flash memory. The flash memory stores user data and an error correcting code for correcting an error in the user data. When there is a read command from the outside, the user data and error correcting code are read from the flash memory. If there is any correctable error in the read user data, error correction is performed and then the data is outputted. If the there is uncorrectable error, the data is outputted directly without any correction.
An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: a lens holding frame 10 that holds a lens 30, on the periphery of which a first pair of restricting members composed of convex members 101 and 102 are provided at at least two places; and a circuit board 20 that connects the lens holding frame 10 with a camera main body electrically. The circuit board 20 includes a flexible substrate 21 with wiring that establishes electrical connection, and a reinforcing plate 22 fixed to a part of the flexible substrate 21. The circuit board 20 is fixed to the lens holding frame 10, such that at least a part of the reinforcing plate 22 is disposed between the first pair of restricting members, and that both ends of the part of the reinforcing plate 22 disposed between the first pair of restricting members are restricted by the first pair of restricting members. Consequently, it is possible to provide a camera that is easy to manufacture or to provide a camera that causes little flare.
A semiconductor device, which can accurately control carrier density, includes: a single crystal substrate; a semiconductor layer which is made of hexagonal crystal with 6 mm symmetry and is formed on the single crystal substrate; a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode which are formed on the semiconductor layer, where the main surfaces of a GaN layer and an AlGaN layer constituting the semiconductor layer respectively include C-axis of the hexagonal crystal, and a length direction of a channel region in the semiconductor layer is parallel to the C-axis of the hexagonal crystal.
A method of mounting a semiconductor laser component capable of preventing deterioration of laser characteristics and destruction of the semiconductor laser component due to a rise in temperature and a residual stress of the semiconductor laser component. The semiconductor laser component is mounted on a submount by heating and pressure-bonding, and is heated again up to a temperature more than a melting point of a bonding member at the released pressure to release the residual stress.
A multilayer capacitor including a base body, which is a dielectric substance; and a plurality of electrode layers, which is laminated in the base body and has a plurality of divided electrodes, in which there are at least three or more kinds of electrode layers having different number of electrodes, and the electrode layer having the most electrodes is interposed between the other electrode layers. The multilayer capacitor achieves high withstand voltage and high reliability with no damage to the size reduction and high capacitance of the capacitor and a mold capacitor having the multilayer capacitor built-in.
An electro-resistance element that has a different configuration from conventional elements and shows outstanding resistance change characteristics is provided. An electro-resistance element has two or more states in which electric resistance values are different, and is switchable from one of the two or more states into another by application of a predetermined voltage or current. The electro-resistance element includes: a multilayer structure including an upper electrode, a lower electrode, and an electro-resistance layer sandwiched by the electrodes, the multilayer structure disposed on a substrate; wherein the electro-resistance layer has a spinel structure, and a surface of the lower electrode that faces the electro-resistance layer is oxidized. The electro-resistance element can be manufactured by a manufacturing process at 400° C. or lower.
Each connection point of three series circuits formed by connecting two MOSFETs in series between positive and negative terminals of a direct-current power source is connected to a driving coil of a motor. The MOSFET is composed of an FET main body, and a parasitic element group, and its current tolerance is a sum of maximum value of a first current flowing in the FET main body when the MOSFET is turned on, and maximum value of a second current flowing in the parasitic element group upon transition of the MOSFET from on to off state.
In order to grasp an image capturing range, an image monitor is used for recognizing the range. A camera device of the present invention has a configuration that, depending on the shape and position of a shield unit that limits a range where a display lamp is visible, the range where the display lamp is visible is limited, and by making the range where the display lamp is visible and the angle of view of the camera coincident with each other, a subject can recognize to be within the image capturing angle of view during an image capturing process when the subject is in a range where the display lamp is visible and, also, can recognize to be out of the image capturing angle of view when the subject is located at a position where the display lamp is invisible.
G03B 17/48 - APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR - Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor adapted for combination with other photographic or optical apparatus
G03B 11/04 - Hoods or caps for eliminating unwanted light from lenses, viewfinders, or focusing aids
An angular velocity sensor includes a tuning fork unit; a base block provided with a terminal for outputting an output signal from the tuning fork unit to the exterior; a cover for housing the tuning fork unit in a space defined by combination with the base block; a circuit board for fixing the terminal on the base block, the circuit board being provided with a processing circuit for processing the output signal from the tuning fork unit; and a casing for housing the base block, the cover, and the circuit board. The terminal on the base block is fixed to the circuit board, with a clearance being defined by the base block and the circuit board. The terminal on the base block in the clearance has a flexure portion, and the flexure portion absorbs a vibration of a high frequency applied from the exterior.
In a hydrogen generator according to the invention, a reformer temperature sensor detects the temperature of a reformer at a start of a stop operation of a hydrogen generator. In a controller, a processing and controlling portion compares the detected temperature with first to fourth reference temperatures pre-stored in a storage portion, and determines which of the following conditions is the temperature condition of the hydrogen generator at the stop; a first condition in which water condensation occurs, a second condition in which water condensation and carbon deposition are avoidable, a third condition in which carbon deposition occurs, a fourth condition in which disproportionation reaction occurs, and a fifth condition in which oxidization of catalyst occurs. According to the determination result, an appropriate setting is selected among first to fifth replacement settings pre-stored in the controller corresponding to the first to fifth conditions, and an internal gas replacement operation is performed according to the selected setting.
C01B 3/36 - Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents using oxygen or mixtures containing oxygen as gasifying agents
F01N 3/20 - Exhaust or silencing apparatus having means for purifying, rendering innocuous, or otherwise treating exhaust for rendering innocuous by thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust characterised by methods of operation; Control specially adapted for catalytic conversion
3 fine particles) fixed on a p type silicon semiconductor substrate into a silicon oxidized film, and carrying out a heat treatment in a reducing gas atmosphere. Presence of the silicon oxidized film enables suppression of reoxidization of the reduced fine particles (FeO fine particles) due to exposure to the ambient air.
B22F 9/20 - Making metallic powder or suspensions thereof; Apparatus or devices specially adapted therefor using chemical processes with reduction of metal compounds starting from solid metal compounds
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Circuit board design system, design data analysis method and recording medium with analysis program recorded thereon
The design system, which is equipped with capability to analyze circuit board design data, comprises a storing section for recording design data, including structure data, circuit data, and element data; a selection section for selecting a pair of circuit elements subject to interference analysis among circuit elements placed on a circuit board, represented by the structure data; a substitution section for acquiring element data concerning circuit elements selected by the selection section from the design data and, based on element data, generating equivalent circuit data representing electromagnetic coupling within the pair of circuit elements with the help of an equivalent circuit; and an analysis section for calculating an amount of interference within the pair of circuit elements by analyzing data produced by combining the equivalent circuit data with the circuit data.
A data communication frame is formed by a preamble portion (PREAMBLE) for demodulation and synchronization, a frame information portion (FC) containing a data type of the frame, a frame length portion (FL), and a data body portion (DATABODY) composed of more than one data packet combined together. If a request to transmit a packet is made from an upper layer, a communication apparatus 10 concurrently performs a process of calculating a frame length the frame would have if combining of the packet is performed and a process of transmitting the preamble portion and the frame information portion. The frame length depends on packets, while the preamble portion and the frame information portion do not depend on packets.
H04J 3/16 - Time-division multiplex systems in which the time allocation to individual channels within a transmission cycle is variable, e.g. to accommodate varying complexity of signals, to vary number of channels transmitted
H04L 12/28 - Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
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Thermoelectric conversion device, and cooling method and power generating method using the device
The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion device having high thermoelectric conversion performance. In this device, electrodes are arranged so that electric current flows in an interlayer direction of a layered substance, unlike the arrangements derived from common knowledge in the art. In the thermoelectric conversion device according to the present invention, a thermoelectric-conversion film is obtained through epitaxial growth and formed by arranging an electrically conducting layer and an electrically insulating layer alternately; the electrically conducting layer has an octahedral crystal structure in which a transition metal atom M is positioned at its center and oxygen atoms are positioned at its vertexes; and the electrically insulating layer includes a metal element or a crystalline metal oxide. The c axis of the layered substance made of the electrically conducting layer and the electrically insulating layer is parallel to an in-plane direction of the substrate, and a pair of electrodes are arranged so that electric current flows along the c axis.
H01L 35/22 - Selection of the material for the legs of the junction using inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing boron, carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen
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Semiconductor laser device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor laser device of the present invention includes: an active layer formed on a substrate; a first semiconductor layer formed on the active layer and made of a nitride semiconductor of a first conductivity type; a multilayer film formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a groove; and a second semiconductor layer formed on the multilayer film to fill the groove and made of a nitride semiconductor of the first conductivity type. The multilayer film is composed of a plurality of thin films containing a nitride semiconductor of a second conductivity type, and one of the thin films formed as the uppermost film is made of gallium nitride.
The present invention is an optical pick-up system for use in an optical disk device including more efficient beam diffraction for tracking purposes. The system may be used for one or more types of optical disks (e.g., DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs). The invention includes a system for use in a DVD player; however, the present invention is applicable to any optical disk device. The system invention includes a gray-scale grating, which provides more efficient diffraction of tracking and processing portions of the laser(s) used in optical disk devices.
G11B 7/00 - Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power; Record carriers therefor
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Semiconductor memory device including memory controller for transmitting writing rate information to memory access device
A semiconductor memory card 1 includes a user data area 21 and a management information area 22, in a data storing unit 2. According to a writing test command from a memory access device 6, a memory controller 3 writes data into a user data storing area and measures the writing rate, and transmits the measurement result to the memory access device 6 via a host interface unit 4. Thereby, the memory access device 6 can recognize the writing rate.
G06F 12/00 - Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
G06K 17/00 - Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups , e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
G06K 19/07 - Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards with integrated circuit chips
The present invention relates to an improved interpolation based on motion compensation. In order to avoid interpolation artifacts in proximity to the image borders, in particular in letterbox type images, each motion compensated image data is subjected to a position validation in order to determine whether or not the motion compensated image data can be used for interpolation purposes. By comparing the position of the motion compensated image data in the referenced images with predefined borderlines, impermissible image data positions can be detected and interpolation based on such image data prevented.
H04N 11/20 - Conversion of the manner in which the individual colour picture signal components are combined, e.g. conversion of colour television standards
H04N 5/14 - Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region
Disclosed is a high frequency apparatus which eliminates an influence of interfering signals. An interference-cut filter (24) for eliminating interfering signals is disposed between an input terminal (22) and a mixer (27). The interference-cut filter (24) is so controlled that it effectively demonstrates the function while the interfering signals are transmitted. Control of the interference-cut filter (24) is made by a switch (23), which is controlled by a selector switch controller (39), and the switch controller (39) is controlled responsive to an error correction counter (38) and a radio wave transmitted from a cellular telephone (40). This structure eliminates interference attributable to communication signals transmitted by the cellular telephone (40) and undesirable signals entering from the outside. The invention can thus realize high quality reception.
3 has been added in an amount that is from 1 mol % to 50 mol %. The piezoelectric layer (16) is formed so that the crystal grains thereof become columnar grains which extend in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer (16) and in which the ratio of the average cross-sectional diameter to the length is from 1/50 to 1/14.
H01L 41/04 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof - Details of piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements
A microcavity-forming system for making microcavities in a wire (especially a tungsten filament wire). The system has a coating station receiving the wire and applying a polymer coating to the wire. A mask-forming station receives the polymer-coated wire and blows moist air over it to form air bubbles which result in holes in the polymer coating, thereby creating a mask. An etching station receives the wire, as coated with the polymer mask, from the mask-forming station and etches the wire through the holes in the polymer mask to form microcavities in the wire. A stripping station receives the wire from the etching station and removes the polymer mask from the wire, leaving the wire with microcavities. Processes of forming microcavities in a wire and, more generally, of making an etching mask having arrays of holes and conforming to substantially any surface, including an arbitrary curved surface, are provided.
The present invention provides a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell which has proper rigidity, is easy to handle and contributes to the improvement of the productivity of fuel cells. A method for producing a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell including a first step of: impregnating a conductive porous substrate made of a conductive carbon fiber cloth or conductive carbon fiber felt with a first dispersion containing a first fluorocarbon resin having thermoplasticity; and baking the first conductive porous substrate at a first baking temperature of not less than the melting point of the first fluorocarbon resin and less than the decomposition temperature of the first fluorocarbon resin to enhance the rigidity of the conductive porous substrate.
The present invention provides a differential voltage control oscillator including: a parallel resonance circuit in which an inductor circuit, a variable capacitance circuit, and a radio-frequency switching circuit are connected in parallel together; and a negative resistance circuit connected in parallel with the parallel resonance circuit. The radio-frequency switching circuit includes: a first switching element; a first capacitive element; a second switching element; a second capacitive element; a control voltage terminal for supplying a common control voltage to the first and second switching control terminals, the control voltage terminal being connected to a virtual ground point for a differential signal generated in the parallel resonance circuit; a first radio-frequency signal reduction section connected between the control voltage terminal and the first switching element; and a second radio-frequency signal reduction section connected between the control voltage terminal and the second switching element.
A first electrode thin film is formed on an upper surface of the oxygen ion conductive thin film so as to have a through hole. A resistor is formed on part of the upper surface of the oxygen conductive thin film located in the through hole. Thus, the oxygen ion conductive thin film can be directly heated by the resistor, so that oxygen ions can be speedily transferred with a low power. Therefore, the oxygen ion conductivity of the oxygen ion conductive thin film can be improved.
A brushless motor includes a rotor having a permanent magnet magnetized N pole and S pole alternately in a rotary direction, and a stator having a core facing the permanent magnet in a radial direction and a bearing which rotatably supports the rotor. The core includes plural salient poles at its ends, and slot inclusive-angle A, slot inclusive-angle B, slot inclusive-angle C are available between the salient poles adjacent to each other. When a relation of A
Method of manufacturing crystalline film, method of manufacturing crystalline-film-layered substrate, method of manufacturing thermoelectric conversion element, and thermoelectric conversion element
It is often the case that a substrate suitable for epitaxial growth does not match a substrate desirable for the use in functional elements such as thermoelectric conversion elements or the like. The present invention makes it possible to separate a predetermined layered structure formed on a substrate therefrom through an action of water vapor. A method of manufacturing a crystalline film of the present invention includes the steps of: epitaxially growing on a substrate a crystalline film including a layered structure so that the layered structure comes into contact with the substrate; contacting water vapor supplied from a water vapor source with the layered structure in a chamber; and separating the layered structure that has been contacted with the water vapor from the substrate to obtain the crystalline film. The layered structure has a layer containing an alkali metal, and a layer containing an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, Mn, Ti, Cr, V, Nb, and Mo.
H01L 37/00 - Thermoelectric devices without a junction of dissimilar materials; Thermomagnetic devices, e.g. using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof
The emergency alert service responds to receipt of emergency alert messages by filtering, formatting and routing emergency alert information to a variety of different networked appliances and also to remote devices. In this way, a consistent warning message is disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems, thus increasing warning effectiveness while simplifying the warning task. The system thus provides a common alerting protocol that is simple but quite robust and capable of exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings over all kinds of networks.
Electronic apparatus such as a cordless phone, the electronic apparatus includes detection means for detecting the error of received data and at least two speech buffers as speech buffers for temporarily storing the received voice data. In case the electronic apparatus is in a position where it can communicate with a repeater and a base unit, the electronic apparatus stores the voice data transmitted from the base unit into one speech buffer and stores voice data transmitted from the repeater into the other speech buffer, and uses the voice data of a lower error rate. This maintains high speech quality. In case the electronic apparatus roams from a second wireless network formed around the repeater to a first wireless network formed around the base unit, smooth roaming is provided without degrading the speech quality by using the voice data of a lower error rate stored in either of the two speech buffers, even when the conversation state is gradually degraded and more errors are detected in the received data.
H04L 1/22 - Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received using redundant apparatus to increase reliability
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Optical disc apparatus, an optical disc method, and a semiconductor integrated circuit capable of adjusting a focus position of a light beam and a spherical aberration
An optical disc apparatus includes a control section. The control section performs a first search while the tracking control is in the off state. The first search is for searching for a plurality of sets of the focus positions of the light beam and the spherical aberration amounts such that an amplitude of the tracking error signal is greater than a predetermined value. The control section performs a second search while the tracking control is in the on state. The second search is for determining a set of the focus position of the light beam and the spherical aberration amount such that the reproduced signal quality index is substantially optimal, among the plurality of sets of the focus positions of the light beam and the spherical aberration amounts obtained in the first search.
G11B 7/00 - Recording or reproducing by optical means, e.g. recording using a thermal beam of optical radiation, reproducing using an optical beam at lower power; Record carriers therefor
A charge control device of a secondary battery that allows the use of an electronic apparatus for a long period using a single initial charging, and is capable of extending battery life. The charging device includes a charge circuit for supplying charging current to secondary batteries, a voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage of secondary batteries, a current detection circuit for detecting the charging current in secondary batteries, a memory such as an EEPROM for recording the number of times of charging or total charge integrated amount in secondary batteries, and a microcontroller for controlling charge circuit, changing over to constant voltage charge after charging secondary batteries 2 at constant current, and decreasing the voltage in constant voltage charging depending on the number of times of charge or total charge integrated amount recorded in the memory of EEPROM.
H01L 41/22 - Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the assembly, manufacture or treatment of piezo-electric or electrostrictive devices or of parts thereof
H01L 41/00 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Details thereof
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Image pickup device including an infrared-ray cut filter
Thermoelectric conversion material, thermoelectric conversion element using the material, cooling device and electric apparatus using the element, and electric power generation method and cooling method using the element
x+1.5+d. Here, A is at least one selected from an alkali element, an alkaline-earth element, and a rare-earth element, x is a numerical value within the range of 0.2 to 2, and d is a non-stoichiometric ratio of oxygen and is a numerical value within the range of from −1 to 1.
H01L 35/22 - Selection of the material for the legs of the junction using inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing boron, carbon, oxygen, or nitrogen
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Ink for forming catalyst layer, and electrode and membrane-electrode assembly using the same
The present invention provides ink for forming a catalyst layer containing at least a cation conductive polymer electrolyte, catalyst-supporting particles including conductive carbon particles and an electrode catalyst supported thereon, and a dispersion medium, wherein the polymer electrolyte has a mean inertia radius of 150 to 300 nm. A catalyst layer made of the catalyst layer ink improves in gas diffusion property and increases cell voltage, which allows providing a proton conductive polymer electrolyte fuel cell capable of maintaining the high cell voltage for a long time.
An integrated circuit (IC) card capable of a high-speed data transmission to/from a data transmission apparatus having low processing capability. A controlling section generates a data packet by adding management information including information regarding a data length of the data packet, and divides the data packet to generate data blocks. The data length of the data block is designated from the data transmission apparatus. When the data blocks which compose the single data packet are sent to the transmission apparatus a communicating section sends an interrupt signal to the data transmission apparatus if the data block including the management information is to be sent, and does not send the interrupt signal to the data transmission apparatus if a data block not including the management information is to be sent.
An enhancing degree for sharpness enhancing is determined as a parameter for enhancing the sharpness of the input image by using at least one of information about a subject included in the input image and information about the display for displaying the input image. By using the enhancing degree determined, color distribution is controlled on a first principal component analysis axis obtained by analysis based on a principal component analysis in a color space.
Apparatus and method for searching for writable area, apparatus and method for updating recording management information, integrated circuit, and write-once information recording medium
An apparatus is provided for searching for a writable area of a write-once information recording medium, comprising a searching portion and a control portion. The searching portion searches for an unrecorded area using a prescribed address as a reference. The control portion provides a candidate address indicating a candidate for a writable area based on a result of the search, and performs a determination procedure for determining whether or not there is a defective area address indicating an address matching the candidate address in defect management information. When it is determined that there is not the defective area address indicating an address matching the candidate address, the control portion determines an area indicated by the candidate address as the writable area.
G11B 11/03 - Recording on, or reproducing from, the same record carrier wherein for these two operations the methods or means are covered by different main groups of groups or by different subgroups of group ; Record carriers therefor using recording by deforming with non-mechanical means, e.g. laser, beam of particles
A lancet device is provided capable of taking a sufficient amount of body fluid with less pain or readily healing wounds formed in the skin.
The lancet device comprises a plurality of needles for the skin, such as that of a finger tip of a diabetic patient. In the lancet device, the needles are arranged at intervals of a predetermined distance or more, which prevents the wounds formed by needle punctures in the skin from connecting to each other.
An electronic parts mounting apparatus and an electronic parts mounting method for picking up a plurality of electronic parts simultaneously by a transfer head having a plurality of suction nozzles from a plurality of tape feeders and then mounting the electronic parts on a substrate are provided. Displacement amounts of parts stop positions in respective tape feeders are detected in advance and stored as stop position correction data, and then tape feeding mechanisms are controlled based on the stop position correction data upon picking up the parts by the transfer head to execute such a registration that causes the parts stop positions to coincide with parts suction positions of the suction nozzles in the transfer head.
When an image inputted is displayed on the display, determined is an enhancing degree as a parameter for enhancing the sharpness of the input image by using at least one of information about a subject included in the input image and information about the display for displaying the input image. By using the enhancing degree determined, color distribution is controlled on a first principal component analysis axis obtained by analysis based on a principal component analysis in a color space. Furthermore, the texture of the subject is magnified in size and again mapped onto the subject. Due to this, the input image can be enhancement-processed to a well texture feeling easy to view.
A demodulated signal is to be generated by use of a first detection signal detected a presence/absence of a signal according to a correlation between a reception signal PPM-modulated at a pulse interval of T and a pulse variation width of τ and the reception signal delayed with a time (T+τ), a second detection signal detected a presence/absence of a signal according to a correlation between the reception signal and the reception signal delayed with a time (T), and a third detection signal detected a presence/absence of a signal according to a correlation between the reception signal and the reception signal delayed with a time (T−τ). By thus combining a plurality of delayed detections, it is possible to obtain a UWB demodulating apparatus configured with a circuit suited for integrated circuit fabrication.
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