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Patent JP-2009130952-A (JP)
Title: Bus-bar voltage adjusting method
Inventor: KIMURA KIYOSHI
IPC: H02J3/12
Filed: 2007-11-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a bus-bar voltage from being controlled out of a specified value, and to prevent a loading switch tap from being controlled excessively largely or extremely insufficiently.  <P>SOLUTION: It is determined whether a tap operation is in the fourth time in a step S1, processing is progressed to determination processing in a step S2 when the determination is "N", and in this step S2, it is determined whether a voltage deviates from "voltage adjustment relay 90+dead band" by the release of a branch reactor ShR. When the determination is "Y" in the step S2, the processing is progressed to determination processing in a step S3, it is determined whether the voltage deviates from "program control-dead band" when an LR tap is lowered in this step S3, the processing is progressed to processing in a step S4 when the determination is in "N", the "lowering" of an LRT tap is performed in a step S5 by resetting the relay 90 integration, and the processing is returned to the step S1. In the determination processing in the steps S1, S3, alarm output processing is performed when the determination is "Y", and in the determination processing in the step S2, a "phase modification operation" output is performed when the determination is "N".  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008129603-A (JP)
Title: Driver input analysis and feedback system, method of selling the system to customer, and driver training method for improving fuel economy performance of vehicle
Inventor: DOERING JEFF A
IPC: G09B9/052
Filed: 2007-11-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of driver training to improve fuel economy performance of a vehicle by generating driving recommendations against the driver's habit that can influence the fuel economy performance of the vehicle.  <P>SOLUTION: The method of driver training to improve fuel economy performance of the vehicle includes a receiving step 350 of receiving selected vehicle data and driver operating data indicative of driving conditions and operator inputs captured during previous vehicle operation, a processing step 360 of processing the received selected vehicle and driver operating data, and a first generating step 370 of generating driving recommendations to improve the fuel economy performance based on the processed vehicle and driver operating data.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009128479-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: HIRATA YUICHIRO
IPC: G03G15/08
Filed: 2007-11-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus detecting a quantity of toner remaining in a toner container in various use conditions, by using a remaining toner quantity detection method of an antenna system of a contact developing device in which the number of image dots and the number of printed sheets are used in an auxiliary manner.  <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus includes: a developing container 3 that has an opening and stores toner; a developing roller 1 that holds toner in the opening; a rotatable supply roller 2 that is disposed in contact with the developing roller 1 and supplies toner to the developing roller 1; and an image dot measuring means that measures the number of image dots formed on a photoreceptor drum 11. The image forming apparatus also has a developer quantity measuring device that measures a quantity of toner in the developing container 3 by detecting a capacitance between the developing roller 1 and the supply roller 2 when images are not formed, wherein the supply roller 2 has a foam layer on its surface, the foam layer having an amount L (liter/min) of air passed through the surface of 1.8≤L, and wherein the start of a measuring operation of the developer quantity measuring device is controlled based on at least the number of image dots.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009128636-A (JP)
Title: Operation status determination method and image forming apparatus
Inventor: NAKAZATO YASUFUMI
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 2007-11-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation status determination method capable of saving a time and resources required for fault recovery, by providing a method for determining a status of a practical apparatus, in particular, for determining a fault or a fault sign status, thus knowing previously or just after the worsening of the status to prevent a useless operation and to perform maintenance systematically.  <P>SOLUTION: This operation status determination method is provided with at least one sensor 50, and a status signal extractor 904 for extracting a plurality of status signals from a sensor output, performs a temporal feature amount extraction computation for computing temporal feature amounts of the state signals, prepares a small determining unit 906 for each temporal feature amount, and determines the status of an operating apparatus by weighted majority decision based on a determination result from the small determining unit.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009130679-A (JP)
Title: Solid-state image sensor, method of driving solid-state image sensor, and imaging apparatus
Inventor: ABE TAKASHI
IPC: H04N5/357
Filed: 2007-11-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To more surely transfer charge, by a transfer transistor, from a photoelectric conversion element to a gate input part of an amplification transistor.  <P>SOLUTION: In a CMOS image sensor, in which unit pixels are disposed in a matrix shape, including a photoelectric conversion element, a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, an amplification transistor and a selection transistor, the timing to bring a select signal SEL into an active state is set to after a reset signal RST is shifted from the active state to an inactive state and before a potential at a gate input part of the amplification transistor is read as a reset level, thereby enlarging a potential difference between under a gate of a transfer transistor 22 and a node FD when the relevant transfer transistor 22 is turned on.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008165750-A (JP)
Title: Circuit-design support apparatus, circuit-design support method, circuit-design support program, and printed-circuit-board manufacturing method
Inventor: KATO YOSHIYUKI
IPC: G06F17/50
Filed: 2007-11-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reflect a pin swap in package design in designing a circuit and FPGA design in designing a circuit that uses an FPGA as a component.  <P>SOLUTION: An FPGA-information management unit 110 of a circuit-design CAD apparatus 100 retrieves FPGA information, such as pin assignment information and attribute information, that is created by an FPGA-design CAD apparatus 10. A library creating unit 120 creates a symbol library by using the FPGA information. A pin-swap processing unit 150 retrieves pin swap information from a package-design CAD apparatus 20, and reflects the pin swap in the symbol library, the FPGA information, a circuit diagram, and a constrained condition. A change-history storage unit 165 stores therein a change history of the FPGA information. A history output unit 160 outputs information for notifying the pin swap to the FPGA-design CAD apparatus 10 based on the change history stored in the change-history storage unit 165.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009135333-A (JP)
Title: Method for manufacturing for semiconductor light-emitting element
Inventor: HIRATSUKA KENJI
IPC: H01S5/227
Filed: 2007-11-30
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting element, wherein the reliability of the semiconductor light-emitting element is improved by inhibiting a current leakage path from being formed and by inhibiting impurities from diffusing to a buried layer at the same time.  <P>SOLUTION: The method for manufacturing the semiconductor light-emitting element 1 absorbs in advance Si atoms 41 obtained by thermal decomposition of SiH<SB>4</SB>, thereby forming a diffusion protection layer 31 composed of Si-doped InP with high impurity concentration on one surface of a semiconductor substrate 11 and side surfaces of a semiconductor mesa part 12 in the initial growth of a buried layer 13. As a result, when the buried layer 13 is grown, Zn diffusing from an upper cladding layer 23 is trapped by the diffusion protection layer 31, and counter diffusion between Zn and Fe is inhibited. Meanwhile, unlike the case of formation using the crystal growth, since the diffusion protection layer 31 is formed uniformly with a small thickness of several monolayers, the diffusion protection layer 31 is also inhibited from becoming a current leakage path.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008146060-A (JP)
Title: Automatic focus device and method thereof
Inventor: HSU WEI-YAO
IPC: G02B7/28
Filed: 2007-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic focus device and a method for a microscope optical observation system.  <P>SOLUTION: The automatic focus device and the method thereof are provided. The device comprises: a beam splitter set altering a light pathway; a laser beam source disposed at a first side of the beam splitter set, for providing a principal laser beam to the beam splitter; an objective disposed between the beam splitter set and a testing object, for refracting a reflected beam from the testing object; a lens set disposed at a second side of the beam splitter set, for refracting the reflected beam from the objective and generating a light spot; a photo detecting device disposed with respect to the lens set, for receiving the light spot and generating a driving signal; and a driving device electrically connected to the photo detecting device, for detecting the driving signal and adjusting a relative distance between the objective and the testing object.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008184225-A (JP)
Title: Coupling piece for joining two containers stacked one atop the other, container equipped with coupling piece, and method for using the coupling piece
Inventor: BEDERKE CHRISTIAN
IPC: B65D90/00
Filed: 2007-12-04
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coupling piece which can be used as a fully automatic device between containers.  <P>SOLUTION: On the lateral face of the lower coupling projection 23 of the coupling piece, a locking catch 28 for being locked in an elongated opening 33 of the upper corner fitting of a lower container 36 is provided so as to project to one side of the longitudinal sides of the elongated opening 33. On a junction of a stop plate 21 and the lower coupling projection 23 of the other side of the longitudinal side, an introducing chamfered portion 30 which abuts a formed wall of the elongated opening 33 during coupling operation of an upper container 35 and the lower container 36 and is inclined so as to guide the locking catch 28 to a lock position in the elongated opening 33 is provided. On the abutting face of the locking catch 28 abutting on the formed wall of the elongated opening 33, when the upper container 35 is raised for separating the containers, an inclined shoulder face 34 which is inclined so as to guide the lower coupling projection 23 to an unlock position is provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009141628-A (JP)
Title: Video reproducing system and its control method
Inventor: TSUJII HIDEAKI
IPC: G11B27/034
Filed: 2007-12-05
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video reproducing system which can continue to dub from an interruption portion later on even if a dubbing to a removable recording medium is interrupted.  <P>SOLUTION: Intrinsic information of the removable recording medium such as a DVD, etc., information indicating the progress of the interrupted dubbing and information for specifying the dubbed data are stored as a dubbing interruption history so as to correlate with each other. When the intrinsic information of the recording medium obtained from a recording device is included in the dubbing interruption history, the interrupted dubbing is restarted by use of the correlated information.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009139248-A (JP)
Title: Defect detecting optical system and surface defect inspecting device for mounting defect detecting image processing
Inventor: HARIYAMA TATSUO
IPC: G01N21/95
Filed: 2007-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem, wherein the precision for the size and the height of a defect cannot be improved with conventional techniques that determine irregular defects by means of lens effect.  <P>SOLUTION: A surface defect inspecting device includes an irradiating optical system for making the surface of the face plate of a disc mounted on a stage irradiated with optical beams, and then scanning the surface of the face plate; a contrast filter having a contrast difference for varying the amount of the optical beams that the optical beams irradiated to the disc are reflected specularly from the face plate; a receiving optical system for receiving the specularly reflected light that is transmitted through the contrast filter; and a processing means for discriminating the defects on the surface of the face plate by the change in the amount of specularly reflected light that is obtained by the transmission through the filter.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009140812-A (JP)
Title: Porous electrode substrate, method of manufacturing the same, membrane-electrode assembly, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Inventor: SUMIOKA KAZUHIRO
IPC: H01M8/10
Filed: 2007-12-07
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a porous electrode substrate having high mechanical strength, high thickness accuracy, high surface smoothness, sufficient gas permeability, and high conductivity even in a low price; and to provide a method of manufacturing the porous electrode substrate.  <P>SOLUTION: The porous electrode substrate in which carbon short fibers (A) dispersed in the two dimensional plane are joined with carbon fiber precursor short fibers which are carbonized and not fibrillated is manufactured in a process dispersing the carbon short fibers (A) and the carbon fiber precursor short fibers which are not fibrillated in a two dimensional plane and manufacturing a precursor sheet; and a process carbonizing the precursor sheet at 1,000°C or higher.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008091945-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device
Inventor: KAWASHIMA TETSUYA
IPC: H02M3/155
Filed: 2007-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve heat dissipation property of a semiconductor device in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are packaged.  <P>SOLUTION: On a plate-like lead part 5 of an input side, a power MOSFET chip 2 for controlling is arranged. A drain terminal DT1 is formed at the back of the chip. On a main surface, a source terminal ST1 and gate terminal GT1 are formed. The source terminal ST1 and a plate-like lead part 12 for the source are connected. On a plate-like lead part 6 of an output side, a power MOSFET chip 3 for synchronization is arranged. A drain terminal DT2 is formed at the back of the chip. The plate-like lead part 6 of the output side is connected with the drain terminal DT2. On a main surface of the power MOSFET chip 3 for synchronization, a source terminal ST2 and gate terminal GT2 are formed. The source terminal ST2 and a plate-like lead part 13 for the source are connected. With plate-like lead parts 12 and 13 for the source being exposed, heat dissipation property of a MCM1 can be improved.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009138701-A (JP)
Title: Control device for internal combustion engine
Inventor: MIZOGUCHI HIROAKI
IPC: F02D45/00
Filed: 2007-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for an internal combustion engine provided with a catalyst having capability to store oxygen arranged in an exhaust passage, appropriately determining the capability of the catalyst to store oxygen while suppressing deterioration of fuel consumption.  <P>SOLUTION: This control device for the internal combustion includes the internal combustion engine 10 having a plurality of cylinders, the catalyst 32 arranged in the exhaust passage 22 of the internal combustion engine 10 and having the capability to store oxygen, and a variable valve train 30 for variably setting the operating angle of a valve. When measuring the capability of the catalyst 32 to store oxygen, it is determined (step S204) whether or not a target operating angle is smaller than a lower limit of the operating angle with no variations in an air-fuel ratio between the cylinders. When the target operating angle is smaller than the lower limit, the target operating angle is varied to the lower limit (step S206). Preferably, after the actual operating angle is varied to the lower limit, measurement of the capability of the catalyst 32 to store oxygen is started (step S210).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009121213-A (JP)
Title: One-touch universal eaves gutter hanger
Inventor: KUMAZAWA YURIKO
IPC: E04D13/072
Filed: 2007-11-11
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a universal eaves gutter hanger which is stable, has excellent construction workability with one-touch operation, and enables reduction of material cost.  <P>SOLUTION: A rod-like support 3 fixed to a modesty panel 18 is provided with an outer ear holder 1 forming a hooked insertion part 27 for hooking and holding an eaves gutter outer ear 4, and having an almost stair shape in a cross section view, and provided with an inner ear holder 2 held by a nail part 21 from inside and outside of an eaves gutter inner ear 5. The outer ear holder 1 and the inner ear holder 2 are integrally connected through a fixing means. The rod-like support 3 is slidably inserted through insertion holes 6, 7, 8 provided in mounting pieces 23, 25, 26 located in the middle of the longitudinal direction of the outer ear holder 1 and the inner ear holder 2.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009146990-A (JP)
Title: Method of cutting tape or film stuck on wafer
Inventor: TAKATOI MITSUHIRO
IPC: H01L21/683
Filed: 2007-12-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of cutting a tape or film stuck on a wafer without causing the wafer from chipping or cracking.  <P>SOLUTION: In the method of cutting the tape or film 2, a certain angle 9 is provided between a cutting edge of a cutting tool for cutting the wafer 1 and a tangent on a wafer outer periphery and while the angle 9 is maintained, the tape or film 2 stuck on the wafer 1 is cut larger than the external diameter of the wafer 1. Consequently, the cutting edge 3 of the cutting tool never comes into direct contact with an end surface of the wafer 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009142858-A (JP)
Title: Pipe member and method of manufacturing the same
Inventor: KAWAMURA TOMOHIKO
IPC: B21D53/88
Filed: 2007-12-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pipe member formed by integrating a small-diameter metal pipe and a large-diameter metal pipe via a double pipe structure part.  <P>SOLUTION: A diameter expanding punch 12 is press-fitted into the small-diameter pipe 3 through the large-diameter pipe 2, thereby integrally expanding the diameter of the small-diameter pipe 3 and the large-diameter pipe 2. As the diameter of the small-diameter pipe 3 is expanded, the axial length of an expanded part 3b is shortened, and the tip end of the expanded part 3b of the small-diameter pipe 3 is separated apart from a step part 2c of the large-diameter pipe 2. In this state, the large-diameter pipe 2 and the small-diameter pipe 3 are displaced from each other in the axial direction. In order to avoid this, during molding of an expanded part 2b and the expanded part 3b, a part of the expanded part 2b of the large-diameter pipe 2 is radially inwardly deformed by a pin 11 to form a retaining part 5 which is engaged in the expanded part 3b of the small-diameter pipe 3.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009147119-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor apparatus
Inventor: SONE HIROKI
IPC: H01L27/04
Filed: 2007-12-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent malfunctions of a circuit by suppressing generation of a displacement current charging/discharging parasitic capacitance formed by an insulation film between a support substrate and an active layer, due to dv/dt surge.  <P>SOLUTION: A support substrate 2 is left only below a low-potential reference circuit part LV and a high-potential reference circuit part HV. Accordingly, a part below the low-potential reference circuit part LV and a part below the high-potential reference circuit part HV among the support substrate 2 are brought into a state insulated by an insulation member 30. As a result, parasitic capacitance formed by a part of an embedded oxide film 3 arranged between the high-potential reference circuit part HV and the support substrate 2, and parasitic capacitance formed by a part thereof arranged between the low-potential reference circuit part LV and the support substrate 2 are electrically cut off. Accordingly, generation of a displacement current charging/discharging the parasitic capacitance can be suppressed, and the circuit can be prevented from malfunctioning.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2009152257-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device, and manufacturing method thereof
Inventor: ARAI KAZUYOSHI
IPC: H01L21/60
Filed: 2007-12-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To put an under surface of a silicon substrate in ground electric potential in a single body state, as the under surface of the silicon substrate is required to be put in the ground electric potential, for stabilizing electric potential of the silicon substrate, in a semiconductor device called SOI.  <P>SOLUTION: The other end part end surface of wiring 10b for the grounding is exposed being flush with side surfaces of a silicon substrate 2, an insulating film 3, an SOI integrated circuit part 4, an upper layer insulating film 6, a protective film 8 and a sealing film 14. A connecting member 16 formed of conductive paste is arranged over the under surface of the silicon substrate 2 from the side surface of the silicon substrate 2, the insulating film 3, the SOI integrated circuit part 4, the upper layer insulating film 6, the protective film 8 and the sealing film 14 including this exposed other end part end surface of the wiring 10 for the grounding. Thus, the under surface of the silicon substrate 2 can be put in the ground electric potential in the single body state, and thus, a characteristic can be evaluated in the single body state.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2008116979-A (JP)
Title: Perfluoropolyether liquid pellicle and mask-cleaning method using perfluoropolyether liquid
Inventor: CUMMINGS KEVIN
IPC: G03F1/24
Filed: 2007-12-19
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a perfluoropolyether liquid pellicle which can be used in a photolithography projection device which provides a patterned projection beam such as a radiation of 157 nm or a radiation so as to print a pattern on a substrate, and also provide a mask-cleaning method using a perfluoropolyether liquid.  <P>SOLUTION: A patterning device includes a material layer 31, a patterned opaque material layer 32 on the surface of the material layer, and a pellicle 40 of a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) liquid, the pellicle covering the surface. In order to provide the patterning device 32, which has the material layer 31 and the patterned layer of the opaque material, on the surface of the material layer and form the PFPE liquid layer 40, the PFPE liquid which covers the surface is applied to the surface, and at least a part of the PFPE liquid layer is removed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT