baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2018148113-A (JP)
Title: Piezoelectric body film
Inventor: DOI TOSHIHIRO
IPC: H01L41/187
Filed: 2017-03-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piezoelectric body film capable of improving piezoelectric properties by reducing the full width at half maximum of diffraction peaks derived from a given crystal plane measured by X-ray diffraction by improving crystallinity and orientation of a piezoelectric body film.SOLUTION: Disclosed piezoelectric body film has a PZT-based or PT-based perovskite structure formed on a substrate. The half value width of the diffraction peak derived from the (100) plane measured by X-ray diffraction is 0.15 degree or less, and the half value width of the diffraction peak derived from the (200) plane is 0.40 degree or less.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018151350-A (JP)
Title: Gas sensor
Inventor: ASANO ATSUSHI
IPC: G01N27/409
Filed: 2017-03-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas sensor having a heater inserted in a hollow portion of a sensor element capable of controlling the heater to stably heat the sensor element.SOLUTION: The gas sensor includes: a sensor element the front end of which is formed in a shape of a closed hollow shaft; a heater 15 which is inserted into the hollow portion of the sensor element in contact with the inner face of the sensor element and the rear end thereof protruding backward exceeding the sensor element; a heater hole which is disposed at the rear end side of the sensor element and which has a concave at the front end for housing the rear end side of the heater; and a tubular separator 121 which has a leading end-facing surface 121a that is in contact with the heater and communicates with the heater hole and while processing the heater toward the front end side. The leading end-facing surface has a contour shape getting closer to the front end side from one end in the radial direction to the other end.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Patent JP-2018163468-A (JP)
Title: Foreground extraction device and program
Inventor: CHIN GUN
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2017-03-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foreground extraction device which has a low calculation load about a multi-viewpoint image.SOLUTION: A foreground extraction device includes: a background differentiation part 3 for acquiring a first foreground image of each viewpoint by applying a background difference method about an image of each viewpoint of a multi-viewpoint image; a visual volume crossing part 4 for acquiring a visual volume by applying a visual volume crossing method to a first foreground image of each viewpoint; and a restoration part 5 for acquiring a second foreground image of each viewpoint by reversely projecting the visual volume to an image place of each viewpoint of a multi-viewpoint image. The restoration part 5 acquires a second foreground image of each viewpoint by further performing lack complementary processing after performing the reverse projection.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018163122-A (JP)
Title: Navigation device, server device, presentation method, presentation program, and recording medium
Inventor: HIRABAYASHI DAISUKE
IPC: G06Q50/10
Filed: 2017-03-27
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable use of history information provided to multiple users while preventing person identifiable information of a person from being presented to others.SOLUTION: A navigation device makes a recording unit record a history of location identification performed by the navigation device, presents the recorded history, and, after a predetermined condition is met, presents only the history that does not allow personal addresses to be identified, which is selected from the history that has been recorded by the recording unit until the predetermined condition was met.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018165228-A (JP)
Title: Hydrogen generating cell, concentration-type hydrogen generating cell, and hydrogen production apparatus
Inventor: OKUMA TAKESHI
IPC: C01B3/10
Filed: 2017-03-28
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydrogen generating cell capable of efficiently generating hydrogen from water vapor, a concentration-type hydrogen generating cell, and a hydrogen production apparatus.SOLUTION: A hydrogen generating cell A is formed from a composite of ceramic particles 1 having a compositional formula of AXO, where 0≤δ≤1, A: at least one kind of a rare earth element, an alkali earth element and an alkali metal element, X: at least one kind of a transition metal element and a metalloid element, and O: oxygen, and metal particles primarily containing at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Rh, Ru, Pd, Pt, Ni, Co and Fe, the composite being housed in a housing filled with a gas. A concentration-type hydrogen generating cell B comprises a hydrogen generating part 11 that is formed of the above hydrogen generating cell and a light absorbing part 13.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018169283-A (JP)
Title: Sample processing system
Inventor: UTSUKI YASUSHI
IPC: G01N35/04
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: To avoid congestion in a sample processing system, thereby providing a punctual result report on the inspection of a sample.SOLUTION: The sample processing system includes: a sample input unit 11 for inputting a sample into a system; a processing unit for processing or analyzing the sample; a sample conveyance unit having a plurality of sample conveyance lines 3 connecting the sample input unit 11 and the processing unit to each other; a detection unit for detecting a congestion situation in the processing unit or in the sample conveyance lines 3; and a control unit 6 for conducting individual controls so that the sample will not be conveyed to the sample conveyance line 3 to which the sample is to be conveyed, if the result of the detection by the detection unit shows that there is a congestion to the destination.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018168434-A (JP)
Title: Plating method and plating apparatus
Inventor: WAKUDA YOHEI
IPC: C25D21/14
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: To supply a plating liquid with indium ions easily and inexpensively.SOLUTION: A method for providing a plating solution for electrolytic plating using an insoluble anode with indium ions comprises the steps of: preparing an acidic plating solution; and dipping an indium metal into the plating solution so as to make the indium metal dissolved in the plating solution without applying voltage to the indium metal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018169033-A (JP)
Title: Power device
Inventor: ANDRII PYDIN
IPC: B60K6/52
Filed: 2017-03-30
Abstract: To provide a power device capable of mechanically switching a connection state of a driving source and a wheel according to a vehicle running state.SOLUTION: In a power device 1 including a motor 2 and a transmission 4, the transmission 4 includes a first planetary gear mechanism 11, a second planetary gear mechanism 12, an idler 13, a first one-way rotation restriction mechanism OWB1, and a second one-way rotation restriction mechanism OWB2. A sun gear S1 of the first planetary gear mechanism 11 is connected to the motor 2, a carrier C2 of the second planetary gear mechanism 12 is connected to wheels 3A, 3B, a ring gear R1 of the first planetary gear mechanism 11 and a ring gear R2 of the second planetary gear mechanism 12 are connected, a carrier C1 of the first planetary gear mechanism 11 is connected to a sun gear S2 of the second planetary gear mechanism 12 through the idler 13, the first one-way rotation restriction mechanism OWB1 restricts rotation in the other direction, of the idler 13, and the second one-way rotation restriction mechanism OWB2 restricts rotation in the other direction, of the ring gear R2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018173855-A (JP)
Title: Shoplifting prevention system and store side device and center side device used therefor
Inventor: HARA YASUTO
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2017-03-31
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shoplifting prevention system that can contribute to prevention of shoplifting.SOLUTION: A shoplift prevention system is composed of a center side device and at least one shop side device connected to the center side device via a communication line. The shop side control device acquires an entry date and time from a store side face authentication unit to a shop for each person, a date and time of exit from the shop, face information, and transmits it to the center side device together with the shop information and acquires, from a flow line detection unit, flow line information detected for each person and the face information of the corresponding person and transmits it to the center side device together with the shop information. Further, the shop side control device transmits to the center side device, information indicating a presence of a suspicious person and face information of a person corresponding to the flow line information determined as having suspicious persons and location information thereof together with shop information as suspicion information from a suspicious activity detection unit; and upon receipt of information on a missing item and a lost date and time and time zone information from a product detection device, these items of information are output as lost information together with store information to the center side device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018182418-A (JP)
Title: Transfer device and transfer method
Inventor: HORIKAWA TAKESHI
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2017-04-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a redundant structure of an interwork portion between a multilayer virtual network and a physical network.SOLUTION: A ToR-SW(1A,1B) that transfers a frame communicated between a virtual machine on a virtual NW and a physical machine on a physical NW, in which virtualization of the NW is not performed, has a redundant structure and comprises: a virtual address setting unit 11 that sets a common virtual address between the ToR-SW(1A,1B); a monitoring unit 12 that performs life-and-death monitoring of the ToR-SW(1A,1B); an encapsulation unit 13 that performs encapsulation and de-capsulation of frames communicated between the virtual machine and physical machine when being an active system and that does not perform encapsulation and de-capsulation when being a standby system, according to the result of the life-and-death monitoring; and a transmission/reception unit 14 that performs transmission/reception of frames encapsulated and de-capsulated when being the active system, and that does not perform transmission/reception when being the standby system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018180102-A (JP)
Title: Image formation apparatus
Inventor: TOICHI TETSUYA
IPC: G03G15/16
Filed: 2017-04-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image formation apparatus which can effectively remove toner and foreign matter accumulated on a charging brush without complicating and enlarging the apparatus configuration.SOLUTION: An image formation apparatus 10 includes a pre-charging unit 57 which charges toner adhering to an intermediate transfer belt 53. The pre-charging unit 57 includes: a charging brush 571 which is brought into contact with the intermediate transfer belt 53; a DC power source 572 which applies the DC bias to the charging brush 571; and a switch 573 which switches between the state where the DC bias is applied to the charging brush 571 and the state where application of the DC bias to the charging brush 571 is stopped. The image formation apparatus 10 performs the plural times of switching between the state where the DC bias is applied to the charging brush 571 and the state where application of the bias to the charging brush 571 is stopped in a specific period outside the period in which a toner image carried by the intermediate transfer belt 53 is transferred to a sheet by a secondary transfer roller.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
Patent JP-2017201121-A (JP)
Title: Road paver with support device
Inventor: INGO HERZBERG
IPC: E01C19/48
Filed: 2017-04-06
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a road paver with a support device.SOLUTION: The invention relates to a road paver (1) with a height-adjustable screed (2) for installing a pavement layer and at least one support device (6) for carrying and positioning at least one sensor unit (7). The support device (6) comprises a center bar (11), at least one extension bar (13) for the center bar (11), and at least one attachment unit (18) which detachably attaches the extension bar (13) at one end (12) of the center bar (11). The center bar (11) and the extension bar (13) are connectable to one another via the attachment unit (18) at a first mounting angle (α) in the vertical projection plane. The center bar (11) and the extension bar (13) are connectable to one another via the attachment unit (18) at at least one further mounting angle (β) in the vertical projection plane.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018178828-A (JP)
Title: Diesel engine
Inventor: TAKAI YU
IPC: F02D43/00
Filed: 2017-04-11
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize fuel injection where an exhaust gas temperature never exceeds an upper limit, in a Diesel engine with an EGR device.SOLUTION: An EGR device 60 is configured to connect an exhaust passage with a suction passage not via an engine body 10, to reflux part of exhaust gas to the suction passage. An ECU 200 is configured to calculate a reference upper limit injection amount indicating an upper limit of a fuel injection amount in a case where the EGR device 60 does not reflux exhaust gas. Then, the ECU 200 is configured to, when the EGR device 60 refluxes exhaust gas, increase the upper limit of the fuel injection amount from the reference upper limit injection amount by a fuel injection amount equivalent to reduction of an exhaust gas temperature in the case where the EGR device does not reflux exhaust gas.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018179733-A (JP)
Title: Battery life diagnostic device and battery life diagnostic method
Inventor: ASAKURA RYOJI
IPC: G01R31/36
Filed: 2017-04-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a diagnosis of a battery life according to the state of each battery.SOLUTION: A battery life diagnosis device comprises a storage unit 22 for storing duration of use of a battery 11 measured for each time point and a measurement value of a deterioration index indicating deterioration of the battery 11 measured for each time point, and a processing unit 23 for diagnosing a life of the battery 11. The processing unit 23 determines a time change amount of the deterioration index on the basis of the duration of use of the battery 11 and the measurement value of the deterioration index, determines a prediction function of the deterioration index for each battery on the basis of the time change amount of the deterioration index and determines a prediction value of the deterioration index on the basis of the prediction function of the deterioration index to diagnose a life of the battery 11 on the basis of the prediction value of the deterioration index.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2018176660-A (JP)
Title: Structure having two layer structure lubricant membrane
Inventor: SEITO SHINYA
IPC: B65D65/40
Filed: 2017-04-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure having on its surface, a lubricant membrane indicating excellent lubricity to a content including a large amount of a surface active agent, especially to a content which is viscous.SOLUTION: There is provided a structure 10 formed of a base material 1 and a lubricant membrane 3 formed on a surface of the base material 1, in which the lubricant membrane 3 comprises a two layer structure formed of a lubrication support layer 3a positioned on the surface side of the base material 1 and a lubrication function layer 3b positioned on the lubrication support layer 3a, the lubrication function layer 3b being formed of a gelatinizer including membrane or a non-newtonian liquid membrane.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2017227869-A (JP)
Title: Wavelength swept light source
Inventor: TOYODA SEIJI
IPC: G02F1/29
Filed: 2017-04-20
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wavelength swept light source capable of providing high-speed wavelength control of laser light with high wavelength purity over a wide range of wavelengths by equivalently increasing the diameter of an incident light beam to a diffraction grating without increasing the thickness of a deflector made of, for example, a KTN crystal.SOLUTION: A wavelength swept light source comprises a resonator consisting of a gain medium and a wavelength filter, and an optical deflector configured to select a wavelength by deflecting light exiting the gain medium and entering the wavelength filter, and also includes a conical lens disposed between the gain medium and the optical deflector such that an apex thereof faces the optical deflector.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018177163-A (JP)
Title: Motorcar
Inventor: TAKAMATSU MASAFUMI
IPC: B60W10/02
Filed: 2017-04-21
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress excessive temperature increment in a motor, an inverter and an engagement element (clutch).SOLUTION: There is provided a motorcar comprising a motor, an inverter driving the motor, a power accumulation apparatus communicating with the motor via the inverter with electric power, and a clutch arranged between the motor and driving wheels. Under a situation where the motor outputs torque and a vehicle is stopped, when the temperature of the motor and/or the inverter increases to higher than a first threshold, a half engagement control is executed, where the clutch is controlled to rotate the motor in a half engagement state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018185238-A (JP)
Title: Object sensor
Inventor: OKADA KAZUHIRO
IPC: G01B7/00
Filed: 2017-04-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object sensor capable of detecting an existence region of a target object nearby in a noncontact state while having a simple structure.SOLUTION: An object sensor 1 comprises: a support body 30; plural pairs of capacitative elements C1 and C2 made up of electrodes; and position identification means 60. The electrodes are classified into an inner electrode E0 and a pair of first outer electrodes E1 and E2 extended in a Y-axis direction. The capacitative element C1 or C2 is made up of one of the first outer electrodes E1 or E2 and the inner electrode E0. The position identification means 60 identifies a detection region close to a place where a target object 20 exists on the basis of respective capacitance values of the capacitative elements. A length of the inner electrode E0 in the Y-axis direction is shorter than the lengths of the first outer electrodes E1 and E2 in the Y-axis direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2017175640-A (JP)
Title: Multi-metric filtering
Inventor: IN SUK CHONG
IPC: H04N19/14
Filed: 2017-05-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide filtering of video data in a video encoding or video decoding process.SOLUTION: A filter unit of a video encoder or video decoder is configured to determine a first metric for a group of pixels within a block of pixels, determine a second metric for the group of pixels, determine a filter on the basis of the first metric and the second metric, and generate a filtered image by applying the filter to the group of pixels. The first metric and second metric are an activity metric and a direction metric, respectively, or other metrics such as an edge metric, horizontal activity metric, vertical activity metric, or diagonal activity metric.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Patent JP-2018188890-A (JP)
Title: Paving machine
Inventor: KAMATA OSAMU
IPC: E01C7/14
Filed: 2017-05-09
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paving machine capable of constructing a paving body having water barrier properties in a lower area of pavement of a single pavement layer and using a porous concrete having water permeability and noise reduction performance necessary for drainage in an upper area of the pavement layer.SOLUTION: A paving machine (100) of the present invention comprises: a conveying device (1) for conveying a pavement material (C: for example, a raw concrete material of thixotropic porous concrete); a feeding device (2) for feeding the pavement material (C) to a paving site; a laying and leveling device (3); and vibration application devices (10, 20, 30) for applying vibrations to the pavement material (C). The vibration application devices (10, 20, 30) are located between a discharge part (1A) of the conveying device (1) and the feeding device (2), and are located downward (of the paving machine 100).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2018187671-A (JP)
Title: Joining method
Inventor: HORI HISASHI
IPC: B23K20/12
Filed: 2017-05-11
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joining method capable of preventing metal shortage of a junction.SOLUTION: A joining method for joining metal members 10 and 20 includes: an abutting step of forming the first metal member 10 and the second metal member 20 into a U-shaped cross section, forming a longitudinal dimension of a vertical plate 21 of the second metal member 20 to be longer than a longitudinal dimension of the vertical plate 11 of the first metal member 10, abutting both of the metal members 10 and 20, and forming an abutting part J2 along with a step with both of the metal members 10 and 20; an auxiliary member arrangement step of arranging an auxiliary member 30 in the first metal member 10; a main joining step of friction-agitation joining of the auxiliary member 30 and both of the metal members 10 and 20 in a state in which only an agitation pin F2 is brought into contact with the auxiliary member 30 and both of the metal members 10 and 20; and a removal step of removing the auxiliary member 30 from the first metal member 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Patent JP-2017132818-A (JP)
Title: Oral composition
Inventor: TOMOHIRO DAISUKE
IPC: A61P1/12
Filed: 2017-05-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oral composition in which the persistence of the drug effect of an intestinal prokinetic agent is improved.SOLUTION: The present invention provides an oral composition that comprises an intestinal prokinetic agent and an aluminum-containing compound.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2018194520-A (JP)
Title: Feature point detection device, hollow image detection device, method, and program
Inventor: MURAZAKI KAZUHIKO
IPC: G01S13/88
Filed: 2017-05-22
Abstract: To enable a position candidate which is likely to be hollow to be presented.SOLUTION: A flat surface segmentation unit 42 generates, with respect to each of a plurality of types of normal directions, a plurality of images showing two-dimentional data segmented respectively in a plurality of flat surfaces having the normal directions, from three-dimentional data showing underground radar data. A SIFT feature point detection unit 44 detects a SIFT feature point from each of the plurality of segmented images. On the basis of the SIFT feature points detected by each of the plurality of images, a multidirectional crossing unit 46 narrows down SIFT feature points detected in an overlapping manner in each of the images with respect to each of the plurality of types of normal directions to a candidate of a feature point indicating a hollow position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1