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Motor-driven travelling body and high-speed charge method for motor-driven travelling body

An electrically-driven mobile body which can be given a boosting charge with electric power supplied by a single power supply apparatus together with other electrically-driven mobile bodies having different charging conditions and which can cool a charging system thereof without any coolant from the outside, as well as a boosting charge method for an electrically-driven mobile body for the same purpose.An electrically-driven mobile body (50) which includes a power storing means (85) storing DC power supplied by an external power supply apparatus (10) and is driven with DC power stored in the power storing means (85), includes: a charge controlling means (80) for controlling DC power supplied by the power supply apparatus (10) in such a way that the DC power has a voltage and an electric current suitable for giving the power storing means (85) a boosting charge; and a cooling means (60) for cooling a charging system of the power storing means (85) forcedly with DC power supplied by the power supply apparatus (10).
Owner:INST FOR ENERGY APPL TECH

Plasma processing apparatus and method of plasma distribution correction

A plasma processing apparatus can prevent a sheath from becoming distorted, simplify a configuration of the apparatus, and prevent particles from attaching to a substrate. The plasma processing apparatus performs plasma processing on the substrate. A housing chamber houses the substrate. A mounting stage is disposed within the housing chamber and mounted with the substrate. An annular member is disposed in the mounting stage. A power supply unit supplies high-frequency power to the mounting stage. An observation unit optically observes the distribution of the plasma. A voltage applying unit applies a DC voltage to the annular member. A control unit sets the value of the DC voltage to be applied based on the observed plasma distribution.
Owner:TOKYO ELECTRON LTD

Method and apparatus for measuring shape of bumps

The present invention provides a bump shape measuring apparatus comprising an illumination optical system which illuminates bumps arranged on a board with illumination light of a low tilt angle to a surface of the board; a detection optical system where reflected light from the bumps is condensed for detection of image signals of the bumps by a high tilt angle to the surface of the board; an image processing unit where an outline of the tip and the base of each of the bumps is calculated based on the image signals of each of the bumps, and geometric characteristics including at least a position and height of each of the bumps are calculated based on the outline of the tip and the base of each of the bumps; and a main control unit where information on the calculated geometric characteristics of the bumps is displayed on a display unit.
Owner:HITACHI SEIKO LTD

Radio communication apparatus

InactiveUS20090289739A1Sufficient diversity effectConfiguration of apparatus becomes complicatedMultiple-port networksPower managementEngineeringTransmission line
There is provided a radio communication apparatus for transmitting transmission signals of the channel CH1 and the channel CH2, including a first antenna, a second antenna, a dual-band transmitting / receiving circuit having a first terminal for the channel CH1 and a second terminal for the channel CH2, a first branching circuit configured to receive a transmission signal from the first terminal or the second terminal, a second branching circuit configured to divide the transmission signal from the first branching circuit between the first antenna and the second antenna, and a transmission line configured to connect the first branching circuit and the second branching circuit.
Owner:RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP

Automatic analysis apparatus

An automatic analysis apparatus that is capable of aligning the timing of sample dispensing and efficiently carrying out tests of a plurality of items. An intermediate disk (disk) is set so that an A-cycle for carrying out an operation for pretreatment and B-cycles for carrying out operations for dispensing a sample to a reaction disk and a flow analysis mechanism serving as test mechanisms are combined to use n-units of the B-cycles as a dispensing operation cycle time period of the sample. Therefore, the timing of sampling can be efficiently aligned so that the test of an item having a short analysis cycle can be carried out during the test of an item having a long analysis cycle, and so that the tests of an item having a large number of requests can be carried out during the test of the item having a small number of requests.
Owner:HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORP

Magnetic-Field Measurement Device

The disclosed magnetic immunoassay device, which performs magnetic immunoassays using antigen-antibody reactions, can perform speedy immunoassays without bound / free separation in the test samples. The device is also practical, being capable of stable magnetism measurement without magnetic shielding. The disclosed magnetic immunoassay device is provided with: an excitation coil that uses an AC magnetic field to magnetize a test sample containing a magnetic marker; a magnetism sensor that measures magnetism in the test sample and outputs a magnetism signal; and a displacement sensor for detecting changes in the distance between the test sample and the magnetism sensor. By optimally setting the bandwidth of a lock-in amplifier, which detects changes in the phase of the magnetism signal outputted by the magnetism sensor, and the rotational speed produced by a drive system, which moves the test sample at low speeds, the impact of environment magnetic noise is reduced, and correcting the magnetism signal using distance information obtained from the displacement sensor allows stable magnetism measurement.
Owner:HITACHI LTD

Image processing apparatus and method thereof

An image forming apparatus and method for performing appropriate attribute determination on a wide area of image data with a simple configuration of the apparatus and performing high-quality image forming are provided. A luminance signal of each pixel of a multi-valued image is inputted to the original document reading unit, and a color attribute of a pixel of interest is determined by the pixel attribute determination unit based on the luminance signal. In the main controller, the array attribute number determined in accordance with an array of the color attribute is counted with respect to 32 lines of a block, which is obtained by dividing a band having 64 lines of the multi-valued image into 8 blocks in the main scanning direction, and the determined color attribute is counted. Based on the counted value, a parameter indicative of an image characteristic of the block is calculated. Based on the counted value and the calculated parameter, an image attribute of the block is determined. Based on the determination result, an image attribute of the band is determined.
Owner:CANON KK

Coating Apparatus

Provided is a coating apparatus, which has satisfactory operability at a time of installing or exchanging a spray nozzle, is not complicated in structure, and is advantageous in terms of layout. A rotary drum (2) is rotated around an axis (A) inclined with respect to a horizontal line, and has an opening (5) at one end on an inclination upper side. A spray nozzle unit (10) is removably attached to a swing arm (34), and the swing arm (34) can swing with respect to a swing axis (34c). Owing to the swing operation of the swing arm (34), the swing nozzle unit (10) can be moved between the inside and the outside of the rotary drum (2).
Owner:POWREX

Image processing method and image processing apparatus

An image processing apparatus includes a holder holding a carrier carrying cells, an imager including an imaging optical system in which an optical axis is oriented toward the carrier, and images the cells in a bright field, a position changer changing a focus position of the imaging optical system in a direction along the optical axis, a controller changing a set position of the focus position by the position changer and obtaining a plurality of original images by causing the imager to perform imaging at each set position, and an image processor calculating a contrast value of each original image, specifying two set positions at opposite sides of a local minimum value of the contrast value in a profile of the contrast value in relation to the set position and generating a difference image of two of the original images respectively imaged at the two set positions.
Owner:DAINIPPON SCREEN MTG CO LTD

Energy-Saving Type Apparatus For Producing Freshwater

An energy-saving freshwater producing apparatus having a simple apparatus configuration. Seawater is heated by a heat-collecting device based on solar light, and the heated seawater is injected to one or more mist-forming structure formed as a rotor comprising a plurality of collision members formed to extend radially, to form a mist. Water vapor generated from the formed mist is introduced to a heat exchanger arranged in a side-by-side relation to the mist-forming structure in a horizontal direction through a demister, while being carried on an airstream by an airstream-forming device. Low-temperature seawater flows through the heat exchanger vertically from a lower side to an upper side thereof. The introduced water vapor is condensed into freshwater by cold energy of the seawater, and the freshwater is collected.
Owner:ELECTRA HLDG CO LTD

Hologram recording apparatus and hologram recording method

InactiveUS20060077851A1Less susceptible to forgeryLess susceptible to alterationHolographic optical componentsRecord information storageSpatial light modulatorLight beam
A hologram recording apparatus includes a light source for irradiating coherent light, light separator for separating the coherent light into light for reference beam and light for signal beam, optical path changer for changing an optical path of each light separated by the light separator so that the reference beam and the signal beam may be irradiated simultaneously onto an optical recording medium, a spatial light modulator disposed in the optical path of the light for the signal beam for modulating the light for the signal beam in accordance with a supplied recording signal to create signal beam for recording a hologram, and diffused light irradiator for irradiating diffused light simultaneously with the reference beam at least onto an area of the optical recording medium where the reference beam is irradiated.
Owner:FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

Alignment apparatus and substrate processing apparatus

An alignment apparatus for aligning a wafer includes a mounting unit, an imaging unit, an elevation unit, and a controlling unit. The control unit outputs a control signal for controlling the elevation unit such that a luminance variation between the outer side and the inner side of the wafer obtained by the imaging unit becomes the same as a luminance variation obtained when the imaging unit is focused, for estimating a warpage state of the wafer based on an amount of relative movement of the imaging unit and the mounting unit with respect to a relative height position of the imaging unit and the mounting unit obtained when the imaging unit is focused on a reference wafer having no warpage, and for detecting the alignment mark of the wafer by the imaging unit by rotating the mounting unit in a state where the imaging unit is focused.
Owner:TOKYO ELECTRON LTD

Sheet post-processing device and image forming apparatus having the same

A sheet post-processing apparatus includes a pair of folding rollers for folding a transported sheet stack by rotation while nipping the sheet stack, a pushing plate for pushing the transported sheet stack into the folding rollers by advancing and retreating relative to the folding rollers, a stack transport upper roller and a stack transport lower roller (first load device) for applying a load to the pushing plate in pushing the sheet stack by contacting the sheet stack at an upstream side of the folding rollers, and sheet holding mechanism (second load device) having a lever for applying a load to the pushing plate in pushing the sheet stack by contacting the sheet stack at the downstream side of the folding rollers. An image forming apparatus is equipped with the sheet post-processing apparatus.
Owner:NISCA KK +1

Identification apparatus and sorting system

An identification apparatus includes: a plurality of light capturing units including light-capturing optical systems configured to capture a plurality of Raman scattered light fluxes from a sample, an optical fiber unit configured to include a plurality of optical fibers configured to respectively guide the captured Raman scattered light fluxes and in which the optical fibers are bundled at emission end portions thereof; a spectral element configured to disperse the guided Raman scattered light fluxes; an imaging unit configured to receive the dispersed Raman scattered light fluxes; and a data processor configured to acquire spectral data of the Raman scattered light fluxes from the imaging unit and configured to perform an identification process. The Raman scattered light fluxes dispersed by the spectral element are projected so that a spectral image formed on a light-receiving surface of the imaging unit extends along a main scanning direction of the imaging unit.
Owner:CANON KK

Apparatus for controlling the operation of an led, and method for controlling drive current thereof

The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the operation of an LED and to a method for controlling the drive current thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the operation of an LED, which is capable of driving a direct current-operated LED module or an alternating current-operated LED module using alternating current power, and to a method for controlling the drive current of the apparatus. According to the present invention, the drive current of an LED array can be output in the form of a sine wave by a constant-current regulation or constant-power regulation even when input voltage varies, thus suppressing harmonics, improving the power factor, minimizing flicker, and preventing a temperature increase in the LED array and in an LED operation control circuit.
Owner:KOREA ELECTROTECH RES INST

Cutting fluid tank

A cutting fluid tank includes: a fluid ejection apparatus configured to eject fluid toward cutting fluid containing chips and to be capable of varying at least one of a direction and a position of ejection with time in an interior of a tank body configured to store the cutting fluid containing the chips flowed from a work portion of a machine tool. The fluid ejection apparatus includes an ejection head having an ejection port rotatable about an axis of rotation. The ejection port is at a twisted position with respect to the axis of rotation, and the ejection head is rotated by a reaction force of the fluid ejected from the ejection port. Part of the cutting fluid stored in the cutting fluid tank is used as the fluid to be ejected from the ejection port.
Owner:OKUMA CORP

Data demodulation apparatus and method

The invention provides a data decoding apparatus and method by which the data rate can be discriminated at a high speed using a Viterbi decoding process. Receive data are successively Viterbi decoded beginning with the top thereof. At a point of time when receive data which may possibly be end bit position data required for data rate discrimination are Viterbi decoded, data necessary for the data rate discrimination are successively extracted, and the data rate is discriminated based on the extracted necessary data.
Owner:SONY CORP

Overcurrent protection apparatus for load circuit

To provide an overcurrent protection apparatus for a load circuit which can detect an overcurrent accurately without being influenced by the offset voltage Voff of an amplifier (AMP1). When the amplifier (AMP1) has the offset voltage Voff which is a positive value (Voff>0), a current obtained by subtracting a current Ia from a current I1 flowing through a resistor R1 by conducting a current source IA is flown into a resistor R3. In contrast, when the amplifier (AMP1) has the offset voltage Voff which is a negative value (Voff<0), a voltage drop is generated at a resistor R2 by conducting a current source IB to thereby control so that a voltage Vds becomes same as the voltage generated at the resistor R1. Thus, since a voltage V3 generated at the resistor R3 becomes a voltage from which the influence of the offset voltage Voff is eliminated, it is possible to determine an overcurrent accurately by eliminating the influence of the offset voltage Voff.
Owner:YAZAKI CORP

Imaging lens and imaging apparatus

The imaging lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group G1 having a positive power, a diaphragm, a second lens group G2 having a positive power, and a third lens group G3. Each of the lens groups includes three or more lenses. A positive lens is disposed on a most object side in the first lens group G1, and a meniscus lens, which is concave toward the object side, is disposed to be closest to the object side in the second lens group G2. During focusing from an infinite distance object to a close-range object, elements ranging from the first lens group G1 to the second lens group G2 integrally move toward the object side, and the third lens group G3 remains stationary. The imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression about a radius of curvature of an air lens of the first lens group G1.
Owner:FUJIFILM CORP

Humidifying and cooling apparatus for fuel cell

The present invention relates to a humidifying and cooling apparatus for a fuel cell, and more particularly, to a humidifying and cooling apparatus for a fuel cell for actively and effectively performing a cooling and a humidification control of supplied air, when high-humidity air is supplied to a fuel cell stack in an air supplying apparatus for a fuel cell for supplying an appropriate humidity to the fuel cell stack.
Owner:HANON SYST

X-ray phase imaging apparatus

The X-ray phase imaging apparatus is configured to include an image generation unit that generates an X-ray phase-contrast image based on a phase-contrast between a step curve representing an intensity change of an X-ray when an object is placed between an X-ray source and a phase grating or between a phase grating and an absorption grating and a step curve when no object is placed therebetween, and is configured to obtain a displacement amount of relative positions of a plurality of gratings based on a plurality of step curves.
Owner:SHIMADZU CORP

Cutting apparatus

A cutting apparatus which avoids exposing a fixed blade mounted in a lid portion even when the lid portion is opened. A fixed blade 40 is arranged so that a blade surface 40b faces the upstream side in the direction of transport of a printed medium 1. A cover 48 is slidably mounted on the fixed blade 40, is configured to cover a cutting edge line 40a of the fixed blade 40 from the side of the blade surface 40b when a lid portion 13 is released, and may be slid toward a root of the fixed blade 40 to expose the cutting edge line 40a of the fixed blade 40 when the lid portion 13 is closed.
Owner:SATO HLDG CORP

Automatic teller machine having medium storage unit and control method thereof

The objective of the present invention is to provide an automatic teller machine and a control method thereof, the machine being provided with a medium storage unit which is capable of improving the convenience of a worker during maintenance by allowing a door of the medium storage unit to be opened even when the door is locked by a key. To achieve the objective, the automatic teller machine comprises: a door having a locking part for opening and closing a medium storage space in which a medium is stored; a first slide member located at a locked position or an opened position by means of a locking or opening operation of the locking part; a second slide member for locking the door by means of engagement with the first slide member when the first slide member is in the locked position; a drive unit for moving the second slide member between a first position in which the door is locked and a second position in which the door is unlocked when the first slide member is in the locked position; and a control unit for controlling driving of the drive unit.
Owner:HYOSUNG TNS INC

Centerless grinding apparatus and centerless grinding method

A centerless grinding apparatus (10) includes an outer diameter surface grinding wheel (11) for grinding the outer diameter surface of a work (1) of a substantially cylindrical shape, a regulating wheel (12) for supporting the outer diameter surface of the work (1) in conjunction with the outer diameter surface grinding wheel (11) and an end surface grinding wheel (21) for grinding the end surface of the work (1). The end surface grinding wheel (21) grinds the end surface of the work (1) while the outer diameter surface grinding wheel (11) grinds the outer diameter surface of the work (1) in a state that the work (1) is disposed between the outer diameter surface grinding wheel (11) and the regulating wheel (12).
Owner:NSK LTD

Sensor for coordinate input device

A sensor for a coordinate input device includes an x-direction loop coil group including a plurality of loop coils arranged in an x direction, each loop coil having at least two linear sections perpendicular to the x direction, and a y-direction loop coil group including a plurality of loop coils arranged in a y direction, each loop coil having at least two linear sections perpendicular to the y direction. A terminal portion including a plurality of terminals is provided in the vicinity of an edge portion of the x-direction or y-direction loop coil group. Lines are disposed between the linear sections of the loop coils of the x-direction loop coil group or the y-direction loop coil group to provide connections between the terminals of the terminal portion and the corresponding loop coils of the x-direction loop coil group and the y-direction loop coil group.
Owner:WACOM CO LTD

Surface detection apparatus for blast furnace

A surface detection apparatus for a blast furnace is provided. An antenna is fixed to a side of a container attached to an opening portion of the blast furnace and having a bottom surface opened in correspondence to the opening portion. A reflection plate is disposed in the container immediately above the opening portion so as to face the opening portion and the antenna. A tilt angle varying mechanism and a rotation mechanism for the reflection plate are configured as a double pipe structure and are provided at an anti-antenna side of the reflection plate.
Owner:WADECO

Surface profile detection apparatus of burden in blast furnace and operation method

Provided is a surface profile detection apparatus of a burden in a blast furnace having a simple apparatus configuration and capable of detecting a deposited state of the burden while a shooter is turning and enabling an operation close to a theoretical deposition profile. The surface profile detection apparatus of a burden in a blast furnace includes a rotating plate mounted immediately above an opening part of the blast furnace and configured to rotate about an opening center of the opening part as a central axis, a rotating means for rotating the rotating plate, and a transmission and reception means for transmitting a detection wave such as a microwave or a millimeter wave in a linear shape along a diametrical direction of the rotating plate and receiving the detection wave. The surface profile detection apparatus performs transmission and reception in a direction orthogonal to a rotating direction of the rotating plate while rotating the rotating plate in synchronization with turning of the shooter so that transmission of the detection wave is not interrupted.
Owner:WADECO

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

The present invention aims to obtain a tomographic image free from image noise due to reflection on a container wall surface and having a good image quality by a simple configuration. In a FD-OCT imaging apparatus which images an imaging object stored in a container having an optical transparent wall part tomographically, when the focal depth is set such that a distance D from a first surface Sa of the wall part on the side of the imaging object to a focal point FP of the objective optical system is smaller than a predetermined threshold value smaller than a thickness T of the wall part, the distance between a second surface Sb of the wall part on a side opposite to the imaging object out of the wall surfaces and a reference plane which is perpendicular to the optical path of the illumination light and to which an optical path length is equal is set a value equal to the thickness of the wall part.
Owner:DAINIPPON SCREEN MTG CO LTD
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