374 results about "Design support" patented technology

A solid-state image sensing element has a photoelectric conversion element which converts incoming light into an electrical signal in accordance with an amount of the light, a microlens which is arranged on an incident surface, a light guide which is arranged between the photoelectric conversion element and the microlens, and an insulating interlayer which is arranged around the light guide. The solid-state image sensing element located at a distance (H) satisfies: H·DL·P<a·NHNL⁢ ⁢for⁢ ⁢0<a<1where L is the distance from an exit pupil of an image sensing optical system of an image sensing device, which mounts an image sensor formed by two-dimensionally arranging a plurality of the solid-state image sensing elements, H is the distance from a center of the image sensor to a position of the solid-state image sensing element on the image sensor, D is the height from the photoelectric conversion element to an apex of the microlens, P is the spacing between the plurality of solid-state image sensing elements, NH is the refractive index of the light guide, and NL is the refractive index of the insulating interlayer.

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A solid-state image sensing element has a photoelectric conversion element which converts incoming light into an electrical signal in accordance with an amount of the light, a microlens which is arranged on an incident surface, a light guide which is arranged between the photoelectric conversion element and the microlens, and an insulating interlayer which is arranged around the light guide. The solid-state image sensing element located at a distance (H) satisfies:H·DL·P<a·NHNL⁢⁢for⁢⁢0<a<1where L is the distance from an exit pupil of an image sensing optical system of an image sensing device, which mounts an image sensor formed by two-dimensionally arranging a plurality of the solid-state image sensing elements, H is the distance from a center of the image sensor to a position of the solid-state image sensing element on the image sensor, D is the height from the photoelectric conversion element to an apex of the microlens, P is the spacing between the plurality of solid-state image sensing elements, NH is the refractive index of the light guide, and NL is the refractive index of the insulating interlayer.

The present invention relates to a three-dimensional (3D) model display device and a 3D model display system in which even a beginner can easily edit a 3D model, and edit and watch a moving image using a 3D model while maintaining harmony of a model, a texture, and a motion. When a user clicks a selection button 508b of “trying-on”, performed is a preview display about how an avatar possessed by the user is displayed when the avatar wears a cloth, a hairstyle, an item, and an accessory desired to be tried on. A head size, a body portion size, and a bust portion size of the avatar possessed by the user are managed in a user management table. Display data related to the preview display displayed on the display screen 114 of the 3D model display device is dynamically generated by a 3D model display server based on the head size, the body portion size, and the bust portion size.

A security system design supporting tool and method are disclosed, in which security requirements (PP) and security specifications (ST) used for designing a product or a system (TOE) based on CC requirements can be prepared efficiently and uniformly even by ordinary designers other than specialists. In a security system design supporting method, registered PPs and past PP / ST generation cases are so structured as to reuse and / or reference as templates, a draft is automatically generated, and the draft thus generated is additionally modified or corrected by partial automatic generation utilizing a database of past generation cases and partial case accumulated in the generation process thereof.

Various endeffector designs are disclosed for handling semiconductor wafers. For instance, an endeffector for handling wafers at a relatively low temperature is disclosed along with an endeffector for handling wafers at a relatively high temperature. Both endeffectors include uniquely designed support members that are configured to only contact a wafer at the wafer's edge. The endeffectors may also include a wafer detection system. The endeffector for handling wafers at relatively low temperatures may also include a pushing device that is used not only to position a wafer but to hold a wafer on the endeffector during acceleration or deceleration of the endeffector caused by a robot arm attached to the endeffector. As designed, the endeffectors may have a very slim profile making the endeffectors easily maneuverable.

A composite micro-lens for use in an optical or magneto-optical information storage system, made up of one or more lens elements which, when coupled in assembly, provide a desired numerical aperture. The design may provide, if necessary, a photo resist lens, a shaped ball lens, or one or more contoured surfaces within the composite construction to correct for aberrations. The composite lens designed in this manner allowing for the use of wafer-level assembly processes to provide high volume production capabilities. It is further intended that this micro-lens design support integration in an optical or magneto-optical head design.

Systems and methods for automated systolic array design from a high-level program are disclosed. One implementation of a systolic array design supporting a convolutional neural network includes a two-dimensional array of reconfigurable processing elements arranged in rows and columns. Each processing element has an associated SIMD vector and is connected through a local connection to at least one other processing element. An input feature map buffer having a double buffer is configured to store input feature maps, and an interconnect system is configured to pass data to neighboring processing elements in accordance with a processing element scheduler. A CNN computation is mapped onto the two-dimensional array of reconfigurable processing elements using an automated system configured to determine suitable reconfigurable processing element parameters.

When the convey behavior of a flexible medium conveyed in a conveying path is analyzed by simulation, a design support apparatus of this invention executes 1) processing for approximating a nip on a model to an actual nip, 2) processing for matching a feature point of a drive chart with a calculation step upon making a numerical calculation for solving a motion of a flexible medium using the drive chart, and 3) processing for reflecting velocity variations due to deformation of a convey roller pair, thus implementing a simulation with high accuracy. When the design support apparatus of this invention is used, even a designer who does not have expert knowledge on simulation can analyze the convey behavior of the flexible medium conveyed in the conveying path with relatively higher accuracy.

There is disclosed a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a logic BIST circuit which includes a test pattern generator and test result compressor and which performs a built-in self test (logic BIST) of a logic circuit, a pattern counter which counts test patterns during the logic BIST, an expected value comparison circuit which compares a compressed value output of the test result compressor with an expected value input from an external tester for each test pattern and which outputs a failure flag at a mismatch detection time, an external terminal which outputs the failure flag from the LSI, and an external terminal which outputs from the LSI a pattern count signal at a time when the pattern counter receives the failure flag.

A furniture design support system comprises a computer system. The computer system comprises an HD unit, which stores a furniture design support program and data representing the basic forms of units and parts. An operator defines a size, a finishing color, a material (the kind of wood), etc. with respect to the unit to be used for furniture to be designed on the basis of the desires of a customer, and also defines a finishing color, a material, etc. with respect to the part (a drawer, a door leaf, etc.) (step 33). Completed furniture is displayed on a display screen by assembling the unit and the part on the display screen. An HD stores design data related to the completed furniture (step 34). The appearance of the completed furniture is displayed on the display screen on the basis of the design data, and a design drawing is outputted from a printer (step 35).

A nonvolatile memory element which can be initialized at low voltage includes a variable resistance layer (116) located between a lower electrode (105) and an upper electrode (107) and having a resistance value that reversibly changes based on electrical signals applied between these electrodes. The variable resistance layer (116) includes at least two layers: a first variable resistance layer (1161) including a first transition metal oxide (116b); and a second variable resistance layer (1162) including a second transition metal oxide (116a) and a third transition metal oxide (116c). The second transition metal oxide (116a) has an oxygen deficiency higher than either oxygen deficiency of the first transition metal oxide (116b) or the third transition metal oxide (116c), and the second transition metal oxide (116a) and the third transition metal oxide (116c) are in contact with the first variable resistance layer (1161).

In designing integrated circuits such as FPGAs, a design support environment including the quality of design data is improved and the design efficiency is improved. An integrated-circuit design support apparatus that supports designing of an integrated circuit having a plurality of pins is provided. The apparatus includes a processor (a central processing unit) that forms a pin layout matrix (a matrix sheet) by unifying pin layout information of the integrated circuit using a common format and arranging the pin layout information in coordinates. The processor creates an integrated-circuit design library from the pin layout matri

Various endeffector designs are disclosed for handling semiconductor wafers. For instance, an endeffector for handling wafers at a relatively low temperature is disclosed along with an endeffector for handling wafers at a relatively high temperature. Both endeffectors include uniquely designed support members that are configured to only contact a wafer at the wafer's edge. The endeffectors may also include a wafer detection system. The endeffector for handling wafers at relatively low temperatures may also include a pushing device that is used not only to position a wafer but to hold a wafer on the endeffector during acceleration or deceleration of the endeffector caused by a robot arm attached to the endeffector. As designed, the endeffectors may have a very slim profile making the endeffectors easily maneuverable.

A design support device supports a design project achieved by executing a plurality of tasks including subtasks. The design history data of the design performed by a designer is sequentially stored and associated with a task to sequentially generate task-design history relevant data. A subtask is defined with respect to the task-design history relevant data to sequentially generate design process data. Subtask relevant data indicating a relevance between subtasks with respect to the plurality of pieces of design process data is generated, and a subtask to be performed in a later design work is estimated with respect to an in-process design work from a difference between past design process data of a project performed in the past and in-process data in a project performed currently to obtain an estimate subtask. An optimal execution order is calculated to obtain estimate design process data and the estimate design process data is output.

Physical layer structures and access schemes for use in such networks are described and in particular initial access channel (IACH) structures are proposed. A spectrum efficient downlink (DL) IACH design supports different types of User Equipment (UE) capabilities and different system bandwidths. An IACH includes the synchronization channel (SCH) and broadcast-control channel (BCH). A non-uniform SCH for all system bandwidths is provided, as well as scalable bandwidth BCH depending on system bandwidth. An initial access procedure is provided, as well as an access procedure.

A design support apparatus of the present invention includes the following: an antenna electromagnetic field distribution input portion that inputs data indicating an antenna electromagnetic field distribution in the vicinity of electronic equipment; a board near electromagnetic field distribution input portion that inputs data indicating a board near electromagnetic field distribution as unwanted radiation noise radiated from a board of the electronic equipment; and a correlation value generator that generates a distribution of correlation values showing a correlation between the antenna electromagnetic field and the board near electromagnetic field based on the antenna electromagnetic field distribution data and the board near electromagnetic field distribution data.

In designing integrated circuits such as FPGAs, a design support environment including the quality of design data is improved and the design efficiency is improved. An integrated-circuit design support apparatus that supports designing of an integrated circuit having a plurality of pins is provided. The apparatus includes a processor (a central processing unit) that forms a pin layout matrix (a matrix sheet) by unifying pin layout information of the integrated circuit using a common format and arranging the pin layout information in coordinates. The processor creates an integrated-circuit design library from the pin layout matrix.

A circuit board device suppress with a small number of terminal elements unwanted irradiation originating between a power supply layer and a ground layer, even when a configuration of the power supply layer and the ground layer on the circuit board is complex, and a design support device thereof. The circuit board device has a power supply layer and a ground layer disposed in opposition to one another. A dielectric is disposed between the power supply layer and the ground layer. A power supply surface is divided into two power supply surfaces and by a slit having a generally T-shaped configuration to form power supply surface edges. The power supply surface edges retain across a predetermined length L a characteristic impedance present between the power supply layer and the ground layer. A terminal load is connected to a terminal portion of the power supply surface edges.

There is provided a circuit design supporting device, a circuit board design supporting system, a circuit board design supporting server, a circuit board design supporting client, a circuit design supporting method, and a program for realizing the device for designing a layout of main components such as LSI, etc. on a circuit board such as a printed circuit board wherein unnecessary electromagnetic radiation is suppressed. The circuit design supporting device comprises a noise generating level adding means and a component locating means. The noise generating level adding means adds noise generating level information to a component to be located on a printed circuit board. The component locating means includes a component position detecting section, a voltage distribution detecting section, a noise generating level comparing section, and an error informing section. The component position detecting section detects a position of the component moved on the printed circuit board. The voltage distribution detecting section detects a voltage level on the printed circuit board in the detected position of the component. The noise generating level comparing section compares the detected voltage level with the noise generating level added to the component. The error informing section informs a user of an error when the voltage level on the printed circuit board is equal to or larger than the noise generating level as a result of the comparison.

To easily transform three-dimensional data of a wire harness into a two-dimensional drawing. Wire harness data of a wire harness to be routed in a desired object is inputted to a computer. The wire harness data includes coordinate information which is three-dimensionally designed in a state adapted to the object of routing. A development plane for two-dimensionally developing the wire harness data is set. The wire harness data is divided into a plurality of segments S1 to S5 at predetermined division points, and is sequentially developed to the development plane on the segment unit basis from a start point P1 of a reference trunk line 17 via a branch line 18 to a termination point, thereby two-dimensionally developing the wire harness data on the segment unit basis so that all of the segments S1 to S5 are included in the development plane.

A hands-free breast pump system is disclosed. A breast shield having an adhesive inner surface for adhering to a woman's breast is disclosed. An adapter is connected to the breast shield for transferring a vacuum generated by a pump to the breast. The adapter also allows milk expressed from the breast to drain from the adapter to a container. The breast shield adheres to the breast and supports the weight of the adapter and collector bottle without separate adhesives, gels, straps, or specially designed support bras. The adhesive breast shield allows for hand-free expression of milk.

The invention discloses a portable mobile 3D printer. The portable mobile 3D printer comprises a material storage device, a shell, a transmission device, a discharging device, a printing bench, a control box, a control device and a power supply, and the transmission device has a three-axis coordinated transmission structure, and comprises an X-axis transmission mechanism, a Y-axis transmission mechanism and a Z-axis transmission mechanism, wherein the X-axis transmission mechanism and the Y-axis transmission mechanism adopt synchronous belt transmission, and the Z-axis transmission mechanism adopts ball screw transmission. The assemblies of the portable mobile small 3D printer have ingeniously designed support structures, so the printer has an extreme compact structure, and the portable mobile design is realized when applicable to ensure the printing dimension; and the portable mobile 3D printer also has the greatly effective door lock mechanism with a simple structure, and has a humanized electricity quantity display design, so the user experience satisfaction is greatly improved, and the printer has very strong market promotion.

Provided is an environment which enables a user to implement 3D space design on a computer accessible to a server computer via a network. The server computer includes a layout design program which is operable on a screen activated by a browser of the client computer to enable the user to implement space design of a layout in the terms of a 2D image, an object database which stores object data used for layout design for retrieval and extraction, and a 3D display program which is operable on the browser screen of the client computer to display the designed space in the terms of a 3D image. The client computer is equipped with the browser capable of executing programs of the layout design program and the 3D display program. Upon receiving the layout design program and the 3D display program, from the server computer via the network, the programs of the layout design program and the 3D display program are executable on the browser screen.

A nonvolatile memory element includes a variable resistance layer located between a lower electrode and an upper electrode and having a resistance value that reversibly changes based on electrical signals applied between these electrodes. The variable resistance layer includes at least two layers: a first variable resistance layer including a first transition metal oxide; and a second variable resistance layer including a second transition metal oxide and a transition metal compound. The second transition metal oxide has an oxygen content atomic percentage lower than an oxygen content atomic percentage of the first transition metal oxide, the transition metal compound contains either oxygen and nitrogen or oxygen and fluorine, and the second transition metal oxide and the transition metal compound are in contact with the first variable resistance layer.

An asynchronous, peer-to-peer design is provided for synchronizing data on machines within a cluster using messaging. The data may be represented in memory as a document object model in secondary storage. Messaging may be handled by a messaging system with topic destinations. The design supports persistence management, locking, and transactions with rollback, and maintains a uniform state for the data across all nodes and secondary storage at all times. Furthermore, barring catastrophic failure of all machines in the cluster and secondary storage, there is no possibility of losing committed data.

The invention relates to a turbine blade disc structure service life reliability design method. An initial scheme for a turbine blade disc structure is determined according to a traditional strength and service life analysis method, a geometrical shape of the structure is determined and weight of the structure is calculated; determinacy load of the structure is acquired and detailed 3D stress / strain analysis is conducted; a determinacy design criteria is designated to be an optimized constraint condition, and the design is returned to design support when the result does not meet the criteria demand; influence of the turbine blade disc structure is analyzed and the turbine blade disc is partitioned; structure reliability under each failure mode is calculated and a service life reliability analysis result is evaluated with the combination of the service life probability criteria; the design support is required when the structure reliability result does not meet the criteria demand; combined risk evaluation is conducted to a risk level of each failure mode and overall failure probability of the turbine blade disc structure is calculated; each technical index is determined whether to meet demands; and design support is required when the demands are not met or modifications are conducted to the size or the material.

The invention provides a simulation apparatus by which a problem upon designing can be found in the designing stage on the upstream without imposing an unnecessary working time to a designer. The simulation apparatus includes a working means model information storage section for storing information regarding working means models related to standard part models for working the standard part models, a working means model information extraction section for referring to the working means model information storage section based on information regarding a standard part model arranged in a design model to extract information regarding a working means model to be used to work the standard part model arranged in the design model, and a working simulation execution section for executing a simulation of the working for the standard part model with the working means model based on design information of the design model and the extracted information regarding the working means model, and checks the workability of working for a subject designed in a virtual three-dimensional space on a computer.