Mitsumi Electric Company Ltd.

Hitachi High-tech Corporation

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc.

Hitachi-high-technologies Corporation

Akira Ikeuchi

Itsuki Nakano

Yoshihide Majima

Katsuya Suzuki

Kuniharu Suzuki

Kenichi Kasai

Yukihiro Terada

Takatoshi Itagaki

Kazuhiro Ooshita

Hidenori Tanaka

Shigeru Kawamata

Shuhei Abe

Hiromi Mise

Hirotsugu Iijima

Kyozo Makime

Akira Sawaguchi

Yoshinobu Hoshino

Makio Abe

Atsushi Watanabe

Seiji Miura

Shigeru Haneda

Yaku Maeda

Yasuhisa Ishikawa

Naoshi Tokuda

Katsuya Sakuma

Hiroshi Oya

Hirotsugu Iljimai

Kuniharu c/o Sony Ericsson Mobile Comm Japan Inc Suzuki

Provided is a charged particle beam apparatus capable of more objectively and highly accurately calculating a feature of a cell from an observation image of a cell and evaluating a cell. The charged particle beam apparatus includes an image acquisition unitthat acquires an image of a cell, a contour extraction unitthat extracts a contour of the image, a feature calculation unitthat calculates a morphological feature of the contour based on the contour and calculates the feature of an internal structure such as a cytoplasm contained in an internal area of the contour, and a determination unitthat determines quality and/or functionality of the cell based on the feature, and can objectively and highly accurately evaluate the quality and/or the functionality of the cell included in the captured image.

Charged particle beam apparatus and cell evaluation method

Provided is an image classification device that facilitates efficient creation of teacher data and comprehensive evaluation on a basis of knowledge and experience of the user. The image classification device includes: an image input unit that acquires an image; an image display unit that displays the image acquired by the image input unit; an image analysis unit that calculates a feature amount from the acquired image; a feature amount display unit that displays the calculated feature amount; an extraction and sorting condition input unit that specifies an extraction and sorting condition with regard to the feature amount; an extraction and sorting processing unit that performs extraction and sorting processing based on the condition; an extraction and sorting processing result display unit that displays a result; an user classification input unit that allows a user to input a classification destination with regard to the image; and a user classification result display unit that displays an classification input content.

Imaging device and morphological feature data display method

In order to provide a sample holder capable of easily searching for an observation field of view, the sample holder includes a sample placement portion including a first top surface on which a counterbore part is formed and a rotational axis for rotating the first top surface horizontally, the counterbore part being aligned by being mounted with a sample supporting member having a pattern for alignment, a sample base portion including an opening through which the sample placement portion is capable of moving vertically and a second top surface around the opening, and a sample cover portion which has conductivity and is pressed down toward a direction of the second top surface of the sample base portion, so that a top surface of the sample supporting member placed on the sample placement portion and the second top surface of the sample base portion are flush with each other.

Charged particle beam device and sample holder

A protection monitoring circuit includes a protection circuit which detects overcharge, overdischarge, and overcurrent of a secondary battery, and a secondary battery monitoring circuit which monitors a state of the secondary battery and detects a residual quantity of the secondary battery. The protection circuit includes a first communication terminal that is connected to the secondary battery monitoring circuit, a second communication terminal that is connected to a mobile device, and a level shift circuit that is connected to the first and second communication terminals. The level shift circuit performs a level shift of a signal input of the first communication terminal so as to become a second level and outputs the signal to the second communication terminal, and also performs the level shift of a signal input of the second communication terminal so as to become a first level and outputs the signal to the first communication terminal.

Protection monitoring circuit, battery pack, secondary battery monitoring circuit, and protection circuit

A protective monitoring circuit includes a protective circuit to detect at least one of overcharging, overdischarging, and overcurrent of a chargeable secondary battery to control whether to turn on or off a control transistor to protect the secondary battery, and a secondary-battery monitoring circuit, having a reduced size and having a breakdown voltage lower than a battery voltage of the secondary battery, to detect a status of the secondary battery, wherein the protective circuit generates a voltage that is commensurate with an output voltage of the secondary battery and that is within a predetermined tolerance voltage range of the secondary-battery monitoring circuit, and the secondary-battery monitoring circuit generates a detection value responsive to the generated voltage supplied from the protective circuit, the detection value being indicative of the output voltage of the secondary battery.

Protective monitoring circuit and battery pack

A protection monitoring circuitincludes a secondary battery monitoring circuitwhich detects a state of a chargeable and dischargeable secondary battery, and a protection circuitwhich performs an ON/OFF control of a charge control transistor or a discharge control transistor disposed between the secondary batteryand a load or a charger device, and protects the secondary battery. The secondary battery monitoring circuit outputs a control signal that compulsively turns on/off the charge control transistor or the discharge control transistor, to the protection circuit. The protection circuitperforms the ON/OFF control of the charge control transistor or the discharge control transistor upon receipt of the control signal.

A protection monitoring circuitincludes a protection circuitwhich detects at least one of overcharge, overdischarge, and overcurrent of a chargeable and dischargeable secondary batteryand protects the secondary batteryby performing an ON/OFF control of transistors Mand M, and a secondary battery monitoring circuitwhich detects a state of the secondary battery. The protection circuitsupplies a power supply voltage to the secondary battery monitoring circuit. If overdischarge of the secondary battery is detected, the protection circuitinhibits the supply of the power supply voltage to the secondary battery monitoring circuitafter a predetermined time has elapsed or after a control signal for inhibiting the supply of power supply voltage is received from the secondary battery monitoring circuit

Protection monitoring circuit and battery pack

A communication device, includes a CMOS type inverter configured to transfer a signal, the signal being transferred and received between an electronic device and a control part able to communicate with the electronic device whose electric power supply is a rechargeable battery; and a regulator configured to generate a regulated voltage, the regulated voltage being formed by decreasing an electric power supply voltage of the electronic device, wherein the regulator includes a depletion type NMOS transistor where a drain is connected to a high electric potential side of the electric power supply voltage and a gate and a source are mutually connected, and a capacitive element having an electrode connected to the source side and another electrode connected to a low electric potential side of the electric power supply voltage, wherein a voltage of the capacitive element is supplied across both ends of the inverter.

Communication device and battery pack in which the communication device is provided

A fuel gauge circuit detects a residual quantity of a batteryand is disposed on a substratetogether with a protection circuitwhich protects charging/discharging of the battery. The fuel gauge circuit includes a voltage monitor terminal Tdisposed on a side facing a positive power-supply terminalof the substrate and connected to each of the positive power-supply terminaland a voltage sensordisposed in the circuit, a voltage through terminal Tdisposed on a side facing the protection circuit, opposite to the side facing the positive power-supply terminal, and connected to a voltage monitor terminal Tof the protection circuit, and a wiringdisposed within the circuit to connect the voltage monitor terminal Tof the fuel gauge circuit to the voltage through terminal T

Fuel gauge circuit and battery pack

A battery pack includes at least one rechargeable battery configured to output power; a remaining battery capacity detection unit configured to detect a remaining battery capacity of the at least one rechargeable battery; and a cryptographic unit configured to output a response word in response to an external request word by encrypting the external request word based on a cryptographic algorithm with a common code key.

Electronic apparatus for authenticating a battery pack

A portable device is disclosed that includes a charge control circuit configured to control charging of a secondary battery included in a battery pack, the secondary battery being configured to supply power to the portable device; a temperature detection terminal at which the temperature of the secondary battery is detected from a temperature detection part of the battery pack; positive and negative power terminals to be connected to the battery pack; a control circuit configured to control the operation of the portable device; and an interface circuit connected between the temperature detection terminal and each of an input terminal of the charge control circuit and an input terminal of the control circuit, in which a signal detected at the temperature detection terminal is fed to each of the charge control circuit and the control circuit through the interface circuit.

Portable device and battery pack for the same

A communication device includes a first JK flip-flop (FF) outputting a first output signal in response to a first input signal at a J-input and a reversed signal of the first input signal at a K-input, and a second JK FF outputting a second output signal in response to a second input signal at a J-input and a reversed signal of the second input signal at a K-input. A clock input to a NAND gate () is replaced by a reversed signal of a Q-output of the second JK FF. A clock input to a NAND gate () is replaced by the reversed signal of the second input signal. A clock input to a NAND gate () is replaced by a reversed signal of a Q-output of the first JK FF. A clock input to a NAND gate () is replaced by the reversed signal of the first input signal.

Communication device and battery pack containing communication device

Disclosed is a mobile phone terminal with a battery pack containing a retraceable battery as power supply, and transmitting and receiving radio-signals to and from a mobile phone system base transceiver station. The mobile phone terminal includes a data communication terminal communicating data with the battery pack, an intermittent receiving processor periodically carrying out intermittent receiving processing via the base transceiver station when the mobile phone terminal is in a standby operation, and a battery status determining unit transmitting, while the intermittent receiving processor is carrying out intermittent receiving processing, an activating signal to the battery pack via the data communication terminal and reading battery status data from the activated battery pack.

Mobile phone terminal and communication system

A disclosed circuit for detecting remaining battery capacity includes: a current detection unit detecting a charge and discharge current of a battery; a remaining capacity measurement unit measuring remaining capacity of the battery by integrating the charge and discharge current at first time intervals when the charge and discharge current detected in the current detection unit is not more than a predetermined value and at second time intervals shorter than the first time intervals when the charge and discharge current exceeds the predetermined value; and an interrupt signal generation unit generating an interrupt signal when the charge and discharge current exceeds a reference value and instructing the remaining capacity measurement unit to measure remaining capacity of the battery.

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Atsugi, Japan

Akira Ikeuchi