Aono

Atsushi Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160140667	DATA LINKAGE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DATA LINKAGE SUPPORT METHOD - A data linkage support system is disclosed that includes a storage device storing a process object table and a specification table, and an arithmetic device that displays a screen including display of a data item prescribed by specification information of the specification table and an item selection interface accepting selection of a corresponding data item in the process object table to be correlated with the data item and that correlates the corresponding data item selected in the item selection interface with the data item prescribed by the specification information to generate and store a conversion parameter of accounting data between the consolidated subsidiary company and the parent company into the storage device.	05-19-2016

Hajime Aono, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130038822	POLYAMIDE MICROPARTICLES, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, OPTICAL FILM USING SAID POLYAMIDE MICROPARTICLES, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are polyamide microparticles, a manufacturing method therefor, an optical film, and a liquid crystal display device using the polyamide microparticles, whereby polarized light can be efficiently converted to non-polarized light that is close to natural light, without accompanying a change in color, and light from a light source can be evenly diffused. The disclosed polyamide microparticles are characterized by including a spherocrystal structure and exhibiting a crystallite size of at least 12 nm, as measured by wide-angle X ray diffraction, and a crystallinity of at least 50%, as measured by DSC. The disclosed optical film is characterized by having a resin layer that contains the aforementioned polyamide microparticles. The disclosed liquid crystal display device is provided with a light-source device, a rear polarizer, liquid crystal cells, and a front polarizer, and is characterized by having the aforementioned optical film between the light-source device and either the front surface of the front polarizer or the rear surface of the rear polarizer.	02-14-2013

Haruyuki Aono, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130101914	FUEL CELL - An anode separator of a fuel cell forms: a plurality of gas flow channels arranged in parallel to let a fuel gas flow to an MEA; a supply passage configured to supply the plurality of gas flow channels with the fuel gas; and a recovery passage configured to recover the fuel gas from the plurality of gas flow channels. The plurality of gas flow channels include: a gas flow channel connects the supply passage and the recovery passage; and a gas flow channel having the supply passage side blocked.	04-25-2013
20130236803	FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module which is capable of easily securing an adequate sealing function even when the unit cell is made thinner. The fuel cell module includes a stacked body which includes: a stacked structure including: an electrolyte layer, and a pair of electrodes provided to sandwich the electrolyte layer; and a pair of separators disposed to sandwich the stacked structure, the separators being arranged at least one end of the stacked body in the stacking direction, the separators which are arranged at the end of the stacked body having a groove which is capable of receiving a sealing member in a face which does not oppose to the stacked structure, and the at least one groove being a deep groove of which depth is larger than the thickness of the separator having the groove.	09-12-2013

Hideki Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160141289	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - To provide a semiconductor device having improved reliability. An element isolation region comprised mainly of silicon oxide is buried in a trench formed in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate in an active region surrounded by the element isolation region has thereon a gate electrode for MISFET via a gate insulating film. The gate electrode partially extends over the element isolation region and the trench has a nitrided inner surface. Below the gate electrode, fluorine is introduced into the vicinity of a boundary between the element isolation region and a channel region of MISFET.	05-19-2016

Hideki Aono, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150109046	Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device - An NBTI malfunction of a P-channel MOS transistor is prevented. A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a reset pulse control unit RPC. The reset pulse control unit RPC generates a reset pulse RP for recovery from degradation caused by NBTI of a MOS transistor that receives a negative voltage at the gate of the transistor in a standby status. After the generated reset pulse RP is inputted to the gate of the MOS transistor, an action control signal ACC for activating the MOS transistor is inputted to the gate of the MOS transistor to activate the transistor.	04-23-2015

Hideki Aono, Gamagori-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150055089	OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmic photographing apparatus including an OCT optical system for acquiring an OCT signal of a subject eye; an optical scanner for scanning the subject eye by the measurement light applied to the subject eye; a scan controller for controlling driving of the optical scanner and operate first scan control of respectively performing one scan by measurement light with respect to each of plural scan lines and second scan control of performing plural scans by measurement light with respect to each of the plural scan lines; and an image processor for acquiring the OCT signal in each scan line based on an output signal from the OCT optical system and perform composite processing on a plurality of the OCT signals of each scan line acquired by the second scan control using the OCT signal of each scan line acquired by the first scan control as a template.	02-26-2015

Hiroki Aono, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150256751	IMAGING APPARATUS - The imaging apparatus has a single shooting mode and a continuous shooting mode, and includes: an imaging element configured to generate image data; a mechanical shutter configured to control exposure of the imaging element; a charge block including a driving mechanism configured to drive the mechanical shutter and a motor configured to provide a driving force for the driving mechanism, and a control section configured to control the charge block. The control section performs a charging operation for charging the driving mechanism by causing the motor to rotate in a capturing operation, performs the charging operation in a first time period in a case where the imaging apparatus is in the continuous shooting mode, and performs the charging operation in a second time period which is longer than the first time period in a case where the imaging apparatus is in the single shooting mode.	09-10-2015

Hiroshi Aono, Miyoshi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140015961	APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECT OF WORK - A defect detecting apparatus detects a defect that is present on the outer circumferential surface of work having the outer circumferential surface thereof formed as a bent surface. The defect detecting apparatus is provided with: a jig which supports the work, and holds the work in a state wherein the work is rotated by a predetermined angle; an image pickup device, which picks up an image of the outer circumferential surface of the work held by the jig, the work being in the state wherein the work is rotated by the predetermined angle; and a controller, which processes an image obtained by means of the image pickup device, and determines a defect. The controller stores information relating to the shape of the outer circumferential surface of the work, and information relating to the positional relationship, at each rotation angle, between the image pickup device and a work area having the image thereof picked up by the image pickup device, and the control apparatus uses the information at the time of determining the defect.	01-16-2014

Hiroyuki Aono, Ikoma-Shi, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160046591	INHIBITION OF IL-2 PRODUCTION - An object is to find a substance which inhibits IL-2 production.	02-18-2016

Kaoru Aono, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130020170	CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH APPARATUS - A centrifugal clutch apparatus can include a driving-side rotational member rotatable around a shaft member connected to a driving device; clutch devices mounted on the driving-side rotational member and movable radially-outward of the driving-side rotational member. A driven-side rotational member rotatable independent from the driving-side rotational member can be arranged for covering the driving-side rotational member and can have an inner circumferential surface to engage with the clutch devices. Friction members can be adapted to be abutted against the inner circumferential surface so as to transmit the driving power of the driving device to the driven-side rotational member. The inner circumferential surface of the driven-side rotational member can be formed with a groove and a tension member formed as a ring-shaped member can be snap-fitted into the groove and held therein under a radially-outward biasing force.	01-24-2013
20150057090	POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A power transmission device includes an input rotary member having a pressing portion, and an output rotary member having a receiving portion to be pressed by the pressing portion. The input rotary member forces the output rotary member to rotate when resilient members disposed between the input rotary member and the output rotary member are deformed by predetermined amounts.	02-26-2015
20150337910	POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A power transmitting apparatus for transmitting or cutting-off the rotational driving power inputted to an input member to or from an output member by press-contacting or releasing the press-contacting force between driving-side clutch discs and driven-side clutch discs, wherein the power transmitting apparatus comprises interlocking members (e.g., a first member and second member) interlocking with the motion of the weight members from their radially inward positions to radially outward positions and movable toward a direction approaching to the pressure member; and elastic members interposed between the interlocking members and the pressure member and able to move the pressure member toward a direction for press-contacting the driving-side clutch discs and the driven-side clutch discs by urging the pressure member according to the movement of the interlocking members and also able to absorb the urging force of the pressure member applied to interlocking members when the actuating member is operated.	11-26-2015

Kazuaki Aono, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120146760	TRANSFORMER - A transformer includes a leg iron core including a plurality of magnetic sheets stacked in one direction (Z axis direction), and a coil wound around the leg iron core. A slit is formed in at least a magnetic sheet which faces an inner peripheral surface of the coil in a stacking direction of the plurality of magnetic sheets, of the plurality of magnetic sheets. Since eddy current is divided by the slit, eddy current density can be reduced. By reducing the eddy current density, loss density in an iron core can be reduced. By reducing the loss density in the iron core, loss in the transformer can be reduced.	06-14-2012
20120299686	STATIC APPARATUS - A static apparatus includes an iron core which includes a plurality of magnetic plates stacked in one direction and in which a shaft portion having a main surface and a side surface is formed, and a coil wound around the shaft portion. Slits extending in an axial direction of the shaft portion are formed in at least a surface layer magnetic plate constituting the main surface, of the plurality of magnetic plates. Some of the slits are formed in the main surface, at an end portion close to the side surface, at a predetermined formation density. The formation density of the slits is highest at the predetermined formation density, and is reduced as at least one of a minimum distance from the side surface within the main surface and a distance from the main surface on a side close to the slits in the stacking direction is increased.	11-29-2012

Keisuke Aono, Kamakura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130258125	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives image data generated by an imaging process of an imaging device facing a predetermined imaging direction and imaging direction information representing the predetermined imaging direction; an operating unit that generates direction instruction information indicating an imaging direction of the imaging device in response to an operation of the user; an image clipping unit that clips a predetermined region of the image data; a display unit that displays an image based on the image data of the predetermined region; and a region position adjusting unit that adjusts a position of the predetermined region in the image data based on the imaging direction information and the direction instruction information.	10-03-2013

Kento Aono, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130228280	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE - A method of manufacturing a laminated core includes inserting permanent magnets	09-05-2013

Kota Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130341903	ANTI-COUNTERFEIT MEDIUM AND VERIFICATION METHOD - An anti-counterfeit medium includes a portion having optical transparency, a retardation layer facing the portion and including regions whose slow axis directions are different from each other, and a polarizing layer facing the retardation layer at a position of the portion. The anti-counterfeit medium includes only the polarizing layer as a polarizer. A portion out of the anti-counterfeit medium where the portion, the retardation layer, and the polarizing layer form a stacked structure has optical transparency.	12-26-2013
20160052327	ANTI-COUNTERFEIT MEDIUM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING COUNTERFEITING - An anti-counterfeit medium, a method for manufacturing the same and a method for preventing counterfeiting are provided. The anti-counterfeit medium includes a retardation layer having birefringence and a reflection layer, and identification data is recorded in the anti-counterfeit medium. The identification data is divided into a plurality of partial images, and a plurality of transparent areas which correspond to the plurality of partial images are disposed adjacent to each other in the same plane so as to form the retardation layer, the plurality of transparent areas having optical axes which are oriented in different directions from each other in a rotation direction. The identification data includes biometric information.	02-25-2016

Masahiro Aono, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140021043	FEPT-C-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An FePt—C-based sputtering target contains Fe, Pt, and C and has a structure in which an FePt-based alloy phase and a C phase containing unavoidable impurities are mutually dispersed, the FePt-based alloy phase containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and 60 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The content of C is 21 at % or more and 70 at % or less based on the total amount of the target.	01-23-2014
20140301887	FEPT-C-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An FePt—C-based sputtering target contains Fe, Pt, and C and has a structure in which an FePt-based alloy phase and a C phase containing unavoidable impurities are mutually dispersed, the FePt-based alloy phase containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and 60 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The content of C is 21 at % or more and 70 at % or less based on the total amount of the target.	10-09-2014
20140318954	FEPT-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET - An FePt-based sputtering target has a structure in which an FePt-based alloy phase, a C phase containing unavoidable impurities, and a metal oxide phase containing unavoidable impurities are mutually dispersed, the FePt-based alloy phase containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and 60 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein C is contained in an amount of more than 0 vol % and 20 vol % or less based on the total amount of the target, the metal oxide is contained in an amount of 10 vol % or more and less than 40 vol % based on the total amount of the target, and the total content of C and the metal oxide is 20 vol % or more and 40 vol % or less based on the total amount of the target.	10-30-2014
20140318955	FEPT-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET - An FePt-based sputtering target contains Fe, Pt, and a metal oxide, and further contains one or more kinds of metal elements other than Fe and Pt, wherein the FePt-based sputtering target has a structure in which an FePt-based alloy phase and a metal oxide phase containing unavoidable impurities are mutually dispersed, the FePt-based alloy phase containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and less than 60 at % and the one or more kinds of metal elements in an amount of more than 0 at % and 20 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and with the total amount of Pt and the one or more kinds of metal elements being 60 at % or less, and wherein the metal oxide is contained in an amount of 20 vol % or more and 40 vol % or less based on the total amount of the target.	10-30-2014
20140322062	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FEPT-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET - A process for producing an FePt-based sputtering target includes adding C powder containing unavoidable impurities and metal oxide powder containing unavoidable impurities to FePt-based alloy powder containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and 60 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities so that the C powder and the metal oxide powder are contained to satisfy:	10-30-2014
20140322063	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FEPT-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET - A process for producing an FePt-based sputtering target includes adding metal oxide powder containing unavoidable impurities to FePt-based alloy powder containing Pt in an amount of 40 at % or more and less than 60 at % and one or more kinds of metal elements other than Fe and Pt in an amount of more than 0 at % and 20 at % or less with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and with a total amount of Pt and the one or more kinds of metal elements being 60 at % or less so that the metal oxide powder accounts for 20 vol % or more and 40 vol % or less of a total amount of the FePt-based alloy powder and the metal oxide powder, followed by mixing the FePt-based alloy powder and the metal oxide powder to produce a powder mixture.	10-30-2014

Masashi Aono, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130313406	SOLUTION SEARCHING SYSTEM BY QUANTUM DOTS - There are provided a quantum dot, a plurality of quantum dots having a larger volume than the quantum dot, a light detection unit for detecting a light emission state of an output light from the quantum dot, and a light supply unit capable of supplying a control light to the quantum dot thereby to excite other exciters to a lower level, and controlling energy discharging of the exciters transiting to the lower level, wherein a control light to be supplied by the light supply unit is controlled per quantum dot based on the light emission state of the output light per quantum dot and previously-input search problem information.	11-28-2013
20160042291	SOLUTION SEARCH SYSTEM, SOLUTION SEARCH METHOD, AND SOLUTION SEARCH PROGRAM - A solution search system, which can search for a test object, expected to output an optimal result, from at least two test objects each outputting a result based on a probability distribution, includes: a record superiority comparing unit which can obtain past records of the test objects based on an accumulation of the output results and can compare all records for superiority/inferiority; a controlling unit which can control a measurement variable of the test objects, based on the compared superiority/inferiority records, and a latest result output from the test object; and an output instructing unit which can instruct the test object, the measurement variable of which has exceeded a threshold value, to output a result, wherein the output instructing unit determines, as a desired solution, at least one test object to which the largest number of the output instructions have finally been given after repetition of the output instructions.	02-11-2016

Masumi Aono, Ehime JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130279539	BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Biological sample measurement device includes biological sample measuring instrument, and temperature information supply instrument which supplies temperature information regarding a measurement environment to biological sample measuring instrument and has holding portion of biological sample measuring instrument on the upper surface thereof. Biological sample measuring instrument has main body case, measurement unit provided inside main body case, a control unit connected to the measurement unit, and temperature information reception unit connected to the control unit. Holder has temperature sensor, and temperature information transmission unit which is connected to temperature sensor and transmits the temperature information to temperature information reception unit.	10-24-2013
20130323124	BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container (	12-05-2013
20140083849	ORGANISM SAMPLE MEASUREMENT SENSOR AND HOUSING CONTAINER THAT HOUSES SAME - The present invention is provided with sensor body (	03-27-2014
20150355128	ORGANISM SAMPLE MEASUREMENT SENSOR AND HOUSING CONTAINER THAT HOUSES SAME - The present invention is provided with a substrate (	12-10-2015

Michimasa Aono, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160053352	LOW-OXYGEN CLEAN STEEL AND LOW-OXYGEN CLEAN STEEL PRODUCT - Low-oxygen clean steel is provided containing C, Si, Mn, P, and S as chemical components, and further containing, by mass %, 0.005% to 0.20% of Al, greater than 0% to 0.0005% of Ca, 0.00005% to 0.0004% of REM, and greater than 0% to 0.003% of T.O, wherein the REM content, the Ca content, and the T.O content satisfy 0.15≦REM/Ca≦4.00 and Ca/T.O≦0.50, nonmetallic inclusions which have a maximum predicted diameter of 1 μm to 30 μm measured using an extreme value statistical method under the condition in which a prediction area is 30,000 mm	02-25-2016

Mitsuhiro Aono, Fujieda City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140082929	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTATING DEVICE - A rotating device includes a hub on which a magnetic recording disk is to be mounted, and a base that supports the hub in a freely rotatable manner. When at least either one of the base and the hub is referred to as a work-piece, a method for manufacturing the rotating device includes a forming step for forming the work-piece, a blowing step for blowing the formed work-piece with solid grains, a cleaning step for cleaning the work-piece blown by the grains using a cleaning fluid, an assembling step for assembling the rotating device using the cleaned work-piece. The grains have a property of vaporizing in the cleaning step or being soluble with the cleaning fluid therein.	03-27-2014

Naruhiko Aono, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130118578	SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A substrate for an electronic device is formed by an insulating layer-provided metal substrate, which includes an anodized alumina film on the surface of a metal substrate and has a cut end face at at least one side thereof, and an electrode layer, which is provided only at an inner area that is away from the cut end face by a distance of 200 μm or more.	05-16-2013

Naruhiko Aono, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150198753	FILM MIRROR - There is provided a film mirror having excellent weather resistance and flexibility. The film mirror includes a resin substrate, and a metal reflective layer, a diffusion preventive layer, and a surface protection layer laminated on the resin substrate in this sequence, in which the diffusion preventive layer has a layer obtained by performing either or both of heating process and light irradiation process on a precursor layer that is formed by using either or both of a metal alkoxide, which has an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group, and a hydrolysis condensate of the metal alkoxide.	07-16-2015
20150369974	FILM MIRROR FOR SOLAR RADIATION COLLECTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A film mirror for solar radiation collection includes at least a protective layer, a silver reflective layer and a resin substrate in this order from a light incident side and has a corrosion inhibitor present at either or both of a surface and a surface layer of the silver reflective layer on the protective layer side, with the content of the corrosion inhibitor being 0.1 to 10 mg/m	12-24-2015

Nobuyuki Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150240542	EARTHQUAKE-PROOF LATCH MECHANISM - An earthquake-proof latch mechanism includes a case body, a hook member which is swingably supported on the case body, and a pendulum member which is vibratably suspended and supported on the case body. The hook member includes a hook on one side of a swinging shaft and a pendulum engagement portion on the other side of the swing shaft. A through hole is formed in the pendulum engagement portion. The pendulum member is disposed to penetrate the through hole, and a peripheral surface of the pendulum member facing the through hole is formed into a tapered shape. The peripheral surface pushes up the inner periphery of the through hole to swing the hook member when the pendulum member vibrates. Thus, the earthquake-proof latch mechanism is made compact.	08-27-2015

Nobuyuki Aono, Wakayama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130220973	PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS HARD DISC SUBSTRATES - Provided is a method for producing a glass hard disk substrate, including steps of polishing a glass substrate with an acidic polishing liquid; and subjecting the obtained substrate to alkali cleaning. This method can inhibit degradation of surface roughness of the glass substrate in the alkali cleaning step while maintaining a polishing rate in the polishing step, and further can improve cleanliness.	08-29-2013
20150318017	METHOD FOR CLEANING GLASS SUBSTRATE - To provide a method for cleaning a glass substrate in which aggravation of surface roughness of the glass substrate in alkali cleaning is suppressed and cleaning performance is improved. In one or a plurality of embodiments, this invention relates to a method for cleaning a glass substrate, including bringing a detergent composition into contact with a glass substrate to be cleaned. The detergent composition containing an amine including 1 to 10 nitrogen atoms and an inorganic alkali, the amine content is in a range of 5.00 mass % to 70.00 mass % relative to the total mass of components of the detergent composition other than water, the glass substrate to be cleaned is a crystallized glass substrate, and a pH of the detergent composition during cleaning is in a range of 9.00 to 11.50.	11-05-2015

Ryota Aono, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150372184	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR BATTERY CELL - The present invention provides a boron diffusion layer forming method capable of sufficiently oxidizing a boron silicide layer formed on a silicon substrate to remove it and obtaining a high-quality boron silicate glass layer. The present invention is a boron diffusion layer forming method of forming a boron diffusion layer on a silicon substrate by a boron diffusion process, the process including a first step of thermally diffusing boron on the silicon substrate and a second step of oxidizing a boron silicide layer formed on the silicon substrate at the first step, wherein the second step has a state at a temperature of 900° C. or higher and a treatment temperature at the first step or lower, for 15 minutes or more.	12-24-2015

Shinjiro Aono, Imbari-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120241725	ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE, DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided an organic light-emitting diode including an anode and a cathode which are arranged apart from each other, a red and green emissive layer on the anode side and a blue emissive layer on the cathode side, which are arranged to be separated from each other between the anode and the cathode, and a spacer layer which is inserted between the red and green emissive layer and the blue emissive layer, and consists of a hole transport material which prevents energy transfer from the blue emissive layer to the red and green emissive layer. The red and green emissive layer contains a host material having hole transportability, a red phosphorescent emitting dopant, and a green phosphorescent emitting dopant, and the blue emissive layer contains a host material having electron transportability and a blue fluorescent emitting dopant.	09-27-2012

Shinya Aono, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140117610	PAPER SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper sheet conveying apparatus includes: a conveying path in which a paper sheet is conveyed; a plurality of conveying rollers; a plurality of driving motors; an out-of-step detection portion; a stop control portion; and a driving restart control portion. The plurality of conveying rollers are disposed along the conveying path. The plurality of driving motors rotates the conveying rollers. The out-of-step detection portion detects an out-of-step in each of the driving motors. The stop control portion stops each of the driving motors when an out-of-step is detected. The driving restart control portion drives, after each of the driving motors is stopped, a first driving motor in which an out-of-step has occurred, and a second driving motor in which no out-of-step occurs, under a driving start condition that an amount of rotation of the second driving motor is less than an amount of rotation of the first driving motor.	05-01-2014
20160110014	TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a touch panel apparatus capable of easily setting a touch sense produced by oscillatory waves of plural piezoelectric elements according to a user's taste. To this end, a touch sense pattern table (	04-21-2016

Sousuke Aono, Ishikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140354867	LINEAR LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A linear light source apparatus is provided, being configured to convert light emitted from one light emitting element to light extended linearly, and output thus converted light. There is a lens that diffuses light flux within a predetermined region including the optical axis of the light emitting element, out of the light incident from the light emitting element, at a predetermined diffusion angle in the second direction (x-direction). The light is made to converge with respect to the first direction (y-direction). This converts the light from one light emitting element to light extended linearly and outputs the converted light. As for the second direction (x-direction), it is possible to make the light flux sparse in the predetermined region, and in the region outside thereof, the light flux is rendered to be dense. Therefore, a distribution of light quantity in the longitudinal direction (x-direction) is implemented by controlling the light flux density, upon employing the linear light source apparatus as a light source of the image reading apparatus.	12-04-2014
20150271412	IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image capturing system includes a portable image capturing device and a lighting apparatus. The portable image capturing device includes, an image capturing unit, a display unit that displays a photographed image and a control unit. The lighting apparatus includes, a base unit including an image-capturing-device mounting face on which the portable image capturing device is mounted to photograph the medium installation face, a mirror to reflect the image displayed on the display unit, and a mirror detector that detects that the mirror is arranged. The control unit corrects a distortion in the image displayed on the display unit when the mirror is not detected by the mirror detector, and corrects the distortion and performs vertical inversion of the image on the display unit when the mirror is detected by the mirror detector. Corrected image is displayed on the display unit.	09-24-2015

Susumu Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130137925	ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A distal end barrel that holds a light guide bundle and an electronic image pickup unit inside a distal end portion is formed in such a manner that the distal end barrel is divided in a first distal end barrel arranged on the distal end side of the distal end portion and a second distal end barrel supported via the first distal end barrel so as not to be exposed at an outer surface of the distal end portion, the second distal end barrel holding the light guide bundle and the electronic image pickup unit, and the second distal end barrel includes a member having a thermal conductivity higher than the thermal conductivity of the first distal end barrel, thereby protecting the image pickup device from thermal damage without an increase in temperature of the outer surface of the distal end portion.	05-30-2013
20150018617	STEREOSCOPIC ENDOSCOPE - A stereoscopic endoscope includes an insertion portion, an objective optical system provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion, an objective optical system provided at the distal end portion, a first opening portion provided a predetermined distance apart from an optical axis center of the objective optical system and configured to deliver fluid to the objective optical system, and a second opening portion provided a distance equivalent to the predetermined distance apart from an optical axis center of the objective optical system and configured to deliver the fluid in a supply direction same as a supply direction of the first opening portion to the objective optical system.	01-15-2015

Tadayuki Aono, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130237077	Electrothermal Heating Device - An electric heating device includes a box-shaped plug socket provided with a socket-side electroconductive part electrically connected to an electric heater; a power source plug provided with a plug-side electroconductive part electrically connectable to the socket-side electroconductive part and attachable to and detachable from the plug socket; a movement-restricting mechanism for restricting the movement of a protective member both toward and away from a socket-side electroconductive part in a protected state in which the protective member closes an opening of the plug socket and the socket-side electroconductive part are positioned within an interior space; and a switching mechanism for switching the protective member from a restricted movement state into a restriction released state, in which the restriction of movement by the movement restriction mechanism is released, as the power source plug is inserted into the plug socket.	09-12-2013

Takanori Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140260612	Composite Sensor and Method for Manufacturing The Same - The disclosure provides a composite sensor with high reliability and a method for manufacturing the same. A moving body of an acceleration sensor and an oscillator of an angular velocity sensor are provided on the same sensor wafer, while being partitioned by a wall, and a cap wafer is formed to have a gap that corresponds to each of the sensors. A through hole and a bump are formed in a sensor sealing portion, the acceleration sensor is sealed in an air atmosphere in a first sealing process, and in a second sealing process, the angular velocity sensor is sealed by bringing the sensors and the cap into contact with each other and joining the sensors and the cap in a vacuum atmosphere. Thereafter, a composite sensor wafer is cut, a circuit board and a wiring board are mounted thereon, and a composite sensor is formed.	09-18-2014
20150028438	MEMS DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - There are provided a process for fabricating MEMS device that includes a plurality of through-holes capable being arranged at a high density, the through-holes having a tapered end portion. Through-holes having vertical side surfaces and tapered bottoms are provided by a processing method including the steps of: disposing quadrilateral patterning having desired dimensions on a silicon substrate having a flat surface of a crystal plane, etching the substrate to a desired depth by dry etching that can realize a high aspect ratio etching, and anisotropic wet etching the dry etched substrate with a KOH aqueous solution containing isopropyl alcohol mixed thereinto.	01-29-2015
20150192713	CURVED FACE DIFFRACTION GRATING FABRICATION METHOD, CURVED FACE DIFFRACTION GRATING CAST, AND CURVED FACE DIFFRACTION GRATING EMPLOYING SAME - A curved surface diffraction grating fabrication method for fabricating a curved surface diffraction grating having a desired curvature with high accuracy, includes: a step of forming a diffraction grating pattern on a flat-shaped silicon substrate; a step of curving the silicon substrate on which the diffraction grating pattern is formed, by pressing, in a heated state, a fixing substrate having a shape with a desired curved surface onto the silicon substrate and of fixing the silicon substrate on which the diffraction grating pattern is formed to the fixing substrate having the shape with the curved surface, to fabricate a curved surface diffraction grating cast; and a step of bringing a member having flexibility into contact with the curved surface diffraction grating cast, to transfer the diffraction grating pattern to the member.	07-09-2015
20160003650	Structure of Physical Sensor - To suppress variations of a vacuum pressure atmosphere in a physical sensor, a physical sensor in which a sensing part that measures a physical quantity is provided in a vacuum space, includes a sensor part in which a plurality of substrates are stacked, and a cavity substrate	01-07-2016

Takuya Aono, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120129604	INPUT DEVICE AND GAME DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - An input device is provided which can be caused to function as an output device as well. A game guitar controller (	05-24-2012
20120135806	INPUT DEVICE AND GAME SYSTEM INCLUDING THE INPUT DEVICE - An input device is provided which can input operations corresponding to play techniques used in stringed instruments. A guitar controller (	05-31-2012

Tetsuaki Aono, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140157180	CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS - A plurality of characters that are candidates for entry are displayed on a display surface of a display corresponding to an operation surface of a touch panel as character buttons. A touch detector judges whether a user touches the operation surface either with a single point or plural points, and detects a position touched by the user. An input receiver receives an entry of a character associated with a character button in the position touched by the user among the plurality of characters displayed on the display surface of the display. Then, the input receiver receives the entry of the character which varies in type depending on whether the user touches an area in the operation surface corresponding to an identical character button with a single point or plural points.	06-05-2014
20140210739	OPERATION RECEIVER - An operation receiver includes a first detector and a second detector each of which detects an object. A detection range for the first detector and another detection range for the second detector are located next to each other. The first detector detects a state of the object. A controller makes a judgment as to whether the operation by the object has been carried out to the first detector or to the second detector.	07-31-2014

Tomoko Aono, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120207221	VIDEO CODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device including (i) a spatial-direction prediction vector generating section (	08-16-2012
20120251012	IMAGE FILTER, ENCODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND DATA STRUCTURE - An image filter (	10-04-2012
20130077884	FILTER DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, AND FILTER PARAMETER DATA STRUCTURE - A loop filter section according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a BF section selectively acting on a block boundary of an image processed block by block; and an adaptive filter section including a first linear filter section that acts on an input image to be supplied to the BF section and a second linear filter section that acts on an output image of the BF section. The adaptive filter section performs addition of an output image of the first linear filter section and an output image of the second linear filter section to output a result of the addition.	03-28-2013

Toshihiro Aono, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120247584	FLOW CONTROL DEVICE - In a flow control device	10-04-2012

Toshihiro Aono, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150377176	Drive Device for Fuel Injection Device - An object of this disclosure is to provide a fuel injection device that can reliably detect an operation timing of a valve body, that is, a valve opening timing with high accuracy. The current of an electromagnetic valve reaches I	12-31-2015
20160076498	Electromagnetic Valve Control Unit and Internal Combustion Engine Control Device Using Same - Provided are an electromagnetic valve control unit and a fuel injection control device using the same that can precisely detect a change of an operating state of an electromagnetic valve, that is, a valve opening time or a valve closing time of the electromagnetic valve, precisely correct a drive voltage or a drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve, and appropriately control opening/closing of the electromagnetic valve, with a simple configuration. In an electromagnetic valve control unit for controlling opening/closing of an electromagnetic valve by a drive voltage and a drive current to be applied, the drive voltage and the drive current applied to the electromagnetic valve are corrected on the basis of a detection time of an inflection point from time series data of the drive voltage and the drive current when the electromagnetic valve is opened/closed.	03-17-2016

Yoshiaki Aono, Hinode JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140016939	Spectrum Aware Rate Selection Procedure for Optical Channels in Flexible WDM Networks - A spectrum-aware rate selection includes finding a set of channels based on spectrum availability information such that the total required spectrum for a requested data rate of a traffic demand is minimized.	01-16-2014

Yoshiaki Aono, Cupertino, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130084062	HITLESS PROTECTION FOR TRANSMITTING TRAFFIC IN HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING SYSTEM - A system to provide hitless protection includes a primary line card with a synchronous interface, the primary line card processing traffic with cells and encapsulating the traffic into synchronous frames in a predetermined format; and a back-up line card with a synchronous interface, the back-up line card processing the traffic with the cells and encapsulating the traffic into the synchronous frames in the predetermined format, wherein each line card includes a buffer to align the traffic before transmission, wherein the cell information sent by the primary line card is passed to the back-up line card, and wherein the back-up line card follows the received information to send to the destination cell.	04-04-2013
20130084063	HITLESS PROTECTION FOR TRAFFIC RECEIVED FROM 1+1 PROTECTING LINE CARDS IN HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING SYSTEMS - A communication system includes a synchronous interface coupled to a switch fabric; cells for switching; and a 1+1 protection unit with a primary and back-up line cards.	04-04-2013

Yoshiaki Aono, Princeton, NJ US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120219294	DIGITAL SIGNAL-TO-SIGNAL BEAT NOISE REDUCTION FOR FILTER-LESS COHERENT RECEIVING SYSTEM - Systems and methods are disclosed for a filter-less coherent receiving system with a filter-less coherent receiver frontend; a signal-signal beat-noise detector coupled to the filter-less coherent receiver frontend; and a real-time processor coupled to the filter-less coherent receiver frontend and the signal-signal beat-noise detector to reject signal-signal interference.	08-30-2012

Yoshiko Aono US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150365526	INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A terminal is disclosed including a receiving unit receiving list data specifying destination terminals with which the terminal initiates communications and status data representing statuses of the destination terminals; a creation unit creating a list to display identifiers of the destination terminals using the data, wherein a sequence in which the identifiers are arranged in the list is updated; and a display unit displaying the list including identifiers of the destination terminals and a cursor to select the identifier; wherein the display unit selects one of modes depending on whether one of the identifiers at a position is pointed to by the cursor in response to a user operation, and in one mode, the display unit maintains the cursor at the position despite a change in a position of the selected identifier resulting from the update, and in another mode, the display unit moves the cursor to a new position.	12-17-2015

Yoshinori Aono, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130016137	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICEAANM Nakagawa; TeruhisaAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Nakagawa; Teruhisa Chiba JPAANM Aono; YoshinoriAACI IbarakiAACO JPAAGP Aono; Yoshinori Ibaraki JPAANM Ishii; MasahiroAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Ishii; Masahiro Chiba JP - Each image signal line S is connected alternately to a plurality of sub-pixels P positioned on one side of the image signal line S and a plurality of sub-pixels P positioned on the other side. During one frame period, image signals having either one of the positive and negative polarities are input to the first, third, fourth, and sixth image signal lines S	01-17-2013
20130016315	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANELAANM Nakagawa; TeruhisaAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Nakagawa; Teruhisa Chiba JPAANM Aono; YoshinoriAACI IbarakiAACO JPAAGP Aono; Yoshinori Ibaraki JPAANM Ojima; KentaroAACI ChibaAACO JPAAGP Ojima; Kentaro Chiba JP - A color filter layer includes a first filter, a second filter, and a third filter of different colors. Further, the color filter layer includes a fourth filter of a color same as that of one of the three filters, and a black matrix partitioning the four filters. A hole is formed on the fourth filter. The hole extends in the direction along the first line portion of the black matrix, and the first line portion forms a part of the edge of the hole. With this structure, it is possible to prevent variation in the area ratio of a hole formed in the fourth sub-pixel for improving brightness in a liquid crystal display panel.	01-17-2013