Hirosawa, JP
Atsuhiko Hirosawa, Kanagawa JP
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20090031954 | SUSCEPTOR AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING EPITAXIAL WAFER - A susceptor capable of reducing unevenness in a film-thickness of an epitaxial film on an outer surface of a substrate wafer and a manufacturing apparatus of an epitaxial wafer are provided. The susceptor includes a wafer placement and a peripheral portion. The wafer placement is greater in size than the substrate wafer W and substantially disc-shaped. The peripheral portion is substantially in a ring-plate shape and includes: an inner circumference standing in a fashion surrounding a peripheral portion of the wafer placement; and an upper surface outwardly extending from an upper end of the inner circumference in parallel to the placement surface of the wafer placement. In the chemical vapor deposition control unit, an inner circumference has a curvature substantially similar to a curvature of the inner circumference of the peripheral portion, and the upper surface is leveled with the upper surface) of the peripheral portion. The chemical vapor deposition control unit is made of SiO2 which is less reactive with a reaction gas than a SiC film. | 02-05-2009 |
20100298186 | HYDRAULIC OIL FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY - Hydraulic oil for use in construction machinery, wherein the hydraulic oil comprises a poly(meth)acrylate of weight average molecular weight in the range of from 30,000 to 100,000 in a highly refined base oil but does not incorporate an oiliness agent, and wherein the kinetic viscosity at 60° C. is in the range of from 25 to 60 mm{hacek over ( )}/s, the kinetic viscosity at 80° C. is in the range of from 15 to 34 mm{hacek over ( )}/s, the viscosity index is in the range of from 200 to 220, and the low temperature cranking viscosity at 25° C. is in the range of from 1000 to 8000 mPa·s. The hydraulic oil of the present invention not only has a high kinetic viscosity in the high-temperature domain even though the incorporation of an oiliness agent is omitted, and can thereby effect satisfactory operation efficiently and which has excellent braking characteristics, but which also has a low viscosity in the low-temperature domain and so has excellent low-temperature performance. | 11-25-2010 |
Atsushi Hirosawa, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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20140049207 | RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER DEPOSITING/CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An energy power depositing/charging management system and method is provided. When energy is deposited in an energy storage station from an onboard power storage device of a vehicle, a vehicle energy management unit manages reductions in the remaining stored energy level of energy in the onboard power storage device. The vehicle energy management unit and a storage station energy management unit manage increases in the energy remaining amount of deposited energy in the energy storage station, thereby allowing for charging up to the remaining amount of deposited energy of energy identified with an ID for the vehicle in the energy storage station. | 02-20-2014 |
20140049216 | VEHICLE RUNNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UNDER RENEWABLE ENERGY - A vehicle running management system under renewable energy includes an electrically driven vehicle having a battery ECU. The battery ECU manages a remaining amount of renewable energy in a vehicle-mounted electric storage device as it increases and decreases when renewable energy is charged into the vehicle-mounted electric storage device and renewable energy is discharged from the vehicle-mounted electric storage device. | 02-20-2014 |
20140049217 | CHARGING SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZING SYSTEM ENERGY - A vehicle-mounted electric storage device of an electrically driven vehicle is charged with a necessary amount of energy, which corresponds to an amount of energy consumption in a next-time running of the electrically driven vehicle, such that a shortage of renewable energy at a charging site is compensated for by charging the electrically driven vehicle with system energy. | 02-20-2014 |
20140145516 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD - A wireless power transmission method transmits power from a first resonance antenna to a second resonance antenna in a noncontact manner through resonance of a magnetic field. The first resonance antenna is a resonance antenna of a power transmitting device, the second resonance antenna is a resonance antenna of a power receiving device. The wireless power transmission method includes setting a first transmission efficiency between the first resonance antenna and the second resonance antenna by changing a frequency of supply power of the power transmitting device. Power transmitted from the first resonance antenna to the second resonance antenna is gradually increased. A resonance frequency is changed by changing an induction coefficient or electrostatic capacity of the second resonance antenna to change the transmission efficiency between the first and second resonance antenna to a second transmission efficiency smaller than the first transmission efficiency, thereby matching received power to required power. | 05-29-2014 |
Atsushi Hirosawa, Wako JP
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20150042271 | NON-CONTACT CHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING BATTERY - A non-contact charging apparatus includes a power-feeding coil, a power-receiving coil, a relative-position detector, and a feeding-power changing device. The power-receiving coil is configured to receive power from the power-feeding coil in a non-contact manner to charge a battery. The relative-position detector is configured to detect a distance between a center of the power-feeding coil and a center of the power-receiving coil. The feeding-power changing device is configured to decrease the power from the power-feeding coil to the power-receiving coil as the distance increases. | 02-12-2015 |
Atushi Hirosawa, Shizuoka JP
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20100031868 | TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE INDICATOR - To provide a temperature-sensitive indicator which, when using the temperature-sensitive indicator having a capsule packed with a heat-sensitive material, enables easy rupture of the capsule, without being affected by the temperature of a finger of a user. The indicator includes: a base; a concave portion formed in the base; a capsule accommodated in the concave portion and packed with a heat-sensitive material; an absorbing member placed on the capsule; pressing means which is arranged above the absorbing member, and which is formed of a transparent heat insulating material; and a cover which covers at least the capsule and the absorbing member. By pressing on the capsule using the pressing means | 02-11-2010 |
Chisato Hirosawa, Shinagawa-Ku JP
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20100055056 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING PERMEATION OF A DRUG INTO A NAIL AND AN EXTERNAL TREATING AGENT CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention herein provides a compound which promotes drug-permeation into nails. A penetrating promoter comprises, for instance, the following formulas. | 03-04-2010 |
Daiji Hirosawa, Tokyo JP
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20140148359 | MULTI-NUCLEIC-ACID AMPLIFICATION REACTION TOOL - According to one embodiment, a multi-nucleic-acid amplification reaction tool includes a support and a plurality of types of primer sets. The support is configured to be able to support a reaction field of a liquid phase. A plurality of types of primer sets are fixed in a releasable state, for each type, on mutually independent fixing regions of at least a surface of the support, which is in contact with the reaction field, when the liquid phase forms the reaction field. A plurality of types of primer sets are configured to amplify the respectively corresponding target sequences. | 05-29-2014 |
Daiji Hirosawa, Fukaya-Shi JP
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20080227005 | PATTERN FORMING DEVICE AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A pattern forming device has a transfer unit which transfers a pattern image formed on a planographic plate held by a printing frame onto the surface of a glass plate held on an XY stage. After the glass plate and the planographic plate have been positioned by the XY stage, the transfer unit moves a stroke roller disposed on the rear surface side of the planographic plate in an arrow direction so that the stroke roller may be pressed against the planographic plate, thereby transferring the pattern image onto the glass plate by an electric field while, at the same time, stroking solvent components interposed between the planographic plate and the glass plate. | 09-18-2008 |
20090056741 | Cleaning apparatus, cleaning method, pattern formation apparatus, and pattern formation method - A pattern formation apparatus has a drum-like intaglio rolling along a transferred medium. After the intaglio is charged by a charger, a pattern of toner particles is formed by supplying a liquid developer of each color to the intaglio via a developing machine and an electric field is formed between the intaglio and the transferred medium by rolling the intaglio along the transferred medium to transfer charged toner particles to the transferred medium. A cleaning apparatus which cleans the intaglio after the pattern in each color being transferred to the transferred medium has nozzles at an angle for blowing a cleaning liquid against recesses and removal rollers for removing toner particles liberated from the recesses together with the cleaning liquid. | 03-05-2009 |
Hideki Hirosawa, Fujioka-Shi JP
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20090168475 | CONVERTER POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND CONVERTER POWER SUPPLY DRIVING METHOD - A converter power supply circuit | 07-02-2009 |
Hideki Hirosawa, Fujioka Gumma JP
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20150295426 | BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a battery stack includes a plurality of battery cells connected in series. A first battery terminal is electrically connected to a positive electrode of a topmost battery cell in the battery stack. Through the first battery terminal, first power is supplied from the battery stack to a host. A first switch selects a highest-voltage battery cell from the plurality of battery cells. A feed circuit supplies second power to a controller in a battery or a first device in the host by using a charge of the selected battery cell. | 10-15-2015 |
Hideki Hirosawa, Fujioka JP
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20160111830 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus connectable to an external apparatus includes a first connector and a detector. The first connecter is electrically connected to a second connector of the external apparatus. Each of the first connector and the second connecter includes a plurality of terminals. The detector is configured to detect a state of a first terminal of the first connector. The first terminal of the first connector is configured to be set to a predetermined state via at least a connection line connecting two terminals of the second connector to each other while the first connector and the second connector are electrically connected to each other. | 04-21-2016 |
Hiroho Hirosawa, Otsu-Shi JP
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20150298064 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE AND SEPARATION MEMBRANE ELEMENT - A separation membrane ( | 10-22-2015 |
Hirokazu Hirosawa, Odawara-Shi JP
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20100024775 | Fuel supply apparatus - A fuel supply apparatus having a fuel tank, throttle body, and fuel injection device configured integrally. The fuel injection device is positioned between the fuel tank and throttle body. The fuel injection device is a pressure-type fuel injection device that injects the fuel by pumping the fuel by reciprocative movement of a plunger. The fuel injection device injects the fuel located in the fuel tank into the intake passage of the throttle body on the basis of a signal from an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). | 02-04-2010 |
Ken Hirosawa, Aichi JP
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20150352572 | FOAM DISPENSING CAP - A foam dispensing cap includes a cap body having a ceiling wall and a cylindrical side wall, and a partition member. An ejection pipe is erected on the upper surface of the ceiling wall. An air chamber is in the space below the ceiling wall. A liquid entry opening is in the partition member. In the air chamber, an air passage for flowing air within the air chamber and a liquid flow path for flowing the content liquid, which has passed through the partition wall and entered the air chamber, communicate with each other. The air passage and the liquid flow path are formed to merge, and a region ranging from the point of merging to the ejection pipe defines an air-liquid mixture flow path. When the squeeze container is tilted and squeezed, the content liquid is ejected in a foamy state from the leading end of the ejection pipe. | 12-10-2015 |
Kiyoshi Hirosawa, Chikusei-Shi JP
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20090180856 | BAR FEEDER - Disclosed is a bar feeder, which is capable of reliably loading a bar onto a guide rail with a simplified structure. The bar feeder | 07-16-2009 |
20140154108 | FAN MOTOR | 06-05-2014 |
Koichi Hirosawa, Chuo-Ku JP
Koji Hirosawa, Aichi-Ken JP
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20110205481 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, LIQUID-CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pixel circuit that is connected with a scanning line and a data line includes a first transistor of which a gate electrode is connected with the scanning line and one of a source electrode and a drain electrode is connected with the data line, a second transistor of which a gate electrode is connected with the scanning line, one of a source electrode and a drain electrode is connected with the first transistor, and the other one of the source electrode and the drain electrode is connected with a first node, an auxiliary capacitor connected with a node at which the first transistor and the second transistor are connected to each other, a pixel electrode connected with the first node, a counter electrode opposed to the pixel electrode, liquid crystal held between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, and a holding capacitor connected with the first node. | 08-25-2011 |
Koji Hirosawa, Kanagawa JP
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20080266460 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus detecting a commercial included in a television broadcast, the apparatus includes: a silent section detecting part detecting a silent section of the television broadcast; a scene change detecting part detecting a scene change of video of the television broadcast; a black screen/blue screen detecting part detecting that video of the television broadcast is a black or a blue screen; a potential chapter point detecting part detecting a potential chapter point indicating a reproduction start or end time of the commercial based on at least one of results by the detecting parts; and a deciding part determining whether a television broadcast between the potential chapter points is the commercial or a TV program based on the potential chapter points, and deciding a potential chapter point indicating a reproduction time instant changed from one of the commercial and the TV program to the other as the chapter points. | 10-30-2008 |
Kunikazu Hirosawa, Tokyo JP
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20110075860 | SOUND SOURCE SEPARATION AND DISPLAY METHOD, AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a sound source separation and display method and a system thereof, and provides in particular a sound source separation and display method and a system thereof that are intended to eliminate a specific sound source. In order to separate a plurality of sound sources by using a single set of microphone array, the result of processing of sound source identification is utilized. More specifically, a signal in a direction is extracted from the result of the processing of the sound source identification, and a field limited to/eliminated of the effect of the signal is calculated and displayed. Such an operation can be repeated. A virtual reference signal can be created in a time domain. | 03-31-2011 |
20140340406 | ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE CALCULATION DEVICE, ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE CALCULATION METHOD, AND ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE CALCULATION PROGRAM - The acoustic performance of acoustic materials is readily studied for various values of the material parameters characteristic of acoustic materials. An acoustic performance calculation device is provided with an acoustic performance calculation device that calculates the acoustic performance of acoustic materials for each of a plurality of values in a pre-specified numerical range for each of a plurality of material parameters characteristic of acoustic materials based on a mathematical model for mathematically representing acoustic material, a contour map drawing device for drawing a contour map representing the calculated acoustic performance by contours where the two axes are the values of one material parameter and the frequency, and a plot drawing device for plotting the performance curves showing the relationship between the frequency and the acoustic performance for one value in the numerical range. | 11-20-2014 |
Masahiro Hirosawa, Sayama-Shi JP
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20140307071 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus is an endoscope apparatus having an insertion portion having an image pickup device in a distal end portion, and a main body portion, and has a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal that drives the image pickup device, and a changing section that changes at least one of a pulse width and a peak value of a reset gate signal included in the drive signal, in response to a temperature of a vicinity of the image pickup device or the main body portion. | 10-16-2014 |
Masashi Hirosawa, Osaka JP
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20110113318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a display, an access unit for accessing a storage medium, and a display control unit referring to the storage medium and causing the display to display text. The storage medium stores at least one text data. Each of the text data includes at least one text for which a display attribute value is set. In a first mode, the display control unit causes the text to be displayed within a first display area of the display in a display manner in accordance with an associated display attribute value. In a second mode, the display control unit causes the text to be displayed within a second display area smaller than the first display area of the display in a predetermined display manner independent of the associated display attribute value. | 05-12-2011 |
Satoshi Hirosawa, Shiga JP
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20090129966 | IRON-BASED RARE-EARTH-CONTAINING NANOCOMPOSITE MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An iron-based rare-earth nanocomposite magnet according to the present invention includes an Nd | 05-21-2009 |
20100219922 | NANO-COMPOSITE MAGNET, QUENCHED ALLOY FOR NANO-COMPOSITE MAGNET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING THEM - A nanocomposite magnet according to the present invention has a composition represented by the general formula: R | 09-02-2010 |
Satoshi Hirosawa, Osaka JP
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20090032147 | R-Fe-B MICROCRYSTALLINE HIGH-DENSITY MAGNET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - An R—Fe—B based rare-earth alloy powder with a mean particle size of less than about 20 μm is provided and compacted to make a powder compact. Next, the powder compact is subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature of about 550° C. to less than about 1,000° C. within hydrogen gas, thereby producing hydrogenation and disproportionation reactions (HD processes). Then, the powder compact is subjected to another heat treatment at a temperature of about 550° C. to less than about 1,000° C. within either a vacuum or an inert atmosphere, thereby producing desorption and recombination reactions and obtaining a porous material including fine crystal grains, of which the density is about 60% to about 90% of their true density and which have an average crystal grain size of about 0.01 μm to about 2 μm (DR processes). Thereafter, the porous material is subjected to yet another heat treatment at a temperature of about 750° C. to less than about 1,000° C. within either the vacuum or the inert atmosphere, thereby further increasing its density to about 93% or more of their true density and making an R—Fe—B based microcrystalline high-density magnet. | 02-05-2009 |
20090123774 | R-Fe-Beta POROUS MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An R—Fe—B based porous magnet according to the present invention has an aggregate structure of Nd | 05-14-2009 |
20120306308 | R-Fe-B POROUS MAGNET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An R—Fe—B based porous magnet according to the present invention has an aggregate structure of Nd | 12-06-2012 |
20130068992 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNETS, AND RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNETS - An R-T-B based permanent magnet powder, which has been made by an HDDR process and which has an average crystal grain size of 0.1 μm to 1 μm and a crystal grain aspect ratio (ratio of the major axis size to the minor axis size) of 2 or less, is provided (Step (A)). R is a rare-earth element, of which at least 95 at % is Nd and/or Pr, and T is either Fe alone or Fe partially replaced with Co and/or Ni and is a transition metal element, of which at least 50 at % is Fe. Meanwhile, an R′—Cu based alloy powder, which is made up of R′ and Cu, which accounts for 2 at % to 50 at % of the alloy powder, is also provided (Step (B)). R′ is a rare-earth element, of which at least 90 at % is Nd and/or Pr but which includes neither Dy nor Tb. The R-T-B based permanent magnet powder and the R′—Cu based alloy powder are mixed together to obtain a mixed powder (Step (C)). And then the mixed powder is subjected to a heat treatment process at a temperature of 500° C. to 900° C. in either an inert ambient gas or a vacuum (Step (D)). | 03-21-2013 |
Shigeru Hirosawa, Tokyo JP
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20100002199 | PROJECTOR WITH HEAT RADIATING CONSTRUCTION - According to the invention, there is provided a projector having a light source unit | 01-07-2010 |
20120002176 | PROJECTOR WITH HEAT RADIATING CONSTRUCTION - A projector includes a light source unit, a light source side optical system which includes a color wheel and a light guiding unit, a display device, a projection side optical system, a cooling fan, and a projector control unit. An interior of a projector casing is divided into an outlet side spatial compartment which is positioned on an outlet side of the cooling fan and in which the light source unit is disposed and an inlet side spatial compartment which is positioned on an inlet side of the cooling fan. The outlet side spatial compartment is covered thereabove by an upper division board, above which a heat conductive sheet which is formed of an aluminum sheet is disposed. The heat conductive sheet is electrically connected to the projector casing, so that electricity charged in the heat conductive sheet can be discharged. | 01-05-2012 |
20120249981 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - The light source device includes: a first support that supports one of a light source and a collimator lens condensing; a second support that supports the other of the light source and the collimator lens; and a fixing member that fixes the first support to the second support. The first support includes a first protruding portion that protrudes from the first support toward the second support, the first protruding portion having a through hole therethrough. The second support includes a second protruding portion that protrudes from the second support toward the first support, the second protruding portion having: a receiving portion that receives the first protruding portion; and a receiving hole. A rod portion of a locking member is inserted into the through hole and the receiving hole, and a head portion of a locking member is sealed with a sealant. | 10-04-2012 |
Shota Hirosawa, Tokyo JP
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20160005997 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - This organic electroluminescent element is provided with the following: a barrier layer that is provided on a flexible substrate and comprises a modified-polysilazane layer; a laminate that is laid out on top of the barrier layer and is provided with an organic functional layer that has at least one light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes; a covering intermediate layer formed on top of the barrier layer at least at the periphery of the laminate; and a sealing member joined to the top of the covering intermediate layer with a sealing resin layer interposed therebetween. | 01-07-2016 |
20160056412 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element containing a flexible substrate having thereon: a first gas barrier layer, an insulating layer, a first electrode, a light emitting unit containing an organic functional layer, and a second electrode, in that order, wherein the first gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer; the insulating layer is a layer containing a metal oxide; and a metal element in the metal oxide has a lower redox potential than silicon. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056413 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element containing: a first gas barrier layer; an intermediate layer; a second gas barrier layer; a third gas barrier layer; a first electrode; an organic functional layer; and a second electrode, in that order, wherein the intermediate layer contains a resin and has a thickness of 10 μm to 250 μm; the second gas barrier layer contains silicon, carbon and oxygen, wherein a composition of silicon, carbon and oxygen contained in the second gas barrier layer is continuously changed in a thickness direction of the second gas barrier layer, and distribution curves of silicon, carbon and oxygen each have an extremum point; and the third gas barrier layer is a polysilazane reforming layer. | 02-25-2016 |
Shujiro Hirosawa, Itami-Shi JP
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20120034368 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING SALTY TASTE OF FOOD OR BEVERAGE AND SALTY TASTE IMPROVING AGENT - By adding a water-soluble dietary fiber such as indigestible dextrins, branched maltodextrins, inulins, and polydextroses, into food or beverage, a salty taste of the food or beverage can be enhanced and a harsh taste of potassium salt can be masked or improved. | 02-09-2012 |
20130216679 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BREAD CONTAINING DRIED FRUIT - The invention provides a method for manufacturing a bread containing dried fruit for preventing the staling of bread attributable to the effects of a dried fruit kneaded therein so as to sustain the soft texture of the bread for a long period, and to provide a bread containing dried fruit manufactured by this method. A method for manufacturing a bread containing dried fruit according to the invention comprises blending a glutinous (waxy) gelatinised hydroxypropyl starch in a starting material flour during the manufacture of a bread containing dried fruit. Because this method for manufacturing a bread of the present invention can be implemented by blending a glutinous, gelatinised hydroxypropyl starch in a starting material flour, with essentially no alteration to the normal bread-manufacturing process required, a product that ages at a rate comparable to that of a bread in which no dried fruit has been kneaded can be produced. | 08-22-2013 |
Shunichiro Hirosawa, Ota-Ku JP
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20120064696 | WAFER MACHINING METHOD - A wafer provided on a face side thereof with a device region where devices are demarcated by planned dividing lines and with a peripheral surplus region surrounding the device region is divided into the individual devices. In performing the dividing process, the back side of the device region is ground to form an annular reinforcement part on the outer peripheral side thereof, a dicing tape is adhered to the back side of the wafer, the wafer is irradiated with a laser beam from the face side so as to divide the wafer into the devices and to form break starting points in the annular reinforcement part, and the dicing tape is expanded so as to disassembly the annular reinforcement part, with the break starting points as starting points, thereby separating the annular reinforcement part from the device region, and to widen the interval between the adjacent devices. Since the annular reinforcement part is remaining at the time of dividing the wafer into the individual devices, handleability during the dividing process is not spoiled. | 03-15-2012 |
Shunichiro Hirosawa, Tokyo JP
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20140298968 | DISK-SHAPED WORKPIECE DIVIDING METHOD - A dividing method for a disk-shaped workpiece having a plurality of first division lines and a plurality of second division lines intersecting the first division lines. The workpiece is cut along the first and second division lines by using a cutting blade in a down cut manner as supplying a cutting fluid to the cutting blade, wherein the workpiece is fully cut in a thickness direction thereof to obtain a plurality of chips. The dividing method includes a first cutting step of cutting the workpiece along the first division lines and a second cutting step of cutting the workpiece along the second division lines. In at least the second cutting step, the outer circumference of the workpiece at the cut end of each second division line is not cut to form an uncut region, thereby suppressing the formation of waste chips. | 10-09-2014 |
Susumu Hirosawa, Tokyo JP
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20090002777 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus, performing recording by time-division driving of multiple recording elements on a recording head in increments of blocks, includes: a storing unit storing recording data; an obtaining unit obtaining information relating to inclination of the recording elements in the main scanning direction; a changing unit changing, in increments of recording elements, the main scanning direction storage position of recording data stored in the storing unit to be provided to recording elements of a group, configured of consecutive recording elements in each block of the recording elements, based on the obtained information; and a determining unit determining the driving order of the recording elements subjected to time-division driving in increments of the blocks, for each of the scans; wherein recording is performed based on recording data with the main scanning direction storage position having been changed by the changing unit, and the driving order determined by the determining unit. | 01-01-2009 |
20100156981 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK JET PRINTING METHOD - An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method are provided in which information about an ink amount ejected on each of unit areas into which a preceding print medium is divided and information about a size of a following print medium are acquired. A delay time for delaying a printing operation for the following print medium is set based on the information about the ink amount ejected on unit areas which are decided among the divided unit areas according to the information about the size of the following print medium. | 06-24-2010 |
20100238226 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - The present invention uses a temperature sensor to sense the temperature of a print head configured to eject ink, and senses the environmental temperature of a printing apparatus. The temperature of the print head is corrected based on the environmental temperature only if information from the temperature sensor is different from the last information acquired. | 09-23-2010 |
20110109689 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a supply unit having a humidifying portion that supplies humidified gas near a nozzle array of a line-type recording head. In correspondence to displacement of the recording head in a direction of the nozzle array, at least one of an introducing direction and an introducing position of the supplied humidified gas can be changed. | 05-12-2011 |
20110109690 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A supply unit is provided to supply humidified gas near a nozzle array of a line-type recording head. The flow-rate distribution of the supplied humidified gas in a direction of the nozzle array is changeable in accordance with a conveying region where a sheet is conveyed while opposing the nozzle array. | 05-12-2011 |
20110109691 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head having a sealing portion arranged in proximity to nozzle arrays and protruding beyond a nozzle surface. A wiper unit configured to wipe the nozzle surface of the recording head has a first wiper blade and a second wiper blade, and the first wiper blade is arranged to be inclined by an angle θ | 05-12-2011 |
20110109710 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - First humidified gas is supplied from a first supply port to a sheet to be conveyed, thereby increasing the moisture content of the sheet. Simultaneously, second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of the inkjet recording head are exposed, from a second supply port provided at a position closer to the inkjet recording head than the first supply port, thereby increasing the atmosphere humidity of the space. The part of the sheet of which the moisture content has been increased is made to enter the space where the atmosphere humidity has been increased, and recording is performed by the inkjet recording head. | 05-12-2011 |
20110115846 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head arranged so as to oppose a sheet moving in a first direction, in which a plurality of first nozzle chips and a plurality of second nozzle chips each having a nozzle array are arranged as different arrays in a second direction crossing the first direction, and in which the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips adjacent to each other are shifted from each other in the second direction, a first suction unit opposed to the first nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the first nozzle chips, a second suction unit opposed to the second nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the second nozzle chips, a suction holder configured to retain the first suction unit and the second suction unit, and a movement mechanism configured to cause relative movement between the recording head and the suction holder in the second direction, wherein the first suction unit and the second suction unit are shifted from each other in the second direction in correspondence with the shift between the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips. | 05-19-2011 |
20110115863 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a humidifying unit that generates humidified gas, a drying unit that dries ink applied to a sheet by a recording unit, a first duct that supplies gas discharged from the drying unit to at least one of the humidifying unit and the recording unit, and a second duct that supplies the humidified gas generated by the humidifying unit to the recording unit. | 05-19-2011 |
20110134185 | RECOVERY PROCESSING METHOD FOR PRINT HEAD, AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Wet wiping processing is performed on an ink ejection opening forming surface of a print head by use of a wiper. Then, as bubble removal processing, the print head is heated by use of either an electrothermal conversion element or a heat generating element located inside the print head, and then a control unit causes the print head to perform preliminary ejection K1 and preliminary ejection K2. | 06-09-2011 |
20110211008 | PRINT APPARATUS - A first reading unit that reads a pattern or an image formed on a sheet by a print unit for recognizing a print unit state, a second reading unit that reads a cut mark formed on the sheet on a downstream thereof, a cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream thereof, and a reverse unit that reverses the sheet fed to the print unit again are provided. In duplex printing, the sheet where images are sequentially printed on a first surface is led to the reverse unit, the front and rear faces are reversed, and the sheet is fed to the print unit again. The sheet where images and cut marks are sequentially printed on a second surface is cut by the cutter for each piece and discharged. The sheet is cut on the basis of a reading of the cut mark by the second reading unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211018 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - In order to efficiently perform preliminary ejection of ink at a bend of an ink circulation passage, the number of preliminary ejections of a nozzle group located on the outer side of the bend is set larger than the number of preliminary ejections of a nozzle group located in the middle of the bend. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211899 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT APPARATUS - A cut mark is recorded in an area between one image and the next image to be printed, and the recorded cut mark is to be detected. When the cut mark cannot be detected, a position of the cut mark is estimated based on information on an already detected cut mark and information on a length of the image printed after said already detected cut mark. A first cut position and a second cut position for cutting off the area are set based on the estimation. | 09-01-2011 |
20110254903 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided is a printing apparatus in which bubbles in a print head are easily removed. The printing apparatus includes a first one-way valve disposed between the pump and the ink tank in the collection channel, the first one-way valve allowing movement of ink from the pump to the ink tank and blocking movement of ink from the ink tank to the pump; a circulation channel that connects the ink tank to the collection channel at a position between the pump and the first one-way valve, the circulation channel enabling circulation of ink from the ink tank, through the print head, and to the ink tank; and a second one-way valve disposed in the circulation channel, the second one-way valve allowing movement of ink from the ink tank to the pump and blocking movement of ink from the pump to the ink tank. | 10-20-2011 |
20110273503 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads are arranged in a sequence such that a print head configured to eject ink characterized by having a larger amount of volatile components evaporated within a predetermined time is located in a more upstream area. | 11-10-2011 |
20110279525 | RECORDING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a recording head having nozzle chips arranged in a staggered configuration along a second direction that intersects a first direction in which a sheet is conveyed, a first suction portion corresponding to a first row of nozzle chips in the staggered configuration, and a second suction portion corresponding to a second row of nozzle chips. The first suction portion and the second suction port are in a positional relationship in which they are displaced in the second direction so as to correspond to displacement between a first nozzle chip in the first row and its neighboring second nozzle chip in the second row in the second direction. The apparatus further includes a positioning member having a plurality of reference surfaces for use in positioning the recording head at different locations in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279612 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - An apparatus includes: a drying unit to dry a printing medium on which an image was printed using an inkjet head; a humidification unit to humidify the printing medium that was dried by the drying unit so that the moisture content of the printing medium becomes the equilibrium state in the ambient environment; a colorimetric unit to perform colorimetry on the printing medium that was humidified by the humidification unit; and a calibration unit to calibrate printing properties on the basis of the result of colorimetry by the colorimetric unit. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279832 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A waiting time Ts is decided on the basis of ink type information and ink feed amount information, referring to waiting time table A (Step | 11-17-2011 |
20110298849 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In a line-head type inkjet printing apparatus that ejects a plurality of types of inks, an inkjet printing apparatus is provided in which the change of its ejection properties different depending on the type of ink is prevented from occurring. The line-head type printing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that counts the ejection number of liquid from each of print heads in each of a plurality of print heads. Furthermore, the printing apparatus compares the ejection number of liquid from each of the print heads counted by the acquisition unit with a threshold value set for each of the print heads. The printing apparatus includes a change unit that can move a holder in the main scanning direction when the counted ejection number of liquid exceeds the threshold value set for the print head. | 12-08-2011 |
20110298859 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A first humidified gas is supplied through a first supply port to a sheet. A second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of an inkjet recording head are exposed through a second supply port located at a position closer to the recording heads than the first supply port, to increase atmosphere humidity in the space. The sheet portion having a moisture content increased by the humidification in advance is advanced into the space having the increased atmosphere humidity, to record on the sheet using the inkjet recording head. An amount of humidification with the first humidified gas is set according to at least one recording condition. | 12-08-2011 |
20110310152 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing device that performs printing on a print medium with a print head including a nozzle for discharging ink, includes: a transport unit transporting the print medium; a printing unit discharging the ink while transporting the print medium such that the printing unit prints an image for printing and an image formed by a preliminary discharge; a first limiting unit limiting, based on image data on the image for printing, an ink amount to be discharged such that the amount of ink per unit area is equal to or less than an upper limit Alim; and a second limiting unit limiting an ink amount to be discharged for the image formed by the preliminary discharge such that the amount of ink per unit area is more than the upper limit Alim and is equal to or less than an upper limit Blim. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310155 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively high frequency overlap in an intersecting direction that intersects an array direction of nozzles is smaller than the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively low frequency overlap in the intersecting direction. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310178 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein overlapping portions of the recording heads for two different colors are separated from each other with a distance therebetween in an array direction of nozzles. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316921 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When an image is recorded using a multichip recording head including a plurality of chips each having a plurality of nozzle arrays, a change in image density can occur due to a registration error between chips in an overlapping part where two chips are connected. To suppress the change in image density, input image data is distributed to two chips such that there are dots overlapping each other between the two chips in the overlapping part. | 12-29-2011 |
20120026229 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - To provide an inkjet printing apparatus that suppresses occurrence of image deterioration, such as a texture, a moire, and a streak in a printing result. In order for this to be achieved, a level is set up to a overlapping portion of a chip of a print head depending on dot impact accuracy, and a print data distribution rate of each chip in the overlapping portion is determined according to the level. | 02-02-2012 |
20120114188 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user. | 05-10-2012 |
20120206522 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND RECOVERY METHOD FOR A PRINT HEAD THEREOF - The invention provides a printing apparatus and a recovery method therefore which can minimize ink consumption in a recovery process for a print head of the apparatus. The invention has a control unit to cause a print head to eject ink from nozzles arrayed on the print head so as to recover ink ejecting function of the nozzles, and a specification unit to specify a set print mode selected from among a plurality of print modes. The print modes define number and position of nozzles in use for printing an image. The control unit executes a first preliminary ejection process before or after printing an image on a print medium. The first preliminary ejection process has selectively ejecting ink from both of the nozzles in use selected by the currently set print mode and the unused nozzles in the vicinity of the nozzles in use. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206523 | INKJET PRINTING DEVICE AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - In-image preliminary ejection is performed by use of nozzles used to print an image out of the nozzles included in an overlapping link region, and between-image preliminary ejection is performed by use of nozzles which are not used to print the image. Thus, a reduction in image quality is inhibited, while the amount of print media used in the between-image preliminary ejection is reduced. | 08-16-2012 |
20120206524 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINT HEAD RECOVERY METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus and a print head recovery method are provided according to which, in an environment in which dust (e.g., paper dust) is easily attached to the periphery of an ejection port of a print head, the print head is subjected to a recovery operation depending on the level of the attached dust. The inkjet printing apparatus has a cutter unit for cutting a print medium and a recovery unit for performing the recovery operation by wiping the ejection port formation portion at which the ejection port is formed of the print head while sucking the ejection port formation portion. When the passing number showing how many times the cut part of the print medium cut by the cutter passes the printing position is equal to or higher than a threshold value, the recovery means subjects the print head to the recovery operation. | 08-16-2012 |
20120299996 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus is disclosed that can more appropriately clean the nozzle faces of line-type print heads. The apparatus includes: a print head having nozzle chips, each having nozzle arrays arrayed on a common chip mounting face of the print head; a first cleaning unit configured to wipe the chip mounting face including wiping nozzle faces of the nozzle chips; a second cleaning unit configured to suction the chip mounting face including suctioning nozzle faces; a moving mechanism configured to move the first and second cleaning units relative to the print head in a first cleaning direction and in a second cleaning direction opposite to the first cleaning direction; and a selection unit configured to select a cleaning unit to be used for cleaning in the first and second cleaning directions from the first and second cleaning units, respectively. | 11-29-2012 |
20130076811 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge ink, a first ink tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the recording head, a circulation path configured to circulate ink between the first ink tank and the recording head, a measurement unit configured to measure an ink temperature in the circulation path, a second ink tank configured to replenish ink to the circulation path, and a control unit configured to control replenishment of ink from the second ink tank to the circulation path based on the ink temperature measured by the measurement unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130106929 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130257976 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - To provide an ink jet printing apparatus which can reduce waste ink as much as possible and shorten the amount of time spend on the following wiping process, and a recovery operation method therefor, whereby a first process and a second process are carried out, the first process for discharging ink that does not contribute to the printing from the print head while supplying ink from the ink reservoir portion to the print head by way of the first ink passage connected to one end of the print head, and the second process for discharging ink that does not contribute to the printing from the print head while supplying ink from the ink reservoir portion to the print head by way of the second ink passage connected to the other end of the print head. | 10-03-2013 |
20140009529 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An ejection complement process is performed during which both a usual ejection failure and a sudden ejection failure can be appropriately coped with, without being accompanied by a frequent maintenance process. In a case wherein sequential printing is not currently being performed, the first detection process is performed with a high accuracy while being accompanied by the maintenance process, and in a case wherein sequential printing is currently being performed, the second detection process that requires only a small process load is performed at a predetermined timing without being accompanied by the maintenance processing. At this time, when the number of ejection failed nozzles detected in the second ejection process has reached a predetermined value or greater, the maintenance process is performed, and only the information for the ejection failed nozzle, detected in the second detection process, is reset. | 01-09-2014 |
20140022303 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively high frequency overlap in an intersecting direction that intersects an array direction of nozzles is smaller than the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively low frequency overlap in the intersecting direction. | 01-23-2014 |
20140092164 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140247307 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A printing method is performed on a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads is divided into groups, with one of the groups being subjected to preliminary ejection on a sheet. The other print head group not subjected to preliminary ejection is located in a more upstream area with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet. | 09-04-2014 |
20150062225 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING PRINTING POSITION SHIFT - A printing apparatus, including: printing unit; conveying unit; print control unit; correcting unit configured to determine, in printing an image on each of a plurality of sets of the same type of print medium, a correction value for correcting printing position shift between a plurality of nozzle arrays based on an inspection pattern printed on a preceding region of the print medium, and to correct the printing position between the plurality of nozzle arrays in the subsequent region of the print medium by using the determined correction value, wherein the correcting unit corrects, in printing on a leading end region of a set of print medium subsequent to the preceding set of print medium, the printing position shift by using the correction value used in printing on the preceding set of print medium. | 03-05-2015 |
20150151554 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A first humidified gas is supplied through a first supply port to a sheet. A second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of an inkjet recording head are exposed through a second supply port located at a position closer to the recording heads than the first supply port, to increase atmosphere humidity in the space. The sheet portion having a moisture content increased by the humidification in advance is advanced into the space having the increased atmosphere humidity, to record on the sheet using the inkjet recording head. An amount of humidification with the first humidified gas is set according to at least one recording condition. | 06-04-2015 |
20150273896 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided a printing apparatus, a method for controlling the printing apparatus, and a storage medium. The printing apparatus includes a conveying unit conveys a print medium; a print head applies a color material on the print medium; an obtaining unit configured to obtain, in the case where a first surface of the print medium on which a first image is printed comes in contact with the conveying unit, information on a printing condition of the first surface that becomes a factor of changing a conveying speed of the print medium in the predetermined direction; and a control unit configured to control timing of applying a color material on a second surface of the print medium that is a surface at the opposite to the first surface according to the printing condition indicated by the information obtained by the obtaining unit. | 10-01-2015 |
Teruyuki Hirosawa, Kyoto JP
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20140106885 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD - An input of a user is received from an input unit, and in accordance with the input of the user, an operation object displayed on a display screen moves in a predetermined movement-allowed range. A plurality of sound objects appear and move in the display screen, the sound objects set for sounds to be output in accordance with a composition to be performed. Then, if the operation object and each sound object have made contact with each other, the sound set for the sound object is output. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108504 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A production content is stored in a storage unit of a server in accordance with an operation on a terminal apparatus, a material content is selected from among a plurality of material contents so that the selected material content is used as a material to create the production content, and a request is made, from the terminal apparatus, to the server for creation of a production content associated with the selected material content. Then, a state of the request is presented to a plurality of terminal apparatuses. | 04-17-2014 |
20150094152 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An example system includes an imparting part imparting value information to a user of each information processing device; and a joint information processing part performing information processing in accordance with joint operation of a user of one of the information processing devices and a user of another information processing device through a network. When a given imparting condition has been satisfied in accordance with information processing having been performed by the joint information processing part, the imparting part imparts the value information. | 04-02-2015 |
Tomokuni Hirosawa, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20140253787 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, FOCUS DETECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus comprises: a sensor unit provided with a plurality of sensor pairs, including a first and second sensor pairs, each of which receives a light beam from an object, accumulates charge, and outputs a pair of image signals for focus detection; a control unit configured to detect a level of a predetermined signal based on the accumulated charge in each sensor pair, and controls charge accumulation time in accordance with the level of the predetermined signal; and a setting unit configured to set a priority of each sensor pair in accordance with the object. The priority of the first sensor pair is set higher than that of the second sensor pair, and the control unit detects the level of the predetermined signal of the first sensor pair in prior to that of the second sensor pair. | 09-11-2014 |
20150281557 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focus detection apparatus comprises: a sensor unit, having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for receiving light that passed through an imaging optical system and accumulating charge, configured to generate an image signal to be used for correlation calculation for focus detection based on the accumulated charge; a control unit configured to control the photoelectric conversion elements to stop charge accumulation in a case where a first signal that represents contrast of the image signal reaches a predetermined voltage level; and a voltage level setting unit. The voltage level setting unit sets a larger voltage level in a first case, in which luminance change in a direction of the correlation calculation in the plurality of the photoelectric conversion elements is gentler than a second case, than in the second case. | 10-01-2015 |
Toshiaki Hirosawa, Hiratsuka-Shi JP
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20080239004 | INK JET PRINT HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK JET PRINT HEAD - An ink jet print head is provided which allows an ejection opening-formed surface to be cleaned well and can improve a precision with which ejected ink lands on a print medium. For this purpose, conductive layers of a conductive material are formed on the support substrate and planarized. The liquid ejection substrates are mounted on the support substrate with high precision, without a sealing agent, that protects electrical connecting portions on the liquid ejection substrates, protruding from the ejection opening-formed surface. | 10-02-2008 |
20090179965 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head is constituted by a liquid ejection substrate comprising a liquid supply port for supplying liquid, an ejection outlet for ejecting the liquid supplied from the liquid supply port, and ejection energy generating devices for generating energy for ejecting the liquid; and a supporting member having a supporting surface for supporting the liquid ejection substrate and a liquid supply hole for supplying liquid to the liquid ejection substrate, the liquid supply hole communicating with the liquid supply port of the liquid ejection substrate to form a communicating portion, a periphery of which is sealed by a sealant. The liquid supply hole of the supporting member has an opening larger than that of the liquid supply port of the liquid ejection substrate. The support member has an inner wall portion including an edge line portion defined by the liquid supply hole on a side where the liquid ejection substrate is to be disposed. The inner wall portion is covered with the sealant. | 07-16-2009 |
20090267994 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an ink jet recording head, in which, for improving heat-dissipating property and electrode terminal connectivity and reducing production cost, second electrode terminals provided on a supporting surface of plural laminated sheets for supporting a liquid discharge substrate and to be connected with first electrode terminals of the liquid discharge substrate are provided outside an ink supply aperture formed in an outermost sheet constituting the supporting surface, and are supported by the outermost sheet and at least a sheet laminated thereunder. | 10-29-2009 |
20090309939 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND RECORDING METHOD - A liquid ejection head includes at least one liquid ejecting substrate for ejecting liquid, a supporting member for supporting the at least one liquid ejecting substrate, the at least one liquid ejecting substrate being fixed to a main surface of the supporting member, and a plurality of liquid supplying members for supplying liquid to the at least one liquid ejecting substrate through the supporting member. A linear expansivity of each of the liquid supplying members is different from a linear expansivity of the supporting member. The plurality of the liquid supplying members are arranged along a longitudinal direction of the supporting member, with each of the liquid supplying members being bonded to a surface that is opposite the main surface of the supporting member. | 12-17-2009 |
20100013889 | INK JET PRINTING HEAD - There is inexpensively and simply provided a highly reliable printing head including a printing element substrate which is located with high positioning precision and therefore causes no occurrence of ink leak regardless of the printing head having a large printing width. An ink jet printing head comprising a plurality of printing element substrates in each of which a plurality of ejecting openings, printing elements and an ink supply opening, a support member and an ink supply member wherein the support member is formed of a first member and a second member and is integral with the first member so as to surround the first member and the support member and the ink supply member are bonded in such a manner that bonding faces of the first member and the second member, and the second member are not in contact with the opening. | 01-21-2010 |
20110211024 | RECORDING HEAD - A recording head includes: a recording element substrate having a plurality of discharge ports discharging a liquid and an energy generating element generating energy used to discharge the liquid from the discharge ports; an electrical wiring substrate having an opening portion in which the recording element substrate is provided and applies a driving signal to the recording element substrate; an electrical connection portion in which an electrode portion of the recording element substrate and an electrode portion of the electrical wiring substrate are electrically connected to each other by a wire; and a sealing material covering and sealing the electrical connection portion, wherein the electrical connection portion is provided with a reference member as a reference of at least one of an upper limit position and a lower limit position of the height of the surface of the sealing material with respect to thickness direction of the recording element substrate. | 09-01-2011 |
20110279545 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes a liquid discharge substrate having a discharge port array, and a channel member having a mounted face on which the liquid discharge substrate is mounted, channels for supplying liquid to the discharge port array, and a low thermal conductivity portion, wherein the channels includes an opening for flowing liquid, which is provided at a part except for both ends of the discharge port array, a first channel for passing the liquid, and a second channel for passing the liquid in a direction opposite to the liquid flowing direction in the first channel, wherein the opening, the first channel, the low thermal conductivity portion, and the second channel are provided in this order to be vertical to the mounted face, and the opening and the low thermal conductivity portion are provided to be at least partially overlapped one above the other. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279548 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND ELECTRIC WIRING SUBSTRATE - A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate having a plurality of discharge ports for discharging liquid, and a plurality of recording elements for generating energy to discharge liquid, and an electric wiring substrate electrically connecting the recording element substrate and a driving circuit substrate having a circuit for driving the plurality of recording elements, the electric wiring substrate having a plurality of first electrical contact groups including a plurality of electrical contacts, for electrically connecting with the driving circuit substrate, provided along a disposed direction in which the plurality of discharge ports are disposed. The plurality of first electrical contact groups are detachably attached to a plurality of second electrical contact groups electrically connected with the driving circuit substrate, such that adjacent first electrical contact groups do not overlap each other in the disposed direction and in a direction orthogonal to the disposed direction. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279549 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including a recording element that generates energy for discharging liquid from a discharge port, a base plate including a mounted surface on which the recording element substrate is mounted, an electric wiring substrate including a portion disposed on another surface of the base plate different from the mounted surface, adjacent to the mounted surface, and configured to be electrically connected to the recording element substrate, and an shield member having electric conductivity and configured to shield the portion. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279607 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, AND LIQUID FILLING METHOD - A liquid discharge member includes discharge ports, and a first opening and a second opening that communicate with the discharge ports. A liquid supply member includes a first filter disposed in a gravitational direction and in a disposed direction, a first containing chamber containing the first filter, a second containing chamber containing the second filter, a first flow path connecting the first opening and the first containing chamber, and a second flow path connecting the second opening and the second containing chamber. The second filter and the first and the second flow path are disposed in an area between a surface perpendicular to the disposed direction and parallel to the gravitational direction and going through one end of the length of the first filter and a surface parallel to the first surface and going through the other end of the length of the first filter in the disposed direction. | 11-17-2011 |
20110310163 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including an energy generation element for generating energy used to discharge a liquid and a terminal electrically connected to the energy generation element, and an electric wiring board including an electrode electrically connected to the terminal via a wire to transmit an electric signal supplied from outside to the energy generation element, wherein the terminal has an area twice or more larger than a contact area between the terminal and the wire and the electrode has an area twice or more larger than a contact area between the electrode and the wire. | 12-22-2011 |
20120007926 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes an element substrate including an energy generating element; a supporting member adhesively supporting the element substrate; a sheet member adhesively bonded to the supporting member to adjoin the inner surface of an opening accommodating the element substrate in the sheet member and an end section of the element substrate; a wiring substrate bonded to the sheet member to adjoin the inner surface of an opening accommodating the element substrate in the wiring substrate and the end section of the element substrate and including a wire electrically connected to the energy generating element; and a sealant sealing a part electrical connecting the wiring substrate and element substrate, wherein the height of a wiring substrate surface opposite to that contacting the sheet member from supporting member is smaller than the element substrate surface opposite to that contacting the supporting member from the supporting member. | 01-12-2012 |
20120293588 | FLOW PASSAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLOW PASSAGE ASSEMBLY, INKJET RECORDING HEAD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a flow passage assembly includes forming a first flow passage in a first joint interface formed by welding a first surface of a first flow passage forming member to a first surface of a second flow passage forming member using an ultrasonic welding process, and forming, after the first flow passage is formed, a second flow passage in a second joint interface formed by welding a first surface of a third flow passage forming member to one of a second surface of the first flow passage forming member and a second surface of the second flow passage forming member using an ultrasonic welding process. A total area of weld portions used when the first flow passage is formed is greater than a total area of weld portions used when the second flow passage is formed. | 11-22-2012 |
20130305533 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including an energy generation element for generating energy used to discharge a liquid and a terminal electrically connected to the energy generation element, and an electric wiring board including an electrode electrically connected to the terminal via a wire to transmit an electric signal supplied from outside to the energy generation element, wherein the terminal has an area twice or more larger than a contact area between the terminal and the wire and the electrode has an area twice or more larger than a contact area between the electrode and the wire. | 11-21-2013 |
20150191014 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - Provided are a liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus which can reduce the distance between an ejection port and a medium as much as possible and can apply liquid to a desired position, even in the case where a member protruding more toward a liquid ejection direction than an ejection port is provided. A liquid ejection apparatus applies liquid to a medium by using a liquid ejection head including an ejection port ejecting the liquid and a member protruding more toward a liquid ejection direction than an ejection port face where the ejection port is formed, wherein a first distance between the ejection port and the medium is smaller than a sum of a second distance from the ejection port face to a tip of the member in the ejection direction and a third distance from the tip to the medium. | 07-09-2015 |
20160059551 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a miniaturized liquid ejecting head and a liquid ejecting apparatus on which the liquid ejecting head is mounted. A plurality of ink supply ports are formed on a print element substrate to supply ink to a bubble generation chamber. Electrothermal transducing elements are arranged only in regions interposed between the plurality of ink supply ports each other. A drive circuit for driving the electrothermal transducing element is arranged in a region that is not included in the region interposed between the plurality of ink supply ports each other. | 03-03-2016 |
Yasunori Hirosawa, Okazaki-Shi JP
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20120188662 | VEHICLE MIRROR DEVICE - In a vehicle door mirror device, a base is attached to a door and covered with a base cover. A gasket is disposed on a door panel of the base cover, a seal portion of the gasket seals a gap between a lower side end of the base cover and the door panel. The seal portion is extended from the gasket toward the base cover side. Therefore, even if a dimension of the gap between the lower side end of the base cover and the door panel varies, the lower side end of the seal portion can be suppressed from being separated from an outer periphery of the base cover toward the inner side, the base cover can be suppressed from looking floating from the door panel, and appearance of the gap between the lower side end of the base cover and the door panel can be improved. | 07-26-2012 |
20150036371 | MIRROR APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A mirror apparatus for a vehicle includes a design body, a first emission member, a second emission member, a guide body and a differentiation portion. The design body includes a mirror provided at a vehicle, and the design body structures a design surface. The first emission member emits light and the second emission member emits light. The guide body guides the light emitted by the first emission member and the light emitted by the second emission member to an outer side of the design body. The differentiation portion makes directions in which the light emitted by the first emission member and the light emitted by the second emission member are guided by the guide body different. | 02-05-2015 |
Yoshifumi Hirosawa, Amagasaki-Shi JP
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20130294944 | Pressure Exchanger and Performance Adjustment Method of Pressure Exchanger - A pressure exchanger includes a rotator disposed with pressure transmission sections around a rotation axis, each pressure transmission section being so formed that a first flow path and a second flow path are communicated with each other; a first lateral member formed with first fluid inflow paths guiding the first fluid to the first flow paths, second fluid outflow paths guiding, from the second flow paths, second fluid obtained after pressure exchange with the first fluid, second fluid inflow paths guiding the second fluid to the second flow paths, and first fluid outflow paths guiding, from the first flow paths, first fluid obtained after pressure exchange with the second fluid in the thickness direction; and a second lateral member rotatably sandwiching the rotator between the second lateral member and the first lateral member. | 11-07-2013 |
20150050167 | Pressure Exchange Device - Disclosed is a pressure exchange device which can be made more compact and for which the cost can be reduced, without reducing the processing flow rate. This device is equipped with a rotator, for which first flow paths through which a first fluid flows in and out and second flow paths through which a second fluid flows in and out are arranged around a shaft center so as to penetrate through in the direction of the rotation axis; a first lateral member, for which a first fluid inflow path that guides the first fluid into the first flow paths, a second fluid outflow path that guides the second fluid, in which pressure has been exchanged for the pressure of the first fluid, from the second flow paths, a second fluid inflow path that guides the second fluid into the second flow path, and a first fluid outflow path that guides the first fluid, in which pressure has been exchanged for the pressure of the second fluid, from the first flow paths, are formed in the thickness direction; and a second lateral member, for which communication sections that connect the first flow paths and the second flow paths and exchange pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid are formed. | 02-19-2015 |
Yoshihisa Hirosawa, Aichi-Ken JP
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20110154892 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ABNORMALITY OF A CONTROL VALVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention is applied to an internal combustion engine comprising a first supercharger | 06-30-2011 |
Yoshihisa Hirosawa, Kariya-Shi JP
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20110167816 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ABNORMALITY OF A CONTROL VALVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention is applied to an internal combustion engine comprising a first supercharger | 07-14-2011 |
20120191321 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN ABNORMALITY OF A CONTROL VALVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus for determining an abnormality of a control valve, the apparatus being applied to an internal combustion engine having: a plurality of superchargers and a plurality of control valves, and carries out an abnormality determination of at least one control valve. The apparatus determines, based on each opening degree of control valves belonging to a first control valve group including only a part of the plurality of control valves and at least one of: a pressure of the air in at least one location in the intake air passage; and a pressure of the exhaust gas in at least one location in the exhaust gas passage, whether or not a control valve belonging to a second control valve group that includes control valves except for control valves belonging to the first control valve group among the plurality of control valves is abnormal. | 07-26-2012 |
20120204556 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH SUPERCHARGER - A first supercharger and a second supercharger are disposed in series in intake and exhaust passages. In a B region in which both the supercharging effects of the first and second superchargers are utilized, the opening of an exhaust control valve disposed in a passage for bypassing the turbine of the first supercharger is set to an intermediate degree, and the opening of an intake control valve disposed in a passage for bypassing the compressor of the first supercharger is set to the minimum. In a C region in which the supercharging effect of only the second supercharger is utilized, both the openings of the exhaust control valve and the intake control valve are set to the maximum. When the control region shifts from B region to C region as result of acceleration of the vehicle, the fuel injection amount is reduced over a predetermined period immediately after the shift. | 08-16-2012 |
Yusuke Hirosawa, Ishikawa JP
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20130161532 | ELECTRON BEAM STERILIZER FOR CAP - An electron beam cap-sterilizer radiates an electron beam onto caps while the caps are continuously conveyed. The caps are conveyed in the restricting conveying section while the movements of the caps are restricted, so that the caps roll down freely and separately from each other in the free conveying section. The electron beam radiating device emits electron beams onto the inside of the caps in the lateral direction while the caps are conveyed in the free conveying section. A deflecting device is provided in the free conveying section. The deflecting device is located at the opposite side of the electron beam radiating device to deflect the electron beams emitted by the electron beam radiating device onto the outside of the caps. | 06-27-2013 |
Yusuke Hirosawa, Kanazawa-Shi JP
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20120183456 | STERILIZED CONNECTION APPARATUS - A sterilized connection apparatus | 07-19-2012 |