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Hirotoshi Abe, Kumagaya-Shi JP
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20080211830 | Apparatus and Method for Video Signal Conversion - According to one embodiment, there is provided a video signal conversion apparatus including a determination unit which receives a video signal to determine whether the video signal is an xvYCC standard video signal or a YC | 09-04-2008 |
Hirotoshi Adachi, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20090221952 | Device for Transdermal Preparation - To provide an easily producible mass-production type transdermal drug device having a structure that a dissolution liquid and a drug can be mixed by simple operations. The device comprises an electrode holder ( | 09-03-2009 |
20090240190 | Iontophoresis Device and Method for Producing Same - To provide an easily producible mass-production type iontophoresis device having a structure that a dissolution liquid-storing container is integrated with an iontophoresis electrode, a dissolution liquid and a drug can be mixed by simple operations, and it is free from a risk of leakage of electricity. The device comprises an electrode film having an electrode layer ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090318845 | Iontophoresis Device and Method for Producing Same - To provide an easily producible mass-production type iontophoresis device having a structure that a dissolution liquid-storing container is integrated with an iontophoresis electrode, a dissolution liquid and a drug can be mixed by simple operations, and it is free from a risk of leakage of electricity. The device comprises an electrode film having an electrode layer ( | 12-24-2009 |
20100022942 | DEVICE FOR PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION PREPARATION - The invention provides a device for a percutaneous absorption preparation, provided with a solution storage container which can exhibit good solution migration independently of the level of force. The device for a percutaneous absorption preparation comprises an electrode film comprising a base member ( | 01-28-2010 |
20110021972 | Composition and Device Structure For Iontophoresis - Device structure | 01-27-2011 |
20120095386 | COMPOSITION AND DEVICE STRUCTURE FOR IONTOPHORESIS - Device structure | 04-19-2012 |
20120156258 | Adjuvant or pharmaceutical preparation for transdermal or transmucosal administration - An adjuvant for transdermal or transmucosal administration which comprises at least one substance selected from an aliphatic alcohol, a free fatty acid and a fatty acid derivative but does not contain a substance represented by the following formula: wherein R | 06-21-2012 |
Hirotoshi Adachi, Carlsbad, CA US
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20090285877 | Percutaneous absorption preparation containing palonosetron - There is provided a percutaneous absorption preparation that has a simple laminated structure and a long shelf life, while maintaining excellent percutaneous absorption for palonosetron. The percutaneous absorption preparation comprises a support and a drug-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on at least one side of the support, wherein the drug-containing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer comprises, as essential constituent components, an adhesive base, palonosetron or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, and at least one type of fatty alcohol selected from the group consisting of C6-12 straight-chain saturated alcohols, C10-22 straight-chain unsaturated alcohols, C10-22 branched alcohols and C10-15 cyclic alcohols, and the constituent components other than palonosetron or its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt are carboxyl group-free components. | 11-19-2009 |
Hirotoshi Alzawa, Kanagawa JP
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20110122273 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE - According to the Embodiments, an Image Processing apparatus includes a pixel interpolation processing unit. The pixel interpolation processing unit generates a sensitivity level value through addition of a first frequency range component of an image signal for a lacking color component and a second frequency range component of a frequency band lower than the first frequency range component. The pixel interpolation processing unit adjusts a ratio of the first frequency range component to be added to the second frequency range component. | 05-26-2011 |
Hirotoshi Fujisawa, Kangawa JP
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20090033638 | Image display unit and method of detecting object - An image display unit and a method of detecting an object which are capable of reliably detecting an object with a simple structure irrespective of use conditions are provided. Invisible light is emitted from a screen of a display portion. The invisible light reflected from a target object which comes in contact with or close to the screen is received on the screen. On the basis of the received invisible light, the target object is detected. Thus, the target object can be reliably detected without influence of the display state of the display portion, and influence of use conditions such as surrounding circumstances (the case where it is bright or dark). Moreover, for example, it is not necessary to separately arrange a component such as a touch panel, so the image display unit can be achieved with a simple structure. | 02-05-2009 |
Hirotoshi Fujita, Tokyo JP
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20100206259 | Recoil Starter - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recoil starter including: a case; a reel pivot formed on the case; a rope reel rotatably supported on the reel pivot; a recoil spring; a cam; a power storage spring interposed between the rope reel and the cam; and a power storage ratchet mechanism disposed between facing surfaces of the rope reel and the cam and. The power storage ratchet mechanism is configured to disengage the rope reel and the cam when the rope reel rotates in an engine-starting direction, and engage the rope reel and the cam when the rope reel rotates in an opposite direction to the engine-starting direction. | 08-19-2010 |
20110048361 | Recoil Starter - One of the embodiments provides a starter including: a starter case; a rotational torque applying unit; a torque-accumulation spring; a rotating member; a driving pulley; and a rotation regulating mechanism including: a regulating ratchet provided on the driving pulley or the rotating member at a position shifted from a rotation center thereof; and a pressing unit provided on the starter case and urged by a given resilient pressing force to be engaged with the regulating ratchet, wherein, when the rotational torque accumulated in the torque-accumulation spring exceeds the given resilient pressing force, the driving pulley or the rotating member urges back the pressing unit via the regulating ratchet so that the regulating ratchet is disengaged from the pressing unit, to thereby release the rotational torque. | 03-03-2011 |
20110185999 | Starter for Small Engine - According to one embodiment, a starter for a small engine includes: a torque apply unit that applies a torque to a torque-accumulation spring; a rotating member that transmits the accumulated torque to a crankshaft; and a rotation regulation unit that restrains the accumulated torque from being transmitted to the crankshaft, wherein the rotation regulation unit includes: a regulation ratchet provided on a rotating body linked with the crank shaft to rotate therewith; and a pressing unit provided on an engine case to be engaged with the regulation ratchet and to regulate an operation thereof, and wherein the regulation ratchet is disengaged from the pressing unit by the torque accumulated in the torque-accumulation spring when the accumulated torque exceeds a predetermined resilient force, thereby starting the engine. | 08-04-2011 |
Hirotoshi Hamada, Inabe-Shi JP
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20110302984 | BENDING DIE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMOTIVE SUSPENSION ARM USING THE SAME - There are provided a bending die to be used in an apparatus and method for manufacturing an automotive suspension arm to allow the manufacturing apparatus to have a simple and low-cost structure and a reduced installation area and perform automated manufacturing, and the apparatus and method for manufacturing the automotive suspension arm using the bending die. A bending die used in the apparatus for manufacturing the automotive suspension arm to bend a rod-like raw material and produce a bent material includes a lower bending die including a mounting portion for mounting thereon the rod-like raw material and an upper bending die including a pressing portion for vertically pressing the rod-like raw material mounted on the lower bending die. The mounting portion and the pressing portion include a lower die contact portion and an upper die contact portion each formed into a shape along the bent shape of the bent material to come in contact with the bent material. The lower die contact portion includes, in the middle portion thereof, a groove portion formed to have a size which allows a moving means to grip the bent material in non-contact relation with the bent material. | 12-15-2011 |
Hirotoshi Hayasawa, Tokyo JP
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20090075913 | GLYCOSIDE HAVING 4-METHYLERGOST-7-EN-3-OL SKELETON AND HYPERGLYCEMIA IMPROVING AGENT - 3-O-β-D-Glucopyranosyl-4-methylergost-7-en-3-ol or a composition containing 0.001% by mass or more of the aforementioned compound, which is an extract of a plant of the family Liliaceae containing the compound or a fraction thereof, is used as an active ingredient of a hyperglycemia improving agent. | 03-19-2009 |
20100240632 | DRUG FOR IMPROVING HYPERGLYCEMIA - A compound having a hyperglycemia improving effect and a hemoglobin A1c lowering action such as 4-methylcholest-7-en-3-ol, 4-methylergost-7-en-3-ol and 4-methylstigmast-7-en-3-ol is used as an active ingredient of a drug or food or drink for improving hyperglycemia. | 09-23-2010 |
Hirotoshi Hujigaki, Osaka JP
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20110259104 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION - A nondestructive inspection apparatus according to the present invention has a transmission-side probe configured to emit a first ultrasonic wave toward a test-target fluid, a plate through which a Lamb wave generated by the first ultrasonic wave is propagated when the first ultrasonic wave is propagated, and a reception-side probe configured to measure intensity of a second ultrasonic wave which is emitted from the plate and propagates through the test-target fluid. At this time, the nondestructive inspection apparatus can inspect the test-target fluid without bringing the transmission-side probe configured to emit the first ultrasonic wave and the reception-side probe configured to measure the second ultrasonic wave into contact with the test-target fluid. | 10-27-2011 |
Hirotoshi Imai, Mishima-Shi JP
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20120208054 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND BATTERY STRUCTURE - A battery system is provided with: an assembled battery having a plurality of solid-state unit cells; an assembled battery case that houses the assembled battery; a gas that fills an interior of the assembled battery case; a pressing section that pressurizes the unit cells with hydrostatic pressure that is generated in the assembled battery case by the gas; a deformation section that is part of the assembled battery case and that, upon occurrence of an anomaly in the assembled battery case, deforms in reaction to the anomaly; and a sensing section that senses deformation of the deformation section. | 08-16-2012 |
20140205885 | SULFIDE-BASED SOLID CELL MODULE - An object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide-based solid cell module which prevents a rapid deterioration in some unit cells caused by hydrogen sulfide. Disclosed is a sulfide-based solid cell module comprising a unit cell stack which comprises two or more stacked unit cells, wherein each of the unit cells comprises at least a positive electrode, an electrolyte layer and a negative electrode stacked in this order; at least one of the positive electrode, the electrolyte layer and the negative electrode comprises a sulfide-based solid material; and the two or more unit cells are stacked in a stacking direction of the positive electrode, electrolyte layer and negative electrode of each unit cell, and wherein a stacking direction of the unit cells of the unit cell stack is inclined at an angle of 45 to 90 degrees to the vertical direction. | 07-24-2014 |
Hirotoshi Imai, Susono-Shi JP
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20120058402 | AIR BATTERY - The present invention provides an air battery which can maintain a good performance and inhibit ingress of water into the housing. An air battery comprising: a power section which comprises: an air electrode, an anode containing an alkali metal, and an electrolyte layer conducting ions between the air electrode and the anode; an oxygen-containing solvent showing both hydrophobic nature and oxygen solubility; a housing being configured to incorporate the power section and the oxygen-containing solvent; and an oxygen supply portion being configured to supply oxygen gas to the oxygen-containing solvent, the oxygen-containing solvent being arranged between the oxygen supply portion and the electrolyte layer. | 03-08-2012 |
Hirotoshi Ishii, Sodegaura-Shi JP
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20080207862 | THIN FILM FORMED FROM POLYCYCLIC ALICYCLIC COMPOUND AS PRECUSER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A thin film formed from at least one polycyclic alicyclic compound selected from among compounds of the following formulas (1), (2) and (3) as a precursor. | 08-28-2008 |
Hirotoshi Ishikawa, Gifu-Shi JP
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20080236415 | ROTARY STAMP WITH MASTER STAMP - In a rotary stamp with master stamp incorporating a master stamp | 10-02-2008 |
20080236416 | ENDLESS PRINT BELT FOR ROTARY STAMP - An endless print belt for rotary stamp in which a plurality of print sections 5 are disposed with spaced-out parts 51 between each other on the surface of a print belt main body 24 at least the surface of which is formed of porous material, wherein a groove 25 in the width direction is formed at an intermediate position of each spaced-out part 51. Preferably, the spaced-out part 51 is formed such that the surface thereof is in non-porous state or both ends of the groove 25 are formed into a band part 53 for preventing ink from running out. | 10-02-2008 |
Hirotoshi Ishizuka, Osaka JP
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20090050558 | Process for producing composite reverse osmosis membrane - Provided is a process for continuously producing a composite reverse osmosis membrane comprising a polyamide skin layer and a porous support for supporting the polyamide skin layer, the method comprising: A) applying an aqueous solution α containing a compound having two or more reactive amino groups to form a covering layer of an aqueous solution on the porous support while moving the porous support; B) permeating the aqueous solution α in micro pores of the porous support by holding the covering layer on the porous support for 0.2 to 15 seconds; C) removing the covering layer while holding the aqueous solution α within the micro pores of the porous support; and D) forming the polyamide skin layer by applying an organic solution β containing a polyfunctional acid halide onto the surface of the porous support to make the aqueous solution α contact the organic solution β for interfacial polymerization. | 02-26-2009 |
Hirotoshi Itoh, Satsumasendai-Shi JP
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20090214857 | Surface Coated Cutting Tool - A surface coated cutting tool having, on a surface of a substrate, a hard coating layer including at least an aluminium oxide layer, the surface having a rake face on a main face thereof and a flank on a side face thereof, wherein, when a value calculated by the following equation (I) is a texture coefficient TC of the (HKL) plane of the aluminium oxide layer, a ratio of a texture coefficient TC | 08-27-2009 |
20100135737 | Surface Coated Member and Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Cutting Tool - A surface coated member and its manufacturing method are provided. The member has a substrate and a coating layer on the substrate surface. A plurality of first phases and a second phase exist in the coating layer surface. The first phases are composed of at least one compound containing at least one element selected from metals in Groups 4, 5 and 6 of the periodic table, aluminum and silicon, and oxygen. The second phase is composed of at least one compound selected from carbide, nitride and carbon nitride of at least one element selected from the abovementioned metals, aluminum and silicon. A cutting tool includes the surface coated member and has a rake face on the upper surface, a flank face on the side surface, and a cutting edge at a crossed ridge portion between the rake face formed by at least the coating layer surface, and the flank face. | 06-03-2010 |
Hirotoshi Iwasaki, Kawasaki-City JP
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20090031741 | Automotive air conditioner and method for controlling automotive air conditioner - An automotive air conditioner comprises: an air-conditioning unit for supplying conditioned air into a passenger compartment of a vehicle; an information acquiring unit for acquiring state information indicating a state relating to the vehicle; an air conditioning state estimating unit for estimating an air conditioning state inside the passenger compartment that would be achieved after a predetermined time if a setting operation for improving fuel economy were performed based on the state information; a recommended operation determining unit for recommending the setting operation if it is determined that the estimated air conditioning state satisfies a comfort condition that would make the passenger compartment comfortable for an occupant; and an air-conditioning control unit for controlling the air-conditioning unit in accordance with the recommended setting operation. | 02-05-2009 |
20090082967 | Route length calculation apparatus, route length calculation method, route length calculation program, automotive air conditioner, and controller for apparatus mounted in mobile object - A route length calculation apparatus comprises: a location detection unit for acquiring current location of a mobile object; an event detection unit for detecting the occurrence of an applicable event; a route history information storage unit for storing, upon occurrence of a first event, past route information containing at least the point of occurrence of the first event; and a distance calculation unit for calculating, when occurrence of a second event is detected by the event detection unit, the shortest route length between the point of occurrence of the second event acquired by the location detection unit and the point of occurrence of the first event along a route that the mobile object has traveled before. | 03-26-2009 |
20090192670 | Control apparatus and control method for onboard device - A control apparatus includes a recommended operation determination section, a user interface section, and a control section. The recommended operation determination section uses a first probability model to determine a second operation associated with a first operation having been performed for an onboard device. The user interface section displays the second operation for an occupant and is supplied from the occupant with a response operation indicating whether to accept or reject the second operation. The control section performs the second operation on an onboard device when a response operation to accept the second operation is supplied via the user interface section. | 07-30-2009 |
20100268412 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An obtaining unit obtains information about a condition where a vehicle is placed. A detection unit detects at least one of a voice and an action of an occupant of the vehicle. An estimation unit estimates an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled target according to the condition where the vehicle is placed. A determination unit determines an in-vehicle apparatus to be a controlled in-vehicle apparatus and determines a control content thereof in consideration of the at least one of a voice and an action. A notification unit notifies the occupant of the in-vehicle apparatus to be controlled and the control content thereof determined by the determination unit. A control unit controls the in-vehicle apparatus according to the determination of the determination unit when receiving a response to the notification of the notification unit from the occupant to permit the control of the in-vehicle apparatus. | 10-21-2010 |
Hirotoshi Iwashina, Shizuoka JP
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20090294360 | Dialysis preparation - The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for dialysis wherein the decline of ionized calcium concentration in an acetate-free bicarbonate dialysate comprising no acetic acid and/or sodium acetate is controlled. The present invention further provides a dialysis agent A that comprises electrolytes, citric acid and/or citrate as pH adjuster, and/or glucose, for preparation of bicarbonate dialysates; the agent A characterized by being adjusted by citric acid and/or citrate so as to keep the electrolyte ionized calcium concentration not less than 1 mmol/L in a prepared bicarbonate dialysate. In a specific aspect of the present invention, sodium citrate is used as citrate, and the present invention provides a dialysate obtained from above. | 12-03-2009 |
Hirotoshi Kemi, Fujisawa JP
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20110050435 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes: a dustproof filter that removes dust and a foreign material from drawn air; an air guide path that guides, to a liquid crystal panel, the cooling air blown by a suction fan; an air velocity detector that is arranged in the air guide path and detects the velocity of the cooling air that flows in the air guide path; and a CPU that determines, on the basis of the value detected by the air velocity detector, whether or not the dustproof filter is clogged. The air velocity detector detects the velocity of the cooling air by measuring the temperature of the air in the vicinity of the heat generating element that will be increased due to heat transfer generated by the heat generating element. This configuration improves accuracy in determining whether or not the dustproof filter is clogged. | 03-03-2011 |
Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Shizuoka-Shi JP
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20090000903 | Wheel Conveyor - The present invention relates to a wheel conveyor constructed by installing a wheel assembly, which includes wheels and support plates arranged on both sides and rotatably supporting axles of the wheels, in a groove of a frame material, the wheel conveyor being easily disassembled and cleaned, provided with a damping function, and also provided with a dust-trapping function. | 01-01-2009 |
Hirotoshi Kubo, Gunma JP
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20080237808 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which emitter pad electrodes connected to an active region, collector and base pad electrodes are formed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. Furthermore, on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, a backside electrode is formed. Moreover, the emitter pad electrodes connected to a grounding potential are connected to the backside electrode through feedthrough electrodes penetrating the semiconductor substrate in a thickness direction. | 10-02-2008 |
Hirotoshi Mabu, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
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20110115126 | METHOD OF RESIN SEALING PERMANENT MAGNETS IN LAMINATED ROTOR CORE - A laminated rotor core ( | 05-19-2011 |
20120227249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ROTOR - Provided is a method of producing a rotor in which the rotor is produced, the method including: crimping and stacking a plurality of core pieces through crimping connecting portions to form a rotor stacked core having a magnet-insertion hole; inserting a permanent-magnet pieces into the magnet-insertion hole; clamping the rotor stacked core between an upper die and a lower die; and filling a resin into the magnet-insertion hole from a resin reservoir pot which is formed in the upper die or the lower die. The resin is filled into the magnet-insertion hole while placing the crimping connecting portions at a center of the resin reservoir pot. | 09-13-2012 |
20120305180 | METHOD OF RESIN SEALING PERMANENT MAGNETS IN LAMINATED ROTOR CORE - A laminated rotor core ( | 12-06-2012 |
20140124978 | METHOD OF RESIN-SEALING LAMINATED CORE - A method of resin-sealing for a laminated core includes the steps of: holding by sandwiching a core body | 05-08-2014 |
20140151926 | METHOD OF RESIN SEALING PERMANENT MAGNETS IN LAMINATED ROTOR CORE - A laminated rotor core ( | 06-05-2014 |
20150054196 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED ROTOR CORE - A method for manufacturing a laminated rotor core comprises a first step of positioning and mounting a laminated core body | 02-26-2015 |
Hirotoshi Mabu, Fukuoka JP
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20090189309 | Method of resin sealing permanent magnets in laminated rotor core - A laminated rotor core ( | 07-30-2009 |
20140131919 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED IRON CORE - A method for manufacturing a laminated iron core is provided. A laminated iron core body including a permanent magnet inserted into a magnet-insert hole is arranged between a molding die and a holding die. A cull plate is arranged between the molding die and the laminated iron core body. The cull plate has a groove shaped runner directed toward the magnet-insert hole from a resin reservoir and provided with a gate hole communicating with the magnet-insert hole, and a through hole which vertically passes through the cull plate is formed in the runner of the cull plate at a different position from a position of the gate hole. After the magnet-insert hole is filled with the mold resin a resin residue remaining in the cull plate is pushed off and removed from the gate hole and the through hole. | 05-15-2014 |
Hirotoshi Matsumoto, Nagasaki JP
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20080315872 | Method and device for long-range torsional guided-wave inspection of piping with a partial excitation and detection around the pipe circumference - Sensor assemblies and methods are described that facilitate the use of a long-range torsional guided-wave inspection system for inspecting pipes, tubes, or other longitudinal cylindrical structures, with a partial excitation and detection around the pipe circumference. The sensor assemblies comprise a plate-type magnetostrictive sensor probe positioned beneath a compressible/expandable bladder and an inverted U-shaped frame that retain and position the sensor probe against the external wall of the pipe under inspection. Preferably, a magnetostrictive strip is positioned in direct contact with the pipe wall over which the plate magnetostrictive sensor probe is positioned. The probe is preferably curved to match the curvature of the external surface of the pipe. A pad may be positioned between the probe and the magnetostrictive strip to improve compliance with irregular pipe surfaces. The frame (and therefore the sensor assembly) is held in place by a belt that encircles the pipe and may be tensioned in order to pull the frame against the pipe, and through the compressive force associated with the bladder, direct the magnetostrictive sensor probe against the surface of the pipe or against the magnetostrictive strip positioned on the surface of the pipe. Methods are described for placement of the magnetostrictive strip and the positioning of the magnetostrictive sensor probe. | 12-25-2008 |
20090021253 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LONG-RANGE GUIDED-WAVE INSPECTION OF FIRE SIDE OF WATERWALL TUBES IN BOILERS - Methods and devices for inspecting waterwall tubes for the detection of fire side damage over a long length of the tube are described. The system of the invention uses a magnetostrictive strip and a flat coil-type plate magnetostrictive sensor (MsS) that are held in place on the waterwall using a specially designed frame and an electromagnetic circuit. The magnetostrictive strip and plate type MsS are positioned against a tube in the waterwall using an elastomeric pad or a fluid filled bladder to achieve close contact and good mechanical coupling between the magnetostrictive strip and the tube surface. When current activated, the electromagnet holds the entire assembly in place and provides a DC bias magnetic field required for plate magnetostrictive sensor probe operation. Long-range guided-waves are pulsed into the tube and reflected signals are detected within the same sensor structure. The received signal data representative of a long section of the tube under investigation is then analyzed for the presence of anomalies and defects. When data acquisition for a particular tube or tube section is completed the electromagnet is turned off and the entire device is moved to the next tube in the waterwall. | 01-22-2009 |
20110279828 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR BOILER FURNACE WATER WALL TUBES - There are provided an inspection device and an inspection method for boiler furnace water wall tubes, which can inspect reduced wall thickness conditions of multiple water wall tubes, extending in an up-down direction along inner wall surfaces of a boiler furnace and arranged adjacent to each other, accurately and efficiently over a wide range based on surface shapes of the water wall tubes measured by a laser displacement sensor. A scanner | 11-17-2011 |
Hirotoshi Miyake, Mie JP
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20110017410 | TELESCOPIC COVER - A novel telescopic cover of the present invention has a plurality of protection covers having top plates and vertically-suspended plates vertically suspended from the top plates, and being arranged so as to cover a guiding portion of a machining tool or the like in a freely stretchable manner between every adjacent pair of the protection covers, while being linked with each other by a linking mechanism which is configured by a plurality of linking elements linked so as to be rotatable around connecting shafts, wherein the telescopic cover has a plurality of guide rails provided to the plurality of protection covers, each having a guide groove which has one and the other guiding surfaces opposed with each other, in the direction normal to the direction of stretching and shrinkage of the entire portion of the protection covers; and a plurality of rolling elements arranged in guide groove, so as to be freely rotatable around each connecting shaft which extends in the depth-wise direction of the guide groove. | 01-27-2011 |
Hirotoshi Miyazawa, Fukaya-Shi JP
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20090046206 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a hue signal and an actually measured saturation value are generated based on received first and second color signals and a saturation maximum value is generated based on a hue signal and received luminance signal. The first and second color signals are subjected to a correction process when the actually measured saturation value exceeds the saturation maximum value and the luminance signal and the first and second color signals that are subjected to the correction process are converted into R, G and B signals. | 02-19-2009 |
20090167956 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus having a smoothing processing unit inputs luminance signals of pixels which form an image, acquires histogram data by counting the numbers of pixels for respective levels of the input luminance signals, sets a correction amount for a change amount of the levels of luminance signals based on the acquired histogram data, corrects the change amount of the levels of luminance signals near a pixel to be processed based on the correction amount, and corrects the level of the input luminance signal for the pixel to be processed using the corrected change amount of the levels of luminance signals. | 07-02-2009 |
20090213271 | Video Signal Processing Device and Video Signal Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an extraction module that extracts a high frequency component of a luminance signal, an acquisition module that acquires band histogram data according to amplitude levels with respect to one frame from the high frequency component of the luminance signal, a control module that applies gain control for contour correction processing based on a gain value provided from outside to the luminance signal, and a generation module that generates a gain value to be provided to the control module on the basis of the acquired band histogram data are included. | 08-27-2009 |
20100164977 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING OUTPUT IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a display module configured to display an image, a reference image display controller configured to control display of a reference image performed by the display module, a reader configured to read acquired image data including the reference image displayed by the display module and an image of a surrounding area of the display module, and a correction module configured to detect the acquired images of the reference image and the surrounding area in the acquired image data and to correct an output image output by the display module based on the reference image, the acquired image of the reference image, and the acquired image of the surrounding area. | 07-01-2010 |
20100214478 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND TELEVISION SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment of the invention, a smoothing module is configured to smooth and reduce grayscale differences in a plain area of an input digital image signal according to a collection parameter. A histogram acquisition module is configured to acquire a histogram value of the input digital image signal for one frame. A histogram value buffer module is configured to buffer histogram values for a plurality of frames. A luminance level transition detection module is configured to detect an interval during which an image gradually changes from light to dark or from dark to light, based on the histogram values for a plurality of frames, and to output the correction parameter. | 08-26-2010 |
20110058738 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a histogram generator, a tone curve generator, a blend parameter generator, and a blending module. The histogram generator generates a histogram based on a luminance level of a pixel of a video signal. The tone curve generator generates a first tone curve which controls a luminance value of the video signal based on the histogram. The blend parameter generator generates a blend parameter for blending the first tone curve and a prescribed tone curve, based on the histogram. The blending module blends the first tone curve and the prescribed tone curve based on the blend parameter to generate a second tone curve. | 03-10-2011 |
20110267543 | PICTURE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PICTURE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a picture signal processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit which acquires histogram data on each luminance level from luminance signals for one frame, a frequency converter unit which eliminates histogram data that corresponds to a no-image portion displayed so as to occupy a predetermined region in a screen from among the acquired histogram data, a creation unit which creates a nonlinear correction processing table for applying a nonlinear correction processing to the input luminance signal on the basis of the histogram data subjected to a frequency conversion processing, and a processing unit which applies a nonlinear correction processing to the input luminance signal on the basis of the created nonlinear correction processing table. | 11-03-2011 |
Hirotoshi Mori, Gunma-Ken JP
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20090096926 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL CIRCUIT IN VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - In an automatic gain control circuit comprising a black level detecting unit which detects a black level from a video signal, a white level detecting unit which detects a white level from the video signal, and an analog-to-digital converter which adjusts a dynamic range of the video signal based on a difference value between the black level and the white level, a video signal for adjustment including a black level which indicates a minimum brightness of a video image and a white level which indicates a maximum brightness of the video image is input and the dynamic range is adjusted. | 04-16-2009 |
20120301049 | CONTOUR CORRECTION DEVICE - A contour correction device is provided having a video image judging unit which executes an edge detection process to detect a change of a signal in a video image as an edge portion, and a texture detection process to detect a texture portion in which a change of signal smaller than the edge portion in the video image repeatedly appears, and a contour component gain adjusting unit which applies contour correction processes which differ from each other to the edge portion and the texture portion. | 11-29-2012 |
Hirotoshi Mori, Gunma JP
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20090147847 | IMAGE CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An encoding apparatus | 06-11-2009 |
Hirotoshi Murakami, Kakogawa-Shi JP
Hirotoshi Nakano, Kumamoto-Ken JP
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20090297452 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF NEUROTOXIN - The present invention relates to a method for quantitatively measuring the muscular relaxing activity of a neurotoxin. Specifically, based on an extent of the activity of muscular relaxation of a neurotoxin from bacteria of | 12-03-2009 |
20100173841 | Highly Purified Type A Botulinum Toxin Preparation From Infant Botulism Pathogen - A novel type A | 07-08-2010 |
Hirotoshi Oikaze, Osaka JP
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20100309482 | SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - The measurement accuracy of an apparatus for measuring the surface shape of an object utilizing a two-wavelength phase-shift interferometry is improved. A low-coherence light source, a plurality of wavelength filters with different transmission wavelengths, an angle control unit and an analysis unit are provided. When performing a two-wavelength phase shift method, the analysis unit detects the wavelength difference between two wavelengths, and corrects a calculated wavelength value and a calculated phase value of one of the wavelengths for preventing a fringe-order calculation error. Next, the angle of the wavelength filters is controlled for making the actual wavelength difference coincident with a designed value. Thus, the wavelength difference between the two wavelengths is continuously controlled to be constant, which enables measurements of surface shapes with high accuracy, even when there are wavelength fluctuations due to the temperature change or the time elapse. | 12-09-2010 |
Hirotoshi Oikaze, Hyogo JP
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20120044501 | FILM THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS USING INTERFERENCE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD USING INTERFERENCE - With a film thickness measuring apparatus of the present invention, a substrate having a transparent film formed on its front surface is placed on a placement unit. A half mirror divides light from a light source such that divided light beams are emitted to the front surface of the substrate and to a reference plane, and overlays reflected light from the front surface of the substrate and reflected light from the reference plane on each other to form interfering light. The interfering light is imaged by an imager. Based on the imaging result, the film thickness of the transparent film is calculated by an arithmetic unit. An optical filter with which an intensity spectrum of transmitted light exhibits a plurality of peaks, the optical filter is disposed between the light source and the half mirror. | 02-23-2012 |
20130077100 | SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present surface shape measurement method includes: splitting white light that includes different wavelengths into reference light and measurement light; causing the measurement light to enter a measurement target plane; causing the reference light to enter a first diffraction grating; combining the reference light having passed through a first optical path from the first diffraction grating to enter a second diffraction grating and thereafter having passed through the first optical path from the second diffraction grating to enter the first diffraction grating to be output from the first diffraction grating and the measurement light reflected from the measurement target plane, to form interfering light, to thereby measure a surface shape of the measurement target plane. | 03-28-2013 |
20130164865 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device which includes a light-emitting source by applying, onto the light-emitting source, a fluorescent resin which includes fluorescent particles and is stored in and discharged from an applicator, the method includes: measuring a first concentration which is a concentration of the fluorescent particles included in the fluorescent resin discharged from the applicator; and applying, onto the light-emitting source, the fluorescent resin in an application amount determined based on the first concentration which has been measured and reference data which indicates a relationship between a concentration of the fluorescent particles and an application amount of the fluorescent resin that enables the light-emitting device to have constant chromaticity. | 06-27-2013 |
20130278938 | SURFACE PROFILE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A surface profile measuring apparatus includes a reflection unit to reflect a reference beam diffracted by a first diffraction grating and cause the reflected reference beam to be incident on the first diffraction grating again, a detection unit to receive an interference beam in which the reference beam diffracted again by the first diffraction grating and a measuring beam reflected by a sample surface optically interfere with each other, and detect an interference intensity signal for each, wavelength in the interference beans, a shifting unit to shift the first diffraction grating in a direction perpendicular to a grating groove direction of the first diffraction grating, a calculation unit to calculates a phase on a basis of the interference intensity signal for each wavelength varying with a degree of shift, and a measurement unit to measure the sample surface. | 10-24-2013 |
Hirotoshi Okubo, Anjo JP
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20100242669 | Vehicle drive apparatus - A vehicle drive apparatus includes a case main body portion accommodating the speed change mechanism; supply oil passages that are formed in the case main body portion and supply pressure oil to the speed change mechanism; a connection case portion connecting the engine and the case main body portion; a mechanical oil pump positioned in a connection region between the case main body portion and the connection case portion and having an inlet oil passage and an outlet oil passage which are connected to the supply oil passage; an electric oil pump capable of supplying pressure oil to the supply oil passages in parallel with the mechanical oil pump; and connection oil passages that are provided in the connection case portion and allow an inlet oil passage and an outlet oil passage of the electric oil pump to communicate with the supply oil passages. | 09-30-2010 |
Hirotoshi Okushiro, Kawasaki JP
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20100100803 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, SPREADSHEET GENERATING APPARATUS, AND SPREADSHEET GENERATING METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a spreadsheet generating program that causes a computer to execute acquiring information related to layout positions of items in a form; column-sorting the items in ascending order, according to column-related coordinate values of the items; determining a column width for each of the items, based on a distance to the previous item in the column-sorted items; row-sorting the items in ascending order, according to row-related coordinate values of the items; determining a row height for each of the items, based on a distance to the previous item in the row-sorted items; designating, for each of the items and from among cells having the determined column widths and the determined row heights, a cell corresponding to a layout position indicated in the acquired information; and outputting a spreadsheet related to layout of the form by a provision of the items to the designated cells. | 04-22-2010 |
Hirotoshi Saito, Ube-Shi JP
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20120245261 | FLAME-RETARDANT THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - Provided is a flame-retardant thermoplastic resin composition in which any halogenated flame retardant is not used but a phosphoric flame retardant is used, which has flame retardancy meeting U.S. UL Standard 94 V-2, which exhibits excellent dripping performance during burning, and which is excellent in balance between properties. The flame-retardant thermoplastic resin composition contains 100 parts by mass of a copolymer mixture containing a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft-polymerizing a rubbery polymer, a vinyl cyanide compound, and a copolymerizable vinyl compound and a vinyl copolymer (B) which is obtained by copolymerizing the vinyl cyanide compound and the copolymerizable vinyl compound and which has a mass-average molecular weight of 90,000 to 160,000 and 5 to 20 parts by mass of a phosphoric flame retardant (C) blended with the copolymer mixture. The content CB | 09-27-2012 |
Hirotoshi Sakamoto, Tokyo JP
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20110065015 | Solid oxide fuel cell - The solid oxide fuel cell of the present invention has a substrate ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110177426 | Solid oxide fuel cell - The solid oxide fuel cell of the present invention has a substrate ( | 07-21-2011 |
20140127608 | REINFORCING MATERIAL FOR SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL, AND COHESIVE/ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN SAME - There is provided a reinforcing material equipped with a cohesive/adhesive layer, having a proper initial adhesion force to an adherend, such as an electrolyte membrane, a catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer, and which can be temporarily fixed readily. A reinforcing material produced by forming a cohesive/adhesive layer on a substrate. The cohesive/adhesive layer includes an aliphatic polyamide, an epoxy resin and a polythiol. When the reinforcing material is used, it becomes possible to correct the position of an adherend after the adhesion of the reinforcing material to the adherend. In addition, it can prevent the formation of wrinkles on the adherend or the like upon the adhesion of the reinforcing material. Therefore, a catalyst layer laminated membrane or the like which has a reinforcing material attached thereto can be produced readily without requiring the employment of any highly skilled technique. | 05-08-2014 |
Hirotoshi Sato, Ritto-Shi JP
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20090160819 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM MATERIAL FOR TOUCH PANEL - The present invention is an inner touch panel in which a 1 | 06-25-2009 |
Hirotoshi Sato, Tokyo JP
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20080291754 | Semiconductor memory device with low standby current - In an SRAM according to the present invention, an internal power supply voltage for a memory cell is applied to a back gate of each of P-channel MOS transistors included in an equalizer, a write driver, and a column select gate. Therefore, even if an internal power supply voltage for a peripheral circuit is shut off to reduce current consumption during standby, a threshold voltage of each of the P-channel MOS transistors is maintained at a high level, and hence a leakage current is small. | 11-27-2008 |
20090196115 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR PREVENTING ERRONEOUS WRITE TO MEMORY CELL IN SWITCHING OPERATIONAL MODE BETWEEN NORMAL MODE AND STANDBY MODE - When an operational mode is shifted to a standby mode, a first transistor is brought into a conduction state by a control signal, and a word line is thereby clamped to a ground voltage. Further, a second transistor is brought into a non-conduction state, and supply of an internal power supply voltage to a word line driver is shut off. Subsequently, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is halted for saving electrical power. When the operational mode returns to a normal mode, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is started, and subsequently, the first transistor is brought into the non-conduction state by the control signal, and the second transistor is thereby brought into the conduction state. | 08-06-2009 |
20110116321 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR PREVENTING ERRONEOUS WRITE TO MEMORY CELL IN SWITCHING OPERATIONAL MODE BETWEEN NORMAL MODE AND STANDBY MODE - When an operational mode is shifted to a standby mode, a first transistor is brought into a conduction state by a control signal, and a word line is thereby clamped to a ground voltage. Further, a second transistor is brought into a non-conduction state, and supply of an internal power supply voltage to a word line driver is shut off. Subsequently, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is halted for saving electrical power. When the operational mode returns to a normal mode, the supply of the internal power supply voltage is started, and subsequently, the first transistor is brought into the non-conduction state by the control signal, and the second transistor is thereby brought into the conduction state. | 05-19-2011 |
Hirotoshi Sato, Shibata JP
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20110103945 | BLOWER SYSTEM - The invention provides a blower system of a high performance, which is constructed to have stabilized characteristics, a high efficiency, a reduced thickness and a reduced noise. A blower system according to the invention includes an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller and having a rotor and a stator, and a bell-mouth for supplying air to an intake port in the impeller, wherein the rotor is fixed to the impeller, and the stator is fixed to the bell-mouth. A gap between the impeller and the bell-mouth is composed of a gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor. Alternatively, the rotor is fixed to the impeller, and the stator is fixed to a fitting for mounting a housing of the blower system or the blower system. | 05-05-2011 |
Hirotoshi Shimada, Ome-Shi JP
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20080198488 | DATA DUPLICATOR - A data duplicator capable of copying data to a plurality of types of disk. Data are read from a source disk which serves as a source of duplication, and the read data are temporarily saved as FAT data in a hard disk drive. The type of a target disk which is loaded on a DVD drive and which serves as a destination of duplication is determined, and the disk is converted into a file system format conforming to the type of the disk, and the data are copied to the target disk. | 08-21-2008 |
20080201665 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING PLURAL FUNCTION KEYS - Electronic equipment capable of registering and changing shortcut functions. When a menu is displayed on an LCD of electronic equipment, a list of shortcuts assigned to respective function keys on a home screen is displayed in the form of a split screen as a result of operation of any of the function keys. When a user selects a function to be assigned from the menu and selects a function key to be assigned, a selected function is assigned to the newly-selected function key. | 08-21-2008 |
20080304390 | DATA RECORDER - A data recorder has a built-in medium recorder and a portable medium recorder. The data recorder has an optical disk drive section and a HDD section. In addition to having a mode for recording data in either of the mediums, the data recorder has a mode for simultaneously recording data in both the mediums. A pair of directories in an HD and an optical disk, where data are to be recorded, is stored as relevance information in the HD. In the case of second simultaneous recording or subsequent simultaneous recording, a reference is made to the relevance information, thereby automating location of directories where data are to be recorded simultaneously and obviating selecting operation. | 12-11-2008 |
Hirotoshi Tachibana, Kawasaki JP
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20090174984 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CAPACITORS AND ITS MANUFACTURE METHOD - A capacitor is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The capacitor includes a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and an upper electrode in this order recited, and has an area S equal to or larger than 1000 μm | 07-09-2009 |
20110298091 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING CAPACITORS - A capacitor is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The capacitor includes a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and an upper electrode in this order recited, and has an area S equal to or larger than 1000 μm | 12-08-2011 |
Hirotoshi Takahashi, Okazaki-Shi JP
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20120033175 | OPTICAL PRODUCT AND SPECTACLE PLASTIC LENS - An antistatic optical lens is provided in which a carbon nanotube deposition layer | 02-09-2012 |
20120062833 | OPTICAL MEMBER, PLASTIC LENS FOR EYEGLASSES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical member includes a substoichiometric titanium oxide film formed by depositing substoichiometric titanium oxides in a vacuum chamber into which an oxygen gas for adjusting a vacuum is introduced. In the optical member, the film forming pressure p (Pa) in the vacuum chamber and the optical film thickness (a refractive index of 2.50, a wavelength of 500 nm) of the substoichiometric titanium oxide film have relations of ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120069295 | OPTICAL PRODUCT AND EYEGLASS PLASTIC LENS - An antifouling film is introduced on a base of an optical product such that (1) an absolute value of a charged electrostatic potential is 2.00 kV or less, and (2) a surface peel strength is 0.10 N/19 mm or less. A hard coat film and an optical multilayer film are placed between the base of the optical product and the antifouling film. An antireflection film is provided as the optical multilayer film, and a base of a spectacle plastic lens is provided as the base of the optical product. | 03-22-2012 |
20130050636 | PLASTIC OPTICAL PRODUCT AND PLASTIC LENS FOR SPECTACLES - In a plastic optical product, an optical multilayer film | 02-28-2013 |
20130135742 | OPTICAL PRODUCT AND SPECTACLE PLASTIC LENS - An optical product includes an optical multilayer film on an optical product base. A color of reflected light of the optical multilayer film satisfies both of the following conditions in a chromaticity diagram (x,y,Y) of a CIE color system: [1] 0.27≦x≦0.30 and [2] 0.30≦y≦0.36. The optical product base is a spectacle plastic lens base. | 05-30-2013 |
Hirotoshi Tamura, Kagawa JP
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20100041877 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PURIFIED ANTHOCYANIN - The present invention provides a method for producing a purified anthocyanin easily from a crude pigment fraction containing contaminants and the anthocyanin. A flavone that forms a metal complex with the anthocyanin and a metal ion of at least one of an alkaline-earth metal and a heavy metal is provided. Then, the flavonoid is brought into contact with the crude pigment fraction in a liquid in the presence of the metal ion of at least one of the alkaline-earth metal and the heavy metal, thereby forming a metal complex containing the anthocyanin, the flavonoid, and the metal ion. From the liquid, the contaminants contained in the crude pigment fraction are removed and the metal complex is collected. By subjecting this metal complex to, for example, an acid treatment, the anthocyanin is dissociatied from the metal complex. Thus, a high-purity anthocyanin is obtained. | 02-18-2010 |
Hirotoshi Terada, Hamamatsu-Shi JP
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20100172035 | SOLID IMMERSION LENS HOLDER - A solid immersion lens holder | 07-08-2010 |
20130088714 | SUCTION APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OBSERVATION METHOD - A suction unit | 04-11-2013 |
20130100283 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - An image generation device | 04-25-2013 |
20130120563 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - An image generation device | 05-16-2013 |
Hirotoshi Tonou, Kobe JP
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20090240477 | Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method - A simulation apparatus includes an arithmetic process unit | 09-24-2009 |
20090312850 | Simulation apparatus, model for simulation, and apparatus forming model for simulation - A simulation apparatus is composed of an integrated plant model process unit | 12-17-2009 |
Hirotoshi Tsuchiya, Fukuroi-Shi JP
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20090091355 | Amplifier - An amplifier includes: an operation amplifier including a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal; and a detector which detects that a difference between a voltage of the positive input terminal and a voltage of the negative input terminal is equal to or exceeds a predetermined value and outputs a detection signal. | 04-09-2009 |
20090091386 | Differential amplifier - A differential amplifier includes: a constant current source; first and second field effect transistors whose respective gates are imparted with positive-phase and negative-phase input signals and whose sources commonly connected to each other, the constant current source being connected to a common node of the sources; first and second loads serving as current paths for respective drain currents of the first and second field effect transistors; an amplifying unit which outputs positive-phase and negative-phase output signals which are amplified in response to the respective drain voltages of the first and second field effect transistors; and a current path generator which generates first and second current paths parallel to the respective first and second field effect transistors for a predetermined period of time at the time of start-up of the differential amplifier. | 04-09-2009 |
20100219891 | Class-D amplifier - A class-D amplifier includes a differential integrator that integrates a difference between an input signal and a feedback signal to output an integration value signal, a pulse width modulation circuit that outputs a digital signal having a pulse width corresponding to a level of the integration value signal, an output buffer that drives a load based on the digital signal, a feedback section that feeds an output signal of the output buffer into the differential integrator as the feedback signal, a clamp section that performs a clamping of limiting the level of the integration value signal within a specified level range, an attenuation section that attenuates the level of the input signal to be input to the differential integrator in response to an attenuation command, and an attenuation control section that outputs the attenuation command to the attenuation section in response to the clamping performed by the clamp section. | 09-02-2010 |
20110063027 | Class-D amplifier - A class-D amplifier for generating from an input signal a digital signal for driving a load, includes an output limit instruction generating section that detects that the digital signal falls outside a limit range and that outputs an output limit instruction signal, an attenuation instruction pulse generating section that includes an integrator for integrating the output limit instruction signal and that outputs a periodical attenuation instruction pulse having pulse width corresponding to an integrated value in the integrator, an attenuating section provided in an input path for the input signal and that attenuates the input signal based on the attenuation instruction pulse, and a mute control section that controls the integrated value in the integrator independently of the output limit instruction signal to control an amount of the attenuation of the attenuating section applied to the input signal. | 03-17-2011 |
Hirotoshi Tsuchiya, Iwata-Shi JP
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20120154044 | Class-D Amplifier Circuit - A class-D amplifier circuit includes an amplifier that generates pulse-width modulated output signals according to input signals which have phases reverse to each other and are supplied to a first input end and a second input end, a first transistor interposed between a first input path extending from the first input end to the amplifier and a second input path extending from the second input end to the amplifier, and a voltage applying circuit that applies a control voltage corresponding to a predetermined value to a control terminal of the first transistor so that a current flowing between both ends of the first transistor increases in accordance with increase of levels of the input signals within a range in which the levels of the input signals are higher than the predetermined value. | 06-21-2012 |
20120182081 | Dynamic Range Compression Circuit and Class D Amplifier - A dynamic range compression circuit includes an attenuator that attenuates a signal at a predetermined node in an amplifier to reduce a gain of the amplifier and a gain controller that reduces the gain of the amplifier by the attenuator so that an amplitude of an output signal of the amplifier becomes an arbitrary output limit voltage in a case where an input signal having the same amplitude as that of an input-stage maximum voltage of the amplifier is input into the amplifier, and increases the gain of the amplifier by reducing a degree of attenuation of the attenuator according to a decrease of the amplitude of the input signal of the amplifier from the input-stage maximum voltage in a case where the amplitude of the input signal of the amplifier is smaller than the input-stage maximum voltage. | 07-19-2012 |
Hirotoshi Tsuchiya, Fukoroi-Shi JP
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20110068866 | Amplifying device - An amplifying device includes a selecting section that selects one of a first power source potential and a second power source potential which are different from each other, a potential generating circuit that generates a third power source potential from the power source potential selected by the selecting section, an amplifier that operates with supply of the first power source potential and the third power source potential, and a controlling circuit that variably controls a target to be selected by the selecting section in accordance with at least one of an amplitude of a signal on an input side of the amplifier, an amplitude of a signal on an output side of the amplifier, and the third power source potential. | 03-24-2011 |
Hirotoshi Usui, Ukyo-Ku JP
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20100085392 | TIMING CONTROL CIRCUIT - A reception interface circuit receives a luminance signal for each of multiple colors and a clock signal as input signals. A timing control unit receives the luminance signals received by the reception interface circuit, and controls the timing and format thereof such that they match drivers. A transmission interface circuit transmits the signals generated by the timing controller IC to the drivers. The timing controller IC is included within a rectangular package as a built-in component. The reception interface circuit is arranged on a first short side of the package. The transmission interface circuit is arranged on a second short side of the package. The image data is input via input terminals arranged on the first short side. The output signals of the transmission interface circuit are output via output terminals arranged on the second short side. | 04-08-2010 |
Hirotoshi Usui, Kyoto JP
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20100314770 | Mounting Substrate and Electronic Apparatus - A mounting substrate having a structure allowing reduction of the cost and an electronic apparatus formed by surface-mounting a semiconductor device thereon are provided. The mounting substrate is a mounting substrate mounted with a semiconductor device having external terminals alignedly arrayed in the form of a matrix, and includes junctions arrayed on a surface to which the semiconductor device is opposed so that the external terminals are bonded thereto respectively and wires connected to the junctions respectively and extracted out of a region to which the semiconductor device is bonded. The wires connected to inwardly arrayed 4 rows by | 12-16-2010 |
20150026626 | SOFTWARE KEYBOARD INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An input method using a software keyboard, includes: displaying a software keyboard on a display device having a touch panel; monitoring an input from a user and detecting a sequence including input of an original character string, deletion of some or all of the original character string and re-input of a new character string; acquiring at least one of an incorrect input character contained in the original character string and a corresponding correct input character contained in the new character string; and correcting the software keyboard based on the incorrect input character and the correct input character. | 01-22-2015 |
Hirotoshi Watanabe, Tsu-Shi JP
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20110121780 | FEED CONTROL DEVICE - A feed control device includes a contact device, an output detector, a contact weld sensor, and an alarm device. The output detector is configured to detect the presence of power feeding into the side of an electrically-powered car from an external power supply. The contact weld sensor is configured to sense that the contact device is welded based on a detection result of the output detector if detecting the presence of power feeding from the external power supply to a feed line for the contact device when a state signal representing charge permission is not entered. The alarm device is configured, if the contact weld sensor senses that the contact device is welded, to indicate the occurrence of weld to the outside. | 05-26-2011 |
20110122536 | POWER FEED CONTROL DEVICE - A branch wire L | 05-26-2011 |
20110122548 | ELECTRICITY FEEDING CONTROL DEVICE - An electricity feeding control device is provided with an air hole ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110149455 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CORD SET - An electric vehicle charging cord set includes a housing containing an interrupting device therein and a first cord provided at one end with a plug connectable to an outlet installed on a wall surface of a building and at the other end connected to one of the terminal units of the interrupting device. An electric vehicle charging cord set further includes a second cord provided at one end with a connector connectable to an inlet of an electric vehicle and at the other end connected to the other of the terminal units of the interrupting device. The housing includes a storage unit for extendibly storing the second cord, a stand for placing the housing on a ground surface and a transportation handle. The storage unit includes a drum rotatably attached to the housing. The second cord is wound on the outer circumferential surface of the drum. | 06-23-2011 |
20110204849 | CHARGING CABLE, CHARGING CABLE UNIT, AND CHARGING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a power plug adapted to be detachably connected to a power socket of a commercial power source; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the power plug; a cable connector adapted to be detachably connected to an electric vehicle for supplying a charging current to a battery of the electric vehicle; and a switching unit for opening and closing a current path between the power plug and the cable connector. The charging cable further includes a leakage detecting unit for detecting an electric leakage based on a current flowing through the current path; and a power cutoff unit for opening the switching unit when the detected temperature of the temperature detection means exceeds a threshold value or when the leakage detection means detects the electric leakage. | 08-25-2011 |
Hirotoshi Yamada, Nagasaki JP
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20120094173 | MACRO-POROUS GRAPHITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - This invention provides a macroporous graphite electrode material that may be manufactured at a low temperature of 1500° C. or less and may be fast charged and discharged and a manufacturing method thereof. It also provides a lithium-ion secondary battery using this macroporous graphite electrode material. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100422 | COMPOSITE NANO POROUS ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - This invention provides a nano composite porous electrode material that has high charge-discharge behavior and charge or discharge capacity and a manufacturing method thereof. It also provides a lithium-ion secondary battery using this nano composite porous electrode material. | 04-26-2012 |
Hirotoshi Yamada, Tokyo JP
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20100104030 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND COMMUNICATIONS METHOD - A communications device | 04-29-2010 |