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Muto, JP

Akinori Muto, Okayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274038Flow Control Device, Microreactor and Use Thereof - A microreactor containing a plurality of introduction channels 11-06-2008

Akio Muto, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110130933LOCK-UP CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A lock-up control apparatus includes a kick-down instruction detector configured to detect a kick-down shift transmission instruction during application of a lock-up clutch. A first lock-up control amount changer is configured to change the lock-up control amount when the kick-down shift transmission instruction is detected. An intermediate gear speed determinator is configured to determine whether the kick-down shift transmission instruction includes an intermediate gear speed shift transmission instruction to an intermediate shift transmission gear speed. A second lock-up control amount changer is configured to change the lock-up control amount when the kick-down shift transmission instruction includes the intermediate gear speed shift transmission instruction. A target gear speed shift transmission instruction detector is configured to detect a target gear speed shift transmission instruction. The third lock-up control amount changer is configured to change the lock-up control amount when the target gear speed shift transmission instruction is detected.06-02-2011

Akio Muto, Utsunomiya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100262351ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE AIR FLOW DURING DECELERATION FUEL CUT - An engine control system and method for controlling engine air flow during a deceleration fuel cut includes an internal combustion engine, an anti-lock braking system (ABS), and an electronic control unit (ECU) that controls the engine. The ECU establishes a desired air flow rate for the internal combustion engine, which is taken from an ABS failed condition look-up table when determined that the ABS has failed while the engine is in a deceleration fuel cut mode, and otherwise is taken from a normal condition look-up table.10-14-2010
20110276239Torque Compensation Method And System - A system and method of compensating for torque converter slip in a motor vehicle include measuring rotational speeds of an engine crankshaft and mainshaft, as well as measuring operating temperatures of a fluid associated with the motor vehicle. Engine output torque is adjusted as required by controlling some combination of ignition timing, intake air flow, fuel injection, and accessory load.11-10-2011
20140195130Torque Compensation Method and System - A system and method of compensating for torque converter slip in a motor vehicle include measuring rotational speeds of an engine crankshaft and mainshaft, as well as measuring operating temperatures of a fluid associated with the motor vehicle. Engine output torque is adjusted as required by controlling some combination of ignition timing, intake air flow, fuel injection, and accessory load. A system and method for deactivating a torque compensation system retrieves a number of times the torque compensation system has been activated over a set period. If the number exceeds a predetermined number of activations, the torque compensation system is deactivated.07-10-2014

Patent applications by Akio Muto, Utsunomiya JP

Akiyoshi Muto, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110136409METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRINDING AXIAL WORKPIECES - A method and an apparatus for grinding an axial workpiece are provided, which are capable of removing a turning lead portion of an axial workpiece having an oil seal fit portion on its outer circumferential surface by grinding without any grinding fluid. The apparatus for grinding an axial workpiece includes: a headstock of a lathe for rotatably supporting an axial workpiece about its axis, the workpiece having an oil seal fit portion on its outer circumferential surface; a slide mount disposed so as to be radially movable with respect to a tool turret of the lathe; an air cylinder for moving the slide mount back and forth in alignment with the axis of the headstock; an elastic grinding stone wheel rotatably attached to the slide mount to be movable radially back and forth with respect to the oil seal fit portion by the slide mount being moved; and a brushless motor for rotating the elastic grinding stone wheel.06-09-2011

Atsushi Muto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080254043Drug For Treating Ischemic Disease - The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which includes a tissue factor inhibitor, which is administered after the onset of a thromboembolic ischemic disease, particularly after thrombus or embolus formation; a secondary thrombus formation inhibitor which includes a tissue factor inhibitor, which is administered after primary thrombus formation; a blood flow reduction inhibitor which includes a tissue factor inhibitor to be administered after thrombus formation or embolism formation; and a method of suppressing secondary thrombus formation by inhibiting tissue factor function following formation of a primary thrombus.10-16-2008
20130330345MULTI-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULE HAVING ALTERNATIVE FUNCTION TO FUNCTION OF BLOOD COAGULATION FACTOR VIII - Various bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both blood coagulation factor IX/activated blood coagulation factor IX and blood coagulation factor X and functionally substitute for the cofactor function of blood coagulation factor VIII, that is, the function to promote activation of blood coagulation factor X by activated blood coagulation factor IX, were produced. From these antibodies, multispecific antigen-binding molecules having a high activity of functionally substituting for blood coagulation factor VIII were successfully discovered.12-12-2013
20140037632MULTI-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF - Various bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both blood coagulation factor IX/activated blood coagulation factor IX and blood coagulation factor X and functionally substitute for the cofactor function of blood coagulation factor VIII, that is, the function to promote activation of blood coagulation factor X by activated blood coagulation factor IX, were produced. From these antibodies, multispecific antigen-binding molecules having a high activity of functionally substituting for blood coagulation factor VIII were successfully discovered.02-06-2014
20140370018MULTI-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF - Various bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to both blood coagulation factor IX/activated blood coagulation factor IX and blood coagulation factor X and functionally substitute for the cofactor function of blood coagulation factor VIII, that is, the function to promote activation of blood coagulation factor X by activated blood coagulation factor IX, were produced. From these antibodies, multispecific antigen-binding molecules having a high activity of functionally substituting for blood coagulation factor VIII were successfully discovered.12-18-2014

Patent applications by Atsushi Muto, Shizuoka JP

Atsushi Muto, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100128074PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes: a white-colored ink nozzle which ejects white-colored ink; a colored ink nozzle which ejects colored ink different from the white-colored ink; a scanning mechanism which moves the nozzles and a print medium, onto which the ejected ink is landed, relative to each other; and a controller which controls the ink ejection of the nozzles and the scanning mechanism. The controller forms a color line by ejecting the colored ink onto the print medium, while relatively moving the nozzle with respect to the print medium in a first direction, and then the controller ejects the white-colored ink on the color line so as to draw white lines intersecting the color line by moving the nozzle and the print medium relative to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction.05-27-2010
20120200644LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that reciprocates, a liquid supplying flow channel supplies a ink to the liquid ejection head, a non-return valve in the liquid supplying flow channel that opens when ink flows from an upstream region to a downstream region where the liquid ejection head is located and closes when ink flows from the downstream region to the upstream region, a volume changing unit that changes a volume of an inner space, and a stirring unit that stirs ink stored therein in accordance with the volume change of the volume changing unit, the stirring unit being disposed separately from the volume changing unit and they are disposed in the liquid supplying flow channel between the non-return valve and the liquid ejection head.08-09-2012
20130050336INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED ARTICLE - An ink jet recording apparatus records an image on a recording material by ejecting a first ink composition through at least one first liquid ejecting nozzle having an open end. The ink jet recording apparatus also includes a platen having a surface on which the recording medium is placed. The surface is away from the open end at a distance PG satisfying the relationship 0.5 mm02-28-2013
20140347424INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDED ARTICLE - An ink jet recording apparatus records an image on a recording material by ejecting a first ink composition through at least one first liquid ejecting nozzle having an open end. The ink jet recording apparatus also includes a platen having a surface on which the recording medium is placed. The surface is away from the open end at a distance PG satisfying the relationship 0.5 mm11-27-2014

Patent applications by Atsushi Muto, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Atsushi Muto, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090050803Charged particle beam device - The charged particle beam device of this invention separately detects secondary signal particles emitted from the surface of a sample, dark field signal particles scattered within and transmitted through the sample, bright field signal particles transmitted through the sample without being scattered within the sample, and thereby allows the operator to observe the image with an optimum contrast according to applications. In order to detect only the dark field transmitted signal particles scattered within the sample, among the transmitted signal particles obtained by the primary charged particle beams having transmitted through the thin film sample, the device includes a transmitted signal conversion member having an opening through which the bright field transmitted signal particles not being scattered within the sample can pass, and a detection means for detecting signals colliding against the conversion member.02-26-2009

Patent applications by Atsushi Muto, Hitachinaka JP

Daisuke Muto, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130082194CHARGED PARTICLE RADIATION DEVICE AND SOUNDPROOF COVER - A charged particle radiation device includes a sample chamber in which a sample stage adapted to mount a sample is installed, a charged particle radiation irradiation section adapted to irradiate the sample with a charged particle radiation to observe and fabricate the sample, sidewalls installed on a periphery of the sample chamber and the charged particle radiation irradiation section, a ceiling board installed on a plane located in an upper part of the sidewalls, and a sound absorbing structure section disposed below the ceiling board, and including a plurality of hole sections and a hollow section communicated with the hole sections. The sound absorbing structure section has an absorption band including a frequency band of a standing wave generated in a space surrounded by the sidewalls and the ceiling board. Further, a soundproof cover may include the sidewalls, ceiling board and sound absorbing structure.04-04-2013
20130228686CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - Currently, there is no noise-proof cover, particularly noise-proof cover used in a clean room, which absorbs noise by a structure specialized for an estimated frequency of noise produced by environmental noise. Therefore, efficient noise absorption is still difficult.09-05-2013

Gen Muto, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110267023DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION MODULE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A DC voltage conversion module includes a substrate, an input terminal, an output terminal, a ground terminal, a DC voltage conversion control element mounted on the substrate, a coil mounted on the substrate and connected to the DC voltage conversion control element and the output terminal, an input-side capacitor mounted on the substrate and connected to the input terminal and the ground terminal, and an output-side capacitor mounted on the substrate and connected to the output terminal and the ground terminal. The input terminal, the output terminal and the ground terminal project in a predetermined projecting direction parallel to each other. The ground terminal is arranged between the input terminal and the output terminal in a direction perpendicular to the projecting direction.11-03-2011

Hideyasu Muto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130056436METAL CAP AND BOTTLE WITH CAP - The present invention relates to a metal cap which seals the mouth of a bottle for drinking or the like, and a bottle with the cap which is furnished therewith.03-07-2013

Hideyuki Muto, Edogawaku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110013499RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A recording apparatus (01-20-2011

Hideyuki Muto, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100008198OPTICAL RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An optical recording/reproducing system 01-14-2010

Hiroshi Muto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090235734FIBROUS PARTICLE GENERATING APPARATUS AND TEST SYSTEM - There is provided a fibrous particle generating apparatus and a test system. The fibrous particle generating apparatus includes a base material containing a fibrous material; a holding unit holding the base material; a fibrous particle generator generating fibrous particles by chafing the base material; and a movement unit moving the holding unit such that the base material held by holding unit is chafed against the fibrous particle generator. With this configuration, fibrous particles can be stably generated, and an evaluation of the object apparatus can be carried out on the basis of the generated fibrous particles.09-24-2009
20110272121COOLING JACKET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A cooling jacket includes: first and second pipe portions through which a coolant flows; and a main portion connected with side surfaces of the first and second pipe portions, defining, with a single member, a flow path through which the coolant flows, and cooling an object to be cooled.11-10-2011
20110272128RADIATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A radiator includes: a tube through which a coolant flows; and a single tank including: a supplying chamber communicating with an end of the tube, for supplying the tube with the coolant; and a collecting chamber communicating with the other end of the tube, partitioned to the supplying chamber, and for collecting the coolant discharged from the tube.11-10-2011
20140334095RADIATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A radiator includes: a tube through which a coolant flows; and a single tank including: a supplying chamber communicating with an end of the tube, for supplying the tube with the coolant; and a collecting chamber communicating with the other end of the tube, partitioned to the supplying chamber, and for collecting the coolant discharged from the tube.11-13-2014

Patent applications by Hiroshi Muto, Kawasaki JP

Hiroto Muto, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090008572CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - Provided is a charged-particle beam apparatus capable of preventing a small amount of dust from being attached to an electrostatic lens serving as an objective lens to apply a high voltage to the electrostatic lens.01-08-2009

Hiroyuki Muto, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020698CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, AND SAMPLE PROCESSING AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An object of the present invention relates to realizing the processing of a sample by charged particle beams and the monitoring of the processed cross-section with a high throughput.01-22-2009
20120326028CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, AND SAMPLE PROCESSING AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An object of the present invention relates to realizing the processing of a sample by charged particle beams and the monitoring of the processed cross section with a high throughput.12-27-2012
20130119252GAS FIELD ION SOURCE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME, ION BEAM DEVICE, AND EMITTER TIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - To provide a gas field ion source having a high angular current density, the gas field ion source is configured such that at least a base body of an emitter tip configuring the gas field ion source is a single crystal metal, such that the apex of the emitter tip is formed into a pyramid shape or a cone shape having a single atom at the top, and such that the extraction voltage in the case of ionizing helium gas by the single atom is set to 10 kV or more.05-16-2013

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Muto, Hitachinaka JP

Hiroyuki Muto, Haga-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090056104Manufacturing Method of Electric Motor - In a manufacturing method of an electric motor, at a time of in-sequence arc welding each of one end of a plurality of lined-up connector terminals to each of a plurality of lined-up detection signal output terminals by a welding rod provided in a torch of an arc welding machine, the method connects each of the other ends corresponding to the respective one end of a plurality of connector terminals to each of earth terminals of the arc welding machine in sequence.03-05-2009
20150015270RELATIVE ANGLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - A relative angle detection apparatus includes a first magnetometric sensor and a first voltage amplifier that output a signal corresponding to a relative rotation angle between a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft; a first amplifier circuit that amplifies the output signal of the first voltage amplifier; a second magnetometric sensor and a second voltage amplifier that output a signal that corresponds to the relative rotation angle; a second amplifier circuit that amplifies the output signal of the second voltage amplifier; a first resistor that is provided between the first amplifier circuit and a power supply terminal, or between the first amplifier circuit and a GND terminal; and a second resistor that is provided between the second amplifier circuit and the power supply terminal, or between the second amplifier circuit and the GND terminal.01-15-2015

Hiroyuki Muto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100254750Ball-point pen tip and ink refill - There is provided a ballpoint pen tip in which a shoulder of a bent portion does not touch a paper surface during writing and bleeding caused by deformation of an inner periphery of the bent portion can be prevented, and an ink refill using thereof. The ballpoint pen tip 10-07-2010

Junichi Muto, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080256264DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - In the host, an IP issues CCW, and a CH encodes the CCW and a CCW chain by the encode program to create a code including the description of controlling a conditional branch with the DKC and transmits the code to a PORT in the DKC. In the DKC, the PORT decodes the code by the decode program, and a CP sequentially processes each command obtained by the decoding and returns a return code representing the end state of the processing. The host receives the return code to recognize the end state of the processing.10-16-2008
20090106492Storage apparatus and data storage method using the same - A storage apparatus comprises a disk device and a disk controller for controlling the disk device. The disk controller provides a data volume including an actual volume and virtual volume with a volume capacity virtualization function. The virtual volume is associated with a pool volume for storing the actual data and the actual data is stored in the pool volume. In response to a write command from a host computer, the disk controller compresses write data under RAID 5 control and stores the compressed data in a storage area in the actual volume. If the entire compressed data cannot be stored in that storage area, the disk controller stores the remaining portion of the compressed data in the virtual volume.04-23-2009
20110029698STORAGE SYSTEM AND ITS MULTIPLE EXTENT EXCLUSIVE CONTROL METHOD - Proposed is technology for shortening the time required for analyzing and processing commands issued from multiple hosts and speeding up the processing. When a controller receives a command including random IO processing and the reception of commands is complete, it determines whether the valid extents prescribed in seek parameters attached to an LOC command overlap, and executes extent exclusive wait processing which causes access to the logical volume to enter a wait state or access processing to the logical volume based on the determination result. If the reception of commands is incomplete, the controller determines whether the access ranges (extents) designated in a DX command overlap, and executes extent exclusive wait processing or access processing to the logical volume based on the determination result.02-03-2011
20110276757STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CACHE MEMORY - The storage control device of the present invention uses a plurality of queues to manage cache segments which are in use, so as to retain cache segments which contain large amounts of data for long periods of time. One of the queues manages segments in which large amounts of valid data are stored. Another queue manages segments in which small amounts of valid data are stored. If the number of unused segments becomes insufficient, then a segment which is positioned at the LRU end of the other queue is released, and is shifted to a free queue. Due to the use of this other queue, it is possible to retain segments in which comparatively large amounts of data are stored for comparatively long periods of time.11-10-2011
20110283064STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE METHOD USING THE SAME - A storage apparatus comprises a disk device and a disk adapter for controlling the disk device. The disk adapter controls the disk device and forms a data volume and a pool volume, creates a data block for parity data, compresses write data and the created parity data, and stores a number of compressed data blocks equal to or less than a predetermined number and stores compressed parity data that are within a predetermined size in storage areas in an actual volume, and stores the remaining compressed data blocks of a number greater than the predetermined number and compressed parity data that exceed the predetermined size in storage areas in the pool volume corresponding to a virtual volume.11-17-2011
20110320714MAINFRAME STORAGE APPARATUS THAT UTILIZES THIN PROVISIONING - Each actual page inside a pool is configured from a plurality of actual tracks, and each virtual page inside a virtual volume is configured from a plurality of virtual tracks. A storage control apparatus of a mainframe system has management information that includes information denoting a track in which there exists a user record, which is a record including user data (the data used by a host apparatus of a mainframe system). Based on the management information, a controller identifies an actual page that is configured only from tracks that do not comprise the user record, and cancels the allocation of the identified actual page to the virtual page.12-29-2011
20120011339STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VIRTUAL LOGICAL VOLUME - A controller 01-12-2012
20130024643STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - To efficiently manage data including control information.01-24-2013
20130339647COMPUTER SYSTEM AND DATA MIGRATION METHOD - The present invention continues host access and holds data of a migration source volume as the latest data even when a fault occurs in any of a plurality of access paths.12-19-2013
20140164697Mainframe Storage Apparatus That Utilizes Thin Provisioning - Each actual page inside a pool is configured from a plurality of actual tracks, and each virtual page inside a virtual volume is configured from a plurality of virtual tracks. A storage control apparatus of a mainframe system has management information that includes information denoting a track in which there exists a user record, which is a record including user data (the data used by a host apparatus of a mainframe system). Based on the management information, a controller identifies an actual page that is configured only from tracks that do not comprise the user record, and cancels the allocation of the identified actual page to the virtual page.06-12-2014

Patent applications by Junichi Muto, Odawara JP

Kazuhiro Muto, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120007563CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - Included are a power-generation amount calculating section calculating an expected amount of power-generation being an amount of power generated by a power generating section in the future, for each predetermined period, a power-consumption amount calculating section calculating an expected amount of power-consumption being an amount of power consumed by a power load, for the predetermined period, an excess power period determining section determining an excess power period, an excess power amount calculating section calculating an expected excess power amount, and a charge/discharge control section controlling charge/discharge of a battery so that a remaining amount of the battery at the beginning of the excess power period becomes an amount resulting from subtracting the expected excess power amount from a pre-set charge amount.01-12-2012
20120011706BATTERY ASSEMBLING APPARATUS AND BATTERY ASSEMBLING METHOD - Provided is a battery assembling apparatus comprising a selecting section that selects as battery cells to be assembled into a battery pack, from among a plurality of battery cells, battery cells having similar charge curves that indicate a relationship between voltage and charge period, which is a time period necessary for a battery cell to be charged from a first voltage to a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage. As a result, the lifetimes of battery cells and of a battery pack assembled from a plurality of battery cells can be extended.01-19-2012
20120013179MANUFACTURING METHOD AND VEHICLE - A manufacturing method of a vehicle, includes: preparing a chassis of the vehicle in which a plurality of battery modules are installed; forming a wiring section in a body of the vehicle; and electrically connecting the plurality of battery modules by means of the wiring section, by coupling the chassis to the body.01-19-2012
20120013180BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS, BATTERY CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE - A battery control apparatus comprising a battery circuit in which a plurality of batteries are connected to each other; a plurality of first switches that switch whether the batteries are connected in series or connected in parallel; a voltage detecting section that detects a maximum voltage output by the battery circuit; and a switch control section that, when the maximum voltage of the battery circuit occurring when the batteries are connected in parallel is less than or equal to a first threshold value, controls the first switches to connect at least a portion of the batteries in series.01-19-2012
20120013304BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND BATTERY CONTROL METHOD - A battery control apparatus includes: a battery circuit in which a plurality of batteries are connected in series; a plurality of bypass circuits, each of which removes a corresponding battery from the battery circuit; a plurality of switches, each of which switches whether to connect a corresponding battery in series with the other batteries, or to connect the corresponding battery to a corresponding bypass circuit to remove the corresponding battery from the battery circuit; a deterioration detecting section that detects deterioration of each of the plurality of batteries; and a switch control section that controls the plurality of switches to remove, from the battery circuit, the batteries having greater deterioration and connects, in series, the batteries having smaller deterioration.01-19-2012
20120015221BATTERY PACK - Provided is a battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries; and a plurality of memories that correspond respectively to the batteries and that each record deterioration information of the corresponding battery. Each set of a battery and a corresponding memory may be formed integrally as a battery cell. As a result, the deterioration information of each battery cell can be known even after the battery pack is disassembled.01-19-2012

Kazuo Muto, Izumo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100284126DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - In a dielectric ceramic having crystal grains and containing a perovskite in which the A site contains Ba and the B site contains Ti. as a main component, the crystal orientations are aligned in substantially the same direction within the crystal grains. Some of Ba may be replaced with Ca and/or Sr, and some of Ti may be replaced with Zr and/pr Hf. This achieves a dielectric ceramic which has a high dielectric constant and has favorable AC electric field characteristics in which the change in dielectric constant is small even with changes in applied electric field.11-11-2010
20110085280DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CAPACITOR - A dielectric ceramic containing a BaTiO04-14-2011

Ken Muto, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090165893PASTE COMPOSITION FOR ALUMINUM BRAZING - A paste composition for aluminum brazing of the invention contains 40 to 65% by weight of a metal powder for brazing (a), 5 to 35% by weight of a fluoride type flux (b), 1 to 10% by weight of a methacrylic acid ester type polymer (c), and 10 to 40% by weight of an organic solvent (d); and the component (d) is a hydrocarbon type organic solvent having no aromatic ring and no hydroxyl group and the composition is in a paste-like state having a viscosity of 6,000 to 200,000 mPa·s at 23° C. and accordingly, the storage stability and applicability (practically, discharge property and pressure stability by using a dispenser) and brazing property can be improved in good balance.07-02-2009

Ken Muto, Obu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230214Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing the same - A heat exchanger includes a connector for connecting a header tank to an exterior pipe. The connector includes a first member configured to define a communication path through which a tank open portion of the header tank communicates with an interior of the exterior pipe, and a second member to which the first member is fixed. The first member and the second member are fixed to each other after being separately formed by pressing, and the second member has a fastening portion through which the connector is fastened to the exterior pipe. Furthermore, the first member includes a first connection portion that is fitted into the tank open portion at one open side of the communication path, and a second connection portion fitted to an open portion of the exterior pipe at other open side of the communication path.09-25-2008
20120103007Receiver and receiver-integrated condenser - A receiver includes a cylindrical main tank; a cylindrical internal thread component having an internal thread; a cap having a male thread threaded with the internal thread; a sealing attached to the cap; and a filter portion arranged in the cap. The internal thread component is coaxially arranged to an inner circumference face of the tank. The filter portion includes an internal passage extending inside of the cap, and a net that collects a foreign matter contained in refrigerant flowing through the internal passage.05-03-2012

Kenji Muto, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090101642FUEL INLET STRUCTURE OF RESIN FUEL TANK, RESIN FUEL TANK HAVING FUEL INLET COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE RESIN FUEL TANK - A fuel inlet structure of a resin fuel tank includes an upstanding portion and a fuel inlet. The upstanding portion is provided to the resin fuel tank molded by blow molding and stands upright in a cylindrical form. The fuel inlet is provided in the upstanding portion. The upstanding portion is formed by insert molding of a separate fuel inlet component in an integral manner during the blow molding of the tank. The fuel inlet component integrally includes a level plate portion extending downward below an upper surface of the tank.04-23-2009

Kenji Muto, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100103374CONNECTION ADAPTER, OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING IMAGING METHOD AND MEMORY DEVICE FOR THE PROGRAM - Provided is a connection adapter that is capable of constituting an optical tomographic imaging apparatus having a small installation space and high use efficiency. A connection adapter is disposed between the fundus camera main body portion and a camera portion to be attached to the fundus camera main body portion for imaging a surface image of a fundus as an object in an optical tomographic imaging apparatus, and connects them in a detachable manner. The connection adapter includes: a first light guide unit for guiding tomographic image measuring beams guided from the fundus camera main body portion for imaging the tomographic image to a tomographic imaging portion; and a second light guide unit for guiding fundus image measuring beams guided from the fundus camera main body portion for imaging the surface image of the fundus to the camera portion.04-29-2010
20100321700OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - A beam diameter varying portion varies a first beam diameter of a measuring beam incident on an optical portion to a second beam diameter larger than the first beam diameter. An adjustment portion adjusts a condensing position of the measuring beam on the optical portion based on intensity information of a return beam from a position of an inspection object with the first beam diameter. The beam diameter is varied from the first to the second beam diameter by the beam diameter varying portion at the position adjusted by the adjustment portion to cause the measuring beam having the second beam diameter to be incident. A condensing position can be adjusted in a relatively short time because the measuring beam small in beam diameter is used, and a combined beam can be acquired with high transverse resolution because the measuring beam large in beam diameter is used.12-23-2010
20110026035OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical tomographic imaging apparatus is provided which includes a low-resolution mode for rough imaging and a high-resolution mode for obtaining detailed images. In particular, an optical tomographic imaging apparatus is provided which enables tomographic imaging during a high-resolution mode to be performed at higher speeds. An imaging apparatus according to the present invention captures an optical interference tomographic image based on a combined beam that combines a return beam from an object irradiated by a measuring beam and a reference beam corresponding to the measuring beam. The imaging apparatus according to the present invention further includes a beam diameter changing unit for changing a beam diameter of the measuring beam. Furthermore, the imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a detection unit configured to detect the combined beam at a resolution according to the beam diameter.02-03-2011
20110199579IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD - It has been very cumbersome to determine whether or not alignment is required before the fundus image is acquired after the tomographic image is acquired, causing the reduction in diagnostic efficiency. An ophthalmic apparatus is provided to solve this problem, which comprises an irradiation unit that irradiates an eye to be inspected with a first beam for acquiring a tomographic image of the eye and a second beam for acquiring a fundus image of the eye, the second beam having a beam diameter larger than the beam diameter of the first beam; and a determination unit that, based on information indicating a shift amount between an irradiation position of the first beam in the eye and an ocular axis of the eye, determines whether or not the irradiation position of the second beam falls within a range in which the fundus image can be acquired.08-18-2011
20120062901IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - The present invention relates to a structure in which a sensor includes a first area and a second area upon which dispersed first and second lights are focused. The first and second areas are disposed in a dispersion direction or a direction perpendicular to the dispersion direction. A distance between the first and second areas is adjusted by using a distance between a plurality of fiber ends from which a plurality of combined lights exit and an optical magnification at a detecting section.03-15-2012
20120092617EYEGROUND IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A tomographic-image pickup unit is controlled so as to capture a tomographic image in response to a signal input from a signal input unit. Then, a display unit is controlled so as to display the captured. tomographic image. An eyeground-image pickup unit is controlled so as to capture a two-dimensional image in response to a signal input from the signal input unit while the tomographic image. is displayed on the display unit. Therewith, the user can more easily perform imaging, and the time load on the subject is reduced.04-19-2012
20120249961FUNDUS INSPECTION APPARATUS - In an OCT device, even if an alignment according to a pupil center and a position where a tomographic image can be photographed at a good position may be different according to a subject, automatic alignment is continued at a position where an image quality is good. In a fundus inspection apparatus, an initial adjustment target position on an obtained anterior ocular segment image and an optical axis of a measurement optical system are coincided with each other, and then initial position adjustment is performed. When an instruction for moving an initial adjustment target position is issued, the measurement optical system is moved by a moving amount corresponding to the instruction. At the same time, the initial adjustment target position on the anterior ocular segment image is changed to a position after the movement of the measurement optical system, and positional adjustment is performed again.10-04-2012
20120253183IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, AND OPHTHALMIC SYSTEM - To reduce confirmation time by an examiner to increase the diagnosis efficiency, a medical system including a medical apparatus that acquires a tomographic image of an object to be examined using combined light generated by combining return light from the object to be examined to which measuring light is emitted and reference light corresponding to the measuring light includes a display control unit configured to control a display unit to sequentially display the tomographic images in the predetermined region on the display unit, and a changing unit configured to change a display time period for the tomographic images displayed in the predetermined region based on the number of the tomographic images to be displayed.10-04-2012
20130003017OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a scanning optical system configured to scan a plurality of different regions of a test eye with a plurality of different measurement light beams, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a shape of the test eye, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a relative position between an output end of a measurement light beam that serves as a reference among the plurality of measurement light beams and an output end of other measurement light beams among the measurement light beams based on the acquired information about the shape of the test eye.01-03-2013
20130011035IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that a plurality of measuring beams is directed within a predetermined length of time on overlapping regions or adjacent regions out of scanning areas of an eye to be examined corresponding to the plurality of measuring beams.01-10-2013
20130107213OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS05-02-2013
20140063450IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an imaging apparatus for acquiring a tomographic image of an object to be inspected based on light obtained by combining return light from the object illuminated with measuring light and reference light corresponding to the measuring light, the imaging apparatus including: a reference-light amount changing unit provided in an optical path of the reference light, for changing a reference-light amount of the reference light; and a control unit for controlling the reference-light amount changing means so as to control the reference-light amount within a predetermined range and an image quality of the tomographic image within a predetermined image-quality evaluation range.03-06-2014
20140320814OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical tomographic imaging apparatus includes a first lens having a first focal length, a second lens having a second focal length longer that the first focal length, a scanning unit disposed at a focal position of the second lens, and an optical path branching unit disposed between the first and second lenses. An observation optical path located on a transmission optical path of the optical path branching unit, and an optical path of measurement light located on a reflection optical path of the optical path branching unit. The second lens is disposed on the optical path of the measurement light between the first lens and the scanning unit, such that an angle at which the measurement light scanned by the scanning unit is incident on the optical path branching unit is maintained substantially unchanged during scanning.10-30-2014

Patent applications by Kenji Muto, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Kenji Muto, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100087317HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed is a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer formed on the support, the heat-sensitive recording layer containing dye precursor-containing composite particles and a developer, the dye precursor-containing composite particles being obtained by dissolving a solute containing a dye precursor in a solvent containing a polyvalent isocyanate compound-containing polymerization component, emulsifying and dispersing the obtained solution in an aqueous medium, and then performing a polymerization reaction of the polyvalent isocyanate compound-containing polymerization component in the presence of polyethyleneimine having a molecular weight of 200 to 1,500. Also disclosed is a method of producing such a heat-sensitive recording material.04-08-2010

Kota Muto, Suwa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110242147ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a control unit that controls a display unit having a plurality of pixels. The control unit performs a differential driving operation of performing an operation of erasing a first image component which is a part of a display image in a first display state and an operation of displaying a second image component which is a part of a display image in a second display state by selectively driving the pixels having different gray scales in the first display state and the second display state when the display unit is changed from the first display state to the second display state. The operation of erasing the first image component includes an extended erasing operation of driving a first pixel group which includes the pixels constituting the first image component and the pixels being adjacent to the first image component and surrounding the first image component.10-06-2011
20110249041METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of driving an electrophoretic display device includes changing the gradation level of image data on the basis of correction data corresponding to the gradation level, converting image data with the changed gradation level to a dithering pattern, in which the first color and the second color are combined, corresponding to the changed gradation level for each predetermined region of image data, and driving the electrophoretic particles of the first color and the electrophoretic particles of the second color on the basis of image data converted to the dithering pattern for the plurality of pixels in the display section.10-13-2011
20110261031METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In an electro-optical device including: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of scanning lines; and a plurality of pixels arranged at positions corresponding to the intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, a method of driving the electro-optical device when refreshing only a part of the plurality of pixels includes: during a first period, selecting the scanning lines connected to part of the pixels and inputting display image data to the part of the pixels through the data lines; and during a second period, selecting the scanning lines which are not connected to the part of the pixels, wherein a period in which the respective scanning lines are selected during the second period is shorter than a period in which the respective scanning lines are selected during the first period.10-27-2011
20120044232CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A control device that controls the driving of a display device which changes display states by a writing operation of applying a driving voltage several times, wherein the control device includes a determining portion that determines whether or not the writing operation is performed for each pixel; and a control portion that starts the writing operation in the pixel in which the writing operation is determined to be performed by the determining portion, the writing operation including applying, wherein, in a case where a previous writing operation is not performed on the pixel in which the writing operation is determined to be performed by the determining portion, the control portion starts the writing operation, and in a case where the previous writing operation is performed on the pixel, the control portion starts the next writing operation after the previous writing operation is finished.02-23-2012
20120194570CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A control device for a display unit that includes pixels each having display elements is disclosed. The control device comprising a control unit counting sections where pixels with different gradations are placed next to each other in a predetermined region among an image to be displayed on the display unit. The control unit outputs an instruction to execute a refresh drive in the predetermined region when an integrated value of the sections exceeds a predetermined value.08-02-2012
20120242715CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A control device includes output means for outputting a signal for controlling an electro-optical device having a plurality of pixels which are provided so as to correspond to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, to the electro-optical device, and control means for controlling the output means to output a signal for applying a voltage corresponding to data stored in a memory to the plurality of data lines, whereby an image which is written by the signal when a first condition is satisfied has a higher spatial frequency of grayscale variations in an extending direction of the data lines than that of an image which is written by the signal when a second condition is satisfied.09-27-2012
20120262505METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of controlling an electro-optical device includes, during image rewriting, executing a first control operation to supply a potential different from a potential on a counter electrode to a pixel electrode of a first pixel in a plurality of frame periods, executing a second control operation to supply the same potential as the potential on the counter electrode to a pixel electrode of a second pixel, which is adjacent to the first pixel and in which a gradation to be displayed during image rewriting is not changed, in at least some frame periods of a plurality of frame periods, and executing a third control operation to supply a potential different from the potential on the counter electrode to the pixel electrode of the second pixel in a frame period after the potential has been supplied in at least one frame period during the first control operation.10-18-2012
20120287174CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, CONTROLLER OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A control method of an electro-optical device includes: performing a first supply process for supplying an electric potential corresponding to the changed gray level to a pixel electrode of a first pixel; performing a second supply process for supplying the same electric potential as an electric potential of a counter electrode to a pixel electrode of a second pixel; extracting a contour image from a difference between an image before the image rewriting and an image after the image rewriting; determining whether or not the first supply process is being performed, in units of a pixel, for contour display pixels that display the contour image; and performing a contour elimination process for supplying an electric potential for eliminating the contour image to the pixel electrode of a pixel, for which it is determined that the first supply process is not being performed, among the contour display pixels.11-15-2012
20130229445DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - When a write operation to change the pixel into one of the first gray level and the second gray level is stopped before completion of the write operation, and when a write section executes a write operation to change the pixel into another of the first gray level and the second gray level, the write section executes the write operation by voltage application to change the pixel into the other gray level the same number of times of voltage application as the number of times of voltage application in the write operation that has been stopped.09-05-2013
20140247290CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - In order to achieve a desired gray level in an optical state of a bi-stable display element, voltage application is carried out so that the gray level follows a predetermined gray level change loop through a erasing period, a reset period, and a write period.09-04-2014
20140253604CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - An adjustment phase, a clearing phase, and a gray level control phase are used when changing the gray levels of pixels. A plurality of pixels are aligned to a predetermined gray level in the adjustment phase. In the adjustment phase, the gray level of a pixel is changed earlier the greater a gray level difference between the gray level of the pixel and the predetermined gray level is.09-11-2014
20140285479CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD - In a refresh period, a voltage for alternatingly inverting a memory display element between a first gray level and a second gray level is applied. The number of inversions in the refresh period when the temperature of the memory display element is low is lower than the number of inversions in the refresh period when the temperature of the memory display element is high.09-25-2014

Patent applications by Kota Muto, Suwa-Shi JP

Makoto Muto, Edogawa-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110144339METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASYMMETRIC TETRASUBSTITUTED CARBON ATOM-CONTAINING COMPOUND - The invention provides an industrial method for producing a spiroaminopyrrolidone derivative, which is an intermediate for producing a quinolone antibacterial agent. Specifically, the invention provides a method for producing a compound of formula (2):06-16-2011
20120172605METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASYMMETRIC TETRASUBSTITUTED CARBON ATOM-CONTAINING COMPOUND - The invention provides an industrial method for producing a spiroaminopyrrolidone derivative, which is an intermediate for producing a quinolone antibacterial agent.07-05-2012

Makoto Muto, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110092073PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing container capable of maintaining an atmosphere having a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure; an evacuation unit reducing a pressure of an interior of the processing container; a gas introduction unit introducing a process gas to the interior of the processing container; a microwave introduction unit introducing a microwave to the interior of the processing container; and a lifter pin ascendably and descendably inserted through a placement platform provided in the interior of the processing container, an end surface of the lifter pin supporting an object to be processed, the object to be processed being supported by the lifter pin at a first position proximal to an upper surface of the placement platform when the microwave is introduced and plasma is ignited, the object to be processed being supported by the lifter pin at a second position after the plasma ignition, the second position being more distal to the placement platform than the first position.04-21-2011

Mariko Muto, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110288228Ink for Marking - An ink for marking which is used for marking an outer surface of an article having at least the outer surface formed of a resin and which is excellent in friction resistance and flex resistance after marking is provided.11-24-2011

Masaaki Muto, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110062704PIPE JOINT - In a pipe joint, a release bush includes a cylindrical portion and a flange portion for pressing, provided along an outer edge of the cylindrical portion. A movable portion including a part of the flange portion and a part of the cylindrical portion is formed to move with respect to a main portion including the remaining part of the flange portion and the remaining part of the cylindrical portion, via an elastically deformable portion. The cylindrical portion of the movable portion can be moved to be aligned with the cylindrical portion of the main portion along the same circumference, by an external operating force exerted on the movable portion, while the movable portion remains in a position opposing a main body of the pipe joint when an operating force is not applied, thereby inhibiting the release bush from being pressed into a chuck despite the flange portion being pressed.03-17-2011
20110068573PIPE JOINT - [Object] A pipe joint is to be provided that prevents a release bush from being accidentally pressed, and that inhibits the tube from being removed from the pipe joint unless a worker uses a predetermined tool with the intention of removing the tube from the pipe joint.03-24-2011

Masami Muto, Yokohama-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080240963ROTOR SHAFT SEALING STRUCTURE FOR OIL-FREE ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A rotor shaft sealing structure of an oil-free rotary compressor is provided, with which is reduced a risk of occurrence of lubrication oil intrusion into the compression chamber (10-02-2008
20080240965ROTOR SHAFT SEALING METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF OIL-FREE ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A rotor shaft sealing method for an oil-free rotary compressor is provided, with which occurrence of lubrication oil intrusion into the compression chamber of the compressor which is liable to occur when negative pressure is produced in the compression chamber, is prevented. With a rotor shaft sealing structure composed such that two shaft seal means (10-02-2008

Masanobu Muto, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080217943Skin materials joined portion fixing construction for skin covered article - A center console 09-11-2008

Patent applications by Masanobu Muto, Aichi-Ken JP

Masataka Muto, Takasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110024788SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITE APPARATUS, LED, LED PRINTHEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A semiconductor composite apparatus includes a substrate and a planarizing layer, and a semiconductor thin film. The planarizing layer is formed on the substrate either directly or indirectly. The planarizing layer includes a first surface that faces the substrate, and a second surface that is on the side of the planarizing layer remote from the substrate. The semiconductor thin film formed on the planarizing layer. The second surface has a roughness of not more than 5 nm.02-03-2011

Masataka Muto, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100147016LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR REFRIGERATORS AND COMPRESSORS WITH THE COMPOSITION - A lubricating oil composition for refrigerators comprising a base oil which comprises as a main component a polyol ester compound obtained from a polyhydric alcohol selected from among pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, trimethylolpropane, and neopentyl glycol and a C06-17-2010
20100175421LUBRICANT COMPOSITION FOR REFRIGERATOR AND COMPRESSOR USING THE SAME - Provided is a lubricant composition for a refrigerator, which is characterized by using a substance mainly containing a polyoxyalkylene glycol derivative and having a hydroxyl number of 5 mgKOH/g or less, as a base oil. Also provided is a compressor using such the lubricant composition for a refrigerator. The lubricant composition for a refrigerator is used for a refrigerator which uses a refrigerant having a specific structure such as an unsaturated fluorohydrocarbon and being usable in current air-conditioning systems for cars or the like. The lubricant composition for a refrigerator exhibits excellent compatibility with the refrigerant, while having excellent stability. The compressor uses such the lubricant composition for a refrigerator.07-15-2010
20100281912LUBRICANT COMPOSITION FOR REFRIGERATING MACHINE AND COMPRESSOR USING THE SAME - A lubricating oil composition for refrigerator including a base oil and an acid scavenger, and a compressor using the composition are provided, where the acid scavenger is a polyalkylene glycol derivative represented by a formula (1) as follows:11-11-2010

Mitsuo Muto, Annaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110060109RT CURABLE FLUOROPOLYETHER BASE RUBBER COMPOSITION AND CURED PRODUCT - A fluoropolyether base rubber composition comprising (a) a linear fluoropolyether compound containing at least two ester groups in a molecule and a divalent perfluoroalkyl ether structure in its backbone, and having a Mn of 3,000-100,000, and (b) a siloxane polymer containing at least three amino groups in a molecule cures at room temperature into a product having heat resistance, low-temperature performance, chemical resistance, solvent resistance and oil resistance.03-10-2011
20140114041CURABLE FLUOROPOLYETHER GEL COMPOSITION AND GEL ARTICLE - A curable fluoropolyether gel composition comprising (A) a linear polyfluoro compound having at least two alkenyl groups and a perfluoropolyether structure in its backbone, (B) a polyfluoromonoalkenyl compound having one alkenyl group and a perfluoropolyether structure in its backbone, (C) a fluorinated organohydrogensiloxane having at least two SiH groups, and (D) a platinum-based hydrosilylation catalyst is improved by adding (E) a fluorinated acetylene alcohol as reaction regulator. The resulting composition has advantages including uniform dispersion of the catalyst, storage stability, consistent curability, and cured hardness.04-24-2014

Nobuo Muto, Matsumoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090121924CORRELATION CALCULATION CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CORRELATION CALCULATION CONTROL METHOD - A coherent integration section synthesizes an IF signal stored in a memory and a C/A code replica generated by a code generation section using a mixer to calculate a correlation value, and integrates the correlation value using an integration section. An integration count monitoring section counts the integration count of the integration section. When a saturation control section has detected saturation of integration of the correlation values, the integration count monitoring section causes the integration section to suspend integration when the integration count is equal to or less than a reference count, and allows the integration section to continue integration when the integration count has exceeded the reference count.05-14-2009

Noriyuki Muto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110290579VEHICLE - An upper pipe 12-01-2011

Sadatsugu Muto, Toki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100061513ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE/PARTICLE BEAM SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE/PARTICLE BEAM SPECTROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT - The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave/particle beam spectroscopic instrument that is not easily deteriorated in spectroscopic capability, and is resistant to electromagnetic noise, vibrations, heavy sound, heat and specific particle beams of interest, particle beams other than electromagnetic waves, electric noise due to electromagnetic waves, mechanical destruction, and recoiling of solid constituent atoms and is also more resistant to radiation exposure on the detection means than the conventional energy resolving technologies. A spectroscopic instrument 03-11-2010

Sadayuki Muto, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110197829UPSIDE-DOWN TYPE LOW NOX BOILER - In a low NOx boiler of the present invention, a high-temperature reductive combustion zone is provided to an upper portion of a rectangular combustion chamber, and a second-step combustion zone is provided to a middle stage of the combustion chamber. A wall provided below the second-step combustion zone is tapered to narrow the combustion chamber, with a taper angle of approximately 35° or so, relative to a vertical line. An ash discharge port is provided to a furnace bottom portion, and a gas outlet port communicated with a rear pass water wall is provided to a lower side face of the second-step combustion zone. This rear pass water wall is connected with a further post-treatment step, via a super-heater tube and an economizer.08-18-2011

Satoru Muto, Kudamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090159211PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention provides a plasma processing apparatus for measuring the etching quantity of the material being processed and detecting the end point of etching using optical interference on the surface of a sample being processed, so as to simultaneously realize long life and ensure sufficient light to be received via a light transmitting unit, to enable long term stable operation and to improve the processing accuracy via accurate etching quantity detection. In a plasma processing apparatus for processing a sample being processed by generating plasma between a shower plate and a lower electrode, a detector for detecting light from a surface of the sample being processed via the shower plate includes a light transmitting unit composed of a light guide into which light is entered and a spectroscope for analyzing the light obtained by the light transmitting unit, wherein the end surface of the light transmitting unit through which light is entered is arranged at a distance of five times or greater of the mean free path of gas molecules within the vacuum reactor from the end surface of the shower plate facing the plasma.06-25-2009

Satoshi Muto, Mobara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080204632Cold cathode fluorescent lamp and liquid crystal display device - A cold cathode fluorescent lamp includes a tube having an inner surface coated with a fluorescent film and tubular discharge electrodes disposed at both inner ends of the tube. Each discharge electrode has an opening facing a discharge area and includes a projection in the opening, the area of the projection being reduced by electric discharge.08-28-2008

Patent applications by Satoshi Muto, Mobara JP

Shin Muto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090006571DATA TRANSFER PROCESS APPARATUS, DEVICE, STATUS NOTIFYING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR STATUS NOTIFICATION, AND PROGRAM FOR STATUS NOTIFICATION - Transmission data is generated depending on the status change of a device according to a message indicating the status information about the device and the destination information about the message and is transmitted by electronic mail, and the user who manages the device can be notified of the status of the device at an appropriate timing by a data transfer process apparatus, a device, a network system, a data transfer method, and a storage medium.01-01-2009

Shinji Muto, Nishinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090229757PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - The plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber including an upper electrode and a lower electrode; a matching box electrically connected to the lower electrode, wherein the matching box is freely attached and detached with respect to the lower electrode and supplies a radio frequency (RF) power to the lower electrode; and an air cylinder fixed at the chamber and pulling up the matching box to a position where the matching box is connected to the lower electrode. The lower electrode and the matching box are electrically connected to each other via a cylindrical female terminal connected to one of the lower electrode and the matching box and a male terminal connected to other one of the lower electrode and the matching box and inserted in an inner diameter surface of the female terminal, and at least one of the female terminal and the male terminal includes an elastic conductor covering a contact surface that contacts other one of the female terminal and the male terminal.09-17-2009

Shinji Muto, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230181PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STRUCTURE THEREIN - A structure, for use in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus in which a plasma process is performed on a target substrate, includes a base member at least having a first surface and a second surface; and a thermally sprayed insulating film covering the first surface. Further, the structure includes an insulating protection member covering the second surface and made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the base member; and a buffing surface covered with an insulating layer interposed between the thermally sprayed insulating film and the insulating protection member to prevent a contact therebetween. The thermally sprayed insulating film, the insulating protection member and the insulating layer constitute an insulating surface covering the first surface and the second surface.09-25-2008

Sumiki Muto, Ogaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110096517MULTI-PIECE BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multi-piece board includes a frame and multiple wiring boards connected to the frame. The frame and each of the wiring boards are positioned with a clearance. The frame and/or each of the wiring boards has an end portion having a first notch portion on a surface side adjacent to the clearance. The end portion of the frame and/or each of the wiring boards has a second notch portion formed on the opposite surface side with respect to the surface side of the first notched portion adjacent to the clearance. The clearance between the frame and each of the wiring boards is filled with an adhesive agent.04-28-2011

Susumu Muto, Bunkyo-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090286974Derivative having ppar agonistic activity - A compound of the formula (I):11-19-2009

Takaaki Muto, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090033412Remote Audio Amplifier Monitoring System - An apparatus is provided for remotely monitoring a plurality of amplifiers on a display device. The amplifiers are provided to process audio signals and directly or indirectly connected to a network. In the apparatus, a collecting section collects a group code from each of the amplifiers through the network. The group code is allocated to each amplifier according to a grouping system for grouping the plurality of the amplifiers. A display control section displays a tree diagram of the amplifiers according to the collected group codes on the display device as a graphical representation of the grouping system.02-05-2009
20090138110Amplifier System - When any one of a plurality of amplifiers has been selected in response to amplifier selecting operation, an amplifier Detail View of the selected amplifier is displayed, where corresponding parameters are displayed via elements of the amplifier Detail View. When any one of a plurality of groups has been selected in response to group selecting operation, a group Detail View of the selected group is displayed, where maximum and minimum values detected from among values of a parameter of individual amplifiers of the selected group are displayed via a band-shaped element of a corresponding fader element. In another example, where a hierarchical group is selected in a tree display section on a control screen, respective state information, including parameter values or states of parameters, of a plurality of amplifiers belonging to the selected hierarchical group is displayed in a state information section.05-28-2009
20090232331AMPLIFIER CONTROLLER - An amplifier controller for controlling a plurality of amplifiers connected therewith is provided. Each of said amplifiers is provided with one or more audio output channels. The amplifier controller operates in two modes of solo mode and normal mode. When the solo mode is initiated, the amplifier controller instructs all of the amplifiers to turn off output of all audio output channels provided in the amplifiers, and only in the solo mode, according to selection of an output channel for which solo output is to be performed, the amplifier controller instructs the amplifier provided with the selected channel to turn on output of the channel, and instructs each of the amplifiers provided with an audio output channel other than the selected channel to turn off output of the audio output channel.09-17-2009

Takashi Muto, Hamura JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090261880SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - In order to transfer data at high speed over a long distance, a current mode logic output circuit (CML) having a large number of taps, high accuracy, and a wide switchable range of the amount of pre-emphasis is needed. However, when the amount of emphasis is set by adding unit source-coupled pair circuits, a problem will arise that the output capacitance of the current mode logic output circuit would increase, thus hampering high-speed transmission. An output circuit of the invention is constructed from unit source-coupled pair circuits 10-22-2009
20100246693TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - A differential amplifier stage under a band design whereby a data signal at a maximum transfer rate among received waveforms is subjected to attenuation upon passing through a transmission line is not amplified, and a signal at a transfer rate half the maximum transfer rate is amplified. If it is determined that a signal whose amplitude is larger in value than a high reference voltage, the signal is determined as a signal “09-30-2010
20110038426TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - In order to optimize with high accuracy parameters that a fast I/F has, optimization by training is required. Regarding these parameters, their optimum values vary to an operating frequency band and a power supply voltage of the I/F. In order to lower the operating frequency band and lower the power supply voltage for reduction of power consumption, re-training that requires a time becomes needed. By obtaining in advance optimum combinations of the operating frequency band, the power supply voltage, and various parameters of the I/F for various parameters of the I/F and then by making a table with them, it is possible to optimize the parameters in a short time by referring to the table in optimizing the power supply voltage. By the optimization of the parameters in a short time being enabled, it is also possible to perform dynamic optimization during an operation of the device.02-17-2011
20110074461SERIAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SERIAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - In an output circuit having a de-emphasis for use in high-speed serial transmission, a circuit for suppressing a fluctuation of a common mode potential which occurs in output amplitude is provided. A positive pole and a negative pole of an output circuit in a serial transmission device for differential transmission having de-emphasis are connected to the respective outputs of a differential circuit that differentially receives outputs of a detector device for a pattern of data to be transmitted, and a detector device for an inverted pattern of the data to be transmitted. When a specific pattern of data to be transmitted and its reverted pattern appear, a current of the output circuit is compensated by the connected differential circuit, thereby enabling a common mode noise to be prevented.03-31-2011
20110181335INTERFACE CIRCUIT, LSI, SERVER DEVICE, AND METHOD OF TRAINING THE INTERFACE CIRCUIT - Power consumption is increased in an interface circuit having a signal processing function for waveform shaping due to influence of a circuit added for waveform shaping. Also, since a plurality of boards are connected to a backplane in a system, they are not exchanged in accordance with distances while there are boards being far or near are mixed, but a common board is used. Thus, it is necessary to prepare a configuration of an interface circuit meeting the longest transfer distance. An interface circuit disabling a part of or all of operations of a waveform shaping circuit is provided. Accordingly, in accordance with transfer distances, switching of operation ranges of waveform shaping circuit inside the interface circuit is possible, and operation ranges of the waveform shaping circuit can be limited, and power consumption of the interface circuit, an LSI including the interface circuit, and a server device can be reduced.07-28-2011
20120187980TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT - A transmitter circuit in which a driver circuit includes MOS transistors for bias voltage application, in which a driving current flows, cascode-connected to MOS transistors for differential signal input controlled by a voltage value of transmitted data signals, controlled by a voltage value of a bias voltage, and driver circuits include MOS transistors for bias voltage application, in which a driving current flows, cascode-connected to MOS transistors for differential signal input that is controlled by a voltage value of signals obtained by the transmitted data signals, connected to a load portion, and controlled by a voltage value of a bias voltage.07-26-2012

Patent applications by Takashi Muto, Hamura JP

Takashi Muto, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238330LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT - A light emitting element driving circuit, which can achieve accurate/high-speed operation even at low voltage supply voltage, comprises: driving current supply, connected to light emitting element in series between first and second power supplies, to supply driving current to the light emitting element according to the voltage of control terminal; current determiner to determine and output the current according to an output light amount of the light emitting element; current/voltage converter to convert the determined current into voltage and output it to the control terminal of the driving current supply if control signal is in a first state, and to electrically shield its output voltage terminal from the control terminal of the driving current supply if the control signal is in a second state; and resetter to connect the control terminal of the driving current supply to the second power supply if the control signal is in the second state.10-02-2008

Takeshi Muto, Suwa-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090021549Ink Jet Printing Device - The invention is intended to obtain favorable printing results by promoting effectively the evaporation of solvent (dissolving medium) of the ink printed on the printing medium 01-22-2009

Tetsuya Muto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090324267IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-DENSITY CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus forms a plurality of tone patterns of different colors, each of which containing a plurality of toner patches having different toner densities. Some of the toner patches in each of the tone patterns are formed with a predetermined fixed developing bias and the rest of the toner patches in each of the tone patterns are formed with developing biases set based on previous developing biases that have been obtained through a previous control process. The largest toner density of the toner patches in each of the tone patterns is determined based on a magnitude relation of previous index values obtained through the previous control process.12-31-2009
20100092188IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a problem-occurrence determining unit, a problem-occurrence area determining unit, and a notifying unit. If the problem-occurrence determining unit determines that a problem has occurred in an image forming process, the problem-occurrence area determining unit determines whether the problem is caused by a toner filling process on the basis of toner-filling control data and toner-supply control data. The notifying unit then notifies the determination as to whether the problem is caused by the toner filling process.04-15-2010
20120155899IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a charging unit that uniformly charges a surface of a latent image carrier; a latent-image forming unit; a developing unit that performs development by causing toner to electrostatically adhere on the surface of the carrier; a transfer unit that transfers a toner image onto a recording medium; and an image-density adjusting unit that causes to form a multi-gradation patch pattern on the surface of the carrier, that causes to detect potentials of latent image patches in the multi-gradation patch pattern, that causes to detect a toner adhesion amount on each toner patch, and that performs control of an image density. One of part and all of the low-density latent image patches is a dot-dispersed latent image patch in which the arrangement of unit dot latent images in the basic dot matrix is determined so that a minimum center-to-center distance having a smallest value is maximized.06-21-2012
20140169814IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING IMAGE DENSITY FLUCTUATION - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including rotary members to form a toner image corresponding to image data, in which the image forming unit forms a toner pattern for detecting image density fluctuation; and an image forming condition determination controller to perform image forming processing to ultimately transfer the toner image onto a recording medium. In the image forming apparatus, the controller measures a periodic image density fluctuation occurring in a rotation cycle of the rotary members based on a detection result of a toner pattern; performs image forming condition determination processing to determine an image forming condition to reduce the image density fluctuation based on measured image density fluctuation data; and determines whether or not the image density fluctuation data measured multiple times satisfies a predetermined control termination condition.06-19-2014
20140268242IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image density detector, an image forming device, a rotator, an image density controller, and a timing correction data obtainer. The image density detector detects a toner density of an image formed on an image bearing member. An image forming device forms the image using a density adjustable element that adjusts the density of the image. The rotator forms an image pattern while the density adjustable element is changed, and a density thereof is detected by the image density detector. The image density controller controls the image forming device using a density correction data for the density adjustable element corresponding to a rotational period of the rotator. The timing correction data obtainer obtains timing correction data for correction of driving timing of the image forming device based on a change in the density of the image pattern detected by the image density detector.09-18-2014
20140270827IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a rotation-position detector, a development device, a transfer unit, a density sensor, and an image-forming-condition determination unit. The density sensor senses a density of a toner image on a transfer body. The image-forming-condition determination unit forms an image pattern, acquires periodical density variation information sensed by the density sensor and detection information of the rotation-position detector, and determines an image forming condition based on the periodical density variation information and the detection information acquired. The image carrier and the transfer body are different in linear velocity in an image formation in which the toner image is transferred to a recording medium. The image carrier and the transfer body are controlled to be equal in linear velocity in an information acquisition in which the image-forming-condition determination unit acquires the periodical density variation information and the detection information.09-18-2014
20140270828IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image bearing body, a charging unit, a latent-image writing unit, a development unit, a development power, and a bias control unit. After a start of an image forming operation, the bias control unit performs a process of constantly maintaining an output of a development bias at an adjustment bias value. The adjustment bias value is a central value in a periodic fluctuation range of the output of the development bias. At a timing at which a difference of the development bias from the adjustment bias value in the periodic fluctuation range is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the bias control unit performs switching from the process of constantly maintaining the output of the development bias at the adjustment bias value to a process of periodically changing the output of the development bias based on development bias control data.09-18-2014
20150055966DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device; a developer conveyance device including a developer container, a developer reservoir to receive developer discharged from the developer container, and a positive-displacement pump to discharge, from the developer reservoir, developer supplied to the developing device by alternately generating positive pressure and negative pressure due to volume changes; and a controller to control driving of the positive-displacement pump. When the controller recognizes a developer end state of the developer container, the controller lowers a developer conveyance capability of the positive-displacement pump from a setting used before the developer end state is recognized.02-26-2015

Patent applications by Tetsuya Muto, Kanagawa JP

Toshiyuki Muto, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110284352PUSH SWITCH - A push switch is provided with a button (11-24-2011
20120024681PUSH SWITCH - A push switch (02-02-2012

Tsuyoshi Muto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080247794IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PROGRAM FOR ACHIEVING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM - An image forming device comprises: an image forming unit adapted to execute image formation on a recording medium; and a writing unit adapted to be able to execute at least an information writing operation in a non-contact manner to a non-contact IC added to the recording medium. It is controlled whether or not the image forming unit should execute the image formation on the recording medium, according to a result of the information writing operation executed by the writing unit to the non-contact IC added to the recording medium.10-09-2008
20080263655INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention can control a logout procedure of each user according to an operation state and provides an information-processing apparatus with enhanced security and excellent usability. A method for controlling an information-processing apparatus capable of maintaining a state in which a plurality of users has been logged in to the information-processing apparatus comprises causing a display unit to switch an operation screen for a user who currently logs in to the information-processing apparatus between an active state and an inactive state where the user can or cannot operate the screen respectively; automatically logging out the user of the information-processing apparatus when a predetermined time has elapsed; and controlling so as not to automatically log out a user whose operation screen is in the inactive state of the information-processing apparatus when the predetermined time has elapsed.10-23-2008
20090199280AUTHENTICATION SERVER, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE METHOD - An authentication server, on receipt of a request to delete a user account, determines whether the account exists in a user authentication table. If the account exists, the authentication server deletes the account, and retrieves, from a requesters list in which information of devices from which users have to date requested user authentication is saved, an address of a device from which the user targeted for deletion has previously issued an authentication request, and issues a deletion request to that device together with account information. Similar processing to change a user account is performed in response to a change request.08-06-2009
20100079800IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - The execution of an image processing job is limited using a printing amount by an image processing job that has already been executed and a printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by an image processing job that has already been transmitted but not yet executed. To accomplish this, a multi-function peripheral manages a first printing amount that has already been printed by a executed print job and a second printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by a print job that has been transmitted from the multi-function peripheral to a printer and that has not yet been executed in association with a user ID, and determines, before transmitting the print job, whether or not the total of a third printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by the print job, the first printing amount and the second printing amount exceeds an upper limit amount.04-01-2010
20130208319IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - The execution of an image processing job is limited using a printing amount by an image processing job that has already been executed and a printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by an image processing job that has already been transmitted but not yet executed. To accomplish this, a multi-function peripheral manages a first printing amount that has already been printed by a executed print job and a second printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by a print job that has been transmitted from the multi-function peripheral to a printer and that has not yet been executed in association with a user ID, and determines, before transmitting the print job, whether or not the total of a third printing amount that is scheduled to be printed by the print job, the first printing amount and the second printing amount exceeds an upper limit amount.08-15-2013
20140368872IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus has a timer transmission function to execute a transmission job for transmitting image data to another apparatus at a designated transmission time of day. The image processing apparatus comprises a setting unit configured to set a restraint period of time indicating a period of time that the execution of the transmission job has to be restrained based on charge information for respective periods of time including unit prices of electricity charges for respective periods of time; and a reservation unit configured to present the restraint period of time, accept the designation of the transmission time of day, and store the designated transmission time of day as reservation information in a storage unit; and a notifying unit configured to perform notification to a user in a case where the designated transmission time of day is included in the restraint period of time.12-18-2014

Patent applications by Tsuyoshi Muto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Tsuyoshi Muto, Mishima-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
201101663427-MEMBERED RING COMPOUND AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATION THEREOF - A 7-membered heterocyclic compound having the formula (I), or its salt, or a solvate thereof with a chymase inhibitory action and useful for the prevention or treatment of various diseases, in which chymase is involved:07-07-2011

Yasuhiko Muto, Fukaya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090219438Video Signal Processing Apparatus and Method - According to one embodiment, an embodiment of the invention is applicable to various input video signals, prevents image quality degradation in a signal conversion process, and maintains image quality. A front stage unit has a first video signal processing circuit, which reduces noise and performs IP conversion in response to a first image processing control signal from a first control circuit. A rear stage unit has a second video signal processing circuit, which executes frame rate conversion in response to a second image processing control signal from a second control circuit. An arithmetic circuit functions so that the contents of the first image processing control signal exerts an influence upon the second image processing control signal.09-03-2009
20100245671Apparatus and method for processing video signal - According to one embodiment, an MPEG noise reduction processing unit which performs a process of reducing a mosquito noise to a received video signal can be controlled in a setting state corresponding to a desired item selected on the setting screen in which the plural items to be set are displayed as an option.09-30-2010
20110058100VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A video signal processing apparatus includes: a receiver receiving input of a predetermined video display mode; a video converter generating video data by sampling a video signal with a predetermined resolution inputted from the outside at an arbitrary sampling frequency and scaling the area corresponding to an enlargement scaling factor of the generated video data at an arbitrary enlargement ratio; and a controller controlling, when the input of the predetermined video display mode is received by the receiver, the sampling frequency and the enlargement ratio of scaling to enlarge the area in the video data having almost the same aspect ratio as an aspect ratio of a display panel at a rate of an integral multiple or n/2-times (n is an integer).03-10-2011
20110063516Video Processing Apparatus and Video Processing Method - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes an input module and a video processor. The input module is configured to input a video signal. The video processor is configured to apply sharpening processing to pixels in a horizontal direction and pixels in a vertical direction, which are included in the video signal, and to apply image blur correction to the pixels in the horizontal direction and the pixels in the vertical direction based on an imaging model function.03-17-2011
20130271650VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - One embodiment provides a video display apparatus, including: a converter configured to perform a format conversions; a video processor configured to perform a video processing, the video processor including a first super-resolution processor configured to perform at least one of self-congruence-type super-resolution processing and color super-resolution processing; and a controller configured: to judge whether an input video signal has the first format or not; to subject the input video signal to the video processing by the video processor while avoiding the converter, if judged that the input video signal does not have the first format; and to subject the input video signal to the format conversion by the converter, and then, to subject the converted input video signal to the video processing by the video processor, if judged that the input video signal has the first format.10-17-2013

Patent applications by Yasuhiko Muto, Fukaya-Shi JP

Yoshiaki Muto, Seki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100109837KEY MANAGEMENT BOX - In a key management box (05-06-2010

Yoshiaki Muto, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090300309STORAGE APPARATUS - Upon receiving an access request from a server, a microprocessor allocates a free slot as a data storage destination that is different from the LU# and LBA designated as a storage destination of user data, stores user data and data identifying information for identifying the user data in the free slot, and zero-clears the pre-updated data slot designated with the LU# and LBA. During a subsequent read access, the microprocessor accesses the data slot and, if the read data identifying information and the data identifying information designated in the read access from the server coincide, transfers this read data to the server as correct data, and, if the read data identifying information and the data identifying information designated in the read access from the server do not coincide, performs processing for recovering correct data based on the read data identifying information.12-03-2009

Patent applications by Yoshiaki Muto, Odawara JP

Yoshiki Muto, Zama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110229801MANUFACTURE OF FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is manufactured using a polymer electrolyte membrane (09-22-2011
20110229802MANUFACTURE OF FUEL CELL - A fuel cell is manufactured using a polymer electrolyte membrane (09-22-2011
20110236801FUEL CELL AND PRODUCTION OF FUEL CELL STACK - Separators (09-29-2011

Yoshinori Muto, Gunma JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090050815ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR RADIATION/LIGHT SENSOR AND RADIATION/LIGHT DETECTOR - There is provided a high-sensitivity organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor and a radiation/light detector which can detect rays in real time. In the high-sensitivity organic semiconductor radiation/light sensor, a signal amplification wire 02-26-2009

Yoshinori Muto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130050854LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a lens barrel, including: plural barrel cases having holding frame portions holding optical members, respectively, and coupled to one another in a predetermined direction; and plural abutment portions made to abut against one another in a state in which the plural barrel cases are coupled to the holding frame portions, respectively, wherein the abutment portion of at least one of the plural barrel cases coupled to one another is formed in a shape protruding to the abutment portion side of the other of the plural barrel cases coupled to one another.02-28-2013

Yuji Muto, Fujimino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080284076CYLINDRICAL VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - The object of the present invention is to prevent damages of a vibration isolating rubber and cracks in a welded portion of a sub-frame when press-fitting a sub-frame mount.11-20-2008

Yusuke Muto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100288762VEHICULAR FUEL TANK FUEL FILLER ORIFICE DEVICE - A vehicular fuel tank fuel filler orifice device that is provided with a fuel filler orifice (11-18-2010
20100288763VEHICULAR FUEL TANK FUEL FILLER ORIFICE DEVICE - A vehicular fuel tank fuel filler orifice device that is provided with a fuel filler orifice (11-18-2010
20140353052INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - To suppress the height of a vehicle body frame of an inverted pendulum type vehicle in consideration of mounting and dismounting the vehicle. Left and right drive units are disposed so as to be juxtaposed in the left-right direction at same-height positions higher than a main wheel. The left and right drive units and a battery pack are disposed so as to be juxtaposed in front and behind a vehicle body frame.12-04-2014
20140353941INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame having a footstep on which for positioning a rider's feet, a main wheel subjected to an inverted pendulum control, and stand arms pivotally mounted between a standing position and a housing position for supporting the vehicle body frame in a standing state when the inverted pendulum control is not being carried out and the stand arms is positioned at the standing position. The inverted pendulum type vehicle has housing levers that are provided on the vehicle body frame for pivoting the stand arms from the standing position to the housing position. The housing levers protrude upward from a footrest surface of the footstep when the stand arms is positioned at the standing position, and pivot the stand arms to the housing position by being pushed down to the side of the footrest surface.12-04-2014

Yutaka Muto, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090295456SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - In a complementary-MOSFET driving circuit for driving the charge multiplication gate of an EM-CCD, a ferrite bead is connected to a conduction-termination direction diode in parallel thereto, the conduction-termination direction diode being inserted into the gate electrodes of complementary MOSFETs in series therewith, the impedance of the ferrite bead at a switching frequency being lower than one-half of the gate-electrode impedance of the MOSFETs, a time during which the MOSFETs are brought into simultaneous conduction being shorter than ¼th of the switching period, the impedance of the ferrite bead at a frequency equivalent to ¼th of the switching period being higher than 2 times the gate-electrode impedance of the MOSFETs, a ferrite bead being connected to the drain electrodes of the complementary MOSFETs in series therewith, the impedance of the ferrite bead at the switching frequency being lower than one-half of the impedance of a capacitive load at the switching frequency, and the impedance of the ferrite bead, at a frequency equivalent to ¼th of the switching period being higher than 2 times the impedance of the capacitive load.12-03-2009
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