Takaoka, JP
Akira Takaoka, Okazaki-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080258894 | WHEEL IDENTIFYING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF TRIGGERING DEVICES - In a wheel identifying apparatus, first and second devices respectively transmit first and second trigger signals. The first device is mounted on the body of a vehicle closer to the front axle than the rear axle and closer to one of the front wheels than the other; it has the same height as the front axle and an orientation angle in a range of 0 to 90°. The second device is mounted on the vehicle body closer to the rear axle than the front axle and closer to one of the rear wheels than the other; it has the same height as the rear axle and an orientation angle in a range of 0 to 90°. Consequently, the first trigger signal can be reliably received by transceivers on the front wheels, and the second trigger signal can be reliably received by transceivers on the rear wheels. | 10-23-2008 |
20110234337 | Filter circuit for differential communication - In a filter circuit, first and second coils are connected to first and second communication lines, respectively. At a secondary side of the first and second coils, first and second capacitors are connected in series between the first and second communication lines. At a primary side of the first and second coils, third and fourth capacitors are connected in series between the first and second communication lines. A connection node between the first and second capacitors is grounded. A connection node between the third and fourth capacitors is grounded. The first and second coils are adjacently arranged in order to have a reversed polarity to each other. The filter circuit having the above structure works as a n-type filter capable of eliminate both common mode noise and normal mode noise. The filter circuit can eliminate noise caused by the first and second coils. | 09-29-2011 |
20110256841 | Wireless communication apparatus having automatic antenna tuning function - A matching circuit, connected to a receiving antenna and to the input of a receiving circuit, incorporates a variable capacitor that is adjustable for tuning the resonance frequency of the antenna to a desired reception frequency. In an automatic tuning mode of operation, an oscillator signal of different frequency from the reception frequency is applied to induce resonance of the antenna and matching circuit, and the variable capacitor is adjusted until an output signal level from the receiving circuit attains a predetermined value which has been stored beforehand in a memory and which corresponds to a condition whereby the antenna resonance frequency corresponds to the reception frequency and impedance matching exists between the antenna and receiving circuit. | 10-20-2011 |
20110287732 | Wireless communication apparatus - In a wireless communication apparatus, when a first switch electrically connects a second antenna to an impedance matching circuit and a second switch electrically connects a first antenna to a reception circuit, a frequency signal output from an oscillator of the reception circuit is received by the second antenna and applied to the impedance matching circuit. Then, a controller controls the impedance of the impedance matching circuit so as to bring a RSSI voltage output from a signal strength detection circuit of the reception circuit into agreement with a reference RSSI voltage, thereby bringing the reference frequency of the first antenna into agreement with a reference frequency. | 11-24-2011 |
Atsushi Takaoka, Sakura-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110044589 | OPTICAL FERRULE - An optical ferrule butt-connected in an optical adapter, includes: a ferrule main body; a connection end face in a front surface of the main body; a pair of grooves on the connection end face of the main body; guide pin insertion holes in bottom surfaces of the respective grooves; optical fiber insertion holes in the connection end face, the holes being arranged in a line; and foreign material collecting portions at least at a pair of corresponding sides of the connection end face. The groove has a width larger than a diameter of the guide pin insertion hole. The foreign material collecting portions respectively have a wall for connecting the connection end face with a side surface of the ferrule main body to form a space for collecting a foreign material with an opposite connection end face of a corresponding optical ferrule and an inner wall of the optical adapter. | 02-24-2011 |
Hidefumi Takaoka, Fukuoka JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110176681 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus includes an encryption key generation unit that generates encryption key information at constant encryption key generation intervals, a common key generation unit that generates common key information uniquely with respect to a generation time at common key generation intervals set longer than the encryption key generation intervals, a common key application unit that performs encryption or decryption of the encryption key information by using the common key information, and an encryption key distribution unit that makes a request to a data transmitting/receiving unit to distribute the encryption key information to a plurality of communication apparatuses to be communicated simultaneously at encryption key distribution intervals set shorter than the encryption key generation intervals to perform communication with higher security. | 07-21-2011 |
20130070925 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD THEREOF - A communication device includes a data storage unit, a decryption unit, an encryption unit, and a judgment unit. The data storage unit stores a piece of encrypted data or a piece of decrypted data. The decryption unit decrypts each provided piece of encrypted data. The encryption unit encrypts each provided piece of decrypted data. The judgment unit issues an instruction to the encryption unit to read from the data storage unit first decrypted data obtained by the decryption unit decrypting first encrypted data with a cryptographic key, and to write back to the data storage unit second encrypted data obtained by the encryption unit encrypting the first decrypted data with the cryptographic key. | 03-21-2013 |
Hideki Takaoka, Kawasaki-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110074687 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus control method achieves an improvement in terms of operability for a visually-impaired user, and while doing so, facilitates operation aid by another user. A control method for controlling an information processing apparatus having a display unit equipped with a touch panel, and an operation unit equipped with a hard numeric keypad unit, includes: assigning a function to move a pointer displayed on the display unit, to the hard numeric keypad unit; and effecting control to display a numeric keypad on the display unit in a case where the function to move the pointer is assigned to the hard numeric keypad unit. | 03-31-2011 |
Hidekiyo Takaoka, Omihachiman-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090155608 | Electroconductive Bonding Material and Electronic Apparatus - An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D | 06-18-2009 |
20100155118 | CERAMIC MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A ceramic multilayer substrate incorporating a chip-type ceramic component, in which, even if the chip-type ceramic component is mounted on the surface of the ceramic multilayer substrate, bonding strength between the chip-type ceramic component and an internal conductor or a surface electrode of the ceramic multilayer substrate is greatly improved and increased. The ceramic multilayer substrate includes a ceramic laminate in which a plurality of ceramic layers are stacked, an internal conductor disposed in the ceramic laminate, a surface electrode disposed on the upper surface of the ceramic laminate, and a chip-type ceramic component bonded to the internal conductor or the surface electrode through an external electrode. The internal conductor or the surface electrode is bonded to the external electrode through a connecting electrode, and the connecting electrode forms a solid solution with any of the internal conductor, the surface electrode, and the external electrode. | 06-24-2010 |
20110067912 | Electroconductive Bonding Material and Electronic Apparatus - An electroconductive bonding material contains a thermosetting resin, a low-melting-point metal powder which is melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin, a high-melting-point metal powder which is not melted at a temperature equal to or lower than the thermosetting temperature of the thermosetting resin and which reacts with the low-melting-point metal powder to form a reaction product having a high melting point of 300° C. or higher during heat-hardening of the thermosetting resin, and a reducing substance which removes an oxide formed on the surface of the high-melting-point metal powder. The total content of the low-melting-point metal powder and the high-melting-point metal powder is 75% to 88% by weight, and the particle size ratio D | 03-24-2011 |
20140312539 | CERAMIC MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A ceramic multilayer substrate incorporating a chip-type ceramic component, in which, even if the chip-type ceramic component is mounted on the surface of the ceramic multilayer substrate, bonding strength between the chip-type ceramic component and an internal conductor or a surface electrode of the ceramic multilayer substrate is greatly improved and increased. The ceramic multilayer substrate includes a ceramic laminate in which a plurality of ceramic layers are stacked, an internal conductor disposed in the ceramic laminate, a surface electrode disposed on the upper surface of the ceramic laminate, and a chip-type ceramic component bonded to the internal conductor or the surface electrode through an external electrode. The internal conductor or the surface electrode is bonded to the external electrode through a connecting electrode, and the connecting electrode forms a solid solution with any of the internal conductor, the surface electrode, and the external electrode. | 10-23-2014 |
Hidekiyo Takaoka, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120156512 | Solder Paste, Joining Method Using the Same and Joined Structure - A solder paste including a metal component consisting of a first metal powder and a second metal powder having a melting point higher than that of the first metal, and a flux component. The first metal is Sn or an alloy containing Sn, and the second metal is a metal or alloy which forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 310° C. or higher with the first metal and has a lattice constant difference, i.e. a difference in between the lattice constant of the intermetallic compound and the lattice constant of the second metal component, of 50% or greater. | 06-21-2012 |
20120186860 | CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board prevents breakage at a boundary between a rigid region and a flexible region and includes a body including stacked flexible sheets, and rigid regions and a flexible region more flexible than the rigid regions. A circuit is defined by a conductor provided in the body. In the flexible region on a principal surface of the body, grooves are arranged to be in contact with boundaries between the flexible region and the rigid regions and to extend along the boundaries. | 07-26-2012 |
20130233618 | CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, BONDING METHOD USING THE SAME, AND BONDED STRUCTURE - A conductive material that includes a metal component consisting of a first metal and a second metal having a melting point higher than that of the first metal, wherein the first metal is Sn or an alloy containing 70% by weight or more of Sn, and the second metal is a metal or alloy which forms an intermetallic compound having a melting point of 310° C. or higher with the first metal and has a lattice constant difference of 50% or greater between itself and the intermetallic compound generated at the circumference of the second metal. | 09-12-2013 |
20130270001 | Connection Structure - A connection structure that includes a region where at least a Cu—Sn intermetallic compound, a M-Sn intermetallic compound and a Cu-M-Sn intermetallic compound (where M is Ni and/or Mn) exist in a cross-section of a connecting part when the cross-section of the connecting part is analyzed with a WDX. Further, the connection structure is configured so that when the cross-section of the connecting part is evenly divided into ten sections in a vertical direction and a lateral direction, respectively, to form 100 segmentalized squares in total, a ratio of the number of squares in which two or more kinds of intermetallic compounds having different constituent elements exist to the number of all the squares, except for squares in which only a Sn-based metal component exists, is 70% or more. | 10-17-2013 |
20130299236 | JOINING METHOD, JOINT STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC PART - A method of joining a first metal member having at least a surface made of a first metal to a second metal member having at least a surface made of a second metal with a joining material sandwiched therebetween. The joining material includes a low melting point metal having a lower melting point than the first metal and/or the second metal. The low melting point metal composing the joining material is Sn or an alloy containing Sn. At least one of the first metal and the second metal is a metal or an alloy which forms an intermetallic compound with the low melting point metal, and which has a lattice constant difference of 50% or more from the intermetallic compound. The joining material located between the first metal member and the second metal member is heat-treated at a temperature at which the low melting point metal is melted. | 11-14-2013 |
20130343023 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a bond portion between an electrical conductive land and a connection terminal member, an intermetallic compound producing region in which at least a Cu—Sn-based, an M-Sn-based (M indicates Ni and/or Mn), and a Cu-M-Sn-based intermetallic compound are produced is arranged so as to be present at a connection terminal member side. In this intermetallic compound producing region, when a cross section of the bond portion is equally defined into 10 boxes in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction to define 100 boxes in total, a ratio of the number of boxes in each of which at least two types of intermetallic compounds having different constituent elements are present to the total number of boxes other than boxes in each of which only a Sn-based metal component is present is about 70% or more. | 12-26-2013 |
20140178703 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND CONNECTION METHOD AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE USING THE SAME - An electroconductive material that includes a metal component containing a first metal and a second metal having a higher melting point than the first metal, and has a configuration in which the first metal is Sn or an alloy containing Sn, and the second metal is a Cu—Al alloy which forms, with the first metal, an intermetallic compound exhibiting a melting point of 310° C. or higher. The first metal can be Sn alone or an alloy containing Sn and at least one of Cu, Ni, Ag, Au, Sb, Zn, Bi, In, Ge, Al, Co, Mn, Fe, Cr, Mg, Pd, Si, Sr, Te, and P. | 06-26-2014 |
20140193650 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, AND CONNECTION METHOD AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE USING THE SAME - An electroconductive material that includes a metal component containing a first metal and a second metal having a higher melting point than the first metal, and has a configuration in which the first metal is Sn or an alloy containing Sn, and the second metal is a Cu—Cr alloy which forms, with the first metal, an intermetallic compound exhibiting a melting point of 310° C. or higher. The first metal can be Sn alone or an alloy containing Sn and at least one of Cu, Ni, Ag, Au, Sb, Zn, Bi, In, Ge, Al, Co, Mn, Fe, Cr, Mg, Pd, Si, Sr, Te, and P. | 07-10-2014 |
20140218886 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BONDING MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device has a printed substrate having land electrodes and a chip-type electronic component having external electrodes formed on a surface of a component element body. The land electrodes and the external electrodes are bonded via a solder to form electrode bonding parts. A thermosetting resin is filed between the electrode bonding parts. The bonding material contains solder particles having a melting point T1, a thermosetting resin having a curing temperature T2 that is higher than the melting point T1, and an activating agent having an activation temperature T3 that is lower than the curing temperature T2. The viscosity of the contained components except the solder particles at the melting point T1 is 0.57 Pa·s or less, and the melting point T1 and the activation temperature T3 satisfy T1−T3<50° C. | 08-07-2014 |
20140340816 | Electronic Part - An electronic part that includes an electronic part main body and an external electrode on the surface of the electronic part main body. The external electrode includes at least one alloy layer selected from among a Cu—Ni alloy layer and a Cu—Mn alloy layer, and a Sn-containing layer on the outer side of the alloy layer. The Sn-containing layer is the outermost layer of the external electrode. The Sn-containing layer is in contact with the alloy layer. | 11-20-2014 |
20140345939 | JOINING METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC PART - In joining a first metal member composed of a first metal to a second metal member composed of a second metal with a joining material interposed therebetween, the joining material including a low melting point metal having a lower melting point than the first metal and/or the second metal, the low melting point metal composing the joining material is Sn or an alloy containing Sn, at least one of the first metal and the second metal is a metal or an alloy which forms an intermetallic compound with the low melting point metal composing the joining material, and heat treatment is performed at a temperature at which the low melting point metal melts in a state of locating the joining material between the first metal member and the second metal member. | 11-27-2014 |
20140356055 | JOINING METHOD, JOINT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - When a first joining object and a second joining object are joined to each other, the first joining object has a first metal composed of Sn or an alloy containing Sn, the second joining object has a second metal composed of an alloy containing at least one selected from among Ni, Mn, Al and Cr, and Cu. The first joining object and the second joining object are subjected to heat treatment in a state of being in contact with each other to produce an intermetallic compound at an interface between both joining objects such that both joining object are joined to each other. An alloy containing Sn in an amount of 70% by weight or more is used as the first metal. An alloy containing Sn in an amount of 85% by weight or more is used as the first metal. | 12-04-2014 |
20140363221 | JOINING METHOD, JOINT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A first joining object and a second joining object are joined to each other using an insert material. The first joining object and/or the second joining object has a first metal composed of Sn or an alloy containing Sn. The insert material contains, as a main component, a second metal which is an alloy containing at least one selected from among Ni, Mn, Al and Cr, and Cu, and is located between the first joining object and the second joining object. When subjected to heat treatment to produce an intermetallic compound of the first metal and the second metal, the first joining object and the second joining object are joined to each other. | 12-11-2014 |
20150034701 | ELECTRONIC PART AND METHOD FOR FORMING JOINT STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC PART AND JOINING OBJECT - An electronic part including an electronic part main body and an external electrode on the surface of the electronic part main body. The external electrode includes at least one alloy layer selected from among a Cu—Ni alloy layer and a Cu—Mn alloy layer, and an antioxidant film formed on the outer side of the alloy layer. The antioxidant film is one of a Sn-containing film, a noble metal film, and an organic substance film. | 02-05-2015 |
20150072165 | BONDING MEMBER - A bonding member that includes a plating film containing a Cu—Ni alloy as its main constituent. In this plating film, the Cu mass ratio Cu/(Cu+Ni) is increased and decreased between 0.7 and 0.97 in the film thickness direction. In addition, the amplitude between the increase and decrease in the Cu mass ratio is larger than 0.1. Therefore, when the plating film containing the Cu—Ni alloy as its main constituent and Sn-based solder material or the like are joined by soldering, an intermetallic compound layer with a high melting point is formed. In addition, the plating film has a layer with a slow reaction rate, and thus can slow the reaction rate of alloying reaction between the Cu—Ni alloy and a Sn-based metal. | 03-12-2015 |
Hidekiyo Takaoka, Shiga JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090301607 | Solder Paste and Solder Joint - The invention provides a solder paste which has a solidus temperature of 255° C. or above and is improved in the wettability between Bi and Cu or Ag electrode to attain approximately equivalent wettability to those of Pb-containing high-temperature solders even in low-temperature soldering. The solder paste comprises a metal powder component consisting of Bi or a Bi alloy, a solidus temperature lowering metal for Bi, and a solid-phase metal capable of forming an intermetallic compound with the solidus temperature lowering metal, and a flux component. | 12-10-2009 |
20100035072 | Lead-Free Solder Paste and Its Use - A solder paste comprising a solder alloy powder and a flux. The volumetric expansion at the time of melting of the solder alloy is at most 0.5%. The flux contains a bisphenol A epoxy resin and a curing agent selected from a carboxylic anhydride and a dicarboxylic acid. The solder paste can be used in applications suitable for high-temperature solders. The solder alloy has an alloy composition comprising, in mass percent, 70-98% of Bi, a total of 0-0.5% of at least one substance selected from Ag, Cu, Sb, In, Zn, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mo, P, Ge, and Ga, and a remainder of Sn. | 02-11-2010 |
Hidemitsu Takaoka, Naka-Gun JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120219720 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SURFACE-COATED CUTTING TOOL WITH EXCELLENT ABRASION RESISTANCE - A method of manufacturing a surface-coated cutting tool includes: forming an aluminum oxide layer having a layer thickness of 0.05 to 5 μm and an α-alumina structure with a corundum type crystal structure on a cutting tool body using a sol-gel method. The step of forming includes adding an alcohol to aluminum alkoxide; adding an acid; stirring the mixture at 10° C. or lower to form a sol; applying the sol on a surface of the cutting tool body or an outer-most surface of a hard-coating layer formed on the surface of the cutting tool body; performing a drying process at least once, the applied sol being dried at 100 to 400° C. in the drying process; and annealing the cutting tool body with a dried sol layer at 500 to 1000° C. | 08-30-2012 |
Hidenari Takaoka, Kobe-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080219886 | Sample Analyzer and Its Components - A sample analyzer includes a liquid aspirator to be stuck into the closed container for aspirating a sample from a closed container; a preparing section for preparing an analysis sample using the aspirated sample; and an analyzing section for analyzing the prepared analysis sample; the liquid aspirator including an elongated pipe, the pipe having a liquid flow path extending therein and a plurality of communicating sections provided in an outer surface thereof, at least one of the communicating sections communicating between an inside and an outside of the container when the pipe is stuck into the container. | 09-11-2008 |
20100248346 | ANALYZER - An analyzer comprising: a housing comprising a first space therein; a reagent accommodation section, disposed in the housing, comprising a second space therein for accommodating a reagent container containing a reagent, and an air induction port for inducting air from the first space to the second space; and a cooler for cooling the air which has been inducted from the first space through the air induction port into the second space, is disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
Hideyuki Takaoka, Fuchu-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110237887 | INTERNAL BODY OBSERVATION DEVICE - The invention relates to an internal body observation device which includes an ordinary observation light source, an ordinary observation irradiation optical system, a special observation light source, a special observation irradiation optical system, an observation optical system for transmitting the light from an observation target, a detection means configured to detect the light transmitted from the observation optical system as a detection signal, and a processing unit for separating the detection signal in the respective light sources and making the detection signal into images, wherein the light from any one of the ordinary observation light source and the special observation light source is modulated, and the modulated light can be radiated to the observation target together with the light from the other light source, and the detection signal detected by the detection means is separated by the processing unit based on the frequency of the modulation. | 09-29-2011 |
20110263955 | Internal Observation Device for Object having Light Scattering Properties, Internal Body Observation Device, Endoscope for Internal Observation and Internal Observation Method - There is provided an inside observation apparatus of an endoscope and the like which can perform an inside observation for irradiating an illumination light to a minute area of a surface of an object (for example, a living tissue) having a light scattering property and detecting a back-scattered light of the illumination light, can increase a detected light amount by a simply and low cost configuration by making an area of a detection region larger than an illumination region, and can reduce a time necessary to detect an body (for example, a blood vessel) to be observed and detect a region deeper than a conventional region. | 10-27-2011 |
Hiroki Takaoka, Nara-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080311695 | Method of producing nitride semiconductor light-emitting device - In a method of producing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including a nitride semiconductor active layer ( | 12-18-2008 |
Hiroki Takaoka, Hiroshima JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080241983 | Method of manufacturing nitride semiconductor light-emitting device - Provided is a method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device including the step of contacting a surfactant material with the surface of an n-type nitride semiconductor layer or the surface of a p-type nitride semiconductor layer before the growth of an active layer, or, with a grown crystal surface during or after the growth of the active layer. According to this manufacturing method, a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device having higher light-emitting efficiency can be obtained. | 10-02-2008 |
Hiromi Takaoka, Amagasaki-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100327809 | CHARGING APPARATUS AND QUALITY JUDGING APPARATUS FOR PACKED BATTERY - A charging apparatus and a quality judging apparatus for a packed battery should be configured to prevent reduction of charging/discharging performance at the time of charging the packed battery, to improve reliability of the packed battery, and to secure safety of the packed battery. | 12-30-2010 |
Hiroshi Takaoka, Ibaraki JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100260466 | Low Complexity Event Detection For Video Programs - A video processing method for detecting significant events from a video program includes computing short-time sub-band energies in the audio for plural audio sub-bands, detecting scene boundaries where a weighted sum of these short-time sub-band energies are less energy threshold for longer than an time interval, segmenting the video program into a plurality of scenes by the boundaries, removing scenes shorter than a segment time interval and classifying and ranking the remaining scenes by audio. A second segmenting and removal is based upon a second energy threshold and a second time interval or when energy in a lowest frequency sub-band is greater than a predetermined bass energy threshold. The first segment time interval may be recomputed based upon the distribution of length of the remaining scenes. | 10-14-2010 |
Hiroshi Takaoka, Tsukuba JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100194988 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Highlight Detection - A method and apparatus for highlight detection. The method includes retrieving audio and video data, detecting a high audio energy scene of the retrieved audio data, detecting a key-line scene relevant to the high audio scene of the retrieved video data, detecting an in-play scene according to the key-line, and optimizing start and end point of the highlight scene. | 08-05-2010 |
20100239106 | Probabilistic Method of Loudspeaker Detection - A method and apparatus for enhancing cutoff detection of a loudspeaker. The method comprising retrieving a loudspeaker model cutoff and model error, generating a probability distribution of the cutoff frequency based on the retrieved models, and utilizing the generated probability distribution to enhance the detection of the cutoff of the loudspeaker. | 09-23-2010 |
Hiroyuki Takaoka, Kobe-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130039803 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL PLATE EXCELLENT IN DROP WEIGHT PROPERTIES - Disclosed is a high-strength steel plate having a predetermined chemical composition, in which a microstructure of the steel plate at a depth of one-fourth to one half the thickness from a surface has an area fraction of bainite of 90% or more, an average lath width of bainite of 3.5 μm or less, and a maximum equivalent circle diameter of martensite-austenite constituents in bainite of 3.0 μm or less. The steel plate exhibits high strengths and good drop weight properties and is useful as structural materials for offshore structure, ships, and bridges, as well as materials for pressure vessels in nuclear power plants. | 02-14-2013 |
Iwao Takaoka, Higashihiroshima-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090159055 | CANISTER STRUCTURE - A branch pipe is coupled to a middle portion of an outside-air connection pipe. A fresh-air inlet of the branch pipe opens into the outside air. A check valve is provided in the branch pipe. The check valve restrains air in the outside-air connection pipe from flowing out into the outside air via the branch pipe and allows the outside air to flow into the outside-air connection pipe via the branch pipe when an inside pressure of the outside-air connection pipe decreases to a specified negative pressure. The fresh-air inlet of the branch pipe is positioned at a specified level higher than a fresh-air inlet of the outside-air connection pipe and disposed in a space formed between wheel house panels and a mud guard. | 06-25-2009 |
Katsuya Takaoka, Komaki JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120007489 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug exhibits a satisfactory withstand voltage characteristic and sufficient mechanical strength in a high temperature environment exceeding 700° C. The spark plug has a center electrode, an insulator, and a ground electrode, characterized in that the insulator is formed of an alumina-based sintered material containing an Si component, a Group 2 element (2A) component, and a rare earth element (RE) component; that the alumina-based sintered material has an RE-β-alumina crystal phase; and that the mean crystal grain size D | 01-12-2012 |
Katsuya Takaoka, Aichi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100084960 | SPARK PLUG - An object of the invention is to provide a spark plug including an insulator which is difficult to cause breakdown and exhibits higher withstand voltage characteristics. This invention relates to a spark plug | 04-08-2010 |
20100136867 | SPARK PLUG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARK PLUG - This invention has an object to provide a spark plug exhibiting high withstand voltage characteristics and high strength at high temperature, formed by an alumina-based sintered body prepared with excellent processability and high productivity, and a method for manufacturing the spark plug. This invention relates to a spark plug | 06-03-2010 |
20140336035 | INSULATOR FOR SPARK PLUG AND SPARK PLUG - An insulator for spark plug with a main constituent of alumina and containing silicon includes a grain boundary phase positioned between alumina particles. The grain boundary phase contains: a group 2A element; a rare earth element; and at least one kind of zirconium, titanium, chrome, niobium, manganese, and iron (a first element). Assuming that a total amount of the rare earth element is X (mass %), a total amount of the group 2A element is Y (mass %), and a total amount of the first element is Z (mass %), the following are met: | 11-13-2014 |
Katsuya Takaoka, Kobe-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090020189 | STEEL WIRE MATERIAL FOR SPRING AND ITS PRODUCING METHOD - The steel wire material for a spring of the invention contains; C: 0.37-0.54%, Si: 1.7-2.30%, Mn: 0.1-1.30%, Cr: 0.15-1.1%, Cu: 0.15-0.6%, Ti: 0.010-0.1%, Al: 0.003-0.05%, and the balance including iron with inevitable impurities, wherein ferrite decarburized layer depth is 0.01 mm or less, whole decarburized layer depth is 0.20 mm or less, and fracture reduction of area is 25% or more. It alternately may contain; C: 0.38-0.47%, Si: 1.9-2.5%, Mn: 0.6-1.3%, Ti: 0.05-0.15%, Al: 0.003-0.1%, and the balance including iron with inevitable impurities, wherein ferrite decarburized layer depth is 0.01 mm or less, Ceq1 in the equation (1) below is 0.580 or more, Ceq2 in the equation (2) below is 0.49 or less, and Ceq3 in the equation (3) below is 0.570 or less. | 01-22-2009 |
20110303327 | STEEL WIRE MATERIAL FOR SPRING AND ITS PRODUCING METHOD - The steel wire material for a spring of the invention contains; C: 0.37-0.54%, Si: 1.7-2.30%, Mn: 0.1-1.30%, Cr: 0.15-1.1%, Cu: 0.15-0.6%, Ti: 0.010-0.1%, Al: 0.003-0.05%, and the balance including iron with inevitable impurities, wherein ferrite decarburized layer depth is 0.01 mm or less, whole decarburized layer depth is 0.20 mm or less, and fracture reduction of area is 25% or more. It alternately may contain; C: 0.38-0.47%, Si: 1.9-2.5%, Mn: 0.6-1.3%, Ti: 0.05-0.15%, Al: 0.003-0.1%, and the balance including iron with inevitable impurities, wherein ferrite decarburized layer depth is 0.01 mm or less, Ceq1 in the equation (1) below is 0.580 or more, Ceq2 in the equation (2) below is 0.49 or less, and Ceq3 in the equation (3) below is 0.570 or less. | 12-15-2011 |
Katsuya Takaoka, Komaki-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120080996 | SPARK PLUG - A task of this invention is to provide a spark plug that is superior in withstand voltage characteristics at high temperatures. A spark plug of this invention is equipped with a center electrode, an insulator, and a metal shell, and is characterized by that the insulator is equipped with an alumina-based sintered body containing silicon component (Si component), magnesium component (Mg component), at least one component of calcium component, strontium component, and barium component, and a rare earth element component (RE component), that a grain boundary phase of the alumina-based sintered body has a hexaaluminate crystal containing the RE component, that, in the alumina-based sintered body, the weight ratio of the RE component to the Mg component is 5.4≦RE oxide/MgO≦17.5, and that the content of an alkali metal component in terms of oxide in a spot having a diameter of 0.3 nm, where the hexaaluminate crystal or the hexaaluminate crystal and Si component in the grain boundary phase is present by TEM, ranges from 0.01 weight % to 20 weight %. | 04-05-2012 |
20120187819 | SPARK PLUG AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SPARK PLUG - A spark plug which exhibits high dielectric strength at high temperature and which is unlikely to be deteriorated in dielectric strength is provided. The spark plug includes a center electrode, an insulator, and a metallic shell. The insulator includes an alumina-based sintered body which contains a silicon component, a Group II element component, and a rare earth element component. The alumina-based sintered body is composed of a glass phase and an alumina crystal phase as observed through X-ray diffraction analysis. When the grain boundary phase of the alumina-based sintered body is observed under a transmission electron microscope, and the weight ratio between an alkali metal component and the rare earth element component as reduced to oxides thereof [alkali metal/rare earth element] is calculated at 30 circular spots, each having a diameter of 0.3 nm, selected arbitrarily in a field of observation, the average of the weight ratios of the 30 spots falls within a range of 0.01 to 1.0. | 07-26-2012 |
Katsuya Takaoka, Ichinomiya-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120262049 | SPARK PLUG AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SPARK PLUG - A spark plug that is equipped with an insulator that has a stem portion on a front end side, a center electrode, and a main metal member that retains the insulator at an engaging projection portion, wherein an inner diameter D | 10-18-2012 |
20120319556 | SPARK PLUG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARK PLUG - The present invention relates to a spark plug having good combustible-gas ignitability even when the spark plug is downsized and to a method for high-yield manufacturing of a spark plug with good combustible-gas ignitability. There is provided according to one aspect of the present invention a spark plug | 12-20-2012 |
20150047880 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug exhibiting excellent withstand voltage characteristics and mechanical strength at high temperature, which are comparable to those at ambient temperature. The spark plug having an insulator formed of an alumina-based sintered material containing: an Al component, an Si component, a Group 2 element component, and a rare earth element component. The amounts of such components satisfy a condition (1): 0.25≦ oxide-reduced amount (mass %) of the Si component ≦1.25, and a condition (2): 1.35≦[(oxide-reduced amount of the Si component)/((oxide-reduced amount of the Group 2 element component)/(oxide-reduced amount of the rare earth element component))]≦7.5. The alumina-based sintered material includes alumina grains, and a glass phase including a crystal phase that satisfies a condition (3) that the crystal phase includes at least one of an aluminate crystal phase and a silicate crystal phase, each having a grain size of 20 to 350 nm. | 02-19-2015 |
Kazuhiro Takaoka, Shiga JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090283385 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND PACKING DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH - A conveyance device for accumulating and aligning a plurality of articles and conveying a batch of the articles includes a conveyance unit, first, second and third support members, and a drive unit. The conveyance unit is configured to convey the batch of the articles in a conveying direction. The first and second support members are configured to move along the conveyance unit so as to support an article disposed at a front end or a back end among the articles constituting the batch of the articles. The third support member is arranged on the conveyance unit and configured to move with respect to the conveyance unit so as to sandwich the batch of the articles between the third support member and at least one of the first support member and the second support member. The drive unit is configured to independently drive the first, second and third support members. | 11-19-2009 |
Kazuhito Takaoka, Osaka-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090086288 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There are provided: a document feeding section for conveying a document; a first reading section for reading at least one side of the document conveyed by the document feeding section; a second reading section for reading other side of the document conveyed by the document feeding section; and a blank determining portion for determining whether the other side of the document is blank in accordance with image data of the document read by the second reading section. In a case where the blank determining portion determines that the other side is blank, one side of the document is read by the first reading section, and thereafter the document feeding section discharges the document. | 04-02-2009 |
Kazuya Takaoka, Susono-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130014641 | FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD FOR A PARTICULATE FILTERAANM Takaoka; KazuyaAACI Susono-shiAACO JPAAGP Takaoka; Kazuya Susono-shi JPAANM Shibata; DaisukeAACI Numazu-shiAACO JPAAGP Shibata; Daisuke Numazu-shi JPAANM Sawada; HiroshiAACI Gotenba-shiAACO JPAAGP Sawada; Hiroshi Gotenba-shi JPAANM Kidokoro; ToruAACI Hadano-shiAACO JPAAGP Kidokoro; Toru Hadano-shi JP - The present invention is intended to detect a failure of a PM filter with a higher degree of accuracy. The present invention is provided with: a PM trapping efficiency calculation part to calculate a PM trapping efficiency (which is a proportion of an amount of particulate matter trapped with respect to an amount of inflow particulate matter) based on an amount of inflow particulate matter obtained by an inflow particulate matter obtaining part, and an amount of outflow particulate matter detected by a PM sensor; and a failure detection part to make a determination that a failure has occurred in the PM filter, in cases where there has appeared a tendency for the PM trapping efficiency to decrease during a period of time until the execution of the following filter regeneration processing is started after the completion of execution of the filter regeneration processing. | 01-17-2013 |
20130192208 | FILTER FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A failure of a filter is detected with a higher degree of accuracy. There are provided a filter that is arranged on an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for collecting a substance contained in an exhaust gas, a substance amount detection part that is arranged on the exhaust passage at a downstream side of the filter for detecting an amount of substance in the exhaust gas, a flow speed detection part that detects or estimates a flow speed of the exhaust gas which passes through the filter, and a determination part that makes a determination that the filter is in a failure, when the higher the flow speed of the exhaust gas passing through the filter, the larger a ratio of an amount of change in the amount of substance to an amount of change in the flow speed of the exhaust gas becomes. | 08-01-2013 |
20130213236 | FAILURE DETECTING APPARATUS FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - An object of the present invention is to detect any breakdown or failure of a particulate filter more appropriately. A failure detecting apparatus for detecting failure of a particulate filter according to the present invention comprises an acquiring section which acquires an amount of PM contained in an exhaust gas allowed to outflow from the particulate filter; a regeneration process executing section which executes a filter regeneration process for oxidizing and removing PM deposited in the particulate filter; and a failure judging section which judges that the particulate filter is in the failure state if a decreased amount of the amount of PM contained in the exhaust gas acquired by the acquiring section, during a predetermined period of time as started from a point in time at which the execution of the filter regeneration process performed by the regeneration process executing section is completed, is not equal to or larger than a predetermined reference amount. | 08-22-2013 |
20140199210 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A reduction in the accuracy of a failure determination of a filter due to a reduction in the detection accuracy of a PM sensor is suppressed. In order to achieve this, provision is made for a filter, an NOx selective reduction catalyst at the downstream side of the filter, a supply device for supplying a reducing agent to the NOx selective reduction catalyst, a PM sensor for detecting an amount of particulate matter in an exhaust gas at the downstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, and a supply decrease part that makes an amount of supply of the reducing agent smaller in cases where at least one of the following conditions is satisfied than in cases where any of the conditions is not satisfied, wherein the conditions include: a condition in which the temperature of the NOx selective reduction catalyst is equal to or less than a threshold value; a condition in which the temperature of the exhaust gas is equal to or less than a threshold value; a condition in which the flow rate of the exhaust gas is equal to or larger than a threshold value; and a condition in which the amount of adsorption of the reducing agent in the NOx selective reduction catalyst is equal to or larger than a threshold value. | 07-17-2014 |
20140216020 | WARM-UP SYSTEM FOR EXHAUST SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the invention is to prevent a situation in which failure diagnosis for an exhaust system component in an internal combustion engine cannot be completed from continuing for an unduly long period of time. A warm-up system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine according to the invention includes a warm-up control performing unit that performs warm-up control for warming up an exhaust system component upon start-up of the internal combustion engine and a failure diagnosis performing unit that performs failure diagnosis for the exhaust system component after the completion of warm-up of the exhaust system component. If a situation in which the operation of the internal combustion engine is stopped after the start of operation of the internal combustion engine before the completion of the failure diagnosis for the exhaust system component performed by the failure diagnosis performing unit has been repeated for a predetermined period of time, the warm-up control performing unit changes the warm-up control performed upon start-up of the internal combustion engine after the predetermined period of time has elapsed to a control that can raise the temperature of the exhaust system component more quickly than the warm-up control performed during the aforementioned predetermined period. | 08-07-2014 |
20140230415 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A reduction in the accuracy of a failure determination of a filter due to a reduction in the detection accuracy of a PM sensor is suppressed. To this end, provision is made for an NOx selective reduction catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine to reduce NOx by means of a reducing agent supplied thereto, a supply device to supply urea water as the reducing agent from an upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, a PM sensor to detect an amount of particulate matter in an exhaust gas at the downstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, and a control unit to make an amount of production of intermediate products from the urea water supplied from the supply device to ammonia smaller when an amount of particulate matter is detected by the PM sensor than when not detected. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234174 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A reduction in the accuracy of a failure determination of a filter due to a reduction in the detection accuracy of a PM sensor is suppressed. In order to achieve this, provision is made for a filter that is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine for trapping particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, an NOx selective reduction catalyst that is arranged at the downstream side of the filter and reduces NOx by means of a reducing agent which is supplied thereto, a supply device that supplies the reducing agent to the NOx selective reduction catalyst from the upstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, a PM sensor that detects an amount of the particulate matter in the exhaust gas at the downstream side of the NOx selective reduction catalyst, and a prohibition part that prohibits the use of a detected value of the PM sensor in cases where the reducing agent supplied from said supply device passes through the NOx selective reduction catalyst. | 08-21-2014 |
Makoto Takaoka, Kanagawa-Ken JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100149348 | DISPLAYING SELECTED IMAGE INFORMATION AND A MAP IN AN ASSOCIATED MANNER - To make it possible to process or retrieve a recorded image in accordance with the location where the image is recorded and record digital image data together with GPS information when capturing a digital image by a video camera. Moreover, when GPS information cannot be captured, GPS information a certain time before is captured. Furthermore, a system is disclosed which accesses the internet in accordance with the captured GPS information. | 06-17-2010 |
Masaaki Takaoka, Kawasaki JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110220779 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, LASER MODULE, FAILURE DETECTION METHOD FOR LASER MODULE, AND FAILURE DETECTION PROGRAM FOR LASER MODULE - An optical transmission device capable of being coupled to an optical fiber includes a light source configured to emit a first light toward the optical fiber; a lens configured to converge the first light to an end of the optical fiber; a light reflector configured to reflect a first reflected light as a second reflected light, a part of the first light being reflected as the first reflected light by the lens or the optical fiber; a first light receiver configured to receive the second reflected light; a detector configured to detect a failure based on a difference value between a first value corresponding to an amount of the second reflected light and a reference value being indicative of an amount of the second reflected light, the second reflected light being detected when the first light is normally emitted and is normally transmitted to and through the optical fiber. | 09-15-2011 |
Masaki Takaoka, Kyoto-Fu JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090173156 | ANGULAR RATE SENSOR - An angular rate sensor includes: a substrate; and a vibrator having a beam part supported in a state of floating from the substrate and a pair of supports formed on the substrate and provided at both ends of the beam part for supporting the beam part. The vibrator includes a piezoelectric film formed in the beam part, a detecting electrode for detecting an angular rate, the detecting electrode being formed on the piezoelectric film so as to extend toward a center portion of the beam part from one end thereof, and a driving electrode for vibrating the vibrator, the driving electrode being formed on the piezoelectric film so as to extend toward the center portion of the beam part from the other end thereof and to be spaced from the detecting electrode. | 07-09-2009 |
20100102368 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A solid state imaging device with an easy structure in which have the high sensitivity which reaches the wide wavelength region from visible light to near infrared light wavelength region, and dark current is reduced, and a fabrication method for the same, are provided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100206073 | ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An angular velocity detecting device includes a semiconductor substrate ( | 08-19-2010 |
20130095594 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A solid state imaging device includes a circuit unit formed on a substrate and a photoelectric conversion unit. The photoelectric conversion circuit includes a lower electrode layer placed on the circuit unit, a compound semiconductor thin film of chalcopyrite structure which is placed on the lower electrode layer and functions as an optical absorption layer, and an optical transparent electrode layer placed on the compound semiconductor thin film. The lower electrode layer, the compound semiconductor thin film, and the optical transparent electrode layer are laminated one after another on the circuit unit. | 04-18-2013 |
Masaki Takaoka, Kyoto JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090039346 | Mesoporous Thin Film and Method of Producing the Same - An electroconductive porous film high in the porosity and strong in the mechanical strength is provided. | 02-12-2009 |
20090217969 | Method for Manufacturing Photoelectric Converter and Photoelectric Converter - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a photoelectric converter wherein a lower electrode layer, a compound semiconductor thin film having a chalcopyrite structure which serves as a light absorptive layer and a light-transmitting electrode layer that are laminated to form layers are each patterned by photolithography, thereby minimizing damages to the crystals of the compound semiconductor thin film. | 09-03-2009 |
20090301558 | Photoelectric Converter and Method for Producing the Same - A photoelectric converter includes a lower electrode layer, a compound semiconductor thin film of a chalcopyrite structure functioning as a photoabsorption layer and a light transmitting electrode layer that are sequentially laminated on a substrate. An end portion of the of compound semiconductor thin film is positioned outward beyond an end of the light transmitting electrode layer. | 12-10-2009 |
20100022673 | PROTON-CONDUCTIVE FILM, FUEL CELL COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The proton-conductive film comprises a mesoporous thin film that has, as the principal component thereof, a crosslinked structure having a metal-oxygen skeleton with an acid group bonding to at least a part thereof, in which the pores are periodically aligned and the inner wall of the pores is coated with a silanol group. | 01-28-2010 |
20120247207 | PIEZOELECTRIC THIN FILM STRUCTURE AND ANGULAR VELOCITY DETECTION APPARATUS - A piezoelectric thin film structure includes a substrate, a silicon oxide film disposed on the substrate, a first aluminum oxide film disposed on the silicon oxide film, a lower electrode layer disposed on the first aluminum oxide film, a piezoelectric film layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the piezoelectric film layer. | 10-04-2012 |
Masanori Takaoka, Kawasaki-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100088553 | INFORMATION SYSTEM - An information system includes a housing with a plurality of units mounted thereon, a communication path built in the housing to take charge of information communication between a plurality of the units mounted on the housing, an information unit mounted on the housing to provide and process the information, a plurality of communication units each mounted on the housing to independently relay the information communication between the information unit and a device external to the housing, and a management unit for accessing the whole or a part of the plurality of the units mounted on the housing and acquiring internal information of the units accessed, wherein in the case where all the plurality of the communication units accessed are incommunicable, the internal information acquired from the plurality of the communication units is reported to the device external to the housing without passing through the plurality of the communication units. | 04-08-2010 |
Masayuki Takaoka, Kobe-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120288121 | ACOUSTIC CONTROL DEVICE - A DSP performs a sound volume adjustment processing that adjusts a playback sound volume in accordance with a signal level of acoustic data in acoustic contents. Further, when the DSP detects that the acoustic data is switched, the DSP initializes the adjustment to perform a reset processing that performs adjustment in accordance with the acoustic data which is a new playback target. When the changing instruction of the playback position of the acoustic data is accepted, an audio microcomputer instructs the DSP to perform the reset processing. | 11-15-2012 |
20120294461 | SOUND EQUIPMENT, VOLUME CORRECTING APPARATUS, AND VOLUME CORRECTING METHOD - Sound equipment is configured to average an average value of a signal level at each predetermined frequency band of a sound signal at a different averaging time, to weight the average value calculated at a different averaging time by using an individual weighting value, to obtain a representative value based on a weighted average value, to determine a gain of a sound signal based on an obtained representative value, to correct a volume based on the corresponding gain, and to correct a volume based on the gain. The representative value is obtained by selecting the average value at which a gain becomes minimum within each weighted average value. The averaging performs at least a first averaging using the averaging time corresponding to the sound signal that the signal level changes rapidly, and a second averaging using the averaging time longer than the averaging time of the first averaging. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296459 | AUDIO APPARATUS - An audio apparatus according to an embodiment includes an audio signal receiving unit, a music gap signal receiving unit, a playback unit, and a determining unit. The audio signal receiving unit receives an audio signal in which successive multiple music data are contained in a single block of data. The determining unit determines a boundary of the music data on the basis of the time at which the music gap signal that indicates the boundary of the music data by the music gap signal receiving unit and the duration of a silent period in the audio signal that is played back by the playback unit. | 11-22-2012 |
Mitsuyuki Takaoka, Toyoake-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100187711 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A THERMALLY INSULATED HOUSING - A back surface of an outer case is formed by mutually overlapping left and right back panels. The overlapping edges on the front side and backside of the panels may be bent toward the opposite side at a blunt angle. A joint between the back panels is established in which the overlapping edge of one back panel is pressed against the overlapping edge of the other back panel. Spacers are mounted between the outer and inner case such that the overlapping edges are put in close contact with each other. The bends are deformed in order to prevent leakage from the joint after the injection of foam liquid. Due to the pressure of the foam, both of the overlapping edges are placed in closer contact while deforming the bends to be substantially flat. Consequently, the sealing properties of the joint after the completion of the thermally insulated housing are secured. | 07-29-2010 |
Motoki Takaoka, Otsu-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120035604 | STIRRING METHOD AND ABLATION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH BALLOON - Provided is an ablation catheter system with a balloon which can improve the effect of therapy by ablation by eliminating variation in the surface temperature of a balloon in the ablation catheter with a balloon which cauterizes the tissue. An ablation catheter system with a balloon comprising a catheter shaft, a balloon fixed to the catheter shaft, a lumen which penetrates the catheter shaft in the direction of the long axis and communicates with the interior of the balloon, a heating electrode arranged in the balloon, a heating device which applies electrical energy to the heating electrode, and a vibration imparting device which imparts a vibration to the heating liquid by periodically repeating suction and ejection of the heating liquid from the lumen. Also provided is a stirring method for stirring the heating liquid by vibration wherein the vibration is imparted in such a manner that the value obtained by dividing the volume of the heating liquid being ejected toward the balloon by single ejection by the expansion volume of the balloon and then multiplying the quotient by 100 becomes 2-9. | 02-09-2012 |
20120046647 | GUIDEWIRE AND ABLATION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH BALLOON HAVING THE SAME - A balloon-equipped ablation catheter used to efficiently cauterize a cardiac wall. A guide wire for a balloon-equipped ablation catheter, provided with a bending section, wherein the bending section has a bending region provided in that region of the guide wire which has a length of at least 20 mm in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire and having bending rigidity in the range of 570 to 3740 N·mm | 02-23-2012 |
20120059368 | ABLATION CATHETER WITH BALLOON AND ABLATION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH BALLOON - In order to perform balloon ablation and spot ablation by one ablation catheter without exchanging an ablation catheter body at the time of treatment by catheter ablation, an ablation catheter with a balloon is provided with a catheter shaft, a balloon which is mounted to the front end side in the longitudinal direction of the catheter shaft, a lumen which communicates with the balloon from the end face on the back end side in the abovementioned longitudinal direction, an in-balloon electrode and an in-balloon temperature sensor which are disposed in the balloon, and a front end electrode and a front end temperature sensor which are mounted in a front end region including the end face on the front end side in the abovementioned longitudinal direction. | 03-08-2012 |
20120065624 | GUIDEWIRE AND ABLATION CATHETER SYSTEM WITH BALLOON - Provided is a guide wire, wherein a deformed portion formed by bending and/or curving the guide wire is located in the region of 20-100 mm from the tip in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire, and in the deformed portion, the shortest distance between the central axis in the longitudinal direction of the guide wire and a point that is the farthest in the direction perpendicular to the central axis is longer than or equal to the minimum inside diameter of a lumen of a catheter shaft of an ablation catheter with a balloon used in combination with the guide wire, and shorter than or equal to 40 mm. | 03-15-2012 |
20130079614 | CATHETER FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC POTENTIAL - A highly safe catheter that measures electric potential can be inserted into a cardiac chamber together with a balloon-tip ablation catheter and is able to prevent abnormal heat generation at electric potential-measuring electrodes even when high-frequency current is distributed. The catheter includes a shaft having electric potential-measuring electrodes, a metal portion with a length of 2 mm or more, and a lumen passing therethrough from a proximal end to a distal end in the longitudinal direction; and a metal wire inserted through the lumen and connected to the metal portion. | 03-28-2013 |
20140114306 | ABLATION CATHETER WITH BALLOON - A balloon ablation catheter achieves reduction in diameter of the balloon upon balloon contraction and increased reliability of the thermocouple temperature sensor, which balloon ablation catheter is less likely to be influenced by the heating liquid discharged into the balloon and able to control the balloon surface temperature with high accuracy. The balloon ablation catheter includes a shaft wherein a lumen is formed; a balloon wherein the lumen communicates with the inside thereof; and a high-frequency-current-applying electrode formed by coiling a high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire around the shaft while sandwiching a temperature sensor lead wire between the high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire and the shaft such that the temperature sensor lead wire is fixed along the longitudinal direction of the shaft; wherein a thermocouple thermosensor is formed at the point where the high-frequency-power-supplying lead wire and the temperature sensor lead wire constituting the high-frequency-current-applying electrode contact with each other for the first time as seen from the posterior end side in the longitudinal direction. | 04-24-2014 |
Motoki Takaoka, Shiga JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120065633 | SHAFT FOR ABLATION CATHETER WITH BALLOON - The stirring efficiency of a heating liquid which is supplied to the balloon of a balloon-equipped ablation catheter is increased to quickly uniformize the surface temperature of the balloon, and air is prevented from remaining in the balloon-equipped ablation catheter to enhance the safety of treatment which uses the balloon-equipped ablation catheter. A shaft for a balloon-equipped ablation catheter, consisting of a single pipe, wherein the shaft has two lumens which communicate from the distal end to the proximal end of the shaft, a first lumen being a guide wire passage lumen which is provided in order to allow a guide wire to pass therethrough, the second lumen being a liquid supply lumen which is provided in order to supply liquid to the inside of the balloon of the balloon-equipped ablation catheter. | 03-15-2012 |
Nobuo Takaoka, Kurashiki-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100087128 | POLISHING PAD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLISHING PAD - It is an object of the present invention to provide a polishing pad that is resistant to scratching and also has excellent flattening performance. One aspect of the present invention is a polishing pad, comprising a fiber-entangled body formed from fiber bundles made up of ultrafine fibers in which the average cross sectional area is between 0.01 and 30 μm | 04-08-2010 |
20110171890 | POLISHING PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad is disclosed which is less likely to cause scratches, and has an excellent planarization performance and polishing stability. In one aspect, the invention provides a polishing pad comprising an ultrafine fiber-entangled body formed of ultrafine fibers having an average fineness of 0.01 to 0.8 dtex, and a polymeric elastomer. The polymeric elastomer has a glass transition temperature of −10° C. or below, storage moduli at 23° C. and 50° C. of 90 to 900 MPa, and a water absorption ratio, when saturated with water at 50° C., of 0.2 to 5 mass %. | 07-14-2011 |
Nobuo Takaoka, Okayama JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090274862 | Leather-Like Sheet And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - A leather-like sheet composed of a microfine-fiber entangled body made of bundles of microfine fibers and an elastic polymer impregnated therein. The bundles of microfine fibers are composed of microfine monofibers having an average cross-sectional area of 0.1 to 30 μm | 11-05-2009 |
Nobuyuki Takaoka, Gamagori-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090269571 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure. | 10-29-2009 |
20110316185 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure, the three-dimensional netted structure including a plurality of filaments of resin, the filaments being helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, the apparatus including: an extrusion molding machine including a plurality of dies each having a mouthpiece with a plurality of holes; a pair of endless conveyors provided with endless members; a motor adapted to drive the endless members; and a tank adapted to partly submerge the endless conveyors therein. A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure using the apparatus by extruding molten filaments of a thermoplastic resin downward from the dies via the mouthpiece, helically entangling the molten filaments by entangling actions of the endless members, and cooling the entangled filaments in a liquid in the tank. | 12-29-2011 |
20120042452 | DEW CONDENSATION-PREVENTING MATTRESS AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Dew condensation-preventing mattress is constructed to have a three-dimensional netted structure by extruding a molten material containing at least a thermoplastic resin into filaments, forming an aggregation of multiple filaments looped and randomly entangled with partial thermal adhesion in a plate-like shape, and cooling down to solidify the plate-like aggregation of the multiple filaments. The three-dimensional netted structure has hard side regions of a higher bulk density formed on left and right longitudinal side faces of the three-dimensional netted structure. The dew condensation-preventing mattress of this arrangement has an effect of dew condensation prevention as well as an effect of body pressure dispersion. | 02-23-2012 |
20120104646 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure, having a pair of opposing chutes located below the mouthpiece along the width direction of the filament assembly and vertical to the thickness direction of the filament assembly, the chutes being inclined so that the distance between each the chute becomes narrower downward and toward the center of the filament assembly, the cooling water is supplied on the surface of the chutes, the cooling water flowing on the chutes receives the filaments in a surface part of the filament assembly to form loops and make the adjacent continuous filaments contact and be entangled with each other, and a surface layer having a higher apparent density and an inner layer having a lower apparent density located inside the surface layer are formed by the conveyor. | 05-03-2012 |
20120180939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure, the three-dimensional netted structure including a plurality of filaments of resin, the filaments being helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, the apparatus including: an extrusion molding machine including a plurality of dies each having a mouthpiece with a plurality of holes; a pair of endless conveyors provided with endless members; a motor adapted to drive the endless members; and a tank adapted to partly submerge the endless conveyors therein. A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure using the apparatus by extruding molten filaments of a thermoplastic resin downward from the dies via the mouthpiece, helically entangling the molten filaments by entangling actions of the endless members, and cooling the entangled filaments in a liquid in the tank. | 07-19-2012 |
20120301701 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure. | 11-29-2012 |
20120319323 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure by (a) extruding molten filaments of a thermoplastic resin downward from a die via a mouthpiece of the die having a plurality of holes such that the filaments drop under the force of gravity in between drawing-down units, (b) drawing down the assembly of extruded filaments at a speed lower than the filament dropping speed by the drawing-down units, and (c) cooling the resultant filaments with a liquid. The drawing-down units are submerged or partly-submerged in a liquid. The distance between the drawing-down units is smaller than the width of an assembly of the extruded filaments. Four surfaces of the assembly of the filaments are contacting the drawing-down units before or after the drawing-down units are submerged. | 12-20-2012 |
20120328722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - An apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure, the apparatus including: drawing-down units, the drawing-down units being submerged or partly-submerged in a liquid, and a die with a mouthpiece having a plurality of holes, the die adapted to extrude the filaments downward at a speed lower than the filament dropping speed whereby the filaments drop in between the drawing-down units. The distance between the drawing-down units is smaller than the width of the assembly of the extruded filaments. The drawing-down units are adapted to contact four surfaces of the assembly of the filaments before or after the drawing-down units are submerged. | 12-27-2012 |
20130020016 | METHOD FOR FORMING CUSHIONS - A method for forming cushions including the following four steps: (1) a compression step in which the structure ( | 01-24-2013 |
20130189472 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NET-SHAPED STRUCTURE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A manufacturing apparatus of three-dimensional net-like structure includes: a nozzle with a plurality of extrusion holes that are arrayed to extrude and drop downward a thermoplastic synthetic resin in a molten state and thereby form a filament assembly of a plurality of filaments; a pair of chutes arranged across longitudinal faces of the filament assembly to have inclined surfaces that are sloped toward the filament assembly and opposed to each other across a distance that is less than a short side length of the array of the extrusion holes; water supply ports arranged to supply cooling water to the inclined surfaces; and a pair of haul-off machines configured to have endless belts arranged to be in contact with the longitudinal faces of the filament assembly and haul off the filament assembly and opposed to each other across a less distance than the distance between the pair of chutes. | 07-25-2013 |
20140035191 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037907 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037908 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NETTED STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional netted structure having an upper surface, a lower surface, two side surfaces a left end surface, and a right end surface, including at least a plurality of filaments helically and randomly entangled and thermally bonded together, wherein the filaments are formed out of a thermoplastic resin by extrusion molding followed by cooling with a liquid; and the netted structure is four-surface molded, the upper surface, the lower surface and the two side surfaces being molded. An apparatus and a method for manufacturing the three-dimensional netted structure. | 02-06-2014 |
20140138016 | METHOD FOR FORMING CUSHIONS - A method for forming cushions including the following four steps: (1) a compression step in which the structure ( | 05-22-2014 |
Nobuyuki Takaoka, Gamagori-Shi Aichi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090269570 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NET-LIKE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NET-LIKE STRUCTURE - A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional netted structure using thermoplastic resin. The netted structure includes a plurality of filaments which are helically and randomly entangled and partly and thermally bonded together. The netted structure is a three-dimensional plate type netted structure having an apparent density greater than a predetermined amount. | 10-29-2009 |
Noriyoshi Takaoka, Kanagawa-Ken JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130300405 | QUENCHING DEPTH MEASUREMENT METHOD AND QUENCHING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A quenching depth measuring method is used for measuring the quenching depth in a workpiece and includes the steps of: magnetizing the workpiece by disposing, in the vicinity of the workpiece, a magnetizer equipped with an exciting coil; detecting, through a detection coil, an induced magnetic field generated by the magnetization; measuring the induced magnetic field as the output voltage of the detection coil; and specifying the thickness of the quenched hardened layer of the workpiece on the basis of known electromagnetic characteristic information of an unquenched material and a fully-quenched material and an output voltage value measured by the detection coil, the unquenched material being made of the same material as the constituent material of the workpiece and being a material on which a quenching process is not performed, the fully-quenched material being a material on which the quenching process is performed. | 11-14-2013 |
Osamu Takaoka, Chiba-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090028420 | PHOTOMASK DEFECT-SHAPE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, PHOTOMASK DEFECT-SHAPE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD - To recognize a defect portion and a mask pattern with a distinctly distinguished state through AFM observation of a photomask without being influenced by a double-tips image, provided is a method of recognizing, through AFM observation of a photomask including a substrate ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090038383 | PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION DEVICE AND PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD - Provided is a photomask defect correction method including: an observing step of scanning plurality of lines one after another while controlling a distance between the probe tip and a surface ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090092905 | PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION DEVICE AND PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD - Provided is a photomask defect correction method of correcting a defect on a photomask including a substrate ( | 04-09-2009 |
20120328974 | PHOTOMASK DEFECT CORRECTING METHOD AND DEVICE - A photomask defect correction method and device correct an opaque or a clear defect of a photomask. An opaque or clear defect in a portion of a photomask to be corrected is observed and information of the observed defect for performing correction of the defect is acquired. The observed defect is corrected in accordance with the acquired defect information by irradiating the observed defect with a focused ion beam from an ion beam irradiation system having a gas field ion source that generates gas ions for forming the focused ion beam. The gas ions may be hydrogen ions, nitrogen ions, oxygen ions, fluorine ions or chlorine ions. | 12-27-2012 |
Seizo Takaoka, Itami City JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120088849 | OIL-ADSORBING COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND METHOD FOR USING THE OIL-ADSORBING COMPOSITION - Conventional dried materials have a low oil adsorption property and oil retention ability. Therefore, a dried material that has an excellent oil adsorbing property and oil retention ability has been desired. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an oil-adsorbing composition that has an excellent oil adsorption property and oil retention ability; a method for producing the oil-adsorbing composition; and a method for using the oil-adsorbing composition. | 04-12-2012 |
Shinichi Takaoka, Kawasaki JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090234896 | REMOTE COPY METHOD AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A remote copy method is executed in a storage system having a plurality of storage devices each comprising a recording medium for recording data on a file-by-file basis and a computer for controlling the recording medium. The plurality of storage devices are connected to each other via a network. Data within the recording medium contained in a source storage device are remote-copied to the recording medium within a destination storage device on a volume-by-volume basis or a block-by-block basis. The computer executes: an accepting procedure of accepting transmission file information for identifying a file that is to be a transmission target among a plurality of files stored in a source recording medium; and a storage procedure of storing the transmission file information accepted by the accepting procedure into the source recording medium. | 09-17-2009 |
Shinsaku Takaoka, Kyoto JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090136648 | PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITOR AND HEALTH FOOD EFFECTIVE IN INHIBITING PLATELET AGGREGATION - It is intended to provide a platelet aggregation inhibitor which can be easily processed into a pharmaceutical preparation and can be stored for a long time, and a health food effective in inhibiting platelet aggregation. The platelet aggregation inhibitor comprises, as an active ingredient, a degradation product obtained by reacting fibrin with nattokinase, wherein the degradation product has a molecular weight of 10,000 daltons or less. The fibrin is obtained by reacting fibrinogen with thrombin. | 05-28-2009 |
Tetsuji Takaoka, Akashi-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100283290 | GUIDE-RAIL STRUCTURE OF FRONT WINDOW IN WORKING VEHICLE - A vehicle includes a cab; a front window that is capable of moving between a closed position where a window opening at a front surface of the cab is closed and an open position where the front window is housed in a ceiling portion of the cab and the window opening is open; and a guide structure for the front window that guides the front window between the closed position and the open position. | 11-11-2010 |
20120038186 | REINFORCEMENT FOR CAB IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A cab in a construction machine, the cab including frame members including a hollow first frame member connected to a second frame member in order to form a corner portion, the first frame member including a pass-through portion formed at a first side surface portion of the first frame member; a reinforcing member that is installed at the corner portion, wherein at least one of two sides of the reinforcing member passes through the pass-through portion and abuts against an inner surface of a second side surface portion of the first frame member that is at an opposite side of the first side surface portion; and a reinforcing plate that abuts against an outer surface of the second side surface portion, wherein the at least one of two sides of the reinforcing member is supported and reinforced by the reinforcing plate. | 02-16-2012 |
Tomoyasu Takaoka, Kyoto JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130215731 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - When the power of the write pulse is taken as the peak power and the power of the bottom pulse is taken as the bottom power, the power setting device ( | 08-22-2013 |
Tomoyasu Takaoka, Saitama JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110061067 | DISC DRIVE APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A disc drive apparatus includes: an outer casing; a disc drive unit that includes a disc table on which a disc-like recording medium is mounted, a spindle motor, an optical pickup, and a pickup base; a slider that includes a main body and a rack gear, is movable in a first direction as an insertion direction and a second direction as an ejection direction, and moves in the second direction during loading and moved in the first direction during ejection; a drive motor functioning as a drive source of the slider; a deceleration gear group that intermeshes with the rack gear; an eject lever that is rotated to press the recording medium during the ejection; and a link member coupled with the eject lever, the slider including a lock plate and a slide plate. | 03-10-2011 |
Toshifumi Takaoka, Nishikamo-Gun JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100138087 | ON-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A power supply device for a vehicle that is chargeable from an external power supply ( | 06-03-2010 |
20130300191 | ON-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - A power supply device for a vehicle that is chargeable from an external power supply provided external to the vehicle, including a main battery and a battery pack that is attachable to and detachable from the vehicle. The battery pack includes a sub battery for driving electric loads common to the main battery and the sub battery, and a connector provided with a first storage unit storing information related to the sub battery. The power supply device for the vehicle further includes a control device performing control related to the main battery, and reading the information from the first storage unit and performing control related to the sub battery. | 11-14-2013 |
Toshimasa Takaoka, Osaka-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110205234 | OPERATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An operating device includes a receiving section for, when set values using respective reception screens relating to a further workflow selected in a selection input section are input, receiving these set values and set values input using respective reception screens relating to a workflow previously selected in the selection input section as set values applied for a series of functions as a combination of the selected further workflow and the workflow previously selected in the selection input section. | 08-25-2011 |
Toshio Takaoka, Toyota-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120290188 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed is a vehicle control apparatus which can prevent a drivability of a vehicle from being deteriorated. When an ECU determines that an accelerator is “ON” and a brake is “ON”, the ECU determines whether or not the brake previously depressed is “OFF”. When the ECU determines that the brake previously depressed is “OFF” and that the vehicle is in the reduced speed state, the vehicle control apparatus is operative to execute an engine output reduction control process under the condition that the simultaneous depressions of the accelerator and brake pedals continues for less than 10 seconds and the vehicle speed is not less than 7 km/hr. When the simultaneous depressions of the accelerator and brake pedals continues for no less than 10 seconds, the ECU is operative to make an output reduction prohibition flag “ON” and not to execute the engine output reduction control process until a predetermined time elapses. | 11-15-2012 |
Tsukasa Takaoka, Kyoto JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090155104 | CONTRA-ROTATING AXIAL FLOW FAN UNIT - An axial flow fan unit includes an intake side axial flow fan, an exhaust side axial flow fan, and at least one intermediate axial flow fan. Each of the axial flow fans includes an impeller having blades rotatable about a central rotation axis, a motor arranged to rotate the intake side impeller, and a housing having an inner circumferential surface that surrounds the impeller. The rotational direction of the impeller in the intermediate axial flow fan is different from that of the impellers adjacent thereto. | 06-18-2009 |
20140300255 | MOTOR PROVIDED WITH A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A motor includes a stationary unit, a rotary unit, and a bearing unit. The stationary unit includes a stator, a PCB and a base member. The stator includes a stator core and coils. The stator is arranged radially outward of the bearing unit. The PCB includes through-hole portions, land portions and PCB fixing portions. The base member includes a stator holding portion arranged to hold the stator and a bearing holding portion arranged to hold the bearing unit. The rotary unit includes a shaft positioned radially inward of the bearing unit and a magnet opposed to a circumferential surface of the stator core. The through-hole portions are arranged along a circumferential direction of the PCB. At least a portion of the PCB axially overlaps with the bearing unit. The PCB fixing portions are arranged radially outward of the through-hole portions. | 10-09-2014 |
Yoichi Takaoka, Shiga JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130097870 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver includes: a pair of drive blocks | 04-25-2013 |
20130097871 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver | 04-25-2013 |
20130104402 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER | 05-02-2013 |
20130111761 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver | 05-09-2013 |
20130111762 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver includes: a rotary motor | 05-09-2013 |
Yoichi Takaoka, Kusatsu JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20110068308 | INFRA-RED REFLECTIVE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND PAINT AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - An infra-red reflective material is a perovskite-like multiple oxide which includes at least an alkaline-earth metal and at least one type of element selected from a group of titanium, zirconium and niobium, and further, if necessary, manganese and/or iron, an element belonging to the IIIa group of the periodic table such as aluminum and gallium, etc., or zinc, etc., has sufficient infra-red reflective power, is excellent in thermal stability and heat resistance, and does not raise concerns on safety and environmental issues. The infra-red reflective material can be produced by, for example, mixing an alkaline-earth metal compound and a titanium compound and further, if necessary, a manganese compound and/or an iron compound, a compound belonging to the IIIa group of the periodic table, or a zinc compound in predetermined amounts, and firing the mixture. The produced multiple oxide is powdery and can be mixed with paint or a resin composition so as to be used for various purposes such as painting a roof or an outside wall of a building, a road, or a foot path in order to reduce the heat island phenomenon. | 03-24-2011 |
20120005899 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver | 01-12-2012 |
Yoshikazu Takaoka, Mishima-Gun, Osaka JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100249157 | LPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST - A compound of the general formula (I): | 09-30-2010 |
Yoshikazu Takaoka, Mishima-Gun JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080293764 | LPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST - A compound of the general formula (I): | 11-27-2008 |
20100261641 | SPIRO-PIPERIDINE COMPOUNDS AND MEDICINAL USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a spiro-piperidine compound represented by formula (I): | 10-14-2010 |
20110142856 | COMPOUND CONTAINING BASIC GROUP AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I-0): | 06-16-2011 |
Yukichi Takaoka, Kobe-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100275834 | DISSIMILAR JOINT STRUCTURE, TANK SKIRT INCLUDING DISSIMILAR JOINT STRUCTURE, TRANSPORT SHIP INCLUDING TANK SKIRT, AND METHOD FOR JOINING DISSIMILAR METAL MEMBERS - A dissimilar joint structure | 11-04-2010 |
20140112709 | DISSIMILAR MATERIAL JOINT, STRUCTURE IN WHICH DISSIMILAR MATERIAL JOINT IS USED, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A dissimilar material joint is formed by arranging a plurality of joint segments consecutively in a longitudinal direction. Each joint segment is formed by joining and integrating together a first member, an intermediate member, and a second member by explosive welding. A groove is formed in a joint end face of each joint segment, the joint end face being joined to another one of the segments, the groove spacing apart an end face of the first member and an end face of the second member from each other in a stacking direction. In the dissimilar material joint, the end faces of the respective first members of the joint segments that are adjacent to each other are joined together by welding, and the end faces of the respective second members of the joint segments that are adjacent to each other are joined together by welding. | 04-24-2014 |
Yumi Takaoka, Aioi-Shi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100257921 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE IGNITION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - There is provided an ignition diagnosis apparatus that detects ignition abnormality in a multi-point-ignition internal combustion engine. An ion detection device provided in at least one of a plurality of ignition devices detects an electric quantity based on ions produced in a combustion chamber due to combustion of an inflammable fuel-air mixture; an ion occurring timing detection device detects an ion occurring timing, based on the electric quantity detected in a predetermined detection period; an ignition abnormality determination device compares the detected ion occurring timing with a comparison timing set in such a way as to be delayed in terms of the rotation angle of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine with respect to an ignition timing set for the ignition device provided with the ion detection device, and determines that ignition performed by the ignition device provided with the ion detection device is abnormal, in the case where the ion occurring timing is delayed in terms of the rotation angle of the crankshaft with respect to the comparison timing. | 10-14-2010 |
20100258081 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE COMBUSTION STATE DETECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a combustion state detecting apparatus capable of detecting combustion-state abnormality in an internal combustion engine. A comparison timing is set to be advanced in terms of the rotation angle of the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine with respect to the ending timing of an electric quantity based on an ion that occurs when ignition is performed normally through a predetermined ignition signal among the plurality of ignition signals; in the case where, as a result of the comparison between the detected ending timing of an electric quantity based on an ion and the comparison timing, the ending timing is advanced in terms of the rotation angle of the crankshaft with respect to the comparison timing, it is determined that the combustion based on ignition through the predetermined ignition signal is abnormal. | 10-14-2010 |
Yutaka Takaoka, Aichi JP
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100324769 | ENVIRONMENT MAP GENERATING METHOD AND MOBILE ROBOT (AS AMENDED) - To reduce a calculation time required for generating an environment map in a mobile robot. A mobile robot ( | 12-23-2010 |