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Aya Adachi, Nagoya-Shi JP
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20140086603 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: an endless belt having an outer circumferential surface for conveying a recording sheet; a photosensitive member provided to face the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt; a cleaning member provided to face the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and configured to clean the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt; and a control device configured to control a cleaning bias to be applied to the cleaning member such that while a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt, which has contacted the recording sheet since being cleaned by the cleaning member, faces the cleaning member, a second bias, which is larger than a first bias having been applied to the cleaning member before the corresponding portion faces the cleaning member, is applied to the cleaning member. | 03-27-2014 |
20140212158 | Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Cleaning Member Capable of Reliably Cleaning Image Bearing Member - An image forming apparatus includes: including: an image forming unit; and a controller. The image forming unit includes: an image bearing member; a charging member; a transfer member; and a cleaning member. The controller selectively applies first and second transfer biases to the transfer member. A first transfer current flows between the image bearing member and the transfer member upon application of the first transfer bias. A second transfer current flows therebetween upon application of the second transfer bias. The controller selectively applies first and second charging biases to the charging member. The image bearing member has a first surface potential upon application of the first charging bias, and a second surface potential upon application of the second charging bias. The controller applies the first charging bias when applying the first transfer bias, and applies the second charging bias when applying the second transfer bias. | 07-31-2014 |
20140314430 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus has a photoconductive member and a cleaning member arranged to face the photoconductive member at a cleaning position and configured be applied with a cleaning bias to collect the developing agent residual on the photoconductive member after the developed image is transferred. A controller of the image forming apparatus controls a transferring bias so that a transferring current representing a current flowing between the photoconductive member and a transferring member is controlled to become a target current value. Further, the controller calculates a cleaning position potential representing a surface potential of the photoconductive member at the facing position based on the transferring current and a charge potential representing a surface potential of the photoconductive member immediately after charged by the charging device, and controls the cleaning bias based on the cleaning position potential as calculated. | 10-23-2014 |
20140356006 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging member, a transfer member, a cleaning member and a control device configured to switch a first mode and a second mode. When executing the second mode, the control device applies a second charging bias having the same polarity as a first charging bias and having an absolute value smaller than the first charging bias to the charging member, applies a second transfer bias having the same polarity as a first transfer bias and having an absolute value smaller than the first transfer bias to the transfer member, and applies a second cleaning bias having the same polarity as the charged polarity of the toner to the cleaning member and sets a potential difference between a surface potential of the image carrier and the second cleaning bias within a predetermined range. | 12-04-2014 |
20150016855 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit including a first image bearing member and a first rotating member configured to rub a surface of the first image bearing member; a second image forming unit including a second image bearing member and a second rotating member configured to rub a surface of the second image bearing member; and a transfer unit configured to convey a sheet between the first image bearing member and the second image bearing member and transfer a developer on the first image bearing member and the second image bearing member, onto the sheet. The first image forming unit is disposed upstream of the second image forming unit in a sheet conveying direction. A force of the second rotating member rubbing the surface of the second image bearing member is less than a force of the first rotating member rubbing the surface of the first image bearing member. | 01-15-2015 |
Aya Azrielant, New York, NY US
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20090255122 | INTERCHANGEABLE JEWELRY ITEM - An earring that is convertible to a bracelet and vice versa is provided. The design comprises a chain of any type with magnetic clasps affixed at either end. Each earring may be attached to a person's ear lobe by using the magnetic elements in each clasp—the magnet elements attract one another when each clasp is fixed on either side of the earlobe. Alternatively, the two earrings can be coupled together in order to form a bracelet. Corresponding clasps from each of the earrings are mated together (via their internal magnets) in order to form a pair of decorative globes. | 10-15-2009 |
Aya Bdeir, New York, NY US
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20130050958 | MODULAR ELECTRONIC BUILDING SYSTEMS WITH MAGNETIC INTERCONNECTIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together. | 02-28-2013 |
20130343025 | MODULAR ELECTRONIC BUILDING SYSTEMS WITH MAGNETIC INTERCONNECTIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together. | 12-26-2013 |
Aya Elhanan, Gan Yoshiya IL
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20140095832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMANCE EFFICIENT ISA VIRTUALIZATION USING DYNAMIC PARTIAL BINARY TRANSLATION - Methods, apparatus and systems for virtualization of a native instruction set are disclosed. Embodiments include a processor core executing the native instructions and a second core, or alternatively only the second processor core consuming less power while executing a second instruction set that excludes portions of the native instruction set. The second core's decoder detects invalid opcodes of the second instruction set. A microcode layer disassembler determines if opcodes should be translated. A translation runtime environment identifies an executable region containing an invalid opcode, other invalid opcodes and interjacent valid opcodes of the second instruction set. An analysis unit determines an initial machine state prior to execution of the invalid opcode. A partial translation of the executable region that includes encapsulations of the translations of invalid opcodes and state recoveries of the machine states is generated and saved to a translation cache memory. | 04-03-2014 |
Aya Hayashi, Sendai-Shi JP
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20100118080 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INK JET PRINTING - The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling temperature for the ink jet printing apparatus wherein the temperature of a print head, which may lower during printing, is controlled before printing without using any sub-heater to allow a favorable ejection condition to be established without reducing the head temperature below a predetermined value. Thus, scan width information and dot count information are acquired before a carriage starts scanning to determine the heating temperature of the print head on the basis of the information. | 05-13-2010 |
20130106934 | INK-JET RECORDING DEVICE AND INK-JET RECORDING CONTROL METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20140132657 | INK-JET RECORDING DEVICE AND INK-JET RECORDING CONTROL METHOD - An ink-jet recording device is capable of correcting a recording position due to a leaning of a printing head and correcting of driving timing between multiple printing heads. Each nozzle row of a printing head is classified into multiple nozzle groups, and the driving timing of the nozzle groups other than the nozzle group serving as a reference of correction of the multiple nozzle groups is adjustable to correct for any leaning of the printing head. Moreover, in the event of performing the driving timing between printing heads, the driving timing of a non-reference printing head is adjustable relative to a reference printing head employed for leaning correction of multiple printing heads. | 05-15-2014 |
Aya Higashizono, Kanagawa JP
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20100235452 | Email wrong transmission preventing apparatus and method - An email wrong transmission preventing apparatus calculates memory ratios of addresses of emails in a transmission log by a model expression in which the memory ratios decline over time, compiles the memory ratios of the emails for each destination to set weights, and records the weights in a user weight list. When receiving a planned outgoing email, the apparatus compares the weight of the destination of the planned outgoing email obtained by referring to the user weight list with a predetermined threshold and determines that the destination is “reliable” only if the weight is over the threshold. If even one of the destinations of the planned outgoing email is not “reliable”, the apparatus causes a sender terminal to display an address check screen to prompt address checking. When “checked” is inputted, the apparatus transfers the planned outgoing email to an email transmission server. | 09-16-2010 |
20110067102 | Outgoing email check system, check data providing apparatus, check data inspecting apparatus, and outgoing email check method - To allow inspecting whether a security check of a planned outgoing email is finished in an outgoing email check system, a check data providing apparatus | 03-17-2011 |
Aya Hino, Hyogo JP
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20100012935 | CU ALLOY WIRING FILM, TFT ELEMENT FOR FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY USING THE CU ALLOY WIRING FILM, AND CU ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET FOR DEPOSITING THE CU ALLOY WIRING FILM - An object of the present invention is to provide: a Cu alloy wiring film that makes it possible to use Cu having a low electrical resistivity as a wiring material, exhibit a high adhesiveness to a glass substrate, and avoid the danger of peel off from the glass substrate; a TFT element for a flat-panel display produced with the Cu alloy wiring film; and a Cu alloy sputtering target used for the deposition of the Cu alloy wiring film. | 01-21-2010 |
20100163877 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display has a glass substrate provided with a transparent conducting film, thin-film transistors, and an aluminum alloy wiring film electrically connecting the thin-film transistors to the transparent conducting film. The aluminum alloy wiring film is a layered structure having a first layer (X) of an aluminum alloy comprising at least one element selected from the specific element group Q including Ni and Ag, and at least one element selected from the specific element group R including rare-earth elements and Mg in a content in the specific range, and a second layer (Y) of an aluminum alloy containing having a resistivity lower than that of the first layer (X). The first layer (X) is in direct contact with the transparent conducting film. | 07-01-2010 |
20100207121 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A substrate supporting thin film transistors thereon, each including a semiconductor layer and source-drain electrodes, wherein the source-drain electrodes are formed from a nitrogen-containing layer or oxygen/nitrogen-containing layer and a thin film of pure copper or copper alloy. The nitrogen-containing layer or oxygen/nitrogen-containing layer has respectively part or all of its nitrogen or part or all of its oxygen or nitrogen connected to silicon in the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor, and the thin film of pure copper or copper alloy is connected to the semiconductor layer of said thin film transistor through the nitrogen-containing layer or oxygen/nitrogen-containing layer. | 08-19-2010 |
Aya Hino, Kobe-Shi JP
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20080315203 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a TFT substrate which exhibits good characteristic properties despite the omission of the barrier metal layer to be normally interposed between the source-drain electrodes and the semiconductor layer in the TFT. The TFT substrate permits sure and direct connection with the semiconductor layer of the TFT. The thin film transistor substrate has a substrate, a semiconductor layer and source-drain electrodes. The source-drain electrodes are composed of oxygen-containing layers and thin films of pure copper or a copper alloy. The oxygen-containing layer contains oxygen such that part or all of oxygen combines with silicon in the semiconductor layer. And, the thin films of pure copper or a copper alloy connect with the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor through the oxygen-containing layers. | 12-25-2008 |
Aya Hino, Kobe-Shi, Hyogo JP
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20100065847 | AL ALLOY FILM FOR DISPLAY DEVICE,DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SPUTTERING TARGET - The present invention provides an Al alloy film for a display device, to be directly connected to a conductive oxide film on a substrate, the Al alloy film comprising Ge in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 at %, and comprising Gd and/or La in a total amount of 0.05 to 0.45 at %, a display device using the same, and a sputtering target for the display device. For the Al alloy film of the present invention, even when a barrier metal is not provided, and a conductive oxide film and the Al alloy film are directly connected, the adhesion between the conductive oxide film and the Al alloy film is high, and the contact resistivity is low, and preferably, the dry etching property is also excellent. | 03-18-2010 |
Aya Ichinokawa, Tokyo JP
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20110306661 | HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS FOR SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE AND DRUG RELEASE METHOD USING HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS FOR SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE - Disclosed is a sustainedly drug-releasing hydrogel contact lens which can sustainedly release an anionic medicament such as an allergy-treating agent in a mildly irritating and effective manner while achieving vision correction. Specifically disclosed is a hydrogel comprising ionic monomers composed of at least a cationic monomer and an anionic monomer, wherein the component ratio of the ionic monomers is 5 to 20 mol % inclusive relative to the total amount of monomers that constitute the gel, and the content of the anionic monomer is 15 to 25 mol % inclusive relative to the content of the cationic monomer. | 12-15-2011 |
Aya Iida, Handa-Shi JP
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20100159541 | GENE ASSOCIATED WITH FOAM FORMATION OF ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM, ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM BRED BY MODIFYING THE GENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VINEGAR USING THE ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing foam formation by identifying a gene involved in foam formation during culture of an acetic acid bacterium and reducing or deleting the function of a protein encoded by the gene, a method for more efficiently producing vinegar that contains a high concentration of acetic acid by using an acetic acid bacterium in which foam formation has been suppressed by the above method, and vinegar produced by the production method. An acetic acid bacterium with suppressed foam formation was given by obtaining a gene encoding a protein involved in foam formation during culture of an acetic acid bacterium, then by altering the gene by a modification to reduce or delete the function of a protein involved in foam formation. Further provided is a method for efficiently producing vinegar with a higher concentration of acetic acid with the use of the acetic acid bacterium. | 06-24-2010 |
Aya Iida, Aichi JP
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20100105117 | GENE ASSOCIATED WITH FOAM FORMATION OF ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM, ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM BRED BY MODIFYING THE GENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VINEGAR USING THE ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing foam formation by identifying a gene involved in foam formation during culture of an acetic acid bacterium and reducing or deleting the function of a protein encoded by the gene, a method for more efficiently producing vinegar that contains a high concentration of acetic acid by using an acetic acid bacterium in which foam formation has been suppressed by the above method, and vinegar produced by the above production method. An acetic acid bacterium with suppressed foam formation was obtained by isolating a gene encoding a protein involved in foam formation during culture of an acetic acid bacterium, then by altering the gene by a modification to reduce or delete the function of a protein involved in foam formation. Further provided is a method for efficiently producing vinegar with higher concentration of acetic acid with the use of the acetic acid bacterium. | 04-29-2010 |
20100137641 | GENE INVOLVED IN QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEM OF ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM, ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM BRED BY MODIFICATION OF THE GENE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF VINEGAR BY USING THE ACETIC ACID BACTERIUM - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing vinegar that contains a higher concentration of acetic acid, wherein a gene involved in the acetic acid fermentation ability is obtained, the acetic acid fermentation ability of an acetic acid bacterium is improved by reducing or deleting the function of the protein encoded by the gene. An acetic acid bacterium with a remarkably improved acetic acid fermentation ability was obtained by obtaining genes encoding an acyl homoserine lactone synthase and an acyl homoserine lactone receptor-type transcription factor that are involved in the quorum-sensing system in the acetic acid bacterium, and modifying the genes so as to reduce or delete the function of the quorum-sensing system. Further provided is a method for more efficiently producing vinegar containing a higher concentration of acetic acid by using the acetic acid bacterium. | 06-03-2010 |
Aya Ikeda, Hitachi-Shi JP
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20120202015 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ADHESION BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE WITH ADHESIVE PATTERN, AND SUBSTRATE WITH ADHESIVE PATTERN - The method for manufacturing an adhesion body according to the present invention is a method for manufacturing an adhesion body in which a first adherend and a second adherend are bonded to each other via an adhesive pattern, comprising a step of providing an adhesive layer containing a thermosetting component on a first adherend; a step of forming an adhesive pattern by etching the adhesive layer in a state in which a protective layer for protecting a predetermined portion of the adhesive layer from etching is provided on a surface of the adhesive layer opposite to a surface in contact with the first adherend; and a step of bonding a second adherend to the adhesive pattern after the protective layer is removed. | 08-09-2012 |
Aya Inoue, Gunma JP
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20100099846 | DEPSIPEPTIDE CONTAINING LACTIC ACID RESIDUE - Disclosed are a compound represented by the general formula (I) below and a polymer compound obtained by polymerizing such a compound. R | 04-22-2010 |
Aya Inoue, Kiryu-Shi JP
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20090275730 | Temperature responsive depsipeptide polymer - There is provided a temperature responsive polymer compound which comprises a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (I): | 11-05-2009 |
Aya Ito, Osaka-Shi JP
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20130012105 | POLISHING PAD AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A polishing pad, having a polishing layer comprising a thermoset polyurethane foam, wherein the polishing layer has an in-plane variation of 12 or less in microrubber A hardness, the variation being obtained by measuring the polishing layer from a polishing surface side of the layer, the thermoset polyurethane foam contains, as raw material components, an isocyanate component and active-hydrogen-containing compounds, and the active-hydrogen-containing compounds comprise a trifunctional polyol having at least one terminated hydroxyl group that is a secondary hydroxyl group, and having a hydroxyl group value of 150 to 1,000 mg KOH/g in an amount of 10 to 50 parts by weight for 100 parts by weight of the active-hydrogen-containing compounds. | 01-10-2013 |
Aya Itoh, Tsuruoka-City JP
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20100075397 | Divinyl ether synthase gene and protein, and uses thereof - The present invention relates to divinyl ether synthase genes, proteins, and methods of their use. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms of the synthase, as well as mutants and variant forms, some of which possess altered characteristics relative to the wild-type synthase. The present invention also relates to methods of using divinyl ether synthase genes and proteins, including in their expression in transgenic organisms and in the production of divinyl ether fatty acids, and to methods of suing divinyl ether fatty acids, including in the protection of plants from pathogens. | 03-25-2010 |
Aya Iwasaki, Okayama-Shi JP
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20100083404 | Plant Having Increased Yield of Seeds - It is found that a transformed plant into which a γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene has been introduced is increased in at least one of the number of flowers and the number of seeds in comparison with a wild-type plant, and is therefore increased in seed yield. Based on this finding, the present invention elucidates the function of a product of a plant-derived γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene and provides a technique for producing a plant having an increased seed yield. | 04-01-2010 |
Aya Jacobovits, Beverly Hills, CA US
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20090004109 | Antibodies and Molecules Derived Therefrom that Bind to Steap-1 Proteins - Antibodies and molecules derived therefrom that bind to novel STEAP-1 protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein STEAP-1 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, STEAP-1 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The STEAP-1 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with STEAP-1 can be used in active or passive immunization. | 01-01-2009 |
Aya Jakobovitz, Beverly Hills, CA US
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20120063999 | PSCA: PROSTATE STEM CELL ANTIGEN AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides a novel prostate cell-surface antigen, designated Prostate Stem Cell Antigen (PSCA), which is widely over-expressed across all stages of prostate cancer, including high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), androgen-dependent and androgen-independent prostate tumors. | 03-15-2012 |
Aya Januma, Tokyo JP
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20110036932 | SPRAY APPARATUS - A spray apparatus is provided, which can prevent a disadvantage which can occur when falling down. A microcomputer of an apparatus main body sets a total spray counter to zero (S | 02-17-2011 |
Aya Kaisumi, Sendai JP
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20120065779 | ROBOT - A robot includes a gripping section adapted to grip an object by open and close a pair of finger sections, a moving device adapted to relatively move the object and the gripping section, and a control device adapted to control the moving device to move the gripping section relatively toward the object, and dispose the pair of finger sections in a periphery of the object, and then control the gripping section to open and close the pair of finger sections in a plane parallel to a mounting surface on which the object is mounted, pinch the object between the pair of finger sections from a lateral side of the object, and grip the object with the gripping section at least three contact points. | 03-15-2012 |
20120153652 | ROBOT AND ROBOT HAND - A recess has a proximal-end-side surface and a distal-end-side surface. When an intersection between a straight line included in the proximal-end-side surface and a straight line included in the distal-end-side surface is a base point, a line passing through the base point is a base line, a line between two claw portions, passing through an end point of the recess and orthogonal to the base line is an orthogonal line, the angle α made between the base line, and the straight line included in the distal-end-side surface is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees, the angle β made between the orthogonal line, and the straight line included in the proximal-end-side surface is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees, and the length d from the base point to the orthogonal line is greater than 0. | 06-21-2012 |
Aya Kakzau, Osaka JP
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20100288692 | AROMATIC POLYAMIDE NANOFIBER AND FIBER STRUCTURE CONTAINING THE SAME - According to the invention, by preparing a solution of an aromatic copolyamide obtained by copolymerization of a specific third component, a spinning solution is stabilized even without using an alkali metal salt and a uniform aromatic copolyamide nanofiber can be obtained stably by an electrospinning method. Further, according to the invention, a fiber structure obtaining laminating a salt-free aromatic copolyamide nanofiber can be stably formed. Therefore, it can be applied to a product having no preference for ionic contamination of an alkali metal salt or the like, for example, a filter for gas or liquid filtration or an electronic component separator, and is useful in the textile industry. | 11-18-2010 |
Aya Kato, Haga-Gun JP
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20130216492 | Method for Searching for Malodor Control Agent, Malodor Control Agent, and Malodor Control Method - Provided are a method for searching for a malodor inhibitor by using the response of an olfactory receptor as an indicator; a method for inhibiting malodor based on the antagonism of olfactory receptors; and a malodor inhibitor. Disclosed are a method for searching for a malodor inhibitor, the method including: adding a test substance and a malodor-causing substance to any one olfactory receptor selected from the group consisting of OR51E1, OR2W1, OR10A6, OR51I2, and OR51L1, measuring the response of the olfactory receptor to the malodor-causing substance, identifying the test substance that suppresses the response of the olfactory receptor on the basis of the measured response, and selecting the identified test substance as a malodor inhibitor; an antagonist to any one olfactory receptor selected from the group consisting of OR51E1, OR2W1, OR10A6, OR51I2, and OR51L1; a method for inhibiting malodor using the antagonist. | 08-22-2013 |
Aya Kato, Tokyo JP
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20100248959 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a thermosensitive recording medium, which has a satisfactory color developing sensitivity, an excellent general printability (surface strength) and an excellent anti-sticking property. The thermosensitive recording layer of the thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention contains an alkylketene dimer. Without forming a protecting layer, the thermosensitive recording medium of the present invention is superior in color developing sensitivity, general printability (surface strength) and anti-sticking property. | 09-30-2010 |
20130280188 | SELF-TANNING COSMETIC - A self-tanning cosmetic comprising components (A), (B) and (C), and a self-tanning method reducing an odor derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1), comprising a step of application of the cosmetic to the skin for a browning reaction, wherein the cosmetic comprises: | 10-24-2013 |
Aya Kikuchi, Tokyo JP
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20110282066 | SCREENING METHOD FOR SUBSTANCE USEFUL AS AGENT FOR TREATING PROSTATE CANCER - [Object] A screening method for a compound which is useful as an agent for treating 17βHSD type 5-related diseases and/or an agent for treating 17βHSD type 5-related cancer such as prostate cancer is provided. | 11-17-2011 |
Aya Kobayashi, Shinjuku-Ku JP
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20130035625 | SUPPORTER FOR ACHILLES TENDON - Provided is an Achilles tendon support capable of suppressing a dorsiflexion of an ankle joint as well as suppressing a twist of the ankle joint. The Achilles tendon support includes: an inner support section for covering an Achilles tendon and both side edge portions thereof, upper portions of the inner support section being fastenable to each other on a front side of an upper ankle portion with a hook and loop fastener; and an outer support section for covering the Achilles tendon and both the side edge portions thereof in a range from a sole through a back heel portion, upper portions of the outer support section being fastenable to an outer surface of the inner support section with a hook and loop fastener. | 02-07-2013 |
Aya Komami, Tokyo JP
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20130273166 | BREAST ENHANCEMENT ACCELERATOR - A method for enlarging a breast includes the step of administering to a subject in need thereof a composition that includes a fine particle of calcium phosphate. The fine particle of calcium phosphate may be a fine particle of hydroxyapatite. An average particle size of the fine particle of calcium phosphate is 10 to 1,000 nm. The fine particle of calcium phosphate may be a sintered body. The sintered body may be manufactured by a method including: a mixing step in which a primary particle containing calcium phosphate is mixed with a fusion inhibitor, and a sintering step in which the mixed particle obtained by the mixing step defined above is exposed to a sintering temperature. | 10-17-2013 |
Aya Konishi, Nishinomiya-Shi JP
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20110053210 | BLOOD ANALYZER, BLOOD ANALYSIS METHOD AND HEMOLYTIC AGENT - This blood analyzer includes a sample preparation portion preparing a measurement sample free from a labeling substance from a blood sample and a hemolytic agent free from a labeling substance, a light information generation portion generating fluorescent information and at least two types of scattered light information from the measurement sample and a control portion performing a first classification of white blood cells in the measurement sample into at least four groups of monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils and others on the basis of the fluorescent information and the two types of scattered light information. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053212 | BLOOD ANALYZER, BLOOD ANALYSIS METHOD, HEMOLYTIC AGENT AND STAINING AGENT - This blood analyzer includes a sample preparation portion preparing a first measurement sample containing a blood sample and a hemolytic agent and a second measurement sample containing the blood sample, the same hemolytic agent as the hemolytic agent and a staining agent and a control portion classifying white blood cells in the first measurement sample into at least four groups of monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils and others on the basis of fluorescent information and two types of scattered light information generated by a light information generation portion and classifying blood cells in the second measurement sample into at least malaria-infected red blood cells and others on the basis of fluorescent information and scattered light information generated by the light information generation portion. | 03-03-2011 |
20120078514 | SAMPLE ANALYZING SYSTEM, SAMPLE ANALYZER AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - The present invention is a sample analyzing system, comprising a sample analyzer and a management apparatus connected to the sample analyzer via a communication network. The management apparatus comprises: a first memory that stores a computer program for the sample analyzer and manual data which corresponds to a version of the computer program; a first communication device; and a first controller configured to transmit, via the first communication device to the sample analyzer, the computer program and the manual data corresponding to the version of the computer program stored in the first memory. The sample analyzer comprises: a second communication device; a second memory that stores the computer program and the manual data received by the second communication device; and a second controller configured to execute the computer program stored in the second memory. | 03-29-2012 |
20140322750 | BLOOD ANALYZER, BLOOD ANALYSIS METHOD AND HEMOLYTIC AGENT - This blood analyzer includes a sample preparation portion preparing a measurement sample free from a labeling substance from a blood sample and a hemolytic agent free from a labeling substance, a light information generation portion generating fluorescent information and at least two types of scattered light information from the measurement sample and a control portion performing a first classification of white blood cells in the measurement sample into at least four groups of monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils and others on the basis of the fluorescent information and the two types of scattered light information. | 10-30-2014 |
20150050643 | BLOOD ANALYZER, BLOOD ANALYSIS METHOD, HEMOLYTIC AGENT AND STAINING AGENT - This blood analyzer includes a sample preparation portion preparing a first measurement sample containing a blood sample and a hemolytic agent and a second measurement sample containing the blood sample, the same hemolytic agent as the hemolytic agent and a staining agent and a control portion classifying white blood cells in the first measurement sample into at least four groups of monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils and others on the basis of fluorescent information and two types of scattered light information generated by a light information generation portion and classifying blood cells in the second measurement sample into at least malaria-infected red blood cells and others on the basis of fluorescent information and scattered light information generated by the light information generation portion. | 02-19-2015 |
Aya Kubota, Yamaguchi JP
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20090191589 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DIPEPTIDES - The present invention provides a protein which catalyzes the synthesis of a dipeptide different from L-Ala-L-Ala, a process for producing the protein which catalyzes the synthesis of a dipeptide, a process for producing a dipeptide using the protein which catalyzes the synthesis of a dipeptide, and a process for producing the dipeptide using a culture of a microorganism producing the protein which catalyzes the synthesis of a dipeptide or the like as an enzyme source. | 07-30-2009 |
Aya Masuda, Tokyo JP
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20120237269 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A toner container for containing toner, removably installable into an apparatus body, includes a container body in which an opening for receiving toner therein or discharging toner therefrom is formed and a handle forming a front end portion of the toner container when the toner container is installed in the apparatus body, the handle having a front face inclined relative to a center axis (L) of the container body. | 09-20-2012 |
Aya Matsuda, Shibuya JP
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20090282141 | Server managing apparatus and server managing method - A controlling unit obtains server information from a server group in a chassis to store the obtained server information in a server information DB, an editing unit reads the server information from the server information DB, and generates, based on the read server information, as screen display information, physical server information, and logical server information including information on use application and attribute information for a logical server, which are related to a physical location of each physical server, and a displaying unit displays screen display information on a screen simulating the physical location of the physical server. | 11-12-2009 |
Aya Minami, Yamato JP
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20100211768 | SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HARDWARE CALIBRATION DURING STARTUP, AND METHOD OF CALIBRATION - Disclosed is a system including: a calibration executing unit that performs a calibration on hardware during the system startup so as to allow the system to properly operate; and a correction data retaining unit that retains a piece of correction information in association with an environmental condition during the calibration, the correction information indicating a setting for the hardware calibrated by the calibration executing unit. If the correction data retaining unit retains the correction information associated with an environmental condition equivalent to the environmental condition at a time when the system is started up, the calibration executing unit performs the hardware setting on the basis of the retained correction information instead of calibrating the hardware. | 08-19-2010 |
20120151152 | READING CORE DATA IN A RING BUS TYPE MULTICORE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a ring bus type multicore system including one memory, a main memory controller for connecting the memory to a ring bus; and multiple cores connected in the shape of the ring bus, wherein each of the cores further includes a cache interface and a cache controller for controlling or managing the interface, and the cache controller of each of the cores connected in the shape of the ring bus executes a step of snooping data on the request through the cache interface; and when the cache of the core holds the data, a step of controlling the core to receive the request and return the data to the requester core, or, when the cache of the core does not hold the data, the main memory controller executes a step of reading the data from the memory and sending the data to the requester core. | 06-14-2012 |
Aya Minehara, Osaka-Shi JP
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20120320278 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A television ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130070164 | DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display screen includes a video region in contact with a left side section of the display screen for performing a scaling display of an input video; a top region at the uppermost part of the display screen for displaying a plurality of items capable of being selected by a user; and a side region provided to the right or left of the display screen for displaying a plurality of items set at a lower level than an item selected by the user. Among the plurality of items displayed in the side region, an item currently selected by the user is so displayed as to be discriminated from the other items. After the item selected has been discriminatively displayed for a prescribed time period, a guidance describing the item being selected is displayed in the side region close to the item selected. | 03-21-2013 |
20130305293 | PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTIFICATION DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A television set ( | 11-14-2013 |
20130318554 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The television ( | 11-28-2013 |
Aya Miyazaki, Sagamihara JP
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20110216876 | PULSE SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND SHIFT REGISTER - An object is to provide a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit. A pulse signal output circuit according to one embodiment of the disclosed invention includes first to tenth transistors. The ratio W/L of the channel width W to the channel length L of the first transistor and W/L of the third transistor are each larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is equal to W/L of the seventh transistor. W/L of the third transistor is larger than W/L of the fourth transistor. With such a structure, a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit can be provided. | 09-08-2011 |
20130250529 | PULSE SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND SHIFT REGISTER - An object is to provide a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit. A pulse signal output circuit according to one embodiment of the disclosed invention includes first to tenth transistors. The ratio W/L of the channel width W to the channel length L of the first transistor and W/L of the third transistor are each larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is equal to W/L of the seventh transistor. W/L of the third transistor is larger than W/L of the fourth transistor. With such a structure, a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit can be provided. | 09-26-2013 |
20140301045 | PULSE SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND SHIFT REGISTER - An object is to provide a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit. A pulse signal output circuit according to one embodiment of the disclosed invention includes first to tenth transistors. The ratio W/L of the channel width W to the channel length L of the first transistor and W/L of the third transistor are each larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is larger than W/L of the sixth transistor. W/L of the fifth transistor is equal to W/L of the seventh transistor. W/L of the third transistor is larger than W/L of the fourth transistor. With such a structure, a pulse signal output circuit capable of operating stably and a shift register including the pulse signal output circuit can be provided. | 10-09-2014 |
Aya Mochizuki, Ashigarakami-Gun JP
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20120078189 | NEEDLE ARRAY TRANSDERMAL ABSORPTION SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEEDLE ARRAY TRANSDERMAL ABSORPTION SHEET - A needle array transdermal absorption sheet to be attached onto a skin for supplying a drug into the skin, includes: a plurality of needle portions each having a tapered shape, each of the needle portions including a needle having a conical or pyramidal shape and a body part which has a columnar shape and whose end surface is connected to a base of the needle; a sheet portion having a flat-plate shape; and a plurality of frustum portions each having a frustum shape, the frustum portions which are arranged on a surface of the sheet portion in a manner that perimeters of larger bases of adjacent frustum portions are in contact with each other on the surface of the sheet portion, and smaller bases of which are respectively connected to the body parts of the needle portions. | 03-29-2012 |
Aya Momozaki, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20120227786 | CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE, SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A conductive adhesive comprising conductive particles including metal, a thermosetting resin, a flux activator, and preferably a rheology control agent is provided. A melting point of the conductive particles is preferably 220° C. or lower. The conductive adhesive is used for electrically connecting and adhering wiring members | 09-13-2012 |
20130340806 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, CONNECTOR AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is an electrically conductive adhesive composition including: electrically conductive particles (A) containing metal having a melting point of equal to or lower than 220° C.; a thermosetting resin (B); a flux activator (C); and a curing catalyst (D), in which a reaction start temperature of the thermosetting resin (B) and the curing catalyst (D) is 130 to 200° C. | 12-26-2013 |
20130340813 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - Provided is a method of manufacturing a solar cell module including: a step (A) of applying a conductive adhesive composition comprising conductive particles having metal, or the like; a step (B) of disposing wiring members so as to face with electrodes of the solar battery cells with the applied conductive adhesive composition interposed therebetween; a step (C) of heating the solar battery cells with the wiring members obtained in the step (B); and a step (D) of laminating sealing resins onto both surfaces of the solar battery cells with the wiring members obtained in the step (C), laminating protection glass onto a light-receiving surface of the solar battery cell and a protection film onto a rear surface of the solar battery cell, and performing heating, in which a melting point of the metal in the conductive particles is or lower than the heating temperature in the step (C). | 12-26-2013 |
20140144481 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a solar cell module in which a plurality of solar cells and a wiring member for electrically connecting the solar cells are connected via connecting portions and, wherein a plurality of finger electrodes are formed on a light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion body of the solar cell, the wiring member is arranged so as to intersect with the plurality of finger electrodes, and the connecting portion on a light receiving surface side comprises a metal portion which is formed by allowing conductive particles containing a metal having a melting temperature of 200° C. or less to melt and aggregate in a resin and connects the individual finger electrodes and the wiring member; and a resin portion which is composed of the resin and surrounds the metal portion to bond the photoelectric conversion body and the wiring member. | 05-29-2014 |
Aya Mori, Yamato JP
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20080243804 | Information Search System, Information Search Supporting System, and Method and Program for Information Search - To enable a user to perform, by using an ontology, an information search utilizing a meaning given to information on a network by Semantic Web without being required to perform complicated operations for forming an inquiry sentence in conformity with the ontology. | 10-02-2008 |
Aya Murakami, Hoi-Gun JP
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20120190582 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING PROBE IN DNA MICROARRAY, AND DNA MICROARRAY PROVIDED WITH PROBE DESIGNED THEREBY - Provided is a probe to be used in a DNA microarray having an excellent detection rate of a polymorphism such as SNP contained in genomic DNA. A method for designing a probe according to the invention includes the steps of: specifying one or more regions covering at least a part of fragments flanked by restriction enzyme recognition sites recognized by a restriction enzyme, contained in genomic DNA derived from an organism to be tested; and designing a probe for the specified one or more regions for detecting the fragment in the organism to be tested. | 07-26-2012 |
Aya Murakami, Toyokawa-Shi JP
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20130237448 | SUGARCANE-SUGAR-YIELD-RELATED MARKER AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a sugarcane-sugar-yield-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-sugar-yield-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 24, or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 of a sugarcane chromosome. | 09-12-2013 |
20130252844 | SUGARCANE-STALK-SUGAR-CONTENT-RELATED MARKER AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16. | 09-26-2013 |
20140349876 | SUGARCANE-STALK=SUGAR-CONTENT-RELATED MARKER AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16. | 11-27-2014 |
Aya Nakagawa, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20120309943 | ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER, AND USE OF SAID ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - The present invention provides an antibody-immobilized carrier that can be used in antibody screening, a method of producing the antibody-immobilized carrier, and use of the antibody-immobilized carrier. Efficient antibody screening can be carried out particularly by an antibody-immobilized carrier including two or more antibody immobilized regions onto each of which a heavy-chain low-molecular-weight antibody and a light-chain low-molecular-weight antibody are separately immobilized, the two or more antibody immobilized regions each being included in an independent manner, the heavy-chain low-molecular-weight antibody including a heavy-chain variable region, the light-chain low-molecular-weight antibody including a light-chain variable region, the heavy-chain low-molecular-weight antibody and the light-chain low-molecular-weight antibody each being derived from an antibody recognizing a different antigen. | 12-06-2012 |
20150018534 | ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER, METHOD OF PRODUCING ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER, AND USE OF SAID ANTIBODY-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - The present invention provides an antibody-immobilized carrier that can be used in antibody screening, a method of producing the antibody-immobilized carrier, and use of the antibody-immobilized carrier. Efficient antibody screening can be carried out particularly by an antibody-immobilized carrier including two or more antibody immobilized regions onto each of which a heavy-chain low-molecular-weight antibody and a light-chain low-molecular-weight antibody are separately immobilized, the two or more antibody immobilized regions each being included in an independent manner, the heavy-chain low-molecular-weight antibody including a heavy-chain variable region, the light-chain low-molecular-weight antibody including a light-chain variable region, the heavy-chain low-molecular-weight antibody and the light-chain low-molecular-weight antibody each being derived from an antibody recognizing a different antigen. | 01-15-2015 |
Aya Nakashima, Hachioji-Shi JP
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20110066815 | MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE AND MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - A memory access control device includes an input data control unit, a processing unit, and an output data control unit. The input data control unit inputs image data from a memory. The processing unit subjects the input image data to a preset process. The output data control unit outputs the processed image data to the memory. | 03-17-2011 |
Aya Okada, Ibaraki-Ken JP
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20090231635 | Scanner - A scanner includes: an image data input unit to which an image data from a generating source is inputted; a generating source identification unit configured to identify the generating source of the image data inputted to the image data input unit; a selection unit configured to select an image forming apparatus to which the inputted image data is to be outputted from among a plurality of image forming apparatuses serving as output destinations to which the image data is capable of being outputted on the basis of the generating source identified by the generating source identification unit; and a converted data output unit configured to convert the image data inputted to the image data input unit into data having contents suitable for an output condition for an image of the image forming apparatus selected by the selection unit and to output the converted image data to the image forming apparatus selected by the selection unit. | 09-17-2009 |
20110164912 | PRINTING MACHINE - A printing machine includes: a reception unit configured to receive image data; a printing unit configured to print on a print medium based on the image data received by the reception unit; a first paper feeding unit configured to take out and convey a print medium on a paper feed tray one by one; a second paper feeding unit configured to convey a print medium conveyed by the first paper feeding unit to the printing unit; and a print control unit configured to drive the first paper feeding unit to start conveyance of a print medium upon start of reception of the image data by the reception unit. | 07-07-2011 |
20120257221 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An image processing device for determining whether to carry out color printing or monochrome printing to achieve a printing operation on a print sheet based on an original document, the device including: a determination area obtaining unit configured to automatically obtain a partial area of the original document estimated to be printed on the print sheet; and a color/monochrome determination unit configured to carry out the determination with using image data of the obtained partial area. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257226 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An image processing device to receive print data generated based on image data of an original document, the original document including color pixels and being determined to be printed by color printing, and to store the received print data in a storage unit in preparation for a possible reprinting operation based on the received print data, the device including: a redetermination unit configured to redetermine whether to carry out color printing or monochrome printing to achieve a printing operation to print apart of the original document by using the stored print data. | 10-11-2012 |
Aya Okashita, Tokyo JP
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20110307939 | ACCOUNT ISSUANCE SYSTEM, ACCOUNT SERVER, SERVICE SERVER, AND ACCOUNT ISSUANCE METHOD - Provided is an account issuance system that can open an account owner in a service server to the outside without revealing personal information. Terminal | 12-15-2011 |
Aya Oosato, Iwate JP
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20110244530 | L-SUCCINYLAMINOACYLASE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING L-AMINO ACID USING IT - The present invention provides an L-aminoacylase which is able to produce L-tert-leucine being useful as an intermediate for pharmaceuticals. | 10-06-2011 |
Aya Sakamoto, Tokyo JP
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20120136140 | ANTI-CADHERIN ANTIBODY - It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-cadherin antibody having high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The present invention provides an anti-cadherin antibody, which recognizes any one of an upstream region of EC1, a cadherin domain 4 (EC4) and a cadherin domain 5 (EC5), wherein an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity at an antibody concentration of 1 μg/mL is 30% or more. | 05-31-2012 |
20130243771 | HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ANTI-CADHERIN ANTIBODY FOR INDUCTION OF ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY IN VIVO - It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-cadherin antibody having high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The present invention provides an anti-cadherin antibody, which recognizes any one of an upstream region of EC1, a cadherin domain 4 (EC4) and a cadherin domain 5 (EC5), wherein an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity at an antibody concentration of 1 μg/mL is 30% or more. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245232 | HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ANTI-CADHERIN ANTIBODY FOR INDUCTION OF ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY IN VIVO - It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-cadherin antibody having high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The present invention provides an anti-cadherin antibody, which recognizes any one of an upstream region of EC1, a cadherin domain 4 (EC4) and a cadherin domain 5 (EC5), wherein an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity at an antibody concentration of 1 μg/mL is 30% or more. | 09-19-2013 |
Aya Sakurai, Kasugai JP
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20100299645 | DESIGN SUPPORT COMPUTER PRODUCT, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores a design support program causing a computer to perform: detecting a data path and a clock path corresponding to the data path making up a partial circuit in a circuit-under-design; selecting an object cell from cells on the data path and the clock path detected in the detecting; replacing the object cell selected in the selecting with a cell having a function substantially identical to and characteristics different from the object cell; acquiring a plurality of types of characteristic information related to the partial circuit based on the data path and the clock path after the object cell is replaced in the replacing; determining whether the types of the characteristic information acquired in the acquiring is in violation of restrictions; and outputting a determination result determined in the determining. | 11-25-2010 |
Aya Sato, Nagoya-City JP
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20100243447 | PUMPING ELECTRODE OF GAS SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE PASTE, AND GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor including a pump electrode and a method for manufacturing a conductive paste for forming the pump electrode. When the pump electrode constituting an electrochemical pump cell for adjusting an oxygen partial pressure inside a gas sensor to measure a concentration of a gas component in a measurement gas by a current-limiting method is formed of a cermet of a noble metal and an oxide having oxygen ion conductivity, the noble metal contains a first noble metal having a catalytic activity, and a second noble metal having a catalytic activity suppressing ability to suppress the catalytic activity of the first noble metal with respect to an oxide gas except for oxygen, and an abundance ratio of the second noble metal with respect to the first noble metal in a particle surface of the first noble metal existing in the pump electrode is to be 0.01 to 0.3. | 09-30-2010 |
Aya Satoh, Nagoya-City JP
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20120000358 | STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH ZEOLITE SEPARATION MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR SEPARATING MIXED FLUIDS AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING MIXED FLUIDS - There is provided a zeolite separation membrane-provided article having gaps or pores larger than pores inherent to zeolite crystals and controlled within an appropriate range and being capable of achieving both high permeability and high separability for components with small difference in adsorption properties or a component having a smaller molecular diameter than the diameter of the pores, a method for producing the same, a method for separating mixed fluids, and a device for separating mixed fluids. The zeolite separation membrane-provided article is provided with a zeolite membrane having an N | 01-05-2012 |
20120091056 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON FILM, CARBON FILM AND SEPARATOR - A method for producing a carbon membrane of the present invention is a production method where a carbon membrane obtained by subjecting a carbon-containing layer to thermal decomposition in an oxygen inert atmosphere while sending a gas mixture containing an oxidizing gas thereinto is thermally heated. The carbon membrane is subjected to a heating oxidation treatment with controlling the ratio of the flow rate of the gas mixture to the areas of the carbon membrane to 0.5 cm/min. or more to control (temperature ° C.) | 04-19-2012 |
20130112078 | SILICA FILM FILTER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SILICA FILM FILTER - There is provided a silica membrane filter having performance of selectively separating an aromatic compound and performance of selectively separating an alcohol. The silica membrane filter is provided with a porous substrate and a silica membrane. The ratio of a He gas permeation amount to an N | 05-09-2013 |
Aya Shidara, Forest Hills, NY US
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20110014298 | Discontinuous Surface Coating for Particles - The present invention relates to particle compositions comprising a core particle that is partially coated with a first hydrophilic deposit and a hydrophobic polymeric finish, contains a small amount of water, and a compatible active present in the deposit, the finish or both. Additional alternating deposits, hydrophobic, hydrophilic or both, can be present between the first hydrophilic deposit and the hydrophobic polymeric finish. Similarly, additional compatible actives can be present in one or more of the additional alternating deposits. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the particle compositions. | 01-20-2011 |
Aya Shimizu, Tokyo JP
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20090029301 | SAFETY FLINT LIGHTER - A safety flint lighter is provided that an adult is allowed to easily make an ignition with a single action without allowing a child to easily lean how to ignite a flame. A safety flint lighter has an ignition device using a flint and a sparking file wheel and structured not permitting a child to ignite a flame. An axial hole, rotatably supporting a rotary shaft of a sparking file wheel, is in a form permitting the rotary shaft, at an axis thereof, to directly move between a first position the rotary shaft is normally hold and distant from a tank body, a second position established closer to the tank body than the first position and on an axis of a flint and a third position established oppositely to a nozzle with respect to a straight line connecting between the first position and the second position. | 01-29-2009 |
Aya Suzuki, Tokyo JP
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20080243794 | CONTENTS INFORMATION SEARCH CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTENTS INFORMATION SEARCH CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a contents information search control system that, when automatic search of contents, such as game software, is performed with a terminal, such as a cellular phone, according to a user's preference, can reflect a change in user's interest or expansion of a target range of an interest. A change in user's interest is quantitatively grasped as an interest vector, and when the interest vector satisfies a predetermined condition, a search condition is updated to reflect the change in the user's interest in a search condition. In addition, expansion of a target range of the user’s interest is quantitatively grasped as distance information, and when the distance information satisfies a predetermined condition, the search condition is updated to reflect the expansion of the target range of the user's interest in the search condition. The interest vector or the distance information is calculated from an automatic search result on the basis of contents selected by a user, and updated as occasion demands. | 10-02-2008 |
20090005172 | SERVER APPARATUS, CELLULAR PHONE, OPPONENT SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a technology that allows a user of a mobile phone having a game execution function to easily find another mobile phone user who can immediately play a match-up with him/her in the game. A page of an opponent selection site that is provided by a server apparatus is individually created for each mobile phone user who logs on while assigning the kind of a game for a match-up. On the opponent selection site, match-up opponent candidates who are liable to play a match-up in the game of the kind assigned by the mobile phone user who logs on are listed. A predetermined value is added to the score of goodness of fit of each user, which is used to select a match-up opponent candidate, according to whether or not the user has played a match-up in the game of that kind, whether or not the user has obtained a high score in the game of that kind, whether or not the user has challenged another user to a match-up in the game of that kind, or whether or not the user has played a match-up with the mobile phone user, who logs on, in the past. In addition, a value according to a time elapsed from a last login date-and-time is added to the score of the goodness of fit. | 01-01-2009 |
20100250652 | MESSAGE POSTING SYSTEM - A server unit provides a message board on a predetermined topic in which multiple unspecified users participate. A user can designate a message posted by an arbitrary user on the message board on the predetermined topic, as a watch target. When a plurality of users designate the same message on the message board on the predetermined topic as a watch target and post new messages on the message to be watched within a predetermined period, the users who have designated the same message as the watch target are grouped. The grouped users can use a message board for a temporary topic which is provided as separate from the message board for the predetermined topic. | 09-30-2010 |
20120276037 | HAIR COSMETIC - A hair cosmetic contains (A) a side chain amino-modified organopolysiloxane having long chain alkyl at both ends at 0.01 to 15 weight %, (B) one type or two or more types of cationic surfactant selected from tertiary amine compounds at 0.1 to 15 weight %, (C) a higher alcohol having 12 to 28 carbon atoms and one hydroxy group at 0.1 to 20 weight %, (D) a polydimethylsiloxane at 0.01 to 15 weight %, and (E) water, the side chain amino-modified organopolysiloxane having long chain alkyl at both ends having a nitrogen atom content of 0.31 to 2 weight %. | 11-01-2012 |
Aya Suzuki, Tochigi-Ken JP
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20080285902 | Bearing Device for Drive Wheel - A bearing device for a drive wheel, wherein an annular first seal member is disposed in a clearance between a knuckle member and the outer peripheral surface of an outer ring member. A third clearance small in the radial direction and continued by the length of a first annular side part is formed between the second inner diameter surface of the knuckle member and the first annular side part. Thus, water and slurry are prevented from entering into the clearance formed around a hub bearing. | 11-20-2008 |
Aya Takio, Suwa-Shi JP
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20100118342 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus is connected to a memory unit in which a plurality of images is stored, forms an image which is selected by a user from the plurality of images and forms an index image in which a plurality of images which are not selected by the user is disposed. The image forming apparatus includes a group acquisition unit which acquires a group to which the plurality of image belongs from among a plurality of groups into which images are classified; a history registration unit which associates a formed image with the acquired group to be registered as an image forming history when an image selected by the user is formed; and an image forming unit which determines a group in which an image used in the index image is extracted, among the plurality of groups. | 05-13-2010 |
Aya Tamura, Tajimi-Shi JP
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20100129111 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE HAVING CHARGER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming device includes a process cartridge, a wall section, and a flow restrictor. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a charger, and a frame. The charger is disposed spaced away from the photosensitive drum for charging the photosensitive drum. The frame is formed with a first opening at a position opposite to the photosensitive drum with respect to the charger. The frame is also formed with a first vent hole for ventilation of a space defined by the frame. The first vent hole is positioned upstream of the first opening and downstream of the image transfer position of the photosensitive drum in the rotational direction of the photosensitive drum. The wall section is positioned in direct confrontation with the first opening. The flow restrictor restricts air flow and is provided between the frame and the wall section. | 05-27-2010 |
20100178078 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Cleaning Unit Fixed to Drawer - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main body, a drawer, an image forming unit, a belt unit and a cleaning unit. The drawer is movably supported to the main body and configured to be pulled out from an interior of the main body. The image forming unit is supported on the drawer and has a plurality of photosensitive drums arrayed in line in a first direction for forming an image on a recording medium. The belt unit disposed in opposition to each of the plurality of photosensitive drums and extends in the first direction. The cleaning unit is fixed to the drawer and is disposed at a side the same as the image forming unit with respect to the belt unit, whereby the cleaning unit is pulled out integrally with the image forming unit from the main body. | 07-15-2010 |
20130084103 | Rotary Body Unit - A first rotary body is configured to rotate by a drive force input from an external source and has a first outer peripheral surface. A second rotary body is configured to rotate by following a rotation of the first rotary body through the friction generated between the first outer peripheral surface and the second outer peripheral surface. A first gear is configured to rotate together with the first rotary body. A second gear is configured to rotate together with the second rotary body and is directory engaged with the first gear. The first gear had a first pitch circle and the second gear has a second pitch circle. A radius of the first pitch circle is smaller than the radius of the first rotary body, and a radius of the second pitch circle is larger than the radius of the second rotary body. | 04-04-2013 |
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20110211276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEAD FLYING HEIGHT IN A DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a measuring module, a flying height controller, a detection module, and a controller. The measuring module is configured to measure the flying height that the head has with respect to the disk. The flying height controller is configured to control the head flying height in accordance with a value preset for the head flying height. The detection module is configured to detect the values representing the environmental elements of the head. The controller is configured to adjust the preset value in accordance with the flying height measured by the measuring module and values detected by the detection module if environmental changes are detected from the environmental element values output from the detection module. | 09-01-2011 |
20120087224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SYNC DATA OF READ DATA IN A DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a disk drive is provided, which starts reading data at the head thereof, when a sync mark is detected. The disk drive has a read channel that generates a forced SM detection signal if the sync mark cannot be detected because of the occurrence of TA. The read channel starts generating the forced SM detection signal at the end position of a preamble, which is equivalent to the position of the sync mark. | 04-12-2012 |
Aya Tashiro, Fukuoka JP
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20100063249 | PROTON-CONDUCTING COMPOUND AND PROTON-CONDUCTING POLYMER - Provided is a proton-conducting compound which provides proton conductivity without humidification and is suitable for electrochemical device materials such as solid electrolytes for fuel cells and electrolytes for batteries. Provided also is a proton-conducting polymer. The proton-conducting compound is composed of a melamine compound salt obtained from a melamine compound represented by the following formula (1) and a Bronsted acid and the proton-conducting polymer is obtained by homopolymerizing or copolymerizing the melamine compound salt. In formula (1), R | 03-11-2010 |
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Aya Yamamoto, Tokyo JP
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20120293896 | INRUSH-CURRENT SUPPRESSING DEVICE AND INRUSH-CURRENT SUPPRESSING METHOD - An inrush-current suppressing device includes a residual-magnetic-flux calculation unit that obtains a residual magnetic flux generated within a three-phase transformer, an input magnetic-flux-error calculation unit that obtains a closing-phase input magnetic-flux error, a closing-order determination unit that determines a closing order of phases of a three-phase breaker, a target-closing-phase/time setting unit that sets a time from a reference point to a target closing phase of a first closing phase as a first target closing time, and sets a time obtained by adding up a time from the reference point to a target closing phase of a second closing phase and a delay time set to exclude a period in which a magnetic flux in the first closing phase possibly saturates as a second target closing time, and a closing control unit that generates and outputs a closing control signal to close each phase at the target closing time. | 11-22-2012 |
20140120335 | FLOAT GLASS FOR CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING - A float glass, which is produced by a float process, has a bottom surface to contact a molten metal during forming and a top surface facing the bottom surface, and is capable of having, after chemical strengthening, a surface compressive stress of 600 MPa or more and a depth of a compressive stress layer of 15 μm or more from a surface thereof. Before chemical strengthening, a difference obtained by subtracting a surface compressive stress value σ | 05-01-2014 |
Aya Yoshimura, Kariya-Shi JP
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20100219904 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION OF PREVENTING SIGNAL REFLECTION AND NODE INCLUDED IN THE SAME - The communication system includes a trunk line constituted of first and second signal lines for transmitting differential signals, a plurality of branch lines each branching from the trunk line and connected with a node, and at least one reflection prevention circuit connected between the first and second signal lines. The reflection prevention circuit includes a rectifier circuit configured to inhibit a current from flowing between the first and second signal lines when a voltage between the differential signals is smaller than or equal to a predetermined voltage, and allow a current to flow between the first and second signal lines when the voltage between the differential signals is larger than the predetermined voltage, and a resistive element connected in series to the rectifier circuit between the first and second signal lines. | 09-02-2010 |
Aya Yoso, Tottori JP
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20110122342 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display panel including: first substrate and second substrate configured to sandwich a liquid crystal layer and be disposed opposed to each other, a display sub-pixel and a viewing angle control sub-pixel being formed in the first substrate and the second substrate; a first polarizer configured to be provided on an outer surface side of the first substrate; and a second polarizer configured to be provided on an outer surface side of the second substrate and have an optical axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the first polarizer. | 05-26-2011 |
20110187950 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed so as to face each other with a liquid crystal layer being held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode across which an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal layer being formed on the first substrate, a subpixel for display and a subpixel for control of a view angle being disposed on the same electrode, in which a plurality of slit-like openings are formed in the second electrode in the subpixel for control of a view angle, and a light blocking member is formed in a central position of a width of each of the plurality of slit-like openings in terms of planar view. | 08-04-2011 |
20110194061 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of pixels and a first substrate and a second substrate that are so disposed as to be opposed to each other and sandwich a liquid crystal layer, each of the pixels including a display sub-pixel and a viewing angle control sub-pixel, the liquid crystal display panel, includes: a first electrode configured to operate as a pixel electrode and be formed in the first substrate and in each of the display sub-pixels and the viewing angle control sub-pixels; and a second electrode configured to operate as a common electrode and be formed in the first substrate and over the first electrode with intermediary of an insulating film across the display sub-pixels and the viewing angle control sub-pixels, wherein an auxiliary interconnect electrically connected to the second electrode is formed in the viewing angle control sub-pixel. | 08-11-2011 |
20120162589 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel is provides and includes a pair of substrates arranged face to face so as to sandwich a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal device includes on one of the pair of substrates: a lower electrode; an upper electrode formed on a surface of the lower substrate through an insulating layer, in which plural slits are formed in each sub-pixel; and an alignment film formed so as to cover a surface of the upper electrode and the insulating layer. The plural slits have different widths at both ends of slits in a longitudinal direction. | 06-28-2012 |
20140320792 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel is provided and includes a pair of substrates arranged face to face so as to sandwich a liquid crystal layer, a lower electrode formed on a lower substrate, an upper electrode formed on the lower substrate through an insulating layer, in which plural slits are formed in each sub-pixel, wherein each of the plural slits is formed as an aperture in which both ends thereof in the longitudinal direction are closed, and an alignment film formed so as to cover a surface of the upper electrode and the insulating layer. The plural slits have different widths at both ends of slits in a longitudinal direction, and a rubbing direction of the alignment film is a direction crossing longitudinal edges of each of the slits. | 10-30-2014 |
Aya Yoso, Ehime JP
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20130077004 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels including a plurality of displaying subpixels corresponding to various colors and a viewing angle controlling subpixel for controlling a viewing angle, and a common electrode and a retention capacitor respectively provided to the plurality of pixels. At least one of the common electrode and the retention capacitor is provided so that the plurality of displaying subpixels and the viewing angle controlling subpixel are electrically independent from each other in a region where each of the plurality of pixels is provided. | 03-28-2013 |