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Azuma, JP

Akihiro Azuma, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100023599COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE PERFORMING CONTENT DISPLAY CONTROL, CONTROL METHOD, AND VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - When it is judged that data communication with a video display device is enabled, a display element is displayed to transmit a control signal for operating the video display device. When an instruction input for the display element is received, the control signal for controlling the video display device is transmitted to the video display device. The video display device performs a process corresponding to the received control signal.01-28-2010

Akio Azuma, Urayasu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100031178Computer system, information collection support device, and method for supporting information collection - Provided is a computer system including an information providing server and a computer which is coupled to the information providing server, and which collects information, the computer being configured to: record status histories including a history of an operation to a screen which shows a status of the computer, and which is displayed on the computer in chronological order to constitute a set of the status histories; and divide, in a case where a history of an operation of switching the screen is detected from the set of the status histories, based on the history of the operation of switching the screen, the set of the status histories. Accordingly, when a user collects information, navigation information is provided by taking the fact that the user has actually reached useful information into consideration.02-04-2010

Atsushi Azuma, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090140344SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device including a SRAM cell may include a data holding unit including a driver transistor and a load transistor, and receiving and holding data; and a data transferring unit including a transfer gate transistor whose source and drain are connected between the data holding unit and one of a pair of bit lines, and whose gate is connected to a word line, the data transferring unit either transferring the data transferred from the one of the pair of bit lines to the data holding unit or receiving the data held in the data holding unit and transferring the data to the one of the pair of bit lines, wherein at least one of the driver transistor and the load transistor has higher capacitance between the gate and the source and between the gate and the drain than the transfer gate transistor.06-04-2009

Eiji Azuma, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100006194PNEUMATIC TIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PNEUMATIC TIRE - In the invention, at least a tire outer circumferential side portion of a tread portion is formed of a non-conductive rubber layer. The non-conductive rubber layer is formed by winding and laminating a non-conductive rubber ribbon along a tire circumferential direction. A conductive layer is provided on an outer circumference of the non-conductive rubber ribbon, and the conductive layer continuously and spirally extends along the tire circumferential direction, and is exposed on a tread surface from a bottom surface of the non-conductive rubber layer toward a tire outer circumferential side. Accordingly, an electricity generated in a vehicle body is discharged to a road through the conductive layer. Since the conductive layer is scattered within the non-conductive rubber layer and exposure on the tread surface is preferably secured, it is possible to achieve an excellent conductivity.01-14-2010

Hideki Azuma, Kagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110059666METHOD FOR FORMING SHEETS WITH ELASTICIZED REGIONS AND SHEETS MADE BY THIS METHOD - In a method for forming a thermoplastic polymer sheet, a plurality of the forming blades are configured so as to have projected cross-sectional shapes on the sheet defined by similar curved lines and/or similar flexural lines arranged around a center of similitude and extending in the thickness direction of the sheet from the stationery mold and the movable mold so as to be engaged one with another but not to come in contact one with another. The method includes a step of introducing the sheet between the stationery mold and the movable mold and a step of bring the forming blades of the stationery mold and the movable mold into engagement with one another to stretch the sheet between distal ends of each pair of the adjacent forming blades.03-10-2011
20120094819DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRAWING SHEET - A drawing apparatus to draw a sheet includes a first protrusion group aligned in rows along a drawing direction of the sheet; and a second protrusion group aligned in rows along the drawing direction and that meshes with the first protrusion group. The sheet is bitten in between the first and second protrusion groups. A space in which the sheet is bitten with the first protrusion group and the second protrusion group includes a first region, a second region adjacent to the first region, and a third region adjacent to the second region opposite to the first region. A drawing amount of the sheet in the case that the sheet is bitten with the first protrusion group and the second protrusion group in the second region is greater than the drawing amount in the first region and is smaller than the drawing amount in the third region.04-19-2012

Hiroki Azuma, Tsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090207587LAMP HOLDING TOOL, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp holding apparatus for mounting a lamp to a base member includes a mounting plate having a pair of locking portions protruding to a base side. The locking portion is inserted into a mounting hole provided at the base and capable of being locked to a peripheral edge on its back side. Abutting portions, which protrude to the base side and are capable of abutting the base at the time of mounting, are provided on a bottom surface of the mounting plate that is an opposing surface to the base. The abutting portions are provided at three spots with one of the locking portions interposed therebetween. At the time of mounting, each of the abutting portions abut the base, and the mounting plate is elastically deformed so as to be warped, whereby the locking surface of the locking portion is kept in the state in which it is locked to a peripheral edge of a back side of the mounting hole by its elastic force.08-20-2009
20100097787LAMP HOLDING TOOL, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp holding apparatus for mounting a lamp to a base member includes a mounting plate having a pair of locking portions protruding to a base side. The locking portion is inserted into a mounting hole provided at the base and capable of being locked to a peripheral edge on its back side. Abutting portions, which protrude to the base side and are capable of abutting the base at the time of mounting, are provided on a bottom surface of the mounting plate that is an opposing surface to the base. The abutting portions are provided at three spots with one of the locking portions interposed therebetween. At the time of mounting, each of the abutting portions abut the base, and the mounting plate is elastically deformed so as to be warped, whereby the locking surface of the locking portion is kept in the state in which it is locked to a peripheral edge of a back side of the mounting hole by its elastic force.04-22-2010
20110134357LAMP HOLDING TOOL, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp holding apparatus for mounting a lamp to a base member includes a mounting plate having a pair of locking portions protruding to a base side. The locking portion is inserted into a mounting hole provided at the base and capable of being locked to a peripheral edge on its back side. Abutting portions, which protrude to the base side and are capable of abutting the base at the time of mounting, are provided on a bottom surface of the mounting plate that is an opposing surface to the base. The abutting portions are provided at three spots with one of the locking portions interposed therebetween. At the time of mounting, each of the abutting portions abut the base, and the mounting plate is elastically deformed so as to be warped, whereby the locking surface of the locking portion is kept in the state in which it is locked to a peripheral edge of a back side of the mounting hole by its elastic force.06-09-2011
20120262908LAMP HOLDING TOOL, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp holding apparatus includes a mounting plate having a pair of locking portions protruding to a base side. The locking portion is inserted into a mounting hole provided at the base and capable of being locked to a peripheral edge on its back side. Abutting portions, which protrude to the base side and abut the base at the time of mounting, are provided on a bottom surface of the mounting plate that is an opposing surface to the base. The abutting portions are provided at three spots with one of the locking portions interposed therebetween. At the time of mounting, the abutting portions abut the base, and the mounting plate is elastically deformed to be warped, whereby the locking surface of the locking portion is kept locked to a peripheral edge of a back side of the mounting hole by its elastic force.10-18-2012

Patent applications by Hiroki Azuma, Tsu-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Azuma, Ushiku-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090255750STEERING SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING VEHICLE - A priority valve 10-15-2009
20100228439STEERING SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING VEHICLE - A hydraulic steering unit 09-09-2010
20110276235PRIME MOVER REVOLUTION SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A prime mover revolution speed control system for a hydraulic construction machine sets the revolution speed of the prime mover in accordance with the operating state invoked by an operating command and as a result of a determination of an excavation state so that that the revolution speed of the engine can be increased for a heavy load (speedup) in the excavation state. When the control lever is fully operated in the direction of arm crowding, the control lever 11-10-2011
20120291427ATTACHMENT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR - In an attachment control apparatus for a hydraulic excavator having a hydraulic circuit that includes a hydraulic pump, a plurality of actuators having a breaker which is an attachment actuator, and a plurality of flow control valves having an attachment flow control valve that is switched by operation pilot pressure from a control pedal device to supply delivery fluid of the hydraulic pump to the attachment actuator, if the control pedal device is operated in a state where an attachment mode is not selected by an attachment selection device, the movement of the attachment actuator is limited. Thus, failure and reduced life of the attachment and other hydraulic devices can be prevented in the event that an operator has forgotten to switch from a normal mode to an attachment mode and has operated the attachment.11-22-2012
20130047598Hydraulic Control Device for Work Vehicle - A hydraulic control device for a work vehicle includes: a hydraulic pump that supplies pressure oil; an arm drive actuator that drives, with pressure oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, an arm attached to the work vehicle so as to swing the arm; a bucket drive actuator that drives, with pressure oil supplied from the hydraulic pump, a bucket attached to a front end of the arm, so as to swing the bucket; an arm drive pressure oil control valve that controls drive of the arm drive actuator by controlling pressure oil supplied from the hydraulic pump to the arm drive actuator; a bucket drive pressure oil control valve that controls drive of the bucket drive actuator by controlling pressure oil supplied from the hydraulic pump to the bucket drive actuator; an arm operation unit that controls the arm drive pressure oil control valve; a bucket operation unit that controls the bucket drive pressure oil control valve; an operating state detection unit that detects operating states of the arm drive actuator and the bucket drive actuator; and a flow control valve that restricts pressure oil to be supplied to the arm drive actuator as combined operation of the arm drive actuator and the bucket drive actuator is detected via the operating state detection unit.02-28-2013
20130319787CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - On an upper revolving structure, an engine having an exhaust port is mounted. In the midway portion of the exhaust pipe connecting the exhaust port of the engine and an exhaust gas post-treatment device, a first bellows pipe and a second bellows pipe are arranged through a connecting pipe having an L-shaped bending portion. In this case, the first bellows pipe and the second bellows pipe are arranged so as to have a positional relationship in which axis lines thereof (X12-05-2013
20130343853CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - On a rear part side of a revolving frame (12-26-2013
20140023473CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - On the right front side of a revolving frame (01-23-2014
20150016932CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A first accommodating case (01-15-2015

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Azuma, Ushiku-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Azuma, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100204008Hydraulic Pressure Supply Device for Industrial Vehicle - A first hydraulic circuit leads, as clutch control pressure, pressurized oil supplied from a first hydraulic pump, to a transmission control device after regulating the pressurized oil, and leads, as torque converter operation oil, pressured oil to a torque converter, and leads pressurized oil to an oil cooler. Through a second hydraulic circuit, pressurized oil from a second hydraulic pump is distributed to a circuit portion downstream of the pressure regulation valve and upstream of a safety valve and to a circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler. A flow control device changes a proportion of a rate of flow in the second hydraulic circuit so that a proportion of the rate of flow to the circuit portion downstream of the torque converter and upstream of the oil cooler increases as pressure at an entrance of the torque converter increases.08-12-2010
20120004814Engine Control Device for Work Vehicle - An engine control device for work vehicle includes: a rotation speed control device that controls a rotation speed of an engine according to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal; a travel drive device that transmits a rotation of the engine to wheels through a torque converter and a transmission; a water temperature detection device that detects a physical quantity correlated with a cooling water temperature of the engine; a speed ratio detection device that detects a speed ratio of an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter; and a speed limit device that limits a maximum rotation speed of the engine to a limit rotation speed which is lower than an upper limit value if the water temperature detection device detects an overheat state in which the cooling water temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined value when the speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection device is in a limit speed ratio region where a torque converter efficiency is equal to or less than a predetermined value.01-05-2012

Hiroyuki Azuma, Tsuchiura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100101888Steering Device For Construction Vehicle - [Problem] To provide a steering system for a construction vehicle, which is suited not only for traveling on general roadways but also for work at construction sites and can perform high-reliability steering control.04-29-2010
20110192156Hydraulic Drive Device for Construction Machine - A hydraulic drive device for a construction machine which can reliably judge whether or not the state of the construction machine is appropriate for stopping an engine is provided. The hydraulic drive device includes: a main pump 08-11-2011
20120000191Hydraulic Driving Device for Work Machine - Disclosed is a hydraulic drive system for a working machine, which enables to conduct forced regeneration continuously for a sufficient time. Based on an input of a lock detection signal S01-05-2012
20130263587Relief Pressure Control Device for Hydraulic Work Machine - A relief pressure control system is provided with a controller for outputting, responsive to an adjustment signal output from a dial switch, a control signal to control a relief pressure of a variable solenoid relief valve, a display unit for displaying, responsive to display signals outputted from the controller, a relationship between a circuit pressure output from a pressure sensor and a pressure required by a hydraulic cylinder, and a control device constituting a start instruction unit for instructing a start of control of the variable solenoid relief valve. Stop valves are arranged in sections of main lines, which communicate a directional control valve and the hydraulic cylinder with each other, to open or close the section. The sections are located between positions on the main lines, where the variable solenoid relief valves are connected to the main lines, respectively, and the hydraulic cylinder.10-10-2013
20130276922Aqueous Urea Tank Structure for Construction Machine - An aqueous urea tank structure is provided for a construction machine, in which a temperature rise of the aqueous urea within the tank can be suppressed and the load applied to the tank due to vibration of a vehicle body can be reduced. The aqueous urea tank structure including an aqueous urea tank which is disposed within a revolving upperstructure of a hydraulic excavator to store aqueous urea that purifies the exhaust gas discharged from an engine, wherein the aqueous urea tank structure further includes a securing member which encloses the periphery of the aqueous urea tank to secure the aqueous urea tank within the revolving upperstructure, and heat insulating materials which are interposed between the securing member and the aqueous urea tank to hold the aqueous urea tank. The securing member contains a box.10-24-2013
20130294876Construction Machine - To provide a construct ion machine in which the temperature of a battery and aqueous urea within an aqueous urea tank can be prevented from rising and high stability can be secured in the vehicle body.11-07-2013
20140090369Hydraulic Drive Device for Working Machine - A hydraulic drive device for a hydraulic excavator, includes: a first hydraulic pump; a first boom directional control valve and a second arm directional control valve which are connected in parallel to the first pump; a second hydraulic pump; and a second boom directional control valve and a first arm directional control valve which are connected in parallel to the second pump; wherein: the hydraulic drive device also includes: a third hydraulic pump; a third boom directional control valve connected to the third pump and controlling the flow of pressure oil supplied to a boom cylinder; and a third arm directional control valve connected in tandem with the third boom directional control valve and controlling the flow of pressure oil supplied to an arm cylinder.04-03-2014

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Azuma, Tsuchiura-Shi JP

Hitoshi Azuma, Tenri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273122RECEPTION SYSTEM - A reception system receiving the broadcast wave of a digital broadcast to acquire the video or audio signal of the broadcast has: a tuner circuit detecting the broadcast wave at a predetermined frequency to convert it into an intermediate-frequency signal; and a receiver device having a first terminal connected to the tuner circuit to receive the intermediate-frequency signal by way of the first terminal. The receiver device has, arranged on a single circuit board: a digital demodulation circuit portion receiving the intermediate-frequency signal to demodulate it; a digital circuit portion decompressing the signal demodulated by the digital demodulation circuit portion; a video/audio output circuit portion converting the digital video or audio signal decompressed by the digital circuit portion into an analog video or audio signal; and a power supply portion supplying electric power to the digital demodulation circuit portion, the digital circuit portion, and the video/audio output circuit portion. A chassis is provided so as to cover the digital demodulation circuit portion, the digital circuit portion, the video/audio output circuit portion, and the power supply portion but not to cover the first terminal. With this construction, it is possible to minimize the entry of noise into the tuner circuit without imposing restrictions on the layout of the different components for the processing of broadcast signals and that can diminish the fabrication cost of a video display device.11-06-2008

Patent applications by Hitoshi Azuma, Tenri-Shi JP

Ichiko Azuma, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110186490APPARATUS FOR CONCENTRATING A SOLUTION - An apparatus for concentrating solution includes a plurality of nozzles (08-04-2011

Junichi Azuma, Suita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053716METHOD OF DETECTING HUMAN CYTOCHROME P450 (CYP) 2D6 GENE MUTATION - A defect or multi-existence of a CYP2D6 gene is detected with a primer includes a complementary sequence to a sequence which is common between the CYP2D6 gene and a CYP2D8 gene but different from a CYP2D7 gene and which contains one or more of bases at the 86-, 90- and 93-positions in Exon 02-26-2009

Junzo Azuma, Hitachiohta JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110186745CHARGED PARTICLE GUN AND FOCUSED ION BEAM APPARATUS USING THE GUN - A charged particle gun includes: a charged particle source 08-04-2011

Katsuhito Azuma, Toyama-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110111253LEAD-FREE TIN PLATED MEMBER AND METHOD OF FORMING PLATING LAYER - In a plated member (05-12-2011

Katsunori Azuma, Hitachi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110241198Power Semiconductor Module - In a power semiconductor module, a semiconductor device including electrode surfaces for connection on its front side and back side is connected on its back side to a first extraction electrode through soldering; a metal surface of one side of a laminated conductor having a laminated structure in which at least two types of metals are laminated is directly, intermetallically connected to the front side of the semiconductor device; a second extraction electrode is connected to a metal surface of another side of the laminated conductor through soldering; and the laminated conductor includes a plurality of arch-like protrusions and a straight section connecting the arch-like protrusions, the straight section is connected with the front side of the semiconductor device, and the protrusions are connected with the second extraction electrode.10-06-2011

Katsunori Azuma, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110051371Semiconductor Device, and Power Conversion Device Using Semiconductor Device - The present invention provides a vehicle power module and a power converter including a power semiconductor element (03-03-2011

Katsunori Azuma, Hitachi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090034306Power Module, Power Converter, and Electric Machine System for Mounting in Vehicle - The present invention provides a power module, power converter, and vehicular electric machine system capable of reducing inductance of a peripheral section of an output terminal in a power module, and additionally, reducing a surge voltage.02-05-2009
20100155158Capacitor Module, Power Converter, Vehicle-Mounted Electrical-Mechanical System - A capacitor module in which the structure of a connecting portion is highly resistant against vibration and has a low inductance. The capacitor module includes a plurality of capacitors and a laminate made up of a first wide conductor and a second wide conductor joined in a layered form with an insulation sheet interposed between the first and second wide conductors. The laminate comprises a first flat portion including the plurality of capacitors which are supported thereon and electrically connected thereto, a second flat portion continuously extending from the first flat portion while being bent, and connecting portions formed at ends of the first flat portion and the second flat portion and electrically connected to the exterior.06-24-2010
20100157640Electric Power Converter - The present invention provides a highly reliable electric power converter reduced in parasitic inductance.06-24-2010
20100327654Power Module and Vehicle-Mounted Inverter Using the Same - A power module includes an upper arm circuit unit and a lower arm circuit unit each having a power semiconductor element; an insulating substrate with the units mounted on one surface thereof; a metal base bonded onto the other surface of the substrate opposite to the one surface where the units are mounted; a first connection conductor for supplying a high potential to the upper unit from outside; a second connection conductor for supplying a low potential to the lower unit from outside; an insulating sheet interposed between the conductors; and a resin case disposed on the metal base to support the conductors, the conductors are flat conductors and laminated with the sheet sandwiched therebetween; the sheet extends from one end of the laminated structure to secure the creepage distance between the conductors; and the case is furnished with a recess for containing the laminated structure.12-30-2010
20110149467Capacitor Module, Power Converter, Vehicle-Mounted Electrical-Mechanical System - A capacitor module in which the structure of a connecting portion is highly resistant against vibration and has a low inductance. The capacitor module includes a plurality of capacitors and a laminate made up of a first wide conductor and a second wide conductor joined in a layered form with an insulation sheet interposed between the first and second wide conductors. The laminate comprises a first flat portion including the plurality of capacitors which are supported thereon and electrically connected thereto, a second flat portion continuously extending from the first flat portion while being bent, and connecting portions formed at ends of the first flat portion and the second flat portion and electrically connected to the exterior.06-23-2011
20110149625Capacitor Module, Power Converter, Vehicle-Mounted Electrical-Mechanical System - A capacitor module in which the structure of a connecting portion is highly resistant against vibration and has a low inductance. The capacitor module includes a plurality of capacitors and a laminate made up of a first wide conductor and a second wide conductor joined in a layered form with an insulation sheet interposed between the first and second wide conductors. The laminate comprises a first flat portion including the plurality of capacitors which are supported thereon and electrically connected thereto, a second flat portion continuously extending from the first flat portion while being bent, and connecting portions formed at ends of the first flat portion and the second flat portion and electrically connected to the exterior.06-23-2011
20120008357Capacitor Module, Power Converter, Vehicle-Mounted Electrical-Mechanical System - A capacitor module in which the structure of a connecting portion is highly resistant against vibration and has a low inductance. The capacitor module includes a plurality of capacitors and a laminate made up of a first wide conductor and a second wide conductor joined in a layered form with an insulation sheet interposed between the first and second wide conductors. The laminate comprises a first flat portion including the plurality of capacitors which are supported thereon and electrically connected thereto, a second flat portion continuously extending from the first flat portion while being bent, and connecting portions formed at ends of the first flat portion and the second flat portion and electrically connected to the exterior.01-12-2012
20130001805POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - The respective main electrodes of the semiconductor switching elements such as IGBTs, which are respectively mounted on the plurality of insulating boards, are electrically connected to each other via the conductor member. This configuration makes it possible to suppress the occurrence of the resonant voltage due to the junction capacity and the parasitic inductance of each semiconductor switching element.01-03-2013
20130015496Power Semiconductor DeviceAANM Konno; AkitoyoAACI HitachiAACO JPAAGP Konno; Akitoyo Hitachi JPAANM Azuma; KatsunoriAACI HitachiAACO JPAAGP Azuma; Katsunori Hitachi JPAANM Ando; TakashiAACI HitachiAACO JPAAGP Ando; Takashi Hitachi JP - A power semiconductor device is provided in which reliability can be improved when the parallel number of semiconductor devices increases. When a bonding face on collector electrode is on an upper side, and a bonding face on emitter electrode is on a lower side, a collector electrode joint region as a joint region between a collector trace and a collector electrode on a chip mounted substrate and an emitter electrode joint region as a joint region between an emitter trace and an emitter electrode are located at a same position in an up-and-down direction and are adjacent in a right-and-left direction at an interval of 2 mm or more and 4 mm or less.01-17-2013

Patent applications by Katsunori Azuma, Hitachi JP

Katsunori Azuma, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212349Power converter - A power converter of the present invention is connected between a direct current power source and controls power to a load by switching equipment. The converter is equipped with a first conductor for connecting a negative pole of the power converter and the switching equipment, and a second conductor for connecting a housing of the power converter and the negative pole of the power converter to the first conductor through a resistor.09-04-2008

Kazufumi Azuma, Kanagawa-Pref JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110262679GAS BARRIER FILM AND ORGANNIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A SiNx film as a barrier film is provided. The film is formed at a low process temperature, has a high water vapor barrier performance and a high light transmittance, and is useful for sealing of a substrate formed by a flexible organic material, such as a plastic substrate. A barrier film is formed by silicon nitride (SiNx) having an atom ratio [N/(Si+N)] indicating a ratio of nitrogen N to silicon Si in the range of 0.60 to 0.65, by using a surface wave plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) device.10-27-2011

Kazuhiro Azuma, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100234115Constant velocity universal joint - The present invention provides a compact constant velocity universal joint having high strength, and superior operability and durability. In the constant velocity universal joint of the present invention, an offset angle ø09-16-2010

Kazuki Azuma, Fukaya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080291805INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a start-up process performed when information is read from a hybrid disc in which two or more recording layers of different formats are integrally formed, a recording layer is limited to a specific recording layer of the hybrid disc, settings in a start-up state are changed to make it possible to execute the start-up process to read information recorded on the limited recording layer, and in the changed start-up process, information is read from the specific layer of the hybrid disc by an interface conforming to ATAPI, and a start-up time required to display or reproduce a read output is reduced.11-27-2008

Kazumutsu Azuma, Nishikamo-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080264079Operation unit for vehicle air conditioner and vehicle air-conditioning control apparatus using the same - An operation unit for a vehicle air conditioner includes a display device, a setting input portion of a control parameter of the air conditioner other than a set temperature, an obtaining portion configured to obtain a present set value of the control parameter, and an operating state identification portion configured to identify whether an air-conditioning operating state is in a plurality of predetermined operating states of the air conditioner. In the operation unit, a moving pattern of a pointer of the display device is changed according to the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, a pointer operation control portion can be configured to control an operation of a pointer driving motor such that the pointer moves on a dial of the display device at different moving speeds according to the air-conditioning operating state.10-30-2008

Kazumutsu Azuma, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100133870VEHICULAR LOCK DEVICE - A stowable vehicle seat, which is stowed by folding a seat back toward the side of a seat cushion, releasing a floor lock while the seat back is in a superposed state on the seat cushion, and lifting the vehicle seat up toward the vehicle body side. The vehicle seat is fixed by connecting a striker disposed on the back face of the seat back with a dragger unit disposed on the vehicle body side. After an operation to release locking of the dragger unit, separation of the striker from the dragger unit is estimated, and a dragger motor is driven so that a latch of the dragger unit is moved to the initial position.06-03-2010

Kazurumi Azuma, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090004763LASER CRYSTALLIZATION METHOD AND CRYSTALLIZATION APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a laser crystallization method and crystallization apparatus using a high-accuracy substrate height control mechanism. There is provided a laser crystallization method includes obtaining a first pulse laser beam having an inverse-peak-pattern light intensity distribution formed by a phase shifter, and irradiating a thin film disposed on a substrate with the first pulse laser beam, thereby melting and crystallizing the thin film, the method includes selecting a desired one of reflected light components of a second laser beam by using a polarizing element disposed on an optical path of the second laser beam when illuminating, with the second laser beam, an first pulse laser beam irradiation position of the thin film, correcting a height of the substrate to a predetermined height by detecting the selected reflected light component, and irradiating the first pulse laser beam to the thin film having the corrected height.01-01-2009

Kazuyoshi Azuma, Kariya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100144397In-vehicle apparatus, cellular phone device, and method for controlling communication therebetween - A communication unit communicates with a cellular phone device simultaneously using a handsfree communication protocol for handsfree communication and a data transfer protocol for data transfer. The cellular phone device is selectively in one of: i) a handsfree communication state where outgoing and incoming voice is transmitted via input and output units of the in-vehicle apparatus when opening a voice path with the in-vehicle apparatus using the handsfree communication protocol; and ii) a handset communication state where outgoing and incoming voice is transmitted via input and output units of the cellular phone device when closing the voice path. A control unit permits a data transfer request transmitted from the cellular phone device using the data transfer protocol when the cellular phone device is in the handset communication state and refuses the data transfer request when the cellular phone device is in the handsfree communication state.06-10-2010
20100144400In-vehicle apparatus having handsfree function - An in-vehicle apparatus having a handsfree function is disclosed. The in-vehicle apparatus is connectable with multiple cellular phones at a same time using a handsfree communication protocol. When a first cellular phone and a second cellular phone of the multiple cellular phones are respectively and simultaneously in a handset communicating state and in a calling state, the in-vehicle apparatus does not display a transfer switch for the first cellular phone and displays an answer switch for the second cellular phone, the transfer switch for the first cellular phone being user operable to switch the first cellular phone from the handset communicating state into a handsfree communicating state, the answer switch for the second cellular phone being user operable to switch the second cellular phone from the calling state into the handsfree communicating state.06-10-2010
20100144401Hands-free apparatus - A hands-free apparatus in a vehicle has two cellular phones connected through simultaneous HFP connections, with one of the two cellular phones having a private call and the other of the two cellular phones receiving a voice call. The hands-free apparatus displays on a touch screen a call transfer switch for switching the private call to the hands-free call regarding the call of the first cellular phone and a response switch for responding to the voice call to the second cellular phone. In this manner, both of the private call and the voice call are appropriately handled by a user without any restriction even when the voice call is received by the second cellular phone during the hands-free call of the first cellular phone.06-10-2010
20100151833In-vehicle apparatus, cellular phone device, and method for controlling communication therebetween - A communication unit communicates with a cellular phone device simultaneously using a handsfree communication protocol for handsfree communication and a mail transfer protocol for mail transfer. The cellular phone device is selectively in one of: i) a handsfree communication state where voice is transmitted via voice units of the in-vehicle apparatus when opening a voice path with the in-vehicle apparatus using the handsfree communication protocol; and ii) a handset communication state where voice is transmitted via voice units of the cellular phone when closing the voice path. The control unit notifies an incoming mail in a normal manner when the cellular phone device is in the handsfree communication state. Alternatively, the control unit notifies an incoming mail such that an occupant other than a user hardly notices an incoming mail when the cellular phone device is, in the handset communication state.06-17-2010

Keiko Azuma, Makinohara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090004889Board-connecting connector - A board-connecting connector including a pair of inner housings opposed to each other for receiving elastic contact terminals with respect to a circuit board, a guiding plate having a sloped guiding part for engaging inner housing-driven projections and guiding the inner housings close to each other, and an outer housing for receiving the inner housings and the guide plate, and holding the guide plate. When the circuit board is fully inserted into the pair of inner housings, the circuit board abuts on the inner housings, and pushes to move the inner housings along the guiding plate.01-01-2009

Keizo Azuma, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110173412DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEMORY PROTECTION METHOD OF SAME - A memory protection method includes setting a memory area in at least one address setting register; setting a trap type in a trap type setting register corresponding to the address setting register; generating a trap of the trap type set in the trap type setting register in accordance with an access request to the memory area set at the address setting register; setting a size of an inaccessible area in a memory; allocating, in accordance with a memory allocation request from an application, a memory area to the application as an accessible area and an inaccessible area having the inaccessible area size right after the accessible area; setting the inaccessible area in a first address setting register and a first trap type in a first trap type setting register; and generating a memory image of the application and closing the application when a trap of the first trap type occurred.07-14-2011

Kenichi Azuma, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110158190CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO TERMINAL UNIT - In a cellular radio communication system including of multi-antenna base stations, to make effective use of the reduced interference in supposing the use of beam form and avoid the interference in an adjacent station even if a space multiplex and the beam form are mixed. Frequencies intended for the cell edge in an FFR are classified into frequencies for space multiplex and a frequency for beam form. Thereby, a frequency at which the interference is reduced by the beam form is fixed. A frequency intended for the cell center is in a frequency band and signals are transmitted from three base stations.06-30-2011

Koichi Azuma, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100126741SMALL-SIZED TILLER - A small-sized tiller includes a stand unit configured to solely support the tiller in a self-standing state. The stand unit has a pole portion removably mountable to a resistance-bar attachment portion of the body frame when a resistance bar has been removed from the resistance-bar attachment portion.05-27-2010
20100126788WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes an engine driven by gas fuel sealed inside a cassette gas cylinder. The cassette gas cylinder is installed in a cylinder mount. The cylinder mount comprises a mouthpiece support for supporting a mouthpiece of the cassette gas cylinder, and a shutter member swingable about a support shaft provided to the cylinder mount, for opening and closing an opening of the mouthpiece support from above the mouthpiece support.05-27-2010
20110232931GAS-ENGINE-POWERED HANDHELD WORKING MACHINE - A gas-engine-powered handheld working machine has a working unit driven by a engine capable of running on a gas fuel supplied from a gas cartridge. The gas cartridge is arranged such that when the handheld working machine is disposed in a normal rest position where the handheld working machine is placed on a horizontal plane with a bottom surface of a machine body lying flat on the horizontal plane, the gas cartridge is disposed in a substantially vertical position with a discharge nozzle directed downwards while a central axis of the gas cartridge extends substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane.09-29-2011
20130187449VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A vehicle power supply system includes a power supply connector having a power supply port which is provided within a trunk room and electrically connected to a DC power source, and an inverter device which is provided separately from a fuel cell automobile (an electrically driven vehicle) and is disposed within the trunk room, wherein the trunk room is provided therein with an inverter installation space where the inverter device may be installed at a position which does not overlap with the power supply port when viewed from a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle, and the invert device is provided with a connection cable which is drawn from a side surface thereof and of which a front end portion has a connector portion connected to the power supply port.07-25-2013

Patent applications by Koichi Azuma, Wako-Shi JP

Koji Azuma, Wakayama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090220693Water-Based Inks for Ink-Jet Printing - The present invention relates to (A) a water dispersion for ink-jet printing including particles of a waster-insoluble crosslinked polymer which contain a colorant, and a water-insoluble organic compound, wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked polymer is (1) a polymer produced by crosslinking a water-insoluble polymer with a crosslinking agent; (2) a polymer produced by crosslinking 100 parts by weight of the water-insoluble polymer with 0.5 to 9.5 parts by weight of the crosslinking agent; or (3) a polymer having a weight-average segment molecular weight of from 1,400 to 20,000 as calculated from [(weigh-average molecular weight of the water-insoluble polymer)/(number of molar equivalents of the crosslinking agent to be reacted with 1 mol of the water-insoluble polymer+1)]; (B) an ink for ink-jet printing containing the above water dispersion which is excellent in gloss and storage stability; and (C) particles of the water-insoluble crosslinked polymer.09-03-2009
20110092637CROSSLINKED CORE/SHELL POLYMER PARTICLES - The present invention relates to crosslinked core/shell polymer particles containing a pigment which are usable in a water-based ink for ink-jet printing and exhibit excellent optical density and gloss and are prevented from suffering from occurrence of bronzing, wherein the polymer particles each include a core portion and a shell portion which are respectively made of a crosslinked polymer, and a weight ratio of the pigment to the pigment-containing crosslinked core/shell polymer particles [(weight of the pigment/weight of the pigment-containing crosslinked core/shell polymer particles)×100] is from 25 to 75. The present invention further relates to a water dispersion and a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which contain the crosslinked core/shell polymer particles and a process for producing crosslinked polymer particles.04-21-2011

Patent applications by Koji Azuma, Wakayama JP

Koji Azuma, Wakayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100216937WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING - The present invention relates to a water dispersion for ink-jet printing including two kinds of carbon blacks (a) and (b) and a water-insoluble polymer which adheres to a surface of the respective carbon blacks (a) and (b), wherein the carbon black (a) has an acid group content of from 0 to 200 μmol/g and the carbon black (b) has an acid group content of more than 200 μmol/g but not more than 1000 μmol/g, and a difference between acid group contents of the carbon blacks (a) and (b) is from 100 to 1000 μmol/g, and a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which contains the water dispersion. The water-based ink is excellent in image density, fixing property, high lighter fastness, image uniformity, ejection reliability and storage stability.08-26-2010

Makoto Azuma, Kakogawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110092334CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A construction machine comprises an electric motor/generator coupled to an electricity accumulator, an engine, a transmission coupled to drive wheels, an epicyclic gearing for coupling an output shaft of the electric motor/generator, an output shaft of the engine, and an input shaft of the transmission, the engine torque and/or the generator torque being transmitted to drive wheels, a clutch for directly coupling two among the output shaft of the electric motor/generator, the output shaft of the engine, and the input shaft of the transmission, and a controller configured to, under a condition in which the clutch is in an off-state, control engine speed based on the degree to which the accelerator is open and on the amount of electricity in the electricity accumulator, to control shifting of the transmission gear position based on the accelerator opening degree, operational state of the generator, and the electricity amount motor/generator.04-21-2011
20130000481COOLING STRUCTURE OF CYLINDER BLOCK AND SWASH PLATE TYPE LIQUID-PRESSURE APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - The present invention provides a cooling structure of a cylinder block, the cooling structure being capable of improving a cooling performance of sliding surfaces. A cylinder block includes a plurality of cylinders, and pistons are respectively inserted into the cylinders through openings. Each of the pistons performs reciprocating sliding on a sliding surface which defines the cylinder. A plurality of cooling depressions are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder block. Each of the cooling depressions extends from a front end surface of the cylinder block on a dividing wall located between the two adjacent cylinders and is formed by reducing the thickness of the dividing wall so as to reduce a thickness of a portion between the sliding surface and the outer peripheral surface.01-03-2013
20130055888VALVE PLATE AND AXIAL PISTON HYDRAULIC PUMP MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A valve plate is used in a swash plate type motor including a motor shaft and a cylinder block in a motor housing and includes: a sliding supporting surface contacting a rear end surface of the cylinder block to support the cylinder block; a supporting surface that is a surface corresponding to and opposite to the sliding supporting surface; a central through hole through which the motor shaft penetrates; and a plurality of ports and formed around the central through hole as inlets and outlets of operating oil so as to penetrate the valve plate, and a cooling concave portion into which the operating oil flows is formed in a region except for the ports and on the supporting surface.03-07-2013

Makoto Azuma, Tokushima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090097138INTERCHANGEABLE LENS BARREL, PROGRAM REWRITING SYSTEM FOR INTERCHANGEABLE LENS BARREL - An interchangeable lens barrel and a program rewriting system, in which a program included in the interchangeable lens barrel is easily changeable, are provided. An interchangeable lens barrel 04-16-2009
20090251548INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - To provide an interchangeable lens, a camera body, a camera system, and a method for controlling the same, with which a highly efficient and stable image blur correction effect can be obtained. A camera system (10-08-2009

Makoto Azuma, Ehime JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090208194INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - There is provided an interchangeable lens, a camera body, a camera system, and a method for controlling the same, with which a highly efficient and stable image blur correction effect can be obtained. A camera system 08-20-2009

Masafumi Azuma, Futtsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090272467High-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having fatigue resistance, corrosion resistance, ductility and plating adhesion, after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same - The present invention provides: a high-strength high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet excellent in ductility, which improves non-plating defects and plating adhesion after severe deformation, and a method of producing the same; a high-strength and high-ductility hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having high fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance; a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet having superior appearance and workability, which suppresses the generation of non-plating defects, and a method of producing the same; and a high-strength hot-dip galvannealed steel sheet and a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet, which suppress non-plating defects and surface defects and have both corrosion resistance, in particular corrosion resistance in an environment containing chlorine ion, and high ductility, and a method of producing the same.11-05-2009

Masaki Azuma, Uji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110012050PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - Provided is a piezoelectric material including a lead-free perovskite-type composite oxide which is excellent in piezoelectric characteristics and temperature characteristics and is represented by the general formula (1):01-20-2011
20120037842ANTI-THERMALLY-EXPANSIVE RESIN AND ANTI-THERMALLY-EXPANSIVE METAL - Provided are resin-based and metal-based anti-thermally-expansive members each having small thermal expansion. More specifically, provided are an anti-thermally-expansive resin and an anti-thermally-expansive metal, each including a resin or a metal having a positive linear expansion coefficient at 20° C. and a solid particle dispersed in the resin or metal, in which the solid particle includes at least an oxide represented by the following general formula (1): (Bi02-16-2012
20120040196THERMAL EXPANSION SUPPRESSING MEMBER AND ANTI-THERMALLY-EXPANSIVE MEMBER - Provided are a thermal expansion suppressing member having negative thermal expansion properties and a metal-based anti-thermally-expansive member having small thermal expansion. More specifically, provided are a thermal expansion suppressing member, including at least an oxide represented by the following general formula (1), and an anti-thermally-expansive member, including a metal having a positive linear expansion coefficient at 20° C., and a solid body including at least an oxide represented by the following general formula (1), the metal and solid being joined to each other: (Bi02-16-2012
20140134038ANTI-THERMALLY-EXPANSIVE RESIN AND ANTI-THERMALLY-EXPANSIVE METAL - Provided are resin-based and metal-based anti-thermally-expansive members each having small thermal expansion. More specifically, provided are an anti-thermally-expansive resin and an anti-thermally-expansive metal, each including a resin or a metal having a positive linear expansion coefficient at 20° C. and a solid particle dispersed in the resin or metal, in which the solid particle includes at least an oxide represented by the following general formula (1): (Bi05-15-2014
20140234643THERMAL EXPANSION SUPPRESSING MEMBER AND ANTI-THERMALLY-EXPANSIVE MEMBER - Provided are a thermal expansion suppressing member having negative thermal expansion properties and a metal-based anti-thermally-expansive member having small thermal expansion. More specifically, provided are a thermal expansion suppressing member, including at least an oxide represented by the following general formula (1), and an anti-thermally-expansive member, including a metal having a positive linear expansion coefficient at 20° C., and a solid body including at least an oxide represented by the following general formula (1), the metal and solid being joined to each other: (Bi08-21-2014

Patent applications by Masaki Azuma, Uji-Shi JP

Masaki Azuma, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090315432METAL OXIDE, PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided are a piezoelectric material without using lead or an alkali metal, the piezoelectric material having a stable crystal structure in a wide temperature range, high insulation property, and high piezoelectric property, and a piezoelectric element using the piezoelectric material, in which the piezoelectric material is made of a metal oxide having a tetragonal crystal structure and expressed by Ba(Si12-24-2009
20100025617METAL OXIDE - Provided is a piezoelectric material excellent in piezoelectricity. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by the following General Formula (1).02-04-2010
20100155647OXYNITRIDE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are an oxynitride piezoelectric material which exhibits ferroelectricity and has good piezoelectric properties and a method of producing the oxynitride piezoelectric material. The oxynitride piezoelectric material includes a tetragonal perovskite-type oxynitride represented by the following general formula (1):06-24-2010
20100231095PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - Provided are a bismuth-based piezoelectric material whose insulation property is improved while its performance as a piezoelectric body is not impaired and a piezoelectric device using the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1):09-16-2010
20110079883FERROELECTRIC THIN FILM - Provided is a ferroelectric thin film formed on a substrate and having an amount of remanent polarization increased in its entirety. The ferroelectric thin film contains a perovskite-type metal oxide formed on a substrate, the ferroelectric thin film containing a column group formed of multiple columns each formed of a spinel-type metal oxide, in which the column group is in a state of standing in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, or in a state of slanting at a slant angle in a range of −10° or more to +10° or less with respect to the perpendicular direction.04-07-2011
20130125359PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - Provided are a bismuth-based piezoelectric material whose insulation property is improved while its performance as a piezoelectric body is not impaired and a piezoelectric device using the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1):05-23-2013
20130330541METAL OXIDE - Provided is a piezoelectric material excellent in piezoelectricity. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type complex oxide represented by the following General Formula (1).12-12-2013

Patent applications by Masaki Azuma, Kyoto-Shi JP

Masao Azuma, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100101694PNEUMATIC TIRE FOR MOTORCYCLE - The present invention realizes a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle, in which durability in running straight at a relatively high speed and tread surface gripping properties during high-speed cornering are made compatible and, in particular, a pneumatic tire for a motorcycle, which tire is capable of demonstrating appropriate durability and driving stability in accordance with inputs even if these inputs differ between running straight, cornering left and cornering right. The tread portion 04-29-2010

Masayuki Azuma, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100310721YEAST HAVING IMMUNOPOTENTIATING CAPABILITY AND FOOD OR FEED - A yeast including a cell wall having a low mannan content, wherein the yeast has an immunopotentiating capability, and is able to grow in a YPD liquid medium with an osmotic pressure of 300 mOsm, and wherein, when a part of a pre-culture of the yeast grown in a YPDS liquid medium is added to the YPD liquid medium so that OD12-09-2010

Mitsuhiro Azuma, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090209276COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - Node-B transmits a power profile of each frequency of transmission data as a step function to a UE. Each UE measures the amount of interference of a received signal, evaluates SINR over the entire frequency band with the power of the received signal, and transmits the evaluation result to Node-B. Node-B evaluates the interference profile in Node-B from the information about the SINR transmitted from the UE and the power of the transmission signal, and determines the frequency profile of the power of the signal transmitted to the UE.08-20-2009
20100060497Group delay characteristic correcting device and group delay characteristic correcting method - A disclosed group delay characteristic correcting device corrects group delay characteristics of an analog low-pass filter used to remove aliasing of a digital-analog converter or an analog-digital converter. The group delay characteristic correcting device includes a digital signal processing unit configured to have an all-pass phase circuit at a stage previous to the digital-analog converter or at a stage subsequent to the analog-digital converter so as to correct the group delay characteristics of the analog low-pass filter.03-11-2010
20110110284NETWORK CODING METHOD AND NETWORK CODING APPARATUS - A base station BS transmits downlink data to a relay station RS. A mobile station MS transmits uplink data to the relay station RS. The relay station RS determines a first modulation scheme for transmitting the uplink data to the base station BS, and determines a second modulation scheme for transmitting the downlink data to the mobile station MS. The relay station RS multiplies a symbol sequence obtained by the first modulation scheme by a symbol sequence obtained by the second modulation scheme for each symbol, and multicasts the multiplication result to the base station BS and the mobile station MS.05-12-2011
20110263198RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, RELAY STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A radio communication system includes a base station, a mobile station, and a relay station which is provided for each sector, and divides an assigned band into a plurality of sub-bands for use. A different sub-band is used for each sector for a first communication link. A sub-band different from the sub-band in the first communication link is used for each sector for a second communication link. When a mobile station is located in a first zone, substantially the same sub-band as the second communication link is used in each sector for a third communication link. When a mobile station is located in a second zone farther from the base station than the first zone, a sub-band different from those of the first communication link and the second communication link is used for a fourth communication link. Thus, the interference among the communication links can be suppressed.10-27-2011

Patent applications by Mitsuhiro Azuma, Kawasaki JP

Mitsuhiro Azuma, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090238306PHASE TRACKING CIRCUIT AND RADIO RECEIVER USING THE SAME - A phase tracking circuit includes a divider part dividing an input signal that includes data sub-carriers and pilot sub-carriers into groups so that each of the groups includes at least one of the pilot sub-carriers, and a correcting part correcting phases of data sub-carriers of the input signal included in one of the groups on the basis of an amount of phase rotation of the at least one of the pilot sub-carriers included in the above one of the groups.09-24-2009

Motoo Azuma, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110184237ENDOSCOPE IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS - An image pick-up unit inserted in the body picks up an image of the body, and transmits by radio the image to an extra-corporeal unit which is arranged outside the body. The image pick-up unit includes an image pick-up portion capturing an image, a data transmitting portion for transmitting the image obtained by the image pick-up portion to the extra-corporeal unit at a plurality of transmitting ratios, a characteristic amount detecting portion for detecting a predetermined amount of characteristics based on the image, and a determining portion for determining a valid image based on an output from the characteristic amount detecting portion. The data transmitting portion controls the data transmitting ratio in accordance with the determining result of the determining portion.07-28-2011
20120320174ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - A CMOS sensor converts optical information into an electric signal, and outputs the converted electric signal as an image signal. An imaging clock generating unit generates an imaging clock acting as a source of a drive signal that drives the CMOS sensor. A drive signal generating unit generates an imaging synchronization signal and a drive signal based on the imaging clock. A display clock generating unit generates a display clock. A display synchronization signal generating unit generates a display synchronization signal based on the display clock. A phase comparing unit compares a phase of the imaging synchronization signal with a phase of the display clock, and controls oscillation of the display clock generating unit based on a result of the comparison.12-20-2012
20120320175ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - A phase control unit compares a phase of a display synchronization signal with a phase of a clock signal generated from a clock signal generated by an imaging clock generating unit, and controls oscillation of the imaging clock generating unit based on a result of the comparison. A drive signal generating unit generates a drive signal that drives a CMOS sensor based on a multiplication clock signal synchronized to the clock signal.12-20-2012
20120320176ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - The image processor includes a display oscillation circuit that generates a display clock, and a monitor synchronization signal generating part that generates a monitor display synchronization signal based on the display clock. The endoscope includes an imaging oscillation circuit that generates an imaging clock, pixels that are driven based on the imaging clock, converts optical information into electrical signals and outputs the electrical signals as a digital data of a serial form, and a phase comparator that compare the phase of the monitor display synchronization signal with the imaging clock, and control the oscillation of the imaging oscillation circuit.12-20-2012
20120320177ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A phase comparing unit compares a phase of an imaging-side synchronization signal with a phase of a display-side clock, and controls oscillation of a display-side clock generating unit based on a result of the comparison. A display timing adjusting unit receives a video signal output from an endoscope at a timing based on the imaging-side synchronization signal and adjusts a synchronization timing of the received video signal to a synchronization timing based on a display-side synchronization signal.12-20-2012
20120323073ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An imaging device is installed on a scope distal portion, and captures an image based on an imaging clock. An image processor portion performs image processing on the image captured by the imaging device, and displays the corresponding image based on a display clock on a monitor. A scope cable portion transmits data between the scope distal portion and the image processor portion. A clock oscillator generates a master clock. A first multiplying/dividing circuit multiplies and/or divides the master clock by (natural number/natural number), and generates a transmission clock whose frequency is lower than that of the imaging clock and is (natural number) times the frequency of a vertical synchronization signal.12-20-2012
20130016199ELECTRONIC ENDSCOPIC APPARATUSAANM Kobayashi; NaruyasuAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Kobayashi; Naruyasu Kawasaki-shi JPAANM Kotoda; KaoruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Kotoda; Kaoru Tokyo JPAANM Nishimura; HisashiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Nishimura; Hisashi Tokyo JPAANM Azuma; MotooAACI Tokorozawa-shiAACO JPAAGP Azuma; Motoo Tokorozawa-shi JPAANM Takizawa; KazuhiroAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Takizawa; Kazuhiro Tokyo JPAANM Sato; TakayukiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Sato; Takayuki Tokyo JPAANM Tanaka; SatoshiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Tanaka; Satoshi Tokyo JP - An electronic endoscopic apparatus includes an endoscopic scope and an image processing processor. The endoscopic scope includes a slid-state imaging device, an imaging-side multiplying unit, and an imaging synchronization signal generating unit. The image processing processor includes a display clock generating unit, a monitor synchronization signal generating unit, a master imaging clock generating unit, a processor-side multiplying/dividing unit, a phase-comparison oscillation control unit, and a display timing adjustment unit.01-17-2013
20140371533ENDOSCOPE DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - The present invention is capable of setting a program corresponding to each programmable device for the programmable devices. This endoscope device and endoscope system are provided with: programmable devices performing processing in accordance with programs; and a rewrite control unit which transmits unique information which is specific to the programmable devices to an external storage device retaining the programs, receives the program corresponding to the unique information from the external storage device, and sets the received programs to the programmable devices.12-18-2014
20150080651ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes an illumination unit, an optical system including an optical lens and a diaphragm unit configured to adjust a size of an opening, an imaging unit including a solid state imaging device and configured to output an image signal, a region setting unit configured to set a region of interest in an image formed by the image signal, an estimation value calculation unit configured to calculate and output an estimation value showing a focus level in the region of interest, an estimation value storage unit configured to store the estimation value, an estimation value comparison unit configured to compare a reference value and the estimation value and outputs the comparison result, and a diaphragm control unit configured to output a control signal for controlling the opening of the diaphragm unit based on the comparison result.03-19-2015

Patent applications by Motoo Azuma, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Naoki Azuma, Sapporo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110008875MICROORGANISM-PROTECTING AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF FROZEN OR LYOPHILIZED MICROBIAL CELL - The present invention provides a method of preparing frozen or lyophilized microbial cells which can inhibit damages or death of microbial cells and have high viabilities in freezing or lyophilizing process.01-13-2011

Ritsuko Azuma, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110247864THERMOSETTING INK COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a thermosetting ink composition having excellent balance concerning screen printability capable of preventing oozing and bleeding at the time of screen printing, electric insulating reliability and adhesion with an objective for coating. The thermosetting ink composition of the invention comprises a thermosetting resin (A) having a value “a” of less than 0.60 in the following formula (1) showing the relationship between the intrinsic viscosity [η] and the absolute molecular weight M of the resin:10-13-2011
20110253426CURABLE COMPOSITION - It is an object of the present invention to provide a curable composition which provides a cured product excellent in low warpage properties and long-term electrical insulation reliability and causes little bleeding during screen printing. The present invention is a curable composition comprising the following components (a) to (e): a component (a): polyurethane having a functional group capable of curing reaction and a carbonate bond, a component (b): γ-butyrolactone, a component (c): diethylene glycol diethyl ether, a component (d): inorganic fine particles and/or organic fine particles, and a component (e): a compound having two or more epoxy groups in one molecule.10-20-2011
20110272182CARBOXYL GROUP-CONTAINING POLYURETHANE - An object of the invention is to provide carboxyl group-containing polyurethanes that have small curing warpage and can give cured products having excellent electrical insulating properties and flexibility, curable compositions that contain the carboxyl group-containing polyurethane and can give cured products having good electrical insulating properties, cured products obtained from the compositions, flexible circuit boards covered with the cured products, and processes for manufacturing flexible circuit boards. The carboxyl group-containing polyurethane is obtainable from materials including a (poly)carbonate polyol (a) that includes an organic residue derived from a dimer diol, a polyisocyanate (b) and a carboxyl group-containing polyol (c).11-10-2011
20110272183(POLY)CARBONATE POLYOL AND CARBOXYL GROUP-CONTAINING POLYURETHANE OBTAINED FROM THE (POLY)CARBONATE POLYOL - An object of the invention is to provide carboxyl group-containing polyurethanes that have small curing warpage and can give cured products having excellent electrical insulating properties and flexibility, curable compositions that contain the carboxyl group-containing polyurethane and can give cured products having good electrical insulating properties, cured products obtained from the compositions, flexible circuit boards covered with the cured products, and processes for manufacturing flexible circuit boards. The carboxyl group-containing polyurethane is obtainable from materials including a (poly)carbonate polyol (a), a polyisocyanate (b) and a carboxyl group-containing polyol (c). The (poly) carbonate polyol includes an organic residue derived from a dimer diol and an organic residue derived from a polyol having a C11-10-2011
20120232183POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND AND CURABLE COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME - Provided are a polymerizable compound, a photocurable composition, and a photocurable moisture-proof insulating coating material for mounting circuit boards, which reduce environmental impact, excel in surface curability at low irradiation dose, and have high adhesion to substrate materials. The compound according to the present invention has a structural unit derived from a dimerdiol and has, as an end group, a group represented by formula (1):09-13-2012
20130178578MOISTURE-PROOF INSULATING MATERIAL - Provided are: a moisture-proof insulating material having superior long-term insulating reliability and adhesiveness to polyimides and glass substrates, and has a solid content concentration that can secure a thickness that realizes sufficient moisture-proof performance after application and drying in a viscosity region that can be easily coated by means of a dispenser; and an electronic component that has been insulation-processed by means of the moisture-proof insulating material. The moisture-proof insulating material contains a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer, a tackifying agent, and a solvent, and is characterized by the solvent containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent (for example, methylcyclohexane or cyclohexane) having a boiling point that is at least 80° C. and less than 110° C. The solvent preferably further contains an aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent (for example, ethylcyclohexane or dimethylcyclohexane) having a boiling point that is at least 110° C. and less than 140° C.07-11-2013
20140309326CURABLE COMPOSITION - Provided are a polymerizable compound, a photocurable composition, and a photocurable moisture-proof insulating coating material for mounting circuit boards, which reduce environmental impact, excel in surface curability at low irradiation dose, and have high adhesion to substrate materials. The compound according to the present invention has a structural unit derived from a dimerdiol and has, as an end group, a group represented by formula (1):10-16-2014

Patent applications by Ritsuko Azuma, Minato-Ku JP

Satoshi Azuma, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100156980INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM, AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - An inkjet printing apparatus, an inkjet printing system and an inkjet printing method are provided in order to correct a print density at a joint (overlapped portion) of nozzle arrays of a print head. The print density at the joint (overlapped portion) of the nozzle arrays is corrected based on a positional deviation between two adjacent nozzle arrays of the print head.06-24-2010
20110211008PRINT APPARATUS - A first reading unit that reads a pattern or an image formed on a sheet by a print unit for recognizing a print unit state, a second reading unit that reads a cut mark formed on the sheet on a downstream thereof, a cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream thereof, and a reverse unit that reverses the sheet fed to the print unit again are provided. In duplex printing, the sheet where images are sequentially printed on a first surface is led to the reverse unit, the front and rear faces are reversed, and the sheet is fed to the print unit again. The sheet where images and cut marks are sequentially printed on a second surface is cut by the cutter for each piece and discharged. The sheet is cut on the basis of a reading of the cut mark by the second reading unit.09-01-2011
20110211899PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT APPARATUS - A cut mark is recorded in an area between one image and the next image to be printed, and the recorded cut mark is to be detected. When the cut mark cannot be detected, a position of the cut mark is estimated based on information on an already detected cut mark and information on a length of the image printed after said already detected cut mark. A first cut position and a second cut position for cutting off the area are set based on the estimation.09-01-2011
20110273503INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads are arranged in a sequence such that a print head configured to eject ink characterized by having a larger amount of volatile components evaporated within a predetermined time is located in a more upstream area.11-10-2011
20110279612INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - An apparatus includes: a drying unit to dry a printing medium on which an image was printed using an inkjet head; a humidification unit to humidify the printing medium that was dried by the drying unit so that the moisture content of the printing medium becomes the equilibrium state in the ambient environment; a colorimetric unit to perform colorimetry on the printing medium that was humidified by the humidification unit; and a calibration unit to calibrate printing properties on the basis of the result of colorimetry by the colorimetric unit.11-17-2011
20110279832INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A waiting time Ts is decided on the basis of ink type information and ink feed amount information, referring to waiting time table A (Step 11-17-2011
20110298849INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In a line-head type inkjet printing apparatus that ejects a plurality of types of inks, an inkjet printing apparatus is provided in which the change of its ejection properties different depending on the type of ink is prevented from occurring. The line-head type printing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that counts the ejection number of liquid from each of print heads in each of a plurality of print heads. Furthermore, the printing apparatus compares the ejection number of liquid from each of the print heads counted by the acquisition unit with a threshold value set for each of the print heads. The printing apparatus includes a change unit that can move a holder in the main scanning direction when the counted ejection number of liquid exceeds the threshold value set for the print head.12-08-2011
20110298859RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A first humidified gas is supplied through a first supply port to a sheet. A second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of an inkjet recording head are exposed through a second supply port located at a position closer to the recording heads than the first supply port, to increase atmosphere humidity in the space. The sheet portion having a moisture content increased by the humidification in advance is advanced into the space having the increased atmosphere humidity, to record on the sheet using the inkjet recording head. An amount of humidification with the first humidified gas is set according to at least one recording condition.12-08-2011
20110310155INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively high frequency overlap in an intersecting direction that intersects an array direction of nozzles is smaller than the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively low frequency overlap in the intersecting direction.12-22-2011
20110310178INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein overlapping portions of the recording heads for two different colors are separated from each other with a distance therebetween in an array direction of nozzles.12-22-2011
20110316910IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When distributing image data of a plurality of planes to a first chip and a second chip that constitute the same overlapped portion of a connected head, a distribution method is changed for at least a part of the plurality of planes.12-29-2011
20110316921IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When an image is recorded using a multichip recording head including a plurality of chips each having a plurality of nozzle arrays, a change in image density can occur due to a registration error between chips in an overlapping part where two chips are connected. To suppress the change in image density, input image data is distributed to two chips such that there are dots overlapping each other between the two chips in the overlapping part.12-29-2011
20120026229INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - To provide an inkjet printing apparatus that suppresses occurrence of image deterioration, such as a texture, a moire, and a streak in a printing result. In order for this to be achieved, a level is set up to a overlapping portion of a chip of a print head depending on dot impact accuracy, and a print data distribution rate of each chip in the overlapping portion is determined according to the level.02-02-2012
20120033006PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus includes a full-line printhead in which a plurality of chips, on each of which a plurality of nozzle arrays are juxtaposed, are arranged in the nozzle arrayed direction, and which prints by the entire width of a printing medium using a plurality of nozzles arranged on the plurality of chips. The printing apparatus discharges ink from a predetermined number of successive nozzles on each nozzle array of each chip toward a printing medium during conveyance, thereby forming a plurality of first patterns corresponding to at least one nozzle array of each chip on the printing medium in the nozzle arrayed direction, reads the plurality of first patterns from the printing medium during conveyance using a sensor, calculates the shift amount of an ink attached position based on the plurality of read first patterns and corrects the attached position of ink based on the shift amount.02-09-2012
20120069067PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS - According to the present invention, each printing head includes chips wherein a plurality of nozzles are prepared. The density of dots formed by ejecting ink from the nozzles is detected for each chip, and when a density difference between the chips is smaller than a predetermined value, print data are corrected, and the number of dots is adjusted so as to reduce the density difference. When the density difference is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, first, a drive pulse for the nozzles is modulated and the volume of ink to be ejected for one dot is adjusted so as to reduce the density difference. Thereafter, the print data is corrected, and the number of dots to be formed is controlled so as to reduce the density difference.03-22-2012
20120114188RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user.05-10-2012
20120206520RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a roller configured to convey a recording medium, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a conveyance amount for conveying the recording medium per a predetermined rotation amount of the roller, a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a plurality of timing signals for performing recording for one raster line according to a rotation of the roller during one rotation thereof, and a drive signal generation unit configured to generate a drive reference signal for performing the recording for the one raster line on the recording medium at a predetermined interval based on the conveyance amount information and the timing signal.08-16-2012
20130010025INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INK STAIN DETECTION METHOD IN THE SAME - An apparatus includes a printing unit configured to eject ink from a print head onto a sheet conveyed in a direction to perform printing on the sheet; a conveying unit configured to be provided on a downstream side of the print head in the direction, and configured to include a rotating member in contact with the sheet; and a reading unit configured to read a surface of the sheet on a downstream side of the rotating member in the direction, in which information on ink adhesion to the rotating member is obtained based on a result read by the reading unit.01-10-2013
20130076811INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to discharge ink, a first ink tank configured to store ink to be supplied to the recording head, a circulation path configured to circulate ink between the first ink tank and the recording head, a measurement unit configured to measure an ink temperature in the circulation path, a second ink tank configured to replenish ink to the circulation path, and a control unit configured to control replenishment of ink from the second ink tank to the circulation path based on the ink temperature measured by the measurement unit.03-28-2013
20130100189PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus includes a printhead configured to array a nozzle array in which a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink are arrayed in the first direction, a reading unit configured to read, as a plurality of luminance values aligned in a nozzle arrayed direction, an inspection pattern formed by discharging ink from the plurality of nozzles of the printhead, a calculation unit configured to calculate a plurality of difference values each by calculating a difference between two luminance values spaced apart by a predetermined number of luminance values, and an analysis unit configured to analyze an ink discharge state in the plurality of nozzles based on the plurality of difference values.04-25-2013
20130235115PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus conducts inspection associated with printing by changing a relative positional relationship between a line print head and a sheet feeding position for a sheet in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the sheet is fed, forming an image on the sheet using the line print head a plurality of times, and reading the formed images using a reading unit.09-12-2013
20130328969INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - The effects on an image are maximally decreased with respect to ejection by printing elements included in the low flow rate areas of a serial channel in an inkjet printing apparatus that uses a joined head in which multiple chips provided with multiple printing element arrays are disposed. For this purpose, print data is distributed to individual printing elements at a joining portion between two chips, such that fewer printing elements execute ejection operations on a printing element array A distanced farther from the center line of a base plate than a printing element array D nearer the center line. Doing so suppresses ejection by printing elements included in low flow rate areas which manifest near the turns of an ink channel, and reduces density defects due to ejection by such printing elements.12-12-2013
20130329144PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An aspect of this invention is directed to efficiently sorting printed products into non-defective ones and defective ones even when a discharge failure occurs during the printing operation. In the aspect, two inspection patterns for detecting discharge failure are printed before and after a plurality of images. The inspection patterns are read to determine the type of discharge failure. Printed media are sorted based on whether it is determined that there is a continuous discharge failure, whether it is determined that there is an accidental discharge failure, or whether it is determined that the discharge is normal.12-12-2013
20140022303INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively high frequency overlap in an intersecting direction that intersects an array direction of nozzles is smaller than the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively low frequency overlap in the intersecting direction.01-23-2014
20140092164RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user.04-03-2014
20140247307INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A printing method is performed on a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads is divided into groups, with one of the groups being subjected to preliminary ejection on a sheet. The other print head group not subjected to preliminary ejection is located in a more upstream area with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet.09-04-2014
20140347417IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Multiple test pattern printing using each of multiple printing element arrays are read, and in a case where a streak is present in predetermined test patterns of the multiple test patterns at the same position in the direction of the array of the printing elements, determination is made that the streak is not due to failure of a printing element.11-27-2014

Patent applications by Satoshi Azuma, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Seiji Azuma, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090278339VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A vehicle occupant restraint system including: a seatbelt device including a shoulder belt portion restraining a part of a vehicle occupant from one of shoulders to a chest, and a lap belt portion restraining a waist of the vehicle occupant; an upper airbag provided in the shoulder belt portion, and configured to be deployed forward from the shoulder belt portion; a lower airbag provided in the lap belt portion, and configured to be deployed forward from the lap belt portion, the deployed upper and lower airbags coming into contact with each other in a vertical direction; and a movement restraining portion restraining relative movement of the deployed upper and lower airbags in a front-rear direction, extending downward from a lower side of the deployed upper airbag, and positioned in the rear of the deployed lower airbag.11-12-2009
20090278340VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle occupant protection system includes: a seat belt apparatus including a shoulder belt (11-12-2009

Shinji Azuma, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090220383AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - Disclosed herein is an automatic analyzer that can eliminate the generation of air bubbles of dissolved gas in a liquid circulating in a thermostat bath enabling stable photometry.09-03-2009
20110174343AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A function for checking whether components of an automatic analyzer properly operate is made available. A pressure sensor is installed in a sample path. A pressure waveform obtained during a washing water discharge operation 07-21-2011
20130115134AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer is provided which applies a position detection mechanism to at least either a reagent probe or a reagent container transfer mechanism, thereby performing control on or inhibiting a reset operation (initialization) of either the reagent probe or the reagent container transfer mechanism to prevent the transfer thereof. This allows a reagent transport mechanism attached to the automatic analyzer automatically replacing reagent containers to be configured to move at the same height as those of various units including the reagent probe. The automatic analyzer is thus made small in size and allowed to operate without problems.05-09-2013

Patent applications by Shinji Azuma, Hitachinaka JP

Shinjiro Azuma, Kako-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110240250FOUR WHEELED VEHICLE WITH AIR-INTAKE APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - The invention is to provide a four wheeled vehicle capable of preventing mud, sand, water or other foreign substances which are splashed by front wheels from coming into an air cleaner with a simple structure and also shortening an air-intake route. In the four wheeled vehicle, an air-intake apparatus includes an air-intake duct connected to an air-intake portion of an engine, the air-intake duct extending forward in a cabin, and an air cleaner provided in an upstream air-intake portion of the air-intake duct, and an air taking portion of the air cleaner opens in the dashboard. The air-intake duct is arranged at a higher position relative to a floor face of the cabin.10-06-2011
20120152632UTILITY VEHICLE WITH AIR-INTAKE APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - The present invention relates to a utility vehicle with an air-intake apparatus for an engine. The air-intake apparatus includes an air-intake duct connected to the engine, the air-intake duct extending in a bonnet chamber, and an air cleaner case connected to an air-intake upstream portion of the air-intake duct, the air cleaner case accommodating a tubular filter element, the air cleaner case being arranged to be inclined in the bonnet chamber so that a central axis of the filter element is inclined forward.06-21-2012

Shinsuke Azuma, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100224403POWER STORAGE APPARATUS - A power storage apparatus includes a power storage module having a plurality of power storage elements which are aligned in one direction; a device placed adjacently to the power storage module in the direction of the alignment of the power storage elements; a high-voltage cable used in charge and discharge of the power storage module; and a support structure configured to support the high-voltage cable at a plurality of points to position the high-voltage cable along a reference path. The high-voltage cable is configured to electrically connect an electrode terminal of the power storage module to the device. The electrode terminal is one of two electrode terminals of the power storage module and is located on a farther side of the power storage module from the device.09-09-2010

Takachika Azuma, Noda-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100040605ANTIBODY IDENTIFYING AN ANTIGEN-BOUND ANTIBODY AND AN ANTIGEN-UNBOUND ANTIBODY, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an antibody that recognizes a first antibody, the antibody specifically recognizing one of a free first antibody and an antigen-binding first antibody. More specifically, the above antibody is a domino antibody that specifically recognizes and binds to an antigen-binding first antibody, or an antibody-unlocking antibody that specifically recognizes and binds to a free first antibody.02-18-2010
20120157663ANTIBODY IDENTIFYING AN ANTIGEN-BOUND ANTIBODY AND AN ANTIGEN-UNBOUND ANTIBODY, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an antibody that recognizes a first antibody, the antibody specifically recognizing one of a free first antibody and an antigen-binding first antibody. More specifically, the above antibody is a domino antibody that specifically recognizes and binds to an antigen-binding first antibody, or an antibody-unlocking antibody that specifically recognizes and binds to a free first antibody.06-21-2012

Takachika Azuma, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110229982METHOD FOR BINDING A PROTEIN CONSISTING OF PROTEIN A OR CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE DOMAIN OF THE A TO E DOMAINS OF THE PROTEIN A TO THE SUBSTRATE - The object of the present invention is to provide a method for immobilizing the SpA protein on the surface of a substrate with high density without causing dimerization.09-22-2011

Takashi Azuma, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080228076Ultrasonic Imaging Device - This invention provides an ultrasonic imaging system that implements imaging by distinguishing sharply and definitely the echo components generated by scattering in a microbubble contrast medium, from the tissue harmonic components generated by nonlinear propagation of a transmitted pulse. This ultrasonic imaging system, constructed to transmit/receive ultrasonic pulses to/from a living body and form a contrast image of the inside of the living body by using the contrast-imaging microbubbles, repeats the transmitting/receiving operations four times in all, under the same transmitting/receiving focus conditions at different phase angles [(a)=0°, (b)=120°, (c)=−120°, (d)=180°] of the carrier of a transmitted pulse wave including a common envelope signal, sums up three time-series receive echo signals associated with (a), (b), (c), forms the contrast image, sums up two time-series receive echo signals associated with (a), (d), forms an image of the living body having a nonlinear pulse propagation property, and makes a superimposed display of the two kinds of images.09-18-2008
20090118617Ultrasonographic Device And Ultrasonographic Method - In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the signals after envelop detection are synthesized. When the amount of displacement is small, RF signals are synthesized. Alternatively, the mixing frequency may be variable according to the amount of displacement, and the balance between an improvement in spatial resolution and that in contract resolution is achieved according to a degree of the positional displacement.05-07-2009
20100022878Ultrasonic Image Processor - Non-linear processing is performed in which noise reduction (smoothing) is serially performed for original data to reduce high-frequency noise components, the edge enhancement processing is performed for the smoothed image and, after that, noise components are reduced again. Finally, the created image is weighted-combined with the original image.01-28-2010

Patent applications by Takashi Azuma, Kawasaki JP

Takashi Azuma, Kodiara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100113927ULTRASONIC APPARATUS - A high-quality image pickup is performed even when there is a strong reflector, and image pickup and therapy are performed without reducing overall sound pressure even when there is a site which should not be exposed to a high sound pressure. Data for setting a desired beam is acquired, the position and intensity of a site to be avoided are detected from the data, the position and intensity are converted into a desired beam shape, focus data to form a beam along the desired beam shape is calculated, and the focus data is used to perform image generation or treatment.05-06-2010

Takashi Azuma, Sagamihara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100280376ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An echo signal reflected from a microbubble contrast agent is discriminated from an echo signal generated upon reflection of a nonlinearly propagated transmission pulse from the body tissues without degradation of the axial resolution, by performing transmission/reception twice or less which would hardly decrease the imaging speed. By detecting a difference in phase of the second harmonic component based on the fundamental component included in the echo signal, an echo signal generated upon nonlinear reflection from a microbubble contrast agent is discriminated from an echo signal generated upon linear reflection of a nonlinearly propagated transmission pulse from the body tissues. The phase of the second harmonic component is detected through phase sensitive detection in which the square of the fundamental component is used as a reference wave. Concurrently, a pulse inversion method is used to extract the second harmonic component included in the original echo signal, whereby degradation of the axial resolution is prevented.11-04-2010
20110075904ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including: a time-gain controller (TGC) that compensates an amplitude fading occurring in the process of propagation inside a living body; a scan converter (SC) that constructs image data; a TIC measurement unit that measures a TIC of each pixel; an evaluation index input unit that inputs an index for evaluating hemodynamics on the basis of a TIC; a mapping parameter estimation unit that estimates a mapping parameter comparable to an evaluation index; a TIC image construction unit that constructs a two-dimensional image on the basis of the mapping parameter; and a pixel detection unit that extracts a region corresponding to a color map from a TIC image, and utilizing a TIC measured with each pixel so as to measure a difference in hemodynamics.03-31-2011
20110218439ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An ultrasonic image processing method and device, and an ultrasonic image processing program which can correspond to analytical methods different depending on a region or the purpose of a diagnosis or treatment. The ultrasonic image processing method comprises an image data creation step which stores a detection result obtained by irradiating a subject with ultrasonic waves by an irradiating section and detecting an ultrasonic signal from the subject by a detecting section and creates at least two-frame image data different in detection timing on the basis of the stored detection result, a motion vector distribution image creation step which creates a motion vector distribution image on the basis of a predetermined motion vector analysis through the use of a plurality frames of the image data, and a conversion step which converts a vector distribution image to a scalar distribution image on the basis of a plurality of established regions of interest (ROI).09-08-2011
20120027282ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING DISTRIBUTION IMAGE OF BLOOD FLOW DYNAMIC STATE - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is provided for displaying a color map on which a difference in blood flow dynamics is reflected. Setting a test subject who is administered a contrast agent is assumed as an imaging target, and a probe transmits and receives ultrasonic waves to and from the target for contrast imaging. Image data is constructed based on signals received by the probe and a time-intensity curve is generated from intensity values of the image data. According to the time-intensity curve, a value of a predetermined parameter is calculated for producing a distribution image of blood flow dynamics. The distribution image (color map) of the blood flow dynamics is produced from the parameter value. The color map is a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional image being color-coded according to the parameter value. At least one of the followings may be used as the parameter; a contrast agent inflow start time, a balanced intensity arrival time, a contrast agent disappearance start time, a contrast agent duration, a preset threshold arrival time, an intensity increase rate, an intensity decrease rate, intensity of balanced state, and a total flow amount.02-02-2012
20120038242ULTRASONIC PROBE AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Artifacts due to lateral wave that occurs in a substrate of a Capacitive Micro-machined Ultrasonic Transducer is reduced. The substrate thickness of the ultrasonic transducer is set in an optimum range to efficiently radiate the energy of lateral wave in the sensitive band 02-16-2012
20120136250ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - In a radiation-pressure elastography technique for transmitting a ultrasound focused beam into a test object body and diagnosing the hardness thereof, it is required to consider high sensitivity and safety.05-31-2012
20120224759ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE, ULTRASONIC IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING - An ultrasonic imaging apparatus is provided, which is capable of discriminating a noise area where echo signals are faint. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus selects a reference frame and a comparative frame from an image made up of two or more frames, the image being obtained by processing received signals. A region of interest is set in the reference frame, and a search area wider than the region of interest is set in the comparative frame, multiple candidate regions being destination candidates of the region of interest are set within the search area, a degree of similarity of an image characteristic value between in the region of interest and in the candidate region is calculated, with respect to each of the candidate regions, so as to obtain a distribution of the degrees of similarity across the search area. With this configuration, based on the similarity distribution, it is possible to determine whether or not the region of interest corresponds to the noise area. By way of example, it is configured such that statistics is obtained, which compares a minimum value of the degree of similarity with an overall value thereof in the similarity distribution. By comparing the statistics with a threshold value, it is possible to determine confidence of the region of interest.09-06-2012

Patent applications by Takashi Azuma, Sagamihara JP

Tomohisa Azuma, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110234046PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND RESONATOR - Provided is a piezoelectric ceramic composition which can increase Q09-29-2011

Tomoyo Azuma, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100078918HOUSING FIXING STRUCTURE - A housing fixing structure for fixing a hosing of an airbag control device to a supporting portion of a vehicle is provided. The airbag control device is provided with an impact detection device and configured to control an airbag based on information detected by the impact detection device. The housing includes a main body which accommodates the impact detection device and three fixing portions which are configured to be fixed to the supporting portion. The housing is provided with a contact portion which is configured to come into contact with the support portion. The contact portion is disposed within a triangular region which is defined by lines connecting center points of the fixing portions.04-01-2010

Tsukasa Azuma, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120009799TEMPLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND TEMPLATE - According to one embodiment, a template manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a template for use in an imprint processing in which a pattern having irregularities are formed on a principal surface, and the pattern is brought into contact with a resist member formed on a substrate to be processed, to transfer the pattern to the resist member, the method including implanting charged particles at least into the bottoms of concave portions of the template.01-12-2012
20120214094METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN - According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of forming a pattern including forming a polymer layer on a substrate, the polymer layer including a first and second regions, selectively irradiating either of the first and second regions with energy rays or irradiating the first and second regions with energy rays under different conditions to cause a difference in surface free energy between the first and second regions, thereafter, forming a block copolymer layer on the polymer layer, and causing microphase separation in the block copolymer layer to simultaneously form first and second microphase-separated structures on the first and second regions, respectively.08-23-2012
20120214272METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC THIN FILM SOLAR CELL - Certain embodiments provide a method of manufacturing an organic thin film solar cell comprising forming, on a first electrode, a first transport layer having an uneven pattern and a photoelectric conversion layer provided on a surface of the uneven pattern, forming a second transport layer on a second electrode, and bringing the uneven pattern having the photoelectric conversion layer is formed thereon into contact with the second transport layer to mold the second transport layer.08-23-2012
20120220136PATTERN DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, PATTERN DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a pattern data generating apparatus comprises a storage unit that stores a table defining direct self assembly information that combines a direct self assembly material, a film thickness of the direct self assembly material, and a process condition for the direct self assembly material according to a pattern dimension, a division unit that divides layout data of a device based on the pattern dimension to generate divided layouts, an extraction unit that extracts the direct self assembly information corresponding to the pattern dimension of the divided layout from the table, and a generation unit that generates pattern data by allocating the direct self assembly information extracted by the extraction unit to the divided layouts.08-30-2012
20130078570METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN AND LAMINATE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of forming a pattern, including forming a thermally crosslinkable molecule layer including a thermally crosslinkable molecule on a substrate, forming a photosensitive composition layer including a photosensitive composition on the thermally crosslinkable molecule layer, chemically binding the thermally crosslinkable molecule to the photosensitive composition by heating, selectively irradiating the photosensitive composition layer with energy rays, forming a block copolymer layer including a block copolymer on the photosensitive composition layer, and forming a microphase-separated structure in the block copolymer layer.03-28-2013

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Yuri Azuma, Sayama JP

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20110068826SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A semiconductor integrated circuit device enhanced in design efficiency while achieving multi-functionalization and power saving is to be provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit device has first through third circuit blocks, and is placed in a first power supply state in which the operation of internal circuits in the first circuit block is guaranteed in accordance with an instruction from the third circuit block or a second power supply state in which the operation of the internal circuits is not guaranteed. The second circuit block has an input unit which receives signals supplied from the first circuit block, and the input unit of the second circuit block has an input circuit which, in accordance with a control signal sent from said third circuit block to said second circuit block, causes a specific signal level to be maintained in compliance with the operating voltage of the second circuit block irrespective of the signal supplied from the first circuit block when the third circuit block instructs the second power supply state to the first circuit block.03-24-2011

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