Furubayashi, JP
Atsushi Furubayashi, Tokyo JP
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20130222662 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE - Conventionally, in order to obtain a difference signal between an A+N signal and an N signal and a difference signal between an A+B+N signal and the A+N signal, the A+N signal needs to be held in two different capacitors. Hence, there is a problem in that, due to variations in capacitance of the two capacitors, the difference signal between the A+N signal and the N signal and the difference signal between the A+B+N signal and the A+N signal may not accurately be obtained. An imaging device generates a signal obtained by subtracting the same digital N signal from each of the digital A+N signal and the digital A+B+N signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229543 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD - An imaging apparatus, driving method of the imaging apparatus, and an imaging system, are provided, wherein pixels output at least two image signals with different viable signal ranges, and the pixel signal with a larger signal range is converted to a digital signal during a first period, and the pixel signal with a smaller signal range is converted to a digital signal during a second period shorter than the first period. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229555 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM DRIVING METHOD - Pixels output a first signal based on signal charge of a part of photoelectric conversion units of multiple photoelectric conversion units, and a second signal based on signal charge of multiple photoelectric conversion units. An imaging apparatus outputs signals based on the first signals and signals based on the second signals by reducing the number of signals based on the first signals as compared to the number of signals based on the second signals. | 09-05-2013 |
20130229557 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of comparators. At least two analog signal outputs from a pixel are input to the plurality of comparators, and the plurality of comparators perform comparison operations in an overlapped period. | 09-05-2013 |
20130308024 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - There is provided an image pickup apparatus which outputs a digital signal based on a comparison result signal that changes the signal value at Nth (where N is an integer of 1 or higher) among comparison result signals output by a plurality of comparators. | 11-21-2013 |
20130321683 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus, a method for driving the image pickup apparatus, an image pickup system, and a method for driving the image pickup system output a digital signal based on a difference between signals output from a plurality of pixels and a digital signal based on the sum of the signals output from the pixels. | 12-05-2013 |
20160037113 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - An output control unit configured to set an amplitude of a signal output to a signal line to be smaller as compared with a case where an amplification unit outputs a signal on the basis of a potential of the input node or put the amplification unit into a non-operating state is provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037116 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units each of which includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer which accumulates signal charges and which is disposed between the first and second electrodes, and an insulating layer disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode, an amplification unit configured to receive optical signals and output signals each based on one of the optical signals, each of the optical signals being based on one of the signal charges, each of the signal charges being accumulated in one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and a capacitive element having a first node and a second node, the first node being connected to the second electrodes of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and the amplification unit and the second node selectively receiving each one of a plurality of potentials having different values. | 02-04-2016 |
20160044263 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A time at which a potential magnitude relationship between a first electrode and a second electrode is changed from a first relationship to a second relationship in a part of the plurality of pixels and a time at which a potential magnitude relationship between the first electrode and the second electrode is changed from the second relationship to the first relationship in the other part of the plurality of pixels overlap each other. | 02-11-2016 |
20160080678 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM DRIVING METHOD - Pixels output a first signal based on signal charge of a part of photoelectric conversion units of multiple photoelectric conversion units, and a second signal based on signal charge of multiple photoelectric conversion units. An imaging apparatus outputs signals based on the first signals and signals based on the second signals by reducing the number of signals based on the first signals as compared to the number of signals based on the second signals. | 03-17-2016 |
Hideki Furubayashi, Osaka JP
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20110133764 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITY IN SOLAR CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides an apparatus for easily detecting an abnormal status of power generation of a solar cell panel in a solar cell power generation system having the power generation of 1 MW or higher. | 06-09-2011 |
Hiroki Furubayashi, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20080219703 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A conductive member includes a conductive supporter, an electric resistance adjusting layer formed on the conductive supporter and gap retaining members which are of a different material from that of the electric resistance adjusting layer and are disposed respectively at both ends of the electric resistance adjusting layer for contacting an image carrier so as to maintain a predetermined gap between the electric resistance adjusting layer and the image carrier, wherein the electric resistance adjusting layer is made from a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin containing an ether group, an organic phosphonium salt and a fluorine-containing organic anion salt. | 09-11-2008 |
20080279588 | Conductive member, process cartridge including same, and image forming apparatus including the process cartridge - A conductive member includes a conductive supporting member provided facing an image bearing member and including a continuous or discontinuous fixing groove provided in the vicinity of each of both ends of the conductive supporting member in a peripheral direction thereof, an electrical resistance adjusting layer formed on the conductive supporting member and including a step portion which includes at least one step disposed in the vicinity of each of the both ends of the electrical resistance adjusting member, and gap retainers each provided to the step portion and including a cylinder portion which contacts at least one surface of the step portion, and an end plate so that a predetermined gap is formed between the image bearing member and the electrical resistance adjusting layer. The end plate contacts at least one surface of the step portion and fits into the fixing groove. | 11-13-2008 |
20090042117 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER - A conductive member for use in an image forming apparatus, a process cartridge including the conductive member as a charging member, an image forming apparatus including the process cartridge, a charging member, and a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus including the charging member. The conductive member includes a surface coated with a powder lubricant. The charging member includes a conductive member and a powder lubricant applied to a surface of the conductive member. | 02-12-2009 |
20090142679 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING THE PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A conductive member includes a conductive supporting body, an electrostatic resistance adjusting layer formed on the conductive supporting body, and a space holding member, which is formed on each of both end portions of the electric resistance adjusting layer, has a material different from a material of the electric resistance adjusting layer, and constantly maintains a space between the electric resistance adjusting layer and the image carrier, wherein the electric resistance adjusting layer comprises a resin composition including thermoplastic resin containing at least polyamide elastomer and polyolefin block polymer and plural types of salt containing at least one type of salt selected from perchlorate and at least one type of salt selected from fluorine-containing organic anion salt. | 06-04-2009 |
20090274487 | CHARGING MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A charging member is provided in which a minute gap between an image support body and the charging member is set widely but even so the charging member does not abnormally discharge easily, the charging member includes a conductive support body | 11-05-2009 |
20100215400 | CHARGING MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A charging member, includes: an electrically-conductive support; an electrical resistance adjustment layer having ion conductivity provided on the electrically-conductive support; an intermediate layer having ion conductivity provided on the electrical resistance adjustment layer; and a surface layer having insulation provided on the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a resin composition containing at least a polyether polyol resin, and the surface layer is formed of a resin composition containing at least one of a fluorine-based resin, a silicone-based resin, a polyamide resin, a polyester resin, and a urethane resin. | 08-26-2010 |
20110286763 | CHARGE ELEMENT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charge element includes an element body in parallel to a photoreceptor element and biased to the photoreceptor element by an elastic element, and a gap retainer unit provided on the element body, contacting with an outer face of the photoreceptor element to constantly retain a gap between an outer face of the element body and the outer face of the photoreceptor element, and comprising a first gap retainer element provided on the element body and a second gap retainer element provided on the first gap retainer element and made of a material softer than that of the first gap retainer element and that of the outer face of the photoreceptor element. | 11-24-2011 |
Jun Furubayashi, Aso JP
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20140291940 | GASKET - A gasket made of a rubber-like elastic material is mounted in a mounting groove provided in one of two opposing members and is gripped between the one member and the other member so as to be in pressure contact with the two members. The gasket includes: a body section inserted in the mounting groove; one support protrusion provided on one side of the body section so as to be located on the side of the body section, and mounted in a deep groove provided on the bottom; the other support protrusion extending in a tilted manner from the other end side, in the width direction, of the body section toward the bottom in the direction away from the one support protrusion; and a lip ridge protrusion provided on the side of the body section, and located so that the tip thereof does not overlap the one support protrusion. | 10-02-2014 |
Jun Furubayashi, Aso-Shi JP
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20130207352 | GASKET - The invention provides a gasket which can be easily formed, can be highly compressed with a low reaction force, and is highly reliable. A gasket consisting of a rubber-like elastic material is mounted in a mounting groove formed in one of two mutually opposing members and is pinched between one member and another member so as to be in pressure-contact with both the members. The gasket has a body section inserted into the mounting groove, one support protrusion provided on the side of the body section which faces the bottom of the mounting groove, located on one end side of the body section in the width direction thereof, and in contact with the bottom, and a lip protrusion provided on the side of the body section which faces another member and having a tip located at substantially the center of the body section in the width direction thereof. | 08-15-2013 |
Kazumi Furubayashi, Nagano JP
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20130214621 | MOTOR - A motor may include a motor main body in which a rotor may be accommodated on an inner side of a motor case, and an antireflection layer which may be matted and provided with a light-absorbing property and which may cover at least a part of an outer face of the motor case. | 08-22-2013 |
20140368063 | MOTOR - A motor may include a rotor having a permanent magnet on an outer peripheral face of a rotation shaft and a fixed body having a stator, an opposite-to-output side radial bearing member, and an opposite-to-output side end plate. The opposite-to-output side radial bearing member may be formed with a bearing part, a flange part, and a recessed part recessed toward an output side. An end part on the output side of the bearing part may be located on the output side relative to the end part on the opposite-to-output side of the stator, and an end part on the opposite-to-output side of the rotation shaft protruded toward the opposite-to-output side from the shaft hole may be accommodated in an inside of the recessed part and is located on the output side relative to the end part on the opposite-to-output side of the fixed body in the axial line direction. | 12-18-2014 |
Maiko Furubayashi, Chiba JP
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20140170700 | Method For Producing Carotenoids Each Having 50 Carbon Atoms - The present invention provides a method of producing a carotenoid having 50 carbon atoms which comprises culturing, in a medium, a cell transformed with a mutant phytoene desaturase gene and obtaining the carotenoid having 50 carbon atoms from the culture. The mutant phytoene desaturase gene has an introduced mutation to encode a mutant phytoene desaturase having an enhanced activity to desaturate a carotenoid backbone compound of 50 carbon atoms. | 06-19-2014 |
Mitsuyuki Furubayashi, Shiga JP
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20120159808 | LAUNDRY DRYER AND WASHER DRYER - Provided is a laundry dryer including: a first duct ( | 06-28-2012 |
Mitsuyuki Furubayashi, Nara JP
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20110036544 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger comprises a substantially pillar sheathed heater, a substantially cylindrical case, and a spiral spring. The sheathed heater is accommodated in the case. The spring is provided so as to be wound around an outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater. Thus, a spiral flow path is formed among an outer peripheral surface of the sheathed heater, an inner peripheral surface of the case, and the spring. The spring functions as a flow velocity conversion mechanism, a turbulent flow generation mechanism, a flow direction conversion mechanism, and an impurity removal mechanism. A water inlet and a water outlet are respectively arranged at positions eccentric from a central axis of the case on a side surface of the case. | 02-17-2011 |
Takao Furubayashi, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20130302649 | CO2FE-BASED HEUSLER ALLOY AND SPINTRONICS DEVICES USING THE SAME - [Problem to be Solved] | 11-14-2013 |
Takao Furubayashi, Ibaraki JP
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20120091548 | FERROMAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION STRUCTURE, AND MAGNETO-RESISTIVE ELEMENT AND SPINTRONICS DEVICE EACH USING SAME - Disclosed is a ferromagnetic tunnel junction structure which is characterized by having a tunnel barrier layer that comprises a non-magnetic material having a spinel structure. The ferromagnetic tunnel junction structure is also characterized in that the non-magnetic material is substantially MgAl | 04-19-2012 |
20150132609 | Perpendicularly Magnetized Ultrathin Film Exhibiting High Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy, Method for Manufacturing Same, and Application - Provided are an element structure in which a magnetic layer has a high magnetic anisotropy constant and saturated magnetization properties in a thickness of 1.5 nm or less, and a magnetic device that uses the element structure. A BCC metal nitride/CoFeB/MgO film structure that uses a nitride of a BCC metal as a seed layer is fabricated. The nitride amount in the BCC metal nitride is preferably less than 60% in terms of volume ratio based on 100% BCC metal. It is thereby possible to readily obtain a perpendicularly magnetized film having the magnetic properties that the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy is 0.1×10 | 05-14-2015 |
Toshie Furubayashi, Tokyo JP
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20130211804 | SIMULATION APPARATUS, SIMULATION METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A simulation apparatus is provided with means for obtaining shape data expressing a simulation object, means for storing a constraint condition for a simulation in association with each type of object, means for storing, for each of one or more evaluation items for evaluating an object having an arbitrary shape satisfying the constraint condition, a procedure of a coupled analysis using one or more simulation means related to the evaluation item, means for accepting a type and an evaluation item for an object, means for reading out a procedure of a coupled analysis corresponding to the evaluation item based on the accepted evaluation item for the object, and means for reading out a constraint condition for an object corresponding to the accepted type and giving the constraint condition to the shape data to execute the coupled analysis in accordance with the procedure of the coupled analysis. | 08-15-2013 |
Toshiya Furubayashi, Takarazuka-Shi JP
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20110064423 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTACT-CORROSION PREVENTION METHOD PERFORMED BY SAME - A main body of an image forming apparatus includes a switching circuit provided for switching between a normal current which should be applied at a time of normal operation and a contact-corrosion preventing current which is set larger than the normal current. Each of the currents is to be applied to an imaging unit through the contacts between the main body and the imaging unit. A control section controls the switching circuit so as to temporarily switch from the normal current to the contact-corrosion preventing current at specified timing. | 03-17-2011 |
20120159223 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus monitors sleep-cancelling events, and when a sleep-cancelling event occurs, stores an identifier and a sleep-cancellation time of the event. If a start time of a sleep mode is reached when (i) the apparatus is in a standby mode and (ii) one or more sleep-cancelling events specifying sleep-cancellation times later than the start time have been stored, the apparatus calculates power consumption required to maintain the standby mode for a period from the start time to the earliest sleep-cancellation time, as a power-saving amount savable during the period. Also, a recovery power amount required for recovery from the sleep mode to the standby mode is calculated on the assumption that the sleep mode is started at the start time and is cancelled at the earliest sleep-cancellation time. Switching to the sleep mode is performed only when the power-saving amount is greater than the recovery power amount. | 06-21-2012 |
Toshiya Furubayashi, Toyokawa-Shi JP
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20090232539 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH CONTACT/SEPARATION MECHANISM TO/FROM INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BODY - In a printer, three toner patches are primary-transferred successively to an intermediate transfer belt. Here, after the first toner patch passes through a belt cleaner and before the second toner patch reaches the belt cleaner, and after the second toner patch passes through the belt cleaner and before the third patch reaches the belt cleaner, the belt cleaner is operated to change the state of contact to the intermediate transfer belt to a different state. A density sensor detects density of the toner image on the intermediate transfer belt, and presence/absence of the toner patch is detected. When presence/absence of the first to third patches is detected alternately, it is determined that the belt cleaner is performing the operation described above. | 09-17-2009 |
Yuki Furubayashi, Tokyo JP
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20160091524 | INERTIAL SENSOR - A low-noise and high-sensitivity inertial sensor is provided. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091525 | ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor that achieves a simultaneous operation method of a signal detection and a servo control is provided as an alternative to a time-division processing method. The acceleration sensor is a MEMS capacitive acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor includes signal detection capacitor pairs | 03-31-2016 |
Yutaka Furubayashi, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20100035082 | INTERNAL GEAR PUMP - There have been demands for transparent electrode materials and magnetic materials, each having a wide range of applications. In view of the situations, a novel functional device and a method for forming an oxide material are provided. A functional device includes an Al | 02-11-2010 |