Higuchi, Tokyo

Dai Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100219918	PERMANENT-MAGNET MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR - A high-performance variable-magnetic-field dipole-ring magnetic circuit is provided. Specifically, provided is a permanent-magnet magnetic field generator having inner and outer dipole rings which share a central axis, and a yoke which surrounds the dipole rings, wherein a unidirectional variable magnetic field is generated in a space within the inner dipole ring. The generator has a fastener for fixing the inner dipole ring, and a rotator for allowing the outer dipole ring to rotate around the central axis. In the generator, each of the inner and outer dipole rings has a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in such a ring shape that a magnetization direction of the permanent magnets can make a full rotation per half circle of the ring.	09-02-2010

Daisuke Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140039861	OBJECT CORRECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object correcting method includes disposing multiple sample objects at different positions on a display screen, the sample objects having respective attributes characteristic thereof; obtaining the position of a point on the display screen specified by a user; changing the attribute of a target object by calculating an interpolated value of the attributes of the sample objects based on the positions at which the sample objects are disposed and the position of the point and replacing the value of at least one of the parameters of the attribute of the target object with the calculated interpolated value; and correcting the target object based on the changed attribute thereof.	02-06-2014

Eizaburo Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100172150	LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - To solve an uneven light quantity caused in a case where a light guide plate, in which light from a spot light source such as an LED enters an surface, changes by 90 degrees and exits the light to the outside, is used as a backlight. The light guide plate of the invention includes a light flux unifying region. The light flux unifying region has an incident surface, a first surface, and an exit surface. Light fluxes emitted from a light source enter the incident surface. The first surface is almost perpendicular to the incident surface and the intensity distribution of the light fluxes having entered is unified at the first surface. The exit surface is disposed almost parallel with the incident surface and the unified light fluxes exit from the exit surface. A boundary line between the incident surface and the first surface has a zigzag surface.	07-08-2010
20150029442	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal cell between first second polarizing plates; and a surface light source device. The surface light source device includes a light source unit, a light guide plate for outputting first directivity light having directivity of maximum intensity in a first direction, which forms a predetermined angle from a normal direction of the light output surface in a plane approximately parallel to a light guiding direction of light, and having a high ratio of a polarized light component oscillating in the plane and a prism sheet being configured to convert the first directivity light into second directivity light directed in a second direction within a predetermined angle from the normal direction of the light output surface of the light guide plate while substantially maintaining a polarization state of the first directivity light.	01-29-2015
20150301384	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises: a liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal cell between a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate; and a surface light source device having a light source unit and a light guide plate. In a polarized light output from the light guide plate, when the normal direction of a light output surface is defined to be at a polar angle of 90°, and the light guiding direction of the light guide plate is defined to be a direction of an azimuth angle of 0°-180°, a ratio La/Lt of integrated intensity La of output light in ranges where the polar angle is 50° to 80° and the azimuth angle is 135° to 225°, 0° to 45°, and 315° to 360° to integrated intensity Lt of total output light is 0.3 or more.	10-22-2015

Hanae Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120075290	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a 3D image converter and a 3D image generator. The 3D image converter performs conversion processing for converting a 2D image including a plurality of planes that are created with virtual distances into a 3D image on the basis of the virtual distances among the plurality of planes of the 2D images. The 3D image generator generates a 3D image from the two-dimensional image on the basis of the conversion processing performed by the 3D image converter and displays the generated 3D image. When a virtual distance between the corresponding planes of the 2D image is changed while the 3D image is being displayed by use of the 3D image generator, the 3D image converter performs the conversion processing in accordance with a change in the virtual distance.	03-29-2012
20120154408	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a display panel, a frame, a touch sensor, and a controller. The display panel includes a display surface of a predetermined display area. The frame includes a frame surface that surrounds the display panel and determines the display area. The touch sensor is configured to detect touches to the display surface and the frame surface. The controller is configured to execute predetermined processing when a touch to a first area on the display surface is detected, and to execute the predetermined processing when a touch to a second area on the frame surface is detected, the second area being adjacent to the first area.	06-21-2012
20140125661	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus to be newly improved that can easily generate contents having three-dimensional images. The image processing apparatus generates a plurality of plane images and sets the virtual distances of a depth direction to the plurality of generated plane images, respectively. The image processing apparatus converts the plurality of plane images into a three-dimensional image where the space positions of objects of the plurality of plane images are set, on the basis of the virtual distances set to the plurality of generated plane images, and obtains data of the three-dimensional image. In addition, the image processing apparatus displays an editing screen that generates the plurality of plane images. The editing screen displays the plurality of plane images individually or to be overlapped and displays the plane images by providing tabs to the plane images, respectively.	05-08-2014

Hiroaki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150199245	INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE SAME - An instrumentation system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of field devices, in which each of the field devices is configured to perform at least one of measuring and operation of a target, a connection device including a plurality of slots, in which I/O modules are respectively attachable to the slots and the field devices are connectable to the I/O module, and a host control device configured to individually set the I/O modules attached to the slots to have a redundant configuration or a non-redundant configuration and to operate a first I/O module having the non-redundant configuration, among the I/O modules attached to the slots, in a pseudo redundant configuration.	07-16-2015

Hirohiko Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090091542	TOUCH-PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PORTABLE EQUIPMENT - A touch-panel display device in which a plurality of operation items are displayed in arrangement includes a tilt detector detecting an inclination of a portable equipment, and controls a display ratio of the plurality of operation items according to the direction of an inclination detected by the tilt detector and displays an operation item in large scale.	04-09-2009

Hirotaka Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150151991	NEUTRALIZATION METHOD - A method for reducing usage amount of expensive high alkaline neutralizer, and applying efficient neutralization treatment, when applying a neutralization treatment to a barren solution to produce in a treatment step, in which a sulfide compose of nickel and cobalt is produced from a sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing nickel and cobalt, and impurity metals containing at least one or more of iron, magnesium, and manganese. A first neutralization treatment step of applying a neutralization treatment to the barren solution, with a range of pH 5.0 to 6.0 as the end point, by using calcium carbonate slurry, as a first neutralizer; and a second neutralization treatment step of applying a neutralization treatment to a solution produced in the first neutralization treatment step, by using a second neutralizer, to produce sediment containing metal remained in the barren solution and a post-neutralization solution from which a metal ion is removed.	06-04-2015

Hiroto Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090081304	Composite pigment nanoparticles and processes to form organic-inorganic nanoparticle composite particles - Milling approaches provide for the efficient formation of composite particles having an inorganic nanoparticle core with an organic coating composition. The nanoparticles can additionally function as a milling media or distinct milling particles can be used and later separated from the product composite particles. In general, the milling is performed in the presence of a dispersing agent that facilitates dispersing of the composite particles in a carrier liquid. The processes described herein can be effectively used in the formation of composite particles comprising organic pigments. Similarly, the composite particles can be formed with other organic compounds, such as organic pharmaceutical compositions.	03-26-2009

Jun Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120055153	ENGINE EXHAUST GAS ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICE - Providing an exhaust gas energy recovery device by which the optimal engine operating condition can be continuously maintained in a manner that the flow rate of the engine exhaust gas fed to the power turbine is regulated so that the scavenging air pressure becomes optimal in order that the engine performance (the fuel consumption rate) corresponding to the engine load and the engine speed becomes optima. The engine exhaust gas energy recovery device provided the engine load detecting sensor, the engine speed detecting sensor and the scavenging air pressure detecting sensor, the device regulating the flow rate of the exhaust gas streaming into the exhaust gas turbocharger via controlling the flow rate of the exhaust gas streaming into the power turbine of the exhaust gas energy recovery device, so that the scavenging air pressure is maintained at an arbitrarily ordered level and the engine is operated under a condition that the fuel consumption rate is minimal.	03-08-2012
20120137676	ENGINE-EXHAUST-GAS ENERGY RECOVERY APPARATUS, SHIP EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND POWER PLANT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an engine-exhaust-gas energy recovery apparatus including a hybrid turbocharger having a turbine unit that is supplied with exhaust gas discharged from an engine, a compressor unit that pressure-feeds scavenging-air pressure to the engine, and a generator/motor unit that generates electricity when the turbine unit is driven; a bypass channel that allows the exhaust gas supplied toward the hybrid turbocharger to bypass the hybrid turbocharger; an engine-load detecting part; an engine-rotation-speed detecting part; a scavenging-air-pressure detecting part; and a control device having a database for calculating a scavenging-air pressure, at which the fuel consumption rate of the engine becomes lower than or equal to a predetermined value, from the detection values of the respective detecting parts. The control device controls an exhaust-gas bypass control valve so as to control the scavenging-air pressure of the engine.	06-07-2012
20130218377	NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A navigation assistance system equipped with an environment-regulated-marine-zone detection device that includes a movement tracking device that tracks the movement of a ship based on input data; a first computation device that computes an arrival distance and a arrival time until arriving at an environment regulated marine zone or a departure distance and a departure time until departing from an environment regulated marine zone based on data transmitted from the movement tracking device, as well as data about the environment regulated marine zone in a built-in database of the first computation device or data about the environment regulated marine zone in a built-in database of another external device. The detection device also includes a display device that displays the arrival distance and the arrival time or the departure distance and the departure time based on the data transmitted from the first computation device.	08-22-2013

Junich Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140115359	COMPUTER SYSTEM, CONNECTION DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - A host monitoring unit in a host connection device (	04-24-2014

Kaori Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150022882	MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, OBJECTIVE LENS UNIT, AND MICROSCOPE MAIN BODY - A microscope system includes: a main body portion having an optical system for forming an image from at least observation light from a specimen; an objective lens unit having an objective lens for taking in the observation light and having a base portion with an approximately belt shape for holding the objective lens on one end; and a unit attachment portion that is held by the main body portion and is configured to detachably attach the base portion at a position where at least an optical axis of the objective lens coincides with an optical path of the observation light.	01-22-2015

Katsuhiro Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090015790	Surgical microscope apparatus - A drive unit	01-15-2009
20090116102	Stereomicroscope - An illumination optical system projects an illumination light onto an observation object via an objective lens. A first observation optical system guides the illumination light reflected by the observation object to a first ocular lens. A second observation optical system includes a second ocular lens for observing the reflected light of the illumination light. An optical system drive mechanism rotates the second observation optical system and arranges the second observation optical system between a first position and second position facing each other. A reflecting member is disposed at a position retracted from the illumination light path and the reflected light path and reflects the reflected light in a direction different from the optical axis. A drive mechanism rotates the reflecting member around a rotation axis orthogonal to the optical axis and guides the reflected light to the second observation optical system arranged at the first or second position.	05-07-2009

Katsumi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150258538	METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF METHYLAMINE COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METHYLAMINE COMPOUND - According to the present invention, a method for producing a catalyst for use in the production of a methylamine compound can be provided, wherein the catalyst comprises a modified crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve. The method comprises: a moisture control step of adsorbing moisture onto a crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve in an amount of 5 to 30 wt % of the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve; and a step of heating the crystalline silicoaluminophosphate salt molecular sieve having moisture adsorbed thereon under a pressure of 0.1 MPa or more and at a temperature of 130 to 350° C. for 5 to 40 hours.	09-17-2015

Kazuhide Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120089877	CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE DEVICE - When write request signal is input from a host device	04-12-2012

Keiji Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100215266	Image processing device and method, and program recording medium - To enhance the accuracy of detection correction of a defective pixel. An image processing device including a predominant color edge detection unit for detecting an edge using a predominant color signal which is a color signal with the highest appearance frequency; a sub-color parameter calculation unit for calculating, with respect to a sub-color signal or a color signal other than the predominant color signal, from a pixel of interest and neighboring pixels of the same color as the pixel of interest, a sub-color parameter value related to a degree of isolated point of the pixel of interest; and a sub-color isolated point correction unit for correcting the pixel of interest based on the sub-color parameter value and the information of the edge.	08-26-2010
20100232695	VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - An excellent image is obtained by performing a noise reduction process taking into account a color component. By performing color space conversion on a color video signal, a first color converted signal is generated. By performing color space conversion on a color video signal of a past frame, a second color converted signal is generated. A noise-reduced signal is generated from the first color converted signal and the second color converted signal. The noise-reduced signal is subjected to inverse conversion.	09-16-2010
20100245552	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A reflected light image and a fluorescent light image of an observed region are acquired with an imaging system. A gradation level of the reflected light image is set on the basis of a feature value of the acquired reflected light image. The focus of the imaging system is controlled in accordance with the set gradation level. The fluorescent light image is corrected using a focus-controlled reflected light image of the observed region. Accordingly, the image of an object in the observed region from which the fluorescent light is generated is sharpened.	09-30-2010
20110311117	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes a normal light image acquisition section that acquires a normal light image including an object image that includes information within a wavelength band of white light, a special light image acquisition section that acquires a special light image including an object image that includes information within a specific wavelength band, an isolated point determination section that performs an isolated point determination process on a normal light processing target pixel based on a pixel value of the normal light processing target pixel, the normal light processing target pixel being a processing target pixel included in the normal light image, and a correction control section that controls a correction process performed on the special light image based on the isolated point determination process performed by the isolated point determination section.	12-22-2011
20120033108	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An object is to improve noise reduction. Provided are an image-capturing-mode selecting portion (	02-09-2012
20120092472	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An image processing device includes an image acquisition section that successively acquires a reference image via a successive imaging process performed by an imaging section of an endoscope apparatus, the reference image being an image including an image of an observation target, a state detection section that detects an operation state of the endoscope apparatus, and acquires operation state information that indicates a detection result, and an extraction section that extracts an area including the image of the observation target from the acquired reference image as an extraction area to acquire an extracted image, the extraction section determining a degree of position offset correction on the image of the observation target based on the operation state information acquired by the state detection section, and extracting the extracted image from the reference image using an extraction method corresponding to the determined degree of position offset correction.	04-19-2012
20120200747	IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image signal processing apparatus that performs a noise reduction process on an image signal of an image captured by an imaging device is provided. By performing a first smoothing process on an input signal of an image signal that is received from an imaging unit and that is subjected to a first image processing, a first smoothed signal creating unit creates a first smoothed signal in which noise is reduced. By performing a second smoothing process that is different from the first smoothing process on the input signal, the second smoothed signal creating unit creates a second smoothed signal in which noise is reduced. A mixing processing unit mixes the first smoothed signal and the second smoothed signal in accordance with a mixing ratio according to a value of the input signal.	08-09-2012
20130016198	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODAANM Higuchi; KeijiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Higuchi; Keiji Tokyo JPAANM Kuriyama; NaoyaAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Kuriyama; Naoya Tokyo JP - An image processing device includes an image signal acquisition section that acquires image signals that include signals of an object image from an image sensor, the image sensor being configured so that the object image is formed in an imaging area via an optical system, and is not formed in a non-imaging area, a processing target area setting section that sets a processing target area to an image of an image signal acquired area so that the processing target area is included in the imaging area, the image signal acquired area being an area in which the image signals have been acquired, and the processing target area including pixels used for a grayscale transformation process, and a grayscale transformation section that performs the grayscale transformation process based on pixel values of the pixels included in the processing target area.	01-17-2013
20130194403	ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE - An endoscope apparatus includes an imaging section that captures a plurality of images in time series using an objective optical system, a range setting section that sets at least one of a search range and a non-search range to a reference image among the plurality of images, the search range including a center area, and the non-search range including a peripheral area, a motion detection section that performs a motion detection process that detects a motion between a processing target image and the reference image, and an image blending section that blends the processing target image and the reference image based on the motion detection process, the motion detection section setting a processing target area to the processing target image, and performing the motion detection process by searching an area that corresponds to the processing target area within a range based on the search range and/or the non-search range.	08-01-2013
20140039257	ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD FOR ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - An endoscope apparatus includes an imaging section that includes a phase difference detection element for implementing phase detection autofocus, and acquires a captured image, a phase difference calculation section that calculates a phase difference based on a signal output from the phase difference detection element, a lens position selection section that selects a lens position that is either a near point-side lens position or a far point-side lens position based on the phase difference, the near point-side lens position and the far point-side lens position being discrete lens positions set in advance, and a driver section that changes a lens position of the imaging section to the lens position selected by the lens position selection section.	02-06-2014
20140046131	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an image acquisition section, an attention area setting section, and a scaling section. The image acquisition section acquires a captured image that includes an object image. The attention area setting section sets an attention area within the captured image based on information from the endoscope system. The scaling section performs a local scaling process that relatively enlarges the attention area as compared with another area.	02-13-2014
20140081083	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an image acquisition section, an attention area setting section, and a dimming control section. The image acquisition section acquires a captured image that includes an object image. The attention area setting section sets an attention area within the captured image based on information from the endoscope system. The dimming control section performs a dimming control process that controls the intensity of illumination light based on the attention area set by the attention area setting section.	03-20-2014
20140111628	FOCUS CONTROL DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - A focus control device, an endoscope system, a focus control method, and the like can implement an autofocus operation in an appropriate state by setting a focus mode of an imaging optical system. The focus control device includes a focus control section that controls a focus of an imaging optical system that includes at least a zoom lens that adjusts an optical magnification, and sets a focus mode of the imaging optical system, and an image acquisition section that acquires an image through the imaging optical system, the focus mode including a fixed focus mode and an autofocus (AF) mode, and the focus control section switching the focus mode between the fixed focus mode and the AF mode corresponding to whether the zoom lens is positioned on a wide-angle side or a telescopic side relative to a reference point that is situated between a wide-angle end and a telescopic end.	04-24-2014
20150297068	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A reflected light image and a fluorescent light image of an observed region are acquired with an imaging system. A gradation level of the reflected light image is set on the basis of a feature value of the acquired reflected light image. The focus of the imaging system is controlled in accordance with the set gradation level. The fluorescent light image is corrected using a focus-controlled reflected light image of the observed region. Accordingly, the image of an object in the observed region from which the fluorescent light is generated is sharpened.	10-22-2015

Ken Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120210506	FLUSH TANK DEVICE AND FLUSH TOILET - A flush tank device (	08-23-2012
20150159356	TOILET FLUSH TANK - A toilet flush tank is provided that is capable of preventing an increase in the external dimensions of a toilet main body even when the toilet flush tank is placed below the upper surface of a toilet main body and is also capable of performing toilet cleaning in a stable manner. A toilet flush tank stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel that communicates with the downstream side of the toilet bowl. This toilet flush tank is placed inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the toilet drainage channel at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.	06-11-2015

Kentaro Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100132056	Germ Cell Marker Using Fish Vasa Gene - In order to examine whether or not a germ cell derived from a donor fish, which has been transplanted into a recipient fish of a different species by a surrogate fish technique, grows or matures in the gonad of the recipient fish, it is necessary to use, as an indicator, a trait that is specifically expressed in the germ cell and can be used to distinguish the recipient fish from the donor fish. Vasa gene, which is a germ cell-specific gene, is specific to a primordial germ cell and a spermatogonium/an oogonium, and it is not expressed in a somatic cell. In the present invention, the Vasa gene sequences of a tuna, a chub mackerel, a spotted mackerel, an eastern little tuna, and a drumfish are determined, and the expression of such gene is used as a marker for a germ cell. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to specifically detect only a tuna Vasa gene in Vasa gene sequences that are highly conserved in fishes, without sequencing. Thus, a tuna-derived germ cell can be reliably and simply identified in the gonad of the recipient fish. As a result, the growth or breeding of tuna can be carried out with good efficiency. Moreover, utilizing the aforementioned findings, even in a case in which not only a tuna but also another Perciformes fish is used as a donor, a germ cell derived from the donor fish can be efficiently detected from the gonad of a recipient fish of a different species.	05-27-2010

Kimihiro Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110240221	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a lower electrode provided in the processing chamber and having a base made of a conductive metal to which a high frequency power is applied, the lower electrode also serving as a mounting table for mounting thereon a target substrate; an upper electrode provided in the processing chamber to face the lower electrode; and a focus ring disposed above the lower electrode to surround the target substrate. An electrical connection mechanism is provided between the base of the lower electrode and the focus ring to electrically connect the base of the lower electrode to the focus ring through a current control element, and generates a DC current in accordance with a potential difference.	10-06-2011

Kimitaka Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150335062	FLAVOR SOURCE FOR NON-BURNING INHALATION TYPE TOBACCO PRODUCT, AND NON-BURNING INHALATION TYPE TOBACCO PRODUCT - A flavor source (	11-26-2015

Kouhei Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150218838	BUCKLING RESTRAINED BRACE AND LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided are a buckling restrained brace including a core material that has a plate shape and extends along an axis, a restraining member that extends along the axis and covers the core material from an outer peripheral side in a state where both end portions of the core material in an axis direction protrude outside, a filler that is filled between the restraining member and the core material, and a pair of first reinforcing members that each have a plate shape and are installed in both end portions of the core material in the axis direction so as to interpose the core material therebetween from both sides of the core material in a plate width direction, and a load-bearing structure installed with the buckling restrained brace.	08-06-2015

Kouji Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090099704	DIGITAL CONTROLLER - There is provided a digital controller which can generate no oscillation even if sensing a load side and enables control of supplying a desired voltage to the load. In an power amplifier which supplies an output voltage v	04-16-2009
20100114399	DIGITAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT VOLTAGE UNDER LARGE VARIATIONS IN LOAD AND SUPPLY VOLTAGE - There is provided a digital controller which can reduce a variation in output voltage as compared to the conventional digital controller at the time of abrupt changes in load and in input of a power amplifier. The digital controller is built in the power amplifier for supplying an output voltage v	05-06-2010

Masahiro Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090284066	Occupant Restraining Apparatus - An occupant restraining apparatus in which a seat bag and an air belt are inflated by a common inflator and the constitution of which can be simplified. The occupant restraining apparatus includes an inflatable seat bag	11-19-2009
20100276532	Seatbelt apparatus - A seatbelt apparatus is provided which can constrain a passenger by ensuring removal of a slack of a lap belt when two pretensioners are activated under two different time frames. A pretensioner of a seatbelt retractor is activated first, and a shoulder belt and a lap belt are pulled in a direction toward the seatbelt retractor. Subsequently, a pretensioner of a belt anchor portion is activated and pulls a seatbelt toward the belt anchor portion, and hence a one-way tongue catches and locks the seatbelt. Accordingly, the shoulder belt is prevented from moving toward the lap belt through the tongue. Therefore, removal of the slack of the lap belt is ensured, and hence a lumber of the passenger is firmly fixed.	11-04-2010

Masakazu Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100114722	ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION MANAGING METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION MANAGING SYSTEM, CALL RECEIVING METHOD AND CALL RECEIVING SYSTEM - An advertisement information managing method includes generating a plurality of identification information, generating a plurality of advertisement information that respectively indexes the plurality of identification information by combining the plurality of identification information with basic advertisement information respectively, and cross-checking the plurality of identification information with input information in a call that is made according to one of the plurality of advertisement information, so as to judge according to which one of the plurality of advertisement information the call is made	05-06-2010

Masaki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100017190	Emulator - To provide an emulator capable of targeting a device capable of accepting connection of an expansion device for expanding a controller connection port to a plurality of controller connection ports. The emulator, targeting a device having at least one controller connection port and capable of accepting connection of an expansion device for expanding the controller connection port to a plurality of controller connection ports so as to accept connection of a plurality of controllers, emulates operation of the targeted device. The emulator assigns port identification information to each of controllers connected via wire or radio, the port identification information indicating to which of a controller connection port of the targeted device and the controller connection ports of the expansion device connected to the device the controller is assumed to be connected. The assigned port identification information is provided to a process for receiving an operation carried out on the controller.	01-21-2010
20110092280	Game Device - In a game device, a loading processor loads save data on which user ID information is attached from a storage device 80; an application executing unit executes a game program while using the loaded save data; a game requirement achievement determining unit determines whether or not a predetermined requirement of gameplay is achieved based on a progress status of the game; and item ID acquiring unit acquires an item ID associated with achieved requirement of gameplay; an item acquisition processing unit has a function for generating item acquisition information while using the acquired item ID; and a function limiting unit limits the function of an item acquisition processing unit in accordance with user ID information attached to the save data.	04-21-2011
20110131115	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A purchase type determining unit	06-02-2011
20110145764	Menu Screen Display Method and Menu Screen Display Device - An instruction acquisition unit acquires a menu display instruction in a menu screen display device. When the menu display instruction is acquired while a game program is running, a menu-screen generating unit displays, by a function of a system, on a television set a second system menu screen in which an end icon for terminating the running game program is inserted in between a plurality of content icons that are arranged in a line in a first system menu screen and displayed. The instruction acquisition unit acquires the selection of the displayed end icon from a user. When the selection of the end icon is acquired, a menu screen constituting unit terminates the running game program and displays on the television set a first system menu screen by deleting the end icon from the second system menu screen.	06-16-2011
20120062454	Information Processing System - Provided is an information processing system which includes: a communication device including a sensor that measures information regarding a posture thereof; and an information processing device. The information processing device displays a guide image for causing a user to perform a rotational operation for rotating the communication device, and executes calibration of the sensor by using the measurement result of the sensor acquired from the communication device while the guide image is displayed. The guide image includes an image representing a reference axis to be a rotation center for the rotational operation and an image representing the communication device, and the image representing the communication device is located within the guide image so that a portion of the communication device corresponding to a position of the sensor overlaps with the reference axis.	03-15-2012
20120229498	Information Processing Device and Information Processing Method - A display format identification unit identifies a display format defined in a plurality of items of image data associated with each other. A message communication unit communicates a message corresponding to the identified display format when an image generation unit generates a display image in a display format different from the identified display format. A communication storage unit stores a record indicating that the message communication unit communicates a message. If the communication storage unit stores the record indicating that the message was communicated, the message communication unit does not communicate a message again.	09-13-2012
20120233564	Information Processing Apparatus - A mode setting unit sets either a first mode or a second mode. When the first mode is set, the item information acquiring unit acquires item acquisition information stored in an external server via a communication unit. On the other hand, when the second mode is set, the item information acquiring unit acquires the item acquisition information from a storage. A display processing unit displays on a display unit an item acquisition status using the item acquisition information acquired by the item information acquiring unit.	09-13-2012
20130104121	Information Processing Device - An information processing device is configured to start a download module at a predefined date and time. A transmitter unit	04-25-2013
20140118513	IMAGE PROCESSOR - A display image generation part	05-01-2014
20150119135	Game Device - A game device includes: a first requirement achievement determining unit operative to determine whether or not a requirement of gameplay predefined in a game is achieved based on a progress status of the game; a second requirement achievement determining unit operative to determine whether or not a result of determination by the first requirement achievement determining unit meets a predetermined condition; a display processing unit operative to display information related to the requirement of gameplay determined by the first requirement achievement determining unit as being achieved, and information related to the predetermined condition determined by the second requirement achievement determining unit as being met, where the first requirement achievement determining unit is implemented by game software and the second requirement achievement determining unit is implemented by system software.	04-30-2015
20150134341	DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes: a voice message acceptance block configured to accept a voice message; an option identification block configured to identify, from among a plurality of options related with information indicative of voice messages, in accordance with acceptance of a voice message by the voice message acceptance block, an option of attention that is an option related with information indicative of the accepted voice message and an alternative option other than this option of attention identified on the basis of the information indicative of this voice message or this option of attention; and a display control block configured to display information indicative that the option of attention is in a selected state and information indicative of a voice message by which the option identification block identifies the alternative option as the option of attention in accordance with the acceptance by the voice message acceptance block.	05-14-2015

Masao Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090075496	Connector which can be reduced in warpage - In a connector for connecting first and second connection objects faced to each other, a conductive contact includes a holding portion held by an insulator, a first spring portion, and a second spring portion connected to the first spring portion. The first spring portion extends from the holding portion in one direction and has a first contacting portion to be connected to the first connection object. The second spring portion extends in the other direction opposite to the one direction and has a free end provided with a second contacting portion to be connected to the second connection object.	03-19-2009
20090130867	CONNECTOR - Provided is a connector capable of facilitating a work of connecting first and second connection targets. A first receiving part to be coupled to a first plug connector and a second receiving part to be coupled to a second plug connector are formed at the housing of a relay connector which electrically connects the first and second plug connectors to be mounted on a chassis. The housing is provided with a contact which establishes conduction between the first plug connector coupled to the first receiving part and the second plug connector coupled to the second receiving part. The housing comprises a housing body having the first and second receiving parts, and a hook provided at the housing body to engage with a hole provided in the chassis.	05-21-2009
20110021055	Connector - A connector has a housing, an insertion slot, an actuator and a biasing member. Into the insertion slot, a connection target is inserted along an insertion direction. The actuator has a pusher. The actuator is held on the housing so as to be turnable between an open position and a close position. The actuator allows the connection target to be inserted into the insertion slot when the actuator is positioned at the open position. The pusher pushes the inserted connection target along a thickness direction of the connection target when the actuator is turned to the close position after the connection target is inserted into the insertion slot. The thickness direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction. The biasing member is operable to bias the pusher toward the inserted connection target when the actuator is located at the close position.	01-27-2011
20120045930	CONNECTOR - Provided is a technique for reducing the depth of a connector. A connector for connecting an FFC to a substrate includes a plurality of signal contacts, a ground contact, and a housing. The signal contacts are arranged to come into contact with signal terminals of the FFC. The ground contact comes into contact with the ground terminal of the FFC. The housing holds the plurality of signal contacts and the ground contact. Assuming that the back surface of the housing in a direction in which the FFC is inserted into or removed from the connector is set as a reference, a first distance to a contact point of the ground contact with respect to the signal terminals is set to be substantially equal to a second distance to a contact point of the ground contact with respect to the ground terminal.	02-23-2012
20150029337	ELECTRONIC DEVICE MODULE - An electronic device module includes a metallic casing having at least one boss formed therein, an electronic device unit placed inside the casing, connector terminals for external device connection electrically connected to the electronic device unit, and a metallic ground shell disposed so as to surround the connector terminals, having a front surface covered with a metal coated layer and including at least one boss insertion portion formed, a head of the at least one boss inserted into the at least one boss insertion portion and the coated layer positioned on a periphery of the corresponding at least one boss insertion portion being welded to each other to electrically connect and fix the ground shell to the casing.	01-29-2015
20150056859	CONNECTOR - In a connector that includes a board connector mounted on a board and a cable connector attached to ends of both a shielded cable and a non-shielded cable and connected to the board connector, the cable connector includes contacts connected respectively to the core wires of the shielded cable and the non-shielded cable and a shield shell that surrounds only the contacts connected to the core wires of the shielded cable, and the board connector includes board contacts connected respectively to the contacts of the cable connector and a shield shell that surrounds only the board contacts connected to the contacts surrounded by the shield shell of the cable connector. The connector properly shields the contacts connected to the core wires of the shielded cable in both of the mutually connected connectors and makes it easy to perform impedance matching.	02-26-2015

Masaru Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135625	DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display device including, a visual target, and a backlight adapted to illuminate the visual target from the rear, the backlight including, a plurality of first light sources, second light sources, and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a plurality of projecting portions on a side surface portion thereof upon which the light, produced by the plurality of first and second light sources is incident, the projecting portions being arranged, along the side surface portion and project toward the one side of the given direction, the plurality of first light sources are disposed to be opposed to the tip surfaces of the plurality of projecting portions, and the second light sources are disposed to be opposed to the bottom surfaces of recessed portions formed between the plurality of projecting portions.	05-28-2009
20090146967	DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display section; a light radiating section; a plurality of light converging lenses; and a plurality of light receiving devices, wherein the display section includes pixel areas each used for creating a pixel section, and sensor areas each used for creating one of the light receiving devices; the light radiating section outputs light and radiates the output light to the display section from a particular-side surface of the display section; each of the light converging lenses is created in one of the sensor areas each located in the display section and converges light generated by the light radiating section on a focal point inside the display section, passing on the converged light to the other-side surface of the display section; and each of the light receiving devices is created in one of the sensor areas to serve as a device for receiving light which arrives at the other-side surface of the display section as light reflected by a subject of detection.	06-11-2009
20090147353	SURFACE EMISSION APPARATUS, LIGHT GUIDE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT GUIDE - A surface emission apparatus includes a first light source for emitting invisible light rays; a second light source for emitting visible light rays; a light guide having a light entrance surface for entering therethrough into the light guide the invisible light rays emitted from the first light source and the visible light rays emitted from the second light source, and a light exit surface for emitting the invisible light rays and the visible light rays therethrough out of the light guide; and a plurality of optical devices disposed on a surface of the light guide which confronts the light exit surface, for scattering more of the invisible light rays than the visible light rays.	06-11-2009
20090159786	DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels laid out on the surface of a pixel area of the display panel; and an illumination section configured to generate illumination light in a normal direction perpendicular to the display panel, wherein the illumination section has a light source, a light guiding board, the display panel also includes a plurality of photo sensor devices, the light source includes an invisible light source, the light guiding board includes an invisible light beam reflection section.	06-25-2009
20100020007	DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a display device, including a display panel; a first light emitting unit for inputting a first input light to the display panel based on a first light emitting signal; a second light emitting unit for inputting second input light to the display panel based on a second light emitting signal; and light emitting control unit for outputting the first light emitting signal, the second light emitting signal, the image signal corresponding to the first input light, and the image signal corresponding to the second input light; where the light emitting control unit performs output of the first light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the first input light in synchronization in a first sub-frame, and performs output of the second light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the second input light in synchronization in a second sub-frame.	01-28-2010
20100246212	Backlight and displaying/imaging apparatus - The present invention provides a backlight capable of suppressing loss of light from an invisible light source and a displaying/imaging apparatus using the same. The backlight includes: a light guide plate having a light emitting face and a rear face opposed to the light emitting face; a visible light source disposed on a side face of the light guide plate; an invisible light source disposed on a side face of the light guide plate; a first reflection film disposed on the rear face side of the light guide plate, reflecting light from the visible light source, and transmitting light from the invisible light source; and a second reflection film disposed on the rear face side of the light guide plate and reflecting light from at least the invisible light source out of the visible light source and the invisible light source.	09-30-2010
20110122652	DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display device including, a visual target, and a backlight adapted to illuminate the visual target from the rear, the backlight including, a plurality of first light sources, second light sources, and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a plurality of projecting portions on a side surface portion thereof upon which the light, produced by the plurality of first and second light sources is incident, the projecting portions being arranged, along the side surface portion and project toward the one side of the given direction, the plurality of first light sources are disposed to be opposed to the tip surfaces of the plurality of projecting portions, and the second light sources are disposed to be opposed to the bottom surfaces of recessed portions formed between the plurality of projecting portions.	05-26-2011
20120303225	INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - An industrial vehicle 1 includes a brake	11-29-2012
20130137579	METHOD OF PRODUCING SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR, SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR, AND SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING CONDUCTOR - A method for producing a superconductive conductor includes: a base material preparation process of preparing a base material having a groove formed on at least one face thereof; a superconducting layer formation process of forming a superconducting layer on a surface of the base material at a side at which the groove is formed; and a cutting process of cutting completely through the base material along the groove.	05-30-2013
20130137581	SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTOR THIN FILM, SUPERCONDUCTOR THIN FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE FOR SUPERCONDUCTOR THIN FILM - A superconducting thin film having excellent critical current characteristics is provided. A substrate for a superconducting thin film includes a substrate body (	05-30-2013
20150024942	SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE - A superconducting wire has: a substrate; a superconducting layer that is layered on one main surface side of the substrate; a stabilization layer that covers a surface of the superconducting layer and another main surface of the substrate; and an insulating layer that covers a surface of the stabilization layer, and that has an identification portion that identifies the substrate side and the superconducting layer side.	01-22-2015
20150038334	SUPERCONDUCTING FILM-FORMING SUBSTRATE, SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, AND SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tape-shaped superconducting film-forming substrate is disclosed, which includes a film-forming face for forming a laminate including a superconducting layer thereon, a rear face that is a face at a side opposite to the film-forming face, a pair of end faces connected to the film-forming face and the rear face, and a pair of side faces connected to the film-forming face, the rear face, and the pair of end faces, in which each of the pair of side faces includes a spreading face that spreads toward an outer side in an in-plane direction of the film-forming face from an edge part of the film-forming face toward the rear face side. A superconducting wire and a superconducting wire manufacturing method are also disclosed.	02-05-2015
20150279519	SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE - A superconducting wire is provided which allows an appropriate critical current property to be obtained while maintaining high adhesive strength based on smoothness of a substrate surface that can be achieved without mechanical polishing or the like. A first intermediate layer	10-01-2015

Mirai Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140028873	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing apparatus that can implement image recognition processing on all of objects to be recognized, and can reduce a load of capturing and transferring images. The image processing apparatus includes: an image capturing unit that captures image information picked up by an imaging element; a processing region setting unit that sets a plurality of processing regions for the image information; a processing sequence/frequency determination unit that determines at least any one of a sequence, a frequency, and a timing of capturing the respective image information in a plurality of set processing regions, and at least any one of a sequence, a frequency, and a timing of processing the respective image information; and an image processing unit that captures the image information for each of the processing regions according to the sequence, the frequency, or the timing which has been determined, and processes the captured image information according to the sequence, the frequency, or the timing which has been determined.	01-30-2014
20150015384	Object Detection Device - An object of the present invention is to attain an object detection device that enables tracking travel control that does not cause a driver to experience a feeling of discomfort. An object detection device	01-15-2015

Motoharu Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090030138	HYDROGENATED DIENE POLYMER COMPOSITION AND MOLDED RUBBER ARTICLE - A hydrogenated diene polymer composition comprises (A) a first hydrogenated diene polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 100,000 to 1,700,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.0, and a hydrogenation degree of 72 to 96%, the first hydrogenated diene polymer (A) being obtained by hydrogenating the first diene polymer which has a vinyl bond content of 20 to 70%, and (B) a first filler. The hydrogenated diene polymer composition contains the first filler (B) in an amount of 5 to 100 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the first hydrogenated diene polymer (A).	01-29-2009
20100130669	MODIFIED HYDROGENATED DIENE POLYMER COMPOSITION - A modified hydrogenated diene polymer composition includes (A) a modified hydrogenated diene polymer obtained by hydrogenating a diene polymer having a vinyl bond content of 20 to 70%, the modified hydrogenated diene polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 100,000 to 1,700,000, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 1.0 to 3.0, and a hydrogenation rate of 72 to 96%, and containing a functional group, and (B) a diene rubber, the modified hydrogenated diene polymer composition containing the modified hydrogenated diene polymer (A) and the diene rubber (B) in an amount of 100 parts by mass in total, the amount of the modified hydrogenated diene polymer (A) being 60 to 95 parts by mass, and the amount of the diene rubber (B) being 5 to 40 parts by mass.	05-27-2010

Naoki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120187717	IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE, AND MOVABLE BODY - The impact absorbing structure of the present invention is an impact absorbing structure for absorbing an impact in a case where the impact absorbing structure is subjected to the impact in a predetermined direction. The impact absorbing structure comprises a plurality of impact absorbing members, each of which is a tubular-shaped body whose longitudinal central axis is arranged along the impact direction and capable of absorbing the impact by being compressively collapsed when receiving the impact from the impact direction. At least one of the plurality of impact absorbing members being placed in such a way that a front end of the impact absorbing members is placed at a different position of ends of the other impact absorbing members in the impact direction, and the front end is an end closer to the direction which is forward in the impact direction.	07-26-2012

Naoshi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232402	COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS, RESOURCE RELEASING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR COMMUNICATION RELAY APPARATUS - Suspendable candidate link group determining device	09-25-2008
20090178110	Communication Control Device, Communication Control System, Communication Control Method, and Communication Control Program - The communication control device of the present invention includes: a communication parameter acquisition means (	07-09-2009
20100325077	COMPUTER, OPERATION RULE APPLICATION METHOD AND OPERATING SYSTEM - Provided is an operating system enabling, in an application formed of a plurality of programs including a library program, a rule to be applied that enables determination whether to allow processing of a system call called by the application.	12-23-2010
20130239172	COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREON - A communication control apparatus that controls communication via a network between a first communication apparatus for communicating via a virtual communication channel and a second communication apparatus for transmitting a communication request with the first communication apparatus including a storage unit that stores access control policy defining allowance or denial of access to the first communication apparatus, an establishment unit that establishes the virtual communication channel with the first communication apparatus, an authentication unit that authenticates the second communication apparatus based on the communication request received from the second communication apparatus, an access control unit that refers to the access control policy and evaluates whether to allow or deny access from the authenticated second communication apparatus to the first communication apparatus, and a transfer unit that transfers the received communication request to the first communication apparatus when the access control unit evaluates that the access is allowed.	09-12-2013

Nobuhiko Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140038807	NON-ALKALI GLASS FOR SUBSTRATES AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING NON-ALKALI GLASS FOR SUBSTRATES - According to the present invention, an alkali-free glass for a substrate, having a thickness of 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm and a compaction of 9 ppm or lower can be obtained without performing heat treatment as a post-treatment for the alkali-free glass for a substrate after production (after forming, annealing and cutting).	02-06-2014

Osamu Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090158448	DNA ENCODING POLYPEPTIDE CAPABLE OF MODULATING MUSCLE-SPECIFIC TYROSINE KINASE ACTIVITY - Disclosed are DNA encoding a polypeptide which can modulate the activity of a muscle-specific tyrosine kinase, and others. The DNA is selected from the following members (a) to (d): (a) DNA comprising a specific nucleotide sequence; (b) DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing with a specific nucleotide sequence under stringent conditions; (c) DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence having the substitution, deletion and/or addition of one or several amino acid residues in a specific amino acid sequence; and (d) DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher homology to a specific nucleotide sequence.	06-18-2009
20100064150	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD - A power supply system is adapted to a platform including a plurality of processing devices including baseboard management controllers (BMC) for processing basic information units, each of which is equipped with a plurality of power supply units (PSU) and at least one secondary power supply unit interconnected to a power cable. The controller calculates the maximum power consumption of the processing device based on its configuration, an adequate number of power supply units being turned on to meet the maximum power consumption, and a redundant power supply corresponding to one power supply unit times the adequate number minus the maximum power consumption. When the processing device suffers from a power shortage, the secondary power supply unit or the power supply unit of the other processing device is selectively turned on so as to recover the redundant power supply, thus normally achieving the N+1 redundancy of power supply.	03-11-2010

Ryohei Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080276021	Data transfer control apparatus - A data transfer control apparatus has a plurality of bus slaves connected to a bus master via a bus interface unit for RAM connected to the bus master via a master bus, and a transfer bus which connects the first bus slave and plural second bus slaves in the plurality of bus slaves. When an instruction to execute data transfer via the transfer bus is given by a transfer instruction signal, data transfer between one second bus slave selected from the plural second bus slaves and the first bus slave via the transfer bus is carried out in response to a control signal contained in a control signal bus on a slave bus for RAM.	11-06-2008
20120089771	Data Processing Apparatus - A data processing apparatus reduces the number of the buffer SRAMs to decrease chip area. The data processing apparatus includes an SDRAM address allocation register that holds information indicating which region of the SDRAM will be allocated to each of the IPs, and a buffer SRAM address allocation register that holds information indicating which region of the first and second buffer SRAMs will be allocated to each of the IPs. The bus I/F stores the data read from the SDRAM into the second buffer SRAM with reference to the SDRAM address allocation register and the buffer SRAM address allocation register. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide each of the IPs with a buffer SRAM, which allows integration into a small number of buffer SRAMs.	04-12-2012

Saito Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140187542	AMINO GROUP-CONTAINING PYRROLIDINONE DERIVATIVE - A compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof:	07-03-2014

Satoshi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110036932	SPRAY APPARATUS - A spray apparatus is provided, which can prevent a disadvantage which can occur when falling down. A microcomputer of an apparatus main body sets a total spray counter to zero (S	02-17-2011
20140250172	DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR INITIATING CONTROL OF AN OPERATION OF AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.	09-04-2014

Shingo Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090029657	AUTO FREQUENCY CONTROL METHOD - An auto frequency control method of this invention has a first step of a base station BS detecting a frequency deviation Δf	01-29-2009

Shinji Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100187467	Aqueous solution for formation of clathrate hydrate, heat storage agent, method for producing clathrate hydrate or its slurry, heat accumulating and radiating method and method for preparing aqueous solution to produce latent heat storage agent or its major component - A heat-storage agent which can store a large quantity of cold heat in the temperature range of 3-5° C., is highly effective in preventing supercooling, and can retain the supercooling-preventing effect even when hydrate solidification/melting is frequently repeated. Also provided are an aqueous solution which enables the formation of a clathrate hydrate serving as a major component of the heat-storage agent, and a process for producing the clathrate hydrate. The aqueous solution contains at least one of tetra-n-butylammonium bromide and tri-n-butyl-n-pentylammonium bromide as a solute and contains tetraisopentylammonium bromide as a supercooling inhibitor, the weight proportion of the tetraisopentylammonium bromide to the tetra-n-butylammonium bromide and/or tri-n-butyl-n-pentylammonium bromide being in a given range. This aqueous solution is cooled to or below a hydrate formation temperature to thereby produce a clathrate hydrate. The heat-storage agent contains this clathrate hydrate as a major component.	07-29-2010

Shinya Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080200571	AQUEOUS POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE EMULSION, POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER AND POROUS MATERIAL OBTAINED THEREFROM - To provide an aqueous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) emulsion which does not substantially contain ammonium perfluorooctanoate, and which is obtained by emulsion polymerization. Further, to provide a PTFE fine powder which is obtained from the aqueous PTFE emulsion and is excellent in a paste extrusion processability, and a porous material.	08-21-2008
20080207859	FLUORORESIN HAVING LOW RESIDUAL AMOUNT OF FLUORINATED EMULSIFIER AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - To provide a fluororesin which does not substantially contain perfluorooctanoic acid or its salt, and which has a low residual amount of a fluorinated emulsifier.	08-28-2008
20080214714	POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE AQUEOUS DISPERSION AND ITS PRODUCT - To provide a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) aqueous dispersion, which does not substantially contain ammonium perfluorooctanoate and is excellent in mechanical stability, wettability, permeability and coating property, and its product.	09-04-2008
20110021728	METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER - To provide a method for producing a PTFE fine powder which can produce a PTFE fine powder having a low paste extrusion pressure property by a simple method.	01-27-2011
20110040054	METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER - To provide a method for producing a PTFE fine powder having a low paste extrusion pressure property by a simple method.	02-17-2011
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20140343239	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE FINE POWDER - To provide a process for producing a PTFE fine powder having a high bulk density, whereby the concentration of non-coagulated PTFE in coagulation wastewater is low.	11-20-2014
20150315342	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE MOLDING POWDER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE AGGLOMERATED PRODUCT - To provide a process for producing a PTFE molding powder having a high bulk density from granular polymer particles without using an emulsifying agent having problems of bioaccumulation and toxicity.	11-05-2015

Takahide Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150047466	METHOD OF ADJUSTING PRECURSOR POWDER FOR SINTERED ORE, AND PRECURSOR POWDER FOR SINTERED ORE - A precursor powder for sintered ore, which offers excellent sintered ore production efficiency, can be adjusted independently of the quality of iron ore, by setting a mixing ratio [(C/F)×100] of a mass (C) of particles having a particle size of 3 mm or more in coke breeze to a mass (F) of particles having a particle size of 3 mm or more in an iron ore raw material in the range of 2% to 3%.	02-19-2015

Takanobu Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110206889	OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A multilayer optical recording medium in which, as a recording layer is located farther from a surface of incidence of a light beam for reading, the amount of light that reaches the surface of incidence after being reflected off the recording layer is smaller.	08-25-2011

Takashi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090099374	METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAVAN DERIVATIVE - The present invention provides a method for producing flavan derivatives having various substituent groups with controlling the stereochemistry. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: hydratively condensing a phenol compound expressed by formula (I) and an alcohol compound expressed by formula (II) to from an epoxide compound of formula (III); opening the epoxy ring of the epoxide compound of formula (III) to form an iodine-containing compound of formula (IV); and cyclizing the iodine-containing compound to form the flavan derivative of formula (V).	04-16-2009
20130289897	ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER AND SELF-DIAGNOSING METHOD OF EXCITING CIRCUIT UNIT THEREOF - An electromagnetic flowmeter using a square wave excitation method includes a differential amplifier which outputs a detection signal; an analog-digital converter which converts the detection signal into a digital detection signal; a timing control circuit which generates a sampling signal for sampling the digital detection signal; an calculation unit which executes a flow rate calculation process and a abnormality judging process at a same time. The flow rate calculation process acquires a flow velocity output signal by sampling the digital detection signal in a flat portion in a positive/negative excitation section. The abnormality judging process acquires a differential output signal by sampling the digital detection signal in a rising/falling portion in the positive/negative excitation section, and obtains a differential noise from the flow velocity output signal and a differential output signal, and judges abnormality of the exciting current by comparing a differential noise with a detection threshold level.	10-31-2013
20130316910	Peptide with Safer Secondary Structure, Peptide Library, and Production Methods for Same - An object of the invention is to provide a peptide having a stabilized secondary structure.	11-28-2013

Takayuki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100207054	ALUMINA FIBER AGGREGATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE THEREOF - An object of the invention is to provide an alumina fiber aggregate which, when used as a filler in various materials such as, e.g., resins, coating materials, metals, and ceramics, enables the mixtures to have reduced viscosity and thereby heightens the productivity of products containing alumina fibers, and which enables cured thermosetting resins to have a sufficiently heightened thermal conductivity.	08-19-2010
20120318897	ALUMINA FIBER AGGREGATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE THEREOF - A process for producing the alumina fiber aggregate which, when examined by the electron microscope method, gives a frequency distribution regarding number of fibers, wherein the number of fibers having a fiber length of 50-200 μm is 70% or more (including 100%), the number of fibers having a fiber length smaller than 50 μm is 30% or less (including 0), the number of fibers of 50-100 μm is 30-50%, the number of fibers longer than 100 μm but not longer than 200 μm is 30-50%, and the number of fibers longer than 200 μm is 20% or less (including 0). The process including the steps of grinding cottony alumina-based fibers comprising 70-100% by mass of Al	12-20-2012

Takeshi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130214905	PORTABLE TERMINAL AND GRIPPING-FEATURE LEARNING METHOD - A portable terminal includes a gripping-feature sample acquisition section that acquires a gripping feature sample from a sensor array; a former-template storage that stores an old authentication template in a portable terminal used in the past, as a former template; a feature-segment extracting section that extracts a feature segment from the former template and calculates a distance between the former template and the gripping feature sample in each feature segment; a segment-position correcting section that applies deformation correction to the former template in a feature segment in which the distance calculated by the feature-segment extracting section is longer than a predetermined value, to generate a corrected template; a template comparison section that compares the corrected template with the acquired gripping feature sample and calculates an inter-vector distance therebetween; and a template storage that stores the corrected template as an authentication template when the inter-vector distance is equal to or shorter than a predetermined value.	08-22-2013

Takuya Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120044399	IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results.	02-23-2012
20140132803	IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTINUOUS IMAGE CAPTURING - An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results.	05-15-2014
20150085161	IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTINUOUS IMAGE CAPTURING - An apparatus includes: an element that receives subject light from a subject to generate image data; a section that generates a recording image to be recorded on a recording medium from the image data when a first mode is set; a section that generates a second display image, which allows display of a live-view image, from the image data when a second mode is set, and that generates a first display image, which allows display of an image identical to the recording image, from the image data when the first mode is set; a section that sequentially displays the first display image or the second display image; a section that detects a specific state of the apparatus that obstructs recording of an imaging object onto the recording image; and a section that controls switching between the first mode and the second mode on the basis of the detection results.	03-26-2015

Tatsuji Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120243078	MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM - Observation over a superwide field of view is possible with a short, lightweight, and inexpensive eyepiece optical system and a binocular barrel.	09-27-2012

Tatsuya Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090256589	PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE - A programmable device connected to a storage unit which stores logic circuit configuration information to form a logic circuit and control circuit configuration information to form a control circuit includes a first programmable logic device and a second programmable logic device, and a configuration unit which forms the control circuit in the first programmable logic device, by providing the control circuit configuration information in the storage unit to the first programmable logic device. The control circuit formed in the first programmable logic device forms the logic circuit in the second programmable logic device, by providing the logic circuit configuration information in the storage unit to the second programmable logic device.	10-15-2009
20130249200	AIR BELT APPARATUS - An air belt apparatus is provided in which a bag is stored while being folded short prior to deployment and inflation. An air belt apparatus includes a bag provided in a part of a seatbelt, a collision detection device, and a gas supply device that supplies deployment gas to the bag. The bag includes a cylindrical portion connected to the gas supply device, and an inflatable portion wider than the cylindrical portion. Prior to deployment and inflation, the inflatable portion is stored on a radial inner side of the cylindrical portion while being turned inside out and folded up to a width substantially equal to a width of the cylindrical portion.	09-26-2013
20140353950	PASSENGER PROTECTION DEVICE - A passenger protection device in which an airbag capable of expanding by receiving a predetermined action signal is disposed on the position of a shoulder belt, and a webbing is wound by means of one winding device, wherein the airbag is folded along a gate-shape guide-form slide guide having high-rigidity parts arranged to have a predetermined distance from one another along one side surface of a low-rigidity part extending in the lengthwise direction of the airbag can smoothly slide along the webbing via the slide guide when the webbing is being pulled out. Moreover, it is possible to fit the folded airbag between the chest and shoulder of a passenger because the slide guide is flexible.	12-04-2014

Teruyuki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080310690	BIOMETRICAL FEATURE INPUTTING SYSTEM, IMAGE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD - A biometrical feature inputting system including: an imager placed in front of a finger, for imaging an image of a front face of the finger, and an image of either one of lateral faces of the finger; a reflector placed on at least one side of lateral faces of the figure, for reflecting an image of lateral faces of the finger to the imager; and a synthesizer for applying mirror inversion to an imaged image of lateral faces of the finger, and synthesizing a mirror-inverted image of lateral faces of the finger and an imaged image of a front face of the finger.	12-18-2008
20090074263	APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING BIOMETRICAL FEATURE - A biometrical feature inputting apparatus includes a 1-dimensional or quasi 1-dimensional image sensor. When a finger and the image sensor are relatively slid, a finger sliding guide keeps a finger and an effective pixel unit of the image sensor to a constant distance without any contact between them. An image processing section sequentially generates partial images by imaging emission light that is scattered inside the finger and then emitted from a skin surface of the finger by the image sensor during the relative motion of the finger and the image sensor and link the partial images to an image.	03-19-2009
20090185726	IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION OF USER - The imaging apparatus for recognizing an image of the present invention determines for recognition a user by imaging a recognition pattern of a palm or a finger. The imaging apparatus for recognizing an image comprising a palm guide unit for guiding an imaging area of a palm, a finger guide unit for guiding an imaging area of a finger, and an imaging unit for imaging biometric data of the imaging areas of the palm and finger.	07-23-2009
20090252387	IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION OF USER - The imaging apparatus for authenticating a user can quickly perform matching step of the inputted biometric data. This apparatus for authenticating the user includes an imaging unit for imaging a guided finger and a guided palm, a matching data storing unit for storing the determined finger image and the determined palm image, and a matching unit for matching the imaged finger image and the imaged palm image with the stored finger image and the stored palm image. The matching unit selects the finger image having the similar feature amount based on the imaged finger image and authenticates a user based on the result of matching of the palm image corresponding to the selected finger image with the imaged palm image.	10-08-2009
20090281432	BIOLOGICAL PATTERN IMAGING DEVICE, BIOLOGICAL PATTERN IMAGING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL PATTERN IMAGING PROGRAM - To lighten influences of external light when picking up images of biological patterns. The biological pattern imaging device includes a casing having an opening part on one of surfaces. The opening part is in a size that is about to be covered in a closed state when a biological part is placed thereon. The casing contains a light source for irradiating the biological part placed on the opening part, and an imaging part for picking up an image of the irradiated biological part.	11-12-2009
20090309962	BIOLOGICAL FEATURE INPUT DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL FEATURE INPUT METHOD - To obtain biological feature information of high authentication accuracy. A biological feature input device includes an imaging device, and a finger guide for guiding the finger to a position at which the image of the finger can be picked up. The finger guide is configured with a finger abutment part which supports a tip side of the finger placed on the finger guide, and a finger holding device which displaces a position of the finger abutment part towards a direction the finger is pointing when the finger is placed on the abutment part. The finger guide is provided with a guide position detecting part which detects the position of the finger abutment part. The imaging device picks up the image of the finger when the abutment part is detected at a position that is set in advance.	12-17-2009
20110025835	Apparatus for Inputing Biometrical Feature - A biometrical feature inputting apparatus includes a 1-dimensional or quasi 1-dimensional image sensor. When a finger and the image sensor are relatively slid, a finger sliding guide keeps a finger and an effective pixel unit of the image sensor to a constant distance without any contact between them. An image processing section sequentially generates partial images by imaging emission light that is scattered inside the finger and then emitted from a skin surface of the finger by the image sensor during the relative motion of the finger and the image sensor and link the partial images to an image.	02-03-2011
20120070043	DETERMINATION DEVICE, FINGERPRINT INPUT DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A device is not able to detect the forgery of a finger with high accuracy by the comparison of a reflected light image and a transmitted light image that are obtained from the same finger. A determination device is provided with an input element for receiving the reflected light image obtained by photographing a fingerprint of a finger with light reflected from the surface of the finger and the transmitted light image obtained by photographing the fingerprint of the finger with light transmitted through the finger, and a determination element for comparing the reflected light image and the transmitted light image, and outputting a real-forgery determination result of the fingerprint of the finger.	03-22-2012
20120287254	SKIN PATTERN IMAGE COLLECTION DEVICE, COLLECTION METHOD AND SKIN PATTERN MATCHING SYSTEM - Provided is a skin pattern image collection device wherein it is possible to obtain a fingerprint image which has a high contrast and few distortions. The skin pattern image collection device is provided with a contact means in which two transparent sheets, which are formed with a plurality of grooves of the same shape arranged in a single direction on one surface, are overlapped, and an imaging means which is disposed so as to receive the light from the surface, on which the grooves are formed, of the contact means, wherein the contact means refracts the light, which is outputted from the transparent sheet that is farther from the imaging means of the two transparent sheets disposed on the contact means, in a roughly normal direction by means of the transparent sheet that is closer to the imaging means, thereby collecting the pattern of skin which is in contact with the transparent sheet that is farther from the imaging means.	11-15-2012
20130070073	BIOLOGICAL IMAGING DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL IMAGING METHOD - A biological imaging device comprising: an irradiation unit which emits parallel light onto a first part in a living body; and an imaging unit which takes images of the first part and a second part that is connected to the first site.	03-21-2013
20130176109	BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The present invention is a biometric authentication apparatus comprising, a fingertip sensor mounted on a tip placement surface of a tip placement section for placing a tip of a finger cushion said fingertip sensor detecting displacement of an arrangement position of a finger on the tip placement surface of the tip placement section, wherein the biometric authentication apparatus detects the displacement of a position of the tip of the finger cushion.	07-11-2013
20130182921	BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD - A biometric authentication apparatus of the present invention comprises: a finger-tip placing detecting means for detecting placing of a finger-tip onto a finger-tip placing section; a finger-base-part placing detecting means for detecting placing of a finger-base part onto a finger-base-part placing section; and a guidance means for conducting guidance of whether or not the finger-tip or the finger-base part has been placed, on the basis of the results of the detections conducted by the finger-tip placing detecting means and the finger-base-part placing detecting means.	07-18-2013
20140023249	AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The present invention is an authentication apparatus comprising: a prism of an approximately quadrangle-frustum shape, the prism of the approximately quadrangle-frustum shape is arranged so that a bottom side, out of two parallel surfaces of the prism of approximately quadrangle-frustum shape, is a placing surface side for a finger; a first imaging means is arranged below a top surface parallel to the bottom surface, the first imaging means that images an image of the finger transmitted through the top surface; a light source that radiates light to at least one side surface of a first set of side surfaces, out of two sets of side surfaces of the approximately quadrangle-frustum shape that face each other; and a second imaging means that images the image of the finger transmitted through a second set of side surfaces, out of the two sets of side surfaces.	01-23-2014
20140254895	DETERMINATION DEVICE, FINGERPRINT INPUT DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD AND DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A device is not able to detect the forgery of a finger with high accuracy by the comparison of a reflected light image and a transmitted light image that are obtained from the same finger. A determination device is provided with an input means for receiving the reflected light image obtained by photographing a fingerprint of a finger with light reflected from the surface of the finger and the transmitted light image obtained by photographing the fingerprint of the finger with light transmitted through the finger, and a determination means for comparing the reflected light image and the transmitted light image, and outputting a real-forgery determination result of the fingerprint of the finger.	09-11-2014
20150054932	AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, PRISM MEMBER FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An authentication apparatus includes a prism, an imaging unit, and a visible light source configured to radiate a visible light to a living body. The prism comprises: a contact surface configured to be in contact with the living body; a reflection surface configured to be in contact with the contact surface, and totally reflect light from a concave portion of the living body and light from a convex portion of the living body; and an imaging surface configured to be opposed to the contact surface, in contact with the reflection surface, and provided at an angle such that the light from the concave portion of the living body cannot be reached, and the light totally reflected by the reflection surface and the light from the convex portion of the living body can be transmitted. The imaging unit images the light which is transmitted through the imaging surface.	02-26-2015
20150062319	AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, PRISM MEMBER FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An authentication apparatus includes a prism, an imaging unit, a visible light source and an infrared light source. The prism comprises: a contact surface contacted with the living body; a reflection surface contacted with the contact surface, and totally reflect light by the visible light source from a concave portion of the living body and a convex portion of the living body, and light by the infrared light source from an inside of the living body; and an imaging surface configured to be opposed to the contact surface, in contact with the reflection surface, and provided at an angle such that the light from the concave portion of the living body cannot be reached, and the light totally reflected by the reflection surface and the light from the convex portion of the living body can be transmitted. The imaging unit images the light which is transmitted through the imaging surface.	03-05-2015
20150117726	AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, PRISM MEMBER FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An authentication apparatus includes a prism and an imaging unit. The prism comprises: a contact surface, an imaging surface, a first reflection surface opposed to the imaging surface, contacted with the contact surface to make an angle to be lower than an optimum angle to an incident light from a concave portion of the living body, and to reflect an incident light from a convex portion of the living body on the imaging surface and a second reflection surface opposed to the imaging surface, contacted with the first reflection surface, and to form a reflection body that reflects the incident light from the concave portion of the living body and the incident light from the convex portion of the living body on the imaging surface. The imaging unit images the light which is reflected by the first reflection surface and the light, which is reflected by the second reflection surface.	04-30-2015
20150302264	BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The present invention is a biometric authentication apparatus comprising, a fingertip sensor mounted on a tip placement surface of a tip placement section for placing a tip of a finger cushion said fingertip sensor detecting displacement of an arrangement position of a finger on the tip placement surface of the tip placement section, wherein the biometric authentication apparatus detects the displacement of a position of the tip of the finger cushion.	10-22-2015

Tomohisa Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100245226	IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - An image signal processing device	09-30-2010

Tomoyuki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150210286	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ROAD SURFACE CONDITION - A time-series waveform of tire vibration detected by an acceleration sensor is windowed by a windowing means, time-series waveforms of the tire vibration are extracted for respective time windows, and feature vectors of the respective time windows are calculated. Then kernel functions are calculated from the feature vectors of the respective time windows and road surface feature vectors, which are the feature vectors for the respective time windows calculated from the time-series waveform of the tire vibration obtained for distinctive road surface conditions calculated in advance. And the road surface condition is determined by comparing values of discriminant functions using the kernel functions. As a result, the road surface condition can be determined from the time-series waveform of the tire vibration without detecting peak positions or measuring the wheel speed. Moreover, robustness against changes in tire size can be added to the determination of the road surface condition.	07-30-2015

Toshihiko Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120064669	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, containing: a first step of producing a first component part of a semiconductor device on a first surface of a semiconductor wafer; a second step of laminating a support plate to the first surface of the semiconductor wafer, on which the first component part has been produced, through only a silicone resin layer therebetween; a third step of grinding a second surface opposing the first surface of the semiconductor wafer, in the state of the support plate being laminated, and then producing a second component part of the semiconductor device on the ground surface; and a fourth step of peeling off the silicone resin layer from the semiconductor wafer on which the first component part and the second component part have been produced, thereby removing the silicone resin layer and the support plate, and cutting the semiconductor wafer into a chip.	03-15-2012
20120183756	LAMINATED GLASS SUBSTRATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE LAMINATED GLASS SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE LAMINATED GLASS SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a laminated glass substrate comprising n pieces of glass film layers (wherein n is an integer of 2 or more) and (n−1) pieces of resin layers which are present between the respective glass film layers, wherein each of the glass film layers has a thickness of 0.01 to 0.1 mm, and each of the resin layers has a thickness less than that of both of the adjacent glass film layers.	07-19-2012

Toshiro Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110284431	PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE AND OPTICAL GRANULAR MATERIAL-SORTING APPARATUS UTILIZING SUCH PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - A piezoelectric valve comprising: a valve main body formed in which are a gas pressure chamber that takes in compressed gas supplied from the outside as well as a gas release channel through which the compressed gas is released from the gas pressure chamber; a valve body placed in the gas pressure chamber to open and close the gas release channel; a piezoelectric element that generates, in the form of displacement, a driving force needed to operate the valve body; at least one displacement amplification mechanism that amplifies a displacement of the piezoelectric element and causes it to act upon the valve body; and a driving means for applying voltage to the piezoelectric element in order to drive the valve body to open the valve and thereby open the gas release channel; wherein such piezoelectric valve is characterized in that the driving means applies voltage to the piezoelectric element in multiple stages so as to suppress fluctuation in the amount of gas ejected from the gas release channel when the valve opens.	11-24-2011
20120091927	METHOD OF MEASURING AND EVALUATING MECHANICAL OUTPUTS OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND APPARATUS USING THOSE METHODS - The present invention relates to a method of measuring and evaluating rigidity of a target object or mechanical output, such as force, displacement, and mechanical energy generated by a piezoelectric actuator and applied to the target object, according to only a measured value of electric quantity without use of a mechanical sensor, and a method of controlling the piezoelectric actuator, and a device using these methods.	04-19-2012
20130256200	OPTICAL GRANULAR MATERIAL-SORTING APPARATUS UTILIZING PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - An optical granular material-sorting apparatus includes: a transfer means for transferring objects being sorted; an optical detection means for detecting, at a detection position, objects being sorted as they drop from an end of the transfer means; and a blasting means provided below the optical detection means and designed to blow away objects being sorted through blasting of air based on the result of detection by the optical detection means. The blasting means has a piezoelectric valve which is driven by a driving means to blast air based on the result of detection by the optical detection means. The driving means applies voltage to a piezoelectric element in multiple stages so as to suppress fluctuation in the amount of gas ejected from a gas release channel when the valve opens.	10-03-2013
20140339141	PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE, AND OPTICAL GRANULATED SUBSTANCE SORTER EQUIPPED WITH AIR-BLOWING MEANS THAT USES THIS PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - A piezoelectric valve whose assembly work can be efficiently performed. A piezoelectric valve according to this invention includes a valve main body having a gas pressure chamber which receives compressed gas supplied from the outside, a plate which is disposed inside the valve main body and is fixed to the valve main body, and actuators each of which has a valve element, a piezoelectric element generating, in the form of a displacement, driving force required for operation of the valve element, and a displacement magnification mechanism for magnifying a displacement of the piezoelectric element and causing the magnified displacement to act on the valve element, are fixed to each of two surfaces of the plate, and are disposed inside the valve main body together with the plate.	11-20-2014
20150060337	PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE, AND OPTICAL PARTICULATE MATTER SORTER PROVIDED WITH AIR-BLOWING MEANS THAT USES PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE - A piezoelectric valve stably supplies gas even for a long gas ejection time, with a high responsivity to opening the valve, is provided. The piezoelectric valve, including a gas-pressure-chamber for receiving a compressed gas supplied from outside, a gas-discharge-channel through which the compressed gas is discharged from the gas-pressure-chamber, comprises: a valve body disposed in the gas-pressure-chamber and opens/closes the gas-discharge-channel; a piezoelectric element for producing a driving force to move the valve body as a displacement; a displacement-enlarging-mechanism for enlarging the displacement of the piezoelectric element to act on the valve body; and a driving unit having a signal-generating-unit for generating a signal comprising a pre-pulse and a main pulse and provides the signal generated by the signal-generating-unit to a driving circuit as an input signal to apply a driving voltage to the piezoelectric element to make the piezoelectric element expand and drive the valve body open.	03-05-2015
20150258561	DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND TRAY HOLDER - A deposition apparatus includes a deposition source; a rotatable dome provided with an opening which covers the source; a first lever provided outside of the dome; and a tray holder including a frame including a first rotating member and a rotating part including a second rotating member and being attached to the frame such that the rotating part rotates with the second rotating member around an axis supported by the frame. The rotating part includes work-holding trays arranged around the axis, the tray holder is installed on the dome such that a side of one of the trays covers the opening, the first rotating member is rotated by the first lever during rotation of the dome, and the second rotating member is rotated with the rotating part by the first rotating member so as to change the tray a side of which covers the opening to another one.	09-17-2015

Toshitaka Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110260600	LAMP DEVICE - A light utilization efficiency of a high-pressure discharge lamp is improved even in a case of reducing the size of a reflection mirror without using an auxiliary reflection mirror. In a lamp device where a portion of lights emitted from a discharge bulb to the periphery thereof in forward and backward directions for a predetermined range of angle is reflected at a concave reflection mirror and illuminated to a light collection area of a predetermined size formed forward of the lamp, a prism surface having an angle of refracting or deflecting at least a portion of lights emitted from the discharge bulb that is not reflected at the concave reflection mirror to the light collection area is formed to the outer peripheral surface of the discharge bulb.	10-27-2011

Yasushi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090030210	Process for Producing Optically Active 2-Alkylcysteine, Derivative Thereof, and Processes for Production - There is provided a process for producing an optically active 2-alkylcysteine or a salt thereof, characterized by allowing cells of microorganism or treated products thereof having an activity of stereoselective hydrolysis of the amide bond of a 2-alkyl-L-cysteinamide or a salt thereof to act on a 2-alkylcysteinamide consisting of a mixture of D- and L-isomers or a salt thereof; and allowing the obtained 2-alkyl-L-cysteine and 2-alkyl-D-cysteinamide to react with an aldehyde or a ketone, or an acetal or ketal thereof, so as to derive therefrom a 4-alkylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof and a 4-alkylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide or a salt thereof, thereby efficiently separating and obtaining a 2-alkyl-L-cysteine or a salt thereof, or a 2-alkyl-D-cysteine or a salt thereof. There is also provided a process for producing a 4-alkylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof from the 2-alkylcysteine or a salt thereof.	01-29-2009

Yoshiaki Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090053528	RELEASE FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR RESIN MOLDS - To provide a release film which has an extremely low gas permeability, an enormously small mold contamination by a mold resin and a high releasability.	02-26-2009
20100096772	RELEASE FILM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR RESIN MOLDS - A process of sealing a semiconductor substrate by contacting the semiconductor substrate with a surface of a release layer (I) of a gas barrier release film that is in the form of a mold, which includes vacuum suction; injecting a sealing resin between the semiconductor substrate and the mold; and releasing said mold from said semiconductor substrate having said sealing resin present thereon, where the gas barrier release film has a release layer (I), which has excellent releasability; a plastic support layer (II) supporting the release layer; and a metal or a metal oxide gas restraint layer (III), present between the release layer and the support layer, where the gas barrier release film exhibits a xylene gas permeability of at most 5×10	04-22-2010
20110254201	RELEASE FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - Provided is a release film for producing a light emitting diode having desired concaves and convexes accurately transferred directly to the surface of a resin-sealed portion, at a low cost and in high yield, and a process for producing a light emitting diode.	10-20-2011
20140001661	RELEASE FILM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE	01-02-2014
20140335634	MOLD RELEASE FILM AND METHOD OF PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - A mold release film, which is adapted to be disposed on the cavity surface of a mold to form a resin-encapsulated portion by encapsulating a semiconductor element of a semiconductor device with a curable encapsulation resin, has a tensile modulus of elasticity of from 10 to 24 MPa at 132° C. as measured in accordance with JIS K 7127, and a peak peel resistance of at most 0.8 N/25 mm.	11-13-2014

Yoshinari Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090019392	Content transmission device, content transmission method, and content transmission program - When the user selects one or more thumbnail images G and one uploading destination from an image list screen GW, an image selection tray PT showing the thumbnail images G and an uploading screen AW corresponding to a web browser are displayed. When the user selects the thumbnail images G from the image selection tray PT, the image paths GP corresponding to the selected thumbnail images G are acquired. In this manner, the image files can be uploaded only by requiring the user to paste the acquired image paths in image path input sections GR on the uploading screen AW. Accordingly, the user can upload image files to an optional uploading destination by simple operation.	01-15-2009
20090049058	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus including: a communication connection section that is communicably connected to an external apparatus; a first storage section that stores a predetermined program to be executed by the external apparatus, and for which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited; a second storage section to which read/write operation from the external apparatus is inhibited; and a write section that reads out the predetermined program stored in the first storage section when the information processing apparatus is communicably connected to the external apparatus by the communication connection section and writes the read out program in the second storage section.	02-19-2009

Yoshinori Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120002140	Liquid crystal display - In a liquid crystal display (	01-05-2012

Yoshitaka Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120274296	SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLY - Provided is a switched-mode power supply. The power supply includes: a DC voltage input terminal; a driver switching element connected to the input terminal; an inductor connected to the driver switching element; an output terminal connected to the inductor and outputting output voltage different from the input voltage; and an integrated circuit outputting control pulses used for on-off control of the driver switching element. The integrated circuit has: a ripple injection circuit adding a ripple component to a feedback voltage of the output voltage; a voltage comparator comparing the summed voltage with a predetermined voltage; and a control pulse generator generating the control pulse based on an output of the voltage comparator. The ripple injection circuit has an integrator outputting an integral of the voltage at the node between the driver switching element and the inductor, and a series RC circuit connected to the output end of the integrator.	11-01-2012

Yosuke Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140191087	AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT CONTROL METHOD - An aircraft is provided with a mechanical linkage that mechanically transmits an amount of manipulation of a control stick to a rudder controlling mechanism, an amount-of-manipulation sensor that detects the amount of manipulation, and an FBW control-law computing unit that calculates an FBW control-law command indicating an amount of control for a craft in accordance with the detected amount of manipulation. Also, with the aircraft, a high-pass filter outputs, among the control-stick manipulation amounts detected by the amount-of-manipulation sensor, an amount of change in the control-stick manipulation amounts; by subtracting the amount of change that has passed through the high-pass filter by means of the subtracting portion, the FBW control-law command serves as an SAS command; and the rudder controlling mechanism is driven by adding an amount of movement of an SAS actuator in accordance with the SAS command to the control-stick manipulation amount transmitted by the mechanical linkage.	07-10-2014
20140231591	AIRCRAFT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An aircraft is provided with: an attitude control command calculating section which calculates an attitude control command for target attitude on the basis of a control stick operation amount; a gain value generating section which generates a gain value equal to or less than 1 which decreases as the control stick operation amount is larger; a multiplication section which multiplies the attitude control command for target attitude by the gain value; and a addition section which adds a rate damping control command to the attitude control command for target attitude multiplied by the gain value and outputs a result to a subtraction section for calculating an SAS command.	08-21-2014

Yuichi Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150253516	OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING TOOL AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR END FACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM - An optical connector cleaning tool includes a cylindrical connecting portion to which an optical connector is connected, a cleaning unit configured to guide a cleaning thread to a coupling end face of an optical connector plug, and an optical unit having an optical path reaching the optical connector plug. The optical unit includes a lens arranged in a position facing the coupling end face to form one end portion of an optical system, and having a missing portion extending in an optical-axis direction, and an image sensor positioned at the other end of the optical system. The cleaning unit includes a rod-like cleaning tip having a thread passage through which the cleaning thread passes. The cleaning tip is inserted into a hollow portion of the lens having the missing portion extending in the optical-axis direction, such that the cleaning tip is movable in a longitudinal direction thereof.	09-10-2015

Yuta Higuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140365829	OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An operation management apparatus includes a correlation destruction detection unit and an evaluation value calculation unit. The correlation destruction detection unit detects correlation destruction on a correlation between metrics of two different server among a plurality of servers executed on one or more processing devices in a system. The evaluation value calculation unit calculates and outputs, when correlation destruction on a correlation between two servers has been detected for inputted measurements of metrics, an evaluation value of the correlation destruction on the basis of a relation between the two servers with respect to the correlation on which the correlation destruction has been detected in the system.	12-11-2014