Itani, JP

Akihiro Itani, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120135674	WALL-MOUNTED TYPE AIR CONDITIONER - A wall-mounted type air conditioner allows attachment and detachment of a fan without depending on a shape of a heat exchanger and without moving the heat exchanger. The air conditioner includes: a main body housing a fan; and a drain pan assembly. The drain pan assembly has: a peripheral part forming an outlet port to expel air from the fan; and a drain pan and is detachably attached to the main body. The main body includes, an opening part for withdrawing the fan. The drain pan assembly is attached to the main body with the outlet port facing the opening part. The outlet port peripheral part includes: an upper wall part located above the outlet port; and another outlet port.	05-31-2012

Eiko Itani, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150229001	MOLTEN SALT COMPOSITION AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE MOLTEN SALT COMPOSITION - As a molten salt composition lacking a clear melting point and including a molten salt that can be suitably used as an electrolytic solution of a secondary battery, there is provided a molten salt composition including a mixture of two or more kinds of molten salts which can be used as an electrolytic solution of a secondary battery. Particularly, provided is a molten salt composition comprising two kinds of molten salts each having cations with ion diameters different from each other, composition ratio being set to a composition ratio within a range in which the molten salt composition lacks a melting point. Also provided is a secondary battery including the molten salt composition as an electrolytic solution, which can maintains an available state even when the temperature becomes low without rapidly becoming unavailable.	08-13-2015
20150229004	HEAT RESISTANT BATTERY AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING THE SAME - A heat resistant battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material fixed on the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material includes a sodium-containing transition metal compound capable of electrochemically storing and releasing a sodium ion; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material fixed on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode active material contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a sodium-containing titanium compound and a non-graphitizable carbon, each of the sodium-containing titanium compound and the non-graphitizable carbon capable of storing and releasing a sodium ion at a lower potential than a potential of the sodium-containing transition metal compound; and a sodium ion-conductive electrolyte provided at least between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the sodium ion-conductive electrolyte includes a salt of an organic cation having a pyrrolidinium skeleton and a bis(perfluoroalkyl sulfonyl)imide anion.	08-13-2015
20150249272	SODIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to a sodium secondary battery comprising a positive electrode which includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode material, the positive electrode material being carried on the positive electrode current collector, wherein the positive electrode material comprises a positive electrode active material reversibly containing sodium cation; a negative electrode which includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode material, the negative electrode material being carried on the negative electrode current collector, wherein the negative electrode material comprises a negative electrode active material reversibly containing sodium cation; an electrolyte interposed at least between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a separator for retaining the electrolyte and separating the positive electrode and the negative electrode from each other; wherein the negative electrode active material is amorphous carbon, and the electrolyte is a molten salt electrolyte which is a mixture of a salt composed of sodium cation and an anion and a salt composed of an organic cation and an anion.	09-03-2015

Eiko Itani, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150137737	POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR WELL - Provided is a power supply system capable of being used in a well over a long period of time. A power supply system for a well according to the present invention includes a secondary battery having an operating temperature range including a temperature of the inside of a well and supplying power to a device installed in the well; and a charge-discharge mechanism for charging and discharging the secondary battery, and is installed in the well. The secondary battery to be used in the power supply system may be a molten salt battery, and may include a sensor and communication apparatus.	05-21-2015
20150140378	MOLTEN SALT BATTERY AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A material design of a molten salt battery which is suitable for a temperature range in which the battery is used is shown, and a molten salt battery applicable even under a severe environment where vibrations are given is provided. In the molten salt battery according to the present invention, the operating temperature range of 25° C. to 300° C. is divided into ranges of 25° C. to 120° C., 80° C. to 140° C. and 140° C. to 300° C., and for each temperature range, a material that is a choice is defined for each of an outer package, a binder, an anode active material and a separator as well as an electrolytic solution. Further, the molten salt battery includes a vibration controlling portion for reducing vibrations given to the outer package. As for the electrolytic solution, for example, an electrolytic solution containing an organic cation and FSA as an anion, or NaFSA is suitable for the range of 25° C. to 120° C., an electrolytic solution containing a mixture of NaFSA-KFSA is suitable for the range of 80° C. to 140° C., and an electrolytic solution containing a mixture of NaTFSA-CsTFSA is suitable for the range of 140° C. to 300° C.	05-21-2015

Hiroka Itani, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140079419	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a charging bias application section, a static eliminating bias application section, and a control section. In the case where the image forming unit causes an image carrier to be rotated without forming an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier, the control section performs a bias control to allow the charging bias application section to apply to a charging section a smaller charging bias than used in forming a toner image and allow the static eliminating bias application section to apply to a static eliminating section a smaller static eliminating bias than used in forming the toner image. The control section performs the bias control to increase respective values of the charging bias and the static eliminating bias every one revolution of the image carrier until the charging bias and the static eliminating bias in forming the toner image are reached.	03-20-2014
20140363180	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a slidingly-rubbing roller abutting a surface of a photoconductive drum; a temperature detection section; a humidity detection section; and a heating control section. In a case when the humidity detected by the humidity detection section is equal to or higher than first threshold humidity and also when the temperature detected by the temperature detection section is equal to or higher than a threshold temperature, the heating control section heats and dries the surface of the photoconductive drum by a heat generator, while in a case when the humidity is equal to or higher than first threshold humidity and also when the temperature is less than the threshold temperature, the heating control section polishes the surface of the photoconductive drum by the slindingly-rubbing roller with a polishing agent contained in a toner and heats and dries the drum surface by friction heat generated following the polishing.	12-11-2014

Hiroka Itani, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110299866	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the present invention has first and second image carriers that are configured by positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptors, and a controller that controls an operation for charging or destaticizing the circumferential surfaces of these image carriers. The controller switches between a first mode for causing the first and second image carriers to perform image formation while rotating these image carriers, and a second mode for causing only the first image carrier to perform image formation while rotating the first and second image carriers. In the second mode, the second image carrier is applied with a charging bias and subjected to a destaticizing operation without undergoing a developing operation. The first image carrier is applied with the charging bias and subjected to the developing operation and the destaticizing operation.	12-08-2011
20110299887	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device with a contact charging roller for charging a surface of the photoreceptor and an exposure device for exposing the charged surface of the photoreceptor to light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon. A developing device develops the electrostatic latent image into a toner image and a transfer device transfers the toner image to a transferred body. The charging roller is made of electrically conductive rubber having an Asker-C rubber hardness of 62 to 81°. A roller surface roughness of the charging roller has an average distance (Sm) between asperity peaks on a cross-sectional curve of 55 to 130 μm and that a ten-point average roughness (Rz) is 9 to 19 μm. The image forming apparatus is capable of preventing carrier trapping, film peeling and uneven charging in the photoreceptor.	12-08-2011
20110299888	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has: a positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor; a charging device with a contact charging roller for charging a surface of the photoreceptor; an exposure device for exposing the charged surface to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photoreceptor; a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image; and a transfer device for transferring the toner image to a transferred body. The photoreceptor has a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer that contains a charge generating agent, a charge transport agent and a binder resin. The binder resin has a yield point strain of 9 to 29%, and the contact charging roller has a conductive layer with a thickness of 1 mm to 3 mm. The image forming apparatus is environmentally responsive and having a long-lasting positively-charged single layer type photoreceptor and charging roller.	12-08-2011
20110299890	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus, including: an image carrier configured by a positively charged single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive body; a charging device which is based on a contact charging method for charging a circumferential surface of the image carrier while making contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrier; and a transfer unit which transfers a toner image on the circumferential surface of the image carrier to a transfer receiving body by gripping the transfer receiving body with the image carrier, wherein the transfer unit includes an application unit to which a transfer bias is applied, and a region having a volume resistivity of 10	12-08-2011
20110299891	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, having: an image carrier configured by a positively charged single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive body; a charging device which is based on a contact charging method for charging a circumferential surface of the image carrier while making contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrier; a developing roller which is disposed so as to oppose the image carrier and carry and convey toner on the circumferential surface; and a voltage application unit which applies a developing bias to the developing roller, wherein the frequency of an AC component of the developing bias applied by the voltage application unit is 2.6 to 4.2 kHz.	12-08-2011
20130343783	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a positively-charged single layer type electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device with a contact charging roller for charging a surface of the photoreceptor and an exposure device for exposing the charged surface of the photoreceptor to light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon. A developing device develops the electrostatic latent image into a toner image and a transfer device transfers the toner image to a transferred body. The charging roller is made of electrically conductive rubber having an Asker-C rubber hardness of 62 to 81°. A roller surface roughness of the charging roller has an average distance (Sm) between asperity peaks on a cross-sectional curve of 55 to 130 μm and that a ten-point average roughness (Rz) is 9 to 19 μm. The image forming apparatus is capable of preventing carrier trapping, film peeling and uneven charging in the photoreceptor.	12-26-2013

Hiromichi Itani, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090076070	HETERO COMPOUND - [Problems] To provide a useful compound as an active ingredient for a preventing and/or treating agent for rejection in the transplantation of an organ, bone marrow, or a tissue, an autoimmune disease, or the like, which has an excellent S1P	03-19-2009
20100168159	HETERO COMPOUND	07-01-2010

Hiromichi Itani, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090054465	N-HYDROXYACRYLAMIDE COMPOUNDS - This invention relates to novel N-hydroxyacrylamide compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. More particularly, it relates to novel N-hydroxyacrylamide compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which act as a HDAC inhibitor, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and to a method of using the same therapeutically in the treatment and/or prevention of HDAC-related disease.	02-26-2009

Hiroshi Itani, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130018974	COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, EMAIL CREATING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUMAANM Itani; HiroshiAACI Osaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Itani; Hiroshi Osaka-shi JPAANM Sumida; YoshiakiAACI Osaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Sumida; Yoshiaki Osaka-shi JP - This invention is directed to provision of a communication terminal apparatus that allows a reply email to be created by a simple operation without interrupting a current email creating process in a case where the remaining battery charge has been reduced during the email creating process. The communication terminal apparatus comprising: a communicating portion for sending/receiving a mail; a displaying portion; a storage portion that a preliminarily created power reducing message registered; a character string editing portion for displaying characters input by an input portion and conversion candidates of the characters on the displaying portion; a predictive conversion controlling portion for acquiring conversion candidates corresponding to characters input to the character string editing portion; and a remaining battery charge determining portion for determining a state of a remaining battery charge, wherein the predictive conversion controlling portion acquires and adds the power reducing message from the storage portion to conversion candidates if the remaining battery charge determining portion determines that a remaining battery charge level is equal to or less than a first prescribed value.	01-17-2013

Kazunori Itani, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100036255	ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A signal generation unit	02-11-2010

Kazunori Itani, Mitaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160120511	ULTRASONIC MEDICAL DEVICE - A modulation frequency control unit (	05-05-2016

Kazuo Itani, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140321520	TRANSMISSION LINE DISCONNECTION DETECTION METHOD AND SLAVE STATION USED FOR THE METHOD - A control/monitor signal transmission system that employs a transmission synchronization scheme in which a master station connected to a single control unit and a plurality of slave stations corresponding to a plurality of controlled apparatuses synchronize with each other through a transmission clock and data is transmitted therebetween over a common data signal line, a transmission line disconnection detection method that enables a disconnection of a transmission line to be detected precisely; and a slave station that is used for this method. A continuous pulse signal that the master station outputs to the common data signal line is provided with a management data region that includes a plurality of pulse signals and that differs from a control/monitor data region including data of a control data signal and data of a monitor data signal.	10-30-2014

Kazuo Itani, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140219383	TRANSMISSION LINE ADDRESS OVERLAP DETECTION SYSTEM AND SUBSTATION TERMINAL USED IN THE SYSTEM - A management data area including a plurality of pulsed signals is provided in a series of pulsed signals outputted from the main station to the common data signal line, the area being different from a control/monitoring data area including data of a control data signal and data of a monitoring data signal. The substation sets random number data generated by its own station as an original number, generates pieces of comparison/collation data having a plurality of bits based on the original number, and superimposes a signal including the pieces of comparison/collation data on the management data area. The main station determines existence of address overlap of the substations based on a result of comparing the pieces of comparison/collation data complying with a predetermined rule.	08-07-2014

Koichi Itani, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150311831	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a bypass switch which enables power to be directly supplied to the load from the capacitor by being switched to a connected state when a voltage of the capacitor is a voltage capable of driving the load, and a first DC-DC converter which enables the voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load when the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.	10-29-2015
20150333513	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor includes a switching element which switches the supply of power to the load from the capacitor, a DC-DC converter which enables a voltage of the capacitor to be stepped up and supplied to the load and a control unit which enables power to be supplied to the load by pulse-controlling the switching element, controlling the DC-DC converter to output a pulse current alternately with the switching element and combining the alternately output pulse currents if the voltage of the capacitor drops below a minimum voltage capable of driving the load.	11-19-2015
20150333632	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device supplies power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery. The power supply device includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil configured such that an induction current flows thereinto from the primary coil by the accumulated energy, and a switching circuit configured to selectively connect the secondary coil in series to the capacitor in forward and opposite directions.	11-19-2015

Kouichi Itani, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120115659	POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR PARALLEL HYBRID VEHICLE - A proposition is to provide a power transmission mechanism for parallel hybrid vehicle that is capable of smoothly combining/separating input/output powers of a motor and an engine, and is applicable to a large hybrid vehicle by ensuring sufficient strength of a mechanism for combining and separating the input/output powers.	05-10-2012
20150326066	POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device for supplying power to a load by combining a secondary battery and a capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary battery includes an insulation type DC-DC converter with a primary coil connected in parallel to the secondary battery and configured to accumulate energy by a current supplied from the secondary battery and a secondary coil connected in series to the capacitor and configured such that an induction current flows therein by the accumulated energy from the primary coil.	11-12-2015

Kousuke Itani, Ukyo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090219307	LCD DRIVER CIRCUIT - A liquid crystal driver performs inversion driving of a plurality of data lines of a liquid crystal panel. A source driver generates a driving voltage in accordance with the brightness data indicating the brightness of a pixel, and supplies the driving voltage to the corresponding data line. A common electrode driver supplies an alternating-current common voltage to a common electrode of the liquid crystal panel. A reference voltage generating circuit includes a plurality of resistors that are connected in series between a power supply terminal and a ground terminal, and generates a plurality of reference voltages that are generated at a plurality of taps disposed at connection points of adjacent resistors. The source driver generates the driving voltage by using any one voltage selected from the plurality of reference voltages. The common electrode driver generates the common voltage by using any one voltage selected from the plurality of reference voltages.	09-03-2009

Mamoru Itani, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100193111	DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A method comprising a step of manufacturing an elastic laminated body by laminating two webs and while inserting an elastic member in an extended state in a web length direction in between; a step of cutting the elastic laminated body in a length direction so that a concave portion and a convex portion appear alternately; a step of attaching a cover sheet to bridge between the concave portion and the convex portion of cut first elastic laminated body and second elastic laminated body, respectively; a step of widening the first elastic laminated body and the second elastic laminated body to which the cover sheet is attached; and a step of attaching an absorber onto the cover sheet, lessens the occurrence of wrinkles and creases produced when webs are cut, and eliminates a problem attributed to the occurrence of wrinkles and arising when an absorber is attached.	08-05-2010

Norihiko Itani, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110235046	IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an optical source configured to emit an electromagnetic wave, a wave dividing unit configured to divide the wave from the optical source into a first and a second wave beam, a probe optical source configured to emit a probe beam, a probe-beam dividing unit configured to divide the probe beam into a first and a second probe beam, a first crystal on which the first crystal is irradiated through an object and the first probe beam is incident, a second crystal on which the second crystal is irradiated through an object and the second probe beam is incident, an interference unit configured to allow the first probe beam from the first crystal to interfere with the second probe beam from the second crystal, and an image pickup device configured to capture an interference figure between the first and the second probe beam.	09-29-2011
20120120231	ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IMAGING APPARATUS - A first optical system irradiates a target with a detecting wave and making the detecting wave that is transmitted through the target incident upon the electrooptical crystal. A second optical system slants a pulse plane of a probe wave relative to a pulse plane of the detecting wave and making the probe wave incident upon the electrooptical crystal. A camera detects the probe wave passing through the electrooptical crystal. The first or second optical system includes a compensating component which partitions a beam cross section of the detecting wave or the probe wave into unit areas. The optical component makes different an optical path length of a beam passing each unit area and compensates a phase shifting between the pulse plane of the detecting wave and the pulse plane of the probe wave at positions in a crossing direction of a surface of the electrooptical crystal and the virtual plane.	05-17-2012

Noriko Itani, Hadano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140289208	DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS, DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, DATA DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS, AND DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD - In a data compression apparatus, a search unit examines the sequence of symbols in compression target data, and searches for a second symbol string having the same sequence of symbols as a first symbol string that occurred previously, and a code generation unit encodes the second symbol string into a code containing information that specifies a block to which the beginning of the first symbol string belongs. In a data decompression apparatus, a code acquisition unit sequentially acquires codes from the beginning of the compressed data, and when the code of the second symbol string is acquired, a decompression unit acquires, from a storage device, one or more blocks starting with a block to which the beginning of the decompressed first symbol string belongs, on the basis of the information contained in the acquired code, and decompresses the second symbol string.	09-25-2014
20150242433	DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND DATA COMPRESSION METHOD - A memory stores a data string to be compressed, which is partitioned into a plurality of blocks, and further stores a plurality of pieces of address information that respectively represent a plurality of addresses within a first block among the plurality of blocks in an order of the plurality of data strings after being rearranged, the plurality of data strings respectively starting at the plurality of addresses within the first block. A processor searches for, in the first block, a first data string that matches a second data string on the basis of the plurality of pieces of address information. When the first data string is not included in the first block, the processor detects the first data string by referring to a second block among the plurality of blocks. The processor encodes and outputs the second data string on the basis of information of the detected first data string.	08-27-2015

Noriko Itani, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090274294	DATA COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND DATA DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS - In a first data compression process, a compressed code of an input symbol is generated in accordance with a compression dictionary selected on the basis of P symbols immediately preceding the input symbol, and a (P+1)K+1-th compressed code is encrypted to generate a compressed and encrypted code. Then, compressed and encrypted data comprising compressed and encrypted codes and other compressed codes is output. In a second data compression process, a bit string is added to the head of compression target data, and a compressed code of an input symbol is generated in accordance with a compression dictionary selected on the basis of a bit string or a symbol immediately preceding the input symbol. Then, a plurality of compressed codes are alternately output to different output destinations.	11-05-2009
20100289676	DATA COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION PROGRAM - Repetitive portions are sequentially detected in compression target data, and it is determined whether the approximately corresponding position of each repetitive portion is under a word-repetition condition, which is a position corresponding to a multiple of a length of an instruction word, or whether the position is under a byte-repetition condition. When it is under a word-repetition condition, a word-repetition code including at least a value obtained by dividing an approximately corresponding position by an instruction word length and a value specifying a length of a corresponding portion is generated and output as compressed data. When it is a byte-repetition condition, a byte-repetition code including at least a value specifying an approximately corresponding position and a value specifying a length of a corresponding portion is generated and output as compressed data.	11-18-2010

Ryota Itani, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130226319	ORIGIN SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In an origin setting method for a machine in which a single mechanical movement axis is servo-controlled and driven cooperatively by two control shafts, structural shaft parts of the control shafts, which are moved by driving the control shafts, are moved until the structural shaft parts are brought into contact with mechanical end stoppers, a contact detection position of each control shaft is read and memorized and a droop amount of each control shaft is cleared under a condition that each structural shaft part is in contact with the mechanical end stopper, and then, the structural shaft parts are moved apart from the mechanical end stoppers by a predetermined amount, and positions moved by the predetermined amount are set as origins on a basis of the memorized contact detection positions; whereby, even if a mechanical part bridging the two shafts and movably placed thereon has a deviation in perpendicularity, the origins are precisely set with references to the mechanical end stopper positions for the two shafts, with a simple configuration.	08-29-2013

Satoru Itani, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140265655	VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE - A vehicle drive device that has a stator and a rotor disposed on the inside of the vehicle wheel and drives the wheel, wherein the whole stator can be intensively cooled without causing an increase in production costs. The vehicle drive device comprises: the stator that has a stator core (	09-18-2014
20150083445	IN-VEHICLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER - The present invention reliably extinguishes fires in devices that have exceeded the guaranteed temperature without the use of a sensor. An in-vehicle fire extinguisher (	03-26-2015
20150333687	INVERTER DEVICE AND PWM SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD - A duty ratio calculation section (	11-19-2015

Satoru Itani, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090132818	CONTENT SERVER APPARATUS, ON-VEHICLE PLAYER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A content server apparatus (	05-21-2009
20090244004	IMAGE OPERATING DEVICE, IMAGE OPERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE OPERATING PROGRAM - An image operating device which is inexpensive and capable of allowing a user to understand to what extent an image operation of movement, enlargement and reduction, rotation or the like is performed on an image. The image operating device that performs an operation on a display image comprises: an image display section (	10-01-2009
20090251333	PARKING POSITION SEARCH ASSISTING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image-taking control section (	10-08-2009

Shiniti Itani, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140166637	HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A heat treatment apparatus is provided which includes heating means for enabling a rapid temperature rise to a temperature of 1600 through 1900° C., and a thermometer capable of accurately measuring temperatures even when rapid temperature rises and drops are repeated, the heat treatment apparatus being capable of performing heat treatment of an SiC substrate with good mass productivity after ion implantation. The heat treatment apparatus enables the heat treatment of a semiconductor substrate at 1600 to 1900° C. by temperature control using a resistance heating element and thermocouple thermometers. The heat treatment apparatus is configured such that the resistance heating element and the thermocouple thermometers include a common constituent metal as a main component.	06-19-2014

Shinya Itani, Mishima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080271949	LUBRICATION-CONDITION DETECTOR, LUBRICANT FEEDER, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD OF DETECTING LUBRICATION-CONDITION - A lubrication-condition detector detects a lubricant shortage of a target portion that repeats a predetermined operation at a predetermined cycle. The lubrication-condition detector includes: a physical-quantity measuring unit for continuously measuring a physical quantity related to the target portion; and a computer for determining a presence of a lubricant shortage based on the physical quantity. The computer includes: a cycle extractor for extracting a cycle datum per an operational cycle from continuous data including the physical quantity and its measuring time; a representative-value calculator for calculating a representative value for each of plural cycle data; and determining unit for determining a presence of a lubricant shortage based on the plural representative values.	11-06-2008
20120313289	TRANSFER SYSTEM AND TRANSFER METHOD - A transfer system	12-13-2012
20120326346	SHEET-SHAPED MOLD POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANFER METHOD - A sheet-shaped mold position detection device	12-27-2012
20130011507	SHEET-SHAPED MOLD CONVEYING/POSITIONING DEVICE - A conveying/positioning device includes: a unused-mold placing device	01-10-2013
20130011511	TRANSFER DEVICE - A transfer device	01-10-2013
20130269422	LUBRICATION-CONDITION DETECTOR, LUBRICANT FEEDER, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD OF DETECTING LUBRICATION-CONDITION - A lubrication-condition detector detects a lubricant shortage of a target portion that repeats a predetermined operation at a predetermined cycle. The lubrication-condition detector includes: a physical-quantity measuring unit for continuously measuring a physical quantity related to the target portion; and a computer for determining a presence of a lubricant shortage based on the physical quantity. The computer includes: a cycle extractor for extracting a cycle datum per an operational cycle from continuous data including the physical quantity and its measuring time; a representative-value calculator for calculating a representative value for each of plural cycle data; and determining unit for determining a presence of a lubricant shortage based on the plural representative values.	10-17-2013
20130323347	DEMOLDING DEVICE - A demolding device (	12-05-2013

Shizuo Itani, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130047767	RESIN ROTATING BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR RESIN ROTATING BODY - A resin rotating body	02-28-2013
20130139630	RESIN GEAR, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Gear-shaped resin sheets Sa are laminated such that tooth portions	06-06-2013

Tadashi Itani, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150186862	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, UNREGISTERED PRODUCT LOOKUP METHOD, AND UNREGISTERED PRODUCT LOOKUP PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an image acquisition unit (	07-02-2015
20150220964	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING ITEM TO BE RETURNED - An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains completed transaction data formed by plural statement records each including at least a product code of a product included in a completed transaction, and special sales information that enables determination as to whether a product is a limited sales product to which a limited sales price is applied; an acquiring unit that acquires a product code and special sales information, each of which concerns a candidate to be returned selected through user operation performed on an item return screen; a judging unit that judges whether a relevant statement record is contained in the retained completed transaction data and the special sales information concerning the candidate to be returned indicates a limited sales product to which a limited sales price is applied or not, the relevant statement record being a record other than a statement record including the product code and the special sales information, each of which concerns a candidate to be returned, the relevant statement record including a product code the same as the product code concerning the candidate to be returned, the relevant statement record including the special sales information indicating that the product is not a limited sales product to which a limited sales price is applied.	08-06-2015
20150242833	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SCREEN SETTING METHOD - An information processing device includes: a retaining unit that retains a product image acquired from an image capturing unit that captures an image of a product to be registered as an item to be checked out; a storage unit that stores, for each product, panel registration information including a product code, a product image, and screen layout information; a processing unit that causes a display unit to display a checkout panel screen in which each screen part enables to register each product as an item to be checked out, contains the product image, and is arranged according to screen layout information; and a processing unit that acquires a product image of an unspecified product from the image retaining unit, acquires a product code and screen layout information concerning this unspecified product, and stores the acquired product code, the acquired screen layout information, and the product image acquired from the retaining unit, in the panel information storage unit as the panel registration information concerning the unspecified product.	08-27-2015
20150310414	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING A TRANSACTION STATEMENT - An information processing device includes: a registration processing unit that, in response to a request for registration of a product as an item to be checked out, acquires a product code that enables identification of the product, and transaction information, each of which concerns the product serving as a target of request, and sequentially stores, in a transaction-information storage unit, the product code and the transaction information, which are acquired on a request basis, as one transaction statement record in the requested order; a display processing unit that causes a display unit to display a registration screen that presents plural items of data corresponding to plural transaction statement records stored in the transaction-information storage unit; an acquiring unit that acquires a product code and request change information corresponding to data designated on the registration screen; and a change processing unit that applies a predetermined record process using the request change information to plural transaction statement records stored in the transaction-information storage unit and each containing the product code acquired by the acquiring unit.	10-29-2015

Takaharu Itani, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080260501	Fabrication method for semiconductor device and manufacturing apparatus for the same - A shallow p-n junction diffusion layer having a high activation rate of implanted ions, low resistivity, and a controlled leakage current is formed through annealing. Annealing after impurities have been doped is carried out through light irradiation. Those impurities are activated by annealing at least twice through light irradiation after doping impurities to a semiconductor substrate	10-23-2008

Takaharu Itani, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080268660	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that involves a heat treatment of a semiconductor substrate, has removing a superficial layer from an upper surface of an edge part of said semiconductor substrate, a bevel surface of the edge part of said semiconductor substrate and a side surface of the edge part of said semiconductor substrate; and conducting the heat treatment of said semiconductor substrate by irradiating said semiconductor substrate with light having a pulse width of 0.1 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds from a light source after said superficial layer is removed.	10-30-2008
20090137107	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the invention includes forming patterns on a substrate, depositing a light absorption layer on the patterns, processing the light absorption layer to form a first region which includes a first type of pattern included in the patterns and is coated with the light absorption layer having a first thickness, a second region which includes a second type of pattern included in the patterns and is coated with the light absorption layer having a second thickness thinner than the first thickness, and a third region which includes a third type of pattern included in the patterns and is coated with the light absorption layer having a third thickness thinner than the second thickness, and annealing the substrate by radiating light on the substrate.	05-28-2009
20090146310	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device subjected to an optical annealing process by radiation light whose principal wavelength is 1.5 μm or less includes a circuit pattern region formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a dummy pattern region formed separately from the circuit pattern region on the semiconductor substrate. The circuit pattern region has an integrated circuit pattern containing a gate pattern related to a circuit operation. The dummy pattern region has dummy gate patterns that have the same structure as that of a gate pattern used in the integrated circuit pattern and the dummy gate patterns are repeatedly arranged with a pitch 0.4 times or less the principal wavelength.	06-11-2009
20100190336	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method has conducting first heating processing at a first heating temperature in an inert atmosphere under a first pressure in a first process chamber to silicide an upper part of the source-drain diffusion layer and form a silicide film; conducting second heating processing at a second heating temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere under a second pressure in a second process chamber to selectively oxidize at least a surface of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film and form a metal oxide film; conducting third heating processing at a third heating temperature which is higher than the first heating temperature and the second heating temperature in an atmosphere in a third process chamber to increase a concentration of silicon in the silicide film; and selectively removing the metal oxide film and an unreacted part of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film.	07-29-2010
20120040526	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing method has conducting first heating processing at a first heating temperature in an inert atmosphere under a first pressure in a first process chamber to silicide an upper part of the source-drain diffusion layer and form a silicide film; conducting second heating processing at a second heating temperature in an oxidizing atmosphere under a second pressure in a second process chamber to selectively oxidize at least a surface of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film and form a metal oxide film; conducting third heating processing at a third heating temperature which is higher than the first heating temperature and the second heating temperature in an atmosphere in a third process chamber to increase a concentration of silicon in the silicide film; and selectively removing the metal oxide film and an unreacted part of the metal film on the element isolating insulation film.	02-16-2012

Takaharu Itani, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090309133	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A manufacturing method for semiconductor device includes: forming an opening, in a surface of a semiconductor substrate being composed of first atom, the opening having an opening ratio y to an area of the surface of the semiconductor substrate ranging from 5 to 30%; forming an epitaxial layer in the opening, the epitaxial layer being made of a mixed crystal containing a second atom in a concentration ranging from 15 to 25%, and the second atom having a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of the first atom; implanting impurity ion into the epitaxial layer; and performing activation annealing at a predetermined temperature T, the predetermined temperature T being equal to or higher than 1150° C. and satisfies a relationship of y≦1E-5exp(21541/T).	12-17-2009
20110127578	Manufacturing method for semiconductor device and semiconductor device - A manufacturing method for semiconductor device includes: forming an opening, in a surface of a semiconductor substrate being composed of first atom, the opening having an opening ratio y to an area of the surface of the semiconductor substrate ranging from 5 to 30%; forming an epitaxial layer in the opening, the epitaxial layer being made of a mixed crystal containing a second atom in a concentration ranging from 15 to 25%, and the second atom having a lattice constant different from a lattice constant of the first atom; implanting impurity ion into the epitaxial layer; and performing activation annealing at a predetermined temperature T, the predetermined temperature T being equal to or higher than 1150° C. and satisfies a relationship of y≦1E-5exp (21541/T).	06-02-2011

Takaharu Itani, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140202387	VERTICAL DIFFUSION FURNACE - A diffusion furnace includes a boat which supports a semiconductor wafer thereon and is rotatable together with the semiconductor wafer. A heater is arranged on the periphery of a core tube which houses the boat therein. The core tube includes a reaction gas supply pipe through which a reaction gas containing a dopant is supplied; and a cooling gas supply pipe through which a cooling gas is supplied toward an outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor wafer.	07-24-2014

Tetsuya Itani, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090185795	PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD - To provide a playback device	07-23-2009
20090290857	REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An up-converter (	11-26-2009
20100085655	RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM, RECORDING/REPRODUCTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It has been difficult to replay data in a manner which better suits a user's intention.	04-08-2010
20100142626	BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION METHOD, BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION APPARATUS, BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, AND BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL APPARATUS - A video decoder is connected with a block distortion detector for specifying the boundary of blocks where block boundary occurs, using decoded image data and information of motion vectors, which are supplied from the video decoder; and a block distortion remover for subjecting pixels in the vicinity of the block boundary of the decoded image to filtering on the basis of the result of detection from the block distortion detector, thereby removing the block distortion. Therefore, block distortion is accurately detected when a compressed and coded image is decoded, and the detected block distortion is removed while minimizing the blurriness of the image.	06-10-2010
20100226618	PLAYBACK APPARATUS - The present invention provides a playback apparatus for up-converting a video signal without magnifying film grains. An up-converter	09-09-2010
20110206139	BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION METHOD, BLOCK DISTORTION DETECTION APPARATUS, BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL METHOD, AND BLOCK DISTORTION REMOVAL APPARATUS - A video decoder is connected with a block distortion detector for specifying the boundary of blocks where block boundary occurs, using decoded image data and information of motion vectors, which are supplied from the video decoder; and a block distortion remover for subjecting pixels in the vicinity of the block boundary of the decoded image to filtering on the basis of the result of detection from the block distortion detector, thereby removing the block distortion. Therefore, block distortion is accurately detected when a compressed and coded image is decoded, and the detected block distortion is removed while minimizing the blurriness of the image.	08-25-2011
20110211112	REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to the present invention, the sound quality of an apparatus having HDMI outputs exclusive for both of an audio signal and a video signal can be further improved. According to the present invention, even when the calculated value of CTS obtained using a first video clock signal Vc	09-01-2011
20110285827	IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus capable of connecting to an image reproducing apparatus, including: an authentication switchover unit operable to perform mutual authentication with the image reproducing apparatus to switch an own authentication state between a 2D-authenticated state and a 3D-authenticated state; a display switchover unit operable to switch an own display mode between a 3D display mode and a 2D display mode; and an output unit operable to output image display mode information in accordance with the display mode set in the own apparatus in case where the authentication switchover unit sets the own authentication state to the 3D-authenticated state.	11-24-2011
20120224829	PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND PLAYBACK METHOD - A playback apparatus including: a Clip information read circuit	09-06-2012
20130038611	IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE - The image conversion apparatus converts non-stereoscopic image data into stereoscopic image data configured by left-eye image data and right-eye image data. The image conversion apparatus includes an input unit that inputs a non-stereoscopic image, and a conversion unit that generates and outputs the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data based on the non-stereoscopic image data input through the input unit. When a stereoscopic image configured by the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed on a display apparatus capable of displaying a stereoscopic image, the conversion unit generates the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data to cause a user to visually recognize the stereoscopic image so that a predetermined portion in a horizontal direction in the displayed stereoscopic image is present at a position farthest from the user in a direction vertical to a display surface of the display apparatus, and a portion other than the predetermined portion is present at a position closer to the user toward left and right ends of the stereoscopic image.	02-14-2013
20130076742	REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AMPLIFIER APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SYSTEM - A reproducing device capable of superimposing a reproducing device image onto a stereoscopic image which can be viewed stereoscopically to generate and output a stereoscopic image signal. The reproducing device includes: an acquisition unit operable to obtain information about device image depth, the device image depth being stereoscopic vision depth that a device connected to the reproducing device and capable of superimposing a device image onto the stereoscopic image gives to the device image when the device superimposes the device image onto the stereoscopic image; a superimposing unit operable to give reproducing device image depth to the reproducing device image based on the information about device image depth obtained by the acquisition unit and superimpose the reproducing device image onto the stereoscopic image to generate the stereoscopic image signal; and a transmission unit operable to transmit the stereoscopic image signal to the device.	03-28-2013

Tetsuya Itani, Ikoma-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110013881	PLAYBACK DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, PLAYBACK METHOD - A playback device judges whether a connected display device is equipped to display only interlaced video or both interlaced and progressive video. If equipped to display both interlaced and progressive video, a mode setting unit	01-20-2011

Toru Itani, Ryuugasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120281411	LIGHTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A lighting device which can illuminate a large range with a simple configuration, and in which the LEDs or the mounting portions thereof are not likely to be damaged even when vibrations occur as a light source device which uses an LED as a light source, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The present invention includes a deformable flexible circuit board having an insulating film made of thermoplastic resin, a wiring layer formed on the insulating film, and an insulating layer formed on the wiring layer and made of thermoplastic resin, and in which a bent portion with a curvature radius “R” (mm) is formed at at least one position, and a plurality of LEDs mounted on the flexible circuit board.	11-08-2012

Toru Itani, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140102771	FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A flexible circuit board with high connection reliability and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the flexible circuit board has a bent section formed thereon, can be deformed flexibly, and wherein a wiring layer will not be peeled off or ruptured even when deformation is repeated onto the flexible circuit board, heat is radiated from electronic parts, or minute wiring is formed on the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board is provided with an insulating film comprised of liquid crystal polymer, a wiring layer formed upon the insulating film, and an insulating layer comprised of liquid crystal polymer formed upon the wiring layer. The flexible circuit board has a bent section with a radius of curvature of R (mm) formed on at least one location thereof, and is made to be deformable in a state with the radius of curvature of the bent section maintained at R (mm).	04-17-2014

Toshiro Itani, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080217251	METHOD OF PURIFYING IMMERSION OIL - A method of purifying immersion oil, includes bringing a liquid organic compound into contact with a solid base, wherein the solid base is barium oxide.	09-11-2008
20090317742	Photosensitive composition, method for forming pattern, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device - The present invention relates to a photosensitive composition, which is capable of being irradiated with high energy beam having a wave length of 1 to 300 nm band. The photosensitive composition includes a binder resin; and a photoelectron absorbent, capable of being excited with photoelectron emitted from the binder resin that absorbs the high energy beam, when the binder resin is irradiated with the high energy beam.	12-24-2009

Tsukasa Itani, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080217783	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device is provided having an insulating layer structure with a low dielectric constant and excellent barrier properties against copper. This semiconductor device has a copper wiring layer and includes at least one layered structure having a copper wiring line, an amorphous carbon film with a density of 2.4 g/cm	09-11-2008
20080259497	Magnetic recording medium, head slider and manufacturing methods therefore - A magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish excellent head flying stability, a magnetic recording device having excellent head flying stability, and a method for manufacturing, in a short time, a magnetic recording medium and head slider that can furnish such excellent head flying stability, are provided. For both of the magnetic recording medium and head slider, the protective layers are each composed of two layers, that is, a lower layer and an upper layer thereon; the ionization potential of the lower layer is made to be smaller than that of the upper layer; and the surface free energy of the upper layer is made to be 45 mN/m or less.	10-23-2008
20080272491	MANUFACTURING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A technology that improves the reliability of a semiconductor device and realizes a high performance by a laminated structure that has enough barrier properties against copper, reduces the wire delay time by lowering the capacitance between wirings and improves the adhesion between wirings is provided. There is a semiconductor device having: a first copper wiring layer, a first barrier layer on the first copper wiring layer, a silicon oxide series porous insulating layer on the first barrier layer, a second barrier layer on the silicon oxide series porous insulating layer, and a second copper wiring layer on the second barrier layer, wherein at least one of the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer consists of an amorphous carbon film, wherein a silicon oxide series insulating layer is directly connected between the amorphous carbon film and any of the first copper wiring layer or the second copper wiring layer.	11-06-2008

Yasushi Itani, Yokkaichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140326479	ELECTRIC-WIRE PROTECTING PIPE AND WIRE HARNESS - It is an object of the exemplary embodiments to obtain a long electric-wire protection pipe having a flat outer shape, using a simple press working process, while preventing warping problems. An electric-wire protection pipe is a metal pipe that surrounds an electric wire, and has a reinforced section and a flat pipe section. The reinforced section is a section that is located at a part in the circumferential direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and constitutes a protrusion forming, on either the internal or external surface of the electric-wire protection pipe, a ridge line extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and a groove extending along the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe on the other surface. The flat pipe section is a section that constitutes at least a part in the longitudinal direction of the electric-wire protection pipe, and that is flattened by press working.	11-06-2014
20140360771	MAGNETIC SHIELDING DEVICE AND WIRE HARNESS - An electromagnetic shielding device includes a conductive sheet that is a sheet-shaped flexible conductive member that can be deformed into a tube shape, and an outer edge portion coupling member that keeps the conductive sheet in a tube shape in a state in which a first outer edge portion and a second outer edge portion of the conductive sheet are joined together, the second outer edge portion being located on the side opposite to the first outer edge portion. For example, a parallel slit group is formed in the conductive sheet, the parallel slit group being constituted by a plurality of slits that extend in a direction that crosses a first direction from the first outer edge portion toward the second outer edge portion and that are lined up in the first direction.	12-11-2014
20140374134	ELECTRIC-WIRE PROTECTING PIPE AND WIRE HARNESS - It is an object of the exemplary embodiments to obtain a long electric-wire protection pipe having a flat outer shape, using a simple press working process, while reducing or even preventing warping problems. An electric-wire protection pipe is a metal pipe that surrounds an electric wire, and has a reinforced section (	12-25-2014
20150096802	WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes first, second and third power cables, first, second and third conductive electromagnetic shielding members, and an intermediate short-circuit member. The power cables are arranged to conduct symmetrical three-phase AC electricity. The conductive electromagnetic shielding members are arranged in parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, each of the conductive electromagnetic shielding members disposed surrounding respective ones of the power cables. The intermediate short-circuit member is arranged to electrically connect the electromagnetic shielding members to one another in at least one intermediate region between first and second longitudinal ends of each of the electromagnetic shielding members. The intermediate short-circuit member has a conductive member arranged to electrically connect the electromagnetic shielding members to one another, and a nonconductive armoring section arranged to cover an outer surface of the conductive member.	04-09-2015
20150162731	ELECTRIC-WIRE PROTECTION PIPE AND WIRE HARNESS - An electric-wire protection pipe includes a tubular main portion that that constitutes an outer wall of the electric-wire protection pipe and that has a longitudinal axis, wherein a reference plane passes through the longitudinal axis in a first direction. A curved partition wall partitions a hollow portion of the tubular main portion into two wiring paths—one on the first direction side and the other on a second direction side opposite to the first direction side. The curved partition wall connects to the tubular main portion at border lines that are parallel to the longitudinal axis and are located on the first direction side of the longitudinal axis, the curved partition wall having a convex side that projects in a second direction opposite to the first direction.	06-11-2015

Yasushi Itani, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130299234	SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A shield conductor includes: an electrical wire; a tubular shield member that encloses the electrical wire and is configured such that an end portion of a pipe made of metal is fit to an end portion of a tubular accordion member made of metal; a swage ring that is attached at a portion where the end portion of the pipe is fit to the end portion of the tubular accordion member, and constricts the end portion of the pipe and the end portion of the tubular accordion member from outside; a conductor ring that is arranged between the pipe and the tubular accordion member, has an inner circumferential face that faces the pipe and an outer circumferential face that faces the tubular accordion member, and has electrical conductivity; and a plurality of protrusion/recession portions formed on the inner circumferential face and the outer circumferential face.	11-14-2013

Yasushi Itani, Yokkaichi-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130284487	SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A shield conductor is provided with electrical wires and a metal pipe that encloses the electrical wires and whose outer peripheral surface is covered with an orange (color other than a metallic color) resin layer. The pipe is routed so that at least a portion passes in proximity to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle. A section of the pipe passing in proximity to the exhaust pipe that faces the exhaust pipe does not have the resin layer and the metallic-colored outer peripheral surface of the section remains exposed.	10-31-2013

Yasushi Itani, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130248038	SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A shield conductor includes a pipe made of metal and an electric wire passed through the pipe. The pipe includes a round portion and a deformed portion. The round portion has a constant outer diameter in a peripheral direction of the pipe and curves in an extension direction in which the pipe extends. The deformed portion is in a different position from the round portion in the extension direction and has a short diameter portion and a long diameter portion having different outer diameters in the peripheral direction of the pipe.	09-26-2013
20130269972	SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A shield conductor includes a pipe made of metal and an electric wire. The electric wire is passed through the pipe. The pipe includes a first deformed portion and a second deformed portion. The first deformed portion has a first short diameter portion and a first long diameter portion having different outer diameters in a peripheral direction of the pipe. The second deformed portion is in a different position from the first deformed portion in an extension direction in which the pipe extends and includes a second short diameter portion and a second long diameter portion having different outer diameters in the peripheral direction. The first and the second short diameter portions are provided in different positions in the peripheral direction. The first and the second long diameter portions are provided in different positions in the peripheral direction.	10-17-2013
20130292154	SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A shield conductor includes an electric wire, a metal pipe, and a tubular protector. The protector covers a portion extending from an end portion of the metal pipe to an end portion of a casing. The protector includes a tubular outer layer member made of flexible insulation and a tubular flexible shield member made of a conductive material. The outer layer member is arranged to extend from a first connecting portion to a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion is connected to the metal pipe and the second connecting portion is connected to the casing. The shield member is arranged along an inner surface of the outer layer member and provided integrally with the outer layer member. The shield member is electrically connected to the metal pipe at the first connecting portion and is electrically connected to the casing at the second connecting portion.	11-07-2013
20130306346	SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A shield conductor includes wires, a tubular shield member, and a tightening ring. The tubular shield member includes a metal pipe and a metal tubular accordion-shaped member. An end portion of the pipe is fitted to an end portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member. The tubular shield member surrounds the wires. The tightening ring is attached to an end portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member to which the end portion of the pipe is fitted, and the end portion of the pipe and the end portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member are tightened up from their outer peripheral side by the tightening ring. At least one slit is provided in a portion of the tubular accordion-shaped member that is tightened up the by the tightening ring. The slit is cut in from an opening end of the tubular accordion-shaped member.	11-21-2013
20130319720	PROTECTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE PROTECTOR, AND SHIELD CONDUCTOR - A protector protects a portion of an electric wire extending from an end portion of a metal pipe to an end portion of a casing. The protector includes tubular outer layer, tubular flexible shield, first fixing, and second fixing members. The outer layer member is made of flexible insulation and extends from the end portion of the metal pipe to the end portion of the casing. The shield member is arranged along an inner surface of the outer layer member and integrally with the outer layer member. The shield member is made of a conductive material. The first fixing member is connected to a first connecting portion of an inner surface of the shield member to which the metal pipe is connected. The second fixing member is connected to a second connecting portion of the inner surface of the shield member to which the casing is connected.	12-05-2013

Yoshihito Itani, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140302606	METHOD FOR PRODUCING AURICULAR CARTILAGE TISSUE, AND AURICULAR CARTILAGE TISSUE - The present invention aims to provide a method for producing auricular cartilage tissue having a sufficient thickness and mechanical strength, and auricular cartilage tissue produced by the method for producing auricular cartilage tissue.	10-09-2014

Yoshinori Itani, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110278835	PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.	11-17-2011
20140035282	PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.	02-06-2014
20140203554	PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.	07-24-2014
20160102790	PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.	04-14-2016
20160102792	PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part.	04-14-2016

Yoshinori Itani, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140350197	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SULFONATED AROMATIC POLYMER - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for industrially advantageously manufacturing a sulfonated aromatic polymer while preventing a reduction in the molecular weight of the resulting sulfonated aromatic polymer. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sulfonated aromatic polymer, comprising sulfonating an aromatic polymer and a sulfonating agent in the presence of a solvent of a compound containing a sulfonyl group (—SO	11-27-2014

Yukihiko Itani, Saitama-Pref JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110216467	AIR IONIZER ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - An air ionizer electrode assembly (	09-08-2011

Yusuke Itani, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110129016	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - Provided are a device and a method for efficiently compressing information by performing improved removal of signal correlations according to statistical and local properties of a video signal in a 4:4:4 format which is to be encoded. The device includes: a prediction unit for determining, for each color component, a motion prediction mode exhibiting a highest efficiency among a plurality of motion prediction modes, and detecting a motion vector corresponding to the determined motion prediction mode, to thereby perform output; and a variable-length encoding unit for determining, when performing arithmetic coding on the motion prediction mode of the each color component, an occurrence probability of a value of the motion prediction mode of the each color component based on a motion prediction mode selected in a spatially-adjacent unit region and a motion prediction mode selected in a temporally-adjacent unit region, to thereby perform the arithmetic coding.	06-02-2011
20120076203	VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A compressing unit	03-29-2012
20120082213	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal	04-05-2012
20120087595	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A loop filter	04-12-2012
20120093427	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A quantizing matrix selecting part 3 for calculating the average and variance of brightness values in a prediction image created by a motion-compensated prediction unit	04-19-2012
20130022124	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - Disclosed is an image encoding device which is constructed in such a way as to include an encoding mode determining unit	01-24-2013
20130177076	MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part	07-11-2013
20130343460	IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - Disclosed is an image decoding method including a step of variable-length-decoding coded data multiplexed into a bitstream to acquire compressed data associated with a coding block, a reference image restriction flag indicating whether or not to restrict a significant reference image area which is an area on a reference image which can be used for the motion-compensated prediction, and motion information and a motion-compensated prediction step of carrying out a motion-compensated prediction process on the coding block on the basis of the motion information to generate a prediction image, in which the motion-compensated prediction step includes a step of when the prediction image includes a pixel located outside the significant reference image area, carrying out a predetermined extending process to generate the prediction image on the basis of the reference image restriction flag by using the motion information.	12-26-2013
20140247875	VIDEO DECODING DEVICE AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A parallel processing starting unit	09-04-2014
20140247876	VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A tile partitioning unit	09-04-2014
20140376613	IMAGE CODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An intra-scene and inter-scene adaptive coding unit	12-25-2014
20150023420	IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - A loop filter unit	01-22-2015
20150043630	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image decoding device and an image decoding method are disclosed. The decoding device includes: a variable length decoder to variable-length-decode an inputted encoded bit stream to obtain a parameter for prediction signal generation, a compressed difference image, and filters; and a filtering processor to carry out a filtering process on a decoded image acquired by adding a prediction image and a difference image, wherein the prediction image is generated by using the parameter for prediction signal generation, and the difference image is acquired by decoding the compressed difference image, wherein the variable length decoder variable-length-decodes class identification information for a block in the decoded image, and wherein the filtering processor refers to the class identification information for the block to determine a class for the block, and carries out a filtering process on the block based on the determined class and the filters.	02-12-2015
20150085937	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion, vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist, and for, when each motion vector allocation region has a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size and a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion vector allocation region, performing encoding in sub_mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist.	03-26-2015
20150195582	VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - Since time hierarchically encoded video data needs to include video data of a basic hierarchical layer, and video data cannot be generated in which a frame belonging to an upper hierarchical layer is only encoded, even in a case in which only a part of frames is processed, a basic hierarchical layer frame is needed to be included, and thus, there has been a problem that video data in which only the frame belonging to the upper hierarchical layer is encoded cannot be separately processed. In the present invention, a variable length encoding unit is disposed which encodes, for each sequence, a basic hierarchical layer existence flag showing whether or not a basic hierarchical layer is included in the sequence.	07-09-2015
20150229946	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist, and for, when each motion vector allocation region has a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size and a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion vector allocation region, performing encoding in sub_mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist.	08-13-2015
20150229949	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist, and for, when each motion vector allocation region has a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size and a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion vector allocation region, performing encoding in sub_mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist.	08-13-2015
20150245032	MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part	08-27-2015
20150245035	MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part	08-27-2015
20150245057	MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part	08-27-2015
20150281725	MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE CODING METHOD, AND MOVING IMAGE DECODING METHOD - When an encoding mode corresponding to one of blocks to be encoded into which an image is divided by a block dividing part	10-01-2015
20150304677	IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - An image encoding device include a predicting unit for adaptively determining the size of each motion prediction unit block according to color component signals, and for dividing each motion prediction unit block into motion vector allocation regions to search for a motion vector, and a variable length encoding unit for, when a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion prediction unit block, performing encoding in mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist, and for, when each motion vector allocation region has a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size and a motion vector is allocated to the whole of each motion vector allocation region, performing encoding in sub_mc_skip mode if the motion vector is equal to an estimated vector and a prediction error signal does not exist.	10-22-2015