Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe, Suntou-Gun JP
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20090129797 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, which prevents occurrence of conveying malfunction or image failure due to variation of conveying speed caused by endurance of a fixing unit or a conveying unit, variation of using environment, or a type of a recording material. The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit for heating and fixing a toner image on a recording sheet (P); a secondary transferring portion for conveying the recording sheet (P) to the fixing unit; a loop sensor for detecting a degree of a loop of the recording sheet (P) generated according to a speed difference between a conveying speed of the fixing unit and a conveying speed of the secondary transferring portion; a CPU for controlling the conveying speed of the fixing unit; a fixing deliver sensor for detecting a used amount of the fixing unit; and an EEPROM for storing information on the used amount of the fixing unit detected by the fixing deliver sensor. The CPU controls the conveying speed of the fixing unit based on the information of the used amount of the fixing unit stored in the EEPROM and a detection result of the loop sensor. | 05-21-2009 |
20100254721 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A printer includes a fixing device that fixes a toner image formed on a sheet and a sheet delivery roller pair for delivering the sheet on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing device onto a sheet delivery tray placed outside of a printer main body. The printer includes a supporting member that supports an upstream edge portion of the sheet in a delivery direction delivered from the sheet delivery roller pair so that the upstream edge portion does not fall down on the sheet delivery tray. The printer includes a blower unit that blows air along a lower surface of the sheet supported by the supporting member from the upstream edge portion of the sheet in the delivery direction toward a downstream edge portion of the sheet in the delivery direction. | 10-07-2010 |
20110006469 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a retard roller is rotating in a sheet feeding direction, the rotation is transmitted to a pickup roller and the pickup roller rotates in a direction for conveying the sheet. When the retard roller is rotating in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction or is stationary, the pickup roller does not feed the sheet. Therefore, in a successive feeding operation, the sheet to be fed next is always conveyed such that the leading end thereof reaches a nip position between a feed roller and the retard roller. Therefore, the intervals between the sheets are uniform in the successive feeding operation. | 01-13-2011 |
20110089628 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position. | 04-21-2011 |
20110089629 | SHEET DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet detecting device includes a rotation unit having an abutment surface, a positioning unit configured to position the rotation unit in a standby position where the leading edge of the conveyed sheet abuts the abutment surface, and a detecting unit configured to detect the conveyed sheet on the basis of the rotation of the rotation unit pressed by the conveyed sheet, wherein the rotation unit rotates to a sheet passage posture where the sheet is allowed to pass after being pressed by the leading edge of the conveyed sheet and, when the trailing edge of the conveyed sheet passes the rotation unit, the rotation unit is rotated from the sheet passage posture in the same direction as a sheet conveying direction and is positioned in the standby position. | 04-21-2011 |
20120003016 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes process units that are closely arranged around respective photosensitive members and act on the photosensitive members, a light emission section that forms an electrostatic latent image for detection on the photosensitive member and a detection section that detects the electrostatic latent image passes through a position facing to the process unit and a control section that performs misregistration correction control based on the detection result. It achieves to resolve a problem that is caused in detection of a conventional toner image for detection by an optical sensor and to enhance usability of an image forming apparatus. | 01-05-2012 |
20120080838 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus including: a conveying roller pair conveying a sheet by a nip portion; a shutter portion which is rotatably supported on a rotary shaft of the first conveying roller; a same radius portion, provided in the shutter portion, which is formed to have substantially the same radius as a radius of the first conveying roller; an abutment portion, provided in the shutter portion, and against which the leading edge of the sheet is abutted; and a boundary portion, provided in a boundary of the abutment portion and the same radius portion, which guides the leading edge of the sheet to the nip portion when the shutter portion is rotated by abutting the leading edge of the sheet against the boundary portion. | 04-05-2012 |
20120235350 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a first conveying portion; a second conveying portion arranged downstream of the first conveying portion; a shutter member rotated by the pressure of the sheet and including a plurality of abutment surfaces against which a leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the first conveying portion abuts to correct a skew feed of the sheet; and an urging portion which provides the shutter member with an urging force for positioning one abutment surface at an abutment position at which the leading edge of the sheet abuts against the one abutment surface, the urging portion providing the shutter member with an urging force for rotating the shutter member to position another abutment surface at the abutment position after the leading edge of the sheet is nipped by the second conveying portion. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237280 | SHEET DETECTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet detecting apparatus including: a sheet detecting member having a plurality of abutment surfaces in a peripheral direction thereof, the sheet detecting member being rotated by a conveyed sheet abutting against one of the plurality of abutment surfaces; a detection portion which operates in association with the sheet detecting member; a sensor which generates a signal based on a position of the detection portion; and an urging portion which generates an urging force for positioning the one of the plurality of abutment surfaces of the sheet detecting member in a waiting position in which the leading edge of a sheet conveyed by a conveying portion abuts against the one of the plurality of abutment surfaces, and thereafter the urging portion switching the urging force to an urging force for positioning, in the waiting position, another one of the plurality of abutment surfaces against which a succeeding sheet abuts. | 09-20-2012 |
20130087968 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089345 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a correcting device for performing correction according to a variation of a light emission position of light emitter from a reference light emission position, wherein a measuring device measures a time interval from formation of a latent image on a photosensitive member by the light emitter to detection of arrival at a detecting position by a detector, wherein the correcting device performs the correction based on the time interval measured by the measuring device, and wherein the latent image formed, by the light emitter, on the photosensitive member at the reference light emission position reaches the detecting position when a rotation member rotates an integer number of times. | 04-11-2013 |
20130213771 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus including: a conveying roller pair conveying a sheet by a nip portion; a shutter portion which is rotatably supported on a rotary shaft of the first conveying roller; a same radius portion, provided in the shutter portion, which is formed to have substantially the same radius as a radius of the first conveying roller; an abutment portion, provided in the shutter portion, and against which the leading edge of the sheet is abutted; and a boundary portion, provided in a boundary of the abutment portion and the same radius portion, which guides the leading edge of the sheet to the nip portion when the shutter portion is rotated by abutting the leading edge of the sheet against the boundary portion. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214480 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying apparatus, including: a first conveying portion; a second conveying portion arranged downstream of the first conveying portion; a shutter member rotated by the pressure of the sheet and including a plurality of abutment surfaces against which a leading edge of the sheet conveyed by the first conveying portion abuts to correct a skew feed of the sheet; and an urging portion which provides the shutter member with an urging force for positioning one abutment surface at an abutment position at which the leading edge of the sheet abuts against the one abutment surface, the urging portion providing the shutter member with an urging force for rotating the shutter member to position another abutment surface at the abutment position after the leading edge of the sheet is nipped by the second conveying portion. | 08-22-2013 |
20130221604 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a retard roller is rotating in a sheet feeding direction, the rotation is transmitted to a pickup roller and the pickup roller rotates in a direction for conveying the sheet. When the retard roller is rotating in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction or is stationary, the pickup roller does not feed the sheet. Therefore, in a successive feeding operation, the sheet to be fed next is always conveyed such that the leading end thereof reaches a nip position between a feed roller and the retard roller. Therefore, the intervals between the sheets are uniform in the successive feeding operation. | 08-29-2013 |
20130336667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store sheets fed to an image forming unit, a sheet guide disposed above the storage unit and to form a sheet conveyance path, on which a sheet is conveyed, a detection unit disposed above the sheet guide and including a light emitting portion to emit light and a light receiving portion to receive light, a light passage portion disposed in the sheet guide, through which light emitted from the light emitting portion in the detection unit passes, a reflection portion disposed below the storage unit and to reflect towards the light receiving portion, light emitted from the light emitting portion and having passed through the light passage portion, and a control unit to determine, based on light received by the light receiving portion, whether there is a sheet in the sheet conveyance path and whether there is a sheet stored. | 12-19-2013 |
20140016955 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes process units that are closely arranged around respective photosensitive members and act on the photosensitive members, a light emission section that forms an electrostatic latent image for detection on the photosensitive member and a detection section that detects that the electrostatic latent image passes through a position facing the process unit, and a control section that performs misregistration correction control based on the detection result. | 01-16-2014 |
20140064782 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an opening; an door; a pressing member movable between a pressing position for fixing the cartridge to an image forming position, and a non-pressing position; an interrelating member for interrelations such that (i) with movement from the close position to the open position, the pressing member moves from the pressing position to the non-pressing position, and the cartridge moves from the image forming position to a retracted position, and (ii) with the inverse movement, the cartridge and the pressing member move inversely; and a limiter movable between a position for preventing the cartridge from moving against the pressing force, and a position for permitting the cartridge to move from the image forming position to the retracted position. | 03-06-2014 |
20140077441 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes a blocking member having a blocking surface with which a leading end of a sheet that is being conveyed comes into contact for obliquity correction. The blocking member is rotated by being pushed by the sheet against an urging force of a positioning unit that positions the blocking member to be in the standby position. The blocking member is rotatable to be in a sheet-passage-allowing orientation in which the sheet is allowed to pass. When a trailing end of the sheet that is being conveyed has passed the blocking member, the blocking member that is in the sheet-passage-allowing orientation rotates in a same direction as a sheet conveyance direction and is positioned to be in a standby position. | 03-20-2014 |
20140144759 | BELT TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller. | 05-29-2014 |
20140314433 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE FOR CORRECTION - An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member configured to be rotated; scanning means for scanning, by light corresponding to image data, the photosensitive member that is charged, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member; and a contacting member in contact with the photosensitive member to form a nip portion. In a correction mode in which a shift of an image is corrected based on a detection result obtained by detecting, at the nip portion, an electrostatic latent image for correction formed on the photosensitive member by the scanning means, a width of the electrostatic latent image for correction is equal to or more than a width of the nip portion in a rotation direction of the photosensitive member. | 10-23-2014 |
20150030341 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive section driven to rotate, a light emission unit configured to emit light to form electrostatic latent images on the photosensitive section, a process section configured to form images on the photosensitive section, a detection unit configured to detect an output generated via the process section when an electrostatic latent image for correction passes through a position facing the process section, and a control unit configured to execute a correction of a position of an electrostatic latent image in image formation based on a detection result from the detection unit. | 01-29-2015 |
20150329292 | BELT TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller. | 11-19-2015 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kawasaki JP
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20110013813 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - An electronic device includes a sensor for acquiring data which is input while a relative position of the living body with respect to the sensor is changed, a first authentication portion for obtaining a first detection pattern based on a group of data acquired by the sensor during a period from the start of the acquisition of the data to detection of a stopped state of the change, and for executing a first authentication process by using the first detection pattern, and a second authentication portion for obtaining a second detection pattern different from the first detection pattern, based on a group of data acquired by the sensor during a period from the start of the acquisition of the data to the end of the acquisition of the data after the detection of the stopped state, and for executing a second authentication process by using the second detection pattern. | 01-20-2011 |
20120081210 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable electronic device having a power supply unit and an IC chip that conducts wireless communication with a reader/writer and operates when power is supplied from the power supply unit includes a first determining unit that determines whether or not the portable electronic device, in a state in which the IC chip is operating moved, according to a result of detection by a sensor to detect movement, a second determining unit that determines whether or not a signal from an opposing device equipped with the reader/writer was received, and a power control unit that conducts control to allow a state in which power is supplied to the IC chip from the power supply unit when the first determining unit determines that the portable electronic device did not move and the second determining unit determines that the signal was received. | 04-05-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Chiba JP
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20110014454 | FOAM MOLDING ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAM MOLDED ARTICLE - There are provided a foamed molded article formed of a resin composition comprising a reinforcing fiber and a resin component, wherein the reinforcing fiber comprises a surface-treated fiber (A) comprising a base fiber (A-I) composed of a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or a polyalkylene naphthalene dicarboxylate and from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the base fiber (A-I), of a sizing agent (A-II) adhering to the surface of the base fiber (A-1), and the resin component comprises a modified polyolefin resin (B) which is a polyolefin resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, wherein the foamed molded article has an expansion ratio of 1.3 to 5, and a method for producing the same. | 01-20-2011 |
20110136951 | SURFACE-TREATED FIBER, RESIN COMPOSITION, AND MOLDED ARTICLE OF THE COMPOSITION - A resin composition includes a fiber and a polyolefin resin and can provide a molded article having excellent mechanical strength such as flexural strength and impact resistance. The resin composition includes (i) a surface-treated fiber (A) which comprises 100 parts by weight of a fiber (A-I) comprising a polyalkylene terephthalate and/or a polyalkylene naphthalene dicarboxylate and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a sizing agent (A-II) adhered to the surface of the fiber (A-I), and (ii) a polyolefin resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative (a modified polyolefin resin (B)) as a resin component. | 06-09-2011 |
Kenji Watanabe, Nara JP
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20090001072 | Induction Heating Cooker - An induction heating cooker including a top plate where a pan is placed; a heating coil for induction heating the pan; an inverter circuit for supplying a high frequency current to the heating coil; an infrared sensor, which is arranged under the heating coil and detects an infrared light radiated from the pan; a light guiding part including an upper opening formed at an upper end facing the top plate and a lower opening formed at a lower end, and guiding the infrared light from the pan to the infrared sensor; and a control unit for controlling an output of the inverter circuit according to an output from the infrared sensor; wherein the light guiding part includes a nonmetallic material part in which the upper opening is formed upper than a lower surface of the heating coil. | 01-01-2009 |
20090014438 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKING DEVICE - There is provided an induction heating cooking device capable of enhancing detection sensitivity of higher temperatures in cases of using a small amount of oil and capable of preventing reduction of the heating output in cases of cooking at relatively lower temperatures. | 01-15-2009 |
20090152260 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE - An induction heating device includes a top plate arranged to have an object placed thereon, a heating coil receiving a high-frequency current to inductively heat the object, an infrared ray sensor for outputting a signal in accordance with energy of received infrared ray, a temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the object based on the signal output from the infrared ray sensor, a heating controller for controlling the high-frequency current supplied to the heating coil based on the detected temperature, and a failure determining unit for determining whether the infrared ray sensor has a failure or not. This induction heating device can detect the failure of the infrared ray sensor, and thus stops or suppresses the heating upon detecting the failure of the infrared ray sensor. | 06-18-2009 |
20100051608 | INDUCTION COOKING DEVICE - There is provided an induction cooking device for achieving high heating power at the time of high temperature cooking while ensuring safety. An induction cooking device includes a heating coil ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100065551 | INDUCTION COOKING DEVICE - An infrared sensor | 03-18-2010 |
20110000903 | INDUCTION HEAT COOKING DEVICE - An induction heat cooking device is provided that finishes preheating in a short time and maintains the temperature obtained at the finish of the preheating. The induction heat cooking device includes a heating coil ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110000904 | INDUCTION HEAT COOKING DEVICE - An induction heat cooking device is provided that finishes preheating in a short time and maintains the temperature obtained at the finish of the preheating. When a preheating heating mode is selected as an operation mode, a control unit ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110315675 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - There are provided amplifying part ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120000904 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - There is provided a placement position determining part that calculates a rising gradient of an output value of the infrared sensor every after passage of a first predetermined time and performs a placement position determining operation of determining that a placement position of a cooking vessel is improper when the rising gradient is smaller than a first threshold value, and the placement position determining part performs the placement position determining operation after a lapse of a second predetermined time from the start of heating, thereby accurately determining that the cooking vessel is improperly placed on a top plate and preventing overheating of the cooking vessel. | 01-05-2012 |
20120037614 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - An induction heating cooker including a heating coil, a top plate, an inverter circuit, a temperature sensor provided under the top plate and detecting a bottom temperature of the pot load, an inverter circuit for supplying a high frequency current to the heating coil, a temperature calculating part for calculating the bottom temperature of the pot load based on an output of the temperature sensor, a setting part for a user to set a cooking temperature freely therewith, a controller for controlling an output of the inverter circuit make the bottom temperature of the pot load calculated by the temperature calculating part match the cooking temperature, a cumulative electric power measuring part for measuring a cumulative electric power value of an electric power supplied to the pot load during a second predetermined time period at intervals of a first predetermined time period, and a adjusting part adjusting the cooking temperature to a higher temperature by a second predetermined value when an increased amount of the cumulative electric power value as compared to another cumulative electric power value measured before a third predetermined time period is larger than a first predetermined value. | 02-16-2012 |
20120061381 | INDUCTION COOKING DEVICE - First material discriminating unit for comparing a magnitude of an input current to inverter circuit and a magnitude of a heating coil current to discriminate a material of cooking container between a non-magnetic body and a magnetic body; second material discriminating unit for comparing a magnitude of the heating coil current and an ON time of switching element when discriminated as the magnetic body by first material discriminating unit to discriminate the material of cooking container as magnetic SUS or iron are arranged, where control unit sets a control temperature lower when the material is discriminated as magnetic SUS by second material discriminating unit than when the material is discriminated as iron so that the temperature of cooking container can be controlled to a predetermined temperature at high accuracy even if cooking container is configured by magnetic SUS, similar to when configured by iron. | 03-15-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Ehime JP
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20080292502 | Liquid Homogenizer and Analyzer Employing the Same - Herein disclosed is a liquid homogenizer which can evenly mix liquids with small space. | 11-27-2008 |
20100240142 | ANALYZING DEVICE AND ANALYZING METHOD USING SAME - A solution component | 09-23-2010 |
20100323454 | ANALYZING DEVICE, AND ANALYZING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING METHOD USING THE ANALYZING DEVICE - A measurement cell ( | 12-23-2010 |
20120107850 | ANALYSIS REAGENT AND ANALYSIS DEVICE HAVING THE ANALYSIS REAGENT CARRIED THEREIN - A reagent including a combination of a polyanionic compound and a bivalent cationic compound contains one substance selected from the group consisting of succinic acid, gluconic acid, alanine, glycine, valine, histidine, maltitol, and mannitol or at least one compound of the substance. A dry state of the reagent and deliquescence can be improved. | 05-03-2012 |
20140377851 | Analysis device - A reagent including a combination of a polyanionic compound and a bivalent cationic compound contains one substance selected from the group consisting of succinic acid, gluconic acid, alanine, glycine, valine, histidine, maltitol, and mannitol or at least one compound of the substance. A dry state of the reagent and deliquescence can be improved. | 12-25-2014 |
Kenji Watanabe, Fukushima-Ken JP
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20090109188 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input member having an input pad and a detecting section that detects a position where an indicator touches the input pad and a processing section that controls a display state on a display screen on the basis of an input signal obtained from the input member, and while an input tool for drawing at least one of character, symbol, and figure is being displayed on the display screen, the processing section displays a limited frame having a predetermined area on the display screen so as to overlap the input tool, and writes movement locus of the indicator touching the input pad within the limited frame and transfers the movement locus to the input tool such that at least one of the character, symbol, and figure is input to the input tool when the indicator touches the input pad. | 04-30-2009 |
20090116745 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input member having an input pad and a detecting section that detects a position where an indicator touches the input pad and a processing section that inputs a character or a figure on the basis of an input signal obtained from the input member, a document tool board and a handwriting tool board are displayed on a display screen and an input locus display region where a locus drawn with the input pad is displayed and a character display region where a character or a symbol recognized from the locus is displayed are displayed when a document tool and a handwriting tool are started by a processing operation of the processing section, and the character or the symbol displayed in the character display region is transferred to the document tool by a predetermined operation. | 05-07-2009 |
20100271301 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input pad; a detector which detects a position of an indicating object coming into contact with the input pad; and a processor which controls a display state of an image displayed on a display on the basis of an input signal obtained from the detector, wherein an input surface of the input pad is provided with a detection region for detecting a specific input operation, and wherein when the processor receives the input signal corresponding to the specific input operation given from the indicating object onto the detection region, the processor rotates the image. | 10-28-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20080315095 | Electron beam apparatus, a device manufacturing method using the same apparatus, a pattern evaluation method, a device manufacturing method using the same method, and a resist pattern or processed wafer evaluation method - An object of the present invention is to provide an electron beam apparatus, in which a plurality of electron beams, e.g., four electron beams, is produced for one optical axis with a relatively high current achieved for each electron beam. | 12-25-2008 |
20090101816 | Testing apparatus using charged particles and device manufacturing method using the testing apparatus - A system for further enhancing speed, i.e. improving throughput in a SEM-type inspection apparatus is provided. An inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of a substrate produces a crossover from electrons emitted from an electron beam source | 04-23-2009 |
20100237243 | Testing apparatus using charged particles and device manufacturing method using the testing apparatus - A system for further enhancing speed, i.e. improving throughput in a SEM-type inspection apparatus is provided. An inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of a substrate produces a crossover from electrons emitted from an electron beam source | 09-23-2010 |
20140158885 | TESTING APPARATUS USING CHARGED PARTICLES AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE TESTING APPARATUS - A system for further enhancing speed, i.e. improving throughput in a SEM-type inspection apparatus is provided. An inspection apparatus for inspecting a surface of a substrate produces a crossover from electrons emitted from an electron beam source | 06-12-2014 |
20150122993 | TESTING APPARATUS USING CHARGED PARTICLES AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE TESTING APPARATUS - A substrate is irradiated by primary electrons and secondary electrons generated from the substrate are detected by a detector. A reference die is placed on the stage to obtain a pattern matching template image including feature coordinates of the reference die. A pattern matching is performed with an arbitrary die in a row or column including the reference die using the template image to obtain feature coordinates of the arbitrary die. An angle of misalignment is calculated between the direction of the row or column including the reference die and one of the directions of movement of the substrate on the basis of the feature coordinates of the arbitrary die and those of the reference die. The stage is rotated to correct the angle of misalignment to conform the direction of the row or column including the reference die with the one of the directions of movement of the substrate. | 05-07-2015 |
Kenji Watanabe, Osaka JP
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20080273105 | Solid-State Image Sensing Device and Method for Driving the Same - A solid-state image sensing device includes: a plurality of unit pixels | 11-06-2008 |
20090026352 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In a solid state imaging device to be included in an imaging device such as a digital camera, a ramp run-up AD conversion circuit for AD converting a pixel signal is provided corresponding to one or a plurality of pixel columns. A column counter provided in each ramp run-up AD conversion circuit holds an upper bit, and a clock signal is supplied to one or plural latches for holding a lower bit. Thus, fast and accurate AD conversion can be realized while suppressing increase of clock frequency. | 01-29-2009 |
20090161813 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device including an N-line M-stage shift register circuit operated at high speed of, for example, several hundreds MHz. Input circuits input a common test pattern to each of pairs of shift registers in, for example, two lines out of the N lines. A plurality of outputs of the pairs of shift registers in the two lines are compared in comparators, and the comparison results are output. The N-line M-stage shift register circuit and the comparators are operated in synchronization with a clock signal at several hundreds MHz. Hence, even when the circuit scale (area) of the N-line M-stage shift register circuit is increased to involve apparent wiring delay, a defect in the shift register circuit can be detected at an actual speed. | 06-25-2009 |
20090167586 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid-state imaging device for enhancing accuracy of AD conversion and active switching of up-counting and down-counting in the asynchronous counter without limiting the AD conversion frequency. The solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes an asynchronous counter having an up-counting mode in which up-counting is performed, a down-counting mode in which down-counting is performed, and a holding mode for switching operation settings between the up-counting and the down-counting while maintaining a count value held in the asynchronous counter. | 07-02-2009 |
20090284629 | A/D CONVERTER-INCORPORATED SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The solid-state imaging device includes: a first node for receiving a first signal from outside the solid-state imaging device; a second node for receiving a second signal from outside the solid-state imaging device; a test signal selection circuit for outputting the first signal received at the first node and the second signal received at the second node as a test signal by switching between the first and second signals at desired timing; and a test signal input circuit for supplying the test signal from the test signal selection circuit to an input of the A/D converter. | 11-19-2009 |
20100110252 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In a solid state imaging device to be included in an imaging device such as a digital camera, a ramp run-up AD conversion circuit for AD converting a pixel signal is provided corresponding to one or a plurality of pixel columns. A column counter provided in each ramp run-up AD conversion circuit holds an upper bit, and a clock signal is supplied to one or plural latches for holding a lower bit. Thus, fast and accurate AD conversion can be realized while suppressing increase of clock frequency. | 05-06-2010 |
20100194948 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - The solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: pixel units arranged two-dimensionally in rows and columns; signal holding units each holding an analog signal outputted from one of the pixel units in a corresponding one of the columns; and column AD circuits each converting, into a digital signal, the analog signal held by a corresponding one of said signal holding units. The signal holding units and the column AD circuits are respectively provided for the columns of the pixel units. Each of the signal holding units includes: a switching element connected to a column signal line through which the analog signal outputted from the one of the pixel units is transmitted; and a capacitor element holding the analog signal and being connected to the column signal line through the switching element. | 08-05-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Hyogo JP
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20080232900 | Water Collecting Structure and Drainage Structure Using the Same - The invention relates to a water collecting structure | 09-25-2008 |
20100176120 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - There is provided an induction heating cooker capable of preventing a pan having a pan bottom warped in a convex shape or a pan having a pan bottom with a small thickness from being excessively heated. The induction heating cooker includes a heating coil ( | 07-15-2010 |
20110259877 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - The present invention provides an induction heating cooker, which is structured to cut off visible light being incident upon an infrared sensor, yet being capable of more accurately sensing any abnormality of the infrared sensor before heating is started. To this end, the induction heating cooker includes a sensor failure sensing-purpose light emitting portion that emits visible light for sensing any failure of an infrared sensor, a visible light cutting filter provided on a surface of a printed circuit board holding the infrared sensor so as to cover the field of view of the infrared sensor, and a control unit that limits the output of an inverter circuit supplying a high-frequency current to a heating coil when the output of the infrared sensor is equal to or less than a threshold value in a situation where the sensor failure sensing-purpose light emitting portion is lit up. The infrared sensor receives the visible light from the sensor failure sensing-purpose light emitting portion to irradiate inside the visible light cutting filter. | 10-27-2011 |
Kenji Watanabe, Saitama JP
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20090237231 | Turn signal indicator lamp apparatus for a motorcycle, and motorcycle including same - A wire is provided in a turn signal power cord drawn out from a turn signal indicator fixed to a front fork while achieving a good appearance. A turn signal indicator includes a lamp case housing a lamp, and a stay member coupled to the lamp case. The stay member includes an annular collar fitted around a circumference of a front fork shaft. A cord-housing groove is formed in an outer part of the annular collar. A turn signal power cord is drawn out from the lamp case to the annular collar through an arm part to the outside through the groove. The cord-housing groove is covered with a cover, which is formed integrally with a locking member that engages with a slot part of a top bridge, as an anti-rotation component of the apparatus. | 09-24-2009 |
20100170456 | SADDLE-RIDE VEHICLE - A saddle-ride vehicle includes an engine with a front cylinder extended forward and diagonally upward from a crankcase. The engine is mounted between a front wheel and a rear wheel. A space gradually vertically extended forward is provided between a fuel tank arranged on the upside of the front cylinder and a front head cover provided to an upper part of the front cylinder. A radiator upstream water passage extended backward from an upper part of a radiator is provided in front of the front cylinder and is arranged in the space. The radiator upstream water passage is covered with a front overhead cover attached to the front cylinder. With this configuration, vehicle body components are not exposed, thereby protecting the vehicle body components. In addition, the appearance of the vehicle is efficiently enhanced. | 07-08-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Oume JP
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20080291437 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined. | 11-27-2008 |
20090103078 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for detecting defects, including: a table unit which mounts a specimen to be inspected having a linearly moving stage and a rotationally moving stage; a first illumination optical unit which illuminates an inspection region of a surface of the specimen from a normal direction or in the vicinity of the normal direction while the specimen is rotating by the rotationally moving stage and moving in one direction by the linearly moving stage; a second illumination optical unit which illuminates the inspection region from a first elevation angle toward the inspection region while the specimen is rotating and moving; a first detection optical unit which detects light reflected from the inspection region by the illumination of the first illumination optical unit or the second illumination optical unit with plural detectors arranged in plural portions of a second elevation angle toward the inspection region; a second detection optical unit which detects light reflected from the inspection region by the illumination of the first illumination optical unit or the second illumination optical unit with plural detectors arranged in plural portions of a third elevation angle toward the inspection region; and a signal processor which processes signals outputted from the plural detectors of the first detection optical unit and the plural detectors of the second detection optical unit, wherein the plural detectors of the first detection optical unit and the plural detectors of the second detection optical unit are photomultipliers, and the signal processor processes the signals which are selected from the signals outputted from the plural detectors arranged in plural portions of the second elevation angle and the plural detectors arranged in plural portions of the third elevation angle. | 04-23-2009 |
20100140474 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined. | 06-10-2010 |
20120006131 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined. | 01-12-2012 |
20120069329 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A defect inspection apparatus including: a first illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate the inspection area on a sample surface from a normal line direction or a direction near thereof with respect to said sample surface; a second illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate said inspection area from a slant direction with respect to said sample surface; a detection optical system having a plurality of first detectors which are located, in front of, on the sides of, and behind said inspection area, respectively, with respect to the illumination direction of said second illumination optical system, and where the regular reflected light component, from said sample surface, by illumination light of said second illumination optical system, is not converged; and a signal processing system which is configured to inspect a defect, upon basis of signals obtained from said plurality of first detectors. | 03-22-2012 |
20120312104 | METHOD OF INSPECTING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND AN APPARATUS THEREOF - A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of the plurality of inspection conditions is against each other by the use of the position information on the sample to determine a position to be inspected in detail, and an image of the sample at a position to be inspected in detail is obtained. The obtained image is classified, the inspection condition of the sample by the use of information of classification of the image is determined. | 12-13-2012 |
20140218723 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A defect inspection apparatus including: a first illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate the inspection area on a sample surface from a normal line direction or a direction near thereof with respect to said sample surface; a second illumination optical system which is configured to illuminate said inspection area from a slant direction with respect to said sample surface; a detection optical system having a plurality of first detectors which are located, in front of, on the sides of, and behind said inspection area, respectively, with respect to the illumination direction of said second illumination optical system, and where the regular reflected light component, from said sample surface, by illumination light of said second illumination optical system, is not converged; and a signal processing system which is configured to inspect a defect, upon basis of signals obtained from said plurality of first detectors. | 08-07-2014 |
Kenji Watanabe, Ibaraki JP
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20090078851 | Far Ultraviolet With High Luminance Emitting High-Purity Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monocrystalline Powder And Method Of Manufacturing The Same - While high-purity hexagonal boron nitride monocrystal (hBN) obtained by way of a high temperature/high-pressure treatment in the presence of a high-purity solvent has excellent properties in terms of far-UV luminescence characteristics, it has drawbacks including that it can be easily adversely affected by mechanical vibrations and impetus, that monocrystal shows a poor morphological retentiveness and that the luminescence characteristics fluctuate to shift the selected and set wavelength. The present invention can overcome the drawbacks of being easily affected by vibrations and showing a poor morphological retentiveness by grinding down the monocrystal obtained by a solvent/refining process into powder and applying the powder to a light emitting surface. Thus, the present invention provides crystal powder to be used for a far-UV luminescence device showing excellent luminescence characteristics that are stable and do not fluctuate. | 03-26-2009 |
20100120187 | PRODUCTION OF A HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE CRYSTAL BODY CAPABLE OF EMITTING OUT ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - The invention has for its object to provide a process of synthesizing high-purity hBN crystal bodies on a robust substrate even under normal pressure. | 05-13-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20100091803 | Solid-state high-luminance far ultraviolet light emitting element including highly pure hexagonal boron nitride single crystal, solid-state laser, and solid-state light emitting apparatus - A solid-state far ultraviolet light emitting element is formed by a hexagonal boron nitride single crystal, excited by electron beam irradiation to emit far ultraviolet light having a maximum light emission peak in a far ultraviolet region at a wavelength of 235 nm or shorter. | 04-15-2010 |
20120291695 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTALS - A method for producing hexagonal boron nitride single crystals including mixing boron nitride crystals with a solvent thereby obtaining a mixture, heating and melting the mixture under high-temperature and high-pressure thereby obtaining a melted mixture, and rectystallizing the melted mixture thereby producing hexagonal boron nitride single crystals, wherein the solvent is boronitride of alkali earth metal, or boronitride of alkali metal and the boronitride of alkali earth metal. | 11-22-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Naruto-Shi JP
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20100094002 | Thiazole Compound and Use Thereof - Thiazole compounds for inhibiting the activity of phosphodiesterase 4, the production of tumor necrosis factor alpha, and the production of interleukin 4. The compounds of the invention are represented by general formula (1): | 04-15-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Okayama-Ken JP
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20100062094 | GAS HYDRATE COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINE - A molding machine for production of gas hydrate pellets under a high pressure in gas hydrate forming conditions, which is inexpensive through minimizing of the use of expensive mechanical seal. The molding machine comprises two forming rolls each fitted to a rotary shaft whose both ends are supported by bearings; a drive unit for rotating the forming rolls; a screw transfer unit for supplying powder to the forming rolls; and a high-pressure vessel, wherein the bearings, the rotary shaft and the forming rolls are all disposed in the high-pressure vessel. | 03-11-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Hiratsuka-Shi JP
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20080315090 | Objective lens, electron beam system and method of inspecting defect - An electron beam system or a method for manufacturing a device using the electron beam system in which an electron beam can be irradiated at a high current density and a ratio of transmittance of a secondary electron beam of an image projecting optical system can be improved and which can be compact in size. The surface of the sample S is divided into plural stripe regions which in turn are divided into rectangle-shaped main fields. The main field is further divided into plural square-shaped subfields. The irradiation with the electron beams and the formation of a two-dimensional image are repeated in a unit of the subfields. A magnetic gap formed by the inner and outer magnetic poles of the objective lens is formed on the side of the sample, and an outer side surface and an inner side surface of each of the inner magnetic pole and the outer magnetic pole, respectively, forming the magnetic gap have each part of a conical shape with a convex having an angle of 45° or greater with respect to the optical axis. | 12-25-2008 |
20100019149 | MAPPING-PROJECTION-TYPE ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING SAMPLE BY USING ELECTRONS EMITTED FROM THE SAMPLE - An apparatus capable of detecting defects of a pattern on a sample with high accuracy and reliability and at a high throughput, and a semiconductor manufacturing method using the same are provided. The electron beam apparatus is a mapping-projection-type electron beam apparatus for observing or evaluating a surface of the sample by irradiating the sample with a primary electron beam and forming on a detector an image of reflected electrons emitted from the sample. An electron impact-type detector such as an electron impact-type CCD or an electron impact-type TDI is used as the detector for detecting the reflected electrons. The reflected electrons are selectively detected from an energy difference between the reflected electrons and secondary electrons emitted from the sample. To eliminate charge-up caused on the sample surface by irradiation with the primary electron beam, the surface of the sample is covered with a cover placed above the sample and a gas is supplied to the space above the sample covered with the cover. The gas is brought into contact with the sample surface to reduce charge-up on the sample surface. | 01-28-2010 |
Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo JP
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20080251718 | ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The electron beam apparatus is provided with a stage for mounting a sample thereon, a primary optical system for generating an electron beam having an irradiation area and irradiating the electron beam onto the sample, a secondary optical system for detecting electrons which have been generated through the irradiation of the electron beam onto the sample and have acquired structural information of the sample and acquiring an image of the sample about a viewing area and an irradiation area changing section for changing the position of the irradiation area with respect to the viewing area. | 10-16-2008 |
20090025525 | SLITTER BLADE ASSEMBLY - A disk-shaped rotary blade of a slitter blade assembly has a cutting edge and a first beveled surface facing a drum-shaped rotary blade of the slitter blade assembly and progressively spaced from the drum-shaped rotary blade toward the cutting edge. The disk-shaped rotary blade also has a second beveled surface facing a workpiece to be cut off and progressively spaced from the cutting edge away from the workpiece. | 01-29-2009 |
20090025526 | SLITTER BLADE ASSEMBLY - A disk-shaped rotary blade of a slitter blade assembly has a cutting edge and a first beveled surface facing a drum-shaped rotary blade of the slitter blade assembly and progressively spaced from the drum-shaped rotary blade toward the cutting edge. The disk-shaped rotary blade also has a second beveled surface facing a workpiece to be cut off and progressively spaced from the cutting edge away from the workpiece. | 01-29-2009 |
20090090863 | SAMPLE SURFACE OBSERVATION METHOD - A surface of a sample is observed by acquiring an image of the surface of the sample. An electron beam I irradiated onto the surface of the sample in which wiring including an insulation material and an electrically conductive material is formed. Electrons that acquired structure information regarding a structure of the surface of the sample are detected. An image of the surface of the sample is acquired by a result of the detection of electrons. The surface of the sample is observed using the acquired image of the surface of the sample. The electron beam is irradiated onto the surface of the sample in a state where a brightness of the insulation material and a brightness of the electrically conductive material in the image of the surface of the sample are set equal to each other. | 04-09-2009 |
20090112851 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A meta-information storing section records a plurality of pieces of taxonomy data in ranks. A plurality of pieces of leaf meta-data respectively correspond to pieces of the lowest taxonomy data. A database records a plurality of pieces of real data which respectively correspond to pieces of leaf meta-data. A server control section searches for upper taxonomy data corresponding to the keyword included in a search request and acquires lower taxonomy data associated with the upper taxonomy data. The server control section is capable of repeatedly acquiring further lower taxonomy data until the lowest taxonomy data is specified, and as a result, acquiring leaf meta-data. The server control section samples real data corresponding to all of the leaf meta-data from the database and outputs it. | 04-30-2009 |
20090304863 | Flavor-improving agent, method of producing the same and food composition, acidic food composition, and acidic condiment containing the flavor-improving agent - A flavor improving agent includes lactic acid-fermented egg white. A food composition, an acidic food composition, and an acidic condiment, which have a flavor improving effect, include lactic acid-fermented egg white. A method of producing a flavor improving agent includes adding lactic acid bacteria to an egg white aqueous solution and subjecting the mixture to fermentation. | 12-10-2009 |
20110155905 | SPECIMEN OBSERVATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD AND DEVICE - A technique capable of improving the ability to observe a specimen using an electron beam in an energy region which has not been conventionally given attention is provided. This specimen observation method comprises: irradiating the specimen with an electron beam; detecting electrons to be observed which have been generated and have obtained information on the specimen by the electron beam irradiation; and generating an image of the specimen from the detected electrons to be observed. The electron beam irradiation comprises irradiating the specimen with the electron beam with a landing energy set in a transition region between a secondary emission electron region in which secondary emission electrons are detected and a mirror electron region in which mirror electrons are detected, thereby causing the secondary emission electrons and the mirror electrons to be mixed as the electrons to be observed. The detection of the electrons to be observed comprises performing the detection in a state where the secondary emission electrons and the mirror electrons are mixed. Observation and inspection can be quickly carried out for a fine foreign material and pattern of 100 nm or less. | 06-30-2011 |
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20120235036 | INSPECTION DEVICE - An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object. | 09-20-2012 |
20140014848 | INSPECTION DEVICE - An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object. | 01-16-2014 |
20140061742 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises an isolation region, an active region, a first gate trench extending continuously from the active region to the isolation region, first and second insulating films, a first conductive layer, and a cap insulating film. The first insulating film covers an inner surface of the first gate trench. The second insulating film interposes between the first insulating film and the inner surface of the first gate trench at the active region. The first conductive layer buries a lower portion of the first gate trench so as to cover at least a part of the first insulating film. The cap insulating film covers the upper surface of the first conductive layer and buries an upper portion of the first gate trench | 03-06-2014 |
20140091215 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DUST OR PARTICLE COLLECTION FUNCTION - An electro-optical inspection apparatus is provided that is capable of preventing adhesion of dust or particles to the sample surface as much as possible. A stage ( | 04-03-2014 |
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20150185290 | DETERIORATION DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-DRIVING BATTERY - A deterioration determination device for a vehicle-driving battery mounted in a vehicle includes a current detection unit that detects a current value of the battery, a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage value of the battery, and a calculation unit that calculates at predetermined time intervals a resistance value of the battery based on current values detected by the current detection unit and voltage values detected by the voltage detection unit during running of the vehicle, calculates a calculation accuracy of the calculated resistance value, and determines deterioration state of the battery based on the resistance value when the calculation accuracy is higher than a preset calculation accuracy. | 07-02-2015 |
Kenji Watanabe, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20090146459 | COWL STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE - A cowl structure including a cowl box having a partition panel joined to both rear and bottom walls thereof inside the cowl box. The partition panel constitutes, together with the rear and bottom walls, a hollow member portion extending in a vehicle width direction. An outside air introducing port is provided in the cowl box, for introducing outside air into the cowl box outside of the member portion. A communication port is provided in the partition panel, for allowing the inside and outside of the member portion to communicate with each other inside the cowl box. An air supplying port is provided in the rear wall at a location spaced upward from the bottom wall, for allowing the inside of the member portion and a vehicle compartment to communicate with each other. The communication port and the air supplying port overlap each other in the vehicle width direction. | 06-11-2009 |
Kenji Watanabe, Oume-Shi JP
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20090141264 | Method and Apparatus for Observing and Inspecting Defects - A defect inspecting apparatus includes a sample mounting device for mounting a sample; lighting and detecting apparatus for illuminating a patterned sample mounted on a mount and detecting the optical image of the reflected light obtained therefrom. Also included is a display for displaying the optical image detected by this lighting and detecting apparatus; an optical parameter setting device for setting and displaying optical parameters for the lighting and detecting apparatus on the display; and optical parameter adjusting apparatus for adjusting optical parameters set for the lighting and detecting apparatus according to the optical parameters set by the optical parameter setting apparatus; a storage device for storing comparative image data; and a defect detecting device for detecting defects from patterns formed on the sample by comparing the optical image detected by the optical image detecting apparatus with the comparative image data stored in the storage. | 06-04-2009 |
Kenji Watanabe, Los Angeles, CA US
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20090053769 | HETEROLOGOUS PRODUCTION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS IN BACTERIA - The present invention demonstrates an example of the de novo total biosynthesis of biologically active forms of heterologous NRPs in | 02-26-2009 |
Kenji Watanabe, Ohume JP
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20080246964 | Method and Its Apparatus for Inspecting Particles or Defects of a Semiconductor Device - Conventionally, a particle/defect inspection apparatus outputs a total number of detected particles/defects as the result of detection. For taking countermeasures to failures in manufacturing processes, the particles/defects detected by the inspection apparatus are analyzed. Since the inspection apparatus outputs a large number of detected particles/defects, an immense time is required for analyzing the detected particles/defects, resulting in a delay in taking countermeasures to a failure in the manufacturing processes. In the present invention, an apparatus for optically inspecting particles or defects relates a particle or defect size to a cause of failure in an inspection result. A data processing circuit points out a cause of failure from the statistics on the inspection result, and displays information on the inspection result. A failure analysis is conducted by setting a threshold for identifying a failure in each of regions on a semiconductor device or the like to statistically evaluate detected particles. | 10-09-2008 |
20120062890 | Method and Its Apparatus for Inspecting Particles or Defects of a Semiconductor Device - Conventionally, a particle/defect inspection apparatus outputs a total number of detected particles/defects as the result of detection. For taking countermeasures to failures in manufacturing processes, the particles/defects detected by the inspection apparatus are analyzed. Since the inspection apparatus outputs a large number of detected particles/defects, an immense time is required for analyzing the detected particles/defects, resulting in a delay in taking countermeasures to a failure in the manufacturing processes. In the present invention, an apparatus for optically inspecting particles or defects relates a particle or defect size to a cause of failure in an inspection result. A data processing circuit points out a cause of failure from the statistics on the inspection result, and displays information on the inspection result. A failure analysis is conducted by setting a threshold for identifying a failure in each of regions on a semiconductor device or the like to statistically evaluate detected particles. | 03-15-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Takatsuki-Shi JP
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20110243301 | X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYZING METHOD - An X-ray fluorescence analyzing method includes irradiating a liquid sample ( | 10-06-2011 |
Kenji Watanabe, Ichihara-Shi JP
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20110263738 | EXPANSION MOLDED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING EXPANSION MOLDED BODY - A foamed article comprising a polyolefin resin composition (I) comprising a polyvinyl alcohol fiber (A), a polyolefin resin (B), and an unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified polyolefin resin and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative-modified polyolefin resin (C); | 10-27-2011 |
20110293913 | RESIN COMPOSITION - A resin composition comprising a fiber component and a resin component, wherein | 12-01-2011 |
20110294956 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RESIN COMPOSITION - A production process of a resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a polyester fiber, 1 to 600 parts by weight of a copolymer of ethylene with a glycidyl group-carrying monomer, and 0.3 to 500 parts by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified polyolefin resin, the process comprising steps of (1) melt-kneading the copolymer with the modified polyolefin resin, and (2) kneading the resultant melted resin with the polyester fiber at a temperature lower than a melting point of the polyester fiber. | 12-01-2011 |
20120098160 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE - A process for producing a resin molded article, comprising steps of (1) plasticizing a resin composition containing an organic fiber and a thermoplastic resin with an injection-molding machine, (2) injecting the plasticized resin composition into a mold cavity of the injection-molding machine, and (3) pressure-holding against the resin composition in the mold cavity for a pressure-holding time of 0.5 to 60 seconds under holding-pressure of 70 to 300 MPa. | 04-26-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Fukuoka JP
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20120086287 | LINEAR MOTOR AND STAGE DEVICE - A linear motor includes a field magnet and an armature. The field magnet includes a pair of opposing field magnet yokes. A yoke base is disposed on a first end of each field magnet yoke in a Y axis direction. Between the field magnet yokes, a first magnet row is disposed including, along an X axis direction, a plurality of opposing pairs of first magnets having different polarities. Between the field magnet yokes, a second magnet row is disposed to a first side or a second side of the first magnet row in the Y axis direction. The second magnet row includes a pair of opposing second magnets having different polarities and forming a single row in the Y axis direction on the field magnet yokes. The armature includes a first armature coil opposite the first magnet row and a second armature coil opposite the second magnet row. | 04-12-2012 |
20130009506 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotating electric machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes an iron core and permanent magnets. The iron core includes a cylindrical connection portion and ten magnetic pole portions. The cylindrical connection portion surrounds a rotation shaft. The ten magnetic pole portions, the number of which corresponding to the number of poles, are disposed radially outside the connection portion. The connection portion and the magnetic pole portions are integrated with each other. The permanent magnets are disposed between the magnetic pole portions. The magnetic pole portions include flange portions that cover parts of radially outer surfaces of the permanent magnets while allowing at least parts of the radially outer surfaces to be exposed. Each of the permanent magnets includes a tapered portion in at least a part thereof, and the tapered portion has a length in a direction perpendicular to the radial direction that decreases radially inward. | 01-10-2013 |
20130047328 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet for discharging waste using flush water supplied from a flush water supply source is disclosed. The flush toilet comprises a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion and a shelf portion; a water discharge path for discharging waste; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the water spouting portion; wherein the bowl portion includes a front region and a rear region, and the rim portion of the bowl portion is such that the curvature radius in the front region is equal to or smaller than the curvature radius of the rear region, and wherein the water spouting portion is formed on either the left or right side in the front region of the rim portion and spouts the flush water toward the front of the rim portion. | 02-28-2013 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20120099859 | OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING APPARATUS - An optical packet switching apparatus includes an optical switch unit for switching the route of a received optical packet signal and output the received optical packet signal, and an optical switch control unit for extracting destination information from the received optical packet and generating a control signal for the optical switch unit according to the destination information. The optical switch control unit includes a clock generator for generating a plurality of local clocks of different phases, and a clock selector for selecting a local clock having the smallest phase difference with the received optical packet from the plurality of local clocks. The optical switch control unit generates the control signal using the local clock selected by the clock selector as an operation clock. | 04-26-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Aichi JP
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20120128286 | BEARING APPARATUS - A sliding bearing | 05-24-2012 |
20150321265 | COLLET - Provided is a collet in which a rod made of a damping alloy is fitted and embedded in a long hole of a cylinder-shaped body portion having a central axis, which is provided by drilling in a direction parallel to the central axis, from an end surface on an insertion opening side through which a member to be fixed is inserted. | 11-12-2015 |
Kenji Watanabe, Toyota-Shi JP
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20120148179 | SLIDING BEARING - A sliding bearing | 06-14-2012 |
20120201485 | SLIDING BEARING - A sliding bearing | 08-09-2012 |
20120304957 | BEARING OIL FEED DEVICE - A partial groove | 12-06-2012 |
20120308168 | SLIDING BEARING - A sliding bearing | 12-06-2012 |
20130216162 | SLIDING BEARING - A sliding bearing includes a center portion and end portions on a bearing surface | 08-22-2013 |
Kenji Watanabe, Tokushima JP
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20120238750 | AROMATIC COMPOUND - The compound of the present invention is represented by the following general formula (1): | 09-20-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Sapporo JP
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20120295544 | EXCLUSIVE-LOCK CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device includes, a radio communication device includes, a plurality of IC chips that conducts radio communicate with a reader/writer, a first setting unit that sets one IC chip selected from the plurality of IC chips to an exclusive-lock release state that allows radio communication to be conducted with the reader/writer, a determination unit that determines whether the radio communication is being conducted normally when radio communication between the one IC chip set to the exclusive-lock release state and the reader/writer is conducted, and a second setting unit that sets the one IC chip set to the exclusive-lock release state to a exclusive-locked state that does not allow radio communication with the reader/writer when the radio communication is determined as not being conducted normally, and sets another IC chip that is different from the one IC chip set to the exclusive-locked state to the exclusive-lock release state. | 11-22-2012 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
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20130009505 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine includes a stator; and a rotor including an iron core, which has a tubular connecting portion surrounding a shaft and 10 magnetic pole portions integrally formed with the connecting portion corresponding to a pole number, and a plurality of permanent magnets arranged between the magnetic pole portions. The iron core includes axially-penetrated magnet accommodating air gaps formed between the magnetic pole portions at the radial outer side of the connecting portion, and the permanent magnets are installed in the respective magnet accommodating air gaps such that a radial outer surface of each of the permanent magnets makes close contact with an inner surface of each of the magnet accommodating air gaps and such that a gap exists between a radial inner surface of each of the permanent magnets and the connecting portion. | 01-10-2013 |
20140300212 | MOTOR - The disclosure discloses a motor including a stator and a mover. The stator and the mover are arranged facing each other so as to be relatively movable via a magnetic air gap. Any one of the stator and the mover includes a yoke, a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of coils. The plurality of teeth are disposed protruding from the yoke to the magnetic air gap side. The plurality of coils are wound around the plurality of teeth. The plurality of coils include, for each phase, coil groups. Each of the coil groups includes a plurality of the coils. The coils are continuously arranged along the relative movement direction and are in-phase with each other and have the same wire diameter with each other. The coil group includes at least one the coil in which a coil width is larger than a teeth pitch. | 10-09-2014 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kawaguchi JP
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20130013233 | ELECTRIC-POWER-GENERATION LEVEL PREDICTING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An electric-power-generation level predicting apparatus | 01-10-2013 |
Kenji Watanabe, Fujisawa-Shi JP
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20130032716 | ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD BY USING SAID ELECTRON BEAM APPARATUS - An electron beam apparatus, in which an electron beam emitted from an electron gun having a cathode and an anode is focused and irradiated onto a sample, and secondary electrons emanated from the sample are directed into a detector, the apparatus further comprising means for optimizing irradiation of the electron beam emitted from the electron gun onto the sample, the optimizing means may be two-stage deflectors disposed in proximity to the electron gun which deflects and directs the electron beam emitted in a specific direction so as to be in alignment with the optical axis direction of the electron beam apparatus, the electron beam emitted in the specific direction being at a certain angle with respect to the optical axis due to the fact that, among the crystal orientations of said cathode, a specific crystal orientation allowing a higher level of electron beam emission out of alignment with the optical axis direction. | 02-07-2013 |
20140319346 | INSPECTION SYSTEM BY CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICES USING THE SYSTEM - An inspection apparatus by an electron beam comprises: an electron-optical device | 10-30-2014 |
20140367570 | SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD AND A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a substrate inspection method. The method includes: maintaining a vacuum in said inspection chamber; isolating said inspection chamber from a vibration; positioning the substrate on a stage in the inspection chamber; selecting an evaluation parameter according to a kind of said processing apparatus; and determining inspection regions of the substrate so that an inspection time required per a lot of the substrate is equal to a processing time spent for said processing step required per a lot of the substrate. The method also includes radiating a primary electron beam from an electron gun; deflecting the primary electron beam with an E*B unit; irradiating said inspection regions of the substrate with the deflected primary electron beam; and projecting secondary electrons emitted from said substrate through the E*B unit onto a detector with a secondary optical system. | 12-18-2014 |
Kenji Watanabe, Shizuoka-Shi JP
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20130171698 | HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF FUNGAL POLYKETIDE SYNTHETIC GENE IN YEAST - The present invention relates to a method of removing an intron contained in a gene from a eukaryotic gene, and linking only the exon sequences to prepare an expression vector comprising the linked sequences. Specifically, the invention relates to a method of preparing an expression vector containing linked exon sequences comprising amplifying exon sequences by PCR as one or more fragments from a giant fungal gene containing an intron, and linking the fragments together with a restriction enzyme-treated vector using the gap repair cloning method; a method of preparing an expression vector containing a full-length cDNA sequence by synthesizing and linking cDNA fragments from a fungal giant gene; a transformant having introduced therein an expression vector prepared by the method; a protein produced by the transformant; and a method of preparing a compound produced by the protein using the expression vector. | 07-04-2013 |
Kenji Watanabe, Osaka-Shi JP
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20130002695 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAMME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display device ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130232015 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A terminal communicating with a server includes an output unit for outputting information received through a communication line, an information accepting unit for accepting information related to the terminal, and an advertisement request unit for transmitting an advertisement request including the information related to the terminal to the server. The server includes an advertisement storage unit for storing beforehand advertisement information and information corresponding to each advertisement information that is related to a terminal as a distribution target of the advertisement information. The information related to the terminal indicates market information that designates a sales channel of the terminal. The server reads out the advertisement information corresponding to the information related to the terminal in the received advertisement request from the advertisement storage unit and transmits the read advertisement information to the terminal. | 09-05-2013 |
Kenji Watanabe, Ota-Shi JP
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20130333486 | WARM-UP OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE OF CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER SYSTEM - When a warm-up operation at a set speed is carried out to measure a mechanical loss that is generated during warm-up operation, a device to display setting of operation time, vehicle speed, etc. and the operation status on a single window is demanded. An operation display portion on a top display screen provided on a control terminal includes a menu function block having a warm-up window calling section for calling a warm-up operation window function block. The warm-up operation window function block includes a warm-up condition setting section configured to set a warm-up operation condition, a measurement flow indicating block configured to indicate a warm-up operation by a pattern, a trend indicating section configured to indicate a braking force that is generated upon the warm-up operation in time sequence, and a measurement status indicating block comprising a judgment indicating section configured to indicate measurement results. | 12-19-2013 |
20130338957 | INERTIA VERIFICATION DEVICE FOR CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER SYSTEM - There has been a problem with operability when performing inertia verification, due to the fact that a setting window and a measurement result window are different. A setting display function section to set a setting value for measurement and a measurement result display function section that displays a result measured on the basis of the setting value are provided in one window on a display screen of an inertia verification device. The setting display function section has a setting value indicating section that indicates mechanical inertia, an operation condition setting section and a progress indicating section. The measurement result display function section has a monitor window indicating section and a measurement result indicating section. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339892 | OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE OF CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER SYSTEM - There is a demand for enhancement of operability when a change of combination of rollers of a chassis dynamometer and the dynamometer is set depending upon a vehicle type of a test vehicle. A status indicating function block that indicates an equipment construction is disposed in a main menu display area that is provided on a console. With this arrangement, a current test status can be recognized. Further, a vehicle type selection window calling function block is disposed in a mode setting function button group in the main menu display area. A vehicle type selection window called by the vehicle type selection window calling function block includes a roller selection section to select rollers corresponding to the test vehicle, a setting display section that indicates a current setting equipment construction, and a setting display section that indicates a setting equipment construction during change of the setting. | 12-19-2013 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kyoto JP
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20140036114 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging unit; a row selection circuit; a column circuit unit; and a control unit configured to supply a row address signal which designates a pixel row to be selected to the row selection circuit, in which the imaging unit includes: a valid part including first pixels; and a peripheral part including second pixels, and the control unit includes an output adjustment unit which adjusts an output order of row address signals, the output adjustment unit adjusts the output order of the row address signals so that orders and combinations of the numbers of rows to be outputted per unit row are equal to each other in a first row selection sequence and in a second row selection sequence, and generate the first and second row selection sequences, and the control unit supplies the first and second row selection sequences to the row selection circuit. | 02-06-2014 |
Kenji Watanabe, Kuwana JP
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20150028451 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF DESIGNING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a memory cell array region and a peripheral circuit region; a ferroelectric capacitor formed over the semiconductor substrate in the memory cell array region; and a dummy capacitor formed over the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit region, with a layered structure same as that of the ferroelectric capacitor, with an area larger than that of the ferroelectric capacitor, and with a line width not larger than the width of the ferroelectric capacitor. | 01-29-2015 |
Kenji Watanabe, Miyagi-Ken JP
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20160054843 | TOUCH PAD SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR TOUCH PAD CONTROL - A touch pad system includes an operation member, coordinate output means, pressing detection means, and control means, and the control means determines the presence or absence of a slide operation from a change in the coordinate output that is output from the coordinate output means, sets a first area in which execution of a first function is determined when a pressing operation is performed with respect to the operation member, and a second area in which execution of the first function or a second function is determined when the pressing operation is performed, and executes the first function if the slide operation is performed prior to the pressing operation and the second function if the slide operation is not performed when the pressing operation is performed in the second area. | 02-25-2016 |
Kenji Watanabe, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20160094188 | POWER AMPLIFYING APPARATUS AND POWER AMPLIFYING METHOD - A power amplifying apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal and supply a load with the amplified input signal, a current detecting circuit, disposed at an output stage of the amplifier, configured to detect a current of an output signal from the amplifier, a current feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of the detected current of a certain feedback amount, a voltage feedback circuit configured to provide feedback of a voltage of the output signal of a certain feedback amount, and an adjuster configured to adjust the input signal using the feedback current and the feedback voltage. | 03-31-2016 |
Kenji Watanabe, Okazaki JP
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20160124231 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-up display device including a screen; a projector that projects a visual image to the screen using a projection lens; and an image generator that generates a virtual image of the visual image to be visually recognized by a user from the visual image projected to the screen, wherein the visual image is composed of a first visual image and a second visual image; and the image generator generates a first virtual image, which is a virtual image of the first visual image, from the first visual image, and generates a second virtual image, which is a virtual image of the second visual image, from the second visual image. | 05-05-2016 |
Kenji Watanabe, Anjo-Shi, Aichi-Ken JP
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20160134848 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE - A head-up display device including a screen; a projector that projects a visual image to the screen using a projection lens; an image generator that generates a virtual image of the visual image to be visually recognized by a user from the visual image projected to the screen; and a processor that is programmed to: decide a position at which the virtual image is generated; and move the projection lens and the screen in a front-rear direction along an optical path, wherein the processor moves the projection lens and the screen along the optical path based on the position decided. | 05-12-2016 |