Kitamura, Tokyo

Akiko Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110170153	COMPUTER-GENERATED HOLOGRAM FOR RECONSTRUCTING A FULL-COLOR IMAGE WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD - A computer-generated hologram that is capable of reconstructing a full-color image and achieving a high resolution is provided. A recording plane of the hologram is divided by a multiplicity of parallel sections in the horizontal direction to define a multiplicity of areas. Amplitude information and phase information corresponding to different wavelengths which vary periodically in a direction traversing the multiplicity of areas, is recorded in the recording medium. Information about the same portion of the original image is recorded in individual points belonging to the same area, and information about another corresponding portion of the original image is recorded in individual points belonging to another area.	07-14-2011
20120250122	COMPUTER-GENERATED HOLOGRAM INCLUDING SPLICE PLANES FOR RECONSTRUCTING A FULL-COLOR IMAGE WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD - A recording plane of a computer-generated hologram that is capable of reconstructing a full-color image and achieving a high resolution is divided by a multiplicity of parallel sections in the horizontal direction to define a multiplicity of areas. Amplitude information and phase information corresponding to different wavelengths which vary periodically in a direction traversing the multiplicity of areas, is recorded in the recording medium. Information about the same portion of the original image is recorded in individual points belonging to the same area, and information about another corresponding portion of the original image is recorded in individual points belonging to another area.	10-04-2012

Atsuo Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110233371	Slide device for vehicle seat - A slide device for vehicle seat in which rollers are arranged at three positions on a lower rail including front and rear portions thereof. Among the rollers, the rollers located at the front and rear portions of the upper rail are pivotally supported by roller shafts and that are prohibited from moving on the upper rail, while the rollers located at the position other than the front and rear portions of the upper rail are pivotally supported by a roller shaft that is allowed to move downward on the upper rail.	09-29-2011
20110278420	SLIDE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A slide device for a vehicle seat provided with: an upper rail that is long in the front-rear direction and fixedly installed on the bottom surface of a seat body; a lower rail that is arranged on the floor of a vehicle body and supports the upper rail such that the upper rail can slide in the front-rear direction; a bracket that is fixedly installed at the front of the upper rail and moves downward with thereof when the upper rail moves tilting forward; a J hook member that moves upward with the upper rail upon the upward movement of the rear thereof; and a reinforcement member to which the bracket is abutted upon the downward movement thereof so as to absorb a downward force and to which the J hook member is abutted upon the upward movement thereof so as to absorb an upward force.	11-17-2011

Atsushi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120095141	POLYCARBONATE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - This invention seeks to provide a resin composition and a molded article which are excellent in transparency, weatherability, resistance to boiling water and resistance to molding heat, which have an internal strain reduced and which are excellent in breaking durability.	04-19-2012

Daisuke Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120214192	Method for Producing Antigen-specific B Cell Population - The present invention provides a method for producing an antigen-specific B cell population comprising IgG-positive B cells specific to a specific antigen, the method comprising: culturing IgG-positive B cells together with the specific antigen in the presence of IL-21, while conferring stimulation to the IgG-positive B cells via CD40, a BAFF receptor and Fas; and screening for antigen-specific B cells specific to the specific antigen to obtain an antigen-specific B cell population comprising the IgG-positive B cells specific to the specific antigen.	08-23-2012

Eiji Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090189248	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode formed on the active region via a gate insulating film formed on a surface of the active region. A peripheral portion of the gate electrode and a peripheral portion of the active region overlap each other at a position where the active region is not divided by the gate electrode when viewed in plan view, thus forming an overlap region.	07-30-2009
20110018066	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes an antifuse element. The semiconductor device includes a first well of a first conductivity type disposed in a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating film on the first well; a first conductive film of the first conductivity type on the first insulating film; and an impurity-introduced region of the first conductivity type. The impurity-introduced region of the first conductivity type in the first well is higher in impurity concentration than the first well. The impurity-introduced region includes a first portion that faces toward the first conductive film through the first insulating film.	01-27-2011
20120018841	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device comprises an active region formed in a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode formed on the active region via a gate insulating film formed on a surface of the active region. A peripheral portion of the gate electrode and a peripheral portion of the active region overlap each other at a position where the active region is not divided by the gate electrode when viewed in plan view, thus forming an overlap region.	01-26-2012

Fumihide Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248241	AUTOMOTIVE RECORDER - Functional information acquired before and after an event occurrence is held on an on-chip MRAM built in a data processor, thus preventing the held functional information from being falsified and erased. An automobile recorder of the present invention comprises a one-chip data processor coupled to signal lines transmitting functional information indicating vehicle conditions and an external memory. The data processor comprises an input circuit which takes input of functional information, an MRAM for temporarily storing functional information, and a central processing unit (CPU). The CPU performs wrap-around control for storing functional information into the MRAM. The CPU also performs disabling control for disabling storing of functional information when the amount of new information being stored on the MRAM by wrap-around control in response to and following a certain event occurrence has reached a specific quantity that is less than a storage capacity from the initial address to the end address. Thereby, the on-chip MRAM can hold functional information acquired before and after an event occurrence.	10-01-2009

Hideki Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110091756	LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND ELECTRODE WOUND BODY FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY - In a lithium ion battery, including: a battery case; and a wound electrode body formed by attaching an unwinding prevention tape to a circumference of a wound electrode structure which is formed by winding a laminate of a tape-form negative electrode and a tape-form positive electrode together with a tape-form separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution, sealed up together within the battery case; the unwinding prevention tape is formed of a composite material of a vinylidene fluoride resin and an aromatic polyester resin. As a result, it is possible to provide a lithium ion battery which can stably prevent the unwinding of the wound electrode structure and a decrease of power even under a high-temperature service condition as encountered in a large-power use, and also such a wound electrode body for the lithium ion battery.	04-21-2011
20120157590	Process for Producing Non-Aqueous Battery Electrode-Forming Binder Solutions, and Non-Aqueous Battery Electrode-Forming Binder Solution - Provided is a process for producing non-aqueous battery electrode-forming binder solutions which includes a step of performing filtration with a filtration accuracy that enables suppressing of the occurrence of internal short circuits (shorts) in non-aqueous batteries such as lithium ion secondary batteries. The process includes a step (A) of filtering a polymer solution of a vinylidene fluoride resin in an organic solvent through a filter membrane (a) that is made of a polyolefin resin and has an initial filtration efficiency of not less than 99.9% for a filtering particle size of 20 μm.	06-21-2012

Hideo Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090299531	ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a deviation value calculation unit which calculates a deviation value from the normal boundary of the relationship between a power index associated with the driving power and the measured rotational speed of the fan, a clogging detection unit which detects, based on the deviation value, clogging in an air duct through which the fan takes in air outside the case and sends it to the radiator, and a deviation value correction unit which corrects the deviation value in accordance with aging of performance of the fan to compensate for deterioration of the clogging detection capability of the clogging detection unit caused by the aging.	12-03-2009
20100177863	X-RAY CT SCANNER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an X-ray CT scanner including: a gantry; a revolving body provided inside the gantry; an X-ray tube assembly provided in the revolving body; a heat radiator provided inside the revolving body so as to be connected to the X-ray tube assembly; a heat storage material provided in the heat radiator and capable of accumulating a heat generated by the X-ray tube assembly; and an X-ray detector provided inside the revolving body so as to oppose the X-ray tube assembly.	07-15-2010
20120096861	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD AND CARBON-DIOXIDE-RECOVERY-TYPE STEAM POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type steam power generation system comprises a boiler that generates steam and an exhaust gas, an absorption tower that allows carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas to be absorbed in an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that regenerates discharges a carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid, a reboiler that heats the absorption liquid of the regeneration tower, a turbine that is rotationally driven by the steam, a condenser that generates condensate by cooling steam exhausted from the turbine, a compressor that compresses the carbon dioxide gas, and a cooler that cools the carbon dioxide gas, which has been compressed by the compressor, while using a part of the condensate as cooling water. The reboiler is supplied with steam from the turbine and steam generated by the cooling of the carbon dioxide gas at the cooler.	04-26-2012
20120096863	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD AND CARBON-DIOXIDE-RECOVERY-TYPE STEAM POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type steam power generation system comprises a boiler that generates steam and an exhaust gas, an absorption tower that allows carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas to be absorbed in an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that discharges a carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid supplied from the absorption tower, a reboiler that heats the absorption liquid of the regeneration tower, a turbine that is rotationally driven by the steam, a first condenser, a second condenser, and a desuperheater. The first condenser generates condensate by cooling steam exhausted from the turbine. The second condenser condenses the carbon dioxide gas while using a part of the condensate as cooling water, and generates hot water.	04-26-2012
20120096865	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD AND CARBON-DIOXIDE-RECOVERY-TYPE STEAM POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type steam power generation system comprises a boiler that produces steam and generates an exhaust gas, a first turbine that is rotationally driven by the steam, an absorption tower allows carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas to be absorbed into an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that discharges the carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid supplied from the absorption tower, a condenser that removes moisture from the carbon dioxide gas, discharged from the regeneration tower, by condensing the carbon dioxide gas using cooling water, a compressor that compresses the carbon dioxide gas from which the moisture is removed by the condenser, and a second turbine that drives the compressor. The steam produced by the cooling water recovering the heat from the carbon dioxide gas in the condenser is supplied to the first turbine or the second turbine.	04-26-2012
20120101767	CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASURING AMOUNT OF REBOILER INPUT HEAT - According to one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separation recovery system includes an absorption tower that allows carbon dioxide to be absorbed to an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that regenerates the absorption liquid, a reboiler that heats the absorption liquid of the regeneration tower, using a heating medium, and a measuring device that measures an amount of heat supplied to the absorption liquid from the heating medium. The measuring device includes a cooler that cools the heating medium discharged from the reboiler, and obtains the amount of heat that is supplied to the absorption liquid from the heating medium by subtracting an amount of heat that is retained by the heating medium cooled by the cooler and an amount of heat, which is removed from the heating medium in the cooler, from an amount of heat that is retained by the heating medium supplied to the reboiler.	04-26-2012
20120118162	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY APPARATUS AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD - The present invention provides a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus capable of recovering heat energy of carbon-dioxide-containing gas which includes an absorbing tower	05-17-2012
20120167760	CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND RECOVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and recovering system includes an absorption tower to cause carbon dioxide to be absorbed in an absorbing solution, a regeneration tower to release the carbon dioxide from the absorbing solution, and at least one measuring apparatus to measure an ultrasound propagation speed in the absorbing solution. Each of the at least one measuring apparatus calculates a dissolved carbon dioxide concentration in the adsorbing solution, based on a temperature measured by a temperature measuring unit, the ultrasound propagation speed measured by an ultrasound propagation speed measuring unit, and a correlation expression which shows a relationship between the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration and the ultrasound propagation speed in the absorbing solution, and is changed according to the temperature of the absorbing solution. The carbon dioxide separating and recovering system controls the system, based on the dissolved carbon dioxide concentration calculated by the measuring apparatus.	07-05-2012
20120230875	CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION AND RECOVERY APPARATUS - After absorbing oxygen together with carbon dioxide in an absorber	09-13-2012
20120240579	CARBON-DIOXIDE-RECOVERY-TYPE THERMAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type thermal power generation system includes an absorption column allows carbon dioxide contained in exhaust gas from a boiler to be absorbed in an absorption liquid, a regeneration column that discharges a carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid supplied from the absorption column, a reboiler that heats the absorption liquid discharged from the regeneration column and supplies steam generated, to the regeneration column, a condenser that generates condensate by cooling the steam exhausted from a turbine, a heater that heats the condensate, a water supply pump that supplies the condensate to the boiler, a line through the steam extracted from the turbine is supplied to the reboiler and the heater, and a steam flow rate adjusting unit. The steam flow rate adjusting unit maintains an amount of steam, which is extracted from the turbine through the line, to be constant.	09-27-2012
20120325089	CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING DEVICE AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing device includes an absorption tower, a regeneration tower, and a cooling unit. A gas containing carbon dioxide and a lean liquid is introduced to the absorption tower which brings the gas and the lean liquid into contact with each other to generate a rich liquid. The regeneration tower generates a lean liquid by diffusing vapor containing carbon dioxide from the rich liquid from the absorption tower, and then returns the lean liquid to the absorption tower. The cooling unit cools at least one of the gas, the lean liquid, and the rich liquid. The cooling unit includes first and second coolers connected in series to each other, by first and second cooling mediums, respectively. The first cooling medium is generated outside the device without using power for cooling in the device. The first cooler is located upstream of the second cooler.	12-27-2012
20130220122	CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND COLLECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and collecting system includes an absorbing tower to cause an absorbing liquid to absorb carbon dioxide, and discharge a rich liquid. The system includes a regenerating tower to cause the absorbing liquid to release the carbon dioxide, and discharge a lean liquid. The system includes a heat exchanger to heat the rich liquid by using the lean liquid. A discharge port of the rich liquid of the exchanger is at a higher position than a supply port of the rich liquid of the regenerating tower so that the rich liquid discharged from the exchanger contains a descending flow by which liquid head pressure loss in a path from the discharge port to the supply port becomes negative, and an absolute value of the liquid head pressure loss becomes larger than an absolute value of flow friction pressure loss in the path.	08-29-2013
20130233015	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY APPARATUS AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes a heat exchanger which heats a first rich liquid, a flow divider which divides the first rich liquid heated by the heat exchanger into a second rich liquid and a third rich liquid, a first release device which heats the second rich liquid and discharges a first semi-lean liquid, a second release device which heats the third rich liquid and discharges a second semi-lean liquid, and a regeneration tower which heats the first and second semi-lean liquids to generate a lean liquid. The first release device heats the second rich liquid, using the lean liquid. The second release device heats the third rich liquid, using a carbon dioxide-containing steam discharged at the regeneration tower. The heat exchanger heats the first rich liquid, using the lean liquid which has passed through the first release device.	09-12-2013
20130343976	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY DEVICE AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a carbon dioxide recovery device includes an absorption tower configured to cause carbon dioxide-containing gas to come in contact with absorbing solution and to generate rich solution absorbing the carbon dioxide, a regeneration tower configured to heat the rich solution, to disperse steam containing the carbon dioxide, and to generate lean solution from which the carbon dioxide is removed, a heat exchanging device configured to exchange heat between the lean solution and the rich solution, to supply the rich solution after the heat exchange to the regeneration tower, and to supply the lean solution after the heat exchange to the absorption tower, and a cooling device configured to cool a part of the rich solution discharged from a first place of the absorption tower and to supply the cooled rich solution to a second place higher than the first place of the absorption tower.	12-26-2013
20140086811	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a carbon dioxide recovering apparatus includes a flow distributor dividing the first rich solution discharged from an absorbing tower into a second rich solution and a third rich solution, a reheat exchanger heating the second rich solution with a lean solution discharged from a releasing tower as a heat source, a heating unit heating the third rich solution with a carbon dioxide containing steam to be released from the releasing tower as a heat source, a gas-liquid separator separating the carbon dioxide containing steam used to heat the third rich solution into carbon dioxide and condensate water, a measuring unit measuring an amount of the condensate water in the gas-liquid separator, and a controller. The controller controls a flow dividing ratio in the flow distributor based on a change in the amount of the condensate water measured by the measuring unit.	03-27-2014
20140208749	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD AND CARBON-DIOXIDE-RECOVERY-TYPE STEAM POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a carbon-dioxide-recovery-type steam power generation system comprises a boiler that produces steam and generates an exhaust gas, a first turbine that is rotationally driven by the steam, an absorption tower allows carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas to be absorbed into an absorption liquid, a regeneration tower that discharges the carbon dioxide gas from the absorption liquid supplied from the absorption tower, a condenser that removes moisture from the carbon dioxide gas, discharged from the regeneration tower, by condensing the carbon dioxide gas using cooling water, a compressor that compresses the carbon dioxide gas from which the moisture is removed by the condenser, and a second turbine that drives the compressor. The steam produced by the cooling water recovering the heat from the carbon dioxide gas in the condenser is supplied to the first turbine or the second turbine.	07-31-2014
20140301927	CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing system includes an absorption tower configured to bring a treatment target gas containing carbon dioxide into contact with an absorption liquid, and to discharge the absorption liquid having absorbed the carbon dioxide. The system further includes a regeneration tower configured to make the absorption liquid discharged from the absorption tower dissipate the carbon dioxide, and to discharge the absorption liquid having dissipated the carbon dioxide. The system further includes a treatment target gas line configured to introduce the treatment target gas into the absorption tower, a first introduction module configured to introduce a first gas having a higher carbon dioxide concentration than the treatment target gas into the treatment target gas line, and a second introduction module configured to introduce a second gas having a lower carbon dioxide concentration than the treatment target gas into the treatment target gas line.	10-09-2014
20140301928	CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY APPARATUS AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY METHOD - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide recovery apparatus includes a heat exchanger which heats a first rich liquid, a flow divider which divides the first rich liquid heated by the heat exchanger into a second rich liquid and a third rich liquid, a first release device which heats the second rich liquid and discharges a first semi-lean liquid, a second release device which heats the third rich liquid and discharges a second semi-lean liquid, and a regeneration tower which heats the first and second semi-lean liquids to generate a lean liquid. The first release device heats the second rich liquid, using the lean liquid. The second release device heats the third rich liquid, using a carbon dioxide-containing steam discharged at the regeneration tower. The heat exchanger heats the first rich liquid, using the lean liquid which has passed through the first release device.	10-09-2014
20140338394	CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and capturing apparatus includes an absorption tower to allow a gas containing carbon dioxide to contact with an absorption liquid and discharge a rich liquid, a regeneration tower to cause the absorption liquid to release a gas containing the carbon dioxide and discharge a lean liquid, and first and second regenerative heat exchangers to heat the rich liquid with the lean liquid. The first regenerative heat exchanger heats the rich liquid with the lean liquid from the second regenerative heat exchanger and discharges the rich liquid in a liquid phase, and the second regenerative heat exchanger heats the rich liquid in the liquid phase with the lean liquid from the regeneration tower. The lean liquid from the first regenerative heat exchanger and the rich liquid from the second regenerative heat exchanger are fed to the absorption and regeneration towers, respectively.	11-20-2014
20150027164	CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATING AND CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and capturing system includes an absorption tower to allow a gas containing carbon dioxide to contact with an absorption liquid and discharge a first rich liquid which is the absorption liquid having absorbed the carbon dioxide, and a regeneration tower to cause the absorption liquid to release a gas containing the carbon dioxide and discharge a lean liquid whose carbon dioxide concentration is lower than that of the rich liquid. The system further includes a reboiler to heat the absorption liquid in the regeneration tower by using steam, and a flow divider to divide the first rich liquid into second and third rich liquids. The system further includes a first heat exchanger to heat the second rich liquid by using the lean liquid, and a second heat exchanger to heat the third rich liquid by using water discharged from the reboiler.	01-29-2015

Hiroshi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080310319	SERVER, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD USED FOR THE SAME - A server includes a packet monitoring unit for monitoring a packet that is sent from a terminal without a function of automatically allocating an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a destination via an unknown network so as to detect the destined IP address of the packet; and a setting changing unit for setting the destined IP address detected by the packet monitoring unit to a self device.	12-18-2008
20110004673	ADDRESS DETERMINATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ADDRESS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An address determination apparatus that determines a valid address that a communication apparatus designates as the address at which a communication starts for indicating the origin of a transmission includes: a duplicate valid address determination means that selects a tentative address, and by an inquiry on a network, determines the existence of a valid address that duplicates the tentative address in the network; a memory means that stores the tentative address as an uncertain address when it is determined by the duplicate valid address determination means that there is no valid address that duplicates the tentative address in the network; and an address determination means that, when a communication apparatus begins communication that designates the address at which the transmission originates, determines the uncertain address that is stored in the memory means as the valid address designated as the address at which the transmission of the communication apparatus originates.	01-06-2011
20110241825	IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD OF GENERATING AND MANAGING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION, TERMINAL, AND GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS - An identification information management system according to the present invention comprises a plurality of terminals communicable with servers and a site management apparatus which manages site containing the terminals. The terminal has an identification information processing unit which assuming that a one-way hash function is f(x) and a terminal-unique ID is a, generates values x satisfying a conditional equation f(x)=a as identification information.	10-06-2011
20120209996	COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is a communication system that includes first and second communication devices operating in conformance with IPv	08-16-2012
20140019641	COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device having an IP address set therein includes a purpose determining unit that determines a communication purpose of a packet to be transmitted; a source address selection unit that, in the case where the communication purpose determined by the purpose determining unit is a predetermined purpose, selects, as a source address, a formal node identification address provided separately from the set IP address in order to identify the communication device, this formal node identification address having a property such that there exist no communication device that receives, through the formal node identification address, a packet having the formal node identification address set therein as a destination address; and a transmitting unit that transmits a packet having the formal node identification address selected by the source address selection unit set therein as the source address.	01-16-2014

Hiroyuki Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080272444	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device that is provided with a step of successively forming a gate insulating film and a gate electrode on a semiconductor substrate and a step of forming a silicon nitride film that covers at least the gate insulating film and the side portions of the gate electrode, in which the silicon nitride film is formed by laminating a plurality of silicon nitride layers by repeating a step of forming a silicon nitride layer of a predetermined thickness by the low-pressure chemical vapor deposition method and a step of exposing the silicon nitride layer to nitrogen.	11-06-2008
20110281411	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An amorphous silicon layer and a single crystal silicon layer are formed in an upper portion of a silicon pillar. Then, by performing the selective epitaxial growth method twice, an amorphous silicon layer and an amorphous silicon germanium layer are formed in this order on the silicon pillar. Subsequently, by heat treatment, a second impurity diffusion layer including a single crystal silicon layer is formed in the upper portion of the silicon pillar. At the same time of the formation of the second impurity diffusion layer, a first contact plug including a single crystal silicon layer and a polycrystalline silicon germanium layer is formed on the silicon pillar. Then, a second contact plug made of metal is formed so that it is connected to the first contact plug.	11-17-2011

Ikuhiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090003602	Electronic Information Embedding Method and Extracting Method, Electronic Information Burying Apparatus and Extracting Apparatus, and Programs Therefor - On embedding electronic watermark data in point group data obtained from a three-dimensional measurement, an x-y plane region defining the point group data is divided into a plurality of small regions so that a point group is produced with respect to each of small regions. The coordinate values of each point group are offset with making a barycenter of the point group be an origin point. A discrete Fourier transform is carried out in order to produce a Fourier coefficient sequence, which is modified into a watermarked Fourier coefficient sequence. The inverse discrete Fourier transform is carried out on the watermarked coefficient sequence in order to produce a watermarked complex number sequence. An optimum watermark embedding strength is calculated. On the basis of the embedding strength, the Fourier coefficient sequence is modified to produce a watermarked Fourier coefficient sequence which is inversely offset into the watermarked point group data.	01-01-2009

Iwao Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100176768	CHARGING CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND CHARGING CONTROLLER USING SAME - A charging control circuit for a secondary battery includes a temperature detection terminal for detecting the temperature of a secondary battery from an input detected voltage; a temperature comparison part having four threshold voltages corresponding to four reference temperatures, the temperature comparison part being configured to compare the four threshold voltages with the detected voltage input to the temperature detection terminal and to output a temperature range signal indicating the temperature range of the detected voltage; and a control part configured to control a charging current and/or a charging voltage based on the temperature range signal output from the temperature comparison part.	07-15-2010

Jun Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100054250	RELAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CLIENT DEVICE WITH SERVER - A simple means is used to realize a virtual network communication via an home network and Internet. A relay device	03-04-2010

Kazuhiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100307198	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FIBROUS MATERIAL - It is an object of the present invention to uniformly disperse fibrous material such as short glass fibers so as to be distributed on a collection conveyor, without using compressed air for dispersion of the fibrous material.	12-09-2010

Kazunori Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110132639	PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method produces an undercoat-covered smoothed printed wiring board, requiring no step of polishing the surface of the printed wiring board. A method for producing a solder-resist-covered printed wiring board causes no depression in an area between circuit traces. A printed wiring board so produced is also described. The method for producing a printed wiring board includes applying a photo- and heat-curable resin composition onto at least a part of a surface of a printed wiring substrate; placing an optically transparent smoothing member on the resin layer; moving a hard roller on the smoothing member to thin the applied resin layer to a thickness of interest; placing a negative-image mask on the smoothing member; exposing the applied resin layer to light via the negative-image mask; removing the optically transparent smoothing member; removing a light-unexposed portion of the applied resin layer through development; and completely heat-curing the cured light-exposed portion.	06-09-2011

Kazuo Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080204654	Device For Installing Suction Jig For Eyeglass Lens and Method For Determining Suction Jig Installation Position - An automatic suction device for an eyeglass lens and a method for determining suction jig installation position, capable of recognizing that a frame exchange lens holder is being installed on a placement table, making transition to installation work of a frame exchange mode, and avoiding an erroneous contact between the frame exchange frame and a lens holding frame. The kind of holding means placed on the placement table is determined from an image of the inside of an opening (	08-28-2008
20080231794	Jig Mounting Apparatus - A jig mounting apparatus has a detection optical system that detects reference marker of an eyeglass lens, is configured so as to determine an mounting point based on the reference marker detected by the detection optical system and position the mounting center of jig, which is used in processing the eyeglass lens, on the mounting point to mount the jig on the surface of the eyeglass lens, in which the detection optical system includes: a focusing optical system that focuses a light-emitting optical flux from a light source on the surface of the eyeglass lens, where hidden marks are formed, via an aperture stop; a reflection plate that reflects an optical flux focused by the focusing optical system and passed through the eyeglass lens; and an imaging device that is provided on a position optically approximately conjugate with the aperture stop and configured to focus on a space portion along an optical axis direction from the surface of the eyeglass lens.	09-25-2008
20110085738	EDGE EXTRACTION APPARATUS, SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, AND PROGRAM - An edge extraction device can reduce detected noise other than a contour of an article, and can improve the operability. The edge extraction device includes: an edge detection section which calculates edge strength from an image and detects an edge; a labeling processing section which performs labeling processing on the edge detected by the edge detection section and calculates a length of the edge; an edge enhancement processing section which performs edge enhancement processing by using a value corresponding to the length of the edge, which is calculated by the labeling processing section, and the edge strength, which is calculated by the edge detection; and an edge extraction section which performs binarization processing on a value of the image, which is enhanced by the edge enhancement processing section, by using an adjustable threshold value, and extracts a predetermined edge.	04-14-2011
20120256916	Point cloud data processing device, point cloud data processing method, and point cloud data processing program - A point cloud data processing device extracts features of an object from point cloud data thereof and automatically generates a three-dimensional model in a short time. The device includes a non-plane removing unit for removing points of non-plane areas from the point cloud data, and a plane labeling unit for adding identical labels to points in the same planes other than the points that are removed by the non-plane removing unit so as to segment the point cloud data into planes. The device also includes a three-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting three-dimensional edges based on at least one of lines of intersections of the segmented planes and convex lines that convexly cover the segmented planes. The device further includes a two-dimensional edge extracting unit for extracting two-dimensional edges from within the segmented planes, and an edge integrating unit for integrating the three-dimensional edges and the two-dimensional edges.	10-11-2012
20130121564	POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A point cloud data processing device is equipped with a non-plane area removing unit 101, a plane labeling unit 102, a contour calculating unit 103, and a point cloud data remeasurement request processing unit 106. The non-plane area removing unit 101 removes point cloud data relating to non-plane areas from point cloud data in which a two-dimensional image of an object is linked with data of three-dimensional coordinates of plural points that form the two-dimensional image. The plane labeling unit 102 adds labels for identifying planes with respect to the point cloud data in which the data of the non-plane areas are removed. The contour calculating unit 103 calculates a contour of the object by using local flat planes based on a local area that is connected with the labeled plane. The point cloud data remeasurement request processing unit 106 requests remeasurement of the point cloud data.	05-16-2013
20130176305	POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - The device includes a unit obtaining an object's point cloud position data, a unit obtaining the object's image data, a unit in which co-relationship between point cloud position data obtained in the point cloud position data obtaining unit through a primary viewpoint or image data obtained in the image data obtaining unit through the primary viewpoint and image data obtained in the image data obtaining unit through a secondary (different from the primary) viewpoint are identified, a unit forming a three-dimensional model by the data obtained in the point cloud position data obtaining unit, and a unit controlling displaying of the model formed in the model forming unit on a displaying device. The model forming unit forms a three-dimensional model having direction seen from the secondary viewpoint, depending on the co-relationship identified in the co-relationship identifying unit. Operators see the model seen from the secondary viewpoint as an image.	07-11-2013
20130181983	POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A point cloud data processing device is equipped with a non-plane area removing unit	07-18-2013
20140037194	THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD POSITION DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A technique is provided for efficiently process three-dimensional point cloud position data that are obtained at different viewpoints. A projecting plane is set in a measurement space as a parameter for characterizing a target plane contained in plural planes that form an object. The target plane and other planes are projected on the projecting plane. Then, a distance between each plane and the projecting plane is calculated at each grid point on the projecting plane, and the calculated matrix data is used as a range image that characterizes the target plane. The range image is also formed with respect to the other planes and with respect to planes that are viewed from another viewpoint. The range images of the two viewpoints are compared, and a pair of the planes having the smallest difference between the range images thereof is identified as matching planes between the two viewpoints.	02-06-2014

Kazuya Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081617	THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES - Disclosed is a therapeutic agent effective for the fundamental treatment of a spinal cord injury and a demyelinating disease. Specifically disclosed are a therapeutic agent for a spinal cord injury and a therapeutic agent for a demyelinating disease, each of which comprises an HGF protein as an active ingredient.	04-01-2010
20120021040	THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR SPINAL CORD INJURIES - Disclosed is a therapeutic agent effective for the fundamental treatment of a spinal cord injury and a demyelinating disease. Specifically disclosed are a therapeutic agent for a spinal cord injury and a therapeutic agent for a demyelinating disease, each of which comprises an HGF protein as an active ingredient.	01-26-2012

Keiichi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110187329	BATTERY CONDITION DETECTOR, BATTERY PACK INCLUDING SAME, AND BATTERY CONDITION DETECTING METHOD - A battery condition detector configured to detect a micro short circuit of a rechargeable battery is disclosed. The battery condition detector includes a processing part configured to calculate the remaining capacity and the full-charge capacity of a rechargeable battery	08-04-2011

Ken Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100215804	FOOD PRODUCT SUITABLE FOR PERSON WHO HAS DIFFICULTY IN CHEWING OR SWALLOWING - A food product that is suitable for an elderly person or a person who has difficulty in chewing or swallowing is obtained by impregnating a material with an enzyme, said food product having a smooth texture and sufficient softness to be crushed by the gums or tongue in the mouth, while maintaining the natural shape and color of the material. The food product has a compressive strength of 5×10	08-26-2010

Kenichi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090127495	SmCo-BASED MAGNETIC FINE PARTICLES, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides weather-resistant SmCo-based magnetic fine particles and a magnetic recording medium with both weather resistance and high recording density. The SmCo-based magnetic fine particles of the invention include SmCo-based nanoparticles and a hydrophobic polymer covering at least part of the surfaces of the SmCo-based nanoparticles. The magnetic recording medium of the invention also has a magnetic layer comprising at least SmCo-based magnetic fine particles and a hydrophobic binder, wherein the SmCo-based magnetic fine particles include SmCo-based nanoparticles and a hydrophobic polymer covering at least part of the SmCo-based nanoparticle surfaces.	05-21-2009
20090136783	MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a magnetic recording medium with both weather resistance and high recording density. The magnetic recording medium of the invention has a magnetic layer comprising at least SmCo-based magnetic fine particles and a hydrophobic binder, wherein the SmCo-based magnetic fine particles include a core composed of SmCo-based nanoparticles and a hydrophilic polymer covering at least a portion of the surface of the core.	05-28-2009
20090142623	MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a magnetic recording medium capable of obtaining high recording density and also having a hardly charged magnetic layer. The magnetic recording tape	06-04-2009

Kosuke Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120087720	DISSIMILAR MATERIAL JOINT STRUCTURE - In a dissimilar material joint structure that joins together an anti vibration bar (first member)	04-12-2012
20130316191	WELDING STRUCTURE AND WELDING METHOD - A welding structure (	11-28-2013

Kotaro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100243552	MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE IN IMMERSION TYPE MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS - [Problem] To present a membrane cartridge in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus capable of suppressing vibrations applied to the membrane cartridge by an ascending force of membrane cleaning gas and others by firmly coupling the adjacent membrane cartridges disposed in parallel.	09-30-2010
20100243555	MEMBRANE ELEMENT IN IMMERSION TYPE MEMBRANE SEPARATION APPARATUS - [Problem] To present a membrane element in an immersion type membrane separation apparatus capable of filtering efficiently by holding a uniform filtering capacity on the whole of the membrane surface if clogging occurs in a part of the membrane surface.	09-30-2010
20140151283	DESALINATION SYSTEM AND DESALINATION METHOD - This desalinization system, which obtains industrial-use water and drinking water from seawater and wastewater, is provided with: a purification device that purifies wastewater by removing activated sludge therefrom; a first RO membrane that removes salt from the output of the purification device by transferring said salt to first concentrated water, thereby producing industrial-use water; a UF membrane that seawater passes through and that removes particulates from said seawater; a second RO membrane that removes salt from the treated output of the UF membrane by transferring said salt to second concentrated water, producing drinking water; an agitation device to which the second concentrated water from the second RO membrane and the first concentrated water from the first RO membrane are sent to be agitated; and a third RO membrane removing salt from the liquid mixture agitated by the agitation device by transferring said salt to third concentrated water, producing industrial-use water.	06-05-2014
20140263013	FRESH WATER GENERATION SYSTEM - Provided is a fresh water generation system which filters biotreated water produced by microbiologically treating waste water via a primary semi-permeable membrane (	09-18-2014
20140360937	REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT DEVICE - A reverse osmosis treatment device includes: a first pressure vessel for treating an untreated water to produce a primarily treated water and a first permeated water; a second pressure vessel for treating the primarily treated water to produce a secondarily treated water and a second permeated water; a first cleaning solution tank for storing a first cleaning solution for cleaning the first pressure vessel; and a second cleaning solution tank for storing a second cleaning solution for cleaning the second pressure vessel. Each of the first pressure vessel and the second pressure vessel has therein a reverse osmosis membrane element having a reverse osmosis membrane. The first cleaning solution tank is connected to the first concentrate outlet pipe of the first pressure vessel, and the second cleaning solution tank is connected to the inlet pipe for the primarily treated water of the second pressure vessel.	12-11-2014
20140360941	REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a reverse osmosis treatment apparatus which decreases operation power by utilizing a back pressure caused by regulating an amount of permeated water. The reverse osmosis treatment apparatus includes a first pressure vessel for a primary treatment of untreated water, and a second pressure vessel for a secondary treatment of the water treated by the primary treatment, wherein a reverse osmosis membrane element having a reverse osmosis membrane or the plurality of reverse osmosis membrane elements are arranged in series along a water collection pipe in the first pressure vessel and the second pressure vessel. The first pressure vessel includes a first outlet pipe which discharges permeated water, and a permeated water flow control valve connected to the first outlet pipe and regulating a pressure in the first pressure vessel. An energy recovery apparatus is provided between the first outlet pipe and the permeated water flow control valve.	12-11-2014

Kumiko Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120252768	COMPOSITION CONTAINING PROTOPANAXATRIOL AND PROTOPANAXADIOL - A composition including: at least one mixture selected from the group consisting of a mixture of (A) panaxatriol and (B) protopanaxatriol and a mixture of (C) panaxadiol and (D) protopanaxadiol, wherein a ratio (A)/(B) of a mass of the (A) panaxatriol to a mass of the (B) protopanaxatriol is 1 or greater, and a ratio (C)/(D) of a mass of the (C) panaxadiol to a mass of the (D) protopanaxadiol is 1 or greater.	10-04-2012
20120258184	HYPERLIPEMIA-AMELIORATING AGENT, ANEMIA-AMELIORATING COMPOSITION, URIC-ACID-LEVEL-REDUCING COMPOSITION, AND FOOD OR BEVERAGE - A neutral-fat-level-regulating agent, a cholesterol-level-regulating agent, a free-fatty-acid-level-regulating agent or an anti-obesity agent, including: at least one of protopanaxatriol, panaxatriol, protopanaxadiol and panaxadiol which are aglycons of dammarane-type saponins; and a hyperlipemia-ameliorating agent including: at least one of the neutral-fat-level-regulating agent, the cholesterol-level-regulating agent, the free-fatty-acid-level-regulating agent and the anti-obesity agent.	10-11-2012
20130131025	HYPERLIPEMIA-AMELIORATING AGENT, ANEMIA-AMELIORATING COMPOSITION, URIC-ACID-LEVEL-REDUCING COMPOSITION, AND FOOD OR BEVERAGE - A neutral-fat-level-regulating agent, a cholesterol-level-regulating agent, a free-fatty-acid-level-regulating agent or an anti-obesity agent, including: at least one of protopanaxatriol, panaxatriol, protopanaxadiol and panaxadiol which are aglycons of dammarane-type saponins and a hyperlipemia-ameliorating agent including: at least one of the neutral-fat-level-regulating agent, the cholesterol-level-regulating agent, the free-fatty-acid-level-regulating agent and the anti-obesity agent.	05-23-2013

Mamoru Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100004111	Antimicrobial Glass and Method of Producing Antimicrobial Glass - An antimicrobial glass is provided which can release a predetermined amount of silver ion rapidly for a long period of time and can provide a predetermined antimicrobial treatment repeatedly to a matter to be antibacterialized during or after washing and which is excellent in discoloration prevention effect and discriminativity, and a method for producing the same is also provided.	01-07-2010

Masahide Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100297488	EXPLOSION-PROOF STRUCTURE OF POWER SOURCE PART, EXPLOSION-PROOF TYPE BATTERY UNIT AND EXPLOSION-PROOF TYPE GAS ALARM - Provided is an explosion-proof structure of a power source part, an explosion-proof type battery unit and an explosion-proof type gas alarm, in which the degree of temperature rise upon short circuit of a secondary battery is reduced and explosion-proof performance with high reliability is achieved. The explosion-proof structure of a power source in an explosion-proof type apparatus employing a secondary battery as a power source for driving is fabricated by arranging a heat-radiating member composed of a metal at an outer peripheral surface of the secondary battery in a state that at least a part thereof comes into close contact with the surface. The explosion-proof type battery unit is composed of a cylindrical secondary battery and a heat-radiating member composed of a metal provided at an outer peripheral surface of the secondary battery in a state that at least a part thereof comes into close contact with the surface. The explosion-proof type gas alarm is fabricated by using the explosion-proof type battery unit or providing the heat-radiating member in a housing in a gas alarm body to form the explosion-proof structure of the power source part.	11-25-2010

Masahiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110147954	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RESIN COMPOSITION USED FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device of the present invention (	06-23-2011
20130022768	MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a multilayer structure, comprising: a layer of a resin composition (A); a layer of a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (B) having an ethylene content of from 20 to 65 mol % and having a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 96% or more; and a layer of polyolefin (C) arranged on one side or both sides of those layers, wherein the resin composition (A) contains polyolefin (D), a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (E) having an ethylene content of from 20 to 65 mol % and having a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 96% or more, and a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (F1) having an ethylene content of from 68 to 98 mol % and having a degree of saponification of vinyl acetate units of 20% or more and/or an acid-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (F2) having an ethylene content of from 68 to 98 mol %, the saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (E) has a mass ratio [E/(F1+F2)] of from 0.05 to 30 to a total amount of the saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (F1) and the acid-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (F2), the polyolefin (D) has the saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (E) having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 1.8 μm dispersed in a matrix thereof, the layer of the resin composition (A) has a thickness of from 50 to 1000 μm, and the layer of the polyolefin (C) has a thickness of from 25 to 1000 μm. This enables to provide a multilayer structure having good gas barrier properties after retort processing and a good appearance.	01-24-2013

Masashi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080205693	MONITORING AND OPERATION IMAGE INTEGRATING SYSTEM OF PLANTS AND MONITORING AND OPERATION IMAGE INTEGRATING METHOD - A monitoring and operation image integrating system include: a display signal synthesizing unit to which a display signal from a plurality of safety equipments and that from non-safety equipment are inputted, and which synthesizes a display signal from the plural safety equipments and a display signal from the non-safety equipment; display signal switching unit to which a state signal showing an operation state of whether or not each monitoring and operation screen image of the plural safety equipments displays an operating device of the equipment, is inputted, and which switches a display signal from a safety equipment to be synthesized by the display signal synthesizing unit based on the inputted state signals; and an integrated monitoring and operation screen display that displays a display signal synthesized by the display signal synthesizing unit as an integrated monitoring and operation screen of a plant.	08-28-2008
20140084728	ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A concentrated winding motor having the combination of the number of poles and the number of slots of 10:12 or 14:12 includes coils in the same phase that are adjacent to each other and have mutually different numbers of coil turns.	03-27-2014
20140084741	ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine includes: a stator including a stator core and a polyphase stator coil incorporated into the stator core; and a rotor including a rotor core and a plurality of permanent magnets which is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the rotor core, wherein the stator core has a plurality of stator tooth portions forming a slot into which the stator coil is stored, the rotor core is rotatably disposed in opposed relation to the stator, and the stator tooth portion includes at the tip thereof at least one nonmagnetic inner region.	03-27-2014

Masatoshi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100176387	ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic thin-film transistor of the present invention has a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor layer provided above a substrate, and further has a thiol compound layer composed of a benzenethiol compound and provided on a surface of the source electrode and a thiol compound layer composed of a benzenethiol compound and provided on a surface of the drain electrode. This makes it possible to provide an organic thin-film transistor whose threshold voltage can be selectively controlled without greatly affecting a current characteristic other than the threshold voltage.	07-15-2010

Mitsuharu Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090196795	MICROCHIP INSPECTION DEVICE - A microchip inspecting device with a temperature control function capable of performing accurate inspection. The inspection device comprises a microchip containing part in which microchips having a part to be detected and a part to be temperature-adjusted is contained, a detection section disposed corresponding to the part to be detected of the microchip contained in the microchip containing part, a temperature adjusting section disposed corresponding to the part to be temperature-adjusted of the microchip contained in the microchip containing part, and a control section for reducing the power of the temperature adjusting section when the part to be detected the microchip contained in the microchip containing part is detected by the detection section.	08-06-2009

Naoyuki Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100056824	METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF 1,2,3,4-BENZENETETRACARBOXYLIC ACID - A method for preparation of 1,2,3,4-benzenetetracarboxylic acid includes oxidizing 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydrophenanthrene with potassium permanganate.	03-04-2010
20100147564	ASYMMETRIC LINEAR POLYIMIDES AND THEIR POLYIMIDE PRECURSORS, AND THEIR MANUFACTURING METHODS - Disclosed is a linear polyimide precursor having an intrinsic viscosity of not less than 0.5 dL/g and composed of a repeating unit represented by at least one formula selected from the group consisting of the general formula (1) below and the general formula (2) below. In the general formulae (1) and (2), X represents a divalent aromatic group other than a residue of 1,4-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene and a residue of bis(4-amino-3-methylphenyl)methane or an aliphatic group. Since this linear polyimide precursor has high glass transition temperature and high toughness, while exhibiting excellent solubility and thermoplasticity, it is suitably used as a raw material for an asymmetric polyimide which is useful as an adhesive resin for flexible printed circuits (FPC) or the like.	06-17-2010
20120088109	LINEAR POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR, LINEAR POLYIMIDE AND HEAT-CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM - A linear polyimide is produced from mellophanic dianhydride, diamine (NH	04-12-2012

Rei Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110016922	VACUUM DEGASSING APPARATUS, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PRODUCTS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PRODUCTS - A vacuum degassing apparatus having a throughput of at least 200 tons/day without causing problems such as a stagnation of molten glass flow in the molten glass flow path, an increment of flow rate of the molten glass flow in a local area, an excessive increment of pressure loss of the molten glass flow.	01-27-2011

Ryu Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120225223	INK-JET RECORDING MATERIAL - The present invention provides an ink-jet recording material containing: a support; and at least two ink-receiving layers of an ink-receiving underlayer and an ink-receiving top layer, the ink-receiving layers containing a pigment and a binder and being disposed on the support; characterized in that the ink-receiving top layer contains: a finely agglomerated pigment with an average particle diameter of 0.008 to 0.7 μm, selected from the group consisting of a silica, an alumina, and an alumina hydrate; and a coarse-grained pigment with an average particle diameter of 1 to 30 μm, the coarse-grained pigment being contained in an amount of 1 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the finely agglomerated pigment.	09-06-2012

Shinya Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100329426	MOBILE X-RAY APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to a mobile X-ray apparatus having a main unit, a moving carriage for installing the main unit, a column standing on the moving carriage, an X-ray generator supported by the column, and an image reader for reading X-ray image information from an imaging plate in which the X-ray image information is stored. The X-ray apparatus is provided with a brake for putting a brake on the moving carriage, a brake control means for applying the brake or releasing the brake, a read control means for prohibiting reading by the image reader, while the brake control means releases the brake, a cassette loading slot for inserting a cassette enclosing the imaging plate into the image reader, a blocking member for closing at least a part of the cassette loading slot to block the cassette to be inserted, and an open and close control means for closing the blocking member to prevent insertion of the cassette while the read control means prohibits reading.)	12-30-2010
20100329427	MOBILE X-RAY APPARATUS - A mobile X-ray apparatus including a main body portion, a mobile dolly on which the main body portion is mounted, a support pole that is erectly provided on the mobile dolly, an X-ray generator supported on the support pole, and an image reading device for reading image information from an imaging plate in which X-ray image information is stored, and further including detecting means for detecting whether the mobile dolly is being moved, and reading control means for prohibiting reading of the image reading device when it is detected by the detecting means that the mobile dolly is being moved.	12-30-2010

Shoichi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120130655	DEGRADATION MONITORING METHOD AND DEGRADATION MONITORING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A damage calculation unit (	05-24-2012

Shuichi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090305791	GAME MACHINE - To provide a game machine capable of recording a play score for a team constituted of self and partners in a portable recording medium separately for each team, and executing team-specific game processing by using recorded data regarding the team.	12-10-2009

Tadakuni Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090029850	Method for Preparing a Catalyst for Dehydrogenation of Cyclohexanol - A copper oxide based catalyst for dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol which is a copper oxide-zinc oxide based catalyst or a copper oxide-silicon oxide based catalyst further comprising one of palladium, platinum and ruthenium in a very small amount; and a method for preparing the copper oxide based catalyst which comprises combining the co-precipitation method or the kneading method and the spray method. The copper oxide based catalyst for dehydrogenation of cyclohexanol exhibits high activity and high selectivity, and thus may be used for producing cyclohexanone at a reduced reaction temperature and/or with an enhanced yield, as compared to a conventional catalyst.	01-29-2009

Tadashi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100303334	PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A fine pattern, such as a semiconductor integrated circuit (LSI), a liquid crystal panel, and a photomask (reticle) for the semiconductor or the liquid crystal panel, which are fabricated based on data for fabricating the fine pattern such as design data is inspected by a pattern inspection apparatus. The pattern inspection apparatus for inspecting a pattern to-be-inspected uses an image of the pattern to-be-inspected and data for fabricating the pattern to-be-inspected. The pattern inspection apparatus includes a reference pattern generation device configured to generate a reference pattern represented by one or more lines from the data, an image generation device configured to generate the image of the pattern to-be-inspected, a detecting device configured to detect an edge of the image of the pattern to-be-inspected, and an inspection device configured to inspect the pattern to-be-inspected by comparing edges of the image of the pattern to-be-inspected with the one or more lines of the reference pattern.	12-02-2010
20140200709	Machining Condition Estimating Apparatus and Machining Condition Estimating Method - A machining condition estimating apparatus, for estimating a long life-time machining condition, by suppressing boundary wears, from among plural numbers of choices of machining conditions, without building up database, comprise: a means for defining an analysis model presenting shapes of a tool and a cutting material, to be a target of analysis, and various kinds of machining condition parameters relating to relative positions between the tool and the cutting material; a means for setting up an initial value for use of analysis and change volume of the machining condition parameter as analysis parameters; a means for conducting geometric calculation of contact length, over which the tool and the cutting material of the model contact with, for each analysis parameter; a means for producing a distribution waveform, plotting the contact length “Lci” for each position “γi” of a point on each blade edge calculated, on “γi”−“Lci” coordinates, thereby to calculate a ratio of movement length of a boundary portion with respect to the maximum contact length (boundary movement rate) and a ratio of width, over which a tool blade contacts with the cutting material (contact rate); a means for searching the analysis parameter, with which the boundary movement rate or the contact rate comes to maximum, respectively; and a means for outputting a long life-time machining condition selected from the analysis parameters searched.	07-17-2014

Takahiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120108582	Fused substituted aminopyrrolidine derivative - A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure.	05-03-2012
20120329791	Substituted Imidazopyridinyl-Aminopyridine Compounds - The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyridinyl-aminopyridine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted imidazopyridinyl-aminopyridine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.	12-27-2012
20130029977	Fused substituted aminopyrrolidine derivative - A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure.	01-31-2013
20140073635	Substituted Imidazopyridinyl-Aminopyridine Compounds - The present invention relates to substituted imidazopyridinyl-aminopyridine compounds and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing substituted imidazopyridinyl-aminopyridine compounds and methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.	03-13-2014
20140142096	Fused Substituted Aminopyrrolidine Derivative - A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure.	05-22-2014

Takashi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120103401	SOLAR CELL PANEL - A solar cell panel that is capable of preventing damage to the edge portions of the panel. The solar cell panel is provided with a pair of first protective ribs (	05-03-2012
20120118360	SOLAR CELL MODULE, SOLAR CELL PANEL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOLAR CELL PANEL - A solar cell module, a solar cell panel, a process for producing a solar cell module and a process for producing a solar cell panel that are capable of inhibiting EVA protrusions and recesses, and capable of inhibiting penetration of moisture into the interior of the solar cell module. The solar cell module comprises a transparent substrate and a back substrate disposed across a photovoltaic layer, an inner seal portion disposed between, and surrounding the periphery of, the transparent substrate and the back substrate, a gap formed in a portion of the inner seal portion and linking a region in which an encapsulant is disposed with the outside, an encapsulant disposed inside the region surrounded by the transparent substrate, the back substrate and the inner seal portion, and an outer seal portion that covers the gap.	05-17-2012
20120239802	TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND OPERATION OF THE TRANSACTION PROCESS SYSTEM - A transaction processing system includes an application server having a transaction processing unit, a process monitoring unit, a database server having a database, and a database management unit. The transaction processing unit sends a transaction identifier for identifying the transaction to the database management unit, requests a session process, and outputs the transaction identifier to the process monitoring unit. The process monitoring unit receives the transaction identifier, receives a session identifier for identifying the session process returned by the database management unit, and sends an instruction to terminate the session process to the database management unit after a certain period of time, and the database management unit creates the session identifier, correlates the session identifier with the transaction identifier which are stored, starts the session process, returns the correlated session identifier to the process monitoring unit when receiving the transaction identifier, and terminates the session process when receiving the instruction.	09-20-2012
20130166950	DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A data processing device	06-27-2013

Takuro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110263762	POLYLACTIC ACID COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - A composition comprising polylactic acid and having excellent heat stability, especially moist heat stability, and a molded article thereof.	10-27-2011

Tatsuya Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120013371	GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A gate driving circuit for driving a voltage-driven switching device is provided with a current limiting circuit for limiting a gate current ig that flows into a gate terminal through a gate resistor at turn-on to a current limit value IL which defines an upper limit value. The current limit value IL is set at a value which is larger than a gate current value I	01-19-2012
20120153998	GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT - A gate drive circuit capable of turning on a semiconductor switching element at high speed, which includes: a buffer circuit including a turn-on-drive switching element and a turn-off-drive switching element that are complementarily turned on and off, for driving the semiconductor switching element; a first DC voltage supply including a positive electrode connected to the source or emitter of the turn-on-drive switching element and a negative electrode connected to a reference potential; and a second DC voltage supply including a positive electrode connected to the source or emitter of the turn-off-drive switching element and a negative electrode connected to the reference potential.	06-21-2012
20120299407	INVERTER-INTEGRATED DRIVING MODULE - A first inverter ventilation aperture is disposed so as to pass through a portion of a fin base that faces a bearing, a first rotor ventilation aperture is disposed so as to pass through a portion of a bottom surface portion that faces the bearing, and a first cooling airflow ventilation channel is formed in which a cooling airflow flows radially inward through radiating fins, then flows toward a first surface side of a mount portion through the first inverter ventilation aperture, flows axially through an interior portion of a stator core, and then flows out between the bottom surface portion and a base portion through the first rotor ventilation aperture, and subsequently flows radially outward between the bottom surface portion and the base portion due to rotational driving of a centrifugal fan.	11-29-2012
20120319542	INVERTER-INTEGRATED DRIVING MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Phase coils are each configured by winding a conductor wire in a concentrated winding consecutively on three circumferentially consecutive tooth portions, six inverter units of an inverter module are each disposed in close proximity to a motor so as to face each of the phase coils axially, and the motor and the inverter module are electrically connected by connecting an alternating-current output terminals of each of the plurality of inverter units to output wires of the phase coils that face the inverter units axially.	12-20-2012

Teruo Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253343	Toy top playing apparatus - A toy top playing apparatus for one person to play a toy top spinning game. A main body of the apparatus is provided with a display portion for displaying a game point, a play stage for spinning a toy top thereon, a dummy toy top simulating a toy top and arranged on the play stage, a sensor for detecting contact between the toy top and the dummy toy top, and a control section for processing the game point displayed on the display portion when the sensor detects the contact. The dummy toy top rotates on its axis, and a rotational direction thereof is controlled.	10-08-2009

Tomoko Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110182041	LEAD-FREE SOLDER AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT BUILT-IN MODULE - First solder is lead-free solder that contains no lead (Pb). The first solder includes a first metal that contains at least Sn; and a second metal that contains at least a Ni—Fe alloy.	07-28-2011
20130194513	TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, television receiver includes: first component; second component; pressing member. The pressing member includes: two second fixing portions; pressing portion; first and second arms; first and second reinforcements. Pressing portion presses the first component. First and second arms extend between the pressing portion and the two second fixing portions, respectively. First reinforcement includes a first portion extended from one of the second fixing portions to a first middle point between the one of the second fixing portion and the pressing portion, and positioned away from one of the first fixing portions. Second reinforcement includes a second portion extended from other one of the second fixing portions to a second middle point between the other one of the second fixing portions and the pressing portion, and positioned away from other one of the fixing portions. Second fixing portions are positioned on one side of the first component.	08-01-2013
20130286296	TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, A television receiver includes: a display device comprising a screen; a first housing configured to house at least a part of the display device in a state exposing the screen, the first housing comprising an accommodating part and a first connector facing the accommodating part; a second housing configured to be detachably accommodated in the accommodating part, the second housing comprising a second connector configured to be electrically connected to the first connector; a cover configured to cover the accommodating part and to be removably placed on the first housing; and a first buffer between the second housing and the cover, the first buffer being configured to extend in a longitudinal direction of the accommodating part.	10-31-2013

Tomomitsu Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100297956	RECEIVER, TRANSCEIVER, AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - The invention provides a control method for generating variable operating currents in relation to input signal power and output signal power and achieving both low noise and low power consumption. Emitter follower circuits are attached to output terminals of a frequency divider for generating a local signal. By adjusting the currents flowing through the emitter follower circuits, the amount of currents flowing into mixers is adjusted. When the amount of currents of local signals flowing into the mixers increases, the effect of noise suppression is expected. The amount of the currents flowing through the emitter follower circuits is changed depending on the amplification factor of variable amplifiers.	11-25-2010

Toshihiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100045211	BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING DEVICE AND BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING METHOD - A brightness adjusting device has: a warm-up time determining unit which calculates a temperature difference between the outside temperature detected by an outside temperature detecting unit and the inside temperature detected by an inside temperature detecting unit and reading and determining a warm-up time corresponding to the calculated temperature difference, as an estimated warm-up time, from a product inside temperature table stored in a product inside temperature table storing unit; a target brightness value determining unit which reads and determines a target brightness value, which corresponds to the estimated warm-up time read and determined by a warm-up time estimating unit, from a target brightness value table stored in a target brightness value table storing unit; and a brightness value setting unit which sets a brightness value of the display device according to the target brightness value read and determined by the target brightness value calculating unit.	02-25-2010

Toshio Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090197317	TSG-Like Gene - A gene encoding a novel protein that is homologous to	08-06-2009
20090275082	Mast Cell-Derived Membrane Proteins - An originally developed efficient signal sequence trapping method was used to screen a cDNA library prepared from cultured mast cells derived from mouse bone marrow. As a result, genes encoding type I membrane proteins and comprising a single immunoglobulin domain in the extracellular domain and a motif for transmitting an inhibitory signal into cells were successfully isolated.	11-05-2009
20090280483	Methods for Screening Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Signal Transduction Inhibitors - The present invention provides methods for screening compounds which inhibit activation of a member of the IL-6 signaling pathways, comprising: (a) a positive screening step using a cell capable of being killed by IL-6 stimulation to select compounds which inhibit death of the cell when it is stimulated by IL-6; and then (b) a biochemical screening step to further select compounds which inhibit activation of a member of the IL-6 signaling pathways by a biochemical means from the compounds selected in step (a). The present invention also provides compounds which inhibit activation of a member of the IL-6 signaling pathways identified using said methods.	11-12-2009
20110257366	Method for screening candidate compounds for antitumor drug - Investigation on the frequency of FLT3/ITD found in various blood cancers has revealed that the frequency is high in acute myeloblastic leukemia in particular. Studies on the effects of FLT3/ITD in the blood cell lines revealed that the tyrosine residues in FLT3/ITD is constitutively phosphorylated in these cell lines and that blood cells into which FLT3/ITD is introduced show IL-3 independent proliferation. Moreover, the blood cells into which FLT3/ITD is introduced are found to be capable of forming tumors and inhibit cell differentiation. The inventors have found that it is possible to screen for pharmaceutical compounds against tumors by using inhibition of these FLT3/ITD functions as an index.	10-20-2011
20120046247	1,5-DIPHENYL-PENTA-1,4-DIEN-3-ONE COMPOUNDS - This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), (II), or (III) as shown in the specification, which contain a 1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one backbone. These compounds can be used to treat cancer, inflammatory disease, or autoimmune disease.	02-23-2012
20140371177	TREATMENT OF CANCER, INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE - A method of treating cancer, inflammatory disease, and autoimmune disease by administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of one or more 1,5-dipenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one compounds. The compounds feature either or both of the phenyl rings being substituted with hydroxyl, diethyl(2-alkoxyethyl)amine, 1-(2-alkoxyethyl)piperidine, sulfonate, phosphinate, or phosphate.	12-18-2014

Touru Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110231144	PHYSICAL AMOUNT MEASURING DEVICE AND PHYSICAL AMOUNT MEASURING METHOD - It is possible to rapidly or highly accurately estimate a highly reliable offset according to situations and improve further the reliability of the estimated offset even if a measurement data is not obtained in a space in which the magnitude of a vector physical quantity to be measured is uniform. The offset included in the obtained vector physical quantity data are statistically estimated based on a predetermined evaluation formula using a difference vectors. In the estimation of the offset, reliability information on a reference point is calculated based on at least one of the vector physical quantity data, the difference vectors and a plurality of estimated reference points according to a calculation parameter for calculating the reliability information on the reference point, whether or not the reference point is reliable is determined by comparing the reliability information with a determination threshold value, and the reference point determined to be reliable is output as an offset included in vector physical quantity data determined by a data acquisition portion.	09-22-2011

Tsutoma Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080205269	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REROUTING TRAFFIC - A traffic rerouting method for rerouting traffic to be passed to a receiving end from an old path to a new path includes rerouting the traffic by reducing the amount of traffic passing through the old route while at the same time increasing the amount of traffic passing through the new path.	08-28-2008

Tsutomu Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090052331	DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING QUALITY-DEGRADED LOCATION OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - Estimation is carried out with high accuracy based on flow quality information in a situation where, although a set of links that may have a flow passing through is known, which of such links the flow passed through cannot be identified, such as multi-paths routing, load distribution routing, and the like. A device for estimating a quality-degraded location includes a flow quality information collecting section that collects communication quality of a flow of a network, a routing information collecting section that collects routing information of the network, a determining section for determining a quality-degraded flow and a quality-non-degraded flow based on the flow quality information to determine a link through which the flow passes from the routing information of the network, a non-degraded link elimination section that eliminates a link not configuring multi-paths as a non-degraded link without eliminating a link configuring multi-paths as a non-degraded link, for a link on a path of the flow, with respect to the quality-non-degraded flow, and a degraded link determining section for determining a degraded link from links not eliminated as the non-degraded links.	02-26-2009
20090083364	DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, CATALOG SERVER, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM PRODUCT - In order to provide a data communication system that reduces a data amount of messages, a simple catalog identifier 31 is assigned to a plurality of common parameters. Each of terminals or servers replaces the common parameters by the simple and identical catalog identifier and transmits the simple catalog identifier to other terminals or servers.	03-26-2009

Tsuyoshi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120247125	COMMUNICATING STRUCTURE BETWEEN COMBUSTOR AND TURBINE PORTION AND GAS TURBINE - In a communicating structure between combustors that generates combustion gas inside pipe pieces and a turbine portion that generates a rotational driving force by making the combustion gas sequentially pass through a turbine stage formed of turbine stator vanes and turbine rotor blades, at least some of the first-stage turbine stator vanes closest to the combustor among the turbine stator vanes are disposed downstream of sidewalls of one pipe piece and another pipe piece that are adjacent to each other, and the distance from leading edges of the first-stage turbine stator vanes disposed downstream of the sidewalls of the pipe pieces to end portions of the sidewalls closer to the turbine portion is equal to or less than a spacing between an internal surface of the sidewall of the one pipe piece and an internal surface of the sidewall of the other pipe piece.	10-04-2012
20130102628	CRYSTAL OF FUSED PYRIDINE COMPOUND SALT - [Problem] A salt or crystal of a compound which is highly stable in a solid state and useful as a bulk material for the preparation of a pharmaceutical product is provided.	04-25-2013

Yasuhiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090261555	Front fork - A suspension spring (S) and a double-rod damper (D) are installed in the interior of a front fork which comprises a body-side tube (	10-22-2009

Yasutaka Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090320219	Actuator and electric toothbrush using the same - An actuator allows miniaturization by realizing back-and-forth rotating motion of, for example, an electric brush without a drive transmitting mechanism which is a separate entity from a drive source. In a movable body (	12-31-2009
20110203061	ACTUATOR AND ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH USING ACTUATOR - Disclosed is an actuator that generates the reciprocating rotational motion of an electric toothbrush or similar without employing a drive transmission mechanism as a separate entity from a drive source. An actuator (	08-25-2011
20130193780	ACTUATOR AND ELECTRICAL BEAUTY APPLIANCE - An actuator includes a fixed section that includes a spindle and a coil fixed to the spindle, a first movable section that includes a first magnet magnetized in an inside-outside direction and disposed to cover the outer peripheral surface of one end in an axial direction of the fixed section, that is mounted on the spindle in an elastically-maintained state, and that is movable in the axial direction, and a second movable section that includes a second magnet magnetized in the inside-outside direction and disposed to cover the outer peripheral surface of the other end in the axial direction of the fixed section, that is mounted on the spindle in an elastically-maintained state, and that is movable in the axial direction. When current flows in the coil, the first movable section and the second movable section move in the opposite directions.	08-01-2013
20140049514	OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND OPERATION INPUT DETECTING DEVICE - An operation input device includes a coil, an operation part configured to be displaced in an axial direction of the coil by the action of an operation input, a core whose positional relationship with the coil is changed by the displacement of the operation part, a yoke placed outside the coil, and a magnet configured to generate a magnetic flux that flows through the core and the yoke. The coil is configured to output a signal corresponding to the amount of the displacement of the operation part. The operation part is caused to move by an electric current flowing through the coil and the magnetic flux of the magnet.	02-20-2014

Yoichi Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100117711	SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT - A two-terminal semiconductor device is formed on a semiconductor substrate. Two wiring patterns are respectively connected to terminals of the semiconductor device, and two electrode pads are respectively connected to the wiring patterns for connecting a signal input/output circuit formed on a separate substrate. Two parallel wiring patterns are respectively connected to the wiring patterns, and two reactance-circuit connection electrode pads are respectively connected to the parallel wiring patterns for electrically connecting a reactance circuit formed on the separate substrate separately from the signal input/output circuit.	05-13-2010
20100126008	Circuit module and process for producing the same - A circuit module containing a ceramic carrier substrate to carry electronic parts, ceramic substrate pads provided on a surface of the ceramic carrier substrate, and a lid having a cavity and a bottom surface joined to the ceramic substrate pads with solder, the lid being a stepped lid having protrusions adjacent to the cavity, and dents adjacent to the cavity with the protrusions intervening therebetween, the protrusions being in contact with the ceramic carrier substrate with a prescribed distance to the ceramic substrate pads, and the dents being joined to the ceramic substrate pads with solder.	05-27-2010
20100315177	EVEN HARMONIC MIXER - Provided is an even harmonic mixer which is reduced in cost and size. The even harmonic mixer includes: a transducer in which a conductor of a microstrip line is connected to a ground plane of a waveguide, for transducing an RF signal transmitted in a waveguide mode into a transmission mode of the microstrip line; an anti-parallel diode pair which is cascade-connected to a microstrip line side of the transducer, and formed on a semiconductor substrate; a branching circuit for branching an LO signal and an IF signal; an open-end stub which is disposed between the transducer and the anti-parallel diode pair, and has a line length of about ½ wavelength at an RF signal frequency; and an open-end stub which is disposed between the anti-parallel diode pair and the branching circuit, and has a line length of about ¼ wavelength at the RF signal frequency.	12-16-2010
20120273264	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PACKAGE - An electronic component package includes a circuit board which has a mounting surface that does not show wettability for fluxless solder and on which a semiconductor element is mounted, a soldering pattern that shows wettability for the fluxless solder and is formed to surround an area on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a lid that has a shape such that a cavity is formed between the lid and the circuit board, a bonding surface to the soldering pattern is formed in a ring shape, and does not show wettability for the fluxless solder, a solder bonded part that is formed by heating a solder precoat formed of the fluxless solder on a bonding surface of the lid, and a ventilation hole that is formed by providing a bonding surface of the lid exposed in a discontinuous part of the solder precoat after the solder bonded part is formed.	11-01-2012

Yoritaka Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090069832	Pricking Device, and Lancet Assembly and Injector Assembly That Constitute the Same - A pricking device is provided that allows a protruding tip of a distal end portion of a pricking member to be shielded from surround as much as possible and removed from an injector assembly.	03-12-2009
20090143810	Lancet Assembly and Pricking Device - A lancet assembly that enables it to prick with smaller number of steps and be disposed safely. The lancet assembly comprising a lancet and a lancet holder that houses the lancet, wherein	06-04-2009
20090275968	Lancet Assembly - In a lancet assembly including a lancet	11-05-2009

Yoshihiro Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090020809	Semiconductor device including trench gate transistor and method of forming the same - A semiconductor device includes an active region having a groove, a gate insulating film, and a gate electrode. The gate electrode may include first and second layers. The first layer extends along the gate insulating film. The first layer is electrically conductive. The second layer extends along the first layer. The second layer is separate from the gate insulating film by the first layer.	01-22-2009
20110318918	METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ALLOWING SMOOTH BUMP SURFACE - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, includes: removing, after forming solder for forming a plurality of bumps on a semiconductor substrate, an oxide film formed on a surface of the solder while heating the semiconductor substrate with first radiant heat; and heating the semiconductor substrate with an amount of second radiant heat that is greater than the amount of the first radiant heat by holding the semiconductor substrate at a position apart from a front surface of a heater stage at a predetermined distance to reflow the solder from which the oxide film is removed.	12-29-2011
20130078277	INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS C VIRUS-HIGH PRODUCING HCV VARIANTS AND USE THEREOF - An objective of this invention is to provide an HCV strain with a high capacity for virus production in a cell culture system. This invention provides a nucleic acid encoding a polyprotein precursor of the hepatitis C virus JFH1 strain having one or more amino acid substitutions, wherein the polyprotein precursor comprises at least substitution of glutamine at position 862 with arginine, as determined with reference to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing.	03-28-2013

Yusuke Kitamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120087640	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a receiving unit which receives event information capable of specifying a type of an event; a template acquiring unit which acquires a template of the event of the type specified by the event information received by the receiving unit as a template which becomes a source of an editing list of a plurality of scenes; an editing list creating unit which creates the editing list of the plurality of scenes based on the template acquired by the template acquiring unit; and a digest creating unit which creates data of the plurality of scenes included in the editing list created by the editing list creating unit from one or more photographed materials acquired from another information processing apparatus and creates a digest by combining the created data of the plurality of scenes.	04-12-2012