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Koji Yamada

Koji Yamada, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090208638TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE SOLUTION, A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND THE USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, there is provided a temperature-sensitive aluminum phosphate solution, characterized in that, composition of the aluminum phosphate is within such ranges that 3Al08-20-2009
20110063584High pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus and projector - A discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprises a discharge lamp and a power supply the discharge lamp can be switched between a steady power lighting mode, which drives the discharge lamp by an alternating current in which first and second polarities are repeated by turns, and a low power lighting mode, which drives the discharge lamp at 50% or less of the alternating current of the steady power lighting mode, and the alternating current comprises a first time unit, which has a time width t03-17-2011
20110128508Lighting apparatus for high-pressure discharge lamp and projector - A lighting apparatus for a high-pressure discharge lamp that has an electric discharge container made of quartz glass, and containing a pair of counter electrodes and a power supply unit that supplies AC current to the high-pressure discharge lamp. The power supply unit has a stationary power lighting mode and a modulated power lighting mode that supplies current having power less than power in the stationary power lighting mode. The modulated power lighting mode supplies a rectangular AC current having a first term and a second term. A mean high-frequency current value supplied to a first electrode is greater than a mean current value supplied to a second electrode in the first term. A current is supplied to the second electrode for a term longer than the half-cycle period in the second term, the current being lower than the mean high-frequency current value supplied to the first electrode.06-02-2011

Koji Yamada, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090107240INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE MOVING BODY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An inverted pendulum type moving body according to the present invention includes: first actuators that rotationally drive wheels each disposed on an axle; and a turning motion control portion that controls the first actuators when the inverted pendulum type moving body comes into contact with an obstacle so as to allow the inverted pendulum type moving body to perform a turning motion.04-30-2009
20090108553INVERTED WHEEL TYPE MOVING BODY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - To provide an inverted wheel type moving body capable of improving the operability, and a method of controlling the same. An inverted wheel type moving body in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes motors 04-30-2009
20100292069CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS COMPRISING PARTICLES OF METAL CARBIDES DISPERSED THEREIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - This invention provides carbon composite materials, which comprise metal carbide particles, at least the particle surfaces or the entirety of which are metal carbides, synthesized in situ from a metal source, i.e., at least one member selected from the group comprising metal particles, metal oxide particles, and composite metal oxide particles, and a carbon source, i.e., a thermosetting resin, dispersed in a carbon, carbon fiber, or carbon/carbon fiber matrix, and contain no free metal particles. This invention also provides a method for producing such composite carbon materials, which enables the production of carbon composite materials having a high coefficient of friction, high thermostability, and abrasion resistance.11-18-2010
20110038680TOOL HOLDER FIXING STRUCTURE - A tool holder fixing structure is arranged to fix a tool holder for holding a tool attached with a throwaway tip to a tool-holder holding part of a machine tool so that a foreign-matter receiving clearance is provided between the tool holder and the tool-holder holding part. The foreign-matter receiving clearance is defined in a range of +30° to −30° from a cutting-edge position of the throwaway tip assumed as an original point and in a range of 150° to 210° from the original point, respectively.02-17-2011
20110178667VEHICLE, CONTROLLER AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - The vehicle is provided with a body; a pair of right and left wheels; a first motor that drives one of the wheels; a second motor that drives the other one of wheels; a controller for receiving a target current value for the first motor and controlling current of the first motor; a calculator for receiving the target current value and an actual movement amount of the first motor and calculating a disturbance torque loaded on the first motor; an adjuster for adjusting the target current value for the first motor in a basis of the disturbance torque; a controller for receiving a target current value for the second motor and controlling current of the second motor; a calculator for receiving the target current value and an actual movement amount of the second motor and calculating a disturbance torque loaded on the second motor; an adjuster for adjusting the target current value for the second motor in a basis of the disturbance torque. Accordingly, even if the disturbance torque is loaded, the vehicle can keep running as intended.07-21-2011

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Toyota-Shi JP

Koji Yamada, Odate-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110001279APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS - A method for recovering platinum group elements comprises charging into a closed electric furnace and melting, together with flux components and a reducing agent, a platinum group element-containing substance to be processed and a copper source material containing copper oxide, sinking molten metal of primarily metallic copper below a molten slag layer of primarily oxides, and enriching the platinum group elements in the molten metal sunk below, and is characterized in that molten slag whose copper content has decreased to 3.0 wt % or less is discharged from the electric furnace and that the copper source material charged into the electric furnace is a granular copper source material of a grain diameter of not less than 0.1 mm and not greater than 10 mm.01-06-2011

Koji Yamada, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100280023THIAZOLE DERIVATIVES - It is intended to provide an adenosine A11-04-2010

Koji Yamada, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100253236HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In order to maintain a stable arc and avoid wear of the projections of electrode tip ends even if the lamp is lighted with a lamp power of at most 70% of the nominal electric power, a high pressure discharge lamp light source device is provided comprised of a high pressure discharge lamp having a discharge vessel made from quartz glass and a pair of electrodes arranged oppositely to each other with a spacing of at most 2.0 mm, each electrode having a projection formed at a tip end thereof, and mercury of at least 0.20 mg/mm10-07-2010
20130271024DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING APPARATUS - A discharge lamp lighting device having a discharge lamp which has a pair of tungsten-made electrodes each having a protrusion formed at the tip thereof and an electric power feeding device which feeds an alternate current electric power to the discharge lamp, and is characterized in that the power feeding device has a function of switching between a first lighting mode in which a rated electric power is fed to the discharge lamp and a second lighting mode in which a lower electric power than the rated electric power is fed to the discharge lamp to light the discharge lamp, and therefore, can control electric power to be fed to the discharge lamp under such conditions that the average electric power change rate becomes 0.01-2.1 W/s during a mode switching period in which the switching from the first lighting mode into the second lighting mode is carried out.10-17-2013

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Himeji-Shi JP

Koji Yamada, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100080506SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL FUNCTION DEVICE - A semiconductor optical function device includes a semiconductor substrate having a substrate edge surface; an optical waveguide formed on the semiconductor substrate; a non-waveguide region formed on the semiconductor substrate between the optical waveguide and the substrate edge surface; and an insulation region disposed around the optical waveguide and having a semiconductor interface contacting with the non-waveguide region on a side of the substrate edge surface. The semiconductor interface extends not in parallel to the substrate edge surface, and is inclined relative to the substrate edge surface by a specific angle.04-01-2010
20100254665Semiconductor optical communication module and manufacturing method thereof - A semiconductor optical communication module includes a semiconductor chip mounted on a chip carrier and a lens assembly having an end parallel to and facing the front edge of the chip carrier. The semiconductor chip has a front facet oriented at an acute angle to the front edge of the chip carrier. An optical waveguide in the semiconductor chip transmits an optical signal that propagates on an optical axis extending from the front facet of the semiconductor chip to the end of the lens assembly. The optical axis is orthogonal to the end of the lens assembly and the front edge of the chip carrier. The angled mounting of the semiconductor chip on the chip carrier allows the lens assembly to be placed close to the edge of the chip carrier, and to be moved for optical axis adjustment without striking the chip carrier.10-07-2010
20120227907PREPREG LAMINATION HEAD AND PREPREG AUTOMATIC LAMINATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A prepreg lamination head and a prepreg automatic lamination apparatus with the same is provided. By using them, the curling-up of the cut terminal portion of the prepreg sheet can be prevented. The prepreg lamination head includes: a first roller, a second roller, and a forward-placed paper liner peeling device. The forward-placed paper liner peeling device includes a third roller, which is provided between and above the first and second rollers. The paper liner attached on the first side of the prepreg sheet is peeled off right after passing the first roller. The peeled paper liner is hanged over the third roller between the first and second rollers. The third roller guides the peeled paper liner to the second roller. The prepreg sheet is pressed on the laminated body with the second roller through the paper liner.09-13-2012
20120298309PREPREG LAMINATION HEAD AND PREPREG AUTOMATIC LAMINATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A prepreg lamination head which laminates a prepreg sheet (11-29-2012
20130220111CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - A disclosed cryogenic refrigerator includes a cylinder, a displacer reciprocally moving inside the cylinder, and an elastic unit which is provided in at least one of a pair of end regions respectively including a pair of end portions within a range of a reciprocal motion of the displacer, accumulates an elastic force when the displacer approaches the end portion, and releases the elastic force when the displacer departs from the end portion.08-29-2013
20130220112CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - A cryogenic refrigerator includes a cylinder; a displacer configured to reciprocate in the cylinder; a driving unit configured to drive a rotational shaft having an axial direction oriented in a direction of reciprocating movement of the displacer; and a movement conversion unit configured to convert rotational movement of the rotational shaft into the reciprocating movement of the displacer. The movement conversion unit is a screw unit including a male thread and a female thread one of which is a part of the displacer.08-29-2013
20140290277CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - A cryogenic refrigerator includes a compressor which compresses a working gas, a housing which includes a space which the working gas compressed by the compressor flows into and flows from, a cylinder of which an end is connected to the housing and which includes an expansion space at the other end, and a displacer which permits flowing of the working gas into and from the expansion space via a working gas channel provided in an inner portion of the displacer while reciprocating in an inner portion of the cylinder. The working gas flows through a pipe which communicates with the space and the working gas channel.10-02-2014

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Tokyo JP

Koji Yamada, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090310282Electrochemical capacitor - Disclosed is an electrochemical capacitor comprising a positive electrode exhibiting an irreversible capacity for extending the potential range during a charge/discharge cycle, a negative electrode composed of a material which is capable of reversibly adsorbing/desorbing lithium ions, and an electrolyte solution composed of an organic solvent containing lithium ions.12-17-2009
20090317670Hydrazine supply device, fuel cell system utilizing the same, vehicle carrying the fuel cell system, and method of supplying hydrazine - Hydrazine supply device (12-24-2009
20090318662Hydrazine storage resin - A hydrazine-fixing group such as a ketone group, a formyl group, a chlormethyl group or an amide group, which is capable of releasably fixing hydrazine, is introduced into a side chain of a synthetic resin, and hydrazine is fixed to the hydrazine-fixing group. Since a hydrazine storage resin of the present invention has a hydrazine-releasable group capable of releasing hydrazine, it is able to store hydrazine stably. In addition, hydrazine can be supplied by releasing hydrazine from the hydrazine-releasable group. Consequently, the hydrazine storage resin can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring supply of hydrazine.12-24-2009
20100035111FUEL CELL - Provided is a fuel cell including an electrolyte allowing an anion component to migrate; a fuel-side electrode and an oxygen-side electrode being arranged in opposed relation to each other while sandwiching the electrolyte; a fuel supplying material for supplying fuel to the fuel-side electrode; and an oxygen supplying material for supplying oxygen to the oxygen-side electrode, in which the oxygen-side electrode and/or the fuel-side electrode contain(s) a transition metal, and at least one of a complex-forming organic compound and an electrically-conductive polymer.02-11-2010
20100233583FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system of the present invention includes a fixing unit that fixes or releases hydrazine; a releasing liquid supplying unit that supplies a water-based releasing liquid for releasing hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit to the fixing unit; a fuel cell to which hydrazine released in the fixing unit is supplied as fuel; a sensing unit for detecting an amount of hydrazine supplied to the fuel cell; and a detection unit that detects an amount of hydrazine fixed in the fixing unit based on a predetermined theoretical hydrazine supply amount to the fuel cell and a hydrazine supply amount detected by the sensing unit.09-16-2010
20120028168ELECTROLYTE, AND FUEL CELL, LI SECONDARY BATTERY, SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRIMARY BATTERY USING THE ELECTROLYTE - Provided is an electrolyte equipped with a hydrophilic portion having a cyclic quaternary ammonium salt and a hydrophobic portion bonded to the hydrophilic portion; and a fuel cell, a Li secondary battery, secondary battery and a primary battery using the electrolyte. The electrolyte has preferably a structure represented by the formula (A) or (B), wherein P′ represents a hydrophobic portion, R02-02-2012
20120121496METHOD FOR STORING A HYDRAZINE RESIN - A hydrazine-fixing group such as a ketone group, a formyl group, a chlormethyl group or an amide group, which is capable of releasably fixing hydrazine, is introduced into a side chain of a synthetic resin, and hydrazine is fixed to the hydrazine-fixing group. Since a hydrazine storage resin of the present invention has a hydrazine-releasable group capable of releasing hydrazine, it is able to store hydrazine stably. In addition, hydrazine can be supplied by releasing hydrazine from the hydrazine-releasable group. Consequently, the hydrazine storage resin can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring supply of hydrazine.05-17-2012
20120148939ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE - An anion exchange membrane includes a quaternary ammonium salt group in which two methyl groups, and one alkyl group having 3 to 8 carbon atoms are bonded to a nitrogen atom.06-14-2012
20130011765FUEL CELL - In a fuel cell including an electrolyte layer allowing an anion component to migrate, and a fuel-side electrode and an oxygen-side electrode arranged to face each other while sandwiching the electrolyte layer, the oxygen-side electrode contains a first catalyst containing a first transition metal and polypyrrole, and a second catalyst containing a second transition metal and a porphyrin ring-containing compound so that the mixing ratio of the first catalyst relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the first catalyst and the second catalyst is more than 10 parts by mass, and below 90 parts by mass.01-10-2013
20130132662MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A memory management unit manages a state of a memory which is to be accessed by bank interleaving. The memory includes p banks (where p is an integer of 2 or greater). The memory management unit includes a control unit that dynamically determines a bank to be accessed from among the p banks. When predetermined conditions for a reserving state of the memory are satisfied and there is any unused bank in the p banks, the control unit performs power consumption reduction to control the memory to cause power consumption of the unused bank(s) to be less than power consumption of other banks in the p banks except the unused bank(s).05-23-2013

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Shiga JP

Koji Yamada, Itami-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100204346NOVEL SWEETENER HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE TASTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - Problem: To develop a method for producing a novel sweetener containing glucose, fructose, and psicose, which is produced from glucose liquid sugar using an isomerase and an epimerase; use of the novel sweetener as a food or drink material; and a novel sweetener capable of preventing obesity caused by the intake thereof.08-12-2010
20130274350NOVEL SWEETENER HAVING SUCROSE-LIKE TASTE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - To develop a method for producing a novel sweetener containing glucose, fructose, and psicose, which is produced from glucose liquid sugar using an isomerase and an epimerase; use of the novel sweetener as a food or drink material; and a novel sweetener capable of preventing obesity caused by the intake thereof. An isomerase and an epimerase are allowed to act on glucose liquid sugar produced in a glucose liquid sugar production plant to thereby produce D-psicose, thereby providing a novel sweetener (product) that maintains the degree and quality of sweetness of a glucose-fructose mixed solution and never causes obesity, a method for producing the same, and use of the same.10-17-2013
20140316119COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING BIOMETABOLISM PARAMETER - A composition for improving biometabolism parameters is provided. The composition contains D-psicose as an active ingredient, and is continuously ingested in a dose of 5 g or more per intake in terms of D-psicose to lower biometabolism parameters represented by a uric acid level and/or a liver function indicator component level. γ-GTP showed a significant decrease after 4 weeks from 15-g ingestion. γ-GTP and ALP showed a significant decrease after 4 weeks and 2 weeks, respectively, from the ingestion of D-psicose continuously administered three times each day in a dose of 5 g or more per intake.10-23-2014

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Itami-Shi JP

Koji Yamada, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187666LEAD FRAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A lead frame includes a welding portion to be welded to other lead frame, and a frame, wherein the welding portion has an island portion provided like an island, and a plurality of connection members which connect the island portion and the frame with each other; and one connection member is provided so that a straight line which connects a connection point of the island portion and one connection member, and a connection point of one connection member and the frame, inclines away from a portion of the outer circumference (edge, for example) of the island portion where the connection member is connected, and also from a portion of the inner circumference (edge, for example) of the frame where the connection member is connected.07-29-2010
20120018917PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE RESIN FILM OR SHEET - A process and apparatus for manufacturing a crystalline resin film or sheet. This manufacturing apparatus includes: an extruder that melts crystalline resin while supplying it; a gear pump that is provided on the downstream side of the extruder; a die which is provided on the downstream side of the gear pump, and which has a slit-shaped aperture; a cooling apparatus which cools film-shaped or sheet-shaped crystalline resin (A) discharged in a melted state from the die to a temperature which is not less than the crystallization temperature but not more than the melting point; and a pair of pinch rolls that press-roll between them the film-shaped or sheet-shaped crystalline resin (B) which has passed through the cooling apparatus (01-26-2012

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Koji Yamada, Nagano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100177132Ink Tank and Ink Jet Printer Incorporating the Same - An ink chamber is formed with a vent port allowing atmospheric air to enter therein and an ink outlet from which ink is taken out. An optical member has an ink contact face capable of contacting with ink contained in the ink chamber. The ink contact face includes a detection face at which a remaining amount of ink in the ink chamber is optically detected in accordance with an amount of air entered into the ink chamber via the vent port. A first ink absorbing member is disposed in the vicinity of the ink contact face, and capable of absorbing the ink in the ink chamber.07-15-2010

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Nagano JP

Koji Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273216PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been selected so as to be the optimum values for the combinations, are stored as preset values in a combined information storage unit. An information storage unit compares a value in the user information storage unit with a value in the combined information storage unit. If a combination for which agreement is achieved is found in the combined information storage unit, this value is stored in a printing information storage unit and transmitted to the printing device. Thus, an optimum value can be selected and sent to the printing device even with regard to an item incapable of being selected by the user.11-06-2008
20100095294INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Commands such as installation operation and launch program commands need to be executed after appropriately switching between an administrator account and another account, for each command, when an installer constituting a program for readily performing installation operations collectively for a plurality of pieces of software or the like is launched. When an installer is launched in the present invention, process-to-process communication is secured between the processes of an administrator account and a user account, and an account to execute a command included in the installer is determined in the process of the administrator account. If the determination result indicates that the account to execute the command is the user account, the command is executed in the process of the user account rather than in the process of the administrator account.04-15-2010
20110149329PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a user enters control information for controlling a printing device, the information is stored in a user information storage unit. All combinations of items of the control information capable of being set by the user and values of items incapable of being set by the user, these having been selected so as to be the optimum values for the combinations, are stored as preset values in a combined information storage unit. An information storage unit compares a value in the user information storage unit with a value in the combined information storage unit. If a combination for which agreement is achieved is found in the combined information storage unit, this value is stored in a printing information storage unit and transmitted to the printing device. Thus, an optimum value can be selected and sent to the printing device even with regard to an item incapable of being selected by the user.06-23-2011
20130176358PRINTED SEAMLESS CAN AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - [Problems] To provide printed seamless cans in small lots having many kinds of designs, the printed seamless cans excellently reproducing the density of the area solidly printed all over the surface and forming vivid images.07-11-2013
20140028771INK-JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRINTING SEAMLESS CANS BY USING THE SAME PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink-jet printing apparatus for printing seamless cans comprising a mandrel wheel, a plurality of mandrels that can rotate and are provided on the mandrel wheel, and ink-jet printing stations for ink-jet printing images on at least the can walls on the outer surfaces of seamless cans fitted onto the mandrels, and a method of printing seamless cans by using the same apparatus. A plurality of ink-jet heads are arranged in each of the ink-jet printing stations to improve reproduceability of printing and productivity.01-30-2014
20150046451INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A system enabling use of an application program suitable for a user environment includes an obtaining unit that obtains first application program information associated with a first application program used with a first identifier, a determination unit that determines an application program suitable for a second identifier based on the first application program information obtained by the obtaining unit and a second application program information associated with each of application programs, and 02-12-2015

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Yokohama-Shi JP

Koji Yamada, Machida JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080250187Data processing system and data processor - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.10-09-2008
20110131349DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.06-02-2011
20120290743DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.11-15-2012
20140053010DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.02-20-2014
20140325093DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.10-30-2014
20150253832DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSOR - One data processor is provided with an interface for realizing connection with the other data processor. This interface is provided with a function for connecting the other data processor as a bus master to an internal bus of the one data processor, and the relevant other data processor is capable of directly operating peripheral functions that are memory mapped to the internal bus from an external side via the interface. Accordingly, the data processor can utilize the peripheral functions of the other data processor without interruption of the program being executed. In short, one data processor can use in common the peripheral resources of the other data processor.09-10-2015

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Machida JP

Koji Yamada, Okaya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090195629MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE - A medium processing device is provided. A case defines a space. A storage unit is configured to store a medium. A media drive is operable to perform at least one of writing data on the medium and reading data from the medium. A liquid ejecting unit is operable to eject liquid onto a surface of the medium. An air introducing port is configured to introduce air into the space from outside of the space. An air discharging port is configured to discharge the air to the outside from the space. The space includes a first part in which the media drive is disposed, a second part in which the liquid ejecting unit is disposed and a third part in which the storage unit is disposed. The air introducing port is provided in the first part and the air discharging port is provided in the second part. The first part, the second part and the third part are disposed so that the air is introduced into the first part, flows through the third part and is discharged from the second part.08-06-2009

Koji Yamada, Kurashiki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090148659POROUS MEMBRANE OF VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE RESIN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A porous membrane, made of polyvinylidene fluoride which is excellent in fractionating capability, permeating capability and physical strength and suitable for use in water treatment such as water purification, preparation of drinking water, preparation of water for industrial use and wastewater treatment, and which can be manufactured inexpensively and easily. The porous membrane has one surface formed with round or oval micropores and the opposite surface formed with substantially slit shaped micropores. The round or oval micropores have an average ratio between the major axis and the minor axis, which is within the range of 1:1 to 5:1, and the substantially slit shaped micropores have an average ratio between the major axis and the minor axis, which is not smaller than 5:1 and the particle cutoff of the membrane is not smaller than 0.2 μm.06-11-2009

Koji Yamada, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090131464SPIROCHROMANONE DERIVATIVES AS ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE (ACC) INHIBITORS - The invention relates to a compound of a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, useful as a therapeutic agent for various ACC-related disorders.05-21-2009

Koji Yamada, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090101023FRYER - A fryer is provided which, during a standby for cooking, can keep the temperature of a cooking oil slightly lower than a cooking temperature and, during cooking, can quickly raise the oil temperature to the cooking temperature. The fryer also has capabilities of easily performing a heat exchange operation on the cooking oil, preventing degradation of the cooking oil, securing a good kitchen environment and enhancing a work efficiency. The fryer comprises a fryer tank having oil and water for cleaning the oil stored in two layers one upon the other; and a heater installed in the oil layer; wherein the water in the water layer is drawn out from a water suction opening at a bottom of fryer tank, cleaned by a filtering water tank and then delivered into the fryer tank almost horizontally in an off-centered direction from a water supply opening formed in a lower, side wall of the fryer tank, thus rotating the water in the fryer tank in a swirl. The fryer also has a device for discharging impurities collected in the filtering water tank.04-23-2009
20110300364POLYMER SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A polymer sheet according to at least one embodiment of the present invention is a polymer sheet whose main component is oriented nanocrystals of a polymer, and which satisfies the following conditions (I), (II), and (III): (I) having a crystallinity of not less than 70%; (II) having a tensile strength at break of not less than 100 MPa and a tensile modulus of not less than 3 GPa; and (III) having an average thickness of not less than 0.15 mm. According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a polymer sheet excelling in properties such as mechanical strength, heat tolerance, and transparency, particularly a polymer sheet having excellent properties such as mechanical strength, heat tolerance, and transparency in general-purpose plastics such as polypropylene.12-08-2011

Koji Yamada, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090102466Bearing with absolute angel sensor - To provide a rotation sensor equipped bearing capable of detecting a highly precise absolute angle with no correction work required after incorporation into a bearing installed equipment, an absolute angle sensor equipped bearing assembly includes a sensor equipped bearing 04-23-2009
20120184554THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR MOOD DISORDERS - Provided are an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a mood disorder comprising, as an active ingredient, a thiazole derivative represented by the formula (I) wherein R07-19-2012

Koji Yamada, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090051136COAXIAL TWO-WHEELED INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE MOVING VEHICLE - The present invention provides, in connection with a coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle, a technique which allows sudden braking without making a vehicle body to tilt significantly backward. The coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle of the present invention comprises a pair of wheels, a chassis for supporting the pair of wheels coaxially and rotatably, wheel actuators for rotating the wheels with respect to the chassis, a vehicle body supported by the chassis, and an inverted pendulum control unit for controlling the wheel actuators so as to maintain the balanced state of the chassis. In this moving vehicle, the vehicle body is shiftable supported by the chassis in a manner that the vehicle body may shift in a direction parallel to the moving direction of the moving vehicle with respect to the chassis. The traveling body further comprises an attitude actuator for shifting the vehicle body along the moving direction of the moving vehicle with respect to the chassis, and a braking attitude control unit for controlling the attitude actuator so as to shift the vehicle body to a direction opposite to the moving direction of the moving vehicle with respect to the chassis when braking is commenced while the moving vehicle is in motion.02-26-2009

Koji Yamada, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090018743Mobile Unit and Control Method of Mobile Unit - In an inverted pendulum type mobile unit that performs inverted pendulum stabilization control and traveling control based on a velocity target value as an input variable, a change in tilt angle of a vehicle body occurring during traveling is smoothed. The target value generating portion in the inverted pendulum type mobile unit generates the velocity target value V01-15-2009

Koji Yamada, Okaya-Shi JP

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20080310940Media processing device - A media processing device enables quick, easy, problem-free removal of processed media while maintaining high media quality. The media processing device, such as a disc publisher 12-18-2008
20080313663MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A processor is provided in a main body and performs at least one of writing data on a plate-shaped medium, reading data from the medium and printing on the medium. A drawer tray is provided in the main body, includes a stacker portion which is configured to accommodate a plurality of plate-shaped media processed by the processor and is movable between an accommodated position where the stacker portion is capable of receiving the media and a drawn position where the drawer tray is pulled out from the main body to take out the media accommodated in the stacker portion.12-18-2008
20120133723THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal head enables printing even after printing for a long time to a print medium with low paper quality. A thermal head 05-31-2012
20120218366THERMAL PRINTER AND ENERGIZING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A thermal printer having a thermal head with a heat element that heats a recording medium and forms a print dot by energizing the heat element generates a first energizing pulse that energizes continuously during a first period for forming a print dot when the recording medium conveyance speed is greater than a specific threshold value; and generates a second energizing pulse that alternates during the first period between energizing for a second period that is shorter than the first period and de-energizing for a third period when the recording medium conveyance speed is less than or equal to the threshold value.08-30-2012
20150029559Printing Device and Control Method of a Printing Device - A printer and a control method of a printer can print barcodes appropriately according to a given print medium by means of a simple, easy operation. The printer stores a constant preset value relationally corresponding to each type of print medium. The printer also stores an added correction value that is optionally input for each specific type of print medium. The constant value and the added correction value are used to adjust the printed state of the barcode, e.g. to adjust bar widths within the barcode. The print control unit prints barcodes using the constant value stored in the printer storage unit adjusted with the added correction value.01-29-2015

Patent applications by Koji Yamada, Okaya-Shi JP

Koji Yamada, Yamagata-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110298142MICRO-BUBBLE GENERATING DEVICE - A micro-bubble generating device is provided which is capable of mixing or dispersing micro-bubbles into a liquid with high stability and has a simple structure that permits reduction of a cost of manufacture. A first member and a first packing are superposed on each other on one side of a gas-permeable film, while a second member and a second packing are superposed on each other on the other side of the gas-permeable film. A pressurized gas delivered via a gas inlet of the first member flows through a fluid passage of the first packing, permeates through the gas-permeable film, and is ejected as micro-bubbles into a liquid flowing through a fluid passage in the form of a narrow shallow strip-like groove provided in the second packing.12-08-2011
20130003485MICRO-BUBBLE GENERATING DEVICE - A micro-bubble generating device is provided which is capable of mixing or dispersing micro-bubbles into a liquid with high stability and has a simple structure that permits reduction of a cost of manufacture. A first member and a first packing are superposed on each other on one side of a gas-permeable film, while a second member and a second packing are superposed on each other on the other side of the gas-permeable film. A pressurized gas delivered via a gas inlet of the first member flows through a fluid passage of the first packing, permeates through the gas-permeable film, and is ejected as micro-bubbles into a liquid flowing through a fluid passage in the form of a narrow shallow strip-like groove provided in the second packing.01-03-2013

Koji Yamada, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110299608COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT AND VEHICLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A communication circuit is provided which transmits an information bit string from a transmission unit to a reception unit. The transmission unit includes a first modulation circuit that modulates a first carrier wave by a start bit to generate a first frequency signal, a second modulation circuit that modulates a second carrier wave by the information bit string to generate a second frequency signal, and a transmission circuit that transmits the first and second frequency signals from a transmitting antenna. The reception unit includes a reception circuit that receives a signal from the transmission unit, a first detector circuit that detects a signal of the first carrier wave to demodulate the start bit, a second detector circuit that detects a signal of the second carrier wave to demodulate the information bit string, and a detection circuit that is synchronized by the start bit and reads the information bit string.12-08-2011

Koji Yamada, Hokkaido JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120015399FLUORESCENT SOLVATOCHROMIC PIGMENT - The present invention presents a novel fluorescent solvatochromic dye that (1) has an ionic terminal that makes it easier to use in a hydrophilic surface or in polar solvents, (2) can be efficiently excited by commonly used Argon lasers (488 nm), (3) shifts the wavelength of emitted light according to the change of polarity, and (4) can effectively stain living tissues such as cells and the like.01-19-2012

Koji Yamada, Gamo-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130189603FUEL CELL - [Problem] To provide a fuel cell having excellent power generation performance, which includes a compound containing at least hydrogen and nitrogen as fuel and uses an anion exchange membrane as an electrolyte layer. [Solution] In a fuel cell 07-25-2013

Koji Yamada, Suwa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130179908MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME THAT PREVENTS PROCESSING OF THE MEDIA FROM BEING STOPPED - A processor is provided in a main body and performs at least one of writing data on a plate-shaped medium, reading data from the medium and printing on the medium. A drawer tray is provided in the main body, includes a stacker portion which is configured to accommodate a plurality of plate-shaped media processed by the processor and is movable between an accommodated position where the stacker portion is capable of receiving the media and a drawn position where the drawer tray is pulled out from the main body to take out the media accommodated in the stacker portion.07-11-2013

Koji Yamada, Mishima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130136136APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIVED DATA - An apparatus, upon receiving a first data segment, stores, in a processing queue, a data-segment processing request associated with the first data segment. When the data-segment processing request is extracted from the processing queue, the apparatus performs predetermined processing on the first data segment associated with the data-segment processing request to generate a second data segment, and stores the generated second data segment in a reception buffer provided for each of destinations of data segments. The apparatus stores a holding-stop processing request in the processing queue when the second data segment is stored in the reception buffer being empty, and sends all of one or more second data segments stored in the reception buffer, at once, to a destination associated with the reception buffer when the holding-stop processing request is extracted from the processing queue.05-30-2013

Koji Yamada, Ichinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130098560CARBON FIBER-CONTAINING RESIN SHEET CARRYING APPARATUS - The carrying apparatus is a carbon fiber-containing resin sheet carrying apparatus for carrying a carbon fiber-containing resin sheet W heated in a heating furnace to a pressing device, comprising a slider 4 that moves between the heating furnace and the pressing device and a sheet holder 10 that is mounted thereon and chucks both the end parts of the carbon fiber-containing resin sheet W to apply tension. The sheet holder 10 can have a structure such that it comprises chuck claws 13, 16 and a tension unit 19 that displaces these chuck claws to the outside. The sheet holder 10 may have a structure such that it comprises a holding metal fitting with a spring, that is arranged inside a holding frame and a chuck claw that chucks this holding frame.04-25-2013

Koji Yamada, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150110941BREAD HARDENING PREVENTING AGENT, BREAD HARDENING-PREVENTING METHOD, BREAD PRODUCTION METHOD, PREMIX FLOUR FOR BREAD, AND BREAD - The invention provides a bread hardening preventing agent, a bread hardening-preventing method, a bread production method, a premix flour for bread for the purpose of obtaining a bread whose hardening is prevented, thereby providing a bread whose hardening is satisfactorily prevented. A bread hardening preventing agent whose active ingredient is a rice flour whose damaged starch content is 15% by mass or more; a bread hardening preventing agent whose active ingredient is a rice flour whose damaged starch content is more than 30% by mass; a bread hardening-preventing method for producing a bread which incorporates a rice flour whose damaged starch content is 15% by mass or more; a bread production method which incorporates a rice flour whose damaged starch content is 15% by mass or more; a premix flour for bread containing 0.01 to 15 parts by mass of a rice flour whose damaged starch content is 15% by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of a wheat flour; a bread in which a rice flour whose damaged starch content is 15% by mass or more is incorporated.04-23-2015

Koji Yamada, Konan-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150341509Copying Machine, Copying Area Detecting Method, and Non-transitory Computer-Readable Medium Storing Instructions to Execute the Method - A copying machine changes a reading position to a first position corresponding to the designated sheet size without executing reading, obtains first line data corresponding to a length of a longer side of the designated sheet size by causing the reading mechanism to read one line of image along the main scanning direction when the reading position is the first position, determines the target reading area on the original sheet placement table with use of the main length of the original sheet and the designated sheet size when the main length of the original sheet is identifiable with use of the first line data, the target reading area having a rectangular shape, one of vertexes of the rectangular shape being the basic point, and generates read data representing a read image within the target reading area by causing the reading mechanism to read the target reading area.11-26-2015
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