Masahiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Yamamoto, Yamanashi JP
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20110097184 | PARALLEL LINK ROBOT - A parallel link robot ( | 04-28-2011 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20080247110 | UNDERVOLTAGE LOCKOUT CIRCUIT - An objective is to provide a highly-reliable undervoltage lockout circuit which can block and permit normal gate-driver output even when a supply voltage steeply increases. The undervoltage lockout circuit includes a reference-voltage circuit for outputting a reference voltage, a monitor-voltage circuit for outputting a monitor voltage, and a comparator for outputting, the reference voltage and the monitor voltage being inputted thereinto, a high/low signal, according to a comparison result of the reference voltage and the monitor voltage, in which the time constant of the monitor-voltage circuit for determining an increasing rate of the monitor voltage is set higher than that of the reference-voltage circuit for determining that of the reference voltage. | 10-09-2008 |
20110074485 | SEMICONDUCTOR CIRCUIT - A semiconductor circuit is provided in which no error signal is generated even when the circuit is exposed to a transient voltage noise that occurs with a transition from a first state indicating a conduction of a high-potential side switching device to a second state indicating a non-conduction of the high potential side switching device, or vice versa. A high potential switching device drive circuit | 03-31-2011 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Hamamatsu-City JP
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20110049278 | Jet mill - A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber is variable adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct. | 03-03-2011 |
20120037736 | Jet mill - A jet mill in which crushed material introduced into a crushing chamber is comminuted by gas being sprayed from a plurality of gas-jet nozzles, wherein high-efficiency pulverization is performed by optimizing various pulverization conditions according to the type of crushed material or other such properties. The direction in which gas is sprayed into the crushing chamber is variable adjustable; the spraying direction of each nozzle is displaced simultaneously by the electromotive actuator; swirl flow is produced in three dimensions, including the flow of a directional component that is perpendicular to the horizontal swirl flow; and a fine-powder discharge port of a first pulverization chamber and a fine powder introduction port of a second pulverization chamber are communicatingly connected by a ventilation duct. | 02-16-2012 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20110052182 | LENS BARRIER DEVICE - A lens barrier device | 03-03-2011 |
20120288618 | GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A gas diffusion electrode material of the present invention includes: a porous body ( | 11-15-2012 |
20130135488 | Image Pickup Apparatus - An image pickup apparatus has a camera-shake correction mechanism which performs camera-shake correction by moving an image pickup element with respect to a lens unit. The image pickup apparatus includes a z-plate provided slidably in a z-direction, an actuator for moving the plate in the z-direction, a z-shaft which guides the movement of the z-plate, and a rotating ball sandwiched between a base plate and the z-plate in a rotatable state. In a y-z plan view, an opening portion is provided between the z-shaft and the rotating ball, and the rotating ball is arranged outside the opening portion between one end and the other end of the opening portion in the z-direction. | 05-30-2013 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20090117433 | Gas Diffusion Electrode Material and Production Method Thereof - A gas diffusion electrode material of the present invention includes: a porous body ( | 05-07-2009 |
20110026147 | Linear motion device and lens drive device - A linear motion device includes a guide shaft. A to-be-moved member is supported on the guide shaft, and is linearly movable along the guide shaft. A lead screw extends parallel to the guide shaft. A clamper meshes with the lead screw. The clamper moves as the lead screw rotates. An intermediate member is provided between the to-be-moved member and the clamper. An urging member operates for urging the to-be-moved member toward the clamper and enabling the intermediate member to be seated between the to-be-moved member and the clamper in a manner such that an axis of the intermediate member is nonparallel to the guide shaft. | 02-03-2011 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Tokyo JP
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20080299430 | Gas Diffusion Electrode and Solid Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell - A gas diffusion electrode includes: an electrode catalyst layer | 12-04-2008 |
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 |
20110118015 | GAME APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING GAME PROGRAM AND GAME CONTROLLING METHOD - A game apparatus includes a CPU, and images a face image of a player with an inward camera provided between a first LCD and a second LCD according to an instruction from the CPU. The CPU specifies a position of the eyes of the player from the face image, and decides a position of a virtual camera in correspondence to the specified position of the eyes. In a three-dimensional virtual space, a gazing point is fixedly decided, and a game screen is displayed on the first LCD and the second LCD such that the three-dimensional virtual space is fixed with respect to the display surface. If the position of the eyes of the player is in a predetermined position (range) with respect to the display surface, a predetermined letter or the like is represented by a combination of objects, etc. on the game screen. | 05-19-2011 |
20110193015 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM IRON SULFIDE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL SULFIDE - A process for producing lithium iron sulfide, which is characterized by comprising: a first step of mixing an iron sulfide (a) with sulfur to produce a mixture of the iron sulfide (a) and sulfur, and subsequently burning the mixture of the iron sulfide (a) and sulfur in an inert gas atmosphere to produce an iron sulfide (b) that has an almost single phase as determined by an X-ray diffraction analysis and has a molar ratio of the content of element iron to the content of element sulfur (i.e., an Fe/S ratio) of not less than 0.90 and less than 1.00; and a second step of mixing the iron sulfide (b) with lithium sulfide to produce a mixture of the iron sulfide (b) and lithium sulfide, and subsequently burning the mixture of the iron sulfide (b) and lithium sulfide in an inert gas atmosphere to produce lithium iron sulfide represented by formula Li | 08-11-2011 |
20110241924 | PROJECTION DETECTING APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DETECTING METHOD - A projection detecting apparatus according to the present invention is that for detecting a projection on a surface of a running metal object, and includes a transmission antenna for radiating electromagnetic waves; a reception antenna for receiving reflected electromagnetic waves; and a transmission and reception signal processing section for processing a transmission signal and a reception signal. The transmission antenna and the reception antenna have unidirectionality and the transmission antenna and the reception antenna are installed in such a way that the reception antenna does not catch electromagnetic waves which have been radiated by the transmission antenna and reflected on the surface of the metal object and the reception antenna catches electromagnetic waves alone which have been radiated by the transmission antenna and reflected on the projection. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249700 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECT IN MATERIAL AND SYSTEM FOR THE METHOD - A defect on the surface or in the surface layer of a moving material can be detected by using a method comprising steps of: heating the surface of the material, obtaining thermal image data of the surface of the material using an infrared thermography camera while the surface of the material is being heated up at the heating step or being cooled down after heating, and detecting the defect by calculating Laplacian with respect to temperature of the surface represented by the thermal image data. When the thermal image data is obtained while the material is being heated up, a heating device and the camera is arranged so that thermal energy emitted from the heating device is reflected by the material to come into the camera. | 10-13-2011 |
20130045802 | GAME SYSTEM, DATA GENERATION SYSTEM, DATA GENERATION METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMPUTER, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed is a data generation system which, in a game for designating an operation period using an object ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130300598 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WIDTH DIRECTION END POSITION OF STRIP, APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WIDTH DIRECTION CENTRAL POSITION OF STRIP AND MICROWAVE SCATTERING PLATE - The apparatus according to the present invention is an apparatus for measuring width direction end position of a strip which passes through an enclosed space surrounded by a plurality of surfaces. The apparatus includes an antenna section which emits electromagnetic waves toward the width direction end and receives the electromagnetic waves reflected by the width direction end; a signal processing section for determining a position of the width direction end using the reflected electromagnetic waves; and a scattering plate for scattering electromagnetic waves which are incident thereon, wherein the antenna section is installed on a first surface which faces the width direction end a position of which is to be determined and the scattering plate is installed on a second surface which faces the first surface. | 11-14-2013 |
20140134331 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE WITH METAL BODY - Provided is a method for producing a substrate with a metal body. This method provides excellent film-forming properties (reflectance and adhesion), is easy to be used on a large substrate, and can be carried out at a low cost. The method includes the steps of: (A) heating a complex to a first temperature so as to generate a vapor of the complex; and (B) contacting the vapor with a substrate heated to a second temperature that is not higher than the first temperature so as to form a metal body containing a central metal of the complex, either in uncombined form or as a compound thereof (exclusive of the complex), on at least part of a surface of the substrate. The second temperature in step (B) is lower than the decomposition temperature of the complex. The central metal of the complex is aluminum or titanium. | 05-15-2014 |
20140349465 | JOINING DEVICE, JOINING SYSTEM AND JOINING METHOD - A joining device for joining substrates with an intermolecular force includes a first holding unit configured to hold a first substrate on a lower surface thereof, a second holding unit installed below the first holding unit and configured to hold a second substrate on an upper surface thereof, and a temperature adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a temperature of the first substrate before the first substrate is held in the first holding unit and a temperature of the second substrate before the second substrate is held in the second holding unit to a predetermined temperature. | 11-27-2014 |
20140364229 | Game Apparatus, Storage Medium Storing Game Program and Game Controlling Method - A game apparatus includes a CPU, and images a face image of a player with an inward camera provided between a first LCD and a second LCD according to an instruction from the CPU. The CPU specifies a position of the eyes of the player from the face image, and decides a position of a virtual camera in correspondence to the specified position of the eyes. In a three-dimensional virtual space, a gazing point is fixedly decided, and a game screen is displayed on the first LCD and the second LCD such that the three-dimensional virtual space is fixed with respect to the display surface. If the position of the eyes of the player is in a predetermined position (range) with respect to the display surface, a predetermined letter or the like is represented by a combination of objects, etc. on the game screen. | 12-11-2014 |
20150017782 | BONDING DEVICE AND BONDING METHOD - A bonding device for bonding substrates together, includes: a first holding unit configured to hold a first substrate on a lower surface thereof; a second holding unit located below the first holding unit and configured to hold a second substrate on an upper surface thereof; a moving mechanism configured to move the first holding unit or the second holding unit in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction; a first image pickup unit located in the first holding unit and configured to pick up an image of the second substrate held in the second holding unit; and a second image pickup unit located in the second holding unit and configured to pick up an image of the first substrate held in the first holding unit, at least one of the first image pickup unit and the second image pickup unit including an infrared camera. | 01-15-2015 |
20150139958 | Feed Composition and Production Method for Same - Provided are a feed composition, which can be stored for a long time and is easily produced and adjustable in components, and which can increase the body weight and reduce a feed conversion ratio of farm animals to which the feed composition is fed, and a production method for the feed composition. In the feed composition, a liquid feed additive obtained by fermenting a carbohydrate-containing carbohydrate raw material by | 05-21-2015 |
20160028219 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENTS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The device for driving the semiconductor element is provided with a drive circuit section, a charging circuit section and a shutting circuit section. The charging circuit section is electrically connected to an external circuit provided with a diode and a capacitive element. The semiconductor element has a first electrode, a second electrode and a control terminal. The cathode of the diode is connected to the first electrode. One of two terminals of the capacitive element is connected to the cathode of the diode, and the other terminal is connected to the second electrode. The charging circuit section enables the capacitive element to be charged at a higher rate after a timed point at which the voltage on the capacitive element becomes equal to a saturation voltage in a case where the input signal is an on-signal. | 01-28-2016 |
20160055382 | VEHICLE DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS - A vehicle discrimination apparatus specifies a vehicle area in which a vehicle is photographed from an image including the vehicle and discriminates a vehicle passing through a road based on an image which a photographing device such as a camera installed at a side of the road or above the road photographs. The vehicle discrimination apparatus includes an image acquisition section, a first search window setting section, a feature amount calculation section, a likelihood calculation section, a vehicle area determination section, a template creation section, a template storage section, a tracking area setting section, a second search window setting section, a candidate area determination section, a selection section, and a detection section. | 02-25-2016 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Koshi City JP
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20100291490 | Resist pattern slimming treatment method - A resist pattern slimming treatment method includes: a slimming treatment step of performing a slimming treatment on a resist pattern by applying a solution containing an acid onto a substrate having the resist pattern formed thereon, then performing a heat treatment, and then performing a developing treatment. A database storing kinds of resist material for the resist pattern, concentrations of acid contained in a solution to be applied onto the substrate having the resist pattern formed thereon, and line widths of the resist pattern corresponding to the kinds of resist material and the concentrations of acid is prepared in advance. The concentration of the acid contained in the solution used in the slimming treatment step is based on a concentration of the acid obtained from the database, using, as search keys, the kind of resist material and a target value of the line width of the resist pattern. | 11-18-2010 |
20100291491 | Resist pattern slimming treatment method - A resist pattern slimming treatment method of performing a slimming treatment on a resist pattern formed on a substrate includes: a slimming treatment step of performing a slimming treatment on the resist pattern by applying a reactant solubilizing the resist pattern onto the resist pattern, then performing a heat treatment on the resist pattern under a heat treatment condition determined in advance, and then performing a developing treatment on the resist pattern; and a first line width measurement step of measuring a line width of the resist pattern before the slimming treatment step. The heat treatment condition is determined based on a measurement value of the line width measured in the first line width measurement step. | 11-18-2010 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kagoshima JP
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20080317900 | Feed, or Feed Additive, for Livestock Weight Increase - [Problem] To promote the early weight increase of livestock, reduce blood triglyceride levels and obtain good meat quality. | 12-25-2008 |
20100233319 | METHOD OF TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION RESIDUE WITH KOJI MOLD - Disclosed in a method for treating an alcoholic fermentation residue without the need of external supply of an energy source, which is characterized by mixing a koji mold (e.g., | 09-16-2010 |
20140102157 | METHOD IN WHICH MOISTURE CONTENT OF PROCESSING OBJECT IS REDUCED AND/OR OIL-SOLUBLE SUBSTANCE IN PROCESSING OBJECT IS EXTRACTED IN OIL - A method for efficiently reducing water content of an object to be treated that contains water without requiring a high-temperature environment such as one exceeding the boiling point of water, and a method for efficiently extracting an oil-soluble substance from an object to be treated that contains water and the oil-soluble substance. A method for reducing water content of an object to be treated and/or extracting an oil-soluble substance in the object to be treated into oil is performed by mixing the object to be treated containing water or water and the oil-soluble substance with an oil at a temperature that is lower than the boiling point of water, at which temperature the oil is a liquid. | 04-17-2014 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kasugai-Shi JP
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20100206705 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device has a slider that advances and retreats in a front-back direction, a push button that is integrally provided at a front end of the slider, a switch contact whose on and off states are switched according to an operation for pushing down the push button to cause the slider to retreat, a biasing member that biases the slider in an advancing direction in order to return the push button and the slider to a non-manipulated position, a case in which the switch contact, the biasing member, and the slider are assembled, the push button being disposed in an opening at a front end of the case, a front-portion constituent member that is attached to the case while disposed around the push button in the opening, and a coil that is wound around a bobbin formed in an outer circumference of the front-portion constituent member. | 08-19-2010 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Shizuoka-Shi JP
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20100068622 | Electrode Binder Compositions and Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries and Electric Double Layer Capacitors - An electrode binder composition comprising at least one metal chelate compound and at least one fluoropolymer. The binder composition used in a battery electrode improves the cohesion of the powdered active electrode material as well as the adhesion strength between the active material layer and the metallic current collector. The invention further relates to battery electrodes containing the binder composition for lithium ion secondary batteries and electric double layer capacitors. | 03-18-2010 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Koshi-Shi JP
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20090291399 | COATING/DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A coating/developing apparatus includes a first storage section that stores data comprising correlations of different pattern information units including at least a line width of the resist pattern, different values of a film thickness of the underlying film, and different light information profiles. The apparatus further includes a mechanism configured to use a film thickness distribution to obtain an estimated film thickness of the underlying film at a light-irradiation area on the surface of the substrate, and to check the estimated film thickness and a light information profile obtained at the light-irradiation area against the data to determine pattern information at the light-irradiation area. | 11-26-2009 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Fukushima JP
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20090235520 | Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Cell - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell including: a cathode containing a compound expressed by a general formula A | 09-24-2009 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kobe-Shi JP
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20080196936 | Base Unit for Dual Wiring System - A base unit suitable to improve easy exchangeability of a function unit in a dual wiring system is provided. The base unit is mounted in a wall surface of a structure, and connected to both of an electric power line and an information line previously installed in the structure. The base unit has a module port, which is detachably connected to a module connector of the function unit to simultaneously establish both of supplying the electric power from the base unit to the function unit, and making a signal transmission between the base unit and the function unit, thereby enabling the function unit to provide at least one of functions for supplying electric power from the electric power line, outputting information from the information line and inputting information into the information line when connected with the base unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20090051505 | Function Unit for Dual Wiring System - A function unit having easy exchangeability in a dual wiring system is provided. The function unit is detachably connected to a gate device mounted in a wall surface of a structure, and connected to both of an electric power line and an information line previously installed in the structure. The function unit has at least one of functions for supplying electric power from the electric power line, outputting information from the information line and inputting information into the information line when connected with the gate device. The function unit has a module connector, which is configured to simultaneously establish both of supplying the electric power from the gate device to the function unit, and making a signal transmission between the gate device unit and the function unit when connected to a module port formed at the gate device. To improve function expandability, an additional function unit may be detachably connected to the function unit. | 02-26-2009 |
20090110407 | Dual Wiring System - A dual wiring system with improved function expandability is provided. A base unit is mounted in a wall surface of a structure, and connected to both of an electric power line and an information line previously installed in the structure. Each of function units has at least one of functions for providing electric power from the electric power line, outputting information from the information line and inputting information into the information line when connected with the base unit. The base unit is detachably connected with one of the function units by use of a joining member, so that electric power is supplied from the base unit to the function unit through a power transmission means, and a signal transmission between the base unit and the function unit is obtained through a signal transmission means. | 04-30-2009 |
20090134716 | Dual Wiring System - A dual wiring system is provided, which has improved easy exchangeability and function expandability of function unit, and is capable of constructing a higher-order system by controlling plural function units in a coordinated fashion. A plurality of base units are mounted in wall surfaces of a building structure, and connected to both of an electric power line and an information line installed in the building structure. The function unit is detachably connected to each of the base units, and provides at least one of functions for supplying electric power from the electric power line, outputting information from the information line, and inputting information into the information line. A control unit is detachably connected to the function unit or the base unit, and controls at least two of the function units connected to the electric power line and the information line through the base unit(s) in a coordinated fashion. | 05-28-2009 |
20090209136 | Dual Wiring System - A dual wiring system with easy exchangeability of a function unit is provided. A gate device is mounted in a wall surface of a structure, and connected to both of an electric power line and an information line previously installed in the structure. The function unit has at least one of functions for supplying electric power from the electric power line, outputting information from the information line and inputting information into the information line when connected with the gate device. The function unit has a module connector comprised of an electric power connector and an information signal connector, which is detachably connected to a module port of the gate device comprised of an electric power port and an information signal port. To further improve function expandability, an additional function unit can be detachably connected to the function unit. | 08-20-2009 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Tuchiura-Shi JP
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20090209185 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING PAD - A chemical mechanical polishing pad used for chemical mechanical polishing comprises a polishing surface, a non-polishing surface that is provided opposite to the polishing surface, a side surface that connects an outer edge of the polishing surface and an outer edge of the non-polishing surface, and a plurality of grooves formed in the polishing surface. The side surface has a slope surface that is connected to the polishing surface, and a depth of the grooves is equal to or smaller than a height of the slope surface. | 08-20-2009 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kasugai-City JP
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20090128288 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device has an opening formed in one case of a dual structure, a partitioning member for partitioning the opening, a projection formed on the partitioning member so as to project to a front surface side of the case, and at least two push buttons attached from a back surface side of the case to partitions partitioned by the partitioning member. The push button has a substantially flat plate-shaped push button portion, and a locking portion formed at an outer edge of the push button portion. The locking portion contacts an outer edge of the opening to prevent slip-out of the push button when the push button is attached to the partition from the back surface side of the case. | 05-21-2009 |
20110298446 | CURRENT SENSOR, INVERTER CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A semiconductor device having a lateral semiconductor element includes a semiconductor substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode on the substrate, and an isolation structure located in the substrate to divide the substrate into a first island and a second island electrically insulated from the first island. The lateral semiconductor element includes a main cell located in the first island and a sense cell located in the second island. The main cell causes a first current to flow between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the first current flows in a lateral direction along the surface of the substrate. The first current is detected by detecting a second current flowing though the sense cell. | 12-08-2011 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Fujisawa JP
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20090114792 | Image Display Apparatus - A large-screen image display apparatus which comprises: a display module; an outer frame shaped so as to fit along the rim of the rear surface of the display module; a hollow, bar-shaped main frame for supporting the display module, which is arranged to extend vertically and fixed to the upper and lower portions of the outer frame and to the rear surface of the display module by a fixing part; and a stand for supporting the display module, which has a leg portion. The leg portion of the stand is inserted into the main frame. The leg portion and the main frame are fastened together by screwing a screw through a screw hole formed through the main frame and a first screw hole formed through the leg portion. In addition, the leg portion and a fixing part of the outer frame are fastened together by screwing a screw through a second screw hole formed through the leg portion and a screw hole formed in the fixing part of the outer frame. The first screw hole and the second screw hole are formed on different faces of the leg portion and at different heights. This can provide a large-screen image display apparatus with a less-wobble, high-safety, high-reliability, and low-cost stand-attaching structure. | 05-07-2009 |
20120140144 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a backlight unit in which a diffusing member and an adjusting member are disposed on exit surfaces of light guide plates near a liquid crystal panel. The diffusing member diffuses light from the exit surfaces and the adjusting member adjusts the distribution of light from the exit surfaces. The light guide plate is as large as one of four equal parts of the liquid crystal panel as divided in vertical and horizontal directions. | 06-07-2012 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Wako-Shi JP
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20090107129 | COGENERATION SYSTEM - A cogeneration system includes a first cooling device disposed in a cooling water circulation path extending between an engine and a waste-heat heat exchanger, and a second cooling device disposed in a hot water circulation pipe extending between a hot water storage tank and a hot air heater. The first cooling device is activated to cool cooling water when the temperature of hot water stored in the hot water storage tank exceeds a first predetermined value, and the second cooling device is activated to cool the hot water when the temperature of hot air inside the hot air heater exceeds a second predetermined value. | 04-30-2009 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kanagawa JP
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20090035964 | BOARD-MOUNTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a circuit board and includes a dielectric housing mounting a plurality of first terminals having circuit board press-fit portions projecting therefrom. A plurality of second terminals are mounted on the housing and have circuit board press-fit portions projecting therefrom. A press-fitting block is engageable with the housing and is locked to the first terminals for press-fitting the first terminals into holes in the circuit board. The press-fit portions of the second terminals are exposed exteriorly of the housing and the press-fitting block for locking engagement by an appropriate independent pressfitting jig for press-fitting the second terminals into holes in the circuit board. | 02-05-2009 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kyoto JP
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20080202260 | SCHEDULING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR A SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS - A scheduling method for a substrate treating apparatus having a plurality of treating sections for treating substrates, wherein, based on a recipe including a plurality of treating steps, a controller determines beforehand an order of treating a plurality of lots successively by operating a transport device having a substrate holder for transferring the substrates to transport the lots to the treating sections. When arranging a specific treating step that may be accompanied by dynamic processing, among the treating steps, the controller determines whether the dynamic processing should be allocated before the specific treating step, based on a treating step corresponding to an origin of transportation for a previous specific treating step and a treating step corresponding to an origin of transportation for the specific treating step. | 08-28-2008 |
20090018686 | SCHEDULING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR A SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS - A scheduling method for a substrate treating apparatus having a plurality of treating units for treating substrates, wherein, based on a procedure including a plurality of treating steps, a controller determines an order of treating a plurality of lots successively in the treating units. The method includes a step of preparing a plurality of schedules through execution of a basic allocating method, based on a systematic chart representing combinations of the treating steps for the respective lots, for allocating a first treating step of one of the lots, and thereafter, while following the systematic chart from the treating step, for searching and allocating as a next treating step a treating step selected from among succeeding treating steps in the lots, whose preceding treating step has an earliest expected completion time of all preceding treating steps; and a first allocating method for allocating treating steps based on the basic allocating method, and when a waiting time occurring with one of the treating steps exceeds an allowed time for enabling a standby at one of the treating units, for avoiding allocation of the one of the treating steps and restarting a search at one branching point before a branching point upstream of the one of said treating steps. The method further includes a step of selecting one schedule having been completed within a specified time, from the plurality of schedules prepared. | 01-15-2009 |
20130073069 | SCHEDULING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SCHEDULING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON FOR SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS - A scheduling method suitable for a single-substrate type substrate treating apparatus is provided. In the scheduling method, a controller provided in the substrate treating apparatus prepares schedule defining performances of the substrate treating apparatus having a single-substrate type treating unit in a time sequential order. The method comprises the steps of: a step for preparing a plurality of tentative timetables for a plurality of respective substrates, each of the tentative timetables combining a plurality of blocks in a time sequential order, each of the blocks defining a treatment content for one of the substrates; and a scheduling step for preparing a total schedule by acquiring the blocks from the plurality of tentative timetables to dispose the acquired blocks in a time sequential order. | 03-21-2013 |
20140379113 | SCHEDULING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING SCHEDULING PROGRAM FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A scheduling method includes a first step where a controller prepares the schedule so that a preliminary processing process and a substrate processing process are performed in that order by a processing unit in common, a second step where, when an abnormality occurs in a substrate processing apparatus in a period from the start of the preliminary processing process to before the start of the substrate processing process, the controller stops the substrate processing process at the processing unit designated in the first step, and a third step where, when the abnormality is resolved, the controller prepares the schedule so that a post-resolution preliminary processing process and the substrate processing process are performed in that order at the processing unit designated in the first step. | 12-25-2014 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Takatsuki-Shi JP
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20080258622 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHTING METHOD AND LIGHTING DEVICE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP DEVICE, AND LAMP UNIT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEADLIGHT DEVICE - In a high-pressure discharge lamp that includes a bulb formed from a light emitting part having a discharge space therein and a pair of sealing parts connected to the light emitting part, and an electrode pair disposed within the discharge space, a section of a proximity conductor is wound substantially spirally around one of the sealing parts within a predetermined range from the light emitting part, while the remaining section of the proximity conductor crosses over the light emitting part and is electrically connected to the electrode nearer the other sealing part. By initiating a discharge after applying a high-frequency voltage of 1 kHz to 1 MHz to a high-pressure mercury lamp having this structure, the breakdown voltage can be suppressed to at least 8 kV. | 10-23-2008 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Shizuoka JP
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20080241568 | Manufacturing Method Of Metal Product And Metal Product - In sintering a metal powder after pressure molding into a given configuration, random amorphous flaky metal fine powders ( | 10-02-2008 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20110171761 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH FLUORESCENT LAYER - A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes disposing a light-emitting element on a supporting member, dispersing a fluorescent substance having a particle diameter of 20 to 45 μm in a material of the light-transmitting member at a concentration of 40 to 60 wt %, dripping raw material for the fluorescent layer on the light-emitting element while lowering the viscosity of the raw material, and thermally curing the coated layer. | 07-14-2011 |
20140241627 | ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an environment evaluation apparatus includes a generation unit, a storage and a comparison unit. The generation unit generates a feeling index representing a feeling toward a target image to be processed. The storage stores a plurality of comparative images and corresponding comparative feeling indexes, according to each of feeling categories. The comparison unit extracts, as a similar image, at least one of the comparative images corresponding to at least one of the comparative feeling indexes having a degree of similarity to the feeling index not less than a threshold value, by comparing the feeling index with the comparative feeling indexes. | 08-28-2014 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Nara JP
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20120057620 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system of the present invention comprises a radio communication device which transmits or receives a first beacon signal and a second beacon signal. A beacon transmission radio communication device transmits the first beacon signal in a preset timing pattern P | 03-08-2012 |
20130039260 | RELAY DEVICE, AUTOMATED RADIO METER READING SYSTEM, AND RELAY METHOD - A relay device for relaying communication information communicated between an access point and an adapter, said relay device comprises a reception means for receiving the communication information transmitted to said relay device itself; a memory means having one or more memory areas, the memory means being configured to store ID of each communication device which is a next transmission destination, in each of the memory areas; a reading means for reading route information from the communication information, said route information including information specifying the memory area containing the ID of the communication device which is the next transmission destination and indicating a route constituted by communication devices provided in a range from at least said relay device itself to a final transmission destination; a transmission destination identifying means for identifying the ID of the communication device which is the next transmission destination, based on the memory area stored in the memory means and the route information read by the reading means; and a transmission means for transmitting the communication information to the communication device identified by the transmission destination identifying means. | 02-14-2013 |
20130083687 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A meter interface which is an exemplary communication device includes a radio communication unit, a level calculator unit, and an interface processing unit, and the processing unit is configured to obtain information relating to the number of lower terminals connected to each of the upper terminals, based on the signal from the upper terminal, and determine as an upper terminal to be connected to the meter interface, an upper terminal which is smallest in the number of lower terminals connected to the meter interface, from among upper terminals in which received signal levels calculated in the level calculator unit are not lower than a predetermined threshold. | 04-04-2013 |
20130109397 | RADIO DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130114580 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device for communicating with at least a lower-level device, the communication device comprising a beacon signal generator for generating beacon signals used for synchronizing a clock of the lower-level device, and a beacon transmitter for transmitting the beacon signals generated by the beacon signal generator to the lower-level device at regular time intervals. The beacon signal generated by the beacon signal generator include a beacon identification code, the beacon identification code is shorter in code length than a communication identification code of the own device, and at least a part of the beacon identification code includes a code generated arbitrarily by the beacon signal generator. | 05-09-2013 |
20130170429 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a radio communication device used in a radio communication system of the present invention, a radio relay terminal ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130182699 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a wireless communication apparatus for conducting communication between a high-order apparatus and a low-order apparatus, including a beacon reception unit and a beacon transmission unit. The beacon reception unit receives a first regular beacon signal ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130215821 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a radio communication system of the present invention, a second radio relay terminal ( | 08-22-2013 |
20140051349 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF RADIO TERMINAL AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF RADIO TERMINAL - In a radio communication system of the present invention, a radio master terminal and a radio relay terminal are configured to transmit beacon signals each containing relay stage number information which is information indicating the number of radio relay terminals via which communication with the radio master terminal is performed, and the radio terminal which newly participates in the radio communication system includes: a reception level measuring section for measuring reception levels of received beacon signals; a relay stage number analyzing section for obtaining relay stage number information from each of the received beacon signals; and an upper radio terminal deciding section for deciding as a connection target a radio terminal which is a transmission source of the beacon signal in which the measured reception level is determined as equal to or higher than a specified value, and the relay stage number is smallest based on the obtained relay stage number information. | 02-20-2014 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Helsinki FI
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20130039930 | BIOMARKER FOR SENSITIVITY TO THERAPY WITH A NOTCH INHIBITOR - Described herein are materials and methods for identifying subjects that would benefit from Notch-targeted therapy. | 02-14-2013 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Minamitsuru-Gun JP
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20140047940 | MULTI-JOINT ROBOT WITH BOTH-SIDE SUPPORTED ARM MEMBER - In a multi-joint robot ( | 02-20-2014 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Fukuoka-Ken JP
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20130205487 | TOILET DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, a toilet device includes: a washing unit washing a surface of a bowl in a toilet bowl; a water supplying unit supplying washing water to the washing unit; a silicic acid polymerization inhibiting unit adding inhibitor for silicic acid polymerization to the washing water left on the surface of the bowl after the washing of the bowl, the inhibitor inhibiting polymerization of silicic acid component in the washing water left on the surface of the bowl; and a control portion executing a control starting an operation of the silicic acid polymerization inhibiting unit before the surface of the bowl is evaporated. | 08-15-2013 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Fukuoka JP
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20130082004 | WATER AREA EQUIPMENT THAT CAN INHIBIT WATER SCALE FORMATION - There is provided a water area equipment that can inhibit water scale formation and further can very easily remove formed water scale. In the water area equipment, silicic acid polymerization can be inhibited to reduce water scale formation, and, further, formed water scale can very easily be removed, for example, by lightly wiping off the water scale. The water area equipment on which water from a water supply source can be poured comprises a unit configured to add an inhibitor for silicic acid polymerization to water deposited as water residual on the surface of the water area equipment and can inhibit water scale formation and can allow formed water scale to be easily removed. A specific unit that inhibits the polymerization of silicic acid is configured to enhance the acidity of water and, for example, to adjust pH of residual water to 1.5 to 5.5. | 04-04-2013 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Moriyama-Shi JP
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20140178135 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CUT WORKPIECE USING SAME - A cutting insert, a cutting tool and method of manufacturing a machined product. The cutting insert includes: upper and lower surfaces; a side surface; a cutting edge; and a rake portion on the upper surface. The cutting edge includes major and minor cutting edges that are convex toward outside of the main body portion. The minor cutting edge has a curvature radius smaller than a curvature radius of the major cutting edge. The rake portion is inclined and approaches the lower surface as moving from the major cutting edge toward inside of the main body portion and is located along the major cutting edge. An inclination angle of the rake portion becomes smaller as moving from a part continuous with one end of the major cutting edge toward a part continuous with center of the major cutting edge. | 06-26-2014 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kitakyushu-Shi JP
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki JP
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20140297945 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND COPY CONTROL METHOD - A storage apparatus includes a plurality of drives having different response speeds, a memory that stores location information of data stored in the plurality of drives, and a processor operable to execute performing rearrangement of the data among the plurality of drives in accordance with a specific condition, updating the location information of the data whose rearrangement has been performed, and starting copying from data that is used for startup of a host connected to another storage apparatus among a plurality of pieces of data to be copied to the other storage apparatus in accordance with the location information stored in the memory, the other storage device being redundantly configured with the storage apparatus. | 10-02-2014 |
20160086622 | SPEECH PROCESSING DEVICE, SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a speech processing device includes an analyzer, a feature quantity calculator, a comparator, and a sensation index calculator. The analyzer performs multiple pseudo frequency analyses each using different window functions on subject speech to be processed. The feature quantity calculator calculates a feature quantity of the subject speech on the basis of analysis results of the multiple pseudo frequency analyses. The comparator compares the feature quantity of the subject speech with a reference feature quantity calculated from reference speech and generates a comparison result. The sensation index calculator calculates a sensation index representing a sensation received from the subject speech on the basis of the comparison result. | 03-24-2016 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Yokosuka-Shi JP
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20150050581 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A power generation system includes a hydrothermal fluid well including a drilled hole reaching down to a hydrothermal fluid reservoir present below an ocean floor from an ocean floor surface and a casing installed in the drilled hole through a guide base on the ocean floor surface, an anode provided on a flow channel for hot water formed by the hydrothermal fluid well, a cathode provided in seawater other than the flow channel for hot water formed by the hydrothermal fluid well, and an ocean floor device that is connected with the anode and the cathode respectively and extracts generated power so as to operate. Power is easily and stably supplied on the ocean floor. | 02-19-2015 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Gamagori-Shi JP
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20150056864 | CONNECTOR WITH BUILT-IN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A connector with built-in electronic circuit board includes an electronic circuit board for a sensor, the electronic circuit board including a first connection terminal, an inner case housing the electronic circuit board, and an outer case having a chamber housing the inner case. The connector further includes a second connection terminal extending from inside the chamber to outside the outer case, a third connection terminal disposed in the chamber, and a cable connected to the sensor at one end thereof at outside the outer case and connected to the third connection terminal at the other end thereof. The inner case is sealed by resin in a state of the first connection terminal being exposed. The first connection terminal is connected to the second and third connection terminals. The chamber is closed by a lid. | 02-26-2015 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20150179490 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus includes a sealed container which interiorly has a space for housing substrates and is provided with an opening for introducing or discharging the substrates, an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the opening, a substrate processing part for performing cleaning process on the substrates, and a first transfer robot for discharging and introducing the substrates from and into the sealed container. Further, the substrate processing apparatus includes a schedule creating part adapted to create schedule data which defines timings at which the opening/closing mechanism opens and closes the opening, and timings at which the substrate transferring part introduces the substrates in the sealed container or discharges the substrates from the sealed container, according to time periods of processing of the substrates into the substrate processing part. | 06-25-2015 |
Masahiro Yamamoto, Hokuto-Shi JP
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20160060125 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention relates to an electrode material, an electrode, an electrical storage device and a lithium-ion capacitor, and the electrode material includes a carbon material and reduces its weight at a temperature not more than 650° C. by 20% relative to the weight thereof before heating when thermogravimetric analysis is performed on the electrode material with a heating rate of 5° C./min in an air flow at a rate of 100 ml/min. | 03-03-2016 |