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Sakaue, JP

Asako Sakaue, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130045503CLEARING REAGENT FOR BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, AND USE THEREOF - A clearing reagent according to this invention for making a biological material transparent is a solution containing, as an active component, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives, in order to provide a novel clearing reagent for making a biological material transparent.02-21-2013
20140178927CLARIFYING REAGENT FOR BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND USE THEREOF - A clearing reagent according to the present invention for making a biological material transparent is a solution containing: at a concentration of 1M or more and not more than 8.5M, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of urea and urea derivatives; and glycerol at a concentration of 25 (w/v) % or more and not more than 35 (w/v) %.06-26-2014

Atsushi Sakaue, Chichibu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150097122NEUTRON DETECTOR - A neutron detector with a unique neutron detecting element is disclosed. The neutron detecting element has an inner cylindrical neutron scintillator where a neutron detection body including a ZnS phosphor, and a neutron converter material which contains 04-09-2015

Atsushi Sakaue, Shimonoseki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100186658ROWING BOAT FOOTREST ASSEMBLY - A rowing boat footrest assembly is provided with a stationary boat mounting, a shoe support and a lateral adjustment mechanism. The stationary boat mounting structure is arranged to be coupled to a rowing boat, the stationary boat mounting structure. The first shoe support unit stationary boat mounting structure is arranged to be coupled to a rowing boat. The shoe support includes an attachment member adjustably coupled to the stationary boat mounting structure, and a footrest member attached to the attachment member. The lateral adjustment mechanism is disposed between the stationary boat mounting structure and the shoe support to slidably mount the shoe support on the stationary boat mounting structure. The lateral adjustment mechanism is arranged to selectively secure the shoe support in at least two different lateral foot positions with respect to the stationary boat mounting structure.07-29-2010
20110315065ROWING BOAT FOOTREST ASSEMBLY - A rowing boat footrest assembly is provided with a base, a foot-rudder control member, a footrest member, a first pivot structure and a second pivot structure. The foot-rudder control member includes a rudder control attachment. The footrest member includes a shoe attachment. The first pivot structure pivotally supports the foot-rudder control member on the base. The first pivot structure defines a first pivot axis of pivotal movement between the foot-rudder control member and the base. The second pivot structure pivotally supports the footrest member on the foot-rudder control member to change a shoe inclination of the footrest member with respect to the foot-rudder control member. The second pivot structure defines a second pivot axis of pivotal movement between the footrest member and the foot-rudder control member. The second pivot axis is not parallel to the first pivot axis.12-29-2011

Atsushi Sakaue, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140028130ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a stator having a connection member forming a three phase delta connection by coil windings. In the rotary electric machine, the connection member is composed of an insulating annular groove portion formed with double annular grooves and a first, a second, and a third annular conductive members, the annular conductive members being attached by insertion into the insulating annular groove portion; the insulating annular groove portion is formed with double grooves of one and the other, and both the grooves are connected via one window portion; the respective annular conductive members are each formed in a circular arc shape and provided with a plurality of arm portions extended outward in the radial direction of the stator, the plurality of arm portions being connected to coil end portions of the coil windings respectively; the first annular conductive member and the second annular conductive member are attached by insertion into different grooves of the insulating annular groove portion, are overlapped at a part of opened sections where a circular arc is not present, are in a positional relationship in which both annular conductive members are opened, and are attached by insertion so that the window portion is disposed at the position where both annular conductive members are opened; and the third annular conductive member is made such that a portion to be attached by insertion into one groove and a portion to be attached by insertion into the other groove are attached by insertion into the insulating annular groove portion via the window portion.01-30-2014
20150084449ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - Obtain a rotary electric machine by which a share of coil slots for a stator winding in slots, which are formed in a stator core, can be increased, and heat generation at a central portion of a stator can be decreased. The stator winding is composed of coil slots, which are inserted to the slots, and coil ends extended toward the outside in the axis direction of the stator core; and the coil conductors of the coil slots are configured in such a way that cross-sectional areas at central portions in the axis direction are wider cross-sectional areas at both end portions, and the cross-sectional areas of the coil conductors are reduced along the coil slots from the central portions to the both end portions.03-26-2015
20150162787ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A stator winding is formed by mounting winding bodies individually into pairs of slots of a stator core separated by a predetermined number of slots, the winding bodies each being formed by winding a jointless, continuous conductor wire coated with insulation for m turns into a helical shape such that end portions of rectilinear portions are linked by coil ends, where m is a natural number that is greater than or equal to two, and the coil ends include a top portion that displaces by a predetermined amount in a radial direction at an approximately central portion between the linked rectilinear portions, the radial displacement at the top portions is approximately a×d, where a is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (m−1), and d is a radial thickness of the rectilinear portions.06-11-2015
20150200575ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A U-phase coil that constitutes an armature winding includes four (first through fourth) small coil groups U07-16-2015
20150207374ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A U-phase coil that constitutes the armature winding includes four (first through fourth) small coil groups U07-23-2015

Eiichi Sakaue, Shinagawa-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080280187LIQUID CARTRIDGE - A liquid cartridge for supplying liquid to an external device connected therewith is provided with a casing, a partition member movably fitted in the casing, which partitions the casing into a first chamber and a second chamber, an outlet port communicating between the first chamber and the external device and a pressure unit housed in the second chamber, which presses the partition member so as to discharge the liquid out of the outlet port.11-13-2008

Fumihiko Sakaue, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140161346FEATURE POINT SELECTING SYSTEM, FEATURE POINT SELECTING METHOD AND FEATURE POINT SELECTING PROGRAM - A recognition task executing means 06-12-2014

Fumihiko Sakaue, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120002867FEATURE POINT GENERATION SYSTEM, FEATURE POINT GENERATION METHOD, AND FEATURE POINT GENERATION PROGRAM - A feature point generation system capable of generating a feature point that satisfies a preferred condition from a three-dimensional shape model is provided. Image group generation means 31 generates a plurality of images obtained by varying conditions with respect to the three-dimensional shape model. Evaluation means 33 calculates a first evaluation value that decreases steadily as a feature point group is distributed more uniformly on the three-dimensional shape model and a second evaluation value that decreases steadily as extraction of a feature point in an image corresponding to a feature point on the three-dimensional shape model becomes easier, and calculates an evaluation value relating to a designated feature point group as a weighted sum of the respective evaluation values. Feature point arrangement means 32 arranges the feature point group on the three-dimensional shape model so that the evaluation value calculated by the evaluation means 33 is minimized.01-05-2012

Haruhiko Sakaue, Kagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130260031ADHESIVE AGENT APPLYING APPARATUS AND ADHESIVE AGENT APPLYING METHOD FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An adhesive agent applying apparatus has an ejecting section that ejects a thermoplastic adhesive agent and applies the thermoplastic adhesive agent onto one surface of a continuous sheet, traveling in a predetermined travel path and relevant to an absorbent article, by ejecting the thermoplastic adhesive agent from the ejecting section. The apparatus includes a contacting-detaching mechanism that causes relative movement between the continuous sheet and the ejecting section along a contacting-detaching direction, an ejecting mechanism that performs an ejecting operation of the thermoplastic adhesive agent from the ejecting section, and a controller that controls the contacting-detaching mechanism and the ejecting mechanism. The controller controls, when a travel speed of the continuous sheet is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the contacting-detaching mechanism and the ejecting mechanism in such a manner that, while causing the ejecting section to be in contact with the one surface of the continuous sheet, the thermoplastic adhesive agent is ejected from the ejecting section, and, when the travel speed is less than or equal to the threshold value, controls the contacting-detaching mechanism and the ejecting mechanism in such a manner that the ejection of the thermoplastic adhesive agent from the ejecting section is stopped and that the continuous sheet and the ejecting section come to a spaced apart state at the time the ejection is stopped or after the ejection has been stopped.10-03-2013

Haruya Sakaue, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130226643OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND SORTING SYSTEM WITH OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An operation management apparatus is configured for managing a monotonous task requiring a worker to perform a prescribed action. The operation management apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an action of the worker in an area where the monotonous task is performed, a first storage unit configured to pre-register a correct action of the monotonous task to be performed by the worker, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the pre-registered correct action of the monotonous task matches an action by the worker detected by the detector; and an output unit configured to generate an output when the first determination unit determines that the pre-registered correct action of the monotonous task does not match the detected action.08-29-2013

Hideyuki Sakaue, Aichi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120060977METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBURIZED PARTS - To provide a method of manufacturing a carburized part contributable to cost reduction, a portion intended for a non-carburizing portion is treated to a surface roughness corresponding to Rz 50 like a first work surface and a portion intended for a carburizing portion is treated to a surface roughness corresponding to Rz 1.5 like a second work surface.03-15-2012
20130160899GEAR - The problem of the present invention involves providing a gear that has high tooth-root bending strength and for which there is no chipping of the tips of the teeth. Accordingly, the surface of the gear is carburized and the gear is strengthened by imparting residual stress, with the residual stress in the region with a surface depth of 5 μm to 20 μm being −1000 MPa or less, and the residual stress in the region with a surface depth of 50 μm to 150 μm being −1000 MPa or greater.06-27-2013
20150068039METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GEAR - The problem of the present invention involves providing a gear that has high tooth-root bending strength and for which there is no chipping of the tips of the teeth. Accordingly, the surface of the gear is carburized and the gear is strengthened by imparting residual stress, with the residual stress in the region with a surface depth of 5 μm to 20 μm being −1000 MPa or less, and the residual stress in the region with a surface depth of 50 μm to 150 μm being 1000 MPa or greater.03-12-2015

Patent applications by Hideyuki Sakaue, Aichi-Gun JP

Hiromitsu Sakaue, Nirasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100226737SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD - A substrate transfer apparatus that transfers a substrate with respect to a processing apparatus includes a substrate accommodation unit for accommodating a plurality of substrates to be loaded into the processing apparatus in a vertical direction in a multi-stage; a substrate accommodation unit for accommodating a plurality of substrates unloaded from the processing apparatus in a vertical direction in a multi-stage; a substrate holder for transferring the substrates from the substrate accommodation unit to the processing apparatus; a substrate holder for transferring the substrates from the processing apparatus to the substrate accommodation unit. The substrate accommodation unit has an elevating mechanism for moving at least one of the substrate and the substrate holder in a vertical direction relative to each other and the substrate accommodation unit has an elevating mechanism for moving at least one of the substrate and the substrate holder in a vertical direction relative to each other.09-09-2010
20100240200SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing system includes a processing chamber that performs a preset process on a plurality of substrates in a batch-type manner; a substrate mounting table, installed within the processing chamber, configured to mount the plurality of substrates on a concentric circle and configured to be rotatable forward and backward; substrate accommodation units configured to accommodate the plurality of substrates in multi-stages in a vertical direction; substrate holders and configured to transfer the substrates between the substrate accommodation units and the processing chamber; elevating mechanisms configured to move the substrate accommodation units up and down. Unprocessed substrates are mounted on the substrate mounting table while the substrate mounting table is being rotated in one direction. After the completion of the processing of the substrates, unloading of processed substrates and loading of new unprocessed substrates are performed while the substrate mounting table is rotated in the another direction.09-23-2010
20120201646SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing method includes transferring unprocessed substrates to a first substrate holder by way of lowering a first substrate accommodation unit and loading the unprocessed substrates into a processing chamber in sequence while sequentially rotating a substrate mounting table at a preset angle in one direction, performing a preset process on substrates in a batch-type, and unloading processed substrates from the processing chamber by the first substrate holder after a completion of the preset process, transferring the processed substrates into the first substrate accommodation unit from the first substrate holder by way of raising the first substrate accommodation unit, transferring unprocessed substrates to a second substrate holder by way of lowering a second substrate accommodation unit and loading the unprocessed substrate into the processing chamber in sequence while sequentially rotating the substrate mounting table at the preset angle in the another direction.08-09-2012

Hiromitsu Sakaue, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120170999LOAD LOCK DEVICE AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A load lock device is connected between a vacuum chamber and an atmospheric chamber through gate valves and the interior thereof is selectively switchable between a vacuum atmosphere and an atmospheric pressure atmosphere. The load lock device includes: a load lock container; a support unit provided in the load lock container and having supporting portions for supporting target objects in multiple stages; a gas introduction unit having gas ejection holes which are provided so as to correspond to the supporting portions and eject as a cooling gas a restoring as for restoring the atmosphere in the load lock container to the atmospheric pressure; and a vacuum exhaust system for evacuating the atmosphere in the load lock container to vacuum.07-05-2012
20120213615TARGET OBJECT TRANSFER METHOD AND TARGET OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A target object transfer method overcomes the limits to productivity encounted even if a process time of various processes is shortened. In the transfer method, each of the load-lock chambers is configured to store target objects. First objects not having been processed are carried out into the load-lock chambers, and processed second objects are carried out at the same time from a plurality of processing chambers to a transfer chamber using a transfer device. The processed second objects are carried at the same time into the load-lock chambers from the transfer chamber, and the first objects not having been processed are carried out at the same time to the transfer chamber from the load-lock chambers using the transfer device, and the first object not having been processed are carried into the processing chambers at the same time from the transfer chamber.08-23-2012

Hiromitsu Sakaue, Nirasaki City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110135427METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING TARGET OBJECT AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TARGET OBJECT - A method, for transferring target objects in an apparatus wherein a processing chamber processes the n-number of target objects simultaneously (n being an integer not smaller than 2), and a transfer device holds at least the n+1 number of target objects, includes the steps of (a) unloading the n-number of unprocessed target objects from a load-lock chamber to a transfer chamber by using the transfer device, (b) unloading at least one of processed target objects from the processing chamber to the transfer chamber by the transfer device and (c) loading at least one of the unprocessed target objects held by the transfer device from the transfer chamber to the processing chamber. The steps (b) and (c) are repeated until all of the processed target objects in the processing chamber is exchanged with the unprocessed target objects held by the transfer device.06-09-2011
20110142579TRANSFER DEVICE AND TARGET OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A transfer device includes a first transfer mechanism including a first shaft which is rotatable and vertically arranged and a horizontally extensible and retractable first arm having at a leading end thereof a first pick for holding a processing target object, the first arm being attached to the first shaft; and a second transfer mechanism including a second shaft which is rotatable and vertically arranged and a horizontally extensible and retractable second arm having at a leading end thereof a second pick for holding a processing target object, the second arm being attached to the second shaft. The first and the second transfer mechanism are vertically separated from each other while a rotation center of the first shaft and a rotation center of the second shaft coincide with each other.06-16-2011
20110168330SUPPORT STRUCTURE, LOAD LOCK APPARATUS, PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TRANSFER MECHANISM - A support structure for supporting a processing target object includes a support main body that supports a weight of the processing target object and recess-shaped supporting body accommodating portions formed on a top surface of the support main body. The support structure further includes supporting bodies accommodated in the respective supporting body accommodating portions to be protruded above the top surface of the support main body. The supporting bodies are rollable in the respective supporting body accommodating portions while supporting the processing target object of which bottom surface is in contact with upper peak portions of the supporting bodies.07-14-2011
20130180448SUBSTRATE TRANSFER DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A substrate transfer device includes a pick which has positioning pins to position a substrate and holds a positioned substrate; a drive unit which drives the pick such that the substrate is loaded/unloaded to/from a vacuum processing unit by using a pick; and a transfer control unit which controls a transfer operation of the substrate using the pick. The transfer control unit obtains in advance information on a reference position of the substrate at room temperature when the substrate is loaded into the vacuum processing unit, calculates a positional deviation from the reference position of the substrate when the substrate is loaded into the vacuum processing unit in actual processing, and controls a drive unit such that the substrate is loaded into the vacuum processing unit by correcting the positional deviation.07-18-2013

Hiromitsu Sakaue, Yamanashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140052286OBJECT TRANSFER METHOD AND OBJECT PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed are an object transfer method and an object processing apparatus. The object transfer method includes: extending a first transfer arm into a processing chamber, and retracting the same after a first pick picking up an processed object accommodated in the processing chamber; rotating the first and second transfer arms to move a second pick holding an unprocessed object to a transfer position in front of the processing chamber and to move the first pick holding the processed object to a position adjacent to a transfer position in front of a load-lock chamber; extending the second transfer arm into the processing chamber, and retracting the same after accommodating the unprocessed object held by the second pick in the processing chamber; and rotating the second transfer arm to move the second pick holding no object to the transfer position in front of the load-lock chamber.02-20-2014

Hiroshi Sakaue, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140308604PHOTO MASK AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME - An opening width of a main pattern is a width with which a transcription pattern is formed on a target member to be exposed by transmitted exposure light, and is a dimension of 0.8×(λ/NA)×M or less (where λ is a wavelength of the exposure light, and NA and M are a numerical aperture and a reduction ratio of a reduced projection optical system of an exposure apparatus). Each of a first auxiliary pattern adjacent to the main pattern and a second auxiliary pattern located outside the first auxiliary pattern to be adjacent thereto has a width with which a transcription pattern is not formed by the exposure light and generates diffracted light. A first distance between respective centers of the main pattern and the first auxiliary pattern is greater than a second distance between respective centers of the first auxiliary pattern and the second auxiliary pattern.10-16-2014

Hiroyuki Sakaue, Higashi-Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090283013Liquid composition, manufacturing method thereof, low dielectric constant films, abrasive materials, and electronic components - Diamond fine particles having porous structure known in a high thermal resistance and low dielectric constant film has a high thermal conductivity and is expected as an insulating film for multiplayer wirings of a semiconductor integrated circuit device. A liquid composition of diamond fine particles, which are raw material of the film, is unstable as colloid, resulting in low reproducibility and yield in the production of films. It becomes possible to impart a very low viscosity and improved stability to the colloid liquid composition of diamond fine particles by containing a small amount of amine. If necessary, a thickener may be used to adjust the viscosity appropriately, so that various kinds of application systems can be used. A low dielectric constant film having a relative dielectric constant of about 2.5 can be thus obtained. Further, the liquid composition may be utilized as an abrasive for finishing.11-19-2009

Hiroyuki Sakaue, Higashi-Hiroshima City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100237476Low dielectric constant films and manufacturing method thereof, as well as electronic parts using the same - While a fine porous diamond particle film has been known as a high heat resistant and low dielectric constant film and also has high mechanical strength and heat conductivity, and is expected as an insulating film for multi-layered wirings in semiconductor integrated circuit devices, it is insufficient in current-voltage characteristic and has not yet been put into practical use. According to the invention, by treating the fine porous diamond particle film with an aqueous solution of a salt of a metal such as barium and calcium, the carbonate or sulfate of which is insoluble or less soluble, and a hydrophobic agent such as hexamethyl disilazane or trimethyl monochlolo silane, as well as a reinforcing agent containing one of dichlorotetramethyl disiloxane or dimethoxytetramethyl disiloxane, thereby capable of putting the dielectric breakdown voltage and the leak current within a specified range of a practical standard.09-23-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Sakaue, Higashi-Hiroshima City JP

Katsushi Sakaue, Kirishima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080303385Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Device - To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric device having excellent durability in which the amount of displacement does not change even when the piezoelectric actuator is subjected to continuous operation over a long period of time under a high voltage and a high pressure, the multi-layer piezoelectric device comprises a stack formed by stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrodes alternately one on another and external electrodes formed on a first side face and on a second side face of the stack, wherein one of the adjacent internal electrodes is connected to the external electrode formed on the first side face and the other internal electrode is connected to the external electrode formed on the second side face, while content of alkali metal in a range from 5 ppm to 300 ppm is contained.12-11-2008
20090045701Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Device - To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric device having excellent durability in which the amount of displacement does not change even when the piezoelectric actuator is subjected to continuous operation over a long period of time under a high voltage and a high pressure, the multi-layer piezoelectric device comprises a stack formed by stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrodes alternately one on another and external electrodes formed on a first side face and on a second side face of the stack, wherein one of the adjacent internal electrodes is connected to the external electrode formed on the first side face and the other internal electrode is connected to the external electrode formed on the second side face, while content of alkali metal in a range from 5 ppm to 300 ppm is contained.02-19-2009
20090045702Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Device - To provide a multi-layer piezoelectric device having excellent durability in which the amount of displacement does not change even when the piezoelectric actuator is subjected to continuous operation over a long period of time under a high voltage and a high pressure, the multi-layer piezoelectric device comprises a stack formed by stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrodes alternately one on another and external electrodes formed on a first side face and on a second side face of the stack, wherein one of the adjacent internal electrodes is connected to the external electrode formed on the first side face and the other internal electrode is connected to the external electrode formed on the second side face, while content of alkali metal in a range from 5 ppm to 300 ppm is contained.02-19-2009
20100156250Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Element and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A multi-layer piezoelectric element having high durability which allows it to increase the amount of displacement of a piezoelectric actuator under high voltage and high pressure and does not undergo a change in the amount of displacement during continuous operation in a high electric field and under a high pressure over a long time period is provided.06-24-2010

Patent applications by Katsushi Sakaue, Kirishima-Shi JP

Katsushi Sakaue, Kokubu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100066211Multi-Layer Electronic Component and Method for Manufacturing the Same, Multi-Layer Piezoelectric Element - In order to provide a multi-layer electronic component in which the occurrence of delamination between the ceramic layer and the internal electrode is restricted and a method for manufacturing the same, the multi-layer electronic component of the present invention comprises a stack formed by stacking piezoelectric layers and internal electrodes one on another alternately and a pair of external electrodes formed on two opposing side faces of the stack, wherein the internal electrode consists of a first internal electrode connected to the external electrode formed on one of the two side faces and a second internal electrode located between the first internal electrode and connected to the external electrode formed on the other one of the two side faces, and wherein the internal electrodes and the piezoelectric layers are faced in proximity so that a space between them is 2 μm or less over an area occupying 50% or more of the active region where the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode oppose each other.03-18-2010

Keiji Sakaue, Shibata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120301569PATTERN TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND PATTERN TRANSFERRING METHOD - Provided is a pattern transferring apparatus (11-29-2012

Kenji Sakaue, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130242656HOST EQUIPMENT, MEMORY CONTROLER, AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory controller includes a processor that includes a monitoring module, a control module, and a parity generating module. The monitoring module receives a data sequence and checks the data sequence for a designated pattern. The control module determines page size of data sequences that include the designated pattern and arranges an idle area for each page based on the total data quantity and the size of the data sequence, where the data quantity of the data stored in each page is uniform. The parity generating module generates the extended parity in the idle area based on a portion of the data stored in each page and the management information of the page. In each page, the control module stores a portion of the data and the extended parity in the idle area.09-19-2013

Kenji Sakaue, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090119134Auction system and system of forming investment trust and financial products and funds including viatical and life settlement - An auction system between a seller and a bidder via a communication network, for calculating a proper price of a viatical and life settlement policy based on the amount of insurance carried by an insured, the estimated remaining life of the insured, an insurance premium due to be paid by the insured, a commission fee of an investment trust institution and the annual interest of the policy, for preventing the policy from being set at an illegally low price and allowing the insured to sell the policy at an optimized market price while maintaining a fair trade. Whether or not already-distributed key information is used for login, charges can be withdrawn from a trade account available for online settlement, and it is possible to confirm whether a seller or bidder has carried out an illegal action, so that troubles such as unpaid fees can be greatly reduced.05-07-2009
20140053041NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM ERROR CORRECTION CAPABILITY OF WHICH IS IMPROVED - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory cell array, first error correction part, second error correction part, and third error correction part. The memory cell array includes a first storage area in which 1-bit data is stored in one memory cell, and second storage area in which data of a plurality of bits is stored in one memory cell. When data is written to the first storage area, the first error correction part generates first parity data in the row direction on the basis of the data described above. The second error correction part corrects an error of the data described above on the basis of the first parity data read from the memory cell array. The third error correction part generates second parity data in the column direction on the basis of data of a plurality of pages.02-20-2014
20140068379MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory module which includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells with a plurality of pages and line-and-space word lines to which more than one of the memory cells are connected, and a controller which receives write data from a host device.03-06-2014
20140281794ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an error correction circuit includes a first memory module, a read-out module, a first arithmetic module, a detector, a second arithmetic module, and a transfer module. The first memory module stores logarithmic likelihood ratio (LLR) data to which low density parity check codes (LDPC) data has been converted. The read-out module reads out, from the first memory module, the LLR data of a plurality of variable nodes which are connected to a selected check node, based on a check matrix. The first and second arithmetic modules update the LLR data, based on the read-out LLR data and first and second reliability data. The transfer module transfers the updated LLR data to the first memory module.09-18-2014
20150058705STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA LATCH TIMING ADJUSTMENT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a storage medium, a DLL circuit, a latch circuit, and a delay amount adjustment circuit. The DLL circuit gives a predetermined amount of delay to an inputted clock signal, the latch circuit latches data outputted from the storage medium in accordance with the clock signal delayed in the DLL circuit, the delay amount adjustment circuit adjusts the delay amount that the DLL circuit is to give to the clock signal based on a latch result by the latch circuit.02-26-2015
20150227419ERROR CORRECTION DECODER BASED ON LOG-LIKELIHOOD RATIO DATA - According to one embodiment, an error correction decoder includes a selecting section, calculating section, check section, and updating section. The selecting section selects data used for matrix processing applied to a process target row from LLR data stored in the first memory section based on a check matrix, and stores the data in a second memory section. The calculating section executes the matrix processing based on the data stored in the second memory section, and writes updated data back to the second memory section. The check section checks a parity based on a calculating result of the calculating section. The updating section updates the LLR data of the first memory section based on the updated data of the second memory section.08-13-2015

Patent applications by Kenji Sakaue, Yokohama-Shi JP

Kenji Sakaue, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100199082MICROPROCESSOR BOOT-UP CONTROLLER, NONVOLATILE MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus has a multi-valued NAND nonvolatile memory including a plurality of word lines and a plurality of memory cells connected to the respective word lines. Each memory cell has a plurality of threshold voltages, and is divided into a first and a second storage area. A program code is stored in the first storage area, and user data is stored in the second storage area. The apparatus also includes a volatile memory to which the program code is transferred from the multi-valued NAND nonvolatile memory. The apparatus further includes a CPU connected to the volatile memory and configured to operate based on the program code transferred to the volatile memory.08-05-2010
20100241932ERROR DETECTOR/CORRECTOR, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - An error detector/corrector includes an ECC cache unit configured to store an error bit address which represents an error location by associating the error bit address with an error page address and a coefficient α of an error location polynomial; a comparison unit configured to check for a match by comparing new values with stored values, where the new values are an error page address detected by a syndrome calculation unit and a coefficient α of the error location polynomial calculated by a polynomial calculation unit while the stored values are an error page address and a coefficient α of the error location polynomial stored in the ECC cache unit; and a first error localization unit configured to identify a location of the error bit address stored in the ECC cache unit as the error location when the comparison unit determines that the compared values match.09-23-2010
20100251075MEMORY CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - A memory controller that has an error correction number correspondence table that stores an error threshold level in correspondence with an error correction number; an error threshold level storage section that stores an error threshold level for each block; an uncorrected number measurement section that measures an uncorrected number of an error correction for each block; an error threshold level modification section that, each time an uncorrected number of a certain block exceeds a predetermined number, modifies the error threshold level of the block; an encoder that performs encoding processing of data stored in memory cells belonging to each block with an error correction number that is based on an error threshold level and the error correction number correspondence table; and a decoder that performs decoding processing of data.09-30-2010
20110072331MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A memory system having a memory card configured to store frame data composed of a plurality of pieces of sector data and a host configured to send and receive the frame data to and from the memory card, the memory card includes: an ECC1 decoder configured to perform BCH decoding processing with a hard decision code on a sector data basis; an ECC2 decoder configured to perform LDPC decoding processing with an LDPC code on a frame data basis; a sector error flag section configured to store information about presence or absence of error data in the BCH decoding processing; and an ECC control section configured to perform, in the LDPC decoding processing, control of increasing a reliability of sector data containing no error data based on the information in the sector error flag section.03-24-2011
20110239080ERROR DETECTION/CORRECTION CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - An LDPC error detection/correction circuit according to an embodiment includes a selector that divides data into p groups based on a check matrix H including blocks made up of unit matrixes having a size p and shift blocks, a selector that divides a group into Y subgroups, a bit node storage section that stores LMEM variables to calculate a probability β in association with each first address, a check node storage section that stores TMEM variables to calculate an external value α in association with each second address, a rotator that performs rotation processing on the TMEM with a rotation value based on a shift value, and an operation circuit made up of (p/Y) operation units that perform parallel processing in subgroup units.09-29-2011
20120072803SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a semiconductor memory which includes two or more cell peripheral circuits and two or more storage cells at least one of reading and writing of which is controlled by the cell peripheral circuits in each of the cell peripheral circuits. Further, the semiconductor storage device includes a memory control unit configured to instruct to form 1 symbol as a unit for creating an error correction code by the data held by the storage cells controlled by the same cell peripheral circuit and creating an error correction code to the symbol created base of the instruction.03-22-2012
20120102380SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY SYSTEM, AND ERASURE CORRECTION METHOD - A memory card according to an embodiment includes: a memory section having a binary storage area (SLC area) and a multi-value storage area (MLC area); an error correction section configured to correct an error of data stored in the MLC area; and an erasure correction section configured to store, in the SLC area, the position information on the multi-value memory cell storing the data having the error detected by the error correction section and configured to perform erasure correction on the basis of the position information.04-26-2012
20120297273MEMORY CONTROLLER, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD - A memory controller including a buffer configured to perform decoding frame-unit data decoded by an LDPC decoder through partial parallel processing based on a check matrix made up of a block of a unit matrix and a plurality of blocks in which each row of the unit matrix is sequentially shifted and store threshold decision information of the data read from a memory section, an LLR conversion section configured to convert the threshold decision information to an LLR, an LMEM configured to store probability information β calculated during iteration processing that repeatedly performs column processing and row processing based on the LLR in an iteration unit equal to or smaller than a size of the block, and a CPU core configured to transfer the probability information β stored in the LMEM to the buffer every time the iteration processing in the iteration unit is completed.11-22-2012
20140298142MEMORY CONTROLLER, SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS AND DECODING METHOD - A memory controller including a buffer configured to perform decoding frame-unit data decoded by an LDPC decoder through partial parallel processing based on a check matrix made up of a block of a unit matrix and a plurality of blocks in which each row of the unit matrix is sequentially shifted and store threshold decision information of the data read from a memory section, an LLR conversion section configured to convert the threshold decision information to an LLR, an LMEM configured to store probability information β calculated during iteration processing that repeatedly performs column processing and row processing based on the LLR in an iteration unit equal to or smaller than a size of the block, and a CPU core configured to transfer the probability information β stored in the LMEM to the buffer every time the iteration processing in the iteration unit is completed.10-02-2014

Patent applications by Kenji Sakaue, Kanagawa JP

Kousuke Sakaue, Nasushiobara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100205485MEDICAL-INFORMATION COMMUNICATION-CONNECTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANAGING A MEDICAL-INFORMATION COMMUNICATION CONNECTION - The present invention comprises a request sending part 08-12-2010
20110320595MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM - This embodiment involves a medical information processing device comprising: a storage part; a configuration information storage part; a determination part; and a controller. The storage part stores a plurality of application programs. The configuration information storage part stores configuration information for an execution environment that is quality guaranteed, corresponding to the application program. The determination part, based on the configuration information, determines whether it is possible to run the application program. The controller, if it is determined at the determination part that the application program cannot be run, causes a function corresponding to this application program to be run on a server.12-29-2011
20120078652HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a healthcare information system includes a measurement type storage unit, input unit, measurement type determination unit, acquisition unit, and measurement value storage unit. The measurement type storage unit stores a plurality of measurement types and healthcare information in association with each other. The input unit inputs healthcare information associated with a monitoring object person. The measurement type determination unit determines a measurement type associated with the input healthcare information in the measurement type storage unit. The acquisition unit acquires a measurement value of the monitoring object person associated with the determined measurement type via a healthcare device. The measurement value storage unit stores the acquired measurement value.03-29-2012
20120215884MEDICAL-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MEDICAL-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A medical-information management system, connected via a network to multiple servers including medical-information memories storing medical information, which manages the medical information by distributing the medical information of multiple medical facilities to the multiple servers, comprises operating-time-information memory, operational-status analysis part, and medical-information transmission part. The operating-time-information memory stores respective operating times of each of multiple servers. The management-information memory stores management information indicating servers in which the medical information is stored. The operational-status analysis part provides notification of other servers other than a first server based on information indicating operating times. The medical-information transmission part determines a second server for temporarily saving the medical information from among the notified other servers, and transmits the medical information to the second server.08-23-2012
20130226615MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical information processing system including an input part, a sound analyzer, a state detector, determination information storage, and an association processor. Upon receiving plural types of medical information via sound input respectively, the medical information processing system can distinguish the plural types of medical information by a simple operation. The input part receives the medical information via sound input. The sound analyzer analyzes the received sound and converts it into character strings. The state detector detects plural states of the input part, respectively. The determination information storage stores in advance determination information in which each of plural states is related to types of information making up a medical record. The association processor identifies the type corresponding to the detected state based on the determination information, and relates the information indicating the identified type with the character strings converted from the sound input.08-29-2013
20140233815MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER - A medical image information system of an embodiment includes: a terminal device and a medical image processing server connected via a network, wherein the medical image processing server includes a medical image storage unit in which a medical image is stored, and an image processing unit that generates, from the medical image, a display screen and display screen information based on a request from the terminal device to transmit to the terminal device, and the image processing unit includes a speed-lowering determination unit that determines, based on either related information of a medical image or connection status of the terminal device or both, a setting item pertaining to a wait process for lowering a transmission timing of a result of image processing, and a speed-lowering processing unit that carries out a wait process for lowering a transmission timing of the display image based on the setting item.08-21-2014

Patent applications by Kousuke Sakaue, Nasushiobara-Shi JP

Kousuke Sakaue, Nashushiobara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130275147MEDICAL INFORMATION INTEROPERABILITY TESTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical information interoperability testing apparatus includes a setting information storage unit, a medical information storage unit, an information selection unit and a simulated communication unit. The setting information storage unit stores a plurality of pieces of communication setting information. The medical information storage unit stores medical information containing at least one of patient information, examination information, and image information. The information selection unit selects a piece of communication setting information to be used from the plurality of pieces of communication setting information. The simulated communication unit tests interoperability with a medical device as communication partner according to a medical communication protocol using the medical information and the piece of communication setting information to be used selected by the information selection unit.10-17-2013

Mamoru Sakaue, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100217810ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVER - The invention provides an e-mail server, with which e-mails are communicated between a member belonging to the server and a communication mate of the member under the protection of function or performance for preventing SPAMs from being received by an improved white list system and e-mail addresses can be surely prevented from undesirably leaking out. The server comprises received e-mail filtering means for forming destruction judgment and delivery judgment on a received e-mail for causing the received e-mail to be delivered in accordance with a delivery permitting decision and transmission e-mail filtering means for conducting processing on a transmission e-mail by which a group of letters representing an e-mail address discordant with an addressee's e-mail address contained in the transmission e-mail is replaced with another group of letters representing an open e-mail address or eliminated.08-26-2010

Masaaki Sakaue, Mie JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130154584ELECTRIC TOOL ADAPTOR AND ELECTRIC TOOL SYSTEM USING SAME - An electric tool adaptor is configured to be disposed between an electric tool and a battery pack and attached detachably with respect to the electric tool and the battery pack. This adaptor includes a DC-DC converter configured to increase or reduce a voltage of the battery pack to convert the voltage to a drive voltage of the electric tool and supply the drive voltage to the electric tool.06-20-2013
20130337298BATTERY PACK - The battery pack includes a battery cell for supplying electric power to an external device connected thereto, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of a place on which the temperature sensor is arranged, a switch member for making and breaking an electric path between the external device and the battery cell; and a controller configured to control the switch member to turn on and off according to the temperature sensed by the temperature sense. The temperature sensor is arranged on a position between the battery cell and the switch member so as to be affected by the temperatures of both of the battery cell and the switch member.12-19-2013

Masaaki Sakaue, Hikone JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090084568Impact power tool - An impact power tool includes an impact mechanism for applying a striking impact to an output shaft by using an output power of a motor. A strike detection unit detects the striking impact applied by the impact mechanism to obtain a striking timing and a striking speed detection unit calculates a striking speed from the striking timing obtained by the strike detection unit and a rotation angle of the motor obtained by a rotation angle detection unit. A control unit counts the number of striking impact detected by the strike detection unit and stops the motor if the number of striking impact reaches a predetermined strike number. The control unit is designed to correct the predetermined strike number when the striking speed obtained in the striking speed detection unit is equal to or lower than a specified striking speed.04-02-2009
20100207581Charging controller - A charging controller connected to at least one of secondary cells and detachably connected to a charger or a cell driver, the charging controller including: a charging amount control circuit detecting a cell voltage of each secondary cell and outputting a charging control signal for instructing the charger to reduce a charging current when the detected cell voltage exceeds the target voltage; and a protection circuit detecting a cell voltage of each secondary cell and cutting off a current path from the charger to the secondary cell when the detected cell voltage exceeds the upper limit voltage, the protection circuit operating by using the secondary cell as a power source while at least the charger is not connected. In the charging controller, while neither the charger nor the cell driver are connected, the charging amount control circuit does not operate.08-19-2010
20100270973Battery Pack - A battery pack which is detachably connected to a charger and charged by connecting thereto, includes a battery assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries serially connected; a pair of power terminals connected to a negative and a positive electrode of the battery assembly, respectively; a control circuit adapted to individually detect voltages across respective secondary batteries and output a charge control signal to the charger when the detected voltages exceed a predetermined value; a signal terminal adapted to output the charge control signal to the charger; and a temperature measurement element for detecting a temperature of the battery assembly. Further, the control circuit changes the predetermined value to be compared with the detected voltages based on the detected temperature of the temperature measurement element.10-28-2010
20110043166Charging Circuit - A charging circuit includes a battery pack provided with one or more secondary batteries and a battery charger for charging the secondary batteries, the battery pack being detachably attachable to the battery charger. The charging circuit further includes a control unit for performing a charging control, a monitoring unit for detecting charged voltage of the secondary batteries to determine completion of charging, a storage unit storing charging data for use in the charging control of the control unit and determination of the charging completion of the monitoring unit and a changing unit for changing the charging data. The monitoring unit and the storage unit are arranged in the battery pack, and the changing unit and the control unit are arranged in the battery charger.02-24-2011
20120073848BATTERY PACK AND ELECTRIC POWER TOOL INCLUDING SAME - A battery pack includes cylindrical columnar battery cells arranged at least in two rows and two columns along vertical and horizontal directions orthogonal to center axes of the battery cells. Each of the battery cells includes an electrode terminal formed in one end portion thereof. The battery pack further includes a connector plate to which the electrode terminals of four vertically and horizontally adjoining battery cells are joined. The connector plate is arranged to parallel connect each pair of the battery cells adjoining in the same direction to form battery cell blocks. The connector plate is configured to serially connect the battery cell blocks. The center axes of the battery cells are positioned at vertexes of a parallelogram when the vertically and horizontally adjoining battery cells are seen at one end side thereof. The connector plate has a contour conforming to respective sides of the parallelogram.03-29-2012

Patent applications by Masaaki Sakaue, Hikone JP

Masaaki Sakaue, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130002175ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool is included in a plurality of types of electric power tools. The plurality of types of electric power tools comprise a plurality of types of battery packs having different rated output voltages and a plurality of types of tool bodies, the housings of which are equipped with an attached part on which each of the battery packs is mounted in a freely removable manner. The attached part possessed by the plurality of types of tool bodies equipped with motors having different voltage characteristics is formed so as to be able to mount an arbitrary one of the plurality of types of battery packs having different rated output voltages. This makes it possible to widen the range of available battery packs and enhance convenience.01-03-2013
20130063079CHARGER - A charger includes an output circuit unit to output a charging current to a secondary battery, a voltage detection unit to detect a voltage of the secondary battery, and a control unit to control the output circuit unit, whereby constant current charging and constant voltage charging are performed. The control unit decreases a constant current value of the charging current by stages during the constant current charging and determines that the secondary battery has deteriorated by using a first voltage drop value of the secondary battery occurring upon first conversion and a second voltage drop value of the secondary battery occurring upon second conversion.03-14-2013

Masaya Sakaue, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080214340Belt Type Continuously Variable Transmission, Control Device for Belt Type Continuously Variable Transmission, and Vehicle - A belt type continuously variable transmission for a vehicle such as a motorcycle includes a primary sheave and a secondary sheave each having a pair of flanges axially movable relative to each other. A belt is wound around the sheaves. An actuator controlled by a control device moves the flanges. The control device includes a determination section for determining whether the actual gear ratio of the belt type continuously variable transmission has become a predetermined gear ratio for TOP or LOW, and a first correction section for correcting an operation amount of the actuator based on the determination made by the determination section. Control accuracy in a region where the gear ratio is TOP or LOW is thereby improved.09-04-2008
20100063695TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - In a transmission control system for a vehicle, in a torque return period at the time of up-shifting of a transmission, an engine torque and a clutch torque are increased in parallel. A target engine torque value and a target clutch torque value are set such that the clutch torque changes at a value higher than the engine torque. The target clutch torque value is set such that a difference between an amount of energy generated in a clutch and an amount of energy generated in an engine substantially coincides with an amount of energy required to reduce the rotation speed of the engine to a target rotation speed.03-11-2010

Patent applications by Masaya Sakaue, Shizuoka JP

Naohiro Sakaue, Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100072015MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CLUTCH FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In a clutch manufacturing method, inner peripheral portions of drum members, of two clutches are connected to a sleeve member, and a piston, a seal plate and a return spring are provided between the drum members, an insulator to apply electric isolation between the piston and the drum member or between the seal plate and another drum member is attached to either the piston or the seal plate. Then, the drum member, to which the electric isolation with the insulator is not applied, is connected to the sleeve member. Then, the piston, return sprig and seal plate are assembled to the sleeve member to which the drum member has been connected. Finally, the drum member, to which the electric isolation with the insulator has been applied, is connected to the sleeve member with electric welding.03-25-2010
20100081537AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND ADJUSTING METHOD OF GAP IN AXIAL DIRECTION OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission comprises a transmission mechanism including plural planetary gear sets, a transmission case storing the transmission mechanism, and an end cover closing an opening at one end of the transmission case. A planetary gear set disposed the closest to the end cover is assembled in such a manner that before the end cover is attached to the transmission case, a sun gear is assembled to the transmission case and a pinion carrier is assembled to the end cover. A thrust washer is disposed between an end face of the sun gear and an end face of an inner peripheral portion of the pinion carrier. The thrust washer is a member for adjusting a gap which is formed in an axial direction in the transmission case, and the member is selected from plural ones which have different axial thicknesses from each other.04-01-2010

Patent applications by Naohiro Sakaue, Hiroshima JP

Naohiro Sakaue, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080300095Automatic transmission - An automatic transmission comprises first, second and third gear sets 12-04-2008

Naoto Sakaue, Hadano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090183866Thermal control unit for semiconductor testing - A thermal control unit with a heat pipe that conducts heat away from a device under test during burn-in. The heat pipe has a heater that allows control of the rate at which heat is transferred from the DUT to the heat pipe. A sensor and controller are provided to control the heat in response to the measured temperature of the DUT. The sensor and controller control the heater to maintain the surface temperature of the DUT within a specified range.07-23-2009

Osamu Sakaue, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090059325Optical scanning device, image display device and retinal scanning display - An optical scanning device is constituted without using any arc sin θ correction lens, while maintaining quality of an image. In the optical scanning device, a clock cycle of an actually-used dot clock corresponding to the scanning direction of an optical flux exhibits an error equal to or less than 1 cycle of a master clock with respect to a clock cycle of a dot clock which constitutes a theoretical value such that optical fluxes corresponding to respective dots are arranged at equal intervals, the cycle differences between the clock cycle of the actually-used dot clock corresponding to the scanning direction of the optical flux and the clock cycles of the preceding and succeeding dot clocks become errors equal to or less than 1 cycle of the master clock, and an error between the number of the master clocks which is acquired by cumulatively adding the dot clocks from the dot clock corresponding to a scanning start position of the optical flux to the dot clock to be generated, and the number of the master clocks which constitutes a theoretical value and is acquired by cumulatively adding dot clocks which constitute the theoretical values corresponding to the dot clocks from the dot clock corresponding to the scanning start position of the optical flux to the dot clock to be generated becomes equal to or less than 1 cycle of the master clock.03-05-2009

Osamu Sakaue, Inazawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090243969Display processor and display processing system - There are provided a transparent display device configured to be capable of giving a predetermined field of view including a natural image of a projection board to the vision of an operator and to be held on the head portion of the operator, an antenna arranged in the vicinity of the projection board and configured to carry out radio communication to at least one RFID tag for display storing display data, respectively, that has at least one predetermined display image displayed in the field of view, and a control circuit configured to obtain image data via radio communication through the antenna and to have the predetermined display image displayed by the display device so as to be superimposed on the natural image of the projection board in the field of view on the basis of the obtained image data.10-01-2009

Patent applications by Osamu Sakaue, Inazawa-Shi JP

Reiko Sakaue, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090119134Auction system and system of forming investment trust and financial products and funds including viatical and life settlement - An auction system between a seller and a bidder via a communication network, for calculating a proper price of a viatical and life settlement policy based on the amount of insurance carried by an insured, the estimated remaining life of the insured, an insurance premium due to be paid by the insured, a commission fee of an investment trust institution and the annual interest of the policy, for preventing the policy from being set at an illegally low price and allowing the insured to sell the policy at an optimized market price while maintaining a fair trade. Whether or not already-distributed key information is used for login, charges can be withdrawn from a trade account available for online settlement, and it is possible to confirm whether a seller or bidder has carried out an illegal action, so that troubles such as unpaid fees can be greatly reduced.05-07-2009

Patent applications by Reiko Sakaue, Yokohama-Shi JP

Satoru Sakaue, Hino-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140251013ACCELERATION SENSOR - An acceleration sensor can ensure rigidity of its movable electrode despite a large number of through-holes formed in the movable electrode. The acceleration sensor has an SOI substrate in which a silicon oxide layer is formed on a silicon support layer and an active silicon layer is formed on the silicon oxide layer, wherein the active silicon layer of the SOI substrate has a movable electrode supported by elastic beams and configured with a weight, and also has fixed electrodes disposed in a fixed manner around the movable electrode to face the movable electrode, and wherein through-holes penetrating in a Z-axis direction are formed over the entire surface on the inner side of an outer circumference to which the elastic beams of the movable electrode are connected.09-11-2014

Shigeki Sakaue, Harima-Cho JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150239911METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPLEX COMPOSED OF ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND AND COPPER (I) SALT OF FLUOROOXO ACID - Disclosed is a method for producing a complex composed of an organic nitrogen compound and a copper (I) salt of a fluorooxo acid with high yield while reducing the corrosion of a reaction vessel. The complex can be produced with high yield while reducing the corrosion of a reaction vessel, by reacting a copper (I) salt, a fluorooxo acid salt and an organic nitrogen compound with one another.08-27-2015

Shigeki Sakaue, Kako-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130005983METHOD FOR PRODUCING 3-HALO-1,2-BENZISOTHIAZOLES - A method for producing a 3-halo-1,2-benzisothiazole represented by the general formula (2):01-03-2013

Shozo Sakaue, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110003519TERMINAL JOINING STRUCTURE AND TERMINAL JOINING METHOD - A terminal joining structure includes a terminal having a tubular barrel portion and a flange portion that is integrally formed at the axis-direction end of the barrel portion, a conductor substrate on which is opened a through-hole for inserting the barrel portion, and a ring that fits on the barrel portion on the opposite side of the conductor substrate. On the barrel portion is formed a taper that increases in diameter toward the flange portion. The diameter of the larger-diameter portion of the taper is larger than the inner diameter of the through-hole. The terminal is caulked to cause radially outward expansion of an end part of the barrel portion, which passes through the ring, on the opposite side of the conductor substrate and is fixed to the conductor substrate together with the ring.01-06-2011

Tadashi Sakaue, Takatsuki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080227572ELECTRICALLY OPERATED DERAILLEUR WITH FORCE OVERLOAD PROTECTION - A derailleur comprises a base member, a movable member; a linkage mechanism including a link member coupled to the base member and to the movable member so that the movable member moves relative to the base member, a motor including a drive member, and a driven member driven by the drive member. The driven member is coupled to the link member so that the link member moves relative to the base member to move the movable member relative to the base member. A clutch is disposed in a power transmission path between the motor and the link member.09-18-2008

Takaaki Sakaue, Yamanashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100307358CLEANING DEVICE FOR SCREEN PRINTING MASK AND SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE - A cleaning device for a screen printing mask includes a paper member for rubbing a lower surface of a mask and a backup member for pressing the paper member against the lower surface of the mask via elastic members attached to an upper end portion thereof. As the backup member with the paper member pressed against the lower surface of the mask via the elastic members is relatively moved with respect to the mask, the paper member is served for rubbing the lower surface of the mask to thereby effect the wiping off of paste adhering to the lower surface of the mask.12-09-2010

Takahiko Sakaue, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032139TIN POWDER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TIN POWDER AND CONDUCTIVE PASTE CONTAINING TIN POWDER - Object of the invention is to provide a tin powder containing fine tin particles which performs fine pitch wiring circuit easily, excellent in filling the minute diameter via holes, and exhibits low temperature fusibility. In order to achieve the object, a copper powder slurry is prepared by adding a copper powder in water with agitation and a tin solution for deposition by substitution is prepared by adding an acid to an aqueous mixture solution containing a stannous salt and thiourea. Then the copper powder slurry and the tin solution for deposition by substitution are mixed with agitation in a certain ratio of tin in the solution against to copper in the slurry to deposit tin by substitution on the surface of the copper powder. As a result, the tin powder of the present invention is obtained.02-05-2009
20140038818CARRIER FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION CATALYST - An internal combustion engine exhaust gas purifying catalyst carrier has a core body formed of a CeO02-06-2014
20140077136ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PARTICLES - An electroconductive particle having a core particle and a tin oxide-containing coating layer on the core particle. The tin oxide of the coating layer has a crystallite size of 70 to 200 Å. The electroconductive particle preferably has a ratio of R03-20-2014
20150144849COMPOSITE COPPER PARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The disclosed composite copper particle includes a core particle including copper, and a coating layer including a copper-tin alloy and formed on the surface of the core particle, the composite copper particle having a particle diameter at 50% cumulative volume in the particle size distribution of 0.1 to 10.0 μm. The alloy is preferably CuSn. The ratio of tin to the the composite copper particle is preferably 3.0 to 12.0 mass %. The composite copper particle is suitably obtained by a method including a step of mixing a reducing agent for tin and an aqueous slurry containing a tin source compound and core particles which include copper, to form a coating layer including a copper-tin alloy on a surface of the core particles.05-28-2015

Patent applications by Takahiko Sakaue, Yamaguchi JP

Takahiro Sakaue, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100152288NOVEL a-LIPOIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Provided are novel α-lipoic acid derivatives represented by the following formula (I), which have a tyrosinase inhibiting activity, a melanin production suppressing activity and an elastase inhibiting activity.06-17-2010

Takashi Sakaue, Kikuchi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140251546PEELING DEVICE, PEELING SYSTEM AND PEELING METHOD - A peeling device according to the present disclosure includes a holding unit, a plurality of suction moving units, a state detection unit and a control unit. The holding unit is configured to hold a first substrate of a superposed substrate having the first substrate and a second substrate joined. The suction moving units are configured to suction-hold the second substrate of the superposed substrate and move the second substrate in a direction away from a surface of the first substrate. The state detection unit is configured to detect a peeled-off state of the second substrate from the first substrate. The control unit is configured to control operation timings of the suction moving units so that the second substrate is peeled off from the first substrate gradually from one end of the second substrate toward the other end thereof, based on the peeled-off state detected by the state detection unit.09-11-2014
20150239227DELAMINATION METHOD, DELAMINATION DEVICE, AND DELAMINATION SYSTEM - A delamination method for delaminating a laminated substrate which includes a first and a second substrates bonded to each other, includes: adjusting a position of the laminated substrate at a holding unit by a position adjusting unit and disposing the holding unit at a predetermined height position; disposing a sharp member of a delamination inducing unit at a predetermined height position; detecting a contact of the sharp member by bringing the sharp member into contact with a side surface of one end portion of the laminated substrate; inserting the sharp member into the side surface of the one end portion of the laminated substrate; and delaminating the second substrate from the first substrate by a plurality of suction movement units which sucks the second substrate of the laminated substrate to move the second substrate away from the first substrate.08-27-2015

Tatsuya Sakaue, Nagasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080273986Wind Turbine Blade Assembly and Method of Installing the Same on Tower - In the aspect of the present invention, an installing a wind turbine is achieved by forming a blade assembly in which a plurality of blades are attached to a rotor head, by attaching a suspension structure to the rotor head, by lifting the blade assembly through the suspension structure by a first crane, and by installing the blade assembly to a nacelle of a wind turbine tower.11-06-2008

Tomohiro Sakaue, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130243247PERIPHERAL INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, CONVEYANCE, PERIPHERAL INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The peripheral information generating apparatus includes (i) a projection section for forming a projection pattern L, which at least partially has a continuous profile, on a road by irradiating the road with light, (ii) an image capturing section, and (iii) an image analyzing section for generating peripheral information, which indicates a peripheral situation of the peripheral information generating apparatus and of the road, by analyzing the projection pattern.09-19-2013
20130258689LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, FLOODLIGHT, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting section, a lens, and a movement control section, the movement control section changing an illumination position and a spot size of a laser beam in the light-emitting section by changing a relative position of the lens with respect to the light-emitting section.10-03-2013
20140056021LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND ILLUMINATON APPARATUS - A headlamp includes the laser chip which emits excitation light, a light-emitting section which contains a phosphor, and an optical rod. The excitation light emitted from the laser chip is optically guided by the optical rod, and the light output from the optical rod enters the light-emitting section. An edge is present in the light intensity distribution of the light-emitting section.02-27-2014
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Patent applications by Tomohiro Sakaue, Osaka-Shi JP

Tsuyoshi Sakaue, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110140270SEMICONDUCTOR MOUNTING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor mounting substrate according to the present invention comprises: a substrate; a semiconductor device, mounted on this substrate; solder bumps, which connect the semiconductor device and the substrate; a first resin, filled in a space between the semiconductor device and the substrate; and electronic components, mounted on a face side of the semiconductor device where the semiconductor device is mounted, wherein bond strength reinforcing resin section is provided at least between a side face in the vicinity of a corner part of the semiconductor device and a substrate surface of the substrate in a position corresponding to the corner part.06-16-2011
20110271760INERTIAL FORCE SENSOR - An inertial force sensor includes a detector element, a supporting body supporting the detector element, and a case holding the detector element via the first supporting body. The supporting body has flexibility and has a plate shape. The detector element includes a weight, a flexible coupling portion extending along a plane and supporting the weight, a fixing portion holding the weight via the coupling portion, and a detector detecting angular velocities about at least two axes non-parallel to each other. The supporting body extends in parallel with the plane from the detector element, and bends at a bending portion in a direction away from the plane. This inertial force sensor can detect the angular velocities while preventing erroneous detection caused by external impacts and vibrations.11-10-2011
20140373626INERTIAL FORCE SENSOR - An inertial force sensor includes a detector element, a supporting body supporting the detector element, and a case holding the detector element via the first supporting body. The supporting body has flexibility and has a plate shape. The detector element includes a weight, a flexible coupling portion extending along a plane and supporting the weight, a fixing portion holding the weight via the coupling portion, and a detector detecting angular velocities about at least two axes non-parallel to each other. The supporting body extends in parallel with the plane from the detector element, and bends at a bending portion in a direction away from the plane. This inertial force sensor can detect the angular velocities while preventing erroneous detection caused by external impacts and vibrations.12-25-2014

Yoshinobu Sakaue, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110316957IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING PLURAL OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICES - The image forming apparatus includes a chassis; plural image bearing members; plural optical scanning devices having the same configuration and located on respective installation positions of the chassis after installed thereon to scan the image bearing members with light beams; and plural incompatibility imparting mechanisms. The incompatibility imparting mechanisms are located on the corresponding optical scanning devices, and have the same configuration and the same initial state before the plural optical scanning devices are installed on the chassis, but achieve incompatible states after the optical scanning devices are installed. When the optical scanning devices in the incompatible states are detached from the chassis and then attached again thereto, the incompatibility imparting mechanisms prevent the corresponding optical scanning devices from being set to positions other than the respective installation positions.12-29-2011
20120300007OPTICAL WRITER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An optical writer includes a housing, a light source, a deflector, and a plurality of optical elements. The housing includes a plurality of surfaces, one of which includes a substantially flat portion having an opening formed therein and a curved portion curved in the shape of an arc of a circle in cross-section. The light source is enclosed within the housing and projects light through the opening and onto a target. The deflector is enclosed within the housing and deflects the light projected from the light source in a main scanning direction. The plurality of optical elements is enclosed within the housing and directs the light deflected by the deflector onto the target.11-29-2012
20130188004LIGHT BEAM SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a light beam scanning device, a plurality of light sources, which irradiates a plurality of light beams in a first direction and is retained by a holder, are disposed at distance from one another in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The plurality of light beams are incident, via a coupling optical system, to deflecting and reflecting surfaces of a deflector from a direction that is tilted with respect to a plane orthogonal to the rotational shaft of the deflector. The holder is supported by a housing of the light beam scanning device at a plurality of different positions in a third direction extending from the light source to the coupling optical system.07-25-2013
20130194370OPTICAL WRITING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An optical writing unit includes in a housing a light source projecting a light beam, a deflector to deflect the light beam projected from the light source, a focusing lens, and a lens adjusting device. The focusing lens is long in a main scanning direction and focuses the light beam onto a scan target. The lens adjusting device rotates the focusing lens about a substantially center portion thereof as a rotation fulcrum on a plane perpendicular to an optical path of the light beam so as to adjust the position of the light beam illuminating the scan target. The focusing lens has an asymmetric cross-section relative to a center line of the focusing lens in a direction of the optical path in a sub-scanning plane perpendicular to the main scanning direction, and the center of gravity of the focusing lens is offset from the center line toward the rotation fulcrum.08-01-2013
20150153705IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including positioning faces; a detachably attachable unit including receiving parts and contact parts; and a biasing member to press the receiving parts of the detachably attachable unit to the positioning faces disposed on the apparatus body. The biasing member is rotatably disposed to the apparatus body, contacts the contact parts disposed on the detachably attachable unit, presses the receiving parts against the positioning faces, and is elastically deformable in a direction separating from a rotary supporting point of the biasing member; and when the biasing member is rotated to a locked state from a release state, the biasing member is hooked to the contact parts, so that the receiving parts are pressed toward the positioning faces by the biasing member.06-04-2015

Patent applications by Yoshinobu Sakaue, Kanagawa JP

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