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Yukinobu Akado, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080260246COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A color processing method includes outputting, via an image output device, a chart image in which a plurality of images obtained by applying illuminant corrections corresponding to a plurality of different illuminants to images corresponding to a plurality of representative colors are arranged in a predetermined layout, receiving a user's instruction to select one of the illuminant corrections corresponding to one of the plurality of different illuminants based on the output chart image, and setting the selected illuminant correction to be applied to an original image, wherein the plurality of representative colors are memory colors.10-23-2008
20080266554INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a unit configured to acquire spectral data of ambient light to be estimated, a unit configured to receive spectral data and ambient light type information of a plurality of reference ambient light conditions, a comparison unit configured to compare the spectral data of the ambient light to be estimated with the spectral data of the plurality of reference ambient light conditions, and an estimation unit configured to estimate an ambient light type of the spectral data of the ambient light to be estimated from the ambient light type information of the reference ambient light based on a result of comparison provided by the comparison unit.10-30-2008
20090051968PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a subsidiary printout is printed from a printer driver, it is an object to enable a subsidiary print job to be formed without destroying a relationship between the master and the servant in a print process. A first print job formed by a first application program is input through an operating system and a printer driver processes the input first print job. A second application program which forms a second print job different from the first print job and sends to the operating system is provided. The printer driver starts the second application program, transfers settings of the printer driver to the second application program, receives the second print job formed by the second application program through the operating system, processes the second print job, and allows a printer to print the second print job.02-26-2009
20100157337IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system comprising: a color conversion unit configured to perform color conversion from color data in a first color space into color data in a second color space by using a color profile; a correction unit configured to perform correction for the color data in the second color space by using correction data; a printing unit configured to print on a printing medium in accordance with the color data in the second color space that is corrected by the correction unit; a first changing unit configured to change the color profile; a second changing unit configured to change the correction data; and a selection unit configured to select, based on a color measurement result of a color chart for correcting a color of an image printed on the printing medium, one of processes including change of the color profile and change of the correction data.06-24-2010

Patent applications by Yukinobu Akado, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Yukinobu Hasegawa, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140042893SPARK PLUG - A spark plug includes a tip joined to a center electrode. The coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the center electrode is greater than that of the tip. The tip has a gap-forming portion having a maximum width of 1.2 mm or greater and forming a gap in cooperation with the ground electrode and a to-be-joined portion joined to the center electrode. At a position A which is shifted 0.1 mm from the forward end of the outer surface of the fusion portion toward the forward end side, the width of the to-be-joined portion measured on the cross section is smaller than the width of the gap-forming portion. The to-be-joined portion satisfies Dtw/Dw≦1.1, where Dtw represents the width of the to-be-joined portion at the position A, and Dw represents the width of the fusion portion at the forward end of the outer surface thereof.02-13-2014
20150102720SPARK PLUG - A spark plug includes an electrode wherein a plurality of fusion regions are formed by melting to each other a circular noble metal tip having a diameter of not less than 2 mm and a base material disposed around an outer periphery of the noble metal tip. In a particular tip cross section, a total length of the portions passing the fusion region on the circumference of a circle A concentric to an outline of the tip and having a diameter of 90% of the length of the tip is not less than 30% of the length of the circumference of the concentric circle A, and a total length of the portions on which a circumference of a concentric circle B, having the same diameter as that of the outline passes, is not less than 30% of the length of the circumference of the concentric circle B.04-16-2015
20150145402SPARK PLUG AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A spark plug includes a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a cylindrical metal shell. The ground electrode is welded to the metal shell via a weld portion. The weld portion is formed along the outer circumference end part of an annular part in the ground electrode. The weld portion has a plurality of melt extending parts extending toward the inner circumference side from the outer circumference end part of the annular part and aligned such that adjacent ones are connected to each other at the end part. The plurality of melt extending parts partially include smaller melt extending parts whose melting depth is smaller than others.05-28-2015

Yukinobu Hirano, Fujimino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080258364CYLINDRICAL VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - A cylindrical vibration isolating device having an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder surrounding the inner cylinder, an elastic leg having a pair of right and left leg portions to connect the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder and, when viewed in the axial direction of the inner cylinder, being formed in a substantially inverted V-shape while placing the inner cylinder in an intermediate position, and a mass projection being provided in the elastic leg such that the mass projection resonates in a frequency range that the elastic leg causes bending resonance. The mass projection is provided outside of an inner restraint line that is a perpendicular line passing an outermost point of an inner restrained portion that is a connected portion between the inner cylinder and the elastic leg.10-23-2008
20130043626LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - A partition member for partitioning a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber is provided with a damping orifice passage and an elastic partition member. A stopper leg portion is integrally formed with and projects from a lower wall of an elastic diaphragm portion provided in a central region of the elastic partition member 02-21-2013
20140097564LIQUID SEALED VIBRATION ISOLATING DEVICE - A partition member for partitioning a primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber is provided with a damping orifice and an elastic partition member. A leg portion integrally projects from a lower surface of the movable diaphragm so as to be pressed vertically against a stopper surface formed on an upper surface of the bottom portion of a frame member. A third liquid chamber is defined between an outer circumferential portion of the leg portion and the support wall. When a bottom surface of the leg portion is pressed against the stopper surface, the third liquid chamber is sealed to confine a hydraulic fluid thereby increasing the internal pressure. When the leg portion is brought out of contact with the stopper surface, the third liquid chamber is opened to the secondary liquid chamber, thereby allowing the hydraulic fluid to flow out of the third liquid chamber.04-10-2014
20150048562INVERTED LIQUID SEALED MOUNT - In the inverted type liquid sealed engine mount in which a secondary liquid chamber is located above, an insulator protrudes in a mountain shape into a primary liquid chamber, and a resistor is provided within an annular recess section formed around the protruding portion. The resistor is mounted by insertion into an engaging recess of a lining layer and elastically supported by ribs so as to be movable in the annular recess section due to liquid flowing in the circumferential direction. A regulation gap is provided between the resistor and the insulator. Although a peculiar resonance occurs when the liquid passes through the regulation gap, the peak of the anti-resonance is decreased and the frequency is moved, since the resistor is movable.02-19-2015

Patent applications by Yukinobu Hirano, Fujimino-Shi JP

Yukinobu Hirano, Fujimino-Shi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150328969INVERTED TYPE LIQUID SEALED MOUNT - Annular liquid chamber resonance in an inverted type liquid sealed mount is controlled without using flow resistance. In an engine mount including a secondary liquid chamber located in an upper position, a primary liquid chamber located in a lower position, a main body section of an insulator projecting upwardly in substantially a chevron shape, and an annular liquid chamber formed around the main body section, a control projection is provided on an outside wall of the main body section to project upwardly and configured to produce elastic body resonance in the vicinity of a resonance frequency of annular liquid chamber resonance. With this construction, the annular liquid chamber resonance is controllable by the elastic body resonance of the control projection, and the control projection is increased in size so as to endure flow resistance whereby to improve durability.11-19-2015

Yukinobu Imamura, Hitachi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100194393GRADIENT COIL DEVICE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DESIGNING COIL PATTERN - There is provided a gradient coil device which can suppress any generation of an error magnetic field and thus an eddy current, and which can improve the image quality of a cross-sectional image. An MRI device includes a first coil generating a linear magnetic field distribution at an imaging region of the MRI device, and a second coil which suppresses any leakage of a magnetic field from the first coil to a static-magnetic-field coil device that generates a uniform magnetic field distribution at the imaging region.08-05-2010
20100321019GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD COIL DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - When the gradient magnetic field 12-23-2010
20120176137GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD COIL AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE - In the magnetic resonance imaging device, the distance between the first and second coils is different in the circumferential direction and has a first region (A07-12-2012
20130335088GRADIENT COIL DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE - A gradient coil device includes a major axis gradient coil, having an ellipse in a cross section generating a gradient magnetic field inclined in a major axis direction of the ellipse at a magnetic field space; and a minor axis gradient coil, having an ellipse in a cross section generating a gradient magnetic field inclined in a minor axis direction of the ellipse at the magnetic field space. A length of the minor axis field coil in the center axis direction is shorter than a length of the major axis gradient coil in the center axis direction. A maximum value of a residual magnetic field generated by the minor axis gradient coil at a space outside the magnetic field space is equal to or smaller than a maximum value of a residual magnetic field generated by the major axis gradient coil at a space outside the magnetic field space.12-19-2013

Patent applications by Yukinobu Imamura, Hitachi JP

Yukinobu Karata, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120286619ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR USED THEREIN - The rotary electric machine includes a rotor, and a stator including an stator core that is formed by laminating and integrating magnetic steel plates, and concentrated winding coils that are mounted to respective teeth, the stator being disposed so as to surround the rotor. Bobbins each including a trunk portion and first and second guide portions that are disposed so as to protrude from two longitudinal ends of an upper surface of the trunk portion are disposed so as to place bottom surfaces of the trunk portions alongside two axial end surfaces of the teeth. The concentrated winding coils are configured by winding a conductor wire a predetermined number of times around the teeth so as to pass through a concave space that is formed by the trunk portions and the first and second guide portions at two axial ends of the teeth.11-15-2012

Yukinobu Karata, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090195110LAMINATED CORE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE, AND STATOR - A laminated core block includes a plurality of core members made of magnetic sheets stacked one on top of another, the plurality of core members including first and second core members which adjoin in a laminating direction, and a thermoplastic resin strand placed between the first and second core members. The thermoplastic resin strand is arranged to pass along one side surface of the first core member, between the first and second core members and along a side surface of the second core member on a side opposite to the aforementioned side surface of the first core member in this order. The first and second core members are bonded to each other by melting and curing the thermoplastic resin strand.08-06-2009
20100102807WIRE ROPE FLAW DETECTOR - A wire rope flaw detector comprises a back yoke and excitation permanent magnets, which form a main magnetic path in a predetermined section of a wire rope in the axial direction; a magnetic path member arranged in the predetermined section to be magnetically insulated from the back yoke and the permanent magnets and making the leakage flux generated from a damaged part of wire rope detour to the outside of the wire rope; and a detection coil wound around the magnetic path member for detecting leakage flux. The amount of leakage flux can be increased by providing the magnetic path member and since the windable area of the detection coil is increased, the number of turns of detection coil can be increased.04-29-2010
20110180216LAMINATED CORE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE, AND STATOR - A laminated core block includes a plurality of core members made of magnetic sheets stacked one on top of another, the plurality of core members including first and second core members which adjoin in a laminating direction, and a thermoplastic resin strand placed between the first and second core members. The thermoplastic resin strand is arranged to pass along one side surface of the first core member, between the first and second core members and along a side surface of the second core member on a side opposite to the aforementioned side surface of the first core member in this order. The first and second core members are bonded to each other by melting and curing the thermoplastic resin strand.07-28-2011

Patent applications by Yukinobu Karata, Tokyo JP

Yukinobu Kato, Gifu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100213420FINE PARTICLE COMPOSITE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CATALYST USED FOR SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL, AND SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL - This invention provides a fine particle composite comprising fine particles of a sulfide or sulfide complex comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), and rhenium (Re) and conductive fine particles via a step of preparing a solvent mixture from a compound containing conductive carbon powder, at least one compound containing an element selected from among molybdenum (Mo), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (R), and rhenium (Re), and sulfur (S) and a step of conducting a hydrothermal or solvothermal reaction at a pressure and temperature that convert the solvent mixture into a supercritical or subcritical water or solvent.08-26-2010
20100316559SINGLE-CRYSTAL FINE POWDER OF SULFIDE OR SULFIDE COMPLEX AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - This invention provides a fine particle composite comprising fine powder of a sulfide or sulfide complex comprising a given element. The fine particle composite is obtained by a method for producing a fine particle composite comprising fine powder of a sulfide or sulfide complex comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), and rhenium (Re). Such method comprises steps of: preparing a solvent mixture from at least one compound containing an element selected from among molybdenum (Mo), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), rhenium (Re), and sulfur (S); and subjecting the solvent mixture to a hydrothermal or solvothermal reaction. The resulting fine particle composite comprises fine particles of a sulfide or sulfide complex comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of molybdenum (Mo), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), and rhenium (Re).12-16-2010

Yukinobu Kawai, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090295984Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus includes an operation button; and an operation member turnably mounted around the operation button, having an operation portion, and configured to allow a user to select a plurality of operation states by turning the operation portion. The operation portion is formed such that a user's finger placed on the operation button comes into contact with the operation portion at one or more positions to which the operation portion is turned.12-03-2009

Yukinobu Maruyama, Kokubunji JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236247Evaluation System for Amount of Emission Gases Through Fuel Supply Chain - The object of the present invention provides an evaluation system for evaluating accurately emission amount of environmental influence substance of fuel in a fuel supply facility for supplying stored fuel to a consumer.10-02-2008
20110074812METHOD OF DISPLAYING DOCUMENT WITH IMAGE - A method of displaying a document with an image. Tabs 03-31-2011

Patent applications by Yukinobu Maruyama, Kokubunji JP

Yukinobu Maruyama, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20160055319INTERACTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INTERACTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INTERACTIVE HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An interactive health management apparatus is configured to: receive a category of a health value of a patient, a degree of improvement, priority orders between a period and a cost of the service; acquire a candidate medication based on an actual prescription; acquire a candidate service based on the received health value category and priority orders; displays the acquired candidate medication and a price thereof, and, the acquired candidate service and a fee thereof; calculate an estimated health value in the received health value category based on a degree of improvement of the candidate service and an actual past value of the health information; display the calculated estimated value as a time series graphic; and receive selection from the displayed candidate service by the patient.02-25-2016

Yukinobu Matsushita, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140303850STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS - A control computing unit allocates the current axial force and the transverse-G axial force at the predetermined allocation ratio to calculate a feedback axial force which is the steering-rack axial force. Then, the control computing unit drives the reaction force motor on the basis of the calculated feedback axial force. Additionally, the allocation ratio of the transverse-G axial force is set to be greater than the allocation ratio of the current axial force.10-09-2014
20140316658STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS - A control computing unit allocates a feedback axial force and a feedforward axial force at an allocation ratio based on an axial force difference which is a difference between the feedback axial force and the feedforward axial force to set a final axial force as a steering-rack axial force. The control computing unit drives a reaction force motor on the basis of the set final axial force.10-23-2014
20150134205VEHICLE STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle steering control apparatus and vehicle steering control method make it possible to suppress a steering state of a steering operation element from being different from the driver's intention, in starting the driving source. A backup clutch, which is switchable between a release state where a torque transmission path is mechanically decoupled and an engagement state where the torque transmission path is mechanically coupled, is set to the engagement state in starting the engine. When the steering torque detected after the engine starts becomes equal to or lower than a clutch release start torque, the backup clutch in the engagement state is switched to the release state.05-14-2015

Yukinobu Miyamoto, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150227054EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LITHOGRAPHY THEREBY - According to one embodiment, an EUV radiation exposure apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, an EUV radiation exposing light source installed in the vacuum chamber, and an ionizer that generates positive or negative ions. The ionizer is installed in the vacuum chamber and is driven with driving of the EUV radiation exposing light source.08-13-2015

Yukinobu Mori, London GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090075174LEAD-FREE BATTERY AND VEHICLE SYSTEM USING LEAD-FREE BATTERY - The present invention provides a high-performance, high-capacity secondary battery that uses neither sulfuric acid in the electrolyte solution, nor other materials that could contribute to environmental pollution. The present invention also provides a vehicle system employing a lead-free battery that uses no lead nor sulfuric acid, which can be harmful to the environment, and that achieves a higher performance and higher capacity that lead storage batteries. Further, the vehicle system includes a supplementary charging function for charging the battery while the vehicle is running, by taking advantage of the fast-charging characteristics of the lead-free battery, which are superior to those of lead storage batteries, enabling the vehicle to travel long distances on a single external charge. The secondary battery has an electrode formed of calcium, silver oxide, and carbon as the anode, an electrode formed of zinc and carbon as the cathode, and an aqueous alkaline solution as the electrolyte solution. The vehicle system has at least first and second battery packs configured of these lead-free batteries, in-wheel generators mounted within wheels of the vehicle, an electric motor for driving the vehicle, and a charging/discharging switch device having a controller for automatically switching between the first and second battery packs.03-19-2009
20160108702METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOVERING OIL - There is provided a method or a device for recovering oil economically and with little impact on the environment. With the present invention's method and device for recovering oil, a heat-generating means is installed inside one of at least two pipes that are parallelly inserted into the soil (for example, an oil sand stratum or a core stratum). The heat is exerted on the oil contained in the soil so as to reduce the viscosity of oil, which is then recovered via the other pipe. The heat-generating means reacts amphoteric metal or its alloy with an alkaline aqueous solution in the pipe and then combusts the hydrogen generated by the reaction.04-21-2016

Yukinobu Nagao, Iwakura JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080277150WIRING BOARD WITH BUILT-IN COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a wiring board with built-in component. The method provides a secure connection between a component and interlayer insulating layers so that the wiring board with built-in component has excellent reliability. The wiring board is manufactured through a core board preparation step, a component preparation step, an accommodation step and a height alignment step. In the core board preparation step, a core board having an accommodation hole therein is prepared. In the component preparation step, a ceramic capacitor having therein a plurality of protruding conductors which protrudes from a capacitor rear surface is prepared. In the accommodation step, the ceramic capacitor is accommodated in the accommodation hole with the core rear surface facing the same side as the capacitor rear surface. In the height alignment step, a surface of a top portion of the protruding conductor and a surface of a conductor layer formed on the core rear surface are aligned to the same height.11-13-2008

Yukinobu Nagao, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080277281SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A sensor control device for controlling a current application state of a gas sensor element when measuring a specific gas component concentration in a gas to be measured using the gas sensor element, which sensor control device includes: at least one cell having a solid electrolyte body and a pair of electrodes; a sensor heating unit as defined herein; an oxygen reference pole generating unit as defined herein; a damage avoidance time elapse determining unit as defined herein; and a reference generation current application permitting unit as defined herein.11-13-2008

Yukinobu Nakamura, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062980VEHICULAR POSTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND VEHICULAR POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD - The present invention provides a vehicular posture estimation device for estimating a posture of a vehicle, including: a first processor, which determines a vehicular velocity, a roll axial component of a vehicular acceleration in a roll axis and a pitch axial component of the vehicular acceleration in a pitch axis and an angular velocity around a yaw axis in a vehicular coordinate system of the vehicle; and a second processor, which calculates the posture of the vehicle according to a composite operator of a first operator representing a rotation of a global coordinate system for matching a Z axis of the global coordinate system to the yaw axis, and a second operator representing the rotation of the global coordinate for matching an X axis and Y axis of the global coordinate system to the roll axis and pitch axis of the vehicular coordinate system, respectively, on the basis of a determination result from the first processor.03-05-2009

Yukinobu Nishikawa, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120057929FASTENING STRUCTURE OF POWER UNIT - A hybrid transaxle 03-08-2012

Yukinobu Nishikawa, Chiryu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100133164OIL STRAINER - An oil strainer is provided with a tube (06-03-2010

Yukinobu Nishikawa, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130021500OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a rotary member. A rotary member is rotated across a first angle range and a second angle range lined up in a direction in which an angle is increased. An activator activates a power source when a rotation angle of the rotary member is increased to a first specific angle belonging to the first angle range. An adjuster adjusts a setting of an optical system with reference to a rotation of the rotary member in the second angle range. A notifier generates a notification when the rotation angle of the rotary member remains within the first angle range in a state where the power source is activated.01-24-2013

Yukinobu Nishikawa, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150321656CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM - Control apparatus for hybrid vehicle drive system including: first differential mechanism provided with a rotary element connected to engine and rotary element connected to a first electric motor; a second differential mechanism provided with a rotary element connected to second electric motor and a rotary element connected to output rotary member; first clutch configured to selectively connect rotary element of first differential mechanism connected to engine or first electric motor, to rotary element of second differential mechanism connected to output rotary member; manually operated shifting device; and parking lock mechanism provided with parking lock gear fixed directly or indirectly to output rotary member and rotary motion which is prevented when shifting device is placed in parking position, control apparatus including parking lock control portion configured to release parking lock gear for permitting rotary motion of parking lock gear while first clutch is placed in its engaged state.11-12-2015
20160084318DAMPER DEVICE - A damper device disposed on a drive power transmission path between an engine and an electric motor in a power transmission device including the engine and the electric motor, the damper device comprising a first inertia member coupled to a shaft of the engine; a first plate coupled to the first inertia member; a second plate coupled to the electric motor and disposed rotatable relative to the first plate; a third plate coupled via a torque limiter to the second plate; and a damper spring disposed on a drive power transmission path between the third plate and the first plate, the torque limiter being disposed with a second inertia member located on the outer circumferential side of the first inertia member and radially overlapping with the first inertia member in the overall width dimension of the first inertia member in an axial direction thereof.03-24-2016

Yukinobu Nishikita, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090145730CONVEYOR-BELT WEAR DETECTOR - A conveyer belt abrasion detecting apparatus which can automatically detect a conveyer belt abrasion quantity easily and accurately during operation. A plurality of magnet sheets (M06-11-2009

Yukinobu Nishikita, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090266684WEAR DETECTION DEVICE FOR CONVEYOR BELT - A wear detection device for a conveyor belt capable of automatically, easily, and accurately detecting the wear amount of the conveyor belt during the operation, formed in a simple structure, and manufacturable at low cost. A rubber magnet (10-29-2009
20100089725DEVICE FOR MONITORING A CONVEYOR BELT - A device for monitoring a conveyor belt in which a sensor can be fixed easily to the body without using any special fixing means and the properties of the conveyor belt can be detected with high precision. The device for monitoring the conveyor belt comprises a body to be detected embedded in a conveyor belt (04-15-2010
20100182001MONITORING SYSTEM OF CONVEYOR BELT - A monitoring system including rubber magnets 07-22-2010

Yukinobu Sakata, Kawasaki Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150185302MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores processor-executable instructions that cause the processor to detect cross-sectional positions of a plurality of cross-sectional images to be acquired in an imaging scan from volume data; acquire the cross-sectional images in sequence based on the cross-sectional positions by executing the imaging scan; and after the first cross-sectional image is acquired in the imaging scan, generate a display image, and display the display image on a display, the display image being an image in which a cross-sectional position of a second cross-sectional image which is detected from the volume data is superimposed on the first cross-sectional image, the second cross-sectional image being a cross-sectional image before being acquired and intersecting with the first cross-sectional image.07-02-2015
20150287189IMAGE PROCESSOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to some embodiments, an image processor includes an image acquirer, a first image generator, a point acquirer, a detector, a calculator and a determiner. The detector detects a second plurality of points in the first perspective images or the second perspective images corresponding to the first plurality of points. The calculator calculates, based on at least the first plurality of points and the second plurality of points, a difference in position of the target between when the first perspective images were captured and when the second perspective images were generated. The determiner determines whether or not the difference is in a range. If the difference is not in the range, then the first image generator generates updated ones of the second perspective images from an updated one of the volume data, which is different by the difference from a previous one of the volume data.10-08-2015

Yukinobu Sakata, Shioya-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120248349LOCKING MECHANISM FOR VALVE DEVICE - A locking mechanism for a valve device, which includes a valve body for opening and closing a fluid path, for retaining the valve body at a predetermined opening position, the valve device further including a gear wheel to which rotational driving force of a rotational driving source is transmitted and a rack section having rack teeth provided thereon for meshing engagement with the gear wheel and configured to convert rotational movement of the gear wheel into linear movement and move together with the valve body. The locking mechanism for a valve device includes: a ball abuttable with a wall face of the rack section; and a spring member configured to press the ball toward the wall face; the valve body being retained by frictional force generated when the ball is pressed against the wall face of the rack section.10-04-2012
20120248350LOCKING MECHANISM FOR VALVE DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a locking mechanism for a valve device having a valve body for retaining the valve body at a predetermined opened position, including: a disk having a rotational shaft rotatable together with a valve body driving shaft and having a cutout groove formed on an outer circumferential face thereof; a ball disposed in the cutout groove; a body member having an axial direction restriction face and an inner circumferential face; a holder member having an engaging face which has a diameter gradually decreasing toward the ball and is engageable with the ball; and a spring member biasing the holder member toward the ball, wherein said ball is clamped by and among the engaging face which is acted upon by the biasing force of said spring member, the axial direction restriction face and the inner circumferential face so that a rotational direction position of the rotational shaft is retained.10-04-2012

Yukinobu Sakata, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140334708IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a generator, a selector, a first detector, and a second detector. The generator generates a group of frames corresponding to reconstructed images that correspond to a plurality of heartbeat phases of a heart. The selector specifies a corresponding frame that corresponds to a specific heartbeat phase from among the group of frames. The a first detector detects a boundary of the heart in the corresponding frame. The second detector detects a boundary of the heart in the frames other than the corresponding frame, by using the detected boundary in the corresponding frame.11-13-2014
20150018595TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND TREATMENT METHOD - According to an embodiment, a treatment system includes a plurality of first radiators, a plurality of detectors, a determiner, and a controller. Each of the first radiators irradiates a radioactive beam to a subject. Each of the detectors detects a radioactive beam transmitted through the subject and generates an image based on the detected radioactive beam. The determiner determines whether an object in the subject is included in a first region using a given image that is one of the images. The controller controls the first radiators so that, when the object is not included in the first region, a smaller amount of radioactive beams is irradiated per unit time than when the object is included in the first region.01-15-2015
20150045605MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM - A medical image processing apparatus includes: a receiver which receives target image data that is including a first perspective image and a second perspective image, photographing an object from different directions; a first acquirer which acquires positional information of a specified point on the first perspective image; a second acquirer which acquires positional information of a candidate point on the second perspective image, the candidate point corresponding to the specified point; and a generator which generates a first enlarged image obtained by enlarging a part of the first perspective image neighboring the specified point and a second enlarged image obtained by enlarging a part of the second perspective image neighboring the candidate point.02-12-2015

Yukinobu Sato, Miyazaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039305Butterfly Valve - A butterfly valve, in which fluid leakage inside a valve disc and from a shaft seal part between through holes of a seat ring and a stem is prevented, when the valve disc is displaced under fluid pressure with the valve closed. Without increasing the operation torque of the stem, the fluid leakage is prevented even after continuous on/off (open/close) operations over a long period of time. The butterfly valve includes the seat ring fitted to the inner peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical valve body, the stem supported on the valve body via the through holes of the seat ring, and the discal valve disc with the stem mounted and supported in the valve shaft hole. The annular protrusion having the tapered surface with the outer periphery thereof inclined with respect to the valve axis is formed radially inward of the peripheral edge of the through holes on the inner periphery of the seat ring. The bowl-shaped annular depression engaged with the tapered surface is formed on the inner periphery at the opening end of the valve shaft hole of the valve disc.02-12-2009

Yukinobu Shiraishi, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110006634BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A stator includes an annular core back portion, a plurality of teeth extending radially outward from an outer circumference of the core back portion, and coils. A cylindrical portion of a housing includes a contact portion and a coming-off preventing portion arranged above the contact portion on an outer circumference of the cylindrical portion. The core back portion includes a small-diameter opening defining portion and a large-diameter opening defining portion arranged above the small-diameter opening defining portion. The cylindrical portion is arranged radially inward of the core back portion. The stator is held by the cylindrical portion with a lower surface of the core back portion arranged in contact with the contact portion and an upper surface of the small-diameter opening defining portion arranged in contact with the coming-off preventing portion. A bearing member is arranged radially inside the large-diameter opening defining portion and above the coming-off preventing portion.01-13-2011
20160111940CEILING FAN MOTOR AND CEILING FAN - A ceiling fan motor includes a shaft, a stator, an upper motor cover, a bearing unit, a lower motor cover, a rotor magnet, and a circuit board arranged below the stator. The upper motor cover is a ferromagnetic body. The circuit board includes a board body, a rotation sensor attached to the board body and opposed to the rotor magnet in an up-down direction, and a circuit component larger in mass than the rotation sensor. If there is defined an imaginary line which is orthogonal, when seen in the up-down direction, to a line interconnecting the rotation sensor and the center axis and which passes through the shaft, a gravity center of the circuit board is positioned in one of two areas of the circuit board divided by the imaginary line, which differs from the other area where the rotation sensor exists.04-21-2016

Yukinobu Sugiyama, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20130037699SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The solid-state imaging device 02-14-2013
20130063640SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device 03-14-2013
20130112851SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The solid-state imaging device 05-09-2013
20150181144SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device (06-25-2015

Yukinobu Suzuki, Koza-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150061060METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device provided with an interlayer insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of wiring layers formed on the interlayer insulating film. The method includes forming of a first wiring layer closest to the semiconductor substrate among the plurality of wiring layers, and forming of an alloy of a titanium layer and a metal layer by heating treatment. The forming of the first wiring layer includes: forming of a titanium layer on an interlayer insulating film; forming of a metal layer containing a metal capable of forming an alloy with titanium in the titanium layer; forming of an orientation layer on the metal layer; and forming of an aluminum layer on the orientation layer.03-05-2015

Yukinobu Tada, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090086592OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS SWITCHING FOCUS POINT BETWEEN LAYERS - A focus jump technique enables focus control on recording layers of a disc in such a manner that its effect is not absorbed by disturbance or a variation in the movement speed of an objective lens. The technique involves monitoring level of a focus error signal and rejecting noise from the error signal. A speed sensor detects movement speed of an objective lens; and a speed control circuit generates a voltage for controlling the objective lens, based on the detected movement speed. Movement speed of the objective lens is detected during focus jump, a corresponding lens drive signal is generated, and an end position is determined from behavior of the error signal immediately before the end of the jump. A focus control is pulled, from a focus point corresponding to one recording layer, into a focus point corresponding to another recording layer forcibly in a stable manner.04-02-2009
20090310458OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING LSI, AND LASER DRIVER - The present invention aims to, when recording pulse information are transmitted to a laser driver lying over a pickup through an optical disk, reduce the number of transmission paths or lines from a conventional transmission method and avoid degradation of recording performance due to transmission path characteristics upon fastening of a recording speed thereby to provide stable recording performance at high-speed recording. The invention of the present application reduces the number of transmission signals by encoding multi-level laser pulse information transmitted by the laser driver. Further, gray codes are used for encoding to reduce constraints of skew between bits. Furthermore, encoding is executed using each state transition and the state transitions are switched according to each recording mark and space, thereby reducing the occurrence of a short pulse on each transmission path. In addition, the presence or absence of the encoding is switched to enable signal transmission, thereby making it possible to make compatible adaptation to complex laser pulse information and adaptation to high-speed recording.12-17-2009
20110044144OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS SWITCHING FOCUS POINT BETWEEN LAYERS - A focus jump technique enables focus control on recording layers of a disc in such a manner that its effect is not absorbed by disturbance or a variation in the movement speed of an objective lens. The technique involves monitoring level of a focus error signal and rejecting noise from the error signal. A speed sensor detects movement speed of an objective lens; and a speed control circuit generates a voltage for controlling the objective lens, based on the detected movement speed. Movement speed of the objective lens is detected during focus jump, a corresponding lens drive signal is generated, and an end position is determined from behavior of the error signal immediately before the end of the jump. A focus control is pulled, from a focus point corresponding to one recording layer, into a focus point corresponding to another recording layer forcibly in a stable manner.02-24-2011

Patent applications by Yukinobu Tada, Yokohama JP

Yukinobu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090262613OPTICAL DISK APPARATUS AND DISK IDENTIFICATION METHOD - A highly reliable optical disk apparatus adapted to record and reproduce the information in and from plural types of optical disks is disclosed. An acquisition unit acquires a predetermined signal from the reflected light obtained by radiating a predetermined laser on each of the optical disks. A comparator compares the waveform of the signal acquired by the acquisition unit with the comparative waveform of the signal stored in a memory beforehand and obtained from the radiated laser corresponding to the optical disk. An identification unit identifies the type of the optical disk based on the result of comparison by the comparator.10-22-2009
20100080104Information recording/reproducing apparatus, apparatus for manufacturing optical information recording medium, and optical information recording medium - An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus equipped with a mechanism for moving an optical pickup to an arbitrary radial position of an optical information recording medium using holography. A total sum signal of signals is generated at the photodetector for receiving signals reproduced from the optical information recording medium, and a radial position of the pickup is obtained from the number of pulses in the total sum signal to thereby allow the pickup to move to an arbitrary radial position.04-01-2010
20100232275DISK APPARATUS - Stable interlayer jump is realized by judging whether a signal is a false signal caused by noises, stray light, or interference of an adjacent layer or a true FE signal.09-16-2010
20110164486OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical disc apparatus for use of an optical disc including a plurality of recording layers sets an amount of correction of spherical aberration for each of the recording layers of the disc during a focus sweep. A photodetector portion produces a signal in response to returned light for each of the recording layers.07-07-2011
20120250481DISC DEVICE - Provided is an optical disc drive device which stably controls an actuator of an optical pickup, by individually controlling an optical spot when following the guide track and an optical spot when recording/reproducing information on/from each recording layer. An optical spot when following the guide track and an optical spot when recording/reproducing information on/from each recording layer are individually controlled. At this time, the optical spot exclusive for the track and the optical spot exclusive for the recording/reproducing are formed on an optical disc.10-04-2012
20140078875OPTICAL DISK DEVICE - There is a problem that when the relative angle between laser light and an optical disc is changed by temperature, or a chucking state of an optical disc and so forth, the formerly recorded data is overwritten. The above-mentioned problem is solved by performing focus control and tracking control independently with respect to a servo layer and a recording layer in a grooveless disc.03-20-2014
20150294682OPTICAL INFORMATION APPARATUS - In order to correct signal-to-noise ratio degradation caused by a position error of an aperture filter relative to a signal beam and ensure a high recording signal quality in an optical information apparatus using holography, an optical detection system capable of conducting position adjustment of the aperture filter by using the signal beam is provided and the aperture filter is positioned with high precision.10-15-2015

Patent applications by Yukinobu Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Yukinobu Tokunaga, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080261499Fixed Abrasive Wire - There is provided a fixed abrasive wire having abrasives fixed thereon with a superior fixing strength. The abrasives are fixed on the wire by electroplating in which the wire is subjected to a degreasing step, an acid cleaning step, a rinsing step and an electroplating step sequentially. A plating liquid used in the electroplating step contains a nickel-containing organic acid or a nickel-containing inorganic acid, a leveling agent, and the abrasives. It is a feature that a plated coat being over the top of each of the abrasives has a smaller thickness than a theoretical value.10-23-2008

Yukinobu Watanabe, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140375625DISPLAY DEVICE AND SOURCE DRIVER - A display device includes display panel includes a first source driver including a first input terminal and a first output terminal connected to the display panel; a first gate driver including a first input-output terminal, a second input-output terminal connected to the first input-output terminal, and a second output terminal connected to the display panel; a timing controller including a first terminal for outputting or inputting a first signal to or from the first input-output terminal and a second terminal; a first signal line connected to the first terminal; a second signal line connected to the second terminal; and a third signal line connected to the first source driver and the timing controller for transmitting a second signal indicating a display direction of the image data. The first source driver operates according to the first signal from the first terminal or the second terminal selected.12-25-2014

Yukinobu Yamaguchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090065558PAPER CONTAINER FOR LIQUID - the aimed is to provide a paper container for liquid that has a strength to prevent breakage or leakage due to a shock in a long-distance transportation and also has no problems in opening the container when used.03-12-2009

Yukinobu Yoshizaki, Kiyosu-Shi, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20160108284POLISHING COMPOSITION - An object of the present invention is to provide a means for improving a polishing rate and polishing selectivity of a phase-change compound.04-21-2016

Yukinobu Yoshizki, Kiyosu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140251950POLISHING COMPOSITION - A polishing composition of the present invention is used for polishing an object containing a phase-change alloy and is characterized by containing ammonium ions (NH09-11-2014
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