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Hirohisa Adachi, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20150151545 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device includes a liquid ejection head, a support unit that support a paper sheet, a transportation path along which the paper sheet is reversed and transported, and a transportation roller that transports the paper sheet, wherein a liquid absorbent is provided downstream in the transportation direction of the paper sheet relative to the transportation roller, and liquid absorbents are provided upstream in the transportation direction of the paper sheet relative to the transportation roller, and second liquid absorbent is provided between the liquid absorbent and the liquid absorbent. | 06-04-2015 |
Hirohisa Amago, Kanagawa JP
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20090291511 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM INSPECTION APPARATUS - A method of forming a semiconductor thin film includes the steps of: forming an amorphous semiconductor thin film on a substrate; forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film partially in each element region by applying laser light to the amorphous semiconductor thin film to selectively perform a heating process on the amorphous semiconductor thin film, thereby crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor thin film in a region irradiated with the laser light; and inspecting the crystallinity degree of the crystalline semiconductor thin film. The step of inspecting includes the steps of determining a contrast between the luminance of a crystallized region and the luminance of a non-crystallized region by applying light to the crystalline semiconductor thin film and the amorphous semiconductor thin film, and performing screening of the crystalline semiconductor thin film on the basis of the determined contrast. | 11-26-2009 |
20090298208 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND INSPECTION DEVICE OF SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM - A method of forming a semiconductor thin film includes: a step of forming an amorphous semiconductor thin film over a transparent substrate; a step of forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film by irradiating the amorphous semiconductor thin film with laser light to provide heat treatment and thereby crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor thin film; and an inspection step of inspecting the crystalline semiconductor thin film. The inspection step includes a step of obtaining a transmission image of the crystalline semiconductor thin film by irradiating the crystalline semiconductor thin film with light from a rear side of the transparent substrate and taking an image, and a screening step of performing screening of the crystalline semiconductor thin film based on the obtained transmission image. | 12-03-2009 |
20120111619 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A circuit substrate includes a substrate having a wiring formation surface formed in a planar shape; a primer resin layer formed on the wiring formation surface of the substrate and having a predetermined adhesive force with respect to the substrate; and a wiring layer formed on the primer resin layer, wherein the wiring layer is formed by removing a portion of the conductive ink, which contacts the wiring formation surface of the substrate coated so as to cover the primer resin layer by a removing unit, in which the adhesive force of a conductive ink with respect to the substrate is smaller than the adhesive force of the primer resin layer with respect to the substrate. | 05-10-2012 |
20120231559 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM AND SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILM INSPECTION APPARATUS - A method of forming a semiconductor thin film includes the steps of: forming an amorphous semiconductor thin film on a substrate; forming a crystalline semiconductor thin film partially in each element region by applying laser light to the amorphous semiconductor thin film to selectively perform a heating process on the amorphous semiconductor thin film, thereby crystallizing the amorphous semiconductor thin film in a region irradiated with the laser light; and inspecting the crystallinity degree of the crystalline semiconductor thin film. The step of inspecting includes the steps of determining a contrast between the luminance of a crystallized region and the luminance of a non-crystallized region by applying light to the crystalline semiconductor thin film and the amorphous semiconductor thin film, and performing screening of the crystalline semiconductor thin film on the basis of the determined contrast. | 09-13-2012 |
Hirohisa Fujita, Saitama-Shi JP
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20110036776 | PROCESSING METHOD OF LIQUID - A processing method of liquid includes: decomposing a resin in liquid by allowing ozone gas to contact the liquid containing a water-soluble carbonyl compound and the resin; and removing organic acid generated by decomposing the resin in the decomposing step from the liquid by performing on the liquid after being subjected to the decomposing step an ion exchange process using an ion exchange resin. The liquid to be subjected to the ion exchange process contains water. | 02-17-2011 |
20130097861 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INKJET RECORDING HEAD - A method for manufacturing an inkjet recording head includes preparing a substrate having a mold to become an ink flow passage and an orifice layer covering the mold, and immersing the substrate in a solvent, whereby in immersing the substrate in the solvent, the mold at the substrate immersed in the solvent is irradiated with deep-UV light. | 04-25-2013 |
20140004629 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SILICON WAFER | 01-02-2014 |
Hirohisa Fukuda, Ibaraki JP
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20150216186 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DANISH DOUGH - The present invention addresses the problem of devising an effective production method whereby the volume of Danishes is increased and the texture of Danishes is improved. The present invention can make Danishes, of which the volume after being baked is increased and which have a flaky and smooth texture, by adding a water-soluble soybean polysaccharide and an ascorbic acid. Moreover, the present invention improves the effect of inhibiting damages caused by freezing and the deterioration of quality during frozen storage. Preferably, the additive amount of the water-soluble soybean polysaccharide is between 0.05 and 5 weight % relative to flour, and the additive amount of the ascorbic acid is between 0.1 and 200 ppm relative to the flour. An even more prominent effect is exerted by freezing the Danish dough after proofing. | 08-06-2015 |
Hirohisa Fukuda, Hitachi-Shi JP
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20130070084 | Foreign Matter Inspection Device and Foreign Matter Inspection Method - Disclosed are a foreign matter inspection device and a foreign matter inspection method, in which the accurate inspection of foreign matter is performed using captured images by continuous shooting in the state in which a movement locus due to the falling caused by the movement of the foreign matter along the inner wall of a container from the horizontal direction of the container as a result of rotation is formed so as to be long. A rotating device is provided with a rotation control means for executing the rotational motion in which container holding members for holding the container in a horizontal manner or at a constant inclination angle relative to the horizontal axis of the container, and the container are rotated at an angle of 60° or more, and then stopped, wherein a foreign matter detection means detects the foreign matter according to the movement locus of the foreign matter, which is formed using the captured images obtained by the continuous shooting for each rotational motion at constant time. | 03-21-2013 |
Hirohisa Fukushima, Shizuoka-Shi JP
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20090317217 | WORKPIECE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AUTOMATED TRANSPORT VEHICLES AND WORKPIECE CARRIERS - A conveyance facility system for transporting an appropriate amount of work at a time at an appropriate time to the consumption side area by automatically controlling through a computer control system an automated guided vehicle for allowing a truck that has mounted the work in the supply side area to travel accompanying the vehicle from the supply side area to the consumption side area along the guidance course of the automated guided vehicle, and allowing the empty truck that has unloaded the work in the consumption side area to return to the supply side area. The work conveyance facility system comprises a plurality of work mounting trucks ( | 12-24-2009 |
Hirohisa Hino, Kadoma-Shi JP
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20100147567 | Thermosetting Resin Composition, Method of Manufacturing the Same and Circuit Board - The object of the invention is to provide a thermosetting resin composition which, in packaging an electronic circuit containing components incapable of withstanding elevated temperatures, employs low-melting solder particles, thereby enabling batch ref lowing and enabling packaging of components with excellent strength and toughness. | 06-17-2010 |
20130237645 | THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND CIRCUIT BOARD - The invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition which includes a metal filler component, a fluxing component and a thermosetting resin binder. The metal filler component includes at least one of bismuth (Bi) and indium (In), and tin (Sn). The fluxing component, which at least one of a compound of structural formula (1) below and a compound of structural formula (2) below, is used. | 09-12-2013 |
Hirohisa Hirayanagi, Hachioji-Shi JP
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20090078569 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - An inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus according to the present invention prevents debris formed through a sputter etching operation from forming a film on an inner face of a side wall part | 03-26-2009 |
Hirohisa Hirayanagi, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20140230728 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vacuum processing apparatus includes a process chamber, a load lock chamber connected to the process chamber, and a transfer device configured to transfer a substrate from the load lock chamber to the process chamber. The transfer device is configured to move the substrate by gravity. The transfer device includes a guide configured to form a transfer path when the substrate moves by the gravity, and a stopper configured to limit movement of the substrate by the gravity when holding the substrate, and cancel the limitation when moving the substrate. | 08-21-2014 |
Hirohisa Hirayanagi, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20110147200 | Ion Beam Generator, and Substrate Processing Apparatus and Production Method of Electronic Device Using The Ion Beam Generator - An ion beam generator generates plasma in a discharge tank | 06-23-2011 |
20120104274 | ION BEAM GENERATING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided an ion beam generating apparatus capable of reducing power consumption and obtain highly-accurate uniformity in a substrate process without providing a mechanism to rotate a substrate. Each of ion beam generating apparatuses | 05-03-2012 |
Hirohisa Hoshino, Ebina-Shi JP
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20080240813 | DEVELOPER CONVEYING MEMBER, DEVELOPER CONTAINER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A DEVELOPER CONVEYING MEMBER - A developer conveying member includes: a conveying member body; an end-portion supporting member; and a supported member including: a first radiation direction extending portion; and a second radiation direction extending portion, the end-portion supporting member including: a cylindrical portion, and the supporting portion defining: a through hole; and a groove. | 10-02-2008 |
Hirohisa Iizuka, Mie-Ken JP
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20090040824 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of a word lines. The word lines have a set of odd word lines and a set of even word lines. The odd and the even word lines are located from a first end region to a second end region through the cell region located between the first and the second end regions. The odd word lines are divided in the first end region and the even word lines are divided in the second end region to form dummy word line portions. | 02-12-2009 |
Hirohisa Imai, Shiga JP
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20140208957 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A microwave oven of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal touch panel configured to display display screen images each including operation buttons, each of which accepts input from a user; a proximity detector portion configured to detect, as proximity input from the user, proximity of the user to the operation button included in the display screen image; a heating control portion and a display control portion configured to execute functions in accordance with the input to the operation buttons, the functions being respectively associated with the operation buttons; a standard button image storage portion configured to store proximity input enable/disable information pieces such that each of the proximity input enable/disable information pieces is associated with at least a part of the display screen image, the proximity input enable/disable information pieces each indicating whether to permit the proximity detector portion to detect the proximity input; and an enable/disable determining portion configured to determine based on the proximity input enable/disable information piece whether to permit the proximity detector portion to detect the proximity input. | 07-31-2014 |
Hirohisa Ishikawa, Himeji-Shi JP
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20100201265 | HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP - In a high pressure discharge lamp having electrode rods with grooves formed in a part thereof and embedded and sealed in sealing parts of a discharge vessel, breakage of the sealing parts because of the grooves is prevented without impairing the mechanical strength of the electrode rods, in which the grooves are formed, by the high pressure discharge lamp comprising: a discharge vessel having a light emitting part and sealing parts connected to both ends of said light emitting part; and electrodes comprising electrode rods and electrode tip end parts arranged oppositely to each other in the light emitting part, said electrode rods being embedded in a respective one of said sealing parts, and axially directed grooves being formed in at least part of the surface of said electrode rods, wherein a diameter measured at groove bottom parts of the grooves of said electrode rods is larger than a diameter of the electrode rods in a part where no grooves are formed. | 08-12-2010 |
20150115794 | DOUBLE-CAPPED SHORT ARC FLASH LAMP - A double-capped short arc flash lamp includes an arc tube, a pair of main electrodes disposed in the arc tube, and a pair of auxiliary electrodes disposed in the arc tube. The flash lamp also includes inner leads and outer leads associated with the two auxiliary electrodes, respectively. The flash lamp also includes a first sealing tube and a second sealing tube provided at opposite ends of the arc tube. A sealing glass tube is partly received in the second sealing tube. Grooves are formed in the outer surface of the sealing glass tube in a region where the sealing glass tube overlaps the second sealing tube. The grooves extend in the axial direction of the sealing glass tube, and are configured to receive the inner leads and the outer leads. Metallic foils electrically connect the inner leads with the outer leads, respectively. | 04-30-2015 |
Hirohisa Ishikawa, Wako-Shi JP
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20090288631 | CYLINDER HEAD LUBRICATING STRUCTURE FOR ENGINE - In a cylinder head lubricating structure for an engine, in which a breather passage which guides, toward a cylinder head, gas including oil mist generated in a crank chamber by oil splashing means housed in the crank chamber so as to splash-oil in accordance with rotation of a crankshaft is formed in a crankcase, a cylinder block and the cylinder head to supply, toward the cylinder head, lubricating oil through the breather passage, a breather chamber with which an end portion, on the crank chamber side, of the breather passage communicates is formed in the crankcase, and a one-way valve preventing backflow of the oil toward the crank chamber is attached to the crankcase to be located between the crank chamber and the breather chamber. Accordingly, it is possible to supply a sufficient amount of oil to the cylinder head side even when the head difference between the crank chamber and the cylinder head is large. | 11-26-2009 |
Hirohisa Itoh, Ibaraki JP
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20110117349 | ZINC OXIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To produce a zinc oxide single crystal having a sufficiently low lithium concentration and a high crystallinity. A zinc oxide crystal is grown by hydrothermal synthesis method using a solution having a lithium concentration of 1 ppm or less (weight basis), while suppressing a fluctuation range of crystal growth temperature within 5° C. or at a temperature within the range of 300 to 370° C. | 05-19-2011 |
Hirohisa Itoh, Ushiku-Shi JP
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20130264606 | GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The problems addressed by the present invention lies in providing a Group III nitride semiconductor substrate having a principal plane on which high-quality crystals can be grown and also providing a method for producing a Group III nitride semiconductor substrate capable of obtaining a crystal which has few stacking faults and in which stacking faults in directions parallel to the polar plane in particular have been greatly suppressed. The problem is solved by means of a Group III nitride semiconductor substrate having a plane other than a C plane as a principal plane, wherein a ratio (W | 10-10-2013 |
Hirohisa Iwabayashi, Himeji-Shi JP
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20130320845 | SHORT ARC DISCHARGE LAMP - Disclosed herein is a short arc discharge lamp which has a cathode electrode structure formed by solid-phase bonding a tip part made of thoriated tungsten to a body part made of tungsten. In the present invention, thorium can be reliably diffused onto the surface of the cathode electrode over a long period of time without stagnation of reduction of thorium oxide in the tip part. Therefore, satisfactory emission characteristics can be provided, whereby the arc stability is more reliable. The cathode electrode of the present invention is characterized in that potassium concentration of the body part is higher than potassium concentration of the tip part. | 12-05-2013 |
Hirohisa Iwabayashi, Hyogo JP
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20110025203 | High pressure discharge lamp - The present invention relates to a high pressure discharge lamp that includes a pair of electrodes, which face each other in an electric discharge space. Further, an electrode axis of one of the electrodes is joined to a metallic foil in a sealing portion, and two or more grooves are formed in an axis direction on a portion corresponding to the sealing portion on the electrode axis. Furthermore, a remaining portion that lacks grooves is left on the electrode axis in a metallic foil side thereof, and the metallic foil side ends of the grooves are not aligned with each other in the axis direction thereof. | 02-03-2011 |
20110043110 | High pressure discharge lamp - A high pressure discharge lamp comprises a pair of electrodes that face each other in an electric discharge container, wherein an electrode axis of each electrode is buried in a sealing portion, each electrode axis is joined to a metallic foil, two or more grooves are formed in an axis direction on a portion of the electrode axis, which corresponds to the sealing portion, an upper shoulder portion of each groove is formed in a shape of a curved surface, a diameter of the electrode axis is 0.3 mm to 1 mm, and a curvature radius of the curved surface upper shoulder portion is 5 μm-50 μm. | 02-24-2011 |
20110063584 | High pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus and projector - A discharge lamp lighting apparatus comprises a discharge lamp and a power supply the discharge lamp can be switched between a steady power lighting mode, which drives the discharge lamp by an alternating current in which first and second polarities are repeated by turns, and a low power lighting mode, which drives the discharge lamp at 50% or less of the alternating current of the steady power lighting mode, and the alternating current comprises a first time unit, which has a time width t | 03-17-2011 |
20110298370 | Extra-high pressure mercury lamp and method of manufacturing extra-high pressure mercury lamp of the same - A lighting mode of an extra-high pressure mercury lamp can be switched between a steady lighting mode and a low electric power lighting mode. A temperature maintaining portion that absorbs light emitted from a light emission section is provided in a vicinity of a boundary between a sealing portion and a light emission section in an outer circumference direction of the lamp. The temperature maintaining portion is made of a material having thermal expansion coefficient that is greater than a material that forms the light emission section. The temperature maintaining portion comes in contact with the light emission section in the low electric power lighting mode. In the steady lighting mode, a gap is formed between the temperature maintaining portion and the light emission section so that the temperature maintaining portion is separated from the light emission section. | 12-08-2011 |
20120286695 | ELECTRIC SUPPLY DEVICE - An electric supply device for a high-pressure discharge lamp comprising: an electric supply device control unit, having a function of switching between a steady lighting mode and a low power lighting mode in which electric power lower than the electric power in the steady lighting mode is supplied to the high pressure discharge lamp. While in the low power lighting mode, predetermined base current is continuously supplied to the high pressure discharge lamp and a current supply command signal is sent so that boost current obtained by superimposing current having a predetermined magnitude on the base current, is periodically supplied thereto, and a luminance control signal for adjusting the luminance of a video signal of the liquid crystal projector apparatus according to a magnitude of the electric power of the high pressure discharge lamp, which is operated responding to the supply of the boost current, is sent. | 11-15-2012 |
20120327380 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes a short-arc-type mercury lamp, a main reflection mirror, a sub-reflection mirror, and an optical element. The sub-reflection mirror surrounds an opening of the ellipsoid main reflection mirror. The sub-reflection mirror reflects a portion of the light emitted from the lamp toward the main reflection mirror. The light reflected by the sub-reflection mirror is reflected toward the main reflection mirror. The optical element is arranged between a second focal point of the main reflection mirror and the sub-reflection mirror. The light reflected by the main reflection mirror and passes through an opening of the sub-reflection mirror is incident upon an incidence-side face of the optical element. The optical element transmits visible light and to reflect ultraviolet light, while the main reflection mirror transmits infrared light and reflects ultraviolet light and visible light and the sub-reflection mirror reflects ultraviolet light and visible light. | 12-27-2012 |
Hirohisa Jozawa, Yokosuka-Shi JP
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20130128984 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - A reduction in residual energy of inter-frame prediction with motion compensation and improvement in encoding efficiency are achieved by using a region-dividing type adaptive interpolation filter that takes an edge property of a picture into consideration. An edge calculation unit calculates edge information from reference picture data designated by a motion vector. A region dividing unit divides an encoding target frame into a plurality of regions that are units to which interpolation filters are adaptively applied based on the edge information. A filter coefficient optimizing unit optimizes an interpolation filter for a fractional-accuracy pixel for each of the regions. A reference picture interpolating unit interpolates the fractional-accuracy pixel of a reference picture using the optimized interpolation filter, and a predictive encoding unit performs predictive encoding using motion compensation of fractional-accuracy. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136187 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A video encoding apparatus reduces residual energy of motion-compensated inter-frame prediction and improves the coding efficiency in encoding of an image in which optimal values of interpolation filter coefficients are changed in time and space. In the video encoding apparatus, a region division unit sequentially selects region division schemes one by one from among a plurality of prepared region division schemes, and divides a region of an image to be encoded. An interpolation filter coefficient switching unit switches interpolation filter coefficients of a decimal precision pixel for each divided region, and a predictive encoding unit performs predictive encoding. A region division mode decoding section selects a region division scheme, in which a cost is minimized among rate distortion costs calculated for each region division scheme. Using the selected region division scheme, the predictive encoding unit and a variable length encoding unit encode the image to be encoded. Information indicating the region division scheme is also subject to variable length encoding and is transmitted to a decoder. | 05-30-2013 |
20130170554 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - Regions based on which an interpolation method of a fractional-accuracy pixel is switched are optimized, and the interpolation method is switched for each of the divided regions, thereby reducing residual energy of inter-frame prediction with motion compensation. A video encoding apparatus is provided with: an encoding information acquiring unit which acquires encoding information for each block; a region classification unit which performs a region classification on a block-by-block basis in accordance with the encoding information; a divided region redefinition processing unit which shifts a region dividing line in a horizontal direction, a region dividing line in a vertical direction, or both the region dividing line in the horizontal direction and the region dividing line in the vertical direction based on a result of the region classification, and determines a region dividing line with which density of blocks belonging to a particular region classification is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; an interpolation method switching unit which switches an interpolation method of a fractional-accuracy pixel for each of divided regions divided by the region dividing line; an interpolation performing unit which performs interpolation of the fractional-accuracy pixel for each of the divided regions; a picture encoding unit which encodes a picture using inter-frame prediction with motion compensation of fractional-accuracy for an interpolated picture; and a region classification information encoding unit which encodes information on the region classification. | 07-04-2013 |
20130336393 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHODS, VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUSES, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - The computational complexity of a denoising filter is reduced while suppressing a reduction in coding efficiency. In a video encoding/decoding apparatus which uses a loop filter, a deviation degree calculating unit calculates the degree of deviation between a denoising target pixel and a surrounding pixel using a decoded image. A template shape setting unit limits a template shape so that its size is proportional to the degree of deviation relative to the maximum value of the degree of deviation in the decoded image. When noise of the target pixel is removed, weighted in accordance with the degree of similarity between a template of the target pixel and a template of each of search points in a search shape and the weighted sum of pixel values at the search points, the loop filter performs template matching using the limited template shape and removes noise of the target pixel. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343470 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHODS, VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUSES, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - The computational complexity of a denoising filter is reduced while suppressing a reduction in coding efficiency. In an image processing apparatus, an edge direction detection unit calculates an edge direction using a denoising target image. A search shape setting unit sets a search shape in which the number of search points along the direction perpendicular to the edge direction is smaller than the number of search points along the edge direction, using the calculated edge direction as an index used for limiting the search shape. When noise of a target pixel is removed with a weight in accordance with the degree of template similarity between a template for the target pixel and a template for each of search points within a search shape and the weighted sum of pixel values at the search points, a filter execution unit executes a process of performing template matching on only search points within the set search shape and removing the noise of the target pixel. | 12-26-2013 |
20140105307 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device uses motion-compensated inter-frame prediction by dividing an image into blocks, each block a predetermined size, designating a first component value of a plurality of component values of a motion vector (MV) between an encoding target block and a neighboring block, designating a second component value, and encoding each first and second component values; a first component encoding means encodes a difference value of a first component and a second component encoding means, which obtains a probability of occurrence of a candidate value for the second component value of the MV of the encoding target block, based on a difference value between the first component value of the neighboring block MV and the first component value of the encoding target block MV and the second component value of the neighboring block MV, specifies a codeword of the second component value, encoding it based on the occurrence probability. | 04-17-2014 |
20140105308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VIDEO, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING VIDEO, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - The prediction error energy in inter-frame prediction with motion compensation is reduced and the coding efficiency is improved. A video encoding method using fractional-accuracy motion compensation includes: a step of generating multiple weighted filter coefficients from multiple interpolation filter sets using weight parameters which designate weight values of interpolation filter coefficients; a step of selecting weighted filter coefficients which minimize prediction error energy in the fractional-accuracy motion compensation from among the weighted filter coefficients; a step of interpolating fractional-accuracy pixels for a reference picture by application of an interpolation filter with the selected weighted filter coefficients and encoding an input picture with the fractional-accuracy motion compensation; and a step of encoding the weight parameters used for generating the selected weighted filter coefficients and the interpolation filter coefficients and adding encoded weight parameters and encoded interpolation filter coefficients to an encoded bitstream. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VIDEO, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING VIDEO, AND PROGRAMS THEREFOR - The prediction error energy in inter-frame prediction with motion compensation is reduced and the coding efficiency is improved. A video encoding method using fractional-accuracy motion compensation includes: a step of performing a motion search to acquire a motion vector; a step of calculating reference probabilities at fractional-pixel positions designated by the acquired motion vector; a step of dividing interpolation positions which are fractional-pixel positions into multiple groups based on the calculated reference probabilities; a step of selecting, for each of the groups of the interpolation positions, interpolation filter coefficients to be used for generating an interpolated prediction picture from among multiple interpolation filter coefficient candidates; a step of generating the interpolated prediction picture using the selected interpolation filter coefficients and performing encoding with the fractional-accuracy motion compensation based on the interpolated prediction picture, for each of the groups of the interpolation positions; and a step of encoding information indicating grouping of the interpolation positions and information indicating interpolation filter coefficients to be used for each of the groups of the interpolation positions. | 04-24-2014 |
20140119453 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device performs motion-compensated inter-frame prediction corresponding to fractional pixel precision using a region-based adaptive interpolation filter (RBAIF) in which a frame is divided into regions and an IF coefficient is adaptively set for each division region, and includes means which constructs a linear simultaneous equation for obtaining an IF coefficient for a division region prescribed by a division position when an optimum division position is selected from among candidates for a prepared division position, and means which obtains the IF coefficient by solving the linear simultaneous equation, wherein the equation generation means diverts a redundant arithmetic processing result in an arithmetic operation of calculating the IF coefficient in a different division region and newly calculates only non-redundant difference information using the arithmetic operation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140133546 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM, AND VIDEO DECODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device includes means used to estimate a lower limit of a bit amount/distortion cost function when an adaptive interpolation filter (AIF) is used based on a generated bit amount and an encoding distortion amount when a region-based adaptive interpolation filter (RBAIF) is used upon selecting an optimum IF based on a bit amount/distortion cost function among a fixed interpolation filter (IF), the AIF, and the RBAIF, and means used to select an optimum IF based on a comparison of bit amount/distortion cost functions of the fixed IF and the RBAIF when the lower limit is a value greater than the bit amount/distortion cost function for the fixed IF, and selecting an optimum IF based on a comparison of bit amount/distortion functions of the fixed IF, the AIF, and the RBAIF only when the lower limit is less than or equal to the bit amount/distortion cost function for the fixed IF. | 05-15-2014 |
20140233646 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND PROGRAMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING PICTURE - An object is to reduce an intra-prediction error and improve coding efficiency by introducing an adaptive reference pixel generating process in accordance with coding conditions into intra-prediction. In picture encoding or picture decoding for generating a prediction signal using spatial inter-pixel prediction and encoding or decoding a picture using a prediction residual signal which is a difference between the prediction signal and an original signal, a tap length of an interpolation filter necessary for generating a reference pixel of intra-prediction is set based on one or both of a size of a block which is a processing unit of coding, transform, or prediction and a quantization parameter of the block for the reference pixel, a filtering process which generates the reference pixel is performed using the interpolation filter corresponding to the set tap length, and an intra-prediction signal corresponding to a designated intra-prediction mode is generated using the generated reference pixel. | 08-21-2014 |
20140247865 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A generated bit amount of filter coefficients of an adaptive interpolation filter is reduced. A video encoding apparatus using motion compensation includes: a motion detection unit which performs motion search to acquire a motion vector; an interpolation filter coefficient deriving unit which calculates interpolation filter coefficients used for interpolation of a decimal-precision pixel using the motion vector; an interpolation unit which performs the interpolation of the decimal-precision pixel using the interpolation filter coefficients and the motion vector and performs encoding, a parameter selection unit which selects a parameter with which a generated bit amount of the interpolation filter coefficients is minimized from among a plurality of designated parameters in parameters used for entropy encoding of the interpolation filter coefficients, and an encoding processing unit which encodes the selected parameter and the calculated interpolation filter coefficients and outputs an encoded parameter and encoded interpolation filter coefficients. | 09-04-2014 |
Hirohisa Jozawa, Tokyo JP
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20130128980 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, MOTION VECTOR DECODING METHOD, PREDICTIVE ENCODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIA STORING MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING PROGRAMS - A motion vector predictive encoding method, a motion vector decoding method, a predictive encoding apparatus, a decoding apparatuses, and storage media storing motion vector predictive encoding and decoding programs are provided, thereby reducing the amount of generated code with respect to the motion vector, and improving the efficiency of the motion-vector prediction. If the motion-compensating mode of the target small block to be encoded is the global motion compensation, the encoding mode of an already-encoded small block is the interframe coding mode, and the motion-compensating mode of the already-encoded small block is the global motion compensation, then the motion vector of the translational motion model is determined for each pixel of the already-encoded small block, based on the global motion vector (steps S | 05-23-2013 |
Hirohisa Kato, Toride-Shi JP
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20130187329 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To simplify control of a sheet feeing/conveying system while preventing a step-out phenomenon, saving power, and reducing cost, provided is an image forming apparatus which detects a load angle of a motor (M | 07-25-2013 |
20130187332 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To simplify control of a sheet feeding/conveying system while preventing a step-out phenomenon and saving power, provided is an image forming apparatus which detects a load angle of a first motor (M | 07-25-2013 |
20140151950 | SHEET MATERIAL BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - Provided is a sheet material binding apparatus capable of shortening a user's waiting time required to bind sheets through a manual operation with a movable stapler. A CPU ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140239571 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING MOVABLE STAPLER, SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming system which is capable of, when a manual stapling process is to be carried out on sheets, reducing waiting time for a user and decreasing power consumption. The image forming system has an image forming apparatus, which forms images on sheets, and a sheet post-processing apparatus. When the sheet post-processing apparatus is to shift into a power-saving state, a movable stapler is moved to a manual stapling position. When it is detected that sheets have been set into a sheet setting unit in a state in which the image forming apparatus and the sheet post-processing apparatus have shifted into the power-saving state, the image forming apparatus is held in the power-saving state, and the sheet post-processing apparatus is returned from the power-saving state. | 08-28-2014 |
20140334901 | SHEET BINDING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet binding processing apparatus for avoiding the residual of binding member is provided. The sheet binding processing apparatus comprises a sheet insertion port through which a sheet bundle formed of a plurality of sheets S is inserted, a movable stapler for binding the sheet bundle inserted through the sheet insertion port, and a manual stapling sheet sensor for detecting, at a predetermined detection time interval, existence or non-existence of the sheet bundle in the sheet insertion port. When the manual stapling sheet sensor detects the existence of the sheet bundle, the sheet binding processing apparatus gives permission to bind the sheet bundle by the movable stapler. | 11-13-2014 |
20150016835 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The power source board is arranged at a lower side on the back side of the main body of the image forming apparatus. The load control board is arranged at an upper side in a vertical direction of the power source board in such a manner that the load control board does not overlap with the power source board. For a board and load at a lower side when viewed from a load control board, a connector is arranged near the lower side of the load control board. For a board and load at an upper side of the load control board, a connector is arranged near the upper side of the load control board. Similarly, for boards and loads of right and left side, connectors are arranged near the respective right and left sides of the load control board. | 01-15-2015 |
20150034623 | HEATER UNIT - In a heater unit for heating a sheet stored in a cassette, respective heating wires of a plurality of heater wires are arranged along an outer periphery of a heat transfer plate so as not to overlap each other, respective power supply wires of the plurality of heater wires are arranged inside a path formed by the heating wires, and both ends of each of the plurality of heater wires are connected to a connector. | 02-05-2015 |
Hirohisa Kato, Mie JP
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20120043699 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ENDLESS BELT - A method for producing an endless belt includes partially covering a circumferential surface of a cylindrical mold with a covering film member nonadhesive to the mold by fixing the covering film member with a fixing member, applying a resin material to the circumferential surface of the mold, curing the resin material to form a resin film, and removing the resin film from the mold by blowing a gas into a gap between the circumferential surface of the mold and the covering film member. | 02-23-2012 |
Hirohisa Kato, Aichi-Pref. JP
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20120314441 | AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - An automotive lamp includes an LED, a substrate that mounts the LED, a reflector that reflects the light emitted from the LED, and an projection lens having an incident surface, which receives the light reflected by the reflector, and an emission surface that emits the light toward a front area of the automotive lamp. A fine asperity structure is formed on the incident surface of the projection lens. The fine asperity structure includes recesses or raised portions formed with the pitch less than or equal to the visible light wavelength. | 12-13-2012 |
Hirohisa Kato, Tsukubamirai-Shi JP
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20150130884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: a photosensitive member; a light source configured to emit a light beam; a deflecting unit configured to deflect the light beam to scan the photosensitive member to form an electrostatic latent image and having a rotary polygon mirror and a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; a housing provided with the photosensitive member, the light source, and the deflecting unit; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a temperature; and a control unit configured to pre-rotate the rotary polygon mirror before a start signal for image formation and to rotate, after the start signal, the rotary polygon mirror at a rotation speed higher than a rotation speed for pre-rotation of the rotary polygon mirror, wherein the control unit sets a target value of the rotation speed for the pre-rotation based on a result of detection by the temperature detecting unit. | 05-14-2015 |
20150205246 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a plurality of process units; a circuit board configured to generate the voltages to be applied to the plurality of process units; and a plurality of separate power feeding members configured to supply the voltages to the process units, wherein the separate power feeding members holds the circuit board, the circuit board comprising: a plurality of voltage output portions arranged at different positions in a direction along an outer edge of the circuit board; and a plurality of positioning holes configured to position the plurality of separate power feeding members, and wherein the plurality of separate power feeding members each comprises: a connecting portion to be connected to a corresponding one of the voltage output portions; a positioning portion to be fitted into a corresponding one of the positioning holes; and a latching portion configured to latch the circuit board. | 07-23-2015 |
Hirohisa Kato, Gamagori-City JP
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20150138821 | RESIN OPTICAL MEMBER AND AUTOMOTIVE LAMP - A resin optical member allows light to pass therethrough. The resin optical member includes a fine asperity portion formed with fine asperity structure and a flat portion not formed with fine asperity structure. The fine asperity structure include concavities or convexities formed at a pitch equal to or less than a wavelength of visible light. The fine asperity structure includes concavities or convexities having a height 37 nm or more. | 05-21-2015 |
Hirohisa Koga, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20110009598 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CELL EXTRACT FOR CELL-FREE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS - A cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis is produced by removing substances, which bind to an affinity support to be used in purification or interaction analysis, from a cell extract having protein synthetic activity. Then, a target protein is synthesized by using the cell extract for cell-free protein synthesis. The synthesized target protein can be purified by using the affinity support and used in interaction analysis. | 01-13-2011 |
Hirohisa Kotegawa, Akiruno JP
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20150160274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER ESTIMATION - A power estimation method includes acquiring power values consumed by a power estimation target apparatus, each of the power values corresponding to a plurality of parameters; calculating magnitude of variation in the power values in relation to a mean thereof; creating, when the magnitude of variation is less than a first value, a first power prediction formula approximating power consumption of the power estimation target apparatus by a constant which is the mean; calculating a degree of influence of each of the parameters on the power consumption when the magnitude of variation is the first value or more; creating, by reducing the number of the parameters based on the degree of influence, a second power prediction formula approximating the power consumption by a linear equation; and estimating the power consumption using one of the first and the second power prediction formulae. | 06-11-2015 |
Hirohisa Kotegawa, Yokohama JP
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20120095737 | POWER ESTIMATOR AND POWER ESTIMATION METHOD - In a power estimator, a power coefficient-calculating section acquires an average value of the number of signal changes per unit time in each circuit range to thereby calculate a power coefficient for each circuit range or calculate a power coefficient for each circuit range when the average value of the number of signal changes per unit time is equal to 1, a correction coefficient-calculating section calculates a ratio of an average value of the number of signal changes per unit time at signal lines included in the circuit range to an average value of the number of signal changes per unit time at observing points designated in the circuit range, as a correction coefficient, and a power value-calculating section calculates a power value for each circuit range based on the correction coefficient and the power coefficient calculated for each circuit range. | 04-19-2012 |
Hirohisa Koyama, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20140029787 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADDING COPYRIGHT NOTICE, AND PROGRAM - A data transmission device includes: a copyright-notice-requirement-information-storing unit that stores copyright-notice-requirement information indicating a correlation between a data transmission destination and whether a copyright notice is required; a transmission unit that transmits data to a transmission destination of the data; a copyright-notice-requirement-determining unit that determines whether to add a copyright notice to the data to be transmitted by the transmission unit, based on the transmission destination of the data and the copyright-notice-requirement information; and a copyright-notice-adding unit that adds a visible copyright notice to the data to be transmitted by the transmission unit upon the copyright-notice-requirement-determining unit determining that a copyright notice is to be added. | 01-30-2014 |
Hirohisa Miyamoto, Kamakura-Shi JP
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20090186257 | DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL SYSTEM, FUEL CARTRIDGE, AND MEMORY FOR FUEL CARTRIDGE - A fuel cartridge to be connected to a direct methanol fuel cell power generating device includes a spare fuel tank which stores a liquid fuel and is to be connected to the direct methanol fuel cell power generating device and a harmful substance trap member. The spare fuel tank stores a liquid fuel and is to be connected to the direct methanol fuel cell power generating device. The harmful substance trap member is fixed to the spare fuel tank and is to be connected to the direct methanol fuel cell power generating device. The harmful substance trap member contains a harmful substance trap material which traps gaseous harmful substances exhausted from the direct methanol fuel cell power generating device. | 07-23-2009 |
Hirohisa Miyazaki, Tokyo JP
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20150095098 | WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A management system manages the works performed to a predetermined target device. A management system stores, in a storage device, a first work definition showing a first work to be performed by an operator to a target device, a second work definition showing a second work for acquiring evidence for confirming a result of one first work among the one or more first works, and flow information including order information prescribing an execution order of the first work and the second work. The management system determines whether the timing has come to execute the second work based on the flow information and, when the timing has come to execute the second work, performs a support display for causing the operator to acquire evidence, and stores the evidence acquired based on the support display in the storage device by associating the acquired evidence with work flow information. | 04-02-2015 |
Hirohisa Naito, Fuchu JP
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20130004081 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE RECOGNIZING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION - An image identifying device includes: a setting unit which sets a section having at least one image in a video; a first recognizing unit which calculates a plurality of feature amounts related to at least the one image and which acquires a plurality of identification results corresponding to each of the feature amounts from an identifier which may identify a plurality of objects belonging to a first category; a selecting unit which selects, based on the identification results, a second category of a third category ; and a second recognizing unit which calculates another feature amount related to an image included in another section and acquires another identification result corresponding to the feature amount from another identifier which may identify the objects included in the second category. | 01-03-2013 |
20130156263 | VERIFICATION METHOD, VERIFICATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A verification device | 06-20-2013 |
20130188880 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE ACCUMULATING PROGRAM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute an image accumulating procedure, the procedure includes: specifying a second image similar to a first image that is associated with text information; displaying the second image in an identifiable manner, and the text information on a display device; and storing the text information associated with image information that is related to the second image, based on instruction information that instructs a use of the text information with respect to the second image. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191407 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, DEVICE, AND METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for managing a system that retrieves a image corresponding to a first type specified by a retrieval request received from a terminal device and another image corresponding to a second type associated with the first type, from an image database storing a plurality of images associated with at least a number of a plurality of types, the procedure includes: referring to a learning state representing whether feature values of images corresponding to each of the plurality of the types have been obtained; retrieving an unlearned type in which the feature value has not been obtained, among the plurality of types; specifying an association type associated with the unlearned type; and outputting the unlearned type in accordance with the learning state of the association type. | 07-25-2013 |
20130308867 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a storage configured to store, for a plurality of areas in a target image, attributes and patterns associated with the attributes, each the attributes being assigned to each the plurality of areas, and each the pattern being created from areas having an identical attribute among the attributes; and a processor configured to: obtain an area that is specified in the target image and an attribute that is assigned to the specified area, search the storage for a pattern based on similarity between the pattern and a pattern created from a certain number of areas having the assigned attribute; and search for an area in the target image based on similarity between the area and the certain number of areas in accordance with the searched pattern. | 11-21-2013 |
Hirohisa Nakano, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20100188640 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light source, a light amount control device, an electro-optic unit, and a projection device, the light amount control device includes a light-shielding member configured to shield part of the luminous flux emitted from the light source, a holding member configured to hold the light-shielding member, the holding member is formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal conductivity lower than the coefficient of thermal conductivity of the light-shielding member, and a position changing unit configured to move or rotate in order to change the position of the light-shielding member, the light-shielding member is attached to the position changing unit via the holding member, and the light-shielding member comes into contact with the holding member via a projection provided on at least one of the light-shielding member and the holding member. | 07-29-2010 |
20100321646 | PROJECTOR SUSPENSION DEVICE - A projector suspension device including a projection optical device having a reflecting mirror, and a suspension position adjustment mechanism, the suspension position adjustment mechanism includes: a pressing member which presses a first member and a second member; a screw member which, being fixed in the first member, passes through the second member; and a turning member which, by turning and engaging with the screw member passing through the second member, against the pressing force of the pressing member, adjusts the angle formed by the first member and second member, with a turning pivot set perpendicular to the axial direction of the screw member as the center. | 12-23-2010 |
20130016322 | REFLECTIVE POLARIZING PLATE APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND PROJECTORAANM Wakabayashi; ShinichiAACI Suwa-shiAACO JPAAGP Wakabayashi; Shinichi Suwa-shi JPAANM Nakano; HirohisaAACI Matsumoto-shiAACO JPAAGP Nakano; Hirohisa Matsumoto-shi JPAANM Nagarekawa; SatoruAACI Matsumoto-shiAACO JPAAGP Nagarekawa; Satoru Matsumoto-shi JP - A reflective polarizing plate apparatus includes a reflective polarizing plate that transmits first linearly polarized light and reflects second linearly polarized light polarized in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the first linearly polarized light is polarized, a holding member that accommodates and holds the reflective polarizing plate, and a first biasing member that biases a glass surface of the reflective polarizing plate accommodated in the holding member. | 01-17-2013 |
20130250252 | PROJECTOR SUSPENSION DEVICE - A projector suspension device for a projector comprises a base to be fixed to a surface on which the projector projects an image, a support member extending from the base and configured to support the projector, and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a tilt of the projector. | 09-26-2013 |
Hirohisa Natto, Kawasaki JP
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20090125423 | SYSTEM FOR SELLING, BUYING, LENDING, AND RENTING VIRTUAL REGION AND METHOD THEREOF - The right for correlating a region or an existence with a virtual region in a virtual world structured in for example the Internet is sold, bought, lent, or rented. For example, when a buyer bought a virtual region from a seller, the virtual region of the seller is correlated with a virtual region of the buyer in a link method, a paste method, or a projection method. | 05-14-2009 |
Hirohisa Nishiyama, Kasugai JP
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20090243627 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATION MONITORING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a monitor including a first element coupled between a first power supply line and a second power supply line, and a load for increasing a load value between the first element and the first power supply line or the second power supply line, and a determination unit which determines an operating state of the first element based on an output of the monitor. | 10-01-2009 |
Hirohisa Noda, Kariya-City JP
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20140366823 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS - A main locking mechanism locks a phase at a main locking phase, at which an intake valve is closed at timing later than a bottom dead center, by inserting a main locking member into a main locking hole. A sub locking mechanism locks a phase at a sub locking phase advanced more than the main locking phase by inserting a sub locking member into a sub locking hole. A movable body disposed in the main locking hole reciprocates between an open position and a blocking position of the main locking hole. During a warm start of an engine, a driving source maintains the movable body at the open position at which the inserting of the main locking member into the main locking hole is maintained. In contrast, during a cold start of the engine, the driving source drives the movable body to the blocking position at which the main locking member is removed from the main locking hole. | 12-18-2014 |
Hirohisa Onome, Aichi-Ken JP
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20080262730 | Mobile Object Position Estimation Apparatus and Method - A mobile object position estimation apparatus mounted in a mobile object includes a first estimation mechanism for estimating the mobile object position based on the outputs from an inertial navigation sensor device (acceleration sensor, and yaw rate sensor, or the like) mounted on the mobile object, a storage for storing map information including at least node information, a second estimation mechanism for estimating the mobile object position based on a predicted path of traveling of the mobile object predicted from the node information, and a synthesis mechanism for determining the final estimated mobile object position by synthesizing the mobile object position estimated by the first estimation mechanism and the mobile object position estimated by the second estimation mechanism. | 10-23-2008 |
20090303077 | Image Processing System and Method - An image processing system is provided, which includes: a front monitoring device that obtains an image of a view ahead of a vehicle; a vehicle position detecting device that detects the position and orientation of the vehicle; a map database that stores road maps; a traffic indicator position estimating portion that estimates the position of a traffic indicator ( | 12-10-2009 |
Hirohisa Ota, Kawagoe JP
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20080254626 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - A processing apparatus for transferring a relief pattern on a mold to a resist on a substrate through a compression of the mold against the resist, includes a supplier for supplying the resist between the substrate and the mold, and a recovery unit for recovering the resist. | 10-16-2008 |
Hirohisa Ota, Kawagoe-Shi JP
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20100148397 | IMPRINTING MACHINE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An imprinting machine that brings a mold having a pattern into contact with an object and transfers the pattern onto the object includes a measurement unit that measures a position of the mold when the mold contacts the object. | 06-17-2010 |
20100289190 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A processing method for transferring a relief pattern of a mold to a resist includes the steps of compressing the mold having the relief pattern against the resist on a substrate, irradiating an exposure light onto the resist through the mold, vibrating the mold and the substrate relative to each other during the irradiating step, and releasing the mold from the resist. | 11-18-2010 |
20140151936 | PATTERN TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND PATTERN TRANSFERRING METHOD - A pattern transferring apparatus is disclosed which can prevent damage to a transferred pattern and realize fast mold release regardless of the type of resist. The pattern transferring apparatus transfers a pattern formed on a mold to an object by bringing the mold into contact with the apparatus has a deformer which causes deformation in the mold for releasing the mold from the object. The apparatus transfers a pattern formed on a mold to a photo-curing resin by bringing the mold into contact with the photo-curing resin and applying light thereto to cure the photo-curing resin. The apparatus has an optical system which applies light at an irradiation light intensity to a non-transfer area other than a transfer area where the pattern is to be transferred in the photo-curing resin, the intensity being different from an irradiation light intensity of light applied to the transfer area. | 06-05-2014 |
Hirohisa Oyama, Kulim MY
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20150162043 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium is disclosed in which crystal axis orientation dispersion, crystal grain diameter, and crystal grain diameter dispersion in a magnetic recording layer are reduced. The perpendicular magnetic recording medium has a structure having, stacked sequentially on a non-magnetic substrate, at least an amorphous underlayer, a lower orientation control layer made of Ru or Ru alloy of an hcp structure, an upper orientation control layer that is made of alloy containing an element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni and an element selected from the group consisting of Cr, W, and Mo and that has an fcc or hcp structure, an intermediate layer, and a magnetic recording layer. | 06-11-2015 |
Hirohisa Saito, Osaka-Shi JP
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20100103972 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER - A photonic crystal laser comprises an n-type substrate, an n-type clad layer, an active layer, a p-type clad layer, a photonic crystal layer, a p-type electrode, an n-type electrode and a package member. The n-type clad layer is formed on a first surface of the n-type substrate. The active layer is formed on the n-type clad layer. The p-type clad layer is formed on the active layer. The photonic crystal layer is formed between the n-type clad layer and the active layer or between the active layer and the p-type clad layer, and includes a photonic crystal portion. The p-type electrode is formed on the photonic crystal portion. The n-type electrode is formed on a second surface, and includes a light-transmitting portion arranged on a position opposed to the photonic crystal portion and an outer peripheral portion having lower light transmittance than the light-transmitting portion. | 04-29-2010 |
20100172390 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A fabrication method of a surface-emitting laser element includes a step of preparing a conductive GaN multiple-region substrate including a high dislocation density high conductance region, a low dislocation density high conductance region and a low dislocation density low conductance region, as a conductive GaN substrate; a semiconductor layer stack formation step of forming a plurality of group III-V compound semiconductor layer stack including an emission layer on the substrate; and an electrode formation step of forming a semiconductor side electrode and a substrate side electrode. The semiconductor layer and electrodes are formed such that an emission region into which carriers flow in the emission layer is located above and within the span of the low dislocation density high conductance region. Thus, a surface-emitting laser element having uniform light emission at the emission region can be obtained with favorable yield. | 07-08-2010 |
20130083513 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light source unit ( | 04-04-2013 |
20130163253 | WHITE REFLECTIVE FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided is a flexible printed circuit board having excellent flexibility and a diffusely reflective white surface (white surface) which does not tend to undergo color change even when irradiated with light such as short-wavelength light, i.e., has high light deterioration resistance, and does not tend to undergo color change even when placed in a high-temperature environment, i.e., has excellent thermal deterioration resistance. The white reflective flexible printed circuit board includes a flexible printed circuit board and a surface constituted by a white reflective material layer. The white reflective material layer is composed of a resin composition containing a fluororesin and an inorganic white pigment. Lighting equipment includes the white reflective flexible printed circuit board and an LED mounted on the surface side constituted by the white reflective material layer of the white reflective flexible printed circuit board. | 06-27-2013 |
Hirohisa Saito, Setagaya-Ku JP
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20150104820 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF EOSINOPHIL FROM PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL - The present invention relates to a method for producing human eosinophils from human pluripotent stem cells. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing human eosinophils from human pluripotent stem cells, which method comprises the steps of: (1) co-culturing, in the presence of VEGF, human pluripotent stem cells with cells separated from the AGM region of a mammalian fetus; (2) performing suspension culture using a medium comprising IL-3, IL-6, Flt3 ligand, SCF, TPO and serum; (3) performing suspension culture using a medium comprising IL-3, SCF, GM-CSF and serum; and, optionally, (4) performing suspension culture using a medium comprising IL-3, IL-5 and serum. | 04-16-2015 |
Hirohisa Saito, Tokyo JP
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20090313539 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processor includes a storage part configured to store multiple hierarchically correlated data elements; a metadata storage part configured to store the metadata of each of the data elements; an editing part configured to edit the metadata stored in the metadata storage part; and a reflection part configured to reflect the result of editing the metadata of one of the data elements by the editing part in the metadata of at least one of the remaining data elements. | 12-17-2009 |
Hirohisa Sasaki, Toyota-Shi JP
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20150151358 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTOR - In a setting step, a plurality of steel plates configuring a rotor core stacked in an axial direction of a rotor is set in a predetermined position in a mold that is capable of being opened and closed by relative movement in the axial direction. In a casting step, molten metal is fed into a molten metal introduction passage to form a conductive member of the rotor. The molten metal introduction passage has a ring-shaped gate that is opened so as to oppose one axial end surface of the steel plates set in the mold. In a cutoff step, the molten metal is cut off in the molten metal introduction passage so as to be separated into a gate side and a molten metal introduction opening side. In a mold-releasing step, the mold is opened such that a casting configuring the rotor is removed from the mold. | 06-04-2015 |
Hirohisa Suido, Osaka JP
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20090130191 | Osteoclast Growth Inhibitor, Oral Composition, and Preventive or Therapeutic Agent for Bone Diseases, Containing Liposome-Encapsulated Lactoferrin - A growth of osteoclasts is inhibited by orally administering a liposomal lactoferrin. Thus a bone disease in which the osteoclast is involved is effectively prevented or treated by orally administering the liposomal lactoferrin. The present invention provides an osteoclast growth inhibitor, an oral composition and a preventive and therapeutic agent for bone diseases (osteoporosis, rheumatoid, periodontal diseases with alveolar bone resorption, which contain the liposomal lactoferrin, and a preventive or therapeutic method for the bone diseases. According to the present invention, the growth of the osteoclasts can be inhibited and the bone diseases due to promotion of the osteoclast growth can be prevented or treated. | 05-21-2009 |
Hirohisa Takada, Kanagawa Prefecture JP
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20100288204 | Vehicle pet restraint system - A carrier device for restraining an animal inside and outside of a motor vehicle. The carrier device includes a plurality of panels configured to form a hollow enclosure for housing the animal and a strap for connecting the enclosure to the motor vehicle. At least one of the panels includes a frame for supporting the panel in order to maintain the shape of the enclosure. The panels and the frame are configured to allow the enclosure to collapse so that the carrier can be folded. The strap includes fastening mechanisms at each end. A portion of the strap located between the two ends is connected to one of the panels of the enclosure so that during a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the motor vehicle, the animal is restrained within the enclosure and a force exerted on the enclosure is transferred to the motor vehicle. | 11-18-2010 |
Hirohisa Takahashi, Sanmu-Shi JP
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20100187100 | METHOD FOR FORMING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A method for forming a transparent conductive film forms the transparent conductive film containing ZnO as a basic element on a substrate by a sputtering which is performed by applying a sputtering voltage to a target made of a material to form the transparent conductive film and generating a horizontal magnetic field over a surface of the target. The sputtering is performed by setting the sputtering voltage to 340 V or less. | 07-29-2010 |
20100193352 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a solar cell provided with a buffer layer or an intermediate electrode. The buffer layer is disposed between a rear electrode and a photovoltaic cell. The rear electrode is disposed on the opposite side of a light incidence side and functions as an electrode for extracting electric power. The intermediate electrode is disposed between a plurality of photovoltaic cells. The intermediate electrode or the buffer layer comprises a ZnO-based transparent conductive film. The method comprises forming the intermediate electrode or the buffer layer by sputtering a target on which a formation material of the transparent conductive film is provided while applying sputtering voltage to generate a horizontal magnetic field on a surface of the target. The intermediate electrode or the buffer layer is formed through sputtering at a sputtering voltage of 340V or less. | 08-05-2010 |
20100206719 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method for manufacturing a solar cell provided with an upper electrode which functions as an electrode for extracting electric power at a light incidence side of the solar cell and includes a ZnO-based transparent conductive film, the method comprising: forming the upper electrode by sputtering a target on which a formation material of the transparent conductive film is provided while applying sputtering voltage of 340V or less and generating a horizontal magnetic field on a target surface. | 08-19-2010 |
20100258433 | FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS FOR TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILM - A film forming method for a transparent electrically conductive film that forms a zinc oxide-based transparent electrically conductive film on a substrate by sputtering using a target containing a zinc oxide-based material, performing the sputtering in a reactive gas atmosphere that contains two types or three types selected from among a group consisting of hydrogen gas, oxygen gas and water vapor. | 10-14-2010 |
20100269898 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL - A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic cell that is provided with an upper electrode that is arranged on the light incoming side and functions as a power extraction electrode, the method including the step of: forming the upper electrode on a substrate by sputtering using a target that contains a zinc oxide-based material, wherein in the step of forming the upper electrode, the sputtering is performed in an atmosphere that contains two or three selected from a group consisting of hydrogen gas, oxygen gas, and water vapor. | 10-28-2010 |
20100294650 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A process for producing a liquid crystal display device that includes at least a pair of substrates holding a liquid crystal layer therebetween and a pixel electrode superimposed on the liquid crystal layer side of the pair of substrates, the pixel electrode on at least one of the pair of substrates being formed of a transparent electroconductive film made of zinc oxide as a fundamental constituent material, the process includes: a step of forming a zinc oxide transparent electroconductive film on the substrate by sputtering, using a target of a zinc oxide series material to form the pixel electrode, wherein, in the step of forming the pixel electrode, sputtering is performed in an atmosphere containing two or three materials selected from the group consisting of hydrogen gas, oxygen gas, and water vapor. | 11-25-2010 |
Hirohisa Takahashi, Summu-Shi JP
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20110298738 | Touch panel - A touch panel having high durability is provided. Either one or both of a display device and a flexible panel have island-shaped protective bodies formed on surfaces of electrode layers (upper electrode layer, lower electrode layer), and a transparent conductive film is exposed between the protective bodies. Since the protective bodies protrude highly from the surface of the transparent conductive film, when the flexible panel is pressed and the upper electrode and the lower electrode layer are brought into contact, a load to be applied to the transparent conductive film is reduced by the protective bodies, so that the transparent conductive film is not broken. | 12-08-2011 |
Hirohisa Takaka, Shiga JP
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20150256108 | POWER-GENERATING SYSTEM - A power-generating system includes a heat source which is able to produce temporal temperature variation; a first device which is able to produce temporal temperature variation based on the temperature change of the heat source and in which polarization occurs; a second device for taking out a net generating power from the first device; a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the first device; a voltage application device that applies a voltage to the first device; and a control unit for activating the voltage application device on detecting an increase in temperature of the first device and for stopping the voltage application device on detecting a decrease in temperature of the first device by the temperature sensor. | 09-10-2015 |
Hirohisa Takano, Handa-Shi JP
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20130220243 | ENGINE COOLING APPARATUS - An engine cooling apparatus includes an engine for vehicle traveling, a pump driven by the engine, a heat exchanger, a circulation passage for circulating cooling liquid between the engine and the heat exchanger by driving the pump, a solenoid valve capable of opening/closing the circulation passage, and a controller for controlling operations of the engine. The solenoid valve includes a valve body movable between a position away from a valve seat and a position contacting the valve seat and held to contact the valve seat and a solenoid capable of maintaining contact between the valve body and the valve seat in response to supply of power thereto. When driving of the pump under a non-energized state of the solenoid, the valve body is movable to the position away from the valve seat by the cooling liquid fluid pressure. Power supply to the solenoid is initiated before start-up of the engine. | 08-29-2013 |
20130240174 | VEHICLE COOLING DEVICE - A vehicle cooling device includes a pump, circulation paths connected to the pump for circulating coolant between a cooling object and a heat exchanger, a solenoid valve for opening and closing at least one of the circulation paths, and a control unit for controlling pump operation. The solenoid valve includes a valve body movable between a position separated from a valve seat and a position abutting the valve seat, the valve body being held in abutment with the valve seat, and a solenoid maintaining the abutment when energized. The valve body allows coolant fluid pressure to move the valve body separate from the valve seat when the solenoid is not energized and the pump is in operation, and the control unit performs controlling to stop the pump and start solenoid energization when conditions are ready for stopping coolant circulation through the circulation path in which the solenoid valve is disposed. | 09-19-2013 |
Hirohisa Taniguchi, Niihama-Shi JP
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20080197546 | Metal heat treatment system hot-gas quenching apparatus and hot-gas heat treatment system - A metal heat treatment method includes quenching a workpiece by blowing an inert gas onto the workpiece, adjusting the temperature of the inert gas to approximately an isothermal holding temperature of the workpiece for transformation of the workpiece, holding the isothermal holding temperature within a margin of error of approximately plus or minus five degrees Celsius for a given period, and performing a metal heat treatment with the isothermal holding temperature kept statically or dynamically by varying the temperature of the hot-gas. | 08-21-2008 |
Hirohisa Tashiro, Atsugi-Shi JP
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20100227332 | Method for selecting antimicrobial agent and utilization thereof - The present invention provides for a method for selecting an antimicrobial agent, which comprises a microbe analyzing step in which microbes in the microbial biota of a sample are analyzed based on base sequence of DNA and an antimicrobial agent selecting step comprising performing search in a data base storing data for industrial antimicrobial agents applicable to the analyzed microbes recited at effective concentrations, picking up industrial antimicrobial agents effective for the microbial biota, dominant microbe or specific microbe(s) in the sample analyzed in the above microbe analyzing step and selecting among the picked up ones an industrial antimicrobial agent, which method permits to select an antimicrobial agent that is optimum for the treatment in a simple and assured manner within a brief time and to grasp whether the effect of the antimicrobial agent is revealed or not in a simple and assured manner within a brief time, by utilizing this selecting method for the selection of antimicrobial agent, for example, in an antimicrobial treating, in monitoring of the antimicrobial effect, in slime control in paper manufacturing process courses and in microbe inhibition in paper manufacturing process courses, whereby troubles caused by growth of microbes can be prevented beforehand. | 09-09-2010 |
Hirohisa Todoki, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20120137887 | STRUCTURE OF EXTERNAL COVER OF AIR DRYING APPARTUS - An external cover of a replaceable cartridge forms at least a portion of an air drying apparatus of a compressed air brake for a vehicle. A first slope is formed at an intermediate position between an extremity of a rising piece and a bottom of an external cover, and a left vertical wall is formed. A right vertical wall is formed opposite the left vertical wall. A top face is formed between the left vertical wall and the right vertical wall. An indentation is defined by the left vertical wall, the right vertical wall, and the top face. A sealing member is fitted into the indentation. A circular-arc portion is formed at a lower end of the right vertical wall. A second slope is formed in an extending manner at a predetermined height from a lower end face that is an intermediate position on a height of the external cover. | 06-07-2012 |
Hirohisa Toritani, Ritto-Shi JP
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20140091805 | BATTERY MODULE AND INSULATION INSPECTING METHOD OF BATTERY MODULE - A battery module includes a metal casing and a battery cell accommodated in the casing. The casing is provided on its outer surface with an insulation layer and a conductive portion. | 04-03-2014 |
Hirohisa Yamamoto, Tokyo JP
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20100041197 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING RECESSED-CHANNEL-ARRAY MOSFET HAVING A HIGHER OPERATIONAL SPEED - A semiconductor device includes a recessed-channel-array MOSFET including a gate electrode having a portion received in a recess. The gate insulting film has a first portion made of silicon oxide in contact with the sidewall of the recess and a second portion made of silicon oxynitride in contact with the bottom of the recess. The first portion has an equivalent oxide thickness larger than the equivalent oxide thickness of the second portion to reduce the parasitic capacitance of the gate electrode. | 02-18-2010 |
Hirohisa Yano, Kurume-Shi JP
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20130324541 | POTENTIATOR OF ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY OF CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT - The present invention relates to an agent for potentiating an antitumor activity of a chemotherapeutic agent against a cancer containing cancer stem cells, which contains at least one kind of branched chain amino acid selected from isoleucine, leucine and valine, or a salt thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to an agent for treating a cancer containing cancer stem cells, which contains a combination of a chemotherapeutic agent and at least one kind of branched chain amino acid selected from isoleucine, leucine and valine, or a salt thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an agent for preventing metastasis or recurrence of a cancer containing cancer stem cells, which contains a combination of a chemotherapeutic agent and at least one kind of branched chain amino acid selected from isoleucine, leucine and valine, or a salt thereof. | 12-05-2013 |
Hirohisa Yano, Chikushino JP
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20120177604 | FORMATION OF HYDROGEL IN THE PRESENCE OF PEROXIDASE AND LOW CONCENTRATION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE - In a process of forming a hydrogel from a mixture comprising hydrogen peroxide (H | 07-12-2012 |
Hirohisa Yoshikawa, Tokyo JP
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20150212533 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - To prevent loss of controllability associated with the change in total target power value, and suppress power supply voltage fluctuation. | 07-30-2015 |