Kimura, Kyoto
Eriko Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20120144341 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary display area includes a scroll image display region for displaying a scroll target image. When at least either one of a result of a determination as to whether or not a touch position on the display area by a user has continuously been detected for a predetermined time on a first region which is located in a first direction (scrolling direction) with respect to a reference position or a result of a determination as to whether or not the touch position has shifted in a direction different from the first direction, is positive, the scroll target image is scrolled and displayed in the first direction. | 06-07-2012 |
20120147058 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary display area includes a scroll image display region for displaying a scroll target image. When at least either one of a result of a determination as to whether or not a touch position on the display area by a user has shifted in a first direction (scrolling direction) or a result of a determination as to whether or not the touch position on the display area by the user has shifted in a direction different from the first direction, is positive, the scroll target image displayed in the scroll image display region is scrolled and displayed in the first direction. | 06-14-2012 |
20120167002 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - When it is determined that a touch position by a user has shifted on a scroll image display region in a direction different from a first direction (scrolling direction), a scroll target image is scrolled and displayed in the first direction (scrolling direction). | 06-28-2012 |
Fumiko Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20130309488 | RESIN MOLDED BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A resin molded body includes a polymeric material, such as one of a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, elastomer, and rubber, to which a required amount of ferromagnetic glittering agent having shape anisotropy is added. At a time when the polymeric material is in a molten resin state inside of a mold cavity, the polymeric material is subjected to the three-axis orientation control and orientation distribution control performed by applying a rotating magnetic field to the molten resin at a required position, adjusting an orientation of the ferromagnetic glittering agent mixed in the molten resin, and shifting the ferromagnetic glittering agent mixed in the molten resin in a required direction, and the ferromagnetic glittering agent mixed in the molten resin is then shifted to a design surface side to be thereby concentratedly distributed for orientation. | 11-21-2013 |
Hideharu Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20100173109 | FIRE-RESISTANT PIPING MATERIAL - It is an object to provide a fire-resistant piping material that can be fire-protection measures by itself and is excellent in construction workability. A single-layered fire-resistant piping material according to the present invention is constituted of a fire-resistant resin composition containing heat-expandable graphite in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride-based resin. A multilayered fire-resistant piping material according to the present invention includes a tubular fire-resistant expandable layer made of a heat-expandable fire-resistant resin composition and a covering layer covering at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface of the fire-resistant expandable layer, and the fire-resistant expandable layer is formed of a fire-resistant resin composition containing heat-expandable graphite in an amount of 1 to 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of a polyvinyl chloride-based resin, and the covering layer is formed of a polyvinyl chloride-based resin composition not containing heat-expandable fire-resistant materials. | 07-08-2010 |
Hiromitsu Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20090003031 | Computation Processing Circuit Using Ferroelectric Capacitor - A computation processing device executes logic computation based upon input data X(t) and data X(t−1) stored in memory. A ferroelectric capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal, and provides a function as memory. A bit line driver switches the voltage to be applied to the first terminal or the second terminal of the ferroelectric capacitor. A sense amplifier outputs a computation result according to the voltage that occurs at either of the first terminal and the second terminal of the ferroelectric capacitor. For example, the bit line driver switches the direction of the voltage to be applied to the ferroelectric capacitor according to the input data X(t). | 01-01-2009 |
20100124094 | DATA HOLDING DEVICE - A data holding device includes a loop structure portion for holding data by using a plurality of logic gates connected like a loop, and a nonvolatile storage portion for storing data held in the loop structure portion, in a nonvolatile manner by using a hysteresis characteristic of a ferroelectric element. The loop structure portion and the nonvolatile storage portion are driven by being respectively supplied with power supply voltages that are different from each other. | 05-20-2010 |
20100321975 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE - By separately setting a capacitor on BL depending on whether the mode is a DRAM mode or an FRAM mode, it is compatible with improvement in a speed by BL capacitor reduction in the DRAM mode and a sufficient BL capacitance in the FRAM mode. | 12-23-2010 |
20110010493 | NONVOLATILE STORAGE GATE, OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE GATE EMBEDDED LOGIC CIRCUIT, AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - Provided is a nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit embedding a nonvolatile storage gate which can hold data after power supply cutoff and can cut off a power supply at the same time shifting into a standby state. The nonvolatile storage gate embedded logic circuit includes a logic calculation unit having a logic gate, and a nonvolatile storage gate having a nonvolatile storage element, a data interface control unit disposed so as to be adjoining to the nonvolatile storage element, and receiving a nonvolatile storage control signal for data read-out from the nonvolatile storage element and data write-in to the nonvolatile storage element, and a volatile storage element disposed so as to be adjoining to the nonvolatile storage element, receiving a data input signal and a clock signal, and outputting a data output signal. | 01-13-2011 |
20110128769 | DATA HOLDING DEVICE - A data holding device comprises a loop structure part (LOOP) that holds data by use of logic gates connected in a loop (e.g., inverters INV | 06-02-2011 |
20110173466 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device according to the present invention comprises a power supply; a processing section which has a nonvolatile register and performs predetermined processing by inputting and outputting data to and from the nonvolatile register on the basis of power fed from the power supply; an external signal inputting section for inputting an external signal to the processing section; and a power feed control section, which interrupts power feeding from the power supply to the processing section, while maintaining responsiveness to the external signal in a state in which the processing state of the processing section is stored in the nonvolatile register, and resumes power feeding from the power supply to the processing section in response to the external signal. | 07-14-2011 |
20110199810 | Data Holding Device - A data holding device according to the present invention includes a loop structure portion LOOP for holding data using a plurality of logic gates (NAND | 08-18-2011 |
20120194230 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND DATA HOLD DEVICE USING THE CONTROL CIRCUIT - A control circuit | 08-02-2012 |
20120250392 | DATA HOLDING DEVICE AND LOGIC OPERATION CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A data holding device includes a loop structure unit configured to hold data using a plurality of logic gates connected in a loop shape, a nonvolatile storage unit including a plurality of ferroelectric elements, the nonvolatile storage unit configured to store the data held in the loop structure unit in a nonvolatile manner using hysteresis characteristics of the ferroelectric elements, and a circuit separation unit configured to electrically separate the loop structure unit and the nonvolatile storage unit. The ferroelectric elements of the nonvolatile storage unit are surrounded by a dummy element smaller in width than the ferroelectric elements. | 10-04-2012 |
20130247057 | MULTI-TASK PROCESSING APPARATUS - A multi-task processing apparatus includes a sequencer for switching and processing multiple task data; a memory for storing the task data, wherein the memory stores/reads the task data between a volatile memory cell and a plurality of associated non-volatile memory cells when the task data is switched. | 09-19-2013 |
20140362632 | DATA HOLDING DEVICE AND LOGIC OPERATION CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A data holding device includes a loop structure unit configured to hold data using a plurality of logic gates connected in a loop shape, a nonvolatile storage unit including a plurality of ferroelectric elements, the nonvolatile storage unit configured to store the data held in the loop structure unit in a nonvolatile manner using hysteresis characteristics of the ferroelectric elements, and a circuit separation unit configured to electrically separate the loop structure unit and the nonvolatile storage unit. The ferroelectric elements of the nonvolatile storage unit are surrounded by a dummy element smaller in width than the ferroelectric elements. | 12-11-2014 |
20150103580 | DATA HOLDING DEVICE AND LOGIC OPERATION CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A data holding device includes a loop structure unit configured to hold data using a plurality of logic gates connected in a loop shape, a nonvolatile storage unit including a plurality of ferroelectric elements, the nonvolatile storage unit configured to store the data held in the loop structure unit in a nonvolatile manner using hysteresis characteristics of the ferroelectric elements, and a circuit separation unit configured to electrically separate the loop structure unit and the nonvolatile storage unit. The ferroelectric elements of the nonvolatile storage unit are surrounded by a dummy element smaller in width than the ferroelectric elements. | 04-16-2015 |
Isaku Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20150032394 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A battery monitoring unit monitors at least one from among: (i) the attachment state of secondary battery pack; (ii) the low state of a battery voltage VBAT; and (iii) the state of whether it is possible or impossible to use the secondary battery. A battery measurement unit measures the battery voltage VBAT, a charge/discharge current IBAT, and a temperature T of the secondary battery pack, and converts the measured values into digital data. A charging circuit is configured to charge the secondary battery pack using DC voltage from an external power supply based on the state information detected by the battery monitoring unit and the information measured by the battery measurement unit. A coulomb counter measures the charge/discharge current IBAT at predetermined time intervals, and integrates the measurement value, thereby calculating the sum total of the charged/discharged amount. The battery management circuit is monolithically integrated on a single semiconductor substrate. | 01-29-2015 |
Kazue Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20110201971 | LAUGHTER MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A concrete means for accurately detecting laughter such as “suppressed laughter” which is hard to appear on an expression for quantifying. Provided is a concrete means for measuring changes with time of skin surface potential in the vicinity of a xyphoid of a subject or the vicinity of a region on a seventh costa located approximately 10 cm right from the xyphoid in an approximately horizontal direction and calculating changes with time of strength of each frequency of potential measurement waves which have been measured. In addition, the calculated data is mapped so that the changes with time of the strength of each frequency can be identified by color or the like, while one axis is specified to be a frequency axis and the other is a time axis. A concrete means for detecting the laughter of the subject by comparing with a prepared laughter reference pattern is provided. | 08-18-2011 |
Kazuhito Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20080211475 | Step-up converter - The present invention provides a current-mode control step-up converter capable of reducing the minimum duty ratio to a sufficiently small value and facilitating the setting of the maximum duty ratio. The step-up converter comprises a current detector | 09-04-2008 |
20080252354 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT - An output circuit includes an output block and a predrive block for driving the output block based on an input signal. The predrive block has a clamp unit connected between the gate terminal of a first output transistor and the gate terminal of a second output transistor to limit the potential of the gate terminal of the first output transistor to a value of not more than a first potential and limit the potential of the gate terminal of the second output transistor to a value of not less than a second potential. | 10-16-2008 |
20100277147 | Switching power supply circuitry - An output voltage VC obtained by boosting an input voltage VIN by means of a charge pump control circuit | 11-04-2010 |
20110291589 | MULTI-INPUT DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE - A multi-input differential amplifying device of the present invention includes: a differential amplifier having an inverting input terminal and a non-inverting input terminal; and an input portion configured to apply a first input voltage to a first input terminal that is one of the inverting input terminal and the non-inverting input terminal and apply a second input voltage to a second input terminal that is the other input terminal, the first input voltage corresponding to first input signals that are a plurality of input signals for the first input terminal, the second input voltage corresponding to a second input signal that is one input signal for the second input terminal. The input portion is configured to correct an offset voltage between the first input voltage and the second input voltage. | 12-01-2011 |
Kenjiro Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20090127473 | Electron Beam Irradiation Device - An electron beam irradiation device of the present invention includes: a projector | 05-21-2009 |
Masataka Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20150142522 | GAMING INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, GAMING INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, GAMING INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A gaming information providing device has an information acquisition unit that acquires gaming machine information, customer identification information, and preference information from a plurality of gaining machines, a storage device, and a provided information producing unit. In each of the game machines, a game medium is paid in or paid out from in a game, wherein the gaming machine information includes paying-out information indicating a paying-out status of the game medium in each of the gaming machines. The customer identification information identifies a plurality of customers who play the game with the plurality of gaming machines. The preference information indicates a preference for the game of the gaming machine in each customer. | 05-21-2015 |
Mitsuyuki Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20100159621 | SURFACE-MOUNT TYPE OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A small and thin surface-mount type optical semiconductor device having high air tightness, which can be manufactured at a reduced cost includes: a base | 06-24-2010 |
Nobumichi Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20150055274 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TERMINAL-STRIP-EQUIPPED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND TERMINAL-STRIP-EQUIPPED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a terminal-strip-equipped electronic component in which terminal strips made of a metal plate are bonded with solder to terminal electrodes of an electronic chip component on two opposing end surfaces. Solder cream is applied to outer surfaces of the terminal electrodes. The terminal strips are thermocompression bonded to the terminal electrodes by placing the electronic chip component between the terminal strips and pressing the terminal strips against the terminal electrodes using a pair of heating elements so as to obtain an electronic component to which the terminal strips are temporarily fixed. The terminal strips are fully fixed to the electronic component by melting the solder cream as a result of heating the electronic component in a heating furnace so as to obtain a terminal-strip-equipped electronic component. | 02-26-2015 |
Sadaaki Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20090017483 | Analytical instrument having improved arrangement of reagent section and analytical method - The present invention relates to an analytical instrument ( | 01-15-2009 |
20100305597 | LANCET DEVICE AND PUNCTURE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a lancet device | 12-02-2010 |
20110042212 | ANALYZING TOOL - The present invention relates to an analyzing tool including: a plurality of electrodes | 02-24-2011 |
Shigeyuki Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20090291302 | Method for producing nanometer-size wires and nanometer-size wire - The present invention provides a nanowire production method that is simpler than conventional nanowire production methods, and that makes it easier to control the size and shape of the nanowires by using a technique completely different from the conventional ones. A powder particle containing a metal element is divided into nanometer-size wires containing the metal element by irradiating a suspension of the powder particles with a femtosecond laser. The present invention also makes it possible to divide the nanometer-size wires thus formed into nanometer-size particles containing the metal element by irradiating further the nanometer-size wires with the femtosecond laser. | 11-26-2009 |
Shinsuke Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20110215658 | ELECTRIC MOTOR, ELECTRIC MOTOR UNIT, BLOWER, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - A power supply connecting member is configured by a housing of the power supply connecting member molded with a terminal of the power supply connecting member by a resin. The terminal of the power supply connecting member has three bent portions, two bent portions are perpendicular to an axial direction before the terminal is bent, and the remaining bent portion is parallel to the axial direction before the terminal is bent. A distal end on a bending side of the terminal of the power supply connecting member is inserted into the power supply connecting member housing to configure the power supply connecting member. An output shaft support portion unit is configured such that a bearing to hold a rotor and an elastic member (spring for example) to hold the bearing are stored in a bottom cover (lower cover) having a recessed portion and a lid cover (upper cover) is press-fitted. | 09-08-2011 |
Shinya Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20090176231 | PROBE FOR DETECTING ABL GENE MUTATION AND USES THEREOF - Detection probes are provided that are capable of detecting a sequence to be detected containing a mutation even when a sequence not to be detected containing no mutation coexists with the sequence to be detected containing a mutation, which are different only in a single base from each other. At least one oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 2˜16 is used as a probe. Even in a sample containing an abl gene in which a mutation has occurred and an abl gene in which no mutation has occurred, the use of such probes in, for example, Tm analysis allows the mutation to be detected. | 07-09-2009 |
20100216123 | METHOD OF DETECTING MUTATION AND KIT USED IN THE SAME - A method of detecting a mutation is provided that uses Tm analysis and is excellent in detection sensitivity. A detection probe consisting of a polynucleotide complementary to a sequence to be detected containing a detection site that has been mutated and an inhibitory polynucleotide complementary to a sequence not to be detected containing the detection site that is unmutated are added to a sample containing a DNA to be detected in which the detection site has been mutated and a DNA not to be detected in which the detection site is unmutated, so that the detection probe is hybridized with the DNA. Then while the hybridization product between the DNA and the detection probe is heated, a signal variation associated with an increase in temperature is measured, then the signal variation is analyzed, and thereby a Tm value is determined, based on which the presence of the mutation is determined. | 08-26-2010 |
20130164848 | CELL CULTURE CONTAINER AND CELL CULTURE METHOD USING THE CONTAINER - A well has a pair of side surfaces, and one of the side surfaces is in contact with a compartment of a first channel with a gas-permeable membrane being interposed therebetween and the other side surface is in contact with a compartment of a second channel with a gas-permeable membrane being interposed therebetween. The well is filled with a liquid cell culture medium, and in such a state, a high-concentration gas and a low-concentration gas, which are different in the concentration of a specific component from each other, are allowed to flow through the first and second channels, respectively, to form a concentration distribution of the specific component in the well. | 06-27-2013 |
Shunsaku Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20110104056 | NOVEL MOLECULAR ASSEMBLY, MOLECULAR PROBE FOR MOLECULAR IMAGING AND MOLECULAR PROBE FOR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND MOLECULAR IMAGING SYSTEM AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a molecular assembly which is less likely to accumulate in tissue other than cancer tissue, is highly safe for a living body, and can be prepared by a simple and safe method and whose particle size can be easily controlled. The present invention provides a molecular imaging system and a molecular probe useful for the system, and a drug delivery system and a molecular probe useful for the system. The present invention provides a method for preparing molecular assembly, by which the particle size of molecular assembly having a signal group or a drug can be arbitrarily controlled in order to allow the molecular assembly to effectively accumulate in cancer tissue by utilizing EPR effect. A molecular assembly comprising: an amphiphilic block polymer A comprising a hydrophilic block chain and a hydrophobic block chain having 10 or more lactic acid units; a hydrophobic polymer A2 having at least 10 or more lactic acid units; and/or a labeled polymer B comprising at least 10 or more lactic acid units and a labeling group. | 05-05-2011 |
Takatoshi Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20150148921 | WIRELESS DEVICE, CONTROLLED DEVICE CONTROLLED BY THE SAME, CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING A WIRELESS DEVICE AND CONTROLLED DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER IN A WIRELESS DEVICE TO CONTROL A CONTROLLED DEVICE - A wireless device ( | 05-28-2015 |
Toshihiro Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20130213475 | DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - There is provided a dye-sensitized photovoltaic device, which can achieve low-resistivity of an optical transparent electrode film composing first and second electrodes and can improve photovoltaic power generation characteristics, includes: a first substrate; a first electrode disposed on the first substrate; a catalyst layer formed on the first electrode and having a catalytic activity for a redox electrolyte; an electrolysis solution contacted with the catalyst layer and dissolving a redox electrolyte in a solvent; a porous semiconductor layer contacted with the electrolysis solution and including semiconductor fine particles and dye molecules; a second electrode disposed on the porous semiconductor layer; a second substrate disposed on the second electrode; and a sealant disposed between the first and second substrates, and sealing the electrolysis solution. The first and second electrodes are composed of an annealed layer of an ITO fine particles contained film coated on the first and second substrates. | 08-22-2013 |
Toshiro Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20130155405 | SPECTROPHOTOMETER - In order to provide a spectrophotometer, which can detect, by means of output intensity signals obtained by a photodetector, the entry of external light at the time of sample cell replacement and the like without providing a door with an opening/closing sensor or the like, a spectrophotometer ( | 06-20-2013 |
Tsunehisa Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20130309488 | RESIN MOLDED BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A resin molded body includes a polymeric material, such as one of a thermoplastic resin, a thermosetting resin, elastomer, and rubber, to which a required amount of ferromagnetic glittering agent having shape anisotropy is added. At a time when the polymeric material is in a molten resin state inside of a mold cavity, the polymeric material is subjected to the three-axis orientation control and orientation distribution control performed by applying a rotating magnetic field to the molten resin at a required position, adjusting an orientation of the ferromagnetic glittering agent mixed in the molten resin, and shifting the ferromagnetic glittering agent mixed in the molten resin in a required direction, and the ferromagnetic glittering agent mixed in the molten resin is then shifted to a design surface side to be thereby concentratedly distributed for orientation. | 11-21-2013 |
Yasunori Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20090051427 | OUTPUT LIMITING CIRCUIT, CLASS D POWER AMPLIFIER AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT - An output limiting circuit includes a reference current generating portion for converting a predetermined constant voltage into a reference current by using a first resistor, an upper side clip voltage generating portion for converting the reference current into an upper side clip voltage with respect to a bias voltage of the operational amplifier by using a second resistor, a lower side clip voltage generating portion for converting the reference current into a lower side clip voltage with respect to the bias voltage of the operational amplifier by using a third resistor, and a gain adjusting portion for adjusting a gain of the operational amplifier so that a voltage level of the output signal does not exceed an upper side limit level corresponding to the upper side clip voltage and that the voltage level of the output signal does not exceed a lower side limit level corresponding to the lower side clip voltage. | 02-26-2009 |
Yohji Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20110201971 | LAUGHTER MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A concrete means for accurately detecting laughter such as “suppressed laughter” which is hard to appear on an expression for quantifying. Provided is a concrete means for measuring changes with time of skin surface potential in the vicinity of a xyphoid of a subject or the vicinity of a region on a seventh costa located approximately 10 cm right from the xyphoid in an approximately horizontal direction and calculating changes with time of strength of each frequency of potential measurement waves which have been measured. In addition, the calculated data is mapped so that the changes with time of the strength of each frequency can be identified by color or the like, while one axis is specified to be a frequency axis and the other is a time axis. A concrete means for detecting the laughter of the subject by comparing with a prepared laughter reference pattern is provided. | 08-18-2011 |
Yukihiko Kimura, Kyoto JP
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20100208901 | MUSIC PLAYING APPARATUS, MUSIC PLAYING METHOD, MUSIC PLAYING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A music playing apparatus includes: a sound and silence determining unit determining whether or not each frame included in first and second output PCM data is a sound frame including a sample having an output level not lower than a predetermined threshold; a connection point extracting unit extracting a candidate connection point being a sample having a largest variation in a lean of a PCM waveform, from each of the determined sound frames; an end detecting unit detecting candidate connection points included in a last sound frame of the first output PCM data and an initial sound frame of the second output PCM data, respectively, as a first connection point and a second connection point; and a tune continuously-output unit connecting the first output PCM data to the second output PCM data at the first and the second connection points, and playing the connected data. | 08-19-2010 |
20110022400 | AUDIO RESUME PLAYBACK DEVICE AND AUDIO RESUME PLAYBACK METHOD - An audio playback device includes an interruption-information storage memory which holds frame information at the time of an interruption of playback, a compressed-stream control section which calculates a start position of reading the compressed stream from a recording medium, and reads the compressed stream accordingly, a compressed-stream decode section which decodes the compressed audio stream and transmits decoding information on the frame to the compressed-stream control section as additional resume information, and an output control section which outputs a decoding result. When playback is restarted after an interruption, playback can be restarted without any section not played back in terms of time and without any frequency range not played back, by calculating the start position of reading the compressed stream based on both the additional resume information and the frame information at the time of the interruption, and by reading the compressed stream accordingly. | 01-27-2011 |