Kai, Kanagawa
Hideki Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20120307129 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, the first, second, third, and fourth lens groups being arranged in order from an object side, and satisfies conditional expression (1) and conditional expression (2) below, (1) 0.95<|fw12|/fw<1.2 and (2) 14012-06-2012 | |
20130057751 | VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable focal length lens system including: a first lens group having positive power; a second lens group having negative power; a third lens group having positive power; and a fourth lens group having positive power sequentially arranged from a side where an object is present. An aperture stop is disposed between the second and third lens groups. The first to fourth lens groups are so moved that the distance between the first and second lens groups increases, the distance between the second and third lens groups decreases, and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups decreases when a lens position setting is changed from a wide angle end state to a telescopic end state. The third lens group includes a negative lens and a positive lens disposed on the image side thereof. The variable focal length lens system satisfies the following conditional expression. | 03-07-2013 |
20130155294 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, the first to fourth lens groups being arranged in order from an object side, in which zooming is performed through varying a distance between adjacent lens groups of the first to fourth lens groups, and the fourth lens group includes a first positive lens, a first negative meniscus lens, and a cemented lens which are arranged in order from the object side, the cemented lens being configured of a second negative meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side and a second positive lens. | 06-20-2013 |
Hiroshi Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20080212125 | Printer control apparatus and method - The invention seeks to improve the accuracy of management of remaining amount of ink in a printer in which remaining amount of ink is managed based upon amount of ink consumed. If a print job is sent to a printer, first the printer is requested for status information that includes a warning concerning remaining amount of ink. When the status information is received from the printer, it is determined whether the status information indicates the possibility that ink has been replaced. If the information indicates such possibility, then the user is prompted to enter the nature of the ink replacement. If the user makes an entry to the effect that the ink replacement was performed, then the current status information of the printer is acquired again and discriminated. If possibility that ink has been replaced is indicated in this status information as well, then the printer is sent a command for initializing the information relating to remaining amount of ink. | 09-04-2008 |
20090296125 | PRINTER CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - The invention seeks to improve the accuracy of management of remaining amount of ink in a printer in which remaining amount of ink is managed based upon amount of ink consumed. If a print job is sent to a printer, first the printer is requested for status information that includes a warning concerning remaining amount of ink. When the status information is received from the printer, it is determined whether the status information indicates the possibility that ink has been replaced. If the information indicates such possibility, then the user is prompted to enter the nature of the ink replacement. If the user makes an entry to the effect that the ink replacement was performed, then the current status information of the printer is acquired again and discriminated. If possibility that ink has been replaced is indicated in this status information as well, then the printer is sent a command for initializing the information relating to remaining amount of ink. | 12-03-2009 |
Hitoshi Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20090222641 | ADDRESS TRANSLATION CIRCUIT - Disclosed herein is an address translation circuit including an area address holding section configured to hold at least part of a translation target address as an area address; a translation flag holding section configured to hold a translation flag specifying whether or not the translation target address is to be translated; a match detection section configured to detect a match between a predetermined part of at least one bit in an input address on the one hand, and the area address held by the area address holding section on the other hand; and a translation section configured such that if a match is detected by the match detection section and if the translation flag held by the translation flag holding section specifies that the translation target address is to be translated, then the translation section translates the input address into an address paired with the input address before outputting the paired address. | 09-03-2009 |
20110238952 | INSTRUCTION FETCH APPARATUS, PROCESSOR AND PROGRAM COUNTER ADDITION CONTROL METHOD - An instruction fetch apparatus is disclosed which includes: a program counter configured to manage the address of an instruction targeted to be executed in a program in which instructions belonging to a plurality of instruction sequences are placed sequentially; a change designation register configured to designate a change of an increment value on the program counter; an increment value register configured to hold the changed increment value; and an addition control section configured such that if the change designation register designates the change of the increment value on the program counter, then the addition control section increments the program counter based on the changed increment value held in the increment value register, the addition control section further incrementing the program counter by an instruction word length if the change designation register does not designate any change of the increment value on the program counter. | 09-29-2011 |
20110238953 | INSTRUCTION FETCH APPARATUS AND PROCESSOR - An instruction fetch apparatus is disclosed which includes: a detection state setting section configured to set the execution state of a program of which an instruction prefetch timing is to be detected; a program execution state generation section configured to generate the current execution state of the program; an instruction prefetch timing detection section configured to detect the instruction prefetch timing in the case of a match between the current execution state of the program and the set execution state thereof upon comparison therebetween; and an instruction prefetch section configured to prefetch the next instruction upon detection of the instruction prefetch timing. | 09-29-2011 |
20120144079 | INTERCONNECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - An interconnection apparatus includes: a buffer; a request processing section; a response processing section; and an interconnection section. | 06-07-2012 |
Keiichiroh Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20130155603 | SUPPLEMENTARY DISK-ENCLOSURE COVER CONFIGURED TO SHIELD A HARD-DISK DRIVE AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE - A supplementary disk-enclosure cover configured to shield a hard-disk drive against electromagnetic interference. The supplementary disk-enclosure cover includes a top, and vertical flanges. The top has an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter. The outer perimeter lies about parallel to the inner perimeter. The top is disposed between the outer perimeter and the inner perimeter and has a flattened annular shape. The vertical flanges are attached to and extend down from the outer perimeter of the top at about right angles to the top. The vertical flanges are configured to cover respective gaps between a disk-enclosure cover and a disk-enclosure base to which the disk-enclosure cover is attached. A disk enclosure that includes the supplementary disk-enclosure cover, and a hard-disk drive that includes the disk enclosure are also provided. | 06-20-2013 |
Koji Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20140360994 | WELDING TRANSFORMER AND WELDING TRANSFORMER ASSEMBLY AND WELDING APPARATUS - It is possible to control a welding in a high speed and a high precision large electric current, and consumption electric power is also reduced. In the welding transformer, a loop magnetic core | 12-11-2014 |
Masashi Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20100073764 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY, AND DISPLAY AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL PROVIDED WITH THE OPTICAL FILTER - [Problem to be Solved] To provide an optical filter for display which can be easily prepared, which is thin and light, which has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding property and antireflection property, and which scarcely suffers from occurrence of interference fringe. | 03-25-2010 |
Miho Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20130331658 | SPRAYER - A sprayer includes: a sprayer body; a nozzle extending from the sprayer body; and an irradiation unit disposed on a leading end of the nozzle and emitting light that is oriented and diffuses in a leading end direction of the nozzle. The nozzle includes: an elongated nozzle body extending from the sprayer body and having a curved portion on a leading end side; and a nozzle head disposed on a leading end of the nozzle body. The irradiation unit is arranged inside a curve shape of the curved portion. | 12-12-2013 |
Satoshi Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20140294455 | GRINDING ROLLER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a grinding roller for use in a fixing device including a pair of rotary fixing members that rotate while being pressed against each other to form an area of contact, and heat and press a recording medium carrying an unfixed toner image and fed to the area of contact, to thereby fix the unfixed toner image on the recording medium. The grinding roller is configured to grind a surface of a toner image-side rotary member of the pair of rotary fixing members that comes into contact with the unfixed toner image. The grinding roller includes an abrasive grain layer including abrasive grains, forming a surface layer of the grinding roller, and having a surface with irregularities including projections each formed by an aggregate of some of the abrasive grains and larger in size than each of the abrasive grains and recesses formed between the projections. | 10-02-2014 |
Shinichi Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20140091208 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASURING MICROCHIP - There is provided an optical measuring apparatus including a control unit that compensates detection light generated from a reaction area in a microchip, based on optical information from a detection-light-quantity calibration area. | 04-03-2014 |
Shisei Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20090287395 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE - An engine control device, which is capable of preventing fuel from being consumed more than necessary when a PTO device is in operation, is provided. An engine control device ( | 11-19-2009 |
Shojiro Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20090197150 | FUEL CELL CARTRIDGE - A fuel cell cartridge for containing fuel for fuel cells, comprising a polyester resin, wherein after the fuel is contained and preserved at 60° C. for one week, a change of density at the bottom portion and the mouth portion is 0.01 g/cm | 08-06-2009 |
Toshihiro Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20110316348 | NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLYING DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT POWER SUPPLYING METHOD - A non-contact power supplying device includes a power-receiving resonating means set to have a predetermined resonant frequency; a power-feeding resonating means set to have a resonance frequency equal to the predetermined resonant frequency; an oscillating means configured to input an alternating-current power into the power-feeding resonating means; an impedance detecting means configured to detect impedance within a predetermined frequency range as viewed from a power-feeding side; and a frequency-variable means configured to set a frequency of the alternating-current power. The oscillating means is configured to supply electric power to the power-receiving resonating means by producing a resonance between the power-receiving resonating means and the power-feeding resonating means. The frequency-variable means is configured to set the frequency of the alternating-current power in accordance with a value of the impedance detected by the impedance detecting means within the predetermined frequency range. | 12-29-2011 |
20150028691 | NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING APPARATUS AND NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING METHOD - A non-contact power feeding apparatus transmits, by at least magnetic coupling, an electric power in a non-contact manner to a power reception coil from a power transmission coil. The transmission coil is electrically connected to an alternating-current power source. The non-contact power feeding apparatus outputs an electric power to a load electrically connected to the power reception coil. The non-contact power feeding apparatus includes a coupling state estimator configured to estimate a coupling state between the power transmission coil and the power reception coil. The non-contact power feeding apparatus also includes an available output power calculator configured to calculate an available output power that can be output to the load, based on a limit value of a circuit element of a power feeding circuit including the power transmission coil and the power reception coil and on the coupling state. | 01-29-2015 |
Tsukuru Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20090169264 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DEVELOPING LATENT IMAGE - A developing device includes a first screw that supplies a developer to a developing roller while agitating/conveying the developer in a first direction, and a screw that collects residual developer from the developing roller, agitates/conveys the residual developer in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and delivers the residual developer to the first screw. Between two points that a magnetic flux density in a normal direction of a magnetic field formed in a developer separating magnetic pole in the developing roller become substantially zero, a point at a downstream side in a rotating direction of the developing roller is formed at an upstream side to a developing roller rotating direction, than a line joining the center of the developing roller and the center of the second screw. | 07-02-2009 |
20100119264 | POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container that has a hollow interior for containing powder includes a tubular member that is equipped with an information storage unit that stores therein at least information related to a container body, and attached to the container body such that the container body is located within an inner hole of the tubular member. The powder container also includes a movement restricting unit that restricts movement of the tubular member in an axial direction of the tubular member. | 05-13-2010 |
20120045244 | CAP, POWDER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cap is configured to be attached to a developer container that discharges developer contained in the container body out of the container body through a discharge port defined in a portion of the container body. The cap includes a first attaching member and a second attaching member that are detachably assembled into one piece. When the first attaching member or the second attaching member receives a rotary force, the first attaching member and the second attaching member are separated from each other, and only the first attaching member is released from the container body. | 02-23-2012 |
20120230736 | Image-Forming Apparatus And Powder Container - An image-forming apparatus includes a development device configured to form a visualized image with a developer, a powder supplier configured to supply the developer from a powder container to the development device and a housing in which the powder supplier and the development device are housed, a loading preparation position which allows the powder container to be placed from an outside of the housing and a loading position which enables the developer to be supplied to the development device from the powder container are set in the powder supplier, and the powder supplier includes a loading drive mechanism configured to move the powder container in a central axis line direction between the loading preparation position and the loading position while rotating the powder container about the central axis line of the powder container. | 09-13-2012 |
20130011166 | POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container that has a hollow interior for containing powder includes a tubular member that is equipped with an information storage unit that stores therein at least information related to a container body, and attached to the container body such that the container body is located within an inner hole of the tubular member. The powder container also includes a movement restricting unit that restricts movement of the tubular member in an axial direction of the tubular member. | 01-10-2013 |
20130322927 | POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A powder container includes a container body to accommodate powder for image forming therein, the container body including an outlet at a bottom thereof through which the powder is supplied to a powder supply device and being detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus, a rotary member, an agitator supported by the rotary member, and a powder receiver to guide a transport tube transporting the powder in the container body into the container body. The powder receiver includes a nozzle receiver opening, an opening-closing member to open and close the nozzle receiver, a container-side biasing member to bias the opening-closing member to close, a container opening-closing member supporter, a step and an end portion to contact first and second contact surfaces of the powder container receiver due to a restorative force of the container-side biasing member upon attachment of the powder container to the powder supply device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330105 | POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A powder container includes a rotatable powder chamber for containing powder used for forming images, having an opening on a first side in an axial direction of the powder container, a conveyor to transport powder contained in the powder chamber to the first side from a second side in the axial direction, a protrusion radially projecting from an outer circumferential surface of the powder chamber, disposed in a circumferential area of the powder chamber, and a facing member disposed facing the outer circumferential surface of the powder chamber. The protrusion contacts the facing member as the powder chamber rotates. | 12-12-2013 |
Wakana Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20140087547 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ANNEALING DEVICE, AND ANNEALING METHOD - According to one embodiment, the manufacturing method for the semiconductor device according to the embodiment includes carrying out ion implantation to the semiconductor layer and forming an amorphous layer on the surface of the semiconductor layer, and a heat treatment process using microwave annealing at a temperature higher than or equal to 200° C. and lower than or equal to 700° C. and single crystallizes the amorphous layer. | 03-27-2014 |
Yasunobu Kai, Kanagawa JP
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20090142706 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor includes performing exposure using a first photomask having a pattern line in which hole patterns and assist patterns not transferred onto the semiconductor substrate are arrayed at an equal pitch on the mask, the pitch being converted a first pitch P | 06-04-2009 |
20130241073 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of wires arranged in parallel at a predetermined pitch, a plurality at first contacts that are each connected to an odd-numbered wire among the wires and are arranged in parallel in an orthogonal direction with respect to a wiring direction of the wires, and a plurality of second contacts that are each connected to an even-numbered wire among the wires and are arranged in parallel in an orthogonal direction with respect to the wiring direction of the wires in such a way as to be offset from the first contacts in the wiring direction of the wires, in which the first contacts are offset from the second contacts by a pitch of the wires in an orthogonal direction with respect to the wiring direction of the wires. | 09-19-2013 |