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Tetsu Fujiwara, Kobe-Shi JP
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20100019194 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a cathode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable batteries which allows production of batteries having improved load characteristics with stable quality, and also allows production of batteries having high capacity. Also provided are a cathode for nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable batteries and a nonaqueous electrolyte rechargeable battery. The cathode active material includes secondary particles each composed of a plurality of primary particles, and/or single crystal grains, and has a specific surface area of not smaller than 20 m | 01-28-2010 |
20100219370 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that exhibits high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics, as well as a cathode for use in such a battery, and a cathode active material for use in such a cathode. The cathode active material of the present invention has a composition represented by the formula (1) and a crystallite size in the (110) plane of not smaller than 85 nm: | 09-02-2010 |
20120028128 | ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY - There is provided an all-solid lithium battery having excellent output characteristics. The battery has a cathode, an electrolyte layer, and an anode. The cathode contains a cathode active material represented by formula (1) and a sulfide solid electrolyte, and the electrolyte layer contains a sulfide solid electrolyte: | 02-02-2012 |
20140349188 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that exhibits high energy density and excellent cycle characteristics, as well as a cathode for use in such a battery, and a cathode active material for use in such a cathode. The cathode active material of the present invention has a composition represented by the formula (1) and a crystallite size in the (110) plane of not smaller than 85 nm: | 11-27-2014 |
Tetsu Ikeda, Oita JP
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20090312667 | Birth Prediction Reporting System for Live Stock Animals - A system of accurately predicting birth of large-sized livestock such as cows sufficiently before the time of making delivery preparations and attending delivery is provided. Vaginal temperatures of livestock such as cows measured by temperature sensor/transmission modules | 12-17-2009 |
Tetsu Ikeda, Tokyo JP
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20110044161 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radio communication system according to the present invention has a plurality of radio communication devices that transmit and receive subframes one by one. Each of the plurality of radio communication devices includes a subframe generation unit that generates the subframe with a plurality of symbols and causes an effective symbol length of a last symbol of the subframe to be 1/X (where X is an integer equal to or greater than 2) and a transmission unit that transmits the subframe to another radio communication device. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044255 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radio communication system includes a plurality of radio communication devices that transmit and receive a subframe as a unit. Each of the plurality of radio communication devices adds a cyclic prefix to the head of the effective symbol of each OFDM symbol that makes up a subframe and adds a postfix to the tail of the effective symbol of the last OFDM symbol of the subframe. | 02-24-2011 |
20110069655 | RELAY STATION APPARATUS, MULTIHOP SYSTEM AND RELAYING METHOD - A relay station apparatus includes a first transmission/receiving means and second transmission/receiving means. The first transmission/receiving means exchanges a first relay link signal transmitted/received by a superordinate apparatus, with the superordinate apparatus and exchanges part of the first relay link signal as a second access link signal or a second relay link signal, with a subordinate apparatus. The second transmission/receiving means exchanges the other part of the first relay link signal, which the first transmission/receiving means exchanges with the superordinate apparatus, as a third access link signal or a third relay link signal, with a subordinate apparatus. | 03-24-2011 |
20110130088 | RELAY STATION APPARATUS, MULTIHOP SYSTEM AND RELAYING METHOD - A relay apparatus includes a first transmission/receiving means and second transmission/receiving means. The first transmission/receiving means exchanges a first relay link signal of a first frequency transmitted/received by a superordinate apparatus, with the superordinate apparatus and exchanges part of the first relay link signal as a second access link signal or a second relay link signal, at the first frequency, with a subordinate apparatus. The second transmission/receiving means exchanges the other part of the first relay link signal, which the first transmission/receiving means exchanges with the superordinate apparatus, as a third access link signal or a third relay link signal, at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency, with a subordinate apparatus. | 06-02-2011 |
Tetsu Ikeda, Miyamae-Kukawasakikanagawa JP
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20110287775 | METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR FEMTOCELL BASE STATIONS OF A WIMAX NETWORK - A method for interference mitigation for femtocell base stations of a WiMAX network, wherein the femtocell base station is located within the transmission range of at least one macrocell base station and/or at least one other femtocell base station, is characterized in that the femtocell base station performs downlink measurements to detect neighboring macrocell and/or femtocell base stations and reports results of the downlink measurements to at least one higher layer network controller, wherein the network controller allocates transmission parameters to the WiMAX femtocell base stations on the basis of at least the reported measurement results and the current resource occupation in the network. | 11-24-2011 |
Tetsu Isobe, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20090211685 | Flat Heavy-Duty Pneumatic Radial Tire and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A flat heavy-duty pneumatic radial tire having a 0-degree belt layer formed of steel cords and increased in durability, wherein multiple plies of steel cord belt layers ( | 08-27-2009 |
Tetsu Iwase, Moka-Shi JP
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20160123362 | RIVET FOR CONNECTING DIFFERENT MATERIALS, MEMBER FOR CONNECTING DIFFERENT MATERIALS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JOINED BODY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, AND JOINED BODY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS - A rivet for connecting different materials, including: a shaft part, inserted into a first material to be joined, with a tip welded to a second material to be joined of different material type than the first material; a plate-shaped head part provided at the base end on the opposite side from the tip of the shaft part in the axial direction. A first chamfered part, located at the outer edge of the surface in contact with the first material, an annular groove, located around the shaft part in the surface in contact with the first material, and a flat part, located between the first chamfered surface and the annular groove on the surface in contact with the first material, are formed on the head part. The rivet is formed of same type of material as the second material. | 05-05-2016 |
Tetsu Kawamura, Naha-Shi JP
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20140052479 | ESTIMATING INSURANCE RISKS AND COSTS - In some examples, a method for estimating insurance risk is described. The method may include receiving, by a processor, real-time information related to a travel itinerary. The method may also include estimating, by the processor, the insurance risk by analyzing the real-time information based on a quantitative assessment of risks posed to a population by the at least one factor. The method may also include generating, by the processor, an insurance risk profile based on the estimated insurance risk | 02-20-2014 |
Tetsu Kawano, Kobe JP
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20100279978 | METHODS OF REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF MUCOSITIS - The invention provides methods of reducing the severity of mucositis, involving administration of a toll-like receptor 4 antagonist. | 11-04-2010 |
20120148592 | NEUTRALIZING ANTI-CCL20 ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to novel humanized, chimeric and murine antibodies that have binding specificity for the human CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20). The present invention further relates to heavy chains and light chains of said antibodies. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a heavy chain and/or a light chain of said antibodies, and to a method of preparing said antibodies. The anti-CCL20 antibodies of the invention can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and cancer. | 06-14-2012 |
20140045215 | NEUTRALIZING ANTI-CCL20 ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to novel humanized, chimeric and murine antibodies that have binding specificity for the human CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20). The present invention further relates to heavy chains and light chains of said antibodies. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a heavy chain and/or a light chain of said antibodies, and to a method of preparing said antibodies. The anti-CCL20 antibodies of the invention can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and cancer. | 02-13-2014 |
20140193421 | Anti-Human XCR1 Antibodies - An object of the present invention is to provide a monoclonal antibody binding to human XCR1, wherein the antibody binds to linear or discontinuous epitopes which comprise at least three amino acids selected from the group consisting of the 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 176th, and 177th amino acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 91. | 07-10-2014 |
Tetsu Kawano, Kobe-Shi JP
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20160046707 | NEUTRALIZING ANTI-CCL20 ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to novel humanized, chimeric and murine antibodies that have binding specificity for the human CC chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20). The present invention further relates to heavy chains and light chains of said antibodies. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, recombinant vectors and host cells that comprise a sequence which encodes a heavy chain and/or a light chain of said antibodies, and to a method of preparing said antibodies. The anti-CCL20 antibodies of the invention can be used in therapeutic applications to treat, for example, inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and cancer. | 02-18-2016 |
Tetsu Kawasaki, Nirasaki City JP
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20090220892 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RESIST COATING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a resist layer on an underlayer, forming an exposed pattern in the resist layer, wherein the exposed pattern comprises a soluble layer and an insoluble layer, forming a resist pattern by removing the soluble layer from the resist layer in which the exposed pattern is formed, removing an intermediate exposed area from the resist pattern, forming a new soluble layer in a surface of the resist pattern from which the intermediate exposed area is removed by applying a reaction material to the resist pattern from which the intermediate exposed area is removed, wherein the reaction material generates a solubilization material that solubilizes the resist pattern, and removing the new soluble layer from the resist pattern. | 09-03-2009 |
Tetsu Kawasaki, Tokyo JP
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20140132985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To restrain generation of waste sheets and a decrease in production efficiency as much as possible in sample sheet discharge, provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet, an image read unit for reading the output image on the sheet on which the image has been formed, an operation/display unit for providing operation and display, and a control unit for controlling the image forming apparatus, where the control unit can display a screen image of the output image read by the image read unit on the operation/display unit for check by a user, thereby saving of waste sheets and minimizing a decrease in the production efficiency, and efficiently checking the output image. | 05-15-2014 |
20150293484 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation apparatus includes: an image formation unit that forms an image on continuous paper; a paper conveyance unit that conveys the paper through a conveyance path; a deviation correction unit that corrects deviation of the continuous paper by moving the paper on the conveyance path in a paper feed intersecting direction; a paper position measurement unit that measures a paper position in the paper feed intersecting direction of the paper on the conveyance path; and a control unit that controls the image formation unit and the deviation correction unit, wherein during stop of a conveyance operation, the control unit moves the paper to a predetermined position in the paper feed intersecting direction by deviation correction by the deviation correction unit, and during the conveyance operation, the control unit decides an image formation position in a main scanning direction in the image formation. | 10-15-2015 |
Tetsu Kobayashi, Tsu-Shi JP
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20130217754 | PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR FIBROSIS - Provided is siRNA effective for the treatment of fibrosis and a pharmaceutical containing the siRNA. An siRNA having a full length of 30 or fewer nucleotides and targeting a sequence consisting of 17 to 23 consecutive bases selected from the group consisting of bases at positions 1285 to 1318, bases at positions 1398 to 1418, bases at positions 1434 to 1463, bases at positions 1548 to 1579, bases at positions 1608 to 1628, bases at positions 1700 to 1726, bases at positions 1778 to 1798, bases at positions 1806 to 1826, and bases at positions 1887 to 1907 of SEQ ID NO: 1. | 08-22-2013 |
20140288151 | PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR FIBROSIS - Provided is siRNA effective for the treatment of fibrosis and a pharmaceutical containing the siRNA. | 09-25-2014 |
Tetsu Kobayashi, Hamamatsu-Shi JP
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20120148066 | ENGINE SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM - Microphones are provided at an air inlet of the engine and a vehicle-cabin-side wall surface of an engine room, and engine sounds are picked up. The engine sound is processed by a signal processing section, and the processed engine sound is output from a speaker provided in a vehicle cabin. The signal processing section is provided with a filter which simulates a sound insulation characteristic of the vehicle cabin and a transformation section for processing the engine sound according to driving condition. A spectrum transformation characteristic of the transformation section is determined according to values detected by a vehicle speed sensor, an engine speed sensor, and an accelerator depression sensor, and a spectrum of the engine sound is transformed by means of specification of the spectrum transformation characteristic, thereby enhancing an engine sound. | 06-14-2012 |
Tetsu Kondo, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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20120001029 | TRAIN INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND TRAIN INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - In a train information display system that displays an operation information on each train in a train, a ground system adds the information on the degree of influence on the passengers of each train to the operation information, and transmits the resultant operation information to a transmission-reception device. A content data server stores in advance, as normal-time display information, at least one of advertisement information and destination guidance information that are to be displayed during normal operations. Instruction output devices instruct content display units to display the operation information and normal-time display information in a display sequence corresponding to the influence information received by the transmission-reception device. | 01-05-2012 |
20130268148 | IN-VEHICLE CONGESTION-STATUS DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONGESTION-STATUS GUIDANCE METHOD - The present invention provides an in-vehicle congestion-status display system that notifies railway users of a congestion status of each vehicle of a train. The in-vehicle congestion-status display system includes a main server that calculates a congestion rate immediately before boarding, which is a predicted value of a congestion rate when alighting of users is complete, of each vehicle of a train, based on a congestion rate during travel and an alighting rate acquired in a past and held as information indicating a difference between a congestion rate during travel immediately before arriving at the station and a congestion rate when alighting of users is complete after arriving at a next stop of the train, and a display device that notifies users of the congestion rate immediately before boarding calculated for each vehicle of the train. | 10-10-2013 |
Tetsu Mitsuo US
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20150291064 | VEHICLE CHILD SAFETY SEAT - Vehicle child safety seat including: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; a harness cover formed in an elongated pouch shape and slidably attached to the shoulder harness in a longitudinal direction such that the shoulder harness is passed through paired insertion holes formed on respective end portions of the harness cover in the longitudinal direction; and a shoulder pad formed in an elongated shape, accommodated in the harness cover, placed between the shoulder and the shoulder harness along the longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, and including paired connection portions provided on respective end portions of the shoulder pad in the longitudinal direction so as to be connected to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction. | 10-15-2015 |
20150298647 | VEHICLE CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND SHOULDER PAD - A vehicle child safety seat includes: a seat main body on which an occupant sits; a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat main body, the seat belt including a shoulder harness having a long belt shape and facing a shoulder of the occupant; and a shoulder pad including a hold member formed of a material having a flexibility into an elongated shape and placed between the shoulder of the occupant and the shoulder harness along a longitudinal direction of the shoulder harness, attached to the shoulder harness slidably in the longitudinal direction, and including a plurality of hard members formed of a material harder than the hold member and provided side by side at intervals therebetween in a longitudinal direction of the hold member, the plurality of hard members being attached to a shoulder-harness-side surface of the hold member. | 10-22-2015 |
Tetsu Miyamoto, Saitama JP
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20090211788 | HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE OF A PRINT CIRCUIT BOARD - A heat dissipating structure of a print circuit board to improve heat-dissipation efficiency for mounted electronic components while retaining required soldering strength is disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
Tetsu Miyamoto, Wako JP
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20140212721 | COOLING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - A cooling structure of an electricity storage device includes a storage cell case, a plurality of storage cells, a plurality of cooling passages, an intake duct, an exhaust duct, a cooling air suction device, and a flow path resistance. The plurality of storage cells are accommodated in the storage cell case. The plurality of cooling passages are provided between the storage cells. The intake duct is connected to an upstream side of the storage cell case. The exhaust duct is connected to a downstream side of the storage cell case. The cooling air suction device is connected to the exhaust duct and configured to draw cooling air from the intake duct. The flow path resistance is provided between the plurality of cooling passages and the cooling air suction device to limit a flow of the cooling air from the intake duct to the cooling air suction device. | 07-31-2014 |
Tetsu Miyoshi, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20110074249 | POLYMER COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A polymer composite piezoelectric material is formed, which includes a matrix of an organic polymer resin, and a piezoelectric material included in the matrix. The piezoelectric material contains a perovskite oxide having a composition represented by general formula (PX) below: | 03-31-2011 |
Tetsu Miyoshi, Kaisei-Machi JP
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20080222866 | MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a multilayered piezoelectric element having a multilayered structure in which electrode layers and piezoelectric material layers are alternately stacked, an internal electrode and a side electrode can be strongly connected. The element includes a first electrode layer having an end portion that protrudes to an outer side than adjacent piezoelectric material layers on a first side surface of the multilayered structure and providing a first insulating region between a second side surface and itself, a second electrode layer having an end portion that protrudes to an outer side than adjacent piezoelectric material layers on the second side surface of the multilayered structure and providing a second insulating region between the first side surface and itself, a first side electrode connected to the end portion of the first electrode layer, and a second side electrode connected to the end portion of the second electrode layer. | 09-18-2008 |
20090142619 | Method of manufacturing composite structure, impurity removal processing apparatus, film forming apparatus, composite structure and raw material powder - A film forming apparatus for forming a film according to an AD method in which separation of the film or generation of hillocks is suppressed when the film formed on a substrate is heat-treated. The apparatus includes: an aerosol generating unit ( | 06-04-2009 |
Tetsu Miyoshi, Ashigarakami-Gun JP
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20090110825 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A CERAMIC MATERIAL - For producing a ceramic material, a mask having a predetermined shape is located on a substrate, and a spacing is formed between the substrate and the mask. An aerosol, which contains a carrier gas and raw material particles dispersed in the carrier gas, is jetted out onto the substrate, and the jetted-out aerosol is caused to flow into the spacing between the substrate and the mask. The raw material particles, which are contained in the aerosol, are deposited in the spacing between the substrate and the mask, and a molded body having the same shape as the shape of the mask is formed. | 04-30-2009 |
Tetsu Miyoshi, Ashigara-Kami-Gun JP
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20130256581 | POLYMER COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A polymer composite piezoelectric body is obtained by conducting polarization treatment on a composite having piezoelectric particles uniformly mixed by dispersion in a polymer matrix containing cyanoethylated polyvinyl alcohol. | 10-03-2013 |
20140210309 | ELECTROACOUSTIC CONVERTER FILM, FLEXIBLE DISPLAY, VOCAL CORD MICROPHONE, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SENSOR - Provided is an electroacoustic converter film including: a polymeric composite piezoelectric body having piezoelectric particles dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix which is formed of a polymer material exhibiting viscoelasticity at ordinary temperatures; thin film electrodes formed on both sides of the polymeric composite piezoelectric body; and protective layers formed on surfaces of the thin film electrodes. The electroacoustic converter film serves as a speaker capable of being integrated with a flexible display without impairing lightweightness or flexibility, and has considerable frequency dispersion in the storage modulus and also has a local maximum of the loss tangent around ordinary temperatures. A flexible display, a vocal cord microphone and a musical instrument sensor, in each of which the electroacoustic converter film is used, are also provided. | 07-31-2014 |
Tetsu Mizushiro, Kiyosu-Shi JP
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20130134937 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device charges an in-vehicle battery for an electric vehicle by a power supply fed from an attachment plug extending from an external power supply. The charging device includes: a charging inlet; a housing recess formed within the charging inlet; a charging connector disposed within the housing recess; and an illumination light source embedded in an upper peripheral wall of the housing recess. The illumination light source emits light downward, and an optical axis thereof is positioned closer to an opening of the housing recess than a front surface of the charging connector. A first irradiation light emitted toward the opening of the housing recess than the optical axis is emitted obliquely downward from the charging inlet. A second irradiation light emitted toward a bottom of the housing recess than the optical axis is emitted to the charging connector. | 05-30-2013 |
20140029292 | LINEAR LIGHTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a linear lighting device which includes an elongated light guide, a light source disposed at an end in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, and a case accommodating the light guide and the light source. In the linear lighting device, the light guide has a plurality of grooves arranged in the longitudinal direction of the light guide, and has a stepped cutout at the other end on an opposite side from the end, and a protruding portion protruding into the cutout is formed on an inner surface of the case which faces the cutout. | 01-30-2014 |
Tetsu Nagabayashi, Chikuma-Shi JP
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20110032610 | DEVICE FOR STICKING COVER GLASS - Problems of a conventional cover glass sticking device, in which a slide glass having one end side, where a describing portion is formed, is stored in a storage container and the one end side is always projected from level of a protection liquid therein, are solved by the device of the present invention. The device sticks a cover glass onto a sample applied to a slide glass | 02-10-2011 |
Tetsu Naito, Toda-Shi JP
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20150176549 | AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD - An intercooler ( | 06-25-2015 |
Tetsu Nakajima, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20110178959 | CHARGE AND DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE - A charge and discharge control device for controlling a battery in an electric vehicle to be charged and discharged with electricity, the electricity being transmitted and received through a power line, and being bought and sold, includes a switching unit, a communication unit, a determination unit and a controller. The switching unit switches charge and discharge. The communication unit receives current electricity price. The determination unit determines first and second electricity price thresholds. The first electricity price threshold is determined using difference between current and start times, and difference between current and target amounts of charge. The second electricity price threshold is equal to or larger than the first electricity price threshold. The controller controls the switching unit to charge the battery if the current electricity price is smaller than the first electricity price threshold, and discharge if the current electricity price is larger than the second electricity price threshold. | 07-21-2011 |
Tetsu Nakayama, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20100321644 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an exterior housing configuring an exterior; a projection optical device which projects an image toward a projection surface; and a plurality of operation buttons which, being disposed in such a way as to be exposed to the outside of the exterior housing, an image opening for allowing the image projected from the projection optical device to pass through is formed in one sidewall, among sidewalls configuring the exterior housing, which intersects in a vertical direction, the projection optical device includes a reflecting mirror which reflects the image, and projects it through the image opening, and the plurality of operation buttons are disposed on a side of the one sidewall farther from the projection surface than the image opening. | 12-23-2010 |
20140160443 | PROJECTOR AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTOR - A projector, that projects an image, includes a light source, a liquid crystal panel that modulates light output from the light source and forms an image in response to input image data, a projection optical device that projects the image formed by the liquid crystal panel, a control device that controls the liquid crystal panel, and an acceleration sensor that detects a position of the projector. The control device includes a determination unit that determines whether or not the position detected by the acceleration sensor is a predetermined position, and a correction unit that corrects an orientation of the image data so that a longer side of the image data may coincide with a longer side of an image formation area of the liquid crystal panel if the determination unit determines that the detected position is the predetermined position. | 06-12-2014 |
20140192332 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projector ( | 07-10-2014 |
20150163468 | PROJECTOR - In at least one embodiment, a projector includes a light source device, an optical modulation device, a projection optical device, and an operation button. The optical modulation device modulates a luminous flux emitted from the light source device in accordance with an image data to form an image. The projection optical device includes a reflecting mirror that projects the image from the optical modulation device toward a projection surface. An image opening allows the image projected from the projection optical device to pass through. The image opening is defined in a tilted surface of the projector exterior housing. The tilted surface is obliquely inclined relative to the projection surface. An operation button is disposed on another surface of the projector exterior housing. The other surface overlaps the reflecting mirror in plan view. | 06-11-2015 |
20160031237 | TAPE CARTRIDGE AND TAPE PRINTING DEVICE - A tape cartridge has a print tape accommodated in a cartridge case, a slit-like reel-off port through which the print tape is sent out, and first and second sub display sections which are provided on the wall surface of a forward peripheral wall of the cartridge case where the reel-off port is formed, and in which the type of the print tape is displayed in letters. In the first and second sub display sections, the type of the print tape is displayed in the form of at least one of normal letters formed according to the reel-off port as a horizontal reference and inverted letters formed by inverting the normal letters upside down. | 02-04-2016 |
Tetsu Nawate, Osaka JP
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20150275520 | HORIZONTAL ROOFING ROOF STRUCTURE - Provided is a horizontal roofing roof structure need not include a decorative member, necessary for the conventional horizontal roofing roof structures in order to maintain water barrier property, while maintaining water barrier property. This horizontal roofing roof structure includes a first lateral roofing material, a second lateral roofing, and an inner gutter disposed below adjacent ends of the first lateral roofing material and the second lateral roofing material. The inner gutter includes a body part, a first seal that is provided on part, facing the first lateral roofing material, of the body part so as to extend along an end in a lengthwise direction of the first lateral roofing material and abuts a lower surface of the first lateral roofing material, a second seal that is provided on part, facing the second lateral roofing material, of the body part so as to extend along an end in a lengthwise direction of the second lateral roofing material and abuts a lower surface of the second lateral roofing material, and a third seal that is provided on part, between the first seal and the second seal, of the body part, and abuts both an end, on a upstream side in a roof pitch direction, of the first lateral roofing material and an end, on the upstream side in the roof pitch direction, of the second lateral roofing material. | 10-01-2015 |
Tetsu Nishimura, Toyonaka-Shi JP
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20090224960 | Target Detection Method for Use in Radar and Radar Device Using the Target Detection Method - A radar device includes a transmission antenna and a reception antenna having a plurality of antenna elements. The radar device switches the antenna elements in synchronization with a modulation cycle, thereby obtaining a reception signal. At this time, the radar device obtains the reception signal by switching the antenna elements using a first measurement phase and a second measurement phase having different switching cycles as one set. The radar device calculates an azimuth sine value sin θ | 09-10-2009 |
20090231182 | Radar Target Detecting Method, and Appartus Using the Target Detecting Method - A radar apparatus includes a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna that has a plurality of antenna elements, and switches the plurality of antenna elements in synchronization with a modulation period to acquire receiving signals. At this time, the antenna elements are switched in accordance with a combination of a first sub-phase and a second sub-phase in which the antenna elements are sequentially switched in opposite directions to thereby acquire the receiving signals. The radar apparatus calculates an azimuth sine value sin θ | 09-17-2009 |
Tetsu Ohno, Narashino-Shi JP
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20110129319 | APPARATUS FOR MAKING A BOOKLET-LIKE PRODUCT - An apparatus for making a booklet-like product comprises a paper feeding part; a superposing part for superposing a plurality of continuous webs of paper fed to travel from the paper feeding part, whereby a layered continuous sheet of paper is prepared; a cutting part for cutting the layered continuous sheet into successive separate layered sheets of paper; a conveyance passage; and a stacking and ejection part for causing the separate layered sheets traveling along the conveyance passage to be piled every predetermined number thereof and to be ejected in the form of piles of sheets, each to form the booklet-like product. The superposing part is provided with a paste nozzle for applying paste to one of two adjacent such continuous webs of paper on its one side and a further paste nozzle for applying paste to the upper surface of the layered continuous sheet. | 06-02-2011 |
20150043997 | BOOKLET MAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A booklet making method includes: cutting a web of paper on one side and on another side into first and second continuous sheets, alternately bonding the first and second continuous sheets widthwise with a setting paste and a throwaway paste to form a double set continuous sheet of paper, and cutting the double set continuous sheet of paper into split double sheets of a selected longitudinal length. A plurality of split double sheets is integrally bound with an integrating paste to form a booklet-like product. Portions of the booklet-like product which are pasted and bonded with the throwaway paste are cut off to provide a plurality of booklets. Thus, by the booklet making method, booklets having an odd number of leaves or pages are formed without waste of paper and with reduced paper jams. | 02-12-2015 |
Tetsu Ohsuna, Nisshin-Shi JP
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20120058341 | TRANSITION METAL SILICIDE-SI COMPOSITE POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CASIY-BASED POWDER FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSITION METAL SILICIDE-SI COMPOSITE POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A transition metal silicide-Si composite powder and a method of manufacturing the composite powder are provided, the composite powder containing one or more transition metal elements (M), and having a Si/M ratio (z) of 2.0≦z≦20.0 and a specific surface area of 2.5 m | 03-08-2012 |
Tetsu Ohtou, Hsin-Chu TW
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20160087059 | Semiconductor Device and Method - A vertical gate all around (VGAA) is provided. In embodiments, the VGAA has a nanowire with a first contact pad and a second contact pad. A gate electrode is utilized to help define a channel region within the nanowire. In additional embodiments multiple nanowires, multiple bottom contacts, multiple top contacts, and multiple gate contacts are utilized. | 03-24-2016 |
Tetsu Ohtou, Hsinchu TW
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20150372082 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR SHEET UNIT INTERCONNECTING A SOURCE AND A DRAIN - A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first source/drain (S/D), a second S/D, and a semiconductor sheet unit. The substrate extends in a substantially horizontal direction. The first S/D is formed on the substrate. The second S/D is disposed above the first S/D. The semiconductor sheet unit extends in a substantially vertical direction and interconnects the first S/D and the second S/D. A method for fabricating the semiconductor device is also disclosed. | 12-24-2015 |
20150380555 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR STRAINING CARRIER CHANNEL IN VERTICAL GATE ALL-AROUND DEVICE - Method and structure for enhancing channel performance in a vertical gate all-around device, which provides a device comprising: a source region ( | 12-31-2015 |
Tetsu Okamoto, Hyoto JP
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20100127631 | High pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus - A high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus includes a high pressure discharge lamp and a power supply apparatus, wherein in a steady state lighting operation, an alternating current of a steady state lighting frequency and alternating current of a low frequency are supplied by turns to the high pressure discharge lamp, and wherein in a small electric power lighting in which electric power to be applied is smaller than that of the steady state lighting, alternating current of a small electric power lighting frequency and direct current are supplied by turns to the high pressure discharge lamp. | 05-27-2010 |
Tetsu Okamoto, Himeji-Shi JP
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20100128232 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - To stabilize the arc bright point position of a discharge lamp and suppress deformation of an electrode when an ultrahigh-pressure discharge lamp is operated with extremely low electric power, the lamp is operated by supplying power from a power supply device having a step-down chopper circuit and a full bridge circuit, a rectangular wave alternating current being supplied when it is operated with rated power or dimmed power (about 60 to 80% of rated power), a DC current being supplied during standby power operation of at most 0.5×P (W) with respect to the maximum operating power P (W). Moreover, the high-pressure discharge lamp light source device may be mounted on a projector for projecting images and the mode being changed to standby power operation when there is no change in an image signal, for example, for a prescribed period of time. | 05-27-2010 |
Tetsu Okubo, Yokohama JP
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20110013551 | NETWORK RELAY APPARATUS - The network relay apparatus is provided. The network relay apparatus includes: a relay apparatus selector configured to, in response to direct or indirect reception of a join request for a preset multicast group from an external device connecting with the network, refer to information for identifying respective network relay apparatuses on a segment which the own network relay apparatus belongs to, and, at least one of information for identifying the preset multicast group and information for identifying a source, wherein the information for identifying the preset multicast group and the information for identifying a source are included in the received join request, and unequivocally select one network relay apparatus among at least part of the network relay apparatuses on the segment as a designated network relay apparatus according to a predetermined rule, wherein the designated network relay apparatus is assigned to relay a multicast packet to the external device; and a setter configured, when the own network relay apparatus is selected as the designated network relay apparatus by the relay apparatus selector, to set a multicast route for relaying the multicast packet to the external device, and when the own network relay apparatus is not selected as the designated relay apparatus by the relay apparatus selector, not to set the multicast route for relaying the multicast packet to the external device. | 01-20-2011 |
Tetsu Ota, Sagamihara-Shi JP
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20090239517 | MOBILE TELEPHONE HAVING CHARACTER INPUTTING FUNCTION - A mobile telephone having character inputting function, having a display and a plurality of button for inputting characters is disclosed. A first pressing of one button among the plurality of button for inputting characters and a second pressing or releasing of the same one button are done for determining a character. A plurality of character is assigned to each one of the plurality of button for inputting characters. The input from each one of the plurality of button for inputting characters is determined among said plurality of character/string assigned to the same button, according to a time period between the first pressing and the next second pressing or releasing of the same button. After the first pressing, said plurality of character/string that consists of candidates for the input is newly displayed on the display, wherein a candidate character that will be inputted if the second pressing or releasing was done at that point of time is made visually distinguishable from other candidate. | 09-24-2009 |
Tetsu Saito, Shizuoka JP
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20090215868 | Therapeutic Medicament for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cystic Fibrosis, and Pulmonary Hypertension - The present invention provides a prophylactic, therapeutic or ameliorative medicament for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis or pulmonary hypertension. More specifically, the present invention provides: (1) a prophylactic, therapeutic or ameliorative medicament for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), cystic fibrosis or pulmonary hypertension, having an NF-κB decoy as the active ingredient thereof; (2) the NF-κB decoy is an oligonucleotide containing the binding sequence GGGRHTYYC (where R represents either A or G; Y represents either C or T; and H represents either A, C or T); (3) an oligonucleotide wherein the NF-κB binding sequence is GGGATTTCCC or GGGACTTTCC; (4) an oligonucleotide wherein the NF-κB decoy is represented by SEQ ID NO:3; (5) the NF-κB decoy is a double-stranded oligonucleotide; (6) the NF-κB decoy is administered in the form of a fine powder; and (7) the NF-κB decoy fine powder is a dry powder. | 08-27-2009 |
Tetsu Sato, Koga JP
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20160074713 | TABLE TENNIS BALL AND TABLE TENNIS BALL-USE THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION - A table tennis ball faithfully reproduces the playing characteristics of celluloid table tennis balls without using celluloid, and a thermoplastic resin composition for table tennis balls provides a table tennis ball having an excellent balance of elastic modulus, impact resistance, and density. The table tennis ball is composed of a celluloid-free thermoplastic resin or thermoplastic resin composition having a flexural modulus according to ISO 178 of 1650 MPa or more, a Charpy impact strength according to ISO 179 of 20 kJ/m | 03-17-2016 |
Tetsu Satou, Novi, MI US
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20160121810 | VEHICLE INTERIOR TRIM ASSEMBLY - A main trim panel has a trim surface, a plurality of first attachment parts and a recessed surface that is spaced apart from the trim surface. The recessed surface defines a flange that includes a first tether attachment part and a plurality of attachment parts. A sub-trim panel has a second tether attachment part and a plurality of fastener parts fixed to the attachment parts of the flange. A tether has a first end attached to the first tether attachment part and a second end attached to the second tether attachment part, such that with the sub-trim panel installed to the main trim panel, the sub-trim panel the covers and conceals the flange, the first tether attachment part and the tether, and with the sub-trim panel un-installed from the main trim panel the tether limits movement of the sub-trim panel relative to the main trim panel. | 05-05-2016 |
Tetsu Sugiura, Hitachinaka-Shi JP
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20120229055 | POWER CONVERTER AND POWER CONVERTER OF ROLLING STOCK - A power converter includes a first electric power conversion unit having an inverter for converting a first DC electric power to an AC electric power, an AC circuit connected to the first electric power conversion means; | 09-13-2012 |
20120300501 | DC POWER SUPPLY - A DC power supply including a resonant circuit on a secondary side of a transformer suppresses a surge voltage during power recovery of diodes constituting a rectifier circuit, correctly estimates a load current from a secondary current of the transformer, and adjusts supplied power when a load is light. The DC power supply includes a DC voltage source, a converter, a transformer, a rectifier circuit, a resonant circuit composed of a resonant switch and a resonant capacitor, a filter reactor, a filter capacitor, a snubber diode, a snubber capacitor, a load, first and second voltage sensors, a current sensor, and a controller for controlling gate pulses of semiconductor devices constituting a converter and the resonant switch and a signal for adjusting operation timings of A/D converters converting the signals of these sensors. | 11-29-2012 |
20130094150 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - Semiconductor element groups constituting a unit are mounted on a cooler heat receiving part | 04-18-2013 |
Tetsu Suzuki, Ehime JP
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20110157088 | TACTILE PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a technique for sensing and reproducing various feels, which a person gets discretely over a period of time, by time sequential sensing. | 06-30-2011 |
Tetsu Takahashi, Niigata JP
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20130017435 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAANM Sato; HiroshiAACI NiigataAACO JPAAGP Sato; Hiroshi Niigata JPAANM Sasagawa; HiroshiAACI NiigataAACO JPAAGP Sasagawa; Hiroshi Niigata JPAANM Kato; RiekoAACI NiigataAACO JPAAGP Kato; Rieko Niigata JPAANM Takahashi; TetsuAACI NiigataAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Tetsu Niigata JPAANM Fujita; TakayukiAACI NiigataAACO JPAAGP Fujita; Takayuki Niigata JP - Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a laminated body formed by laminating a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer on each other via an electrolytic region, wherein the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer include the same active material, and the active material is Li | 01-17-2013 |
Tetsu Takahashi, Niigata-Shi JP
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20130312825 | CONDUCTIVE PASTES FOR FORMING SOLAR CELL ELECTRODES - The invention relates to a process for manufacturing solar cells. The manufacturing process of the invention comprises the steps of printing a conductive paste onto an n-type silicon layer of a crystalline silicon substrate or onto an antireflection film on the n-type silicon layer, and drying and firing the conductive paste to form an electrode. The conductive paste comprises a conductive powder, a glass frit and an organic vehicle. The glass frit comprises at least one oxide. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the glass fit gives a spectrum representing binding energies of oxygen in which the signal intensity of a peak with a peak top at a range from 529 eV to less than 531 eV has a proportion of 40% or more relative to the total of signal intensities from 526 eV to 536 eV. | 11-28-2013 |
Tetsu Tanaka, Sendai-Shi JP
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20150228622 | CHIP SUPPORT SUBSTRATE, CHIP SUPPORT METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, ASSEMBLY DEVICE, AND FABRICATION METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to a chip support substrate including a lyophilic region | 08-13-2015 |
Tetsu Tanaka, Kanagawa JP
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20140293461 | DRIVE DEVICE, LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A drive device includes a moving body having a driven portion with an engagement holding portion and an insertion portion, and an element holding portion holding an optical element; a piezoelectric driver having a piezoelectric element and a drive axis that moves the moving body while being inserted into the insertion portion; and a leaf spring being inserted into the insertion portion, being held by the moving body and urging the drive axis to the driven portion in a pressing direction. In a state in which the leaf spring is inserted into the insertion portion, the leaf spring is elastically deformed in the insertion portion by inserting the drive axis which is inserted into the insertion portion, and the drive axis is pressed against the driven portion by the leaf spring, while the leaf spring is engaged with the engagement holding portion and held by the moving body. | 10-02-2014 |
20150103423 | DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There is provided a drive device including a movable body, and a fixing member that supports, with a drive shaft driven by a piezoelectric element expanded and contracted in response to an applied voltage and a sub shaft provided in parallel with the drive shaft, the movable body connected with the drive shaft movably in an axial direction. The movable body includes a rotation regulating member that supports the sub shaft and regulates rotation of the movable body with the drive shaft as a rotation center, and an impact dispersing part that disperses an impact on the piezoelectric element when inclined to the drive shaft. | 04-16-2015 |
Tetsu Taroura, Iruma-Gun JP
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20140162144 | Method For Producing Lithium Tetrafluoroborate Solution - Disclosed is a production method of a lithium tetrafluoroborate solution for use as a lithium battery electrolytic solution, including: a reaction step of forming lithium tetrafluoroborate by reaction of lithium fluoride and boron trifluoride in a chain carbonate ester solvent and thereby obtaining a reaction solution of the lithium tetrafluoroborate dissolved in the chain carbonate ester solvent; a water removal step of adding a water removing agent to the reaction solution; an acidic impurity removal step of removing an acidic impurity component from the reaction solution by concentrating the reaction solution after the water removal step; and a dilution step of diluting the concentrated solution after the acidic impurity removal step. It is possible by this method to obtain the lithium tetrafluoroborate solution whose acidic impurity content and water content are reduced to be 50 mass ppm or lower and 15 mass ppm or lower, respectively. | 06-12-2014 |
Tetsu Toda, Kawasaki-Shi JP
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20150115342 | Semiconductor Device - Provided is a semiconductor device including a substrate of a first conductivity type, a first circuit region, a separation region, a second circuit region, and a rectifying element. The rectifying element has a second conductivity type layer, a first high concentration second conductivity type region, a second high concentration second conductivity type region, an element isolation film, a first insulation layer, and a first conductive film. A first contact is coupled to the first high concentration second conductivity type region, and a second contact is coupled to the second high concentration second conductivity type region. A third contact is coupled to the first conductive film. The first contact, the second contact and the third contact are separated from each other. | 04-30-2015 |
20150270390 | Semiconductor Device - To prevent a current leak in an impurity region surrounding a transistor, in a region where a portion, of a second conductivity type region, extending from a first circuit region side toward a second circuit region side and an element separation film overlap each other in plan view, a field plate and conductive films are provided alternately from the first circuit region side toward the second circuit region side in plan view. Further, in this region, there is a decrease in the potential of the field plate and the potentials of the conductive films from the first circuit region toward the second circuit region. Further, at least one of the conductive films has a potential lower than the potential of the field plate adjacent to the conductive film on the second circuit region side in plan view. Further, this conductive film covers at least a part of the second conductivity type region without space in the extension direction of the second conductivity type region. | 09-24-2015 |
Tetsu Tsunamoto, Kurokawa JP
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20130056154 | ABNORMALITY DETECTING UNIT AND ABNORMALITY DETECTING METHOD - An abnormality detecting unit includes a monitoring unit for monitoring an operation from a wafer deviation starting point to a transfer gate valve opening point after performing a plasma process on the wafer and specifying the operation as a wafer deviation operation; an acquisition unit for acquiring a high frequency signal of at least one of a progressive wave and a reflection wave outputted from a directional coupler between a high frequency power supply for applying a high frequency power into a processing chamber and a matching unit or between a lower electrode as a mounting table for mounting thereon the wafer and the matching unit during the wafer deviation operation; an analysis unit for analyzing a waveform pattern of the high frequency signal; and an abnormality determination unit for determining whether there is an abnormal electric discharge based on an analysis result of the waveform pattern. | 03-07-2013 |
Tetsu Ushiku, Austin, TX US
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20090188393 | FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION APPARATUS - A flue gas desulfurization apparatus includes an absorption tower that absorbs sulfur oxide in a flue gas, and drift suppression members that are arranged near a bend portion of a purified gas exhaust passage arranged at an outlet portion of the absorption tower, the drift suppression members serving to collect mist particles. | 07-30-2009 |
Tetsu Wada, Miyagi JP
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20090244350 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units having plural first photoelectric conversion units and plural second photoelectric conversion units, a drive section and a signal processing section. The drive section controls the solid-state imaging device to read first pixel signals that are accumulated over an exposure period, from the first photoelectric conversion units, respectively, to read low-sensitivity pixel signals from the second photoelectric conversion units, respectively, to read second pixel signals that are accumulated in at least a part of the exposure period, from the second photoelectric conversion units, to mix the first pixel signals and the second signals for producing a high-sensitivity pixel signals. The signal processing section combines the low-sensitivity pixel signals and the high-sensitivity pixel signals and produces an image. | 10-01-2009 |
20090251575 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device, a derive section and a signal processing section. The imaging device includes plural pixels arranged on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The pixels include plural chromatic color pixels for plural colors and plural high-sensitivity pixels having a higher sensitivity to incident light than the chromatic color pixels. The drive section controls the imaging device to simultaneously start exposing the chromatic color pixels and exposing the high-sensitivity pixels, to read first signals from the high-sensitivity pixels during an exposure period, respectively and hold the read first signals, thereafter, to read second signals from the high-sensitivity pixels, respectively, and to read third signals from the chromatic color pixels, respectively. The signal processing section produces color image data based on the first signals, the second signals and the third signals. | 10-08-2009 |
Tetsu Wada, Saitama-Shi JP
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20110228100 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a technique for accurately tracking a tracking target object. A disparity map image in which the disparity of each pixel of an object is shown is generated from a three-dimensional object image. A detection range is determined such that an object disposed on the front side of a pedestrian, which is a tracking target object, in the depth direction is excluded from the generated disparity map image. The pedestrian, which is a tracking target object, is detected in the determined detection range. In this way, it is possible to prevent a bike driver disposed on the front side of the pedestrian in the depth direction from being tracked. | 09-22-2011 |
20110235866 | MOTION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Erroneous detection of a moving body in a background region is suppressed. Specifically, the position of one input image of two input images is made to coincide with the position of the other input image so as to eliminate relative positional deviation between the two input images. The amount of residual positional deviation in the thus registered two input images is calculated. The resolution of the two input images is lowered so as to take on a resolution A if the amount of residual positional deviation is greater than a prescribed threshold value d and take on a resolution B if the amount of residual positional deviation is equal to or less than the prescribed threshold value d (resolution A09-29-2011 | |
20130002661 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Designated positions in a left-eye image and in a right-eye image are detected. The dominant eye is input and, if there is a position designation made by the observer, the coordinate position of the designated position is calculated in each of the left-eye and right-eye images. A template image is detected from the dominant-eye image and an image identical with the detected template image is detected from the non-dominant-eye image. Positions in respective ones of the template image and matching image become the designated positions. A distance differential between the template image detected from the dominant-eye image and the image detected from the non-dominant-eye image is parallax. The parallax of the designated positions is adjusted. | 01-03-2013 |
20130057736 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a driving method of a solid-state imaging device including: driving the pixel stacked with the red filter and the pixel stacked with the blue filter which are presented on one line for every four lines of one-side pixel lines of the pixel line extending toward right-upwardly inclined direction and the pixel line extending toward left-upwardly inclined direction, and the pixel stacked with the green filter which is most adjacent to pixel stacked with the red filter and the pixel stacked with the blue filter as a low-sensitivity pixel, and driving the rest of the pixels as a high-sensitivity pixel. | 03-07-2013 |
20130093847 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An image for a left eye and an image for a right eye are respectively captured. A corresponding point corresponding to each of a plurality of feature points detected from the image for a left eye is searched for using the image for a right eye. The number of corresponding points found by the search is counted, and it is determined whether to be equal to or more than a predetermined ratio with respect to the number of pixels of the image for a right eye. When the number of corresponding points is determined to be less than the predetermined ratio, the image for a right eye is recaptured, and the corresponding point search process and the determination of whether the number of corresponding points is equal to or more than the predetermined ratio are re-executed using an image new for a right eye obtained by recapture. | 04-18-2013 |
Tetsu Wada, Kurokawa-Gun JP
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20080297633 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device comprises: an imaging element that comprises (i) at least three types of color detection photoelectric conversion elements that detect different color components of light and (ii) brightness detection photoelectric conversion elements that detect brightness components of light; a level adjustment section that adjust levels of color signals acquired respectively from at least said three types of color detection photoelectric conversion elements and levels of brightness signals acquired from the brightness detection photoelectric conversion elements; a composite signal generation section that generates, from ones of the color signals undergone level adjustment, at least three different color signals in correspondence with each of the color detection photoelectric conversion elements and subjects at least said three color signals to weighting and addition, so as to generate composite signals respectively corresponding to the color detection photoelectric conversion elements; and a brightness signal correction section that corrects one of the brightness signals having undergone level adjustment, through use of corresponding one(s) of the composite signals. | 12-04-2008 |
20080316326 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus is provided and includes: an imaging device including a first color pixel, a second color pixel, a third color pixel, and the luminance-detecting pixels; a controlling section that generates first complementary color information by adding data of the first color pixel and data of the second color pixel adjacent to the first color pixel, generates second complementary color information by adding data of the second color pixel and data of the third color pixel adjacent to the second color pixel, and generates luminance information by adding respective data of luminance-detecting pixels adjacent to each other, when data of a reduced image having a reduced resolution as compared with a resolution for the whole pixels of the imaging device is generated, and a signal processing section that signal-processes the first complementary color information, the second complementary color information, and the luminance information to reproduce a taken image. | 12-25-2008 |
20090009637 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a first luminance signal generating unit and a correcting unit. The imaging device includes at least three types of color detecting photoelectric converting elements and a luminance detecting photoelectric converting element. The first luminance signal generating unit generates a first luminance signal corresponding to the color detecting photoelectric converting element from a color signal obtained from each of the at least three types of color detecting photoelectric converting elements. The correcting unit corrects, based on the color signal, at least a second luminance signal corresponding to the luminance detecting photoelectric converting element which is obtained from the luminance detecting photoelectric converting element so as to generate a luminance signal which constitutes image data corresponding to each of the photoelectric converting elements. | 01-08-2009 |
20090015693 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus includes a synchronization processing unit for processing image pickup signals including three kinds of signals and luminance signals output from an image pickup device. The synchronization processing unit is used to interpolate other color signals than the above-mentioned respective color signals at pixel positions where the three kinds of signals respectively exist. This processing includes a luminance use estimating processing which estimates color signals to be interpolated at the above-mentioned pixel positions using not only the same kinds of color signals as the above-mentioned color signals to be interpolated but also the above-mentioned luminance signals respectively existing around the above-mentioned pixel positions. | 01-15-2009 |
20090135281 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A driving method of a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements as defined herein, includes performing first driving which mixes a first electric charge generated in the first photoelectric conversion element with a second electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element for luminance detection, converts the electric charges obtained by the mixing into a signal, and outputs the signal. | 05-28-2009 |
Tetsu Watanabe, Tokyo JP
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20100157747 | RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A recording/reproduction apparatus includes: a light source; and a near-field light production section that includes two conductor sections disposed opposite each other with a predetermined gap therebetween and that produces near-field light between the two conductor sections upon light irradiation from the light source, the two conductor sections being disposed such that when information is recorded on a recording medium using the near-field light, a direction from one of the two conductor sections to the other of the two conductor sections is generally perpendicular to a line direction of the recording medium. | 06-24-2010 |