Sakano, JP
Akira Sakano, Gunma JP
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20120037554 | Oil Separator - Provided is an oil separator which can separate refrigerant and refrigeration machine oil with high efficiency, which can effectively prevent the outflow of separated oil towards the refrigerant discharge path side, which can reduce pressure loss in the flow of refrigerant, and which can be made compact especially in the radial direction. The oil separator is provided with: a tubular outer pipe which is disposed on the compressor outlet side; an inlet pipe for introducing refrigerant containing refrigeration machine oil into the tubular outer pipe in such a manner as to produce a downward helical flow of refrigerant containing refrigeration machine oil along the inner surface of the tubular outer pipe; a refrigerant outlet pipe which has an external outflow port for the outflow of refrigerant to outside the tubular outer pipe, has a section extending in the axial direction of the tubular outer pipe at the central position of the tubular outer pipe, and allows the inflow, from the lower end of the above-mentioned section, of refrigerant separated from the refrigerant containing refrigeration machine oil having flowed down in the helical flow, and wherein the flow direction has been inverted in relation to the vertical direction at a first refrigerant inversion part; a refrigerant return pipe which extends in the axial direction of the tubular outer pipe at the central position of the tubular outer pipe, below the refrigerant outlet pipe, and which allows the inflow, from the lower end thereof, of refrigerant separated from the refrigerant containing refrigeration machine oil having flowed down in the helical flow, and wherein the flow direction has been inverted in relation to the vertical direction at a second refrigerant inversion part; and an oil storage part which is formed at the bottom of the tubular outer pipe. Furthermore, a part exhibiting a reflector function for preventing refrigeration machine oil stored in the oil storage part from flowing out into the refrigerant outlet pipe is provided between the refrigerant return pipe and the inner surface of the tubular outer pipe. | 02-16-2012 |
Ayako Sakano, Aichi JP
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20110260194 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - [Problem] A semiconductor light-emitting device, which does not suffer from color unevenness of the light taken out of a sealing material even when a phosphor is used therein and enables reduction of the production cost is provided. | 10-27-2011 |
Ayako Sakano, Kyoto JP
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20150065895 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AND DISPLAYING BLOOD PRESSURE - A blood pressure measurement device measures blood pressure and a blood pressure change affecting factor of a patient. The device includes a memory, a tolerance determination section, and a display unit. The tolerance determination section includes a rest/unrest condition determination section and a blood pressure tolerance determination section. The tolerance determination section determines whether the blood pressure of the patient is tolerant to the blood pressure change affecting factor. The display unit of the device displays the measured blood pressure, the measured blood pressure change affecting factor, and a tolerance determination of the patient. | 03-05-2015 |
Daisuke Sakano, Kumamoto JP
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20140256043 | SMALL CHEMICAL COMPOUND WHICH PROMOTES INDUCTION OF DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS INTO INSULIN-PRODUCING CELLS AND METHOD FOR INDUCING DIFFERENTIATION OF STEM CELLS INTO INSULIN-PRODUCING CELLS USING SAID SMALL CHEMICAL COMPOUND - A purpose of the present invention is to provide a small chemical compound which especially promotes induction of the differentiation of ES cells into insulin-producing cells. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide: a method for inducing the differentiation of ES cells into insulin-producing cells using the compound; and an agent for promoting induction of the differentiation into insulin-producing cells. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide the thus-induced insulin-producing cells. Provided are: an agent for promoting induction of the differentiation of stem cells derived from a mammal into insulin-producing cells, which contains a compound that is selected from the group consisting of dopamine metabolism inhibitors, serotonin metabolism inhibitors, acetylchotine, acetylcholine degrading enzyme inhibitors and acetylcholine receptor activators; and a method for inducing differentiation using the agent for promoting induction of differentiation. | 09-11-2014 |
Fumihiro Sakano, Ibaraki JP
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20100314995 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND ORGANIC EL ELEMENT EVALUATING METHOD - Provided are an organic EL device having improved conductivity of an anode compared with conventional organic EL devices, and a method for manufacturing such organic EL device. The organic EL device is provided with a layer-like optical element ( | 12-16-2010 |
Fumihiro Sakano, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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20100194261 | EVALUATION METHOD OF DEVICE LAYER STRUCTURE DESIGN FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, EVALUATION APPARATUS AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention is intended to evaluate outgoing light from a light emitting device including a structure in which four or more layers of thin films, including a light-emitting layer, are laminated, in a shorter period of computation time, as compared with conventional methods. An evaluation method for the device layer structure design of a light emitting device is a method for evaluating outgoing light from a light emitting device including a structure in which four or more layers of thin films, including a light-emitting layer, are laminated, using an information processing apparatus, the method including: an input step (S | 08-05-2010 |
Hideki Sakano, Nagano-Ken JP
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20110240784 | Long Medium For Printer - A long medium for a printer includes: a main body wound around a core to which an end portion of the main body is affixed; and a core stop tape portion which joins the core and the end portion; wherein the bonding force of the core stop tape portion is larger than the drawing force for drawing the main body wound around the core from the core. | 10-06-2011 |
Hideki Sakano, Matsumoto-Shi JP
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20090117305 | Bundle of Sticky Notes and Sticky Note Supply Device - A bundle of sticky notes that includes: a pile of sticky notes including a plurality of sticky notes whose one end portions are peelably adhered to one another; and a base member adhered to the pile of sticky notes via the lowermost sticky note. In the bundle, an outer periphery of the base member is partially protruded from the pile of sticky notes. | 05-07-2009 |
20130004225 | TAPE PRINTER CONTROL METHOD AND TAPE PRINTER - A tape printer control method including: (a) performing printing operation by driving a printing head while feeding a printing tape using a feed roller to which normal rotation power of a motor is transmitted via a gear train; (b) suspending the printing operation; (c) driving the motor slightly in the reverse rotation direction after the suspension of the printing operation to eliminate play in the reverse rotation direction produced by the backlash of the gear train without rotating the feed roller; (d) performing cutting operation for the printing tape using a tape cutter on the downstream side of the printing head in the tape feed direction; (e) driving the motor slightly in the normal rotation direction before restart of the printing operation to eliminate play in the normal rotation direction produced by the backlash of the gear train without rotating the feed roller; and (f) restarting the printing operation. | 01-03-2013 |
Hiromichi Sakano, Fuchu-Shi JP
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20100096948 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An ultrasonic motor, which drives a driven member using an elliptical vibration produced by synthesizing a longitudinal vibrational mode and a flexural vibrational mode as a drive force, is configured as follows. Namely, the ultrasonic motor includes a piezoelectric device, and a feed member feeding the piezoelectric device. An extensional axis of the feed member is set to an axis different from main vibrational axes of the longitudinal vibrational mode and the flexural vibrational mode. | 04-22-2010 |
20110095650 | ULTRASONIC MOTOR - An ultrasonic motor is configured as follows. Namely, the ultrasonic motor includes a vibrator, a rotor, a press mechanism, a frame, and a regulating unit. The vibrator's section perpendicular to a central axis has a rectangular shape, in which a ratio of a short side to a long side that form the rectangular shape is set to a predetermined value. And the vibrator generates an elliptic vibration by simultaneously exciting a longitudinal vibration stretching along the central axis, and a torsional vibration. The rotor mechanism abuts against an elliptic vibration generating surface of the vibrator and is driven by the elliptic vibration to rotate using the central axis as an axis of rotation. The press mechanism presses the vibrator against the rotor mechanism. The frame supports the rotor mechanism and the vibrator. The regulating unit regulates rotation of the vibrator by clamping the vibrator together with the frame. | 04-28-2011 |
Hiromichi Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20090001854 | DRIVING APPARATUS - A driving apparatus has a piezoelectric element as a driver. The driving apparatus includes a first vibrator which generates an elliptical vibration when a voltage of a predetermined frequency is applied; a first member which holds the first vibrator; a second member which includes a first sliding member to which the first vibrator is pressed and makes a relative displacement with respect to the first member by being driven by the elliptical vibration of the first vibrator; and a first resonance preventive member which is provided to the second member and prevents a resonance in the second member from being generated by the elliptical vibration of the first vibrator. | 01-01-2009 |
Hiroyuki Sakano, Kahoku-Shi JP
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20140093177 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus including a candidate pixel detector for detecting candidate pixels of boundary lines of sides of a document region, a classifier for classifying coordinates of the candidate pixels into coordinate groups, an approximate line calculator for calculating approximate lines for the boundary line based on each of the coordinate groups, a provisional line determination unit for determining a provisional line of the boundary line based on the approximate lines that is selected based on the number of candidate pixels that are within a distance from the approximate line, a shadow detector for detecting a shadow image of an edge of the document within a predetermined distance from the provisional line, and a boundary line determination unit for determining whether the boundary line is within the predetermined distance from the provisional line based on the shadow image. | 04-03-2014 |
Hiroyuki Sakano, Chiba-Shi JP
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20090057130 | Method of manufacturing particle wire - A method of manufacturing a microwire or a nanowire formed of a metal-containing compound having a desired composition, including the steps of: | 03-05-2009 |
Hiroyuki Sakano, Chiba JP
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20090277773 | Method of Manufacturing Particle Wire - A method of manufacturing a microwire or a nanowire formed of a metal-containing compound having a desired composition, including the steps of: (1) preparing a vapor or gas of an organometal compound and, if required, a vapor or gas of an optically excitable organic compound and/or a vapor or gas of reactive organic compound; (2) introducing the vapor or gas prepared in the step (1) into a reaction vessel; and (3) irradiating the vapor or gas introduced into the reaction vessel in the step (2) with a light having a wavelength which is absorbed by at least one of the organometal compound and the optically excitable organic compound. | 11-12-2009 |
Jun Sakano, Gunma JP
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20100012360 | CIRCUIT ELEMENT MOUNTING BOARD, AND CIRCUIT DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER USING THE SAME - A circuit device of the present invention includes a wiring board | 01-21-2010 |
Junichi Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20140070314 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided an MOSFET having a large current density, which can be mixed with a logic circuit, and is used in a circuit that conducts the operation of applying a negative voltage to a drain electrode. An electrode surrounded by an insulating film is formed, at an intermediate position of a gate electrode and a drain of the MOSFET formed on an SOI substrate having a drain electrode applied with a negative voltage, and the electrode is connected to the ground to prevent a withstand voltage from being lowered which is caused by an increase in impurity concentration of a drift region. A drift resistance is lowered to improve the current density. | 03-13-2014 |
Junichi Sakano, Hitachi JP
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20080265278 | Semiconductor Device and Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device for Driving Plasma Display Using the Semiconductor Device - A lateral IGBT structure having an emitter terminal including two or more base layers of a second conductivity-type for one collector terminal, in which the base layers of a second conductivity-type in emitter regions are covered with a first conductivity-type layer having a concentration higher than that of a drift layer so that a silicon layer between the first conductivity-type layer covering the emitter regions and a buried oxide film has a reduced resistance to increase current flowing to an emitter farther from the collector to thereby enhance the current density. | 10-30-2008 |
20080265331 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor apparatus and semiconductor apparatus, power converter using the same - In a manufacturing method of a SOI type high withstand voltage semiconductor device formed on a support substrate via an insulation film, a small-sized semiconductor device having small dispersion of withstand voltage is manufactured by introducing impurities into the whole surface of a p-type or n-type SOI substrate having an impurity concentration of 2E14 cm | 10-30-2008 |
20090015573 | Plasma display apparatus and semiconductor device - A plasma display apparatus having a plurality of display cells for prolonging the luminous brightness lifetime in the single-sided drive mode has a first sustaining electrode, a second sustaining electrode connected to reference potential and cooperating with the first sustaining electrode to perform sustain discharge through a discharge space of a display cell, and an address electrode, an electrical capacitance set up between the second sustaining electrode and the discharge space is larger than that set up between the first sustaining electrode and the discharge space. | 01-15-2009 |
20090315072 | Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Equipment Using the Same for Driving Plasma Display, and Plasma Display Unit - In a lateral IGBT structure equipped with an emitter terminal, comprising two or more second conductivity type base layers, per one collector terminal, the second conductivity type base layer in the emitter region is covered by a first conductivity type layer which has a higher impurity concentration than the drift layer, and width L1 of the gate electrode located between two adjacent emitters is 4 μm or less, or in addition to that, width L2 of the opening for leading out an emitter electrode located between two adjacent gate electrodes is 3 μm or less. | 12-24-2009 |
20100165681 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERTER USING THE SAME - In a driving circuit, for controlling the turning on and off of a main semiconductor switching device of an insulated gate type, in an insulated gate semiconductor switching device for electric power conversion, bipolar semiconductor devices of an insulated gate control type, particularly insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) are used at the output stage of a circuit that controls the gate voltage of the main semiconductor switching device. | 07-01-2010 |
20100219448 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FOR DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY USING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The output circuit uses an IGBT incorporating a normal latch-up operation measure and the ESD clamp circuit uses an IGBT that can more easily latch up than the output circuit device which has the latch-up prevention layer lowered in impurity density or removed. | 09-02-2010 |
20100327315 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FOR USE OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY WITH USING SAME, AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A horizontal-type IGBT having a large current density, which is formed on a SOI substrate, has an emitter region, which is made up with two (2) or more of base-layers of a second conductivity-type on an oxide film groove, wherein the base-layers of the second conductivity-type in the emitter region are covered with a layer of a first conductivity-type, being high in the conductivity than a drift layer, and length of a gate electrode on the oxide film groove is reduced than the length of the gate electrode on the collector, and further the high-density layer of the first conductivity-type is formed below the base layer of the second conductivity-type on the collector, thereby achieving the high density of the layer of the first conductivity-type while maintaining an endurable voltage, and an increase of the current density. | 12-30-2010 |
20110227626 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT AND POWER CONVERSION UNIT - In a level shift circuit, when a power-source voltage variation dV/dt of a high voltage side occurs and influences on a logic level of a circuit, the passing through of a malfunction signal is masked and prevented in the first and second logic circuits, by a signal from a time-constant generation circuit or a portion where a power voltage variation occurs in advance, by utilizing the fact that this variation occurs both at a set side and a reset side. When the power source voltage variation dV/dt is generated at a high voltage side, sufficient allowance in the timing of this masking prevents an erroneous signal from being transmitted to a flip-flop, and a control signal is transmitted from a low voltage side circuit not giving malfunction to a high voltage side circuit, even when there is a production variation in each element in semiconductor processes. | 09-22-2011 |
20120018776 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A first annular isolation trench is formed in a periphery of an element region, and a second annular isolation trench is formed around the first annular isolation trench with a predetermined distance provided from the first annular isolation trench, and a semiconductor layer between the first annular isolation trench and the second annular isolation trench is separated into a plurality of portions by a plurality of linear isolation trenches formed in the semiconductor layer between the first annular isolation trench and the second annular isolation trench, and the semiconductor layer (source-side isolation region) which opposes a p-type channel layer end portion and is located between the first annular isolation trench and the second annular isolation trench is separated from other semiconductor layers (drain-side isolation regions) by the linear isolation trenches. | 01-26-2012 |
20120108963 | Semiconductor Device and Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus Using the Same - The present invention provides a semiconductor device of a bi-directional analog switch having a high linearity and a low electric power loss. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a high degree of detection accuracy, comprising the semiconductor device, is also provided. A semiconductor device of a bi-directional analog switch, comprising a switch circuit capable of switching ON or OFF bi-directionally, and built-in driving circuits for the switch circuit, wherein the driving circuit is connected to first and second power supplies, and a first power supply voltage is higher than a maximum voltage of a signal applied to an input/output terminal of the switch circuit, a second power supply voltage is lower than a minimum voltage of a signal applied to an input/output terminal of the switch circuit, and the driving circuit comprises a Zener diode and a p-type MOSFET connected in series between the first power supply and the switch circuit. | 05-03-2012 |
20130001685 | Semiconductor Device - The present invention relates to an integrated circuit (semiconductor device) for which consolidation of a fine CMOS and a medium/high-voltage MOSFET is assumed to be carried out. A feature of the present invention is a small width (channel length) of a channel region CH. Specifically, when the width of the channel region planarly overlapped with a gate electrode is “L” and the thickness of the gate electrode is “t”, the channel region is formed to have the width of the channel region being larger than or equal to ⅕ times the thickness t of the gate electrode and smaller than or equal to the thickness t. Thus, the width L of the channel region can be reduced, and variations in the threshold voltage can be reduced. | 01-03-2013 |
20130236189 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In order to provide a communication system which performs a communication while maintaining high voltage insulation, a control circuit which is operated at a low voltage, and a controlled circuit which is operated at a high voltage are connected through a propagation layer having a waveguide structure, thereby performing a communication. In particular, a displacement current (surge current) flows between a high voltage circuit and a low voltage circuit due to a potential fluctuation which occurs in the high voltage circuit A surge current protection circuit is provided, and applying of an input which is out of rating to the communication module and the low voltage circuit due to such a surge current is prevented. | 09-12-2013 |
Kiwamu Sakano, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP
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20130057361 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A surface acoustic wave device includes a surface acoustic wave element including a plurality of electrode pads, and a mount substrate. The surface acoustic wave element is flip-chip mounted on a die-attach surface of the mount substrate by bumps made of Au. The mount substrate includes at least one resin layer including via-holes, a plurality of mount electrodes provided on the die-attach surface of the mount substrate, and via-hole conductors. The mount electrodes are bonded to the electrode pads via the bumps. The via-hole conductors are provided in the via-holes. At least one of each of the electrode pads and each of the mount electrodes includes a front layer made of Au. At least one of the via-hole conductors is located below the corresponding bump. | 03-07-2013 |
Koki Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20140084531 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device includes: a separation sheet feeding mechanism having a paper feeding belt and a separation roller; and an adjustment mechanism that changes contact state of the paper feeding belt to the separation roller by changing relative position of the paper feeding belt and the separation roller, and changes and adjusts separation performance of the separation roller for the subsequent sheet, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a cam follower member changing the relative position of the feeding belt and the separation roller, the cam member includes a first cam face and a second cam face which are formed at each rotation radius position in accordance with the rotation angle position, and are spaced apart in the rotation radius direction, and the cam follower member has a contact unit guided by the first cam face and the second cam face. | 03-27-2014 |
20140125007 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an ADF that feeds and conveys original document sheets one sheet by one sheet from a tray unit to a read position on a document glass by motive power from a driving motor includes: an opening/closing unit operable to open and close relative to the document glass; an open/close detection sensor that detects an open/closed state of the opening/closing unit; a first interlock switch, which is arranged between a power source and the driving motor, that is on when the opening/closing unit is closed, and vice versa; and a control circuit that determines the open/closed state of the opening/closing unit based on detection outputs of the first interlock switch and the open/close detection sensor. The control circuit determines that the opening/closing unit is in the closed state when the first interlock switch is on and the open/close detection sensor is detecting the closed state. | 05-08-2014 |
20140177012 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a transmitting glass; and a step member that is located upstream of a reading position, at which an image of a conveyed document is read by a reading unit via a transmitting glass, in a conveying direction of the document, and has a document guiding surface at a position away from a surface of a transmitting glass by a prescribed distance and forms a step between the document guiding surface and the transmitting glass. The step member is provided with a protrusion protruding downstream in the conveying direction of the document to form space between the transmitting glass and a downstream part of the step member in the conveying direction of the document. | 06-26-2014 |
20140239573 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An auto document feeder includes a movable document table on which documents are stacked, a pickup roller that feeds a topmost document among the documents on the movable document table to a feed position via a feed opening, and a shielding member that is arranged on the upstream side of the pickup roller and above the topmost document, and that shields the feed opening. At least an end portion of the shielding member on the document table side is made of a flexible member. | 08-28-2014 |
Masaaki Sakano, Wako-Shi JP
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20090004535 | FUEL CELL - Each of power generation units of a fuel cell according to the present invention is formed by stacking a first metal separator, a first membrane electrode assembly, a second metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a third metal separator together. The power generation unit has therein a first oxygen-containing gas flow field, a first fuel gas flow field, a second oxygen-containing gas flow field, and a second fuel gas flow field. The number of flow grooves in the first oxygen-containing gas flow field is different from that of flow grooves in the second oxygen-containing gas flow field, and the number of flow grooves in the first fuel gas flow field is different from that of flow grooves in the second fuel gas flow field. | 01-01-2009 |
Masaaki Sakano, Wako JP
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20120231362 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a metal separator. The metal separator is stacked with the membrane electrode assembly. A reactant gas passage is provided between the membrane electrode assembly and the metal separator to supply a reactant gas along an electrode surface. The metal separator includes a reactant gas communication hole to communicate with the reactant gas passage. The metal separator further includes a plurality of groove groups each having a plurality of grooves press-formed to allow the reactant gas communication hole to communicate with the reactant gas passage. The grooves adjacent to each other are spaced apart by a first distance. The groove groups adjacent to each other are spaced apart by a second distance larger than the first distance. | 09-13-2012 |
20130014377 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELLAANM Watanabe; YasuhiroAACI WakoAACO JPAAGP Watanabe; Yasuhiro Wako JPAANM Sakano; MasaakiAACI WakoAACO JPAAGP Sakano; Masaaki Wako JP - A method of manufacturing a metal separator for a fuel cell includes providing an opening in a metal plate which is to be a part of the metal separator for the fuel cell, integrally molding a sealing member on both sides of an outer peripheral edge of the metal plate to cover the opening, and trimming the sealing member to remove a covering portion of the sealing member that covers the opening and to provide a fluid communication hole, at least one of a fuel gas, an oxidant gas, and a cooling medium being to pass through the fluid communication hole in the fuel cell. | 01-17-2013 |
20140154606 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a first separator. The first separator includes a first reactant gas channel, a first reactant gas manifold, and a first buffer portion. The first buffer portion is located outside of a power generation region of an electrode catalyst layer of the first electrode. The first buffer portion connects the first reactant gas channel to the first reactant gas manifold. A gas diffusion layer of the first electrode extends along a surface of the first separator to a first buffer region facing the first buffer portion. An intermediate layer of the first electrode covers a portion of the gas diffusion layer of the first electrode in the first buffer region. | 06-05-2014 |
Masahiro Sakano, Chofu-Shi JP
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20090056608 | SEWING MACHINE - A sewing machine is provided. The sewing machine includes a top covering shaft mechanism, a spreader mechanism detachably attached to the top covering shaft mechanism from below and operable to catch a covering thread and to interlace the covering thread with a needle thread inserted into a needle to form covering stitches, and an operating member having a hook portion and rotatably attached to either one of the top covering shaft mechanism and the spreader mechanism. The other of the top covering shaft mechanism and the spreader mechanism has a protrusion with which the hook portion is engageable. The operating member is rotatable between a position at which the hook portion engages with the protrusion to lock the spreader mechanism with respect to the top covering shaft mechanism and another position at which the spreader mechanism is detachable from the top covering shaft mechanism. | 03-05-2009 |
Masakazu Sakano, Nanae JP
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20100193923 | Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method Therefor - The reliability of a semiconductor device is prevented from being reduced. A planar shape of a sealing body is comprised of a quadrangle having a pair of first sides, and a pair of second sides crossing with the first sides. Further, it has a die pad, a controller chip (first semiconductor chip) and a sensor chip (second semiconductor chip) mounted over the die pad, and a plurality of leads arranged along the first sides of the sealing body. The controller chip and the leads are electrically coupled to each other via wires (first wires), and the sensor chip and the controller chip are electrically coupled to each other via wires (second wires). Herein, the die pad is supported by a plurality of suspending leads formed integrally with the die pad and extending from the die pad toward the first sides of the sealing body. Each of the suspending leads has an offset part. | 08-05-2010 |
Misao Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20080225276 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE WAVELENGTH DISPERSION AND NONLINEAR COEFFICIENT OF AN OPTICAL FIBER - A method of simultaneously specifying the wavelength dispersion and nonlinear coefficient of an optical fiber. Pulsed probe light and pulsed pump light are first caused to enter an optical fiber to be measured. Then, the power oscillation of the back-scattered light of the probe light or idler light generated within the optical fiber is measured. Next, the instantaneous frequency of the measured power oscillation is obtained, and the dependency of the instantaneous frequency relative to the power oscillation of the pump light in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is obtained. Thereafter, a rate of change in the longitudinal direction between phase-mismatching conditions and nonlinear coefficient of the optical fiber is obtained from the dependency of the instantaneous frequency. And based on the rate of change, the longitudinal wavelength-dispersion distribution and longitudinal nonlinear-coefficient distribution of the optical fiber are simultaneously specified. | 09-18-2008 |
20090208200 | SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE AND SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - A synchronous optical signal generation device includes: an optical phase detector that compares the phase of a reference optical signal with a phase of an optical beat signal to generate a phase error signal; a shaping mechanism that shapes the phase error signal; and a voltage controlled optical signal generator that generates an optical beat signal based on the shaped phase error signal and that outputs the optical beat signal while feeding the optical beat signal back to the phase detector. | 08-20-2009 |
Mitsuru Sakano, Aichi-Ken JP
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20110111253 | LEAD-FREE TIN PLATED MEMBER AND METHOD OF FORMING PLATING LAYER - In a plated member ( | 05-12-2011 |
Mitsuru Sakano, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20090290674 | NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION DEVICE AND NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION METHOD - The present invention produces nuclide transmutation using a relatively small-scale device. The device | 11-26-2009 |
20120263265 | NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION DEVICE AND NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION METHOD - A nuclide processing method which binds a first nuclide material including at least one of Cs, C, and Sr that undergoes nuclide transmutation to a surface layer of a multilayer structure body. The method heats the multilayer structure body by the heater. The method supplies deuterium gas, at atmospheric pressure supplied from a tank of deuterium, into an absorption chamber holding the multilayer structure body, and evacuates a desorption chamber holding the multilayer structure body to a vacuum level below atmospheric pressure to provide a flow of the deuterium gas that penetrates through the heated multilayer structure body and the first nuclide material bound on the multilayer structure body. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269309 | NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION DEVICE AND NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION METHOD - A nuclide processing method which binds a first nuclide material including at least one of Cs, C, and Sr that undergoes nuclide transmutation to a surface layer of a multilayer structure body. The method heats the multilayer structure body by the heater. The method supplies deuterium gas, at atmospheric pressure supplied from a tank of deuterium, into an absorption chamber holding the multilayer structure body, and evacuates a desorption chamber holding the multilayer structure body to a vacuum level below atmospheric pressure to provide a flow of the deuterium gas that penetrates through the heated multilayer structure body and the first nuclide material bound on the multilayer structure body. | 10-25-2012 |
20140119488 | NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION DEVICE AND NUCLIDE TRANSMUTATION METHOD - The present invention produces nuclide transmutation using a relatively small-scale device. The device | 05-01-2014 |
Mitsuru Sakano, Aichi JP
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20140239963 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND EVALUATION METHOD THEREOF (AS AMENDED) - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery according to the present invention includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a coating derived from lithium bis(oxalate)borate. Assuming that an intensity of a peak attributable to a three-coordinate structure of the coating measured by an XAFS method is represented by a and an intensity of a peak attributable to a four-coordinate structure of the coating measured by the XAFS method is represented by β, the coating formed on the surface of the negative electrode satisfies a condition of α/(α+β)≧ | 08-28-2014 |
20140329151 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a lithium ion secondary battery capable of improving charge/discharge cycle characteristics or durability such as high-temperature storability, while suppressing deterioration in initial performance, and a manufacturing method thereof. The lithium ion secondary battery according to the present invention includes an electrode serving as a cathode or an anode including an electrode layer containing an active material. At least a part of a surface of the active material is coated with lithium halide (X) having a low ionic bonding property and a peak strength ratio P1/P2 of less than 2.0 between a peak strength P1 in the vicinity of 60 eV and a peak strength P2 in the vicinity of 70 eV in a Li-XAFS measurement. | 11-06-2014 |
Mitsuru Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20090277330 | Absorbent Liquid, and Apparatus and Method for Removing CO2 or H2S from Gas with Use of Absorbent Liquid - An absorbent liquid according to the present invention is an absorbent liquid for absorbing CO | 11-12-2009 |
20100282081 | ABSORBENT LIQUID, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING C02 OR H2S FROM GAS WITH USE OF ABSORBENT LIQUID - An absorbent liquid according to the present invention is an absorbent liquid for absorbing CO | 11-11-2010 |
Mitsuru Sakano, Toyota-Shi JP
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20100040899 | PLATING MEMBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A plating member comprising a lead-free plating material is obtained by the present invention in a manner such that whisker formation on a plating layer | 02-18-2010 |
20100119868 | PLATED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to the present invention, in order to suppress whisker formation on a plated member having a plated layer comprising a lead-free material, the orientation index of the plane ( | 05-13-2010 |
20140030598 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery having reduced internal resistance. The lithium secondary battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode comprises, as a positive electrode active material | 01-30-2014 |
20150017548 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, BATTERY, AND PRODUCING METHOD FOR SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - The main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having favorable ion conductivity and high stability against moisture. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material comprising an M1 element (such as Li element), an M2 element (such as Ge element, Sn element and P element) and a S element, and having a peak at a position of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° in X-ray diffraction measurement using a CuKα ray, characterized in that when a diffraction intensity at the above-mentioned peak of 2θ=29.58°±0.50° is regarded as IA and a diffraction intensity at a peak of 2θ=27.33°±0.50° is regarded as IB, a value of IB/IA is less than 0.50, and the M2 contains at least P and Sn. | 01-15-2015 |
20150037687 | SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, BATTERY, AND PRODUCING METHOD FOR SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL - A main object of the present invention is to provide a sulfide solid electrolyte material having favorable ion conductivity and low reduction potential. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by providing a sulfide solid electrolyte material including an M | 02-05-2015 |
Morihiko Sakano, Hitachinaka JP
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20100328427 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - In stereo matching based on standard area matching, in order to suppress a decrease in matching accuracy, it is effective to adaptively change a matching area in accordance with the local properties of an image. However, this requires high calculation costs. Thus, the present invention provides a stereo image processing apparatus including an image pickup unit | 12-30-2010 |
20110267430 | Detection Device of Planar Area and Stereo Camera System - An object of the present invention is to provide a detection device of a planar area, which suppresses matching of luminance values in areas other than a planar area, and non-detection and erroneous detection of the planar area arising from an error in projection transform. | 11-03-2011 |
20120185167 | Road Shape Recognition Device - A road shape recognition device capable of accurately recognizing the road shape of a road that lies ahead in the travel direction of a vehicle is provided. A road shape recognition device | 07-19-2012 |
20120327189 | Stereo Camera Apparatus - A stereo camera apparatus which carries out distance measuring stably and with high accuracy by making measuring distance resolution variable according to a distance to an object is provided. A stereo camera apparatus | 12-27-2012 |
20130135474 | Automotive Camera System and Its Calibration Method and Calibration Program - Provided is a calibration method for an automotive camera system that can easily calibrate intrinsic parameters and extrinsic parameters of an image taking unit. A calibration method for an automotive camera system | 05-30-2013 |
20130147948 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - It is possible to provide an image processing apparatus capable of carrying out calibration easily and precisely without requiring a special facility and provide an imaging apparatus making use of the image processing apparatus. The imaging apparatus comprises at least two cameras | 06-13-2013 |
Morihiko Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20140085469 | Calibration Method and Apparatus for In-Vehicle Camera - Calibration method of cameras is performed by using images generated by imaging a peripheral area of a vehicle by the cameras, wherein the peripheral area of a vehicle includes a calibration index pre-set on a road surface where the vehicle is positioned. The cameras are mounted on the vehicle, and the calibration index includes intersections formed by at least two first parallel straight lines and two second parallel straight lines having different inclination from the two first parallel straight lines. The camera calibration method includes steps of generating a bird's-eye-view video by viewpoint-converting each of the images based on a first camera parameter that is stored in advance; recognizing the intersections from the generated bird's-eye-view video; and calculating a second camera parameter, via which a non-deviated bird's-eye-view video can be generated, based on the recognized intersections and information on positions and poses of the cameras. | 03-27-2014 |
Morihiko Sakano, Hitachi JP
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20110222732 | TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - In order to perform vehicle control, a warning process, and the like which do not give a driver an uncomfortable feeling in speed adjustment, a warning process, and the like corresponding to a road shape such as a curve, it is necessary to recognize not only a near road shape but also a far road shape with high accuracy. A traveling environment recognition device includes: a measurement unit which measures a target object; a three-dimensional object detection unit which detects a three-dimensional object on the basis of a signal acquired by the measurement unit; a road shape prediction unit which predicts a road shape on which a target vehicle is traveling; a three-dimensional object selection unit which selects, from among the three-dimensional objects detected by the three-dimensional object detection unit, only a three-dimensional object within a predetermined range from a point of the road predicted by the road shape prediction unit; and a road shape estimation unit which estimates the road shape on the basis of position information of the three-dimensional object selected by the three-dimensional object selection unit. | 09-15-2011 |
Noriyuki Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20100318862 | SCAN TEST CIRCUIT, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DESIGNING SAME - Flip-flops | 12-16-2010 |
Shinichi Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20130079451 | INJECTION MOLDING COMPOSITION AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - An injection molding composition, having a small fluctuation characteristic and a better characteristic, is provided. The above composition is the injection molding composition comprising a ferrite powder which is a collection of ferrite particles, a first binder and a second binder. A weight and a specific surface area of the ferrite powders are represented by Wp and S, and a weight and a density of the first binder and the second binder is represented by Wb | 03-28-2013 |
Shinichi Sakano, Yokohama-Shi JP
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20090237910 | Indicator device - An indicator device includes a light emitting element for emitting light, and a light conducting plate having a light incidence surface for conducting light from the light emitting element inside thereof and a light output surface, for a lighted indication by the light output surface. The light conducting plate has a triangular recess recessed to form with prescribed recess depths in one planer surface thereof, for light from the light emitting element to be reflected in part. The triangular recess has a recess extremity constituting a single vertex disposed in position on an optical axis of the light emitting element and nearer to the light incidence surface than other end parts thereof. The recess depths becomes shallower as the V-form recess extends from the recess extremity, allowing for an evenness of luminance of light over the light output surface formed on the light conducting plate. | 09-24-2009 |
Shinji Sakano, Kamakura JP
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20110047288 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A service providing server transmits service information to a wireless communication terminal via a wireless base station. The service information includes AP identification information of AP software necessary to execute each of a plurality of wireless services, and a utilization priority level of the AP software. The wireless communication terminal receives the service information and displays the name of AP that has the highest priority level in the service information (S | 02-24-2011 |
20130295907 | INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal which receives at least one service through wireless communication with a wireless base station, including: a wireless communication interface which communicates by radio with the wireless base station; a memory that stores at least one piece of application software where the at least one service is provided; and a control module; wherein the control module is configured to: receive service information that is transmitted via the wireless base station as a response to the connection request or cyclically transmitted from the wireless base station, the service information includes application identification information of at least one piece of application software that is available within a wireless service area of the wireless base station; and execute customization processing that starts up or displays of the at least one piece of application software stored in the memory according to customized setting that is set beforehand. | 11-07-2013 |
Shinji Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20140240451 | PLURAL CAMERA IMAGES CAPTURING AND PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPOSITE IMAGING METHOD - A plural camera images capturing and processing apparatus includes a plurality of cameras that capture images of a plurality of adjacent imaging regions which overlap each other, a plurality of laser devices that give a marker to each common imaging region in which imaging regions overlap each other, an imaging control unit that controls each camera and each laser device and acquires a markerless image group to which no marker is given and a marker-given image group to which the marker is given, a non-visible light image processing unit that calculates a correction parameter, which is information for aligning the inclinations, sizes, and positions of the imaging regions, on the basis of the marker-given image group, and a visible light image processing unit that composes the markerless image group to generate a composite image, on the basis of the correction parameter. | 08-28-2014 |
Shinji Sakano, Yamanashi JP
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20090132078 | CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A target value that serves as a control value with feed forward control is optimized. A TL performs a feed forward and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a plurality of recipes indicating different processing sequences, and a target value that serves as a control value when performing an etching process. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer and receives measurement information. A computation unit computes a feedback value for the current wafer processed in the current cycle, based on pre-processing and post-processing measurement information for the wafer. An update unit updates the target value using the feedback value. A recipe adjustment unit changes the recipe to change the process performed in the same PM. When the process is performed after changing, the updated target value is used to perform feed forward control of the wafer in the same PM. | 05-21-2009 |
Shinya Sakano, Kyoto JP
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20090028455 | HIGH-SPEED HIGH-ACCURACY MATRIX SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE - A singular value decomposition method according to the present invention is a method for performing a singular value decomposition on an arbitrary matrix A using a computer, the method including the steps of: performing an upper bidiagonalization on the matrix A so as to obtain an upper bidiagonal matrix B of the matrix A; obtaining at least one singular value σ of the matrix B as singular values of the matrix A; and obtaining a singular vector of the matrix A for the σ. The step of obtaining a singular vector of the matrix A includes a step of performing a Twisted decomposition on a matrix B | 01-29-2009 |
20090216821 | Singular Value Decomposition Apparatus and Singular Value Decomposition Method - The present invention provides a singular value decomposition apparatus that can perform processing in parallel at high speed and high accuracy. The singular value decomposition apparatus comprises a matrix dividing portion | 08-27-2009 |
Takeshi Sakano, Aichi-Ken JP
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20120260701 | STEERING LOCKING DEVICE - A steering locking device ( | 10-18-2012 |
Takeshi Sakano, Fukuoka-Shi JP
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20110149367 | ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIAL - The present invention relates to an electrochromic polymer compound composed of a hyperbranched polymer having electrochromic characteristics derived from a quaternary pyridinium salt, a terephthalic acid diester or a biphenyl-4,4′-diester structure, and a varnish, a thin film structure and an electrochromic device that are obtained by the polymer compound. The electrochromic material has high response speed, high coloring efficiency, and excellent repetition stability and can be used for a long time, and has excellent solubility in various solvents. | 06-23-2011 |
Tatsunori Sakano, Kawasaki JP
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20150076471 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a first conductive unit, a second conductive unit, a first gate electrode, and a first gate insulating film. The second transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a third conductive unit, a fourth conductive unit, a second gate electrode, and a second gate insulating film. An amount of hydrogen included in the first gate insulating film is larger than an amount of hydrogen included in the second gate insulating film. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084021 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor element includes a semiconductor layer, a first and a second conductive unit, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating film. The semiconductor layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion. The first conductive unit is electrically connected to the first portion. The second conductive unit is electrically connected to the second portion. The gate electrode is separated from the first conductive unit, the second conductive unit, and the third portion. The gate electrode opposes the third portion. The gate insulating film is provided between the third portion and the gate electrode. A concentration of nitrogen of the first portion is higher than a concentration of nitrogen of the third portion. A concentration of nitrogen of the second portion is higher than the concentration of nitrogen of the third portion. | 03-26-2015 |
20150084040 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer including a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion being continuous with the first semiconductor portion, a first gate electrode, a second gate electrode, an insulating film. The first semiconductor portion includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion provided between the first portion and the second portion. The second semiconductor portion includes a fourth portion separated from the first portion, a fifth portion separated from the second portion, and a sixth portion provided between the forth portion and the fifth portion. The first gate electrode is separated from the third portion. The second gate electrode is separated from the sixth portion. The insulating film is provided at a first position between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor layer and at a second position between the second gate electrode and the semiconductor layer. | 03-26-2015 |
20150084042 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a thin film transistor includes a first insulating film, a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulator film, a second insulating film, a source electrode, a tunneling insulating portion, and a drain electrode. The semiconductor layer is provided between the gate electrode and the first insulating film, and includes an amorphous oxide. The gate insulator film is provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The second insulating film is provided between the semiconductor layer and the first insulating film. The tunneling insulating portion is provided between the semiconductor layer and the source electrode, and between the semiconductor layer and the drain electrode, and between the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The tunneling insulating portion includes oxygen and at least one selected from aluminum and magnesium. A thickness of the tunneling insulating portion is 2 nanometers or less. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a display device. The method can include forming a first resin layer on a substrate. The method can include forming a display layer on the first resin layer. The display layer includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of the first resin layer and the display layer. Each of the pixels includes a first electrode provided on the first resin layer, an organic light emitting layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode provided on the organic light emitting layer. The method can include bonding a second resin layer onto the display layer via a bonding layer. The method can include removing the substrate. The method can include increasing a density of the bonding layer. | 03-26-2015 |
Tatsunori Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20120242562 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating layer, a display unit, and an organic EL layer. The display unit is provided on a major surface of the insulating layer and includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of power source lines and a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix configuration. The EL layer is provided on the display unit. Each pixel unit includes a drive transistor and a resistor. The drive transistor includes a drive gate electrode, a drive source electrode, and a drive drain electrode. The drive source electrode or the drive drain electrode is connected to one of the power source lines. An end of the resistor is connected to the drive gate electrode. An other end of the resistor is connected to one of the gate line, the signal line, and the power source line. | 09-27-2012 |
20130075719 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a thin film transistor includes a substrate, a gate electrode, a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film, a second insulating film, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The gate electrode is provided on a part of the substrate. The first insulating film covers the gate electrode. The oxide semiconductor film is provided on the gate electrode via the first insulating film. The second insulating film is provided on a part of the oxide semiconductor film. The source and drain electrodes are respectively connected to first and second portions of the oxide semiconductor film not covered with the second insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film includes an oxide semiconductor. Concentrations of hydrogen contained in the first and second insulating films are not less than 5×10 | 03-28-2013 |
20130078752 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a display device. A film material layer is formed on a support substrate. A first heating process for the film material layer at a first temperature to form a film layer and a second heating process for a second region surrounding a first region at a second temperature higher than the first temperature are performed. The first region is provided in a central part of the film layer. A display layer is formed in the first region and a peripheral circuit section is formed at least in a part of the second region. A third heating process is performed for at least a part of the film layer at a third temperature higher than the second temperature. In addition, the film layer is peeled off from the support substrate. | 03-28-2013 |
20130277646 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display panel includes a substrate, a switching element, a pixel electrode, an organic light emitting layer, an opposite electrode, a detecting electrode, and an insulating layer. The substrate has a major surface. The switching element is provided on the major surface. The switching element includes a semiconductor layer. The pixel electrode is provided on the major surface. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the switching element. The organic light emitting layer is provided on the pixel electrode. The opposite electrode is provided on the organic light emitting layer. The detecting electrode is provided between the substrate and at least a part of the pixel electrode. The detecting electrode includes at least one element included in the semiconductor layer. The insulating layer is provided between the pixel electrode and the detecting electrode. | 10-24-2013 |
20130277667 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a light transmissive substrate, a light transmissive pixel electrode, a switching element, an organic light emitting layer, a light transmissive opposite electrode, a conductive light absorption layer and a conductive film. The light transmissive pixel electrode is provided on the substrate. The switching element is provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The organic light emitting layer is provided on the pixel electrode. The light transmissive opposite electrode is provided on the organic light emitting layer. The conductive light absorption layer is provided on the opposite electrode. The conductive film is provided on the light absorption layer. | 10-24-2013 |
20130302534 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a display device. A film material layer is formed on a support substrate. A first heating process for the film material layer at a first temperature to form a film layer and a second heating process for a second region surrounding a first region at a second temperature higher than the first temperature are performed. The first region is provided in a central part of the film layer. A display layer is formed in the first region and a peripheral circuit section is formed at least in a part of the second region. A third heating process is performed for at least a part of the film layer at a third temperature higher than the second temperature. In addition, the film layer is peeled off from the support substrate. | 11-14-2013 |
20130313545 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor, a passivation film, a hydrogen barrier film, a pixel electrode, an organic light emitting layer, an opposite electrode, and a sealing film. The thin film transistor is provided on a major surface of the substrate. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor film, a first conducting portion, and a second conducting portion. The passivation film is provided on the thin film transistor. The hydrogen barrier film is provided on the passivation film. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to one of the first conducting portion and the second conducting portion. The organic light emitting layer is provided on the pixel electrode. The opposite electrode is provided on the organic light emitting layer. The sealing film is provided on the hydrogen barrier film and the opposite electrode. | 11-28-2013 |
20130313547 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode, an organic light emitting layer, a common electrode, and a sealing unit. The thin film transistor is provided on the substrate. The thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor film, a first conducting portion, and a second conducting portion. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to one of the first conducting portion and the second conducting portion. The organic light emitting layer is provided on the pixel electrode. The common electrode is provided on the organic light emitting layer. The sealing unit is provided on the common electrode. The sealing unit includes a first sealing film and a second sealing film. A refractive index of the second sealing film is different from a refractive index of the first sealing film. | 11-28-2013 |
20140077204 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a light emitting layer, an opposite electrode and a pixel circuit. The second insulating layer is provided on the first insulating layer. The pixel electrode is provided on the second insulating layer and light-transmissive. The light emitting layer is provided on the pixel electrode. The opposite electrode is provided on the light emitting layer. The circuit is provided between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, includes an interconnect supplied with a drive current, and is configured to supply the drive current to the pixel electrode. The circuit is connected to the pixel electrode. The interconnect has a first region overlaying the pixel electrode when projected onto a plane parallel to the first insulating layer. The interconnect has an opening in the first region. | 03-20-2014 |
Tatsunori Sakano, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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20140084284 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, first and second channel protection films, first and second conductive layers, and a passivation film. The semiconductor layer is provided on a major surface of the gate insulating film. The semiconductor layer includes first to seventh portions. The gate insulating film is disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. The first channel protection film covers the third portion. The second channel protection film covers the fifth and fourth portions, and an upper surface of the first channel protection film. The first conductive layer covers the sixth portion. The second conductive layer covers the seventh portion. The passivation film covers the first and second portions, the first and second conductive layers, and the second channel protection film. | 03-27-2014 |
20140084310 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to an embodiment, a method for manufacturing a display device, includes steps of disposing a cathode of a first substrate unit to face an anode of a second substrate unit with an intermediate layer interposed, and bonding the cathode to the anode with the intermediate layer interposed. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor provided on the first substrate, and the cathode connected to the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor is an n-channel thin film transistor. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and the anode provided on the second substrate. | 03-27-2014 |
20140246685 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY ELEMENT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a display element is disclosed. The method can include forming a peeling layer, forming a resin layer, forming a barrier layer, forming an interconnect layer, forming a display layer, and removing. The peeling layer is formed on a major surface of a base body. The major surface has first, second, and third regions. The peeling layer includes first, second, and third peeling portions. The resin layer is formed on the peeling layer. The resin layer includes first and second resin portions. The barrier layer is formed on the first, second, and third peeling portions. The interconnect layer is formed on the barrier layer. The display layer is formed on the interconnect layer. The first peeling portion is removed from the first resin portion and the second peeling portion is removed from the second resin portion. | 09-04-2014 |
20140284594 | DISPLAY DEVICE, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate unit, a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a display layer. The substrate unit includes a substrate, a first insulating layer provided on the substrate, and a second insulating layer provided on the first insulating layer. The thin film transistor is provided on the substrate unit and includes a gate electrode provided on the second insulating layer, a semiconductor layer of an oxide separated from the gate electrode, a gate insulation layer provided between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a third insulating layer. The pixel electrode is connected to one selected from the first and second conductive portions. The display layer is configured to have a light emission or a change of optical characteristic occurring according to a charge supplied to the pixel electrode. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285914 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a display device is disclosed. The method can include bonding a display body to a filter body, irradiating light and separating. The display body includes a first support unit and a display unit. The first support unit includes a first substrate, a first metal layer, and a first resin layer. The display unit has a first region and a second region. The filter body includes a second support unit and a filter unit. The second support unit includes a second substrate, a second metal layer and a second resin layer. In the bonding, the display unit and the filter unit are disposed between the first and second substrates. The light is irradiated onto the first and second metal layers. The first substrate is separated from the first resin layer and the second substrate is separated from the second resin layer. | 09-25-2014 |
Tesuro Sakano, Minamitsuru-Gun JP
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20140156066 | ELECTRIC HAND WITH A FORCE SENSOR - When a gripping instruction is issued, a position feedback control is performed so that an actuator of an electric hand is driven and a finger portion is moved toward a predetermined position target value. When the finger portion comes into contact with a target, the contact is determined by a force sensor. Then, the position feedback control is switched to a force feedback control, and the actuator is driven so that a force detection value obtained by the force sensor matches a predetermined force target value, so that the target may be gripped by an accurate gripping force. | 06-05-2014 |
Tetsuro Sakano, Minamitsuru-Gun JP
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20120180575 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE FORCE SENSOR - A capacitance-type force sensor is provided with a fixed plate, a fixed portion on which the fixed plate is mounted, a load transmission portion, and an elastic portion through which the load transmission portion is mounted on the fixed portion. All these members are formed of materials having substantially equal coefficients of linear expansion. Further, a displacement electrode secured to the load transmission portion and/or a fixed electrode secured to the fixed plate is divided into three or more electrically independent electrodes such that the displacement and fixed electrodes form three or more capacitance elements. | 07-19-2012 |
20140028118 | FORCE-CONTROLLED ELECTRIC HAND - A force-controlled electric hand including: an electric motor; a rotary-linear motion conversion mechanism converting rotary motion from the electric motor to linear motion; a pair of finger bases including a movable finger base which moves linearly in parallel with a first axial line through the rotary-linear motion conversion mechanism by power from the electric motor; a pair of fingers fixed to the pair of finger bases to grip a target workpiece by linear motion of the movable finger base; and a force sensor provided at least at one of the pair of finger bases to detect gripping force of the pair of fingers. The force sensor has a pair of parallel beams extending in parallel with a second axial line vertical to the first axial line and detects the gripping force based on an amount of displacement of the parallel beams in a direction of the first axial line. | 01-30-2014 |
20140207275 | ELECTRIC HAND HAVING FORCE SENSOR - An electric hand for grasping an object by opening and closing fingers includes a force sensor for detecting forces acting on the fingers. The fingers are actuated based on a detected force value detected by the force sensor. When it is judged that the detected force value has reached a predetermined target force value, an electric current supplied to an actuating section is restricted so as not to be greater than a predetermined holding electric current. | 07-24-2014 |
Toshikazu Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20090126004 | PACKET TRANSFER DEVICE, PACKET TRANSFER METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A packet transfer apparatus is provided with: storage means configured to store a predetermined search pattern and an address identifying a predetermined apparatus; determination means configured to determine whether predetermined data in a packet received from a network interface matches the search pattern; determination means configured to determine a network interface for outputting the packet using the determination result; replacement means configured to replace an address identifying a destination apparatus of the packet with an address identifying the predetermined apparatus when outputting the packet from a network interface connected to the predetermined apparatus; and packet sending means configured to send the packet to the determined network interface. | 05-14-2009 |
Tsunetoshi Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20080274305 | Liquid Crystal Sealant and Liquid Crystal Display Cell Utilizing the Same - [PROBLEMS] To provide a liquid crystal sealant that exhibits high bonding strength at high temperatures even at a cell gap as narrow as =3 m, being able to provide a liquid crystal display cell of high reliability, and that with respect to the production process, is applicable to both of the conventional thermosetting sheet-fed process and jig press process. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] There is provided a liquid crystal sealant comprising as essential components (a) epoxy resin, (b) curing agent containing at least one type of each of novolak resin and polyfunctional hydrazide compound, and (c) inorganic filler. | 11-06-2008 |
Tsuneyuki Sakano, Saitama JP
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20100189247 | Telephone control apparatus and telephone system including telephone control apparatus - There is provided an telephone control apparatus including storing unit for storing ringtone patterns for each incoming call group relative to one or more telephone terminals; and controlling unit for performing a ring operation of the telephone terminal belonging to the incoming call group which is to receive a call based on the ringtone pattern specified from the storing unit, wherein when a certain incoming call group among the plural incoming call groups becomes in a call receiving condition, the controlling unit specifies the ringtone pattern corresponding to the incoming call group in a call receiving condition by referring to the storing unit and controls the telephone terminals belonging to the incoming call group in the call receiving condition to perform a ring operation based on the ringtone pattern. | 07-29-2010 |
Yasunori Sakano, Annaka-Shi JP
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20090179174 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING CURABLE COMPOSITION - A fluorine-containing curable composition containing (A) A fluorine-containing amino compound having primary or secondary amino groups at both ends, said compound being represented by the formula (1): | 07-16-2009 |
20100024685 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING ACRYLATE - [SUBJECT] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a photo curable fluorine compound which has good compatibility with non-fluorine organic compounds, maintaining good properties as a fluorine compound. | 02-04-2010 |
20100147191 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING ACRYLATE - The present invention is a fluorine-containing acrylate or alpha-substituted, fluorine-containing acrylate, represented by the following formula (1): | 06-17-2010 |
20100317875 | PERFLUOROPOLYETHER GROUP-CONTAINING ACRYLATE COMPOUND - The present invention relates to a photo-curable perfluoropolyether group-containing acrylate compound represented by the following formula (1): | 12-16-2010 |
20110218351 | METHOD OF PREPARING DISILANOL COMPOUND AND METHOD OF STORING DISILANOL COMPOUND - Disclosed is a method of storing a fluorine-containing disilanol compound represented by the following formula (3) in the presence of a tertiary amine in such an amount that a molar ratio of the tertiary amine to a silanol group of the fluorine-containing disilanol compound ranges from 0.001 to 20, | 09-08-2011 |
20110319581 | POLYETHER-MODIFIED POLYSILOXANE CONTAINING A PERFLUOROPOLYETHER GROUP AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - A polyether-modified polysiloxane containing a perfluoropolyether group and its production method are provided. The polysiloxane has both the properties of a perfluoropolyether and the properties of a polyether-modified silicone, and it also has high affinity for organic solvents as well as coating compositions, cosmetics, and various coating materials. The polysiloxane is represented by the following general formula (1): | 12-29-2011 |
Yasunori Sakano, Annaka JP
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20120077041 | FLUOROOXYALKYLENE GROUP-CONTAINING POLYMER COMPOSITION, A SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT COMPRISING THE SAME AND AN ARTICLE TREATED WITH THE AGENT - A fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer composition including a liner fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer represented by the formula (1) which has a hydrolysable group at a terminal and is hereinafter called “one-terminal modified polymer”, and a liner fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer represented by the following formula (2) which has hydrolysable groups at the both terminals and is hereinafter called “both-terminal modified polymer”, wherein an amount of the both-terminal modified polymer is 0.1 mole % or more and less than 10 mole %, relative to a total mole of the one-terminal modified polymer and the both-terminal modified polymer. | 03-29-2012 |
Yasuo Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20110160785 | DEFIBRILLATION CATHETER - An intracardiac defibrillation catheter capable of supplying electric energy necessary and sufficient for defibrillation and conducting a defibrillation treatment without causing a burn on the body surface of a patient. The intracardiac defibrillation catheter is equipped with an insulated tube member having a multi-lumen structure, a handle connected to a proximal end of the tube member, a DC electrode group installed in a distal region of the tube member, a second DC electrode group installed on the tube member towards proximal direction from the first DC electrode group, a first lead wire group composed of lead wires connected to the respective electrodes making up the first DC electrode group, and a second lead wire group composed of lead wires connected to the respective electrodes making up the second DC electrode group, wherein the first lead wire group and the second lead wire group respectively extend into different lumens of the tube member. | 06-30-2011 |
20110319948 | INTRACARDIAC DEFIBRILLATION CATHETER SYSTEM - An intracardiac defibrillation catheter system equipped with a defibrillation catheter, a power source device and an electrocardiograph. The defibrillation catheter is equipped with a first DC electrode group and a second DC electrode group. The power source device is equipped with a DC power source unit, a catheter-connected connector, an electrocardiograph-connected connector, an arithmetic processing unit, which controls the DC power source unit and has an output circuit for outputting a direct current voltage from the DC power source unit, and a changeover unit, in which the catheter-connected connector is connected to a common contact. The electrocardiograph-connected connector is connected to a first contact, and the arithmetic processing unit is connected to a second contact. In the intracardiac defibrillation catheter system, electric energy necessary and sufficient for defibrillation can be surely supplied. The defibrillation catheter can be used as an electrode catheter for cardiac potential measurement when a defibrillation treatment is not performed. | 12-29-2011 |
Yohei Sakano, Ichihara-Shi JP
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20100118678 | METHOD FOR TESTING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM INCLUDING TESTING STEP - A method for testing a magnetic recording medium tests a magnetic recording medium provided on a non-magnetic substrate ( | 05-13-2010 |
20120248459 | SUBSTRATE, TEMPLATE SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT PRODUCING METHOD, ILLUMINATION DEVICE USING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a semiconductor light emitting element (LC) provided with a substrate ( | 10-04-2012 |
Yorito Sakano, Chigasaki-Shi JP
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20090014628 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An apparatus including: a photodiode including: a first conductivity substrate; a second conductivity PD-well on the substrate's first surface side; and a first conductivity collection well inside the PD-well; a modulation transistor including: a second conductivity TR-well connected with the PD-well, and a junction depth shallower than that of the PD-well; a first conductivity modulation well inside the TR-well, and connected with the collection well; a second conductivity source inside the modulation well, and including a region contacting the first surface; a gate electrode in a region partially covering the modulation well and enclosing the source; a gate insulation layer between the gate and the first surface; and a second conductivity drain partially sandwiching the gate and opposing the source, and including a region contacting the first surface; and a transfer transistor connected to modulation transistors in pixels between the source and a connected source line. | 01-15-2009 |
Yorito Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20100188541 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A solid-state image capturing device includes: a pixel array unit including plural pixels each converting light selectively incident through a mechanical shutter into charges to be stored in a storage portion and having an overflow path through which charges exceeding a saturation charge amount are discharged; and a driving unit starting an exposure by simultaneously resetting all pixels of the pixel array unit, maintaining the overflow path in an opened state during the exposure period, and closing the overflow path during a period while signals are read from the pixels after ending the exposure by closing the mechanical shutter. | 07-29-2010 |
20110102620 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is provided, which includes a photodiode having a first conductivity type semiconductor area that is dividedly formed for each pixel; a first conductivity type transfer gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating layer in an area neighboring the photodiode, and transmitting signal charges generated and accumulated in the photodiode; a signal reading unit reading a voltage which corresponds to the signal charge or the signal charge; and an inversion layer induction electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via the gate insulating layer in an area covering a portion or the whole of the photodiode, and composed of a conductor or a semiconductor having a work function. An inversion layer is induced, which is formed by accumulating a second conductivity type carrier on a surface of the inversion layer induction electrode side of the semiconductor area through the inversion layer induction electrode. | 05-05-2011 |
20110121371 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units configured to receive light and generate signal charge, the plurality of photoelectric conversion units being provided in such a manner as to correspond to a plurality of pixels in a pixel area of a semiconductor substrate; and pixel transistors configured to output the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion units as electrical signals. Each of the pixel transistors includes at least a transfer transistor that transfers the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit to a floating diffusion corresponding to a drain. A gate electrode of the transfer transistor is formed in such a manner as to extend with a gate insulating film in between from a channel formed area to a portion where the photoelectric conversion unit has been formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 05-26-2011 |
20110211103 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device with a photodiode, a first charge accumulation region electronically connected to the photodiode, a second charge accumulation region electronically connected to the photodiode, where a charge generated in the photodiode is distributed into the first charge accumulation region and the second charge accumulation region based on an amount of charge. | 09-01-2011 |
20120080726 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor layer including a photoelectric conversion section receiving incident light and generating a signal charge; and a light absorbing section for absorbing transmitted light transmitted by the photoelectric conversion section and having a longer wavelength than light absorbed by the photoelectric conversion section, the transmitted light being included in the incident light, the light absorbing section being disposed on a side of another surface of the semiconductor layer on an opposite side from one surface of the semiconductor layer, the incident light being made incident on the one surface of the semiconductor layer. | 04-05-2012 |
20120153125 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A CMOS image sensor has an image array as a matrix of unit pixels each including at least a photodiode, a memory for holding a charge stored in the photodiode, a floating diffusion region for converting the charge in the memory into a voltage, a first transfer gate for transferring the charge from the photodiode to the memory, a second transfer gate for transferring the charge from the memory to the floating diffusion region, and a resetting transistor for resetting the charge in the floating diffusion region. The unit pixels are driven to set the potential of a potential barrier at a boundary between the memory and the floating diffusion region to a potential such that a charge overflowing the memory is transferred to the floating diffusion region, when the first transfer gate is turned on. The CMOS image sensor operates in a global shutter mode for capturing moving images. | 06-21-2012 |
20130188079 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state image sensor including pixels each at least including light receiving parts receiving light to generate charge, a transfer part transferring the charge accumulated in the light receiving parts, and memory parts holding the charge transferred via the transfer part, and a predetermined number of elements shared by the plurality of pixels, the predetermined number of elements being for outputting a pixel signal at a level corresponding to the charge, wherein one or some of the plurality of pixels is/are a correction pixel(s) outputting a correction pixel signal used for correcting a pixel signal outputted from pixels other than the one or some of the plurality of pixels, and one or some of the predetermined number of elements is/are formed on a wiring layer side of the light receiving parts included in the correction pixel(s). | 07-25-2013 |
20130200479 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array portion in which multiple unit pixels are arranged on a semiconductor substrate, the multiple unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion generating and accumulating a light charge based on a quantity of received light and a charge accumulation portion accumulating the light charge, wherein at least part of an electrode closer to an incidence side on which light enters the unit pixel of the charge accumulation portion, is formed with a metal film functioning as a light blocking film. | 08-08-2013 |
20140077058 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a plurality of unit pixels each including a photoelectric transducer generating a charge corresponding to an amount of incident light and accumulating the charge therein, a first transfer gate transferring the charge accumulated in the photoelectric transducer, a charge holding region where the charge is held, a second transfer gate transferring the charge, a floating diffusion region where the charge is held to be read out as a signal, a charge discharging gate transferring the charge to a charge discharging part, and a structure including an overflow path formed in a boundary portion between the photoelectric transducer and the charge holding region. | 03-20-2014 |
20140077059 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a solid state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion unit that performs photoelectric conversion of converting incident light into charges and accumulates the charges, a charge-voltage conversion unit that converts the charges which have been subjected to the photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion unit into a voltage, a charge transfer unit that transfers charges to the charge-voltage conversion unit, a charge reset unit that resets charges of the charge-voltage conversion unit, and a driving unit that performs driving such that a potential of a drain of the charge reset unit is controlled so that the charges are accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit and the charge-voltage conversion unit up to a saturation level, and then the photoelectric conversion unit is subject to light exposure. | 03-20-2014 |
20140084143 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric conversion section configured to generate photocharges and a transfer gate that transfers the photocharges to a semiconductor region. A method for driving a unit pixel includes a step of accumulating photocharges in a photoelectric conversion section and a step of accumulating the photocharges in a semiconductor region. A method of forming a solid-state imaging device includes implanting ions into a well layer through an opening in a mask, implanting additional ions into the well layer through an opening in another mask, and implanting other ions into the well layer through an opening in yet another mask. An electronic device includes the solid-state imaging device. | 03-27-2014 |
20140242745 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units configured to receive light and generate signal charge, the plurality of photoelectric conversion units being provided in such a manner as to correspond to a plurality of pixels in a pixel area of a semiconductor substrate; and pixel transistors configured to output the signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion units as electrical signals. Each of the pixel transistors includes at least a transfer transistor that transfers the signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit to a floating diffusion corresponding to a drain. A gate electrode of the transfer transistor is formed in such a manner as to extend with a gate insulating film in between from a channel formed area to a portion where the photoelectric conversion unit has been formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 08-28-2014 |
20150041871 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is provided, which includes a photodiode having a first conductivity type semiconductor area that is dividedly formed for each pixel; a first conductivity type transfer gate electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating layer in an area neighboring the photodiode, and transmitting signal charges generated and accumulated in the photodiode; a signal reading unit reading a voltage which corresponds to the signal charge or the signal charge; and an inversion layer induction electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate via the gate insulating layer in an area covering a portion or the whole of the photodiode, and composed of a conductor or a semiconductor having a work function. An inversion layer is induced, which is formed by accumulating a second conductivity type carrier on a surface of the inversion layer induction electrode side of the semiconductor area through the inversion layer induction electrode. | 02-12-2015 |
Yortio Sakano, Kanagawa JP
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20130342728 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A solid-state image capturing device includes: a pixel array unit including plural pixels each converting light selectively incident through a mechanical shutter into charges to be stored in a storage portion and having an overflow path through which charges exceeding a saturation charge amount are discharged; and a driving unit starting an exposure by simultaneously resetting all pixels of the pixel array unit, maintaining the overflow path in an opened state during the exposure period, and closing the overflow path during a period while signals are read from the pixels after ending the exposure by closing the mechanical shutter. | 12-26-2013 |
Yoshihide Sakano, Kyoto-Shi JP
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20090050464 | Key switch, input device, contact pattern - A key switch comprises: a plurality of conductive portions which are respectively positioned in dispersed directions from a center of a key top; and contact patterns provided on a print substrate, which respectively face the conductive portions. The contact patterns each have, in a conductive portion facing area thereof, at least four separate lands, and the at least four lands include: a first land and a second land which are separated by a first gap provided on a first reference line which extends from a position facing the center of the key top in the direction of the center of the conductive portion facing area; a third land which is separated from the first land by a second gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in one direction; and a fourth land which is separated from the second land by a third gap provided at a position which is distant from the first reference line in another direction. | 02-26-2009 |
Yoshihisa Sakano, Kyoto JP
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20100079216 | ADAPTIVE EQUALIZER CIRCUIT - An equalizer amplifies a predetermined bandwidth of an input signal with an adjustable gain. A driver amplifies an output signal S | 04-01-2010 |
Yoshihisa Sakano, Ukyo-Ku JP
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20090190648 | DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMITTER - A TMDS driver outputs differential signals via a pair of differential signal lines. The input differential pair includes a first transistor and a second transistor with one terminals thereof connected to each other so as to form a common terminal, and operates with termination resistors, which are arranged on the side of a differential receiver connected via the differential signal lines, as a part of the load. A tail current source supplies constant current to the input differential pair. An impedance adjusting unit is provided between the input differential pair and the differential signal lines, and adjusts the load impedance of the first transistor and the second transistor. | 07-30-2009 |
Yoshiyuki Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20080202503 | Crystalline Lactosucrose or Syrup Containing Crystalline Lactosucrose and Use Thereof - The present invention establishes a crystalline lactosucrose and provides a process for producing the crystalline lactosucrose or a syrup containing crystalline lactosucrose. Further, the present invention has its object to provide a composition, for example, a food or drink, a cosmetic, a drug or the like containing the crystalline lactosucrose. | 08-28-2008 |
Youhei Sakano, Tokyo JP
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20140260663 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER - In an electromagnetic flow meter, a signal amplifying circuit has an FET-input type differential amplifier wherein one input terminal is connected to a flow rate signal input terminal and the other input terminal is connected to a flow rate signal input terminal. An amplified output signal, which is obtained through performing differential amplification on the flow rate signals, is outputted from an output terminal. A fault detecting circuit detects a fault in the flow rate signal through comparing the electropotential of the amplified output signal to an upper limit reference electropotential and a lower limit reference electropotential. | 09-18-2014 |