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Eiichi Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016580BREAST IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND BREAST IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The problems that a skipping area is shown in the chest wall portion of the output image and image information on the chest wall portion lacks when the left and right breast images are recorded on films and outputted to compare and examine the images on the film viewer are solved. An image processing device of a breast image processing system performs a format processing so that the chest wall portions of left and right breast images created by an image creating device may be disposed on the writing commencement position H sides of an image recording apparatus.01-15-2009
20090076381METHOD OF DISCRIMINATING RIGHT OR LEFT FOR BREAST REGIONS - A method of discriminating left or right for breast regions, including generating data of plural breast images when a left breast region and a right breast region are alternately imaged in an order and are repeatedly imaged in various imaging directions in the same order by image generating sections arranged in a certain direction. A breast image is specified which is capable of being discriminated whether the imaged breast region is left or right among the plural breast images, and it is discriminated whether the left breast region or the right breast region is imaged concerning other breast images, based on the specified breast image and the order of imaging of the plural breast images of a single patient.03-19-2009
20090103796METHOD OF DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT BREAST IMAGES AND BREAST RADIOGRAPHING SYSTEM - The control apparatus sets the destination for sending data of the designated image reading apparatus and the breast image radiographing apparatus to be the control apparatus when receiving request for radiographing start in the mammography mode from the control apparatus. The breast image radiographing apparatus reads cassette ID of loaded cassette, and sends it to the control apparatus after correlating the cassette ID with UID indicating the radiographing time. The image reading apparatus reads cassette ID of loaded cassette and sends it along with the read image data to the control apparatus. The control apparatus correlates the received image data with the UID by using the cassette ID as a key, discriminates between MLO-L image and MLO-R image, and discriminates CC-L and CC-R images based on the discrimination result and the radiographing order indicated by the UID.04-23-2009

Patent applications by Eiichi Akagi, Tokyo JP

Fumiko Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080204917Thermally assisted magnetic recording head, recording system, and recording method - Embodiments of the present invention help to suppress the effects of thermal fluctuation in a thermally assisted magnetic field recording, and improve recording density. According to one embodiment, a recording area of a magnetic disk is heated and the full width at half maximum of an optical power distribution of a near field light generator is controlled to be 100 nm or less. Thereby, the cooling time of the magnetic disk is made 2 nm or less and the effects of thermal fluctuation are suppressed. Moreover, although an incomplete area of the magnetization reversal at the rear end of the magnetic domain is created with rapid cooling, by creating an overshoot at the rising end of the magnetic field waveform of the magnetic recording head, the incomplete area of the magnetization reversal can be overwritten, which is created at the rear end of the magnetic domain previously recorded by the overshoot magnetic field. Therefore, the expansion of the magnetic transition width can be suppressed, resulting in the recording density being improved.08-28-2008
20090040646Thermally assisted recording system - A thermally assisted magnetic recording system is provided to achieve excellent thermal resistance and low noise. In one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium is used, in which the magnetic intergrain exchange coupling is large to let the magnetization be thermally stable by coupling the magnetic grains constituting the recording layer at room temperature (the temperature maintaining the magnetization) and reduced by heating during recording to let the recording magnetization transition slope become steep. Parameter A normalizing the slope around the coercivity of the MH-loop of the medium is 1.5≦A<6.0 at room temperature, and it becomes approximately 1.0 with heating.02-12-2009
20100033865MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - One purpose of the invention according to one embodiment is to provide a magnetic recording apparatus of high recording density in which magnetization transition curvature amount of a recording pattern is small. In one embodiment, the center of a heating area is arranged at a track edge side of a recording pattern as compared with the width-direction center position of a main magnetic pole of a recording head, and a recording magnetic field is applied while a medium is locally heated at the time of signal recording. A switching magnetic field of the medium is locally reduced by heating, so that a line where the switching magnetic field of the medium is equal to the recording magnetic field from the head approaches the heating center position, and a desired recording pattern in which the transition curvature amount is reduced can be realized. Other systems and methods are also presented.02-11-2010

Patent applications by Fumiko Akagi, Tokyo JP

Hirofumi Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100014335THREE-PHASE POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A three-phase inverter circuit (01-21-2010
20110128763POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A power converting apparatus is provided with three sets of half-bridge inverters (06-02-2011

Patent applications by Hirofumi Akagi, Tokyo JP

Hirokazu Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100266347METHOD OF REGULATING AIR-FOAM STABILIZER AND METHOD OF AIR-FOAM DRILLING WORK - Control indices in drilling work with an air-foam stabilizer are clarified for stabilizing and regulating the stabilizer on the basis of the following indices relating to the air foam amount and the water or cement milk amount in the stabilizer; and a method of regulation of the air-foam stabilizer based on these is provided. 10-21-2010

Hisayuki Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110215536LIP TYPE SEAL - For better assembling characteristic and sealing performance with secured circularity and coaxiality of a seal lip, a lip type seal installed to an inner periphery of a shaft hole of a housing in slidable contact with a peripheral surface of a shaft for inhibiting a sealed fluid in the machine from leaking to an atmospheric air side, has a cartridge fitted to an inner periphery of the shaft hole, a first lip seal member made of a rubber-like elastic material and fitted in a non-bonding manner to the cartridge, a case fitted in a non-bonding manner to the first lip seal member, a second lip seal member made of a resin and a backup ring supporting the second lip seal member which are retained by caulking to the case, and an adapter fitted to the cartridge at a sealed fluid side of the first lip seal member.09-08-2011

Kenichiro Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100250717SERVER SYSTEM, COLLECTIVE SERVER APPARATUS, AND MAC ADDRESS MANAGEMENT METHOD - Provided is a server system, a collective server apparatus, and a MAC address management method that enables to change a MAC address and a flexible assignment of a MAC address. A server system according to the present invention includes a plurality of network control units that control communication performed with another device via a network, an address storage unit that stores a MAC address to be assigned to the network control unit, an assignment change processing unit that changes an assignment of the MAC address stored in the address storage unit and writes in the address storage unit, and an assignment execution unit that specifies the assignment stored in the address storage unit to each of the network control units.09-30-2010

Kiyoshi Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100171786COATING DEVICE - A coating device is provided with: a plurality of inkjet heads (07-08-2010

Kyo Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080239906Magnetic recording media, method for servowriting on same, and hard disk drive - Embodiments of the present invention provide a servo write medium, method and device for writing servo information by self servo write on the servo region formed from a flat section of the discrete track medium. The recording or write device yields the same servo characteristics as magnetic servo writing, is superior to pre-patterned servo, and delivers a greater write storage capacity with an even higher recording density. According to one embodiment, a self servo write method is used to write servo information on a flat section formed on a patterned disk on which discrete tracks are formed. Timing detection patterns (grooves) required for controlling the timing along the periphery during self servo write are formed by pre-patterning on the disk, and RRO error signals used for positioning control along the radius are written in the servo information on a flat section of the disk.10-02-2008
20090135517Magnetic disk unit and manufacturing method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for manufacturing a magnetic disk unit, the method including a step of writing servo data into the magnetic disk while introducing a low-density gas having a lower density than air into the enclosure. In one embodiment, the magnetic disk unit is comprised of a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, and a voice coil motor which are accommodated in the hermetically sealed enclosure. The enclosure has a gas inlet and a gas outlet, which are provided respectively with filters attached thereto.05-28-2009
20090300907Method for manufacturing magnetic disk unit - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for manufacturing a magnetic disk unit, the method permitting easy and efficient introduction of a low-density gas into the enclosure. According to one embodiment, an enclosure of the magnetic disk unit has a gas inlet and a gas outlet, each of which is provided with a filter. When the enclosure is filled with helium, the mass flow rate of helium being supplied to the gas inlet is detected and the mass flow rate of helium being supplied to the gas inlet is controlled according to the thus detected mass flow rate of helium.12-10-2009
20110094091PRODUCING A MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A method for producing a magnetic disk device includes injecting replacement gas into a hermetically-sealed enclosure by means of an injection nozzle while suctioning gas from inside of the hermetically-sealed enclosure by means of a suction nozzle in such a way that the gas pressure inside of the enclosure does not fall below the vapor pressure of the organic compounds present inside of the enclosure, wherein the hermetically-sealed enclosure houses within a magnetic disk for storing data, a magnetic head for writing/reading the data, and an actuator for moving the magnetic head relative to the magnetic disk, and wherein a gas injection port and a gas expulsion port are formed in the hermetically-sealed enclosure and provide communication between the inside and outside, wherein an injection nozzle is disposed at the gas injection port and a suction nozzle is disposed at the gas expulsion port.04-28-2011

Patent applications by Kyo Akagi, Tokyo JP

Satoshi Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100282434AIR CONDITIONING AND HOT WATER SUPPLY COMPLEX SYSTEM - There is provided an air conditioning and hot water supply complex system that can simultaneously treat a cooling load, a heating load and a high-temperature hot water supply load and supply a stable heat source throughout the year.11-11-2010
20100282435AIR-CONDITIONING HOT-WATER SUPPLY COMPLEX SYSTEM - To provide an air-conditioning hot-water supply complex system that can simultaneously process a cooling load, a heating load, and a high-temperature hot-water supply load to provide a stable heat source all through the year. The air-conditioning hot-water supply complex system provides a bypass pipe in which a bypass electromagnetic valve is installed in parallel with a heating medium-refrigerant heat exchanger between a gateway of refrigerant piping of the heating medium-refrigerant heat exchanger to control an inflow amount of the refrigerant for hot-water supply to the heating medium-refrigerant heat exchanger by making the refrigerant for hot-water to flow into a bypass pipe by opening and closing the bypass electromagnetic valve.11-11-2010
20110016897AIR CONDITIONING-HOT WATER SUPPLY COMBINED SYSTEM - There is provided a heat pump apparatus bringing heating water to a high temperature by connecting one or a plurality of load-side units to one heat source-side unit. The air conditioning-hot water supply combined system (heat pump apparatus) includes a heat source-side unit equipped with an air conditioning compressor, a four-way valve, and an outdoor heat exchanger; and the load-side units equipped with an air conditioning throttle, an indoor heat exchanger, a second compressor, a second load-side heat exchanger, and a second flow rate control unit. Here, a main circuit is configured by sequentially connecting the air conditioning compressor, the four-way valve, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning throttle, and the indoor heat exchanger, using a high-pressure side connection piping and a low-pressure side connection piping. On the other hand, a load-side refrigerant circuit is configured by sequentially connecting the second compressor, a second load-side heat exchanger second load-side heat exchanger, the second flow rate control unit, and the indoor heat exchanger using a load-side refrigerant piping.01-27-2011

Takanobu Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110177633METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a resin-embedded semiconductor light-emitting device that is capable of preventing a semiconductor film from being damaged when a growth substrate is delaminated using a laser lift-off method, and that is capable of preventing foreign matter from adhering to the semiconductor film when a resin material is applied. A laser exposure step to delaminate the growth substrate from the semiconductor film comprises a first laser exposure step for performing laser exposure at an energy density at which the resin is broken down but the semiconductor film is not broken down, in a range including a portion adjacent to at least one section of the semiconductor film divided by dividing grooves and at least one section of resin, and a second exposure step for performing laser exposure at an energy density at which the semiconductor film can be broken down in a range including at least one section.07-21-2011

Toshimasa Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090118576Portable medical apparatus storage holder and capsule endoscope medical care system - An object of the invention is to eliminate unstable behavior of a drawn cable connected to a portable medical apparatus, which is of a storage target, to prevent cable jam or looseness and cable disconnection. A bundling member (05-07-2009
20090297138Sliding Mechanism of Lens Barrier, Lens Barrier, and Camera - A sliding mechanism of a lens barrier, a lens barrier, and a camera have a simplified structure and can be readily downsized. An imaging apparatus has an imaging lens which focuses light to form an image. The lens barrier serves to cover the imaging lens from outside and is mounted on a main body of the imaging apparatus. The sliding mechanism of the lens barrier includes plural cam grooves and plural engaging members. The plural cam grooves are formed on a surface, which faces the main body of the imaging apparatus, of the lens barrier. The plural cam grooves have substantially parallel trajectories. The plural engaging members are arranged in the main body of the imaging apparatus and contact with the bottom portions of the plural cam grooves at least at three positions. The plural engaging members guide the lens barrier along the sliding direction. The lens barrier further includes an inner barrier and an outer barrier. The inner barrier is attached to the main body of the imaging apparatus and is slidable along a predetermined direction. The outer barrier is detachably attached to a surface, which is different from the surface attached to the main body of the imaging apparatus, of the inner barrier. The outer barrier has a surface area at least larger than the imaging lens.12-03-2009
20110180197MEDICAL CAPSULE HOUSING FORMED BY THERMAL WELDING - A capsule-type medical apparatus includes a distal-end cover which is formed in a substantially hemispherical dome shape, the distal-end cover having an open bonding end portion; a drum portion cover which is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the drum portion cover having an open bonding end portion; a function executing unit which executes a predetermined preset function, the function executing unit being accommodated in the drum portion cover; and an electric storage unit which accumulates drive electric power for driving the function executing unit, wherein the bonding end portion of the distal-end cover and the bonding end portion of the drum portion cover are subjected to a surface treatment, the bonding end portion of the distal-end cover and the bonding end portion of the drum portion cover are bonded after the surface treatment to form an outer casing which has a capsule shape insertable into a test subject and which seals an inside in a liquid tight manner.07-28-2011

Patent applications by Toshimasa Akagi, Tokyo JP

Tsutomu Akagi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080290351SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A light emitting apparatus with a combination of a plurality of LED chips and a phosphor layer is provided and can be configured to significantly reduce variations in chromaticity and luminance. The plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices (LED chips) are disposed with a gap therebetween, and the phosphor layer is formed on the upper surface thereof to bridge over the gaps between the LED chips. The phosphor layer may be uniform in thickness, but can be less in thickness over the gaps between the LED chips than on the upper surface of the LED chips. The phosphor layer can be continuously formed on the upper surface of the array of the chips with no phosphor layer present in between the chips. This configuration allows for reducing variations in luminance and chromaticity which may result from the gaps or the phosphor layer present in between the gaps.11-27-2008
20090321770Semiconductor Light-Emitting Device - The disclosed subject matter includes reliable semiconductor light-emitting devices having a favorable light distribution using an LED chip, which can emit light having a different color as compared to that emitted directly by the LED chip. The semiconductor light-emitting device can include an LED chip having an electrode, a phosphor layer located on the LED chip except for the electrode, a bonding wire connected to the electrode, and a light-reflecting resin. The light-reflecting resin can be disposed on a light-emitting surface that is exposed around the electrode and on the electrode including the bonding wire, and can prevent the LED chip from exhibiting a leak of light that is not wavelength-converted via the phosphor layer, while increasing light that passes through the phosphor layer. In addition, the light-reflecting resin can protect the bonding wire from vibration, etc. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide reliable semiconductor light-emitting devices having high brightness without substantial color variability and that can emit various colored light(s).12-31-2009
20100117511COLOR CONVERTED LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A color converted light emitting apparatus is provided that has excellent light emission characteristics and can be manufactured while a viscosity suitable for a printing method is maintained. The color converted light emitting apparatus can include a light emitting element and a color conversion layer containing a phosphor that is excited by light emitted from the light emitting element and which emits fluorescent light. The color conversion layer can further contain, as first and second thickeners, two types of particles with different average primary particle diameters. The average primary particle diameter of the second thickener can be less than one half of the average primary particle diameter of the first thickener. By appropriately adjusting the average primary particle diameters and the amounts of the thickeners added, the light emission characteristics and the emission chromaticity can be improved. For example, the first thickener can be adjusted to be present in the amount of at least 30 wt % and less than 100 wt % based on a total weight of the first and second thickeners.05-13-2010

Patent applications by Tsutomu Akagi, Tokyo JP