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Akimoto, JP

Akito Akimoto, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090014162	Counter-stream-mode oscillating-flow heat transport apparatus - A counter-stream-mode oscillating-flow heat transport apparatus improves heat transport capability by imparting oscillatory displacement to a fluid located near a heat-generating element such that the fluid is directed toward the heat-generating element. Turning portions of serpentine flow paths are disposed to face the heat-generating element. The flow paths are stacked in multiple layers in the direction from the heat-generating element to the flow paths, and a plurality of flow paths are disposed adjacent to the heat-generating element in the direction of fluid oscillation.	01-15-2009

Hajime Akimoto, Oume-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080316192	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device has a display pixel area having plural pixels arranged in a matrix fashion, plural signal lines for supplying display signal voltages to the pixels, and plural pixel selection lines for selecting pixels from among the pixels to be supplied with the display signal voltages. The pixel selection lines include Y-direction selection lines for selecting rows of the pixels arranged in the matrix fashion and X-direction selection lines for selecting columns of the pixels, and the image display device includes a circuit configuration in which the display signal voltages are supplied from the signal lines to only ones of the pixels each having selected simultaneously both of a corresponding one of the Y-direction selection lines and a corresponding one of the X-direction selection lines.	12-25-2008

Hajime Akimoto, Kokubunji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120086742	DISPLAY APPARATUS - A gradation display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixels, each including a light emitting element, a driving transistor, and a storage capacitor; a data line; a reference voltage line; and a control circuit. During a one frame period, the control circuit supplies a data voltage to each of the pixels through the data line, to write the data voltage in the storage capacitor, and, thereafter, supplies to the reference voltage line respectively different first and second voltages successively in this order or reversed order, so that, in each of the pixels, a sum of a light emitting quantity of the light emitting element during a period of supplying the first voltage and a light emitting quantity of the light emitting element during a period of supplying the second voltage equals to a predetermined light emitting quantity of the light emitting element predetermined according to image data.	04-12-2012

Hajime Akimoto, Ome JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090102761	Image display device - The invention provides an image display device that has an especially satisfactory display quality for animated images, and sufficiently suppresses the irregularities of display quality among pixels. The image display device includes a light emitting drive means that drives a light emitting means, based on an analog display signal inputted to the pixels, and a light emitting control switch for controlling a light-on or light-off of the light emitting means on one end of the light emitting drive means in each pixel.	04-23-2009
20100073267	Image display device - Disclosed herewith an image display device capable of displaying high quality images and preferred for reducing the manufacturing cost. The image display device is provided with illuminating state controlling state for controlling the illuminating state or non-illuminating state and constant voltage supply for supplying a constant voltage to each pixel through a signal line when the illuminating state is selected for the pixel.	03-25-2010
20110279434	IMAGE DISPLAY - An image display is provided with a display area including pixels, each including illuminating means. A control circuit turns the illuminating means of the pixels on and off. A capacitance is provided having a first node connected to an input terminal of the control circuit. A display signal voltage generation circuit generates display signal voltages for the pixels, while a pixel drive voltage generation circuit generates pixel drive voltages for the pixels. In addition, a connecter is provided for connecting either one of the display signal voltages or the pixel drive voltages to a second node of the capacitance.	11-17-2011
20120086739	Image Display Device - The invention provides an image display device that has an especially satisfactory display quality for animated images, and sufficiently suppresses the irregularities of display quality among pixels. The image display device includes a light emitting drive means that drives a light emitting means, based on an analog display signal inputted to the pixels, and a light emitting control switch for controlling a light-on or light-off of the light emitting means on one end of the light emitting drive means in each pixel.	04-12-2012

Hajime Akimoto, Kokobunji JP

Hajime Akimoto, Kokunbuji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110122173	DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device having plural data line voltage generation circuits capable of supplying a display control voltage to display elements of a color designated as necessary. The display device includes plural display elements each displaying an image of one color; plural gradation voltage output units provided for each color to output a gradation voltage corresponding to each display gradation value of a gradation number; plural display control voltage supply units connected to each of two or more display elements to supply control voltages corresponding to display data of the display elements to each of the display elements based on the gradation voltages of the gradation number output by any one of the gradation voltage output units; and plural gradation voltage selection units provided to one or each display control voltage supply unit to select the gradation voltage output by any one of the gradation voltage output units.	05-26-2011

Hidetoshi Akimoto, Kumagaya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110258647	OPTICAL PICKUP FEEDING DEVICE AND OPTICAL PICKUP SUPPORTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Multiple regulating portions protruding more than tooth portions of the rack are provided in positions, between which a feed shaft is interposed, in the vicinity of the tooth portions. Each regulating portion has an inclined surface which is opposed to a periphery of the feed shaft, and which is isolated more from the feed shaft as the inclined surface becomes farther from arm portions. Thereby, it is possible to restrain thin portions of the rack from twistedly deforming when the tooth portions come out of mesh with a groove of the feed shaft. In addition, it is possible to prevent the rack from coming off the feed shaft to a large extent.	10-20-2011
20110258648	OPTICAL PICKUP SUPPORTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a high-accuracy optical pickup supporting device by fixing guide shafts to a chassis by use of adjustment screws accurately. To this end, in the optical pickup supporting device, an end portion of a second guide shaft for supporting an optical pickup device is fixed to the chassis by use of: a coil spring included in an accommodation area of the chassis; and an adjustment screw. In addition, the adjustment screw is screwed to a fixation plate accommodated in an accommodation part of the chassis. Accordingly, a repulsive force produced by the coil spring does not concentrate on any part of the chassis. For this reason, the chassis is prevented from deforming and breaking due to this repulsive force.	10-20-2011

Hidetoshi Akimoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080250439	OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical pickup apparatus comprising: a housing configured to include an optical component including a laser diode emitting a laser beam, the housing being made of metal; and a heatsink configured to dissipate heat generated from the laser diode, the heatsink being made of metal different from the metal of the housing; the heatsink being fixed to the housing with one screw and adhesive.	10-09-2008

Hideyuki Akimoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090141398	MAGNETIC HEAD AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A magnetic head has a magnetic main pole and a coil for generating a magnetic flux at the magnetic main pole by energizing the coil. The magnetic main pole is formed as a multi layer structure including at least one magnetic layer and at least one FeRh alloy layer.	06-04-2009

Hiroyuki Akimoto, Yokohams-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120038506	ELECTRONIC SCANNING RADAR APPARATUS, RECEIVED WAVE DIRECTION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND RECEIVED WAVE DIRECTION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - In an electronic scanning radar apparatus, a receiving unit includes a plurality of antennas receiving a reflected wave arriving from a target having reflected a transmitted wave as a received wave. A beat signal generating unit generates beat signals from the transmitted wave and the received wave. A frequency resolving unit resolves the beat signals in beat frequencies having a predetermined frequency bandwidth and calculates complex data based on the resolved beat signals for each beat frequency. An azimuth calculating unit estimates an order of a normal equation used to calculate a DOA of the received wave on the basis of eigenvalues of a primary order matrix having complex data calculated from the beat signals as elements, creates a secondary order normal equation based on the estimated order, and calculates the DOA of the received wave based on the created secondary order normal equation.	02-16-2012

Junji Akimoto, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110223098	TITANIUM OXIDE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A method of producing a titanium oxide, including the steps of: ion-exchanging a sodium titanium oxide Na	09-15-2011

Junji Akimoto, Tsukuba-Shi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100068625	NOVEL TITANIUM OXIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME AS ACTIVE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a novel compound characterized by having a one-dimensional tunnel structure and being represented by the chemical formula H	03-18-2010

Kaoru Akimoto, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090192296	Method for Producing Denatured Substance of Lactalbumin - It is intended to provide a method for producing a denatured substance of lactalbumin, particularly the substance showing a cell death inducing activity against a tumor cell, simply at a low cost. The method for producing a denatured substance of lactalbumin includes heating a mixture of domestic animal milk and oleic acid. The method of the invention can produce a useful substance as a pharmaceutical which induces cell death of a tumor cell such as solid cancer or a leukemic lymphocyte from domestic animal milk which is an extremely inexpensive raw material and has advantages that the raw material can be obtained easily, supply of the raw material is stable, the raw material is inexpensive and the like. Further, the method is industrially advantageous because it has characteristics that a large amount of the tumor cell death inducing substance can be produced by a batch reaction, a column treatment is not required and the like.	07-30-2009

Katsuhide Akimoto, Nishio-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090205957	GAS SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A gas sensor control device is disclosed as including a sensor cell having a negative terminal, to which a current-voltage converter is connected, and a differential amplifier is connected to the current-voltage converter to provide a current measured result applied to a microcomputer. The current-voltage converter has an opposite-to-sensor terminal to which another differential amplifier is connected. A sensor-side terminal of the current-voltage converter and another differential amplifier is electrically connected to each other via an electric pathway having a sensor-current flow disabling pathway in which a switch circuit is provided. Closing the switch circuit allows a potential difference between both terminals of the current-voltage converter is zeroed. With the switch circuit closed, the microcomputer calculates an element current correcting value, while detecting an electromotive force of the sensor cell based on which a failure is determined.	08-20-2009
20090229978	GAS SENSING ELEMENT WITH INCREASED RESPONSE - A gas sensing element is disclosed as having a measuring gas chamber to which measuring gases are admitted, a diffusion resistance portion for introducing measuring gases to the measuring gas chamber under diffusion resistance, a sensor cell for detecting a specified gas concentration of measuring gases, and an oxygen pump cell for adjusting an oxygen concentration in the measuring gases. The sensor cell includes a measuring electrode, placed facing the measuring gas chamber, and a reference electrode formed in pair with the measuring electrode. The oxygen pump cell includes an inner pump electrode placed facing the measuring gas chamber, and an outer pump electrode formed in pair with the inner pump electrode. The diffusion resistance portion is placed in an area inside of external end walls of the inner pump electrode to be exposed to the measuring gas chamber.	09-17-2009
20090236223	GAS SENSOR CONTROL SYSTEM ENSURING INCREASED MEASUREMENT ACCURACY - A gas sensor control system for a gas sensor having a first, a second, and a third cell. The second cell produces a second cell electric current indicating the concentration of oxygen in gas in which the amount of oxygen has already been controlled by the first cell. The third cell produces a third cell electric current indicating the concentration of a preselected component of the gas in which the amount of oxygen has already been controlled by the first cell. A second cell circuit converts the second cell electric current into a voltage as a second cell current-measured value. A current adjuster produces a flow of an adjustment current as a function of the second cell current-measured value so that a third cell circuit converts the third cell electric current minus the adjustment current into a voltage as representing the concentration of the preselected component of the gas.	09-24-2009

Katsunori Akimoto, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110297133	IGNITION COIL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An ignition coil for the internal combustion engine has a cylinder portion and a head portion. A pillar portion that forms a part of a ventilation passage that communicates inside and outside of a plug hole via a sealing member, and a cover portion that covers the pillar portion without blockading an upper opening of a ventilation opening of the pillar portion are formed on a side of the head portion.	12-08-2011

Katsunori Akimoto, Okazaki-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090033451	IGNITION COIL - An ignition coil includes a coil body, a plug connection portion protruding from the coil body, and a connector for electrically connecting the ignition coil to an outside. In the coil body, a primary coil is arranged on an inner peripheral side of a secondary coil, and a center core is arranged on an inner peripheral side of the primary coil. The secondary coil includes a secondary electric wire having thereon an insulating film, wound around an outer periphery of a resinous secondary spool. Furthermore, the connector is formed integrally with an end of the secondary spool in an axial direction.	02-05-2009
20090033452	IGNITION COIL - An ignition coil includes a coil body transversely arranged outside of a plug hole, and a plug connection portion protruding in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the coil body. A secondary coil of the coil body has a maximum outer diameter portion, and an inclined outer diameter portion arranged on two sides of the maximum outer diameter portion in the axial direction. The secondary coil includes a secondary electric wire that is wound obliquely around an outer periphery of a secondary spool such that reduced winding parts and enlarged winding parts are alternately superimposed on each other. The reduced winding part is wound with a winding diameter decreasing obliquely from one side to the other side in the axial direction, and the enlarged winding part is wound with a winding diameter increasing obliquely from the other side to the one side in the axial direction.	02-05-2009
20090289752	IGNITION COIL FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine includes a primary coil formed by winding a primary winding a plurality of turns, a secondary coil formed by winding a secondary winding having a wire diameter of 30 to 100 μm a plurality of turns, and a resin compact which is impregnated into between the lines of the primary winding and between the lines of the secondary winding and which seals the primary coil and the secondary coil. The resin compact includes a filler in a range of 65 weight percent to 80 weight percent in order to limit development of an electric tree in the resin compact, and the filler is composed of 60 weight percent or more spherical silica and 40 weight percent or less crushed silica.	11-26-2009
20110010927	Ignition coil for internal combustion engine and method of making the same - An ignition coil for an internal combustion engine includes a primary coil formed by winding a primary winding a plurality of turns, a secondary coil formed by winding a secondary winding having a wire diameter of 30 to 100 μm a plurality of turns, and a resin compact which is impregnated into between the lines of the primary winding and between the lines of the secondary winding and which seals the primary coil and the secondary coil. The resin compact includes a filler in a range of 65 weight percent to 80 weight percent in order to limit development of an electric tree in the resin compact, and the filler is composed of 60 weight percent or more spherical silica and 40 weight percent or less crushed silica.	01-20-2011

Katsuya Akimoto, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080277679	Light-emitting device - A light-emitting device, including a compound semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate, includes a light-emitting layer, and a dielectric constant change structure formed in a part of the compound semiconductor layer including a main surface as a light extraction surface of the compound semiconductor layer. The dielectric constant change structure is devoid of revolution symmetry provided by randomly changing a periodicity of a dielectric constant in a two-dimensional lattice pattern, with respect to a photonic crystal structure in which more than two kinds of materials having different dielectric constants are periodically and alternately disposed on the main surface in the two-dimensional lattice pattern.	11-13-2008
20110024781	Light emitting device - A light emitting device has a light emitting layer having a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, and an active layer sandwiched between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, a reflecting layer provided on a side of one surface of the light emitting layer, which reflects a light emitted from the active layer, a supporting substrate provided on an opposite side of the reflecting layer with respect to the light emitting layer, which supports the light emitting layer via an adhesion layer, an ohmic contact portion provided on a part of the reflecting layer, which electrically connects between the reflecting layer and the light emitting layer, and convexo-concave portions formed on other surface of the light emitting layer and side surfaces of the light emitting layer, respectively, and an insulating film configured to cover the convexo-concave portions.	02-03-2011

Katsuya Akimoto, Tsuchiura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100308301	Semiconductor light-emitting device - A light-emitting diode has: a substrate; a light-emitting layer having a first conductivity type cladding layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type cladding layer stacked sequentially on a front side of the substrate; a first current-blocking portion partially formed in the middle on the light-emitting layer; a current-conducting portion formed on the second conductivity type cladding layer and the first current-blocking portion; a lower electrode formed on the back side of the substrate, a light-reflecting layer formed between the substrate and the light-emitting layer; a partial electrode formed on the surface of the light-reflecting layer and in a portion positioned below the first current-blocking portion; and a second current-blocking portion formed over the surface of the light-reflecting layer excluding the portion in which is formed the partial electrode.	12-09-2010

Kazuaki Akimoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090165466	TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE - A temperature control device for controlling temperature of an object substance, the temperature control device includes: a pulse width modulator for changeably providing current directions of a providing current; a low pass filter; a Peltier device electrically connected to the pulse width modulator via the low pass filter; and a diode placed the low pass filter in parallel.	07-02-2009

Kazushi Akimoto, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110067936	INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE MOVING BODY - An inverted pendulum type moving body comprising: a base body; a moving behavior unit movable in all directions on a floor surface; an actuator driving the moving behavior unit; and a control unit controlling the actuator so that at least a tilt angle of the base body equals a predetermined target angle, the control unit also controlling the actuator so that the moving behavior unit moves along a predetermined trajectory.	03-24-2011
20110067937	FRICTIONAL DRIVE DEVICE AND INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A frictional drive device comprises a pair of drive disks (	03-24-2011
20110067938	INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - In an inverted pendulum type vehicle having a lower frame (	03-24-2011
20110071715	ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle includes a base; a front wheel that can be driven omnidirectionaly; a rear wheel that is mounted on the base so that a symmetry axis is parallel with a symmetry axis of the front wheel; a seat member that is mounted so that a straight line connecting a wheel center of the front wheel and a wheel center of the rear wheel specifies a fore-and-aft direction; an controller that detects an acceleration and deceleration command and a turning command; an inclination sensor that detects inclination of the base; and a control unit that controls acceleration and deceleration of the base based on the acceleration and deceleration command detected by the controller, that controls turning of the base based on the turning command detected by the controller, and that controls translational motion of the base based on inclination of the base detected by the inclination sensor.	03-24-2011
20110118968	OMNIDIRECTIONAL VEHICLE - According to a vehicle	05-19-2011
20120078482	OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOVING BODY OPERATION SYSTEM AND OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOVING BODY OPERATION METHOD - A vehicle target velocity calculator of an omnidirectional moving body converts a manipulated vector which is a manipulated variable of the omnidirectional moving body instructed by an operator by using an operation portion of an operation device to a manipulated vector of the omnidirectional moving body in the relative coordinate system based on an angle difference between the presence direction of the omnidirectional moving body detected by the operation device sensor unit and the presence direction of the operation device detected by the vehicle sensor unit, and determines the target moving velocity vector according to the converted manipulated vector. The wheel velocity command calculator instructs a wheel drive unit to drive the base body according to this target moving velocity vector.	03-29-2012

Kazushi Akimoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080210477	Leg Joint Assist Device of Legged Mobile Robot - An assist device	09-04-2008
20080300721	Legged Mobile Robot and Control Program for the Robot - A legged mobile robot which permits improved follow-up of an actual floor reaction force to a desired floor reaction force and which can be stably controlled is provided.	12-04-2008

Kazushi Akimoto, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110068738	RECHARGING SYSTEM FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OF AN INVERTED PENDULUM TYPE VEHICLE - A recharging system for a rechargeable battery (	03-24-2011

Kazuyo Akimoto, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110094824	MATERIAL FOR PROCESSING AND MOLDED MEMBER USING MATERIAL FOR PROCESSING - A material for processing includes an elastically deformable single thin plate comprising a plurality of through-holes. The plate has a first wave-like shape, which is formed in a first direction and, in which troughs and ridges are alternately connected in repetition, and a second wave-like shape which is formed in a second direction crossing the first direction and in which troughs and ridges are alternately connected in repetition. The first wave-like shape has a corrugated shape in which the ridges each include a pair of side parts rising from the corresponding troughs and an apex part connected between the pair of side parts. An apex length of the apex part along the first direction is defined as being longer than an opening length, along the first direction, between base parts of the pair of side parts.	04-28-2011

Keiichi Akimoto, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100324301	SULFENAMIDE, VULCANIZATION ACCELERATOR CONTAINING THE SULFENAMIDE FOR RUBBER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE VULCANIZATION ACCELERATOR - A sulfenamide vulcanization accelerator is provided that acts satisfactorily slowly on a vulcanization reaction, produces no carcinogenic nitrosamine, and is free from environmental hygiene problems such as bioaccumulation. Also provided is an N-alkyl-N-t-butylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide represented by formula [I]. The vulcanization accelerator is a vulcanization accelerator for rubber, containing this compound. Furthermore provided is a process for producing the vulcanization accelerator.	12-23-2010

Keiko Akimoto, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110068330	LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a first reflective layer, a first light emitting element, a second reflective layer and a second light emitting element stacked in this order. The first reflective layer is configured to reflect light in a first wavelength band. The first light emitting element is configured to emit the light in the first wavelength band. The second reflective layer has transmittance for the light in the first wavelength band being higher than transmittance for light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band. The second light emitting element is configured to emit the light in the second wavelength band.	03-24-2011

Kengo Akimoto, Mishima-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090076149	Production method of oil or fat containing polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing triglyceride - The present invention relates to a production method of an oil containing triglyceride in which medium chain fatty acids are bound to the 1- and 3-positions of the triglyceride and polyunsaturated fatty acid is bound to the 2 position by allowing lipase, which specifically acts on ester bonds at the 1- and 3-positions that has been immobilized on a porous ion exchange resin support having a pore size of about 100 Angstroms or more, to act on a mixture of medium-chain fatty acids and raw material oil containing at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid selected from the group consisting of ω6 series polyunsaturated fatty acid having 18 or more carbon atoms and 3 or more double bonds and ω9 series polyunsaturated fatty acid having 18 or more carbon atoms and 2 or more double bonds, but not containing ω3 series polyunsaturated fatty acid, oils and fats or triglycerides obtained by that method, and the use of the oils and fats or triglycerides in a food, beverage or pharmaceutical composition.	03-19-2009

Kengo Akimoto, Atsugi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110165740	Semiconductor Device and Method For Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - An object is to provide a semiconductor device including a microcrystalline semiconductor film with favorable quality and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. In a thin film transistor formed using a microcrystalline semiconductor film, yttria-stabilized zirconia having a fluorite structure is formed in the uppermost layer of a gate insulating film in order to improve quality of a microcrystalline semiconductor film to be formed in the initial stage of deposition. The microcrystalline semiconductor film is deposited on the yttria-stabilized zirconia, so that the microcrystalline semiconductor film around an interface with a base particularly has favorable crystallinity while by crystallinity of the base.	07-07-2011

Mamoru Akimoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110099808	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRIC CONTACT AND MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRIC CONTACT - A manufacturing method of an electric contact and manufacturing equipment of the electric contact. A contact and a metal base are superimposed and support by a jig, and a rotational tool, which rotates at a predetermined speed and advances/retracts to/from the jig, is pressed into a surface, which is not contacted with the contact, of the metal base while being rotated, so that the contact and the metal base are joined by solid state diffusion welding by using frictional heat generated by friction between the rotational tool and the metal base, and then the rotational tool is retracted from the metal base.	05-05-2011

Masahiro Akimoto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100032379	METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF SLUDGE OR WASTEWATER - A method of treating sludge or wastewater involving the following steps: a swelling step which prepares a swelling liquid by adding a powdery polymer flocculant to water; a dissolution step which obtains an aqueous flocculant solution by supplying the swelling liquid to a filtration component and passing a filtering area of the filtration component; a flocculation treatment step which adds the aqueous flocculant solution to sludge or wastewater, wherein the total processing time from the time point where the powdery polymer flocculant was added to water until just before adding to sludge or wastewater to the aqueous flocculant solution is less than 3 hours.	02-11-2010

Masahiro Akimoto, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090062544	Crystals of Morphinan Derivative and Process for Producing the Same - The present invention is directed to provide 17-cyclopropylmethyl-3,14β-dihydroxy-4,5α-epoxy-6β-[N-methyl-trans-3-(3-furyl)acrylamido]morphinan hydrochloride consistent in quality after production and having high purity. A crystal of 17-cyclopropylmethyl-3,14β-dihydroxy-4,5α-epoxy-6β-[N-methyl-trans-3-(3-furyl)acrylamido]morphinan hydrochloride including a A-form, B-form or C-form crystal thereof, and a process for producing the same are provided.	03-05-2009

Masahiro Akimoto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100160634	CRYSTALLINE MICROPOWDER PARTICLES - Crystalline particles of N-(17-cyclopropylmethyl-4,5α-epoxy-3,14-dihydroxy-morphinan-6β-yl)-phthalimide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are disclosed. The crystalline particles have a particle diameter distribution in which a particle diameter (D50) at the point where cumulative frequency of volume distribution cumulatively calculated from particles having a smaller diameter reaches 50% is within a range of 1 to 30 μm, and a particle diameter (D90) at the point where cumulative frequency of volume distribution cumulatively calculated from particles having a smaller diameter reaches 90% is not more than 90 μm, which crystalline particles have a degree of crystallinity of not less than 80%. By the crystalline particles, bioavailability of the active substance may be increased while ensuring storage stability of the compound.	06-24-2010

Masami Akimoto, Koshi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100300353	COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS - Provided is a coating and developing apparatus composed of an assembly of plural unit blocks. A first unit-block stack and a second unit-block stack are arranged at different positions with respect to front-and-rear direction. Unit blocks for development, each of which comprises plural processing units including a developing unit that performs developing process after exposure and a transfer device that transfers a substrate among the processing units, are arranged at the lowermost level. Unit blocks for application, or coating, each of which comprises plural processing units including a coating unit that performs application process before exposure and a transfer device that transfers a substrate among the processing units, are arranged above the unit blocks for development. Unit blocks for application are arranged in both the first and second unit-block stacks. Unit blocks for application which a wafer goes through are determined depending on the layering positional relationship between an antireflective film and a resist film. An exposed wafer goes only through the unit block for development without going through any one of the unit blocks for application.	12-02-2010
20100326353	COATING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS - Provided is a coating and developing apparatus composed of an assembly of plural unit blocks. A first unit-block stack and a second unit-block stack are arranged at different positions with respect to front-and-rear direction. Unit blocks for development, each of which comprises plural processing units including a developing unit that performs developing process after exposure and a transfer device that transfers a substrate among the processing units, are arranged at the lowermost level. Unit blocks for application, or coating, each of which comprises plural processing units including a coating unit that performs application process before exposure and a transfer device that transfers a substrate among the processing units, are arranged above the unit blocks for development. Unit blocks for application are arranged in both the first and second unit-block stacks. Unit blocks for application which a wafer goes through are determined depending on the layering positional relationship between an antireflective film and a resist film. An exposed wafer goes only through the unit block for development without going through any one of the unit blocks for application.	12-30-2010

Masanobu Akimoto, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110306150	ALLERGEN DETECTION METHOD USING IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY - A method is disclosed which rapidly detect allergens with good accuracy by efficiently extracting the allergens from a test sample such as food containing various allergens and eliminating non-specific reactions accompanying the disintegration of colloidal gold conjugated to antibodies by not using a reducing agent. The method uses a developing solution containing at least 10% by weight of FBS in an immunochromatography method which comprises using a colloidal gold-labeled antibody in which a colloidal gold is bound to a monoclonal antibody against denatured and native allergen, a development support wherein a monoclonal antibody against denatured and native allergen recognizing an epitope different from that recognized by the colloidal gold-labeled antibody is fixed, measurement samples of the allergens extracted from the test sample with an anionic surfactant such as SDS and a thiosulfate or an anionic surfactant such as SDS and a non-ionic surfactant such as Tween 20, and the developing solution; developing the developing solution on the development support; and then detecting the allergens based on the presence of the deposition of the colloidal gold.	12-15-2011

Masashi Akimoto, Nakagyo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100214557	ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRIC APPARATUS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS - This absorption spectrometric apparatus for semiconductor production process includes a flow passageway switching mechanism connected to a discharging flow passageway of a processing chamber for a semiconductor production process and a multiple reflection type moisture concentration measuring absorption spectrometric analyzer that allows a laser beam from a laser light source to undergo multiple reflection within a cell, detects a light absorbancy change by a gas within the cell, and measures a moisture concentration within the gas. The flow passageway switching mechanism connects the discharging flow passageway by switching between a measuring flow passageway through which the gas is discharged by passing through the cell and a bypass flow passageway through which the gas is discharged without passing through the cell.	08-26-2010

Masashi Akimoto, Nasushiobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100010350	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD - Real-time display of a three-dimensional ultrasonic image in which there is little time delay, power required for transmission of an ultrasonic wave is reduced, and heterogeneousness of received beams is almost solved is performed by executing multi-beam reception while performing frequency demodulation of a reflected wave obtained as a result of transmission of a frequency-modulated continuous ultrasonic wave to the subject body. As a demodulation method, for example, a multi-phase demodulation method of obtaining the distance resolution in multi-beam reception by performing (multi-phase) demodulation while changing the phases of transmission modulation and reception modulation for every range in the range direction (beam direction).	01-14-2010

Masayuki Akimoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100136537	PHOTORECEPTOR PRECURSOR CELLS - The present invention relates to photoreceptor cells. In particular, the present invention provides photoreceptor cells comprising heterologous nucleic acid sequences and transgenic animals comprising the same. The present invention also provides photoreceptor precursor cells (e.g., rod photoreceptor precursor cells), and methods of identifying, characterizing, isolating and utilizing the same. Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, research, clinical, diagnostic, drug discovery, and therapeutic applications.	06-03-2010

Mikio Akimoto, Yokosuka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090215937	Aqueous Resin Composition - There is provided a practically useful aqueous resin composition which enables to obtain a coating film is satisfactory not only in corrosion resistance but also in coating adhesion when applied over a metal surface, specifically an aqueous resin composition which enables, in a form of a thin film having a thickness of about 0.1-5 μm, to exhibit various properties practically required for surface treating agents for chromium-free surface-treated steel plates, namely excellent corrosion resistance, adhesion to steel plates, durability against alkaline degreasing agents or solvents which are used for removing a press oil used during press molding, adhesion to an overcoating material which is used for aesthetic purposes, mechanical stability and the like. The aqueous resin composition comprises 100 parts by mass of a copolymer of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an olefin; and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a carboxylic acid polymer	08-27-2009
20120029128	Aqueous resin composition - There is provided a practically useful aqueous resin composition which enables to obtain a coating film that is satisfactory not only in corrosion resistance but also in coating adhesion when applied over a metal surface, specifically an aqueous resin composition which enables, in a form of a thin film having a thickness of about 0.1-5 μm, to exhibit various properties practically required for surface treating agents for chromium-free surface-treated steel plates, namely excellent corrosion resistance, adhesion to steel plates, durability against alkaline degreasing agents or solvents which are used for removing a press oil used during press molding, adhesion to an overcoating material which is used for aesthetic purposes, mechanical stability and the like. The aqueous resin composition comprises 100 parts by mass of a copolymer of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an olefin; and 0.1-10 parts by mass of a carboxylic acid polymer	02-02-2012

Motoki Akimoto, Shiroyama-Machi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100316968	METHOD OF OBJECT TRANSFER FOR A HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is method for use in a vertical heat treatment system which has an opening which is formed in a partition wall separating a housing-box transfer area from a treating-object transfer area (a wafer transfer area), and and through which an object to be treated is carried in the vertical heat treatment system to carry out a predetermined treatment. When the object to be treated is carried in via the opening of the partition wall, which separates the housing-box transfer area from the treating-object transfer area (wafer transfer area), to carry out a predetermined treatment, the structure of various mechanisms in the vicinity of the opening is simplified, and the space is saved.	12-16-2010

Nana Akimoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090244645	DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing device includes: a reception section that receives a transmission instruction of a facsimile document from a facsimile transmitting person; an acquirement section that acquires receiving person information including contact information of a receiving person of the facsimile document of the received transmission instruction; a document storage section that stores the facsimile document when a mail address is included in the acquired receiving person information; a mail transmission section that transmits to the mail address included in the receiving person information, a notice mail which informs of the facsimile document being stored; a mail reception section that receives a reply mail to the transmitted notice mail; and a facsimile document transmission section that transmits the facsimile document to a destination specified by the received reply mail.	10-01-2009

Naohiro Akimoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120045541	USE OF ALKALI METAL LACTATE IN CURING OF SEAFOOD SURIMI PRODUCTS - The present invention discloses a method for the preparation of a cured seafood surimi product comprising: providing raw fish surimi; mixing the raw surimi with an alkali metal lactate in an amount of 0.1 to 10% (w/w), and an additional ingredient as desired; curing the mixture of raw fish surimi, alkali metal lactate and additional ingredient; and, optionally, further processing the cured surimi product. The alkali metal lactate preferably is potassium lactate. The alkali metal lactate improves the texture of the cured seafood surimi product.	02-23-2012

Naomichi Akimoto, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100173207	FUEL CELL, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL - A fuel cell (stack or a single cell) includes a cell module to which an aging process that progresses initial creep has been applied such that creep during use is reduced compared with a cell module to which the aging process has not been applied. A manufacturing method of a fuel cell (stack or a single cell) includes an aging step for progressing through initial creep by applying at least a compression load to a cell module.	07-08-2010

Naomichi Akimoto, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090087717	Fuel Cell, Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Fuel Cell - A fuel cell (stack or a single cell) includes a cell module to which an aging process that progresses initial creep has been applied such that creep during use is reduced compared with a cell module to which the aging process has not been applied. A manufacturing method of a fuel cell (stack or a single cell) includes an aging step for progressing through initial creep by applying at least a compression load to a cell module.	04-02-2009

Naoto Akimoto, Tama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232596	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus capable of updating and writing a plurality of distributed information items generated based on to-be-held secret information with respect to a data storage device in which access is not limited includes a secret distribution processing portion which generates a plurality of distributed information items updated this time according to secret information to be held this time based on a threshold value secret distribution method, and a distributed information management portion which selects recording positions of distributed information items updated this time to leave behind distributed information items of a number less than a threshold value among a plurality of distributed information items updated last time with respect to a plurality of distributed information items updated and stored in the data storage device and writes distributed information items updated this time to the data storage device based on the selected recording positions.	09-25-2008

Naoto Akimoto, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100123919	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which, when storing image data generated from a read original document in a connected detachable storage device, when the storage cannot be continued, associates the image data which is not stored with authentication information and stored the image data in a storage section included in the image forming apparatus. When a detachable storage device is newly connected, and authentication information is entered, the image forming apparatus determines whether image data associated with the entered authentication information is stored in the image forming apparatus. If it is determined that such image data is stored in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the stored image data to be stored in the newly-connected storage device. On the other hand, if it is not determined that such image data is stored in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the stored image data not to be stored in the newly-connected storage device.	05-20-2010
20110267649	COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REFERRING TO TRANSMISSION JOB HISTORY, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A communication apparatus that enables to refer to transmission history information in response to settings of use proprieties for transmission methods. A recording unit records a history of a transmission job executed by the communication apparatus as transmission history information that includes a transmitting destination at least. A setting unit sets a use propriety of each of the transmission methods. A determination unit determines whether reference to the transmission history information is permitted in response to the use propriety of each of the transmission methods set by the setting unit and the transmitting destination included in the transmission history information, when a user instructs to refer to the transmission history information.	11-03-2011

Ryoichi Akimoto, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100245969	COUPLED QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURE - In the production of optical devices or the like utilizing an intersubband transition of a coupled quantum well, a quantum well structure having strong coupling is provided. In addition, a coupled well structure of excellent productivity capable of avoiding thinning of coupling barrier layer for strengthening the coupling is provided. In the semiconductor coupled well structure of the present invention, a coupled quantum well structure disposed on the semiconductor single crystal substrate includes a coupling barrier layer	09-30-2010

Satoru Akimoto, Nagano JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110158775	WORK PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WORK PROCESSING METHOD - A work machining apparatus capable of reducing the stand-by time in each main spindle as much as possible and can improve the operation ratio is provided.	06-30-2011

Satoshi Akimoto, Machida-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090110371	VIDEO REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, VIDEO REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND VIDEO REPRODUCTION PROCESS PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, for each GOP, frames from an I frame present at a leading position of GOP to an I frame contained in a succeeding GOP and B frames referencing the I frame contained in the succeeding GOP are managed as a new GOP. For each new GOP, video frames from a leading I frame to a last I frame are subjected to a decoding process in order of increasing PTS value. For each new GOP with the last I frame of the video frames discarded, the video frames are subjected to video display in order of decreasing PTS value.	04-30-2009
20090110377	VIDEO REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIDEO REPRODUCTION - According to one embodiment, the invention provides a video reproduction device including a conversion module which is controlled to be selectively switched among a normal reproduction state in which an interlaced video signal is converted into a progressive video signal, an image quality priority reproduction state in which the interlaced video signal is converted into a progressive video signal of a higher quality than that in the normal reproduction state, and a motion priority reproduction state in which the interlaced video signal is output without being converted into a progressive video signal, and a control module which switches each state of the conversion module, in response to the reproduction speed of the reproduced interlaced video signal.	04-30-2009

Shinichi Akimoto, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100085001	INVERTER DEVICE - There is provided an inverter device capable of simplifying the circuit structure, lowering the cast, and downsizing of the device. The inverter device detects a switching change of an inverter by a pulse and is equipped with a pulse signal detector capable of detecting a motor residual voltage or a phase and a detector for detecting a residual voltage or a phase. The inverter device includes a voltage detector, a circuit for detecting a pulse signal based on a comparison between a phase voltage detection value per one phase output from the voltage detector and a first reference voltage value, a circuit for detecting a line residual voltage based on phase voltage detection values of two phases output from the voltage detector, and a circuit for detecting a line phase based on a comparison between the line residual voltage and a second reference voltage value.	04-08-2010

Shunya Akimoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090054729	ENDOSCOPE INSERTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE INSERTION SUPPORT METHOD - According to the invention, a VOI generation setting section disposed in an endoscope insertion support apparatus comprises a VOI setting function section, a VOI extending function section, a VOI direction determining function section, a VOI branch determining function section, a VOI resetting function section, a VOI information storage function section, a VOI size determining function section and a VOI branch extracting function section. This configuration enables a VOI (Volume of Interest) to be effectively set in a tubular organ having a strictured part and tubular path area information on the tubular organ to be extracted.	02-26-2009
20090292166	MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point A	11-26-2009
20090292171	MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point, includes: a virtual endoscopic image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image of a bronchus from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions using three-dimensional image data of the bronchus of a subject that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to an endoscopic image of the bronchus picked up by an image pickup section arranged at a distal end portion of an insertion section; a reference-point setting section configured to set a reference point based on a line-of-sight position of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image; and a relative-position calculation section configured to calculate a relative position of a treatment instrument to the reference point.	11-26-2009
20090292175	MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point, including: an image pickup section capable of picking up an image of a bronchus in a patient; a VBS image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image of bronchus in a patient from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions based on three-dimensional image data of the patient that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to the endoscopic image of the bronchus picked up by the image pickup section; and a reference-point setting section configured to set a predetermined position near the image pickup section as a reference point based on the line-of-sight positions of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image.	11-26-2009

Takahiro Akimoto, Matsudo Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100001719	SENSOR MAGNET HOLDER FOR USE IN MOTOR AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A sensor magnet holder is mounted on a motor shaft, and a sensor magnet is provided relative to a magnetic induction sensor on the non-moving side for obtaining a signal indicative of a rotational position of the motor shaft. The sensor magnet holder integrally forms a cylindrical portion, a flange portion of a terminal end of the cylindrical portion having a large diameter, a magnet rear end holding portion of the other terminal end of the cylindrical portion and a plurality of snap fit board portions. A shaft press fit portion is formed on an internal diameter of the flange portion. The plural snap fit board portions extend from the cylindrical portion in an axial direction of the motor shaft. A magnet front end holding portion is formed at an extending tip over an outer diameter surface of each of the snap fit board portions. Each of the flexible snap fit board portions snuggly contacts the inner flat surface of the sensor magnet while the sensor magnet is held between said magnet rear end holding portion and said magnet front end holding portion.	01-07-2010

Takashi Akimoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100297478	Lead Acid Battery - An object of the invention is to provide a lead acid battery having a liquid surface sensor (	11-25-2010

Takayuki Akimoto, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090025672	INTAKE AIR NOISE ADJUSTER - An intake air noise adjuster includes: a communicating conduit including: a first end communicating to an intake air passage to an engine, and a second end communicating to an external air; an elastic body configured to block the communicating conduit; and a flow channel area changer configured to change a flow channel area of the communicating conduit based on a change of an intake air negative pressure caused in the intake air passage.	01-29-2009

Takayuki Akimoto, Omiya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100085333	INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An input system (	04-08-2010
20100110007	INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An input system comprises: a plurality of indicators having a plurality of displays for displaying an image including coordinate information unique to the displays on the screens, (i) a detecting means for detecting the image displayed on the screens, and (ii) a transmitting means for transmitting transmission information generated according to the coordinate information included in the detected image: and a controller having (i) a receiving means for receiving the transmission information, (ii) a generating means for generating drawing information indicating the trace along which each of the indicators moves on the screen of each of the displays according to the transmission information, and (iii) a control means for controlling each of the displays so as to perform the drawing processing corresponding to the drawing information generated by the generating means.	05-06-2010

Takayuki Akimoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207101	TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE PATTERN, TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE PATTERN DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ITS READING DEVICE - It is an object to provide a two-dimensional code pattern which can be precisely read out at a high speed, a two-dimensional code pattern display device, and its reading device.	08-20-2009
20100164912	INFORMATION CODE READING APPARATUS AND READING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a method and device for reading an information code in which an information code displayed on a display can be read without increasing the circuit size of the display device. To read the information code displayed on the display in a predetermined area during each frame display interval, a synchronization signal synchronized with each of the frame display intervals is generated based on noise emitted from the display, and the information code is restored from a captured image signal obtained by capturing a screen of the display as an image in accordance with the synchronization signal.	07-01-2010
20100170950	INFORMATION CODE READING DEVICE AND READING METHOD, AND INFORMATION CODE DISPLAY READING SYSTEM - It is an object to provide a reading apparatus of an information code, a reading method, and a display reading system of the information code, in which even if symbol areas serving as references when sampling a photograph image signal obtained by photographing a display screen are not provided in the information code, information code data representing the information code can be obtained from the photograph image signal. When reading the information code displayed on a display apparatus, first, an image signal obtained when all pixel cells of the display apparatus have emitted light is extracted as a first image signal from the photograph image signal obtained by photographing the display screen of the display apparatus. Further, an image signal obtained for a period of time during which the information code is displayed is extracted as a second image signal from the photograph image signal. By detecting a point of a center of gravity of the light emission of each of the pixel cells based on the first photograph image signal and sampling the second photograph image signal at the point of the center of gravity of the light emission, the information code data representing the information code is obtained.	07-08-2010

Takayuki Akimoto, Tsurugashima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100007666	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION CODE - An object is to provide a display method and device for displaying an information code, in which an information code can be displayed on a display without affecting the image being displayed. A one subfield among N subfields is used as a subfield for displaying an information code as a two-dimensional code, and the other subfields are used as subfields for displaying a primary image, in a process in which intermediate brightness is displayed using the N subfields for each unit display interval.	01-14-2010

Yohsuke Akimoto, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100296460	MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits uplink data to a base station apparatus using a physical uplink shared channel that is allocated by an uplink data transmission permission signal, wherein the base station apparatus allocates, to the mobile station apparatus, by using a radio resource control signal, the physical uplink shared channel for the mobile station apparatus to transmit channel states information, and the mobile station apparatus periodically transmits, to the base station apparatus, the channel states information using the physical uplink shared channel.	11-25-2010

Yoshiaki Akimoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110118960	KNOCKING DETECTING APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A knocking detecting apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which can more accurately perform the knocking determination based on frequency components of the output signal of the knock sensor, is provided. A frequency spectrum analysis of the knock sensor output signal is performed at predetermined angular intervals of the crankshaft rotation angle. Intensities of a plurality of frequency components obtained by the frequency spectrum analysis are stored as time series data. The time series data of the frequency component intensity are binarized, and it is determined whether or not a knocking has occurred based on the binarized time series data.	05-19-2011
20110178750	FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ANALYZING APPARATUS - A frequency spectrum analyzing apparatus for performing a frequency spectrum analysis with respect to a detected value of an operating parameter of an internal combustion engine in synchronism with rotation of the engine, is provided. The operating parameter is sampled at predetermined time intervals, and a sampled value is converted to a digital value. Intensities of first and second elements are calculated with respect to a predetermined number of the sampled values. The first elements and second elements respectively correspond to a plurality of frequency components contained in the detected value, and a phase of the second element differs from a phase of the first element by 90 degrees. Frequency component intensities corresponding to the plurality of frequency components are calculated in synchronism with rotation of the engine, using the first element intensities and the second element intensities. The frequency component intensities are calculated by replacing a part of an integrated value of the first element intensities, and a part of an integrated value of the second element intensities respectively with corresponding preceding calculated values, when an rotational speed of the engine is higher than or equal to a set threshold value.	07-21-2011

Yoshihiko Akimoto, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080305233	Soy based bread product and method of preparation - A method of preparing a soy based bread dough includes whipping a quantity of egg whites until frothy, and then slowly adding small quantities of sugar, while continuing the whipping, until reaching a specific gravity of not more than 0.5 in creating a meringue having bubbles. The method further includes, combining quantities of whole eggs, cooking oil, and milk, to create liquid ingredients mixture and sifting quantities of baking powder with soy flour, to create a dry ingredient mixture. Adding an appropriate quantity of the dry ingredient mixture to the liquid ingredient mixture to produce a preliminary dough having a light consistency, and then folding an appropriate quantity of the meringue into the preliminary dough, while preserving the bubbles that have formed in the meringue, to produce a ready to bake dough having an average specific gravity below 0.65.	12-11-2008

Yoshihiro Akimoto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110194393	RECORDABLE OPTICAL DISK, RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - The present invention is to realize a proper inner zone layout in an optical disk having at least three layers. A test area is provided in the inner zone (inner circumference side area) in each of recording layers. The test areas of each layer are so disposed as to be prevented from overlapping with each other in the layer direction. Furthermore, the number of management information recording/reproduction areas overlapping with the test area in the layer direction at a position closer to the laser-incident surface than this test area is set equal to or smaller than one in each test area of each recording layer. The management information recording/reproduction areas are each so disposed as to be prevented from overlapping with the test areas in the respective recording layers in the layer direction on the disk substrate side of the test areas.	08-11-2011

Yosuke Akimoto, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100248733	MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In the case that periodical transmission of transmission signal number-of-sequence quality indicative signal cannot be performed, the number of transmission signal sequences is clarified in association with reception quality information that is generated immediately after the case, and the base station apparatus performs appropriate communication resource allocation. A mobile station apparatus has a feedback information control section	09-30-2010
20110038354	MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - When transmission of a downlink signal is to be performed in sub-frame	02-17-2011
20110065444	MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In the case that periodical transmission of transmission signal number-of-sequence quality indicative signal cannot be performed, the number of transmission signal sequences is clarified in association with reception quality information that is generated immediately after the case, and the base station apparatus performs appropriate communication resource allocation. A mobile station apparatus has a feedback information control section	03-17-2011
20110103290	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS RECEPTION METHOD - A base station device includes: a control signal generator that generates a signal of control data including items corresponding to the type of sub-frames to be allocated; a scheduling information signal generator that generates a signal of scheduling information indicating a sub-frame to be a first sub-frame among sub-frames specified by first-type sub-frame candidate information; and a multiplexer that allocates the signal of the control data to the first-type and second-type sub-frames, and allocates the signal of the scheduling information to the first-type sub-frame. A mobile station device includes: a frame-type determining unit that determines the type of each of received sub-frames based on the first-type sub-frame candidate information and the scheduling information; and a control data detector that detects, for each sub-frame, the control data including the items corresponding to the type indicated by the result of the determination by the frame-type determining unit. Accordingly, the processing load on reception of control data is reduced.	05-05-2011
20110134782	MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In the case that the transmission signal precoding information cannot be transmitted, the transmission signal precoding information is clarified that is used to calculate the reception quality information performed immediately after the case, and a base station apparatus perform suitable communication resource allocation. A mobile station apparatus has a feedback information control section	06-09-2011
20110183697	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS - To optimize transmission periods corresponding to kinds of feedback information, and minimize a reduction in system throughput caused by disagreement of the transmission period with the optimal period, by setting transmission frequencies individually with flexibility corresponding to the kinds of feedback information for a mobile station apparatus to transmit to a base station apparatus, in a wireless communication system in which a mobile station apparatus B measures reception quality of a signal received from a base station apparatus A, and transmits feedback information generated based on the reception quality to the base station apparatus A, the base station apparatus A allocates resources of transmission timing corresponding to the kinds of feedback information, and the mobile station apparatus B transmits a plurality of kinds of feedback information to the base station apparatus using the allocated resources.	07-28-2011
20110194520	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS - To optimize transmission periods corresponding to kinds of feedback information, and minimize a reduction in system throughput caused by disagreement of the transmission period with the optimal period, by setting transmission frequencies individually with flexibility corresponding to the kinds of feedback information for a mobile station apparatus to transmit to a base station apparatus, in a wireless communication system in which a mobile station apparatus B measures reception quality of a signal received from a base station apparatus A, and transmits feedback information generated based on the reception quality to the base station apparatus A, the base station apparatus A allocates resources of transmission timing corresponding to the kinds of feedback information, and the mobile station apparatus B transmits a plurality of kinds of feedback information to the base station apparatus using the allocated resources.	08-11-2011
20110269409	MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In the case that periodical transmission of transmission signal number-of-sequence quality indicative signal cannot be performed, the number of transmission signal sequences is clarified in association with reception quality information that is generated immediately after the case, and the base station apparatus performs appropriate communication resource allocation. A mobile station apparatus has a feedback information control section	11-03-2011
20110286436	RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Each of mobile station apparatuses	11-24-2011
20120033604	BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A base station device, a terminal device to communicate with a base station device, and a transmission method are disclosed. The base station device includes an indicating part that indicates the availability of the coordinated communication. The base station device also includes a determining part that determines, in accordance with the availability of the coordinated communication, the ratio of the power of a data signal with respect to a transmission symbol including a reference signal to the power of a data signal with respect to a transmission symbol not including a reference signal.	02-09-2012
20120088458	TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A transmission device includes: a transmitting unit that transmits a common reference signal and a receiving device-specific reference signal to a receiving device; a selecting unit that selects either a first mode reporting a receiving quality using only the common reference signal or a second mode reporting a receiving quality using at least the receiving device-specific reference signal; and a notifying unit that notifies a mode selected by the selecting unit to the receiving device.	04-12-2012

Yosuke Akimoto, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110204396	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor stack, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first interconnect, an insulating film, and a second interconnect. The semiconductor stack includes a first major surface, a second major surface provided on a side opposite to the first major surface, a side face, and a light emitting layer. The first electrode is provided on the first major surface. The second electrode is provided at least on a peripheral portion of the second major surface. The first interconnect is provided on the first electrode. The insulating film is provided on the side face of the semiconductor stack. The second interconnect is provided on the side face of the semiconductor stack via the insulating film. The second interconnect is connected to the second electrode in outside of the peripheral portion of the second major surface of the semiconductor stack.	08-25-2011
20110284910	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first insulating layer, a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, a first metal pillar, a second metal pillar, and a second insulating layer. The first electrode is provided on the second major surface of the semiconductor layer. The second electrode is provided on a side face of a portion of the semiconductor layer between the light emitting layer and the first major surface. The second interconnect layer is provided in the second opening and on the first insulating layer on the side opposite to the second major surface to connect to the second electrode provided on the side face. The second interconnect layer is provided on the side face of the portion of the semiconductor layer with interposing the second electrode.	11-24-2011
20110297965	LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, first and second electrode portions, a first insulating film, and a metal layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first main surface, a second main surface on an opposite side to the first main surface, a third main surface connecting the first and second main surfaces, and a light-emitting layer. The first and second electrode portions are provided on the second main surface of the semiconductor layer. The first insulating film covers the second main surface of the semiconductor layer and the third main surface of the semiconductor layer. The metal layer is stacked on at least the second electrode portion of the first and the second electrode portions, and the metal layer extends until reaching a part of the first insulating film. The part is continuously extended from the first insulating film covering the third main surface.	12-08-2011
20110297995	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device is disclosed. The method can include removing a substrate from a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is provided on a first main surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer includes a light-emitting layer. At least a top surface and side surfaces of the semiconductor layer are covered with a first insulating film. A first electrode portion and a second electrode portion electrically continuous to the semiconductor layer are provided. The first insulating film is covered with a second insulating film. The removing is performed by irradiating the semiconductor layer with laser light from a side of a second main surface of the substrate. The second main surface is opposite to the first main surface. Each of band-gap energy of the second insulating film and band-gap energy of the semiconductor layer are smaller than energy of the laser light.	12-08-2011
20110297997	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first insulating layer, a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, a first metal pillar, a second metal pillar, and a second insulating layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, and a light emitting layer. The first electrode is provided on a region including the light emitting layer on the second major surface. The second electrode is provided on the second major surface and interposed in the first electrode in a planar view.	12-08-2011
20110297998	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first insulating layer, a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, a first metal pillar, a second metal pillar and a second insulating layer. The semiconductor layer includes a first major surface, a second major surface opposite to the first major surface and a light emitting layer. An edge of a part of the first interconnect layer is exposed laterally from the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.	12-08-2011
20110298001	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device is disclosed. The method can include removing a substrate from a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is provided on a first main surface of the substrate. The semiconductor layer includes a light-emitting layer. At least a top surface and side surfaces of the semiconductor layer are covered with a first insulating film. A first electrode portion and a second electrode portion electrically continuous to the semiconductor layer are provided. The first insulating film is covered with a second insulating film. The removing is performed by irradiating the semiconductor layer with laser light from a side of a second main surface of the substrate. The second main surface is opposite to the first main surface. The first insulating film is made of silicon nitride. The second insulating film is made of polyimide.	12-08-2011
20110300644	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device is disclosed. The method can include forming a first interconnect layer, a second interconnect layer, a first metal pillar, a second metal pillar, a second insulating layer, a transparent material and a phosphor layer. The transparent material is formed on the first major surface of a semiconductor layer selected from the plurality of semiconductor layers on the basis of an emission spectrum of a light obtained from the first major surface side. The transparent material transmits the light. The phosphor layer is formed on the transparent material and the first major surface of the plurality of the semiconductor layers.	12-08-2011

Yosuke Akimoto, Yokohama-Shi JP

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20110057322	CARBON NANOTUBE INTERCONNECT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a carbon nanotube interconnect includes a first interconnection layer, an interlayer dielectric film, a second interconnection layer, a contact hole, a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a film. The interlayer dielectric film is formed on the first interconnection layer. The second interconnection layer is formed on the interlayer dielectric film. The contact hole is formed in the interlayer dielectric film between the first interconnection layer and the second interconnection layer. The carbon nanotubes are formed in the contact hole. The carbon nanotubes have a first end connected to the first interconnection layer and a second end connected to the second interconnection layer. The film is formed between the interlayer dielectric film and the second interconnection layer. The film has a portion filled between the second ends of the carbon nanotubes.	03-10-2011
20110233779	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes an interlayer insulation film provided on a substrate including a Cu wiring, a via hole formed in the interlayer insulation film on the Cu wiring, a first metal film selectively formed on the Cu wiring in the via hole, functioning as a barrier to the Cu wiring, and functioning as a promoter of carbon nanotube growth, a second metal film formed at least on the first metal film in the via hole, and functioning as a catalyst of the carbon nanotube growth, and carbon nanotubes buried in the via hole in which the first metal film and the second metal film are formed.	09-29-2011

Yuji Akimoto, Fukuoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080226487	Nickel powder, method for manufacturing same, conductor paste, and multilayer ceramic electronic component using same - A nickel powder with an average particle size of 0.05 to 1.0 μm, which is composed of nickel particles having an oxidized surface layer and containing sulfur, wherein the sulfur content with respect to the total weight of the powder is 100 to 2000 ppm, and the intensity of a peak identified to sulfur bonded to nickel in surface analysis by ESCA of the nickel particles varies in a direction toward the center from the surface of the particles, and this intensity has its maximum at a location deeper than 3 nm from the particle outermost surface. This nickel powder is manufactured by bringing a nickel powder containing sulfur and dispersed in a non-oxidizing gas atmosphere into contact with an oxidizing gas at a high temperature.	09-18-2008
20110094578	Solar cell device and manufacturing method therefor - A solar cell device including an electrode formed by applying a conductive paste containing at least a conductive powder, glass frit and an organic vehicle onto a semiconductor substrate provided with a silicon nitride layer on a surface thereof and firing the applied conductive paste, wherein the electrode has a structure comprising a front electrode layer comprising silver as a main component, a glass layer comprising tellurium glass as a main component, and a silicon oxide layer containing plural silver particles precipitated by the firing. The solar cell device is provided with an electrode formed using a conductive paste not containing lead glass and has good solar cell characteristics.	04-28-2011

Yuji Akimoto, Fukuoka JP

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20090321690	Nickel-Rhenium alloy powder and conductor paste containing the same - The invention provides a nickel-rhenium alloy powder that comprises nickel as a main component, 0.1 to 10% by weight of rhenium and 50 to 10,000 ppm of silicon in terms of silicon atoms, and that is suitable, in particular, for the formation of an internal electrode layer for a multilayer ceramic electronic component. The obtained powder is homogeneously mixed and dispersed in an organic vehicle, together with other additives as needed, to prepare a conductor paste. When used in particular for forming an internal electrode of a multilayer ceramic electronic component, the nickel-rhenium alloy powder of the invention delays sintering initiation and slows down sintering progress during firing, even for extremely fine powders, while bringing the sintering shrinkage behaviors of electrode layers and ceramic layers closer to each other. Moreover, there occurs no electrode spheroidizing caused by oversintering. A thinner, dense internal electrode having excellent continuity can be formed as a result.	12-31-2009
20100021735	Nickel-rhenium alloy powder and conductor paste containing the same - A nickel-rhenium alloy powder comprising nickel as a main component, 0.1 to 10% by weight of rhenium, and having an average particle size of 0.05 to 1.0 μm is provided. The nickel-rhenium alloy powder has a surface oxide film containing a nickel oxide and a rhenium oxide, and the amount of oxygen in the surface oxide film is 0.1 to 3.0% by weight relative to the total weight of the powder. The nickel-rhenium alloy powder is suitable, in particular, for forming internal electrode layers of a multilayer ceramic electronic component. The obtained powder is homogeneously mixed and dispersed in an organic vehicle, together with other additives as needed, to prepare a conductor paste. The surface oxide film allows bringing the sintering shrinkage behavior of electrode layers and ceramic layers closer to each other when the nickel-rhenium alloy powder is used, in particular, for forming internal electrodes of a multilayer ceramic electronic component. Moreover, there occurs no electrode spheroidizing caused by oversintering. and thus thinner, dense internal electrodes having excellent continuity can be formed.	01-28-2010

Yuka Akimoto, Ryugasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090291461	METHOD OF SELECTIVELY ASSAYING ADIPONECTIN MULTIMERS - Kits and methods for selectively assaying a target adiponectin multimer in a biological sample. Such methods accurately evaluate the relationship between a disease and adiponectin through selective assay of adiponectin multimers and provide information that cannot be obtained through measurement of the total amount of adiponectin alone. A method for selectively assaying a target adiponectin multimer in a biological sample comprising distinguishing target adiponectin multimer from the other adiponectin multimers by using a protease and/or an antibody.	11-26-2009