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Aratani, JP

Hideki Aratani, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090029779Game apparatus, control method thereof, and program - There is provided a game apparatus, which includes a storage unit and a communication unit which communicates with another game apparatus. This game apparatus controls the storage unit to store a character group including two characters of a first type and one or more characters of a second type, and to store a parameter value indicating a relationship between the character group and that of the other game apparatus. Furthermore, when the parameter value satisfies the predetermined condition and when one of the one or more characters of the second type is selected, the character group is updated so that the selected character and a predetermined character of the second type of the other game apparatus are set as new, two characters of the first type, and only newly generated one or more characters of the second type are set as the one or more characters of the second type.01-29-2009

Hironobu Aratani, Itano-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100223780METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRISMATIC SECONDARY CELL - A method for producing a prismatic secondary cell housing a flat electrode assembly includes disposing a first current-collecting member onto a first to-be-welded portion at a flat portion of an edge of the electrode assembly where a core-body exposed portion of the first electrode protrudes. A first receiving member is disposed onto a plane opposing the flat portion. The first current-collecting member, the core-body exposed portion, and the first receiving member are resistive-welded with the core-body exposed portion between the other members. A second current-collecting member is disposed onto a second to-be-welded portion at a position of the flat portion distanced from the first to-be-welded portion while avoiding contact between the collecting members. A conductive connecting member is placed between the collecting members or between the receiving members. The conductive connecting member and its abutting members are welded. One of the members is electrificably connected to an external output terminal.09-09-2010

Ichihiro Aratani, Niigata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090029290TERTIARY ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE, POLYMER COMPOUND AND PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - (1) A polymer compound for photoresist composition which is high in dissolution rate in a developing solution after exposure and small swelling at the development and (2) a compound which is a raw material for such a polymer compound are provided. Furthermore, (3) a photoresist composition containing the subject polymer compound is provided. In detail, a tertiary alcohol derivative represented by the following general formula (1) is provided.01-29-2009
20090035700TERTIARY ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE, POLYMER COMPOUND AND PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - (1) A polymer compound for photoresist compositions which is high in storage stability and small swelling at the development and (2) a compound which is a raw material for such a polymer compound are provided; and (3) a photoresist composition with improved LWR containing the subject polymer compound are further provided. In detail, [1] a tertiary alcohol derivative represented by the following general formula (1) is provided.02-05-2009

Katsuhisa Aratani, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100112491METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC MASTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC - A method for manufacturing an optical disc master using an existing exposure system, and a method for manufacturing an optical disc having higher recording capacity. The method for manufacturing an optical disc, using a master to produce the optical disc having an irregular pattern thereon, the master being produced by the steps of forming a resist layer composed of a resist material including an incomplete oxide of a transition metal such as W or Mo on a substrate, the oxygen content of the incomplete oxide being smaller than the oxygen content of the stoichiometric composition corresponding to a valence of the transition metal; selectively exposing the resist layer with laser according to a recording signal pattern using a light source with an irradiation power that is less than an irradiation threshold power at which exposure of the resist starts; and developing the resist layer to form the predetermined irregular pattern.05-06-2010
20100135060MEMORY DEVICE AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A memory device 06-03-2010
20110073825MEMORY DEVICE AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A memory device 03-31-2011
20110273696METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC MASTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC - An apparatus for manufacturing an optical disc master with (a) a turntable upon which is received a disc having a resist layer composed of a resist material including an incomplete oxide of a transition metal on a substrate, the oxygen content of the incomplete oxide being smaller than the oxygen content of the stoichiometric composition corresponding to a valence of the transition metal; and (b) an exposure system operatively configured to expose the resist layer to a light beam according to a recording signal pattern, the light beam has an irradiation power that is less than an irradiation threshold power at which exposure of the resist starts.11-10-2011
20110274895METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC MASTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC - An optical disc master having a resist layer composed of a resist material including an incomplete oxide of a transition metal on a substrate, the oxygen content of the incomplete oxide being smaller than the oxygen content of the stoichiometric composition corresponding to a valence of the transition metal, wherein, (a) the resist layer selectively exposed, according to a recording signal pattern, to a light beam with an irradiation power that is less than an irradiation threshold power at which exposure of the resist starts, and (b) the resist layer is formed into a predetermined irregular pattern.11-10-2011
20110279793METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC MASTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISC - An apparatus for manufacturing an optical disc master, having (a) a turntable upon which is received a disc having a resist layer composed of a resist material, the resist material comprising an incomplete oxide of a transition metal on a substrate, the oxygen content of the incomplete oxide being smaller than the oxygen content of the stoichiometric composition corresponding to a valence of the transition metal, which increases the absorption of ultraviolet rays and visible light rays, the resist material being an amorphous inorganic material containing an oxide; and (b) an exposure system operatively configured to selectively expose the resist layer to ultraviolet rays or visible light.11-17-2011

Patent applications by Katsuhisa Aratani, Chiba JP

Katsuhisa Aratani, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090173930MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device of a resistance variation type, in which data retaining characteristic at the time of writing is improved, is provided. The memory device includes: a plurality of memory elements in which a memory layer is provided between a first electrode and a second electrode so that data is written or erased in accordance with a variation in electrical characteristics of the memory layer; and pulse applying means applying a voltage pulse or a current pulse selectively to the plurality of memory elements. The memory layer includes an ion source layer including an ionic-conduction material and at least one kind of metallic element, and the ion source layer further contains oxygen.07-09-2009
20100259967MEMORY CELL - A memory cell is provided, in which a resistance value is appropriately controlled, thereby a variable resistance element may be applied with a voltage necessary for changing the element into a high or low resistance state. A storage element 10-14-2010
20110140065MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - The present invention provides a memory element and a memory device realizing reduced variations in resistance values in an initial state or erase state of a plurality of memory elements and capable of retaining the resistance value in a write/erase state for writing/erasing operations of a plurality of times. The memory element includes a first electrode, a memory layer, and a second electrode in order. The memory layer has: an ion source layer containing at least one of chalcogen elements of tellurium (Te), sulfur (S), and selenium (Se) and at least one metal element selected from copper (Cu), silver (Ag), zinc (Zn), and zirconium (Zr); and two or more high-resistance layers having a resistance value higher than that of the ion source layer and having different compositions.06-16-2011
20110175049MEMORY COMPONENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory component includes: a first electrode; a memory layer; and a second electrode in this order, wherein the memory layer includes a high resistance layer which includes tellurium (Te) as the chief component among anion components and is formed on the first electrode side; and an ion source layer which includes at least one kind of metal element and at least one kind of chalcogen element among tellurium (Te), sulfur (S) and selenium (Se) and is formed on the second electrode side.07-21-2011
20110194329MEMORY COMPONENT, MEMORY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING MEMORY DEVICE - A memory component includes: a first electrode; a memory layer; and a second electrode which are provided in that order, wherein the memory layer includes an ion source layer containing aluminum (Al) together with at least one chalcogen element selected from the group consisting of tellurium (Te), sulfur (S), and selenium (Se), and a resistance variable layer provided between the ion source layer and the first electrode and containing an aluminum oxide and at least one of a transition metal oxide and a transition metal oxynitride having a lower resistance than the aluminum oxide.08-11-2011

Patent applications by Katsuhisa Aratani, Aichi JP

Koichi Aratani, Hakusan-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090302376SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a cell region, and a terminal region surrounding the cell region, the cell region being configured to allow a current to flow between the first surface and the second surface; a first guard ring layer of a second conductivity type selectively formed in a surface portion of the first semiconductor layer in the terminal region, the first guard ring layer having a bottom surface thereof and internal and external side surfaces thereof; and a second guard ring layer of the second conductivity type selectively formed in the surface portion of the first semiconductor layer in the terminal region so as to cover a portion of the first guard ring layer at which the bottom surface and the external side surface intersect.12-10-2009

Koichi Aratani, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100054116Radio Base Station and Radio Mobile Station - The base station transmits a synchronization signal that contains a pattern of repeated SYNC's generated by dividing FFT size by N wherein the pattern of repeated SYNC's is inverted in polarity for each of the SYNC's according to a code outputted from a code generating circuit. CP length is M/N of FFT size, and the number of divisions (M+N) of a symbol of the synchronization signal is brought into agreement with the code length L of Barker code. The mobile station detects the synchronization signal by using a first matched filter that has as many taps as (FFT size/N) stages, and uses a pattern of SYNC's generated by dividing FFT size by N as a tap coefficient, and a second matched filter that has as many taps as (M+N) stages and uses Barker code as a tap coefficient.03-04-2010
20100086084ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING DEMODULATOR - An OFDM demodulator which does not require a reference signal for synchronization of carriers and can reduce influence of phase rotation by a propagation path when carrier synchronization is made. The OFDM demodulator performs Fourier transform plural times in 2 or more different operation ranges for the same OFDM symbol, calculates phases of sub carriers from the plural-time results of the Fourier transform, compares the calculated phases for each of the plural-time results of the Fourier transform and detects an error in frequency of reproduction carrier from the compared results.04-08-2010

Makoto Aratani, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110272066MANUFACTURING METHOD OF STEEL SHEET FOR CANS - A method provides a slab by continuous casting of a steel having a component composition of, in mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Mn: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10%, N: 0.0010 to 0.0070%, B: 0.15×N to 0.75×N (0.15 to 0.75 in terms of B/N), and one or both of Nb: 4×C to 20×C (4 to 20 in terms of Nb/C) and Ti: 2×C to 10×C (2 to 10 in terms of Ti/C), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurity elements; rough rolling the slab; finish rolling the rough-rolled slab wherein 5% or more and less than 50% of the total amount of rolling reduction in the finish rolling is hot-rolled at a temperature lower than the Ar11-10-2011

Makoto Aratani, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110076177HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR CANS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A steel sheet for cans that has a yield stress of at least 500 Mpa after coating and baking and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet for cans are provided. The steel sheet for cans contains, on the basis of mass percent, C: more than 0.02% but 0.10% or less, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 1.5% or less, P: 0.20% or less, S: 0.20% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.0120% to 0.0250%, dissolved N being 0.0100% or more, and a remainder of Fe and incidental impurities. A high-strength material can be obtained by maintaining the absolute quantity of dissolved N at a certain value or more and performing hardening by quench aging and strain aging, for example, in a printing process, a film lamination process, or a drying and baking process performed before can manufacturing. In the manufacture, hot rolling is performed at a slab extraction temperature of 1200° C. or more and a finish rolling temperature of (Ar3 transformation temperature—30)° C. or more, and coiling is performed at 650° C. or less.03-31-2011
20110108168HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET FOR CAN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A steel sheet for a can has a yield strength of 450 MPa or more, and the occurrence of cracking at a slab corner being prevented in a continuous casting process. The steel sheet contains 0.03%-0.10% C, 0.01%-0.5% Si, 0.001%-0.100% P, 0.001%-0.020% S, 0.01%-0.10% Al, 0.005%-0.012% N, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which when Mnf=Mn [% by mass]−1.71×S [% by mass], Mnf is in the range of 0.3 to 0.6. The steel sheet has microstructures that do not contain a pearlite microstructure.05-12-2011
20110168303HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH STEEL FOR CONTAINER AND PRODUCING METHOD OF THE SAME - A steel sheet for containers that has a hardness of 500 MPa or more and superior workability and a method for producing the steel sheet are provided. A steel containing, in percent by mass, 0.01% to 0.05% carbon, 0.04% or less silicon, 0.1% to 1.2% manganese, 0.10% or less sulfur, 0.001% to 0.100% aluminum, 0.10% or less nitrogen, and 0.0020% to 0.100% phosphorus, the balance being iron and incidental impurities, is subjected to hot rolling at a finishing temperature of (Ar07-14-2011

Masahiro Aratani, Okazaki-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090128129Current sensor having magnetic gap - In a current sensor having a magnetic gap, a main body is divided into a first case segment having a terminal and a second case segment. An opening is formed in the main body. A magnetic sensor element is mounted on an element mounting portion arranged on a surface of the first case segment, the surface attaching to the second case segment. The sensor element is electrically coupled with the terminal. A core holding portion is formed in the main body that surrounds the opening and the element mounting portion. A core having the magnetic gap is inserted in the core holding portion. The sensor element is arranged in the magnetic gap of the core on the element mounting portion. The sensor element can thereby be disposed accurately in the magnetic gap of the core, and detection accuracy of the current sensor can be increased.05-21-2009

Patent applications by Masahiro Aratani, Okazaki-City JP

Masatoshi Aratani, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090277544HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH WELDED STEEL TUBE FOR STRUCTURAL PARTS OF AUTOMOBILES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-tensile strength welded steel tube has excellent formability and torsional fatigue endurance after being formed into cross-sectional shape and then stress-relief annealed. A steel material used has a composition which contains C, Si, Al, 1.01% to 1.99% Mn, 0.041% to 0.150% Ti, 0.017% to 0.150% Nb, P, S, N, and O such that the sum of the content of Ti and that of Nb is 0.08% or more, the content of each of C, Si, and Al being within an appropriate range, the content of each of P, S, N, and O being adjusted to a predetermined value or less.11-12-2009

Satoshi Aratani, Gamagori JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080302079STRAIGHT-TYPE FINISH FOR SYNTHETIC FIBERS, PROCESSING METHOD FOR FALSE TWISTED TEXTURED YARNS USING SAME, AND FALSE TWISTED TEXTURED YARNS - A straight-type finish, which has improved storage characteristics and is capable of preventing synthetic fibers from becoming electrically charged and uneven dyeing from being generated, contains a lubricant and a functional improvement agent at specified ratios. A metal organic sulfonate of a specified type is contained at least as a part of the functional improvement agent at a specified mass % of the total.12-11-2008
20110171157NON-SPHERICAL FINE PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND COSMETIC MATERIALS AND RESIN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Non-spherical fine particles capable of responding to highly advanced requirements of recent years, including further improvements in optical characteristics such as total light transmittance and optical diffusible property related to resin molded products and further improvements in feeling, soft focus, coverage and durability related to cosmetic products, as well as methods of their production and their use are provided. These non-spherical fine particles each have a polyhedral general shape with six or more surfaces each of which is formed as a concave surface, satisfying all of the conditions that the average value of the maximum external diameters L07-14-2011

Patent applications by Satoshi Aratani, Gamagori JP

Satoshi Aratani, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110129672NON-SPHERICAL HOLLOW FINE PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND COSMETIC MATERIALS AND RESIN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Resin compositions with improved optical characteristics and cosmetic materials with improved feeling, soft focus and durability contain non-spherical hollow fine particles having a spindle shape as a whole with a major axis and a minor axis, a plurality of concave parts on the surface, a hollow part inside connected to the surface through a crack extending along the major axis, the average length of the major axes being 0.1-30 μm and the ratio of the average length of the minor axes to the average length of the major axes being 0.3-0.8.06-02-2011

Shinichi Aratani, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080228434INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION JIG - When a calibration jig (09-18-2008

Shinichi Aratani, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120002841INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a region segmentation unit configured to segment each of a plurality of images shot by an imaging apparatus for shooting an object from a plurality of viewpoints, into a plurality of regions based on colors of the object, an attribute determination unit configured to determine, based on regions in proximity to intersections between scanning lines set on the each image and boundary lines of the regions segmented by the region segmentation unit in the each image, attributes of the intersections, a correspondence processing unit configured to obtain corresponding points between the images based on the determined intersections' attributes, and a three-dimensional position calculation unit configured to calculate a three-dimensional position of the object based on the obtained corresponding points.01-05-2012

Shuntaro Aratani, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090007174RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving television broadcasts and a communication unit for receiving streaming broadcasts via a network. A guide information producing unit produces guide information for displaying a program guide for television broadcast programs and a program guide for streaming broadcast programs on the same screen. An outputting unit outputs to a display device image data on the television broadcasts, image data on the streaming broadcasts, and the guide information.01-01-2009
20090142005IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exif header information on image data of an image, and a location of one of the indexes in the table at which no image data is registered is searched in an ascending order of the indexes. According to the table, the images are arranged so that the focal position of each image differs from the unexposed part at the display position of the image.06-04-2009
20090189914IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A table is allocated indexes corresponding to display positions on a monitor screen, respectively, and data indicating an unexposed part at each of the display positions is stored in each index of the table. Focal position information is acquired from Exit header information on image data of an image, and a location of one of the indexes in the table at which no image data is registered is searched in an ascending order of the indexes. According to the table, the images are arranged so that the focal position of each image differs from the unexposed part at the display position of the image.07-30-2009

Patent applications by Shuntaro Aratani, Tokyo JP