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Asahara, JP

Chizu Asahara, Ehime JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100267048	METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE, AND MEASUREMENT KIT - Hemoglobin in a sample solution is quickly and reliably denatured; at the same time, quick and accurate measurement of hemoglobin and a hemoglobin derivative is realized. In a method for measuring hemoglobin and a hemoglobin derivative, and a reagent composition, a measurement kit, an analysis device, and an analysis system used in the method, a sample solution containing a blood component is treated with a nonionic surfactant, an oxidizing agent, and a metal salt to denature hemoglobin in the sample solution to measure the hemoglobin, and thereafter the amount of a hemoglobin derivative in the sample is measured by an immunological method using an antibody specifically binding to a denatured site of the denatured hemoglobin derivative.	10-21-2010

Hideo Asahara, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090164671	MACRO TRANSMISSION SERVER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A macro transmission server apparatus stores a combination of functions of a multifunction peripheral and an order of processing of the functions as a macro. The macro transmission server apparatus manages a plurality of such macros and determines a portion of the plurality of such macros to be transmitted to a multifunction peripheral on a network as a transmission set. The macro transmission server apparatus includes a change detection unit configured to detect a change in function of the multifunction peripheral, a transmission set updating unit configured to change the transmission set according to the change detected by the change detection unit such that at least one of the macros that is executable by the multifunction peripheral is included in the transmission set, a macro storage unit configured to store the transmission set and the plurality of such macros, and a macro transmission unit configured to transmit the transmission set to the multifunction peripheral.	06-25-2009
20090199214	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of previously checking a setting mistake when a macro button is generated and preventing a macro using a reserved word from being inappropriately executed. A macro acquisition unit obtains the macro. A user information acquisition unit obtains user information associated with a user of the image processing apparatus. A replacing unit, when the macro obtained by the macro acquisition unit is a macro including a reserved word that is to be replaced with a portion of the user information, replaces the reserved word with the portion of the user information obtained by the user information acquisition unit. A check unit checks whether the macro replaced by the replacing unit can be normally executed. A notification unit notifies a check result of the check unit to a previously defined user.	08-06-2009
20100178066	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The invention provides a mechanism which allows a common device driver to obtain identification information of a USB device desired by an application that controls a USB device via a common device driver. Furthermore, the invention includes two types of common device drivers to be registered in an OS to have different priorities, and provides a common interface that does not allow the application to recognize their difference.	07-15-2010
20100212023	SHORTCUT MANAGEMENT UNIT AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A shortcut management device capable of improving user-friendliness of a portal application. The shortcut management device is capable of executing shortcuts which use functions of an electronic apparatus, and manages at least part of the functions used by the shortcuts. A storage unit registers shortcuts. An invalidation detecting unit detects that the license is invalidated. A retrieval unit retrieves a shortcut made inexecutable in association with the license of which the invalidation is detected. An invalidation unit invalidates the retrieved shortcut.	08-19-2010
20110211228	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RESTORE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is described where restoration of unnecessary data is prevented, and a storage area of the image forming apparatus is effectively utilized. When an option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is selected, data backed up by a backup unit is set as data to be restored by a restore unit. When the option to increase the storage capacity of the image forming apparatus is not selected, data indicated by data identification information as being required data is set as data to be restored by the restore unit from among the data backed up by the backup unit.	09-01-2011
20110299118	IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A technique to give a more suitable screen to a user even when functions that can be executed by an image forming apparatus are provided by a linked external apparatus. A comparison unit of the external apparatus compares information about first functions of the external apparatus with information about second functions of the image forming apparatus. A determination unit of the external apparatus determines functions used by the image forming apparatus among the first functions based on a comparison result. A screen information sending unit of the external apparatus sends screen information used for setting the functions determined to the image forming apparatus. A functional information sending unit of the image forming apparatus sends the information about the second function to the external apparatus. A display unit of the image forming apparatus displays a screen for setting the first functions based on the screen information received from the external apparatus.	12-08-2011

Hideo Asahara, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100191821	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AN INFORMATION APPARATUS, MACRO EXECUTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system in which a warning is generated in advance when a macro including unsupported functions is executed, realizing improved usability for users. A multi-function apparatus and a server holding at least one macro indicative of a procedure for executing at least one function are connected to each other via a network. A macro referring section provided in the multi-function apparatus acquires a macro held by the second information apparatus. An unsupported function checking section provided in the server detects functions that cannot be realized by the first information apparatus from among functions included in the macro. A warning information providing section provided in the second information apparatus creates warning information relating to the detected unsupported functions and transmits the warning information to the multi-function apparatus. A warning section provided in the multi-function apparatus notifies a user of the transmitted warning information.	07-29-2010

Hidetoshi Asahara, Hyogo-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100127330	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device comprises an insulated gate field effect transistor and a protection diode. The insulated gate field effect transistor has a gate electrode formed on a gate insulating film, a source and a drain. The source and the drain are formed in a first area of a semiconductor substrate. A first silicon oxide film is formed on a second area of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first area. The first silicon oxide film is thicker than the gate insulating film and contains larger amount of impurities than the gate insulating film. A poly-silicon layer is formed on the first silicon oxide film. The protection diode has a plurality of PN-junctions formed in the poly-silicon layer. The protection diode is connected between the gate electrode and the source so as to prevent breakdown of the gate insulating film.	05-27-2010

Hirokazu Asahara, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100139762	COMPOUND-TYPE THIN FILM, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An organometal material gas is supplied into a low electron temperature and high density plasma excited by microwaves to form a thin film of a compound on a substrate as a film forming object. In this case, the temperature of a supply system for the organometal material gas is controlled by taking advantage of the relationship between the vapor pressure and temperature of the organometal material gas.	06-10-2010

Hirokazu Asahara, Miyagi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120037407	Electronic Apparatus and Method of Manufacturing the Same - It has been found out that, among transparent conductive layers, a zinc oxide layer has a function of preventing diffusion of sodium. An electronic apparatus is obtained which uses the zinc oxide layer as an electrode of the electronic apparatus and also as a diffusion preventing layer for preventing diffusion of sodium from a glass substrate.	02-16-2012

Hiroyuki Asahara, Tsukubamirai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080236387	Piston assembly in fluid pressure cylinder - The piston	10-02-2008

Masato Asahara, Kobe-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110259012	WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle has a cooling fan provided on a first side of an engine to blow air to the engine; a muffler main body provided on a second side thereof in a position lower than an upper surface of a head cover of the engine; and an exhaust pipe exposed in a position facing an air blowing path of the cooling fan higher than the upper surface of the head cover of the engine to discharge exhaust from the muffler main body.	10-27-2011

Motoki Asahara, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090111926	LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER BLEND - The present invention provides a liquid-crystalline polyester blend, which is obtained by combining a liquid-crystalline polyester (A) and a liquid-crystalline polyester (B) such that the ratio by weight of (A)/(B) is 99/1 to 80/20:	04-30-2009
20090111964	WHOLLY AROMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER - The present invention provides a wholly aromatic liquid-crystalline polyester consisting of the repeating units represented by formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV):	04-30-2009
20100314581	LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER BLEND COMPOSITIONS - The present invention provides a liquid-crystalline polyester blend composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a liquid-crystalline polyester blend and 0.1-300 parts by weight of calcium titanate and/or barium titanate:	12-16-2010

Nobuaki Asahara, Wako JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110313594	ON-VEHICLE REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTELY CONTROLLABLE ON-VEHICLE DEVICE - An on-vehicle remote control apparatus includes a use-state determining device configured to determine whether a vehicle is in use. The vehicle has a remotely controllable on-vehicle device. An emergency-mode determining device is configured to determine whether the vehicle is in an emergency mode. A remote-control-execution determining device is configured to determine whether a remote-control executing device is permitted to execute remote control of the on-vehicle device. If the use-state determining device determines that the vehicle is in use, the remote-control-execution determining device prohibits the remote-control executing device from executing the remote control of the on-vehicle device. Even when the use-state determining device determines that the vehicle is in use, if the emergency-mode determining device determines that the vehicle is in the emergency mode, the remote-control-execution determining device permits the remote-control executing device to execute the remote control of the on-vehicle device.	12-22-2011

Nobuaki Asahara, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100145570	VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, VEHICULAR INFORMATION COLLECTING SYSTEM, AND VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - According to a vehicular communication system (	06-10-2010
20100146562	VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - According to a vehicular communication system (	06-10-2010

Nobuaki Asahara, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110015820	VEHICLE POSITION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE POSITION TRANSMISSION PROGRAM - A system and the like capable of reporting a position of a vehicle to outside at an appropriate frequency, while saving communication cost is provided. According to a vehicle position transmission system	01-20-2011
20110178678	VEHICLE STATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VEHICLE, VEHICLE STATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A system and the like capable of preventing the over discharge of the power source mounted on the vehicle, while alleviating the work for monitoring the power supply ability of the power source is provided. According to a vehicle state management system	07-21-2011

Nobuo Asahara, Iyo-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090301641	Processes for producing perform and FRP - A preform, formed with a plurality of reinforcing fiber substrates stacked to each other and each made of at least reinforcing fiber yarns, has a resin material, whose main component is a thermoplastic resin, interlaminated between the layers of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the preform, and has through holes extending through a plurality of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the thickness direction of the preform; an FRP molded using this preform; and processes for producing these. By improving the impregnability in the thickness direction of the preform, an FRP excellent both in various mechanical properties and in matrix resin impregnation and stabler in quality can be produced with high productivity.	12-10-2009
20100181017	FORMING-MOLDING TOOL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PREFORMS AND FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS WITH THE TOOL - To heat a laminate of a reinforcing fiber base material uniformly with high precision, a forming-molding tool for resin transfer molding of fiber reinforced plastics obtained by integrating a face plate part and a flat plate part for forming a hollow convex part, in which metallic piping as a flow path of a heating medium is integrated with the back surface of the face plate part by a thermally conductive material and a rubber cord is integrated with an outside of a region used for forming or molding in the flat plate part is used.	07-22-2010

Nobuo Asahara, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090065977	PROCESS, AND APPARATUS, FOR PRODUCING REINFORCING FIBER MOLDING - A method of forming, on a strip-shaped laminate of multiple reinforcing fiber sheets superimposed one upon another, two flexures with respect to the cross-section configuration thereof, wherein in the forming of the two flexures with the use of two flexure forming dies independent from each other, respectively, the two flexure forming dies are arranged so that the relative distance of the two flexure forming dies is changeable in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped laminate. This method can be effectively utilized in the production of a reinforcing fiber molding with changing of the distance between the two flexures namely, width of web portion or gauge between two flange portions from the strip-shaped laminate, or the production of fiber reinforced resin (FRP) molding therefrom.	03-12-2009
20090068428	REINFORCING FIBER BASE MATERIAL FOR PREFORMS, PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LAMINATES THEREOF, AND SO ON - The invention provides (1) a reinforcing fiber base material having a weave constituted of both reinforcing fiber filaments arranged in one direction in parallel with each other and auxiliary yarns arranged in another direction, which satisfies the relationship: L=H/cos θ (wherein L is the length of auxiliary yarn covering one reinforcing fiber filament and H is the width of the filament as determined in such a state where the reinforcing fiber filaments are unified only with the auxiliary yarns; and 3°≦θ (in-plane shear strain)≦30°) and wherein 2 g/m	03-12-2009

Norimi Asahara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100117630	DISPLACEMENT SENSING DEVICE - A compact sensing device capable of sensing a rotational angle and a rotational velocity, or a rectilinear moving distance and a moving velocity. A displacement sensing device that senses a rotational angle of a moving member rotation and a distance of a linear movement of the moving member, or senses an angular velocity of the moving member rotation and a velocity of a linear movement of the moving member, includes: a first movable member, moved together with the moving member by a linear movement of the moving member; a second movable member holding the first movable member in a rotatable manner, and rotated together with the moving member by rotation of the moving member; a first sensor outputting a signal in accordance with a linear movement of the first movable member; and a second sensor outputting a signal in accordance with a rotation of the second movable member.	05-13-2010

Norimi Asahara, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120109481	BRAKING/DRIVING FORCE CONTROL DEVICE - A braking/driving force control device includes an operating unit that executes an acceleration operation and a deceleration operation by an integral pedal, a stroke sensor that detects a stroke amount due to an operation of the operating unit, a load sensor that detects a load due to an operation of the operating unit, and a control unit that controls acceleration of a vehicle based on a stroke amount detected by the stroke sensor and further controls deceleration of a vehicle based on a load detected by the load sensor.	05-03-2012

Norimi Asahara, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090069971	DRIVING FORCE CONTROLLER OF VEHICLE - A driving force control apparatus includes a driver model which is a functional block adjusting characteristics relevant to human senses and a powertrain manger which is a functional block adjusting vehicle's hardware characteristics. The driver model includes a target base driving force calculation unit (static characteristics) calculating a target driving force from an accelerator pedal position using a base driving force map or the like, and a target transient characteristics addition unit calculating a final target driving force from the target driving force using transient characteristics represented by a transfer function. The powertrain manager includes a target engine torque and AT gear calculation unit and a characteristics compensator compensating for response of the vehicle.	03-12-2009
20110130931	GEAR SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND GEAR SHIFT CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A gear shift control apparatus for an automatic transmission includes: a gear-shift-state-determining unit for determining the presence or absence of a gear-shift-determination of the automatic transmission; a gear-shift-time-estimating unit, when there is the gear-shift-determination, for estimating gear-shift-completion-time since the present gear is shifted to another gear and, after that, further shifted to the present gear; a fuel-consumption-estimating unit for estimating a first fuel consumption in the case where the vehicle drives for the gear-shift-completion-time in the present gear and a second fuel consumption in the case where the present gear is shifted to another gear and, after that, further shifted to the present gear; and a fuel-consumption-determining unit for determining validity of the gear shift on the basis of fuel consumptions. A gear-shift-control unit changes the determination of shifting to another gear at the time of the gear-shift-determination in accordance with a determination result of the fuel-consumption-determining unit.	06-02-2011

Shigeo Asahara, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100191156	HUMAN STATE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND METHOD - To provide a human state estimating device which accurately estimates a human state. The human state estimating device includes: a storage unit (	07-29-2010

Sukeo Asahara, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110257836	OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE - An operation control device includes: a database for storing generated heat amount conditions of a device provided in a satellite and temperature environment conditions based on an orbital position and attitude of the satellite; a thermal analysis condition generation unit for generating thermal analysis conditions on the basis of telemetry data transmitted from the satellite, the generated heat amount conditions, and the temperature environment conditions; an analysis unit for performing thermal analysis for computing a temperature inside the satellite on the basis of the thermal analysis conditions; a temperature distribution data generation unit for generating temperature distribution data of part or all inside the satellite in a three-dimensional display format on the basis of the temperature values obtained by the thermal analysis; and a display unit for displaying the temperature distribution data.	10-20-2011

Takahiro Asahara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120062767	IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In an image data processing apparatus, a conversion unit generates first image data of a first image format and second image data of a second image format and supplies the first and second image data on a time division basis with respect to each image taken by using an image sensor. An operating unit acquires the first and second image data produced on a time division basis from the conversion unit, performs a process for displaying the taken image on a display device by using the first image data, and performs a process for storing the taken image in a storage device by using the second image data.	03-15-2012

Takashi Asahara, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080217516	Photodetector - There is provided a photodetector applicable to communications requiring a high speed and broad dynamic range. When a photocurrent output of a photodiode	09-11-2008
20080266283	Led Drive Circuit - An LED driving circuit that can improve characteristics is provided. An LED driving circuit	10-30-2008
20090039860	LED DRIVE CIRCUIT - An LED driving circuit can improve characteristics. A first current increasing circuit	02-12-2009

Takashi Asahara, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090170078	METHOD OF QUANTITATIVELY ANALYSING MICROORGANISM TARGETING RRNA - An object of the present invention is to provide a method of quantitating or detecting a microorganism, capable of detecting a live microorganism at high sensitivity and more precisely. A method of quantitating a microorganism of interest, using as an index the amount of rRNA of the microorganism of interest is provided.	07-02-2009
20110219869	OPTICAL AIR DATA SENSOR - The object of the present invention is to provide an air data sensor that does not require an external input of a reference velocity as a Doppler LIDAR, has a function of autonomously determining the absolute airspeed, and has no position error. The optical air data sensor in accordance with the present invention is an optical air data sensor, mounted on an aircraft, for emitting a laser light as a transmission light into atmosphere, and then receiving a laser scattered light produced by scattering of the laser light by aerosol present in the atmosphere as a reception light, thereby to measure an airspeed and a wind velocity of airflow in a distant region on the basis of a Doppler shift amount between the transmission light and the reception light, wherein a true airspeed is autonomously measured, without setting a reference velocity, by successively sweeping a frequency offset corresponding to a reference velocity for providing an offset to a measurement frequency, and performing this sweeping within a frequency range in which the Doppler shift amount is measured.	09-15-2011

Takayuki Asahara, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090104665	PURINE-DERIVED SUBSTANCE-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PURINE-DERIVED SUBSTANCE - A purine-derived substance is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the genus	04-23-2009
20090186384	Purine-Derived Substance-Producing Bacterium and a Method for Producing Purine-Derived Substance - A purine-derived substance is produced by culturing a	07-23-2009
20100047874	PURINE-DERIVED SUBSTANCE-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PURINE-DERIVED SUBSTANCE - A purine-derived substance is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the genus	02-25-2010
20110033898	METHOD FOR PRODUCING 5'-GUANYLIC ACID - 5′-guanylic acid (GMP) is produced efficiently by allowing a microorganism to react with xanthylic acid (XMP), wherein said microorganism is able to convert xanthylic acid into 5′-guanylic acid and has been modified so that the nagD gene does not function normally and 5′-guanylic acid synthetase activity is enhanced.	02-10-2011
20110045543	PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF 5'-GUANYLIC ACID - By reacting inosinic acid (IMP) with a bacterium which has been modified so that IMP dehydrogenase activity and 5′-guanylic acid (GMP) synthetase activity are enhanced, GMP is produced.	02-24-2011

Takayuki Asahara, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120003738	Method For Amplification And Functional Enhancment Of Blood Derived Progenitor Cells Using A Closed Culture System - The present invention provides a method for expanding and improving functional capacity of human adult-derived progenitor cells in vitro using a closed culture system. The present invention provides a favorable condition for cell therapy to promote tissue repair and organogenesis via vasculogenesis and angiogenesis in clinical settings. The proposed closed bag culture system for culturing hemangioblast comprises of, in one embodiment, a serum-free culture medium containing one or more factors selected from the group consisting of stem cell growth factor, interleukin-6, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3, thrombopoietin, and vascular endothelial growth factor and a kit for the preparation of the serum-free culture medium and the like.	01-05-2012

Tatsuya Asahara, Nishinomiya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090037525	NETWORK SYSTEM AND TERMINALS CONNECTED THERETO - A network system is provided with a plurality of terminals connected thereto, each of the terminals being configured to be connectable to a network and switchable between server mode and client mode. Each of the terminals includes a terminal information registration unit and a comparison information storage unit, and the terminal information registration unit stores information on each other terminal connected to the network as well as information on whether each other terminal is a server terminal or a client terminal. The comparison information storage unit stores comparison information used for server selection. In a server selection process, at least one of the terminals compares pieces of the comparison information stored in the comparison information storage units of the individual terminals through terminal-to-terminal communication and, depending on the result of comparison, one of the terminals to which priority is given is selected to work as the server terminal	02-05-2009

Toshiaki Asahara, Aichi Prefecture JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110226777	Fuel tank for motor vehicle - A fuel tank capable of strongly fusion-bonding a built-in part to an inner surface of an outer wall thereof while protecting the outer wall even when an impact, etc. are applied thereto. In the fuel tank for a motor vehicle, which is formed by blow molding, in which the built-in part is mounted, and which has the outer wall composed of a synthetic resin, a plurality of mounting members adapted to mount the built-in part to the fuel tank are provided on the built-in part so as to be fusion-bonded to the inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel tank. An abutment portion is formed on each of the mounting members for contacting the inner surface of the outer wall of the fuel tank, and an abutment surface and a plurality of abutment pins, each projecting from the abutment surface, are formed in the abutment portion. The abutment pin is formed into a columnar or frustum-shaped configuration, each having a circular or elliptical cross-section, and a diameter or a main axis of a projecting end of the abutment pin along with the height of the abutment pin from the abutment surface are formed less than the thickness of the outer wall of the fuel tank.	09-22-2011

Yasuyuki Asahara, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110153133	OPERATING NOISE CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATING NOISE CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle (	06-23-2011

Yoshiaki Asahara, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090099717	TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE UNIT - A trajectory tracking control system according to the invention controls a robot (	04-16-2009

Yoshiaki Asahara, Obu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100082194	PATH PLANNING DEVICE AND METHOD, COST EVALUATION DEVICE, AND MOVING BODY - To generate an optimal path in a search space represented by a grid. A path search device includes: an edge generation section that generates edges extending to neighboring nodes located at least forward and diagonally forward right and left of a focus node, assuming that each grid point is a node and that a minimum cost node among end nodes each located at an end of the edges is the focus node, when a cost from a start point to a given node is a cost of the given node; an edge cost calculation/readout section that reads out a shortest distance from a reference node to the neighboring node (first distance) and a shortest distance from the reference node to the focus node (second distance) from a database, assuming that a node obtained by tracing back a predetermined number of nodes from the focus node in a direction toward the start point along the path is the reference node; a path cost calculation section that calculates a cost of a path from the start point to the neighboring node as a sum of costs of edges constituting the path; and a path determination section that selects a path having a minimum cost from the start point to the end point.	04-01-2010
20100198443	PATH PLANNING DEVICE, PATH PLANNING METHOD, AND MOVING BODY - To provide a path planning device and a path planning method capable of, when installed in a moving body such as a robot, exhibiting a natural moving action, and a moving body having such a path planning device installed therein. A path planning device includes a path guide area setting unit that sets a first movement prohibited area for assisting moving path generation on one or both sides of the robot, and a path decision unit that determines a path to a target position such that the robot does not move inside the path guide area. The path guide area setting unit sets the path guide area such that its perimeter passes through the center of that robot.	08-05-2010
20100324771	AUTONOMOUS MOVING BODY, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - To provide an autonomous moving body capable of moving with efficiency along a path toward a travel end point while avoiding a collision with a moving obstacle, its control method, and its control system. An autonomous moving body in accordance with the present invention includes means to create a traveling path of the autonomous moving body that extends from a travel start point to a travel end point, means to calculate a point at which a moving obstacle located within the moving area crosses the created traveling path of the autonomous moving body as a collision prediction point, means to calculate a first passage time period during which the moving obstacle passes through the collision prediction point, and means to calculate a second passage time period during which the autonomous moving body passes through the collision prediction point. Further, if at least a part of the second passage time period overlaps the first passage time period, the traveling speed of the autonomous moving body is adjusted so that the second passage time period does not overlap the first passage time period.	12-23-2010
20110010033	AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT, SELF POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, ENVIRONMENTAL MAP GENERATION METHOD, ENVIRONMENTAL MAP GENERATION APPARATUS, AND DATA STRUCTURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MAP - To improve the accuracy of the self position estimation of a mobile robot. A robot measures a distance to an object in the mobile environment by using a range sensor. An environmental map storage unit stores an environmental map containing a plurality of map data each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of measurement directions from which a point in the mobile environment is to be observed. A self position estimation unit selects a map data corresponding to a measurement direction in which a distance to the object is measured by the range sensor from the plurality of map data. Then, the self position estimation unit estimates a self position of the mobile robot based on the selected map data and range data obtained by the range sensor.	01-13-2011

Yoshifumi Asahara, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120111718	METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A method for producing a transparent conductive film including a transparent film substrate and a crystalline transparent conductive layer, including: a first depositing a first indium-based complex oxide having a first tetravalent metal element oxide on the transparent film substrate; and a second depositing indium oxide or a second indium-based complex oxide and lower than the tetravalent metal element oxide content of the indium-based complex oxide used in the first depositing by sputtering to form an amorphous transparent conductive layer, and crystallizing the amorphous transparent conductive layer. The method allows a reduction in crystallization time.	05-10-2012
20120114923	TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND TOUCH PANEL THEREWITH - A transparent conductive film includes a transparent film substrate; and a first and second crystalline transparent conductive laminate, wherein the second crystalline layer is located between the transparent film substrate and the first transparent conductive layer, and a second content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer is higher than a first content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive film allows a reduction in crystallization time.	05-10-2012

Yuji Asahara, Kanawaga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100096393	BARRIER-FILM FORMING APPARATUS, BARRIER-FILM FORMING METHOD, AND BARRIER-FILM COATED CONTAINER - A barrier-film forming apparatus that forms a barrier film on an inner face of a container (	04-22-2010

Yuji Asahara, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090188430	Film Forming Apparatus, Matching Device, and Impedance Control Method - The present invention realizes an impedance control for avoiding the extinction of a plasma caused due to a sudden change in a load impedance, which may occur immediately after the plasma is generated. A film-forming apparatus of the present invention includes a power supply; a matching circuit; an electrode configured to receive electric power from the power supply through the matching circuit, and to generate a plasma inside a film forming chamber for accommodating a film forming target based on the electric power; and a control section configured to control an impedance of the matching circuit. The control section keeps the impedance of the matching circuit constant during a first period starting at a first time t	07-30-2009
20100116331	PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A photovoltaic device and a process for producing the device that enables a higher level of performance to be achieved at low cost. The photovoltaic device includes at least two laminated photovoltaic layers, and an intermediate layer that is disposed between the two photovoltaic layers and connects the two photovoltaic layers electrically and optically, wherein the surface of the intermediate layer has a plasma-resistant protective layer.	05-13-2010
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