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Asami, JP

Akiko Asami, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090210517	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An information management device and method, an information processing device and method, a recording medium, and a program that allow the provision of optimum content to each individual user are provided. In a Pochara service server	08-20-2009

Bungo Asami, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100155536	Aircraft Seat - An aircraft seat which can receive the load of a sitting person with only a back plate member, using no seat back frame, thus eliminating the need for sacrificing the sitting space, which results from the existence of the seat back frame, and at the same time, allowing the weight of the seat to be reduced, is provided. The aircraft seat (	06-24-2010

Hideaki Asami, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100040401	Water Based Ink Compositions For Ballpoint Pen - A water based ink composition for a ballpoint pen containing ι-carrageenan in addition to a dye, water and a water-soluble organic solvent. When used in the ball point pen, the ink composition satisfies an ink drooling prevention and a drying resistance which are mutually incompatible functions and is excellent in writing performance regardless of containing a dye as a coloring agent. The ink composition (c) is used, for example, by accommodating a refill (	02-18-2010

Hiroshi Asami, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080224249	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUAFCTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second surfaces opposite each other, the first surface being an active surface by provided with an electronic element thereon, a pad electrode formed to be connected to the electronic element in a peripheral portion of the electronic element on the active surface, a first opening extending from the second surface toward the pad electrode so as not to reach the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second opening, formed to reach the pad electrode from a bottom surface of the first opening, having a diameter smaller than that of the first opening, an insulating layer formed to cover sidewall surfaces of the first opening and the second opening, and a conductive layer formed, inside of the insulating layer, to cover at least an inner wall surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the second opening.	09-18-2008
20080283951	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first electronic circuit and a second electronic circuit formed on an active surface, a pad electrode formed on the active surface by being connected to the first electronic circuit and/or the second electronic circuit, a first opening formed to some point along a depth of the semiconductor substrate toward the pad electrode from a surface opposite to the active surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second opening formed so as to reach the pad electrode from a bottom surface of the first opening, an insulating layer formed by covering sidewall surfaces of the first opening and the second opening, a conductive layer formed by covering at least an inner wall surface of the insulating layer and a bottom surface of the second opening, a third opening formed to some point along the depth of the semiconductor substrate from the surface opposite to the active surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a heat insulator imbedded in the third opening.	11-20-2008
20090200629	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A semiconductor device which includes a semiconductor chip formed with a light-reception area, a spacer, and a transparent substrate. The spacer is bonded to the semiconductor chip via a first adhesive and surrounding the light-reception area. The transparent substrate is bonded to the spacer via a second adhesive and disposed above the light-reception area. A first projection having a predetermined height is formed on a surface of the spacer which is on a side of the semiconductor chip, and the first projection abuts on the semiconductor chip.	08-13-2009
20100122838	MOUNT BOARD AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A mount board includes a laminated wiring section including a plurality of wiring layers formed on a surface of a substrate in a laminated manner, wherein a portion of an inner wiring layer is exposed to the outside, the inner wiring layer being any of the plurality of wiring layers excluding an uppermost wiring layer.	05-20-2010
20100244270	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a component substrate of a semiconductor device; electrode pads provided on one surface of the component substrate; a support plate material reinforcing the component substrate; via holes made in the support plate material; a conducting material filled in the via holes; and a joining member interposed between the electrode pads and the conducting material and joining the component substrate and the support plate material.	09-30-2010
20110193223	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, CHIP-ON-CHIP MOUNTING STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF FORMING THE CHIP-ON-CHIP MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor substrate; a pad electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate; a base metal layer formed on said pad electrode; and a bump electrode formed on the base metal layer, in which an exposed surface including a side surface of the base metal layer is covered with the solder bump electrode.	08-11-2011

Ikuo Asami, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080277207	Machine Room-Less Elevator - A machineroom-less elevator in which a counterweight is vertically moved behind a cage, with the cage and the counterweight being suspended in a jig back manner through a first and second diverting sheaves. In this machineroom-less elevator, a sufficiently large vertical stroke of the counterweight can be secured, while a durability of a hoist rope is improved. In addition, since no tensile difference is generated in respective parts of the hoist rope, vertical vibrations of the cage are prevented when the cage restarts a vertical movement. A traction sheave is disposed on one of right and left sidewalls of an elevator shaft. A first diverting sheave is disposed below and sufficiently apart from the traction sheave, and a second diverting sheave is disposed on a top of a rear wall of the elevator shaft. The traction sheave is disposed to be inclined relative to the sidewall such that a rotational axis thereof extends from the sidewall of the elevator shaft to the rear wall thereof, when viewed vertically from above.	11-13-2008

Ikuo Asami, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090008192	ELEVATOR - An elevator has a machineroom of a comparatively low height so designed that a sufficiently large working space necessary for inspection and maintenance work is available in the machineroom and a hoist cable can be wound round a traction sheave disposed in the machineroom at a large contact angle. The elevator has a cage provided with front and back cage-side sheaves and suspended for vertical movement in an elevator shaft, and a counterweight that moves vertically in a space behind a vertical plane containing the back wall of the cage in the elevator shaft. The traction sheave and a drive unit for driving the traction sheave are disposed in the machineroom with their axes laterally extended. The back cage-side sheave lies below the traction sheave.	01-08-2009

Jun Asami, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110091236	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a recording material, the transfer portion including a transfer member for forming a transfer nip between itself and the image bearing member; and a fixing portion for fixing on the recording material the toner image transferred on the recording material, the fixing device including a fixing sleeve, a heater contacted to an inner surface of the fixing sleeve, and a pressing roller for forming a fixing nip between itself and the heater through the fixing sleeve. At least one of the fixing sleeve and the pressing roller is grounded through a first series circuit consisting of a rectifying element and a first resistance element and is grounded through a second series circuit, which is connected to the first series circuit in parallel, consisting of a capacitative element and a second resistance element.	04-21-2011
20110116844	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OR TRANSFER ROLLER USED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer roller. The transfer roller includes an elastic layer disposed on a metal core bar. The elastic layer is made of a non-foamed solid rubber. The surface of the elastic layer includes a plurality of convex portions extending in a line in the axis direction of the transfer roller.	05-19-2011
20110156336	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reversely-rotatable roller conveys a sheet having an image formed on its one side at a sheet conveying velocity faster than that of a conveying roller by normal rotation and then, the reversely-rotatable roller conveys the sheet to a re-conveying path by reverse rotation. The sheet conveying velocity of the reversely-rotatable roller when the reversely-rotatable roller reversely rotates is made slower than the sheet conveying velocity when the reversely-rotatable roller normally rotates so that the sheet conveying velocity of the re-conveying roller is substantially equal to or slower than the sheet conveying velocity of the conveying roller.	06-30-2011

Junichi Asami, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110116881	TAPPING MACHINE AND TAP DIE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING OVERSTROKE OF TAP - An adapter (	05-19-2011

Katsushi Asami, Nukata-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080288254	Voice recognition apparatus and navigation apparatus - A voice recognition apparatus recognizes speaker's voice collected by a microphone, determines whether a telephone number is grouped into categories based on an inclusion of vocabulary in the telephone number that divides the telephone number into groups such as an area code, a city code and a subscriber number, and displays the telephone number in a display part in a grouped form of the area code, city code and subscriber number.	11-20-2008
20090150785	Input device for inputting voice information including voice recognizer - An input device for inputting a command to an electronic system such as an on-board navigation system includes a microphone for inputting voice, a voice recognizer for analyzing the inputted voice and comparing it with data stored in a voice recognition dictionary, a touch panel displaying keys corresponding to the inputted voice and a controller for controlling operation of the input device. User's voice inputted from the microphone is fed into the voice recognizer to calculate a degree of coincidence with the data in the voice recognition dictionary. The keys corresponding to the inputted voice having a high degree of coincidence are displayed on the touch panel in an enlarged size. The enlarging rates may be determined according to the degree of coincidence. The user is able to finalize, easily and quickly, the keys constituting a command by touching the panel because candidate keys are enlarged.	06-11-2009
20100198093	Voice recognition apparatus, method for recognizing voice, and navigation apparatus having the same - A voice recognition apparatus includes: a voice input element for inputting voice of an user; a voice pattern memory for storing multiple voice patterns respectively corresponding to multiple phrases; a voice recognition element for calculating a similarity degree between the voice and each voice pattern and determining the highest similarity degree so that one voice pattern corresponding to the highest similarity degree is recognized as the voice; a display for displaying a recognition result corresponding to the one voice pattern; an execution determination element for executing a process according to the one voice pattern when a predetermined operation is input by the user; a load estimation element for estimating a load of the user; and a display controller for controlling the display based on a positive correlation between the load and display repetition of the recognition result on the display.	08-05-2010
20100219989	Input system and wearable electrical apparatus - A wearable input device is worn on a finger of a user to detect contact and separation of the finger to and from the other body part of the user, respectively, and further measure motion of the finger. In the wearable input device, a signal supply unit supplies an electrical signal to a pair of signal electrodes worn on the finger, and a current sensor detects a current flowing between the signal electrodes. The contact and the separation are detected based on the detected current. Further a triaxial acceleration sensor detects the motion of the finger. A user input is determined by extracting only the trajectory of the motion of the finger detected when the finger is in contact with the other body part.	09-02-2010
20100220070	Apparatus with selectable functions - A user can wear a transmitter module on a finger. The transmitter module transmits an electric signal through a finger. An electronic device includes a touch panel as an input device and a conductive film. The conductive film is a part of a receiver module which receives the electric signal when the body part is approached to the conductive film. The control unit provides a performing module which selectively performs one function among the functions according to the detection result of the receiver module. A first function is performed when the user approaches a finger wearing the transmitter module. A second function is performed when the user approaches another finger not wearing the transmitter module.	09-02-2010

Kazuhiro Asami, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090278278	METHOD OF PRODUCING POLYOLEFIN RESIN FILM - A method of producing a polyolefin resin film comprising melt-extruding a polyolefin resin from a circular die toward the antigravity direction to form a tubular film and cooling the tubular film while receiving the film toward the antigravity direction, wherein a water-absorbing material containing water and having a width in the gravity direction of 5 mm or more is brought into contact with the peripheral surface of the tubular film to cool the film, at any position distant by 0 to 200 mm toward the gravity direction from the frost line obtained by air cooling.	11-12-2009

Kazuo Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110010748	VIDEO DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION METHOD - To provide a video distribution device which can realize a smooth change of reproduction speed without increasing a data transfer rate from the time of a normal reproduction and decrease a decoding load even when the reproduction speed is changed.	01-13-2011
20110167139	CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - The system (	07-07-2011
20110225270	CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - The system (	09-15-2011

Kazushi Asami, Okazaki-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110129686	DEPOSITION METHOD, DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND LAMINATED FILM - In a deposition method of forming a compound layer including a metal and an oxide by a supercritical fluid deposition method, a first material for generating the metal and a second material for generating the oxide are supplied to a supercritical fluid. With an increase of a thickness of the compound layer, a ratio of a supplied amount of the first material with respect to a supplied amount of the second material is increased.	06-02-2011

Kazushi Asami, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110041604	Angular rate sensor - An angular rate sensor comprises a piezoelectric film having a first and a second surfaces forming an x-y plane and utilizes a perturbation mass coherently vibrating elastic acoustic waves on which a Coriolis force acts when the angular rate sensor undergoes a rotary motion about an x-direction. A first elastic acoustic wave is excited in the piezoelectric film by a driving transducer and a second elastic acoustic wave generated by the Coriolis force proportional to an angular rate of the rotary motion of the angular rate sensor itself is detected by the detecting transducer. The angular rate sensor further comprises at least a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the piezoelectric film for discharging a surface charge caused due to piezoelectric effect at the lower surface of the film in which the first elastic acoustic wave is excited.	02-24-2011
20110041605	Angular rate sensor - An angular rate sensor comprises a piezoelectric film having a first and a second surfaces forming an x-y plane and utilizes a perturbation mass coherently vibrating elastic acoustic waves on which a Coriolis force acts when the angular rate sensor undergoes a rotary motion about an x-direction. A first elastic acoustic wave is excited in the piezoelectric film by a driving transducer and a second elastic acoustic wave generated by the Coriolis force proportional to an angular rate of the rotary motion of the angular rate sensor itself is detected by the detecting transducer. The angular rate sensor further comprises at least a first electrode disposed on the first surface of the piezoelectric film for discharging a surface charge caused due to piezoelectric effect at the lower surface of the film in which the first elastic acoustic wave is excited.	02-24-2011

Keiichi Asami, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080286021	Image recording apparatus - An image recording apparatus according to the invention has a nozzle plate having a nozzle hole for ejecting ink, a wiper blade for cleaning the nozzle plate, a blade holder holding the wiper blade, and a wiper base containing and holding the blade holder. When the wiper blade abuts on the nozzle plate, the blade holder is held and inclined in the wiper base so that the wiper blade follows the nozzle plate.	11-20-2008

Keiichi Asami, Sodegaura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110054118	Solvent dispersion of composite resin and uses thereof - A solvent dispersion of a composite resin which comprises a solvent and a composite resin comprising a thermoplastic elastomer (A) and a polymer of copolymerizable monomers (B) comprising a monomer having an α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated group and other copolymerizable monomer(s), wherein the thermoplastic elastomer (A) is a propylene-based elastomer having a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of not more than 3 as measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and the copolymerizable monomers (B) include at least one monomer containing no functional groups; and uses of the dispersion. The dispersion can be used to provide a coating material, primer, adhesive, additive, binder, film, and primer for strippable paints and traffic paints, which have excellent adhesiveness to various materials.	03-03-2011

Keiichi Asami, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090162679	Coating Material - There is provided a coating material comprising a mixture of a water-based resin composition of a thermoplastic elastomer (A) and/or a thermoplastic elastomer (B) in which at least one moiety is modified with a functional group; one of a water-based resin composition of a resin (G) formed from a copolymerizable monomer (G-1) which includes a monomer having an α,β-monoethylenic unsaturated group and other copolymerizable monomer, and a water-based resin composition of an urethane resin (U); and a water-based resin composition of a petroleum-based hydrocarbon resin (D) and/or a rosin-based resin (E) and/or a terpene-based resin (F). The coating material causing no separation phenomenon provides a coating composition or a primer with which spray coating is possible, and is a completely water-based coating material exhibiting an excellent adhesivity to a molded article of various resins such as polyolefin and a synthetic rubber or to metals such as a steel plate and aluminum.	06-25-2009

Keiichi Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100103208	INK FILLING METHOD AND INKJET PRINTER - An ink circulating unit is configured by including an ink head for spraying ink, a first tank, which is arranged upper than the ink head in a gravitational direction, for storing the ink to be supplied to the ink head, a second tank, which is arranged lower than the ink head in the gravitational direction, for storing the ink not sprayed from the ink head, and a pump for conveying the ink within the second tank to the first tank. A first step of driving the pump for a predetermined amount of time in a state where the first tank is sealed, and a second step of stopping the pump for a predetermined amount of time in a state where the air within the first tank is released are executed to fill the ink head with the ink.	04-29-2010
20100177148	INK-JET PRINTER - In an ink-jet printer of the present invention, an ink circulation path	07-15-2010
20100194798	INKJET PRINTER AND INK CIRCULATION METHOD THEREOF - An inkjet printer includes a first tank for storing ink supplied to a ink jetting unit, a second tank for storing the ink that is not jetted from the ink jetting unit, and a pump for sending the ink within the second tank to the first tank, and a filling unit for filling a ink circulation path with the ink. The pump starts to be driven if the amount of ink within the first tank is smaller than a predetermined amount and the amount of ink within the second tank is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount. Additionally, the filling unit fills the ink circulation path with the ink if the amount of ink within the first tank is smaller than the predetermined amount and the amount of ink within the second tank is smaller than the predetermined amount.	08-05-2010

Keisuke Asami, Musashino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090022184	WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LIGHT SOURCE OF EXTERNAL RESONATOR TYPE - An improvement is made to a wavelength tunable light source of an external resonator type for selecting a wavelength of light from a semiconductor laser using a diffraction grating. The device has a prism provided between the semiconductor laser and the diffraction grating for enlarging the beam shape of the light from the semiconductor laser in the groove arrangement direction of the diffraction grating, emitting the light to the diffraction grating, and reflecting diffracted light from the diffraction grating to provide output light.	01-22-2009

Kenichi Asami, Yokosuka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110057578	LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a pair of input terminals to which AC voltage is input, the AC voltage being phase-controlled by a dimmer for phase-controlling AC voltage of an AC source; a damping circuit which has a resistor inserted to a position, into which input current flows from the AC source via the dimmer in series, and a capacitor and an inductor which form a closed circuit together with the AC source and the dimmer, and suppresses high-frequency vibration generated in the dimmer when a phase control element of the dimmer is turned on; and an LED lighting circuit which rectifies AC voltage phase-controlled and input via the pair of input terminals, converts DC output voltage, which is obtained by rectification, so that the voltage adapts to a load, and lights the LED.	03-10-2011
20110068706	LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an LED lighting device including: a rectifying circuit having AC input ends connected to an AC source; a converter which has input ends connected to DC output ends of the rectifying circuit and output ends, to which an output capacitor is connected in parallel, connected to an LED, and lights the LED; a control unit for changing continued DC output current of the converter in accordance with a dimming degree; and a bypass circuit which is connected to the output ends of the converter in parallel with the output capacitor and makes bypass current flow, the bypass current being larger than lighting current, which flows through the LED, at least in the vicinity of a dimming lower limit.	03-24-2011
20110181198	LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an LED lighting device includes a DC source, a non-insulated step-down chopper and a light emitting diode. The non-insulated step-down chopper includes: a first circuit in which a switching element, a current detecting impedance element and an inductor are connected in series to each other; a second circuit in which the inductor and a freewheel diode are connected in series to each other; and a control portion for controlling the switching element. A power portion including the switching element and the control portion are constituted by a single package IC, and the current detecting impedance element and inductor are attached to the outside of the IC.	07-28-2011

Kenichi Asami, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100195271	ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED THEREWITH - An electrolytic capacitor includes: a case including a case body, in which an electrolytic capacitor element is disposed in a sealed manner and filled up with an electrolytic solution, and a safety valve is mounted to the case body for jetting an evaporated gas of the electrolytic solution filling the electrolytic capacitor element; a cover member mounted to the case so as to cover the safety valve provided for the case; a first fixing unit mounted to the cover member so as to prevent the cover member from dismounting when the evaporated gas of the electrolytic solution is jetted outward; and a second fixing unit disposed in association with the first fixing unit and adopted to reinforce and assist a function of the first fixing unit to thereby prevent the cover member from being dismounted. An electric equipment includes a lighting circuit including circuit components, and an electrolytic capacitor of the structure mentioned above.	08-05-2010

Kenji Asami, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080300327	Process For Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A synthesis gas is produced from a carbon-containing starting material such as a coal; a CO-containing gas is separated from the resultant synthesis gas, whereby obtaining a gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen; a methanol- and/or dimethyl ether-containing gas is produced from the resultant gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen; meanwhile, a H	12-04-2008
20080319245	Catalyst and Process for Producing Liquefied Petroleum Gas - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a methanol synthesis catalyst component in which an olefin-hydrogenation catalyst component is supported on a Zn—Cr-based methanol synthesis catalyst, and a zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a longer catalyst life with less deterioration.	12-25-2008
20110028307	CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a Pd- and/or Pt-based catalyst component and a USY-type zeolite. By using the catalyst, a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e. a liquefied petroleum gas, can be produced with high activity, high selectivity and high yield from at least one of methanol and dimethyl ether.	02-03-2011

Kenji Asami, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090042717	CATALYST FOR LPG PRODUCTION - A catalyst for producing a liquefied petroleum gas according to the present invention comprises a Pd-based methanol synthesis catalyst component and a β-zeolite catalyst component. It can be used in a reaction of carbon monoxide and hydrogen to give a hydrocarbon containing propane or butane as a main component, i.e., a liquefied petroleum gas, with high activity, high selectivity and high yield. Furthermore, the catalyst has a longer catalyst life with less deterioration.	02-12-2009

Kimiharu Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110187815	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUIRING METHOD - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup portion and a recording portion that records an image signal based on an output signal from the image pickup portion, for executing a shooting operation with a behavior of a photographer as a trigger, and obtaining a desired static image by performing an automatic manipulation processing of the acquired image; the image pickup apparatus comprising: a posture detection portion that detects a change of posture or moving situation of the image pickup apparatus, and a control portion that controls the execution of shooting operation based on the output signal of the posture detection portion.	08-04-2011

Koichi Asami, Kodama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100196127	SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION OR PROCESSING APPARATUS - In order to enable high accuracy positioning and strong pressing of a substrate, the present invention provides a substrate holding apparatus including: a rotating bed having an inclined surface supporting a lower side of an outer circumferential side surface of the substrate, which bed rotates on a normal line of the substrate as the rotation axis together with the substrate; a position restriction unit rotating together with the rotating bed and restricting the substrate in a predetermined position on the rotating bed by pressing a plurality of points on the circumference on an upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate prior to the rotation; and a pressing unit rotating together with the rotating bed and pressing the substrate against the inclined surface by pressing a plurality of points on the upper side of the outer circumferential side surface of the substrate during the rotation.	08-05-2010

Kousuke Asami, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100316241	THIN AUDIO COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE, PORTABLE AUDIO DEVICE, CELLULAR PHONE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING THIN AUDIO COMPONENT - Even when an audio component is mounted on a non-flat portion such as a level difference portion or a bumpy portion, the audio component is stably fixed so as to improve sound quality without requiring a space for improving the sound quality, such as an exhaust chamber, and without increasing the cost. For this purpose, when a mounting rear face area of the audio component covers the non-flat portion on a substrate on which the audio component is mounted, the audio component is fixed on the substrate with a strength retaining member in the shape of a thin sheet provided therebetween for cancelling a level difference against a rear face of the audio component in the non-flat portion.	12-16-2010

Masaaki Asami, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080229949	Liquid transfer apparatus - A liquid transfer apparatus includes a supply cylinder and viscosity reducing agent supply unit. The supply cylinder comes into contact with a transfer target body and supplies a transfer liquid to the transfer target body. The viscosity reducing agent supply unit supplies a viscosity reducing agent which reduces a viscosity of the transfer liquid to the supply cylinder after the apparatus emergently stops and before the supply cylinder starts transfer.	09-25-2008
20080229952	Cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus includes a first liquid supply unit, second cylinder, cleaning unit, third cylinder, second liquid supply unit, first cleaning liquid supply unit, and controller. The first liquid supply unit supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The second cylinder performs transfer to one surface of a transfer target body with the transfer liquid transferred from the first cylinder. The cleaning unit cleans the circumferential surface of the second cylinder in contact with it. The third cylinder is arranged to oppose the second cylinder and performs transfer to the other surface of the transfer target body. The second liquid supply unit supplies the transfer liquid to the third cylinder. The first cleaning liquid supply unit supplies a cleaning liquid to at least one of the first cylinder and the third cylinder. The controller controls the control unit to clean the second cylinder while the second cylinder is in contact with the first cylinder and the third cylinder.	09-25-2008
20080229953	Cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning web, contact member, and web travel unit. The cleaning web is supported to be able to come into contact with and separate from a rotating body so as to clean the rotating body. The contact member comes into contact with the cleaning web. The web travel unit causes the cleaning web to travel and causes the cleaning web to travel for a predetermined length after cleaning the rotating body.	09-25-2008
20080229954	Cleaning apparatus - A cleaning apparatus includes a liquid supply device and cleaning unit. The liquid supply device supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The transfer liquid supplied from the liquid supply device to the first cylinder is transferred to a transfer target body which comes into contact with the first cylinder. The cleaning unit comes into contact with and cleans the first cylinder. The cleaning unit is arranged downstream of a contact position where the first cylinder is in contact with the transfer target body in a rotational direction of the first cylinder, and upstream of a liquid receiving position where the first cylinder receives a liquid supplied from the liquid supply device in a rotational direction of the first cylinder.	09-25-2008

Michiko Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110067721	HAIR STYLING METHOD - A hair styling method including:	03-24-2011

Naohito Asami, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080210048	HEATING ELEMENT FOR STEERING WHEEL - A heating element includes a base material and a heater disposed on the base material, which can be deformed to accommodate a part of the heater. A steering wheel equipped with the heating element is free from surface protrusions caused by the heater. Employment of a linear heater reduces connections between the heater and power supply lines, and a high connecting reliability is obtained. The steering wheel includes the heating element and the power lines, and connections between the heating element and the power lines are disposed in the boss portion of the steering wheel. The steering wheel is further provided with a temperature detector, a temperature detector heater and a temperature controller, and the detector and the detector heater are disposed in the boss portion. Thus, a steering wheel with a good grip and a good appearance can be provided at a low cost.	09-04-2008
20090308857	STEERING WHEEL PLANAR HEAT GENERATING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a planar heat generating element for use on steering wheels of automotive vehicles and motorboats, and a problem of the invention is to adjust a temperature portion of a planar heat generating element which is attached to a steering wheel, so as to enhance the sensation of using the steering wheel by the user when he or she grips thereon.	12-17-2009
20100096379	HEATER-EQUIPPED SEAT - A more comfortable seat is provided by detecting whether or not a person is in a seat. A seat has a heating element	04-22-2010
20100224612	SHEET HEATING ELEMENT - An object of the invention is to provide a highly durable sheet-heating element that has flexibility for making a seat more comfortable, that alleviates load stress for a heater wire while being seated, and that prevents the heater wire from being disconnected.	09-09-2010
20100258645	VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM - A vehicle seating system is provided in which infrared rays radiated from a surface of a thermal radiation member at the time of heating are emitted to a bodily portion of an occupant which extends from his or her head to shoulders for implementation of effective heading. In a case of a planar heating element	10-14-2010
20110163576	SEAT WITH HEATING DEVICE - A seat with a heating device is provided which realizes a configuration in which the arm, palms and finger tips of a user can easily be warmed when the user uses the seat with the heating device. When the user is seated in a seat with a heating device and feels cold due to it being winter, the user controls a switch to heat the seat, whereby energization of heating elements	07-07-2011

Rei Asami, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090010852	PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT - Provided are a preparation process of a diagnostic or therapeutic agent having a step of adding, to a first fine emulsion having a particle size of 0.5 μm or less prepared by applying a predetermined pressure to a first mixture containing a first hydrophobic compound, an emulsifying agent, and an aqueous phase, a second hydrophobic compound compatible with the first hydrophobic compound, thereby preparing a second mixture; and a step of stirring and shaking the second mixture in a hermetically sealed state, thereby embedding the second hydrophobic compound in the first fine emulsion to prepare a second fine emulsion having a particle size of 0.5 μm or less; a diagnostic or therapeutic agent prepared by the process; and an apparatus for carrying out the process.	01-08-2009

Satoshi Asami, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100116888	METHOD OF READING PATTERN IMAGE, APPARATUS FOR READING PATTERN IMAGE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR READING PATTERN IMAGE - Disclosed is a method of capturing and reading a pattern image having three or more pages generated from predetermined information using a capturing section provided in a reading apparatus. The pattern image is configured such that each page includes relevant page information indicating a position of the relevant page and the pages are displayed on a display screen sequentially and successively at a time interval and cyclically and repetitively. The method includes a step of, when two pages of the pattern image have been read, causing the reading apparatus to predict a capturing timing by the capturing section for each remaining unread page from a capturing time interval between the two pages and the relevant page information of each of the two pages, and to perform control such that each remaining unread page of the pattern image is captured and read by the capturing section with the predicted capturing timing.	05-13-2010

Shigeru Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090002967	Electronic module and fabrication method thereof - The present invention provides an electronic module and fabrication method thereof in which the mounting area of an electronic component can be increased and connection failure between a ground electrode and metal shield can be suppressed to sufficiently ensure the connection strength between the ground electrode and conductive shield. In an electronic module	01-01-2009
20110198115	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT BUILT-IN MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic component built-in module includes an electronic component, a substrate on which the electronic component is mounted, a first resin covering the electronic component and the substrate, and a second resin covering the surface of the first resin. The first resin is formed of a resin including pores. The first resin is formed so that the thickness of the first resin on an area where the electronic component is not mounted is larger than that on an area where the electronic component is mounted on the surface of the substrate. A porosity of the second resin is smaller than that of the first resin.	08-18-2011

Shigeyuki Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100074245	MOBILE BODY-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ADDRESS MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A mobile body-mounted communication device mounted in a mobile body such as a vehicle and making difficult the long-time tracking of the moving path of the mobile body. The mobile body-mounted communication device mounted in a mobile body and used for transmitting/receiving packet information is characterized by comprising a borrowing address acquiring section for acquiring lending addresses as borrowed addresses from an address management device managing lending addresses, a borrowing time information acquiring section for acquiring information representing predetermined times during which the borrowing addresses can be used from the address management device, and a transmitting section for transmitting packet information including information on a borrowing address out of the borrowing addresses and the mobile body during the predetermined borrowing times determined for the borrowing addresses.	03-25-2010

Shinichiro Asami, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248350	Exhaust Gas Temperature Analysis Apparatus, Method, and Program - A method for analyzing a temperature of exhaust gas includes calculating an approximate temperature at least one time by fitting a measured spectrum to a portion of theoretical spectra defined in association with a first temperature range using a temperature determined in the an immediately previous preceding temperature analysis as a reference, and then determining a calculated temperature by fitting the measured spectrum to all the theoretical spectra over a second temperature range that is narrower than the first temperature range, using the approximate temperature as a reference.	10-01-2009
20090323068	Gas Analyzer and Gas Analyzing Method - A gas analyzer capable of measuring a concentration of a gas component in gas at sensor units provided at a plurality of positions in real time by decreasing the number of signals input from the sensor units to an analyzer so as to reduce a data amount input to the analyzer and a gas analyzing method. The gas analyzing method includes the steps of: demultiplexing laser light by a demultiplexer into measurement laser light and reference laser light; letting the measurement laser light pass through gas to be received by a photoreceiver; finding an absorption spectrum absorbed by a gas component in the gas based on a light intensity of the received measurement laser light and of the reference laser light; and analyzing the absorption spectrum to measure a concentration of the gas component.	12-31-2009

Sumio Asami, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090318368	ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORY PEPTIDES - It is intended to provide ACE inhibitory tripeptides which are not easily digested by digestive enzymes after being orally taken and thus have fewer tendencies to lose their ACE inhibitory activity in vivo.	12-24-2009
20110124887	EPIGALLOCATECHIN DIMERS OR TRIMERS HAVING LIPASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY AND/OR ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lipase activity inhibitor that shows high inhibitory activity against pancreatic lipase to suppress the absorption of meal-derived fat and/or which contributes to suppressing and preventing obesity, as well as a food or beverage that has such lipase activity inhibitor incorporated therein. Another object of the invention is to provide a lipase inhibitor of tea origin that suits most consumers' taste and which will not impair the flavor of the food or beverage when incorporated therein. Still another object of the invention is to provide a process for producing said lipase inhibitors. Further object of the invention is to provide antioxidants. To attain these objects, epigallocatechin dimers (oolong homobisflavans) or trimers are incorporated in foods or beverages. As a result, the absorption of meal-derived fat can be suppressed and, in addition, antioxidation effect is obtained. The compounds of the invention can be produced by reacting epigallocatechin gallate with formaldehyde in the presence of an acid.	05-26-2011

Tadao Asami, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110225674	Transformed plants or algae with highly expressed chloroplast protein BPG2 - This invention provides a transformed plant or alga with increased chlorophyll, comprising an overexpressed foreign DNA which codes for a chloroplast protein BPG2 or a homologue thereof, and a method for producing the transformed plant or alga.	09-15-2011

Taiji Asami, Tsukuba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090215700	Metastin derivatives and use thereof - The present invention provides stable metastin derivatives having excellent biological activities (a cancer metastasis suppressing activity, a cancer growth suppressing activity, a gonadotropic hormone secretion stimulating activity, sex hormone secretion stimulating activity, etc.).	08-27-2009

Taiji Asami, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110212890	METASTIN DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a stable metastin derivative having excellent biological activities (e.g., a cancer metastasis inhibiting activity, a cancer proliferation inhibiting activity, a gonadotropin secretion promoting activity, a sex hormone secretion promoting activity). A metastin derivative produced by substituting a constituent amino acid in metastin can be improved in stability in the blood and can have an excellent cancer metastasis inhibiting activity, an excellent cancer proliferation inhibiting activity, an excellent gonadotropin secretion inhibiting activity, an excellent sex hormone secretion inhibiting activity and the like by binding the metastin derivative to polyethylene glycol.	09-01-2011

Taiji Asami, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110118172	METASTIN DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF - The invention provides a stable metastin derivative having excellent biological activities (a cancer metastasis-inhibiting activity, a cancer proliferation-inhibiting activity, a gonadotropin secretion-promoting activity, a sex hormone secretion-promoting activity, etc.). By replacing the constituent amino acids of metastin with specific amino acids in the metastin derivative of the present invention, the blood stability and solubility of the metastin derivative can be more improved, the gel tendency of the metastin derivative can be reduced, the pharmacokinetics of the metastin derivative can be improved, and the metastin derivative can exhibit an excellent cancer metastasis-inhibiting activity and cancer proliferation-inhibiting activity. The metastin derivative can also exhibit a gonadotropin secretion-inhibiting activity, a sex hormone secretion-inhibiting activity, etc.	05-19-2011

Takao Asami, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100054986	ALUMINUM ALLOY FOR DIE CASTING AND MOLDED ARTICLE - Provided are an aluminum alloy for die casting that has excellent die-castability, a molding with high hardness, and a molded article with excellent sheen. The aluminum alloy for die casting includes 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % Mn, 0.2 to 1.0 wt. % Cr, 0.1 to 0.5 wt. % Ti, 0.1 to less than 0.5 wt. % Mg, and Al. The molding is obtained by die-casting the aluminum alloy for die casting. The molding obtained by die-casting the aluminum alloy has excellent die-castability and high hardness. By performing the alumite treatment on the surface of the molding, a molded article having excellent sheen is obtained.	03-04-2010

Takayuki Asami, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110148407	ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE OF CURRENT DETECTION DEVICE - An assembling structure is provided which is capable of greatly reducing the material cost, is easy-to-assemble, and can be made smaller. The sensor body is provided on a lower face with a protrusion, which comes into contact with an upper face of the busbar when the sensor body is mounted on the busbar. The busbar is provided with a through-hole passing through the busbar in a vertical direction. A leading end of the protrusion, which passes through the through-hole when the sensor body is mounted on the busbar, is heat-fused and adheres to the circumference of the through-hole.	06-23-2011

Takeshi Asami, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100139623	INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - It is an object to improve starting performance in an engine rotational speed region that exceeds an idle rotation region without affecting normal traveling performance.	06-10-2010

Taketomi Asami, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100035424	Semiconductor Device and Fabrication Method Thereof - A hydrogenation method that utilizes plasma directly exposes a crystalline semiconductor film to the plasma, and therefore involves the problem that the crystalline semiconductor film is damaged by the ions generated simultaneously in the plasma. If a substrate is heated to 400° C. or above to recover this damage, hydrogen is re-emitted from the crystalline semiconductor film.	02-11-2010
20100151664	Method of Manufacturing a Semiconductor Device - At present, a forming process of a base film through an amorphous silicon film is conducted in respective film forming chambers in order to obtain satisfactory films. When continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film is performed in a single film forming chamber with the above film formation condition, crystallization is not sufficiently attained in a crystallization process. By forming the amorphous silicon film using silane gas diluted with hydrogen, crystallization is sufficiently attained in the crystallization process even with the continuous formation of the base film through the amorphous silicon film in the single film forming chamber.	06-17-2010

Taketomi Asami, Atsugi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080251792	Luminescent device and process of manufacturing the same - In the case where a material containing an alkaline metal or an alkaline-earth metal in a cathode, an anode, a buffer layer, or an organic compound layer is used, there is a fear of the diffusion of an impurity ion (representatively, alkaline metal ion or alkaline-earth metal ion) from the EL element to the TFT being generated and causing the variation of characteristics of the TFT.	10-16-2008

Takuo Asami, Chiba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100105790	PROCESS FOR PREPARING THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION AND MOLDED PRODUCT - [PROBLEM] To provide a process for preparing a thermoplastic elastomer composition which is inhibited from sink mark in the injection welding of a linear part and a corner part of a glass run channel and has excellent bond properties, and a molded product obtained by the use of the composition.	04-29-2010
20100120933	THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 10-60 parts by weight of a non-crosslinkable crystalline polyolefin resin (A), 1-30 parts by weight of a specific propylene 1-butene random copolymer (B) and 89-10 parts by weight of an ethylene α-olefin non-conjugated polyene copolymer rubber (C) which is composed of ethylene, an α-olefin having 3-20 carbon atoms and a non-conjugated polyene, in such amounts that the total of the components (A), (B) and (C) is 100 parts by weight. The thermoplastic elastomer composition is dynamically crosslinked by an extruder. This thermoplastic elastomer is excellent in moldability and economic efficiency, and enables to obtain a molded body exhibiting sufficient adhesion strength to a vulcanized rubber or thermoplastic elastomer without the intermediation of an adhesive layer, as well as a lightweight molded body having sufficient hardness and rubber elasticity.	05-13-2010

Tomohiro Asami, Nissin-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080287258	Shift control device and ratio control method for automatic transmission - In a shift control device and a shift control method for an automatic transmission, when the shift range is switched from a non-travel range to a travel range, a squat control of temporarily forming a high-speed step that is smaller in speed change ratio than the first speed change step by engaging a first engagement element and a second engagement element, and then forming the first speed change step by releasing the second engagement element. In the case of standing-start of the vehicle in the high-speed step, the squat control is ended before the first speed change step is formed by releasing the second engagement element.	11-20-2008
20100056332	VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR CONTROL METHOD - When shifting an automatic transmission (	03-04-2010
20100131160	VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - When downshift control is performed during fuel cut control (when coast-down gearshift control is performed), fuel cut reset revolutions are lowered and set to revolutions Ndwn that are lower than fuel cut reset revolutions Nnor for normal control. By such a setting, it becomes possible to maintain fuel cut control and deceleration lockup slippage control even when engine revolutions NE temporarily drop during execution of coast-down gearshift control, so an improvement in fuel consumption can be achieved. Moreover, it becomes unnecessary to set a downshift gearshift line to a higher vehicle speed side, so fuel cut can be maintained while suppressing the occurrence of a gearshift shock.	05-27-2010

Tomohiro Asami, Nisshin-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110196590	START CONTROL DEVICE OF POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND START CONTROL METHOD - A start control device and a start control method of a vehicular power transmission system including a lock-up clutch and a start clutch are provided in which start-time lock-up slip control is performed, and neutral control is performed. When the start-time lock-up slip control is additionally executed during cancellation of the neutral control, the gradient of an output rotational speed of the hydraulic power transmission which is changed, through engagement of the start clutch, toward an input rotational speed of the automatic transmission at the time of completion of engagement of the start clutch is controlled, using at least one of a start clutch pressure that is increased so as to engage the start clutch, and a lock-up clutch pressure that is increased so as to bring the lock-up clutch into slip engagement.	08-11-2011

Tomohiro Asami, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080248925	Control Device for Automatic Transmission - An ECU executes a program having a step (S	10-09-2008
20090055063	AUTOMATIC GEAR CONTROL DEVICE - An ECU executes a program including: a step (S	02-26-2009
20100191430	CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An ECU executes a program that includes: a step of outputting a shift stage after a power-on down shift; a step of, when a turbine rotation speed NT does not increase to a synchronized rotation speed corresponding to the shift stage after the shift after an accelerator is deactivated, executing sweep control; and a step of, in a state that the shift stage after the shift is not formed, when the accelerator is activated, executing sweep control.	07-29-2010
20100211276	CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - In order to realize favorable transmission characteristics in power-off upshift in clutch-to-clutch shift, an ECU detects an upshift request in a power-off state (request of clutch-to-clutch shift), and then outputs a control signal to a hydraulic circuit such that an on-coming clutch is engaged. When the on-coming clutch torque capacity becomes larger than 0 to have transmission torque, a sweep-down control signal is output to the hydraulic circuit such that an off-going clutch is released.	08-19-2010

Tsuyoshi Asami, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080199791	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING TONER, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD AND LIQUID DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING - An electrophotographic printing toner including a colorant and a resin, wherein the colorant includes a dye having at least one reactive group selected from the group consisting of SO	08-21-2008

Tsuyoshi Asami, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110223527	Image forming method, image forming apparatus, varnish applicator, and toner - An image forming method including forming a toner image on a transfer medium with a toner comprising a wax having a polar group, and applying a varnish to the toner image. The wax may be a plant wax having an ester group, a wax having a polar group derived from a fatty acid, an oxidized wax, or a mixture thereof. The varnish may include a surfactant, such as a polyoxyethylene glycol, and may be photocurable.	09-15-2011

Yoshiaki Asami, Niiza-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110052976	BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member.	03-03-2011
20110076557	NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a nonaqueous electrolyte battery. The negative electrode of the battery includes a negative electrode active material which can absorb and release lithium ions at a negative electrode potential of 0.4 V (V.S. Li/Li	03-31-2011

Yoshikazu Asami, Susono-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100300386	CONTROL APPARATUS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR VEHICLE - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle sets the overlap amount of an intake valve and an exhaust valve small when the engine is idling and the vehicle is stopped. Also, the control apparatus sets the overlap amount large using normal control when the vehicle is traveling, even if the engine is idling.	12-02-2010

Yoshikazu Asami, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090308055	VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - The catalyst smell reducing control in which the fuel cutoff is performed is not executed regardless of the catalyst smelling flag Fs	12-17-2009

Yoshinori Asami, Fussa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100165797	ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a drive module configured to drive a hand, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, and an auxiliary drive control module which causes the drive module to perform the auxiliary driving when the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds a third level indicating an amount of electricity which enables the auxiliary driving, and waits until the charge level of the second capacitor module exceeds the third level after performing the auxiliary driving.	07-01-2010
20100182880	ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An electronic timepiece comprises a clock module, an electricity generation module, first and second capacitor modules, the second capacitor module having a smaller capacitance than the first capacitor module, a detector configured to detect a charge level of the first capacitor module, a power supply switching module configured to be capable of connecting or disconnecting the first capacitor module to or from the clock module, a control module configured to control the power supply switching module based on the charge level detected by the detector such that the first capacitor module is disconnected from the clock module and to supply electricity from the second capacitor module to the clock module.	07-22-2010

Yuichi Asami, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080278593	Camera Apparatus - It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera apparatus that can keep the aperture within an appropriate range, and keep, within a designated range, the luminance of images to be taken over a long period of time. The camera apparatus comprises image providing means	11-13-2008
20080278600	Camera Apparatus - It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera apparatus that can take images over a long period of time while automatically controlling, in white balance, the images. The camera apparatus comprises image providing means	11-13-2008

Yuichi Asami, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090267943	GAME MACHINE, GAME IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - When a viewpoint moves in a game space, the movement of the viewpoint is reflected in a game screen image to thereby improve the realism. A game machine for producing a screen image on a real time basis, the screen image showing a picture obtained by viewing from a predetermined viewpoint defined in a game space in a predetermined viewing direction, and displaying the screen image on a real time basis comprises a viewpoint moving unit (	10-29-2009
20110048214	SELECTING DEVICE, SELECTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A music information memory unit stores music information including identification information on each piece of music and pace information thereof. A process control unit selects out a predetermined number of pieces of music information each of whose identification information is to be presented from the music information memory unit. A notification image generating unit generates a notification image in which an object is moved in a scrolling manner based on the pace information of each piece of the selected music information. An image display control unit synthesizes the identification information of each piece of the selected music information with each of the generated notification images, and displays the synthesized image.	03-03-2011