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Chiaki Aoyama, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090148036	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program and position detecting apparatus as well as mobile object having the same - There is provided an image processing apparatus capable of reducing a memory amount to be used and a processing time in processing images captured stereoscopically in wide-angle. In order to find pixel positions of an object as information for use in detecting position of the object from images captured by two cameras that are capable of imaging the object in wide-angle and are disposed on a straight line, the image processing apparatus includes an image input means for inputting the images captured by the two cameras, an image projecting means for projecting the images inputted from the respective cameras on a cylindrical plane having an axial line disposed in parallel with the straight line on which the respective cameras are disposed while correcting distortions and a pixel position detecting means for detecting the pixel positions corresponding to the object in the image projected on the cylindrical plane.	06-11-2009
20100123905	LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION METHOD - A localization system includes: n+1 number of luminescent devices, where n is an integer greater than or equal to one; and a position measurement device moving in each direction of n number of axes, wherein the luminescent device includes a luminescent unit, the luminescent unit emitting a light for measurement having an intensity that varies at a predetermined time cycle, the luminescent unit also emitting a light for identification including an information representing a position of the luminescent device, the luminescent unit emitting the light for measurement and the light for identification in synchrony with a phase of those emitted by another luminescent device; and the position measurement device includes a light reception unit, a position obtaining unit, a phase computation unit, a standard luminescent device selection unit, a phase difference computation unit, and a position computation unit.	05-20-2010
20100215380	RECEPTION DEVICE AND RECEPTION METHOD - A reception device includes at least a light receiving unit, a phase calculation unit, and a demodulation unit. The light receiving unit receives intensity-modulated light from a transmission device. The transmission device executes phase modulation to a bit stream as an object to be transmitted and emits the intensity-modulated light which has an intensity changing at a preset time cycle and a phase changing in response to the phase modulation, and the phase is maintained during M cycles. The phase calculation unit detects the intensity of the intensity-modulated light p times per cycle of the intensity-modulated light and repeatedly calculates the phase of the intensity-modulated light on the basis of a result of the detection. The demodulation unit executes demodulation, which corresponds to the phase modulation, to the phase calculated by the phase calculation unit, and generates transmitted bit stream.	08-26-2010
20110134253	CAMERA CALIBRATION METHOD AND CAMERA CALIBRATION APPARATUS - With the distance between a reference plane and a line light source (	06-09-2011
20120062778	IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing device includes a photodetector including a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion unit outputting electric charges depending on received light, charge accumulation units accumulating the electric charges, and a drain electrode that discards the electric charges, a finite impulse response filter which is applied to images, a controller controlling the pixels so as to distribute the electric charges that are output by the photoelectric conversion units to the charge accumulation units and to the drain electrodes at a distribution ratio depending on a weight coefficient of a corresponding delay period of the finite impulse response filter at each delay period, and reading the electric charges accumulated in the charge accumulation units after a whole delay period of the finite impulse response filter elapses, and an image processor generating the images based on the electric charges that are read by the controller.	03-15-2012

Chiaki Enomoto, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100204445	DOCKERIN POLYPEPTIDE AND METHOD OF PURIFYING RECOMBINANT FUSED PROTEIN USING THE SAME - The purpose of the invention is to provide a novel purification system allowing the efficient and economical production and purification of a recombinant fused protein, whereby the elution time at a low temperature can be reduced, since it has been a problem to be solved in the existing purification method using dockerin and cohesin. In this purification system, a dockerin polypeptide characterized in that the 14th amino acid in the subdomain 2 of dockerin originating from	08-12-2010

Chiaki Fujii, Yokkaichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100318732	DATA PROCESSOR - The data processor enhances the bus throughput or data throughput of an external memory, when there are frequent continuous reads with a smaller data size than the data bus width of the external memory. The data processor includes a memory control unit being capable of controlling in response to a clock an external memory having plural banks that are individually independently controllable, plural buses connected to the memory control unit, and circuit modules capable of commanding memory accesses, which are provided in correspondence with each of the buses. The memory control unit contains bank caches each corresponding to the banks of the external memory. Thereby, the data processor enhances the bus throughput or data throughput of the external memory, since the data processor stores the data read out from the external memory temporarily in the bank caches and to use the stored data without invalidating them, when performing a continuous data read with a smaller data size than the data bus width of the external memory.	12-16-2010

Chiaki Fujii, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110305060	WIRING SUBSTRATE IN WHICH EQUAL-LENGTH WIRES ARE FORMED - In a wiring substrate, a double data rate (DDR) memory and a memory controller controlling the DDR memory are mounted. Further, in the wiring substrate, plural equal-length wires connecting the DDR memory and the memory controller are formed. The plural equal-length wires include a differential transmission line, such as a clock wire transmitting a clock signal, which is connected via a common mode choke coil. The differential transmission line may have a wire length shorter than a wire length of another equal-length wire, by a wire length corresponding to delay time of a transmission signal due to the common mode choke coil.	12-15-2011

Chiaki Fujikoshi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110190279	SULFUR-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC DERIVATIVE HAVING BETA SECRETASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY - The following compound is provided as an agent for treating a disease induced by production, secretion and/or deposition of amyloid β protein, for example, a compound represented by the formula (I):	08-04-2011

Chiaki Fujikoshi, Osaka-Fu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100075957	AMINODIHYDROTHIAZINE DERIVATIVES SUBSTITUTED WITH A CYCLIC GROUP - This invention provides a compound of the formula (I):	03-25-2010

Chiaki Fujimoto, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090294208	ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - An electric power steering apparatus is configured in such a way as to include a first filtering unit that applies filtering processing to the detected steering torque signal and outputs the processed torque signal; a control unit that generates and outputs a motor drive signal, based on a steering torque signal outputted from a first filtering unit; a second filtering unit that applies filtering processing to the detected steering torque signal and outputs the processed torque signal; and an interlock unit that generates and outputs a motor drive inhibition signal, based on the steering torque signal outputted from the second filtering unit. The second filtering unit performs filtering processing in such a way as to output a steering torque signal the same as or similar to the steering torque signal that is outputted from the first filtering unit at least when a vehicle is in a predetermined driving condition.	12-03-2009

Chiaki Fukui, Chiba-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090260516	SEALING STRUCTURE FOR FLUID PRESSURE DEVICE - A sealing mechanism is mounted at an end section of a cylinder tube, which configures a cylinder device, by having a step section in between, and the sealing mechanism is sandwiched between the cylinder tube and a rod cover. The sealing mechanism includes a thin plate formed of a metal material, and a sealing member attached to one side surface of the plate. The plate and the sealing member are integrally arranged.	10-22-2009
20090283948	CLAMP DEVICE - A clamp device including a detection mechanism provided to detect whether the clamp device is in a clamped state or an unclamped state. The detection mechanism includes a tilt plate tiltably placed inside a switch holder installed on a body and a sliding rod displaced together with a piston rod and displaced in the direction normal to the tilt plate. When the sliding rod presses and tilts the tilt plate while a piston is displaced, a second detection switch detects that the clamp device is in the unclamped state.	11-19-2009

Chiaki Furuya, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090244656	VOUCHER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOUCHER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A voucher data management system is provided. An image data generating section reads an original of a voucher to be copied and supplied to a user and generates voucher image data. A database stores the voucher image data. An access code generating section generates an access code for accessing the voucher image data stored in the database. An access code outputting section outputs the access code to the user. An image data outputting section reads out the voucher image data corresponding to the access code from the database in a case where the image data outputting section is accessed from the external terminal based on the access code, determines an attribute of the user who operates the external terminal, determines a range of the voucher image data to be output to the external terminal based on the determined attribute, and outputs the determined range of the voucher image data.	10-01-2009

Chiaki Goto, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100109516	ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a method for manufacturing an electronic device, a low melting point metal layer is provided to seal an electronic element between a pair of resin substrates each having a barrier layer laminated thereon. The low melting point metal layer bonds the barrier layers of the resin substrates to each other. The method includes the steps of: providing a light absorbing layer between at least one of the barrier layers and the low melting point metal layer; and irradiating a laser beam having a wavelength within a range from 350 nm to 600 nm onto the light absorbing layer through at least one of the resin substrates and the barrier layer laminated thereon, to heat and fuse the low melting point metal layer, thereby bonding the barrier layers to each other.	05-06-2010
20100117525	ORGANIC EL PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic EL panel comprises an element forming substrate, an organic EL element, which is formed on the element forming substrate, an adhesive layer, which is formed at a periphery of the element forming substrate so as to surround the organic EL element, and a sealing substrate, which is bonded to the element forming substrate through the adhesive layer. A hermetically sealing section, which is provided with low melting point metal layers, is formed at a position adjacent to the adhesive layer.	05-13-2010

Chiaki Hamada, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110006591	BRAKING APPARATUS - A braking apparatus includes a braking mechanism that increases operating force to a brake operating member by a brake servo, generates braking force exerted on wheels corresponding to the increased operating force, and is capable of holding the braking force when a vehicle stops, and a controller that executes braking force holding control to hold the braking force when an operation amount of the brake operating member corresponding to the operating force becomes larger than a control start judgment value, and sets the control start judgment value to be smaller than the control start judgment value in a normal state of the brake servo when the brake servo fails. The braking force can be appropriately held.	01-13-2011

Chiaki Hanamaki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110100748	MULTILAYER SOUND ABSORBING SHEET - A multilayer sound absorbing sheet including a film layer having through-micro bores and apertures, and a fibrous material layer disposed on the film layer is provided. A method of absorbing sound including providing the multilayer sound absorbing sheet of the present disclosure and positioning the multilayer sound absorbing sheet between an acoustic source and a sound-reflecting surface is also provided.	05-05-2011

Chiaki Hidai, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100087005	AUXILIARY REAGENT FOR GENE TRANSFER - The present invention provides a means for introducing a gene of interest into a host cell with a higher degree of efficiency regardless of the gene transfer method employed and the type of the host cell. The auxiliary reagent for gene transfer of the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a peptide comprising a specific amino acid sequence represented by formula (I), a mutant or derivative thereof, or a salt of the peptide, the mutant or the derivative.	04-08-2010

Chiaki Iizuka, Izu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100084808	SHEET POST-PROCESS APPARATUS - A sheet post-process apparatus includes a waiting tray and a processing tray. The waiting tray is provided in the middle of a conveying path and makes standby sheets in the case where a post-process is required. The processing tray has a function which causes the sheets made standby on the waiting sheet to be dropped by self-weight. With this function, the processing tray receives the sheets moved to be dropped and the sheets conveyed from the conveying path without intervening the waiting tray, before carrying out the post-process. Sheet bundles formed on the processing tray are stacked on a storage tray by a sheet conveying mechanism after they have been post-processed.	04-08-2010

Chiaki Ishikawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090129586	CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A cryptographic module management apparatus searches for cryptographic module meta-information based on the category information of a requested cryptographic module and, if associated cryptographic module category information is contained in this cryptographic module meta-information, searches for the cryptographic module meta-information of an associated cryptographic module, to generate composite type cryptographic module evaluation information based on this cryptographic module meta-information, select a cryptographic module based on this composite type cryptographic module evaluation information, and read this cryptographic module from a cryptographic module storage portion and output such composite type cryptographic module evaluation information.	05-21-2009
20090138699	SOFTWARE MODULE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A cryptographic client device acquires a cryptographic key from a storage device son the basis of the accepted demand information, acquires a cryptographic evaluation description file from the storage device, acquires a cryptographic module corresponding to this cryptographic evaluation description file, executes a cryptographic process on the subject data to be performed the cryptographic process, and issues the encrypted subject data.	05-28-2009
20090138700	CRYPTOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DECRYPTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A cryptographic management apparatus includes a storage unit which stores cryptographic key information containing a cryptographic key and cryptographic process condition information containing the cryptographic key information, a cryptographic process information input unit which receives an input of the object information and cryptographic key search request information, a cryptographic key information acquisition unit which acquires the cryptographic key information from the storage unit based on the search request information, a cryptographic module evaluation description information acquisition unit which acquires evaluation description information of the cryptographic module corresponding to the cryptographic key information, a cryptographic process ID creation unit which attaches an identifier of the cryptographic process condition information to the object information based on the cryptographic key information and the cryptographic module corresponding to the evaluation description information, and an output which outputs the identifier and the result of the cryptographic process executed on the object information.	05-28-2009
20090138708	CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In a cryptographic module distribution system, a cryptographic management server apparatus encrypts a cryptographic module using a key shared by a cryptographic apparatus, and transmits the encrypted cryptographic module to a client apparatus. The client apparatus transmits the encrypted cryptographic module to a cryptographic apparatus. The cryptographic apparatus decrypts the encrypted cryptographic module using the key shared by the cryptographic management server apparatus, and transmits the decrypted cryptographic module to the client apparatus. The client apparatus stores the received cryptographic module.	05-28-2009
20100281270	CRYPTOGRAPHIC MODULE SELECTING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A cryptographic module selecting device includes a cryptographic module evaluation information storage device configured to store identification information of a cryptographic module and cryptographic module evaluation information describing a function and/or performance of the cryptographic module in relation to each other, a condition information acquiring device configured to acquire condition information for specifying the condition of the cryptographic module to be selected, an extracting device configured to extract cryptographic module evaluation information conforming to the acquired condition information, from the stored cryptographic module evaluation information of the cryptographic module, and an output device configured to read out the identification information of the cryptographic module corresponding to the cryptographic module evaluation information selected by the extracting device from the cryptographic module evaluation information storage device and output the read identification information.	11-04-2010

Chiaki Kato, Naka-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110248071	AUSTENITIC WELDING MATERIAL, AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR INTERGRANULAR CORROSION, USING SAME - Disclosed is an austenitic welding material which contains C: 0.01 wt % or less, Si: 0.5 wt % or less, Mn: 0.5 wt % or less, P: 0.005 wt % or less, S: 0.005 wt % or less, Ni: 15 to 40 wt %, Cr: 20 to 30 wt %, N: 0.01 wt % or less, 0: 0.01 wt % or less, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the content of B contained as one of the inevitable impurities in the welding material is 3 wt ppm or less, and the total content of C, P, S, N and O in the welding material is 0.02 wt % or less.	10-13-2011

Chiaki Kato, Kure-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100154735	ENGINE BALANCER - An engine balancer includes a pair of balancer shafts and a balancer housing for housing the balancer shafts, and is placed in an oil pan at the bottom of an engine. The balancer housing includes a pair of front and rear bearing walls respectively supporting the balancer shafts with rolling bearings interposed therebetween. The bearing walls of the balancer housing are attached to bearing walls for a crankshaft. The housing body has an aperture at the top thereof. The aperture of the housing body is covered with a plate-shaped cover member thinner than a member forming the housing body.	06-24-2010

Chiaki Kawamoto, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090075208	PLATE MAKING METHOD OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR - A plate making method of a lithographic printing plate precursor includes: exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor including an image-recording layer and a support; and developing the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor to prepare a lithographic printing plate, wherein the developing includes, in the following order, (i) a process of removing an unexposed area of the image-recording layer with a gum solution, (ii) a process of washing with water and (iii) a process of oil-desensitizing a non-image area with a gum solution.	03-19-2009

Chiaki Kobayashi, Yokosuka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230017	FUEL REFORMER AND POWER SOURCE WITH FUEL REFORMER - A fuel reformer of a power source includes: a gas-liquid separator which separates raw fuel into gas-phase fuel and liquid-phase fuel; and a molecular weight-increasing catalytic device which is provided downstream of the gas-liquid separator and includes a molecular weight-increasing catalyst which increases molecular weight of the gas-phase fuel. The fuel reformer is capable of improving combustion characteristics.	09-25-2008
20080230018	OCTANE NUMBER-INCREASING CATALYST, FUEL REFORMER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel reformer of an internal combustion engine includes: an octane number-increasing catalytic device including an octane number-increasing catalyst; and an oxygen supply device that supplies oxygen to the octane number-increasing catalytic device. The octane number-increasing catalyst includes rhodium and increases an octane number of liquid-phase fuel under presence of oxygen. The fuel reformer can enhance combustion characteristics of the internal combustion engine	09-25-2008

Chiaki Koga, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100070943	Development method for integrated circuits, program storage medium for storing the development method for integrated circuits, and concurrent development system, development program, and development method of ASIC and programmable logic device - A method for developing integrated circuits includes generating a core (logic core) in an HDL format readable by a logic synthesis tool, from an ASIC core (logic core) made of ports of blocks and port connection information, creating a temporary chip design from chip terminal information to generate a terminal in the temporary chip design, generating a design identical to that created, as a cell within the design created, connecting a design port with a cell port, wherein a name of the design port is identical to a name of the cell port, inserting an I/O buffer, depending on the device technology, into a net between the ports connected, replacing the cell by the core (logic core) created to gerate a netlist, and expanding a hierarchy of the design, being the top hierarchy.	03-18-2010

Chiaki Matsutori, Kumamoto-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090038986	Lid unit thin plate supporting container - The present invention is directed to a lid unit having a latching mechanism for firmly fixing the lid unit to a container body for containing semiconductor wafers and the like, which latching mechanism can be easily disassembled for cleaning and drying of its components, and to a wafer presser for retaining the semiconductor wafers in position when the container is shaken. The latching mechanism includes a locking member which, when projected, secures the lid unit to the container body; an actuator for moving the locking member between projected and retracted positions; a tip-side cam for pressing a tip portion of the locking member in one direction relative to the lid unit when the locking member is projected by the actuator; a base-end lower cam for pressing a base-end of the locking member in a second direction, opposite the one direction; and a base-end upper cam and a cam projection follower for pressing the base-end in the second direction. The wafer presser is supported by a supporting projection bar formed with its ends thinner than its center portion.	02-12-2009

Chiaki Migihashi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120059012	3-(4-AMINOPHENYL)-2-FURANCARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALT THEREOF - Disclosed is a compound represented by Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:	03-08-2012

Chiaki Miyamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110053340	METHOD OF FORMING A TRENCH ISOLATION - A method of forming a trench isolation, comprising the steps of:	03-03-2011
20110223744	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A PROTECTIVE LAYER OF AN OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a composition for forming a protective layer which has an excellent acid resistance, an excellent cracking resistance and does not adversely affect semiconductor layers even when acid is used to remove deposits that arise during formation of separation trenches for separating a substrate into device units. Also provided is a method for manufacturing an optical semiconductor device using such a composition. The composition for forming a protective layer includes a siloxane polymer and an organic solvent. The method for manufacturing an optical semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a protective layer	09-15-2011

Chiaki Miyamoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120015388	Diluent for Preparing Analytical Sample - The ionic strength of a diluent for preparing an analytical sample is set to be 0.06 to 0.16. The analytical sample prepared by using the diluent having the ionic strength within this range can be subjected to both for analyzing a first object in a test sample by electrode method and for analyzing a second object in the test sample by liquid chromatography method, and high-precision measurement can be attained. The analytical sample is especially useful for preparing a sample for measurement used both for measuring glucose concentration in a blood sample by enzyme electrode method and for measuring glycohemoglobin concentration in the blood sample by liquid chromatography method.	01-19-2012

Chiaki Miyazaki, Tsukubamirai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090169712	Method for sterilization of native soybean protein composition - Disclosed is a slightly denatured, sterilized soybean protein composition. The composition can be produced by sterilizing an aqueous solution of a slightly denatured soybean protein composition which has been salted to such a degree that the ionic strength becomes 0.04 or more, by heating the aqueous solution at a temperature not lower than 60° C. and lower than the denaturation temperature of a soybean protein for 30 minutes or longer.	07-02-2009
20090232958	Fractionated soybean protein material, processed soybean suitable for the material , and processes for production of the soybean protein material and the processed soybean - Disclosed is a process for fractionating soybean protein into 7S globulin, 11S globulin or a lipophilic protein at a high purity with good efficiency, which relates to a fractionation technique for soybean protein into proteins having characteristic properties (7S globulin, 11S globulin and a lipophilic protein) and which is a process practicable at a food industrial level. It is found that soybean protein can be fractionated into 7S globulin, 11S globulin or a lipophilic protein at a high purity with good efficiency by extracting soybean milk from processed soybean which has been subjected to a water-insolubilization treatment specific to a desired protein and fractionating the resulting soybean milk or soybean curd refuse into the desired protein.	09-17-2009

Chiaki Nakajima, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110093717	NODE APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A node apparatus changes a first access key unique to itself; changes a shared key same for node apparatuses; encrypts, using the shared key, the first access key and transmits it; receives an access key notification frame; decrypts it using the shared key, thereby obtaining a second access key; attaches, to a first plaintext frame, first signature data obtained by encrypting, using the shared key, data including a first value calculated from the first plaintext frame; encrypts the first plaintext frame using the second access key and transmits thus encrypted frame; receives a second encrypted frame; decrypts it by the first access key to obtain a second plaintext frame; obtains a second value by decrypting, using the shared key, a second signature data attached to the second plaintext frame; calculates a third value from the second plaintext frame; and confirms whether the second and third values are consistent.	04-21-2011
20110141932	NODE DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - In a node device	06-16-2011

Chiaki Nemoto, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090317072	FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER - A focal plane shutter includes: a shutter substrate having an opening; a blade for opening and closing the opening; a drive member swingably supported for driving the blade; a drive spring for driving the drive member; and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting an urging force of the drive spring. One end of the drive spring is engaged with the drive member. The adjustment mechanism includes: an adjustment member engaging the other end of the drive spring and rotatably supported to adjust the urging force of the drive spring; and an engagement member abutting the adjustment member to stop rotation of the adjustment member. The adjustment member has a clearance portion for avoiding abutment against the engagement member at a given rotational position.	12-24-2009

Chiaki Nemoto, Narashino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080240708	Focal-plane shutter - A focal-plane shutter has a first plate having a first opening, a second plate having a second opening, a shutter blade disposed between the first plate and the second plate, for opening and closing the first opening and the second opening, and a thin plate disposed at a side of the first plate facing the shutter blade and extending in such a direction that the shutter blade travel. A distance between an edge of the first opening and a center of the first opening is greater than that between an edge of the thin plate and the center of the first opening.	10-02-2008

Chiaki Okumura, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080197023	Method Of Measuring the Number Of Bacteria, Device Of Measuring the Number Of Bacteria and Cell Used In the Device - A method of measuring the number of bacteria according to the present invention includes step (a) through step (d). First, in step (a), a to-be-measured sample (specimen) including a predetermined bacterial strain (such as	08-21-2008

Chiaki Ota, Kagoshima-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090278433	Flat Discharge Lamp - A flat discharge lamp includes a projection formed on an outer surface of a case body. The projection forms a thick portion, which is relatively thick, in the case body. An intake-outtake port is formed in the thick portion so that it can receive a chip tube having an outer diameter of a size larger than or the same as a gap. The large chip tube can be coupled to a hermetic case without any limitations resulting from the gap of a discharge chamber (	11-12-2009

Chiaki Saito, Gamagori JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110171157	NON-SPHERICAL FINE PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND COSMETIC MATERIALS AND RESIN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Non-spherical fine particles capable of responding to highly advanced requirements of recent years, including further improvements in optical characteristics such as total light transmittance and optical diffusible property related to resin molded products and further improvements in feeling, soft focus, coverage and durability related to cosmetic products, as well as methods of their production and their use are provided. These non-spherical fine particles each have a polyhedral general shape with six or more surfaces each of which is formed as a concave surface, satisfying all of the conditions that the average value of the maximum external diameters L	07-14-2011
20110224308	ORGANOSILICONE FINE PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND COSMETIC MATERIALS, RESIN COMPOSITIONS AND PAINT COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Organosilicone fine particles which are capable of responding to the highly advanced requirements of recent years imposed on them for purposes of actual use, including further improvement in optical characteristics such as total light transmittance and haze as well as heat-resistant colorability related to resin compositions, further improvement in usability (extensions and expansions at the time of use) and feeling (stickiness, roughness and durability) related to cosmetic materials and further improvement in matte effect and factual sense related to paint compositions, as well as methods of their production and cosmetic materials, resin compositions and paint compositions containing such particles are provided. Organosilicone fine particles have tetrahedral general shapes with surfaces each having a concave part with an approximately circular opening. The maximum external diameters L of the organosilicone fine particles have an average value in the range of 0.5-20 μm, the average value being taken from arbitrarily selected 20 of a scanning electron microscope photograph image of the organosilicone fine particles.	09-15-2011
20110240936	OPTICAL DIFFUSIVE RESIN COMPOSITIONS AND OPTICAL DIFFUSIVE MOLDINGS - Optical diffusive resin compositions are presented, capable of yielding optical diffusive moldings that are superior not only in rigidity and dimensional stability but also in heat resistance, optical transmissivity and optical diffusivity, as well as optical diffusive moldings molded by using them. Such optical diffusive resin compositions contain for 100 mass parts of a thermoplastic polymer material 0.1-10 mass parts of organosilicone fine particles of a specific kind comprising polysiloxane cross-linking structures, each particle having a hollow hemispherical shape as a whole, having a cross-sectional shape with an inner minor arc, an outer minor arc which covers it and ridge lines connecting their ends.	10-06-2011

Chiaki Sanbongi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090124560	Composition Containing Peptide as Active Ingredient - The invention provides a composition used for promoting glucose uptake, which comprises a peptide having an effect of promoting glucose uptake as the active ingredient, as well as a composition comprising a dipeptide containing leucine and/or isoleucine as the active ingredient. The composition is effective in preventing or treating diabetes mellitus or an elevation of blood glucose level, in promoting glycogen storage, or in enhancing physical strength, enhancing athletic ability, improving endurance performance or relieving fatigue.	05-14-2009

Chiaki Sato, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100227316	LUMINESCENSE MEASURING APPARATUS AND LUMINESCENSE MEASURING METHOD - There is provided a novel luminescence measuring apparatus that enables measuring a luminescence amount or a luminescence intensity from plural living biological samples, such as tissues, cells, and biological individuals, into which a gene expressing a luminescent protein has been introduced, individually for the respective biological samples. The inventive luminescence measuring apparatus comprises an image acquisition portion that acquires a luminescence image of biological samples; a measurement region determination portion that determines at least one measurement region in the luminescence image; and a luminescence measurement portion that measures the luminescence amount or luminescence intensity in the determined measurement region; thereby measuring the luminescence amount or luminescence intensity individually by the biological sample(s) included in the measurement region. Irrespective of an efficiency of transfer of a luminescent protein gene into a cell, etc., it becomes possible to execute a luminescence measurement successfully while observing only biological samples having a gene expression.	09-09-2010

Chiaki Shoujima, Ooi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090083558	Storage apparatus and power saving method thereof - This storage apparatus includes an access history storage unit for storing, when there is a write request for writing data into the data storage unit or a read request for reading data stored in the data storage unit, history of the write request or read request as access history, an operational information storage unit for storing operational information showing whether the data storage unit is operating, an access prediction unit for predicting whether the data storage unit will be accessed based on the access history, and an operational control unit for performing operational control of pre-starting the data storage unit when the data storage unit is shut off and the access prediction unit predicts that the data storage unit will be accessed, or stopping the data storage unit when the data storage unit is operating and the access prediction unit predicts that the data storage unit will not be accessed.	03-26-2009
20100281211	Storage apparatus, management apparatus, and method of controlling storage apparatus - In a storage apparatus comprising a communication interface that receives an I/O request sent from a host apparatus, a storage device controller that performs writing and reading of data with respect to a storage device, and a cache memory that stores data to be written in the storage device or data read from the storage device, a journal volume operated as a volume for which update writing is prohibited and write once is permitted is provided, on the basis of a storage area provided by the storage device, and a virtual volume is provided as a volume accessible from the host apparatus, the journal volume being the entity of the virtual volume, the virtual volume being a volume for which an attribute (Read/Add) that permits only reading and write once is settable.	11-04-2010

Chiaki Suzuki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090233211	POSITIVELY CHARGEABLE TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A positively chargeable two-component developer, including at least a toner and a carrier, wherein the toner contains a binder resin, a colorant, a wax, and a charge control agent, the binder resin contains at least a polyester resin and an addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin, the wax and the addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin are contained at a wax:addition polymerization resin grafted with a polyolefin ratio of from about 40:60 to about 80:20, and the carrier is a magnetic powder having a coating layer containing a methyl-containing silicone resin.	09-17-2009
20110100539	Adhesive Label, Adhesive Label Roll, Photosensitive Web Unit, and Apparatus for and Method of Manufacturing Photosensitive Laminated Body - A plurality of adhesive labels (	05-05-2011

Chiaki Tachioka, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100033284	RESONANCE TRANSFORMER AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT EMPLOYING IT - A resonance type transformer has an O-shaped magnetic core, a primary winding, and a secondary winding. The O-shaped magnetic core is formed of a first split magnetic core and a second split magnetic core, and has a first magnetic leg provided with a first magnetic gap therein and a second magnetic leg opposite the first magnetic leg. The primary winding is wound on the outer periphery of the first magnetic so as to cover at least the first magnetic gap. The secondary winding is wound on the outer periphery of the second magnetic leg.	02-11-2010

Chiaki Tanaka, Ayabe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120130064	METHOD FOR THE HYDROPHILIC PROCESSING OF CELLULOSE FIBRE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HYDROPHILIC CELLULOSE FIBRE - This invention provides a method for hydrophilic treatment of cellulose fibers that can prevent coloring or decrease in fiber strength. The hydrophilic treatment method comprises a first oxidation step of oxidizing cellulose fibers in a first reaction solution containing an N-oxyl compound and a re-oxidizing agent for the N-oxyl compound; and a second oxidation step of oxidizing oxycellulose fibers obtained in the first oxidation step in a second reaction solution containing an oxidizing agent for oxidizing aldehyde groups.	05-24-2012

Chiaki Tanaka, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090200090	Multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism, biped walking robot equipped with the same, and control structrure therefor - The present invention provides a multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism having excellent reliability, in which the respective supporting points passively follow unevenness of the grounding surface such as a road surface, and which is capable of quickly supporting foot bottoms at polygonal points and preventing falling over even on a grounding surface having level differences by fixing the supporting points when all supporting points are grounded. The multiple-point grounding type foot portion supporting mechanism includes: base portions each disposed on the foot bottom of the foot portion of a walking robot; three or more foot bottom supporting portions each having its one end part disposed and protruding downward from the bottom face of the base portion, each of which independently moves upward when being grounded and is slidably or rotatably supported; grounding sensors each disposed at the base portion or the foot bottom supporting portion, which detect grounding of the respective foot bottom supporting portions; and lock mechanisms disposed at the base portion, which control and brake the movements of all foot bottom supporting portions when the grounding sensors detect grounding of all foot bottom supporting portions.	08-13-2009

Chiaki Tanaka, Tagata-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080233495	TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND, DEVELOPER, TONER-CONTAINING CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner producing method is provided, which comprises preparing toner base particles in an aqueous medium, wherein the toner base particles comprise resin fine particles, and forming a coating layer on the surface of the toner base particles, wherein the coating layer is formed by attaching or coating a toner functional substance onto the surface of the toner base particles using at least one of supercritical fluids and sub-supercritical fluids.	09-25-2008

Chiaki Tanaka, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110218301	POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a polymer, including polymerizing a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a metal-free organic catalyst to produce a polymer.	09-08-2011
20110218313	POLYMER PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.	09-08-2011
20110236818	METHOD FOR PREPARING PARTICULATE RELEASE AGENT, TONER USING THE PARTICULATE RELEASE AGENT, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE TONER - A toner for developing an electrostatic image is provided. The toner includes at least a binder resin; a colorant; and a particulate release agent. The particulate release agent is prepared by heating the release agent to a temperature not lower than a melting point of the release agent to melt the release agent, dissolving the melted release agent in a supercritical fluid or a sub-critical fluid, and feeding the solution into a liquid so that the solution is depressurized and the particulate release agent is formed in the liquid.	09-29-2011
20120065357	RESIN FOR USE IN TONER, AND TONER AND DEVELOPER USING THE RESIN - A resin for use in toner including a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid skeleton in an amount of 50 to 80% by mass. The resin is soluble in organic solvents and has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or more.	03-15-2012
20120112374	METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES - A method for producing particles, including: bringing a compressive fluid into contact with a pressure plastic material, so as to produce a melt of the pressure plastic material; and discharging the melt of the pressure plastic material by differential pressure to a space, so as to form particles, wherein the discharging includes at least one of (A) discharging the melt of the pressure plastic material while a compressive fluid is supplied to the melt of the pressure plastic material, and (B) discharging the melt of the pressure plastic material through one or more through-holes, to which vibration is applied, so as to change the shape of the melt of the pressure plastic material from a columnar shape, through the columnar shape with constrictions, into a particle shape.	05-10-2012
20120129094	TONER - A toner prepared by a method comprising granulating while polymerizing a ring-opening polymerizable monomer with a catalyst under the presence of a surfactant and a colorant in a compressible fluid.	05-24-2012

Chiaki Tanaka, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100129748	TONER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING THE TONER - A toner satisfying at least one of the following relationships:	05-27-2010

Chiaki Tanaka, Izunokuni-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080280224	CARRIER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - To provide a method for producing a carrier including treating a coating layer on a surface of a core material with a polymer precursor in a supercritical fluid and/or a subcritical fluid so as to add the polymer precursor to the coating layer, and subjecting the coating layer to oxidation treatment so as to form a polymer from the polymer precursor in the coating layer, and a carrier produced by the method.	11-13-2008
20090124789	POLYMER MICROPARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A method for producing polymer particles which includes: forming polymer particles by heterogeneous polymerization of a monomer in a supercritical fluid and/or subcritical fluid, wherein a radical polymerization initiator (I) having in a molecular at least a group having radical-generation capability and a group having affinity for the supercritical fluid and/or subcritical fluid, and a radical polymerization initiator (II) are used in combination.	05-14-2009
20090162770	COLORED POLYMER PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND TONER AND DEVELOPER USING THE SAME - A method for producing colored polymer particles, including adding a colorant-containing composition containing a radically polymerizable monomer and a colorant in a supercritical fluid or a subcritical fluid and polymerizing the radically polymerizable monomer, so as to produce colored polymer particles which are insoluble in the supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid, wherein the supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid is a supercritical fluid or subcritical fluid in which at least the radically polymerizable monomer is soluble, but polymer particles resulted from polymerization of the radically polymerizable monomer are insoluble, and wherein the colorant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a pigment, a dye and a polymer dye.	06-25-2009

Chiaki Treynor, Palo Alto, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090246143	NON-RADIOACTIVE TRACEABLE METAL ISOTOPE-ENRICHED NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD OF THEIR USE FOR DETERMINING BIODISTRIBUTION - Composition of non-radioactive traceable metal isotope-enriched nanoparticles, and methods of their use for determining in-vivo biodistribution are provided. The methods comprise the steps of: (a) introducing the nanoparticles into the biological material, wherein the nanoparticles comprise at least one inorganic core, and the inorganic core comprises at least two metal isotopes in a predetermined ratio; wherein at least one metal isotope is enriched non-radioactive traceable metal isotope and (b) determining the distribution of the nanoparticles in the biological material based on the predetermined ratio of the metal isotopes.	10-01-2009
20090280063	NOVEL PEI-PEG GRAFT COPOLYMER COATING OF IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR INFLAMMATION IMAGING - A nanostructure includes a nanoparticle core (	11-12-2009

Chiaki Yamada, Hekinan-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080241641	Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell and process for manufacturing the same - A membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell includes a membrane, a cathode electrode layer, a cathode gas diffusion layer, an anode electrode layer, and an anode gas diffusion layer. At least one of the cathode electrode layer and the anode electrode layer includes a catalytic layer, and a water-repellent layer. The catalytic layer contains first electrically-conductive fibers and a catalyst, and is disposed on a side of the membrane in the thickness-wise direction of the membrane electrode assembly. The water-repellent layer contains second electrically-conductive fibers and a water repellent, and is disposed more away from the membrane than the catalytic layer is disposed in the thickness-wise direction of the membrane electrode assembly. The first electrically-conductive fibers exhibit a first fibrous average length. The second electrically-conductive fibers exhibit a second fibrous average length. The first average fibrous length is longer than the second average fibrous length.	10-02-2008

Chiaki Yamada, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253066	Wet developer - A wet developer in which toner particles containing at least a colorant and a binder resin are dispersed in a non-volatile carrier solution by using a dispersant. By using as the binder resin a polyester resin having a weight-average molecular weight Mw in a range of 20,000≦Mw≦350,000, it becomes possible to improve storage stability without degradation of fixing property.	10-08-2009
20090253067	WET DEVELOPER - To provide a wet developer which is capable of improving fixability, while ensuring a sufficient heat-resistant storage property. The wet developer contains toner particles composed of a colorant and a binder resin, which are dispersed in a non-volatile carrier solution by using a dispersant. As the binder resin, a polyester resin, which has an alcohol component containing a mixture of an ethylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a propylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A, with a ratio thereof being 1:19 to 10:10 (weight ratio), is used.	10-08-2009

Chiaki Yamagishi, Hitachi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110028073	CMP POLISHING SLURRY AND POLISHING METHOD - The present invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry, comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersing agent, water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a compound having a skeleton of any one of an N-mono-substituted product and an N,N-di-substituted product of any one selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide and α-substituted products thereof. The amount of the water-soluble polymer is preferably in the range of 0.01 part or more by weight and 10 parts or less by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polishing slurry. Thus it is possible to provide a polishing slurry and a polishing method which make it possible to polish a film made of silicon oxide or the like effectively and rapidly and further control the process therefor easily in CMP technique for flattening an interlayer insulating film, a BPSG film, an insulator film for shallow trench isolation, and other films.	02-03-2011

Chiaki Yamagishi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080214093	CMP polishing slurry and polishing method - The present invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry, comprising cerium oxide particles, a dispersing agent, a water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a compound having a skeleton of any one of an N-mono-substituted product and an N,N-di-substituted product of any one selected from the group consisting of acrylamide, methacrylamide and α-substituted products thereof. The amount of the water-soluble polymer is preferably in the range of 0.01 part or more by weight and 10 parts or less by weight for 100 parts by weight of the polishing slurry. Thus it is possible to provide a polishing slurry and a polishing method which make it possible to polish a film made of silicon oxide or the like effectively and rapidly and further control the process therefor easily in CMP technique for flattening an interlayer insulating film, a BPSG film, an insulator film for shallow trench isolation, and other films.	09-04-2008
20090047786	CMP Abrasive Slurry for Polishing Insulation Film, Polishing Method, and Semiconductor Electronic Part Polished by the Polishing Method - The present invention provides a CMP abrasive slurry for polishing insulation film, that allow efficiently and high-speed polishing of insulation films such as SiO	02-19-2009
20100015806	CMP POLISHING SLURRY, ADDITIVE LIQUID FOR CMP POLISHING SLURRY, AND SUBSTRATE-POLISHING PROCESSES USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a CMP polishing slurry containing cerium oxide particles, a dispersing agent, a water-soluble polymer and water, wherein the water-soluble polymer includes a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer including at least one of a carboxylic acid having an unsaturated double bond and a salt thereof, using a reducing inorganic acid salt and oxygen as a redox polymerization initiator; an additive liquid for CMP polishing slurry; and substrate-polishing processes using the same. This makes it possible to polish a silicon oxide film effectively in a CMP technique for planarizing an interlayer dielectric, a BPSG film or a shallow trench isolating insulated film.	01-21-2010

Chiaki Yoshikawa, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110223390	POLYMER BRUSH COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a polymer brush composite including a substrate, a solid layer disposed on the substrate and containing at least one of a metal or a metal oxide, and a plurality of polymer chains penetrating the solid layer in such a manner that one end of each of the polymer chains is disposed on the upper side of the substrate and the other end of each the polymer chains is exposed at a surface of the solid layer on an opposite side of the solid layer to the substrate. The polymer brush composite exhibits good adhesion between an organic polymer compound and an inorganic material and has the surface the organic polymer compound and the inorganic material uniformly coexist.	09-15-2011