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Chihiro Hasegawa, Ube-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100317189	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device which is decreased in resistance of a copper wiring containing a ruthenium-containing film and a copper-containing film, thereby having improved reliability. Also disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Specifically, an Ru film is formed on a substrate having a recessed portion by a CVD method using a raw material containing an organic ruthenium complex represented by the general formula and a reducing gas (step S	12-16-2010

Chihiro Hasegawa, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080254216	Metal Complex Compound Comprising B-Diketonato Ligand - [PROBLEMS] To provide a metal complex compound capable of being suitably used for manufacturing a metal-containing thin film by the CVD method and a method for preparing a metal-containing thin film.	10-16-2008
20100055313	ORGANORUTHENIUM COMPLEX, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF RUTHENIUM THIN FILM USING THE RUTHENIUM COMPLEX - An organoruthenium complex represented by the general formula (1-1), bis(acetylacetonato)(1,5-hexadiene)ruthenium and bis(acetylacetonato)(1,3-pentadiene)ruthenium have low melting points, show excellent stability against moisture, air and heat, and are suitable for the film formation by a CVD method. (1-1) wherein X represents a group represented by the general formula (1-2); Y represent a group represented by the general formula (1-2) or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Z represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and L represents an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having at least two double bonds: (1-2) wherein R	03-04-2010

Chihiro Hayashi, Sendai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110232352	METHOD OF PRODUCING ULTRATHIN-WALL SEAMLESS METAL TUBE USING FLOATING PLUG - Proposed is a method of producing an ultrathin-wall metal tube by a cold drawing method capable of drastically expanding an available size range toward much thinner side with respect to wall thickness of metal tubes. This is a diameter-expanding drawing method, in which an entry solid die, the diameter of which increases, remains constant or decreases from the engaging entry side toward the finishing exit side, and a delivery solid die, the diameter of which decreases at least in the vicinity of the engaging entry, are arranged in series and in an abutting relation on the same pass line, and a tapered plug, the diameter of which increases from the engaging entry side toward the finishing exit side, is caused to float along the pass line, whereby in the entry solid die region, the wall thickness is reduced while the mid-wall diameter of a hollow shell is being expanded between the solid die and the plug, and in the delivery solid die region, the tapered plug is caused to float by performing reduction working of the outside diameter. This method offers tremendously great economic advantages, because it is possible to produce ultrathin-wall seamless metal tubes and to make longer length tubes, and to realize the rationalization of processes in terms of yield, efficiency and the like.	09-29-2011
20110271731	METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEAMLESS METALLIC TUBE BY COLD ROLLING - In cold rolling of a seamless metallic tube with a cold pilger mill, when a reduction ratio of an outside diameter becomes excessive in comparison to a reduction ratio of a wall thickness, strain in a circumferential direction on flange regions becomes excessive. As a result, compressive stress in a circumferential direction becomes excessive, so that wrinkle imperfections are generated inside a tube and folded on groove bottom regions to become folded defects. This process is repeated to be developed into inside defects. When a hollow shell is produced by the Mannesmann-mandrel process instead of the extrusion process, inside wrinkle imperfections are generated with a sizing mill (a stretch reducer or a sizer) at a stage of hollow shell. Since the inside wrinkle imperfections further grow in cold rolling, it is necessary to pay attention thereto. In consideration of these, (a reduction ratio of an outside diameter/a reduction ratio of a wall thickness both in a cold pilger mill) is set to not more than 1/2. It is, thereby, possible to obtain a high-quality seamless metallic tube, inside defects thereof being suppressed, produced by cold rolling.	11-10-2011

Chihiro Hayashi, Sendai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090038360	Method for producing ultra thin wall metallic tube with cold working process - An exemplary embodiment of the invention provides a method for producing an ultra thin wall metallic tube by cold working method with significant wall thickness reduction. In a method for producing the metallic tube with a cold pilger mill according to the invention, cold rolling is performed while tube diameters are being expanded using rolls having tapered groove dies whose calibers increase from an engaging entry side toward a finishing exit side. In a method for producing the metallic tube with a drawing machine according to the invention, cold drawing is performed while the tube diameters are being expanded using a solid die whose calibers increase from an engaging entry side toward a finishing exit side and a plug of a tapered mandrel bar whose diameters increase from an entry side of the die toward an exit side. In the metallic tube producing method, a maximum diameter of the plug or tapered mandrel bar may be larger than an outside diameter of the mother tube.	02-12-2009
20090193868	Method of producing ultra thin wall metallic tube by cold drawing process - In a method of producing an ultra thin wall metallic tube by a cold drawing process in which a drawing machine is used, a wall thickness of the metallic tube is reduced to perform drawing while a tube-wall centerline diameter of a tube material is expanded, using a solid die which gradually increases in diameter from its engaging inlet side toward its work-ending outlet side and a plug or a tapered mandrel bar which gradually increases in diameter over a corresponding distance from the engaging inlet side of the solid die toward the work-ending outlet side of the solid die, whereby the wall thickness can dramatically be reduced.	08-06-2009

Chihiro Hayashi, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100110545	RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLE - A retroreflective object having a retroreflective clement layer in which a large number of cube corner retroreflective elements of total internal reflection type are disposed. In the back surface of the retroreflective element layer, an optical characteristic adjusting layer is partially provided, and in the back surface of the optical characteristic adjusting layer, an air layer is provided. With the invention, an optical characteristic adjusting layer for adjusting a hue and occupant area ratio can be provided on the back surface of the retroreflective element layer of an existing object in a simple way for easy adjustment, thus enabling a retroreflective object to be manufactured at high productivity and low cost. Therefore, retroreflective objects suitable for reflective plates for traffic related signs such as a traffic sign, a regulation sign, an information sign, and a construction work sign, commercial sings, and reflected-light sensors for visible light, laser beam, or infrared light can be manufactured effectively with use of existing products.	05-06-2010
20110013281	TRIANGULAR PYRAMID TYPE CUBE CORNER RETROREFLECTION ARTICLE, AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention relates to a triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective article and a producing method thereof. In the triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective article, a triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective element pair group is disposed in a closest-packed fashion on a common plane defined by three base lines, and the each of retroreflective elements in a pair having one base line (A-B) shared by the retroreflective elements in the pair. The triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective article includes a first element pair group, in which two interior angles (α=∠BAC and β=∠ABC) formed by the shared base line of the element pair and two other base lines are different from each other and the element pair is line-symmetrically disposed in relation to the shared base line (A-B); and a second element pair group, in which the element pair is congruent to a line-symmetrical shape to the first element pair in relation to a line segment connecting vertexes of the base planes.	01-20-2011
20110043915	CUBE-CORNER RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLE - [Object] An object to be solved by the invention is to improve a retroreflective characteristic of a quadrilateral element that is a cube-corner element, which has reflective lateral surfaces including two trapezoidal reflective lateral surfaces and one pentagonal or isosceles-triangular reflective lateral surface, and which has a projection shape of a quadrangle when projected onto a common plane and is particularly to provide a cube-corner retroreflective article provided with a quadrilateral element excellent in an entrance angle characteristic and a rotation angle characteristic.	02-24-2011
20110227238	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL SHEETING - [Object] An apparatus and a method for producing optical sheeting with which increased productivity can be achieved while maintaining the accuracy of produced optical sheeting.	09-22-2011
20110286097	RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLE - A retroreflective article having excellent retroreflective efficiency, entrance angle characteristic, observation angle characteristic, and rotation angle characteristic is provided.	11-24-2011

Chihiro Igarashi, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110180210	PRESSURE BONDING APPARATUS AND METHOD - To provide a pressure bonding apparatus comprising a plurality of pressure bonding units comprising pressing members including pressing surfaces for pressing objects against pressure bonding areas on edge portions of a substrate and edge portion support members for supporting the edge portions of the substrate, the plurality of pressure bonding units arranged in a row along a first direction, a protection sheet supplying device for supplying along the first direction a protection sheet that has a width more than at least twice a width of the pressing surfaces of the pressing members in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and that protects the pressing surfaces by being interposed between the pressing surfaces of the pressing members and the objects and for suspending the protection sheet under tension along the first direction between the plurality of pressing members and the edge portion support members, and a second direction sheet moving device for moving the protection sheet in a range not smaller than the width of the pressing surfaces of the pressing members in the second direction and changing contact positions of the pressing members on the protection sheet in the second direction.	07-28-2011

Chihiro Imase, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247752	Photocurable resin composition for forming overcoats rgb pixels black matrixes or spacers in color filter production, and color filters - A curable resin composition containing as the binder a fumarate copolymer which is excellent in thermal discoloration resistance and capable of forming details of a color filter, namely, a photocurable resin composition useful in forming overcoats, RGB pixels, black matrixes or spacers in the production of color filters, which contains as the binder a fumarate copolymer having a molecular structure comprising constituent units represented by the general formula (1) and constituent units having acidic functional groups, and preferably further containing constituent units having ethylenically unsaturated bonds: (1) wherein R	09-30-2010

Chihiro Inoue, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080214311	GAME SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS AND REGISTER TERMINAL - Each of game machines sends result information indicating an individual ID and play result to a server. The server has a common ID control file and an individual game control file, which store common points, a common ID and an individual ID, associated with each other. A CPU converts the result information into common points, and allows the converted common points to be reflected in the common points in the common ID control file corresponding to the individual ID.	09-04-2008

Chihiro Ishii, Ichihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090039937	Semiconductor Integrated Circuit with a Logic Circuit Including a Data Holding Circuit - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first data holding section, a first pull-up circuit, a first pull-down circuit, a first feedback circuit, and a second feedback circuit. The first data holding section holds first output data. The first pull-up circuit takes in input data as a pull-up control signal and, when the pull-up control signal takes one value, pulls up the first output data. The first pull-down circuit takes in the input data as a pull-down control signal and, when the pull-down control signal takes the other value, pulls down the first output data. The first feedback circuit feeds back a first feedback signal corresponding to the first output data as the pull-up control signal to the first pull-up circuit. The second feedback circuit feeds back a second feedback signal corresponding to the first output data as the pull-down control signal to the first pull-down circuit.	02-12-2009

Chihiro Iwasaki, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090288775	Handicraft assisting tool - A handicraft assisting tool for folding a fabric into a configuration having rotational symmetry is provided. The handicraft assisting tool includes a flexible sheet body adhered to the fabric and a folding facilitator formed at the sheet body. The folding facilitator facilitates an operation of folding an overlapped product, which is obtained by adhering the fabric to the sheet body, along a predetermined folding line. The folding facilitator includes, for example, a plurality of slits disposed along the predetermined folding line.	11-26-2009

Chihiro Jgarashi, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090288462	COMPONENT CRIMPING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, COMPONENT CRIMPING APPARATUS, AND MEASURING TOOL - To provide a component crimping apparatus control method which enables a measuring tool to directly measure a temperature of a part pressed by a pressing head.	11-26-2009

Chihiro Kato, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110210067	USE OF POROUS HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE FOR PRODUCING CLARIFIED BIOMEDICAL CULTURE MEDIUM - Use of a porous hollow fiber membrane for producing a clarified biomedical culture medium by a method including a filtration step of distributing a biomedical culture medium over the porous hollow fiber membrane, a tube wall of the hollow fiber membrane being constituted of a blend of a hydrophobic polymer and polyvinylpyrrolidone. A content of the polyvinylpyrrolidone is not lower than 0.2% by mass and not higher than 3% by mass relative to a total mass of the porous hollow fiber membrane, and, when the tube wall is divided in a membrane-thickness direction equally into three regions, a content of the polyvinylpyrrolidone in an outer circumferential region including an outer face is higher than a content of the polyvinylpyrrolidone in an inner circumferential region including an inner face, and an average pore size in the inner face is larger than an average pore size in the outer face.	09-01-2011

Chihiro Kawai, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080274018	Surface Light-Emitting Device, Filtering Device Using Same, and Optically Assisted Ceramic Filter - A surface light-emitting device having a surface emitter for emitting visible light or ultraviolet light by electroluminescence also has multiple through-holes that define fluid channels for fluid flow in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the surface emitter. The present invention also provides an optically assisted ceramic filter composed of a ceramic filter having multiple channels, and a photocatalytic layer and surface emitter disposed on a side surface of the ceramic filter.	11-06-2008

Chihiro Kobayashi, Naka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080302173	INTAKE AIR MASS FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE - In an intake air mass flow measurement device, for preventing clogging in a pressure intake tube due to water or the like entering the pressure intake tube in a device measuring a pressure in the intake air tube, the intake air mass flow measurement device includes a mass air flow measurement device for measuring an intake air mass flow in an intake air tube; and a pressure sensing device for sensing pressure in the intake air tube, the pressure sensing device being integrated with the mass air flow measurement device, and an aperture plane opened to the inside of a main air flow passage for detection of the pressure takes in pressure by using a gap generated between a main air flow passage constituting member and an insertion part of the mass air flow measurement device when a measurement part of the mass air flow measurement device is inserted into the main air flow passage. With this construction, it is possible to provide a structure in which water or the like can hardly clog the pressure intake port.	12-11-2008
20090064968	CONFIGURATION OF AIR INTAKE PARTS APPLIED TO THERMAL TYPE AIR FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENT - It is an object of the present invention to expand an air flow measuring range of a thermal type air flow measuring instrument. A squeeze	03-12-2009
20110072894	Sensor Structure - The present invention utilizes self-heating of electronic components to improve a humidity sensing part with low environment resistance, such as a condensation problem and the like, and also to enhance the heat radiation efficiency of electronic components. The humidity sensing part is used in an intake tube of an automobile by integrating, for example, with a heating resister type mass air flow measurement device. A humidity sensing element is mounted on an electronic circuit board in a mass air flow measurement device with the temperature thereof starting to increase immediately after a sensor has been actuated. This urges the temperature of the humidity sensing element to start increasing (being heated) immediately after the sensor has been actuated. To urge the humidity sensing element to be further heated, a base plate is composed of two types of materials, resin and metal. A part of the base plate holding an area of the electronic circuit board generating a large quantity of heat is composed of the metal. A part of the base plate corresponding to the periphery of the humidity sensing part which is to be heated is composed of the resin.	03-31-2011

Chihiro Koike, Pittsburgh, PA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090049562	PORCINE CMP-N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID HYDROXYLASE GENE - The present invention provides porcine CMP-N-Acetylneuraminic-Acid Hydroxylase (CMP-Neu5Ac hydroxylase) protein, cDNA, and genomic DNA regulatory sequences. Furthermore, the present invention includes porcine animals, tissues, and organs, as well as cells and cell lines derived from such animals, tissues, and organs, which lack expression of functional CMP-Neu5Ac hydroxylase. Such animals, tissues, organs, and cells can be used in research and in medical therapy, including in xenotransplantation, and in industrial livestock farming operations.	02-19-2009

Chihiro Manri, Kawagoe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110002516	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIVIDING AREA OF IMAGE OF PARTICLE IN URINE - An objective is to provide a method and an apparatus for accurately extracting a region of an object particle from a urine particle image obtained by taking an image of urine particles in a urine specimen having varying properties. First, a first object region is extracted using one or more of an R image, a G image, and a B image of a urine particle image taken by an image input optical system configured to input particle images. Then, a density distribution and a size of the first object region of one or more of the R image, the G image, and the B image are calculated. Based on these feature parameters, the first object region is classified into a predetermined number of groups. A second object region is extracted from a local region including the first object region, by using one or more of the R image, the G image, and the B image, depending on each of the groups. This configuration allows stable region segmentation for each particle image even for a urine specimen in which urine particles having different sizes and tones coexist.	01-06-2011

Chihiro Matsuguma, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100232717	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; an obtaining unit that obtains image data representing an image including concatenated pixels; an isolating unit that isolates a rendering element, the rendering element being an image surrounded by border lines of a color in an image represented by the image data; and a classifying unit that, in a case where a plurality of rendering elements has been isolated by the isolating unit, and in a case where color difference between two of the plural rendering elements or the distance between the two rendering elements is less than a threshold, classifies the two rendering elements into the same group, associates pieces of image data that represent rendering elements belonging to the same group with one another, and stores the pieces of image data in the memory.	09-16-2010

Chihiro Matsuguma, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100225984	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a first determination unit that determines whether each of an image regions is for a vector image; a color number counting unit that counts the number of colors in the pixels of high-resolution image data; a frequency counting unit that counts a number of times where the difference between the colors of each of the pixels in the high-resolution image data and the colors of at least one pixel located around each of those pixels is greater than or equal to a threshold; a second determination unit that determines that the image region is not an image region for a vector image; and a generation unit that generates image data in which a process for rendering images in the image regions determined by the first determination unit to be image regions for vector images is defined by numerical values or numerical formulas.	09-09-2010
20100239166	CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE-READING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD - A character recognition device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires image data describing pixel values representing colors of pixels constituting an image; a binarizing unit that binarizes the pixel values; an extracting unit that extracts boundaries of colors in the image; a delimiting unit that delimits plural image areas in the image; a specifying unit that specifies, with regard to first image areas arranged according to a predetermined rule, pixels binarized by the binarizing unit, as a subject for character recognition, and specifies, with regard to second image areas not arranged according to the predetermined rule, pixels of areas surrounded by boundaries extracted by the extracting unit, as a subject for character recognition; and a character recognition unit that recognizes characters represented by the pixels specified by the specifying unit as a subject for character recognition.	09-23-2010
20110043852	DOCUMENT OUTPUT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND DOCUMENT OUTPUT METHOD - A document output device includes an acquisition unit and a controller. When a printed document is read by a reading device and output of the document on the basis of read document information is instructed, the acquisition unit acquires at least one of attribute information of a document receiver, attribute information of an output instructor, and second identification information inputted by the output instructor. If it is determined, on the basis of a first identification information and the acquired information, that an output of a constituent element specified as an object of output restriction is not permitted, the controller restricts the output of the constituent element which is the object of output restriction in the document.	02-24-2011
20110222762	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a separation section, a background color setting section, and a generating section. The separation section separates at least one image component having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image. The background color setting section selects a coloring method, from among a plurality of coloring methods for coloring a background, according to software to be used and sets a background color. The generating section generates software data corresponding to the software by coloring the background color based on the setting of the background color setting section, and re-arranging the at least one image component.	09-15-2011

Chihiro Matsuoka, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110197679	ULTRASONIC INSPECTION SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD - In an ultrasonic inspection method or ultrasonic inspection system in which an ultrasonic wave is propagated to an test object via a medium such as a liquid or a gas, an incident position of the ultrasonic wave is accurately and reliably identified. In an ultrasonic inspection method based on an immersion technique, an optical irradiator is mounted on an ultrasonic wave transmitting/receiving unit, an optical marker is irradiated from the optical irradiator to the test object, and an irradiated position of the optical marker is imaged using imaging equipment in order to perform inspection.	08-18-2011

Chihiro Minami, Fujieda-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080233767	Bulb socket - A bulb socket is provided with a rubber socket into which a bulb is mounted and a resin cover which is mounted on the rubber socket by being put over the rubber socket. A projection which protrudes outward is formed on the resin cover. The resin cover is put over the rubber socket, inserted into a housing, rotated to engage the projection with an engaging part in the housing, and thereby mounted on the housing. At this time, the rubber socket comes into close contact with a socket mounting slot and thereby stops the socket mounting slot water-tightly.	09-25-2008

Chihiro Mochizuki, Fujinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110049157	STORAGE BOX ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A storage box assembly for a vehicle includes a case in which an opening is formed on an upper surface thereof, and a lid for opening/closing the opening. When the lid is closed, a surface of the lid and an upper surface of the case substantially form a flush surface. When the lid is opened, the lid is moved to be retracted in the case by a guide mechanism.	03-03-2011

Chihiro Mochizuki, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120027394	LENS APPARATUS INCLUDING FOCUS OPERATION DEVICE AND FOCUS OPERATION DEVICE - A lens apparatus includes: an optical member; a driving unit; a position detector; a rotary operation portion; a projection portion to be rotated interlockingly with the operation portion; an operation portion rotation detector; a driving controller for controlling the driving unit based on an amount of an operation of the operation portion; rotatable first (second) pins; first (second) side locking units; and a lock controller for controlling both the locking units based on a position of the optical member and a rotating direction of the operation portion. The projection portion is provided between the first regulation pin and the second regulation pin. The first regulation pin and the second regulation pin are elastically connected to each other. The lock controller locks the first (second) side locking unit when the focus unit reaches a first (second) end while the operation portion is operated toward the first (second) end.	02-02-2012

Chihiro Mochizuki, Ome JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230922	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A technique for mounting a plurality of electronic parts on one surface of a wiring substrate is provided. A semiconductor device comprises a wiring substrate having connection pads disposed outside a parts mount; a plurality of electronic parts with the first surface having a plurality of electrodes and the second surface fixing; a first underlying insulation layer provided between the connecting pads and the electrodes; a first metal layer formed overlaid on the first underlying insulation layer and providing connections between the connecting pads and the electrodes; a second underlying insulation layer having electrically insulating properties, provided between the respective electrodes of adjacent electronic parts; a second metal layer formed overlaid on the second underlying insulation layer and providing connections between the respective electrodes of adjacent electronic parts; and a first surface insulation layer covering the first metal layer and a second surface insulation layer covering the second metal layer.	09-25-2008
20120001315	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor package includes a print circuit part, a lower chip, an upper chip, a thermal conductivity part, and an encapsulation resin. The lower chip and the upper chip are mounted on the print circuit part through wire bonding connection. The thermal conductivity part efficiently dissipates heat from the chips to the outside of the package. The encapsulation resin entirely seals the package while exposing the thermal conductivity part. A adhesive sheet is hardened to form a bonding layer between the thermal conductivity part and the upper chip, a bonding layer between the semiconductor chips, and a bonding layer between the semiconductor chip and the wired component. The configuration contributes to miniaturization, high integration, and heat resistance reduction of a semiconductor package using high-heat-generating ICs.	01-05-2012

Chihiro Mori, Yotsukaido-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090275778	Process for preparing high purity corosolic acid and high purity ursolic acid - According to the present invention, there is provided a process for preparing corosolic acid comprising the steps of (1) dissolving crude extract of Japanese loquat leaves in alkali and aqueous alcohol and (2) applying the solution to a nonpolar adsorption resin to obtain corosolic acid.	11-05-2009

Chihiro Morita, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090252176	Gateway Device - Provided is a gateway device for interconnecting an IEEE1394 network and an IP network, which automatically detects and operates an AV device connected to the IEEE1394 network from a player device connected to the IP network, thereby enabling the player device to watch and hear contents stored in the AV device. The gateway device interconnects a network, to which an AV/C installed IEEE1394 device is connected, and a network, to which a player device compliant with a UPnP is connected, and includes: a conversion unit for converting Plug-and-Play processing of the IEEE1394 device to each step of Plug-and-Play of the UPnP; a conversion unit for converting an action of a UPnP AV to an AV/C command of the IEEE1394 device; and a stream transfer unit for transferring stream data transmitted from the IEEE1394 device to the IP network.	10-08-2009
20100020174	DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system is provided which determines an effective image area by automatically detecting a boundary between the effective image area and a non-image area created owing to the difference between the pixel numbers of the camera image sensor and television signal, to thereby display the images on a monitor by adjusting a display size and position suitable for the effective image area, whereby an inappropriate display size and position are avoided from being set while a lighting device for illuminating a camera's field of vision is off. The display system receives a signal notifying about activation of the lighting device from the lighting controller that provides on/off control of the device; the system then determines the effective image area if the device is on, and does not if it is off.	01-28-2010
20100045782	CONTENT REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a content reproducing apparatus for displaying three dimensional image using image data for the right eye and left eye, stored after being downsampled in order to reduce data, a high quality image is obtained even at the scene changes or in still pictures. The content reproducing apparatus includes a similar region detector (	02-25-2010
20100046925	VIDEO/AUDIO PLAYBACK APPARATUS - A video/audio playback apparatus that can continue playback even if the external storage means are disconnected during playback, includes a virtual file system section	02-25-2010
20100049834	FILE TRANSFER METHOD AND FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A file transfer method and a file transfer system are provided for making it possible to minimize aggregate waiting time of the whole users for data transfer using a multicast protocol. In the file transfer method of transferring a plurality of program files from a recorder storing a plurality of program files via a network to a plurality of mobile terminals using a multicast protocol, the recorder determines order of transfers of the plurality of program files for the purpose of transferring the plurality of program files in order of digital data files, which is the ascending order of file size of the plurality of program files (step S	02-25-2010
20110277020	AUTHENTICATION TERMINAL AND NETWORK TERMINAL - Responsive to a proxy authentication request from a network terminal, a display for prompting a user to start an authentication operation is performed; authentication data for performing personal authentication are read by a user operation; an authentication request is sent together with the read authentication data to an authentication server; an authentication result is received from the authentication server; the network terminal is notified of the result. When a service requiring personal authentication is used, via a network, a request for proxy authentication can be made from a network terminal lacking an interface for personal authentication to a proxy authentication terminal having an interface for personal authentication, whereby the interface of the proxy authentication terminal can be used to perform the personal authentication.	11-10-2011

Chihiro Myoren, Tokai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100215503	TRANSONIC BLADE - A transonic blade is provided that operates in a flow field where flow has a transonic speed or higher in an axial-flow rotating machine and that concurrently achieves a reduction in shock loss and in the local stress of the blade.	08-26-2010
20110162369	Gas Turbine, Exhaust Diffuser, and Method of Modifying Gas Turbine Plant - A method of modifying a gas turbine plant which is provided with a one-shaft gas turbine having a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for generating a combustion gas from the air compressed by the compressor and a fuel, and a one-shaft turbine driven by the combustion gas generated by the combustor and supported by a rotational axis common to the compressor, and an electric generator for generating electric power by driving force of the one-shaft turbine, wherein: the one-shaft turbine is replaced with a two-shaft gas turbine including a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for generating a combustion gas from the air compressed by the compressor and a fuel, and a high-pressure turbine driven by the combustion gas generated by the combustor and supported by a first rotational axis common to the compressor, and a low-pressure turbine driven by the combustion gas used to drive the high-pressure turbine and supported by a second rotational axis, which is different from the axis for the high-pressure turbine.	07-07-2011

Chihiro Myoren, Naka-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100293963	Two-Shaft Gas Turbine - On a two-shaft gas turbine, on at least one of an inner peripheral side or an outer peripheral side of a main flow passage, an outlet of a high-pressure turbine is lower than an inlet of a low-pressure turbine, an outer periphery of a flow channel that connects the outlet of the high-pressure turbine and the inlet of the low-pressure turbine includes a first casing shroud that is supported by a casing and located on an outer peripheral side of a final-stage rotor vane of the high-pressure turbine, and an initial-stage stator vane of the low-pressure turbine, and a connection position of the first casing shroud and the initial-stage stator vane of the low-pressure turbine is closer to the inlet of the initial-stage stator vane of the low-pressure turbine than the outlet of the final-stage rotor vane of the high-pressure turbine.	11-25-2010

Chihiro Nitta, Anjo-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090124457	VEHICLE BRAKING FORCE CONTROLLER - A braking force application control is performed when a change in a driver's posture takes place while a brake pedal is turned on when a vehicle is stopped. As a consequence, in a case in which the driver's posture changes such as when the driver turns to a rear seat side to get something without intending to release depression of the brake pedal, creep of the vehicle that the driver does not intend to happen can be inhibited. Furthermore, the vehicle stop retention is only performed when a travelling direction is a forward direction or a seatbelt is worn. As a result, performance of the vehicle stop retention can be inhibited when it is considered that the driver intentionally desires to let the vehicle creep.	05-14-2009
20100168975	MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A motion control system is applied to a vehicle, which has front wheel side suspensions with an anti-dive geometry and rear wheel side suspensions with an anti-lift geometry. A degree of an anti-lift effect of the anti-lift geometry is larger than a degree of an anti-dive effect of the anti-dive geometry. Normally, a controller controls a hydraulic unit such that a brake force distribution between front wheels and rear wheels during a braking-period is adjusted to a basic distribution. In contrast, in a state where abrupt application of brakes is started, the controller controls the hydraulic unit such that the brake force distribution is adjusted to a first distribution, at which a brake force respectively applied to the rear wheels is larger than that of the basic distribution only for a predetermined short time period upon starting of the application of the brakes.	07-01-2010
20100174453	MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A motion control system is applied to a vehicle, which has front wheel side suspensions with an anti-dive geometry and rear wheel side suspensions with an anti-lift geometry. When abrupt steering operation is started from a straight-ahead driving state of the vehicle in a non-operating period of a brake pedal of the vehicle, a controller controls a hydraulic unit such that a brake force is applied to a radially outer one of front left and right wheels, which is located on an outer side in a radial direction of an arc of turn of the vehicle upon starting the steering operation, and also to a radially inner one of rear left and right wheels, which is located on an inner side in the radial direction of the arc of the turn for a predetermined short time period.	07-08-2010

Chihiro Nitta, Chita-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248269	MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle includes a controlling means for maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling a braking force of a wheel of the vehicle, a friction coefficient obtaining means for obtaining a friction coefficient of a road surface on which the vehicle travels, a lateral force reference value calculating means for calculating a lateral force reference value acting on the wheel on the basis of the friction coefficient of the road surface and a lateral force actual value obtaining means for obtaining a lateral force actual value acting on the wheel, wherein the controlling means controls the braking force on the basis of a comparison result between the lateral force reference value and the lateral force actual value.	10-01-2009
20090326761	VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device includes a turning state changing mechanism for changing a turning state of a vehicle on the basis of a turning state changing command, and a curve-driving assessment portion for inputting therein a curve characteristic information including a shape of a curve existing in a traveling direction of the vehicle and a line-of-sight information relating to a line-of-sight of a driver and for outputting the turning state changing command to the turning state changing mechanism on the basis of the curve characteristic information and the line-of-sight information.	12-31-2009

Chihiro Okamoto, Kurashiki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100035521	METAL FILM POLISHING PAD AND METHOD FOR POLISHING METAL FILM USING THE SAME - The invention provides a polishing pad to polish a metal layer. The polishing pad has a storage elastic modulus at 80° C. of 200 to 900 MPa and a storage elastic modulus at 110° C. of 40 MPa or less. The invention also provides a method of polishing a metal layer using the pad.	02-11-2010

Chihiro Ono, Fujimino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090271413	TRIAL LISTENING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a content distribution system capable of improving user convenience and effectively distributing content for trial listening. A terminal apparatus includes: a content database that stores plural kinds of content data for trial listening received from a content distribution server; a usage history information recording unit that records usage history information of a user; a user preference estimating unit that estimates user preference on the basis of the usage history information of the user recorded in the usage history information recording unit, and generates preference information; a content extracting unit that calculates similarity between the preference information and each of the content data for trial listening stored in the content database, and extracts content data for trial listening having high similarity from the content database; and a content data playing unit that plays the extracted content data for trial listening.	10-29-2009
20100161622	INFORMATION FILTERING APPARATUS - A search unit	06-24-2010

Chihiro Saito, Aomori JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100006183	METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GIANT MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ALLOY - A rapidly solidified Fe—Ga alloy containing 15 to 23 atomic percent of Ga having a particular rapidly solidified texture is formed into slices which are laminated to each other in a die, or is formed into a powder or chops which are filled in the die. Subsequently, spark plasma sintering is performed so that bonds between the slices, grains of the powder, or the chops are formed at a high density to form a bulk alloy and the rapidly solidified texture is not lost, followed by annealing whenever necessary, so that a magnetostriction of 170 to 230 ppm at room temperature is obtained.	01-14-2010

Chihiro Sasakaw, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080317875	Inhibitor of PI3 kinase-dependent inflammatory cytokine synthesis and method for inhibiting the same - The present invention provides a novel inhibitor for inhibiting synthesis of a PI3 kinase-dependent inflammatory cytokine in vivo in a vertebrate and a method for inhibiting the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a suppressor for suppressing a cell-mediated immune response and a method for suppressing the same, as well as an activator for activating a humoral immune response and a method for activating the same. In the present invention, by administering Li ion to a living body to inhibit synthesis of an inflammatory cytokine, a cell-mediated immune responses can be suppressed, and immune-mediated inflammatory disorders (IMIDs) can be treated.	12-25-2008

Chihiro Sato, Kasama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090153118	POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER AND MECHANICAL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - There is a need for improving switching regulator characteristics and providing a stable power supply controller. The power supply controller uses a battery and either or both functions of stepping up and stepping down a battery voltage. The power supply controller includes a means that prevents a ripple voltage from occurring by stopping the up conversion function for a switching operation in connection with a battery during a predetermined period without changing conditions for a conventional switching device or smoothing circuit and fast stabilizes a primary voltage using only the down conversion function.	06-18-2009
20090174980	Load Driving and Diagnosis System and Control Method - A load driving and diagnosis system controls the feed and block of a load current flowing into an inductor such as a solenoid. The load driving and diagnosis system holds a counter-electromotive force, which is developed when the load current is blocked, at a voltage higher than a supply voltage so that the load current will decay for a short time. When an overcurrent condition is established in the load driving and diagnosis system because of a short circuit to a power supply, a malfunction of a circuit or destruction thereof may take place. In addition to a voltage holding means that holds a switching circuit output voltage at a predetermined voltage, a voltage holding means having a different predetermined voltage set therein is included. Moreover, a selection switch that switches the predetermined voltages according to a detected overcurrent condition is included.	07-09-2009

Chihiro Sato, Hitachinaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110054708	Power Supply Control Device - When a highly accurate clock is received by a GPS radio wave from a GPS antenna, the highly accurate clock is always generated by locking a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit within a hold-over section of a clock control section in a power supply control unit. When the GPS radio wave cannot be received normally, the highly accurate clock depending on the GPS radio wave is set to a self-running condition not depending on a self-oscillation clock from an internal clock generating section and a time management section automatically corrects the present time data obtained when the standard radio wave is received from a radio wave antenna based on the highly accurate clock. A primary voltage generating section continuously generates the highly accurate clock even when an ignition switch is turned OFF by avoiding voltage variation in battery voltages while the ignition switch is turned ON. Accordingly, the power supply control device can sustain highly accurate time correction and a clock function under any environmental condition and can also control and execution of various functions based on accurate time management.	03-03-2011

Chihiro Shibata, Nasushiobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090069684	ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE - An imaging part transmits ultrasonic waves to a subject and receives reflected waves from the subject, thereby acquiring plural volume data of the subject. A specifying part specifies a surface site included in a face corresponding to the surface of the subject, in each of the plural volume data. A synthesizer executes position matching of the subject shown in each of the plural volume data. The synthesizer couples the plural volume data after position matching, and couples the respective surface sites specified in the respective volume data, thereby generating synthesized volume data. Based on the synthesized volume data, an image generator generates morphology image data showing the morphology of the subject and surface image data showing the coupled surface sites. A display controller controls a display to display a morphology image based on the morphology image data and a surface image based on the surface image data.	03-12-2009
20090099451	ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE - A transmitter transmits ultrasonic waves to an object via an ultrasonic probe. A receiver receives echo signals reflected from the object via the ultrasonic probe. The receiver executes a delaying process on the echo signals in accordance with a plurality of set sound velocities for a delaying process, thereby generating a plurality of reception signals with different set sound velocities. An image generator generates a plurality of image data with the different set sound velocities based on the reception signals with the different set sound velocities. A contrast calculator obtains the contrast of each of the plurality of image data with the different set sound velocities. A selector selects image data with the highest contrast from among the plurality of image data. A display controller controls a display to display an image based on the image data selected by the selector.	04-16-2009
20100185091	ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - As an ROI for display and an ROI for valve observation as well as a projecting direction are input, a volume-rendering processing unit creates a first image in the ROI for display through volume rendering processing, and the ray-tracing processing unit creates a second image in the ROI for valve observation through ray tracing processing. An image compositing unit then creates a composite image by compositing the first image and the second image, and the composite image created by the image compositing unit (	07-22-2010
20100198073	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus has a unit which sets a display region for displaying a 3D image, a unit which transmits and receives ultrasound waves, a unit which generates volume data, a unit, on the basis of the volume data, which sets an analysis region, a unit, on the basis of the data on the analysis region contained in the volume data, which analyzes a fluctuations in signal intensity over time, a unit, on the basis of the analysis result, which calculates a cardiac cycle, a unit, on the basis of the cardiac cycle and the volume data, which generates data set constructed by data with substantially equal cardiac cycle, and generates data sets corresponding to a plurality of cardiac cycles, and a unit which displays the 3D images based on the data sets as a moving image.	08-05-2010
20110282204	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises an ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic transmission/reception unit, an echo processing unit configured to generate complex data based on the echo signals, a phase shifting unit configured to shift a phase of each ensemble data constituted by N complex data associated with the same depth on the same ultrasonic raster in accordance with a reference phase, an interpolation processing unit configured to interpolate ensemble data associated with an interpolated raster between adjacent ultrasonic rasters based on the phase-shifted ensemble data, and an image data generation unit configured to generate image data based on the phase-shifted ensemble data and the interpolated ensemble data.	11-17-2011
20110301470	ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a scanning unit repeatedly scans an internal region of an object with an ultrasonic wave at a predetermined frame rate via an ultrasonic probe. An image generation unit extracts a blood flow signal based on a Doppler effect from a reflection signal and repeatedly generates a blood flow image representing a spatial distribution associated with power of the blood flow signal at the frame rate. A power average value associated with a frame or local region is calculated for the blood flow image. The blood flow image is corrected. In the correcting, a gain on the power values in the frame or local region in which the power average value exceeds the threshold are substantially reduced, and power values in the frame or local region in which the power average value is not more than the threshold are maintained.	12-08-2011

Chihiro Sugimoto, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090004227	Peroral Vaccine Carrier System - The present invention provides a system in which a recombinant plant expressing a target peptide is orally administered to thereby achieve exertion of the function of the peptide, along with the genetically recombinant plant, and the present invention relates to a carrier system for oral administration of a target peptide by oral administration of a plant (potato) that expresses a target peptide by expressing for example a fused gene obtained by fusing the LRE1 gene coding for the immunogenic peptide LRE1 derived from the	01-01-2009
20090274715	TICK CHITINASE - A novel chitinase, a polynucleotide encoding the same, a vector and a transformant comprising the polynucleotide, an antibody against the chitinase, and a screening method for screening a substance capable of modifying the chitinase, are disclosed. According to the chitinase, polynucleotide, or vector, it is possible, for example, to exterminate ticks, or to treat or prevent tick-borne infections such as piroplasmosis, Q fever, or viral encephalitis.	11-05-2009

Chihiro Sugimoto, Obihiro-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100196407	TICK GALECTIN - A novel galectin, a polynucleotide encoding the same, a vector and a transformant comprising the polynucleotide, an antibody against the galectin, and a screening method for screening a substance capable of modifying the galectin, are disclosed. According to the galectin, polynucleotide, or vector, it is possible, for example, to exterminate ticks, or to treat or prevent tick-borne infections such as rickettsiosis, filariasis, Q fever, African recurrent fever, or viral encephalitis.	08-05-2010

Chihiro Sugiyama, Fukuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110164418	WASHING COUNTER - A washing counter of the invention is characterized by: a bowl portion having a concave configuration used for washing and the like; a counter portion supporting the bowl portion; and a light source portion disposed on a backside of the bowl portion to emit light toward the bowl portion, where the washing counter radiates the light from the light source portion to surroundings from a surface of the bowl portion, at least one portion of the bowl portion is formed of a transparent member obtained by dispersing a light diffusing member in a base member having a transparent raw material having a light-transmitting transparency, the light diffusing member is a micro particle having a transparent raw material having a light refractive index different from a light refractive index of the base member, the light source portion is disposed to face an end face of a butt portion of the transparent member, and at least one portion of the transparent member is a light radiation portion where the light from the light source portion guided through the transparent member from the butt portion is radiated outside by the light radiation portion while being diffused by the light diffusing member due to the at least one portion of the bowl portion being formed of the transparent member and the light source portion being disposed to face the end face. In a washing makeup stand having a light emission source using a transparent raw material, the overall external appearance quality affected by the transparency of the raw materials used including the light emission quality can be improved by the appropriate configuration of the transparent raw material and the light emission source.	07-07-2011

Chihiro Takizawa, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090043236	Skin patch - A skin patch that can enhance the water resistance and handling easiness and can alleviate any irritation on the user. There is provided a skin patch having a flexible backing and, superimposed thereon, a plaster containing a styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of −45° to −35° C. and tan δ (lag angle) value, determined at dynamic viscoelasticity measurement (frequency 6.2832 rad/s) at 45° C., of 0.25 or less.	02-12-2009

Chihiro Tanaka, Naka-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110216195	IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND IN-VEHICLE CAMERA - An image-capturing device including: an imaging optical system which is configured to capture an optical image of a subject; an imaging optical system retaining member which retains the imaging optical system; an imaging element which is configured to convert the optical image into an electrical signal; a substrate which is arranged on a back side of the imaging optical system retaining member and retains the imaging element; and a plurality of substrate joint pieces each of which extends from the imaging optical system retaining member toward the substrate, wherein tip parts of the plurality of substrate joint pieces on a substrate side and the substrate are joined by an indirect bond structure using at least one joint intermediate member which is adhered to at least one of the tip parts of the plurality of substrate joint pieces and the substrate with an adhesive, and a fixation structure.	09-08-2011

Chihiro Tomita, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080297993	Electronic device mounting structure - An electronic device mounting structure for fitting an ECU (electronic device) in an open space formed in a device mounting housing and for holding the ECU fitted in the open space by a holding finger formed on the device mounting housing, includes a stopper formed in the device mounting housing so as to be juxtaposed with the holding finger, the stopper being configured to prevent the ECU from falling out of the device mounting housing.	12-04-2008

Chihiro Uchibori, Campbell, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120032327	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REINFORCING CHIP PACKAGES - In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a chip package is provided. The chip package may include a chip, a substrate, and an interconnect layer disposed between the chip and the substrate. In some embodiments, the interconnect layer may include an array of bonding interconnects configured to provide electrical communication between the chip and a printed circuit board and reinforcement interconnects arranged around an outermost row of the array of bonding interconnects.	02-09-2012

Chihiro Wakabayashi, Kariya-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090212136	SOLENOID VALVE AND FUEL INJECTOR HAVING THE SAME - An armature and a valve member reciprocally slide in a slide hole of a valve body. The valve member seats on or lifts off from a valve seat to close or open a valve hole. One of the armature and the valve member includes an engaging concave surface. A connector is formed separately from the armature and the valve member, or is formed integrally with the other one of the armature and the valve member. The connector includes an engaging convex surface that is in contact with the engaging concave surface of the one of the armature and the valve member.	08-27-2009

Chihiro Yoshida, Kamakura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110201650	CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - A compound has a strong analgesic action against both nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain and has less side effects, and is medically useful. The compound includes cyclohexane derivatives represented by the following compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or prodrugs thereof.	08-18-2011

Chihiro Yoshimura, Kokubunji JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100064070	DATA TRANSFER UNIT FOR COMPUTER - In order to improve throughput by suppressing contention of hardware resources in a computer to which a data transfer unit is coupled, a control unit for transferring data between a first interface coupled to the computer and a second interface coupled to a memory transaction issuing unit for issuing, when one of the first interface and the second interface receives an access request to a memory of the computer, a memory transaction for the main memory to the first interface, the first interface includes a plurality of interfaces coupled in parallel to the computer, and the control unit further includes a memory transaction distribution unit for extracting an address of the main memory, which is contained in the memory transaction issued by the memory transaction issuing unit, and selecting an interface having address designation information set therein, which corresponds to the extracted address to transmit the memory transaction.	03-11-2010