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Ehara, JP

Gaku Ehara, Sakura JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100009897POLYPEPTIDE HAVING LARVAE GROWTH INHIBITING OR INSECTICIDAL EFFECT ON SCARABAEIDAE INSECTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING THE SAME - Through screening using an antibody to a polypeptide that constitutes a parasporal body in sporangia of 01-14-2010

Patent applications by Gaku Ehara, Sakura JP

Hideharu Ehara, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090150047High-Pressure Fuel Supply Apparatus and Control Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine - In an internal combustion engine provided with a high-pressure fuel pump, if the discharging rate of the high-pressure fuel pump is greater than the injection quantity of fuel injected from a injector with the high-pressure fuel pump remaining uncontrollable due to failure or the like, it is probable that the fuel pressure in a common rail unintentionally rises to affect the injector. A high-pressure fuel supply apparatus is provided to solve such a problem.06-11-2009
20090188469FUEL INJECTOR FOR INTERAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Disclosed herein is a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, which can achieve the improved responsiveness to the target fuel pressure as well as the improved controllability even when the fuel pressure is greatly decreased.07-30-2009

Hiroyuki Ehara, Niigata-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100248173COMBUSTION APPARATUS - To provide a combustion apparatus that has a vaporizer capable of vaporizing liquid fuel completely without complicating the structure of the combustion apparatus. The combustion apparatus has an evaporating part for heating and vaporizing the liquid fuel into combustion gas, and a premixed gas spout part for spouting out premixed gas in which the combustion gas is mixed with primary air, with an inflow port of the premixed gas spout part being provided at a position higher than the evaporating part. By configuring the combustion apparatus like this, a space for accumulating unvaporized liquid fuel is formed between the evaporating part and the inflow port, and sufficient time to completely vaporize the liquid fuel can be afforded. Therefore, unevaporated fuel in a liquid state can be prevented from flowing into the premixed gas spout part.09-30-2010

Hiroyuki Ehara, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100057447PARAMETER DECODING DEVICE, PARAMETER ENCODING DEVICE, AND PARAMETER DECODING METHOD - Provided is a parameter decoding device which performs parameter compensation process so as to suppress degradation of a main observation quality in a prediction quantization. The parameter decoding device includes amplifiers (03-04-2010

Hisanori Ehara, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100096358LADDER TYPE FILTER - A ladder filter includes a series resonator having a first film laminate in which an upper electrode and a lower electrode face each other across a piezoelectric film, and a first film provided on the first film laminate, and a parallel resonator having a second film laminate having a structure similar to that of the first film laminate, a second film provided on the second film laminate, and another first film identical to the first film.04-22-2010

Patent applications by Hisanori Ehara, Yokohama JP

Jun Ehara, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120013944INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - Print data containing a plurality of contents is input, and it is determined whether printing of each of the plurality of contents contained in the input print data is permitted. The user is notified of the determination result before an instruction to print the print data.01-19-2012

Junichi Ehara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090318196MOBILE APPARATUS - There is provided a mobile apparatus including: an input module including operating keys; a storage module configured to store a correspondence between a combination of a first operation and a second operation and a corresponding character, the second operation being an operation subsequent to the first operation, the first operation being an operation at a first operating key from among the operating keys, the second operation being an operation at a second operating key from among the operating keys; an extraction module configured to extract the character based on the first and the second operating keys referring to the correspondence; and a display module including a first display area; wherein the display module is configured to display the character extracted by the extraction module in the first display area.12-24-2009

Junichi Ehara, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090207772COMMUNICATION METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE NETWORK DEVICE WITH BRANCH SELECTION FUNCTIONS - A communication method for use in a radio communications system in which a mobile station sends identical data to a plurality of radio base stations in a parallel fashion. The method determines which radio base stations should stop forwarding data to an intermediate network device managing them. The intermediate network device includes a monitor and a controller. The monitor checks continuity of sequence numbers affixed to data received from each radio base station, thereby detecting missing sequence numbers. Based on the statistics of missing sequence numbers, the controller selects which radio base station should be allowed to continue its data forwarding operation. The controller then requests the other, non-selected radio base stations to stop their data forwarding operation.08-20-2009
20100080121Communication Method And Radio Network Control Device In A Mobile Communication System - A mobile communication system in which a mobile station copies data and transmits that copied data to a plurality of base stations, each base station sends that copied data to a serving radio network control device (S-RNC) directly or via a drift radio network control device (D-RNC), and the S-RNC selectively combines and outputs the received copied data; wherein a congestion monitoring unit monitors the congestion state of a line between the D-RNC and S-RNC, and when that line is congested, a D-RNC selectively combines the copied data that is inputted from the plurality of base stations and sends the result to that line, and when the line is not congested, the D-RNC sends the copied data that is inputted from the plurality of base stations to the line without performing selective combination.04-01-2010

Patent applications by Junichi Ehara, Kawasaki JP

Kazuya Ehara, Hitachiohta JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090235749ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD AND ULTRASONIC INSPECTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an ultrasonic inspection method and ultrasonic inspection apparatus capable of easily inspecting a weld line and detecting a circumferential crack and an axial crack that are present in the weld line. An ultrasonic probe is placed on the surface of a structure and transmits an ultrasonic wave. A welded part is present on the opposite surface to the surface on which the ultrasonic probe is placed. The ultrasonic wave is transmitted at an optional in an X′-Z plane defined by an X′ axis and a Z axis, when the direction of a normal to the surface on which the ultrasonic probe is placed is defined as an X axis, the direction in which the weld line extends is defined as a Y axis, the direction perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis is defined as a Z axis, and an axis obtained by rotating the X axis around the Z axis is defined as an X′ axis. After the ultrasonic wave is transmitted at an optional angle in the X′-Z plane, a control mechanism performs signal processing based on the intensities of signals reflected from an axial crack defect DE-V, a circumferential crack defect DE-H and the like to detect the defects and measure the lengths of the defects.09-24-2009

Kazuyo Ehara, Ebina JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100158557COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cooling device that cools the inside of an image forming apparatus provided with a developer carrier that carries an image developed with a developer while being rotated. The cooling device includes: a counting unit that counts an accumulative number of rotation of the developer carrier; and a fan that cools the inside of the image forming apparatus. The cooling device further includes: a calculating unit that calculates the abrasion amount of the developer carrier in which the accumulative number of rotation counted by the counting unit is used as at least one variable; and a controlling unit that actuates the fan with cooling efficiency according to the abrasion amount calculated by the calculating unit.06-24-2010

Koji Ehara, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110131637TIME CLOCK - A time clock 06-02-2011

Masato Ehara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120062970ACTUATOR AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE USING ACTUATOR - An actuator which tilts and drives an object to be driven around an axis of rotation includes: a pair of supporting beams arranged to support the object to be driven from both sides thereof in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation; a pair of movable beams arranged to sandwich the object to be driven and the pair of supporting beams from both sides in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation; a drive source arranged to apply bending vibration to the movable frames; and a pair of connection parts arranged to connect the movable frames and end portions of the supporting beams by a multiple-beam structure, convert the bending vibration into torsional vibration, and transmit the torsional vibration to the supporting beams.03-15-2012

Mikinori Ehara, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110063651Job management system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method - Disclosed is a job management system having plural information processing apparatuses connected to each other via a network capable of transmitting and receiving information. The information processing apparatus include a job control unit that selects one of the plural information processing apparatuses to execute a requested job based on user's registration information and equipment information recorded in the plural information processing apparatuses and causes the selected one of the plural information processing apparatuses to execute the requested job.03-17-2011

Patent applications by Mikinori Ehara, Kanagawa JP

Nobuo Ehara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090126531Method of Roasting Material Containing At Least One of V, Mo and Ni and Rotary Kiln for Roasting the Same - Provided is a roasting method capable of reducing both C and S components in minerals down to 0.5% or less, respectively, and securing a yield ratio of 90% or more for the Mo component. In a rotary kiln 05-21-2009
20100139456REDUCTION TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCTION TREATMENT - A reduction treatment apparatus can include a reduction furnace configured to reduce zinc and/or iron oxide thorough heat treatment of zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide, with a reducing material. The reduction treatment apparatus also has an oxide inlet configured to supply to the reduction furnace the zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide. The reduction treatment apparatus further has a reducing material inlet configured to supply to the reduction furnace the reducing material. The reducing material can comprise at least one of ASR, shredder dust of home electric appliances, waste plastics, PDF, RPF, sludge, oil mud, chips of wood, thread debris, rubber debris, and animal and plant residues. The reduction furnace can be configured to use the reducing material as a heating material and reduce the zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc-oxide or iron oxide without auxiliary fuel.06-10-2010

Shigeki Ehara, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090266641ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - In an electric power steering system for a vehicle that controls a force that urges a steering wheel toward a neutral position thereof, a control unit (10-29-2009

Shigeki Ehara, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100286868ELECTRIC POWER-ASSIST STEERING SYSTEM - An electric power-assist steering system that provides a steering assist control in accordance with the steering angle right after the idle stop to reduce an unpleasant steering feeling and is installed in a vehicle having an idle stop mechanism (engine controller) that automatically performs an idle stop operation in a predetermined condition. The electric power-assist steering system includes a torque sensor, a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle relative to a midpoint of a steering angle that is learned, an electric motor whose assist force is controlled based on the steering torque and the steering angle, and a resolver for detecting a rotational angle of the electric motor. A steering angle right after the idle stop is determined based on the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor right before the idle stop and variation in the rotational angle detected by the resolver during the idle stop.11-11-2010

Shunsuke Ehara, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080309124VEHICLE BODY FRONT PART STRUCTURE - A suspension member is fixed to a front part of a vehicle body from below. A stabilizer is fixedly held on an upper surface of the suspension member. The stabilizer has bent portions. At the time of a front end collision of the vehicle, a rear part of the suspension member separates from the vehicle body for rearward movement of the suspension member relative to the vehicle body to allow the bent portions to come into engagement with the vehicle body.12-18-2008

Tadashi Ehara, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090138542Information processing apparatus and information processing method - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a receiving section that receives function information about one or more functions from an external device connected via a network; a display section that displays a list of the functions of the external device, the functions being included in the function information; a selected-information acquiring section that acquires selected information pertaining to a function selected by a user from the list of the functions displayed by the display section; and a coordinate function executing section that causes the external device to execute the function selected by the user. Such a configuration provides the information processing apparatus designed such that even if the information processing apparatus and the external device do not have information about each other, the function of the external device can be executed by operating the information processing apparatus.05-28-2009

Takashi Ehara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110263158ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An insulating housing of an electrical connector is separated into two parts of a mold-in portion (10-27-2011

Takeru Ehara, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090048230COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS USEFUL AS CATHEPSIN S INHIBITORS - The present invention relates to the use of a 2-cyanopyrimidine compound of the formula02-19-2009
20090137566Substituted Piperdines as Renin Inhibitors - The invention relates to substituted 3,4- or higher substituted piperididine compounds, the use thereof for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations or products comprising said compounds, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering said compounds, a method for the manufacture of said compounds, as well as novel intermediates, starting materials and/or partial steps for their synthesis. The compounds preferably have the formula I,05-28-2009
20090192148Organic Compounds - The invention relates to 3,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis.07-30-2009
20090312304ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - 3,4-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for their synthesis are disclosed. The 3,4-disubstituted piperidine compounds have the formula I,12-17-2009

Takeru Ehara, Tsukuba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080319018ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to a compound of the formula I12-25-2008
201001603053, 4, 5 - Substituted Piperidine Compounds - 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compounds, these compounds for use in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of a warm-blooded animal, especially for the treatment of a disease (=disorder) that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; the use of a compound of that class in the treatment of a disease that depends on activity of renin; pharmaceutical formulations comprising a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, and/or a method of treatment comprising administering a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, a method for the manufacture of a 3,4,5-substituted piperidine compound, and novel intermediates and partial steps for its synthesis.06-24-2010

Taro Ehara, Odawara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080234392TREHALOSE FATTY ACID ESTER COMPOSITION - Provided is a pigment dispersant having excellent pigment dispersibility thus allowing a larger amount of pigments to be blended in various cosmetics, and capability of imparting good sense of use, make-up lasting, odor, and stability over time to the cosmetic. A trehalose fatty acid ester composition prepared by esterifying trehalose with a fatty acid having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, which has a hydroxyl value of 20 to 500, and the total amount of a diester, a triester, a tetraester and a pentaester in the trehalose fatty acid esters of 10 to 100% by area; and a cosmetic including the trehalose fatty acid ester composition.09-25-2008

Tatsuya Ehara, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110212910ANTIOXIDANT - To provide an antioxidant which is highly safe, inhibits oxidation of a biological component, in particular, a lipid, and is used as a drug, food or drink, a food additive, an external preparation for skin, or the like. The antioxidant contains 3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-4-methylergost-7-en-3-ol as an active ingredient.09-01-2011
20110212931ANTIOXIDANT - Provided is an antioxidant which is highly safe, inhibits oxidation of a biological component, in particular, a lipid, and may be used as a drug, food or drink, a food additive, an external preparation for skin, or the like. The antioxidant contains a compound selected from a cyclolanostane compound and a lophenol compound as an active ingredient.09-01-2011

Tetsuo Ehara, Fukuoka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120099456RECEPTION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, AND TRANSMITTING METHOD - A reception apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive a packet including a label and quality information indicating communication quality for the packet. The reception apparatus also includes a processor configured to allocate a priority to the received packet based on a combination of the label and the quality information included in the received packet and a transmitter configured to supply the packet to which the priority is allocated to a switch that performs transfer control to a packet based on its priority.04-26-2012

Tetsuo Ehara, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080232375PACKET TRANSMISSION DEVICE - There is provided a packet transmission device which comprises a packet transfer processing part and a control part. The packet transfer processing part includes a table memory comprising a path selection table, a link status table, and a node status table. In these tables, information of each of paths, links, and nodes are stored and linked each other. A link/node status monitoring part in the control part monitors a packet outputted from the packet transfer processing part transmission and detects a fault occurred in a transmission of the packet. The fault is reflected on the information of paths in the tables only by updating the information of links and nodes and the path for packets outputted from the device is assigned in a short time.09-25-2008
20100061267PACKET TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD - An aspect of the embodiments related to a packet transmission apparatus includes a user identification unit for identifying the user of an input user flow upon input of the user flow containing communication packets and maintenance packets, a maintenance packet extraction unit for extracting the maintenance packets from the user flow of the user identified by the user identification unit, a maintenance packet output control unit for controlling the transparent output of the maintenance packets extracted by the maintenance packet extraction unit based on the monitor rate setting, and a control unit for monitoring and controlling the user flow of the particular user based on the maintenance packets of the user transparently output by the maintenance packet output control unit.03-11-2010
20100246425PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS, INTERFACE UNIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A packet processing apparatus includes a plurality of communication connecting unit each connected with a communication partner apparatus using one of a work path and a protection path, connecting unit for connecting, using a data bus, the plurality of communication connecting unit with one another; determination unit for, when a packet sent from the communication partner apparatus is received by one of the communication connecting unit, determining whether the packet is a maintenance packet that is used for monitoring a connection state with the communication partner apparatus; and transmitting unit for, when it is determined that the packet is a maintenance packet by the determination unit, transmitting the maintenance packet to the plurality of communication connecting unit using the data bus via the connecting unit.09-30-2010
20100265831PACKET FORWARDING DEVICE AND CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF - A packet forwarding device includes a storage that stores a path selection table in which link numbers of a Work path and a Protection path for each flow number of a transfer packet, a flag that indicates whether the link is made up of a plurality of physical lines, a link aggregation number that identifies an aggregation of the plurality of physical lines, and destination information are set in association with one another, a link status table, a node status table, and an LAG status table, and a path selection processor that selects a path that outputs the packet on the basis of the information.10-21-2010
20110075559COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND FRAME TRANSMISSION METHOD - A communication apparatus is connected to a network and identifies a flow of a frame input thereto and outputs the frame to a port. The communication apparatus includes: a flow identifying unit that obtains a flow identifier of the flow to which the frame belongs, and that obtains, based on the flow identifier, a hash rule corresponding to the flow identifier; a transfer destination controller that obtains by calculation a hash value of the frame by making use of the hash rule obtained by the flow identifying unit and that decides on an output port for the frame based on combination of the flow identifier and the hash value; and a frame output unit that outputs the frame to the output port decided by the transfer destination controller.03-31-2011
20110317551COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A communication device includes a processor that is operative to perform actions, including, determining whether a failure occurs in a regular communication channel to transmit a packet to another communication device, selecting, upon determining that the failure occurs in the regular communication channel, a backup communication channel for transmitting the packet, determining, upon selecting the backup communication channel, whether the backup communication channel is shared by the regular communication channel and another regular communication channel, changing, upon determining that the backup communication channel is shared, a priority assigned to the packet transmitted from the regular communication channel to the backup communication channel, and controlling the transmission of the packet in accordance with the changed priority.12-29-2011

Patent applications by Tetsuo Ehara, Fukuoka JP

Toshihiro Ehara, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080284022Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device (11-20-2008
20090239085SiC SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor element by using a chemical vapor growth method is provided. The method includes supplying a source gas comprising silicon and carbon and an impurity radical on a substrate so as to form a silicon carbide layer on the substrate, the silicon carbide layer including silicon carbide and an impurity that binds covalently to the silicon carbide.09-24-2009
20110006692APPARATUS FOR DRIVING CAPACITIVE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A capacitive light emitting device includes: a capacitive light emitting device 01-13-2011

Patent applications by Toshihiro Ehara, Saitama JP

Toshihiro Ehara, Niiza-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110299277ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - An illuminating apparatus 12-08-2011
20110301406ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An illuminating apparatus 12-08-2011

Yui Ehara, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110306412HAND-HELD GAME APPARATUS AND HOUSING PART OF THE SAME - A game apparatus has an upper housing and a lower housing which are foldable. A first part, a second part, and a third part constitute the upper housing. A fourth part, a fifth part, and a sixth part constitute the lower housing. By assembling the parts, the game apparatus comes to have a three-layered structure when folded, thereby enhancing operability, a degree of freedom of design, and the like.12-15-2011

Yui Ehara, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090059497Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus 03-05-2009
20090060490Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus 03-05-2009
20090278764Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus 11-12-2009
20090278974Hand-held imaging apparatus and storage medium storing program - A hand-held imaging apparatus 11-12-2009
20100316367IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus comprises a lower housing, an upper housing, a lower LCD, an upper LCD, an inner camera, and a microphone. The upper housing has a lower side which is connected to an upper side of the lower housing such that the lower housing and the upper housing are foldable. The lower LCD has a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the lower housing when folded. The upper LCD has a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing when folded. The imaging section is provided in the inner surface of the upper housing and between the display screen of the lower LCD and the display screen of the upper LCD. The microphone is provided in the inner housing of the upper housing and between the display screen of the lower LCD and the display screen of the upper LCD.12-16-2010
20110242361INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND LAUNCH PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - A game device according to the present embodiment includes a camera as image pick-up means. An inner camera is accommodated in an upper housing. In addition, a microphone hole is provided in an inner surface of the upper housing so as to sense external sound through a microphone.10-06-2011

Patent applications by Yui Ehara, Kyoto-Shi JP