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Fujii, Nagoya-Shi

Akinobu Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120001625ULTRASENSITIVE MAGNETIC SENSOR BASED ON GIANT FARADAY ROTATION - A high-resolution sensor of magnetic field sensor system and materials for use in such a system are described. The sensor systems measure a magnetic field using inorganic and/or organic magneto-optically active materials, e.g. polymer material and have an interferometer based on Faraday rotation. The polymer material is preferably in the form of a film. The polymer material has an optical property that is sensitive to the magnetic field, e.g. the Faraday rotation effect. The present invention also provides a sensor head structure comprising the above polymer material. The sensor head may be designed for use with an optical fiber or with mirrors. In particular the present invention provides a fiber Sagnac interferometer to measure the rotation of polarized plane of light. The present invention provides a fiber or mirror based Sagnac interferometer with passive phase bias applied to magnetic field sensing. This invention has the following three major aspects each being an embodiment of the present invention: 1. Sensing material: a conjugate polymer such as polythiophene and/or a polymer containing superparamagnetic nanoparticles that exhibits a giant Faraday rotation. 2. Magnetic field probe that incorporates the above polymer or polymer/nanoparticle composite, e.g. in the form of a film. 3. Sensor: The sensor combines an optical fiber-based Sagnac interferometer and the above magnetic field probe.01-05-2012

Daigo Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110145290ROUTE SEARCHING APPARATUS AND ROUTE SEARCHING METHOD - A route searching apparatus includes a travel route accumulation unit, an algorithm selection unit to select route searching algorithms to meet the preference of a user based on the accumulated travel routes, and a route searching unit to perform a route search up to a destination by using the selected algorithms. Preferably, the algorithm searching unit searches for each of the travel routes accumulated in the accumulation unit by means of several algorithms, calculates, for each algorithm, a match rate between the searched route and the actual travel route, and selects an algorithm of the highest match rate. Also, it is preferable that a condition common to roads avoided by the user is extracted from the accumulated travel routes, and a route search is performed by adjusting search costs so as to make such roads less prone to be selected.06-16-2011

Hiroaki Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

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20090180155IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a document table that is transparent, a read unit that reads a document placed on the document table through the document table so as to generate image data representing a read image of the document, an extraction unit that converts the image data of the read result of the read unit into edge image data representing an edge image and extracts edge points satisfying a predetermined condition as edge points corresponding to a side of the document placed on the document table from the edge image data, an outer margin recognition unit that approximates the edge points corresponding to each side of the document extracted by the extraction unit to a line so as to recognize an outer margin of the document, and a likelihood evaluation unit that evaluates the likelihood of the outer margin recognized by the outer margin recognition unit.07-16-2009
20090185240IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a read unit that reads a document so as to generate image data representing a read image of the document, a partial prescanning unit, which conveys the read unit in a partial area of a readable area of the document table, and which controls the read unit to execute read operation in the partial area, a corner estimation unit, which converts the image data of the read result of the read unit into edge image data representing an edge image, and which estimates position coordinates on the document table corresponding to two of four corners of the document on the assumption that the placed document is quadrangular based on the edge image data, and a document estimation unit that estimates the state of the placed document based on the estimation result of the corner estimation unit.07-23-2009
20100165365IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image recording apparatus including: a storing portion configured to store first image data based on which recording is performed on one of recording surfaces of a recording medium and second image data based on which the recording is performed on the other surface; a first density adjusting section configured to make an adjustment to a recording density for at least part of the first image data on the basis of an input of a user; a second density adjusting section configured to make an adjustment to a recording density for at least part of the second image data, the adjustment being reverse to the adjustment by the first density adjusting section; and a recording section configured to perform the recording on the basis of the first image data adjusted by the first density adjusting section and the second image data adjusted by the second density adjusting section.07-01-2010

Patent applications by Hiroaki Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Madoka Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100026121SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC THRUST BEARING WITH INTEGRATED DYNAMOTOR - In a superconducting magnetic thrust bearing with integrated dynamotor, a first fixed core is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section in a direction of the central axis of the cylindrical shape with an opening of the U-shape being directed perpendicularly to the central axis, and a superconducting coil is arranged on the inside of the U-shaped portion of the first fixed core formed into the U-shape. A rotary core has projecting ends at positions opposite to two projecting ends of the U-shape of the first fixed core, and a magnetic flux guide path, at a position opposite to an armature core, with a shape varying at predetermined intervals in the winding direction of the superconducting coil. The rotary core is constituted such that it rotates relatively to the first fixed core and is able to move in the direction of the central axis of the first fixed core. The armature core is arranged fixedly in a magnetic flux path that introduces a magnetic flux, which is generated from the superconducting coil and led out from one of the two projecting ends of the U-shape of the first fixed core, to the projecting ends of the rotary core, and leads out the magnetic flux from the projecting ends of the rotary core.02-04-2010

Tomoyuki Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090169726BODY HAVING A JUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A body having a junction contains a ceramics member including alumina in which an inner electrode is embedded, having a bore region extending from a surface to the inner electrode, a surface of a bottom surface of the bore region being made rough, and a terminal hole extending to the inner electrode being provided in a part of the bottom surface; a conductive terminal embedded in the terminal hole, a bottom surface is in contact with the inner electrode, and a top surface is exposed at a horizontal level of the bottom surface of the bore region; a solder junction layer contacting with the bottom surface of the bore region including the top surface; and a conductive connection member so that a lower end surface is in contact with the solder junction layer, a lower portion is inserted into the bore region.07-02-2009
20090173448BONDING STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a bonding structure, including: a ceramic member including a hole; a terminal embedded in the ceramic member, an exposed surface exposed to a bottom portion of the hole, and made of a refractory metal having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially equal to a thermal expansion coefficient of the ceramic member; a brazed bond layer including a first tantalum layer in contact with the exposed surface of the terminal, a gold layer formed on the first tantalum layer, and a second tantalum layer formed on the gold layer; and a connecting member inserted in the hole, bonded to the terminal via the brazed bond layer, and made of a refractory metal having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially equal to the thermal expansion coefficient of the ceramic member.07-09-2009
20090173449BONDING STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A bonding structure according to the present invention includes: a ceramic member including a hole; a terminal embedded in the ceramic member and including an exposed surface exposed to a bottom portion of the hole; a brazed bond layer formed in contact with the exposed surface of the terminal; and a connecting member inserted in the hole, and bonded to the terminal via the brazed bond layer. An inner diameter of the hole is larger than an outer diameter of the connecting member. A clearance is formed between the hole and the connecting member when the connecting member is inserted in the hole. A braze pool space is formed in a surface of the hole and has a substantially semicircular shape in a cross-sectional plane. The braze pool space is partially filled with a braze material.07-09-2009
20090176065BONDING STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A bonding structure according to the present invention includes: a ceramic member made of aluminum nitride and including a hole; a terminal embedded in the ceramic member, exposed to a bottom surface of the hole, and made of molybdenum; a brazed bond layer consisted of gold (Au) only; and a connecting member inserted in the hole, bonded to the terminal via the brazed bond layer, and made of molybdenum.07-09-2009

Patent applications by Tomoyuki Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Yoshiyasu Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080257016GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor having an axis including a detecting element; a metal shell; an outer cylinder; and a plug member, as defined herein, and the gas sensor includes a first protective member that covers an air vent of the plug member so as to protect the filter member, the protective member having a ventilation portion having an opening smaller than an opening of the air vent and at least partially overlapping the air vent in the axial direction, and at least one of the outer cylinder and the plug member is provided with a locking portion that limits rotation of the protective member around the axis.10-23-2008
20090071231GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor has a sensor element, extending axially, that detects a particular gas component in a gas under measurement, a metal housing causing the end of the sensor element to protrude farther than the end thereof to expose it to the gas under measurement and that surrounds the periphery of the sensor element and an outer tube disposed at the rear end inside the metal housing and a seal member that is disposed farther to the rear than the detection element and also inside the rear end of the outer tube, and that has formed therein a atmosphere-introduction hole passing therethrough in the axial direction, the gas sensor further having a crimped part, formed in the outer tube, for the purpose of holding the seal member a hollow-cylindrical member in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the atmosphere-introduction hole so as to oppose the crimped part, and a metal filter that joins to the hollow-cylindrical member at the rear end of the hollow-cylindrical member and also farther to the rear than the crimped part.03-19-2009
20100011838SENSOR - A sensor including a tubular casing having an open rear end; and a first elastic member having a through hole so as to introduce ambient air into the casing and disposed so as to block the rear end opening of the casing. The sensor further includes: a holding inner tube that closely contacts an inner peripheral surface of the through hole; a ventilation filter that has permeability and a waterproofing property, the ventilation filter including a filter blocking portion that blocks a rear end opening of the holding inner tube, and a filter tubular portion connected to the filter blocking portion and surrounding at least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a rear end portion of the holding inner tube in the peripheral direction; and a holding outer tube that includes a ventilation hole, an outer tube blocking portion covering the filter blocking portion, and an outer tube tubular portion connected to the outer tube blocking portion and surrounding at least a portion of the filter tubular portion in the peripheral direction.01-21-2010

Patent applications by Yoshiyasu Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Yusuke Fujii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090127014Differential Limiting Control Apparatus For Four-Wheel Drive Vehicle - Restraining torque T05-21-2009