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Fujimoto, Tokyo

Akihiko Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Akira Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120097640RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PATTERN FORMATION, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - Disclosed are: a resin composition for pattern formation, which enables the stable formation of a pattern at a level of the wavelength of light; a method for forming a pattern having a sea-island structure using the composition; and a process for producing a light-emitting element that can achieve high luminous efficiency properties. The resin composition for pattern formation comprises: (a) a specific block copolymer containing an aromatic ring-containing polymer and a poly(meth)acrylate as block moieties; (b) a homopolymer of a specific aromatic ring-containing polymer; and (c) a homopolymer of a specific poly(meth)acrylate, wherein the ratio of the total amount of the aromatic ring-containing homopolymer (b) and the poly(meth)acrylate homopolymer (c) relative to the entire resin composition is 0% by weight to 90% by weight, and the total amount of an aromatic ring-containing polymer moiety contained in the block copolymer (a) as a block moiety and the aromatic ring-containing homopolymer (b) relative to the entire resin composition is 10% by weight to 60% by weight.04-26-2012

Atsushi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110150066MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Wireless communication devices A and B perform wireless communication with the MIMO technology. The wireless communication devices A and B determine the optimal diversity combining information that optimizes a diversity reception state through a two-way training signal transfer. This determination can be made based on reception level information, baseband reception IQ information, correlation information between a diversity-combining received signal and a predetermined information sequence, or the like, which are obtained when the diversity combining information with respect to each antenna is sequentially changed. The optimal diversity combining information can be determined by receiving training frames or symbols (the number of antennas+1) times.06-23-2011
20110268037MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The wireless communication devices A and B determine the optimal diversity combining weight information that optimizes a diversity reception state at each antenna group A11-03-2011

Ayako Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090240519DWELL-UNIT-MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING SYSTEM, DWELL-UNIT-MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, SERVER AND MULTIPLE FUNCTION PROCESSING MACHINE - As receiving information for specifying a dwell unit and a request of creating an inspection list, a dwell unit information server creates an inspection list for the dwell unit in response to the request. A multiple function processing machine prints out the inspection list, and reads the inspection list on which a defective equipment is written. The multiple function processing machine extracts handwritten information from read-out information, and transmits the extracted information to the dwell unit information server together with code information printed on the inspection list. The dwell unit information server extracts an equipment needing inspection based on the code information and the handwritten information, and transmits a work instruction which instructs maintenance/repair of the equipment to a maintenance/repair responsible company responsible for the extracted equipment.09-24-2009

Chiaki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090021207ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus for a multiphase AC electric motor having an inverter includes a current control including an abnormal-state current controller; an abnormal-state detector that detects an abnormal state of any of a wire of an electric motor, a wire of an inverter, and a wire connecting the electric motor to the inverter as an abnormal phase; and an abnormal phase disconnect. The abnormal phase disconnect disconnects one or more of phases detected to be in an abnormal-state and the abnormal-state current controller generates an abnormal state voltage command in accordance with detection of an abnormal state, and uses phases other than the disconnected phases of the inverter to control individual currents of the phases, with the abnormal-state voltage command used as a multiphase voltage command.01-22-2009
20090084616ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - An electric power steering apparatus in which, when an abnormality is generated in an electric power steering apparatus, an assist is reduced smaller than normal when a steering burden is estimated to be small; and the assist can be increased to normal and the steering burden can be sufficiently reduced when the steering burden is estimated to be large. When an abnormality is detected, an assist command is set smaller than at a normal time when there is no abnormality in a first range where the steering burden estimated by the steering burden estimation unit is small; the assist command is increased to that at a normal time in a second range where the steering burden estimated by the steering burden estimation unit is larger than the first range; and an assist torque of a motor is controlled in response to the assist command at the abnormal time.04-02-2009
20100060222ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An electric motor control apparatus that can quickly and accurately locate a short-circuit fault point. The electric motor control apparatus includes: a current controller determining respective phase voltage commands according to currents flowing in respective phases of an electric motor and a torque current command; a switching element drive circuit instructing, based on the respective phase voltage commands, an inverter to perform a switching operation; the inverter receiving a switching operation signal to drive the electric motor; current detectors disposed in series with the switching elements in the respective phases of the inverter; and a short-circuit point locating mechanism storing a test pattern indicative of a predetermined combination for turning on the switching elements of the inverter, and locating a short-circuit fault point based on the test pattern and current detection values in the respective phases detected by the current detectors in response to the test pattern.03-11-2010

Patent applications by Chiaki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Eisaku Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110070947GAME SYSTEM AND GAME TERMINAL - There is provided a game system where only states effective as a play state of a quasi-player are reproduced in a game.03-24-2011
20110101608PUZZLE PLANE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PUZZLE PLANE - There is provided a puzzle plane generation system where a puzzle plane constituted by plural cells is generated easily and in a short time.05-05-2011
20110195765GAME SYSTEM AND GAME PROGRAM - There is provided a game system where points are given to a player so as not to make a disparity due to the skill level of the player.08-11-2011
20110201426GAME SYSTEM, GAME MACHINE AND GAME PROGRAM - There is provided a game system which is configured such that, while preserving the significance of an enemy character which appears during a game, a battle with the enemy character can be avoided.08-18-2011

Go Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090023470PORTABLE TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICATION MODE SETTING METHOD - To realize a portable telephone which can always receive the user information via a MBMS service. The portable telephone includes: an antenna for transmitting/receiving radio waves to and from a network; a wireless section for modulating/demodulating radio waves transmitted/received by the antenna; and a control section which has a function of analyzing and processing Layer 01-22-2009

Hideya Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100199376Protein Involved in Restoration of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility to Fertility and Gene Encoding the Protein and Gene - The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or more pentatricopeptide repeat (hereafter may be abbreviated to PPR) motifs, wherein a group of the motifs is divided into 3 or more blocks, each of the individual blocks has at least 2 or more PPR motifs, and the block in a carboxyl terminal (C terminal) side has 4 PPR motifs.08-05-2010

Hironobu Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090081852HOLDING JIG, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER GRINDING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PROTECTING STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER GRINDING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP FABRICATION METHOD USING THE STRUCTURE - A backgrinding machine 03-26-2009
20100289283Chip Pickup Method and Chip Pickup Apparatus - A method is provided for picking up a chip 11-18-2010
20100314894Fixed Jig, Chip Pickup Method and Chip Pickup Apparatus - It is an object to provide a fixing jig which can unmovably suction a chip group produced by segmenting a semiconductor wafer into pieces, and can suction one chip by detaching the chip selectively and reliably from the chip group. A fixing jig 12-16-2010

Hironori Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090079928CELL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a method of manufacturing a cell for liquid crystal display devices having high quality and a high yield rate. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method of manufacturing cells for liquid crystal display devices, the cells for liquid crystal display devices including multiple-partitioned liquid crystal display panels, the method includes a step for forming pillar-shaped spacers in the vicinity area of the periphery and in the liquid crystal display panel formation area of at least either one of a pair of mother substrates, and a step for sticking the pair of the mother substrates together such that the mother substrates oppose to each other, wherein formation patterns of the pillar-shaped spacers are different between in the liquid crystal display panel area and in the vicinity area of the periphery such that the opposing gap in the vicinity area of the periphery of the pair of the mother substrates are maintained.03-26-2009

Hiroyoshi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090220844Electrolyte Membrane and Solid Polymer Fuel Cell - An electrolyte membrane for a solid polymer fuel cell according to the present invention is a laminated body of (09-03-2009
20100047649Membrane Electrode Assembly, Method For Producing The Same, and Solid Polymer Fuel Cell Using The Same - The present invention provides a membrane electrode assembly that enhances the reliability, mechanical strength, and handling characteristics of a seal in a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The membrane electrode assembly of the present invention comprises a membrane-electrode structure having electrode layers and gas diffusion layers on both sides of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a resin frame provided in such a manner as to fully enclose the outer periphery of the electrolyte membrane and to enclose at least portions of the outer peripheries of the gas diffusion layers, the resin frame being provided so as to enclose the electrolyte membrane side. The gas diffusion layer and electrode layer on one side are stacked on a surface of the electrolyte membrane so that a surface region of the electrolyte membrane is left exposed. The gas diffusion layer on the opposite side extends all around the outer periphery of the electrolyte membrane. The resin frame is attached fixedly to at least a portion to the surface region.02-25-2010
20100167160Method For Producing Polymer Electrolyte Membrane For Solid Polymer Fuel Cell, Membrane Eelctrode Assembly For Solid Polymer Fuel Cell, and Solid Polymer Fuel Cell - The durability of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell can be enhanced by inhibiting deterioration of a polymer electrolyte membrane of a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell without impairing power generation performance. The production process of a polymer electrolyte membrane for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention is characterized by preparing a solution or dispersion of an alkoxide of a transition element or a rare earth element having a catalytic ability that decomposes peroxides, and (1) preparing a solution of a polymer electrolyte, uniformly mixing the solution or dispersion of the alkoxide with the solution of the polymer electrolyte, and forming a polymer electrolyte membrane, in which the transition metal or the rare earth metal is uniformly dispersed, from the mixed solution, or (2) preparing a polymer electrolyte membrane for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell, uniformly permeating the solution or dispersion of the alkoxide into the polymer electrolyte membrane, and forming a polymer electrolyte membrane in which the transition element or rare earth element is uniformly dispersed by hydrolyzing and condensing the alkoxide.07-01-2010
20110045380Membrane Electrode Joint Product and Solid Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Battery - The objective of the present invention is to provide a membrane electrode assembly, and a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell having the assembly. The assembly has a member that has excellent gas sealing properties, and at the same time, is capable of improving electrode membrane strength. In the assembly, the polymer electrode membrane is not deteriorated. Further, the assembly is easy to be built up, since the number of components is small. The membrane electrode assembly for a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention is characterized in comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel electrode layer and an air electrode layer located respectively on each surface of the membrane, and a fuel electrode diffusing layer and an air electrode diffusing layer located respectively on the fuel electrode layer and the air electrode layer; wherein an area of a planer section of the polymer electrolyte membrane is slightly larger than areas of planer sections of the fuel electrode layer and the air electrode layer; a reinforcing frame formed of a thermosetting resin is located on a part of the polymer electrolyte membrane where the fuel electrode layer or the air electrode layer is not formed on one side or both sides thereof; and a protective later exists in at least a part between the polymer electrolyte membrane and the reinforcing frame.02-24-2011
20110053042Fluororesin-Coated Polymer Film For Reinforcing Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, Reinforced Polymer Electrolyte Membrane, and Membrane Electrode Assembly - Disclosed is a fluororesin-coated polymer film for reinforcing a polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the fluororesin-coated polymer film is fabricated by forming on at least one side of a polymer film a coating of a reaction product of (A) a fluorine-containing copolymer composed of a fluoroolefin, a cyclohexyl group-containing acrylic ester, and a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether, and (B) a crosslinking agent having two or more isocyanate groups. The polymer film according to the present invention not only exhibits sufficiently high initial adhesion strength, with respect to the polymer electrolyte membrane, but also retains thereafter high adhesion strength in actual operating environments.03-03-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyoshi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Hitoshi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100253861DISPLAY - A display includes a plurality of matching sections 10-07-2010
20120062621BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING DEVICE - A brightness adjusting device including a display unit position determining part for determining the position of each display unit in a coordinate system on a pattern image shot by a camera, a shooting angle determining part for determining a shooting angle of the camera with respect to each display unit from the pattern image, and a brightness measuring part for determining the display image displayed on each display unit in the pattern image with reference to the position of each display unit to measure the brightness of each display unit, and adjusts the brightness of an image display device in consideration of the light distribution characteristic value of the image display device, the shooting angle measured by the shooting angle determining part, and the brightness of each display unit measured by the brightness measuring part.03-15-2012

Patent applications by Hitoshi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Junji Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090029442ESTROGENIC SUBSTANCE DEGRADABLE MICROORGANISM AND USE THEREOF - A microorganism capable of degrading an estrogenic substance contained in wastewater and the like; a method for the simple and effective degradation of an estrogenic substance contained in domestic wastewater, wastewater discharged from a livestock farm, or the like by using the microorganism; and an apparatus for achieving the degradation are provided. An estrogenic substance-degrading microorganism which belongs to the genus 01-29-2009

Katsuhiro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080280118Polyester Foamed Sheet - The present invention provides a polyester foamed sheet composed of a resin composition comprising 50 to 100 weight % of a polyalkylene terephthalate, wherein the resin composition has an isothermal crystallization peak time of 5 to 60 seconds at any temperature of 100 to 150° C., and wherein the sheet has (A) an apparent density of 0.05 to 1.25 g/cm11-13-2008
20100239845THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION FOAMED SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention takes as its object the provision of a thermoplastic resin foamed sheet having excellent surface exterior appearance, lightweightness, PTT property and light reflectivity and the provision of a method for producing the thermoplastic resin foamed sheet. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin foamed sheet is a foamed sheet including 80 to 99.5% by weight of an (A) thermoplastic resin and 0.5 to 20% by weight of (B) PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), wherein when in the foamed sheet interior observed with a SEM (scanning electron microscope), the number of the particles of (B) PTFE having a dispersed particle size falling within a range from 0.05 to 1 μm is represented by (L), the number of the particles of (B) PTFE having a dispersed particle size falling within a range from 1 to 30 μm is represented by (M) and the number of the particles of (B) PTFE having a dispersed particle size falling within a range of 30 μm or more is represented by (N), (L)/(M)=99.99/0.01 to 50/50, and (M)>(N); and the average bubble size in the direction normal to the take-off direction of the foamed sheet is 0.1 to 50 μm.09-23-2010

Kazuo Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062554PROCESS FOR PREPARING PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS HAVING PHOSPHATE-PHOSPHONATE BOND - A novel process for preparing in a high purity and in a high yield phosphorus compounds having a phosphate-phosphonate bond within one molecule, along with only a small amount of a by-product, without being restricted by the kind of a phosphonate having an alcoholic hydroxyl group which is a raw material, without using a catalyst such as magnesium chloride, but only using a nitrogen-containing basic compound.03-05-2009

Kengo Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090251030MOTOR FOR CONTROLLER INTEGRATED ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS - An apparatus is provided for obtaining a compact and inexpensive motor for controller integrated electric power steering apparatus capable of reducing a component for connection and the number of man-hours of assembly, and an electric power steering apparatus. A driving substrate having a power element is arranged in the side of a speed reduction mechanism of the inside of a case of a controller and a control substrate for controlling driving of the driving substrate is arranged in the side of a motor of the inside of the case and a resolver and a lead frame comprising connection wiring are arranged between a motor shaft direction of the control substrate and the driving substrate and an input-output terminal of the resolver is electrically connected to the control substrate. It is placed substantially coaxially in order of a motor, the controller and a speed reduction mechanism in the motor shaft direction.10-08-2009

Patent applications by Kengo Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Kensaku Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120137222PROGRAM SYNTHESIZING DEVICE AND PROGRAM SYNTHESIZING METHOD - The program synthesizing device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a coupling unit configured to couple an information acquiring plug-in module, an information processing plug-in module, and a presentation plug-in module through their input interfaces and output interfaces based on a mashup scenario; a plug-in module driving unit configured to sequentially drive the coupled plug-in modules; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire information when the information acquiring plug-in module is driven; an information processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the information when the information processing plug-in module is driven; an object resolving unit configured to determine a value of object presented by a specified presentation scenario when the presentation plug-in module is driven; and a program output unit configured to output a program being a presentation scenario in which the object value is resolved.05-31-2012

Kentaro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042190Method of detecting gene - A method of detecting a gene including immobilizing a primer for DNA elongation onto an insoluble carrier having on the surface thereof a polymer substance containing a first unit having a phosphorylcholine group and a second unit having a carboxylic acid-derived group having an electron-attractive substituent bound to a carbonyl group; annealing the template DNA fragments or RNA fragments with the primer for DNA elongation, so as to elongate the DNA primer while incorporating therein an enzyme, thereby allowing coloration of a chromogenic reagent by its enzymatic action; and judging whether the DNA fragments or RNA fragments of the gene presents or not, based on the degree of coloration.02-12-2009
20090137406RNA Detection Method - The present invention provides an RNA detection method detecting, from a reaction system containing a target sample, a target RNA chain originated from the target sample, using a surface having on the surface thereof a polymer substance which contains a first unit having a group derived from a phosphate ester composing the hydrophilic portion of a phospholipid and a second unit having a carboxylic acid derivative group composed of an electron-attractive substitutional group bound to a carbonyl group, while being provided with at least one reaction space, the reaction space having an immobilized nucleic acid primer immobilized therein.05-28-2009
20100016566Method of synthesizing cdna and method of synthesizing rna chains, and nucleotide-immobilized carrier - A method of synthesizing a cDNA chain using an insoluble carrier having on the surface thereof a polymer substance containing a first unit having a group derived from a phosphoric ester composing the hydrophilic portion of phospholipid, and a second unit having a group derived from carboxylic acid having an electron-attractive substituent bound to a carbonyl group, which includes immobilizing a polynucleotide for DNA elongation; bringing a solution containing an RNA fragment, nucleotide monomers, and a reverse transcriptase or an enzyme having polymerase activity into contact with the surface of the insoluble carrier; and allowing the polynucleotide for DNA elongation immobilized on the surface of the carrier to elongate using the RNA fragment contained in the solution as a template, to thereby form a single-strand cDNA.01-21-2010
20110053150Method and Kit for Detection/Quantification of Target RNA - [Object] It is to provide a method and a kit capable of detecting or quantifying a target RNA simply and rapidly from trace amounts of RNA in a sample, in a case such as when one or more kinds of pathogenic microorganisms are to be detected or quantified.03-03-2011

Patent applications by Kentaro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Kouhei Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090300679Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a content information acquisition unit that acquires content related information related to content data managed by a content management server from the content management server managing the content data, a selection unit that selects content from a content list which is a list of the content based on the content related information, and an externally connected device control unit that notifies, when the selected content is executed by an externally connected device connected externally, the externally connected device of location information of content data corresponding to the selected content and acquires reproduction state information representing a reproduction state of content when the externally connected device reproduces the selected content from the externally connected device.12-03-2009
20110247014ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, INPUT SIGNAL CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes an input unit that receives an input signal from a first operation unit, a communication unit that is capable of performing communication with an external apparatus as a host apparatus and a device apparatus, a display unit, and a control unit that controls an input signal from the input unit such that the display unit performs a display according to an operation of the first operation unit. When the communication unit operates as a host apparatus, the control unit receives an instruction for operating the communication unit as a device apparatus, performs switching of a driver by uninstalling a driver for the action of the host apparatus and installing a driver for the action of the device apparatus, and transmits the input signal from the communication unit to the external apparatus which becomes the host apparatus corresponding thereto.10-06-2011

Kozaburo Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090220043X-RAY CT APPARATUS - To provide an X-ray CT apparatus capable of acquiring information on energy of X-rays generated by an X-ray generating apparatus, an X-ray CT apparatus (09-03-2009

Kyoko Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100255341ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET - A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)10-07-2010
20120082845ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET - A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)04-05-2012

Makoto Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100238560IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens SL installed in an SLR camera includes a front group disposed to the most object side and having negative power, and a rear group disposed to an image side of the front group and having negative power. At least a portion of the rear group is movable perpendicularly to an optical axis. The rear group includes a first negative component having negative power, a second negative component having negative power, and a positive component having positive power. The second negative component is disposed between the first negative component and the positive component. The second negative component side surface of the first negative component faces the second negative component, and the second negative component having a negative meniscus shape with a concave surface facing the first negative component. Thereby providing an imaging lens having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing thereof.09-23-2010
20120026589IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the imaging lens are disclosed. An imaging lens consists of, in order from an object, a front group having negative power, and a rear group including a sub-lens group having negative power. At least a portion of the sub-lens group is movable in a direction including a component substantially perpendicular to an optical axis. The sub-lens group includes, in order from the object, a first negative component having negative power, a second negative component having negative power and a positive component having positive power. The shape of an air lens formed by the first negative component and the second negative component is a double convex shape. An antireflection coating is applied on at least one optical surface of the front group, and the antireflection coating including at least one layer formed by use of a wet process.02-02-2012
20120069441IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing the imaging lens are provided. The imaging lens includes a front lens group having negative refractive power disposed to the most object side and a rear lens group having negative refractive power, disposed to an image side of the front lens group and moving at least a portion thereof in a direction including a component substantially perpendicular to an optical axis. The rear lens group includes G03-22-2012

Patent applications by Makoto Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Masahiro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090219025COIL AND MRI SYSTEM - A coil includes a coil element to receive MR signals with a first frequency from a subject. The coil element includes a main current path section in which an MR current arising due to electromagnetic induction of the MR signals with said first frequency flows, and a current blocking section that makes smaller than said MR current an electromagnetic current flowing in said main current path section due to electromagnetic induction of electromagnetic waves with a second frequency different from said first frequency.09-03-2009

Patent applications by Masahiro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Masakazu Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120038481INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an entrance and exit detection module, an organization information obtaining module, a user number calculation module, a seat determination module and a presentation module. The entrance and exit detection module detects a user's entrance and exit to and from a room. The organization information obtaining module obtains user information representative of a user belonging to an organization using the room by using organization user information storing organization information representative of the organization and the user information representative of the user belonging to the organization. The user number calculation module calculates the number of users of the organization using the room. The seat determination module associates with each other the organization information representative of the organization and seat information representative of seats in the room, and determines a seat for the user whose entrance is detected. The presentation module presents the determined seat.02-16-2012
20120041883INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a reception module, a determination module, a required information conveyance amount extraction module, an actual information conveyance amount extraction module, and a presentation module. The reception module receives business contents of a subject business. The determination module determines whether the subject business is irregular business by comparing the business contents with predetermined regular business contents. The required information conveyance amount extraction module extracts a required information conveyance amount required to perform the irregular business from attribute information conveyance amount correspondence information when it is determined by the determination module that the business contents is the irregular business. The actual information conveyance amount extraction module extracts an actual information conveyance amount of a person who performs the subject business based on activity information of the person. The presentation module presents guidance by comparing the required information conveyance amount with the actual information conveyance amount.02-16-2012

Masaki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100208337NEAR-INFRARED ABSORBING FILM AND OPTICAL FILTER FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A near-infrared absorbing film which is excellent in heat resistance and moist-heat resistance and retains optical properties including satisfactory near-infrared absorbing ability. The near-infrared absorbing film comprises a transparent base and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the base from a pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a near-infrared absorbing dye and a copolymer of a constituent monomer which is a (C5-C10) cycloalkyl ester of (meth)acrylic acid. This near-infrared absorbing film may be laminated to other functional film(s) to give a laminate useful as an optical filter for PDPs.08-19-2010

Naoyuki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120002605WIRELESS FIELD DEVICE - There is provided a wireless field device that performs a wireless communication with other filed devices in a wireless network through a gateway. The device includes: a battery incorporated in the field device to activate the field device; and a wireless communication module configured to exchange radio signals with the gateway to perform the wireless communication with said other field devices. When the filed device starts procedure for joining in the wireless network, firstly, the wireless communication module continuously accesses the gateway in a first period to receive an advertisement signal from the gateway, and when the wireless communication module fails to receive the advertisement signal in the first period, the wireless communication module intermittently accesses the gateway until receiving the advertisement signal from the gateway.01-05-2012

Ryosuke Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090092224X-RAY CT APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus enables decreasing the degradation of image quality and reducing futile exposure to X-ray in a helical shuttle scan. The X-ray CT apparatus comprises: a gantry rotating device having an X-ray generator for generating the X-ray and an X-ray detector for detecting the generated X-ray and transmitted through a subject; a gantry controller for performing the helical shuttle scan by reciprocally moving the gantry rotating device and the cradle; a scan condition setting device for setting the scan condition of the helical shuttle scan in a predetermined range in the direction of body axis of the subject; an X-ray projection data acquisition device for acquiring the X-ray projection data; a scan controller for controlling the scan as specified in the scan condition; and a image reconstruction device for performing the image reconstruction processing based on the X-ray projection data.04-09-2009
20090180585X-RAY CT APPARATUS AND X-RAY CT IMAGING METHOD - An X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray generating section for generating X-rays with a plurality of X-ray tube voltages; a data collecting section for collecting, synchronously with a data collection signal, X-ray projection data from X-rays with each X-ray tube voltage switched by an X-ray tube voltage switching signal; and a control section for controlling a timed moment for switching of the X-ray tube voltage and a timed moment for start of data collection so that the timed moment for start of data collection at each X-ray tube voltage in the data collection signal is delayed relative to the timed moment for switching of the X-ray tube voltage to that X-ray tube voltage in the X-ray tube voltage switching signal by Δt07-16-2009

Patent applications by Ryosuke Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Ryuhei Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090030277Endoscope Insertion Portion and Endoscope System - To realize an endoscope insertion portion and endoscope system capable of providing a significant propulsive function by reducing a friction between a propulsive force generation section and an insertion portion, an endoscope insertion portion comprising: an introductory tube as an insertion portion; a spiral tube as a propulsive force generation section mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the introductory tube and rotating around the longitudinal axis of the introductory tube; and a plurality of ring members provided on an outer peripheral surface of an elastic cover tube at predetermined intervals between an inner peripheral surface of a spiral tube and the elastic cover tube 01-29-2009
20110230716ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SHEATH - An endoscope cleaning sheath includes a flexible tube body that is mounted to an insertion portion having a bending portion included in an endoscope, and that has a plurality of through-holes parallel to a longitudinal axis; and a cylindrical distal end nozzle that is provided at a distal end portion of the flexible tube body and that sprays at least one of a gas and a liquid at least at an observation window provided at a distal end portion of the insertion portion of the endoscope. The through-holes are a hole for an endoscope insertion portion through which the insertion portion of the endoscope is inserted, and at least a first fluid conduit that supplies gas and a second fluid conduit that supplies liquid. The first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit are provided at positions in a direction that is different from a bending direction of the bending portion of the insertion portion that is inserted and disposed in the hole for an endoscope insertion portion. The flexible tube body includes a sheath bending portion that covers a circumference of the bending portion of the insertion portion that is inserted and disposed in the hole for an endoscope insertion portion. The sheath bending portion includes at least one concave portion or hole that decreases a bending resistance of the sheath bending portion to a resistance that is less than a bending resistance of the flexible tube body.09-22-2011

Patent applications by Ryuhei Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Ryuichi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110068871AMPLIFIER FOR AMPLIFYING A HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNAL - A transistor is provided to amplify a high frequency signal. A gate/base of the transistor receives the high frequency input signal. A variable capacitor is connected between the gate and a source/between the base and an emitter of the transistor. A variable inductor is connected with the source/the emitter of the transistor.03-24-2011

Seizo Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

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20080254242METHOD FOR PRODUCING WELDED RESIN MATERIAL AND WELDED RESIN MATERIAL - A method for producing a welded resin material contains steps of: superimposing a resin member having transmissibility to laser light and a resin member having absorptivity to laser light to form a contact part where the resin members are in contact with each other; forming a closed space that is adjacent to the contact part and faces one end of the contact part; and radiating the laser light from the resin member having transmissibility while pressing the resin members to each other through the contact part, so as to heat the contact part to melt a resin at the contact part, housing a resin excluded from the contact part through melting in the closed space, solidifying the resin melted at the contact part to weld the resin members.10-16-2008
20080261065Resin welded body and manufacturing method thereof - A resin welded body where a first resin part that is absorbent with respect to laser light and a second resin part that is transparent with respect to laser light are fitted together and the laser light is emitted to a predetermined position from the side of the second resin part to weld together the first and the second resin parts and form a joint portion between both resin parts, wherein on either the first or the second resin part there is disposed a projection that comes into contact with the other resin part during the welding and regulates the sinking amount at the joint portion.10-23-2008
20080302189PRESSURE SENSOR - A mounting structure for a pressure sensor serves to facilitate easy attachment of the pressure sensor as well as easy detachment thereof without requiring any large work space. A pair of elastic snap fit portions (12-11-2008

Patent applications by Seizo Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Shinichi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100211774INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEM, TERMINAL UNIT, PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION GATHERING, AND PROGRAM FOR A TERMINAL - A host computer adds a keycode to e-mail and a terminal unit leads an information gathering candidate to add reply information to the e-mail. When the host computer receives the e-mail to which reply information has been added, the host computer stores the reply information in one of data storage areas having a memory address corresponding to a memory address associated the keycode of the e-mail.08-19-2010

Shu Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035125IMPINGEMENT COOLED STRUCTURE - An impingement cooled structure includes a plurality of shroud members disposed in a circumferential direction to constitute a ring-shaped shroud surrounding a hot gas stream, and a shroud cover mounted on radial outside faces of the shroud members to form a cavity therebetween. The shroud cover has a first impingement cooling hole which communicates with the cavity and allows cooling air to be jetted to an inside thereof so as to cool an inner surface of the cavity by impingement. The shroud members each has a hole fin. The hole fin divides the cavity into a plurality of sub-cavities. Further, the hole fin has a second impingement cooling hole which allows the cooling air having flowed through the first impingement cooling hole to be jetted obliquely toward a bottom surface of the sub-cavity adjacent thereto.02-05-2009
20090126335COOLING STRUCTURE - In this cooling structure, a cooling flow path, which is meandering around a flow direction of a high temperature combustion gas, is provided in a structural body. The cooling flow path has an inflow path for a cooling air formed inside of the structural body; at least one straight flow path provided with intervals with respect to an axial line; and a turning flow path for communicating the end portions of the inflow path with the straight flow path or communicating with the end portions of the straight flow paths one after another.05-21-2009

Shun Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100314715SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a memory cell area; and a peripheral circuit area separated by a groove from the memory cell area. The peripheral circuit area is positioned outside the memory cell area. The memory cell area includes a plurality of electrodes that stand; and a first insulating film that support the plurality of electrodes standing. The first insulating film has a plurality of holes through which the plurality of electrodes penetrates. The first insulating film is in contact with at least a part of an outside surface of the electrode. The first insulating film has at least a first opening which is connected to part of the plurality of holes. The first insulating film has at least a second opening which is closer to the groove than any holes of the plurality of holes. The second opening is separated from the plurality of holes.12-16-2010

Tadayuki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080278918ELECTRONIC CONTROL APPARATUS - An electronic control apparatus can be reduced in size and cost by removing a metal substrate part. The apparatus includes a housing having a pair of opening portions at its opposite sides, a heat sink attached to one of the opening portions of the housing, a pair of semiconductor switching elements mounted on the heat sink, a circuit board arranged in opposition to the heat sink, a plurality of conductive plates electrically connecting the circuit board and the semiconductor switching elements to each other, and a plate spring urging the semiconductor switching elements against the heat sink. The plate spring has engagement portions press-fitted to and engaged with inner sides of holding portions which are formed on the housing, and the housing has engagement portions engaged with protruded portions of the heat sink.11-13-2008

Patent applications by Tadayuki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Takafumi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100040329SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a direct light-triggered thyristor triggered by an optical gate signal, a first optical fiber connected to the direct light-triggered thyristor and through which the optical gate signal is transmitted, a second optical fiber used to extend the first optical fiber, and a inter-optical-fiber relaying unit configured to connect the first optical fiber to the second optical fiber and to input the optical gate signal output from the second optical fiber to the first optical fiber.02-18-2010

Takahiro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100089872ETCHING LIQUID FOR CONDUCTIVE POLYMER, AND METHOD FOR PATTERNING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER - The object is to provide an etching liquid for a conductive polymer having excellent etching capability toward a conductive polymer, and a method for patterning a conductive polymer employing the etching liquid for a conductive polymer. The conductive etching liquid of the present invention is selected from the group consisting of (1) an etching liquid comprising greater than 0.5 wt % but no greater than 70 wt % of (NH04-15-2010

Takayuki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100062478DRUG FOR ANALYSIS OF WATER TRANSPORT FUNCTION OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - The present invention is to provide a drug for analysis of a water transport function of a membrane protein in a biological tissue, wherein the abundance of one or both of 03-11-2010

Patent applications by Takayuki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Tsuyoshi Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090078150GROUND COIL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATION RAILWAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A ground coil device for a magnetic levitation railway that can be manufactured with a high productivity and exhibit less fluctuation in strength, reduced weight, and good recyclability, and a process for manufacturing the device. The ground coil device includes a coil conductor covered with a thermoplastic resin molding material containing 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin, from 20 to 200 parts by mass of an inorganic filler, and from 0 to 25 parts by mass of an elastomer. A process for producing the ground coil device for magnetic levitation railway includes filling the thermoplastic resin molding material into a cavity of a metal mold into which the coil conductor is previously inserted, by an injection molding method, to obtain an integrally molded product.03-26-2009

Yasunori Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120013673INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING HEAD TEMPERATURE - An ink jet recording apparatus for effecting recording using a recording head for ejecting ink, the ink jet recording apparatus including a heating section for heating the recording head, a detecting unit for detecting a temperature of the recording head, a setting unit for setting a target temperature of the recording head, and a controller for controlling the target temperature of the recording head at or above the target temperature. The controller controls the temperature by heating control for heating the recording head and by diffusing control for diffusing the heat supplied by the heating control.01-19-2012

Yoshihiro Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100326038HIGH-STRENGTH CABLE - A high-strength cable is a high-strength cable that has a twisted layer 12-30-2010

Yoshinari Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090061993MACHINE FOR PROVIDING AND CONTROLLING GAME - A machine for providing and controlling game has a file for storing items which can be obtained by points, means for executing a procedure for obtaining according to an item purchase request, means for storing owned money of each player, means for producing selling exhibition information of the item, means for judging whether or not a purchase condition of each player meets a selling condition, means for deleting the item which was obtained by the player who sent the selling request and for storing such an item as the item of the player who sent the purchase request, and means for adding the selling money to the owned money of the player who sent the selling request and for subtracting from the owned money of the player who sent the purchase request.03-05-2009
20100069157APPARATUS OF PLAYING CASINO GAME - An apparatus of playing casino game has presentation means for presenting an affiliate advertisement, control means for transmitting personal information of users to a sever of the affiliate advertisement and obtaining a point which is compensation, execution means for getting a user to execute a casino game with the point as stakes, means for searching and extracting an advertisement to which a user can respond out of the affiliate advertisements when the point becomes a predetermined value or lower during execution of the game, and means for instructing to collectively transmit personal information of a user regarding all extracted affiliate advertisements.03-18-2010

Yoshinori Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090310705OFDM-MODULATED-WAVE OUTPUT UNIT AND DISTORTION COMPENSATING METHOD - OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplex)-modulated wave output unit. An amplitude extraction section (12-17-2009

Yuki Fujimoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100159338Nonaqueous electrolyte and nonaqueous-electrolyte battery - A nonaqueous electrolyte includes an organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved in the organic solvent, and a quaternary ammonium salt in an amount of 0.06 mol/L or greater and 0.5 mol/L or less, the quaternary ammonium salt having a structure represented by (chemical formula 3):06-24-2010