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Fukuoka, JP

Akira Fukuoka, Moriguchi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110018012	LED LIGHTING DEVICE - The LED lighting device in this invention comprises a light source, a first face sheet, and a reflection sheet. The light source comprises a plurality of LED chips which are configured to emit lights having wavelengths which are different from each other. The first face sheet has a rear surface. The rear surface is defined as a diffusing and reflecting surface which is being configured to diffuse and reflect the lights which are emitted from the LED chips. The first face sheet is provided with a plurality of apertures. The reflection sheet has a second reflecting surface. The second reflecting surface is configured to reflect the light which is reflected from the diffusing and reflecting surface of the first face sheet toward the first face sheet. Each the aperture is shaped to pass the light which is reflected from the second reflecting surface. Each the aperture is configured to prevent the light which is directly emitted by the light from being passed through the aperture without being subjected to any reflection.	01-27-2011

Atsushi Fukuoka, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090217922	Catalyst for Cellulose Hydrolysis and/or Reduction of Cellulose Hydrolysis Products and Method of Producing Sugar Alcohols From Cellulose - A catalyst for cellulose hydrolysis and/or the reduction of hydrolysis products, in which a transition metal of group 8 to 11 is supported on a solid support. A method of producing sugar alcohols comprising: hydrolyzing cellulose in the presence of the catalyst in a hydrogen-containing atmosphere with pressurization; and reducing the hydrolysis product of cellulose. Provided are a catalyst for use in the production of sugar alcohols by the hydrolysis and hydrogenation of cellulose that affords easy separation of catalyst and product, and that does not require pH adjustment, acid or alkali neutralization, or activation of the catalyst during reuse, and a method of producing sugar alcohols from cellulose employing this catalyst.	09-03-2009

Daisuke Fukuoka, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090264758	Ultrasound Breast Diagnostic System - To provide an ultrasound breast diagnostic system suitable for screening of breast cancer and minimizing the burden on the doctor examining the captured image. An ultrasound breast diagnostic system comprises an ultrasound breast imaging apparatus having a water bath into which left and right breasts can be dipped downward and an ultrasound probe so disposed on the bottom of the water bath to mechanically scan and adapted to three-dimensionally image the whole region of the breasts by transmission/reception of ultrasound wave, a breast voxel data creating device for creating voxel data on the entire breasts from image data acquired by the apparatus, and a display device used for interpretation of images for displaying an image for examination from the past voxel data and present voxel data on the breasts of the same subject created by the device.	10-22-2009
20100022881	Ultrasound Breast Diagnostic System - To provide an ultrasound breast diagnostic system suitable for screening of breast cancer and minimizing the burden on the doctor examining the captured image. An ultrasound breast diagnostic system comprises an ultrasound breast imaging apparatus having a water bath into which left and right breasts can be dipped downward and an ultrasound probe so disposed on the bottom of the water bath to mechanically scan and adapted to three-dimensionally image the whole region of the breasts by transmission/reception an ultrasound wave, a breast voxel data creating device for creating voxel data on the entire breasts from image data acquired by the apparatus and a display device used for interpretation of images for displaying an image for image examination from the voxel data on the breasts created by the device which sequentially displays tomograms of cross-sections at bilaterally symmetrical positions of the breasts.	01-28-2010

Daisuke Fukuoka, Nisshin-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110042741	Semiconductor device having semiconductor chip and metal plate and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes a first protection film for covering a first metal wiring. A second protection film is disposed on the first protection film, which is covered with a solder layer. Even if a crack is generated in the second protection film before the solder layer is formed on the second protection film, the crack is restricted from proceeding into the first protection film.	02-24-2011
20110186981	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a plate-shaped semiconductor element and an electrically insulating resin member. The semiconductor element has a front-surface electrode on its front surface and a back-surface electrode on its back surface. The resin member encapsulates the semiconductor element. The front-surface electrode is exposed to a front side of an outer surface of the resin member. The back-surface electrode is exposed to a back side of the outer surface of the resin member. The resin member has an extension portion that covers the entire side surface of the semiconductor element and extends from the side surface of the semiconductor element in a direction parallel to the front surface of the semiconductor element.	08-04-2011

Daisuke Fukuoka, Haga-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100022014	Method for Evaluating Obesity Controller - A method for efficiently evaluating or selecting an obesity controlling substance, a blood insulin regulating substance or a blood sugar regulating substance, is provided. A method for evaluating or screening an obesity controller, the method including administering a carbohydrate and a lipid to an animal, and evaluating or selecting a substance which decreases or increases insulin secretion, is also provided.	01-28-2010
20110268826	GIP-Increase Inhibitor - A GIP-increase inhibitor, which is useful as a drug or a food, comprising a rice bran extract as an active ingredient.	11-03-2011
20110275605	Postprandial Hyperglycemia-Improving Agent - A postprandial hyperglycemia-improving agent, the agent is highly safe and exhibits excellent effects of inhibiting the postprandial increase of blood glucose. The postprandial hyperglycemia-improving agent comprises a cycloartenol or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient.	11-10-2011

Hirofumi Fukuoka, Usui-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100051858	NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND METALLIC SILICON POWDER THEREFOR - A metallic silicon powder is prepared by effecting chemical reduction on silica stone, metallurgical refinement, and metallurgical and/or chemical purification to reduce the content of impurities. The powder is best suited as a negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cells, affording better cycle performance.	03-04-2010
20110001097	SILICON COMPOSITE, MAKING METHOD, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL - A silicon composite comprises silicon particles whose surface is at least partially coated with a silicon carbide layer. It is prepared by subjecting a silicon powder to thermal CVD with an organic hydrocarbon gas and/or vapor at 900-1,400° C., and heating the powder for removing an excess free carbon layer from the surface through oxidative decomposition.	01-06-2011

Hiroki Fukuoka, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100321508	DIGITAL CAMERA WHICH DETECTS A CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - An electronic camera and method of operating an electronic camera which detects whether an external device such as a personal computer is properly connected to the camera and in a state which permits communication. The camera monitors a data terminal ready (DTR) signal of an RS-232 connection in order to determine that the external device is properly connected and in a state which permits communication. Once the proper connection is detected, the camera can either transmit or receive images and/or audio from the external device. Accordingly, a specific switch which places the camera in a communication mode can be eliminated. Further, a single switch may be utilized for both controlling whether the camera records or plays images when there is no device connected, and which controls whether the camera transmits or receives images and/or audio when an external device is determined to be connected.	12-23-2010

Hironori Fukuoka, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090047493	Woven/knit fabric of carbon fiber monofilament and use thereof - A completely new cloth of utility is provided by using a carbon fiber monofilament. A woven or knitted cloth was prepared at a density of 5 to 1800 yarns per inch by using a carbon fiber monofilament of a diameter of 10 μm or less as a single yarn. This cloth can be practically used widely in the fields of precise equipments and medical care, as an ultrathin sheet having biocompatibility and electroconductivity.	02-19-2009

Hiroshi Fukuoka, Sabae-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080297717	Spring hinge structure for eyewear - A spring hinge for an eyewear includes a front frame having an attachment portion and a first articulation hinge element, a temple connected to the front frame and having a hollow housing at an end portion, a cover member with a front bump for covering an outside opening of the temple, and a U-shaped slide member with a second articulation hinge element. The U-shaped slide member is housed in the hollow housing to be slidable along a longitudinal direction of the temple. A compression coil spring is provided between the front bump and the U-shaped member in a compressed state. The temple and the attached portion are rotationally connected at the first and second articulation hinge elements. When the temple is pushed outwardly, the temple is opened from a position perpendicular to the front frame, while the compression coil spring is being compressed.	12-04-2008

Hiroyuki Fukuoka, Fujimino-Shi JP

Ikuto Fukuoka, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110280072	NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including a memory cell array of memory cells arranged in a matrix, each of which includes a selecting transistor and a memory cell transistor; a column decoder controlling the potential of bit lines; a voltage application circuit controlling the potential of the first word lines; a first row decoder controlling the potential of the second word lines; and a second row decoder controlling the potential of the source line. The column decoder is formed of a circuit whose withstand voltage is lower than the voltage application circuit and the second row decoder.	11-17-2011

Jun Fukuoka, Yasugi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110143168	CO-FE ALLOY FOR SOFT MAGNETIC FILMS, SOFT MAGNETIC FILM, AND PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a Co—Fe alloy for soft magnetic films used in perpendicular magnetic recording media, etc., which maintains high soft magnetic properties and has excellent weather resistance. Disclosed is a Co—Fe alloy for soft magnetic films, which is a Co—Fe alloy the composition formula of which is expressed at atomic ratio as ((Co	06-16-2011

Junya Fukuoka, Iwate JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100087333	PROCESS OF FABRICATING TISSUE ARRAY BLOCK, PROCESS OF FABRICATING TISSUE ARRAY SHEET, TISSUE ARRAY BLOCK, TISSUE ARRAY CHIP, SYSTEM OF FABRICATING TISSUE ARRAY BLOCK AND SYSTEM OF FABRICATING TISSUE ARRAY SHEET - [Task] A process of fabricating a tissue array block; a process of fabricating a tissue array sheet; a tissue array block; a tissue array chip; a system of fabricating a tissue array block; and a system of fabricating a tissue array sheet are proposed, in which the tissue array block can be fabricated even in the case of that having a small thickness, is little affected by tissue hardness and, when having been processed into a tissue array chip, does not suffer any defect in a piece of tissue or at a site of interests, enables the collection of pieces of tissue from a dispersed area, also enables the establishment of positional relationship between the inside of a tissue piece and the inside of a tissue block, and scarcely affects the utilization of the tissue block remaining after collecting the pieces of tissue.	04-08-2010

Junya Fukuoka, Toyama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100047860	DEVICE FOR STORING SPECIMEN SLICE AND INSTRUMENT FOR MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - [Problems] It is intended to provide a storing device which is convenient in preserving a slice of a pathological tissue or the like over a long time and by which a required number of slices can be quickly provided without waste. It is also intended to provide an instrument for microscopic observation which is equipped with this storing device and a transparent plate having an adhesive layer formed thereon.	02-25-2010
20110218558	TISSUE PIECE FORMING DEVICE AND TISSUE PIECE FORMING METHOD - A tissue piece forming device suitable for forming a tissue piece required in the process of fabricating a novel tissue array chip having many benefits such as the one that the tissue array chip can be fabricated even if the tissue included in a tissue block has a small thickness. The tissue piece forming device (	09-08-2011

Kaoru Fukuoka, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090310169	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OF EFFICIENTLY STORING INFORMATION RELATING TO CLIENT APPARATUSES IN NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A plurality of MFPs are connected to a data transfer system, and one of the MFPs functions as a representing MFP. The representing MFP monitors a connection status of the MFPs and a PC to the data transfer system. Upon detection of a change in the connection status, the representing MFP assigns the PC connected to the data transfer system after the change to each of the plurality of MFPs in an order up to a maximum number of PCs that can be connected, and has information necessary for carrying out data transfer to the PC be stored in the MFPs connected to the data transfer system in a distributed manner.	12-17-2009
20090316189	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION SYSTEM, AND JOB EXECUTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a receiving portion that receives an authentication print job sent by a user; a comparison portion that compares identification information received through the user's input with identification information included in image data; a job execution portion that executes the authentication print job in the case where the comparison between the received identification information and the identification information included in the image data has succeeded; and a password storage portion that stores identification information in the case where the authentication print job is in the process of being received in order to enable the comparison made by the comparison portion with respect to the authentication print job that is being received.	12-24-2009
20100325541	GUIDANCE INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND GUIDANCE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - An MFP sequentially displays a plurality of operation screens on a display panel by switching, and receives a user operation on each operation screen. The user operation is performed for the switching or execution of a function, and the operation screens include screens customized by a user. A guidance information providing device includes: an information storage part storing switching information pieces in correspondence with the customized screens; a route generator that generates route information with reference to the stored switching information pieces, the generated route information indicating a display order of customized screens to be sequentially displayed between a current customized screen and a desired customized screen; a controller that selects, from among the stored switching information pieces, a switching information piece indicating switching from the current customized screen to a next customized screen to be displayed according to the display order indicated by the generated route information; a guidance generator that generates guidance information indicating an operation method for the user to switch the current customized screen to the next customized screen; and a communicator that outputs the generated guidance information.	12-23-2010
20110007351	IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An image processing system in which an image forming device and a server device are connected via a network, the image forming device including an acquisition unit operable to acquire a maximum optional configuration that indicates all optional functions that can be implemented on another image forming device; a creation unit operable to create an external use screen, which is a customized screen for display on an operation panel of the other image forming device, in accordance with the maximum optional configuration; and a transmission unit operable to transmit external setting information corresponding to the external use screen to the server device, and the server device including a customized screen storage unit that stores the external setting information. With this structure, a customized screen for use on the other image forming device can be created to include functions not implemented on the image forming device.	01-13-2011
20110149320	IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a scanner for scanning a document image, and a controller for controlling the image forming device. The controller determines whether or not a loss detection image for determining presence or absence of data loss has been superimposed on a first document image scanned by the scanner, and when it is determined that the loss detection image has been superimposed on the first document image, extracts the loss detection image from the first document image and determines presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image, and notifies a user of presence or absence of data loss based on a result of the determination of presence or absence of data loss in the extracted loss detection image.	06-23-2011
20110267634	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a creation unit that creates a preview image showing a print output state regarding a target image of printing processing, and an input/output unit that displays a screen including a preview display region as a display region of the preview image and a re-set item display region as a display region of a menu image having a setting item for re-set regarding the printing processing, and accepts a setting change input regarding the setting item for the re-set in the menu image. The creation unit recreates the preview image based on setting contents after a setting change, the setting contents being accepted with regard to the setting item for the re-set. The input/output unit displays the recreated preview image on the preview display region.	11-03-2011
20110317192	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INTERFACE SCREEN, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions includes a scroll display portion that displays a row of markers and a slider for specifying one or more markers sequentially by moving along the row, an image display portion that displays functional images for representing functions corresponding to the markers specified by the slider, a setting portion that receives setting item details for a function specified by one of the functional images selected, and an extraction portion that extracts a function having the setting item details received by the setting portion different from an initial value. The image display portion displays a functional image for a longer time when the functional image represents the function extracted by the extraction portion than when the functional image does not represent the function extracted by the extraction portion.	12-29-2011
20120069364	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PLURALITY OF SCREENS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display unit and a control unit. The control unit displays, on the display unit, a first window for inputting a setting concerned with a plurality of functions. Further, the control unit stepwisely displays at least a portion of a second window over the first window in a manner corresponding to a type of the second window when the first window is displayed, the second window being for inputting a setting concerned with the plurality of functions.	03-22-2012

Keisuke Fukuoka, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090205318	FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR PM TRAPPER - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables to detect a fault of a PM trapper with improved accuracy. According to the present invention, a plurality of temperature sensors	08-20-2009

Keisuke Fukuoka, Shizuoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100018186	FAULT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR PM TRAPPER - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables detection of a fault of a PM trapper with improved accuracy. In the present invention, a pressure sensor	01-28-2010

Kouhei Fukuoka, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110149672	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a circuit required to be in a data retaining state; a data retention characteristic evaluation circuit configured to measure the data retaining state of the circuit; a leakage current evaluation circuit configured to measure the leakage current in the circuit; a voltage control signal generation circuit configured to control a voltage supply circuit for the circuit; and a memory circuit configured to store measurement results of the leakage current evaluation circuit and the data retention characteristic evaluation circuit. The voltage control signal generation circuit sets, for the voltage supply circuit, a voltage with which the leakage current in the circuit is minimized, based on data stored in the memory circuit.	06-23-2011

Masaru Fukuoka, Ishlkawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090233598	RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION - There is provided a mobile station device capable of effectively performing interference suppression symbol synthesis while suppressing the lowering of the transfer rate when using the repetition technique in multi-carrier communication. In the mobile station device (	09-17-2009

Masaru Fukuoka, Ihikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090022241	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus capable of suppressing the reduction in the error correction ability in the wireless communication apparatus at the receiving end even when the propagation path environment is bad and hence the reception quality of received signals is low. This apparatus comprises a turbo encoding part (	01-22-2009

Masayoshi Fukuoka, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110082163	NOVEL URACIL COMPOUND OR SALT THEREOF HAVING HUMAN DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITORY ACTIVITY - Provided is a uracil compound or a salt thereof, which has potent human dUTPase inhibitory activity and is useful as, for example, an antitumor drug.	04-07-2011

Mikio Fukuoka, Odawara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080235448	Storage apparatus and storage area arrangement method - This storage apparatus for providing a dynamically expandable virtual volume to a host system to access the virtual volume comprises an allocation unit for configuring a group with a plurality of disks for providing a storage area to be allocated to the virtual volume, and allocating the storage area respectively from a plurality of the groups to the virtual volume; and a storage area arrangement unit for rearranging the storage area in each of the groups being used by the virtual volume to become optimal among each of the groups based on external operation.	09-25-2008
20090138672	Storage controller and storage controller control method - A storage controller of the present invention can input and output data even when the track size, which is the host management unit, is not consistent with the block size of the storage device. A boundary correction unit adds gap data corresponding to a gap size to data in a buffer memory so that the boundary of the track and boundary of the block inside the storage device match. A guarantee code is added to each logical block received from the host, and these guarantee code-appended blocks are stored in a cache memory. By providing a gap in the storage device every 116 extended logical blocks, the start position of the lead block of a track matches up with the start position of the logical blocks of the storage device.	05-28-2009
20090182940	STORAGE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A storage control system in which a first storage controller is connected to a storage device in a second storage controller and the first storage controller is configured to be able to read and write data from/to the storage device in the second storage controller in response to a request from a host device connected to the first storage apparatus, the first storage controller including: a controller for controlling data transmission and reception between the host device and the storage device in the second storage controller; and a cache memory for temporarily storing the data, wherein the controller sets a threshold value for storage capacity in the cache memory assigned to the storage device according to the properties of the storage device.	07-16-2009
20100057988	STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONFIGURATION THEREOF - In a storage system having a plurality of storage devices, erasing frequencies of the storage devices with a limit of the number of erasures are made uniform.	03-04-2010
20100241898	ARRAY-TYPE DISK APPARATUS PREVENTING DATA LOST AND PROVIDING IMPROVED FAILURE TOLERANCE - Disclosed is storage system, that is, an array-type disk apparatus which is provided with an error monitor section which monitors the status of error occurrence in a disk drive and instructs initiation of mirroring between the disk drive and a spare disk drive when the number of errors occurred of the disk drive exceeds a specified value, and a mirror section which performs mirroring between the disk drive and spare disk drive. Storage system, that is, the array-type disk apparatus may be provided with an error monitor section which monitors the status of error occurrence in a disk drive and gives such an instruction as to set the status of the disk drive in a temporary blocked state, and a data restoring section which executes data restoration by reading data from the temporary blocked disk drive when reading from another disk drive constituting a disk array group is not possible during data restoration.	09-23-2010
20100332782	Virtualization system and area allocation control method - A virtualization system, upon judging that a write operation from a higher-level device is an operation to write in the format of the virtual volume, even when the write position of the write operation is in a virtual area different from a virtual area to which an allocated actual area has been allocated, if there is an unused area in the allocated actual area, writes management information to the unused area according to the write operation, and if there is no unused area in the allocated actual area, newly allocates an unallocated actual area, and writes management information to the newly allocated actual area according to the write operation.	12-30-2010
20110314240	Virtualization system and area allocation control method - A virtualization system, upon judging that a write operation from a higher-level device is an operation to write in the format of the virtual volume, even when the write position of the write operation is in a virtual area different from a virtual area to which an allocated actual area has been allocated, if there is an unused area in the allocated actual area, writes management information to the unused area according to the write operation, and if there is no unused area in the allocated actual area, newly allocates an unallocated actual area, and writes management information to the newly allocated actual area according to the write operation.	12-22-2011

Mitsuhiro Fukuoka, Ehime JP

Morinao Fukuoka, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100219353	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGES OF A SAMPLE OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN - A novel apparatus and a novel method of imaging a luminescence phenomenon of a sample of biological origin using an optical image formation device are provided. In the inventive method and apparatus, an illumination image acquired by illuminating the sample and a luminescence image acquired with the light emitted by a luminescence phenomenon of a cell in the sample without illuminating it are superposed to generate a superposition image. In the superposition image, an analysis region is determined. Thereby, even when the light detected in a luminescence observation is feeble, a luminescent cell and/or a luminescent site in a cell in a sample can be specified.	09-02-2010
20100227316	LUMINESCENSE MEASURING APPARATUS AND LUMINESCENSE MEASURING METHOD - There is provided a novel luminescence measuring apparatus that enables measuring a luminescence amount or a luminescence intensity from plural living biological samples, such as tissues, cells, and biological individuals, into which a gene expressing a luminescent protein has been introduced, individually for the respective biological samples. The inventive luminescence measuring apparatus comprises an image acquisition portion that acquires a luminescence image of biological samples; a measurement region determination portion that determines at least one measurement region in the luminescence image; and a luminescence measurement portion that measures the luminescence amount or luminescence intensity in the determined measurement region; thereby measuring the luminescence amount or luminescence intensity individually by the biological sample(s) included in the measurement region. Irrespective of an efficiency of transfer of a luminescent protein gene into a cell, etc., it becomes possible to execute a luminescence measurement successfully while observing only biological samples having a gene expression.	09-09-2010

Morinao Fukuoka, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100315705	IMMERSION OBJECTIVE LENS, RETENTION MECHANISM FOR IMMERSION MEDIUM, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a retention mechanism for an immersion medium, for use in a device which observes/measures a sample by use of an immersion objective lens, includes a member which retains the immersion medium near a tip portion of the objective lens, wherein the member is configured to include at least first and second materials.	12-16-2010

Naoto Fukuoka, Hachioji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090295970	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into rows and columns each pixel containing at least a photoelectric conversion device for converting an incident light into signal electric charges, a transfer device for transferring the signal electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion device, and an amplification device for amplifying the transferred signal electric charges; vertical signal lines provided in common for each column to read outputs of the pixels; constant current supplies respectively connected to the vertical signal lines; an amplification section for amplifying an image signal obtained from the pixels; a clip section for clipping the vertical signal line so that it does not fall below a predetermined voltage in a read period for outputting the signal electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion device onto the vertical signal line; and a control section for changing a clip level of the clip section in accordance with setting of an amplification factor at the amplification section.	12-03-2009

Naoto Fukuoka, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090184238	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into a matrix, each pixel containing a reset section for resetting an accumulation section by supplying a potential retained at a reset line; a correlation double sampling circuit for suppressing a noise signal contained in the pixel signal; and a control section where, of a first one of the pixels and a second one of the pixels connected to the same one of a signal output line, when the first pixel is determined as a pixel subject to reset operation for obtaining an output of the pixel signal corresponding to a first potential supplied by the reset section, a voltage level of the same one signal output line at the time of the reset operation is set with using a pixel signal corresponding to a second potential supplied by the reset section of the second pixel.	07-23-2009
20090213253	SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged into a matrix, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section for converting an incident light into signal electric charges, an accumulation section for accumulating the signal electric charges, a transfer section for transferring the signal electric charges to the accumulation section, an amplification section for amplifying and outputting as pixel signal the signal electric charges accumulated at the accumulation section, and a reset section for resetting the accumulation section by supplying an electric potential retained on a power supply line to the accumulation section, the pixel section having output signal lines provided column by column onto which the pixel signal is outputted, connected to the other end of a constant current supply having one end grounded; and a control section where, of a first one of the pixels and a second one of the pixels connected to the same one output signal line, taking the first pixel as one of the pixels subject to reading of pixel signal conforming to the incident light and the second pixel as non-subject one of the pixels set in accordance with a location of the first pixel, an output from the second pixel onto the output signal line is used at the time of outputting of the pixel signal from the first pixel onto the output signal line to effect control so that an electric potential difference between the one end and the other end of the constant current supply is kept in a range where the constant current supply is operable.	08-27-2009

Noboru Fukuoka, Anjo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100235039	WEIGHT AND GRADIENT ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A weight and gradient estimation apparatus a height calculation portion calculating a height displacement of a road based on a first predetermined information obtained at a first time and a second predetermined information obtained at a second time after a predetermined time elapses since the first time, a gradient calculation portion calculating a road surface gradient based on the height displacement calculated by the height calculation portion and a moving distance of a vehicle from the first time to the second time, and a weight calculation portion calculating a weight of the vehicle based on the road surface gradient calculated by the gradient calculation portion, an acceleration of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, and an output torque of the vehicle.	09-16-2010

Nobuhiko Fukuoka, Hiratsuka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110113620	Manufacturing Method of Magnetic Head Slider - A conventional lapping process of executing element size control and surface roughness reduction at the same time is divided in the present invention into a lapping process for element size control and a lapping step for surface roughness reduction. In the lapping process for surface roughness reduction, a surface of a ceramic substrate portion is used as a stopper for limiting cut-in of abrasive grains to realize surface roughness reduction while maintaining productivity.	05-19-2011
20110239444	Method of Manufacturing Lapping Plate, and Method of Manufacturing Magnetic Head Slider using the Lapping Plate - A method of manufacturing a lapping plate which has abrasive grains fixed in the plate and which is used for lapping of the air bearing surface of a magnetic head. Abrasive grains fixed in the lapping plate are subjected to an abrasive digging process to selectively lap the surface of the lapping plate in the vicinity of the abrasive grains, and the dug abrasive grains are subjected to an equalization process to make their abrasive grain heights equal.	10-06-2011

Noriaki Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090070105	VOICE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A voice communication apparatus includes a communication portion that receives a plurality of frames including at least a first frame having first voice data and a second frame having second voice data subsequent to the first frame, the first voice data and the second voice data being encoded by a predetermined encoding system, a decoding portion that decodes the first voice data and the second voice data received by the communication portion, a buffer that retains the first voice data and the second voice data decoded by the decoding portion, a calculation portion that calculates an amplitude envelope based on the first voice data decoded by the decoding portion, and a controlling portion that judges whether or not the second voice data decoded by the decoding portion exceeds the amplitude envelope and corrects the second voice data that exceeds the amplitude envelope.	03-12-2009

Noriaki Fukuoka, Wakayama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100029996	CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL - The present invention provides a catalyst for producing alcohols from carboxylic acids by hydrogenation, containing Co metal as an essential component and one or more elements selected from Zr, Y, La, Ce, Si, Al, Sc, V and Mo as a first co-catalyst component, and having 20% or more of cubic phase in the crystal phase of the Co metal, the method for producing the catalyst, and the method for producing an alcohol from a carboxylic acid as a raw material by hydrogenation using the catalyst.	02-04-2010

Osamu Fukuoka, Nagoya JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090310265	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The resistance of an integrated circuit against ESD (electrostatic discharge) is improved without disturbing improvement of the performance and reduction of size of the integrated circuit. A protection circuit is interposed between an input and output terminals. When ESD is generated, the input and output terminals are short-circuited by the protection circuit, so that overvoltage application to the circuit is prevented. The circuit is electrically connected to the input and output terminals by a connection wiring. The circuit has a plurality of electrical connection portions between the circuit and the connection wiring, and the connection wiring is formed such that the wiring resistance between the input or output terminal and each of the connection portions is the same. Accordingly, if ESD is generated, voltage application on only one of the connection portions is prevented, whereby the possibility that the circuit will be broken by ESD is decreased.	12-17-2009
20090321869	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a structure including the first semiconductor region	12-31-2009
20100006848	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To improve the performance of a protection circuit including a diode formed using a semiconductor film. A protection circuit is inserted between two input/output terminals. The protection circuit includes a diode which is formed over an insulating surface and is formed using a semiconductor film. Contact holes for connecting an n-type impurity region and a p-type impurity region of the diode to a first conductive film in the protection circuit are distributed over the entire impurity regions. Further, contact holes for connecting the first conductive film and a second conductive film in the protection circuit are dispersively formed over the semiconductor film. By forming the contact holes in this manner wiring resistance between the diode and a terminal can be reduced and the entire semiconductor film of the diode can be effectively serve as a rectifier element.	01-14-2010
20100202090	PROTECTION CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is an object to provide a protection circuit and a semiconductor device to which a countermeasure against ESD is applied. The protection circuit includes a signal line electrically connected to an integrated circuit; a first diode provided between the signal line and a first power supply line; a second diode provided in parallel to the first diode; and a third diode provided between the first power supply line and a second power supply line. The first diode is a diode formed by diode-connecting a transistor, and the second diode is a diode having a PIN junction or a PN junction. The protection circuit is particularly effective when applied to a semiconductor device manufactured using a thin film transistor.	08-12-2010

Ryoko Fukuoka, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110172344	MODIFIED CONJUGATED DIENE-BASED POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, MODIFIED CONJUGATED DIENE-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITION, AND TIRE - There is provided a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a silyl group substituted with one or more alkoxy groups, and one or more nitrogen atoms on the chain ends of a conjugated diene-based polymer, the modified conjugated diene-based polymer being obtained by polymerizing a conjugated diene compound, or copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound, by using a polyfunctional anionic polymerization initiator prepared from a polyvinyl aromatic compound and an organolithium compound in a range of a molar ratio (the polyvinyl aromatic compound/the organolithium compound) of from 0.05 to 1.0, so as to obtain the conjugated diene-based polymer, and by reacting a living polymer end of the conjugated diene polymer with the compound having a silyl group substituted with two or more alkoxy groups, and one or more nitrogen atoms.	07-14-2011

Ryuusei Fukuoka, Hirosaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090289514	CORELESS MOTOR - A coreless motor able to be downsized and easy to be assembled and to ensure the concentricity between a motor shaft, a magnet, and an outer cylinder. The coreless motor includes an outer cylinder gear unit having an output shaft and a speed-reducer mechanism incorporated into a field assembly having a magnet fitted on an inner yoke and an outer cylinder fitted on an outer periphery of the magnet, a motor shaft unit having an inner lid rotatably supporting a motor shaft via ball bearings, a rotor unit having a circular plate attached with a commutator electrically connected to a coil, an outer lid unit having an outer lid mounted with brushes. The inner lid is incorporated in the inner yoke, the coil is incorporated in between the outer cylinder and the magnet, and the outer lid unit is attached to the rotor unit and the outer cylinder.	11-26-2009

Shigeo Fukuoka, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100008587	IMAGE PROCESSING IMPROVING POSTPROCESSING RATE OF CHARACTER RECTANGLE EXTRACTION AND IMPROVING CHARACTER RECOGNITION ACCURACY - An image processing device is provided by the present invention, which includes a unit configured to acquire a pixel block contacting an enclosing border of a character rectangle extracted from an image, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the acquired pixel block has a likelihood of noise, a unit configured to generate a noise candidate removed character rectangle by removing from the character rectangle the pixel block as to which it is determined to have the likelihood of noise, and an outputting unit configured to assess validities by performing character recognition for both of the noise candidate removed character rectangle and the character rectangle, and configured to output a recognition result for one of them having greater validity assessed.	01-14-2010
20100054587	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an attribute information generation unit configured to generate attribute information about each pixel of input image data, a division unit configured to divide the input image data into a plurality of blocks of a predetermined size, a generation unit configured to generate a histogram of a color and a pixel existing in a focused block divided by the division unit, a color replacement unit configured to execute color replacement processing on each area defined by the histogram generated by the generation unit, a gradation presence determination unit configured to determine whether gradation exists, and a block integration unit configured, if it is determined that gradation exists, to integrate a focused area and an adjacent area to generate continuous gradation in the focused area and the adjacent area.	03-04-2010

Shigeru Fukuoka, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110215272	EXHAUST VALVE STRUCTURE - An exhaust valve structure includes: an inner cylindrical portion that forms an introducing passage of exhaust gas and that has a stay member; a valve element that closes or opens the introducing passage; and a wire mesh that is fixed to the stay member and that contacts the valve element when the introducing passage is closed. The wire mesh is formed in a shape such that a diameter of the wire mesh gradually increases toward a downstream side of the introducing passage and a load exerted on the stay member when the valve element contacts the wire mesh is distributed in a diameter-increasing direction in which the diameter of the wire mesh increases.	09-08-2011

Shinsuke Fukuoka, Okayama-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080234444	Method for Efficiently Producing an Aromatic Polycarbonate - It is a task of the present invention to provide a method which enables the production of a high quality, high performance aromatic polycarbonate (which is colorless and has excellent mechanical properties) from a molten aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer obtained from an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a diaryl carbonate, wherein the polycarbonate can be stably produced on a commercial scale at 1 to 50 t/hr for a long time without the need for a large amount of an inert gas. In the present invention, this task has been accomplished by a method for producing an aromatic polycarbonate by the melt transesterification process, in which the prepolymer is caused to absorb a specific amount of an inert gas, followed by polymerization using a guide-wetting fall polymerizer device having a specific structure, whereby a high quality, high performance aromatic polycarbonate as mentioned above can be stably produced on a commercial scale at 1 to 50 t/hr for a long time (more than several thousand hours, e.g., as long as 5,000 hours) without fluctuation of the molecular weight thereof.	09-25-2008

Shinya Fukuoka, Tsurugashima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100233965	RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Upon controlling a directivity based on antenna elements of antennas, a communication coverage spread is calculated at step, a communication coverage limitation value is settled based on positional information at step, and the calculated communication coverage spread and the settled communication coverage limitation value are compared with each other at step. When the calculated communication coverage spread is larger than the communication coverage limitation value, the former is controlled to become equal to or less than the latter, and when the calculated communication coverage spread is smaller than the communication coverage limitation value, the former is controlled to reach the latter or a value at least near it.	09-16-2010

Shoji Fukuoka, Settsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110021690	FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER COMPOSITION - There is provided a fluorine-containing elastomer composition assuring easy kneading and providing a crosslinked article having improved strength. The fluorine-containing elastomer composition comprises (A) an elastomer of a vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a branching coefficient of 30 to 300 ppm, a Mooney viscosity (ML	01-27-2011
20110112265	CURABLE COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE MADE OF SAME - A curable composition comprising (A) a vinylidene fluoride type elastomer which is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride (a1), at least one perfluoroolefin (a2) selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) and a cyano group-containing monomer (a3) (the proportion of vinylidene fluoride exceeds 20% by mole), and (B) a compound generating ammonia at 40° to 330° C. alone as a curing agent. The present invention can provide a curable composition of a vinylidene fluoride type elastomer assuring improved crosslinking speed and making it possible to use a cheap curing agent, and a molded article obtained from the curable composition. Physical properties under normal conditions can also be improved by the presence of the solvent having affinity for the compound generating ammonia.	05-12-2011
20110151164	CURABLE COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE MADE OF SAME - A curable composition comprising (A) a vinylidene fluoride elastomer which is a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride (a1), at least one kind of perfluoroolefin (a2) selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) and a cyano group-containing monomer (a3) (a proportion of the vinylidene fluoride exceeds 20% by mole), (B) a specific curing agent and (C) a compound generating ammonia at 40° to 330° C. The present invention can provide a curable composition of a vinylidene fluoride elastomer assuring improved crosslinking speed, and a molded article obtained from the curable composition. Physical properties under normal conditions are improved by the presence of a solvent having affinity for the compound generating ammonia.	06-23-2011

Shuichi Fukuoka, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090210966	rice blast susceptibility gene pi21, resistance gene pi21 and uses thereof - The present inventors succeeded in isolating the rice field resistance gene pi21 by linkage analysis, and found that field resistance to blast in plants could be modified by introducing or controlling the expression of the gene. Thus, it became possible to efficiently confer plants with field resistance. It also became possible to select, at an early stage, rice plants having field resistance to blast. Moreover, by changing the tissue specificity of expression and the expression level of the gene involved in field resistance, varieties having resistance as well as high practical use can be grown.	08-20-2009
20110083233	RICE BLAST SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE Pi21, RESISTANCE GENE pi21 AND USES THEREOF - The present inventors succeeded in isolating the rice field resistance gene pi21 by linkage analysis, and found that field resistance to blast in plants could be modified by introducing or controlling the expression of the gene. Thus, it became possible to efficiently confer plants with field resistance. It also became possible to select, at an early stage, rice plants having field resistance to blast. Moreover, by changing the tissue specificity of expression and the expression level of the gene involved in field resistance, varieties having resistance as well as high practical use can be grown.	04-07-2011

Shuichi Fukuoka, Kagoshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090267016	PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC - A piezoelectric ceramic composition including potassium-sodium-lithium niobate, bismuth-sodium titanate and bismuth ferrate is provided. A piezoelectric ceramic obtained by firing the piezoelectric ceramic composition, wherein the electromechanical coupling factor is high, the piezoelectric g	10-29-2009

Shyuuichi Fukuoka, Kagoshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110133608	PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a piezoelectric ceramic indicated by the composition formula Bi	06-09-2011

Takahiro Fukuoka, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100247992	SEALED SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BATTERY - An electrode group	09-30-2010
20110127461	THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM - Disclosed is a thermally conductive composition obtained by a sol-gel method in which a sol containing inorganic particles, an alkoxysilane, and water is prepared, the sol is gelated to prepare a gel, and the gel is thermally cured.	06-02-2011
20110129677	ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A first resin, a curable precursor of a second resin that differs from the first resin, an inorganic material and a solvent are blended and a mixed solution is prepared. Next, by heating the mixed solution, the solvent is removed and the curable precursor is cured, and an organic-inorganic composite is obtained that comprises a composite resin having a co-continuous phase-separated structure formed from a three-dimensionally continuous first phase made of the first resin and a three-dimensionally continuous second phase made of the second resin, and an inorganic material that is localized at the interface between the first phase and the second phase.	06-02-2011
20110195288	SEALED BATTERY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A sealed battery includes electrode group	08-11-2011
20110247523	ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE PARTICLES, PARTICLE DISPERSION, PARTICLE-DISPERSED RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE PARTICLES - The organic-inorganic composite particles can be dispersed as primary particles in a solvent and/or a resin and have a plurality of mutually different organic groups on the surface of inorganic particles.	10-13-2011
20110259564	THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET - A thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle, wherein the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more. The breakdown voltage of the thermal conductive sheet as measured in conformity with JIS C 2110 (2010) is 10 kV/mm or more.	10-27-2011
20110259565	HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE - A heat dissipation structure includes a substrate, an electronic component mounted on the substrate, a heat dissipation member for dissipating heat generated from the electronic component, and a thermal conductive adhesive sheet provided on the substrate so as to cover the electronic component. The thermal conductive adhesive sheet includes a thermal conductive layer containing a plate-like boron nitride particle. The thermal conductive layer has a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive layer of 4 W/m·K or more, and the thermal conductive adhesive sheet is in contact with the heat dissipation member.	10-27-2011
20110259566	THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET - A thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle. The thermal conductive sheet has a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet of 4 W/m·K or more. The thermal conductive sheet does not fall off from an adherend in the initial adhesion test (	10-27-2011
20110259567	THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET - A thermal conductive sheet includes a plate-like boron nitride particle. The thermal conductive sheet has a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet of 4 W/m·K or more, and the 5% weight loss temperature of 250° C. or more. The thermal conductive sheet has a water absorption of 3 vol % or less.	10-27-2011
20110259568	THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET - A thermal conductive sheet containing a plate-like boron nitride particle, wherein the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more, and a glass transition point determined as the peak value of tanδ obtained by measuring a dynamic viscoelasticity of the thermal conductive sheet at a frequency of 10 Hz is 125° C. or more.	10-27-2011
20110259569	THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET - A thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle. The proportion of the boron nitride particle content is 35 vol % or more, and the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more.	10-27-2011
20110260185	LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DEVICE - A light-emitting diode device includes a light-emitting diode, a power circuit portion for supplying electric power to the light-emitting diode, and a heat dissipating member for dissipating the heat generated from the light-emitting diode. The heat dissipating member is made of a thermal conductive sheet which contains a plate-like boron nitride particle. The thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more.	10-27-2011
20110261242	IMAGING DEVICE MODULE - An imaging device module includes an imaging device including a light incident plane on which light is incident, and a reverse face disposed on an opposite side of the light incident plane; and a thermal conductive sheet provided on the reverse face for dissipating heat generated from the imaging device.	10-27-2011
20110261535	POWER MODULE - A power module includes a power module board including an insulating layer and a conductive circuit formed on the insulating layer, a power device provided on the power module board and electrically connected to the conductive circuit, and a thermal conductive sheet for dissipating the heat generated from the power module board and/or the power device. The thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle and the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more.	10-27-2011
20110262728	THERMAL CONDUCTIVE SHEET, LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE MOUNTING SUBSTRATE, AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - A thermal conductive sheet contains a plate-like boron nitride particle, has a thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet of 4 W/m·K or more, and has a volume resistivity of 1×10	10-27-2011
20110267557	BACK LIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A back light includes an irradiating portion for applying light to a liquid crystal panel and a heat diffusing member which is in contact with the irradiating portion. The heat diffusing member is made of a thermal conductive sheet containing a plate-like boron nitride particle and the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the thermal conductive sheet is 4 W/m·K or more.	11-03-2011
20120028033	PHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The phase-separated structure is composed of a resin phase and a particle phase that is arranged adjacent to the resin phase and that contains organic-inorganic composite particles having an organic group on the surface of inorganic particles. The organic-inorganic composite particles in the particle phase at least have a configuration in which the steric hindrance of the organic group prevents the inorganic particles from contacting each other.	02-02-2012

Takanori Fukuoka, Ebina-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110087817	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to an aspect of the invention, an information processing apparatus includes a main board, an expanded CPU board connector, an external device connector, a detection unit. A first CPU is mounted on the main board. The expanded CPU board connector is disposed on the main board. An expanded CPU board is connectable to the expanded CPU board connector. A second CPU is mounted on the expanded CPU board. The external device connector is disposed on the main board. An external device is connected to the external device connector. The detection unit detects that the expanded CPU board is installed to the expanded CPU board connector. The first CPU controls the information processing apparatus to change a master of control of the information processing apparatus from the first CPU to the second CPU.	04-14-2011

Takao Fukuoka, Joyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090279084	Optical Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An optical sensor according to the present invention significantly enhances the sensitivity of an optical sensor for molecular measurement using light such as Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy utilizing the local plasmon's excitation of a noble metal. By using a transparent substance deposition step for forming a large number of anisotropic nano-columns having a predetermined aspect ratio, with their longitudinal direction and transverse direction aligned, by depositing a transparent substance onto a substrate from an oblique position while periodically inverting the position and a noble metal deposition step for depositing a noble metal onto surfaces of the formed anisotropic nano-columns, it is possible to manufacture an optical sensor with very high sensitivity at very low cost.	11-12-2009

Takao Fukuoka, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090074617	SENSOR CARTRIDGE, SENSOR FEEDER, AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT - A sensor cartridge (	03-19-2009

Tetsuo Fukuoka, Koshi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110045166	HYDROPHOBICIZING APPARATUS, HYDROPHOBICIZING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The hydrophobicizing apparatus includes a vaporizing surface forming member of which surface is located in a vaporizing room; a vaporizing surface heating unit that heats the vaporizing surface forming member; a liquid chemical supply port that supplies a liquid chemical for a hydrophobicizing process on the surface of the vaporizing surface forming member; a gas inlet port that introduces a carrier gas into the vaporizing room; an outlet port that supplies a hydrophobicizing gas vaporized in the vaporizing room; and a processing chamber that performs the hydrophobicizing process on a substrate accommodated therein by the hydrophobicizing gas supplied through the outlet port. With this configuration, the hydrophobicizing gas of a high concentration can be supplied onto the substrate. Further, since the stored liquid chemical is not in contact with the carrier gas when a process is not being performed, degradation of the liquid chemical is suppressed.	02-24-2011

Tetsuo Fukuoka, Kumamoto-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090292491	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE INSPECTING METHOD, DEVICE INSPECTING PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING THE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - Efficiency of inspection work for inspecting all the plurality of modules of a substrate processing system is improved and the management of information obtained by inspecting the modules is facilitated. A substrate processing system	11-26-2009
20100326351	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE AND COATING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM - A substrate heating apparatus includes a top plate arranged above a hot plate so that a vertical space is formed between the hot plate and the top plate. The top plate has an evacuated internal chamber serving as a vacuum insulating layer that suppresses heat transfer from a first surface of the top plate facing the hot plate to a second surface of the top plate opposite to the first surface. When heating the substrate, a gas flow flowing through the space between the hot plate and the top plate is generated.	12-30-2010
20100330815	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE AND COATING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM - A substrate heating apparatus includes a top plate arranged above a hot plate so that a vertical space is formed between the hot plate and the top plate. The top plate has an evacuated internal chamber serving as a vacuum insulating layer that suppresses heat transfer from a first surface of the top plate facing the hot plate to a second surface of the top plate opposite to the first surface. When heating the substrate, a gas flow flowing through the space between the hot plate and the top plate is generated.	12-30-2010

Tetsuo Fukuoka, Koshi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207390	ADHESION PROMOTING PROCESS, ADHESION PROMOTING DEVICE, COATING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an adhesion promoting process using a comparatively small amount of an adhesion promoting gas for processing a workpiece, an adhesion promoting device for carrying out the adhesion promoting process, a coating and developing system including the adhesion promoting device, and a storage medium storing a program specifying a set of instructions for carrying out the adhesion promoting process.	08-20-2009

Tetsuya Fukuoka, Fujinomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100030165	CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A catheter assembly comprises an outer catheter including an outer catheter body and an outer catheter hub at a proximal portion of the outer catheter body; and an inner catheter including an inner catheter body insertable in the outer catheter body, a tip at the distal portion of the inner catheter body which is rich in flexibility, and an inner catheter hub at the proximal portion of the inner catheter body adapted to be coupled to the outer catheter hub. The inner catheter body includes a flexible section connected the tip, a physical property transition section on the proximal side of the flexible section, a first body section on the proximal side of the physical property transition section, a second body section on the proximal side of the first body section, greater than the first body section in flexural rigidity, and having a reinforcing material layer.	02-04-2010

Tetsuya Fukuoka, Ome JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090072877	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first subordinate clock tree	03-19-2009

Tetsuya Fukuoka, Hamura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100264735	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Objects of the invention are to minimize power consumption while maintaining the required information processing capabilities of an LSI chip by supplying multiple voltages to the LSI chip such that its circuit blocks receive necessary voltages and to prevent an increase in the chip area of the LSI chip and performance degradation of signal wires, which may result from the supply of the multiple voltages, by reducing the number of power supply wires.	10-21-2010
20110115474	DETECTION SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide an LSI having a low power mode that can prevent an apparatus on which the LSI is mounted from resulting in performance degradation, etc. even when its electric power is not reduced in the low power mode. Devised is a circuit that instructs an operation mode and detects whether the LSI operates as specified by the mode, and that measures a current at the time of the low power mode in a pseudo manner and, if despite having shifted to the low power mode, the current is not reduced actually, issues an alarm signal.	05-19-2011
20110221516	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT - Information technology equipment includes a circuit block, a local power source line for supplying a power source to the circuit block, a power source line, and a first transistor which is provided with a source-drain path thereof between the power source line and the local power source line, in which the first transistor is controlled to an OFF state in a first state, and is controlled to an ON state in a second state, and when the first state is shifted to the second state, the first transistor is controlled such that a rate of changing a current flowing in the source-drain path of the first transistor does not exceed a predetermined value.	09-15-2011
20110234297	SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND ITS CONTROL TECHNIQUE - Provided is a control technique of a semiconductor integrated circuit capable by which power on/shut-off of a power shut-off area at an optimum speed in accordance with variations in fabricating devices as suppressing the malfunction of a circuit during operation in the power on/shut-off. A semiconductor integrated circuit includes: an always-on area; a power shut-off area; and a plurality of power-supply switches connected to the power shut-off area for supplying or shutting off the power to the power shut-off area.	09-29-2011

Tetsuya Fukuoka, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100217237	INTRAVASCULAR FOREIGN MATTER SUCTION ASSEMBLY - An intravascular foreign matter suction assembly is insertable into a blood vessel having a relatively small diameter and exhibits a high suction force. The intravascular foreign matter suction assembly includes a combination of a guiding catheter for being inserted to an ostium of a coronary artery of the aorta and a suction catheter inserted in the lumen of the guiding catheter and extending farther than the distal end of the guiding catheter for removing foreign matter in a blood vessel which exists at a target location in the coronary artery. The suction catheter includes a tubular portion provided on the distal end side and a wire portion provided on the proximal end side of the tubular portion and wherein the wire portion has a distal end embedded in a wall which forms the tubular portion.	08-26-2010
20100331821	CATHETER ASSEMBLY - A catheter assembly (	12-30-2010
20110071503	CATHETER FOR CORONARY ARTERY AND ENGAGING METHOD THEREFOR - A catheter for a coronary artery can include a distal end for being introduced into an opening of a coronary artery from an artery of an arm. The catheter can, include a catheter main body including a main body portion having a substantially linear shape in a natural state and a curved portion forming a portion extending from the main body portion to the distal end and having a curved shape in a natural state. The curved portion can include a first curve extending in a curved state from the main body portion, an intermediate portion extending from the first curve, a second curve extending from the intermediate portion and curved in a direction same as that of the first curve, and an extreme distal end portion of a substantially linear shape extending from the second curve. A method of using the catheter is also disclosed.	03-24-2011
20110077530	CATHETER FOR LEFT CORONARY ARTERY AND ENGAGING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed herein is a catheter for a left coronary artery having a distal end for being introduced into an opening of the left coronary artery from an artery of an arm. The catheter can include a catheter main body including a main body portion of a substantially linear shape in a natural state thereof and a curved portion extending from the main body portion to form a portion that extends to the distal end and has a curved shape in a natural state thereof.	03-31-2011

Tokuma Fukuoka, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120070396	ACTIVATOR INCLUDING BIOSURFACTANT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, MANNOSYL ERYTHRITOL LIPID, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention includes as an active ingredient at least one biosurfactant, in particular mannosyl alditol lipid (such as MEL and MML) or triacylated mannosyl alditol lipid. This allows providing an activator and anti-aging agent that is excellent in activating and anti-aging effects on cells and that is safe enough to be used for a long time, and also providing cosmetics, quasi-drugs, drugs, and drinks and foods including the activator and the anti-aging agent as active ingredients. Further, the present invention provides MEL whose mannosyl erythritol skeleton in a molecular structure is 1-O-β-D-mannopyranosyl-meso-erythritol and a method for producing the MEL with use of a microorganism.	03-22-2012

Tokuma Fukuoka, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100004472	BIOSURFACTANT-CONTAINING SKIN CARE COSMETIC AND SKIN ROUGHNESS-IMPROVING AGENT - The present invention relates to a cosmetic for skin roughness improvement/skin care containing a biosurfactant, particularly MEL-A, MEL-B or MEL-C.	01-07-2010
20100168405	ACTIVATOR INCLUDING BIOSURFACTANT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, MANNOSYL ERYTHRITOL LIPID, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention includes as an active ingredient at least one biosurfactant, in particular mannosyl alditol lipid (such as MEL and MML) or triacylated mannosyl alditol lipid. This allows providing an activator and anti-aging agent that is excellent in activating and anti-aging effects on cells and that is safe enough to be used for a long time, and also providing cosmetics, quasi-drugs, drugs, and drinks and foods including the activator and the anti-aging agent as active ingredients. Further, the present invention provides MEL whose mannosyl erythritol skeleton in a molecular structure is 1-O-β-D-mannopyranosyl-meso-erythritol and a method for producing the MEL with use of a microorganism.	07-01-2010
20100228013	ACTIVATOR INCLUDING BIOSURFACTANT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, MANNOSYL ERYTHRITOL LIPID, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention includes as an active ingredient at least one biosurfactant, in particular mannosyl alditol lipid (such as MEL and MML) or triacylated mannosyl alditol lipid. This allows providing an activator and anti-aging agent that is excellent in activating and anti-aging effects on cells and that is safe enough to be used for a long time, and also providing cosmetics, quasi-drugs, drugs, and drinks and foods including the activator and the anti-aging agent as active ingredients. Further, the present invention provides MEL whose mannosyl erythritol skeleton in a molecular structure is 1-O-β-D-mannopyranosyl-meso-erythritol and a method for producing the MEL with use of a microorganism.	09-09-2010
20110257116	BIOSURFACTANT-CONTAINING SKIN CARE COSMETIC AND SKIN ROUGHNESS-IMPROVING AGENT - The present invention relates to a cosmetic for skin roughness improvement/skin care containing a biosurfactant, particularly MEL-A, MEL-B or MEL-C.	10-20-2011

Tomohiro Fukuoka, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080218782	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing system is disclosed that includes a buffer unit configured to store a predetermined pixel and peripheral pixels neighboring the predetermined pixel in image data in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a first edge-detecting circuit configured to calculate a maximum value and a minimum value of a set of pixels selected from the peripheral pixels that have the same color as the predetermined pixel to calculate a difference value between the maximum value and the minimum value.	09-11-2008

Tomohiro Fukuoka, Kasugai JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090207283	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a decoding processor including a decoder configured to decode encoded data of image data of one frame having a plurality of pixels encoded by a variable length coding method and generating decoded data, and a data transfer unit configured to select decoded data in a target partial region in which a predetermined image processing is to be performed as partial image data out of the decoded data inputted from the decoder and transfer the selected data; and an image processor configured to perform the given image processing on the partial image data selected in the data transfer unit and store the image-processed partial image data in a storage device.	08-20-2009

Toru Fukuoka, Anjo-Shi JP

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20100116112	Cutting machine - It is an object of the invention to improve a precision of cutting operation for a cutting machine. Representative cutting machine includes a tool body with a blade and a base having an opening through which part of the blade protrudes downward. A blade cutting direction indicating member is provided on a front end of the base in a direction of movement of the base and can be adjusted in mounting position with respect to the base. The blade cutting direction indicating member also adapted as a blade positioning member for positioning the blade with respect to a cutting line marked on the workpiece.	05-13-2010

Toshihiko Fukuoka, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090187937	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION - An interface block (	07-23-2009

Toshimi Fukuoka, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110172996	VOICE INPUT DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A voice input device, a method for manufacturing the same, and an information processing system are provided. The voice input device has a function of removing a noise component and includes a first microphone	07-14-2011

Toshiyuki Fukuoka, Kawasaki JP

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20080215232	Driving assist system and vehicle-mounted apparatus - There is provided a driving assist system comprising: a road side apparatus which transmits the traffic circumstance information; and a vehicle-mounted apparatus including: an outputting part which outputs driving assist information for assisting a driving operation on the basis of output data on the basis of the at least one kind of the traffic circumstance information; and a controller for: generating the output data for outputting the driving assist information based on the traffic circumstance information; determining whether the output data is valid; and selecting one the output data which is determined as valid, on the basis of a predetermined standard validity, wherein the outputting part outputs the driving assist information using the selected output data.	09-04-2008

Yoshiyuki Fukuoka, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090098376	Double-Sided Adhesive Tape for Securing Polishing-Pad - To provide a double-sided adhesive tape for securing a polishing-pad, the tape being capable of improving precision in polishing using a polishing-pad.	04-16-2009

Yuji Fukuoka, Kahoku JP

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20080229133	POWER REDUCTION DEVICE FOR DATA BACKUP - A power reducer for data backup stops a power supply one after another for each memory whose backup has been completed, thereby reducing power consumption for battery during the backup lengthening a data backup time. The power reducer for data backup in a device includes an external power supply unit supplying power to the device, auxiliary power supply unit charging based upon the power supply from the external power supply unit and supplying auxiliary power to the device when the power from the external power supply unit is stopped, a cache memory having first and second memory units and recording a part of data stored in a storage medium, and a controller controlling power from the auxiliary power supply unit to the device and stopping power to the first or second memory unit one after another.	09-18-2008

Yusuke Fukuoka, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090166622	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MANUFACTURED BY SUCH APPARATUS - When a flow rate of a diluent gas is larger than a flow rate of a reaction gas, a reaction gas introducing tube (	07-02-2009
20090253246	PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a plasma processing device capable of forming a film in a favorable manner irrespective of deflection generated in an anode electrode and a cathode electrode in the case where an area of the electrodes is increased.	10-08-2009

Yusuke Fukuoka, Ikoma-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090084433	THIN-FILM SOLAR BATTERY MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A thin-film solar battery module comprising: a plurality of thin-film solar batteries; a supporting plate; and a frame, the thin-film solar battery having a string in which a plurality of thin-film photoelectric conversion elements, each formed by sequentially stacking a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode layer on a surface of an insulated substrate, are electrically connected in series, wherein the frame is attached to an outer circumference of the supporting plate in a condition that the plurality of thin-film solar batteries are arranged and fixed on the supporting plate.	04-02-2009