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Futoshi Abe, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110020154STATOR OF ROTARY ELECTRIC MOTOR AND FUEL PUMP - A stator of a rotary electric motor has core segments. All or some of the core segments have terminal mounting members for mounting terminals to which coils are connected. The terminal mounting member and the bobbin for each of the core segments are molded by resin and integrated with the corresponding core segment.01-27-2011

Futoshi Fusejima, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100093886ORGANIC AND INORGANIC COMPOSITE FILLER - To provide an organic and inorganic composite filler which gives excellent surface smoothness similar to that of a natural tooth, low polymerization shrinkage, high X-ray imaging property and high mechanical strength to a dental restoration material composite, an organic and inorganic composite filler used for a dental restoration material is produced by curing and pulverizing a (meth)acrylate compound including 50 to 80% by weight of a glass powder having a maximum particle diameter of 5 μm or less, an average particle diameter from 0.05 to 2 μm, and X-ray imaging property, and 10 to 40% by weight of a metal compound having an average particle diameter from 0.005 to 0.3 μm and X-ray imaging property at the maximum of 90% by weight in total, where the organic and inorganic composite filler has preferably an average particle diameter from 10 to 30 μm.04-15-2010

Futoshi Hirai, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110043912IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of effectively removing dust attached to an optical member due to mounting/removing of a photographic lens in a power-off state, to thereby prevent degradation of image quality. In the image pickup apparatus, when position information of a contact brush that moves in a manner interlocked with mounting/removing of the photographic lens differs immediately after execution of power-on operation from position information obtained immediately after execution of power-off operation, it is determined that photographic lens mounting/removing operation was carried out during power-off, and a camera microcomputer outputs a warning advising cleaning of the optical member.02-24-2011
20110187959ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a display panel, a retention member retaining the display panel, and an external case covering the retention member. The retention member has a retention main body portion retaining the display panel and a plurality of fastening portions for fixing to the external case. At least one of the plurality of fastening portions has a displacement absorbing portion absorbing displacement of the retention member.08-04-2011

Patent applications by Futoshi Hirai, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Futoshi Ishida, Takatsuki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110195279METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for an information recording medium, wherein the abrasive and foreign matters adhered on the glass substrate after the polishing step are surely removed without making the cleaning step complicated. The glass substrate is cleaned by scrubbing with water to which 0.5-5.0 mass % of hydrogen peroxide has been added as a cleaning solution.08-11-2011

Futoshi Ishii, Nagahama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110194819CONNECTOR COMPONENT FOR OPTICAL FIBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND OPTICAL MEMBER - A connector component for optical fibers has good dimensional accuracy and parallelism. The connector component includes a base material. The base material is provided with at least two holes for inserting and fixing optical fibers therein. The base material is made of quartz glass. Inner components are arranged for forming holes for inserting optical fibers in a die for forming an outer form of the connector component with a dimensional accuracy equal to or less than 2 μm. Slurry is poured into the die, the slurry including quartz powder, a resin binder, a dispersant, water and a curing agent. The poured slurry is cured and heated under vacuum so as to vitrify the cured slurry to obtain the quartz glass.08-11-2011

Futoshi Izumi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090284299PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND BACKPLANE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - In a receiving-side printed circuit board, a reflected-waveform analyzing unit analyzes a reflected wave generated in a transmission line on a backplane along with transmission of a signal from a transmitting-side printed circuit board, and acquires waveform data that indicates a waveform of the reflected wave. An input signal identifying unit calculates a size of the reflected wave that is currently received based on the waveform data and data on previously received signals. The input signal identifying unit corrects a threshold value by the calculated size, and identifies a state of a bit indicated by the signal from the transmitting-side printed circuit board.11-19-2009

Futoshi Kadonome, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100151378TONER - Disclosed is toner in which is used in an image formation process comprising the steps of transferring an image of toner formed on a photoreceptor onto a recording sheet, and removing any residual toner remaining on any of the photoreceptor, an intermediate transfer member and a secondary transfer member with a cleaning blade, the toner containing at least toner particles (A) and small particles (B), wherein the toner particles (A) have an average circularity of from 0.93 to 0.99 and a number-based median diameter (D06-17-2010

Futoshi Kanazawa, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100249258STRETCHED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOAM SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a stretched thermoplastic resin foam sheet that has excellent flexibility even compressed to a thickness as thin as about 0.05 mm, and a method for producing the same. The stretched thermoplastic resin foam sheet of the present invention is producible by stretching a thermoplastic resin foam sheet and has a compressive strength of 1 to 500 kPa as measured in accordance with JIS K6767 when compressed in a thickness direction thereof to a thickness of 0.05 mm. Accordingly, the stretched thermoplastic resin foam sheet has excellent flexibility even compressed to a thickness as thin as about 0.05 mm and is suitably used as a sealing material for a small electronic device such as mobile phones.09-30-2010

Futoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090034074LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a first holding member configured to hold a lens, a second holding member configured to hold the first holding member, a protection member located at an object side of the lens in an openable and closable manner and configured to protect the lens when in a closed state, and a drive member configured to open and close the protection member. The first holding member includes an adjustment surface configured to support the first holding member rotatable with respect to the second holding member around a point located on an optical axis of the lens. The drive member is located such that the drive member overlaps the first holding member as viewed from an optical axis direction of the lens.02-05-2009

Futoshi Kozato, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110010899Metallic One-Side Teeth and Two-Way Slide Fastener - Metallic one-side teeth that attain preventing of colliding contact at interlock, enhancing of rigidity against moment by horizontal pull force and construction of simple structure; and a two-way slide fastener utilizing the metallic one-side teeth. An upper inclined plane (01-20-2011

Futoshi Kurokawa, Tachikawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110056878MEMBRANE FILTRATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a membrane filtration system includes a raw water tank, a first tank, a second tank, a nanofiltration membrane module comprises a nanofiltration membrane, and removes the solute from the raw water with a solute removal rate of 1% to 30%, a first pump for supplying the raw water from the raw water tank to the module to cause the raw water to permeate through the membrane and send the water that has permeated through the membrane as a primary water to the first tank, a RO module comprises a RO membrane that further removes the solute from the primary water, and a second pump for supplying the primary water from the first tank to the RO module to cause the primary water to permeate through the membrane and send the water that has permeated through the membrane as a secondary water to the second tank.03-10-2011
20110062062POWER RECOVERY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a power recovery apparatus used in a desalination apparatus including a reverse osmosis membrane which extracts fresh water from seawater and ejects concentrated water includes a pressure conversion section and a seawater supply section to collect energy of the concentrated water. The pressure conversion section includes a movable part dividing inside of the conversion section into first and second spaces, moves the movable part by causing the first space to receive the concentrated water, and pushes out seawater filled in the second space by the movable part to output the seawater. The pressure conversion section further includes a drive mechanism which drives the movable part so as to output the seawater from the second space. The seawater supply section merges the seawater from the pressure conversion section with the seawater supplied to the reverse osmosis membrane.03-17-2011
20110062063POWER RECOVERY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a power recovery apparatus used in a desalination apparatus including a reverse osmosis membrane which extracts fresh water from seawater and ejects concentrated water includes a pressure conversion section and a seawater supply section to collect energy of the concentrated water. The pressure conversion section includes a movable part dividing inside of the conversion section into first and second spaces, moves the movable part by causing the first space to receive the concentrated water, and pushes out seawater filled in the second space by the movable part to output the seawater. The seawater supply section merges the seawater from the pressure conversion section with the seawater supplied to the reverse osmosis membrane.03-17-2011
20110220561SEAWATER DESALINATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a seawater desalination system includes a membrane filtering pump, a first to third flowmeter, a filtering membrane, a high-pressure pump, a pressure gauge, a reverse osmosis membrane, a discharge valve and a control module. The membrane filtering pump outputs seawater according to a first control signal. The first flowmeter measures flow rate Q09-15-2011
20110278208SEAWATER DESALINATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a seawater desalination apparatus includes a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of seawater which is supplied to a reverse osmosis membrane that is configured to separate seawater into fresh water and condensed seawater and to discharge the fresh water and the condensed seawater, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the fresh water which is discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the condensed seawater discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane or a flow amount of the seawater discharged from a booster pump, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the seawater which is supplied to a power recovery device, and a controller configured to execute control based on values measured by the sensors.11-17-2011

Futoshi Magosaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110197460SIX-DIRECTION INDICATOR - A six-direction indicator is provided in an XYZ rectangular coordinate system and includes a shaft on an X axis, a rotation member rotatable around an axis inclined with respect to a rotation axis, guide pins provided upright on the rotation member, and a guide member provided around the X-axis to surround the rotation member. The guide member has a zigzag slit track bent alternately in a mountain-like shape and a valley-like shape in the X direction at intervals of 60° around the X-axis. The guide pins are inserted in the slit track and move around on the slit track by rotation of the shaft. The device indicates one of the positive and negative directions on the U, V, and W axes crossing one another at intervals of 60° around the X-axis.08-18-2011

Futoshi Matsunaga, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100043937LOW-NOISE PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a low-noise pneumatic tire for reducing a cavity resonance sound generated inside the tire. An inner liner layer is made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition formed by blending the thermoplastic resin with an elastomer. Multiple types of convex portions differing from each other in protruding height h are formed on at least a region of an inner wall surface of the inner liner layer, the region corresponding to a tread portion. Each of the convex portions has a strip shape, protrudes from the inner liner layer, and extends in a tire width direction. The convex portions are intermittently arranged in a tire circumferential direction.02-25-2010
20100147440PNEUMATIC TIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a pneumatic tire and a manufacturing method therefor which allow a reduction in a cavity resonance sound without complicated manufacturing steps. A pneumatic tire of the present invention includes: a pair of bead portions; a carcass layer bridged between the pair of bead portions; and an inner liner layer disposed at a tire inner surface side of the carcass layer, the inner liner layer being made of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by blending a thermoplastic resin with an elastomer. The inner liner layer has a laminated structure including multiple film layers having different melting points of the thermoplastic resin from each other. The film layer having the lowest melting point of the thermoplastic resin is foamed to form multiple convex portions in the tire inner surface.06-17-2010

Futoshi Morie, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225173SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing bitstream in a small circuit scale includes an input buffer in which a bitstream is stored, a first processor which generates a program for processing a signal B corresponding to a signal A by taking out the signal A from the bitstream stored in the input buffer and by using at least one related signal included in the signal A, the related signal being related to the signal B; and a second processor which acquires the program generated by the first processor and executes the acquired program to process the signal B corresponding to the signal A.09-18-2008
20120005562ENCODED STREAM DECODING DEVICE - In an encoded stream decoding device, a storage amount checking circuit confirms that a sufficient amount of stream has been stored in a buffer circuit. Thereafter, a control circuit starts repeatedly outputting a control signal to a decoding circuit to instruct the decoding circuit to perform a variable-length decoding process. If, by iterating the decoding process, the total amount of a consumed stream in the buffer circuit 01-05-2012

Futoshi Nakamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120017713ROLLING ELEMENT SCREW DEVICE - Provided is a rolling-element screw device which does not sacrifice a stroke distance of a nut member (01-26-2012

Futoshi Nakanishi, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090059153DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate having a group of terminal electrodes on one side thereof, at least one of the terminal electrodes forming a branched electrode with an isolation region extending along an elongating direction of each the terminal electrode and a second substrate opposing the first substrate such that the terminal electrodes are exposed from an overlapping area of the first substrate and the second substrate.03-05-2009

Patent applications by Futoshi Nakanishi, Kawasaki JP

Futoshi Nishida, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080259586Circuit Structure - There is provided a circuit structure in which a control circuit is formed on the upper surface of an insulating plate 10-23-2008

Futoshi Nishimura, Yawata-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100117763BANDPASS FILTER AND PROCESS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A bandpass filter includes a combination of a BAW filter and a patterned planar filter with stubs. The BAW filter is composed of a plurality of piezoelectric resonators to give a specific frequency bandpass, while the planer filter is configured to attenuate frequencies near and outside the bandpass. The resonators are connected in a ladder configuration between a first signal transmission path and a ground. The planar filter includes a strip line formed on a dielectric layer to define a second signal transmission path. The BAW filter and the planar filter are formed on a common substrate with the first and second transmission paths connected to each other. The BAW filter, in combination with the patterned planar filter added with the stub, can improve a deep near-band rejection inherent to the BAW filter, exhibiting an excellent out-of-band rejection over certain adjacent frequency ranges outside of the bandpass, and therefore give a sharp and wide bandpass.05-13-2010

Futoshi Nishioka, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110257870INTAKE AIR CONTROL APPARATUS AND INTAKE AIR CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE - An intake air control apparatus for an internal-combustion engine includes an intake air adjusting device. An operating mode determination device is configured to determine whether the internal-combustion engine is in a predetermined high rotation speed and high load operation mode in which cooling is required by increasing an amount of fuel. An intake air reduction controller is configured to, if the operating mode determination device determines that the internal-combustion engine is in the predetermined high rotation speed and high load operation mode, control the intake air adjusting device so that an intake air amount is reduced in accordance with a rotation speed of the internal-combustion engine and an ignition timing in order to restrict a fuel injection quantity to be injected from a fuel injection valve so that the fuel injection quantity does not exceed a maximum fueling rate of the fuel injection valve.10-20-2011

Futoshi Nomura, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080198461Retroreflective Sheeting Provided With Destructive Layer - This invention provides a retroreflective sheeting provided with a destructive layer, which comprises at least a surface layer, retroreflective element layer and adhesive layer, characterized in that at least one destructive layer is provided between the layers constituting the retroreflective sheeting, that the resin constituting said destructive layer is alicyclic polyolefin resin or alicyclic acrylic resin; and when the retroreflective sheeting which is once stuck on a substrate is peeled off from the substrate, that the peeling takes place at the interface of the destructive layer and the layer which is in intimate contact therewith and/or by destruction of the destructive layer.08-21-2008
20080226906Retroreflective Sheeting - The invention provides an enclosed lens-type retroreflective sheeting comprising at least a large number of micro glass beads (09-18-2008

Futoshi Okada, Yamagata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120034651Akt activity specifically inhibiting polypeptide - The present invention is to provide a polypeptide specifically inhibiting the activity of Akt (Protein Kinase B), the DNA thereof, the antibody thereof, an inhibitor of Akt activity or an antitumor agent, and the like. The polypeptide comprises polypeptides (SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 of the sequence listing) that contain an amino acid sequence corresponding to any of the position of amino acid residue 10-24 of human TCL1, amino acid residue 8-22 of human TCL1B, amino acid residue 5-19 of human MTCP1, and amino acid residue 9-24 of mouse or rat TCL1; and the derivatives. Further, the present invention includes DNA encording the polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8 or 10 of the sequence listing), and the antibodies specifically binding to the polypeptides. The polypeptide of the present invention can be used for an inhibitor of Akt activity, an antitumor agent, or the like.02-09-2012

Futoshi Okamoto, Ochi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090295778OLED Driver and Lighting Apparatus Equipped With the Driver - An OLED driver possesses a square-wave voltage source, a controller and a detector. In accordance with first control, the source generates square-wave voltage and applies the voltage across at least one organic electroluminescence element to drive the element. The controller controls the source in accordance with the first control. The detector detects equivalent capacitance inherent in the element. The controller also judges whether or not the element is normal based on the equivalent capacitance. If the element is normal, the controller operates in accordance with the first control. If the element is not normal, the controller operates in accordance with predetermined second control for the element which is not normal.12-03-2009

Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090317141DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development apparatus 12-24-2009
20110311279DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A developing device comprising: a first transport member disposed in a first transport passage and configured to rotate and thereby transport developer; a second transport member disposed in a second transport passage and configured to rotate and thereby transport the developer; and a developer carrier configured to carry the developer supplied from the first transport passage, wherein the second transport passage is composed of an upstream section and a downstream section, the second transport passage communicates with the first transport passage via a first communication passage and a second communication passage, the upstream section is configured to receive refill toner, and V12-22-2011

Patent applications by Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa-Shi JP

Futoshi Ota, Yamagata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100184296Semiconductor device manufacturing method, wafer treatment system, and recording medium - A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes loading plural dry-etched wafers one by one in a container having a side door so as to be disposed substantially horizontally and in layers vertically therein; and blowing out a purge gas horizontally to those wafers loaded in the container for 30 sec or more after all the subject wafers are loaded in the container while the side door is open.07-22-2010

Futoshi Shimizu, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100186197Harness clip structure - A clip body (07-29-2010

Futoshi Shirakihara, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090296962Impulse Response Processing Apparatus and Reverberation Imparting Apparatus - An impulse response processing apparatus is composed of a waveform divider, a time adjuster, an interpolation processor and a waveform synthesizer. The waveform divider divides an impulse response into a plurality of base blocks on a time axis. The time adjuster increases a time difference between two adjacent ones of the plurality of the base blocks. The interpolation processor generates an interpolation block. The waveform synthesizer generates a new impulse response by arranging the interpolation block between the two adjacent base blocks generated through adjustment of the time adjuster.12-03-2009
20100027801Impulse Response Processing Device, Reverberation Applying Device and Program - In an impulse response processing device, a waveform dividing part divides a waveform of an original impulse response into a plurality of blocks on a time axis. A time adjusting part performs a time adjustment to reduce a time difference between successive ones of the blocks. A waveform synthesizing part generates a waveform of a new impulse response by adding the blocks on the time axis after the time adjustment by the time adjusting part. Further, a windowing part performs a windowing process to multiply each block by a window function having a window width corresponding to a width of the block, a function value of the window function decreasing from a center to both ends of the block. The waveform synthesizing part generates the new impulse response using the blocks after the windowing process by the windowing part.02-04-2010

Futoshi Shirazawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090091480HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE FOR PERFORMING EFFECTIVE PHASE COMPENSATION OF CLOCK FOR INPUT DIGITAL SIGNAL - A high-frequency module includes a high-speed logic circuit for processing an input digital signal having a transmission rate of several tens of Gbps by detecting the level of the input digital signal by using a clock having a frequency of several tens of GHz; a variable delay circuit for adding a specific amount of delay to the clock, and outputting the clock to the high-speed logic circuit, wherein the amount of delay is variably set in accordance with a manipulation signal; a phase comparator for measuring a phase difference between the input digital signal and the clock which is input into the high-speed logic circuit, and outputting a phase-difference signal in accordance with the phase difference; a filter for extracting a direct-current signal, which indicates the phase difference, from the phase-difference signal input from the phase comparator; and a controller for generating the manipulation signal assigned to the variable delay circuit, by using the direct-current signal input from the filter.04-09-2009

Futoshi Takeda, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080266700Disc Apparatus - A disc apparatus which can judge accurately whether or not a spindle motor is at fault due to a short circuit is provided.10-30-2008

Futoshi Takeuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110047588Wired transmission line for AV devices - There is provided a wired transmission line for AV devices which includes a first AV device and a second AV device, the wired transmission line allowing millimeter-wave communication between the first AV device and the second AV device using a millimeter-wave communication module provided for each of the first AV device and the second AV device, wherein the wired transmission line includes: a first coupling unit capable of being attached to a housing of the first AV device above the millimeter-wave communication module included in the first AV device; a second coupling unit capable of being attached to a housing of the second AV device above the millimeter-wave communication module included in the second AV device; and a waveguide which couples the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit.02-24-2011
20110080942Transmission apparatus and transmission method - A transmission apparatus includes: an encode section that encodes image data and is capable of controlling a generated code amount; a transmission section to wirelessly transmit the encoded image data; and a control section to detect a quality of a wireless transmission of the encoded image data and control, based on the detected quality, a wireless transmission rate as a transmission code amount of the transmission section per unit time and an image transmission rate as a generated code amount of the encode section per unit time, the image transmission rate being controlled within a first response time when being lowered and controlled within a second response time longer than the first response time when being raised.04-07-2011

Futoshi Yamamoto, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212915Nested modulator - A nested modulator is provided where the circuit arrangement of modifying electrodes including signal electrodes is simplified, and at the same time, the drive voltage can be lowered.09-04-2008

Futoshi Yamamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090116802Optical Control Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The purpose of present inventions is to provide an optical control device having a single-mode waveguide in the optical control device having the ridge waveguide, and to stably manufacture and provide the optical control device having the single-mode waveguide with high precision even when the substrate is a thin plate with the thickness of 10 μm or less. An optical control device having a substrate 05-07-2009
20100232736Optical Control Device - It is an object to provide an optical control device capable of realizing speed matching between a microwave and a light wave or impedance matching of microwaves and of reducing a driving voltage. An optical control device including a thin plate 09-16-2010
20110197432Method for forming polarization reversal - A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal in a desired region of a ferroelectric substrate includes the steps of forming, for the desired region of the surface of the ferroelectric substrate, an electrode pattern or a mask pattern composed of aggregates of micropatterns, and then applying a given voltage into the desired region. The configuration of the micropatterns can be a stripe-shaped pattern, an ellipse-shaped pattern, a hexagon-shaped pattern, a network pattern, or a double cross shaped pattern. The method can further include the steps of generating many nucleuses by using the electrode pattern or the mask pattern composed of the aggregates of micropatterns, forming another electrode pattern or another mask pattern corresponding to the desired region, and then applying a given voltage into the desired region to generate a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal around the nucleuses.08-18-2011
20110201133Method for forming polarization reversal - A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal, including the steps of forming a concave portion on a top face of a ferroelectric substrate or a bottom face of a ferroelectric substrate, and applying an electric field into the substrate, wherein a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal is formed at least in one portion of a region of the substrate with the concave portion, and wherein the shape of the concave portion is configured such that the width of the concave portion gets narrower gradually toward the inside of the substrate. The method may further include the steps of, after the reversal, making into almost a flat-plane the top or bottom face having the concave portion, and then, forming a new concave portion in another region and applying an electric field to form another reversal in one portion of the region of the substrate having the new concave portion.08-18-2011
20110206860Method for forming polarization reversal - A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal includes the steps of forming a convexo-concave structure on a top face of a ferroelectric substrate firstly, and then forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization region on the substrate including one portion of a convex portion, with a concave portion being formed on the bottom face of the substrate within a region where a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal is to be formed and the convex portion is formed, and then applying an electric field into the substrate. The depth of the concave portion on the bottom face of the substrate may be greater than the height of the convex portion on the top face of the substrate. The width of the concave portion on the bottom face of the substrate may be wider than width of said convex portion on the top face of the substrate.08-25-2011

Patent applications by Futoshi Yamamoto, Tokyo JP

Futoshi Yoshida, Ashigara--Kami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090130613Silver Halide color photographic light-sensitive material and color image-forming method - A color-image forming method in a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material, having the steps of: performing exposure of the light-sensitive material cut into sheets; and subjecting the exposed light-sensitive material sheets to photographic processing, while conveying them with conveying rollers, with the sheet conveying speed being 40.0 to 100 mm/sec; wherein the light-sensitive material to be exposed contains any of: 1) a dye-forming coupler of formula (IA), 2) a compound of formula (I), and 3) 1.4 mg/m05-21-2009