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Hanamoto, JP

Hidetoshi Hanamoto, Suntou-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080240750IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND UNIT REMOVABLY INSTALLED IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a controller which sets fixing conditions in a fixing unit in accordance with the type of printing medium sensed by a sensor. An intermediate transfer member and sensor are configured as an intermediate transfer member unit. The intermediate transfer member unit is removably installed in the main body of the image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer member unit has a storage unit which stores information used to determine the type printing medium by the sensor.10-02-2008
20090087207IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image-forming apparatus sets a DAC output voltage 04-02-2009
20100316399IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND UNIT REMOVABLY INSTALLED IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a controller which sets fixing conditions in a fixing unit in accordance with the type of printing medium sensed by a sensor. An intermediate transfer member and sensor are configured as an intermediate transfer member unit. The intermediate transfer member unit is removably installed in the main body of the image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer member unit has a storage unit which stores information used to determine the type printing medium by the sensor.12-16-2010

Patent applications by Hidetoshi Hanamoto, Suntou-Gun JP

Katsuhiko Hanamoto, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100054833DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A document feeder includes a document feeding means which feeds document sheets stacked on a document tray one at a time, a registration means which feeds each document sheet to an image reading position, a re-feeding means which receives the document sheet after a first side thereof is read and re-feeds the document sheet to allow a second side to be read, a discharging means which discharges the document sheet, a first drive transmission mechanism which transmits a driving force to the document feeding means and the re-feeding means, and a second drive transmission mechanism which transmits the driving force to the registration means and the discharging means. The driving force is transmitted to the first and second drive transmission mechanisms from a single motor. A clutch is provided upstream of the document feeding means in a direction in which the driving force is transmitted in the first drive transmission mechanism.03-04-2010
20110175277AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is an automatic document conveying device, including: a document feeding portion that feeds a document from a document stacking tray; a conveying portion that conveys the document which is fed, to a document reading portion; a discharge portion that discharges the document after being read to a discharge tray; a branching guide that switches a conveying path so that a second surface is read after a first surface of the document is read; and a switchback portion including a switchback roller pair for sending the document to the conveying portion again after the conveying path is switched by the branching guide, in which a switch of the conveying path by the branching guide and open/close of a nip of the switchback roller pair are performed in one drive portion.07-21-2011
20110235131IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A position adjustment mechanism (09-29-2011

Patent applications by Katsuhiko Hanamoto, Osaka JP

Kazuhisa Hanamoto, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090216358ASSEMBLY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND ASSEMBLY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An assembly information management apparatus includes a detection means for detecting an update of a selected part selected from a group of parts constituting any assembly information in the set, a first calculation means for calculating outline shape data of the selected part after being updated from the selected part detected by the detection means, an identification means for identifying a common assembly information group sharing the selected part from the set, a second calculation means for calculating outline shape data of common assembly information for each piece of common assembly information identified by the identification means based on outline shape data of remaining parts after excluding the selected part constituting the common assembly information and outline shape data of the selected part after being updated calculated by the first calculation means, and an association means for associating each piece of the common assembly information with outline shape data.08-27-2009

Miyuki Hanamoto, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110045753POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad which comprises a laminate of an abrasive layer with a cushioning layer. The abrasive layer has a Microrubber A hardness of 75 degrees or higher and a thickness of 0.8-3.0 mm. The cushioning layer comprises an unfoamed elastomer and has a thickness of 0.05-1.5 mm. The abrasive layer has at least two kinds of grooves formed in the surface. One of the two kinds of grooves is first grooves and the other is second grooves. The first grooves each has a groove width of 0.5-1.2 mm, and has a groove pitch of 7.5-50 mm. The second grooves each has a groove width of 1.5-3 mm, and has a groove pitch of 20-50 mm. Each of the first grooves and each of the second grooves are open to side edge faces of the abrasive layer.02-24-2011

Miyuki Hanamoto, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090042480POLISHING PAD AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing pad forms a planar surface on glass, semiconductors, dielectric material/metal composites and integrated circuits, as well as a polishing apparatus where it is difficult for the surface of the substrate to be scratched, the state of polishing can be accurately measured optically during polishing, and whether or not the entire surface of the workpiece is uniformly polished can be measured. The polishing pad includes a through hole that connects the polishing surface and the rear surface in such a location as to pass through the center of the wafer during polishing, the end of the through hole closer to the center of the polishing pad is at a distance of no less than 35% of the radius from the center of the polishing pad, the length of the through hole in the direction of the center of the polishing pad is the same as or shorter than the length in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the center of the polishing pad, the length of the through hole in the direction of the center of the polishing pad is no more than 10% of the radius, and the length of the through hole in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the center of the polishing pad is no more than 12.5% of the radius.02-12-2009

Nobuyuki Hanamoto, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100064310BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of transmitting video data to a display panel. The apparatus includes a managing unit configured to manage history information on a program transmitted to individual display panels in association with display panel information, a first determination unit configured to determine whether the program transmitted to the display panels is a restricted program that requires authentication information, a second determination unit configured, if the program is determined to be the restricted program, to determine, using the history information, whether the display panel is a display panel that displayed the restricted program in the past, and a control unit configured to transmit video data of the restricted program to the display panel if the display panel displayed the restricted program in the past.03-11-2010

Shinichi Hanamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080233833Transformable Toy and Leg Structure for Toys - The present invention provides a transformable toy with which the user can enjoy the transforming process of the figure of the toy much more than ever. A movable toy includes an assembly composed of a plurality of components. The assembly is mounted onto an upper body of a toy doll to constitute an exterior 09-25-2008

Patent applications by Shinichi Hanamoto, Tokyo JP

Tadayuki Hanamoto, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090173272Apparatus for pulling single crystal by CZ method - In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method.07-09-2009

Tadayuki Hanamoto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080311019Apparatus for pulling single crystal by CZ method - In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method.12-18-2008
20080311021Apparatus for pulling single crystal by CZ method - In a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal puller equipped with a cooler and a thermal insulation member, which are to be disposed in a CZ furnace, smooth recharge and additional charge of material are made possible. Further, elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method can be performed smoothly. To these ends, there is provided a CZ single crystal puller, wherein a cooler and a thermal insulation member are immediately moved upward away from a melt surface during recharge or additional charge of material or during elimination of dislocations from a silicon seed crystal by use of the Dash's neck method.12-18-2008

Patent applications by Tadayuki Hanamoto, Kanagawa JP

Takashi Hanamoto, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100107437VACUUM FREEZE-DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VACUUM FREEZE DRYING - A vacuum freeze-drying apparatus capable of rapid drying is provided. A cold trap for drying, which is arranged inside a drying chamber, is set to a low temperature of −70 degrees Celsius or below, and heat is supplied to frozen particles on a conveyor belt to a degree such that the frozen particles do not melt. The amount of the liquid component evaporating from the frozen particles increases, and the amount of the liquid component entering the frozen particles decreases so that the time for drying the frozen particles is shortened.05-06-2010

Takashi Hanamoto, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100328697PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In the conventional printing application, it is impossible to easily overview which image is printed in which page, so that there is a drawback that a user is required to perform the printing while imagining printing result. An idea for more quickly providing the printing result at the same time when the printing is performed by simple operation has not been sufficiently made. In order to solve the problems, a printing apparatus includes decoding means for, before the an instruction is given, decoding the image to be printed in at least a first sheet with the layout selected by layout selecting means among images selected by image selecting means and printing controlling means for effecting the printing of image data decoded by the decoding means, and a printing method includes steps to be executed in the printing apparatus.12-30-2010
20110192047FREEZE-DRYING APPARATUS AND FREEZE-DRYING METHOD - [Object] To provide a freeze-drying apparatus and a freeze-drying method, which are capable of increasing a drying efficiency of frozen particles.08-11-2011

Patent applications by Takashi Hanamoto, Kanagawa JP

Takashi Hanamoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090154827IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention is to easily generate a normal map at a low cost. Hence, image data representing the characteristic of the surface of paper is inputted using an image input device. The type of finish of the paper is determined. Filtering processing corresponding to the type of finish is performed for the image data. A normal map is generated from the image data on which the filtering processing is performed.06-18-2009
20090273819IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing method for displaying a simulation image of an image formed on a print medium under a first light-source color on a display device under a second light-source color comprises an acquisition step of acquiring image data to be simulated in a format according to the second light-source color, a reflective color calculation step of calculating a reflective color obtained when the acquired image data is located under an achromatic light-source color, a glossy color calculation step of converting the first light-source color into the format according to the second light-source color, and calculating a glossy color of the image data based on the converted first light-source color, and a generation step of generating an image to be displayed by adding the reflective color calculated in the reflective color calculation step and the glossy color calculated in the glossy color calculation step.11-05-2009
20110007333COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A color processing apparatus configured to simulate a print product output by a printer on a monitor. The apparatus includes a first conversion unit configured to convert color data representing an image of the simulation object into color data in a printer color space, a first calculation unit configured to calculate color data of diffuse reflection in a line-of-sight direction from color data in the printer color space, a second calculation unit configured to calculate color data in the printer color space and specular reflection color data, a third calculation unit configured to calculate color data of specular reflection in a line-of-sight direction from color data of specular reflection calculated using a parameter representing an exitance of the glossiness and colorless light-source color data, a combination unit configured to combine the color data of diffuse reflection and color data of specular reflection, and a second conversion unit configured to convert the combined color data to color data in the monitor color space.01-13-2011
20110206292IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention makes it possible to obtain an enlarged image while suppressing noise and maintaining the sharpness of an original image only by setting a simple enlargement ratio without no special knowledge. Original image data (Ia) is enlarged in accordance with a set enlargement ratio (E) to generate an enlarged image (IA). The enlarged image (IA) is smoothed by using a smoothing filter with a size depending on the enlargement ratio (E) to generate smoothed image data (IB). Difference image data (IC) is generated by calculating the difference between the enlarged image data (IA) and the smoothed image data (IB). The generated difference image data is multiplied by an emphasis coefficient. The product is added to the enlarged image data, thereby obtaining image data (IS) that has undergone enlargement/unsharp masking.08-25-2011

Patent applications by Takashi Hanamoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Tetsuya Hanamoto, Okayama-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090038477EVAPORATED FUEL GAS ADSORBENT, EVAPORATED FUEL GAS TRAPPING APPARATUS, ACTIVE CARBON AND PROCESS PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides an evaporated fuel gas adsorbent, an evaporated fuel gas trapping apparatus that uses the adsorbent, an activated carbon, and a process for producing the activated carbon. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent is capable of improving adsorptivity and desorptivity by reliably preventing a temperature rise and a temperature fall caused by heat generated in response to the adsorption and desorption of evaporated fuel gas, is capable of achieving a size reduction of the device, and is capable of being easily produced. The activated carbon has high mechanical strength and high abrasive resistance, has many pores suitable to adsorb an organic solvent, especially, evaporated fuel gas, and has a high packing density. The activated-carbon producing process is industrially advantageous. The evaporated fuel gas adsorbent comprises an adsorptive material and latent heat storage mediums including containers each of which is made of a flexible film and in each of which a substance that absorbs or releases heat in response to a phase change is encased. The activated carbon is characterized in that a specific surface area calculated by a BET method (multipoint method) in a nitrogen adsorption isotherm determined from a nitrogen adsorption amount at liquid nitrogen temperature is 1000 to 2500 m02-12-2009
20100113266MERCURY ADSORBENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention aims at providing a mercury adsorbent which is optimized in base activated carbon, sulfur amount carried, and heat treatment conditions, and is enhanced in mercury adsorption performance, and a process for producing the adsorbent, which can be put into industrial practice advantageously. The aim is attained by a mercury adsorbent made up of sulfur-carried activated carbon, with which sulfur is carried on activated carbon and which exhibits a sulfur peak top of the temperature of sulfur desorption at 534° C. to 537° C. in a calorimetric curve measured by a differential scanning calorimeter at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./minute under a nitrogen atmosphere, and a process for production of the adsorbent.05-06-2010
20100212496ADSORBENT, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, CANISTER AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent suitable as an adsorbent for a canister which is capable of reducing an amount of evaporated fuel gas released into the atmosphere even where a motor vehicle is allowed to park for a prolonged period of time, a process for producing the adsorbent as well as a canister using the adsorbent and a method for using the canister. The above object can be accomplished by an adsorbent in which an integrated volume of pores having an average diameter of 3,000 to 100,000 nm as measured with a mercury porosimeter is 6.5 mL/dl or more and an equilibrium adsorption as measured in an n-butane volume concentration of 2,000 ppm is 0.16 g/dL or more, a process for producing the adsorbent, as well as a canister and a method for using the canister.08-26-2010

Tetsuya Hanamoto, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100176713PHOSPHOR PARTICLE GROUP AND LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles each of which is a β-type SiAlON substantially represented by a general formula: EuaSibAlcOdNe, where 0.0055≦a≦0.4, b+c=12, d+e=16, wherein 60% or more of the phosphor particle group is composed of the phosphor particles in which a value obtained by dividing a longer particle diameter by a shorter particle diameter is greater than 1.0 and not greater than 3.0. A high-efficiency and stable light emitting apparatus using a β-type SiAlON, which includes a light converter using the phosphor particle group, and a phosphor particle group therefor are also provided.07-15-2010

Tetsuya Hanamoto, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120026426GROUP OF PHOSPHOR PARTICLES, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is a phosphor particle group of divalent europium-activated oxynitride green light emitting phosphor particles (02-02-2012