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Hidehiko Asai, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110135366IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to a sheet processing device which can perform sheet processing, including at least a gluing process, for sheets from the printing unit, the system comprising: a controller adapted to permit a predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is a job which meets a predetermined condition, and to inhibit the predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is not a job which meets the predetermined condition, thereby overcoming obstacles to realization of an image forming system capable of a gluing process.06-09-2011
20110199644IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to a sheet processing device which can perform sheet processing, including at least a gluing process, for sheets from the printing unit, the system comprising: a controller adapted to permit a predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is a job which meets a predetermined condition, and to inhibit the predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is not a job which meets the predetermined condition, thereby overcoming obstacles to realization of an image forming system capable of a gluing process.08-18-2011

Hidehiko Baba, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100166877PROMOTER OF DIFFERENTIATION AND KERATINIZATION OF EPIDERMIC CELL AND FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGE/FOOD FOR PROMOTION OF KERATINIZATION OF EPIDERMIS - The invention provides functional food and beverage that produce, through oral intake, a promotive effect on normal epidermal keratinization, and an epidermal differentiation and keratinization promoter for use in such functional food and beverage. The epidermal differentiation and keratinization promoter of the present invention contains, as an active component, fermented milk whey obtained by fermentation of milk with bacteria including lactic acid bacteria, such as 07-01-2010
20110092431SKIN AGING-INHIBITING PEPTIDE - The present invention provides a peptide and a composition which are suitable for oral ingestion, and which have a skin aging-inhibiting activity, a collagen-production promoting activity, an epidermal turnover promoting activity, and a cutaneous cell-proliferating effect. The present invention also provides a medicament and a functional food which have a skin aging-inhibiting activity, a collagen-production promoting activity, and a cutaneous cell-proliferation promoting activity. The present invention provides a composition including at least one peptide of Asn-Ile-Pro-Pro-Leu, Ile-Pro-Pro-Leu, Ile-Pro-Pro, Pro-Val-Val-Val-Pro-Pro, Val-Pro-Pro-Phe, Val-Pro-Pro, Phe-Pro-Pro-Gln, and Leu-Pro-Pro-Thr.04-21-2011
20120015882COMPOSITION FOR REGULATING AUTONOMIC NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND METHOD FOR REGULATING AUTONOMIC NERVE - The present invention provides an orally ingestible composition and a method for regulating an autonomic nervous activity. In particular, the present invention provides an orally ingestible composition capable of suppressing an increase in a sympathetic nervous activity, and an orally ingestible composition capable of promoting a parasympathetic nervous activity. The present invention is a composition for regulating an autonomic nervous activity, comprising, as an active ingredient, Tyr-Pro or a salt thereof.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Hidehiko Baba, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Hidehiko Fujikawa, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100052972MOVING OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A moving object detection system is provided with an existence detection part, an integrating part and an existence judgment part. Based on first and second detection signals, the existence detection part calculates a rotation angle of each transition factor that is obtained from the first and second detection signals and rotates around the origin in a two-dimensional coordinate system. The existence detection part is configured so that the rotation angle becomes less than 90 degrees. The integrating part integrates each rotation angle to obtain an integrated angle. The existence judgment part judges whether or not a moving object approaching or leaving a receiver of the device exists in a detection area based on the integrated angle and a threshold angle.03-04-2010

Hidehiko Fujikawa, Kadoma-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090016162Moving object detection apparatus - A moving object detection apparatus comprises a transmitter, a receiver, a detection portion, a binary conversion portion and a judgment portion. The transmitter emits energy waves with a first frequency to a detection area. When receiving incoming energy waves from the detection area, the receiver generates an electric signal corresponding to the incoming energy waves. The detection portion obtains a detection signal from a reference signal with the first frequency and the electric signal. The binary conversion portion compares the detection signal with a conversion threshold signal to obtain a binary signal. The judgment portion judges whether or not a moving object approaching or leaving the receiver exists in the detection area based on the binary signal.01-15-2009

Hidehiko Fujiwara, Setagaya-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080304866CHARGING BRUSH UNIT, CHARGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging brush unit includes a brush and a conductive holder. The brush includes a plurality of flexible conductive fibers. The plurality of flexible conductive fibers is supplied with a charging bias to generate electrical discharge between a top of the plurality of conductive fibers and a latent image carrier across a gap formed between the top of the plurality of conductive fibers and the latent image carrier. The gap is provided with an electrode. The electrode includes a plurality of openings opposing the top of the plurality of conductive fibers and is supplied with a bias different from the charging bias applied to the plurality of conductive fibers. The conductive holder holds the brush.12-11-2008

Hidehiko Fukushima, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090084625ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE MODE CONTROLLING - An acoustic device including a first acoustic waveguide having two open ends; a second acoustic waveguide; and an acoustic driver having a first and second radiating surface positioned so that the first: radiating surface radiates into the first waveguide and the second surface radiates into the second waveguide. An acoustic device including an acoustic driver and an acoustic waveguide with two open ends. A method for making the acoustic device.04-02-2009

Hidehiko Harada, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120018216High-Pressure-Resistant Hermetic Seal Terminal and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A high-pressure-resistant hermetic seal terminal includes an eyelet which has a through hole and a lead which is electrically insulated and hermetically sealed via a glass material in the through hole. The glass material is welded in a manner to extend on a lower surface of the eyelet from an end of the through hole to surroundings of the end of the through hole. Preferably, the eyelet has a counterbore, in the lower surface, extending in a region around and surrounding the through hole, and the glass material is welded to the inside of the counterbore.01-26-2012

Hidehiko Hiduka, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100134968MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a display section; a housing including a frame member forming an opening for accommodating the display section; a transparent plate member disposed over the display section; a metal panel member disposed over the frame member so as to expose the transparent plate member; and an adhesive member having an adhesive obverse surface and an adhesive reverse surface placed between the frame member and each of the transparent plate member and the metal panel member, the adhesive reverse surface being adhesively fixed to the frame member, the adhesive obverse surface being adhesively fixed to the transparent plate member and the metal panel member.06-03-2010

Hidehiko Hino, Hyogo-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100181992DEVICE FOR MEASURING ANGULAR VELOCITY OF TIRE - A device for measuring angular velocity of a rotating tire, comprising a plurality (“m” pieces) of light reflection marks (07-22-2010
20110233992WHEEL RIM FOR TIRE - A wheel rim 09-29-2011

Hidehiko Hizuka, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020962SEAL STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SEALING METHOD - A seal structure or a sealing method that seals the housing (case) and allows the signal line to pass through a seal portion of the housing is provided. A recessed level difference is formed on at least one of junction faces of first and second housing units (case units) joined together, and, at a portion including the recessed level difference, a first sealing material (double-faced adhesive sheet), the signal line (flexible cable) or circuit unit, and a second sealing material are held between the first housing unit and the second housing unit. The adhesiveness and flexibility of the first sealing material and the elasticity of the second sealing material allow the signal line or circuit unit to pass through the seal portion while maintaining airtightness.01-22-2009
20100089638SEALING STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SEALING METHOD, GASKET, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A sealing structure to seal housings includes a sealing member disposed between housings to be bonded to allow penetration of at least one signal line; and an adhesive material disposed between the signal lines penetrating the sealing member to bond the signal lines to be overlapped.04-15-2010
20100134963DEVICE HOUSING AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - There is provided a device housing for a mobile terminal device that includes a metallic plate, an external wall formed of resin and disposed at outer peripheral edges of the metallic plate, an electronic component holder formed of the resin at the nearly same time when the external wall is formed. Furthermore, the electronic component holder disposed on an inner area of the metallic plate surrounded by the external wall the metallic plate and disposed apart from the external wall.06-03-2010
20110051455ILLUMINATION PANEL - An illumination panel includes: a light-collecting section for collecting light emitted from a light source; an optical guide for optically guiding the light collected by the light-collecting section in a direction away from the light source; and a radiation section for radiating the light optically guided by the optical guide; wherein the optical guide has a plurality of grooves for reflecting the light optically guided by the optical guide to the radiation section.03-03-2011
20110210902MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a circuit board accommodated in a casing and an antenna disposed on the outside of the casing electrically connected to each other via a opening formed in the casing, a first conductive member fixed to an inner surface of the casing while being connected to the circuit board, a second conductive member detachably attached to an outer surface of the casing while being connected to the antenna, and a conductive fastening member fitted into the opening from outside the casing and fastening the first conductive member and the second conductive member together.09-01-2011
20110211324MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a display unit having a first engaging latch, a case having a slide groove that allows the first engaging latch to slide therein and a second engaging latch that engages the first engaging latch that slides in the slide groove, and a component located in a gap that appears between the case and the display unit as a result of sliding the first engaging latch in the slide groove.09-01-2011
20110212755MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a housing formed with an opening, a base plate provided inside the housing and having an audio component attached thereon, a cushion part provided around the opening of an inside wall surface of the housing, a frame part that includes a face near a surface of the audio component and forms an audio path between the audio component and the opening, one end portion near the face of the frame part being attached to the base plate, and another end portion abutting the inside wall surface of the housing via the cushion part.09-01-2011
20120129582MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.05-24-2012

Patent applications by Hidehiko Hizuka, Kawasaki JP

Hidehiko Hizuka, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110159933MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - The mobile terminal apparatus of the present invention includes a housing having an opening section in which an accommodated object is fitted; a lid covering the opening section, the lid having a protrusion which surrounds the opening section and shields the accommodated object from water, on a surface facing the accommodated object; and a cover covering the lid, the cover being attached to the housing to press the lid onto the housing. When the cover is attached to the housing, the protrusion of the lid surrounds the opening section and is pressed onto the housing by the cover, so that the accommodated object can be reliably shielded from water.06-30-2011

Hidehiko Ishiguro, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090213561ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes an insulative substrate, a spiral inductor formed by an interconnection layer provided on a first surface of the insulative layer, a first chip that is mounted on a second surface of the insulative layer opposite to the first surface and is electrically connected to a passive circuit including the spiral inductor, the first chip having an electrically conductive substrate, and a first protrusion that is provided on one of the first and second surface of the insulative substrate and protrudes therefrom, the first protrusion being electrically connected to one of the passive circuit and the first chip to an external circuit.08-27-2009

Hidehiko Iwasaki, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090237876DISK ARRAY DEVICE - A disk array device comprises: a hard disk drive module including a disk for recording information thereon and having one side that has a length substantially equal to the diameter of the disk; a battery nodule; an operation module; a fan module having at least one cooling fan; a controller module having a controller; a power supply module provided for supplying power to the modules; a circuit board to which the above-mentioned modules are connected via electrical connectors; and a substantially box-shaped chassis in which the modules and the circuit board are housed. A front surface and a rear surface of the chassis are opened in a rectangular shape. A length of one side of the opened front surface of the chassis is substantially the same length as the one side of the hard disk drive module.09-24-2009

Hidehiko Iwasaki, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100011132FIBER CHANNEL CONNECTION STORAGE CONTROLLER - N_Port_Name information capable of distinctly identifying a host computer has seen set in a microprocessor 01-14-2010
20110173388FIBER CHANNEL CONNECTION STORAGE CONTROLLER - A storage system adapted to be coupled to a plurality of host devices via a fibre channel. The storage system including a plurality of storage devices, at least a portion of the plurality of storage devices corresponding to a logical unit of a plurality of logical units, the logical unit having a logical unit number (LUN). The storage system also including a storage control device having a cache memory and controlling to store data, addressed to the LUN, into the portion of the plurality of storage devices. The storages system also including an input device being adapted to be used to set information, which is used to prevent an unauthorized access to the logical unit and which corresponds to a relationship between a host device of the plurality of host devices and the logical unit.07-14-2011

Patent applications by Hidehiko Iwasaki, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Hidehiko Karasaki, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090184096Laser machining apparatus and method of adjusting the same - A laser machining apparatus includes a laser generator for generating a laser beam and a driver unit for moving the laser beam relatively with respect to a workpiece as to emit the laser beam on the workpiece. The laser beam includes plural laser pulses. The laser pulses have spots each having a longitudinal direction. The driver unit moves the laser beam in the longitudinal direction relatively with respect to the workpiece so that the spots overlap each other. This laser machining apparatus can process the workpiece at high quality and high productivity.07-23-2009

Hidehiko Kawakami, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080198335Visible laser beam projector - A visible laser beam projector is arranged to provide information to passengers in a vehicle compartment by projecting a visible laser beam onto a portion in the compartment. The visible laser beam projector is arranged in front of an inner mirror of the compartment and projects the visible laser beam to only a front end portion on the upper surface of an instrument panel of the compartment. Thus, the visible laser beam is allowed to be projected in high intensity while suppressing the probability of its adverse effect on eyes of passengers in the compartment.08-21-2008
20080249889Information communication system, content output apparatus, user apparatus, content delivery apparatus, and methods for controlling content output apparatus, user apparatus, and content delivery apparatus - In an information communication system, a portable apparatus stores owned content information as list information about a content already purchased by a user. The portable apparatus transmits the owned content information to an in-vehicle apparatus capable of wireless communication. When the in-vehicle apparatus does not store the content the user already purchased, the in-vehicle apparatus acquires content data for the content from a content delivery server. The information communication system can automatically supplement the in-vehicle apparatus to be used by the user with the content the user already purchased. As a result, the user can use the already purchased content on the in-vehicle apparatus without any inconvenient operations.10-09-2008
20110210839Visible in-vehicle laser beam projector providing variable projection region as function of vehicle speed - A projector projects a visible laser beam onto a region of a vehicle compartment. A control unit controls a direction of projecting the visible laser beam to provide information to at least one occupant in the compartment. The control unit expands the region of an object to which the visible laser beam is projected when the seatbelt has been fastened.09-01-2011
20110214087DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A screen display apparatus includes an operation information reception unit that receives operation information regarding an inclination direction and an inclination angle of a joystick from the joystick, and a screen controller that performs a scroll process for scrolling a screen and a zoom process for zooming based on the operation information. The screen controller scrolls the screen according to the inclination direction and the inclination angle of the joystick, and continues a zoom-out process for zooming-out of the screen based on a detection of the inclination angle that is greater than a predetermined angle for a predetermined period until detecting the inclination angle of the joystick to be equal to or smaller than the predetermined angle or until zooming out to a predetermined minimum zoom rate.09-01-2011

Patent applications by Hidehiko Kawakami, Nagoya-City JP

Hidehiko Kimura, Odawara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080229038COPY SYSTEM AND COPY METHOD - Proposed are a copy system and a copy method capable of performing initial copy in a short amount of time and with high reliability. On a primary side, the area in the first volume to which data was written from the host is managed, a second bitmap is created reflecting the contents of the first bitmap, and the second bitmap is sent to the secondary side on the primary side. On a secondary side, a third bitmap to which the second bitmap sent from the primary-side is merged is created, on the primary side, only the valid data containing data written by the host in the first volume is copies to the second volume based on the second bitmap, and, on the secondary-side, the differential between the first and second volumes during the initial copy is managed based on the third bitmap.09-18-2008

Hidehiko Kinoshita, Kashiwa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090033029SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device for conveying a sheet includes a displacement-amount detector configured to detect an amount of displacement of a conveyed sheet from a conveyance reference in a width direction being substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction and a plurality of sheet conveying roller portions configured to be shiftable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction while pinching the sheet having the amount of displacement detected by the displacement-amount detector. Before the sheet reaches the sheet conveying roller portions, the sheet conveying roller portions are shifted based on the amount of displacement detected by the displacement-amount detector from a conveyance-reference position in a direction in which the sheet is displaced. After the sheet reaches the sheet conveying roller portions, the sheet conveying roller portions are shifted while pinching the sheet so as to reduce the amount of displacement.02-05-2009
20090034992IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt type transfer member configured to carry an image formed with developer of a plurality of colors, a drive roller configured to drive the transfer member by rotating while contacting the transfer member, a first detection unit configured to detect a mark provided on the transfer member, a second detection unit configured to detect the mark at a position different from the position of the first detection unit in a conveyance direction of the transfer member, and a correction unit configured to correct a conveyance speed of the transfer member using a difference between respective times at which the first and second detection units detect the mark. The first and second detection units are located such that an interval between respective positions at which the first and second detection units detect the mark is an integral multiple of a perimeter of the drive roller.02-05-2009
20110049794IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of skew feeding when correcting sheet lateral deviation. A pair of lateral-shift correcting rollers 03-03-2011

Patent applications by Hidehiko Kinoshita, Kashiwa-Shi JP

Hidehiko Kodama, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090124620PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR-1 INHIBITOR - The present invention relates to an inhibitor of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition that has an inhibitory action on PAI-1 activity and is useful in the prevention and treatment of various diseases whose onset is associated with PAI-1 activity. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a novel compound having PAI-1 inhibitory activity represented by the following general formula (I), and a salt thereof.05-14-2009

Hidehiko Kodama, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110112140INHIBITOR OF PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR-1 - The present invention relates to a novel compound having plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) inhibitory activity, and a PAI-1 inhibitor comprising the compound as an active ingredient. The present invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition that has an inhibitory action on PAI-1 activity and is useful in the prevention and treatment of various diseases whose onset is associated with PAI-1 activity. The novel compound is represented by the following general formula.05-12-2011

Hidehiko Kondo, Haga-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080249171METHOD FOR ACTIVATING THE LIPID CATABOLIC METABOLISM IN ENTERIC EPITHELIUM AND IMPROVING THE LIPID METABOLISM IN ENTERIC EPITHELIUM - Disclosed are a method for activating lipid metabolism in the small intestine epithelium and also a method for promoting accumulation of fatty acids into the small intestine epithelium, each of which features administering an effective amount of a diacylglycerol. Also disclosed are methods for improving various symptoms in diabetes, which have ingesting a diacylglycerol. Ingestion of the diacylglycerol leads to accumulation of the fatty acids in the small intestine. The fatty acids so accumulated promote induction of β-oxidation, thereby not only activating lipid catabolism but also making it difficult to allow lipids to accumulate as triacylglycerols. This series of actions eventually results in development of lowering action for blood remnant-like lipoprotein level and also lowering action for blood leptin level, and hence, lipid metabolism is improved. Further, energy consumption is enhanced by promoting the induction of β-oxidation and activating lipid catabolism.10-09-2008

Patent applications by Hidehiko Kondo, Haga-Gun JP

Hidehiko Kumagai, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090258400Mutant Tyrosine Repressor, a Gene Encoding the Same, and a Method for Producing L-Dopa - A mutant tyrosine repressor that does not require tyrosine to induce expression of tyrosine phenol-lyase gene is obtained by introducing a mutation into a tyrosine repressor. A microorganism which is able to express large amounts of tyrosine phenol-lyase is obtained by introducing the mutant tyrosine repressor into the microorganism. The microorganism is useful for producing L-DOPA.10-15-2009

Hidehiko Kuroda, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100187108GAS-COMPONENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A gas-component measurement device includes a housing having an suction port that introduces a measurement-targeted gas, and an exhaust port that discharges the measurement-targeted gas, and a water-absorbing member that is disposed in the housing and impregnated with a solvent that dissolves a gas component, and an electrochemical sensor that detects the gas component trapped by the solvent in the water-absorbing member. The exhaust port and suction port are disposed to oppose each other while sandwiching therebetween the electrochemical sensor.07-29-2010

Hidehiko Matsushita, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100207317PAPER-SHEET FEEDING DEVICE WITH KICKER ROLLER - A paper-sheet feeding device including a kicker roller configured to contact a forefront paper-sheet of a plurality of stacked paper-sheets and kick out the forefront paper-sheet; a feed roller to feed-out the paper-sheets to be kicked out by the kicker roller; and a press-fitting roller press-fit against the feed roller to provide a gate unit adapted to separate the paper-sheets to be fed by the feed roller, into one sheet. The kicker roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed in part of the outer circumference of the base part along the circumferential direction and configured to kick out the forefront paper-sheet. The feed roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed over the entire outer circumference of the base part and configured to contact the surface of the paper-sheet to be kicked out by the kicker roller to perform feed-out of the paper-sheet.08-19-2010

Hidehiko Matsushita, Hyogo-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090026692PAPER-SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A paper-sheet feeding device including a kicker roller configured to contact a forefront paper-sheet of a plurality of stacked paper-sheets and kick out the forefront paper-sheet; a feed roller to feed-out the paper-sheets to be kicked out by the kicker roller; and a press-fitting roller press-fit against the feed roller to provide a gate unit adapted to separate the paper-sheets to be fed by the feed roller, into one sheet. The kicker roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed in part of the outer circumference of the base part along the circumferential direction and configured to kick out the forefront paper-sheet. The feed roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed over the entire outer circumference of the base part and configured to contact the surface of the paper-sheet to be kicked out by the kicker roller to perform feed-out of the paper-sheet.01-29-2009
20100038842PAPER-SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A torque limiter between a pressure roller and shaft, which is configured to allow the pressure roller to rotate in a feed-out direction of a paper-sheet P, relative to the shaft, when force greater than predetermined torque T is applied to the pressure roller along a circumferential direction thereof, while interlocking the pressure roller with the shaft, when the force applied to the pressure roller along the circumferential direction thereof is less than the predetermined torque. The predetermined torque is set less than frictional force N02-18-2010
20100117294PAPER SHEET HOLDING APPARATUS - A paper sheet storage unit 05-13-2010

Hidehiko Myoken, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137820PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF METHYLENE DISULFONATE COMPOUND - The present invention provides a process for producing a methylene disulfonate compound in a simple manner at low cost.05-28-2009

Hidehiko Nakata, Miyagi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100231824LIGHT-EMITTING-ELEMENT MOUNTING PACKAGE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A small and thin, light-emitting-element mounting package is provided, in which light emitting elements may by independently controlled despite a side view type package, and a light emitting device using the package is provided. The light-emitting-element mounting package includes a lead frame. The lead frame has at least one set of a structure including a lower conductor layer, an insulating layer and an upper conductor layer in this order, and a mounting area exposed on a surface of the lower conductor layer.09-16-2010
20110042558Optical device and method of manufacturing the same - An optical device and a method of making an optical device is described herein. The optical device comprises a housing, an optical element, a base structure that supports the optical element and that interfaces with the housing to form a gap section between an outer wall section of the base structure and an inner wall section of the housing, a resin within the gap section fixing the housing to the base structure, and a light accommodation section in the housing. The light accommodation section accommodates a transmittance of light to the resin within the gap section.02-24-2011

Hidehiko Nakata, Wako JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090022586Axial diffuser for a centrifugal compressor - The effective efficiency of a centrifugal compressor can be improved by achieving a uniform distribution of fluid velocity across the outlet end of a fluid passage of an axial diffuser for the centrifugal compressor and a high static pressure recovery ratio Cp in the axial diffuser passage. The cross section of each axial diffuser passage is configured such that a relatively high velocity fluid flow in an upstream part of the diffuser passage is directed toward a negative pressure side of a cross section thereof. It can be accomplished by directing a minor axis of a cross section of the diffuser passage substantially perpendicularly to a direction directed from a center of the cross section of the diffuser passage to the central axial line of an impeller or directing the minor axis toward the central axial line of the impeller.01-22-2009

Hidehiko Nishino, Nishishirakawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100282036CYLINDRICAL GRINDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GRINDING - A cylindrical grinding apparatus grinding a side face of a cylindrical ingot, having a centering means of at least three rollers and an arm holding the rollers. The cylindrical ingot is placed on a table longitudinally, its end faces being held vertically with a pair of clamps. Afterward, the centering means moves backward and forward against the ingot horizontally to bring the rollers into pressure contact with the side face of the ingot while the ingot is rotated about a central axis with a rotation means, and thereafter the ingot is ground with the grinding wheel. The cylindrical grinding apparatus and the method for grinding enable improvement of grinding processing efficiency of the ingot.11-11-2010
20110126814BAND SAW CUTTING APPARATUS AND INGOT CUTTING METHOD - The present invention is a band saw cutting apparatus including: a cutting table on which an ingot is horizontally placed; an endless-belt blade provided in a tensioned state between pulleys, the blade having a blade-abrasive-grain portion and a blade base; and a coolant spraying opening for spraying a coolant on the blade, the band saw cutting apparatus cutting the ingot by relatively feeding the blade from above to below, the blade being driven to rotate by rotating the pulleys, wherein the pulleys is configured to be rotatable about an axis thereof in both directions, and a direction of driving to rotate the blade can be changed to cut the ingot. As a result, there is provided a band saw cutting apparatus and an ingot cutting method that can stably secure the quality of the ingot to be cut, increase the lifetime of the blade, and improve the productivity.06-02-2011
20110174285INGOT CUTTING APPARATUS AND INGOT CUTTING METHOD - An ingot cutting apparatus having at least one coolant pocket storing the coolant to be supplied to the blade, wherein the blade-abrasive-grain portion is brought into contact with the coolant stored in the at least one coolant pocket by causing the blade-abrasive-grain portion of the blade to travel through a groove portion provided at an upper portion of the at least one coolant pocket while driving to rotate the blade so that the coolant is supplied to the blade.07-21-2011

Hidehiko Noguchi, Ehime JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100259169METAL HALIDE LAMP - It is aimed at providing a metal halide lamp including sealed metal foils embedded within sealing portions, each metal foil having surfaces formed with height differences thereon, thereby restricting occurrence of crack leaks in the sealing portions. A metal halide lamp MHL comprises: a light-transmitting hermetic vessel 10-14-2010

Hidehiko Numasato, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110013319DISK DRIVE WITH MICRO-ACTUATOR INTERCONNECT CONDITIONING - A disk drive configured with micro-actuator interconnect conditioning. The disk drive includes a disk, a head, an actuator, a piezoelectric element, a hardened conductive adhesive, a voltage-supply circuit, and a controller. The head is configured to access the disk. The actuator includes a suspension supporting the head, and an arm supporting the suspension. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the suspension, is electrically connected to a first drive line and a second drive line, and is configured to change the position of the head. The hardened conductive adhesive is electrically connected to at least one connecting part of the piezoelectric element and the first drive line. The voltage-supply circuit is configured to supply a voltage to the piezoelectric element. The controller is configured to control a voltage-control circuit each time a designated process is executed, and to apply a voltage to the piezoelectric element with a prescribed maximum absolute value.01-20-2011

Hidehiko Ogawa, Fukuchiyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110001100Tool and method for installing new cable - A new cable installation tool for installing a new cable between two points where the existing support line is installed includes: a plurality of S-shaped guides; a connection rope that connects the plurality of S-shaped guides; and a towrope that is bound to the end of the connection rope. A method for installing a new cable between two points where the existing support line is installed using the new cable installation tool includes: (1) hooking upper curved portions of a plurality of S-shaped guides to the existing support line; (2) binding one end of a connection rope to one electric pole or a portion of the existing support line in the vicinity of one electric pole; (3) hooking a new cable on lower curved portions of the plurality of S-shaped guides; (4) binding a terminal of the new cable to the other end of the connection rope; (5) drawing a towrope bound to the other end of the connection rope to another electric pole; (6) fixing the new cable to two target electric poles; and (7) collecting the new cable installation tool.01-06-2011

Hidehiko Ohtu, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090156411Method of Producing Superconductive Oxide Material - There is provided a method of efficiently producing a superconductive material more excellent in properties, and large in area when executing thermal decomposition of a metalorganic compound, and formation of a superconductive material with heat treatment. The method of producing a superconductive material comprising the step (1) of applying a solution of an organic compound of metals, oxides of the metals forming a superconductive material, onto a support body to be subsequently dried, the provisional baking step (2) of causing organic components of the organic compound of the metals to undergo thermal decomposition, and the main baking process step (3) of causing transformation of the oxides of the metals into the superconductive material, thereby producing an epitaxially-grown superconductive coating material, wherein the support body is irradiated with the laser light during a period between the steps (1) and (2) from a surface of the support body, on the opposite side of the surface coated with the solution of the organic compound of the metals for forming the superconductive material.06-18-2009
20090318296Method of Producing Superconductive Oxide Material - The invention provides a method of efficiently producing a superconductive material more excellent in properties without the occurrence of ablation and so forth, and large in area when executing thermal decomposition of an organic compound of metals, and formation of a superconductive material with heat treatment. The method of producing a superconductive material comprising the step (1) of applying a solution of an organic compound of metals, oxides of the metals forming a superconductive material, onto a support body to be subsequently dried, the provisional baking step (2) of causing organic components of the organic compound of the metals to undergo thermal decomposition, and the main baking process step (3) of causing transformation of the oxides of the metals into the superconductive material, thereby producing an epitaxially-grown superconductive coating material, wherein at the time of irradiation of a surface of the support body coated with the solution of the organic compound of the metals for forming the superconductive material, and/or of a surface of the support body, opposite to the surface coated with the solution of the organic compound of the metals, with the laser light, during a period between the steps (1) and (2), it is executed under the conditions adopting the following range. 12-24-2009

Hidehiko Okabe, Ehime JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090039015Method of Wastewater Treatment with Excess Sludge Withdrawal Reduced - A method of wastewater treatment that reduced equipment cost and running cost and realizes high efficiency implementation and further tank miniaturization, and that reduces excess sludge withdrawal. There is provided a method of wastewater treatment with excess sludge withdrawal reduced, characterized in that there are installed an aeration tank wherein wastewater is brought into contact with carrier particles under aerobic conditions, a total oxidization tank and a sedimentation tank, and that operation is made while maintaining the BOD sludge load in the total oxidization tank at 0.08 kg-BOD/Kg-MLSS*day or smaller, and that a coagulant is charged in the complete oxidization tank in order to improve the setting in the sedimentation tank.02-12-2009
20100219126WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHOD USING IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - To provide an inexpensive wastewater treatment method which facilitates downsizing of tanks and requires less withdrawal of an excessive sludge, the use is made of an aeration tank 09-02-2010

Hidehiko Okawachi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100155382Method for Machining Valve Mechanism Component Member - A surface machining method to be adopted when machining a valve mechanism component member is provided so as to manufacture a product assuring a specific pulsation-reducing effect over an extended period of time with a high level of reliability. A plurality of recesses 06-24-2010

Hidehiko Okuda, Yamagata JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080213974Method of manufacturing bonded wafer - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a bonded wafer. The method comprises an oxidation step in which an oxide film is formed on at least one surface of a base wafer, a bonding step in which the base wafer on which the oxide film has been formed is bonded to a top wafer to form a bonded wafer, and a thinning step in which the top wafer included in the bonded wafer is thinned. The oxidation step comprises heating the base wafer to a heating temperature ranging from 800 to 1300° C. at a rate of temperature increase ranging from 1 to 300° C./second in an oxidizing atmosphere, and the bonding step is carried out so as to position the oxide film formed in the oxidation step at an interface of the top wafer and the base wafer.09-04-2008

Hidehiko Okuda, Imari-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090233420P-TYPE SILICON WAFER AND METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING THE SAME - This p-type silicon wafer was subjected to heat treatment to have a resistivity of 10 Ω·cm or more, a BMD density of 5×1009-17-2009

Hidehiko Oyane, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110135300RADIO BASE STATION EQUIPMENT, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DELAY CORRECTION METHOD - Radio base station equipment is connected to radio transmitting/receiving equipment provided in sectors (S), into which a communication area is divided, by an optical fiber (06-09-2011
20120099437TERMINAL SWITCHING METHOD, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal switching method for switching terminals, in a communication system in which HARQ processing is performed, to which a base station grants a transmission permission, from a terminal A to a terminal B includes notifying the terminal B of aborting of the transmission permission, setting a time point at which an HARQ process whose state of the HARQ processing is a retransmission waiting state with the terminal A is performed as a virtual starting point, setting a retransmission waiting window having a predetermined window length with the virtual starting point being regarded as its starting point, and notifying the terminal B of the transmission permission when there is no HARQ process having the retransmission waiting state with the terminal A, wherein the virtual starting point setting and the window setting are repeated until there is no HARQ process having the retransmission waiting state with the terminal A.04-26-2012

Hidehiko Sato, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120127346IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus according to this invention comprises: an image capturing unit which performs continuous image capturing; a storing unit which stores a plurality of first images captured by the image capturing unit before a shutter button is pushed, and a plurality of second images captured by the image capturing unit after the shutter button is pushed; and a generating unit which generates a background image which is an image of a background of a dynamic body included in the first images and second images based on at least the plurality of first images.05-24-2012

Hidehiko Satoh, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090170504COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a communication terminal connectable to a communication network system transmits user data obtained by one communication terminal gaining a voice to other communication terminals through a network. The communication terminal includes a transmitter, a receiver, a voice request part which receives a voice gain request from a user, a voice gain recognition part which recognizes that the voice is gained, a data obtaining part which obtains user data, a data storage which stores data, and a data management part which causes the data storage to store the user data after receiving a voice gain request and which receives the recognition of the voice gain. The transmitter transmits the user data part after receiving the voice gain request from the user.07-02-2009
20110010419MOBILE TERMINAL, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVER, AND INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A mobile terminal includes: a notification information receiving portion for receiving notification information indicating the type of newly-stored user information or updated user information, from a user information storing portion; a type collating portion for deciding whether or not the type of the user information indicated by request type information registered in a request type recording portion and the type of the user information indicated by the notification information coincide with each other; a request information transmitting portion for, in a case where a decision of coincidence is made, transmitting, to the information delivery server, user request information to request delivery of the newly-stored user information or the updated user information to the mobile terminal; an information receiving portion for receiving user request information delivered from the information delivery server, in accordance with the transmitted user request information; and a display control portion for displaying the received user information on a predetermined display area of a display portion.01-13-2011
20110183619MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A mobile communication terminal apparatus including: a mobile communication terminal main body; and an extension unit detachable from the mobile communication terminal main body and capable of performing short-range wireless communication with the mobile communication terminal main body when being detached in a separated state from the mobile communication terminal main body.07-28-2011

Patent applications by Hidehiko Satoh, Fukuoka JP

Hidehiko Shiraiwa, San Jose, CA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090155992HIGH K STACK FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A memory device may include a source region and a drain region formed in a substrate and a channel region formed in the substrate between the source and drain regions. The memory device may further include a first oxide layer formed over the channel region, the first oxide layer having a first dielectric constant, and a charge storage layer formed upon the first oxide layer. The memory device may further include a second oxide layer formed upon the charge storage layer, a layer of dielectric material formed upon the second oxide layer, the dielectric material having a second dielectric constant that is greater than the first dielectric constant, and a gate electrode formed upon the layer of dielectric material.06-18-2009

Patent applications by Hidehiko Shiraiwa, San Jose, CA US

Hidehiko Sugimoto, Fukui-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100127594INDUCTOR-TYPE SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - An inductor-type synchronous machine having an axial gap structure, which has a shaft portion at the center thereof, the machine includes: a field-side stator which has a yoke made of a magnetic material and a field body protruding from the yoke in an axial direction of the shaft portion to form an N pole and an S pole in a radial direction; a rotor which has N pole inductors disposed so as to be opposed to the N pole formed by the field body and S pole inductors disposed so as to be opposed to the S pole formed by the field body; and an armature-side stator in which an armature coil is disposed so as to be opposed to the N pole inductors and the S pole inductors.05-27-2010
20100283564SUPERCONDUCTING COIL APPARATUS AND INDUCTOR-TYPE SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - This superconducting coil apparatus includes: a cylindrical coil container which has an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface; a superconducting coil which is stored in the coil container to be cooled so that a superconducting member is wound on the inner circumferential surface; and a columnar magnetic body which is fitted to the inner circumferential surface of the coil container.11-11-2010

Hidehiko Sugimoto, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100141060AXIAL MOTOR - An axial motor includes an armature side stator (06-10-2010
20100148625SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE AND AXIAL-TYPE SUPERCONDUCTING MOTOR - A superconducting device includes a coil formed of a superconducting wire, an iron core to which the coil is attached, and a magnetic material arranged in a magnetic circuit and magnetized by magnetic flux. The magnetic circuit is generated by energization of the coil and passes through the iron core. A gap is formed between the coil and the iron core, or/and a nonmagnetic material is interposed between the coil and the iron core.06-17-2010

Patent applications by Hidehiko Sugimoto, Fukui JP

Hidehiko Sugimoto, Kasugai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110140817SUPERCONDUCTING COIL ASSEMBLY AND MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATING EQUIPMENT - Superconducting coil assemblies (06-16-2011

Hidehiko Tachibana, Oita-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090261867SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING VOLTAGE OUTPUT CIRCUIT - Input and output nodes, an output circuit and a drive circuit are provided. The output circuit includes first and second n-channel MOS transistors connected to each other in series. A drain of the first n-channel MOS transistor is connected to a first line. A source of the first n-channel MOS transistor, a drain of the second n-channel MOS transistor, and a drain of a first p-channel MOS transistor are commonly connected to the output node. A source of the second n-channel MOS transistor is connected to a second line. A source of the first p-channel MOS transistor is connected to the first line. The drive circuit generates first to third control signals in response to an input signal provided to the input node. The control signals are respectively outputted to gates of the first and second n-channel MOS transistors and to a gate of the first p-channel MOS transistor.10-22-2009

Hidehiko Tajima, Nagasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100033135POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - An object is to improve safety. Provided is a power storage system including a battery apparatus 02-11-2010
20100159315LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a lithium secondary battery that is capable of preventing thermal runaway inside the battery due to a short circuit. Included are cathodes (06-24-2010
20110221394SECONDARY CELL CONTROL SYSTEM - A secondary cell control system includes a plurality of cells; a charging circuit section and a discharging circuit section. The charging circuit section charges cells selected from among said plurality of cells, and the discharging circuit section discharges cells selected from among said plurality of cells.09-15-2011

Hidehiko Tajima, Nagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100176765ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND HYBRID DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - It is an object to effectively output electrical energy of a storage battery to an electrical power system serving as a whole distributed power supply system by effectively utilizing the electrical energy within a charging ratio range that does not cause overcharging or overdischarging of the storage battery. In a hybrid distributed power supply system, the target supply electrical power is set based on the electrical power generation output of the electrical power generator and the charging state of the storage battery, and the target supply electrical power is restricted within a predetermined permissible supply electrical power range when the target supply electrical power deviates from the predetermined permissible supply electrical power range.07-15-2010

Hidehiko Tanaka, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090105474NOVEL ANTHRANILIC ACID DERIVATIVE OR SALT THEREOF - The anthranilic acid derivative or the salt thereof represented by the general formula04-23-2009

Hidehiko Tonotsuka, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090065586ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is an electronic device comprising an IC element 03-12-2009

Hidehiko Wada, Musashino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100088471FIELD DEVICE - Disclosed is a field device comprising: a storage section to store shared data which is shared between user modules; an interface section to obtain trigger information to access the shared data, and to output access information which includes an access content of the shared data and an access request of the shared data, based on the obtained trigger information; and a control section to access the shared data which is stored in the storage section, based on the access information which has been output by the interface section.04-08-2010
20120030761IMPROPER COMMUNICATION DETECTION SYSTEM - An improper communication detection system that acquires packets that are circulated through a plant network by mirroring and detects improper communication includes a storage unit configured to prestore a session whitelist, which is a list of sessions that can be generated in the plant network; a session determination/separation unit configured to make a determination as to a success or failure of session approval on the basis of the acquired packet and configured to generate session information indicating an approved session; and a first improper communication detection unit configured to compare the session information generated by the session determination/separation unit with the session whitelist, and configured to detect communication related to the relevant session as improper communication when the session information does not match any session in the session whitelist.02-02-2012

Hidehiko Yamada, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110309792ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CHARGING SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus includes a housing having a predetermined face; a power receiver that receives electric power in a contactless manner by way of the predetermined face; a secondary battery that is charged by electric power received by the power receiver; a front-back detection unit that detects whether or not the predetermined face faces a charger; and an alarm unit that notifies that the predetermined face is situated at a position inappropriate for charging when the front-back detection unit detects that the predetermined face does not face the charger.12-22-2011

Hidehiko Yamada, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062784Needle electrode device for medical application - A thermocouple (03-05-2009

Hidehiko Yamura, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110122301IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes a CCD-type solid-state imaging element, an imaging control section, a fill light firing section, and a light firing amount calculation section. The CCD-type solid-state imaging element includes a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion element. A charge is independently readable from the first photoelectric conversion element and the second photoelectric conversion element. The imaging control section, in response to one photographing command, executes imaging by the solid-state imaging element in two exposure time periods of a first exposure time period exposing the first photoelectric conversion element and a second exposure time period exposing the second photoelectric conversion element. The second exposure time period overlaps the first exposure time period and is shorter than the first exposure time period. The fill light firing section fires fill light.05-26-2011

Hidehiko Yokoyama, Machida-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080316522IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus that includes a first system and a second system, wherein the permission/prohibition of access to a storage unit provided in the first system is controlled appropriately based on a signal transmitted from the second system, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus of the present invention includes the first system and the second system, and permits access to the storage unit only when executing a program that includes a predetermined process to activate the apparatus using an external storage apparatus.12-25-2008
20090034535DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus functioning as a data communication apparatus determines whether data communication with another information processing apparatus in the same local network is carried out using a global network address. If it is determined that the data communication is carried out using a global network address, the information processing device carries out control so that the data communication is carried out using a local network address.02-05-2009
20090244590IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus detects whether a sub board, which performs image processing, is in a processing-disabled state. If it is detected that the sub board is in the processing-disabled state, the image forming apparatus activates a virtual environment on a main board, which performs information processing, to allow an image processing unit configured to perform the image processing to run on the virtual environment. The image forming apparatus transfers data processed by the image processing unit to the sub board when the sub board comes into a processing-enabled state and then prints and outputs the data via a print engine.10-01-2009
20100293411IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that can be used even when an access error occurs due to replacement of component elements. When replacement of a component element of the image forming apparatus is detected, it is determined whether or not a predetermined process has been normally carried out on the component element. When it is determined that the predetermined process has not been normally carried out, another process different from the predetermined process is carried out. When the other process has been normally carried out, the predetermined process for the component element is changed to the other process.11-18-2010

Patent applications by Hidehiko Yokoyama, Machida-Shi JP