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Amane Higashi, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120133668Image display device, driving method of image display device, image display program, and gradation conversion device - There is provided an image display device including a display unit that displays an image by pixels that are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern; and a gradation conversion unit that performs gradation conversion using a dither matrix of diffusion type, wherein the gradation conversion unit applies a dither matrix that is randomly shifted in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction and performs gradation conversion of an image that is displayed on a display unit to each region of pixels that corresponds to the dither matrix.05-31-2012

Erick Higashi, Mexicali MX

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100206430Modular Router With Base Power Switch - A routing machine comprises a base unit and a motor unit releasably connected to the base unit. The base unit includes a handle and a first electrical connector. The motor unit includes an electric motor, motor control circuitry configured to energize or de-energize the electric motor, and a second electrical connector connected to the motor control circuitry. The second electrical connector is configured to engage the first electrical connector when the motor unit is properly seated on the base unit. An electric switch is positioned on the base unit. The motor control circuitry is configured to deliver electric power to the electric motor when the switch is in an on position. The motor control circuitry is configured to not provide electric power to the electric motor when the switch is in an off position.08-19-2010
20100206433Modular Router With Secondary Release Lever - A routing machine comprises a base unit and a motor unit, which is releasably connected to the base unit. The motor unit defines a motor axis is configured for insertion into the base unit substantially in the direction of the motor axis. A depth adjustment latch is provided on the base unit. A release latch is provided on the base unit. The release latch is moveable between a first position and a second position. The release latch is configured to provide a positive stop for the motor unit when the release latch is in the first position, such that the motor unit is blocked from release from the base unit while allowing the motor unit to move along the motor axis. The motor unit is free to release from the base unit when the release latch is in the second position.08-19-2010
20120024424Modular Router With Base Power Switch - A routing machine comprises a base unit and a motor unit releasably connected to the base unit. The base unit includes a handle and a first electrical connector. The motor unit includes an electric motor, motor control circuitry configured to energize or de-energize the electric motor, and a second electrical connector connected to the motor control circuitry. The second electrical connector is configured to engage the first electrical connector when the motor unit is properly seated on the base unit. An electric switch is positioned on the base unit. The motor control circuitry is configured to deliver electric power to the electric motor when the switch is in an on position. The motor control circuitry is configured to not provide electric power to the electric motor when the switch is in an off position.02-02-2012

Hiroyuki Higashi, Anpachi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120082524COOLANT-HOLE EQUIPPED DRILL - A coolant-hole equipped drill includes a drill main body, a cutting edge portion which has a tip flank, a chip discharging groove provided with a front groove wall surface and a rear groove wall surface, a cutting edge formed at a ridge line portion where the front groove wall surface and the tip flank intersect with each other, a land portion formed between the chip discharging grooves adjacent to each other in the rotating direction, and a coolant hole drilled at the land portion and opened at the tip flank. The coolant hole includes a front hole wall surface, a rear hole wall surface, and an outer-circumference hole wall surface.04-05-2012

Katsuaki Higashi, Kyoto-Fu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110299221Chip-Type Electronic Component - A chip-type electronic component with high reliability, which is able to suppress and prevent fatal damage to a ceramic body due to cracking even if a substrate with the chip-type electronic component mounted thereon undergoes a deflection. The chip-type electronic component includes a ceramic body having internal electrodes; resin electrode layers formed in a region including at least end surfaces of the ceramic body, and connected to the internal electrodes directly or indirectly and connected with the ceramic body; and plating metal layers covering the resin electrode layers, wherein the adhesion strength between the ceramic body and the resin electrode layer is higher than the adhesion strength between the resin electrode layer and the plating metal layer.12-08-2011

Katsuhisa Higashi, Nagano JP

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20120002313CARD READER AND CONTROL METHOD OF CARD READER - The present invention is to provide a card reader that can prevent the illegal acquisition of magnetic information recorded on a magnetic stripe, based on an output signal from a pre-head. More specifically described, in a card reader having a card insertion slot for guiding a magnetic card having a magnetic stripe to a transport passage and a pre-head arranged in the vicinity of the card insertion slot for detecting the presence of the magnetic stripe, the pre-head is equipped with a head portion having at least one pair of magnetic cores arranged to be opposite from each other having a magnetic gap between them and coils wound around a pair of the magnetic cores; and a signal different from that of the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe is output from the pre-head.01-05-2012

Koichi Higashi, Hadano-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120033122IMAGING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An imaging apparatus using a CCD image sensor in which a size of a circuit for generating a voltage to be applied to a substrate of the CCD image sensor is reduced. A partial range within a voltage range from a supply voltage Vcc to 0 V is divided by a resistance voltage divider and one of different voltage values obtained as a result of voltage division is selected by a selector according to external data and outputted to a high voltage amplifier. The high voltage amplifier generates a voltage signal with a voltage expressed by VMSUB=(Vdaout−Vdd02-09-2012

Masahiro Higashi, Haibara-Gun JP

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20110294050PIGMENT DISPERSION COMPOSITION, RED COLORED COMPOSITION, COLORED CURABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER FOR A SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Provided is a pigment dispersion composition suitable for a colored curable composition which enables retaining adhesion capability of a colored pattern and inhibiting the generation of residues, even when a relatively severe development condition is employed. Furthermore, a red colored composition capable of forming a red colored thin film with excellent spectral characteristics. The pigment composition contains an azo pigment represented by the following Formula (1); at least one of acidic functional group-containing organic pigment derivative, anthraquinone derivative, and triazine derivative; and a dispersant. The red colored composition contains a red pigment; a yellow pigment; and a dispersant, in which specific spectral characteristics are satisfied when a colored transmitting film having a thickness of 0.6 μm is formed using the red colored composition.12-01-2011

Naoki Higashi, Osaka-Shi JP

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20120040113LAMINATE, PACKAGE, PACKAGING SHEET, PACKAGING MATERIAL, LABEL, AND CONTAINER - A laminate and the like capable of improving the barcode reading accuracy with a configuration having a smaller number of layers is provided. Further, a laminate and the like capable of further improving the barcode reading accuracy and further reducing the size of a barcode portion even when applied to a conventional layer configuration is provided. The laminate includes a colored barcode print layer 02-16-2012

Shuichi Higashi, Tomisato-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120132523Method of Manufacturing a Sputtering Target and Sputtering Target - [Object] To provide a method of manufacturing a sputtering target and a sputtering target that are capable of achieving refinement and uniformity of crystal grains.05-31-2012

Takami Higashi, Suwon-Si KR

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20090269631Fuel cell system and control method thereof - Disclosed is a method of controlling a fuel cell system including a fuel processor to generate reforming gas and a stack to generate energy by receiving the reforming gas from the fuel processor. The method includes performing an initial operation, in which the fuel processor is operated to generate thermal energy heating, a heat medium is heated by the thermal energy generated from the fuel processor, and raising a temperature of the stack to a normal operation temperature by the heat medium having a high temperature, and performing a normal operation, in which the reforming gas is supplied to the stack after the temperature of the stack has reached the normal operation temperature. The stack temperature is raised until the stack is normally operated by heating the stack through the circulation of a heat medium heated by heat generated from a fuel processor.10-29-2009
20100062291Fuel cell system and fuel supply method thereof - A stable fuel supply system in a fuel cell system produces heat and electricity by combining hydrogen modified from a major raw material selected from various hydrogen compounds, with oxygen existing in air. A fuel supply device and a fuel supply method in a fuel cell system, which automate a steam to carbon ratio (S/C) control and a lamda control, and achieve a fuel cell system operation efficiently and stably coping with pressure loss and pulsation occurring within the system, while using a minimum number of balance-of-plant (BOP) units. A method more efficiently and precisely supplies fuel during the start-up and operation of the fuel cell system, while preventing flame failure of a burner and maintaining an appropriate carbon monoxide concentration even when an abrupt flow rate variation occurs. Also, an operating method improves functions associated with a decomposition ability based on selection of the specification of a fuel pump, and thus, is more economical and stable in terms of the costs and configuration of the fuel cell system.03-11-2010
20100062295Fuel cell system and air supply method thereof - A stable air supply system in a fuel cell system produces heat and electricity by combining hydrogen modified from a major raw material selected from various hydrogen compounds, with oxygen existing in air. An air supply device and an air supply method in a fuel cell system, automate a lamda control, and achieve a fuel cell system operation efficiently and stably coping with pressure loss and pulsation occurring within the system, while using a minimum number of balance-of-plant (BOP) units. A method efficiently and precisely supplies air during the start-up and operation of the fuel cell system, while preventing flame failure of a burner and maintaining an appropriate carbon monoxide concentration even when an abrupt flow rate variation occurs. In this regard, an operating method is economical and stable in terms of the costs and configuration of the fuel cell system.03-11-2010
20100136378FUEL REFORMER BURNER OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel reformer burner in which fuel gas and anode-off-gas (AOG) may be burned and backfire may be prevented during combustion of AOG includes a fuel supply portion, an anode-off-gas (AOG) supply portion; and a combustion air supply portion. The fuel supply portion and the AOG supply portion are arranged inside the combustion air supply portion, which is formed to extend beyond the discharge sides of the fuel supply portion and the AOG supply portion.06-03-2010
20100143756CONNECTING APPARATUS IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE CONNECTING APPARATUS - A connecting apparatus in a fuel cell system and a fuel cell system including the connecting apparatus include a pipe module and a controller controlling the operation of the pipe module. The pipe module includes a first valve connecting a fuel processor and an anode of a stack, a second valve connecting an automatic drain and a heat exchanger, and a check valve connecting the anode of the stack and the heat exchanger.06-10-2010
20100167097HEAT RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS IN FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - A fuel cell heat recovery system and method, the heat recovery method including: closing a proportionate valve to control water flow to a second heat exchanger that recovers heat from an electric heater that uses surplus power of the fuel cell system, if the fuel cell system is completely activated; opening an electronic valve to control water flow to a first heat exchanger that recovers heat from cooling water discharged from a stack of the fuel cell system; and supplying a predetermined amount of water to the first heat exchanger.07-01-2010