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Higuchi, Kanagawa

Akon Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090148958NUCLEOTIDE-TRANSITION METAL COMPLEX CATALYST - This invention is to provide a catalyst (an artificial enzyme) which can be used as an alternative to a protein enzyme in the field relating to medicine, pharmaceuticals, biochemistry or chemical engineering. Such a catalyst comprises a complex of a transition metal and a monomeric or polymeric nucleotide or an analogue thereof.06-11-2009

Chojiro Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100331464POLYLACTIC ACID BASED RESIN, POLYLACTIC ACID BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED BODY OF POLYLACTIC ACID BASED RESIN OR POLYLACTIC ACID BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID BASED RESIN - It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition having improved heat resistance (high crystallinity) and transparency without impairing rigidity intrinsic to a polylactic acid based resin, a molded body formed from the resin composition, and a new polylactic acid based resin used in the resin composition. A polylactic acid based resin (A) according to the present invention is characterized by having a specific structural moiety and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 5,000 to 1,000,000. A polylactic acid based resin composition according to the present invention is characterized by containing the above-described polylactic acid based resin (A).12-30-2010

Choujirou Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186992THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition which is increased in heat resistance (high crystallinity) and transparency without impairing rigidity which a thermoplastic resin inherently has and a molded article containing the resin composition. A thermoplastic resin composition relating to the present invention includes a thermoplastic resin (A) and a crystal nucleating agent (B) composed of tris(amino acid ester)amides of trimesic acid. The crystal nucleating agent (B) is preferably tris(valine ester)amides of trimesic acid or tris(leucine ester)amides of trimesic acid, and the thermoplastic resin (A) is preferably a lactic acid resin and more preferably a polylactic acid.07-23-2009
20090203852POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition having improved heat resistance (high crystallinity) and transparency without impairing rigidity which a polylactic acid resin inherently has, and a molded article composed of the resin composition. A polylactic acid resin composition of the present invention contains 100 parts by weight of a polylactic acid compound (A) having a specific moiety represented by the formula (1): -X08-13-2009
20090259000POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF AND POLYLACTIC ACID COMPOUND - An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition having increased heat resistance (high crystallinity) and transparency without impairing rigidity which a polylactic acid resin inherently has, a molded article composed of the resin composition and a novel polylactic acid compound used in the resin composition. A polylactic acid resin composition of the present invention contains a linear polylactic acid compound (A) having a moiety represented by the formula (1): —X10-15-2009

Fujio Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090060092Circuit and method for improved offset adjustment of differential amplifier within data receiving apparatus - A data receiving apparatus is provided to receive command data encoded by using a combination of high-level periods during which there is radio wave and low-level periods during which there is no radio wave. The data receiving apparatus is provided with a receiving circuit including a differential amplifier circuit receiving the command data through an antenna, and a demodulator outputting a reproduced signal corresponding to the command data in response to an output of the differential amplifier; and an offset adjustment switch circuit judging a logic level of the reproduced signal in the low level periods of the command data while the receiving circuit receives the command data, and generates offset switch signals based on the logic level of the reproduced signal in the low level periods. The differential amplifier circuit includes an offset control section adjusting an offset value of the differential amplifier circuit in response to the offset switch signals.03-05-2009

Haruki Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110096818MULTICARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - This invention provides a multi-carrier system that can separate multi-carrier certainly by improving channel response characteristics between a transmitter and a receiver, in a MIMO system increasing receiving antennas by using a fractional sampling in a receiver. The transmitter delays and transmits a part of plural transmitting signals for a time decided from a magnification of a fractional sampling and a pulse length of a transmitting signal, or a time decided with channel response characteristics from the transmitter that the receiver measured.04-28-2011

Kazutaka Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090015673MONITORING CAMERA DEVICE, DEHUMIDIFYING DEVICE, DEHUMIDIFYING METHOD, AND DEHUMIDIFYING PROGRAM - A surveillance camera (01-15-2009
20090290860MONITORING CAMERA DEVICE - There is provided a monitoring camera apparatus which, while ensuring waterproofness, can perform focus adjustment when a dome cover is mounted. A lens (11-26-2009
20100007736MONITORING CAMERA AND MONITORING CAMERA CONTROL METHOD - An image signal processing DSP subjects an image captured by an imaging element having a zoom lens to image processing for identifying a tracking target. In accordance with zoom information generated by the image signal processing DSP, the main CPU controls the zoom lens; and controls a turn table that moves the imaging element in panning and tilting directions in accordance with pan and tilt information, to track the tracking target. During tracking of the tracking, a determination is made, from information about movements of the tracking target generated by the image signal processing DSP, as to whether or not the target to be tacked has intruded the inside of the area from the outside. In a case where the target has intruded the inside of a preset area from the outside, an alarm command is produced when the target continually remains in the area for; e.g., one second.01-14-2010
20100277596AUTOMATIC TRACKING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC TRACKING METHOD - An automatic tracking apparatus controls a direction of an imager and adjusts an imaging region so as to include a tracked object in imaged video by a pan/tilt/zoom controller and a pan/tilt driver. Here, a tracking speed is acquired from control information for controlling the imager by a tracking speed decision portion. Then, when a tracking speed is a predetermined value or less, a zoom scaling factor is calculated according to the tracking speed by a zoom scaling factor calculator and a zoom scaling factor of the imager is changed by the pan/tilt/zoom controller and a zoom lens driver.11-04-2010

Ken Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090035493METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE, SURFACE-PROPERTY-MODIFYING SHEET, AND THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET - In an image-forming method, a ribbon-shaped thermal transfer sheet with a dye layer and a protective material layer arranged side-by-side in the longitudinal direction is moved, and thermal energy is applied from a thermal head while arranging a recording medium to face the dye layer to thermally transfer the dye layer onto the recording medium to form an image. Thermal energy is applied while arranging the image to face the protective material layer to thereby form a protective layer on the image by thermal transfer. A ribbon-shaped surface-property-modifying sheet including a surface-property-modifying region for modifying the surface of the protective layer is moved, and the protective layer is aligned with the surface-property-modifying region of the surface-property-modifying sheet. Heat and pressure are applied from the thermal head and the surface-property-modifying sheet is detached after cooling to modify the surface condition of the protective layer.02-05-2009
20090185023IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MODIFICATION SHEET CARTRIDGE USING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium in a predetermined direction, a thermal transfer sheet traveling unit that causes a thermal transfer sheet to travel in a predetermined direction, a modification sheet moving unit that moves a surface modification sheet, a thermal head that applies thermal energy and thermally transfers sequentially a dye layer and a protective layer of the thermal transfer sheet onto the recording medium while the dye layer or the protective layer opposes the surface of the recording medium, and a modification sheet protecting unit disposed in a movement path of the surface modification sheet, and configured to prevent adhesion of dust to the surface modification sheet or to eliminate the adhesion. After forming the image onto the recording medium using the thermal transfer sheet and forming the protective layer that protects the image, the surface modification portion of the surface modification sheet is aligned with a plane in which the protective layer is formed, so that heat and pressure are applied by the thermal head to modify the surface state of the protective layer formed at the recording medium.07-23-2009
20090196672PRINTER - A printer includes a fragment receiving section provided below a cutter and receiving a non-printing area cut off as a fragment falling thereinto, and a printed matter receiving section provided below the cutter and receiving a printing area cut off as a piece of printed matter and falling thereinto. The fragment receiving section includes a rocking plate rocked by a rocking mechanism between a first rocking position, where an upper end of the rocking plate resides on the downstream side in a paper conveying direction with respect to a cutting position so as to allow the fragment to fall into the fragment receiving section, and a second rocking position, where the upper end of the rocking plate resides on the upstream side in the paper conveying direction with respect to the cutting position so as to guide the piece of printed matter into the printed matter receiving section.08-06-2009

Patent applications by Ken Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Manabu Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090135252MONITORING CAMERA DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND MONITORING IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - The invention includes an imaging unit for taking the image of a subject as the object of monitoring, a moving image extracting unit for extracting image data of each frame in every specific frame period from this image data, a motion image encoder for generating motion image data by compressing and coding the extracted image data, a change detecting unit for issuing a change detection signal showing a change in the subject, and a transport processing unit for processing data transport by changing over at least two types of communication protocols depending on the change detection signal. The transport processing unit transports the motion image data to a monitor terminal device through a network according to connection-less type communication protocol when the change detection signal shows no change, or according to connection type communication protocol when showing presence of change.05-28-2009
20090189993IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus that can output images with a plurality of resolutions is provided. The imaging apparatus comprises an imaging section (07-30-2009

Nobuaki Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080252859Projection display device - A projection display device includes: a housing; a fan disposed within the housing, the fan having a vane portion and a fan case accommodating the vane portion so as to be rotatable; and multiple vibration-proofing members having at least one of elasticity and viscosity, the vibration-proofing members being disposed at multiple positions in the circumferential direction of the perimeter face portion of the fan case surrounding the vane portion around the rotational axis of the vane portion, such that the vibration-proofing members are introduced between the housing and the fan case.10-16-2008
20090051829Projection display device - A projection display device may include a housing which can be placed on a placing face with a lower face portion thereof distanced from the placing face; a fan, disposed within the housing, to suction from a first air inlet formed in the lower face portion; a filter detachably provided to the housing the as to close off the first air inlet; and a filter replacement access lid detachably provided to the housing so as to cover the filter closing off the first air only from the placing face side, with a second air inlet for suctioning of the fan provided in the filter replacement access lid; wherein the filter replacement access lid may be formed so as to protrude toward the placing face side from the lower face portion; and wherein the second air inlet may be formed in a face of the filter replacement access lid intersecting the lower face portion.02-26-2009

Ryohei Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100312935DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a hierarchical bus structure employing a fixed-priority bus access arbitration scheme, accurate arbitration of bus access requests can be carried out even in situations where priority levels are updated according to a system operation mode. In each of a plurality of superordinate hierarchical bus circuits, access requests from respective bus masters included in each corresponding bus master group are arbitrated according to priority levels assigned thereto, and based on the result of the arbitration, a priority communication signal PRA/PRB indicating a priority level of each access-request-permitted bus master is fed to a subordinate bus controller. In a subordinate hierarchical bus circuit, under control of the subordinate bus controller, access request arbitration is carried out according to the priority communication signal PRA/PRB to select a superordinate hierarchical bus circuit or bus master having the highest priority level.12-09-2010

Satoshi Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090233008CELLULOSE ACYLATE GRAINS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM, CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT, POLARIZER, OPTICAL COMPENSATORY FILM, ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Cellulose acylate grains having a heat quantity of crystalline fusion of at most 10 J/g. A film prepared by melt-casting the grains is free from the problem of yellowing when built in liquid-crystal display devices.09-17-2009
20090281643Audio processing device, audio processing method, and program - An audio processing device includes an audio input selecting unit configured to select a predetermined audio input from among a plurality of audio inputs; a signal processing unit configured to give a predetermined sound field characteristic to audio signals of the audio input selected by the audio input selecting unit; a signal output unit configured to output the audio signals obtained in the signal processing unit; a genre information receiving unit configured to receive genre information transmitted from any of audio signal output devices; and a sound field control unit configured to control the signal processing unit to give a sound field characteristic corresponding to the genre information if the genre information received by the genre information receiving unit is determined to be the genre information corresponding to the audio input selected by the audio input selecting unit.11-12-2009
20100131782INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a baseband signal manager, a determining unit, and a power supply controller is connected to one or more apparatus via an interface. The interface includes a signal channel for transmitting baseband signals and a control channel for bidirectionally transmitting control signals. The baseband signal manager transmits a baseband signal sent from a first apparatus to a second apparatus as-is when the information processing apparatus is in a standby power state. The determining unit determines the power state of the second apparatus on the basis of a control signal sent from the second apparatus. When it is determined by the determining unit that the second apparatus is not powered on, the power supply controller suspends power supply to the baseband signal manager.05-27-2010
20100271560Audio processing apparatus and audio processing method - An audio processing apparatus includes: a transmission signal input/output unit that inputs or outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and a control signal; a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the audio signal inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit or an audio signal inputted to any other audio signal input unit; an output unit that outputs the audio signal, which is processed by the reproduction processing unit, through a loudspeaker; and a control unit that when detecting that a control signal signifying that a predetermined mode concerning the display image quality represented by the video signal should be designated is inputted to the transmission signal input/output unit, instructs the reproduction processing unit to perform predetermined sound-field processing or sound-quality processing during the reproduction.10-28-2010
20110157479Device control device, device control method, and computer program - A device control device includes a transmission signal receiving/outputting unit configured to receive/output a signal containing a control signal for controlling an internal status from/to another device, the other device being connected to the transmission signal receiving/outputting unit, an application obtaining unit configured to obtain an application as necessary by accessing an application server via a network, a display control unit configured to control display based on the application obtained by the application obtaining unit, and an operation control unit configured to control an operation of the other device by performing the application obtained by the application obtaining unit. The display control unit changes content to be displayed in accordance with a type of the other device.06-30-2011
20110164181DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.07-07-2011
20110167465Device control apparatus, device control method and computer program - There is provided a device control apparatus including a transmission signal input/output unit for receiving a signal including a control signal for controlling an internal state from another device or outputting the signal to the other device, an application acquisition unit for properly accessing an application server over a network and properly acquiring the application, a display control unit for controlling a display based on the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and an operation control unit for executing the application acquired by the application acquisition unit and controlling an operation of the other device connected to the transmission signal input/output unit. The operation control unit permits the other device to transmit its status upon initiation of the execution of the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and prohibits the other device from transmitting the status upon termination of the application execution.07-07-2011

Patent applications by Satoshi Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Susumu Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100240552METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF DRUG SENSITIVITY BY ANALYSIS OF POMC GENE - The present invention provides a method for predicting the difference in drug sensitivity among individuals by using a genetic polymorphism of the POMC gene. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for evaluating drug sensitivity, comprising associating a genetic polymorphism of POMC gene with an individual drug sensitivity.09-23-2010

Takahiro Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226245Curable Resin Composition for Light Guide Formation, Curable Dry Film for Light Guide Formation, Cured Resin and Light Guide - Disclosed is an optical waveguide-forming curable resin composition and optical waveguide-forming curable dry film which are capable of forming cured resin articles that have high heat resistance, excellent mechanical strength and high transparency, and possess properties required for forming optical waveguides, such as low thermal expansion, low transmission loss, etc.09-18-2008

Patent applications by Takahiro Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Tsutomu Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090180327NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - In a memory cell array which is constituted with flash memory, a pair of a positive memory cell and a negative memory cell, to which data with mutually opposite values are written, is plurally provided. Bit lines and I/O lines connected to the memory cells of a data reading object are charged, and then a potential WL of a word line connected to the data reading object memory cells is raised. Hence, currents flow in the data reading object memory cells in accordance with the data that were written, and consequently one of a potential BL and a potential BLN of the I/O lines begins to fall. When one of the potentials BL and BLN falls below the circuit threshold of a sense amplifier, reading data is established, and the established reading data is outputted as a sense amplifier output signal SAOUT.07-16-2009

Yasuo Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110216920SPEAKER DRIVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A speaker drive integrated circuit of the present invention includes: a load connection status detecting circuit configured to cause a current to flow from an external power supply to one of output terminals when an output side of an amplifying circuit is set to a high impedance state and detect whether a load connection status is normal, open, or short based on a voltage generated at the output terminal; and a transmitting terminal through which a signal indicating a detection result by the load connection status detecting circuit is output to outside.09-08-2011

Yasuyuki Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110314521COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process is provided. The process includes obtaining note content information representing note content included in a note if the note has been input to registered information; obtaining user specification information for specifying a user who has input the note; causing the note content information and the user specification information to be stored in a memory in association with the registered information; and outputting at least one of the registered information, and the note content information and the user specification information stored in the memory to a user as a request source, and not outputting at least the user specification information if the user as the request source is different from the user who has input the note, in response to a request for outputting information from the user as the request source.12-22-2011

Yuki Higuchi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090200875Apparatus for supporting design of semiconductor integrated circuit device and method for designing semiconductor integrated circuit device - A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes: a first power supply region, power supply to which is controlled; and a second power supply region connected with a first power supply region. The first power supply region includes: a floating preventing circuit configured to fix an output voltage from the first power supply region to the second power supply region to a ground voltage in synchronization with stop of power supply.08-13-2009
20110095815NOISE REDUCTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PROVIDED WITH NOISE REDUCTION CIRCUIT - A noise reduction circuit includes first and second reset signal generation circuits that generate first and second reset signals that are activated when a data input signal goes to a low level or a high level and are deactivated in synchronization with a clock signal when a high level or a low level is maintained, and first and second counter circuits that count an inverted signal of the clock signal, and are reset by the first or second reset signal. The noise reduction circuit further includes a data output circuit that includes a selector circuit and an output flip-flop circuit that outputs a signal selected by the selector circuit in synchronization with the clock, wherein the selector circuit selects and outputs any of: a signal fixed at a high level or a low level, and an output signal of the output flip-flop circuit, according to logic levels of output signals of the first and second counter circuit.04-28-2011