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Hikita, JP

Atsushi Hikita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100164870KEY SHEET - Provided is a key sheet which has a soft touch feeling and in which elaborate and highly visible display portions can be provided. In a key sheet including: a translucent base sheet; and a soft-feel layer which is laminated on a front surface side of the base sheet, includes a plurality of display portions representing key types such as letters, numerals, and symbols, and has a soft touch feeling, the soft-feel layer includes a translucent skin layer having the soft touch feeling and decorative portions which are provided on a back surface of the skin layer and are visible through the skin layer. Further, light emitted from an inside of a device transmits through the base sheet so as to reach the decorative portions, and hence it is possible to obtain an illumination-type key sheet excellent in illumination property and of wider variety.07-01-2010

Chie Hikita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120077884COCCIDIOSIS CONTROLLING AGENT AND FEED CONTAINING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide: a coccidiosis controlling agent which is excellent in safety, is free of problems such as side-effects, does not cause effect reduction or the like due to the acquisition of resistance to a medicament, and exhibits a high preventive effect and a high treatment effect against coccidiosis; a feed for an animal containing the anticoccidial composition; and a method for raising an animal using the coccidiosis controlling agent and the feed. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, provided is a coccidiosis controlling agent for an animal, containing heated cashew nut shell liquid and/or cardanol.03-29-2012

Jun Hikita, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100194891Video processing device, video processing method, and program - A video processing device includes a video obtaining unit configured to obtain video data by capturing video of a specific area, a video accumulating unit configured to accumulate the video data obtained by the video obtaining unit, a data input unit configured to input event occurrence data indicating an event that has occurred in a video image corresponding to the video data obtained by the video obtaining unit and object specifying data for specifying an object relating to the event, and an addition processing unit configured to add the event occurrence data and object specifying data input by the data input unit to the video data accumulated in the video accumulating unit using a predetermined format through provision of link data for linking the video data to the event occurrence data and the object specifying data.08-05-2010
20100194892Video processing device, video processing method, and program - A video processing device includes a video accumulating unit configured to accumulate video data obtained by capturing video of a specific area, event occurrence data indicating an event that has occurred in a video image corresponding to the video data, and object specifying data for specifying an object relating to the event, a video processing unit configured to apply a predetermined effect to the video data accumulated in the video accumulating unit in accordance with the event occurrence data and the object specifying data that are added to the video data accumulated in the video accumulating unit to produce a modified video image, and a video output unit configured to output the modified video image to which the effect has been applied by the video processing unit.08-05-2010

Patent applications by Jun Hikita, Kanagawa JP

Katurou Hikita, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100171024OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter 07-08-2010

Makoto Hikita, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100065259VAPOR CONTACT-TYPE HEATING DEVICE - A vapor contact-type heating device which achieves a high-quality heat treatment is provided by increasing the mixing efficiency of vapor and supplying vapor at a relatively low pressure.03-18-2010

Masahiko Hikita, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090285266RAKE RECEIVING DEVICE, BASE STATION APPARATUS, RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECEPTION CONTROL PROGRAM - When receiving digital data from a signal receiving unit, a rake receiving unit stores the received digital data on a memory. Then, when receiving path timing from a delay amount/path number detecting unit, the rake receiving unit determines a read address that is a position for starting reading, based on the path timing. Subsequently, the rake receiving unit starts reading from the determined read address, and carries out a de-spreading process.11-19-2009

Masahiro Hikita, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120018067MOTORCYCLE TIRE FOR RUNNING ON ROUGH TERRAIN - A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain comprises a tread portion having a developed tread width and provided with a plurality of tread blocks. The tread blocks include a plurality of crown blocks defined as having a ground contacting top surface whose centroid is located within a crown region defined as having a developed width of ⅓ of the developed tread width and centered on the tire equator. The crown blocks include a plurality of central crown blocks whose axial distance from the tire equatorial plane to the centroid is not more than 2% of the developed tread width, and a plurality of off-center crown blocks whose axial distance from the tire equatorial plane to the centroid is more than 2% and not more than 6% of the developed tread width.01-26-2012

Masahiro Hikita, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090121775TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - In a transistor, an AlN buffer layer 05-14-2009
20090146182NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor device includes: first through third nitride semiconductor layers formed in sequence over a substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer has a band gap energy larger than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The third nitride semiconductor layer has an opening. A p-type fourth nitride semiconductor layer is formed so that the opening is filled therewith. A gate electrode is formed on the fourth nitride semiconductor layer.06-11-2009
20100327293FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An AlN buffer layer, an undoped GaN layer, an undoped AlGaN layer, a p-type GaN layer and a heavily doped p-type GaN layer are formed in this order. A gate electrode forms an Ohmic contact with the heavily doped p-type GaN layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are provided on the undoped AlGaN layer. A pn junction is formed in a gate region by a two dimensional electron gas generated at an interface between the undoped AlGaN layer and the undoped GaN layer and the p-type GaN layer, so that a gate voltage can be increased.12-30-2010
20110012173SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an undoped GaN layer (01-20-2011
20110024797NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH CONCAVE GATE REGION - In FET, a second nitride semiconductor layer is provided on a first nitride semiconductor layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode are each provided to have at least a portion thereof in contact with the second nitride semiconductor layer. A concave portion is formed in the upper surface of the second nitride semiconductor layer to be located between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A gate electrode is provided over the concave portion to cover the opening of the concave portion.02-03-2011
20110037100NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor device includes: first through third nitride semiconductor layers formed in sequence over a substrate. The second nitride semiconductor layer has a band gap energy larger than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The third nitride semiconductor layer has an opening. A p-type fourth nitride semiconductor layer is formed so that the opening is filled therewith. A gate electrode is formed on the fourth nitride semiconductor layer.02-17-2011
20110095335NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A high breakdown voltage GaN-based transistor is provided on a silicon substrate. A nitride semiconductor device including: a silicon substrate, a SiO04-28-2011
20110114967NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nitride semiconductor device includes: a substrate; a first nitride semiconductor layer formed over the substrate; a second nitride semiconductor layer formed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a larger band gap energy than the first nitride semiconductor layer; a third nitride semiconductor layer formed on the second nitride semiconductor layer and including a p-type nitride semiconductor with at least a single-layer structure; a gate electrode formed on the third nitride semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in regions located on both sides of the gate electrode, respectively. The third nitride semiconductor layer has a thickness greater in a portion below the gate electrode than in a portion below the side of the gate electrode.05-19-2011
20120068227SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A normally off semiconductor device with a reduced off-state leakage current, which is applicable to a power switching element, includes: a substrate; an undoped GaN layer formed above the substrate; an undoped AlGaN layer formed on the undoped GaN layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode, formed on the undoped GaN layer or the undoped AlGaN layer; a P-type GaN layer formed on the undoped AlGaN layer and disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a gate electrode formed on the P-type GaN layer, wherein the undoped GaN layer includes an active region including a channel and an inactive region not including the channel, and the P-type GaN layer is disposed to surround the source electrode.03-22-2012

Patent applications by Masahiro Hikita, Hyogo JP

Masahiro Hikita, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110215379FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A field effect transistor includes a semiconductor stack formed on a substrate, and having a first nitride semiconductor layer and a second nitride semiconductor layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the semiconductor stack so as to be separated from each other. A gate electrode is formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode so as to be separated from the source electrode and the drain electrode. A hole injection portion is formed near the drain electrode. The hole injection portion has a p-type third nitride semiconductor layer, and a hole injection electrode formed on the third nitride semiconductor layer. The hole injection electrode and the drain electrode have substantially the same potential.09-08-2011
20110227093FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention has an object to provide an FET and a method of manufacturing the FET that are capable of increasing the threshold voltage as well as decreasing the on-resistance. The FET of the present invention includes a first undoped GaN layer; a first undoped AlGaN layer formed on the first undoped GaN layer, having a band gap energy greater than that of the first undoped GaN layer; a second undoped GaN layer formed on the first undoped AlGaN layer; a second undoped AlGaN layer formed on the second undoped GaN layer, having a band gap energy greater than that of the second undoped GaN layer; a p-type GaN layer formed in the recess of the second undoped AlGaN layer; a gate electrode formed on the p-type GaN layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode which are formed in both lateral regions of the gate electrode, wherein a channel is formed at the heterojunction interface between the first undoped GaN layer and the first undoped AlGaN layer.09-22-2011
20110266554SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE - In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device, first, a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a p-type third semiconductor layer are sequentially epitaxially grown on a substrate. After that, the third semiconductor layer is selectively removed. Then, a fourth semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the second semiconductor layer. Then, a gate electrode is formed on the third semiconductor layer.11-03-2011
20110272740FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A field-effect transistor includes a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, and a second semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer has a containing region provided as an isolation region which contains non-conductive impurities, and a non-containing region which contains no non-conductive impurities. A first region is defined by a vicinity of a portion of the interface between the containing region and the non-containing region, the portion of the interface being below a gate electrode, the vicinity including the portion of the interface and being included in the containing region. The second semiconductor layer includes a second region which is located directly above the first region. The concentration of the non-conductive impurities of the second region is lower than that of the first region.11-10-2011
20110278540FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR - Provided is a field-effect transistor which is capable of suppressing current collapse. An HEMT as the field-effect transistor includes: a first semiconductor layer made of a first nitride semiconductor; and a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and made of a second nitride semiconductor having a greater band gap than a band gap of the first nitride semiconductor, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes a region in which a threading dislocation density increases in a stacking direction.11-17-2011
20110297960TRANSISTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a transistor assembly includes the steps of: (a) forming a transistor; (b) polishing a base substrate; and (c) securing the transistor of which the base substrate is polished to a support substrate. The step (a) is a step of forming a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer on a principle surface of the base substrate. The step (b) is a step of polishing a surface of the base substrate opposite to the principle surface. The step (c) is a step of securing the transistor on the support substrate in the presence of a stress applied on the base substrate in such a direction that a warp of the base substrate is reduced. The base substrate is made of a material different from that of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a tensile stress is applied on the second semiconductor layer.12-08-2011

Masanori Hikita, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100194717ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an organic electroluminescence display device including an organic electroluminescence element which includes a transparent electrode, a counter electrode, and an organic compound layer provided between the transparent electrode and the counter electrode, the organic compound layer including a light emitting layer, and a fine particle-containing layer positioned in the optical path of light emitted from the light emitting layer and adjacent to the transparent electrode, wherein the fine particle-containing layer contain an organic resin material having a refractive index equal to or lower than the refractive index of the transparent electrode, and fine particles having a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the organic resin material and a weight average particle diameter of 0.5 μm to 5 μm, and the fine particle-containing layer has a thickness of 2 μm to 10 μm.08-05-2010

Masanori Hikita, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100080963PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, POLYMER COMPOUND, METHOD OF FORMING A PATTERN, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A polymer compound is provided which is excellent in heat resistance and insulating property, and a photosensitive resin composition is provided which includes the polymer compound, and may form a cured pattern or a cured film excellent in pattern forming property, resolution, heat resistance and insulating property. Also, a method for forming a cured pattern excellent in pattern forming property, resolution, heat resistance and insulating property using the photosensitive resin composition, and an electronic device having high reliance for a semiconductor device or for a display device are provided. The photosensitive resin composition includes a polymer compound obtained by reacting a monomer represented by Formula (1) and a monomer represented by Formula (2), and a photosensitizing agent.04-01-2010
20120045616POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR FORMING CURED FILM, CURED FILM, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A positive photosensitive resin composition including: a resin comprising a structural unit having an acid dissociative group and a structural unit having a functional group capable of forming a covalent bond by reacting with a carboxyl group or a phenolic hydroxyl group; and an acid generator represented by the following formula (I):02-23-2012

Masayuki Hikita, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090146666PARTIAL DISCHARGE CHARGE QUANTITY MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention comprises an antenna adapted to measure an electromagnetic wave radiated from a device to be measured stemming from partial discharge and having sensitivity at least in the UHF band; a filter for extracting a TEM mode component from a measured time waveform; and a measurement device body including a processing section adapted to obtain a second order integral value of the time waveform having undergone the filter processing and obtain a discharge charge quantity from the value. The present invention also comprises an electromagnetic wave radiation simulating apparatus for inputting a pseudo discharge signal to the device to be measured and previously obtaining the relation between the second order integral value and the discharge charge quantity, wherein the processing section obtains the discharge charge quantity from the second order integral value with reference to the previously obtained relation between the second order integral value and the discharge charge quantity.06-11-2009

Mitsutaka Hikita, Hachioji JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080272854Antenna duplexer and wireless terminal using the same - A technology which can realize a high-performance multiband operation in a compact circuit configuration and is advantageous for a wireless terminal of GSM system for which the further increase of the demands is expected in the future is provided. Provided is a multiband switch type antenna duplexer adopted in a mobile phone used in TDMA system such as the GSM system, in which the signals of respectively different first to fourth frequency bands (GSM 850, EGSM, DCS, PCS) share a single antenna, wherein switching elements such as receive filters and diodes are combined in various ways to perform the high-performance band switch with the minimum number of switching elements. The circuit of this antenna duplexer can realize not only the size reduction of the multiband switch antenna duplexer but also the size reduction and performance improvement of the wireless terminal itself.11-06-2008

Patent applications by Mitsutaka Hikita, Hachioji JP

Shinji Hikita, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090174110FILM PRODUCTION METHOD - A solution casting apparatus includes a drive roller as a conveying means. The drive roller conveys a polymer film peeled from a belt, the polymer film still containing a solvent. The drive roller has corrugation valleys and corrugation peaks formed on a peripheral surface along a circumferential direction of the drive roller. Each of the corrugation valleys and the corrugation peaks has a substantially semicircular cross section. The corrugation valleys and the corrugation peaks are disposed alternately in an axial direction of the drive roller. A pitch P07-09-2009
20090243144SUPPORT ROLLER, WEB CONVEYANCE METHOD, SOLUTION CASTING METHOD AND SOLUTION CASTING APPARATUS - A support roller includes a roller body and a rotary shaft, and supports a web under conveyance with a peripheral surface of the roller body. The peripheral surface includes edge contact areas and a merchandise portion contact area. The edge contact areas make contact with edges in a width direction of the web. Each edge contact area has projections and recesses that have an arcuate cross section, and extend in the peripheral direction of the roller body. The projections and the recesses are arranged alternately in an axial direction. The projections are spaced at intervals from 0.01 mm to 2 mm. A height from a bottom of the recess to an apex of the projection is from 0.01 mm to 1 mm. The apex has a curvature radius in a range from 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm.10-01-2009

Takami Hikita, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080221341Trisoxetane compound, process for producing the same, and opitcal waveguide using the same - The present invention relates to a trisoxetane compound represented by the following formula (1):09-11-2008
20100008621MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD AND OPTO-ELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD OBTAINED THEREBY - A method of manufacturing an opto-electric hybrid board which is capable of reducing the number of steps for the manufacture of the opto-electric hybrid board and which achieves the reduction in thickness of the opto-electric hybrid board to be manufactured, and an opto-electric hybrid board obtained thereby. A plurality of protruding cores (optical interconnect lines) 01-14-2010
20100067849MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE OBTAINED THEREBY - A manufacturing method of an optical waveguide device and an optical waveguide device obtained thereby. An under cladding layer is formed on the front surface of a colored-layer-coated PET substrate including a PET substrate portion and a colored layer of a color that absorbs irradiation light and formed on the back surface of the PET substrate portion, and then a photosensitive resin layer for the formation of cores is formed thereon. In forming the cores, when the irradiation light reaches the bottom surface of the PET substrate portion, most of the irradiation light is absorbed by the colored layer, so that there is little irradiation light reflected from the bottom surface of the PET substrate portion. This significantly reduces the irradiation light reflected diffusely from the PET substrate portion and reaching the photosensitive resin layer to thereby effectively suppress the surface roughening of the side surfaces of the cores.03-18-2010
20100104254COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, PREPARATION METHOD FOR THE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE PRODUCED BY USING THE COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A composition for an optical waveguide is provided which contains no halogen atom and has no light absorption band in a visible to near-infrared spectral range. A method of preparing the composition is also provided. The composition includes: (A) a fine particulate zirconium oxide material including zirconium oxide fine particles, and a silicone oligomer and a silicone oligomer polymer bonded to outer peripheral surfaces of the zirconium oxide fine particles; and (B) a photoacid generator. For preparation of the composition, the fine particulate zirconium oxide material (A) is prepared by mixing a silicone oligomer in an aqueous dispersion of zirconium oxide fine particles, polymerizing the silicone oligomer in an acidic pH range to provide a silicone oligomer polymer, and bonding the silicone oligomer and the silicone oligomer polymer to outer peripheral surfaces of the zirconium oxide fine particles. Then, the photoacid generator (B) is blended with the fine particulate zirconium oxide material (A).04-29-2010

Patent applications by Takami Hikita, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Tomoharu Hikita, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080282044DATA CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL SERVER, DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a data control system that includes a control server and an information processing terminal equipped with a non-contact type IC chip. The information processing terminal includes a chip memory and a consistency check request portion. The chip memory includes at least one service area that stores a service data item and an index area that stores a link information item for accessing the service area. The consistency check request portion transmits a consistency check request. The control server includes a data acquisition portion that acquires the link information item according to the check request, an area determination portion that determines whether the corresponding service area exists for each link information item, a reading portion that reads the determined service area, and a data update portion that, if the service area could not be read, updates the link information item with information not indicating any access destination.11-13-2008
20080283595Authentication Information Management System, Authentication Information Management Server, Authentication Information Management Method and Program - There is provided an authentication information management system including: an information processing terminal mounted with an IC chip capable of non-contact communication with a reader/writer; and an authentication information management server capable of communication with the information processing terminal, wherein the information processing terminal includes: a plurality of memory areas provided in the IC chip for each of functions of the IC chip; and a plurality of applications for achieving each of the functions of the IC chip, and the authentication information management server includes: an authentication information setting portion for setting authentication information in the first memory area in response to a request sent from the first application of the information processing terminal; and an authentication information notifying portion which in response to a request sent from a second application of the information processing terminal, notifies the second application of the authentication information of the first memory area.11-20-2008
20080284572DATA CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL SERVER, DATA CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a data control system that includes a control server and an information processing terminal equipped with a non-contact type IC chip. The information processing terminal includes an internal memory in the IC chip and an update request portion. The internal memory includes at least one service area that can store a service data item and a control information item and includes an index area that stores a link information item for accessing the service area The update request portion transmits an update request that specifies the link information item and service area to be updated, as well as a type of update processing. The control server includes a data update portion that responds to the update request, performing the specified type of update processing on the specified link information item and service area and causing the specified link information item and service area to be updated.11-20-2008
20090222662CARD ISSUING SYSTEM, CARD ISSUING SERVER, CARD ISSUING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a service providing server including an authentication ticket creating unit for encrypting access authentication information and creating an authentication ticket, and an authentication ticket transmitting unit for transmitting the authentication ticket to a card issuing server; where the card issuing server includes an authentication ticket verifying unit for decrypting the authentication ticket and verifying the authentication ticket, a verification result notifying unit for notifying the verification result of the authentication ticket to the service providing server, a connection information transmitting unit for transmitting connection information for connecting to the card issuing server to the service providing server along with the verification result of the authentication ticket, and an authentication information verifying unit for comparing and verifying the access authentication information of the authentication ticket and access authentication information stored in the IC chip of the information processing terminal.09-03-2009
20110041064INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit that reads, from a memory area of an IC chip, identification information of a service including at least any one of a wire communication service via an external wire communication or a wireless communication service via an external wireless communication, which use the memory area of the IC chip. The information processing apparatus also includes an acquisition unit that acquires service information to allow a user to use a service from an external server by transmitting the identification information of the service which the reading unit has read to the external server, and includes a display unit that displays to allow the user to use the service based on the service information which the acquisition unit has acquired.02-17-2011

Patent applications by Tomoharu Hikita, Tokyo JP

Tomohiro Hikita, Sendai JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080294739OPERATION MONITORING APPARATUS, OPERATION MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OPERATION MONITORING PROGRAM - An operation monitoring apparatus monitors statuses of plural monitoring target apparatus connected to a network, by sending a connection confirmation mail, via a notification server located on the network, receiving the connection confirmation mail and an operation confirmation mail sent from each monitoring target apparatus, storing a scheduled transmission time of a next operation confirmation mail contained in the operation confirmation mail, as part of apparatus information of the monitoring target apparatus and judging, using the scheduled transmission time, whether the next operation confirmation mail has been received. The judgment is not made if a latest connection confirmation mail sent from the operation monitoring apparatus itself has not been received.11-27-2008
20090287818MONITORING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring apparatus for monitoring communication configurations of a plurality of client devices connected to a server, the monitoring apparatus includes: a processor for controlling the communications between the client devices and the server in accordance with a process including: receiving from each of the client devices communication condition information and storing latest communication condition information of each of the client devices; determining at a time interval whether any of client devices became incapable of communication with the server by checking the latest communication condition information of each of client devices; and upon detection of at least one of the client devices for which obsolete communication condition information is stored, issuing a notice indicating that the at least one of the client devices are incapable of communication with the server.11-19-2009
20100223509ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF NOTIFICATION OF A FAULT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND FAULT NOTIFICATION PROGRAM - An information processing system includes an electronic device and an information processing unit. The electronic device includes a fault detection unit; a data generating unit for generating, as data, the content of the detected fault; a data dividing unit for dividing the generated data into plural division data in the case where the data exceeds a predetermined capacity; a data compression unit for compressing each of the plural division data; an identification information adding unit for adding identification information to each of the plural compressed division data; and a data transmission unit for transmitting the plural compressed division data with the identification information. The information processing unit includes a data receiving unit for receiving the plural compressed division data, and a data restoration unit for restoring the plural compressed division data into original data based on the identification information.09-02-2010
20110119664FIRMWARE DISTRIBUTING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND METHOD - Modified firmware is registered and controlled, and, when a download request is received from a terminal device, unupdated firmware is determined and downloaded to the terminal device. User identification information obtained from the download request is acquired, and, if the user identification information matches the user identification information of another terminal device that is already carrying out download, the download to the terminal device that output the download request is stopped. Even when the user identification information matches the user identification information of the other terminal device that is already carrying out download, if it is determined to be a download request by an operator operation, stopping the download is cancelled so as to execute the download, and a forcible termination notification is transmitted to the other terminal device that is already executing download so as to interrupt the download thereof in the process.05-19-2011

Patent applications by Tomohiro Hikita, Sendai JP

Toshiro Hikita, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080279141Methods for optimal multi-channel assignments in vehicular ad-hoc networks - A communications path is established among an ordered sequence of moving nodes, representing vehicles. Available channels may differ from one node to the next node and a node cannot use the same channel for both receiving and transmitting information. Three methods are described that provide an optimal sequence of channel assignments between the nodes. A sequence of channel assignments is called optimal if it establishes a communications path from the first node in the sequence to the last node in the sequence, or, if such a path does not exist, from the first node to the farthest node possible in the sequence. The first method uses a depth-first search starting from the first node in the sequence. The second method uses a “look ahead” scheme in the depth-first search method. The third method requires only a single pass through the sequence of nodes by identifying optimal channel assignments in subsequences of nodes without a need for backtracking.11-13-2008

Toshiro Hikita, Tama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090122738Method of broadcasting packets in ad-hoc network - A method for distributing a packet to a plurality of moving nodes comprising receiving a packet containing at least a message, a sender identifier, a location of a sender, an identifier for a relay node and distance from the sender and the relay node, determining if a node receiving the packet is the relay node and immediately distributing the packet to a plurality of moving nodes if the receiving node is the relay node. If the receiving node is not the relay node, the method further comprises steps of waiting a set period of time, determining if a packet is received from a different sender containing the same message, within the period of time and distributing the packet to a plurality of moving nodes if a packet containing the same message is not received within the period of time. The distributed packet includes an identifier for a successive relay node.05-14-2009
20090129323Method for determining transmission channels for a LPG based vehicle communication network - A method for determining a transmission channel for multi-hop transmission of a data packet from a plurality of data channels in an ad-hoc network. The network includes at least one local peer group. Each local peer group has a plurality of moving vehicles as nodes. The method comprises steps of determining available channels for data packet transmission at each node, transmitting a first list of available channels to at least one other node, receiving, from the at least one other node, a second list of available channel for the at least one other node, creating an available channel table including the first and second lists of available channels, selecting a transmitting channel for a data packet based upon information in the available channel table, and advertising the selected channel to the at least one other node.05-21-2009
20090285197METHODS FOR EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION OF VEHICLE PEER GROUPS AND EFFICIENT V2R COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention provides methods for efficient control message distribution in a VANET. Efficient flooding mechanisms are provided to fulfill the objective of flooding (delivering a message to every connected node) with a limited number of re-broadcasting by selected key nodes. A suppression-based efficient flooding mechanism utilizes a Light Suppression (LS) technique to reduce the number of flooding relays by giving up the broadcasting of a flooding message when a node observes downstream relay of the same flooding message. Additionally, a relay-node based efficient flooding mechanism selects Relay Nodes (RN) to form an efficient flooding tree for control message delivery. RNs are nodes that relay at least one control message, for instance a Membership Report (MR) to the upstream node in “k” previous control message cycles The upstream node may be the group header (GH) for the LPG.11-19-2009
20090285213 Inter-Local Peer Group (LPG) Routing Method - An on-demand method of routing data between a plurality of local peer groups (LPG). Each LPG includes a plurality of moving nodes. The method comprises transmitting a route request message from a source node, relaying the route request message to a native boundary node; forwarding the route request message to a foreign boundary node, determining if the destination node is within an LPG for the foreign boundary node; relaying the route request message to another boundary node if the destination node is not within the LPG, relaying the route request message to the destination node if the destination node is within the LPG, receiving the routing request message at the destination node, transmitting a routing response to the source node, relaying the routing response to the source node through a path discovered by the route request, receiving the routing response at the source node, and transmitting the data, upon receipt of the routing response.11-19-2009

Yuki Hikita, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100239229TRANSMISSION SERVER SYSTEM AND MATERIAL TRANSFER METHOD - A transmission server system includes: a material output portion that temporarily stores materials making up a program and transferred from a material server and outputs the materials by successively reading out the materials, wherein the material output portion has a plurality of recording and reproducing portions, the materials making up the program are transferred from the material server commonly to the plurality of recording and reproducing portions and recorded in each, and the respective materials are reproduced by and outputted from a recoding and reproducing portion as a transmission subject among the plurality of recording and reproducing portions.09-23-2010