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Daisuke Hirai, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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| 20110229117 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA LENS SYSTEM - An interchangeable lens includes a diaphragm, a driving unit for driving thereof, an operation member for setting an aperture value thereof, a switching unit for switching the operation member between permission and inhibition, and a control unit for operating, when the interchangeable lens is mounted on a camera main body including no recognition unit to recognize information on the aperture value set by the operation member, the driving unit according to a diaphragm driving command from the camera main body if the switching unit is in a state of inhibiting the operation of the operation member, and operate the driving unit according to the aperture value set by the operation member if the switching unit is in a state of permitting the operation of the operation member, and giving a response to the camera main body in a form of operating the driving unit according to the diaphragm driving command. | 09-22-2011 |
Eiju Hirai, Okaya-Shi JP
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| 20120005871 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method for manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes a process for forming a first conductive layer, a process for forming a piezoelectric layer having a region serving as an active region, a process for forming a second conductive layer, which overlaps with the region, a process for forming a third conductive layer, which overlaps with the region, on the second conductive layer, a process for forming an opening portion that divides the third conductive layer into a first portion and a second portion, a process for forming a resist layer that covers the opening portion and a peripheral portion at the side of the opening portion of the first portion and the second portion; a process for etching the third conductive layer to form a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, and a process for etching the second conductive layer to form a third conductive portion. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007928 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure generating chamber substrate having pressure generating chambers; and a piezoelectric element including first conductive layer, piezoelectric layer, and a second conductive layer provided above the pressure generating chamber substrate, wherein the piezoelectric element includes overlapped areas where the pressure generating chamber and the piezoelectric element overlap one another in plan view, the first conductive layer has a longitudinal direction in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and are provided for each of the overlapped areas, the second conductive layer is provided continuously so as to overlap with a plurality of the pressure generating chambers and includes end areas on the side of the ends of the overlapped areas in the first direction, and the end areas are each reduced in width in the second direction as it goes toward the end in the first direction. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007929 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure chamber substrate where pressure chambers that communicates with nozzle holes are provided, and a piezoelectric element including a first conductive layer, a piezoelectric material layer, and a second conductive layer, wherein the piezoelectric element has an overlap area that overlaps the pressure chamber, the first conductive layer, the piezoelectric material layer, and the second conductive layer, wherein the second conductive layers overlap a plurality of the pressure chambers continuously, wherein, the first conductive layer is provided in each of the overlap areas and has an end portion area at one end side of the overlap area in the longitudinal direction, and wherein a width of the end portion area gets narrow in the lateral direction as the end portion area directs to the end of the longitudinal direction. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120030915 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A manufacturing method of a piezoelectric element includes: forming a first conductive layer upon a substrate; forming a piezoelectric layer upon the first conductive layer; forming a second conductive layer upon the piezoelectric layer; forming a third conductive layer upon the second conductive layer; forming a first portion, a second portion, and an opening portion provided between the first portion and the second portion by patterning the third conductive layer; forming a resist layer that covers the opening portion and covers the edges of the first portion and the second portion that face the opening portion side; and forming a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion configured from the first portion and the second portion, and forming a third conductive portion configured from the second conductive layer, by dry-etching the second conductive layer using the first portion, the second portion, and the resist layer as a mask. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120056946 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A piezoelectric element, a liquid ejecting head and a liquid ejecting apparatus that have improved reliability are provided. Methods for the manufacture thereof are also provided. A piezoelectric element includes a vibration plate having a recess in a first surface, a first electrode formed in the recess, a piezoelectric layer formed on the vibration plate and the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer, wherein an upper surface of the first electrode forms a continuous flat surface together with the first surface. | 03-08-2012 |
Eiju Hirai, Minamiminowa JP
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| 20110304662 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body formed on the upper side of the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the upper side of the piezoelectric body; and an electrostatic actuator having the second electrode and a third electrode arranged to face the second electrode with a space therebetween. | 12-15-2011 |
Eiju Hirai, Minami Minowa-Mura JP
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| 20110261120 | LIQUID-EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID-EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - There is provided a piezoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer that is formed above the first electrode, a second electrode that is formed above the piezoelectric layer and a coating layer that is formed above the second electrode consisting of tungsten or titanium. | 10-27-2011 |
Hiroshi Hirai, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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| 20110189130 | DIHYDROPYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVES - The invention relates to compounds of a general formula (I): | 08-04-2011 |
Koji Hirai, Ehime JP
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| 20110114103 | FALSE LUXURY ITEM - The false luxury item | 05-19-2011 |
Masami Hirai, Wako-Shi JP
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| 20110270566 | SCHEDULING DEVICE, SCHEDULING METHOD, SCHEDULING PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a scheduling device which can carry out scheduling of process execution periods of time, included in plural pieces of processing target data, respectively. The scheduling device sorts out plural pieces of substance data by looking up a retention time, included in each of the plural pieces of substance data. The scheduling device groups the plural pieces of substance data into a plurality of functions Fn so that pieces of substance data, included in each of the plurality of functions Fn, is successively arrayed in an order resulting from the sorting. Further, the scheduling device finds, for each of the plurality of functions Fn, a function range between a detection start time included in that function Fn and a detection end time included in that function Fn, and groups the plurality of functions Fn into a measurement group(s) In so that an interval between functions Fn included in the same measurement group is more than a condition set in advance. | 11-03-2011 |
Miki Hirai, Osaka-Fu JP
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| 20120016117 | INDAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID AMIDE COMPOUND - Disclosed is a compound which is useful in preventing and treating cardiac arrhythmia such as atrial fibrillation. A compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the same. | 01-19-2012 |
Naoki Hirai, Nagoya-Shi JP
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| 20120086403 | END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION DEVICE AND END-OF-DISCHARGE VOLTAGE CORRECTION METHOD - An end-of-discharge voltage correction section subtracts, from an end-of-discharge open voltage, the product I×RO of a discharge current I of a block and an ohmic resistance RO of the block and the product ITD×RP of a discharge current ITD obtained by performing a time delay process on the discharge current and a polarization resistance RP of the block. Then, a resulting value is set as an end-of-discharge voltage VL. The ohmic resistance RO is increased as an equivalent cycle count CY increases, and is increased as a healthy parallel number NPH decreases. An increment ΔCY of the equivalent cycle count CY in each charge/discharge cycle becomes greater as a discharge depth DD increases. The healthy parallel number NPH is derived by multiplying a healthy parallel number NPHR of a reference block by the ratio of a capacity CPR of the reference block to a capacity CPS of a target block. | 04-12-2012 |
Naoki Hirai, Nagoya-City JP
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| 20110206955 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - In a method for controlling a sodium-sulfur battery, a time of correcting or resetting a depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is determined within a predetermined period based on weather information, and the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery is corrected or reset in the determined time. According to this sodium-sulfur battery control method, the depth of discharge of the sodium-sulfur battery can be accurately managed in a small-scale interconnected system. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110262781 | TEMPERATURE INCREASING METHOD FOR SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - A temperature increasing method for a sodium-sulfur battery includes three or more temperature gradients, and inflection points of 90±5° C. and 150±5° C. at which the temperature gradient changes, and the temperature gradient in a section from 90±5° C. to 150±5° C. is 5° C./h or less, whereby it is possible to increase a temperature of the sodium-sulfur battery quickly without affecting the quality of the sodium-sulfur battery. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110295534 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DROP IN CAPACITY OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - It is determined that a drop in the capacity of a sodium-sulfur battery has proceeded to an abnormal level when both the following expression (1) and expression (2) hold. Qe−Qn≧K1 . . . (1) where Qe: abnormal block depth-of discharge; Qn: normal block depth of discharge; and K1: block abnormality determination setting value (integer constant), and Qe≧K2 . . . (2) where K2: depth of discharge abnormality determination setting value (integer constant). | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110313699 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING STATE OF CHARGE OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY - An accurately and precisely calculation of the state of charge of a sodium-sulfur battery may be made by determining a state of charge Qr according to expression (1) given below even if the sodium-sulfur battery is applied to compensate for fluctuations in the power generated by a natural energy generating device: Qr=100×(1−(Qu/(Qa−Qsf))) . . . (1) where Qu: used capacity; Qa: product capacity; and Qsf: residual capacity in final year; and Qsf=f | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120041690 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING NUMBER OF HEALTHY STRINGS OF SODIUM-SULFUR BATTERY AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD USING SAME - A number (uo) of healthy strings of one block in a sodium-sulfur battery is determined according to expression (1), and a failure of the sodium-sulfur battery is detected on the basis of the determination of the value of the uo. This method makes it possible to properly determine a failure of the sodium-sulfur battery, which can be used to compensate for fluctuations of electric power generated by a renewable energy generating device. uo=(Qo/Qs)×us . . . (1) where Qs: used capacity of reference block; Qo: used capacity of target block; and us: number of healthy strings of reference block (us≦u). | 02-16-2012 |
Seiko Hirai, Kyoto JP
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| 20110115738 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING PRESS DETECTION FUNCTION AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE SENSOR FOR THE TOUCH PANEL - An object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel having a press detection function, which makes it possible to suppress degradation of visibility of a display unit of a display device even when mounted on an electronic device, and also to improve a pressure measuring precision. For this purpose, the touch panel of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed oppose to the first substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on either one of opposed surfaces of the respective substrates or disposed separately on both of the surfaces, pressure sensitive ink members disposed with a gap from at least one of the pair of electrodes, each of the pressure sensitive ink members having an electrical characteristic varied by a pressing force applied thereto, and a gap retaining member for bonding the first and second substrates to each other and for retaining a gap between each of the pressure sensitive inks and at least one of the pair of electrodes, wherein the pair of electrodes are disposed in a frame shape along an edge portion of the first or second substrate, and the pressure sensitive ink members are scattered along the edge portion of the first or second substrate so that, when the first or second substrate is deformed upon an application of an external force, at least one of them is made in contact with both of the pair of electrodes so as to make the two electrodes conductive to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120098767 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND PRESSURE DETECTION UNIT USED IN THE INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus includes a panel member having a touch type information input function, a package having a support portion for supporting the panel member, a pressure detection portion provided between/across the panel member and the support portion for detecting a pressure operation force to the panel member, and an initial load applying portion provided between/across/across the panel member and the support portion and configured to draw the panel member and the support portion toward each other, thereby to apply an initial load to the pressure detection portion, so that an information input operation corresponding to a pressing force to the panel member can be performed speedily. | 04-26-2012 |
Shinichirou Hirai, Ichinomiya-City JP
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| 20110114739 | Vehicular air conditioner - When there is no occupant in seats other than a driver seat during a foot mode, an air-conditioning controller executes a single seat concentration mode to prevent blowing of warm air to a passenger seat and a backseat by closing foot outlets on a passenger seat side and a backseat side. In this case, in order to maintain an air volume blown from the foot outlet on a driver seat side when the controller changes the mode from the normal foot mode to the single seat concentration mode, the controller sets a blower level to be lower than in the case of the normal foot mode with respect to the same target blown air temperature. Thus, an electric power consumed by an electric motor of a blower can be reduced, thereby realizing energy saving. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110284202 | Vehicle air conditioner - A vehicle air conditioner includes a heating heat exchanger, a first temperature adjustment mechanism for adjusting a temperature of air to be blown toward a driver's seat side in a vehicle compartment, and a second temperature adjustment mechanism for adjusting a temperature of air to be blown toward a front-passenger's seat side in the vehicle compartment. In the vehicle air conditioner, the first and second temperature adjustment mechanisms are controlled to perform a one-seat priority mode control such that the temperature of air to be blown toward the front-passenger's seat side is lower than the temperature of air to be blown toward the driver's seat side, when only the driver is in the vehicle compartment and the heating condition is determined as the air conditioning state. | 11-24-2011 |
Shouichi Hirai, Ibaraki JP
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| 20110198380 | PNEUMATIC DRIVING MACHINE - The nailing machine ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198384 | PNEUMATIC DRIVING MACHINE - The nailing machine ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120073846 | POWER TOOL - An oil pulse tool including: a brushless motor which includes stator windings; a drive circuit configured to apply a driving voltage to any of the stator windings of the brushless motor at a predetermined timing; an oil pulse mechanism portion configured to be rotary driven by the brushless motor; and an output shaft which is connected to the oil pulse mechanism portion, wherein the drive circuit changes an advance angle of the driving voltage in accordance with a rotational position of the oil pulse mechanism portion. | 03-29-2012 |
Tadahiko Hirai, Victoria AU
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| 20120091884 | HEPTAAZAPHENALENE DERIVATIVES AND USE THEREOF IN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pair of electrodes forming an anode and cathode, and one or more layers of organic compound arranged between the pair of electrodes, wherein the organic compound layer comprises heptaazaphenalene derivatives of formula (1). The present invention also relates to the said compounds. | 04-19-2012 |
Tadahiro Hirai, Kita-Ku JP
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| 20110284186 | COMPOUND TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - In a compound type heat exchanger A | 11-24-2011 |
Takami Hirai, Toyota-City JP
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| 20110148544 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER - A directional coupler includes a dielectric substrate having at least an input terminal and an output terminal on a surface thereof, a main line disposed in the dielectric substrate and extending between the input terminal and the output terminal, a first coupling line for monitoring a level of an input signal which is input through the input terminal, the first coupling line being disposed in the dielectric substrate and having an end electrically connected to a first terminating resistor, and a second coupling line for monitoring a level of a reflected signal which is input through the output terminal, the second coupling line being disposed in the dielectric substrate and having an end electrically connected to a second terminating resistor. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110169590 | COMBINER FOR DOHERTY AMPLIFIER - A combiner for a Doherty amplifier includes, on and in a dielectric substrate, a carrier input terminal, a peak input terminal, an output terminal, a combining point for combining an output signal from the carrier amplifier and an output signal from the peak amplifier, a first λ/4 line connected between the carrier input terminal and the combining point, a second λ/4 line connected between the combining point and the output terminal, and a first directional coupler. The first directional coupler includes a third λ/4 line electromagnetically coupled to one, to be monitored, of the first λ/4 line and the second λ/4 line. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120019334 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE - The present invention intends to provide a small-sized impedance matching device with a small variation in quality and large-current tolerance. The above described intention of the present invention is achieved by an impedance matching device, which comprises a wiring portion comprising a conductor pattern for wiring, embedded inside or formed on the surface of first dielectric material, and either one or both of an inductor portion comprising a conductor pattern for inductor, embedded inside or formed on the surface of the first dielectric material, or a capacitor portion comprising at least one pair of conductor patterns for capacitor and second dielectric material with a dielectric constant larger than that of the first dielectric material, existing between the pair of conductor patterns for capacitor wherein the thicknesses of the conductor pattern for wiring and the conductor pattern for inductor are 20 μm or more. | 01-26-2012 |
Takashi Hirai, Toyota-Shi JP
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| 20110197709 | AGITATION DEVICE, MELTING APPARATUS AND MELTING METHOD - Provided are an agitation device, a melting apparatus, and a melting method which achieve good melting efficiency without contaminating molten metal. The agitation device is provided with a traveling magnetic field generating unit which is disposed outside a charging tank for storing molten metal and generates, inside the charging tank, a magnetic field that travels downward along the rear sidewall of the charging tank, whereby a flow of the molten metal that rotates longitudinally about an axis approximately parallel to the surface of the molten metal is produced in the molten metal. By charging aluminum cutting chips into the molten metal in which the flow is produced, the aluminum cutting chips move with the flow of the molten metal, get into the molten metal roughly in the position where a downward flow of the molten metal is produced, and are immersed in the molten metal, and thus the melting of the aluminum cutting chips is accelerated. | 08-18-2011 |
Takayoshi Hirai, Yokkaichi-Shi JP
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| 20120043508 | SOLUBLE IMIDE SKELETON RESIN, SOLUBLE IMIDE SKELETON RESIN SOLUTION COMPOSITION, CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF - An imide skeleton resin represented by the following general formula (1) has a coefficient of linear expansion as low as that of polyimide resin and excellent processability like epoxy resin, and is useful as a resin composition for electrical laminates. Five percent by mole or more of the entirety of the A component is a linking group having an imide skeleton represented by the following general formula (4-1). B denotes a hydrogen atom or a group represented by the following structural formula (5). n denotes an integer in the range of 0 to 200. If both of the B's are hydrogen atoms, then n denotes an integer of 1 or more. | 02-23-2012 |
Takehiro Hirai, Shiga JP
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| 20110278679 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MASK FOR FABRICATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHOD - A semiconductor device includes a circuit portion including at least one real feature, and a plurality of dummy feature groups each including a plurality of dummy features spaced apart from each other by a first distance. The plurality of dummy feature groups are spaced apart from each other by a second distance larger than the first distance, and the circuit portion and the plurality of dummy feature groups are spaced apart from each other by the second distance. | 11-17-2011 |
Takuya Hirai, Susono-Shi JP
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| 20120101708 | START-UP CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object is to provide a technology that enables starting of fuel injection under a condition that allows injected fuel to ignite and burn at the time of start-up of an internal combustion engine. To achieve the object, a start-up control system for an internal combustion engine according to the invention estimates, at the time of start-up of the internal combustion engine, the amount of rotation of a crankshaft in a period since the start of cranking until a crank position sensor outputs an effective pulse signal and determines, based on the stopping position of the crankshaft specified by the value thus estimated, whether or not fuel is to be injected at the first fuel injection time. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120124978 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - An exhaust gas purification system is provided with an exhaust gas purification device ( | 05-24-2012 |
Taro Hirai, Kariya-Shi JP
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| 20110265460 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY POWER TO CONDUCTIVE CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - In an apparatus for controlling supply power to a conductive porous carrier of a catalyst converter for cleaning an emission, a moisture determiner determines whether moisture is contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier. A power controller controls supply power to the conductive porous carrier for energization of the conductive porous carrier such that a value of the supply power to the conductive porous carrier when it is determined that the moisture is contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier is lower than a value of the supply power to the conductive porous carrier when it is determined that the moisture is not contained in and/or on the conductive porous carrier. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110268613 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING TEMPERATURE STATE OF CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - An apparatus is used for diagnosing the temperature state of a catalyst converter. The catalyst converter includes a catalyst for cleaning an emission, and a conductive carrier for carrying the catalyst. The conductive carrier is energized for temperature rise of the catalyst, and the conductive carrier has a characteristic in which resistance drops with temperature increase. In the apparatus, a first obtaining unit obtains a first parameter having a first correlation with supply power to the conductive carrier for energization of the conductive carrier. A second obtaining unit obtains a second parameter having a second correlation with a temperature of the conductive carrier. A diagnosing unit diagnoses the temperature state of the conductive carrier based on a comparison between the first parameter and the second parameter. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270568 | APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING TEMPERATURE OF CONDUCTIVE CARRIER OF CATALYST CONVERTER - In an apparatus, a temperature obtainer obtains, in a learning mode of the apparatus during a conductive carrier being deenergized a, value of a carrier temperature based on a physical parameter correlative with the carrier temperature and different from a carrier resistance. A resistance obtainer instantaneously energizes, in the learning mode, the conductive carrier to obtain a value of the carrier resistance during the instant energization. A calculator obtains, in a normal operation mode of the apparatus after the learning mode, a value of the carrier resistance, and calculates, in the normal operation mode, a value of the carrier temperature based on: the obtained value of the carrier resistance in the normal operation mode, and a pair of the value of the carrier temperature and the value of the carrier resistance obtained in the learning mode. | 11-03-2011 |
Taro Hirai, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP
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| 20110239457 | CIRCUIT MODULES AND METHOD OF MANAGING THE SAME - Circuit modules including identification codes and a method of managing them are provided. A module substrate includes signal input output terminals and outer ground terminals provided at the peripheral portions of a surface which becomes a mounting surface when the circuit module is completed. An inner-ground-terminal formation area surrounded by the signal input output terminals and the outer ground terminals includes a plurality of inner ground terminals arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. One of the edge portions is a direction identification area. The inner ground terminal is not provided in the direction identification area, and a first identification code having information about the position of the module substrate is provided in the direction identification area. | 10-06-2011 |
Tomoaki Hirai, Kanagawa-Ken JP
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| 20090088929 | Method for determining the morphology of an occupant in an automotive seat with capacitive sensors - The present invention relates to a method determining the morphology of the occupant of an automotive car, characterized in that it comprises the steps of collecting ( | 04-02-2009 |
Tomoo Hirai, Chiyoda-Ku JP
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| 20120133882 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM AND OPTICAL ELEMENT PRODUCED USING SAME - The present invention provides a liquid crystal film which comprises a liquid crystal layer having excellent retainability of homeotropic alignment and which has excellent interlayer adhesion between a cycloolefin polymer (COP) film and the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal film is produced by aligning homeotropically a liquid crystalline composition containing a (meth)acrylic compound having an oxetane group and fixing the composition in a homeotropic alignment by polymerizing the oxetane group directly on the COP film. The liquid crystal film is excellent in interlayer adhesion. The present invention also provides an optical element produced using the liquid crystal film. | 05-31-2012 |
Tomoyasu Hirai, Fukuoka JP
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| 20110281085 | POLYMER THIN FILM, PATTERNED MEDIA, PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF, AND SURFACE MODIFYING AGENTS - The objects of the present invention are to provide a polymer thin film having finer structure than the conventional product, excellent regularity over a wide range and only limited defects, patterned media, methods for producing the thin film and patterned media, and surface modifying agent used in these production methods. | 11-17-2011 |
Yoshiyuki Hirai, Ibaraki JP
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| 20110164280 | Image capture apparatus capable of communicating wirelessly and reducing power consumption, and method for controlling the same - A wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed, in response to completion of image transmission from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of transmission via a communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop transmission via the communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, and states of the scanner and the image communication apparatus at a predetermined time and so on. For example, a low power consumption mode and communication mode of Bluetooth communication are switched to each other. | 07-07-2011 |
Yuji Hirai, Sendai-Shi JP
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| 20110124252 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE FILM AND CONDUCTIVE FILM - The present invention has an object to provide a process for producing a conductive film, which enables low-cost, easy production of conductive mesh films that have a fine mesh structure and can prevent moiré patterns when used in displays and the like, and a conductive film. The production process includes applying an organic solvent dispersion containing conductive fine particles to a substrate; and evaporating the organic solvent while condensing water vapor in air into water droplets on the surface of the applied organic solvent dispersion. The conductive film has a mesh shape and the mesh shape is formed by mesh lines made of a conductive material and holes. The average area of the holes is not more than 400 μm | 05-26-2011 |
Yuki Hirai, Ichihara-Shi JP
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| 20110261479 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a magnetic recording medium is provided, which include: forming a magnetic layer on the surface of a nonmagnetic substrate; forming a groove in which a nonmagnetic section is formed by etching a portion corresponding to a formation region of the nonmagnetic section in the magnetic layer and a magnetic recording section formed of the magnetic layer; applying a resin having an active energy ray curable functional group to the surface of the magnetic recording section so as to fill the groove; pressing a plate material against the resin so that the smooth surface of the plate material is in contact with the surface of the resin to make the surface of the resin smooth; removing the plate material from the resin; and forming the nonmagnetic section in the groove by etching and removing a portion located above the surface of the magnetic recording section in the resin having a smooth surface. | 10-27-2011 |