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Hirai, Osaka

Chiharu Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110008502PROCESSED FOOD COMPOSITION CONTAINING DEXTRIN - The present invention relates to a processed food or beverage composition containing a dextrin having the following characteristics (a) to (d): (a) the dextrin has a blue value within the range of 0.4 to 1.2, (b) having a gel strength of 4 N/cm01-13-2011

Hirotsugu Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100009597Toy Vehicle, And Wheel Device And Carriage Frame For The Toy Vehicle - A wheel device for a toy vehicle, in which one of a pair of wheels rolling on a pair of metal rails attracts with a magnet to reduce resistance caused by magnetic force and suppress load on a motor. The wheel device 01-14-2010

Junichi Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080243385Guiding Device and Guiding Method - The present invention provides a guiding device that can induce a user to move according to a guiding route.10-02-2008
20080301166User Profile Management System - The present invention provides a user profile which takes a user's situation into consideration. A management device 12-04-2008

Patent applications by Junichi Hirai, Osaka JP

Katsuya Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110027146STERILIZER - A sterilizer is connectable to an external chamber. A sterilization gas generator is configured to generate sterilization gas. A gas supply system including a first gas supply system which is configured to supply the sterilization gas from the sterilization gas generator to a sterilization chamber; and a second gas supply system which is different from the first gas supply system and configured to supply the sterilization gas from the sterilization gas generator to the external chamber.02-03-2011

Kenichi Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110058788RECORDING/PLAYBACK DEVICE - A recording/playback device enables the user to grasp at a glance the overview of titles of recorded television programs and immediately select and playback a desired scene without being required to set chapters in advance. When a display device displays a recorded television program, the recording/playback device splits the recorded television program of one title into equal time segments, creates time-sequentially thumbnails positioned approximately at the split points, and arranges them in a list to display them on the screen. I-picture frame data temporally closest to the split points is used to create thumbnails in order to speed up the playback. Time information is displayed together with each thumbnail. When the user selects any thumbnail, the television program is played back starting from that segment. In such a way of displaying, the user can see at a glance what scenes are recorded in the television program without being required to give chapters.03-10-2011

Mai Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120016142METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE OXIDE - The present invention provides a novel method for producing hexafluoropropylene oxide, which can attain a high HFPO selectivity without using a phase transfer catalyst. Hexafluoropropylene (HFP), a water-soluble and aprotic organic solvent, and an aqueous solution of an oxidizing agent are introduced into a small space, thereby bringing into contact with each other and reacting hexafluoropropylene with the oxidizing agent to obtain hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO).01-19-2012

Makoto Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110310225THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A 3D image processing apparatus includes: L and R graphic decoders which decode coded stream data to generate left-eye and right-eye image data; an image output control unit which outputs the generated image data; and a control unit which, when a decoding error occurs in generating one of the image data, and a successful decode occurs in generating the other of the image data, (i) shifts, by a preset offset, a pixel position of the other of the image data, to generate pseudo image data as the one of the image data, and (ii) outputs the pseudo image data to an image output control unit, wherein the image output control unit outputs the other of the image data and the pseudo image data, when the decoding error occurs in generating the one of the image data and the successful decode occurs in generating the other of the image data.12-22-2011

Mariko Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090128758POLARIZING PLATE WITH AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, USING THE POLARIZING PLATE WITH AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER - There is provided a polarizing plate with optical compensation layers that contributes to reduction in thickness and has excellent heat resistance and moisture resistance. A polarizing plate with optical compensation layers according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizer; a first optical compensation layer; a second optical compensation layer; and a third optical compensation layer, in this order. The first optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz, and an in-plane retardation Re05-21-2009

Masaaki Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120133271EL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DEVICE - The present invention improves mechanical strength of an electrode and provides an EL device etc. with excellent durability.05-31-2012

Masahiko Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100034874LIPOSOME ENCAPSULATING AMMINE-PLATINUM COMPLEX AT HIGH CONCENTRATION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE LIPOSOME - The present invention provides a method of producing a liposome encapsulating an ammine platinum complex. The method includes A) providing a water-soluble ammine platinum complex, platinum complex raw materials or the combination thereof; B) providing a liposome, liposome raw materials or the combination; and C) preparing a mixture of the water-soluble ammine platinum complex, platinum complex raw materials or the combination thereof and the liposome, liposome raw materials or the combination thereof and subjecting it to a liposome-forming/maintaining condition, wherein the salt of the platinum complex forms when the liposome is in a water-soluble form.02-11-2010
20110286937SYNTHETIC GLYCOLIPID-CONTAINING LIPOSOME - The present invention provides a glycolipid-containing liposome. In such a glycolipid-containing liposome, the glycolipid includes a plant ceramide portion and a sugar chain portion. The present invention also provides a method of producing a glycolipid-containing liposome. This method includes the following steps of: A) providing a glycolipid in which the glycolipid includes a plant ceramide portion and a sugar chain portion; and B) mixing the provided glycolipid with a liposome raw material and subjecting the mixture to conditions in which a liposome is formed.11-24-2011

Masakazu Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080286096DRAIN PUMP, AND AIR CONDITIONER PROVIDED THEREWITH - A drain pump is provided that reduces the operating noise when the head is low. The drain pump has a pump casing, and an impeller. The pump casing has a drain inlet for sucking in drain water at a lower end part and a drain outlet for discharging drain water at a side part. The impeller has a shaft part disposed extending in a vertical direction inside the pump casing, a main blade disposed on the outer circumferential side of the shaft part, an auxiliary blade disposed on the lower side of the main blade, and a disc shaped dish part disposed between the main blade and the auxiliary blade. The dish part has an annular partition part extending upward from the outer circumferential edge part of the main blade, which is disposed at a position lower than the upper end part of the partition part.11-20-2008

Masashi Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100142988FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FIXING DEVICE - In a fixing device including (i) an external heat belt which abuts against a surface of a fixing roller so as to heat the fixing roller and (ii) a cleaning member which abuts against the external heat belt, a fixing temperature, which is a surface temperature of the fixing roller during a fixing process, is set per group into which recording media to be subjected to the fixing process are divided according to their widths in a direction of a rotary axis of the fixing roller, in such a way that the fixing temperature is set to a lower temperature for a group of narrower widths. This makes it possible to prevent a reduction in releasability of the fixing roller caused by a material, which is scraped off from the external heat belt by the cleaning member and then adhered to the fixing roller, thereby preventing the high-temperature offset.06-10-2010
20100183345FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A fixing device of the present invention includes: an external heating belt which is to contact with a surface of a fixing roller so as to heat up the fixing roller; and a cleaning member (a scraper and/or cleaning pad) which is to contact with the external heating belt. The cleaning pad which is impregnated with silicone oil is to contact with a surface of the external heating belt, thereby applying the silicone oil (release agent) to the surface of the external heating belt. This makes it possible to prevent generation of an offset.07-22-2010
20100183346FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - No covering layer is provided onto that abutting surface of an external heating belt which has contact with a cleaning member. Accordingly, a belt substrate is exposed and has contact with the cleaning member. This suppresses the occurrence of offset in a fixing device including (i) the external heating belt for having contact with the surface of the fixing roller so as to heat a fixing roller, and (ii) the cleaning member having contact with the external heating belt.07-22-2010
20120020686IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a PTC and a toner concentration sensor that are disposed adjacent to and downstream of a fourth image forming unit. The PTC and the toner concentration sensor are opposed to an intermediate transfer belt. A counter roller is opposed to the PTC across the intermediate transfer belt. The counter roller moves to, during the toner concentration detection, a position opposed to the toner concentration sensor across the intermediate transfer belt. Compared to the PTC and the toner concentration sensor each having a counter roller, less rollers may be provided, thereby reducing degradation of the intermediate transfer belt due to wear.01-26-2012

Patent applications by Masashi Hirai, Osaka JP

Miki Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110034435PYRIMIDINE, PYRIDINE AND TRIAZINE DERIVATIVES AS MAXI-K CHANNEL OPENERS - A compound of formula (A); wherein ring A is an aromatic ring or a heteroaromatic ring; R02-10-2011

Seisaku Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120092295Touch-Sensitive Coordinate Input Apparatus, Touch Panel and Electronic Devices Having the Same - A touch-sensitive coordinate input apparatus includes a plurality of regions (04-19-2012

Shogo Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080308304Multilayer Wiring Board and Its Manufacturing Method - A multilayer wiring board employs a thin insulating substrate having substantially only resin flow as the compression property effect, and has an any-layer IVH structure where at least one core layer is formed without burying wiring. For sufficiently securing an effective compression amount of the crush-allowance of a conductor, the ratio of the thickness of a cover film to that of the electrical insulating substrate is increased, and a via can be formed in the core layer without burying the wiring in the insulating substrate. Thus, a multilayer wiring board having an any-layer IVH structure that can achieve high-density component mountability and wiring storability in an extremely small thickness can be provided.12-18-2008
20090139761MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A multilayer printed wiring board is characterized in that the interlayer connection material in the via holes has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion in the thickness direction than the electrically insulating substrate made of insulating material; the interlayer connection is formed at a temperature higher than the operating temperature; and the interlayer connection material is larger in thickness than the interlayer connection material of the same wiring layer at normal temperature. This causes a difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the different materials in the thickness direction of the printed wiring board in the environment in which it is used resulting in high connection reliability.06-04-2009
20090229862MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plurality of double-sided boards using a film are attached to each other with a paste coupling layer sandwiched therebetween. In the paste coupling layer, a conductive paste is filled into a through hole formed in provisionally hardened resin, which is hardened. At the same time, second wirings are electrically coupled to each other by using the hardened conductive paste filled in the through holes that have been previously formed in the paste coupling layer. Thus, it is possible to provide a thinned multilayer printed wiring board without using an adhesive.09-17-2009
20100170700SOLID PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid printed circuit board is manufactured by bonding upper and lower printed circuit boards having different shapes and provided with wirings formed on surfaces thereof. A bonding layer is made of insulating material containing thermosetting resin and inorganic filler dispersed therein, and has a via-conductor made of conductive paste filling a through-hole perforated in a predetermined position of the bonding layer. This circuit board provides a packaging configuration achieving small size and thickness and three-dimensional mounting suitable for semiconductors of high performance and multiple-pin structure.07-08-2010
20110030207MULTILAYER PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A multilayer printed wiring board is characterized in that the interlayer connection material in the via holes has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion in the thickness direction than the electrically insulating substrate made of insulating material; the interlayer connection is formed at a temperature higher than the operating temperature; and the interlayer connection material is larger in thickness than the interlayer connection material of the same wiring layer at normal temperature. This causes a difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the different materials in the thickness direction of the printed wiring board in the environment in which it is used resulting in high connection reliability.02-10-2011
20110278051MULTILAYER WIRING SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MULTILAYER WIRING SUBSTRATE - A multilayer wiring board includes an insulating resin layer, wirings laid on their respective opposite surfaces of the insulating resin layer, and a via-hole conductor for electrically connecting the wirings. The via-hole conductor includes metal and resin portions. The metal portion includes first metal regions including a joined unit made of copper particles for connecting the wirings, second metal regions mainly composed of, for example, tin, a tin-copper alloy, or a tin-copper intermetallic compound, and third metal regions mainly composed of bismuth and in contact with the second metal regions. The copper particles forming the joined unit are in plane contact with one another to form plane contact portions, and the second metal regions at least partially are in contact with the first metal regions.11-17-2011
20110290549WIRING BOARD, WIRING BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND VIA PASTE - A wiring board includes a plurality of wirings laid via an insulating resin layer, and a via-hole conductor provided for electrically connecting the wirings. The via-hole conductor includes metal and resin portions. The metal portion includes a region made of copper particles, a first metal region mainly composed of tin, a tin-copper alloy, or a tin-copper intermetallic compound, and a second metal region mainly composed of bismuth, and has Cu/Sn of from 1.59 to 21.43. The copper particles are in contact with one another, thereby electrically connecting the wirings, and at least part of the first metal region covers around and extends over the portions where the copper particles are in plane contact with one another.12-01-2011

Patent applications by Shogo Hirai, Osaka JP

Takahiko Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110310472INFRARED OPTICAL FILTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE INFRARED OPTICAL FILTER - The infrared optical filter of the present invention comprises a substrate formed of an infrared transmitting material and a plurality of filter parts arranged side by side on one surface side of the substrate. Each filter part includes: a first λ/4 multilayer film in which two kinds of thin films having mutually different refractive indices but an identical optical film thickness are alternately stacked; a second λ/4 multilayer film in which the two kinds of thin films are alternately stacked, said second λ/4 multilayer film being formed on the opposite side of the first λ/4 multilayer film from the substrate side, and; and a wavelength selection layer interposed between the first λ/4 multilayer film and the second λ/4 multilayer film, said wavelength selection layer having an optical film thickness different from the optical film thickness of each the thin film according to a desired selection wavelength. A low refractive index material of the first λ/4 multilayer film and the second λ/4 multilayer film is an oxide, and a high refractive index material thereof is a semiconductor material of Ge. A material of the wavelength selection layer is identical to a material of the second thin film from the top of the first λ/4 multilayer film.12-22-2011

Takayasu Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090193386SEMICONDUCTOR CELL FOR PHOTOMASK DATA VERIFICATION AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - A semiconductor cell for photomask data verification is disclosed that is provided in a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor integrated circuit and used for verifying photomask data of the semiconductor chip obtained by performing arithmetic processing on layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor cell for photomask data verification has the photomask data obtained by performing the arithmetic processing on the layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit and is electrically separated from the semiconductor integrated circuit.07-30-2009

Takuya Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080208576Digital Video Reproducing Apparatus - Character information recognition means (08-28-2008
20090002342Information Processing Device - In a display device having a dual view display function, provided is an information processing device which is capable of causing a user who performs an operation to feel an intuitive operation and which is capable of providing a user who does not perform the operation with an improved viewability. The information processing device includes: a display section (01-01-2009
20090167682INPUT DEVICE AND ITS METHOD - In an input device capable of easily operating a touch panel at hand while viewing a forward display screen, the accuracy of sensing a hand shape and the accuracy of sensing a gesture are improved.07-02-2009
20090309848USER INTERFACE DEVICE - A user interface device, which allocates each of the functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips, is provided. This includes: a GUI button allocation section that first allocates a GUI button, read out from a GUI button data storing section, to each fingertip in a hand shape acquired by a hand shape acquiring section when a contact position acquiring section detects a contact to an operation surface by the operator, and then, in accordance with a change of hand shape direction, reallocates the GUI button to each fingertip of the hand shape; a superimposed image creating section that creates a composite image of an image of a GUI button allocated by the GUI button allocation section and an image of the hand shape; and a displaying section that displays the composite image of the image of the GUI button and the image of the hand shape created by the superimposed image creating section.12-17-2009
20100013760VOICE INPUT DEVICE - Provided is a voice input device in which a content spoken by a user is reflected on a confirmation screen when executing the content, thereby allowing the user to confirm that a command, corresponding to the content which is spoken by the user who intended for the execution, is executed after being recognized by the voice input device. The voice input device comprises: a command storage section (01-21-2010
20100153000NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system generating a display which enables an intuitive and instant grasp of a distance to a guide point (such as a guide target intersection) is provided. The navigation system displays an object on a route between the vicinity of a vehicle position and the guide point, and includes a object display control section (06-17-2010
20100153111INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD FOR MOBILE BODY - Provided is an input device for a mobile body, the input device allowing a safe input operation at the time of operating an equipment such as a car regardless of whether the mobile body is traveling or stopping. The input device includes: an input section (06-17-2010

Patent applications by Takuya Hirai, Osaka JP

Tomohisa Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090284506IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE DISPLAYING IMAGE BY APPLYING LASER LIGHT - A scanning position of laser light applied to a projection plane is detected, and based on the detected scanning position, a synchronization signal is generated to designate a scan timing. A correction region detection portion detects whether or not a part corresponding to a prescribe region of an image on the projection plane is scanned by laser light, based on the generated synchronization signal. When the part corresponding to the prescribed region is scanned, a correction amount derivation portion corrects a gradation signal based on the difference between the detected quantity of laser light and a prescribed quantity of light to be output from the laser for displaying the image in the prescribed region.11-19-2009

Tomoyuki Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100233478POWDER COATING COMPOSITION FOR PC STRAND COATING, COATING METHOD, AND COATING FILM - A powder coating composition for PC strand coating which, when used for the coating of a PC strand, can advantageously form a coating film having an even thickness at low cost without causing uneven thickness or stringness is disclosed. The powder coating composition of this invention for PC strand coating is characterized by having a melt viscosity of 3,000-15,000 poise.09-16-2010

Yoshimasa Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080286142Copper Alloy Water Supply Member - A member for water works is proposed in which the content of lead is limited to a very small values while maintaining its mechanical properties, castability, machinability, pressure resistance, etc. to levels equivalent to those of conventional copper alloys containing lead.11-20-2008

Yuu Hirai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090270146Cellular Phone - To aim to provide a mobile telephone capable of reducing a physical space necessary for providing a reflector compared with that in conventional mobile telephones, and reducing the SAR by securing a distance between an antenna and a passive element operating as a reflector. A cabinet of a top housing 10-29-2009