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Hiraki, JP

Akio Hiraki, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090266703PLASMA GENERATING DEVICE AND FILM DEPOSITION METHOD IN WHICH THE PLASMA GENERATING DEVICE IS USED - Problem: To generate long plasma easily at low cost and to perform a plurality of film deposition methods using a single plasma generating device.10-29-2009
20100304077CARBON FILM AND CARBON FILM STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a carbon film that is remarkably excellent in current voltage (IV) characteristics. This is achieved by way of a carbon film structure, two or more carbon film assembly units 12-02-2010

Patent applications by Akio Hiraki, Hyogo JP

Akio Hiraki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110037375CARBON FILM HAVING SHAPE SUITABLE FOR FIELD EMISSION - A carbon film of the present invention has an elongated needle shape whose radius decreases toward a tip. The shape is, preferably, a shape in which a field concentration coefficient β in the Fowler-Nordheim equation is expressed by h/r where r denotes the radius in an arbitrary position and h denotes height from the arbitrary position to the tip.02-17-2011

Daisuke Hiraki, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100231100Cooling storage cabinet - The present invention can include a cooling storage cabinet including a storage cabinet body having a side face, a drain head for draining water to the outside, the drain head protruding from the side face of the storage cabinet body, a vaporizing receptacle for collecting water from the drain pipe, the vaporizing receptacle being disposed below the drain head and having a face opposed to the side face of the storage cabinet body, and a heater for vaporizing the drained water. The vaporizing receptacle can includes a concavity formed on the face, the concavity being configured to form a layer of air between the side face of the storage cabinet body.09-16-2010

Hajime Hiraki, Kashiwa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090268135LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is furnished with: a liquid crystal display element having a pair of substrates, to which alignment members are provided to their respective opposing surfaces, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates; an alignment mechanism for providing at least two different director configurations simultaneously on different arbitrary regions used for display in the liquid crystal layer; and a reflection film provided to at least one of the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations; wherein the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations are used for a reflection display section for showing reflection display and a transmission display section for showing transmission display, respectively. Examples of the alignment mechanism include an alignment film to which the alignment treatment is applied in different orientations in the reflection display section and transmission display section, respectively, an insulation film having different film thicknesses in the reflection display section and transmission display section, and so forth.10-29-2009
20110102723LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is furnished with: a liquid crystal display element having a pair of substrates, to which alignment members are provided to their respective opposing surfaces, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates; an alignment mechanism for providing at least two different director configurations simultaneously on different arbitrary regions used for display in the liquid crystal layer; and a reflection film provided to at least one of the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations; wherein the different arbitrary regions showing different director configurations are used for a reflection display section for showing reflection display and a transmission display section for showing transmission display, respectively. Examples of the alignment mechanism include an alignment film to which the alignment treatment is applied in different orientations in the reflection display section and transmission display section, respectively, an insulation film having different film thicknesses in the reflection display section and transmission display section, and so forth.05-05-2011

Patent applications by Hajime Hiraki, Kashiwa-Shi JP

Hikosaburo Hiraki, Oyama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110230295TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A sun gear of a first planetary gear train is connected to an input shaft. A carrier 09-22-2011
20110230296TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A sun gear of a first planetary gear train is connected to an input shaft. A carrier 09-22-2011
20110237379TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A sun gear of a first planetary gear train is connected to an input shaft. A carrier 09-29-2011
20110237380TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A sun gear of a first planetary gear train is connected to an input shaft. A carrier 09-29-2011

Hikosaburo Hiraki, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090105028Transmission system - A hydro-mechanical transmission system or electromechanical transmission system is described which uses pumps/motors or generators/motors having smaller capacity than those employed in the conventional techniques, irrespective of setting of a mode switching point that is a basis for shifting between an input split mode and a compound split mode. A sun gear 04-23-2009

Hikosaburou Hiraki, Hiratsuka-Shi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100060243Capacitor Module - The capacitor module includes a capacitor, in which a screw hole is arranged on an outer bottom wall surface of a capacitor case housing a capacitor element, and a heat dissipater, on which a plurality of capacitor cases are fixated by screwing fixation screws in the screw holes of the capacitors. As a result, for example, the capacitor can be fixated with reliability and durability secured even under a condition where very strong vibration is continuously applied, for example, when the capacitor module is mounted on construction machinery. Further, because, an adherence of the outer bottom wall surface of the capacitor case on a fixation surface of the heat dissipater is strengthened by screwing the fixation screw in the screw hole, the capacitor can be cooled down by transferring heat produced by the capacitor to the heat dissipater as needed.03-11-2010

Hikosaburou Hiraki, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020263Cooling Apparatus for Fluid - An apparatus for efficiently cooling the heat of a hot target without enlarging the size of a cooling device or needing either a piping to connect an evaporation portion and a condensation portion or a steam circulation pump. An exoergic-side heat exchanger has a fluid passage for the target fluid, and stores a coolant for cooling the fluid in the fluid passage through heat exchange. An endoergic-side heat exchanger has at least two coolant passages, the one ends of which communicate with the endoergic-side heat exchanger, and the other ends of which communicate with each other through a common coolant passage. A cooling device cools the coolant by exchanging heat with the coolant passing through the exoergic-side heat exchanger. The coolant passage has a diameter or an equivalent diameter within a range of 2 mm to 16 mm, and all the coolant passages have a substantially identical or equivalent diameter.01-22-2009
20090199553HYBRID WORKING VEHICLE - An engine room is divided into a left room and a right room by a cooling unit. An intake chamber is disposed at a left side and an engine and the like are disposed at a right side. A cooling heat sink is provided on a side of the intake chamber, and a storage and a controller for controlling hybrid electronic devices are formed in this order in a cooling heat sink. Further, a cooling pump for supplying cooling liquid to the cooling heat sink is provided in the intake chamber. A radiator for cooling the cooling liquid is provided in front of the cooling unit.08-13-2009

Hiroshi Hiraki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100079785PRINTING SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD AND PRINTING SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM - A client terminal transmits a call request for using a MFP to a call control server. The call control server carries out authentication processing about a user and the MFP in response to the call request. If the authentication processing result is correct, the call control server transfers the call request to the printing service management server. The call request is transferred from the printing service management server to a printing service providing server and then transferred to the MFP via the call control server. Thus, a session of the client terminal and the MFP is established. The printing service providing server carries out processing for providing a predetermined printing service based on the call request from the client terminal.04-01-2010

Katsuyoshi Hiraki, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100090938IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - This invention relates to an image processing method for improving the quality of an image to be displayed on a display device and to a liquid-crystal display device using the same, and aims at providing an image processing method for providing wide viewing angle and excellent tonal-intensity viewing angle characteristic and a liquid-crystal display device using the same. Combined together are a higher-luminance pixel to be driven higher in luminance than the luminance data of an image to be displayed and a lower-luminance pixel to be driven lower in luminance than the luminance data, to determine a luminance on the higher-luminance pixel and luminance on the lower-luminance pixel as well as an area ratio of the higher-luminance and lower-luminance pixels in a manner obtaining a luminance nearly equal to a desired luminance based on the luminance data.04-15-2010
20100103206IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - This invention relates to an image processing method for improving the quality of an image to be displayed on a display device and to a liquid-crystal display device using the same, and aims at providing an image processing method for providing wide viewing angle and excellent tonal-intensity viewing angle characteristic and a liquid-crystal display device using the same. Combined together are a higher-luminance pixel to be driven higher in luminance than the luminance data of an image to be displayed and a lower-luminance pixel to be driven lower in luminance than the luminance data, to determine a luminance on the higher-luminance pixel and luminance on the lower-luminance pixel as well as an area ratio of the higher-luminance and lower-luminance pixels in a manner obtaining a luminance nearly equal to a desired luminance based on the luminance data.04-29-2010

Patent applications by Katsuyoshi Hiraki, Kawasaki JP

Masaaki Hiraki, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100326708IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite thereto; a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix between both the panels; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. Both the panels are bonded together with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving circuit via metal film wires. Division is performed so as to expose electrode terminals, and a groove part V-shaped in cross section is formed at the divided portion. The metal film wires are formed on the surface of the top of the back panel, and the electrode terminals and the metal film wires are connected by a conductive paste coated along the tilt surfaces forming the groove part.12-30-2010
20100328193IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite thereto; a plurality of pixels arranged between both the panels; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. The panels are bonded with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving circuit via metal film wires. The back panel is divided so as to expose electrode terminals, and a groove part V-shaped in cross section is formed at the divided portion. The metal film wires are formed on the top surface of the back panel, and the electrode terminals and the metal film wires are connected by a conductive paste coated along the tilt surfaces forming the groove part. Partitions are disposed between the adjacent electrode terminals at the bottom of the groove part.12-30-2010

Masahiko Hiraki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090097352PAINT PRODUCING METHOD AND PAINT PRODUCING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method for producing paint and a system for producing paint, which enable, in a paint-producing process, moderate stirring and dispersive mixing without causing entrainment of air bubbles, and are also economically advantageous and easier to clean. The system includes a tank 04-16-2009

Masamune Hiraki, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120044644FAN SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A fan system includes a pulse signal generation portion and a plurality of fans. Each of the plurality of fans preferably includes a motor portion; an impeller arranged to be rotated by the motor portion; a drive circuit arranged to drive the motor portion; a rotation detection portion arranged to detect rotation of the motor portion; and a rotation rate control circuit arranged to, based on a reference pulse signal supplied from the pulse signal generation portion and an actual rotation pulse signal supplied from the rotation detection portion, exercise feedback control on a rotation rate of the motor portion in accordance with a period of the reference pulse signal.02-23-2012

Nobuo Hiraki, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090051732INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CLEANING A RECORDING HEAD, AND A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM ENCODING THE METHOD - An inkjet recording apparatus, method and computer readable medium are provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head comprising a nozzle formation surface having a plurality of ink discharging nozzles formed thereon; a wiper which has elasticity and wipes the nozzle formation surface by pressingly contacting against the nozzle formation surface of the recording head; and a moving unit which moves at least one of the recording head and the wiper to wipe the nozzle formation surface at a first relative speed and moves the at least one of the recording head and the wiper to separate from each other at a second relative speed, which is less than the first relative speed. The method includes moving at least one of the inkjet recording head and the wiper relative to each other so that the wiper wipes the nozzle formation surface at a first relative speed; and separating the wiper from the inkjet recording head at a second relative speed, which is less than the first relative speed.02-26-2009
20090085969INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING HEAD - An inkjet recording apparatus is provided. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head including a nozzle formation surface, the nozzle formation surface including a plurality of nozzles formed thereon for discharging ink to record an image on a recording medium conveyed to a position opposing the nozzle formation surface; a wiper blade configured to contact the nozzle formation surface to wipe the nozzle formation surface; and an introducing portion formed on a side surface of the recording head intersecting the nozzle formation surface, the introducing portion configured to introduce ink attached to the wiper blade or the nozzle formation surface to the side surface to hold the introduced ink at the side surface.04-02-2009
20100302309Ink Jet Printer - An ink jet printer may be provided with an ink jet head, a cam member, a cam follower, and a valve operation mechanism. The ink jet head may comprise an ink chamber, an exhaust passage communicating with the ink chamber, and an exhaust valve disposed at the exhaust passage. The cam member may comprise a cam groove. The cam member may be configured to rotate. The cam groove may comprise a first groove, a second groove, and a third groove. The second groove and the third groove may branch from one end of the first groove. The cam follower may be configured to be guided along the cam groove. The valve operation mechanism may be coupled to the cam follower. In a state where the cam follower is present in a predetermined position in the third groove, the valve operation mechanism may make contact with the exhaust valve, and the exhaust valve may be in an opened state.12-02-2010

Patent applications by Nobuo Hiraki, Nagoya-Shi JP

Norikazu Hiraki, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090044689MUSIC EDIT DEVICE, MUSIC EDIT INFORMATION CREATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WHERE MUSIC EDIT INFORMATION IS RECORDED - A music editing apparatus that can accomplish editing of superimposing or connecting whole or part of each of many songs such that their beats adjusted is provided. The music editing apparatus includes a remix processing section which performs a remix process based on both meta data that are pre-generated corresponding to song data and that contain at least a time-based beat position and a file for deciding a remix pattern; a synchronizing reproduction controlling section which generates a master beat, sends the master beat to the remix processing section, and reproduces a plurality of songs based on individual entries of the meta data according to the remix process that the remix processing section has designated corresponding to the remix pattern and the meta data; and a mixing section which mixes songs reproduced by the synchronizing reproduction controlling section. The remix processing section performs the remix process based on a remix pattern file structured as hierarchical layers each of which has a control parameter portion and a data entity portion.02-19-2009
20090133568MUSIC EDIT DEVICE AND MUSIC EDIT METHOD - A remix processing section performs a remix process based on both meta data that are pre-generated corresponding to song data and that contain at least a time-based beat position and a file for deciding a remix pattern. A synchronous reproduction controlling section generates a master beat, sends the master beat to the remix processing section, and reproduces a plurality of songs based on individual entries of the meta data according to the remix process which the remix processing section has designated corresponding to the remix pattern and the meta data. A mixing section mixes songs reproduced by the synchronous reproduction controlling section. A music editing apparatus that can accomplish editing of overlaying or connecting whole or part of each of many songs recorded in a record medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory with their beats matched is provided.05-28-2009
20100138228REGIONAL ATTRIBUTE DETERMINATION METHOD, REGIONAL ATTRIBUTE DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND REGIONAL ATTRIBUTE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - In a regional attribute determination method for determining a regional attribute representing an attribute of people gathering in each region, user information including the locations and attributes of a number of users is acquired from a number of portable information terminal devices used by the number of users, the acquired user information of the number of users is stored in a user information storage part, and the regional attribute is determined on the basis of the user information of the number of users stored in the user information storage part.06-03-2010

Patent applications by Norikazu Hiraki, Kanagawa JP

Norikazu Hiraki, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100030873NETWORK MEDIA CHANNELS - A system, including: a first network coupled to at least a first server and a second server; the first server comprising: storage configured to store media data, and a network media channel manager configured to send and receive the media data according to one or more network media channels; a publishing client coupled to the first server, the publishing client configured to publish the media data using a first network media channel selected from the one or more network media channels.02-04-2010

Patent applications by Norikazu Hiraki, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Remi Hiraki, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100173199SURFACE MODIFIED LITHIUM-CONTAINING COMPOSITE OXIDE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUN ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS - To provide a surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide for a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary cell, which is excellent in volume capacity density, safety, durability for charge and discharge cycles and an excellent rate property, and its production process.07-08-2010
20110033749PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUN ION SECONDARY BATTERY - To provide a process for producing a surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide, which is excellent in discharge capacity, volume capacity density, safety, durability for charge and discharge cycles and an excellent rate property, at a low production cost. The present invention is characterized in that a process for producing a surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein a lithium titanium composite oxide is contained in the surface layer of particles of a lithium-containing composite oxide represented by the formula: Li02-10-2011
20110287321SURFACE MODIFIED LITHIUM-CONTAINING COMPOSITE OXIDE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ITS PRODUCTION PROCESS - To provide a surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide having excellent discharge capacity, volume capacity density, safety, durability for charge and discharge cycles, and high rate property.11-24-2011

Patent applications by Remi Hiraki, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Satoru Hiraki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110176136LIQUID DENSITOMETER - The concentration of a liquid in a liquid supply tube, which is supplied with the liquid, is stably measured from the outside of the liquid supply tube. A liquid component concentration meter is provided with a liquid supply tube (07-21-2011

Sei Hiraki, Kashima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120012274METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING OF STEEL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRER TO BE USED THEREFOR - An electromagnetic stirrer for stirring molten steel of the liquid core in a width-wise direction of the slab includes an iron core disposed with its length-wise axis along a width-wise direction of slab, and a plurality of exciting coils wound around the outer circumference of and about a length-wise axis of the iron core, wherein two-phase or three-phase alternating current is passed through the coils. The phases of the current in the exciting coils are distributed to impart a stirring flow to the molten that includes flow from the minor sides to the center of the slab or from one minor side to the other minor side with a reversing flow at predetermined time intervals.01-19-2012

Taketo Hiraki, Sapporo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080279762Method of producing Magnesium-based Hydrides and apparatus for producing Magnesium-based Hydrides - A first heat treatment is carried out in which a material powder comprising magnesium is kept in the atmosphere of hydrogen gas and the temperature and pressure in the atmosphere of hydrogen gas are maintained in the temperature-pressure region in which single Mg and H11-13-2008

Tatsushi Hiraki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090257334DIGITAL SIGNAL REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A digital signal reproducing apparatus includes an analog to digital converter for sampling and quantizing a signal read from an optical recording medium in accordance with a reproduced clock having a frequency which is one-half of a channel bit frequency and outputting an obtained digital RF signal, an offset compensation circuit for reducing an offset component in an amplitude direction from the digital RF signal, and a simplified interpolation filter for reconstructing a signal indicating a predetermined pattern recorded in the optical recording medium from the output signal of the offset compensation circuit and outputting the reconstructed signal. A control operation is performed to reduce the magnitudes of respective values shown by first phase error information on a section with the predetermined pattern and by second phase error information on a section other than the section with the predetermined pattern.10-15-2009
20090265455METHOD OF RESOLVING DUPLICATE MAC ADDRESSES, NETWORK DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SERVER, AND INFORMATION DEVICE - MAC addresses of information devices on a network are collected using a broadcast frame or multicast frame of Ethernet®. If duplicate MAC addresses are detected, an Ethernet® frame, including a device identifier of information device and a MAC address to be set, is sent by broadcast transmission or multicast transmission. The information devices receiving this Ethernet® frame compare the above device identifier with their own device identifiers. If they match, the MAC address is changed to that designated. Duplicate MAC addresses are thus resolved, enabling correct Ethernet® communications.10-22-2009

Toshiaki Hiraki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090125777WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - When a determination section of a reception apparatus determines that a control channel is intended for the reception apparatus, a comparing section of the reception apparatus compares control information transmitted on the control channel with a reception capability of the reception apparatus. A data channel reception section of the reception apparatus receives a data channel when the control information is within the reception capability of the reception apparatus, but does not receive the data channel when the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus. When the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus, the transmission section does not transmit an ACK signal and a NACK signal with respect to the data channel.05-14-2009

Toshio Hiraki, Matsuyama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110268839Bread dough and bread product with reduced oil absorption, and production process thereof - The present invention provides bread crumbs that have an advantage of reduced oil absorption during deep-frying; and a production process thereof. The present invention further provides deep-fried food products and food products for deep-frying food product prepared using the bread crumbs, and a method of reducing oil absorption of bread crumbs. The present invention produces bread crumbs by carrying out the steps of: 11-03-2011

Tsutomu Hiraki, Yamanashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100242268ELECTRONIC PARTS MOUNTING DEVICE - A paste supply unit that is located in a side opposed to an electronic parts supply table 09-30-2010
20100257728ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - Two concentrically-arranged annular reservoirs 10-14-2010
20100299916COMPONENTS PACKAGING SYSTEM - A tools holding member 12-02-2010

Tsutomu Hiraki, Saga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100083491ELECTONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A paste storage portion 04-08-2010
20100257727CHIP MOUNTING SYSTEM - To provide a chip mounting system in which a whole system can be made compact in size irrespective of the fact that a transfer stage and a tool holding member are installed between a chip feeding section and a substrate holding section.10-14-2010

Tsuyoshi Hiraki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090003148INFORMATION RECORDING SYSTEM AND AN INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - An information recording system for recording information on an optical disc using a reference clock signal generated based on a push-pull signal including a wobble frequency component, the system includes an amplitude obtaining unit for obtaining an amplitude value of the push-pull signal, a threshold calculation unit for calculating a displacement threshold of the push-pull signal based on the amplitude value obtained by the amplitude obtaining unit, and a noise reduction unit for generating a corrected push-pull signal by correcting the push-pull signal such that a displacement exceeding the displacement threshold is reduced. The reference clock signal is generated based on the corrected push-pull signal generated by the noise reduction unit.01-01-2009
20110215795DETECTOR AND DETECTION METHOD - A detector obtains an output signal from an input signal containing a target signal and outputs the output signal. The detector includes an amplifier configured to receive the input signal and the output signal, compare the input signal to the output signal to output a comparison result; an envelope generator configured to weight a first value and a second value having a sign opposite to that of the first value in accordance with the comparison result, integrate the weighted first value and the weighted second value, and output an integration result as the output signal; and a controller configured to control the envelope generator in accordance with the input signal. The controller controls the envelope generator to mitigate an increase in an absolute value of the integration result when the input signal contains a frequency component other than a frequency component of the target signal.09-08-2011
20110216639DETECTOR AND DETECTION METHOD - The present disclosure improves tracking characteristics of an envelope detected from an input signal to the input signal. A detector, which obtains an output signal from an input signal containing a target signal, and outputs the output signal, includes: a comparator configured to compare the input signal to the output signal, and output an obtained comparison result; and an envelope generator configured to weight a first value and a second value having a sign opposite to that of the first value in accordance with the comparison result, integrate the weighted first value and the weighted second value, and output an integral value as the output signal. The envelope generator includes a first gain generator configured to output the first value in accordance with an amplitude of the input signal.09-08-2011
20120062275INTERFACE CIRCUIT - In performing calibration, a control circuit in a calibration circuit of an interface circuit controls a selector so that voltages V03-15-2012

Patent applications by Tsuyoshi Hiraki, Osaka JP

Yuichi Hiraki, Hidaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120063167SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND FRAME USED THEREIN - Light that leaks from an outer peripheral surface of a lightguide plate can be reflected and returned to the lightguide plate by a frame, and light that is transmitted through the frame to leak out can be reduced. A reflecting sheet is disposed in a lower surface of the frame, and the lightguide plate and the light source are accommodated in the frame. The frame is formed such that an outer peripheral surface of a rectangular-frame-shaped inside frame portion made of a white resin is covered with a rectangular-frame-shaped outside frame portion made of a black resin. The inside frame portion and the outside frame portion are integrally molded by a two-color molding method.03-15-2012
20120063168SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND FRAME USED THEREIN - In a surface light source device frame, an amount of light that leaks from an outer peripheral surface of the frame can be decreased while a decrease in luminance is suppressed in an emission surface. The frame includes a rectangular frame main body made of a black resin and an auxiliary member made of a white resin. In inner peripheral surfaces of both lateral sides of the frame main body, fitting portions are provided in an end portion on a side farther away from the light source in the frame main body in order to fit the leg portions. The auxiliary member is attached to the inner peripheral surface on the side farther away from the light source in the frame main body while the leg portions are fitted in the fitting portions.03-15-2012

Yuji Hiraki, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100145441THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR ANGIOGENESIS-RELATED DISEASES COMPRISING CHONDROMODULIN-I AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - An objective of the present invention is to analyze the function of anti-angiogenic factors in cardiac valves or such to elucidate the developmental mechanism of angiogenesis-induced diseases. A more specific objective is to provide therapeutic agents for angiogenesis-induced diseases such as valvular heart disease, and methods of efficiently screening for the therapeutic agents. The present inventors discovered that chondromodulin-I was markedly expressed in cardiac valves, and plays an important role in maintaining normal functions of the valves by preventing angiogenesis, thickening, and calcification which lead to valvular heart diseases. Chondromodulin-I proteins and substances that activate the expression or function of the proteins are expected to have therapeutic effects against angiogenesis-induced diseases.06-10-2010

Yukio Hiraki, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110110602IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that converts a frame rate by creating a sub-frame from an input frame and outputting the sub-frame, the image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate the sub-frame from the input frame, a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature amount of brightness of the input frame, and a control unit configured to perform control so as to reduce luminance of the sub-frames generated by the generation unit based on the feature amount calculated by the calculation unit.05-12-2011
20110249040COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A color signal processing apparatus which performs a linear matrix transformation includes: an approximate coefficient storage unit that stores approximate coefficients of approximate expressions, which approximate values of the matrix coefficients, respectively, and in which a value of a first color among three primary colors of RGB is made a variable, a matrix coefficient calculation unit that calculates 3×3 matrix coefficients according to an input RGB signal by substituting a value of the first color in the input RGB signal for the approximate expressions given by the approximate coefficients readout from the approximate coefficient storage unit; and a conversion unit that performs color conversion by multiplying the input RGB signal by the matrix coefficients calculated by the matrix coefficient calculation unit, and outputs color-converted RGB signal.10-13-2011

Patent applications by Yukio Hiraki, Atsugi-Shi JP

Yuzo Hiraki, Kodaira JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100329233POLLING METHOD AND VEHICLE SEARCH METHOD IN DIGITAL RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a polling method in a radio digital communication system making it possible to shorten time required for polling without causing increase in an error rate and to efficiently manage and administrate communications. In a digital radio communication system for collecting information from a plurality of terminal stations by polling, a polling response signal to be transmitted from each terminal station to a base station has a frame format constructed of a one-frame in which a cyclic bit pattern is placed at a leading end of the frame format.12-30-2010