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Hiranaka, JP

Daisuke Hiranaka, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110074967TARGET BIT RATE DECISION METHOD FOR WAVELET-BASED IMAGE COMPRESSION - A method of deciding a target bit rate for wavelet-based image encoding based on the wavelet coefficients is described. The target bit rate is used for maintaining a high quality image. A minimum target bit rate and a maximum target bit rate are determined. A pseudo code length corresponding to the minimum target bit rate is calculated. The pseudo code length is calculated as a function of the wavelet coefficients. The corresponding pseudo code length is calculated for the maximum target bit rate. A curve between the pseudo code length and target bit rate is derived. Slope of the curve depends on buffer fullness. Using the curve, for a given pseudo code length, an appropriate target bit rate is derived. The derived target bit rate depends on the image content, and computing resources are able to be optimally used to attain similar quality for each image block of an image.03-31-2011
20110074976METHOD OF DETECTING THE EXISTENCE OF VISUALLY SENSITIVE THIN LINES IN A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method of detecting existence of visually thin lines in images is described herein. The method includes profile generation, profile analysis and deciding the existence of thin lines. The profile generation includes generating a profile in each direction of the input image. Multiple projection lines are projected along the direction and all of the pixel values along the projection lines are added and averaged to obtain a profile. The profile analysis includes determining presence of thin lines in the input image and also noticing if the direction of the thin lines is similar to that of the projection lines. At the third step, according to the analysis made, existence of thin lines in the image is decided.03-31-2011

Kouichi Hiranaka, Ehime JP

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20090278744PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - There is provided a phased array antenna having variable phase shifters constituted by using a variable dielectric-constant dielectric substance whose dielectric constant varies according to an applied electric field, which antenna can dispense with a DC blocking element that causes mismatch, and reduce deformation of the beam shape even when beam tilt occurs, in the case where the variable phase shifters are divided into those for right-side tilt and those for left-side tilt and the phase shift amounts thereof are independently controlled.11-12-2009
20100078606PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GROUP III ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL, AND GROUP-III ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL - A method for producing a high-quality group-III element nitride crystal at a high crystal growth rate, and a group-III element nitride crystal are provided. The method includes the steps of placing a group-III element, an alkali metal, and a seed crystal of group-III element nitride in a crystal growth vessel, pressurizing and heating the crystal growth vessel in an atmosphere of nitrogen-containing gas, and causing the group-III element and nitrogen to react with each other in a melt of the group-III element, the alkali metal and the nitrogen so that a group-III element nitride crystal is grown using the seed crystal as a nucleus. A hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than the melting point of the alkali metal is added before the pressurization and heating of the crystal growth vessel.04-01-2010
20100192839PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GROUP III ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING GROUP III ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL - A group III element nitride single crystal is grown on a template immersed in a raw material liquid retained in a crucible and containing a group III material and one of an alkali metal and an alkali earth metal. The raw material liquid remaining after the growth of the single crystal is cooled and solidified, and by feeding a hydroxyl group-containing solution into the crucible, the solidified raw material is removed from around the template, and thus the group III element nitride single crystal is taken out from inside the solidified raw material. The template is disposed at a position away from the bottom of the crucible.08-05-2010
20100213576METHOD FOR PRODUCING GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a method for producing a group III nitride crystal substrate. A group III nitride crystal is formed by a growth method using a flux. The group III nitride crystal substrate is heat treated at a temperature equal to or higher than the lowest temperature at which the flux contained inside the group III nitride crystal substrate through intrusion into the crystal during the crystal formation can be discharged to outside the group III nitride crystal substrate, and equal to or lower than the highest temperature at which the surface of the group III nitride crystal substrate is not decomposed.08-26-2010
20110012070GROUP-III ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL PRODUCING METHOD AND GROUP-III ELEMENT NITRIDE CRYSTAL - A method for producing a high-quality group-III element nitride crystal at a high crystal growth rate, and a group-III element nitride crystal are provided. The method includes the steps of placing a group-III element, an alkali metal, and a seed crystal of group-III element nitride in a crystal growth vessel, pressurizing and heating the crystal growth vessel in an atmosphere of nitrogen-containing gas, and causing the group-III element and nitrogen to react with each other in a melt of the group-III element, the alkali metal and the nitrogen so that a group-III element nitride crystal is grown using the seed crystal as a nucleus. A hydrocarbon having a boiling point higher than the melting point of the alkali metal is added before the pressurization and heating of the crystal growth vessel. 01-20-2011

Patent applications by Kouichi Hiranaka, Ehime JP

Shingo Hiranaka, Yamaguchi JP

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20090032187Stripping Liquid for Use in Separating Paper From Plaster/Paper Laminate - A stripping liquid of the present invention is used for separating the paper from a plaster/paper laminate such as waste plasterboard, and comprises an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt or an ammonium salt of carboxylic acid. The stripping liquid is fed onto the surface (paper surface) of the plaster/paper laminate so as to infiltrate into the bonding surface between the plaster and the paper, so that the carboxylate is made present on the bonding surface. Upon stripping off the paper in the presence of the carboxylate, it is allowed to entirely separate the paper from the plaster. Upon mixing the stripping liquid and a nonionic surfactant or a water-soluble organic solvent together, further, the stripping liquid can be quickly and reliably infiltrated into the bonding surface between the plaster and the paper.02-05-2009