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Hiroaki Ito

Hiroaki Ito, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080257655Magnet Unit, Elevator Guiding Apparatus and Weighing Apparatus - A magnet unit includes a first magnetic pole (10-23-2008
20090065309MAGNETIC GUIDE APPARATUS - A magnetic guide apparatus includes at least two gap sensors which are disposed with a predetermined interval in a direction of movement of a moving body, and detect a gap between a magnet unit and a guide rail, a signal correction unit which determines variation amounts of detection signals which are output from the gap sensors, relatively varies weight coefficients for the respective detection signals on the basis of the variation amounts, and outputs, as a signal for magnetic control, a signal which is obtained by adding the detection signals which are multiplied by the weight coefficients, and a control unit which controls the magnetic force of the magnet unit on the basis of the signal for magnetic control, which is output from the signal correction unit.03-12-2009
20090133970NON-CONTACT RUNNING TYPE ELEVATOR - In an elevator including a guide apparatus which levitates the car from a guide rail by an effect of magnetic force and non-contactly runs and guides the car, the guide apparatus is controlled in a manner to generate magnetic force with respect to at least two of movement axes of the car. In this case, control is executed with respect to only some of the movement axes at a time of start of guide, and then control is executed with respect to the other movement axes after passing of a predetermined time from the start of the guide.05-28-2009
20090173583MAGNETIC GUIDE APPARATUS - A signal correction arithmetic unit is provided in a control apparatus to control a magnetic force of a magnetic guide unit. The signal correction arithmetic unit differentiates detection signals of two gap sensors, and integrates and outputs a differential signal with a smallest absolute value. The output signal is used for magnetic control.07-09-2009
20100066222BOOTS/LOW SHOES ACCOMMODATION SHOE CUPBOARD - The present invention provides a shoe cupboard in which boots can easily be put into and taken out from the shoe cupboard, it is possible to prevent boots from losing their shapes, and low shoes can be accommodated if necessary. A shoe cupboard according to the present invention is characterized by containing a shoe cupboard body (03-18-2010
20110056773MAGNETIC GUIDING APPARATUS OF ELEVATOR - A guide apparatus includes a pair of guide rails, magnet units, pedestals, a sensor unit, a magnetic guide control apparatus as a control unit, and projected parts. The magnet unit includes electromagnets and permanent magnets and magnetic poles thereof are opposed to a blade of the guide rail from three directions with a gap. The projected parts are formed with side parts of a tip part of a central magnetic pole opposite to a tip surface of the blade of the guide rail among the magnetic poles of the magnet unit being brought closer to the guide rail than a center section thereof.03-10-2011
20110162914MAGNET UNIT, ELEVATOR GUIDING APPARATUS AND WEIGHING APPARATUS - A magnet unit includes a first magnetic pole (07-07-2011

Patent applications by Hiroaki Ito, Tokyo JP

Hiroaki Ito, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100128792VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A method of decoding videos comprises the steps of performing, in respect of a decoding objective area of decoding objective frame, a motion search by using images of plural frames finished with decoding and deciding, on the basis of the result of the motion search, whether an image of the decoding objective area is to be generated through an interpolation process or a decoded image is to be generated through motion compensation using data included in an encoding stream.05-27-2010
20100295839Image Display Device - Disclosed is an image display device that provides power consumption reduction control in an improved manner. The image display device includes an input that inputs a video signal, an output controller that reproduces the video signal entered into the input, a display that displays an image in accordance with the video signal reproduced by the output controller, an imager that picks up an image of a user of the image display device, an attentiveness decider that analyzes the image picked up by the imager and judges whether the user is watching a display screen of the display, and a controller that selects either a normal mode or a power saving mode as a processing mode for light intensity control of a light source of the display or for reproduction in the output controller in accordance with the result of decision made by the attentiveness decider.11-25-2010
20110142127Image Processing Device - Disclosed is an image processing technique which more suitably reduces flicker noise. An image display device is comprised of an input unit which inputs encoded image data containing images encoded by intraframe prediction and interframe prediction, an image decoder which decodes the encoded image data, a filter unit which filters the decoded images output from the image decoder, and a display unit which displays the image after filtering. The filter unit performs at least a process to correct the pixel values in a decoded image decoded by interframe prediction immediately preceding in time a decoded image decoded by intraframe prediction of the decoded images output from the image decoder.06-16-2011
20110249749Moving Picture Decoding Method and Moving Picture Encoding Method - High-quality video is provided using a small amount of coded bits. The moving picture decoding method performs inter-frame prediction processing. With the aforementioned inter-frame prediction processing, blocks with similar motion vectors from among the motion vectors in multiple blocks that have already been decoded are combined and a combined area is computed. A predicted vector for a target block to be decoded is computed using the motion vector of the aforementioned combined area, and a motion vector for the aforementioned target block is computed based on the aforementioned predicted vector and a difference vector which is included in a coded stream that is input. A predicted image is generated using the aforementioned motion vector, and a difference image which is included in the aforementioned coded stream and the aforementioned predicted image are added to generate a decoded image.10-13-2011

Hiroaki Ito, Nisshin-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100225462In-Vehicle emergency report apparatus - In an emergency report apparatus in a vehicle, even though a power switch is turned into an OFF state, an execution enabled state of an emergency report process is maintained when an occupant is determined to be in the vehicle. Therefore, even when a necessity of executing an emergency report process arises after the power switch is turned into the OFF state, it is unnecessary to turn the power switch into the ON state, thereby improving the usability. In addition, after the power switch is turned into the OFF state, an execution disabled state is designated when the occupant is determined to be not in the vehicle. Such an execution disabled state restricts the electric power supply from an in-vehicle battery, thereby reducing the power consumption and helping prevent the battery from running out.09-09-2010

Hiroaki Ito, Kasugai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238258Actuator - To provide an actuator which is easily made a small size and flexible, and has a large displacement. The actuator comprises a rod-shaped actuator element, having one axial end thereof fixed, including a dielectric film made of a dielectric elastomer and a plurality of electrodes arranged via the dielectric film, in the actuator element, the dielectric film extends as a voltage applied across the electrodes becomes large, and a load member connected to the other axial end of the actuator element and fixed in a state in which the actuator element is permitted to be extended axially, characterized in that making large the voltage applied across the electrodes causes the dielectric film to be extended, whereby the actuator element is extended axially according to the tension of the load member.10-02-2008
20090060760Diaphragm pump - A diaphragm pump includes: a volume changing member which changes the volume of a fluid chamber; a diaphragm member fixed in a stretched state and arranged separate from the fluid chamber, the diaphragm member having a pair of electrodes and a stretch film formed of dielectric elastomer, and the diaphragm member driving the volume changing member in a forward movement direction; a return bias member which drives the volume changing member in a backward movement direction; and a connection member which connects the diaphragm member and the volume changing member. In a low voltage state, the diaphragm member and the return bias member have driving force with respect to the volume changing member. The diaphragm member is arranged so as to be elastically protruded in the backward movement direction compared to the stretched state, and an inclination angle of the diaphragm member in the low voltage state with respect to that in the stretched state is set to 45° or greater in a cross section along a reciprocal movement direction.03-05-2009
20090127734METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTUATOR - A method for manufacturing an actuator includes: creating a semi-cured product in a semi-cure state in such a manner that an element material that is to be a string-shaped actuator element of all actuator that is made of dielectric elastomer and includes the actuator element is formed in a string shape and that the element material is heated to its cure temperature or higher at least one of in and after formation; and creating a fully-cured product with a cure reaction of the semi-cured product completed in such a manner that the semi-cured product is heated while elongated in its axial direction.05-21-2009

Patent applications by Hiroaki Ito, Kasugai-Shi JP

Hiroaki Ito, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080267292Method of and Apparatus for Recording Motion Picture - The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for recording motion picture with higher compression efficiency. The method comprising the steps of: performing block-based motion search for an input picture to calculate a motion vector of each block; setting up blocks having a similar motion vector as a similar motion area, the similar motion vector included in calculated motion vectors; calculating a representative motion vector by use of a motion vector provided by each block included in the set similar motion area; selecting which of the calculated representative motion vector or the motion vector provided by each block is to be used, for each block; and generating encoded data by use of the motion vector selected based on the result of the selection and a prediction picture of each block generated using the motion vector.10-30-2008

Patent applications by Hiroaki Ito, Yokohama JP

Hiroaki Ito, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110253827EXTENDIBLE STRUCTURE - An extendible structure which includes an elongated extendible member having elasticity, and a storage part that serves to store the extendible member by winding it up, wherein a tip end of the extendible member can be extended from the storage part in a one-dimensional manner, so that an extendible part thus extended becomes a hollow tubular structure. The extendible member is composed of three divided extendible members so that the extendible part of the hollow tubular structure is divided into three parts, and the individual divided extendible members are constructed such that their tip end portions are joined with one another, and at the same time, their base end portions are wound around individual storage parts, respectively, independently from each other. Surface fasteners are each provided on a side of each of the divided extendible members.10-20-2011

Hiroaki Ito, Ashiya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110268734PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS COMPRISING IL-6 ANTAGONIST AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - A method for treating psoriatic arthritis comprising an interleukin-6 (IL-6) antagonist such as, for example, an antibody against IL-6 receptor.11-03-2011

Hiroaki Ito, Chita-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110275628NOVEL PYRAZOLE-3-CARBOXAMIDE DERIVATIVE HAVING 5-HT2B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST ACTIVITY - Disclosed is a compound represented by general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as a selective antagonist of a 5-HT11-10-2011

Hiroaki Ito, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110308019BODY POSITION AND PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A body position and pressure control apparatus is provided capable of highly accurately detecting body pressure distribution without causing a sense of discomfort for a sleeper, changing body positions, and distributing body pressure. The body position and pressure control apparatus has a mattress provided with a plurality of divided portions and supporting a sleeper, an elastomer sensor, and a body pressure adjuster controlling each of the divided portions based on an instruction from the elastomer sensor and thereby changing the body pressure distribution of the sleeper. The elastomer sensor has a sheet sensor main body and a calculator, the sensor main body having an elastomer sensor thin film, a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of detectors corresponding to the divided portions provided between the electrodes.12-22-2011