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Hiroaki Yamamoto
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Ashigarakami-Gun JP
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| 20110077888 | MEASUREMENT DATA CORRECTION METHOD, OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH PROGRAM - A measurement data correction method is provided. A living organism is employed as a test sample, fluorescent light generated by excitation light from a fluorescent substance administered to the test sample is received by a light receiving component at a plurality of locations around the periphery of the test sample in a flat plane passing through an observation site of the test sample, and the method is employed for reconstruction of an optical tomographic image of the test sample along the flat plane passing through the observation site. The method includes: generating corrected measurement data, as measurement data to be used in reconstruction of an optical tomographic image along the flat plane passing through the observation site of the test sample, from an obtained first measurement data and an obtained first standardization measurement data using a defined correction coefficient. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110240884 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC MEASURING DEVICE - An optical tomographic measuring device that includes: an illuminating component, a plurality of light-receiving components, a storage component, a specifying component, an acquiring component, and a constructing component is provided. The specifying component specifies a position of the measurement plane in the body length direction. The acquiring component acquires, from the storage component, an optical characteristic distribution that corresponds to the position specified by the specifying component. The constructing component constructs a density distribution of fluorescence in the measurement plane, on the basis of intensities of the fluorescence received at the respective light-receiving components and the optical characteristic distribution acquired by the acquiring component. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243414 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE, LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION COMPUTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An optical tomographic information generating device which generates optical tomographic information of a subject by using an updated value has: a Jacobian matrix computing unit that computes a Jacobian matrix that expresses a proportion of change in a light intensity distribution with respect to change in an optical characteristic value of the subject; a singular value decomposing unit that acquires a diagonal matrix of the Jacobian matrix; a unit diagonal matrix acquiring unit that acquires a unit diagonal matrix in which diagonal components that are less than or equal to a threshold value are replaced by 0; and a successive approximation unit that carries out approximation by carrying out substitution, that uses the unit diagonal matrix, with respect to a difference between an actually measured value and the computed value that appears in a successive approximation formula of ART (Algebraic Reconstruction Technique), and acquires the updated value. | 10-06-2011 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kanagawa JP
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| 20090073490 | COMMUNICATION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A communication information processing device that includes a reception component, an image processing component, a memory component and a control component is provided. The reception component receives communication information through an external communication line. The image processing component performs image processing on image information. The memory component is provided for memorizing image information for image processing by the image processing component, and that memorizes image information and the communication information received by the reception component. The control component, when a pre-specified setting condition is satisfied, controls the memory component so as to delete the communication information memorized in the memory component and to memorize image information to be used by the image processing component as a priority. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100128305 | RECEIVER, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, DATA RECEPTION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A receiver includes a first storage unit, plural second storage units, a selector, a storage controller, and a selection controller. The first storage unit stores at least one packet data. The plural second storage units respectively store at least one condition associated with packet data to be stored in the first storage unit. The selector selects at least one storage unit from the second storage units in accordance with a selection signal. The storage controller stores the packet data in the first storage unit if a received packet data corresponds to any condition stored in a selected storage unit, and discards the packet data if it does not correspond to any condition. The selection controller generates a selection signal for selecting at least one second storage unit in accordance with conditions to which the packet data stored by the storage controller corresponds, and transmits the signal to the selector. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100241778 | INTERRUPT CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An interrupt control apparatus includes: an interrupt request supply unit that supplies interrupt request information; a processing unit that performs interrupt processing based on the interrupt request information supplied by the interrupt request supply unit; and a time measuring unit that is used to measure an elapse of a predefined time period from a time point when the interrupt request supply unit starts to supply the interrupt request information, wherein: even if new interrupt cause information is stored during the time when the time measuring unit is measuring the elapse of the predefined time period, the interrupt request supply unit does not supply interrupt request information based on the new interrupt cause information to the processing unit; and after the elapsed time measured by the time measuring unit reaches the predefined time period, the interrupt request supply unit supplies the interrupt request information to the processing unit. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246380 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication control device includes: a first processing unit that converts an electrical signal received by a communication channel into digital data and outputs the digital data, and in a second operation mode in which an amount of power supplied to the communication control device is lower than in a first operation mode, outputs a notification signal upon receiving an electrical signal indicating an arrival of packet data; a clock controller that, in the second operation mode, initiates supplying a clock signal upon receiving the notification signal; and a second processing unit that (i) has a receiving unit that extracts packet data from the digital data and outputs the extracted packet data, and (ii) in the second operation mode, stops receiving packet data during a time that the clock signal is not supplied, and upon reception of the clock signal, starts receiving packet data using the received clock signal. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110228316 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication control apparatus including: a count portion that counts the number of received data; and a discard portion that is provided at an upstream side of a control portion on a forwarding route of the received data, and discards received data according to a counted value by the count portion. | 09-22-2011 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Ebina-Shi JP
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| 20100250811 | INTERRUPT CONTROLLER AND IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE - An interrupt controller includes: a timer that repeatedly measures a predesignated length of time; an interrupt request unit that, when data is received by a receiving unit while the timer is measuring the length of time, outputs an interrupt request after measurement of the length of time is completed; a measurement unit that measures a frequency of data reception of the receiving unit; and an updating unit that changes the length of time measured by the timer so as to be shorter than the predesignated length of time when the frequency of reception measured by the measurement unit exceeds a threshold frequency. | 09-30-2010 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Miyagi JP
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| 20090320935 | PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE FOR GAS - A pressure reducing valve for gas is provided in which a valve mechanism having opening in a central part a valve hole that communicates with a low pressure passage and a low pressure chamber and including a valve body that is capable of being seated on a valve seat facing a valve chamber communicating with a high pressure passage is housed within a body such that the valve body is connected to a pressure receiving member operating in response to pressure of the low pressure passage and the low pressure chamber, wherein the body ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100224806 | PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE - A pressure-reducing valve is provided in which a diaphragm rod connected to a valve body of a valve mechanism is connected to a central part of a diaphragm having its peripheral edge part clamped between a body and a diaphragm cover, wherein the diaphragm ( | 09-09-2010 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Osaka JP
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| 20100216312 | RESIST REMOVING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RESIST REMOVING APPARATUS - This invention provides a resist removing apparatus for removing a resist comprising a deteriorated layer and an undeteriorated layer from a substrate. The apparatus carries out the step of bringing radicals, reduced by subjecting any one of or a mixture of two or more of nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and steam to plasma treatment under a low pressure, into contact with the substrate to remove the resist, and the step of bringing ozone water into contact with the substrate to remove the resist. In the step of removing the resist by radicals, a large part of the undeteriorated layer is allowed to remain by regulating the radical contact time depending upon conditions for the formation of the deteriorated layer on the resist surface. Alternatively, a large part of the undeteriorated layer may be allowed to remain by conducting process control according to the results of analysis of a reactant gas discharged during the removal of the resist. | 08-26-2010 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Osaka-Shi JP
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| 20100193977 | OZONE WATER PRODUCTION APPARATUS - The invention relates to an ozone water production apparatus capable of producing ozone water with a highly versatile and simpler configuration and further producing ozone water having a higher concentration with decomposition by heat suppressed. O | 08-05-2010 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Inashiki-Gun JP
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| 20100062515 | MICROBIAL CULTURE MEDIUM AND MICROBIAL CULTURE METHOD - There is provided a microbial culture medium and a microbial culture method for adequately growing a target bacterium contained in an antibacterial test sample. | 03-11-2010 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Toyohashi-City JP
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| 20090195099 | Rotatable shaft assembling method, rotatable shaft assembly, and electric motor having the same - At the time of assembling an electric motor, plain bearings are installed over a worm shaft to form a shaft assembly. Then, the worm shaft together with the plain bearings is inserted into a gear housing in an inserting direction, which is generally parallel to an axial direction of the worm shaft, such that each of the plain bearings is press fitted into a corresponding installation part of the housing. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100000355 | Output power transmission device and motor with speed reducing mechanism - An output power transmission device has a transmission plate and a C-ring. The transmission plate is attached to a wheel gear in an axial direction of the wheel gear such that the transmission plate directly engages with the wheel gear in a rotation direction. The transmission plate functions as a transmission member for transmitting rotation of the wheel gear to an output shaft. The C-ring is provided at a position where the C-ring sandwiches the transmission plate with the wheel gear in the axial direction. The C-ring functions as a restriction section for restricting movement of the transmission plate in the axial direction opposite from the wheel gear side. An elastic claw section as a pressing member is formed on the wheel gear. The elastic claw section presses the transmission plate against the C-ring in the axial direction. | 01-07-2010 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kamakura JP
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| 20090236145 | ANALYSIS REFRACTED ACOUSTIC WAVES MEASURED IN A BOREHOLE - Methods and related systems are described for measuring and analyzing refracted acoustic energy. A plurality of receivers mounted are on a downhole tool, and are arranged and adapted to receive refracted acoustic energy from a downhole formation. Measurements of refracted acoustic energy is analyzed such that information relating to an azimuthal direction relative to the downhole tool of an interface within the downhole formation can be estimated. The receivers can be mounted on a drill collar as part of a LWD tool and steering of the drilling trajectory can be based in part on the estimated formation information. | 09-24-2009 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Ibaraki JP
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| 20090209012 | Method for producing l-amino acids - Disclosed is a process for producing the L-form of an amino acid enzymatically from an enantiomeric mixture of the amino acid. The process includes the step of contacting a transformant or a treated product thereof with an enantiomeric mixture of the amino acid. The transformant includes a single host and one or more recombinant vectors introduced thereinto, in which the one or more recombinant vectors include one or more expression vectors and nucleotide sequences integrated thereinto respectively, and the nucleotide sequences are a nucleotide sequence encoding an enzyme capable of converting the D-form of an amino acid into a keto acid and a nucleotide sequence encoding an enzyme capable of converting a keto acid into the L-form of an amino acid. According to this process, a reaction for converting the D-form of an amino acid into a keto acid and a reaction for converting the keto acid into the L-form of the amino acid can be conducted in a single step. Disclosed also is a transformant capable of converting into the L-form of an amino acid as accumulated in a high concentration. The L-form of an amino acid can be efficiently produced from an inexpensive starting material by using the transformant. | 08-20-2009 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Toyohashi-Shi JP
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| 20090001832 | COMMUTATOR, DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMMUTATOR - A commutator having a plurality of segments, a short-circuit member assembly, a holding portion, and a plurality of spacing members is disclosed. The short-circuit member assembly includes a plurality of short-circuit pieces. Each short-circuit piece has an outer terminal, an inner terminal arranged radially inward from the outer terminal and circumferentially offset from the outer terminal at a predetermined offset angle, and a connecting portion connecting the inner terminal to the outer terminal. The holding portion covers the segments and at least a portion of the short-circuit member assembly to hold the segments and the short-circuit member assembly. The spacing members each have an insulated support portion and a plurality of insulated spacing projections formed integrally with the support portion. Each support portion extends in a radial direction of the short-circuit member assembly. The spacing projections are arranged in the direction in which the corresponding support members extend in such a manner that the spacing projections are each provided between the corresponding circumferentially adjacent pair of the connecting portions. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090152057 | BRAKE DEVICE AND MOTOR WITH SPEED REDUCING MECHANISM - A brake device arranged between a drive shaft and a driven shaft arranged coaxially with the drive shaft is disclosed. The brake device includes a first rotor, a second rotor, an engagement member, a braking mechanism, and a cam mechanism. The braking mechanism includes a movable friction member rotatable integrally with the second rotor, a fixed friction portion, and an urging member that urges the movable friction member toward the fixed friction portion. When rotational force is provided from the drive shaft to the first rotor, the cam mechanism permits transmission of rotation of the drive shaft to the driven shaft. When the rotational force is provided from the driven shaft to the second rotor, the cam mechanism restricts rotation of the driven shaft. The cam mechanism is provided independently from the engagement member. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153090 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - A motor controller that outputs a drive signal to a direct-current motor to drive the motor is provided. The motor controller includes a drive circuit that generates the drive signal. The drive circuit superimposes on a direct-current voltage an alternating-current component having a frequency in the audible frequency range of the human ear, thereby generating the drive signal. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090188168 | DOOR NOISE SUPPRESSING STRUCTURE IN OPEN/CLOSE BODY DRIVE APPARATUS - A drive apparatus for opening and closing a window glass provided in a door having an inner panel is disclosed. The drive apparatus includes a motor provided in the door and a regulator that receives drive force from the motor and selectively open and close the window glass. The door noise includes motor operating noise and vibration transmission noise that is generated when vibration of the motor is transmitted to the inner panel via the regulator. The motor is configured such that a first-order frequency component in vibration of the motor is greater than any other nth component (n is an integer greater than or equal to two), so that the first-order frequency component in the door noise is greater than any other nth frequency component (n is an integer greater than or equal to two). | 07-30-2009 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kobe-Shi JP
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Aichi Prf JP
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| 20090134549 | Molding Apparatus - An improved molding apparatus and method of use thereof that inhibits unsightly blemishes that may be formed in molded plastic parts in caused by confined crevices of the molding apparatus. A mold cavity is formed by at least two mold portions and one of said mold portions has a molten plastic flow diverter positioned adjacent the confined crevice. The charge of molten plastic is injected into said cavity such that a portion of the charge of plastic flows over the diverter and into the confined crevice of the mold cavity. The diverter creates a narrow restriction adjacent the crevice such that the mold cavity has a larger cross-sectional area on either side of the diverter. | 05-28-2009 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Nagoya JP
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| 20080305307 | Deep "C" parts and method of molding - An elongated, substantially “C” cross sectioned part and method of making same are provided wherein the part may be injection molded and covered with a paint film on the showside part portions. The method includes the provision of a mold cavity having an inclined nadir wall boundary and moving the female mold away from the stationary male mold part an angle of about 1-20° relative to the widthwise or Y direction. The part includes a plastic substrate and an optional paint film having one edge thereof terminating along the nadir wall behind the show surface of the part. | 12-11-2008 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kawabe-Gun JP
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| 20080259750 | Optical pick-up head, optical information apparatus, and optical information reproducing method - An optical information apparatus of the present invention includes: an optical pick-up head including: a light source; a diffraction unit; a condensing unit; a beam splitter; a photodetector; and a tracking error signal generator. An optical recording medium has tracks arranged substantially at a constant pitch. An average of a pitch is tp. When a main beam is placed on the track, a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam are placed between the tracks. The tracking error signal generator performs a differential arithmetic operation with respect to signals output from a light-receiving portion receiving the main beam to generate a first push-pull signal, performs a differential arithmetic operation with respect to signals output from the light-receiving portions receiving the first sub-beam and the second sub-beam to generate a second push-pull signal, and performs a differential arithmetic operation with respect to the first push-pull signal and the second push-pull signal to generate a tracking error signal, in a case where an amplitude of the first push-pull signal obtained at the pitch tp is fluctuated when the light beam is scanned in a direction orthogonal to the tracks of the optical recording medium. | 10-23-2008 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Tsukuba-Shi JP
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| 20080261286 | Methods for producing optically active alpha-hydroxy amides - An objective of the present invention is to provide efficient methods for producing (R)-2-chloromandelamide with high optical purity. Another objective of the present invention is to provide novel methods for producing α-ketoamide reductases that reduce 2-chlorobenzoyl formamide to (R)-2-chloromandelamide with high optical purity, using NADPH as the coenzyme. | 10-23-2008 |
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kamakura-Shi JP
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| 20110255370 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMAGE SUBSURFACE FORMATION FEATURES - Methods of and apparatus to image one or more subsurface formation features are disclosed. An example method includes generating acoustic waves with a transmitter and receiving the acoustic waves and acoustic data contained therein at one or more receivers. The example method also includes extracting one or more S-S, P-S or S-P reflected waveform data from the acoustic data, estimating a dip of the one or more subsurface formation features, migrating the one or more S-S, P-S or S-P reflected waveform data with the estimated dip and mapping the migrated one or more S-S, P-S or S-P reflected waveform data. In addition, the example method includes identifying one or more permeable subsurface formation features using the mapped migrated one or more S-S, P-S or S-P reflected waveform data. | 10-20-2011 |