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Hirobe, JP

Atsunori Hirobe, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090167421Step-down circuit, semiconductor device, and step-down circuit controlling method - A step-down circuit is connected between a power supply node for supplying a supply voltage and an internal power supply line for supplying a power to the object circuit and steps-down the supply voltage, and supplies the stepped-down voltage to the object circuit through the internal power supply line. The step-down circuit includes a comparison circuit that compares a reference voltage with the voltage of the internal power supply line, and a driver that adjusts a current flowing between the internal power supply line and the power supply node according to the comparison result of the comparison circuit. The activity level of the driver is controlled so as to rise in a predetermined rising period synchronously with an activated operation of the object circuit and to fall in a predetermined falling period that comes after the rising period.07-02-2009
20100202233SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor storage device includes a timing allocation unit that sets refresh timing to preferentially perform a refresh operation for maintaining data and data access timing to preferentially perform a data access operation for reading or writing the data in accordance with a clock signal with respect to each memory bank including a plurality of memory cells, and a waiting unit that waits start of the data access operation until the data access timing is started in a case where a request for the data access operation is made during the refresh timing and waits start of the refresh operation until the refresh timing is started in a case where a request for the refresh operation is made during the data access timing.08-12-2010

Patent applications by Atsunori Hirobe, Kanagawa JP

Atsunori Hirobe, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090010081OVERDRIVE WRITE METHOD, WRITE AMPLIFIER POWER GENERATING CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A write amplifier power generating circuit includes a control unit for changing an output voltage. In a first write cycle in which a pair of bit lines are being amplified, a write operation is performed by an overdrive write method in which a high level from a write amplifier is set to a first voltage (for example, a power supply voltage). In a second write cycle after amplification in the pair of the bit lines has been completed, a write operation is performed by a write method in which the high level from the write amplifier is set to a second voltage (for example, an internal voltage).01-08-2009

Patent applications by Atsunori Hirobe, Tokyo JP

Fumitake Hirobe, Ushiku-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090317139IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image with a developer comprising at least a toner and a first external additive, the developing apparatus including a plurality of developing devices, containing toners different in color or lightness from each other, in which at least two developing devices contain a dark color toner and a light color toner which have an identical hue and different lightnesses and the developing device containing the light color toner is subjected to a developing operation prior to another developing device; a first transfer apparatus for sequentially transferring toner images, which have been developed by the plurality of developing devices, onto an intermediary transfer member; and a second transfer apparatus for transferring the toner images from the intermediary transfer member all together onto a transfer medium The first external additive includes particles having an aspect ratio of not less than 1.0 and not more than 1.5 and a number-average particle size of not less than 0.06 μm and not more than 0.3 μm, and has a coverage thereof with respect to the light color toner larger than that with respect to the dark color toner in a transferred state on the intermediary transfer member.12-24-2009
20110052221IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a latent image; a developing device, including a developer carrying member for carrying and feeding a developer including toner and a carrier to a developing position in which the developer opposes the image bearing member, for developing the latent image formed on the image bearing member; a discharging portion for permitting discharge of an excessive developer present in the developing device by supplying the developer into the developing device; a feeding member for feeding the developer in the developing device; a controller for controlling a forced discharging operation for discharging the excessive developer from the discharging portion by changing a driving condition of at least one of the developer carrying member and the feeding member; and a detecting device for detecting information correlating to flowability of the developer in the developing device. The controller is capable of controlling the forced discharging operation on the basis of a detection result of the detecting device.03-03-2011

Patent applications by Fumitake Hirobe, Ushiku-Shi JP

Hideaki Hirobe, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090014461Pharmaceutical Product Cassette, Pharmaceutical Product Dispensing Apparatus And Pharmaceutical Product Dispensing System - A sliding surface having a gentle slope for carrying pharmaceutical products such as infusion bottles (01-15-2009
20090152291Device for Manually Dispensing Medications - A device for manually dispensing medications is realized, which allows the operator to perform preliminary manual medication dispensing in advance of several subsequent dispensing steps, while facilitating the operator's ability to recognize the region to which each medication is to be dispensed, there by allowing the operator to easily and precisely perform manual dispensing of various kinds of medications.06-18-2009
20110016027Medical Resource Storage And Management Apparatus And Medical Supply Management System - Locations of storage on a rack for arranging and storing medical resources are partitioned by a partition member, where a medical resource detecting member and a retrieval guidance member are provided in each partition on the rack, by configuring the partition member to be removable from a depression in the rack, and by providing an input for configuration in a control unit to designate whether or not the partition member is inserted, the control unit is operable to collectively process medical resource detecting members and retrieval guidance members, such that a large variety of large and small medical resources can be stored for automatic management.01-20-2011

Patent applications by Hideaki Hirobe, Tokyo JP

Kisei Hirobe, Miyagi-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090012733OFFSET CORRECTION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - When an external magnetic field is applied to a sensor unit 01-08-2009
20090070057CALIBRATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - The object of the present invention is to provide a calibration program and an electronic compass that make it possible to calibrate the output of a magnetic sensor with a small amount of computation while a user does not notice the execution of calibration.03-12-2009
20090248352MOTION SENSING PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS WITH MOTION SENSING PROGRAM - A motion sensing program for executing a motion sensing based on at least a biaxial output of a magnetic sensor, which includes the steps of determining with respect to execution of the motion sensing based on the output of the specific biaxial output of the magnetic sensor upon its rotation in a predetermined direction, and identifying the rotating direction when execution of the motion sensing is determined.10-01-2009
20110098958AZIMUTH COMPUTING DEVICE, AZIMUTH COMPUTING METHOD, AZIMUTH COMPUTING PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An azimuth computing device includes an azimuth computing unit for computing azimuth data by using an output from a magnetic sensor; a buffer unit for storing the azimuth data; a control unit for outputting azimuth data if the azimuth data stored in the buffer unit by a predetermined number of pieces is within a predetermined range; and a storage unit for storing the output azimuth data as a reference azimuth. The control unit outputs azimuth data if the azimuth data stored in the buffer unit is within a predetermined angle from the reference azimuth, and discards at least part of the azimuth data stored in the buffer unit if the azimuth data stored in the buffer unit is not within the predetermined range.04-28-2011
20110119015GEOMAGNETIC SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A geomagnetic sensor control device includes an analog circuit unit that outputs a plurality of magnetic field measurement values corresponding to sensor output signals of a plurality of magnetic sensors, and a digital circuit unit that receives three-axis magnetic field measurement values from the analog circuit unit and that performs digital processing. In the analog circuit unit, offset correction is performed in an analog manner on an offset included in a sensor output signal. In the digital circuit unit, sensitivity correction is performed in a digital manner on a magnetic field measurement value corresponding to the sensor output signal on which the offset correction has been performed.05-19-2011

Kisei Hirobe, Niigata-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090293295AZIMUTH CALCULATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - An azimuth calculation program is a computer-executable program that performs an azimuth calculation using output of a magnetic sensor. The azimuth calculation program includes a first step of generating one triangle in three-dimensional space using three output values of a magnetic sensor unit, a second step of determining a circumcircle of the triangle, and a third step of performing an azimuth calculation using center coordinates of the circumcircle and output values of the magnetic sensor.12-03-2009

Naoki Hirobe, Kasugai-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100244782CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, CHARGING DEVICE, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - A battery state monitoring portion intermittently monitors the low voltage battery for supplying power to electrical components arranged in a vehicle while the power supply to the low voltage system load other than a +B load is stopped, a DCDC converter is stopped, and a +B power supply mode in which the vehicle cannot travel is set. A charging control portion starts up the DCDC converter and charges the low voltage battery with the power of a high voltage battery as a power source of the vehicle through the DCDC converter when the voltage of the low voltage battery becomes lower than or equal to a charging start voltage when the +B power supply mode is set. The present invention can be applied to a charging device of a battery of an electric vehicle.09-30-2010

Naoki Hirobe, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214112CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A control device has a first sensor set with a first detection region, a second sensor set with a second detection region, and a control unit for controlling a predetermined operation based on a detection result by the first sensor and a detection result by the second sensor.08-26-2010

Nobuyasu Hirobe, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090304993Multiple Reflection Panel - A first membrane that reflects all visible light is formed on a back surface among outer surfaces of a transparent member, a second membrane that reflects part of visible light and transmits part of visible light is formed on at least a position facing the first membrane on a front surface facing the back surface, a subject to be reflected is provided in an area at least either on an inner portion or the outer surface of the transparent member, a multiple reflection image formed by the subject to be reflected being projected on the first membrane and the second membrane is reflected a plurality of times between the first membrane and the second membrane, and becomes visible from the front surface.12-10-2009

Teruhisa Hirobe, Osaka-Fu JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110178475PLUNGER FOR INJECTOR, AND SYRINGE AND PREFILLED SYRINGE THAT USES THE SAME - A plunger for a syringe, in which a plunger rod can be prevented by a simple structure from unavoidably falling out of place.07-21-2011

Tomohisa Hirobe, Chiba-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090155196COSMETIC PREPARATION - A cosmetic preparation comprising an aqueous solution of a water-soluble iron salt dimer, said aqueous solution containing magnesium ion and calcium ion.06-18-2009