Inventors list

Assignees list

Classification tree browser

Top 100 Inventors

Top 100 Assignees

Hironobu

Hironobu Abe, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100188568	DIGITAL VIDEO TRANSPORT SYSTEM - Each of a plurality of digital video transmitting devices	07-29-2010

Hironobu Akizumi, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120056343	DEVICE FOR MOLDING A DENTAL SHADE GUIDE AND A METHOD OF MOLDING THE SAME - In dental crown restoration, a dental shade guide which is selected to match patient's teeth comprises a shade-guide portion and a handle. A molding device for molding the dental shade guide comprises a molding plate having a shade-guide molding portion and a handle-holding groove. The molding plate is closed by a cover. While the handle is held in the handle-holding groove of the molding plate, dental composite resin paste is filled in the shade-guide molding portion and the upper surface of the molding plate is tightly pressed by the inner surface of the cover.	03-08-2012

Hironobu Akizumi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110172323	PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed are photopolymerizable compositions suitable for uses such as dental composite resins, and that comprise (A) a radical-polymerizable monomer, (B) a photopolymerization initiator that comprises (B1) an α-diketone compound, (B2) a photoacid generating agent, (B3) an aromatic amine compound, and (C) an organic filler containing a phthalate ester fluorescent agent.	07-14-2011

Hironobu Aoki, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120083260	INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION PROGRAM - [Object] To enable a user to simply and easily confirm update information of a plurality of pieces of content data handled by a plurality of various application programs without any troublesome operation. [Solving Means] A plurality of update information display cards (	04-05-2012

Hironobu Asai, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090238919	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VINEGAR WITH HIGH EXTRACT CONTENT - The object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing vinegar with high extract content that keeps the original flavor of raw materials and has favorable flavor for vinegar under the circumstance of high extract content.	09-24-2009

Hironobu Baba, Oobu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080264174	Pressure sensor with sensing chip protected by protective material - A pressure sensor is provided, which includes a case, a sensing chip located in the case for detecting pressure, and a protective material for covering and protecting the sensing chip in the case. Corners of the case, which are in contact with the protective material are each formed into a rounded shape. A curvature radius of each of the corners is adapted to be 0.5 mm or more.	10-30-2008

Hironobu Fujii, Higashi-Hiroshima-Shi, Hiroshima JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090121184	Hydrogen storage material and method for manufacturing same - [Problem] To provide a hydrogen storage material which decreases the hydrogen release start temperature and the hydrogen release peak temperature, and to provide a method for manufacturing thereof.	05-14-2009

Hironobu Fujii, Hiroshima-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100330443	HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A hydrogen production method includes: a first process in which nitrogen compounds of metal and water are reacted to produce ammonia and hydroxide of the metal; a second process in which hydrogen compounds of a metal and the ammonia produced in the first process are reacted; and a third process in which hydrogen compounds of a metal and the hydroxide of the metal produced in the first process are reacted.	12-30-2010

Hironobu Fujimoto, Itabashi-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110281509	HOLDING JIG, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER GRINDING METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PROTECTING STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER GRINDING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP FABRICATION METHOD USING THE STRUCTURE - A backgrinding machine	11-17-2011

Hironobu Hasegawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080294873	Microcomputer - A built-in memory is divided into the following two types: first memories	11-27-2008

Hironobu Hashimoto, Kawanishi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100079436	METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method of driving an electrophoretic display device (a display device) having a first electrode, a second electrode, a microcapsule-containing layer (a display section), a capacitance element, and a voltage application switching element, comprising a first state in which the voltage application switching element is placed in ON state to apply a voltage between the electrodes and to charge an electric charge in the capacitance element, a second state in which the voltage is applied between the electrodes through discharging of the electric charge stored in the capacitance element, and a third state in which the voltage is not applied between the electrodes and the electric charge stored in the capacitance element is discharged.	04-01-2010
20100097685	Display device, method of manufacturing display device and electronic apparatus - A display device comprises a microcapsule-containing layer including a plurality of microcapsules. A variation of the outer diameters of the microcapsules can be defined by an average value and a CV value. Each of the microcapsules is comprised of: a shell having an inner surface; contact particles electrically charged and provided within the shell in an contact state that the contact particles are in contact with the inner surface of the shell; and a scattering body for scattering light; or a colored particles having a different hue from the hue of the contact particles. The display device further comprises a pair of electrodes that when an electrical voltage is applied to between the pair of electrodes, electrical fields to act on the contact particles are generated. The average value of the outer diameters of the microcapsules is in the range of 20 to 60 μm, and the CV value of the outer diameters of the microcapsules is 20% or less. In a case where the electrical voltage is applied to between the pair of electrodes, the contact particles are moved along the inner surface of the shell while maintaining the contact state with the inner surface of the shell.	04-22-2010
20110080633	ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY SHEET PRODUCTION PROCESS, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY SHEET, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a method of producing an electrophoretic display sheet having a substrate and a microcapsule-containing layer disposed on one surface side of the substrate and including microcapsules and a binder holding the microcapsules, the microcapsules each composed of a shell and an electrophoretic dispersion liquid sealed in the shell and containing at least one type of electrophoretic particles. The method includes the step of forming the microcapsule-containing layer where the microcapsules are arranged in a single layer without overlapping in the thickness direction of the substrate by supplying a microcapsule dispersion containing the microcapsules and the binder onto the substrate and then pressurizing the microcapsule dispersion in the thickness direction of the substrate.	04-07-2011

Hironobu Hashimoto, Suita-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100165447	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICROCAPSULES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICES, AS WELL AS MICROCAPSULES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICES, OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS, AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - There is disclosed a process for producing microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices, including classifying microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices from a dispersion containing microcapsules in an aqueous medium, using a specific particle classification apparatus of the particle settling type. The resultant microcapsules for electrophoretic display devices are used, as their applications, for sheets for electrophoretic display devices, electrophoretic display devices, and electronic equipments.	07-01-2010

Hironobu Hoshino, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090044071	Error Correcting Device - The data error correcting device is provided with: a error correction means which performs an error correction process on a time-series of bits of input data, and produces corrected data and parameters showing an error sensing status at the time of correction; an estimated data producing means which responds to an instruction for data estimation, and produces estimated data configured of a time-series of bits resulting from adjustment of a time-series of bits of input data; and a control means which produces a data estimation instruction based on information included in the corrected data and parameters, and supplies the estimated data to the error correction means instead of the input data.	02-12-2009

Hironobu Ichikawa, Nirasaki City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100081287	DRY ETCHING METHOD - A dry etching method includes: mounting a silicon substrate in a processing chamber; generating a plasma by discharging an etching gas in the processing chamber; and etching the silicon substrate by the plasma. The etching gas is a gaseous mixture including a Cl	04-01-2010

Hironobu Ichikawa, Nirasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100009542	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing method that forms an opening, which has a size that fills the need for downsizing a semiconductor device and is to be transferred to an amorphous carbon film, in a photoresist film of a substrate to be processed. Deposit is accumulated on a side wall surface of the opening in the photoresist film using plasma produced from a deposition gas having a gas attachment coefficient S of 0.1 to 1.0 so as to reduce the opening width of the opening.	01-14-2010
20120094495	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing method that forms an opening, which has a size that fills the need for downsizing a semiconductor device and is to be transferred to an amorphous carbon film, in a photoresist film of a substrate to be processed. Deposit is accumulated on a side wall surface of the opening in the photoresist film using plasma produced from a deposition gas having a gas attachment coefficient S of 0.1 to 1.0 so as to reduce the opening width of the opening.	04-19-2012

Hironobu Ikeda, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090068861	Apparatus and method for adjusting position of electronic component - An apparatus, includes a plurality of pins which include a longitudinal axis, each of the pins to be respectively electronically contacted with each of a plurality of terminals of an electronic component by pressing each of the terminals onto each of the pins from a direction corresponding to the longitudinal axis, and an adjusting unit which adjusts a position of the electronic component so that each of the terminals corresponds to each of the pins respectively.	03-12-2009

Hironobu Imamura, Kuki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110240649	CAP FOR USE IN FLUID PRESSURE DEVICE AND FIXING METHOD THEREFOR - A pair of penetrating holes are formed along a longitudinal direction in the interior of a cylinder body that constitutes a fluid pressure cylinder. One end of the pair of penetrating holes is sealed by a pair of caps formed in plate-like shapes. The caps, for example, are formed by press molding a plate body made up from a metal material such as aluminum or the like. Outer edge portions of the caps include bent portions, which are inclined at a predetermined angle in a radial outward direction. In addition, the caps are installed by means of the bent portions biting into inner circumferential surfaces of the penetrating holes.	10-06-2011

Hironobu Inoue, Odawara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110167235	REMOTE COPY SYSTEM AND REMOTE COPY CONTROL METHOD - To provide a remote copy system and the control method for the same capable of performing the setting of volume pairs in the consistency group and changing the setting by the simple operation without depending on the pair definition processing. A copy pair configured of a primary volume and a secondary volume is suspended, and the suspended primary volume and the secondary volume are set to another consistency group different from the original consistency group, and then the primary volume and the secondary volume are resynchronized.	07-07-2011
20110179241	STORAGE SYSTEM AND ITS INITIAL COPY METHOD - Upon starting the initial copy process, a pair creation command is issued from a primary disk subsystem to a secondary disk subsystem. The secondary disk subsystem sets a target area of a second disk drive to an unwritten status, and thereafter writes update data that was updated in a primary site into a designated area of the second disk drive. Subsequently, when data of a first disk drive is backed up to an external medium, the external memory medium is transported to a secondary site, and then connected to a host computer. Unwritten data among the backup data recorded in the external memory medium is thereafter restored to the first disk drive, and the initial copy is completed on the condition that all data in the first disk drive has been copied to the second disk drive.	07-21-2011
20110185139	COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - This invention intends to provide the computer system equalizing the storage capacity immediately and appropriately to multiple real logical areas dynamically providing storage capacity to virtual logical areas. This invention is the computer system which, in the process of performing the dynamic allocation of storage areas to virtual volumes in response to accesses from the higher-level device, when adding pool volumes to the pool, migrates storage areas among multiple logical areas, and maintains the balance of the storage capacity.	07-28-2011

Hironobu Itoh, Chiba-Shi JP

Hironobu Itou, Mobara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090233231	PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - A photosensitive resin composition of the present invention includes an acid group-containing vinyl ester resin and a photopolymerization initiator as essential components, wherein the acid group-containing vinyl ester resin is an acid group-containing vinyl ester resin having a multiple-branched molecular structure obtained by the following steps where a polybasic anhydride (a3) is reacted with an epoxy vinyl ester resin (v1) that is a reaction product of an aromatic epoxy resin (a1) and a radically-polymerizable unsaturated-double bond-containing monocarboxylic acid (a2); a radically-polymerizable unsaturated-double bond-containing monoepoxy compound (a4) is subsequently reacted with an acid group formed by the reaction; and a polybasic anhydride (a3) is subsequently reacted with a secondary hydroxyl group formed by the reaction of the compound (a4) with the acid group, thereby obtaining the acid group-containing vinyl ester resin having a multiple-branched molecular structure; and contains 1.75 to 3.5 radically-polymerizable unsaturated double bonds per aromatic ring in the acid group-containing vinyl ester resin, and the acid groups within a range where the acid value of the acid group-containing vinyl ester resin reaches 30 to 150 mg KOH/g. According to the present invention, a resin composition for a resist ink that simultaneously has ultrahigh sensitivity, excellent developability, and broad heat control range can be provided.	09-17-2009

Hironobu Kasio, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100243757	DEVICE FOR POSITIONING SPRAY-GUN AIR CAP - There is provided a device capable of selecting quickly and simply either vertical or horizontal spray pattern. It is a spray-gun air cap positioning device, wherein on the inner surface of an air cap (	09-30-2010

Hironobu Kato, Odawara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100233262	COATED TABLET - A main object of the present invention is to provide a novel coated tablet which contains a drug having a guanidino group and does not suffer an obvious color change even when packed in a one-dose pack together with a drug having a (5-methyl-2-oxo-1,3-dioxol-4-yl)methyl (DMDO) group. The present invention provides a coated tablet characterized in that an uncoated tablet containing a drug having a guanidino group has been coated with a polyvinyl alcohol for film coating which comprises polyvinyl alcohol, acrylic acid, and methyl methacrylate.	09-16-2010

Hironobu Kikuchi, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100222958	VEHICLE DRIVING OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS/PROCESS AND RESTRAINT CONTROL - A vehicle driving operation support apparatus for a vehicle, includes a sensing section to sense a traveling condition of the vehicle including a surrounding condition inclusive of an obstacle around the vehicle, and a control section to calculate a risk potential for the vehicle in accordance with the traveling condition. The control section performs a support control to support the driver in accordance with the risk potential, and performs an assist control to restrain disturbance (such as vibration from a road) transmitted to the driver in accordance with the risk potential.	09-02-2010
20100222959	VEHICLE DRIVING OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS/PROCESS AND INDUCEMENT CONTROL - A vehicle driving operation support apparatus for a vehicle, includes a sensing section to sense a traveling condition of the vehicle including a surrounding condition inclusive of an obstacle around the vehicle, and a control section to calculate a risk potential for the vehicle in accordance with the traveling condition. The control section performs a support control to support the driver in accordance with the risk potential and performs an assist control to produce inducement simulating a condition change (such as a vehicle behavior) attributable to an increase of the risk potential, in accordance with the risk potential.	09-02-2010
20100222960	VEHICLE DRIVING OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS/PROCESS AND COOPERATION CONTROL - A vehicle driving operation support apparatus for a vehicle, includes a sensing section to sense a traveling condition of the vehicle including a surrounding condition inclusive of an obstacle around the vehicle; and a control section to calculate a risk potential for the vehicle in accordance with the traveling condition. The control section performs a support control to support the driver in accordance with the risk potential, performs a first assist control to restrain disturbance (such as vibration from a road) transmitted to the driver in accordance with the risk potential, and performs a second assist control to produce inducement simulating a condition change (such as a vehicle behavior) attributable to an increase of the risk potential, in accordance with the risk potential. The control section further performs a cooperation control to coordinate the first assist control and the second assist control.	09-02-2010

Hironobu Kimura, Nagano-Prefecture JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100253443	UNBALANCED-BALANCED CONVERTER - A first balance electrode unit electrically connected to a pair of balance terminals (a first balance terminal and a second balance terminal) is formed on a main surface of a fourth dielectric layer sandwiched by an upper grounding electrode and a lower grounding electrode in a dielectric substrate. A second balance electrode unit electrically connected to a pair of balance terminals on the main surface of a seventh dielectric layer. An unbalance electrode unit electrically connected to an unbalance terminal is formed on the main surface of a fifth dielectric layer.	10-07-2010

Hironobu Kimura, Nagano-Pref. JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090051460	MODULE AND PASSIVE PART - A passive part includes a filter unit having first resonance electrode to a third resonance electrode and an impedance matching circuit unit electrically connected to the third resonance electrode of the filter unit arranged on a dielectric substrate. The entire passive part has a configuration including a circuit unit equivalent to characteristic containing the second impedance matching circuit by an impedance component of the third resonance electrode. For example, by modifying the width of the third resonance electrode, it is possible to adjust the impedance in the same way as when a capacitance as the impedance matching circuit unit is connected, without connecting any capacitance.	02-26-2009
20090134950	PASSIVE COMPONENT - A passive component is provided with a filter section employing a nonequilibrium input/output system, which has an input side resonator connected to a nonequilibrium input terminal, and an output side resonator coupled with the input side resonator; and a converting section having two double line coupled lines. An output stage of the filter section is connected with an input stage of the converting section through a first capacitor, and an input stage of the filter section is connected with the input stage of the converting section through a second capacitor. Namely, the second capacitor functions as a jump capacitor. The position of an attenuation pole is permitted to be adjusted by a second capacitor in a region low in frequency characteristics.	05-28-2009

Hironobu Kinoshita, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090174916	IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING THE SAME - With a small and simple constitution, a three-dimensional subject and a sheet document can be imaged. There are provided an image forming unit (	07-09-2009

Hironobu Koga, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110134530	OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical system and an optical apparatus capable of properly correcting chromatic aberration over a visible wavelength range are obtained. An optical system includes a diffractive optical element and a refractive optical element on at least one of an object side and an image side of a stop. The following conditions are satisfied:	06-09-2011
20110317276	OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - In a gradient-index optical element, there is a difference in an abnormal partial dispersion characteristic of a medium between a position on an optical axis of the radial gradient-index optical element and a position on an effective beam diameter.	12-29-2011

Hironobu Kumagai, Fuji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090062507	HYDRAZONE COMPOUND, HYDRAZONE COMPOUND FOR FORMING COMPLEX, LIGAND FOR FORMING METAL COMPLEX, AND MONOMER FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER COMPOUND - A hydrazone compound represented by a General Formula (1) below, a hydrazone compound for forming a metal complex, which is represented by the General Formula (1) below and forms a metal complex by coordination to at least one metal species, a ligand for forming a metal complex including the hydrazone compound, and a monomer for manufacturing a polymer compound including the hydrazone compound:	03-05-2009
20110306489	AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION CATALYST - Disclosed is an ammonia decomposition catalyst which is obtained by heat-treating a complex at a temperature of 360° C. to 900° C. in a reducing atmosphere, wherein the complex containing a polymer having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000 represented by the formula [I], a transition metal coordinated with the polymer, and an activated carbon or a carbon nanotube added thereto. In a case of using the carbon nanotube, an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound is added to the heat-treated complex. R	12-15-2011

Hironobu Kurara, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080216998	Thermostat and testing machine provided with the same - A thermostat includes a plate body, a heat insulator, and an electric heater. The plate body defines a cavity therewithin. The plate body has on its bottom two openings, which communicate with the cavity and function as a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet, respectively. The outer periphery of the plate body is covered with the heat insulator. That prevents heat intrusion and/or dissipation from the outer periphery of the plate body in transferring heat between the mounting face and a heat transfer medium within the cavity. That reduces the thermal influence on the mounting face, thereby ensuring more uniform temperature distribution on the mounting face.	09-11-2008
20080285616	System for testing the durability of objects under thermally hard circumstances - A system for testing objects such as electronic devices and mechanical components to see how they can withstand thermally hard circumstances created by a thermal agent supplied from a supplying system communicating with a testing section by and through an inlet flow path and an outlet flow path, wherein heat exchange is effected between the incoming agent and the outgoing agent, so that the remaining heat content, worm or cold, is taken and utilized for later uses.	11-20-2008

Hironobu Machinaga, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080257818	Semipermeable Composite Membrane and Process for Producing the Same - The present invention aims at providing a composite semipermeable membrane having outstanding water permeability and salt-blocking rate, and extremely small amount of unreacted polyfunctional amine components in the porous support, and at providing a process for producing the composite semipermeable membrane. A composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer formed on the surface of a porous support, the skin layer comprising a polyamide resin obtained by interfacial polymerization of a polyfunctional amine component and a polyfunctional acid halide component, wherein the porous support has a microporous layer on a base material, and the content of an unreacted polyfunctional amine component in the base material after a membrane washing treatment is 0.5 mg/m	10-23-2008
20100173083	SEMIPERMEABLE COMPOSITE MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention aims at providing a composite semipermeable membrane excellent in water permeability and salt-blocking rate, and including an extremely small amount of unreacted polyfunctional amine components in the membrane, and at providing a process for producing the composite semipermeable membrane. A composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer formed on the surface of a porous support, the skin layer comprising a polyamide resin obtained by interfacial polymerization of a polyfunctional amine component and a polyfunctional acid halide component, wherein the content of an unreacted polyfunctional amine component is 200 mg/m	07-08-2010

Hironobu Machinaga, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120064810	DOUBLE-FACED ADHESIVE TAPE AND POLISHING MEMBER - The double-faced adhesive tape has a substrate, an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a rubber pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a first release liner that is formed on an external side of the rubber pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a second release liner that is formed on an external side of the acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The first release liner each has a polymer layer and a paper substrate layer. Further, the second release liner each has a polymer layer and a paper substrate layer. Dynamic friction coefficient on the surface of each polymer layer is less than 1.0, when the coefficient is measured according to JIS K7125.	03-15-2012

Hironobu Maeda, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090315217	METHOD OF FABRICATING STRUCTURE - In a method of fabricating a structure by plastically deforming a processing portion provided at a movable segment, a restraint segment configured to restrain movement of the movable segment is provided before an external force is applied to the processing portion. After processing of the processing portion is completed, the restraint segment is removed.	12-24-2009

Hironobu Maeda, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120020637	PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER AND PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER CODE - A plastic optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, wherein the cladding comprises at least one layer, and the cladding comprises a copolymer which comprises 10 to 35% by weight of ethylene, 45 to 69% by weight of tetrafluoroethylene, 20 to 45% by weight of hexafluoropropylene, and 0.01 to 10% by weight of a fluorovinyl compound represented by Formula (1): CH	01-26-2012

Hironobu Maezaki, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090088419	PYRIDYL ACETIC ACID COMPOUNDS - The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein R	04-02-2009

Hironobu Maezaki, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100266504	CONDENSED PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF - Provided are a condensed pyridine derivative having a serotonin 5-HT	10-21-2010
20100317651	PYRAZINOOXAZEPINE DERIVATIVES - Provided is a compound having a serotonin 5-HT	12-16-2010
20110178060	NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE OF SAME - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula	07-21-2011

Hironobu Matsuura, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090124404	GOLF PUTTING TRAINER - Provided is a putting-training tool for enabling a user to train the putting while realizing that the error of a ball hitting angle may be confined within about 2 degrees. The putting-training tool is characterized in that a golf ball rolling groove has a width of 9 mm to 5 mm and has a transverse section gently-recessed into a curved face for supporting a golf ball at one point, so that the golf ball may not leave, in case a putting force to roll the golf ball by about 1.5 m to 2 m on the green is applied, the golf ball rolling groove for errors of the ball hitting angle less than 2 degrees.	05-14-2009

Hironobu Minai, Kanagawa JP

Hironobu Miyazaki, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110300402	Steel sheet for container use and method of production of same - Steel sheet for container use able to realize superior corrosion resistance and canmaking ability, wherein at least one side of the steel sheet is provided with a chemical conversion coating film including a mixture of a zirconium oxide compound and a zirconium phosphate compound, the zirconium oxide compound is segregated at part or all of a region of 40 to 100% from the surface with respect to the total thickness of the chemical conversion coating film, and the zirconium phosphate compound is segregated at part or all of a region of 0 to 40% from the surface with respect to the total thickness of the chemical conversion coating film.	12-08-2011

Hironobu Mori, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110130182	Game apparatus, computer-readable recording medium recorded with game control program, and game control method - In a baseball game when a base that cannot be displayed on a field display image exists, an icon corresponding to the base is displayed on a straight line, within the field display image, linking a fielder character to the base.	06-02-2011

Hironobu Murai, Hokkaido JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100225942	COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - A color conversion apparatus, for converting input image data into output image data that is to be output from a recording apparatus using a color material of five colors or more, the color conversion apparatus, includes a color conversion table that is used in performing color conversion of the input image data directly into the output image data; and a color conversion unit that, by making use of the color conversion table, performs color conversion of the input image data directly into the output image data.	09-09-2010

Hironobu Muramatsu, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090326097	SURFACE-COATED ALUMINUM OXIDE NANOPARTICLE AND RESIN COMPOSITION THEREOF - Surface-coated aluminum oxide nanoparticles capable of being uniformly blended into polycarbonate resin in a good dispersed state while maintaining a molecular weight of the polycarbonate resin at a specific level or more. Surfaces of the surface-coated aluminum oxide nanoparticles are coated with a dispersant and a silylation reagent. In a case where a monochromated Al-Kα ray is irradiated onto a sample surface by using an X-ray photoelectron spectroscope, when a surface element composition is calculated from an obtained photoelectron peak area, contents (atm %) of nitrogen atoms, thiol-derived sulfur atoms, and halogen atoms in the surface-coated aluminum oxide nanoparticles are individually 2 or less, and when the surface element composition is calculated from obtained photoelectron peak areas of Al2p and Si2s, a concentration (mol %) of silicon atoms with respect to aluminum atoms is 0.05 to 30.	12-31-2009

Hironobu Muramatsu, Ithaca, NY US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100210777	ALUMINA PARTICLE COMPOSITE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ALUMINA PARTICLE COMPOSITE, RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE RESIN COMPOSITION - An alumina particle composite (	08-19-2010

Hironobu Nakai, Komae-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100115148	INFORMATION PROCESS SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESS APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information process system that makes it possible to easily a create process definition ticket according to a template created by checking common capabilities of devices. Devices that have a potential for being used to execute a process based on the process definition ticket defining the process comprised of a plurality of processes on a network are selected, and information on capabilities of the selected devices is obtained. Process items included in the template are designated. Functions common or uncommon to the devices are displayed in an identifiable manner based on the information on the capabilities of the devices in the designated process items. A process definition ticket template including common capabilities of the selected devices is generated with respect to the designated process items based on checking of a display. A process definition ticket that is to be executed using the devices is created based on the generated template.	05-06-2010

Hironobu Nakanishi, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080292900	Metal-resin composite and method for producing the same - A method for producing a metal-resin composite includes a coating step, an assembling step, and a heating step. The coating step coats at least part of the outer periphery of a solid metal first member with a foaming resin and a non-foaming resin. The assembling step disposes the first member within a hollow metal second member. The heating step heats an assembly of the second member within which the first member coated with the foaming resin and the non-foaming resin with the axes of the first member and the second member extending in the horizontal direction, and thus foams the foaming resin between the first member and the second member.	11-27-2008

Hironobu Nakata, Itami-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080281837	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROLLING USE OF MEDIUM INSERTED THEREINTO - When a user logs in to an MFP and inserts a medium, a serial number of the medium is stored in a device information database in correspondence with user information of the user, and a descramble key, e.g., a hash code of the serial number is registered in the user information. When the medium is removed from the MFP which is still logged in, the registration is deleted. When the MFP into which the medium is still inserted is logged out, no registration is deleted. When the user logs in to the MFP into which the medium is already inserted, the MFP determines whether a descramble key is registered in user information of the user. When a second user logs in to an MFP from which a first user had logged out while forgetting to remove a medium, the MFP prohibits the second user from accessing the medium because no descramble key is registered in user information of the second user.	11-13-2008
20080285073	WORKFLOW EXECUTION SYSTEM, WORKFLOW EXECUTION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WORKFLOW PROXY EXECUTION PROGRAM - In a workflow execution system, work control information for executing a work assigned to one of a plurality of image processing apparatuses connected to a network; workflow execution information indicating which works of a workflow have been executed; and information indicating an image processing apparatus on the next tier, are stored in a portable recording medium. When the work is executed by a proxy image processing apparatus, it is judged from the information stored in the portable recording medium whether or not the work can be executed by the proxy image processing apparatus, and if it can be executed, the work is executed based on the information stored in the portable recording medium. When proxy execution of the work is completed, workflow execution information including the execution result and image information are stored in the portable recording medium and transmitted to the image processing apparatus on the next tier.	11-20-2008
20080304660	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ALLOWING EASY MANAGEMENT RELATING TO USER'S USAGE	12-11-2008
20090044251	MEETING SYSTEM INCLUDING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS CONNECTED THERETO, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS CONNECTED TO DISPLAY DEVICE, DATA OUTPUT METHOD, AND DATA OUTPUT PROGRAM - In order to prevent leakage of confidential data, a meeting system includes a MFP and a projector. The MFP includes a data obtaining portion to obtain data, a participant information obtaining portion to obtain user identification information as participant information, an access permission determination portion and an output permission determination portion to determine whether or not a user identified by the participant information can access the obtained data, to determine that the obtained data can be output if the determination result shows that all the meeting participants can access the obtained data, and to determine that the obtained data cannot be output if any one of the meeting participants cannot access the obtained data, and an output portion to output data on condition that it is determined by the output permission determination portion that data can be output. The display device displays an image based on the data output from the data processing apparatus.	02-12-2009

Hironobu Narita, Kodaira-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232614	SOUND AMPLIFIER WITH SPEAKER - An instrument amplifier includes an amplifier circuit for amplifying a sound signal input from an electric guitar. A main speaker emits sound according to the sound signal being amplified. A CD player plays back an audio signal from an audio CD. Side speakers for playback emits audio sound according to the audio signal being played back. A speaker box contains the main speaker and the side speakers in one space. In one embodiment, the speaker box includes a rear panel for closing a space behind the main speaker and the side speakers. Furthermore, an output mode key is settable in a first mode by external operation, the first mode being for controlling the playback speaker to emit sound according to the sound signal. The side speakers are disposed beside one another, for stereo sound emission of the audio sound.	09-25-2008

Hironobu Nishida, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080213103	AXIAL FLOW FAN - An axial flow fan includes a housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet, a motor mounted to the housing and an impeller including blades. The housing includes an expanded portion adjacent the air outlet. In the expanded portion, the inner diameter of the housing increases towards the air outlet so that the expanded portion has an inner end where its diameter is smallest. The trailing edge of each blade is inclined, with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the impeller, so as to extend toward the air inlet from a radially innermost end of the edge to a radially outermost end of the edge. The radially outermost end of the trailing edge is disposed closer to the air inlet than the inner end of the expanded portion, and the radially innermost end of the of the trailing edge is disposed closer to the air outlet than inner end of the expanded portion.	09-04-2008
20080260517	FAN APPARATUS - A fan apparatus includes a casing and a fan unit. The casing is a hollow member having an inlet and an outlet. The fan unit has an inlet and an outlet, and includes a plurality of axial fans. The fan unit is disposed on the inside of the casing, and the inlet of the fan unit is disposed in the vicinity of the inlet of the casing. The position of the fan unit within the casing can be varied in order to alter the air flow and static pressure of the air discharged by the fan apparatus.	10-23-2008
20090040714	FAN APPARATUS - A fan apparatus includes a fan section having a hollow housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a hollow duct section disposed on the outlet side of the fan section. The housing and the duct section are coupled by a coupling member.	02-12-2009

Hironobu Nishimura, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100229726	Liquid Material Supplying Apparatus and Liquid Material Supplying Method - In order to apply a liquid material including a small number of bubbles, in particular almost no bubbles larger than a predetermined size, a liquid material supplying apparatus includes: a pressure tank applying a positive pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure to the liquid material; a syringe having a nozzle for discharging the liquid material; and a liquid path member forming a liquid path leading the liquid material from the pressure tank to the syringe; a valve member which is provided on the liquid path member and which opens/closes the liquid path; a bubble defoaming filter which is provided on the liquid path member between the syringe and the valve member and which removes bubbles from the liquid material lead in the liquid path member; and a pressure applying mechanism which starts/stops discharging the liquid material from the nozzle by selectively applying a first pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure and a second pressure lower than the first pressure.	09-16-2010

Hironobu Nishimura, Fukushima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090168114	Image Forming Apparatus And Image Forming System - An image forming apparatus and an image forming system are supplied capable of obtaining a simple system structure without increasing traffic. In the system, an image forming apparatus is connected with a delivery source user terminal serving as a delivery source of print data, and with at least one delivery destination user terminal allowed to use the print data via network. In the apparatus, a store controlling section receives the print data to which user information representing the delivery destination user terminal is appended from the delivery source user terminal, and stores the print data into a print data storing section; a delivery destination notifying section performs a notification representing a print need/needlessness based on an existence of the print data and the print data, for the delivery destination user terminal represented in the user information; and a print need/needlessness judging section, when received a print request from the delivery destination user terminal, obtains the print data from the print data storing section and supplies the print data to a print processing section for executing a print of the print data.	07-02-2009

Hironobu Nisitani, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110226574	Impact absorber device - An impact absorber device includes at least one first portion having a short tubular shape, and at least one second portion having a short tubular shape concentrically disposed in a stacked relationship with the first portion. The first portion and the second portion engage with each other at an engagement portion which is inclined with respect to a concentric axis of the first portion and the second portion. With this arrangement, impact energy is absorbed in the case of collision accidents of vehicles such as an automobile and trains, and the dropping accidents of lifts such as elevators.	09-22-2011

Hironobu Ogura, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100190754	AZOLYLMETHYLIDENEHYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE AND USE THEREOF - An azolylmethylidenehydrazine derivative represented by the formula (I)	07-29-2010

Hironobu Ono, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090029148	Metal Nanoparticle, Metal Nanoparticle Colloid, Method for Storing Metal Nanoparticle Colloid, and Metal Coating Film - The object of the present invention is provide a metal nanoparticle which has a nano-sized average diameter while being highly stable as a particle, and a method for producing such metal nanoparticle. Particularly provides a metal nanoparticle having characteristics such as particle diameter and particle size distribution suitable for forming a conductive coating layer, and a method for producing such metal nanoparticle. The metal nanoparticle of the present invention is characterized in that it is obtained by reacting a reducing agent act on a solution containing an organic acid metal salt and an amine.	01-29-2009

Hironobu Sakai, Fukushima-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080279571	Method for Processing Medium, Image Processing Apparatus, And Printer Apparatus - A printer apparatus is disclosed. The printer includes a medium feeding passage for conveying a medium; print head for performing a spacing and for performing a printing processing on the medium; a detector for detecting a first end position in a widthwise direction of the medium at a first position in a medium conveyance direction and for detecting a second end position in the widthwise direction of the medium at a second position in the medium conveyance direction; and a comparator for comparing the first end position with the second end position detected with the detector. The control of the print head is performed according to the compared result from the comparator.	11-13-2008

Hironobu Sakamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080210966	Light Emitting Device - A light emitting device is configured to prevent leakage of light but can be reduced in thickness as compared with conventional devices, and can effectively prevent degradation in luminous flux (luminous flux drop). The light emitting device can include a light emitting element, an optically transparent sealing resin having a pair of faces opposed to each other with an axis of light emitting direction of the light emitting device interposed therebetween. The sealing resin can cover the light emitting element and be mixed with a wavelength converting material. A reflective film can be provided on at least one of the pair of opposed faces of the sealing resin. The reflective film can be a white coating containing a white pigment in a concentration of 23 wt % to 54 wt % and formed to be 14 μm to 50 μm in thickness.	09-04-2008
20090212315	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor light emitting device is provided so that an optical axis thereof is properly set parallel with the mounting board when the device is mounted on the mounting board. The semiconductor light emitting device can have a structure in that light can be incident on the light guide plate with high efficiency and uniform introduction into the light guide plate. A multi-piece substrate can include electrodes, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements, and a sealing resin for sealing them simultaneously. The thus obtained integrated substrate is cut into individual semiconductor light emitting device bodies. On one of the cut end faces, which serves as a surface to be mounted onto a mounting board, a light-shielding reflective film can be coated over an area from the edge of the light emission surface of the sealing resin to at least part of the substrate. On the other cut end face, the sealing resin can be covered with a light-shielding reflective film.	08-27-2009

Hironobu Sawada, Matsusaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100033643	LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel capable of providing a high contrast ratio with a storage capacitance being secured, and also provides a liquid crystal display device including such a panel. The present invention is a liquid crystal display panel having a structure in which a liquid crystal layer is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes a projection for liquid crystal alignment control, the first substrate includes a scanning signal line, a data signal line, a drain electrode electrically connected to a pixel electrode, a switching element, and a storage capacitor wiring, the storage capacitor wiring includes a main wiring part and a branch part, the branch part being connected to the main wiring part and overlapping with the projection for liquid crystal alignment control.	02-11-2010

Hironobu Shibata, Hyogo-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110250728	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method can include forming a base region and an emitter region in a front surface of a semiconductor layer. The method can include forming a first impurity implantation region by implanting first impurity of a first conductivity type into a back surface of the semiconductor layer. The method can include selectively forming a second impurity implantation region by selectively implanting second impurity of a second conductivity type into the first impurity implantation region. In addition, the method can include irradiating the first impurity implantation region and the second impurity implantation region with laser light. A peak of impurity concentration profile in a depth direction of at least one of the first impurity implantation region and the second impurity implantation region before irradiation with the laser light is adjusted to a depth of 0.05 μm or more and 0.3 μm or less from the back surface of the semiconductor layer.	10-13-2011

Hironobu Shimizu, Toyama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090074984	SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COATING METHOD - Contamination of a substrate can be prevented or suppressed. A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube having an inner space divided by a barrier wall into a film forming space and a plasma generating space. When a desired film is formed on a substrate placed inside the reaction tube, first and second processing gases are supplied to the reaction tube through nozzles. On the other hand, when a part of the reaction tube constituting the plasma generating space is coated with a film, second and third processing gases are supplied to the plasma generating space through the nozzle.	03-19-2009
20090178619	Substrate processing apparatus - A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling.	07-16-2009
20090178762	Substrate processing apparatus - A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber, a substrate holding part that holds substrates of required numbers in the processing chamber, a gas supply/exhaust part that supplies or exhausts required gas into the processing chamber, a rotation part that rotates the substrate holding part, a first heating part provided in the substrate holding part so as to face at least an upper surface of each substrate held by the substrate holding part, and a power supply part that supplies power to the first heating part in a non-contact state by electromagnetic coupling.	07-16-2009
20120122319	COATING METHOD FOR COATING REACTION TUBE PRIOR TO FILM FORMING PROCESS - Contamination of a substrate can be prevented or suppressed. A substrate processing apparatus includes a reaction tube having an inner space divided by a barrier wall into a film forming space and a plasma generating space. When a desired film is formed on a substrate placed inside the reaction tube, first and second processing gases are supplied to the reaction tube through nozzles. On the other hand, when a part of the reaction tube constituting the plasma generating space is coated with a film, second and third processing gases are supplied to the plasma generating space through the nozzle.	05-17-2012

Hironobu Shimizu, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110134745	OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an optical information recording medium that can solve a problem that a BCA mark becomes unrecognizable in an optical recording medium including a recording layer using an organic coloring matter. A playback signal in a burst cut area comprises a bright-area amplitude level formed upon the playback of a part where no barcode-shaped mark has been formed, a dark-area amplitude level formed upon the playback of a part where a barcode-shaped mark has been formed, and a maximum amplitude level having a protruded waveform formed upon the reproduction of the edge of a barcode-shaped mark. When a portion intermediate between the maximum amplitude level and the dark-part amplitude level is defined as an intermediate level, the intermediate level is lower than the bright-area amplitude level.	06-09-2011

Hironobu Shorataki, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120123002	METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF ANTIBODY USING POROUS MEMBRANE HAVING AMINO GROUP AND ALKYL GROUP BOTH BOUND TO GRAFT CHAIN IMMOBILIZED ON POROUS SUBSTRATE - A method is disclosed for purifying an antibody monomer, comprising providing a porous membrane comprising a hydrophobic porous substrate, a hydrophilic molecular chain of a different material from that of the porous substrate, immobilized on the surface of pores of the porous substrate, and a side chain of the molecular chain, containing a nitrogen atom to which one to three alkyl groups each having two or three carbon atoms are bonded; passing an antibody solution containing antibody aggregates of dimers or higher-order multimers through the porous membrane to adsorb the antibody aggregates to the porous membrane; and recovering the purified antibody monomer in the passed solution.	05-17-2012

Hironobu Sugiura, Yokoham-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100244395	VEHICLE STABILIZER - A stabilizer bar is intended for use in a vehicle, and a torsion part of the stabilizer bar is fixed to the vehicle body by a fixing member. A resin sheathing is provided integrally on an outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer bar. The fixing member is composed of the sheathing, a rubber bush disposed on the outer periphery of the sheathing, and a mounting fixture for mounting the rubber bush on the vehicle body side so as to cover the outer periphery of the rubber bush. The sheathing and the rubber bush are immovably assembled to each other. Thus, there may be provided a vehicle stabilizer, highly durable, easily mountable and replaceable, low-cost, and highly operable.	09-30-2010

Hironobu Suna, Takaoka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080213077	Articulated robot - An articulated robot includes a first arm which is horizontally angularly movable, a sectorial support plate coaxial with a center about which the first arm is angularly movable, an auxiliary arm parallel to the first arm, and a joint member connected to respective distal ends of the first arm and the auxiliary arm. An arcuate rail is mounted on the support plate. The first arm, the auxiliary arm, and the joint member make up a parallel link mechanism. The arcuate rail engages an engaging assembly mounted on an upper surface of the first arm. A second arm is angularly movably connected to the joint member, and a third arm is angularly movably connected to the distal end of the second arm. An end effector for attracting a workpiece is connected to the distal end of the third arm.	09-04-2008

Hironobu Takagi, Tokyo-To JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090019073	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSCODING DIGITAL CONTENT - A system and method for transcoding digital content (e.g. web content) by correctly employing one annotation for multiple digital contents. This can efficiently reduce the workloads required for the addition of annotation data during the transcoding process. A transcoding system comprises an annotation database system for storing annotation data to be used for the transcoding of contents, and a transcoder for transcoding the contents based on annotation data stored in the annotation database system. Upon receiving an inquiry from the transcoder, a correlation between elements in the contents and descriptions of the annotation data is checked to select one annotation that can be employed for transcoding the content. The correlation is specifically determined based on XPath information.	01-15-2009

Hironobu Takagi, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100115061	SERVER SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND METHOD - Provided is a server system that transmits a content back in response to receipt of a request message for the content, the server system including: a request receiver for receiving the request message for the content; a delay notification unit for replying to a request source with a delay message indicating that a transmission of the content is to delay; a restoration unit for restoring the content specified by the request message; and a content transmitter for transmitting the restored content back to the request source.	05-06-2010

Hironobu Takahashi, Yamanashi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100075455	FILM FORMATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR FORMING FILM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a film formation apparatus including a first transfer chamber having a roller for sending a substrate, a film formation chamber having a discharging electrode, a buffer chamber provided between the transfer chamber and the film formation chamber or between the film formation chambers, a slit provided in a portion where the substrate comes in and out in the buffer chamber, and a second transfer chamber having a roller for rewinding the substrate. The slit is provided with at least one touch roller, and the touch roller is in contact with a film formation surface of the substrate. In addition, the present invention also relates to a method for forming a film and a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device that are performed by using such a film formation apparatus.	03-25-2010

Hironobu Takahashi, Minami-Arupusu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090126790	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A photo-sensor having a structure which can suppress electrostatic discharge damage is provided. Conventionally, a transparent electrode has been formed over the entire surface of a light receiving region; however, in the present invention, the transparent electrode is not formed, and a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer of a photoelectric conversion layer are used as an electrode. Therefore, in the photo-sensor according to the present invention, resistance is increased an electrostatic discharge damage can be suppressed. In addition, positions of the p-type semiconductor layer and the n-type semiconductor layer, which serve as an electrode, are kept away; and thus, resistance is increased and withstand voltage can be improved.	05-21-2009

Hironobu Takahashi, Minamiarupusu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110073981	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a semiconductor device formed over an insulating substrate, typically a semiconductor device having a structure in which mounting strength to a wiring board can be increased in an optical sensor, a solar battery, or a circuit using a TFT, and which can make it mount on a wiring board with high density, and further a method for manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, in a semiconductor device, a semiconductor element is formed on an insulating substrate, a concave portion is formed on a side face of the semiconductor device, and a conductive film electrically connected to the semiconductor element is formed in the concave portion.	03-31-2011
20110232571	FILM FORMATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR FORMING FILM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - The present invention relates to a film formation apparatus including a first transfer chamber having a roller for sending a substrate, a film formation chamber having a discharging electrode, a buffer chamber provided between the transfer chamber and the film formation chamber or between the film formation chambers, a slit provided in a portion where the substrate comes in and out in the buffer chamber, and a second transfer chamber having a roller for rewinding the substrate. The slit is provided with at least one touch roller, and the touch roller is in contact with a film formation surface of the substrate. In addition, the present invention also relates to a method for forming a film and a method for manufacturing a photoelectric conversion device that are performed by using such a film formation apparatus.	09-29-2011

Hironobu Tokunaga, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100120996	METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALLINE POLYOXYALKYLENE POLYOL, AND RESIN OBTAINED BY USING THE SAME AS RAW MATERIAL - The present invention has its object to produce a highly reactive crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol with a very high isotacticity at low cost, and provide polyurethane resins, and polyester resins which are excellent in sharp meltability. The present invention relates to a method for producing a crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol having a number average molecular weight of 500 to 20,000 including performing ring-opening polymerization of an alkylene oxide (a) in the presence of a salen complex (B), the crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol (A), and a polyurethane resin and a polyester resin produced by the crystalline polyoxyalkylene polyol (A).	05-13-2010

Hironobu Tsugeno, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100093973	POLY(AMINO ACID) COMPOUND HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY ON ABSORPTION OF PHOSPHORUS AND PHOSPHORUS ABSORPTION INHIBITOR - Herein disclosed is a water-soluble compound represented by the following general formula (I) or a salt thereof. The compound is a novel water-soluble compound having an inhibitory effect on the absorption of phosphorus in vivo.	04-15-2010

Hironobu Yamamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090111619	GAME BALL - The invention provides a game ball, useful for children's safety, which can be detected far enough away a distance by a vehicle-onboard radar. The invention provides a game ball wherein a reflector member	04-30-2009

Hironobu Yanagie, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090110643	Method of Producing Liposomes Containing Gas Enclosed Therein - Gas-filled liposomes that are useful for ultrasonography and ultrasound therapy are provided. A method of producing the gas-filled liposomes, including filling the void space in a sealed container containing a liposome suspension in a volume amounting to 20 to 80% of the inner capacity thereof with a fluoride gas or a nitrogen gas, and subjecting the container to an ultrasonication.	04-30-2009
20090214629	GENE TRANSFER METHOD - A method for efficiently transferring a gene to a target cell is provided. A method of transferring a gene to a target cell, including adding or administering a positively charged complex (A) composed of the gene and a cationic substance and gas-filled microparticles (B) to a target cell-containing composition or a living body and then exposing the target cell-containing composition or the living body to a low-frequency ultrasound.	08-27-2009
20100099639	W/O/W EMULSION COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a W/O/W multiple emulsion composition composed of an internal aqueous phase, an oil phase, and an external aqueous phase, the internal aqueous phase containing an ionic physiologically active substance and a physiologically acceptable compound having a molecular weight of 1,000 or less and generating a polyvalent counterion with two or more valencies for the ionic physiologically active substance. The W/O/W emulsion composition of the present invention not only can stably encapsulate a useful substance in its internal aqueous phase at a high encapsulation ratio, but also has high safety.	04-22-2010

Hironobu Yoshida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120056288	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor chip; and a second semiconductor chip that is stacked on the first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first wiring portion of which a side surface is exposed at a side portion of the first semiconductor chip. The second semiconductor chip includes a second wiring portion of which a side surface is exposed at a side portion of the second semiconductor chip. The respective side surfaces of the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion, which are exposed at the side portions of the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip, are covered by a conductive layer, and the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion are electrically connected to each other through the conductive layer.	03-08-2012

Hironobu Yoshino, Kawasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100058264	LOGIC CIRCUIT VERIFYING METHOD AND LOGIC CIRCUIT VERIFYING APPARATUS - A logic verification apparatus for verifying a logic circuit includes a line recognition unit that recognizes signal lines in the circuit based on design information regarding the circuit as a starting point; a decoder recognition unit that recognizes an area including an AND gate that outputs a certain logical value and an inverter as a decoder circuit area based on the design information, and determines a logical value of an input signal inputted to the recognized decoder circuit area when a logical value of the starting point has a specific logical value; and a determination unit that determines whether a logical configuration of the recognized decoder circuit area is correct based on the number of input signals and a combination of logical values of input signals between the recognized decoder circuit areas.	03-04-2010
20120065910	RESISTANCE VALUE CALCULATING METHOD AND RESISTANCE VALUE CALCULATING DEVICE - A resistance value calculating method of a computer calculating a resistance value of a wiring of a semiconductor circuit device, the method includes dividing the wiring into rectangular regions where each of the regions has an orthogonal coordinate system and are mutually not contained, drawing a first line segment up to a front of an edge portion of an overlapped region in which a first divided region and a second divided region overlap in a longitudinal direction of a center portion of the first region, drawing a second line segment in a longitudinal direction of a center portion of the second region after the first line segment is drawn, and calculating a resistance value of the first region and the second region in accordance with a length of each line segment and a width of each region.	03-15-2012