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Hiroyuki Nakamura

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shiojiri-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110019231RECORDING SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING SYSTEM - A host computer and recording device can be connected using an existing communication interface, and data can be transmitted between the host computer and recording device at high speed. A recording system 01-27-2011
20110169899LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid container containing a liquid which is to be supplied to a liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a containing portion containing the liquid and including a liquid out-flowing hole for out-flowing the liquid to an external portion and an air introducing hole for introducing external air into the containing portion, and a deforming portion being deformed in such a direction that a volume of the containing portion is reduced according to a decrease in an internal pressure of the containing portion; wherein the air introducing portion includes: a first sealing portion disposed in a circumference of the air introducing hole inside the containing portion; a second sealing portion displaceably disposed inside the containing portion and capable of closing the air introducing hole by pressing the first sealing portion outwards; and a biasing portion pressing the second sealing portion toward the first sealing portion.07-14-2011
20110234719LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID-CONSUMING DEVICE - A liquid container including a liquid chamber formed to have a flexible member as its one part enables highly accurate detection of the remaining volume of a liquid contained in the liquid chamber. An ink cartridge 09-29-2011
20110241231LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid container which contains liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejecting apparatus, includes: a containing section which contains liquid and includes a liquid delivery section, an air introduction section, and a deformation section, wherein the deformation section includes a rigid body section and a flexible section, the liquid container further includes a stop section which at least blocks the displacement equal to or greater than a predetermined amount with respect to a portion of the rigid body section, and in displacement of the rigid body section accompanying a reduction in the pressure, in the displacement of the rigid body section accompanying a reduction in the pressure, the air introduction section introduces the air into the containing section by transmission of displacement of the other portion of the rigid body section, the displacement of the portion of which has been blocked.10-06-2011

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100281500AV DEVICE AND UI DISPLAY METHOD - To solve the problems that it is necessary to perform an overlapped operation even if final viewing is to be decided while a plurality of contents included in a specified list of UI are compared (selected for a plurality of times) and that extra operation burden is given to a user in conventional technology. An AV device for giving priority to the list of a viewing source device to which the content outputted at present belongs and displaying it in UI at the time of receiving a list request of the content from the user is provided.11-04-2010
20100299403GRAPHIC INSTRUCTION TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC INSTRUCTION TRANSMISSION - In related art, it takes time on a client to receive or draw a graphic element that is not important as data constituting graphics. Optimum graphic data is not transmitted to the client. To solve the above-described problems, the present invention proposes a graphic instruction transmitter having functions of selecting respective instructions constituting entire graphics according to information, such as client instruction execution capability information and information about graphic importance, and transmitting an instruction group generated on the basis of the selected instructions to the client.11-25-2010
20100302283GRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE - When a user carries out a specific operation at high speed in a conventional display device and the like, information stored in advance at a memory is not sufficient to display but it is necessary to acquire the information required for displaying from a server on a network, an external electronic apparatus, such as an HD, or an internal long term memory device of a display device every time it happens. Because of this, a user is kept waiting until desired information is displayed, so that it is hard to smoothly reflect a high speed operation on a graphic display. In order to solve the problem, the present invention proposes a display device characterized in caching graphic information that has the possibility to be used for display in the future in response to a user's operation history of graphics.12-02-2010
20100325648CONTENTS WATCHING DEVICE AND CONTENTS RECOMMENDING METHOD - A conventional contents-watching device, etc. calculate users' tastes of contents only on the basis of watching frequencies, so that variety programs that the users are less interested in but that are broadcasted every week are apt to get a higher degree of users' tastes than a soccer game of the Japanese national team that the users are highly interested in but that is broadcasted only several times per year. In order to solve the problem set forth above, the present invention proposes a contents-watching device that calculates a taste value by normalizing a watching index indicative of the number of contents-watching times or the like for every contents-attribute with an emergent index indicative of the number of contents-watching chances, acquires an contents-attribute connected with contents to be a subject for watching recommendation, and has a function to calculate watching recommendation information by using the taste value of the contents-attribute.12-23-2010

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090178496REAGENT VESSEL CAP AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING REAGENT - A reagent vessel cap includes a sealing member for sealing the opening of a vessel body; an pressurizing member linked to a retaining part for sealing the sealing member, for bringing the sealing member in close contact with the opening all the time, wherein when pressure is applied, the pressurizing member lifts the sealing member against the biasing force of itself to open the vessel and, when the pressure is eliminated, the pressurizing member returns to position by the biasing force to close the vessel by the sealing member; and a cap body capable of mounting the sealing member and the pressurizing member to the opening of the vessel body containing a reagent. The reagent is collected using the cap structure.07-16-2009
20090260703Resin Pipe with Mouthpiece and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed is a resin pipe with a mouthpiece comprising: a mouthpiece; and a resin pipe of which one end is joined to the mouthpiece, wherein the one end is disposed in the mouthpiece, and an outer peripheral surface of the one end is joined to an inner peripheral surface of the mouthpiece by fusion.10-22-2009
20090260745Method of Manufacturing Resin Pipe - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a resin pipe, including: heating a sheet member after winding the sheet member around a bar desired multiple times and holding the sheet member, wherein the sheet member is melted and molded into a resin pipe by the heating, and the bar is removed from the resin pipe after the heating.10-22-2009
20090317948METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A method is provided for manufacturing a QFN type semiconductor integrated circuit device using a multi-device lead frame having a tie bar for tying external end portions of plural leads, wherein sealing resin filled between an outer periphery of a mold cavity and the tie bar is removed by a laser and thereafter a surface treatment such as solder plating is performed.12-24-2009
20100123240SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device is provided with improved reliability. A semiconductor chip is mounted over a chip mounting portion of a lead frame via solder. A metal plate is arranged over a source pad of the semiconductor chip and a lead portion of a lead frame via solder. A solder reflow process is performed thereby to bond the semiconductor chip over the chip mounting portion with a solder, and to bond the metal plate to the source pad and the lead portion with the other solders. The lead frame is formed of a copper alloy, and thus has its softening temperature higher than the temperature of the solder reflow process. The metal plate is formed of oxygen-free copper, and has its softening temperature lower than the temperature of the solder reflow process, whereby the metal plate is softened in the solder reflow process. Thereafter, a gate pad electrode of the semiconductor chip is coupled to a lead portion via the wire, a sealing resin portion is formed, and then the lead frame is cut.05-20-2010
20100258922SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To prevent, in a resin-sealed type semiconductor package, generation of cracks in a die bonding material used for mounting of a semiconductor chip. A semiconductor chip is mounted over the upper surface of a die pad via a die bonding material, followed by sealing with an insulating resin. The top surface of the die pad to be brought into contact with the insulating resin is surface-roughened, while the bottom surface of the die pad and an outer lead portion are not surface-roughened.10-14-2010
20110205343STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A stereoscopic video processing device includes a candidate coordinate range calculation unit configured to calculate a range of candidate coordinates of a display position of a reference point of a two-dimensional object in a screen, a parallax total value calculation unit configured to calculate a total value of parallax values of pixels of a region overlapping the two-dimensional object in the stereoscopic video, for each candidate coordinate, a display position determination unit configured to determine a candidate coordinate having a smallest total value of the parallax values as the display position of the reference point of the two-dimensional object, a maximum value specifying unit configured to specify a maximum value of the parallax values of the pixels of the region overlapping the two-dimensional object in the stereoscopic video, and a parallax setting unit configured to set the parallax of the two-dimensional object displayed in the stereoscopic video.08-25-2011
20110316137METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, a chip mounting portion, a suspension lead, and a plurality of leads. Each of the plurality of leads has a first part and a second part, and the suspension lead has a first part and a second part. The first part of each of the plurality of leads and the suspension lead project from the plurality of side surfaces of the sealing body, respectively. Parts of the side surfaces of the plurality of leads and the suspension lead are exposed from the plurality of side surfaces of the sealing body, respectively. An area of the obverse surface of the first part of the suspension lead is larger than an area of the obverse surface of the first part of each of the plurality of leads in a plan view.12-29-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nakamura, Tokyo JP

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Katano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090002096ANTENNA DUPLEXER, AND RF MODULE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - One of plurality of transmission terminals connected to a transmission filter and a receiving terminal connected to a receiving filter is a balanced type terminal, and another is an unbalanced type terminal. The transmission filter and the receiving filter includes surface acoustic wave resonators or film bulk acoustic resonators. The balanced type terminal is connected to a longitudinal mode coupled surface acoustic wave filter.01-01-2009
20100156554ANTENNA DUPLEXER, AND RF MODULE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - One of plurality of transmission terminals connected to a transmission filter and a receiving terminal connected to a receiving filter is a balanced type terminal, and another is an unbalanced type terminal. The transmission filter and the receiving filter includes surface acoustic wave resonators or film bulk acoustic resonators. The balanced type terminal is connected to a longitudinal mode coupled surface acoustic wave filter.06-24-2010

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nakamura, Katano JP

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073610Magnetic head slider and magnetic disk drive - Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic head slider having a surface that is formed into a multiple step configuration to stabilize flying of the slider. According to one embodiment, a magnetic head slider has an air bearing surface including surfaces in three stages different in height from one another. An outflow side rail surface and inflow side rail surfaces, in a first stage are approximately the same in height. A rear step bearing surface, front step bearing surface, and side step bearing surfaces and, which are in a second stage, are shallow step surfaces being approximately the same in height, and being formed lower than the surfaces in the first stage. A deep cavity surface is formed further lower than the surfaces in the second stage. A film for preventing adhesion of organic contaminants and a lubricant is formed on the shallow step surfaces, and in the second stage.03-19-2009
20100025928MEDIUM DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium discharging device includes a medium stacking portion, a medium discharge member and a moving mechanism. A medium having an image recorded thereon is to be stacked on the medium stacking portion. The medium discharge member discharges the medium to the medium stacking portion. The moving mechanism includes a separation member. Based on a discharge timing at which the medium is discharged from the medium discharge member, the separation member moves the medium discharge member between an advanced position at a downstream end in the medium conveyance direction and a retracted position that is located upstream of the advanced position in the medium conveyance direction, to separate from the medium discharge member a rear end of the discharged medium in the medium conveyance direction.02-04-2010
20100143854REACTOR EMPLOYING HIGH-TEMPERATURE AIR COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY - In a burning air feeding device (06-10-2010
20110215400SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To improve the performance and reliability of semiconductor devices. For the semiconductor chip CP09-08-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nakamura, Kanagawa JP

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100044133VEHICLE AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE-MOUNTING METHOD - A vehicle is equipped with fuel cells that is fastened to multiple side frames 02-25-2010

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090284882PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - A surge protection circuit comprises a surge detection circuit 11-19-2009
20110187277LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT - A light emitting element driving circuit for driving a light emitting element in accordance with a differential data signal for causing the light emitting element to turn on or turn off is provided. The circuit includes a first transistor, a first constant current source connected to a drain and gate of the first transistor and configured to supply a constant current through the drain and source of the first transistor, a second transistor configured to supply a certain current, and a control circuit configured to electrically connect or disconnect the gate of the first transistor to or from a gate of the second transistor via a first resistor. The control circuit may supply, to the gate of the second transistor, an intermediate potential in accordance with the other of the differential data signals, while the gate of the first transistor is electrically disconnected from the gate of the second transistor.08-04-2011
20110310210DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A device includes a first element substrate and a second element substrate for driving a driving element; a first signal input unit connected to an input terminal of the first element substrate; a second signal input unit connected to an input terminal of the second element substrate; and a signal output unit. Each of the first and second element substrates includes a driving element, a first signal generation unit configured to output a first signal, a second signal generation unit configured to output a second signal, an input terminal, an output terminal, and a selection unit configured to receive a signal from the first and the second signal generation units, select one of a state of the first signal, a state of the second signal, and a high-impedance state on the basis of the selection signal input from the input terminal, and output the state to the output terminal.12-22-2011

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nakamura, Atsugi-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Ibaraki-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090256870Printing apparatus capable of effectively heating and cooling ink - A printing apparatus is provided with a heater for heating ink and a cooler for cooling ink, and comprises: an ink circulation route including a heater side route and a cooler side route which are separately provided through the heater and the cooler respectively; a switch mechanism operable to switch the ink circulation route between the heater side route and the cooler side route; and a control unit operable to control the switch mechanism. The control unit controls the switch mechanism to switch the ink circulation route to the heater side route when the ink temperature is lower than a first reference temperature, and switch the ink circulation route to the cooler side route when the ink temperature is no lower than the first reference temperature. By this configuration, the ink heating efficiency can be improved.10-15-2009

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090246594FUEL CELL PIPING STRUCTURE - It is possible to appropriately assure insulation between a reactant gas piping and another part in a fuel cell case. In order to achieve this object, there is provided a fuel cell piping structure in which when arranging a reactant gas piping in a case (C) containing a fuel cell and a high-voltage part, a resin pipe is used as a part of the reactant gas piping. It is preferable that the resin pipe be used for the reactant gas piping in the vicinity of the high-voltage part. Moreover, it is preferable that the resin pipe be formed in a curved shape.10-01-2009

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090189965FLUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A fluid discharging apparatus includes: nozzles configured to discharge fluid to a medium; a rotating member having a holding area configured to hold the medium and a non-holding area formed with an opening on a peripheral surface thereof and configured to rotate with the peripheral surface opposed to the nozzles; and a collecting mechanism configured to collect the fluid which does not adhere to the medium, the collecting mechanism including a suction unit configured to suck the fluid through the opening into the rotating member and a storage unit configured to store the fluid sucked into the rotating member.07-30-2009

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Saga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080277625Phosphor And Production Process Of Same - The present invention provides a lowly toxic phosphor and a production process thereof, and more particularly, the synthesis of nanoparticles having a chalcopyrite structure, a phosphor by compounding with a metal chalcogenite, and a production process thereof. The phosphor is a first compound composed of elements of groups I, III and VI having a chalcopyrite structure, or composite particles or composite compound containing the first compound, and the particle diameter of the first compound, or the composite particles or composite compound, is 0.5 to 20.0 nm. The phosphor is produced by mixing a first solution (Solution A), in which one or more of copper (I), copper (II), silver (I), indium (III), gallium (III) and aluminum (III) are respectively dissolved and mixed in a solution to which has been added a complexing agent, and a second solution (Solution C), in which a chalcogenite compound has been dissolved, followed by heat-treating under pre-determined synthesis conditions.11-13-2008
20090159849FLUORESCENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - To provide a fluorescent having low toxicity and high quantum yield, and a method for producing the same. The fluorescent is a compound comprising each one of I, III and VI group elements having a chalcopyrite structure, has a particle diameter of 0.5 to 20.0 nm and a quantum yield of at least 3% but not more than 30% at room temperature. The fluorescent is produced by: mixing a first solution (solution A), which is prepared by dissolving and mixing copper (I) salt and indium (III) salt in a solution added with a complexing agent coordinating copper (I) and indium (III), with a second solution (solution C) in which a sulfur compound is dissolved; ripening the mixed solution for a predetermined amount of time as a pretreatment; heat-treating the ripened solution under predetermined heat conditions; mixing the ripened solution with the second solution (solution C); and heating thus obtained mixed solution under predetermined synthesis conditions. In addition, a product produced by this production method is subjected to compositing treatment with ZnSe, ZnS or the like to improve the quantum yield.06-25-2009

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nakamura, Saga JP

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nukata-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080307650Method of manufacturing heat exchanger and apparatus for manufacturing heat exchanger - In a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger, a liquid resin is applied to an outer surface of the heat exchanger, and then surplus liquid resin is removed from the outer surface. In removing the surplus liquid resin, before a first air having a first velocity is directed to the heat exchanger for blowing the surplus liquid resin off the heat exchanger, a second air having a second velocity lower than the first velocity is directed to the heat exchanger to remove the surplus liquid resin from the heat exchanger by moving the surplus liquid resin along the outer surface of the heat exchanger. The second air is directed toward the heat exchanger by a second blower before the first air is directed toward the heat exchanger by a first blower.12-18-2008

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Yaita-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230207Wall assembly, hot-water supply system and architecture - A wall assembly comprises a front plate having a window provided therein for accommodating the display screen of a display module of a thin, large-screen television receiver, a holding unit for holding a housing in which the display module is installed, a cooling jacket disposed in contact with a heat conductive sheet joined by pressure to the back side of the housing for cooling and having a flow passage through which a heat exchange medium runs, and a rear plate disposed to confront the front plate, wherein the front plate and the rear plate accommodate the holding unit and the cooling jacket for assembling with the display module.09-25-2008
20080309833Wall assembly, wall assembly with display screen, and architecture - A wall assembly of AV-device integrated type comprises: two columnar members; a holding member bridged between the columnar members so as to hold an AV device; and a front base board and a rear base board for covering a part between the columnar members. The holding member has: a plate member whose horizontal side portions are connected to the columnar members; a rectangular opening which is formed in the plate member and into which the AV device is to be fitted; and clamping members provided in an upper side portion and a lower side portion of the opening so as to clamp the AV device from up and down directions.12-18-2008

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Maebashi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080220568MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device in the form of a resin sealed semiconductor package is disclosed, wherein a gate terminal connected to a gate pad electrode formed on a surface of a semiconductor chip and a source terminal connected to a source pad electrode formed on the chip surface exposed to a back surface of a sealing resin portion, a first portion of a drain terminal connected to a back-surface drain electrode of the semiconductor chip is exposed to an upper surface of the sealing resin portion, and a second portion of the drain terminal formed integrally with the first portion of the drain terminal is exposed to the back surface of the sealing resin portion. When forming the sealing resin portion in such a semiconductor device, first the sealing resin portion is formed so as to also cover an upper surface of the first portion of the drain terminal and thereafter the upper surface side of the sealing resin portion is polished by liquid honing, thereby allowing the upper surface of the first portion of the drain terminal to be exposed on the upper surface of the sealing resin portion. Both heat dissipating property and production yield of the semiconductor device are improved.09-11-2008
20080268577SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor chip is sealed by resin without covering an outer terminal of a semiconductor device having a power transistor. A semiconductor chip having a power transistor is housed within a recess of a metal cap while a drain electrode on a first surface of the semiconductor chip is bonded to a bottom of the recess via a connection material. A gate electrode and a source electrode are formed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the semiconductor chip, and the gate electrode and the source electrode are bonded with metal plate terminals 10-30-2008

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Nakamura, Maebashi JP

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Miyoshi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110272768Lead Frame and Method of Producing Lead Frame - Provided is a lead frame, an electronic device provided with a lead frame, a method of producing a lead frame, and a method of producing an electronic device provided with a lead frame that has been produced by the method of producing a lead frame, in which a lead frame is not corroded, a mechanical strength of the lead frame is not lowered, it is not necessary to carry out the conventional plating processing steps composed of two stages, the processes are simple, a cost is lower, and a large amount of waste liquid such as plating processing liquid is not generated, thereby preventing an environment from being affected. The lead frame includes an outer lead part and an inner lead part, and plating is carried out on at least a part of one or both of the outer lead part or the inner lead part.11-10-2011

Hiroyuki Nakamura, Gunma-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120026153Liquid Crystal Driving Circuit - A liquid-crystal-driving circuit includes: a plurality of resistors connected in series between a first and second potentials; one or more voltage follower circuits to impedance-convert one or more intermediate potentials between the first and second potentials, to be outputted, respectively, the intermediate potentials generated at one or more connection points between the resistors, respectively; a common-signal-output circuit to supply common signals to common electrodes of a liquid-crystal panel, respectively, the common signals each being at the first and second potentials, and the intermediate potentials; and a segment-signal-output circuit to supply segment signals to segment electrodes of the panel, respectively, the segment signals each being at the first and second potentials, and the intermediate potentials according to the common signals, the segment-signal output circuit to change the potentials of the segment signals in a ramp form, at least if the potentials of the segment signals are changed with a maximum-possible-potential difference.02-02-2012