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Hiroyuki Sugiyama

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080260429Liquid transfer apparatus - A liquid transfer apparatus includes a first cylinder, second cylinder, target liquid transfer body, guide device, and corona discharge processing device. The first cylinder is supported rotatably. The second cylinder is arranged to oppose the first cylinder and supported rotatably. Liquid is transferred to the target liquid transfer body when the target liquid transfer body travels between the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The guide device is conductive at least partially and arranged more upstream of the target transfer body in its traveling direction than the first cylinder and the second cylinder, and guides the target liquid transfer body. The corona discharge processing device is arranged to oppose the guide device and performs corona discharge for the target liquid transfer body traveling by being guided by the guide device.10-23-2008
20090050002Liquid Supply Apparatus - A liquid supply apparatus which can supply a liquid from a liquid supply cylinder to a sheet, held on an impression cylinder, satisfactorily at a low cost even at a high speed is provided. The liquid supply apparatus comprises: an impression cylinder (02-26-2009
20110072994SHEET DRYER - A sheet dryer includes: a coating section 03-31-2011
20120046467QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT COMPOUNDS02-23-2012

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Tokyo JP

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100278558ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing member; a charging device charging the surface of the latent image bearing member; a latent image forming device forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the latent image bearing member; a developing device supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image; a cover film supplying device supplying a cover film to the surface of the latent image bearing member at a cover film supplying position located on an upstream side from the development position so that the toner image is formed on the cover film covering the surface of the latent image bearing member; and a cover film separating device separating the cover film bearing the toner image thereon from the surface of the image bearing member before the cover film bearing the toner image thereon reaches the cover film supplying position.11-04-2010

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100213838PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE - Electrons are prevented from being made incident onto an insulation part between dynodes to improve a withstand voltage. The photomultiplier tube 08-26-2010

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100037192DELAY PERIOD ANALYZING APPARATUS, DELAY PERIOD ANALYZING METHOD, AND DELAY PERIOD ANALYZING PROGRAM - A apparatus for analyzing a delay in path between flip-flops, including: a calculator that performs delay calculation and generates a delay calculation result on wiring and layout of logic circuits; a analyzer that performs delay analysis for each delay calculation results, and generates delay analysis results for paths by adding delay of logic elements and flip-flops, and by multiplying the sum calculated by a scattering coefficient; a sorter that stores delay analysis results for paths, thereby generating a maximum delay sorting result; a probability calculator that generates probability density functions for paths on a condition by performing processing in which a path is selected from paths in order of maximum delay on the maximum delay sorting result, and a probability density function is generated for the path selected between the flip-flops; and a value calculator that performs maximum value calculation for the probability density functions for all the paths.02-11-2010

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090045741Photomultiplier - The present invention relates to a photomultiplier having a fine structure capable of realizing high detection accuracy by effectively suppressing cross talk among electron-multiplier channels. The photomultiplier comprises a housing whose inside is maintained vacuum, and, in the housing, a photocathode, an electron-multiplier section, and anodes are disposed. The electron-multiplier section has groove portions for cascade-multiplying photoelectrons as electron-multiplier channels, and the anodes are constituted by channel electrodes corresponding to the groove portions respectively defined by wall parts. In particular, at least parts of the respective channel electrodes are located in spaces sandwiched between pairs of wall parts defining the corresponding groove portions.02-19-2009
20090218944Photomultiplier - The present invention relates to a photomultiplier having a fine configuration capable of realizing stable detection accuracy. The photomultiplier has a housing whose inside is maintained vacuum, and a photocathode, an electron-multiplier section, and an anode are disposed in the housing. In particular, one or more control electrodes disposed in an internal space of the housing which surrounds the electron-multiplier section and the anode are electrically connected via one or more connection parts extending from an electron emission terminal of the electron-multiplier section. In this configuration, due to a voltage, instead of the applying between an electron entrance terminal and the electron emission terminal of the electron-multiplier section, being applied between the electron entrance terminal and the control electrodes, an electric potential gradient which is increased gradually from the photocathode side toward the anode side is formed in the electron-multiplier section, and a sufficient electric potential difference is provided between the electron emission terminal of the electron-multiplier section and the anode, which makes it possible to obtain stable detection accuracy.09-03-2009
20090236985Electron tube and method for manufacturing electron tube - A photomultiplier tube 09-24-2009
20090283290Vacuum Device - An object is to sufficiently keep the airtightness in a vacuum container even when it is made smaller. A photomultiplier tube 11-19-2009
20090305450METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of obtaining a photoelectric converting device which can sufficiently maintain airtightness of a housing space for photocathode without degradation of the characteristics of the photocathode. In accordance with the manufacturing method, on the side wall end face of a lower frame and a bonding portion of an upper frame forming an envelope of the photoelectric converting device, a multilayered metal film of chromium and nickel is formed. In a vacuum space decompressed to a predetermined degree of vacuum and having a temperature not more than the melting point of indium, these upper and lower frames introduced therein are brought into close contact with each other with a predetermined pressure while sandwiching indium wire members, and accordingly, an envelope having a housing space whose airtightness is sufficiently maintained is obtained.12-10-2009

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka JP

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Iwata-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090197971Method for Improving Flavor of Astaxanthin-Containing Extract - A method for improving the flavor of an astaxanthin-containing extract of the present invention includes the steps of: mixing 0.5 to 1000 parts by weight of ethanol and 1 part by weight of the astaxanthin-containing extract so as to obtain an ethanol mixture; collecting a solid precipitated from the ethanol mixture obtained; and drying the solid collected. In particular, the astaxanthin-containing extract, i.e., the starting material, is an extract from a green alga.08-06-2009

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110211854IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USED IN THE APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image forming units each with an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and each with a developing member for developing process on the electrostatic latent image, wherein the image forming apparatus superimposes toner images of the respective colors to form a composite color image; when images on a plurality of pages are formed, the developing members of the respective colors are started or stopped in response to presence or absence of latent images of the respective colors on a page that is targeted for image formation; and when the image forming unit starts to be driven, a developing member, corresponding to a color whose latent image is not to be formed on a first page of the plurality of pages, is not started.09-01-2011
20110229232LUBRICANT APPLYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS UNIT, AND SOLID LUBRICANT - A lubricant applying device includes: a solid lubricant; an applying member that applies lubricant powder scraped off from the solid lubricant to an application target; a holding member that holds the solid lubricant; a biasing unit that biases the holding member to bring the solid lubricant on the holding member into contact with the applying member; and a regulating unit that regulates, when a force of a direction orthogonal to an endless movement direction of the applying member is applied from the applying member to the solid lubricant at a frictional surface therebetween, movement of the solid lubricant and the holding member in the orthogonal direction.09-22-2011
20120045235IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a latent image on a surface thereof, a developing unit to develop the latent image on the image bearing member with toner, a driving unit to drive the developing device, a storage unit to store a cumulative travel distance of the developing roller at predetermined timing, a total travel distance of the developing unit, and control conditions for the developing unit, a controller to obtain a difference between the total travel distance of the developing roller and the cumulative travel distance up to a predetermined point in time in image forming operation and to instruct intermittent printing in which continuous printing is limited to a certain number of pages in a predetermined time period when the difference is equal to or greater than a threshold travel distance, and an operation unit in which the control conditions are set.02-23-2012
20120093528IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device including a developing roller to bear a developing agent to develop a latent image formed on an image bearing member, a cooling device to reduce an internal temperature of the image forming apparatus, a controller to calculate a travel distance of the developing roller to control the cooling device, and a memory unit to store the total travel distance of the developing roller. The controller calculates the total travel distance of the developing roller every Y minutes in the last X minutes, and a difference between the latest total travel distance of the developing roller and the total travel distance stored Z minutes ago by the memory unit to obtain the total travel distance during Z minutes and operate the cooling device for W minutes after image forming operation where the difference is equal to or greater than a threshold value M.04-19-2012
20120114358IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a fixing unit configured to fix a not-yet-fixed image on a recording medium, includes a fixing target temperature changing part configured to change a fixing target temperature at a time of a fixing process; and a gradation processing part configured to carry out gradation processing on image information. For each sheet of a recording medium on which the fixing process is carried out, the fixing target temperature is changed based on whether halftone processing is carried out and a type of gradation processing to be used.05-10-2012
20120114359IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF OBTAINING GOOD FIXED CONDITION REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF GRADATION SEQUENCE PROCESSING - An image forming apparatus comprises an image information obtainer that obtains image information, a gradation sequence processor that applies multiple types of gradation sequence processing to the image information, and a toner image formation device that forms a toner image based on the image information. A fixing device is provided to fix the toner image onto a recording medium in a fixing process. A temperature controller is also provided to change a start-up temperature of the fixing device before the fixing process. The start-up temperature is changed in accordance with inclusion of a halftone process and a type of the gradation sequence processing applied to the image information.05-10-2012

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120009454Portable Device - A portable device, which performs wireless communication with a communication peer, includes a battery, which powers an electronic component, and a case, which accommodates the electronic component and battery. The case includes a battery compartment having an opening. An elastic waterproof seal surrounds the opening. A battery lid, which covers the opening, is formed integrally with the waterproof seal and coupled to the case in a direction perpendicular to a radial direction of the waterproof seal. A rim around the opening of the battery compartment pushes the waterproof seal when coupling the battery lid to the case thereby elastically deforming the waterproof seal in an inward radial direction. The waterproof seal, when elastically deformed, keeps the battery lid coupled to the case and seals the battery lid and case in a liquid-tight state.01-12-2012

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120124791Snap Button - A snap button wherein when a male snap is removed from a female snap, a rotation between the snaps is limited, but is permitted normally. A male-side grooved surface is provided on a male snap radially outward from a projection of the snap with a plurality of grooves formed so that peaks and troughs of the grooves are arranged continuously in the circumferential direction. A female-side grooved surface similar to the male-side grooved surface is provided on a female snap radially outward from a projection-receiving space of the snap. The female-side grooved surface is inclined relative to the male-side grooved surface. When the male snap is removed from the female snap, each axis of the male snap and the female snap, which are yet in a coupled state, inclines relative to each other, causing the male-side grooved surface and the female-side grooved surface to partially engage with each other.05-24-2012

Hiroyuki Sugiyama, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120148327ERASING APPARATUS AND CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD FOR RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a erasing apparatus includes: a paper feeding section configured to feed a recording medium on which a erasable image is recorded to a conveying path; a conveying section configured to convey the recording medium along the conveying path; a erasing section configured to erase a color of the image on the recording medium; a sensor configured to detect the recording medium conveyed through the erasing section by the conveying section; and a control section configured to perform, if the sensor detects occurrence of a jam of the recording medium, control to convey the recording medium present in the conveying path.06-14-2012