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Hiroyuki Tanaka
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kawasaki JP
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| 20090233658 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device including a first housing, a second housing and a hinge foldably connecting the first housing and the second housing is provided. The mobile terminal device includes a hinge including a hinge mechanism which rotatably connects the first housing and the second housing. The device includes a flexible joint which liquid-tightly connects the first housing and the second housing and liquid-tightly contains the hinge mechanism. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20110081792 | CONNECTOR, BOARD HAVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A connector includes: a signal pin provided at a front end thereof with a terminal contacting a terminal provided in an electronic component, and electrically conducting a board with the electronic component; and a housing the signal pin, wherein the housing includes: a front end member within which the signal pin is secured, and connected to a connector provided in the electronic component; a rear end member secured in the board; and an elastic member arranged between the front end member and the rear end member, and having a block shape. | 04-07-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Ibaraki JP
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| 20100171412 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING INORGANIC PARTICLE, METHOD FOR FORMATION OF INORGANIC LAYER, AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A composition containing an inorganic particle of the present invention contains an organic compound (A1) having a terpene skeleton and a viscosity of 10,000 to 1,000,000 mPa·s at 25° C. and an inorganic particle, in which the content of the organic compound (A1) is 50% by mass to 95% by mass relative to the whole amount of organic compounds contained in the composition containing an inorganic particle. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110073603 | SAMPLE LOW-TEMPERATURE STORAGE CASE AND ORGANISM TRANSPORTATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM - The storage case has a structure in which a sample storage case (S) contained in a storage case is cooled and held at a low temperature by a Stirling refrigerator. A detection element is disposed in a room-temperature area of the storage case. The chemical or physical property of the detection element varies when a contaminant adheres to the detection element. Entrance of a contaminant into the storage case can be checked by contactlessly checking the detection element from the outside of the storage case. The storage case includes a server for receiving the result of the check from the detection device, storing the result, and setting up connection via a communication line to at least two out of a terminal operable by the forwarder, a terminal operable by the carrier, and a terminal operable by the recipient to transmit the result to the two. | 03-31-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kyoto-Shi JP
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| 20090000089 | Apparatus for producing a grid for a battery plate, and method of producing the same - A method where two disk cutter rolls are used to form slits in a staggered pattern in a metal sheet; disk cutters are part of the disk cutter rolls; ridges are arranged in a peripheral edge of the disk cutters; and valleys are arranged between the ridges, where an axis-to-axis distance L (mm) of the rolls satisfies a relationship of 2r−0.3≦L<2r when a radius of a reference circumferential face made with the valleys is r (mm). The method can include a carrying procedure for passing the sheet between the rolls, then carrying the sheet along a peripheral face of one of the rolls, and then pulling out the sheet from the peripheral face. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20110070502 | STORAGE BATTERY - A storage battery is provided in which an expand grid is improved with respect to the widths of grid wires | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110222743 | MATCHING DEVICE, DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MATCHING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MATCHING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A high-accuracy matching result is obtained when a condition of a photographed input image differs from a condition of a photographed registration image. A face matching device including the registration face image, in which a person is photographed, and a photographing condition which corresponds to the registration face image are registered in a registration face image database. The face matching device includes a condition detecting unit, a registration face image selecting unit, and a matching unit. The condition detecting unit detects a photographing condition in the input face image which includes the photographed person. The registration face image selecting unit determines and selects the closest of the photographing condition from the input face image with the photographing conditions of the registration face images based on the determined closeness of the photographing condition. The matching unit performs matching using the registration face image corresponding to the selected photographing condition. | 09-15-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Settsu-Shi JP
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| 20090076197 | Crosslinkable Elastomer Composition and Molded Article Using the Same - The present invention provides a crosslinkable elastomer composition, in which generation of HF under high temperature conditions is reduced, the decrease in weight to both NF | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110028655 | PERFLUOROELASTOMER SEAL MATERIAL - The present invention provides a perfluoroelastomer seal material in which adhesive strength, contamination, corrosion and color change of a contacted surface with a seal material are improved, and an amount of an uncrosslinked polymer component is at most 1% by weight, measured under specific conditions, and a process for preparing the same. The present invention relates to a perfluoroelastomer seal material, wherein a rate of weight decrease is at most 1% by weight when the seal material is immersed into perfluoro(tri-n-butyl) amine at 60° C. for 70 hours and is dried at 90° C. for 5 hours, 125° C. for 5 hours and 200° C. for 10 hours after taken out of the emersion. And, the present invention also relates to a process for preparing a perfluoroelastomer seal material comprising a step of treating with a solvent having at least 50% of a swelling rate based on said molded article, when said molded article is immersed at 60° C. for 70 hours. | 02-03-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shiojiri-Shi JP
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| 20100177283 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes: a projecting portion that projects an image based on input image data; an image data producing portion that produces the image data and then outputs the image data to the projecting portion; an image sensor that captures the projected image and thus produces a captured image; a movement detection sensor that is arranged on a plane parallel to the imaging plane of the image sensor and produces movement information on the basis of the detected movement, the movement detection sensor being arranged at an angle in the direction not equal to the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the imaging plane; a determining portion that determines whether the movement information meets an adjustment condition or not; and a control portion that, when the movement information meets the adjustment condition, controls the image data producing portion so as to adjust the image data on the basis of the captured image. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110007283 | PROJECTOR, IMAGE PROJECTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD - A projector includes: an imaging unit that picks up an image of a projection target area with light in a first wavelength band and generates a first pickup image and picks up an image of the projection target area with light in a second wavelength band and generates a second pickup image; an image generating unit that performs keystone distortion correction on the basis of the first pickup image; a positional-information generating unit that generates, on the basis of the second pickup image, positional information indicating a position of indication light included in the projection target area; and a projecting unit that projects an image based on the positional information in a state in which the keystone distortion correction is performed. | 01-13-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yamato JP
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| 20100064348 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS AMONG DEVICES - Provided are an apparatus, system composed of apparatuses in a chassis, and a method for managing access among a plurality of devices accommodated in a chassis. Setting information by the user on access between a first management unit including at least one device of said plurality of devices and a second management unit including at least one device of said plurality of devices is accepted. The first attribute information is acquired designating at least any one of an instruction issuing function and an instruction receiving function among the functions of said first management unit and the second attribute information designating at least any one of the instruction issuing function and the instruction receiving function among the functions of said second management unit. A determination is made as to whether or not said setting information is consistent with a combination of said first attribute information and said second attribute information. Information is outputted based on a determination result of the determination. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100332920 | EMBEDDED DEVICE AND STATE DISPLAY CONTROL - Various embodiments for displaying a state of an embedded device using a browser are provided. In one embodiment, the browser is requested to display a text file having a description of a screen structure. The state information on a current state of the embedded device is acquired. An access request for requesting the browser to update, with the acquired state information, a value of at least one node in a document object model (DOM) tree generated from the text file by the browser, is submitted by a state display control program. The at least one node is recorded in an access history list. At a subsequent time, it is determined whether to permit a subsequent access request. If the source of the subsequent access request is not the state display control program, and the at least one node is recorded in the access history list, the subsequent access request is denied. | 12-30-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Shiga JP
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| 20100300154 | WASHING/DRYING MACHINE - The inventive washing/drying machine is capable of cleaning water while performing a laundry process, and uses water filtered by a filter for dehumidification in a drying process, thereby achieving water saving. The washing/drying machine ( | 12-02-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yamaga-Shi JP
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| 20100295639 | STRUCTURE OF SPRING AND ACTUATOR USING THE SPRING - A structure of a spring has a supporting member, an actuating member that is rotatably supported to the supporting member by a first supporting axis at a portion near a center, and a plurality of interlocking members that are each provided on both sides of the first supporting axis, that are rotatably supported to the supporting member by a second supporting axis, and that are rotatably coupled to the actuating member. Each point of action of the interlocking members is defined at a portion that is closer to the first supporting axis than to the coupled portion of the second supporting axis and the actuating member. | 11-25-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Soraku-Gun JP
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| 20100283555 | Filter and Communications Apparatus - A filter includes a first signal line connected to one input-side unbalanced signal terminal, a second signal line connected to another output-side unbalanced signal terminal, a shunt circuit for providing connection between the first and second signal lines in parallel with a surface acoustic wave device, a first capacitor disposed in the first signal line so as to be in series with respect to the surface acoustic wave device, a first inductor disposed in the shunt circuit at a side of the first signal line, and a series resonance circuit having a second capacitor and a second inductor disposed in the shunt circuit at a side of the second signal line. | 11-11-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Numazu-Shi JP
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| 20100254728 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a first openable member openably and closably provided in the main assembly; a second openable member openably and closably provided in the main assembly; a fixing unit for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material, the fixing unit including a pressure applying mechanism for applying a pressure to a fixing nip of the fixing unit, wherein a operation force by an operator when at least one of the first openable member and the second openable member is opened by the operator applies to the pressure applying mechanism to release the pressure applied to the fixing nip; wherein the fixing unit is detachably mountable relative to the main assembly and includes a pressure switching member, engaged to the pressure applying mechanism, to receive the operation force when the first openable member is opened and to move the pressure applying mechanism, wherein an operation force when the second openable member is opened is also transmitted to the pressure switching member. | 10-07-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Halstenbek DE
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| 20100101339 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sample processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of measuring units, each of which measures a sample; a sample conveyance unit for conveying a sample to at least one of the plurality of measurement units; a display unit; and a display controller for controlling the display unit to display an analysis result of a sample which the analysis result has been obtained based on the measurement by at least one of the plurality of measurement units, and controlling the display unit to display conveyance status information indicating a conveyance status of the sample which analysis result has not been obtained yet based on the measurement by at least one of the plurality of measurement units, is disclosed. A sample information display apparatus is also disclosed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100112703 | Sample processing system and controlling method of the same - A sample processing system is disclosed that comprises: a transportation apparatus configured to convey a sample container; a first analyzer, arranged along the transportation apparatus, configured to measure a sample accommodated in a sample container conveyed by the transportation apparatus; a second analyzer, arranged along the transportation apparatus, configured to measure a sample accommodated in a sample container conveyed by the transportation apparatus; and a transportation controller configured to determine an analyzer to which a sample container is conveyed, and to control the transportation apparatus to convey the sample container to the determined analyzer, wherein: the first analyzer is configured to conduct primary measurement; and the second analyzer is configured to conduct both primary measurement and review measurement. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100212438 | ANALYZING APPARATUS AND ANALYZING METHOD - An analyzing apparatus comprising: a transporting device for transporting a sample; a plurality of measuring units, each measuring unit measuring a sample transported by the transporting device; a determination result obtainer for obtaining a determination result representing whether the sample requires remeasurement based on a measurement result by a predetermined measuring unit among the plurality of measuring units; a designation receiver for receiving a designation of one measuring unit for remeasuring the sample determined to be remeasured; and a transport controller for controlling the transporting device so as to transport the sample determined to be remeasured to the designated measuring unit. An analyzing method is also disclosed. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100248374 | SAMPLE TESTING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE TESTING METHOD - The present invention is to present a sample testing apparatus comprising: a transport unit for transporting a sample container through a first position and a second position; a testing unit for performing a test on the sample in the sample container transported to the first position; a determination result obtainer for obtaining one of a first determination result indicating that a second test is required and a second determination result indicating that the second test is not required; and a transport controller for controlling the transport unit so as to transport the sample container back to the first position, if the first determination result has been obtained, wherein the sample container is not transported beyond the second position from the first position side before any one of the first and the second determination result has been obtained. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110243792 | SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM, TRANSPORT CONTROL SYSTEM AND TRANSPORT CONTROL METHOD - A sample processing system comprising: first, second and third sample processing units; first, second and third sample transport units; and a control section is disclosed. In order to transport a sample rack which is to be introduced to the first sample transport unit to a destination sample transport unit which is located downstream of a second sample transport unit, the control section initially controls the first and second transport unit to move a transport member. When the sample rack arrives at a predetermined position on the transport path of the first transport unit, the control section controls the third transport unit to move a transport member. | 10-06-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fukuoka JP
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| 20090296136 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, LOG RECORDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device is capable of executing an application. In the image forming device, a determining unit is configured to determine, in response to a request of execution of a communication process from the application, whether the communication process is an encrypted communication based on contents of a call stack which stores the request. A log recording unit is configured to record log information of the communication process in a storage device when the communication process is determined as being an encrypted communication. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100231945 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANAGING DATA - An image forming device executes a plurality of applications, and includes a scan controlling unit configured to instruct an image reading unit to read image data, and store the image data in an image data storage unit according to a request from the application; a display data generating unit configured to generate a display data of the image data stored in the image data storage unit, and store the display data in a display image data storage unit according to the request from the application, the display image data storage unit being inaccessible from the application; a display controlling unit configured to display the display data in a display unit according to the request from the application; and a deleting unit configured to delete the display data from the display data storage unit in response to a termination notice of use of the display data from the application. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110109944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information processing device adapted for performing an application program, a displaying unit causes a display device to display information related to a state transition of the application program. A generation unit receives an input updating request for updating information related to a displayed state transition, and generates an application program which realizes a state transition according to the updating request. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110188084 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that functions as a client of a distributed file system is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a distributed file system process part for mounting a file system of a server apparatus on the image forming apparatus to enable the image forming apparatus to access the file system of the server apparatus as the distributed file system of the image forming apparatus; and a storing process part for accessing the file system of the server apparatus and storing, in the file system, information that is stored in a storage unit used by the image forming apparatus. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110222100 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, USE RESTRICTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device includes a display part, a system control part for designating a display target to be displayed by the display part and switch the display target to another display target, a display control part for instructing the display part to display an operation screen corresponding to the display target designated by the system control part, and a receiving part for receiving a request for initiating the exclusive use of the display part from a use restriction application and receiving a request for terminating the exclusive use of the display part from the use restriction application. In a case where the receiving part receives the request for initiating the exclusive use of the display part, the system control part ceases switching the display target to the other display target until the receiving part receives the request for terminating the exclusive use of the display part. | 09-15-2011 |
| 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 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Osaka JP
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| 20080215252 | Method of Determining Base Sequence of Nucleic Acid and Apparatus Therefor - In a preferred embodiment, an exploring needle of a probe | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090023852 | Fluorine-containing elastomer composition - The present invention provides a fluorine-containing elastomer composition which has small weight change for all the treatments of NF | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090062011 | REMOTE GAME SYSTEM AND REMOTE GAME MACHINE - A remote game system has a game machine, which has a manual operation unit receiving a manual operation instruction, and a remote controller. The remote controller communicates with the game machine through a communication network, and controls operation of the game machine through the communication network. The game machine has an exclusion unit, and when one of a remote operation instruction for playing a game from the remote controller and a manual operation instruction for directly playing the game from the manual operation unit has been received, inhibits one of the remote operation instruction or the manual operation instruction. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090089397 | MULTICAST CONTROL APPARATUS, MULTICAST CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MULTICAST CONTROL METHOD - A multicast control apparatus includes: a delivery instructing unit, responsive to a first one of received viewing requests, to instruct delivery to a first external apparatus of the content data; a delivery determining unit to determine whether a corresponding number of deliveries of the content data exceeds a delivery limit; calculating units to calculate (1) a time necessary to create a cache of a copy of the content data and (2) a remaining time before viewing of the content data delivered from the first external apparatus is finished; a control unit to set a second and subsequent ones of the received viewing requests to a wait state if the delivery limit is exceeded by the first received viewing request, and to instruct creation of the cache to a second external apparatus if the necessary time is shorter than the remaining time. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090102142 | SEALING MATERIAL - The present invention provides a sealing material comprising a fluorine-containing elastomer, which can be mounted without torsion because the torsion can be easily confirmed when mounting the sealing material. The sealing material comprises a fluorine-containing elastomer and is provided with marking on a surface of a seal ring along its shape. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100087170 | MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND MESSAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A message transmission method includes storing message data whose message contents change depending on a value of a parameter in a storage unit, acquiring the value of the parameter based on an operation of a called party when a second terminal device receives a call from a first terminal device, determining the contents of the message based on the acquired parameter value and the message data, and transmitting the message whose contents are determined to the first terminal device. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100207285 | UNDERWATER AERATION DEVICE - A submersible aerator has an impeller which includes blades having partition walls which separate liquid passages and air passages and which is accommodated within a guide casing for rotation between a lower surface of an intermediate plate having an air suction opening and an upper surface of a suction cover having a liquid suction opening. The liquid passages and the air passages meet through communication portions at radially outer ends of rear-side blade partition walls. Intermediate blades are provided at radially outer ends of the liquid passages. A conical space is defined between the blade lower end surfaces and the suction cover upper surface such that the space, which is wide at a portion adjacent to the liquid suction opening, becomes narrower toward a radially outward region including guide vane tongues. A plurality of support legs and a plurality of straining projections are integrally formed on the lower surface of a peripheral portion of a bottom wall of the guide casing. Sloping surfaces are provided on the top wall upper surface between air-liquid discharge passages such that the sloping surfaces are inclined downward and increase in width in the radially outward direction. | 08-19-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Nagakute-Cho JP
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| 20100209750 | BATTERY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A battery includes an electrode body having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and also includes an exterior case for receiving the electrode body. An insulation film for isolating the exterior case and the electrode body from each other is placed between an inner wall surface of the exterior case and the electrode body. The insulation film has a bag-like shape in which the electrode body is inserted. The bag-like insulation film has a gap filling section on its surface facing a side surface of the electrode body, and the gap filling section closes a gap between the electrode body and the inner wall surface of the exterior case. | 08-19-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Chiba JP
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| 20090237610 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes two components, wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (1-1) to (1-3), and the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2): | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090256118 | Fine Silver Particle Colloidal Dispersion, Coating Liquid for Silver Film Formation, Processes for Producing These, and Silver Film - A process for producing a fine silver particle colloidal dispersion the fine silver particles of which have a larger average particle diameter than those in the conventional Carey-Lea process and also which has superior dispersion stability. An aqueous silver nitrate solution is allowed to react with a mixed solution of an aqueous iron(II) sulfate solution and an aqueous sodium citrate solution, and the resultant reaction fluid containing an agglomerate of fine silver particles is left at 0 to 100° C. to obtain an agglomerate of fine silver particles having grown into granular particles. Next, this agglomerate of fine silver particles having grown into granular particles is filtered, and, to the resultant cake of the agglomerate of fine silver particles, pure water is added to obtain a fine silver particle colloidal dispersion having an average particle diameter of 20 to 200 nm. This fine silver particle colloidal dispersion is concentrated and washed, further followed by addition of an organic solvent containing dimethyl sulfoxide, to obtain a coating liquid for silver film formation. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090278440 | Dispersion-type electroluminescent element and method for manufacturing the same - A dispersion-type EL element formed on a thin or flexible transparent plastic film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The dispersion-type electroluminescent element is a dispersion-type electroluminescent element with at least a transparent conductive layer, a phosphor layer, a dielectric layer, and a rear electrode layer sequentially formed on a transparent plastic film surface, in which a thickness of the transparent plastic film is less than 50 μm, and the transparent conductive layer is formed by applying compression processing to an applied layer formed by applying a transparent conductive layer forming application liquid mainly composed of conductive oxide particles and a binder on the transparent plastic film surface and then, curing the compressed layer. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090302273 | FIVE-RING LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING CYCLOHEXANE RING, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal compound represented by formula (1), a liquid crystal composition comprising the compound, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the composition: | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090314988 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes two components, wherein the first component is a specific five-membered ring compound having a large maximum temperature and a large dielectric anisotropy and the second component is a specific compound having a small viscosity, and a liquid crystal display device containing the composition. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090321683 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composition is provided that satisfies at least one characteristic among the characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or is properly balanced regarding at least two characteristics. An AM device is provided that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase contains a specific five-ring compound having a large maximum temperature as the first component, a specific compound having a small viscosity as the second component, and a specific four-ring compound having a high maximum temperature as the third component. The liquid crystal display device contains the liquid crystal composition. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100127211 | FIVE-RING LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING CF20 BONDING GROUP, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a five-ring liquid crystal compound having a CF | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110193022 | FIVE-RING LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING A NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC RING, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal compound having general physical properties necessary for a compound, stability to heat, light or the like, a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, a high clearing point, an excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a large refractive index anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy. Provided are a liquid crystal composition including the liquid crystal compound, and a liquid crystal display device containing the liquid crystal composition. | 08-11-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka US
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| 20100083772 | Specimen processing device, specimen conveyance device, and specimen conveyance method - A specimen processing device comprising: a specimen processing unit for processing specimens; a first conveyance mechanism for conveying specimens from a carry-in side towards a carry-out side on the opposite side of the carry-in side with respect to the specimen processing unit through a specimen supply position for supplying specimens to the specimen processing unit; a second conveyance mechanism for conveying specimens from the carry-in side towards the carry-out side without passing the specimen supply position; a first control device for controlling the first conveyance mechanism; and a second control device for controlling the second conveyance mechanism, is disclosed. A specimen conveyance device and a specimen conveyance method are also disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kariya-City JP
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| 20100013669 | SPEED LIMIT ANNOUNCING DEVICE, METHOD FOR ANNOUNCING SPEED LIMIT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE SAME - A speed limit announcing device for a vehicle includes: an information obtaining element for obtaining information of a speed limit of a following road, wherein the vehicle is supposed to pass through an intersection and to run on the following road after the intersection; and an announce element for announcing the information of the speed limit of the following road when the vehicle runs on a current road before the intersection. | 01-21-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Utsunomiya-Shi JP
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| 20080261104 | FUEL CELL - Auxiliary seals are provided on a surface of a first metal separator, between load receivers and an oxygen-containing gas supply passage, a fuel gas supply passage, an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage, and a fuel gas discharge passage, in relatively wide areas. The cross sectional shape of the auxiliary seal is the same as those of a flow field seal and ring-like seals, and the auxiliary seals are formed independently from the flow field seal and the ring-like seals. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090081509 | FUEL CELL - A first seal member is provided integrally on a surface of a first metal separator. The first seal member includes a base portion provided integrally on the first metal separator, a columnar portion protruding from the base portion, and a curved edge portion provided on the columnar portion. The curved edge portion has a predetermined radius of curvature. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090291350 | ELECTROLYTE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL - A unit cell of a fuel cell is formed by sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly between a first metal separator and a second metal separator. The membrane electrode assembly includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane having a reinforcement member on both surfaces of the outer end of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. Frame members are provided on the reinforcement member outside an anode, and a fuel gas inlet channel and a fuel gas outlet channel are formed by the frame members, at positions corresponding to a fuel gas inlet buffer and a fuel gas outlet buffer. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100003564 | FUEL CELL - Flow guides forming an inlet channel are formed on a surface of a metal separator of a fuel cell. The flow guides overlap a section of an outer seal provided on the other surface of the metal separator. When a load is applied to the flow guides and the overlapping section in a stacking direction of the fuel cell, the flow guides and the overlapping section are deformed substantially equally in the stacking direction to the same extent. The line pressure of the flow guides and the line pressure of the overlapping section are substantially the same. The seal length L | 01-07-2010 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Mito JP
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| 20080246567 | MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATOR - A magnetic field generator comprises a superconducting bulk body, which generates a superconducting magnetic field, a refrigerant vessel for storing solid nitrogen, a vacuum container, which accommodates therein the superconducting bulk body and the refrigerant vessel, and a refrigerator having a cooling head for cooling the refrigerant vessel. The superconducting bulk body is arranged along a wall of the vacuum container. The cooling head of the refrigerator and the refrigerant vessel are in thermal contact with each other. The refrigerant vessel and the superconducting bulk body are in thermal contact with each other. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080307801 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR CRYOGENIC STORAGE CONTAINER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - A cryogenic storage container is provided with a storage container, a vacuum container containing the storage container, and a heat shield. The cryogenic storage container is coupled to a cooling source equipped with a cryogenic freezer via transport piping so that the vibration of the cryogenic freezer cannot be directly delivered to the cryogenic storage container. The vibration can be further reduced by providing a bellows unit for transport piping. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090188260 | CRYOGENIC CONTAINER WITH BUILT-IN REFRIGERATOR - A cryogenic container with a built-in refrigerator according to the present invention comprises the refrigerator having a first heat absorbing part and a first heat dissipating part, a vacuum vessel for containing and thermally insulating an object to be cooled while holding the object at a cryogenic temperature through the first heat absorbing part of the refrigerator, and a pre-cooling unit having a second heat absorbing part and a second heat dissipating part for cooling the first heat dissipating part, wherein the first heat dissipating part and the second heat absorbing part are arranged inside the vacuum vessel, and a part of a heat dissipating unit including the second heat dissipating part is exposed outside the vacuum vessel. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090212890 | Magnetizing System and Superconducting Magnet to Be Magnetized Therewith - A magnet magnetizing system and a superconducting magnet to be magnetized, for magnetizing a superconducting magnet to be magnetized, comprises: a magnetizing magnetic field generating means for generating and distinguishing a static magnetic field; a cooling means having an electromotive motor within the static magnetic field, which is generated from the magnetizing magnet generating means; and a bulk superconductor to be magnetized, which is thermally connected with a low-temperature portion of the cooling means, wherein the magnetizing magnetic field generating means is made up with a magnetizing superconducting bulk magnet, building other magnetizing bulk superconductor therein, the bulk superconductor to be magnetized before magnetization thereof is inserted within a space of the static magnetic field, which is generated by the magnetizing superconducting bulk magnet magnetized, and the magnetic field of the magnetizing superconducting bulk magnet is distinguished by the means for cooling the bulk superconductor inserted, down to be equal or lower than superconducting temperature, thereby magnetizing the bulk superconductor to be magnetized. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090267716 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - A persistent current switch in a superconducting magnet, includes: a winding part in which a superconducting wire is noninductively wound; a winding-heating heater provided around the winding part; a vessel provided around the winding part with a space; and an anti-convective material provided in the space between the vessel and the winding part. | 10-29-2009 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hitachinaka JP
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| 20080315097 | Charged particle beam apparatus and specimen holder - Information of a specimen holder or information of a specimen mounted on the specimen holder is stored in a memory inside the specimen holder mounted to an electron microscope. The memory is accessed to transmit the information of the specimen holder to the electron microscope, thereby ensuring that the user can use the specimen holder without mistaking characteristics of the specimen holder and danger of erroneous recording of the specimen information can be reduced. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090242794 | Charged particle beam equipment - Charged particle beam equipment has a processing unit for calibrating dimension values of an enlarged specimen image, and means for changing the amount by which a charged particle beam is scanned. Also, a specimen stand has a mechanism for holding a specimen having a periodical structure or a specimen simultaneously having a periodical structure and a non-periodical structure, and a storage device for automatically changing a magnification for an enlarged specimen image, and storing measured values at all magnifications. | 10-01-2009 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Nagoya-Shi JP
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| 20090199658 | LOAD DETECTION DEVICE - A load detection device includes a piezoelectric body unit adapted to be deformed by receiving an electric voltage, the piezoelectric body unit generating an electric charge by receiving an external load, a drive portion applying the electric voltage to the piezoelectric body unit for vibrating thereof, a detection portion detecting the electric charge generated at the piezoelectric body unit, and an adjusting member adjusting a pressure applied to at least one pressure sensing surface provided at the piezoelectric body unit to restrain the vibration of the piezoelectric body unit. | 08-13-2009 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fujisawa JP
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| 20090144732 | COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WHETHER OR NOT TO RELEASE ALL REAL STORAGE AREAS ASSIGNED TO VIRTUAL VOLUME - The management server performs a release/non-release selection determining whether or not to release all of the real storage areas assigned to a virtual volume switched from a used target to an unused target. The management server exercises control to determine whether or not to release all of the real storage areas assigned to the specified virtual volume in accordance with the result of the release/non-release selection. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090172272 | Method and a computer for storage area management - A method for storage management is provided which displays the materials on which it is determined which of the thin provisioning volume or the logical unit (LU) is to be used for storage promotion. The method is executed in a computer system having one or more host computers, one or more storage subsystems, and a management computer. The storage subsystem includes a physical disk and a disk controller. The disk controller provides the host computer with the thin provisioning volume. The management computer obtains the allocated capacity from the disk controller and the host-recognized capacity from the host computer. By subtracting the obtained allocated capacity from the host-recognized capacity, the management computer calculates an improved capacity. By dividing the calculated improved capacity by the obtained host-recognized capacity, the management computer calculates an improvement ratio and displays the calculated improvement ratio. | 07-02-2009 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kasugai JP
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| 20090083592 | SEMICONDCUTOR DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device including a logic circuit and a test circuit is provided which comprises: a logic signal terminal that supplies a signal to the logic circuit; a latch circuit that latches a signal based on a synchronization signal from the test circuit; a first selection circuit that supplies an external signal from the logic signal terminal to one of the logic circuit and the latch circuit selectively based on a test mode signal; and a second selection circuit that supplies one of the external signal and a signal from the test circuit selectively to a memory. | 03-26-2009 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tochigi-Ken JP
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| 20090075134 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell stack comprising a second metal separator set to have an external dimension larger than a first metal separators, wherein the second metal separator comprises, formed integrally, a first seal member in contact with the peripheral edge of a first electrolyte membrane/electrode structure, a second seal member in contact with the peripheral edge of the first metal separator, and a third seal member in contact with the peripheral edge of an adjoining fourth metal separator. Since the first seal member, the second seal member and the third seal member are integrally formed on one surface of the second separator or one surface of the first separator, a seal-forming step can be carried out at one effort, simply and economically. In addition, use of a triple seal structure containing the first through the third seal members can favorably improve the sealing feature of reaction gas and minimize reaction gas leakage. | 03-19-2009 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Inagi JP
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| 20080230681 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device, which illuminates a subject and receives light reflected from the subject to capture an image of the subject, is provided to achieve a small-size configuration and easy assembly. A plurality of light-emitting elements are mounted in positions on the periphery of an image sensor, and a light-guiding member guides light from the plurality of light-emitting elements to the image capture range for illumination. And protrusions of the light-guiding member are pressed by the lower end of a hood which blocks light from outside the image capture range, and the hood upper end is pressed by a filter. Slits are provided in the hood lower end. Even in assembly where a visible light filter is installed on the hood and fixed to an outer case, the occurrence of gaps between the hood and the visible light filter can be prevented through the spring action of the slits. | 09-25-2008 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kobe-Shi JP
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| 20080201082 | Blood image analyzer - A blood image analyzer is disclosed that comprising: an image capturing unit for capturing a blood image of a sample; an analyzing part for analyzing the sample based on the blood image; an identification information reader for reading, from the sample, identification information assigned to the sample; a transportation part for transporting the sample to the identification information reader and the image capturing unit; a first detector for detecting the sample at a first detection position on a pathway of the sample transported by the transportation part; a display; and a controller for controlling the display, so as to display, based on a detection result by the first detector, a screen including a first identification information display region, wherein the first identification information display region displays identification information of the sample being at the first detection position. | 08-21-2008 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Wako JP
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| 20110143251 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cells each formed by stacking separators and an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly. The electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane provided with a pair of electrodes on the opposite sides thereof. A stacked body formed by stacking the fuel cells is provided with a pair of end plates at the opposite ends thereof in a stacking direction. The end plates are integrally fixed by fastening members with the distance between the end plates maintained. A load measurement mechanism including a plurality of load sensors integrally connected to a connector member is provided between one of the end plates and the stacked body. The one of the end plates is provided with a pressure mechanism. The pressure mechanism presses the load measurement mechanism toward the stacked body to thereby apply a tightening load to the stacked body via the load sensors. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110183227 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of unit cells stacked in a stacking direction substantially along a direction of gravity. Each of the plurality of unit cells includes a first metal separator, a second metal separator, and a membrane electrode assembly sandwiched between the first metal separator and the second metal. A reactant gas channel allows a reactant gas to flow along a surface of each of the first and second metal separators. A reactant gas inlet manifold and a reactant gas outlet manifold allow the reactant gas to flow the reactant gas inlet manifold and the reactant gas outlet manifold in the stacking direction. A bridge portion forms a connection channel to connect at least the reactant gas outlet manifold to the reactant gas channel. The bridge portion includes a guide portion to break a continuity of condensed water. | 07-28-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kobe JP
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| 20110223077 | CENTRALIZED MONITORING SYSTEM, ANALYZING SYSTEM AND CENTRALIZED MONITORING METHOD - An analyzing system, including: a plurality of inspection lines, each including a reagent supplying apparatus, and a plurality of hematology analyzers, each analyzing a measurement sample prepared from a blood sample and a reagent supplied from the reagent supplying apparatus; and a computer connected to the reagent supplying apparatuses, wherein each reagent supplying apparatus includes a storing part adapted to store a concentrated reagent, a detector adapted to detect a weight of or liquid level in the storing part, a first controller adapted to calculate a remaining amount of the concentrated reagent from an output of the detector and to transmit the calculated amount to the computer, and wherein the computer includes a display, and a second controller adapted to receive the amount data transmitted from the reagent supplying apparatuses, to generate display data integrating the plurality of received amount data and to show the display data on the display. | 09-15-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Himeji-Shi JP
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| 20110227501 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an ultraviolet light irradiation device having a planer UV light source in which the irradiation intensity of UV light can be adjusted finely in a wider range. The ultraviolet light irradiation device of the present invention comprises an UV light source and a housing that holds the planer UV light source. In the UV light source, a plurality of thin plasma tubes, each of which has an UV phosphor layer formed therein, are arranged in parallel with each other on an electrode support sheet, and drive circuits apply a pulse voltage to electrode pairs provided between the electrode support sheet and an array of the thin plasma tubes. A control circuit controls a factor of the pulse voltage to be applied to the electrode pairs so as to adjust the irradiation intensity of the UV light. | 09-22-2011 |
Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fujisawa-Shi JP
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| 20110263133 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus includes: an accommodation section accommodating an application object; an irradiation section irradiating the application object taken out from the accommodation section with ultraviolet light; an application section including a stage allowing the application object to be placed thereon and an application head discharging a plurality of droplets of an adhesive to the application object placed on the stage, the application section applying the adhesive through the application head to the application object which is irradiated by ultraviolet light through the irradiation section and is placed on the stage; a drying section drying the adhesive applied on the application object with heat; and a transport section including a hand supporting the application object, the transport section which is capable of transporting the application object accommodated in the accommodation section to the irradiation section, the application section, and the drying section. | 10-27-2011 |