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Hoashi, JP

Junichi Hoashi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100169676INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an internal power source that supplies power, a power source information acquiring unit that acquires, from the internal power source, power source information relating to supply of the power in the internal power source, a drive status setting unit that determines power supply capability of the internal power source based on the power source information and sets setting information to define a drive status of a device in accordance with a determination result, and a device control unit that controls the drive status of one or more control subject device, based on the setting information.07-01-2010

Keiichiro Hoashi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090216622MUSIC-LINKED ADVERTISEMENT DISTORIBUTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Degrees of association between categories of songs (hereinafter, song categories) corresponding to information showing advertisement distribution target categories and distribution object advertisements are determined in advance in an advertisement DB. A song categorization module calculates degrees of association between an acoustic feature amount of a song being played (hereinafter, current song) and feature amounts of the song categories, and a song-related distribution object advertisement candidate group extraction module determines a distribution object advertisement corresponding to a song category with a high degree of association is determined as a distribution object advertisement. An advertisement presentation module provides information on the distribution object advertisement to a user along with current song information.08-27-2009
20100100443User classification apparatus, advertisement distribution apparatus, user classification method, advertisement distribution method, and program used thereby - It is an object to provide user classification apparatus, a user classification method, and a program used thereby, which classify users based on search log and support the analysis of customer trends, and advertisement distribution apparatus, an advertisement distribution method, and a program used thereby, which distribute advertisements based on the analysis of customer trends. The user classification apparatus is provided with a search log database, a user search log information extracting unit extracting search log information of a user, an analyzed keyword extracting unit extracting search keyword information contained in search log information, a search session dividing unit dividing the search log information of the user into a plurality of search sessions, a search session class extracting unit generating a class, a user belonging class calculation unit classifying the user into the class, and a user search log analysis result display unit displaying the classification result.04-22-2010

Patent applications by Keiichiro Hoashi, Saitama JP

Keiichiro Hoashi, Fujimino-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090271413TRIAL LISTENING CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a content distribution system capable of improving user convenience and effectively distributing content for trial listening. A terminal apparatus includes: a content database that stores plural kinds of content data for trial listening received from a content distribution server; a usage history information recording unit that records usage history information of a user; a user preference estimating unit that estimates user preference on the basis of the usage history information of the user recorded in the usage history information recording unit, and generates preference information; a content extracting unit that calculates similarity between the preference information and each of the content data for trial listening stored in the content database, and extracts content data for trial listening having high similarity from the content database; and a content data playing unit that plays the extracted content data for trial listening.10-29-2009
20110055213QUERY EXTRACTING APPARATUS, QUERY EXTRACTING METHOD AND QUERY EXTRACTING PROGRAM - To provide a query extracting apparatus, query extracting method and query extracting program capable of retrieving an image that is suited to a part of lyrics while also having suitability for the other parts, a query extracting apparatus 03-03-2011

Keiichiro Hoashi, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100082616APPARATUS FOR MUSIC RETRIEVAL, METHOD FOR MUSIC RETRIEVAL, AND PROGRAM FOR MUSIC RETRIEVAL - An apparatus for retrieving music that matches with a user preference across a plurality of music is provided. The apparatus comprises a feature vector generating device for generating feature vectors of each of the music, a clustering device for clustering the music into a plurality of clusters according to the feature vectors, a music extraction device for extracting a predetermined number of music from each of the clusters, a music selection accepting device for accepting a selection of music by the user from the music, and a music retrieval device for calculating similarities between a feature vector of the selected music and feature vectors of each of the music, and retrieving music that have higher similarities to the selected music among the music.04-01-2010
20100185713FEATURE EXTRACTION APPARATUS, FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Provided are techniques which offer an advantage of reduced time and reduced storage capacity required to calculate the feature value of AAC-format song data. A feature extraction unit includes: an MDCT coefficient extraction unit which extracts MDCT coefficients from AAC-format song data; a classification unit which locates the MDCT coefficients thus extracted by the MDCT coefficient extraction unit on Mel frequency regions so as to uniformly classify the MDCT coefficients into classes, the number of which is the same as that of a predetermined number of Mel filter banks; an integrating unit which extracts the MDCT coefficients classified by the classification unit by applying a predetermined window function, and integrates the MDCT coefficients thus extracted, in increments of the Mel filter banks; and a feature calculation unit which calculates the feature value by performing logarithmic cosine conversion of the integrated results obtained by the integrating unit.07-22-2010

Masaharu Hoashi, Itami JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090153086MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a motor drive apparatus which improves a trade-off relation between a stable position detection and noise at its driving. A sensorless drive operation circuit calculates by operation a zero cross point (point p) of a voltage of a position detection phase at the next interval, using time information measured based on an output signal from a comparison circuit at the previous interval and the present interval. After the point p has been calculated, points a and b are detected by interrupting a predetermined time drive current.06-18-2009

Masakatsu Hoashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110069873MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ALIGNMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide a medical image data alignment apparatus, method and program capable of aligning different kinds of image data on a tissue to be objected at high precision and in a short time. According to the present invention, a patient SPECT and a patient CT are aligned via atlas data. The atlas data is a standard of SPECT image data, and is created based on SPECT image data of a plurality of patients. The patient SPECT and the atlas data are aligned based on the correlation of image signal values thereof, and a first transformation matrix T03-24-2011

Masakazu Hoashi, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090097594MIRROR SUB-CARRIER DEMODULATION CIRCUIT, RECEIVING DEVICE WITH THE SAME, AND MIRROR SUB-CARRIER DEMODULATING METHOD - A mirror sub-carrier demodulation circuit includes a waveform generation unit 04-16-2009

Shigeru Hoashi, Numazu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090202281IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for conveying the toner image; and a transfer device for rubbing the belt, and a surface of the transfer device, which is brought into contact with the belt includes linear concave portions or linear convex portions. The image forming apparatus of the present invention prevents a friction force between the belt and the transfer device rubbing the belt from increasing and brings a transfer member into a stable contact with the belt for conveying the toner image, thereby suppressing increase in drive torque of the belt which rubs the transfer device and suppressing occurrence of image failure.08-13-2009
20090257779IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling.10-15-2009
20100098459IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an opening provided to a main assembly of the apparatus; a first openable member movable between a closed position in which a first portion of the opening is closed and an open position in which the first portion of the opening is opened; a second openable member movable between a closed position in which a second portion of the opening is closed and an open position in which the second portion of the opening is opened; and a movable member, movable between a set position inside the main assembly and an outward position in which the movable member having passed through the first portion of the opening is located at an outermost position in a movable range of the movable member, capable of supporting a plurality of cartridges, side by side, each including at least one of an image bearing member on which a latent image is to be formed and developing means for developing with a developer the latent image formed on the image bearing member. The first openable member located at the open position is located below the movable member located at the outward position. An outermost end of the movable member located at the outward position is vertically aligned with or located inside an outermost end of the first openable member located at the open position.04-22-2010
20110293324COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus in which a cartridge tray supporting a plurality of cartridges is movable through a plurality of opening portions to respective outside positions outside an apparatus main body. In the color electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the plurality of cartridges are removably mounted to the apparatus main body to form an image on a recording medium. The color electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: a cartridge tray (12-01-2011
20110318035IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming image on a recording medium includes a photosensitive member, a motor, a belt, and a drive member to rotate the belt, the drive member including a driven coupling. The apparatus also includes a drive coupling to rotate by a driving force generated by the motor, the drive coupling being movable in an axial direction to take an engagement position at which the driving force is transmittable to the driven coupling, and a release position. The apparatus further includes a transfer member to transfer a toner image onto the recording medium or the belt, a voltage application unit to apply a voltage to the transfer member, and a control unit to cause the voltage application unit to apply the voltage to the transfer member after the drive coupling moves to the engagement position and the driving force is transmitted to the driven coupling.12-29-2011

Patent applications by Shigeru Hoashi, Numazu-Shi JP

Yasutaka Hoashi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110190361TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula08-04-2011
20110196003TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula08-11-2011

Yasutaka Hoashi, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090186879TRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF - There is provided a compound of the formula (I′):07-23-2009
20100010038TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula01-14-2010
20100029707TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND MEDICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula02-04-2010
20100130538BICYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula05-27-2010
20100298287TRICYCLIC COMPOUNDS HAVING CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM - There is provided a compound of the formula (I′): wherein X is a nitrogen or CRx, Rx is a hydrogen, etc., R11-25-2010

Yohei Hoashi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120004321Orally Disintegrating Tablet - It is an object to provide an orally disintegrating tablet produced by dry granulation and compression, having a hardness of 40 N or more, a disintegration time of 30 seconds or shorter, a friability of 0.1% or less, and an excellent feeling upon ingestion, that is capable of disintegrating with a small amount of water, having a rapid disintegration time, and being maintained stably in a tablet form, which could not been achieved by conventional procedures. Disclosed is an orally disintegrating tablet produced by dry granulation which contains a medicinal ingredient with silica, and sugar alcohol or/and sugar.01-05-2012

Yohei Hoashi, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090098607PRODUCTION OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN HEMOGLOBIN USING PICHIA YEAST - The present invention provides a production method of a functional recombinant human hemoglobin, which comprises transforming a yeast of the genus 04-16-2009

Yohei Hoashi, Kusatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080311195BASIS PARTICLES, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ORALLY-DISINTEGRATING TABLET - A basis particle comprises a basic or acidic basis particle coated by a water-insoluble coating film, wherein the water-insoluble coating film contains a substance that is acidic with respect to the basic basis or basic with respect to the acidic basis. According to the basis particles (i.e., a main ingredient or an active drug)of the present invention, it is possible to temporarily adjust pH occurring in the immediate proximity of the basis particles by using a coating film, elution of the basis particles is suppressed and superior elution is exhibited without dependence on bodily pH. It is also possible to mask tastes such as the bitterness of the basis and it is possible to ingest drugs without sensing any bitterness.12-18-2008

Yoshiaki Hoashi, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090045999Object recognition apparatus for vehicle and distance measurement apparatus - In an object recognition apparatus for a vehicle which uses intensities of reflected waves from reflecting objects to make a recognition on whether a reflecting object is a vehicle or a non-vehicle, a plurality of transmission waves are emitted to receive a plurality of reflected waves from the reflecting objects, and a decision is made as to whether or not the reflecting object producing the plurality of reflected waves is a unitary reflecting object. If the decision shows a unitary reflecting object, the highest intensity of intensities of the reflected waves from the unitary reflecting object is compared with a reference intensity to makes a decision on whether the reflecting object is a vehicle or a non-vehicle. This enables univocally making a decision for each unitary reflecting object as to whether the reflecting object is more likely to be a vehicle or to be a non-vehicle, thus improving the recognition accuracy.02-19-2009

Yoshiaki Hoashi, Kariya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080246942Radar device - A laser radar sensor includes a photoreceptor, a dummy circuit, an amplifier, a selector, and the first and the second detection circuits. A photoreception signal outputted from the photoreceptor and an output signal of the dummy circuit are amplified by the amplifier, and inputted to the second detection circuit. A noise component included in the photoreception signal based on the output signal of the dummy circuit when distance detection is not performed. The distance detection is performed based on the reception signal from which the noise component is removed. As a result, a reduction in detectable distance of the laser radar sensor is less likely to occur. Furthermore, the noise component is detected using the dummy circuit and the selector. Thus, the consideration of the predetermined rotation angle is not required in optical system design and limiting factors in the optical system design can be reduced.10-09-2008
20090161710Laser array circuit - A laser array circuit decreases the size of a circuit pattern. A laser-diode (LD) driving switching element with a low on resistance is used in common with and switches conduction and non-conduction of a large current to each of a plurality of charge capacitors and charge switching elements that accumulate charge in the charge capacitors in respective drive circuits. An LD array and the LD driving switching element are closely located on a light-emitting board. By laying out the LD array and charge capacitors considering only the positional relationship therebetween, the size of a circuit pattern including LDs and the charge capacitors can be decreased.06-25-2009

Patent applications by Yoshiaki Hoashi, Kariya-City JP

Yukihiko Hoashi, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110133296SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a package structure of a semiconductor device, capable of further reducing a planar size. The semiconductor device comprises a first package 06-09-2011