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Horii, JP

Daisuke Horii, Shinagawa-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100167836PUTTER HEAD AND PUTTER HEAD SET - A putter head has the performance and characteristics of a putter, such as appearance, center of gravity, moment of inertia, ease of finding a putting line, and ease of setting, and can be adjusted by easily changing the shape of putter head by the golfer himself or herself, and a putter head set is also provided. A putter head includes a body member having a face surface for hitting a ball, and a back member detachably installed to the body member. The back member is detachably installed to the body member with one screw only.07-01-2010
20100167838PUTTER HEAD - A putter head has a moment of inertia that can be adjusted easily by the golfer himself or herself. A putter head includes a body member having a face surface for hitting a ball and a back member turnably installed at the body member. The back member includes a plurality of movable parts, and the movable parts are turnably fixed to the body part. The movable part is turnably installed with one screw only.07-01-2010
20110028236IRON GOLF CLUB HEAD - An iron golf club head has a faceplate for hitting a golf ball, the faceplate having a back face; a viscoelastic body fixed onto the back face of the faceplate; and a backplate for sandwiching the viscoelastic body with the faceplate, the backplate having a flange that extends out of the periphery of the viscoelastic body and is fixed onto the back face of the faceplate.02-03-2011

Emiko Horii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100063598BONE FILLING MATERIAL AND KIT FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SAME - A bone filling material prepared from both a cement material for bone filling and a crimpled fibrous material, which is filled into an affected part in such a state that the crimpled fibrous material is dispersed in a cement base material consisting of the above cement material. It is preferable that the cement material contain calcium phosphate cement and the crimpled fibrous material have a mean diameter of 10 to 500 μm.03-11-2010

Hideo Horii, Kitaazumi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080307634LAMINATED IRON CORE, METHOD AND DIE MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A laminated iron core includes a plurality of stacked iron core pieces punched out from a thin steel sheet material, each iron core piece including a plurality of slot holes for receiving coil windings. At least one electrically insulating sheet piece is stacked on an outer surface of a lowermost iron core piece. The electrically insulating sheet pieces include a spindle hole and a plurality of slot holes which have a substantially similar configuration to, but are smaller than, the slot holes of the iron core pieces whereby edges of slot holes of electrically insulating sheet pieces extend outwardly beyond edges of slot holes of iron core pieces. Burrs formed at edges of slot holes of iron core pieces are covered with edges of slot holes of electrically insulating sheet pieces so that a coil can be wound safely without directly contacting the burrs.12-18-2008

Hideto Horii, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110073932NON VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A non volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a semiconductor substrate comprising element regions; gate structures each comprising a first gate insulation film, a charge storage layer, a second gate insulation film, and a control gate; element isolation insulation films defining the element regions and electrically isolating the element regions; impurity diffusion layers in the element regions; a third gate insulation film of a first insulation material located between the gate structures; and a fourth gate insulation film of a second insulation material which is different from the first insulation material configured to be in contact with side walls of the gate structures. A bottom face of the fourth gate insulation film is located so as to be remote from a surface of the semiconductor substrate by a distance equal to at least half of a height of the charge storage layer.03-31-2011
20110222347NAND NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND WRITE METHOD FOR NAND NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a NAND nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises memory cell transistors and a write circuit. The memory cell transistors are arranged in a matrix in a column direction and in a row direction. Each of the memory cell transistors comprises a charge accumulation layer and a control gate electrode configured to control the charge accumulation state of the charge accumulation layer. The write circuit carries out write on the memory cell transistors. The memory cell transistors arranged in the same line include first memory cell transistors and second memory cell transistors that are smaller than the first memory cell transistors in the column direction. The write circuit carries out write on a predetermined first memory cell transistor and then on another first memory cell transistor. After the write on the another first memory cell transistor, the write circuit carries out write on the second memory cell transistor.09-15-2011

Hideto Horii, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110228610NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A PROGRAMMING METHOD THEREOF - A non-volatile semiconductor memory device according to one aspect of an embodiment of the present invention includes: a semiconductor substrate; an element region; a plurality of memory cell transistors which each include a control gate electrode; and programming means for programming data to a programming target memory cell transistor by applying a programming voltage to the programming target memory cell transistor. Moreover, the programming means applies a programming voltage incremented stepwise from an initial programming voltage, to the programming target memory cell transistor while applying a constant initial intermediate voltage to memory cell transistors adjacent to the programming target memory cell transistor. Thereafter, the programming means applies an intermediate voltage incremented stepwise from the initial intermediate voltage, to one of the respective memory cells adjacent to the programming target memory cell transistor, while applying a constant final programming voltage to the programming target memory cell transistor.09-22-2011

Hideya Horii, Higashihiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100250103CONTROL OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exemplary method of controlling an internal combustion engine system is described herein. The internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a valve driving mechanism which reciprocally drives an intake valve and an exhaust valve for a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, a turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor, and a first EGR passage which communicates an exhaust passage downstream of the emission control device and an intake passage upstream of the compressor. The exemplary method includes shutting off supplying fuel to the combustion chamber under a predetermined condition, and decreasing a lift of the intake or exhaust valve for the combustion chamber during the shutting off supplying fuel to the combustion chamber compared to in a case of supplying fuel to said combustion chamber.09-30-2010

Hideyuki Horii, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100258955SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The semiconductor device includes a substrate over one surface of which an electroless plating electrode film is formed; a semiconductor chip mounted over the one surface of the substrate; and a bonding wire which connects the semiconductor chip and one surface of the electroless plating electrode film, a recessed depth which is a difference between a lowermost height of a bonding portion of the one surface of the electroless plating electrode film to the bonding wire, and an uppermost height of the one surface other than the bonding portion being equal to or less than 1.5 μm.10-14-2010

Hiroaki Horii, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110000738ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE - An electric motor (01-06-2011

Hirofumi Horii, Asaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225177APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING SOLID-STATE ELECTRONIC IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - Signal charge is branched in either of two directions, namely to a first output circuit or to a second output circuit, by a branching portion at the left end of a horizontal transfer line. Imperfect transfer of signal charge occurs at the branching portion owing to the branching operation, and this signal charge is added to signal charge of the next pixel. Data representing an amount of correction that corrects for the imperfect transfer is calculated, and imperfect transfer at the branching portion is compensated for using the data representing this amount of correction.09-18-2008

Hiroki Horii, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090131896Absorbent Article - The absorbent article is sequentially provided with a surface sheet (05-21-2009

Hiroyuki Horii, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090002766IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - In a case in which image data used to form an image on a recording medium in a plurality of scans performed across a recording area of the recording medium is generated, a coefficient determination unit determines assignments of output density for the scans on the basis of density characteristics corresponding to the type of recording medium indicated by a recording-medium signal. Multipliers and binary conversion units generate image data for the scans from input image data on the basis of the assignments of the output density.01-01-2009
20090267982IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which forms a halftone image on a print medium (10-29-2009
20090268226IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that converts image data into print data to print is provided. The apparatus includes a conversion unit configured to generate first print data and second print data from the image data using an error diffusion method, and a printing unit configured to print the second print data. The conversion unit converts the image data into the first print data using the error diffusion method, generates constraint data specifying the non-print pixels in the first print data as non-print pixels in the second print data, and converts the image data into the plurality of pieces of second print data, each piece of second print data being used in one of the plurality of passes, through an error diffusion method that uses the constraint data. The printing unit forms an image by printing, in each of the plurality of passes, the second print data.10-29-2009
20100007901IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a color converting unit 01-14-2010
20100052545DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A detection apparatus determines whether an output of the light-receiving unit meets a predetermined reference level when the light emission amount of the light-emitting unit is changed, under a condition that the output of the light-receiving unit changes according to a change in a light emission amount of the light-emitting unit. The detection apparatus detects, based on the output from the light-receiving unit, that the light emitted from the light-emitting unit to the light-receiving unit is blocked, under a condition that the light-emitting unit is emitting light based on a light emission amount emitted from the light-emitting unit when it has been determined that the output of the light-receiving unit meets the predetermined reference level.03-04-2010

Hiroyuki Horii, Matsue-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090262555CURRENT-MODE CONTROLLED DC-DC CONVERTER - A current-mode controlled DC-DC converter includes a comparator comparing a first or second current detection signal with a first or second reference current that is based on an error voltage of a voltage detection signal, a pulse generator generating a first pulse signal whose ON time is longer than an interval between when the second current detection signal reaches a minimum value and when the second current detection signal reaches the second reference current, a pulse generator generating a second pulse signal whose ON time is longer than an interval between when the first current detection signal reaches a minimum value and when the first current detection signal reaches the first reference current, the second pulse signal being behind the first pulse signal by a half period, and a PWM circuit generating a first or second PWM signal according to the pulse signal and an output signal from the comparator, thereby turning on/off a switch.10-22-2009

Junji Horii, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110053381METHOD FOR MODIFYING INSULATING FILM WITH PLASMA - Disclosed is a method for modifying an insulating film with plasma using a plasma processing apparatus which introduces a microwave into a processing chamber through a plane antenna having a plurality of holes. Processing gas containing a noble gas and oxygen is introduced into the processing chamber and microwave is introduced into the processing chamber through the plane antenna. Plasma composed mainly of O03-03-2011

Katsuhiko Horii, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100152601ASPIRATION STATE MONITORING DEVICE, ASPIRATION STATE MONITORING SYSTEM, BASE DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM USE METHOD - Disclosed is an aspiration state monitoring device including a rechargeable battery, a memory that stores aspiration data indicating aspiration state of a living body, and a monitoring side attachment unit detachably attached to a base device. The monitoring side attachment unit has a monitoring side charge conducting section that receives electric power from the base device and charges the rechargeable battery, and a monitoring side communication conducting section which transmits the aspiration data stored in the memory to the base device.06-17-2010

Katsuhiko Horii, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090020518Ceramic heater, heat exchange unit, and warm water washing toilet seat - A ceramic heater, a heat exchange unit, and a warm water washing toilet seat are provided which have excellent temperature rise characteristics and can reduce the time required to reach a predetermined water temperature. A ceramic heater (01-22-2009

Katsuko Horii, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090239445CLOTHING HAVING CUPS - Clothing having cups in which a front center supporting part is provided at a portion where front sides of left and right cups covering left and right breasts respectively which are disposed nearer to a front center in a left-to-right direction than top portions of the left and right cups are continuous with each other, with a front central position interposed between the front sides of the left and right cups. Upper and lower portions of the front center supporting part are spread in a left-to-right direction with the upper and lower portions thereof extended to upper and lower sides of the left and right cups respectively surrounding each of the top portions to such an extent that the upper portion is located at a position where the upper portion and a strap are continuous with each other. A cup central weak supporting part having a lower holding force than the front center supporting part is formed at a central portion of each of the left and right cups covering the top portion with the cup central weak supporting part continuous with the front center supporting part. The cup central weak supporting part is more stretchable than the front center supporting part.09-24-2009

Katsunori Horii, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100024462REFRIGERATOR, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - The refrigerator includes a vegetable compartment (02-04-2010
20100077770REFRIGERATOR, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - The refrigerator includes a vegetable compartment (04-01-2010
20100077791REFRIGERATOR, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - The refrigerator includes a vegetable compartment (04-01-2010
20100236269REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator that sprays a mist using an atomization apparatus includes an atomization state determination unit that determines an atomization state of an atomization unit. An operation of the atomization unit is controlled according to a signal determined by the atomization state determination unit. Thus, an appropriate amount of mist spray is performed according to the atomization state, so that improved spray accuracy can be attained.09-23-2010

Katsunori Horii, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100317536CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF HUMAN GPVI AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A crystal comprising the collagen binding domain of human GPVI is provided and defined by structural atomic coordinates. Employing computer modeling based on the crystal structure, including methods for identifying inhibitors of GPVI collagen binding activity, methods for screening libraries of compounds for potential to bind to the GPVI collagen binding domain, and methods of identifying a compound useful for the treatment of a GPVI-mediated disorder, are also provided.12-16-2010

Kazuhiro Horii, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100208502SWITCHING POWER SOURCE DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREOF - A switching power source device includes current control pulse generating means configured of a target value setting module, which outputs a changeable value which is a predetermined target value relating to a control of an output current, a computing module, which carries out a computing process relating to the control of the output current based on the target value, and outputs a computation result, and a pulse generating module, which generates a current control pulse voltage for controlling the output current based on the computation result. The switching power source device includes a current detecting circuit, which detects the output current or a current flowing in a switching element TR08-19-2010
20110018512SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - Provided is a switching power supply device that can limit the generation of recovery current of diodes connected in parallel between the two ends of a synchronized rectifying element by the addition of a simple circuit, and that improves efficiency and facilitates miniaturization. The device comprises a synchronized rectifying element (SR01-27-2011

Kazumasa Horii, Toyonaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110308882TRANSPORTER VEHICLE - There is provided a circulation line (12-22-2011

Kazuyoshi Horii, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110207238BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE ANALYZING METHOD, AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE ANALYZING CELL, BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE ANALYZING CHIP, AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE ANALYZING APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE ANALYZING METHOD - Detection of detection target substances at a sensor portion is expedited and the efficiency thereof is improved in biological substance analysis, to enable accelerated analysis with high sensitivity. A biological substance analyzing cell equipped with a reaction chamber having a sample supply space, an acoustic matching layer which is provided at a predetermined region of an inner wall of the reaction chamber that faces another inner wall, and a sensor portion provided within the reaction chamber is employed. Ultrasonic waves are emitted such that a standing wave are generated between the acoustic matching layer and the inner wall of the reaction chamber that faces the acoustic matching layer. The detection target substance is concentrated by the capturing forces of the standing waves, and the concentrated detection target substance is detected at the sensor portion.08-25-2011
20110236262BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTING APPARATUS - A biological substance detecting apparatus that enables stable detection and quantitative analysis of biologically derived target substances is provided. The biological substance detecting apparatus employs a sensor chip provided with a fine flow channel through which a sample liquid is caused to flow, and a sensor surface that adsorbs a biologically derived target substance. Light is irradiated onto the sensor surface, and light emitted by the adsorbed target substance or a labeling substance bound thereto is detected. A flow speed controlling means, for controlling the flow speed of the sample liquid that flows through the fine flow channel to a value within a range such that the adsorption speed of the target substance is not controlled by dispersion.09-29-2011
20110244594TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING METHOD AND TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING APPARATUS - A target substance detecting method employs a detecting chip equipped with a fine flow channel. Examinations, in which clogging of the flow channel and inhibition of immune reactions can be easily and expediently prevented without preliminary processes, are enabled to be performed without fluctuations in hemolysis rates. The detecting chip having a flow channel base having the flow channel and a detecting portion formed in the flow channel is employed. A liquid sample that may contain a target substance and contains cellular non target substances is caused to flow into the flow channel. An ultrasonic wave emitting section provided upstream of the detecting portion emits ultrasonic waves into the liquid sample from a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flow channel such that a standing wave is generated within the flow channel.10-06-2011

Kazuyoshi Horii, Ashigara-Kami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090103090SENSING APPARATUS - The sensing apparatus includes a measuring light emission device, a waveguide member including a sensing surface modified by a surface modification substance, a detection device and an analyzer. The measuring light of a predetermined polarized state is emitted from the emission device so that the measuring light is totally reflected on the sensing surface of the waveguide member holding target substances labeled by fine metal particles to illuminate the particles by evanescent light generated near the sensing surface. The amount of evanescent light scattered by the fine metal particles is detected by the detection device. The measuring light emission device, the waveguide member and the analyzer are included in an optical waveguide system which sets a polarized state of scattered light generated when no target substance is present on the sensing surface in a crossed nicol relation to the analyzer.04-23-2009

Kazuyoshi Horii, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090261269OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, SAMPLE CELL AND KIT - A sensor chip includes a dielectric plate and a sensor portion having a metal layer deposited on a predetermined area on the dielectric plate. A photo-reactable labeling-substance of an amount corresponding to the amount of a substance to be detected in a sample binds to the sensor portion by contacting the sample with the sensor portion. The amount of the substance to be detected is obtained by irradiating the predetermined area with excitation light and by detecting light output from the photo-reactable labeling-substance in an enhanced electric field that has been generated on the metal layer by irradiation with the excitation light. The photo-reactable labeling-substance includes a photo-reactable substance enclosed by a light transmissive material that transmits light output from the photo-reactable substance to prevent metal quenching that occurs when the photo-reactable substance is located close to the metal layer.10-22-2009
20100006774DETECTION METHOD, DETECTION APPARATUS, AND SAMPLE CELL AND KIT FOR DETECTION - A sensor chip including a sensor portion that has at least a metal layer deposited on a surface of a dielectric plate is used. A fluorescent-label binding-substance in an amount corresponding to the amount of a detection target substance in a liquid sample binds onto the sensor-portion. The amount of the detection target substance is detected based on the amount of light generated by excitation of a fluorescent label in the fluorescent-label binding substance. An electrified fluorescent substance containing a plurality of fluorescent dye molecules enclosed by a material that transmits fluorescence output from the plurality of fluorescent dye molecules is used as the fluorescent label. The electrified fluorescent substance is attracted to the sensor portion by applying voltage to the liquid sample in a state in which the fluorescent-label binding substance has bound to the sensor portion. In this state, the amount of the detection target substance is detected.01-14-2010
20100041065DETECTION METHOD, SAMPLE CELL AND KIT FOR DETECTION AND DETECTION APPARATUS - A labeling binding substance in an amount corresponding to the amount of a detection target substance contained in a liquid sample binds to a sensor portion, and the amount of the detection target substance is detected based on the amount of signal light output by excitation of a label of the labeling binding substance in an enhanced optical field on the sensor portion. In this detection method, a labeling substance that includes a light-responsive substance enclosed by a dielectric that transmits light output from the light-responsive substance is used as the label, and the labeling binding substance binds to the sensor portion through a plurality of fragmented antibodies.02-18-2010

Kenji Horii, Hiroshima JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110174869JOINING METHOD OF HIGH CARBON STEEL FOR ENDLESS HOT ROLLING AND THE APPARATUS THEREFOR - An endless hot rolling material shear-joining method capable of threading hot rolling materials in a finish rolling process without strip breakage by controlling joining conditions for the hot rolling materials in an endless hot rolling process for high carbon steel, and an endless hot rolling plant therefor are disclosed. The shear-joining method for endless hot rolling materials of high carbon steel includes shear-joining high carbon steel metal bars comprising, in terms of weight %, 0.30% to 1.20% C, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, or comprising 0.15% to 1.5% C containing at least one of Cr, Ni, Mo, V, Ti, W, B, Nb, and Sb, inevitable impurities, and balance Fe, such that a joined surface of the joined metal bars is formed to be inclined in a thickness direction of the metal bars, in a hot rolling plant by a joiner adapted to join the metal bars after overlapping tail part of a leading one of the metal bar and top part of a trailing metal bar.07-21-2011

Masaki Horii, Chiyoda-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137362CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device of an automatic transmission includes a motor control portion to control an output of a motor that executes a control operation on a clutch control portion. The motor control portion includes a target motor current computation portion that computes a target motor current according to a desired driving state, a motor current detection portion that detects plural motor currents respectively corresponding to plural detection timings, a selection portion that selects a motor current corresponding to the desired driving state among the detected plural motor currents, and a motor driving portion that applies feedback control on an output of the motor according to a difference between the target motor current and the selected motor current. Hence, not only can the most suitable clutch control be applied for each gear-change interval at gear change, but also the comfortable feeling during the driving and the fuel efficiency can be enhanced.05-28-2009
20090254258CONTROL SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSION - A clutch control unit includes a clutch motor controller that controls a clutch motor. The clutch motor controller has a target clutch motor current computing unit that computes a target clutch motor current for adjusting torque of the clutch motor to be torque corresponding to an operating state of the vehicle, and a motor driving and braking selection unit that selects a motor driving mode in which the clutch motor is driven by applying feedback control on an output of the clutch motor or a motor braking mode in which the clutch motor is braked by short-circuiting the clutch motor according to a difference between the target clutch motor current and an actually detected clutch motor current. It thus becomes possible to provide a control system of a transmission that engages a clutch by a motor braking force in a manner that suits the running state of the vehicle.10-08-2009
20090265066CONTROL APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION - In a case where the end of a gear change has been decided by gear change end decision means for deciding if a transmission has undergone the gear change, the coil resistance value of a motor which manipulates the transmission is measured by coil resistance measurement means. The coil temperature of the motor is estimated from the measured coil resistance value of the motor by coil temperature estimation means. In a case where the estimated coil temperature of the motor has been decided to be predetermined temperature or above by high-temperature decision means, the speed change inhibition time period of the transmission is calculated by speed change inhibition time calculation means, and the speed change of the transmission is inhibited during the calculated speed change inhibition time period.10-22-2009
20090265068TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS - A transmission control apparatus detects a drop in power transmission performance of a clutch actuator, and prevents a failure thereof. When power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a first clutch even if a power transmission instruction is given to a first clutch actuator, power transmission in a power transmission path through a first geared transmission mechanism is inhibited, and power transmission in a power transmission path through a second geared transmission mechanism is carried out. When the power transmission performance drop detecting means detects a drop in power transmission performance of a second clutch even if the power transmission instruction is given to a second clutch actuator, power transmission in the power transmission path through the second geared transmission mechanism is inhibited, and power transmission in the power transmission path through the first geared transmission mechanism is carried out.10-22-2009
20090289593CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device for an automatic transmission includes a current detecting unit for detecting motor current. The current detecting unit has a counter for counting variation number of a rotational position signal output from a rotational position detecting unit for detecting the rotational position of a motor, and an electrical angle 180° judging unit for judging rotation of electrical angle 180° of the motor. A voltage occurring in a current detecting resistor is sampled at a timing of each integral multiple of the electrical angle of 180° judged in the electrical angle 180° judging unit, and rotation of the motor is controlled in accordance with the difference between motor target current calculated in the motor target current calculating unit and motor current.11-26-2009
20100116074AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS - There is provided an automatic transmission control apparatus that secures the safety of a motor drive, even in the case where an abnormality exists in a unit that detects a voltage supplied to a motor control apparatus, and that neither deteriorates the controllability of the motor drive nor erroneously operates the transmission mechanism of the automatic transmission.05-13-2010
20100125395CONTROL DEVICE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device of a transmission is capable of instantaneously correcting a torque shortly after starting a motor, and properly correcting a gear operation shortly after starting (at transient time) even in case of coil temperature change. The device includes a gear change end determination unit, a motor stop determination unit, and a coil resistance estimation unit of estimating a coil resistance of the motor alternately by repeating at regular intervals a state of application of a predetermined voltage to the motor during stop before start of gear change and a state of no application; and when the motor is determined stop by the determination units, an initial value of a command voltage to be applied to the motor after start of gear change is corrected in a predetermined time period in accordance with a coil resistance value having been calculated by the coil resistance estimation unit.05-20-2010

Masatoshi Horii, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090086132LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - A liquid crystal display unit has: a pair of opposing substrates; an electrode pattern formed on each of the substrates on an opposing surface side; a vertical alignment film formed on each of the substrates and covering the electrode pattern; a liquid crystal layer squeezed between the substrates; and a pair of polarizer plates formed on the substrates on an opposite side to the side of said liquid crystal layer, wherein an edge of the electrode pattern includes a zigzag pattern parallel to one of axis directions of the polarizer plates and a direction perpendicular the axis direction. Optical through can be reduced along an edge portion of a pixel of a vertical alignment LCD.04-02-2009
20090225257LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes: a vertical alignment type liquid crystal cell including a first substrate formed with a first electrode, a second substrate formed with a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules given a pretilt angle; a pair of polarizer plates sandwiching the cell; and a driver device for applying a voltage of a multiplex driving waveform across the first and second electrodes, wherein in a display in-plane parallel to a surface of the first or second substrate, at least one of the first and second electrodes has a zigzag border alternately coupling a first border perpendicular to display in-plane components of directors of liquid crystal molecules in a middle area along a thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer in the absence of applied voltage and a second border extending along a direction crossing the first boarder.09-10-2009

Masatoshi Horii, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100097559SIMPLE MATRIX VERTICAL ALIGNMENT MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LINEAR WALL LAYERS - In a simple matrix vertical alignment mode liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates opposing each other, a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes provided at an inner side of the first substrate, a second electrode layer including a plurality of second electrodes provided at an inner side of the second substrate, and a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates, a plurality of linear wall layers are provided between the first and second substrates in parallel with the first electrodes.04-22-2010
20100134749CHARACTER TYPE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH WALL LAYERS - In a character type vertical alignment type liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates opposing each other, a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes provided at an inner side of the first substrate, a second electrode layer including a plurality of second electrodes provided at an inner side of the second substrate, and a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second substrates, a wall structure is provided between the first and second substrates.06-03-2010

Naoyuki Horii, Okazaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090197166BATTERY MODULE CASE - A battery module case includes: a first case in which a plurality of first battery cells are held in a stacked state and which includes a first plate formed with a first cutout portion from which an end surface of one of the first battery cells which is adjacent to the first plate is exposed; and a second case in which a plurality of second battery cells are held in a stacked state and which includes a second plate confronting the first plate and formed with a second cutout portion from which an end surface of one of the second battery cells which is adjacent to the second plate is exposed. When the first plate and the second plate are arranged adjacent to each other, the first cutout portion and the second cutout portion define a passage in which cooling fluid can flow between the first plate and the second plate.08-06-2009

Osahiko Horii, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110219613CONNECTING ROD FRACTURE SPLITTING APPARATUS AND FRACTURE SPLITTING METHOD - A fracture splitting jig is fitted into a crank pin hole of a connecting rod, and a fracture load is applied in a longitudinal direction of the connecting rod via the fracture splitting jig to thereby fracture a big end of the connecting rod. A mandrel as the fracture splitting jig is divided into four parts to be separable from each other in a longitudinal direction of the connecting rod and in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. When the big end is fractured, a fractured portion thereof is allowed to come in contact with a predetermined portion of the fracture splitting jig.09-15-2011

Ritsuo Horii, Toyama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110311339SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Reduction in cooling rate of a substrate having a lower temperature is suppressed because the substrate having a lower temperature is not affected by radiant heat of a substrate having a higher temperature while cooling a plurality of substrates in a cooling chamber. The substrate processing apparatus includes a load lock chamber configured to accommodate stacked substrates; a first transfer mechanism having a first transfer arm provided with a first end effector, and configured to transfer the substrates into/from the load lock chamber at a first side of the load lock chamber; a second transfer mechanism having a second transfer arm provided with a second end effector, and configured to transfer the substrates into/from the load lock chamber at a second side of the load lock chamber; a barrier installed between the substrates to be spaced apart from the substrates supported by a substrate support provided in the load lock chamber; and a barrier auxiliary unit installed between the substrate support and the barrier, wherein the barrier auxiliary unit is installed at places other than standby spaces of the end effectors.12-22-2011

Seiji Horii, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090231787Electronic Device - The present invention has an object to provide an electronic device to improve user convenience, in which a cellular phone 09-17-2009

Seiji Horii, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100091439Portable Electronic Device - Provided is a portable electronic device having improved degree of freedom in designing. A cellular phone 04-15-2010
20110300904MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOBILE SYSTEM - An object is to provide a mobile electronic device with high operability and high safety. The mobile electronic device includes an image projector that projects an image, a control unit that controls a projection operation by the image projector, and a cabinet that supports the image projector and the control unit. The control unit can select a first mode and a second mode, and controls an operation of the image projector, when the first mode is selected, in a condition different from that when the second mode is selected. The object is thereby solved.12-08-2011
20110304833MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is a task to provide a mobile electronic device with high operability and high safety. The mobile electronic device includes an image projector that projects an image, a detector that detects a specific change in an irradiation area of light irradiated from the image projector or in a predetermined area including the irradiation area, and a control unit that controls the operation of the image projector. The task is solved in such a manner that when the detector detects the specific change, the control unit causes the image projector to stop emission of light therefrom, or to reduce an amount of light emitted therefrom.12-15-2011
20110304834MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is a task to provide a mobile electronic device with high operability and high safety. The mobile electronic device includes an image projector that projects an image, a cabinet, an input unit that is disposed on the cabinet and detects an operation input by an operator, and a control unit that controls the operation of the image projector and the state of the input unit. The task is solved in such a manner that when a predetermined operation is detected by the input unit, the control unit stops emission of light from the image projector or reduces an amount of light emitted from the image projector.12-15-2011
20110306388MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is an object to provide a mobile electronic device with high operability and high safety. The mobile electronic device includes an image projector that projects an image, a control unit that controls the operation of the image projector, a cabinet that holds the image projector and the control unit, and an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration acting on the cabinet. The object is achieved in such a manner that when an acceleration of a given value or more is detected by the acceleration sensor, the control unit stops emission of light from the image projector or reduces an amount of light emitted from the image projector.12-15-2011

Seiji Horii, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110096303Portable Electronic Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device which the user can comfortably use by suppressing temperature rise in the surface of the device caused by heat from a heat source. The object is achieved by a portable electronic device including: a first casing; a second casing disposed opposed to one of surfaces of the first casing and capable of changing a position relative to the first casing while maintaining a state where opposed surfaces are opposed; and a heat source disposed in the second casing. Surface of the second casing includes: a first region which is covered with the first casing in a first state where the first and the second casings are opposed and is exposed to the outside in a second state where the position relative to the first casing is changed and area of the opposed surfaces of the first and the second casings decreases from the first state; and a second region which is always exposed to the outside in both of the first and the second states. At least a part of the heat source is disposed in a position corresponding to the first region.04-28-2011

Seiji Horii, Kashiwara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080209300Data transmission method and data transmission apparatus - A data transmission apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving transmitted packets; a priority decision unit; a retransmission packet storage unit; a retransmission instruction receiving unit for receiving a retransmission request from a terminal at the receiving end; a retransmission decision unit; a transmission queue management unit; and a transmission unit.08-28-2008

Patent applications by Seiji Horii, Kashiwara-Shi JP

Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090135224LIQUID DISCHARGER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A liquid discharger wherein, when a liquid discharge operation on a discharge object is started, a cap is opened in order to wipe a liquid discharge surface by bringing a cleaning member into contact with and moving the cleaning member along the liquid discharge surface, then liquid drops are preliminarily discharged to the cap from liquid discharge nozzles after the cleaning member has moved along the liquid discharge surface, and then, while the cap is withdrawn from the liquid discharge surface, prior to discharging liquid onto the discharge object, liquid drops are preliminarily discharged to a platen plate from the liquid discharge nozzles.05-28-2009

Patent applications by Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa JP

Takayoshi Horii, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090122431OUTER MIRROR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE - An outer mirror structure for a vehicle includes a base part which is attached to a vehicle body, a housing which is provided to a vehicle outer side of the base part and is rotatably supported by the base part, a base side mold member which is mounted on the base part and extends in substantially horizontal direction, and a housing side mold member which is mounted on the housing and extends in substantially horizontal direction. The base side mold member and the housing side mold member are formed in substantially continuous shape in a mating part when the housing is in a normal position.05-14-2009

Takayuki Horii, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110059956THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR PAIN - To provide a cancer pain therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent which can be administered to a patient for a long period of time from the early stage to the final stage of the cancer pain therapy, instead of conventional non-opioid analgesic agents or opioid analgesic agents.03-10-2011

Taku Horii, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100059761SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODE - A Schottky barrier diode includes a GaN freestanding substrate having a front surface, a GaN epitaxial layer deposited on the front surface, and an insulation layer deposited on the GaN epitaxial layer at a front surface and having an opening. Furthermore, the Schottky barrier diode also includes an electrode. The electrode is configured by a Schottky electrode provided in the opening in contact with the GaN epitaxial layer, and a field plate electrode connected to the Schottky electrode and also overlapping the insulation layer. The GaN freestanding substrate has a dislocation density of at most 1×1003-11-2010
20110133210SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODE - A method for manufacturing a Schottky barrier diode includes the following steps. First, a GaN substrate is prepared. A GaN layer is formed on the GaN substrate. A Schottky electrode including a first layer made of Ni or Ni alloy and in contact with the GaN layer is formed. The step of forming the Schottky electrode includes a step of forming a metal layer to serve as the Schottky electrode and a step of heat treating the metal layer. A region of the GaN layer in contact with the Schottky electrode has a dislocation density of 1×1006-09-2011

Toshihiro Horii, Kofu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090275454Sheet finishing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same - A sheet finishing apparatus includes first and second conveyance devices for conveying a sheet on a sheet conveyance path, a folding roller device for folding the sheet disposed between the first and second conveyance devices, a folded sheet conveyance path for conveying a folded sheet from the folding roller device, and first and second stopper devices. The first and second stopper devices are respectively disposed downstream and upstream of the sheet conveyance path relative to the folding roller device. The first stopper device positions and aligns a leading edge of the sheet, and guides the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance device to the folding roller device, and the second stopper device positions and aligns a trailing edge of the sheet, and transfers the sheet reversely by the second conveyance device to the folding roller device.11-05-2009
20100009829Sheet Finishing apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same - A sheet finishing apparatus includes a first conveyance path connected to a sheet conveyance inlet, a second conveyance path branching from the first conveyance path, a folding roller device disposed in the second Conveyance path for folding the sheet, and a sheet discharge path arranged vertically parallel to the second conveyance path and guiding the folded sheet from the second conveyance path to a sheet conveyance outlet. The second conveyance path includes a first guide path located at a downstream side relative to the folding roller device and guiding a rear side of the sheet, and a second guide path located at an upstream side relative to the folding roller device and guiding a front side of the folded sheet conveyed from the folding roller device. A gate is formed for selectively guiding the folded sheet from the second guide path to the storage device or the sheet discharge path.01-14-2010

Patent applications by Toshihiro Horii, Kofu-Shi JP

Toshikazu Horii, Ooamishirasato JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100085532Display device and manufacturing method of the same - Even when a protective film, an insulation film or the like is present above a film to be corrected, only a defect of the film to be corrected which is arranged below such an upper-layer film is corrected without damaging the upper-layer film. In a display device forming a display region where a plurality of films including an insulation film, a semiconductor film and a conductive film are patterned in a given pattern and stacked on a substrate, at a point of time that at least one correction portion out of a correction portion which separates a short-circuit defect, a correction portion which connects an opening defect, a correction portion which removes a standard deviation defect, and a correction portion which separates a standard deviation defect of the pattern is corrected, at least one upper-layer film is present above a film to be corrected at the correction portion and the correction is applied to the film to be corrected while leaving the upper-layer film as it is.04-08-2010

Yasutoshi Horii, Nagoya-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090105912Automatic optical axis direction adjusting apparatus for vehicles - A vehicle headlight apparatus receives road data from a navigation system. The apparatus has a first and a second swivel devices for adjusting an optical axis directions of a main light and a sub-light corresponding to one and the other headlights of a right and a left headlights, respectively. The apparatus also has a control unit, which separately controls the first and the second swivel devices, so that a one-eye navigation-cooperated control operation can be carried out which adjusts only the optical axis direction of the main light to be coincident with a road direction calculated based upon the road data.04-23-2009

Patent applications by Yasutoshi Horii, Nagoya-City JP

Yasutoshi Horii, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090043458System for adjusting direction of optical axis of headlight - In a system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle to be controlled, a distance detector detects a distance between the controlled vehicle and an other vehicle ahead thereof. A determiner determines a first target direction for an optical axis of the headlight in a vertical direction when it is assumed that the optical axis of the headlight passes through a target located at the detected distance with respect to the controlled vehicle. The target has a predetermined height above a predetermined reference point. The predetermined height of the target is unchanged irrespective of change in the detected distance. A first adjuster adjusts the direction of the optical axis of the headlight in the vertical direction so that the direction of the optical axis is matched with the determined first target direction.02-12-2009
20090067184APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SWIVEL ANGLES OF ON-VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS - An apparatus is provided to control an angle of a light axis of light from headlights mounted on a vehicle. In the apparatus, images of a field of view in front of the vehicle are captured, and the captured images are used to detect taillights of a preceding vehicle. A illumination target position is set by using, as a positional reference, a position of the detected taillights in the captured images, and the angle of the light axis so that the light axis is directed to the illumination target position. The command is provided to an angle changing device, where the provided command depends on the angle calculated. The angle changing device changes the direction of the light axis of the light at an angle commanded by the command.03-12-2009
20090086497SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT QUANTITY OF HEADLIGHT - In a system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle to be controlled, a dazzling level determiner determines a parameter value of a dazzling level of a driver of an other vehicle ahead of the controlled vehicle based on information associated with a relative positional relationship between the controlled vehicle and the other vehicle. The dazzling level represents a possibility that the driver of the other vehicle feels dazzling to light irradiated from the headlight of the controlled vehicle. A light-quantity adjuster adjusts a quantity of light to be irradiated from the headlight of the controlled vehicle based on the determined parameter value of the dazzling level.04-02-2009
20090187307DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A light ECU in a light control device performs a display process of obtaining speed limit information at a current position of the driver's vehicle on a road and of instructing a pixel light system to display the speed limit information on the surface of the road. The light control device can project the speed limit information for the drivers vehicle onto the road. Further, the light control device judges whether or not the vehicle speed information is not less than a predetermined reference speed, and performs the process of displaying the vehicle speed information on the road only when the vehicle speed information is not less than a predetermined reference speed. The above control process displays the vehicle speed information on the road only when necessary, allows the driver of the vehicle only to recognize important information, and provides the driver of the vehicle with safer driving conditions.07-23-2009
20110242833Headlamp assembly for motor vehicle - In a light chamber formed by a housing case and a lens cover of a headlamp assembly, a projection lens and a light source are arranged in order along an optical axis of the light source from a front side of the light chamber. Radiating fins of a plate shape is vertically placed in the light chamber and radiate heat energy generated by the light source. A heat exchange chamber is formed in a ceiling wall of the housing case above the radiating fins. The heat exchange chamber has a concave shape from the ceiling wall of the housing case, and is open toward the radiating fins side.10-06-2011
20110309750Illuminant device with enhanced heat dissipation ability - An illuminant device designed to activate a light source selectively in a plurality of lighting modes. The illuminant device includes a plurality of circuit boards having thermal conductivity and a plurality of lighting circuits each of which is operable to activate the light source in a selected one of the lighting modes. The lighting circuits are mounted on the circuit boards so that when the light source is being activated, the circuit boards will be different in temperature thereof from each other due to heat generated in at least one of the lighting circuits which is activating the light source. The illuminant device also includes a connector which couples the lighting boards together to transfer the heat therebetween, thereby enhancing the dissipation of the heat.12-22-2011

Patent applications by Yasutoshi Horii, Nagoya JP

Yasuyuki Horii, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110141678ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device, includes: a first housing; a second housing comprising a first wall portion, a first end portion, and a second end portion, the first wall portion being provided with a keyboard mounting portion on which a keyboard is mounted, the second end portion opposing the first end portion; a hinge portion provided near the first end portion, and rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing; a circuit board housed in the second housing, and positioned between the keyboard mounting portion and the second end portion; and a flexible first support portion supporting the circuit board so that the circuit board is spaced apart from the first wall portion.06-16-2011
20110249383ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a casing, a device attachment portion, a pointing device, an attachment member and a button member. The casing includes an outer surface, an inner surface and an opening. The device attachment portion is provided in the casing. The pointing device is attached to the device attachment portion from a side of the inner surface. The attachment member is removably fixed to the casing and covers a part of the pointing device from the side of the inner surface. The button member is attached to the attachment member and includes a base portion, a supporting portion and an operating portion. The base portion is fixed to the attachment member. The supporting portion extends from the base portion. The operating portion at a front end of the supporting portion is fitted in the opening, and exposed to the outside of the casing.10-13-2011
20110249403ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a circuit board in the housing, a first back plate on the circuit board, a second back plate on the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the first back plate with the second back plate.10-13-2011

Yoshiharu Horii, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100310276TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner cartridge includes: a toner storing unit configured to store a toner; and an agitation paddle configured to rotate a spiral section, which extends in a spiral shape with a rotation axis as a spiral center, in the toner storing unit with the rotation axis as a rotation center to thereby agitate the toner in the toner storing unit.12-09-2010

Yoshimasa Horii, Kawasaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080261332METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the steps of: forming a ferroelectric film on a first conductive film by a sol-gel method; forming a first conductive metal oxide film on the ferroelectric film; carrying out a first annealing on the first conductive metal oxide film; forming a second conductive metal oxide film on the first conductive metal oxide film, so that the first and second conductive films serve as a second conductive film; and forming a capacitor by patterning the first conductive film, the ferroelectric film and the second conductive film. In the step of forming the first conductive metal oxide film, ferroelectric characteristics are adjusted with a flow rate ratio of oxygen by utilizing the fact that the ferroelectric characteristics of the ferroelectric film improve as the flow rate ratio of oxygen in a sputtering gas increases.10-23-2008
20090280577Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device - There are provided a capacitor lower electrode formed on an adhesive layer, whose surface roughness is 0.79 nm or less, and having a (111) orientation that is inclined from a perpendicular direction to an upper surface of a substrate by 2.3° or less, a ferroelectric layer having a structure the (111) orientation of which is inclined from the perpendicular direction to the upper surface of the substrate by 3.5° or less, and a capacitor upper electrode.11-12-2009
20110204479SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the steps of: forming a first ferroelectric film on a first conductive film by a film-forming method including at least a step of forming a film by a sol-gel method; forming a second ferroelectric film on the first ferroelectric film by a sputtering method; forming a second conductive film on the second ferroelectric film; and forming a capacitor provided with a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film and an upper electrode by patterning the first conductive film, the first and second ferroelectric films and the second conductive film.08-25-2011

Patent applications by Yoshimasa Horii, Kawasaki JP

Yoshiyuki Horii, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236914SADDLE RIDE, FUEL CELL POWERED VEHICLE - A saddle ride vehicle includes a fuel cell formed in a rectangular, parallelepiped shape disposed below a vehicle seat. The fuel cell is inclined toward a vehicle rear. A pivot shaft is disposed in a range X defined forwardly of a vertex P of a side-view rectangle of the fuel cell, and defined rearwardly of a vertex Q of the side-view rectangle, and is disposed in a range Y defined below the vertex P and defined above the vertex Q. Foot rest parts are disposed between a steering handle and the seat. The fuel cell is disposed on the side of the foot rest parts, so that the center of gravity G10-02-2008
20080236924SADDLE RIDE, FUEL CELL POWERED VEHICLE - A fuel cell powered vehicle includes radiators disposed on left and right sides on the skew rear side of a front wheel in relation to the vehicle body front-rear direction. A secondary battery is disposed between the left and right radiators. A thin plate-shaped inner cowl is disposed between the secondary battery and the front wheel. Duct mechanisms surrounding the radiators are provided on the left and right sides of the inner cowl and inside a cowling. Each duct mechanism includes introduction ports for a running airflow, and a discharge port that is fitted with variable-type louvers. A voltage converter unit is accommodated in a straddled part of the vehicle. Radiating fins of the voltage converter include plate-like members erected in the vehicle body front-rear direction that are directed toward the upper side of the vehicle body and are exposed to the exterior of the vehicle body.10-02-2008
20090000837SADDLE RIDING TYPE FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A saddle riding type fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell that generates power by a chemical reaction between a fuel gas and a reactive gas with radiators that cool cooling water of the fuel cell. The radiators are adjacently arranged in right and left sides of the fuel cell in a vehicle width direction. Each outer end surface of the radiators, outside in a vehicle width direction, is positioned closer to the front side of a vehicle body than each inner end surface inside in the vehicle width direction. Thus, each plane portion, which receives an air flow, is inclined to the inner side of the vehicle body, and air courses, which allow an air flow to be passed to the rear side of the vehicle body, are each formed between the inner end surface of each of the radiators and each side surface of the fuel cell.01-01-2009
20090020347SADDLE SEAT TYPE FUEL-CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A saddle seat type fuel-cell electric vehicle includes a body frame having a pair of right and left main frames connected at their front ends to a head pipe and extending downward therefrom and a pair of right and left under frames connected at their front ends to the head pipe and extending downward therefrom along the right and left main frames on the lower side thereof. A pair of hydrogen cylinders extend substantially vertically along the body frame between the front side of the head pipe and the front side of the front end portion of the footrest so as to interpose the body frame in the lateral direction of the vehicle. A fuel supply unit is provided in a space surrounded by the main frames and the under frames with the hydrogen cylinders being surrounded by a guard pipe connected to the main frames.01-22-2009
20090020348SADDLE SEAT TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A saddle seat type fuel-cell electric vehicle includes a motor for driving rear wheels, a secondary battery for supplying electric power to the motor, a carrier for carrying luggage and a seat for supporting an operator, the carrier is located behind the seat and above the rear wheels. The secondary battery includes a plurality of cells each having an elongated boxlike shape, and it is stored in the internal space of the carrier, thereby increasing the flexibility of the layout of the vehicle body. Spacings functioning as air passages are defined between the inner wall of the carrier and the secondary battery. The carrier is formed with air inlet openings for introducing an air flow into the internal space and an air outlet opening for discharging the air flow out of the internal space. The plural cells are arranged adjacent to each other with given intervals on the same plane.01-22-2009
20090020352ELECTRIC-MOTOR THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE - An electric-motor three-wheeled vehicle includes a motor for applying a drive force to drive wheels, a motor control unit for controlling the motor, a secondary battery for storing electric power generated by a fuel cell, a rear body supporting a pair of left and right rear wheels and a connecting mechanism for connecting the rear body with a front body so as to tilt the front body while the rear wheels are in contact with the ground. The secondary battery is housed in the inside of a luggage carrier above the rear wheels. The motor and the motor control unit, including a motor driver and a main CPU, are mounted between the left and right rear wheels. The voltage converter increases or decreases the voltage of the electric power supplied from the fuel cell. The control drivers controls a supercharger of reaction gas and a electric pump of cooling water.01-22-2009

Patent applications by Yoshiyuki Horii, Saitama JP

Youichi Horii, Mitaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080236247Evaluation System for Amount of Emission Gases Through Fuel Supply Chain - The object of the present invention provides an evaluation system for evaluating accurately emission amount of environmental influence substance of fuel in a fuel supply facility for supplying stored fuel to a consumer.10-02-2008
20080260346VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS - A video recording apparatus includes a receiver for receiving video information from an external device, a recorder for recording video information received by the receiver, and a controller for separating a thumbnail image from the video information. The video information includes first additional information including frame time information and priority information of the video information. The controller separates the thumbnail image from the video information on the basis of the first additional information.10-23-2008
20080266523DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a display apparatus by which different information and images can be seen depending on a view angle and a viewer, a stereoscopic image can be seen realistically from surrounding directions, and a binocular stereoscopic vision is realized without using glasses and the like. The display apparatus according to the invention is characterized by including a rotary mechanism which rotates a polygonal pyramid body having a mirror on its surface and a disk having a slits fixed coaxially with the polygonal pyramid body, a display part which thereby displays images for projecting information or images differing from each other in accordance with an angle direction in which each side surface of the polygonal pyramid faces on each side surface of the polygonal pyramid body, and a light source part for projecting the images displayed on the display part onto the polygonal pyramid body.10-30-2008
20090129678CONTENTS STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTENTS STORAGE METHOD - A method of providing metadata to easily and efficiently retrieve or manage contents data such as a video, an image, etc., having no metadata by means which is as user-friendly as possible, and a contents storage server (apparatus) are provided. Matching images for recognizing and specifying shot or broadcast time and time information thereof are prepared as a database for matching, time information which the whole video or image contents or a scene has is acquired by using the database for matching, and the acquired time information is provided to the contents as metadata, which facilitates retrieval or management of the contents.05-21-2009
20090172780Server for displaying contents - Provided are a user/viewer-friendly device and system for displaying various contents such as moving images, still images, and texts, and a service using these. A screen (terminal) for displaying the contents and a terminal for operating display switching, etc. are separated from each other. A display terminal (television, large screen display, etc.) and an operation terminal (mobile phone terminal) are connected to a server through a network. The server manages association and operation of both the terminals.07-02-2009
20100259599Display system and camera system - A display apparatus and an imaging apparatus constructed such that a high-resolution clear three-dimensional video image can be viewed from any direction. The display apparatus projects frame images, projected from a projector such as an electronic projector, to a video image projection surface of a three-dimensional screen through a polygonal mirror provided around the three-dimensional screen, thereby providing a polyhedral video image such as a three-dimensional image to a person viewing from around the video image projection surface. The three-dimensional screen has a view field angle limiting filter and a directional reflection screen. The view field angle filter limits the angle of a view field in the left/right direction, the angle being the angle of the projection on the video image projection surface (10-14-2010

Patent applications by Youichi Horii, Mitaka JP

Yuki Horii, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090106801CONTENT PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD - Even when the content recording and transmitting device receives requests from content receiving and reproducing devices, the content processing device including a device contention resolving manager for resolving a device contention can resolve a contention between the content receiving and reproducing devices for the devices required for the processing to be executed according to the requests. The device contention resolving manager includes: a priority level setting unit holding base priority levels of the content receiving and reproducing devices; a priority level revision processing unit deriving the priority levels corresponding to the requests; and a device contention resolving processing unit which one of the requests to be a request to be accepted, according to a priority order of the requests assigned with the priority levels, and reproduces or transmits a content according to the determined request by using the device.04-23-2009
20090193101MULTIMEDIA DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND MULTIMEDIA DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - To provide, in a multi-user environment, a multimedia data transmitting apparatus which prevents a content for which playing is paused by a user from being deleted by another user, and allows playing to be resumed. The multimedia data transmitting apparatus includes: a content managing unit which holds a content and an attribute thereof; and a judging unit which judges, when deletion of the content is requested, whether or not deletion is possible for the content, based on the attribute. The judging unit judges that deletion is possible when the attribute does not indicate either “currently played” or “playing paused”, and to judge that the deletion is not possible when the attribute indicates “currently played” or “playing paused”, and the content managing unit deletes the content when said judging unit judges that deletion is possible.07-30-2009
20110135274RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - In the case where plural applications are executed at the same time, if each application instructs for different trick play to the same content, a difference is caused between an ideal reproduction state expected by each application and an actual reproduction state. The present invention makes it possible to keep the reproduction state unchanged as long as normal reproduction or trick play is not accepted, by including a moving picture trick play reproduction management unit which determines, in response to an instruction for one of normal reproduction and trick play, whether or not to accept, according to a rule, the instruction, and retains details specified by the instruction in the case of accepting the instruction, and a moving picture reproduction processing unit which reproduces a moving picture based on the details retained by the moving picture trick play management unit.06-09-2011

Patent applications by Yuki Horii, Kyoto JP

Yusuke Horii, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100268438EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An ammonia selective reduction-type NOx catalyst (10-21-2010