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Horiuchi, Tokyo

Eiichi Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110311217OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical transmission apparatus that protects different types of signals with a common backup transponder. The optical transmission apparatus includes working transponder units that relay respective optical signals on corresponding working transmission lines to or from external client devices, a backup transponder unit that can relay optical signals of different interface types, a 3:1 optical switch unit and a 1:3 optical switch unit that connect the external client devices and the working transponder units, and can connect the external client device and the backup transponder unit, and a monitor control unit that monitors occurrence of a failure in the working transponder units and the backup transponder unit, and controls switching of the transmission lines upon detection of a failure.12-22-2011

Futomitsu Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090014366WATER DRINKING DEVICE - A drinking water device including a water storage section that stores drinking water inside an installation type casing; a water outlet that is connected to the water storage section via a passage and is located outside the casing; filtering device that is provided in the passage on further upstream side of the water outlet so as to be freely attachable/detachable; and a flow rate switch, which is provided between the water storage section and the water outlet and which is capable of detecting flow rate of the drinking water and also capable of outputting an actuating signal upon detecting the flow rate within a preset flow rate range.01-15-2009

Kayo Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090168900ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An encoding apparatus is disclosed which puts picture data into encoded data formed by a plurality of layers conforming to a predetermined standard by use of a hypothetical buffer, the encoding apparatus including: an analysis section configured to calculate an access unit occupancy of the hypothetical buffer for each of the layers in order to determine whether constraints on the hypothetical buffer are met; and an encoding section configured to put the picture data into encoded data in compliance with the predetermined standard on the basis of a result of the analysis; wherein, if the constraint in a second layer is considered to be met provided the constraint on the hypothetical buffer in a first layer is met, then the analysis section calculates the access unit occupancy only for the first layer in order to determine whether the constraints on the hypothetical buffer are met.07-02-2009

Kazuhisa Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090296586COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes: a transmitter having a plurality of transmitting units configured to perform data transmission, each transmitting unit including a synchronization unit configured to synchronize the transmitting units, an STBC test unit configured to divide an input signal to produce a plurality of STBC signals in order to perform an STBC test, and a controlling unit configured to perform a setting to test mode, wherein in the test mode, the transmitting units are combined to allow transmission of an STBC signal; and a receiver capable of receiving the STBC signal.12-03-2009

Kazuhito Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100201852IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a photographing condition estimation unit for estimating a photographing condition of the input image based on photometric information and focal information. A Y/C separation unit separates the input image into a luminance signal and a color difference signal; a luminance correction unit extracts an edge from the luminance signal and corrects the luminance signal by a gradation conversion curve; a color difference correction unit corrects the color difference signal based on luminance signals obtained before and after the gradation correction and a theoretical limit characteristic of color reproduction; a skin color correction unit performs skin color correction depending on the photographing condition; and a Y/C synthesis unit synthesizes the luminance signal and the color difference signal obtained after the correction. Gradation correction is performed on the input image such that appropriate hue and saturation are achieved while emphasizing a main object.08-12-2010

Kazunaga Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080278797DISPLAY MEDIUM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display medium includes: a first substrate having transparency and provided with a transparent electrode on one face thereof, a member having a plurality of penetration holes, the member being placed on a surface of the transparent electrode, the penetration holes penetrating the member from the transparent electrode surface side, the ratio of the length of each of the penetration holes to the largest hole diameter being two or more; a second substrate placed so as to face the transparent electrode side of the first substrate; an electrolytic solution containing a metal ion and placed so as to fill a space between the first and second substrates; and a counter electrode placed in a position so as to be insulated from the transparent electrode and in contact with the electrolytic solution.11-13-2008
20090075196TONER, ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, MAGNETIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a toner including a binder resin and metal particles containing Au, Ag, Cu, Pt, or an alloy thereof having a volume average particle diameter of from about 1 nm to about 300 nm, or an average maximum length of from about 10 nm to about 200 nm. The invention also provides a novel toner including metal particles which absorb light at plasmon frequencies.03-19-2009
20090081574BLACK COLOR MATERIAL AND TONER - A black color material includes a squarylium compound represented by the following formula (1); and a blue color material:03-26-2009

Ken Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090143285TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE FOR DRUG DISCOVERY AND SCREENING METHOD - The present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances such as drugs, and means that enable the development of novel bioactive substances using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides target proteins and target genes for bioactive substances; screening methods for substances capable of regulating bioactivities; bioactivity regulators; a bioactive substance derivative production method; a complex comprising a bioactive substance and a target protein, and a method of producing the complex; and kits comprising a bioactive substance or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease or condition, determination methods for susceptibility to a bioactive substance, and determination kits used for the determination methods, and the like.06-04-2009
20090233274DRUG DEVELOPMENT TARGET PROTEIN AND TARGET GENE, AND METHOD OF SCREENING - The present invention provides novel target proteins and target genes for drug discovery, and the means that enable the development of novel drugs using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides NCS proteins and genes thereof; screening methods for drug (for example, anti-central nervous disease drug); agents for regulating disease (for example, central nervous disease); production methods of a drug derivative; a complex comprising a drug and NCS protein, and a method of producing the complex; a kits comprising a drug or a salt thereof; determination methods for the onset or risk of onset of a specified disease, determination methods for susceptibility to a drug, and determination kits used for the determination methods; and the like.09-17-2009

Masahiko Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090057502L-character stand - There is provided an L-character stand. The L-character stand is provided with columns supporting one electronic product; a base combined with the columns like an L-character; one fixture provided on the columns; and another fixture provided on the rear face of another electronic product, wherein the one fixture and the another one can be engaged with each other at a first position and at a second position, at assembly, another electronic product can be fixed to the column by engaging at the first position, and, at wiring between one electronic product and another one, the products can be fixed by engaging them at the second position in a state in which the rear face of the another electronic product is turned upward.03-05-2009

Michio Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110111443APPARATUS FOR AUTO-PRETREATING SUGAR CHAIN - To provide an autoanalyzer for analyzing a sugar chain contained in a biological sample, in particular, serum. Namely, it is intended to provide a method of analyzing a sugar chain in a sample, which comprises the following steps: A) the sugar chain-releasing step of releasing the sugar chain in the sample; B) the detection sample-preparing step of preparing the released sugar chain for detection; and, in the case of conducting mass spectrometry using a plate, C) the step of forming a plate for the mass spectrometry having the captured sugar chain dotted thereon which comprises the step of providing the tagged sugar chain sample solution obtained in the step B) on a collection plate; and, if required, the step of conducting an operation in a solid phase support-enclosed plate to form the plate for mass spectrometry; and D) the step of analyzing the sugar chain to be assayed.05-12-2011

Mika Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110275731CROSSLINKABLE AND FOAMABLE COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED FOAM, AND SHOE MIDSOLE COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention provides a crosslinked foam having an excellent balance of various physical properties in terms of lightness, flexibility, permanent compression set, tear strength, impact resilience, and molding stability; a shoe midsole; and a crosslinkable and foamable composition that provides the crosslinked foam and shoe midsole. A crosslinkable and foamable composition comprising (A) an ethylene-based copolymer; (B) a copolymer comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and an unsaturated bond-containing a conjugated diene monomer unit; (C) an organic peroxide; and (D) a foaming agent; a mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (NB), being from 97/3 to 50/50; and the component (B) comprising 5 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less of the vinyl aromatic monomer unit, and 5 mass % or more and 55 mass % or less of the conjugated diene monomer unit.11-10-2011

Sohei Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080291582Thin film magnetic head, head gimbal assembly, head arm assembly and magnetic disk device - Provided is a thin film magnetic head capable of suppressing an occurrence of a track erase, decreasing an influence on a magnetoresistive element caused by a magnetic flux generated from a thin film coil, and further decreasing the parasitic capacity. The thin film magnetic head has, in order in a stacked direction, a first magnetic shield layer, a magnetoresistive element, a second magnetic shield layer, a third magnetic shield layer, a main magnetic pole layer and a return yoke layer. A width in a track width direction of at least one of the first and the second magnetic shield layers is smaller than widths in a track width direction of the third magnetic shield layer and the return yoke layer.11-27-2008
20100321822MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD, WAFER FOR THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD AND THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD - A manufacturing method of a thin-film magnetic head, includes a step of forming many thin-film magnetic heads arranged along row and column directions on a wafer, each of the thin-film magnetic heads having a read head element, a write head element, and pairs of probe-use pads electrically connected with the read head element and the write head element, respectively, the pairs of probe-use pads being positioned so that at least part of each probe-use pad is removed by a cutting process along the row direction, a step of obtaining a plurality of row-bars by cutting the wafer along the row direction so that the at least part of each probe-use pad is removed, each of the obtained row-bars having the thin-film magnetic heads aligned in the row direction, a step of forming pairs of bonding pads electrically connected with the read head element and the write head element, respectively, on a surface opposite to an ABS of each thin-film magnetic head of each of the row-bars, and a step of cutting each row-bar along the column direction to separate into individual thin-film magnetic heads.12-23-2010

Takao Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090087564Substrate processing system - A substrate processing system which utilizes reactive substances or carrier gases to process the surface of a substrate is provided. The system includes a gas supply source for supplying a process gas containing a reactive substance, a reservoir tank connected to the gas supply source for reserving the process gas, a reactor for exposing a substrate placed therein to the process gas, a first circulation pipe for circulating the process gas inside the reactor to the reservoir tank, a second circulation pipe for circulating at least part of the process gas in the reservoir tank to the reactor, and a flow regulating valve disposed in the second circulation pipe for controlling the amount of process gas introduced into the reactor.04-02-2009
20090143353ANTIFUNGAL BICYCLIC HETERO RING COMPOUNDS - A 1,6-β-glucan synthetase inhibitor is provided, having potent growth inhibition and having excellent safety.06-04-2009

Takenori Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110218731POSITIONING TERMINAL AND SERVER - The positioning terminal of the present invention includes a positioning unit 09-08-2011

Tetsuya Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090122952X-RAY CT APPARATUS - The present invention provides an X-ray CT apparatus capable of obtaining each tomographic image indicative of X-ray tube voltage dependent information of a subject with the optimum image quality by less reduced exposure. The X-ray CT apparatus includes device for setting a plurality of X-ray tube voltages and sets imaging conditions used in the photography using the respective X-ray tube voltages in such a manner that respective image noise of tomographic images photographed at the X-ray tube voltages become substantially identical to one another. The setting of the imaging conditions is the setting of X-ray tube currents. The X-ray tube currents are set based on geometrical characteristic amounts of the subject determined from each scout image in such a manner that the respective image noise of the tomographic images photographed at the plurality of X-ray tube voltages become substantially identical to one another.05-14-2009

Patent applications by Tetsuya Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Toshiyuki Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090147226Inner Surface Exposure Apparatus and Inner Surface Exposure Method Technical Field - An apparatus and a method for exposing a photosensitive material deposited on the inner surface of a tube such as a circular or polygonal tube to light to form a predetermined exposed pattern are provided. The apparatus includes: a guide rod that is inserted into the inner space of an exposure object and emits an exposure light beam toward the inner side of the exposure object; and a stage for changing the relative positions of the exposure object and the guide rod and/or the relative angle between the exposure object and the guide rod. After the irradiation spot of the exposure light beam is brought into focus and/or is adjusted to an exposure starting point, the exposure light beam is projected onto a predetermined position on the exposure object to form a predetermined exposed pattern of a photosensitive material deposited on the inner surface of the exposure object.06-11-2009
20100195078PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD - Exposure areas are wholly overlapped by moving a gradient refractive index lens array in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction, or by providing a plurality of gradient refractive index lens arrays, an optical filter having a density distribution of lightness and darkness to compensate light transmission nonuniformity of the gradient refractive index lens array is arranged, or an opening control plate for limitedly using only of a uniform portion is provided. Two or more means may be simultaneously provided among the aforementioned mean. Moreover, any one of a microscopic transmission shutter array, a microscopic reflection shutter array, and a microscopic light emitter array is used instead of a mask, or an illuminating device and the mask.08-05-2010

Tsuyoshi Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080272708Driving circuit for and semiconductor device for driving laser diode - A driving circuit supplies a suppression current (I11-06-2008
20100295461DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR DRIVING LASER DIODE - A driving circuit supplies a suppression current (I11-25-2010

Patent applications by Tsuyoshi Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110303392FLAT HEAT PIPE - A thin flat heat pipe capable of transporting heat even if it is bent is provided. The flat heat pipe comprises: a working fluid to be evaporated when heated and to be condensed when the heat dissipates; and a wick, which is formed by bundling a plurality of thin wires while twisting along a center axis thereof, and which is adapted to create a capillary pressure for returning the liquid phase working fluid to a portion where evaporation takes place. The wick is arranged over the entire length of the flat container while being in contact with both upper and lower inner faces of the container or with an inner side face of the container in a manner such that an inner space of the container for letting through an evaporated working fluid is not closed, and a contact portion between the wick and the container is fixed by sintering over the entire length of the wick.12-15-2011

Yasushi Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080304139Laser Phase Difference Detecting Device and Laser Phase Control Device - A phase difference detecting device includes a splitter for splitting laser beams into a first group which will travel along a first path and a second group which will travel along a second path, a beam selection/extraction unit for selecting, as reference light, one beam from the first group to allow it to pass therethrough, a path length changing unit for changing the length of the first path, a combining unit for combining the reference light and beams which construct the second group to produce interference light, and a detector for detecting the intensity of the interference light. The device changes the length of the first path using the path length changing unit to detect a path length which maximizes the intensity of the interference light for each of the beams which construct the second group, and determines a phase difference among the beams from the detected path length.12-11-2008

Yosuke Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120074804PERMANENT MAGNET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MOTOR AND POWER GENERATOR USING THE SAME - In an embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition of R (Fe03-29-2012
20120075046PERMANENT MAGNET AND MOTOR AND GENERATOR USING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a permanent magnet has a composition represented by (Sm03-29-2012

Yukio Horiuchi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090105839Artificial elbow joint - An artificial elbow joint including a humeral component made of metal and an ulnar component made of resins for replacing an elbow joint. The humeral component of this artificial elbow joint is configured by a substantially cylindrical trochlea and a stem extending from the trochlea that is inserted into the humeral; and the ulnar component is configured by a joint surface member which receives the trochlea of humeral component in a rotatable manner and a stem which extends from the joint surface member and is inserted into the ulna. The stem of the humeral component is curved gently downward overall so as to comply with the lordotic shape of the humeral, and the trochlea is turnable about the centerline of the stem.04-23-2009