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Hoshino, Tokyo

Akihisa Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120103165KEYBOARD DEVICE - This key structure includes rotating shaft sections 05-03-2012

Akio Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090136858ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSFER PAPER - The present invention is an electrophotographic transfer paper where at least one side of the base paper is given a coating layer with a pigment and an adhesive agent to form coated paper and where the aforementioned adhesive contains a branched poly(meth)acrylamide copolymer having a cationic groups and/or anionic groups and also has a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000. The electrophotographic transfer paper in the present invention has superior high-speed throughput performance despite low basis weight and a low coating weight, therefore, good for high-speed copy machine and printer properties, especially, when it contained a printability improver in the coating layer, it has a good ink adhesion property and surface strength required in offset printing.05-28-2009

Akira Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090241433ATTRACTION SYSTEM AND ATTRACTION PROVIDING METHOD - A theater (10-01-2009
20110302850ATTRACTION SYSTEM AND ATTRACTION PROVIDING METHOD - A theater (12-15-2011

Patent applications by Akira Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Chikara Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090306396NITROGENATED HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to novel compounds having a xanthine oxidase inhibitory effect and an uricosuric effect and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same as an active ingredient. That is, the present invention relates nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds represented by the following general formula (I):12-10-2009

Chisato Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100220446HEAT DISSIPATING MATERIAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - Disclosed is a heat dissipating material which is interposed between a heat-generating electronic component and a heat dissipating body. This heat dissipating material contains (A) 100 parts by weight of a silicone gel cured by an addition reaction having a penetration of not less than 100 (according to ASTM D 1403), and (B) 500-2000 parts by weight of a heat conductive filler. Also disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a heat-generating electronic component and a heat dissipating body, wherein the heat dissipating material is interposed between the heat-generating electronic component and the heat dissipating body.09-02-2010
20120007017HEAT DISSIPATING MATERIAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - Disclosed is a heat dissipating material which is interposed between a heat-generating electronic component and a heat dissipating body. This heat dissipating material contains (A) 100 parts by weight of a silicone gel cured by an addition reaction having a penetration of not less than 100 (according to ASTM D 1403), and (B) 500-2000 parts by weight of a heat conductive filler. Also disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a heat-generating electronic component and a heat dissipating body, wherein the heat dissipating material is interposed between the heat-generating electronic component and the heat dissipating body.01-12-2012

Patent applications by Chisato Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Eiichi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090148554Packed Beverage For Lipid Combustion Promotion - There are provided packaged beverages for fat-burning acceleration, energy-consumption boosting or exercise-endurance enhancement, each solution containing a green tea extract added therein and having a pH of from 2 to 7, and also containing the following ingredients (A) to (C): 06-11-2009
20120040075PACKAGE DRINK - To provide a packaged high-catechin beverage in which a low-caffeine green tea extract is added.02-16-2012

Patent applications by Eiichi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Hironari Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110053651Electronic apparatus - Electronic apparatus which may include a main body portion having a back surface and a keyboard located at a part of the main body portion other than the main body portion back surface, a display portion having a back surface and a display screen on a display surface opposite the display portion back surface, and a coupling portion that rotatably couples the main body portion and the display portion. In a closed state, the main body portion back surface and the display portion back surface may face each other and the electronic apparatus may be operable as a portable apparatus in which all of the display surface having the display screen except for a relatively small perimeter portion thereof may be usable as a display in at least a direction corresponding to the width thereof. In an open state, the electronic apparatus may be operable as a personal computer.03-03-2011
20110063809ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a rectangular-parallelepiped first casing, a rectangular-parallelepiped second casing, and a first connecting apparatus. The first connecting apparatus connects the first casing and the second casing such that the first casing and the second casing are capable of being rotated relatively in one of a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction orthogonal to each other between a first state and a second state. The first state is a state where a first main surface of the first casing comes to be faced with a third main surface of the second casing. The second state is a state where a second main surface of the first casing comes to be faced with a fourth main surface of the second casing.03-17-2011
20120057280ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: a first casing; a second casing; a hinge section which includes a first turning shaft provided at one end portion of the first casing and a second turning shaft provided at one end portion of the second casing and connects the first and second casings so as to be able to be opened or closed in a range from a folded state to a back-to-back state through the first and second turning shafts; a display section provided on one face of the second casing; and a displacement section which displaces the display section to the other end side of the second casing in the folded state and the back-to-back state of the first and second casings and displaces the display section to one end side of the second casing in a spread state of the first and second casings.03-08-2012

Hiroshi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100014397OPTICAL DISC DRIVING DEVICE - An optical disc driving device includes a control circuit 01-21-2010

Izumi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120071440Pharmaceutical Composition For Enhancing Adiponectin Production And Food Useful Therefor - A pharmaceutical product having excellent adiponectin production ability, and food useful for the pharmaceutical product is provided. The pharmaceutical product contains, as active ingredients, a sugar having a polymerization degree of 2-10, wherein mannose units account for not less than 50% based on the number, and a chlorogenic acid.03-22-2012

Jin Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100210283RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A radio communication system includes a delay time acquiring unit configured to acquire a delay time of a signal transmitted between the mobile terminal 08-19-2010

Kakuei Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090091122PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTING SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ENVELOPE WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTING SHEET - The present invention provides a personal information protecting sheet in which personal information can be easily made illegible. The personal information protecting sheet includes a base material, a release layer formed on at least a part of the surface of the base material, and an image-receiving layer formed on the release layer. When a force having a directional component that is larger than a predetermined value and parallel to the surface of the base material is applied to the surface, a portion of the image-receiving layer to which the force is applied is peeled from the release layer.04-09-2009

Kalsuyuki Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110134956PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There are provided a process for producing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device which allow conductivity distribution to be formed without making refractive index distributed even in a material system of a semiconductor difficult to be subjected to ion implantation. The process for producing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a semiconductor layer containing a dopant; forming a concave and convex structure on the semiconductor layer by partially removing the semiconductor layer; and forming a conductivity distribution reflecting the concave and convex structure in the semiconductor layer by performing heat treatment on the semiconductor layer in which the concave and convex structure has been formed at a temperature at which a material forming the semiconductor layer causes mass transport and filling up a hole of a concave portion of the concave and convex structure with the material forming the semiconductor layer.06-09-2011

Katsuya Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100255341ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET - A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)10-07-2010
20120082845ZINC-BASED METAL PLATED STEEL SHEET - A zinc-based metal plated steel sheet is excellent in tribological properties during press forming. An oxide layer containing crystalline 3Zn(OH)04-05-2012

Katsuyuki Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100092800SUBSTRATE FOR GROWING WURTZITE TYPE CRYSTAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A laminated structure comprises a first layer comprising a crystal with six-fold symmetry, and a second layer comprising a metal oxynitride crystal formed on the first layer, wherein the second layer comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, Si, Ge and Al, N, O and Zn, as main elements, and wherein the second layer has in-plane orientation.04-15-2010
20100142578SURFACE-EMITTING LASER INCLUDING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL - A surface-emitting laser includes an active layer and a two-dimensional photonic crystal and has a resonance mode in an in-plane direction of the two-dimensional photonic crystal. The two-dimensional photonic crystal is composed of a semiconductor and dielectric material that has a refractive index different from that of the semiconductor and acts as the photonic crystal holes being arranged into a two-dimensional periodical structure. When the lattice constant of the two-dimensional photonic crystal is a and the radius of the dielectric material acting as the photonic crystal holes is r, r≧0.22a. The dielectric material has a refractive index that causes the coupling coefficient of the two-dimensional photonic crystal to exhibit an increasing tendency as the distance between the active layer and the two-dimensional photonic crystal shortens.06-10-2010
20100284432SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A surface emitting laser array having a plurality of surface emitting lasers arranged in an array, each of the surface emitting lasers being provided with a two-dimensional photonic crystal having a resonance mode in an in-plane direction and with an active layer. The surface emitting laser has a mesa-shaped inclined side wall surface. When a maximum light-receiving angle with respect to the mesa-shaped inclined side wall surface at which an incident light is coupled with a waveguide containing the two-dimensional photonic crystal is denoted as θmax°, an angle formed by a plane of the two-dimensional photonic crystal and the mesa-shaped inclined side wall surface is controlled so as to exceed (90+θmax)° or be smaller than (90−θmax)°.11-11-2010
20110039364MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MICROSTRUCTURE - A manufacturing method of a microstructure which enables production of a deep and narrow microstructure in a GaN semiconductor with high precision is provided. The manufacturing method of a microstructure for forming a microscopic structure in a semiconductor has a configuration having a first step of forming a first GaN semiconductor layer on a substrate, a second step of forming a first hole by using etching on the first GaN semiconductor layer formed in the first narrow, and a third step of performing heat-treatment at a temperature from 850° C. to 950° C. inclusive under a gas atmosphere including nitrogen, in order to form a second narrow in which a diameter of the first hole h formed in the second step is made narrower than the diameter of the first hole in an in-plane direction of the substrate.02-17-2011
20110134941TWO DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE EMITTING LASER - Provided is a two dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser which can suppress light leaking outside in an in-plane direction of the two dimensional photonic crystal and an absorption loss in an active layer caused by serving as an absorbing layer without contributing to light emission, and can improve light use efficiency. The surface emitting laser has a laminated structure in which an active layer and a photonic crystal layer are laminated in a vertical direction, has a resonance mode in an in-plane direction of the photonic crystal, and extracts light in a vertical direction to a surface of the photonic crystal, wherein the laminated structure has a multi-refractive index layer including a central region made of a high refractive index medium and a peripheral portion made of a low refractive index medium with a lower refractive index than that of the high refractive index medium.06-09-2011
20110237077METHOD OF PRODUCING MICROSTRUCTURE OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - The method of producing a GaN-based microstructure includes a step of preparing a semiconductor structure provided with a trench formed in a main surface of the nitride semiconductor and a heat-treating mask covering a main surface of the nitride semiconductor excluding the trench, a first heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to form a crystallographic face of the nitride semiconductor on at least a part of a sidewall of the trench, a step of removing the heat-treating mask after the first heat-treatment step and a second heat-treatment step of heat-treating the semiconductor structure under an atmosphere containing nitrogen element to close an upper portion of the trench on the sidewall of which the crystallographic face is formed with a nitride semiconductor.09-29-2011

Kazuhiro Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110171486COPPER FOIL FOR HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT USING COPPER FOIL - A copper foil reducing transmission loss at a high frequency and excellent in bond strength with a resin substrate, including at least a granular layer and a columnar layer in its thickness direction, the columnar layer being formed on at least one surface of the granular layer forming the copper foil or the granular layer being formed on at least one surface of the columnar layer forming the copper foil, the relation of the thickness A of the granular layer and the thickness B of the columnar layer in the copper foil being preferably A/(A+B)=40 to 99%, a method of production and apparatus for production for the same, and a high frequency circuit using the same.07-14-2011

Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080219445Communications audit support system - A communications audit support system is provided, which makes it possible to audit communications of an arbitrary encrypted communication session at any time. The communications audit support system of the present invention stores key information used for encrypted communication in a key management DB in association with a key ID each time the key information is created, stores IP addresses of a user terminal and a service providing server which perform an encrypted communication session using the key information in a communication state management DB in association with the key ID, and stores an encrypted packet sent in an encrypted communication session in a packet DB in association with IP addresses of a sender and a receiver of the encrypted packet.09-11-2008
20080244264PUBLIC KEY CERTIFICATE VALIDATION SYSTEM - To validate a certificate of a service provider apparatus, a service receiving apparatus determines a certificate validation method on based on a combination of the performance of the service receiving apparatus, the performance of a CRL repository apparatus, the performance of a certificate validation apparatus, and the performance of a network, and performs validation of a certificate by the determined method. Furthermore, to validate a certificate of a service provider apparatus, a service receiving apparatus requests a method selection apparatus to validate the certificate, and the method selection apparatus determines a certificate validation method based on a combination of the performance of the method selection apparatus, the performance of the CRL repository apparatus, the performance of the certificate validation apparatus and the performance of the network, validates the certificate by the determined method, and notifies a validation result to the service receiving apparatus.10-02-2008
20080256224Data communication system and session management server - A data communication system is provided that is capable of increasing or decreasing the number of session management servers flexibly, and is further capable of implementing data communication while distributing the message processing load in the session management server. The data communication system includes multiple communication devices which perform data communications mutually, multiple session management servers which manage sessions of data communication between the communication devices, and a load balancer which assigns the session management servers for processing a message received from the communication device according to a predetermined criterion, wherein, the session management server is provided with a unit for managing a currently logged-in communication device and a state of the communication performed by the communication device, and a unit for acquiring information necessary for performing communication with the communication device.10-16-2008
20090113203Network System - An encryption communication module on the side of a service providing server reports a global IP address allocated to an NAPT router on the service providing server side and a port number of an outside UDP header used on the global side to an authentication/key exchange server. When receiving an encryption packet from an encryption communication module on the user terminal side, the encryption communication module on the service providing server side overwrite a source/destination IP address of an inside IP header by a source/destination IP address of an outside IP header. The encryption communication module further changes a source port number of an inside TCP•UDP header to a unique value for each communication session in the encryption communication having the same source IP address in the outside IP header. The inverse header change is made when the packet is transmitted to the encryption communication module of the user terminal side.04-30-2009
20090177802SERVICE NETWORK SYSTEM AND SERVER DEVICE - A server device that represents a plurality of service provision servers implements authentication and a SIP message exchange with respect to a SIP server as a representative, and notifies a service provision server of client communication information that is acquired by the SIP message exchange. The service provision server communicates with a client on the basis of the client communication information that is notified from the representative server.07-09-2009

Patent applications by Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Ken Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090162868Gene Markers and Utilization of the Same - [Problems]To provide a gene marker which enables diagnosis of rejection, evaluation of the efficacy of an immunosuppressive agent, and determination of the presence or absence of immunological tolerance; methods that can be performed in a quick, simple, and convenient manner by using the gene marker as an indicator for diagnosing rejection, evaluating the efficacy of an immunosuppressive agent, identifying an immunosuppressive agent, selecting an immunosuppressive agent, determining the dose of an immunosuppressive agent, and judging the presence or absence of immunological tolerance; a kit; and a method for screening for an immunosuppressive agent or an immunological tolerance-inducing agent.06-25-2009

Kenichi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100130343CERAMICS SLIDING MEMBER FOR USE IN PURE WATER - A ceramics sliding member for use in ultrapure water or pure water of the present invention is made of an SiC sintered body. The SiC sintered body includes β-SiC at a ratio of 20% or more thereto and has an average crystal structure whose aspect ratio is 2 or greater.05-27-2010

Masaaki Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090132905Information processing system, method, and program - The present invention relates to an information processing system, method, and program which are capable of presenting a more persuasive recommendation reason. When a music CD meeting a user's preference is selected by a server apparatus, a recommendation screen is displayed onto the display of the user apparatus. The detailed information 05-21-2009
20100169928INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes: a first managing part for managing first data about preferences of a user; a second managing part for managing second data about information; a retrieving part for retrieving the second data about the information used by the user; and an updating part for updating the first data by use of the second data retrieved by the retrieving part. If the second data are found to exist within the first data, then the updating part updates the first data using the second data; if the second data are not found to exist within the first data, then the updating part adds the second data to the first data.07-01-2010
20110222788INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a recognition section for recognizing a feature keyword representing a feature of at least part of text content, an additional information acquisition section for acquiring additional information related to the text content from an outside of the text content in response to the recognized feature keyword, and a control section for controlling the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition section to be output along with the part of the text content.09-15-2011
20120022854INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of displayed content from a user. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection. The data includes text data. An identification unit is configured to identify a keyword within the text data, and a storage unit is configured to generate a command to transmit the keyword to a device.01-26-2012
20120023398IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of displayed content from a user. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection. The data includes text data. An identification unit is configured to identify a keyword within the text data, and a storage unit is configured to store the keyword in a keyword database.01-26-2012
20120023399INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit selecting at least a part of a text included in contents, an acquisition unit acquiring a processing result of natural language processing for the part of the text selected by the selection unit, a specifying unit specifying a predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a detection unit detecting a keyword from the predetermined part of the text based on the processing result acquired by the acquisition unit, a tag generation unit automatically generating a tag in accordance with the keyword detected by the detection unit, and an association unit associating the tag generated by the tag generation unit with the predetermined part of the text.01-26-2012
20120023447INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a selection of displayed content from a user. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain data corresponding to the selection. The data includes text data. An identification unit is configured to identify a keyword within the text data, and a control unit configured to generate a signal to highlight the keyword within the displayed content.01-26-2012

Patent applications by Masaaki Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Masahiro Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100310212OPTICAL CONNECTOR STRUCTURE - An optical connector structure (C) includes: an optical fiber (12-09-2010

Masamitsu Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090075730Network game system, method for processing the same, network game processing program product, and storage medium for storing program product - Network game system comprising: a center server is provided with means for storing object data received from each arcade system in a database, means for executing a competing game using data on the basis of each object data, and means for distributing the arcade ID, and player ID corresponding to the object data which won the race to each arcade server; the arcade server is provided with means for comparing the arcade ID received from the center server with a player's own arcade ID, and when they match each other, for transmitting the player ID to a game device within the arcade system; the game device is provided by comparing the player ID received from the arcade server with the player ID of an storage medium, and when they match each other, for judging that the player is the winner, and for writing bonus data into the storage medium.03-19-2009

Masashi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090160467Connection unit, a board for mounting a device under test, a probe card and a device interfacing part - A connection unit for electrically connecting a DUT mounting board, on which an IC socket is mounted, with a testing apparatus for testing an electronic device inserted into the IC socket, the connection unit has a holding substrate provided to face the DUT mounting board and a connection-unit-side connector, which is provided on the holding substrate to be able to change a position of the connection-unit-side connector on the holding substrate, for being connected to a performance-board-side connector included in the DUT mounting board.06-25-2009

Masataka Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090008747Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing thereof - A semiconductor device 01-08-2009
20090115044STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR STACK TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING - Methods and structures for stack type semiconductor packaging are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip mounted onto a substrate, a first resin molding portion formed on the substrate for sealing the semiconductor chip, and a through metal mounted on the substrate so as to pierce the first resin molding portion around the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor device further comprises an upper metal electrically coupled with the through metal and mounted on the first resin molding portion to extend from the through metal toward the semiconductor chip along an upper surface of the first resin molding portion, where the through metal and the upper metal are formed into an integral structure.05-07-2009
20090302469SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A semiconductor device which includes a first semiconductor chip 12-10-2009
20100276801SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD TO MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A semiconductor device 11-04-2010

Patent applications by Masataka Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Nobuhiro Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110171753MODIFIED ANTI-HEPARIN/PF4 COMPLEX ANTIBODY AND HIT ANTIBODY STANDARD - Provided is a modified antibody which enables the quantitative measurement of the amount of a heparin/PF4 complex, an onset factor of heparin-induced trombocytopenia (HIT), without the influence of the presence of PF4, and which can be used as an HIT antibody standard specific for the heparin/PF4 complex. The modified antibody is prepared by linking a human IgG, or an antibody fragment derived from a human IgG, to a monoclonal antibody obtained by immunizing an animal (excluding a human) with the heparin/PF4 complex.07-14-2011

Shigeki Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080238419MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MEASURING AT HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION - A condenser lens is incorporated into the end portion of a magnetic field measuring apparatus including a magneto-optical crystal. Alternatively, the end portion of the magnetic field measuring device includes an optical fiber having a core diameter smaller than that of a normal single-mode optical fiber.10-02-2008
20080265933Semiconductor Device Testing Apparatus and Power Supply Unit - The semiconductor device testing apparatus according to the present invention has a testing LSI; a power supply unit; and an intermediate substrate provided so that there is a connection between the testing LSI, and the power supply unit and tester. The testing LSI has a testing circuit and a waveform shaping circuit; a dielectric material layer disposed so as to face a tested semiconductor device; an electrode disposed in a position that corresponds to a position of an external terminal electrode of the tested semiconductor device on a surface of the dielectric material layer facing the tested semiconductor device; and a first penetrating electrode that passes completely through the dielectric material layer, is connected to the electrode, and is used for exchanging signals with the exterior. The power supply unit has mutually independent elastic probe pins that are disposed in positions that correspond to power electrodes of the tested semiconductor device, and that are provided with a metal protrusion at the distal ends thereof; a substrate that is electrically connected to the probe pins and on which a first wiring layer is formed; and a second penetrating electrode that passes through the substrate.10-30-2008

Taiki Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110077349COPOLYMER, METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION, OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE TREATED THEREWITH - A copolymer is provided which is capable of providing an article surface with sufficient oil repellency against oils having low surface tensions and which places little burden on the environment. Further, a method for producing such a copolymer, an oil repellent composition containing such a copolymer as an effective component, and an article which is excellent in oil repellency against oils having low surface tensions and which contains no material having high environmental burden, are provided.03-31-2011
20120040189SURFACE TREATING AGENT, ARTICLE AND FLUORINATED ETHER COMPOUND - To provide a surface treating agent and a composition for surface treatment capable of forming a coating film excellent in the water/oil repellency, the efficiency for removal of oil-and-fat stains, alkali resistance and heat resistance and having a low coefficient of friction; a method for treating the surface of an article by using the surface treating agent or the composition for surface treatment; an article having surface treatment applied; and a novel fluorinated ether compound useful as a surface treating agent.02-16-2012
20120085960WATER/OIL REPELLENT AGENT AND WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION - To provide a water/oil repellent agent and a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of providing an article surface with a sufficient water/oil repellency, while placing little burden on the environment.04-12-2012

Taizo Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100295059SIC SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SIC SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a high-quality SiC single-crystal substrate, a seed crystal for producing the high-quality SiC single-crystal substrate, and a method of producing the high-quality SiC single-crystal substrate, which enable improvement of device yield and stability. Provided is an SiC single-crystal substrate wherein, when the SiC single-crystal substrate is divided into 5-mm square regions, such regions in which dislocation pairs or dislocation rows having intervals between their dislocation end positions of 5 μm or less are present among the dislocations that have ends at the substrate surface account for 50% or less of all such regions within the substrate surface and the dislocation density in the substrate of dislocations other than the dislocation pairs or dislocation is 8,000/cm11-25-2010
20110278596Epitaxial silicon carbide monocrystalline substrate and method of production of same - The present invention provides an epitaxial SiC monocrystalline substrate having a high quality epitaxial film suppressed in occurrence of step bunching in epitaxial growth using a substrate with an off angle of 6° or less and a method of production of the same, that is, an epitaxial silicon carbide monocrystalline substrate comprised of a silicon carbide monocrystalline substrate with an off angle of 6° or less on which a silicon carbide monocrystalline thin film is formed, the epitaxial silicon carbide monocrystalline substrate characterized in that the silicon carbide monocrystalline thin film has a surface with a surface roughness (Ra value) of 0.5 nm or less and a method of production of the same.11-17-2011

Takamichi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090114559CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A connected fastener assembly is formed by fitting a shaft guide on a shaft section of each fastener, by connecting the fasteners using two connecting sheets made of a synthetic resin and disposed on upper and lower sides of the shaft guides. Since the connecting sheets have through holes thorough which the fasteners pass and connecting sections formed so as to be easy to bend or difficult to bend in the width direction, the connected fastener assembly can be formed into a straight type or a coil type.05-07-2009
20090129890CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - In a connected fastener assembly, the shaft sections of multiple fasteners are connected using a connecting band made of a synthetic resin. Retaining sections for allowing the shaft sections of the fasteners to be inserted therein and connecting sections for connecting the adjacent retaining sections are formed continuously. The connecting sections are offset from the center line “a” connecting the centers of the adjacent fasteners (retaining sections).05-21-2009
20100243286POWER TOOL AND CUSHIONING MECHANISM THEREOF - A power tool includes a striking cylinder, a striking piston slidably housed in the striking cylinder, a driver coupled to a bottom surface of the striking piston, and a cushioning mechanism configured to absorb an impact of striking a fastener with the driver when the striking piston is driven. The cushioning mechanism includes a housing formed below the striking cylinder, and a bumper housed in the housing to receive the bottom surface of the striking piston. The bumper is formed in a tubular shape, a wall thickness of a central section of the bumper is greater than wall thicknesses of an upper section and a lower section of the bumper, and the wall thicknesses of the upper section and the lower section are substantially the same.09-30-2010
20100329818CONNECTING FASTENER - In a connecting fastener consisting of a plurality of fasteners connected through a connecting member of synthetic resin, the connecting member includes a ring-shaped portion attached to so as to encircle the shaft of each of the fasteners to be connected and a connecting portion connected to the ring-shaped portions encircling adjacent fasteners. When the fasteners each suffers from the blow at the time of driving by a fastener driving tool, the ring-shaped portions each has strength enough to be held over the shaft and the connecting portion has strength enough to be broken.12-30-2010
20110158770CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A connected fastener assembly is formed by fitting a shaft guide on a shaft section of each fastener, by connecting the fasteners using two connecting sheets made of a synthetic resin and disposed on upper and lower sides of the shaft guides. Since the connecting sheets have through holes thorough which the fasteners pass and connecting sections formed so as to be easy to bend or difficult to bend in the width direction, the connected fastener assembly can be formed into a straight type or a coil type.06-30-2011
20110210155CONNECTED FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A connected fastener assembly is formed by fitting a shaft guide on a shaft section of each fastener, by connecting the fasteners using two connecting sheets made of a synthetic resin and disposed on upper and lower sides of the shaft guides. Since the connecting sheets have through holes thorough which the fasteners pass and connecting sections formed so as to be easy to bend or difficult to bend in the width direction, the connected fastener assembly can be formed into a straight type or a coil type.09-01-2011

Patent applications by Takamichi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Takashi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110037998FACSIMILE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a first registration unit. The acquisition unit acquires a transmission source number and a reception number of a facsimile reception document. The first registration unit acquires use restriction information corresponding to the transmission source number and the reception number acquired by the acquisition unit from a first storage unit for storing first correspondence relation information in which use restriction information of documents and transmission source numbers and reception numbers of facsimile communication are associated with each other, and registers second correspondence relation information in which the use restriction information and the facsimile reception document are associated with each other in a second storage unit for storing correspondence relation information between documents and use restriction information.02-17-2011

Takeo Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100318199PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A plant control system includes a process computer (12-16-2010

Takeshi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080282693Stirling Engine - A high efficient stirling engine with excellent thermal efficiency, which can increase the heating temperature of a high temperature section, is obtained by preventing the heat from being lost in a member connecting the high temperature section and a low temperature section.11-20-2008

Tetsuya Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110043842Information processing apparatus - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a printer portion performing a printing process. The printer portion has a sheet-discharge outlet for discharging a sheet, an opening-closing door for opening and closing the sheet- discharge outlet, the door performing an opening/closing operation for the sheet-discharge outlet through rotation of a rotation shaft disposed to an end portion of the door, and an opening-closing door lock mechanism that maintains the sheet-discharge outlet in a closed state by a weight of the door in the case where the information processing apparatus is set to a second position different from a first position that is a printing position of the apparatus where printing is performed by the printer portion, the second position being a position where the weight of the door is applied toward the end portion of the rotation shaft.02-24-2011
20110043860Information processing device, information processing method, and program - An information processing device includes a printer unit configured to perform a printing process, a display unit configured to display an image and display printing information including setting information of the printing process using the printer unit, a position sensor configured to output a detection signal enabling a determination of whether the information processing device is set in an image display position or a printing position, and a control unit configured to receive the detection signal from the position sensor and display the printing information on the display unit when it is determined that the information processing device is in the printing position.02-24-2011

Tomohiro Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100079299PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE DETECTOR - Provided is a photoelectric smoke detector capable of preventing an erroneous alarm from being issued even when steam flows into a smoke detecting unit. The smoke detecting unit includes: an installation section; and a smoke inlet section. The installation section includes: a light emitting element for emitting light to an inside of the installation section; and a light receiving element for receiving the light emitted from the light emitting element. The smoke inlet section includes: a plurality of wall members for preventing external light from entering the smoke inlet section; and a smoke inlet formed between the plurality of wall members. The installation section and the smoke inlet section are arranged so as to overlap each other, with the smoke inlet section being positioned on a lower side of the installation section, and are communicated with each other through an opening.04-01-2010
20110053466GLASS SUBSTRATE SPACER SEPARATING SYSTEM AND GLASS SUBSTRATE FABRICATING METHOD - A glass substrate spacer separating apparatus includes: a cassette adapted to load a plurality of glass substrates with spacers attached thereto in such a state that the plurality of glass substrates are separated piece by piece; a liquid tank adapted to store a liquid in which the cassette is to be submerged; and a bubble generating mechanism configured to generate bubbles which move towards an interior of the cassette which is submerged in the liquid of the liquid tank, wherein the spacers are separated individually from the plurality of glass substrates to which the spacers are attached by bringing the bubbles generated from the bubble generating mechanism into contact with surfaces of the plurality of glass substrates with spacers attached thereto which are loaded in the cassette in the liquid of the liquid tank.03-03-2011
20110054662LAMINATED SUBSTRATE SEPARATING AND ACCOMMODATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATES - A stacked substrate separation loading apparatus includes: a stacked substrate holding holder configured to hold a stacked glass substrate; a cassette configured to load each sheet of glass substrates separated from the stacked glass substrate; a liquid tank in which the stacked substrate holding holder and the cassette are inserted in liquid; a stacked substrate drive unit configured to drive the stacked substrate holding holder; a stacked substrate positioning unit which positions a height position of the uppermost sheet of the stacked glass substrate; a cassette drive unit configured to drive the cassette; a substrate sliding mechanism configured to push out and separate the glass substrates which are the top sheets of the stacked glass substrate; and a cassette position control unit configured to control the cassette drive unit so that a height position of a loading position of the cassette becomes a height position of the glass substrate.03-03-2011
20110123834MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM GLASS SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An abrasion brush in which a width of each of bristle implanting portions is 1.1 to 2.2 times a stack width of stacked glass substrates (a thickness of each of the glass substrates when the glass substrates are stacked without using a spacer. or a sum of the thickness of the glass substrates and a spacer when the glass substrates are stacked using spacers) is used for an inner periphery end surface polishing of a magnetic recording medium glass substrate. By performing the inner periphery end surface polishing using the abrasion brush, scratches remaining in a chamfering portion of the glass substrate can be removed reliably with a high productivity, and it is possible to provide the magnetic recording medium glass substrate without pit defects in the chamfering portion.05-26-2011

Tomokazu Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080204769Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a data receiving unit for receiving print data from a host device; a job control unit for controlling edition, expansion, and print control of the image data; a data edition unit for editing the print data; a data expansion unit for receiving an analytical result from the data edition unit and generating print image data; and a print control unit for receiving the print image data and controlling a printing unit to perform a printing operation. The data edition unit determines whether a dashed line drawing command exists. When the dashed line drawing command exists, the data edition unit determines a length of a specific portion of a dashed line. When the length of the specific portion is smaller than a specific length, the data edition unit performs a correction process and increases the length of the specific portion up to the specific length.08-28-2008

Tomonori Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110175452POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A power supply device includes a power conversion circuit, a secondary battery, a table, and a control circuit. The power conversion circuit converts alternating-current or direct-current power into direct-current power to supply power to a load. The secondary battery is connected between the power conversion circuit and the load and charged with power from the power conversion circuit so that power is supplied to the load when the charging power is discharged. On the table, power conversion efficiency of the power conversion circuit associated with output power and charging efficiency of the secondary battery associated with charging power are recorded. The control circuit looks up the table to calculate power loss, which is based on the power conversion efficiency of the power conversion circuit associated with the output power in the case where power is supplied from the power conversion circuit to the load, and power loss, which is based on the charging efficiency of the secondary battery associated with the charging power in the case where power is output from the power conversion circuit so that the power conversion efficiency is at the highest level and the secondary battery is charged with extra power that is left after power is supplied to the load, makes a determination, on the basis of both the calculated power losses, as to whether the supply of power from the secondary battery to the load leads to a smaller power loss, makes a determination, when the supply of power from the secondary battery to the load leads to a smaller power loss, as to whether there is a remaining capacity in the secondary battery, and performs a control process, when there is no remaining capacity in the secondary battery, so that power is supplied from the power conversion circuit to the load and the secondary battery is charged for a predetermined period of time.07-21-2011

Toru Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100328691COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING COLOR PROFILES, AND AN EVALUATION METHOD OF COLOR ADJUSTMENT RESULTS BY AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING COLOR PROFILES - The control program of the present invention causes an image processing device to execute the steps of: executing a color conversion process on image data containing various color patches (S12-30-2010

Patent applications by Toru Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Yasuhiko Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080247710Optical Connector and Optical Fiber Connecting System - An angle type optical connector enables a splicing operation of an optical fiber cable accurately and stably without requiring skilled labor and having a superior on-site installation property. An optical connector is provided with a splicing section for securely supporting an incorporated optical fiber securely supported at a ferrule and an optical fiber of an outside optical fiber cable in an end-abutting condition. The body of the optical connector is provided with a cable holding member able to hold an optical fiber cable. The cable holding member can be set at a temporary position where it makes an optical fiber of the optical fiber cable abut against the incorporated optical fiber at the splicing section in the state holding the optical fiber cable and bends a covered optical fiber of the optical fiber cable between the splicing section and the cable holding member by a pressing force in the lengthwise direction.10-09-2008
20080304795Optical Connector and Optical Fiber Connecting System - A straight type optical connector enables a splicing operation of an optical fiber cable accurately and stably without requiring skilled labor and having a superior on-site installation property. An optical connector is provided with a splicing section for securely supporting an incorporated optical fiber securely supported at a ferrule and an optical fiber of an outside optical fiber cable in an end-abutting condition. The body of the optical connector is provided with a cable holding member able to hold an optical fiber cable. The cable holding member can be set at a temporary position where it makes an optical fiber of the optical fiber cable abut against the incorporated optical fiber at the splicing section in the state holding the optical fiber cable and bends a covered optical fiber of the optical fiber cable between the splicing section and the cable holding member by a pressing force in the lengthwise direction.12-11-2008
20110116745OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises (a) a ferrule incorporating a short fiber; (b) a mechanical splice having a holding part and a fixing part, and adapted so that the fixing part mechanically fixes the short fiber extending from the ferrule held by the holding part, and an optical fiber in an optical cable to butt the short fiber; (c) an outer housing having a housing part in which the mechanical splice is located, and a pair of flexible arms located on both sides of the housing part, the pair of arms each being provided with a locking claw at a tip; and (d) a jacket fixture for fixing a cable jacket, the jacket fixture being coupled to the mechanical splice so that the cable jacket is inserted therein.05-19-2011

Yoshihide Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090066772INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - To reduce ink bleeding and growing of dot diameters for high image quality, an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a color image includes a first head group including chromatic color ink recording heads, a second head group including at least one of a transparent ink recording head and an achromatic color ink recording head, and light emitting devices for curing a photocurable ink having landed on a recording medium. The first and the second head groups are disposed along a scanning direction. The chromatic color ink recording heads of the first head group do not have the light emitting device therebetween along the scanning direction. And the light emitting device is arranged along the scanning direction between the first and second head groups and further arranged at least on a trailing side, in the scanning direction, of a trailing one of the first and second head groups.03-12-2009
20090073197INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - To reduce ink bleeding and growing of dot diameters for high image quality, an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a color image includes a first head group including chromatic color ink recording heads, a second head group including at least one of a transparent ink recording head and an achromatic color ink recording head, and light emitting devices for curing a photocurable ink having landed on a recording medium. The first and the second head groups are disposed along a scanning direction. The chromatic color ink recording heads of the first head group do not have the light emitting device therebetween along the scanning direction. And the light emitting device is arranged along the scanning direction between the first and second head groups and further arranged at least on a trailing side, in the scanning direction, of a trailing one of the first and second head groups.03-19-2009
20090073198INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - To reduce ink bleeding and growing of dot diameters for high image quality, an ink jet recording apparatus for recording a color image includes a first head group including chromatic color ink recording heads, a second head group including at least one of a transparent ink recording head and an achromatic color ink recording head, and light emitting devices for curing a photocurable ink having landed on a recording medium. The first and the second head groups are disposed along a scanning direction. The chromatic color ink recording heads of the first head group do not have the light emitting device therebetween along the scanning direction. And the light emitting device is arranged along the scanning direction between the first and second head groups and further arranged at least on a trailing side, in the scanning direction, of a trailing one of the first and second head groups.03-19-2009

Patent applications by Yoshihide Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Yukihisa Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100233390VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN FIBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - To provide a fiber made of a vinyl chloride resin which is excellent in heat resistance and thus hardly shrinks thermally even at a temperature exceeding 100° C.09-16-2010

Yumi Hoshino, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100025909Method and jig for holding silicon wafer - Provided are a method and a jig for holding a silicon wafer, which are applied to the production of the silicon wafer having {110} or {100} plane as its principal surface, in which the silicon wafer is held while a silicon wafer holding positions are properly defined at wafer edge regions relative to the reference direction as being from the center of the silicon wafer toward <110> in crystal orientation in parallel to the wafer surface. In handling the silicon wafer, generation of contact scratches is suppressed as little as possible, and a fracture which is caused by development of the crack initiating from easily generated contact scratches can be prevented in the silicon wafer, particularly in the silicon wafer having {110} plane as its principal surface.02-04-2010
20100151692EPITAXIAL WAFER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an epitaxial wafer, including a silicon substrate having a surface sliced from single-crystalline silicon and a silicon epitaxial layer deposited on the surface of the silicon substrate, includes an oxygen concentration controlling heat treatment process in which a heat treatment of the epitaxial layer is performed under a non-oxidizing atmosphere after the epitaxial growth such that an oxygen concentration of the surface of the silicon epitaxial layer is set to 1.0×1006-17-2010
20120012983SILICON WAFER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - This method of manufacturing a silicon wafer has a step of preparing a wafer, in which a surface of the silicon wafer is surface-treated, a step of setting stress, in which the stress S (MPa) subjected on the wafer is set, a step of inspecting, in which a defect on a surface of the wafer is inspected, and a step of determining, in which the wafer is evaluated if the wafer satisfies a criterion. In this method, it is possible to manufacture a wafer with cracking resistance even if it is subjected to a millisecond annealing by the FLA annealing treatment.01-19-2012