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Hosoda, JP

Akira Hosoda, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110132231CEMENT ADMIXTURE, AND CEMENT COMPOSITION AND CONCRETE CONTAINING THE CEMENT ADMIXTURE - It is an object of the invention to provide a cement admixture that can form concrete having a sufficient self-healing capability and satisfactorily maintaining its self-healing capability for prolonged periods. The cement admixture of the invention contains an expanding material and an alumina-silicate with swelling properties. The cement admixture is combined with cement to form a cement composition. The cement composition is mixed with water and an aggregate to provide concrete with an excellent self-healing capability.06-09-2011

Atsushi Hosoda, Kanazwa-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120045856METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing an organic EL device is disclosed. The method can arrange an adhesive agent of an ultraviolet curable type between a first substrate on which a plurality of light emitting parts are formed in a predetermined direction and a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate separately so as to surround the light emitting parts. Each of the light emitting parts comprises a plurality of organic EL elements. The method can form a substrate pair by exposing the adhesive agent to ultraviolet rays to bond the first substrate and the second substrate to each other with the adhesive agent. The method can place the substrate pair on a first holding member capable of holding an entire surface of the first substrate or the second substrate. The method can place the substrate pair on a second holding member after a predetermined period of time has passed, the second holding member being capable of holding the substrate pair with at least two supporting members positioned along the first substrate or the second substrate. The method can cut the substrate pair around the adhesive agent with each of the light emitting parts as a unit.02-23-2012

Hidemasa Hosoda, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110057222ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for producing an organic electroluminescent element, the method including: arranging, on a surface of a substrate having an electrostatic charge, particles provided with a surface electrostatic charge opposite to the electrostatic charge on the surface of the substrate, so that the particles are fixed on the surface of the substrate with an electrostatic force, and forming a thin film on the surface of the substrate on which the particles have been fixed.03-10-2011

Hideto Hosoda, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110317442VEHICLE LIGHT FITTING UNIT - Disclosed is a vehicle light fitting unit that can include a plurality of light sources, a reflecting plane which diffusely reflects light emitted from the plurality of light sources, and a lens which emits the light, which is diffusely reflected by the reflecting plane, to a front direction. The plurality of light sources can each be provided so that a pitch between one light source and another light source adjacent to the one light source is shorter than a light path length from the one light source to the lens passing through the reflecting plane.12-29-2011

Hiroshi Hosoda, Minoo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100240866MODIFIED GHERLIN PEPTIDES - The present invention provides a novel peptide-type compound which induces secretion of growth hormone and which has the activity of increasing the intracellular calcium ion concentration, wherein at least one amino acid is replaced by a modified amino acid and/or a non-amino acid compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.09-23-2010
20110184153MODIFIED GHERLIN PEPTIDES - The present invention provides a novel peptide-type compound which induces secretion of growth hormone and which has the activity of increasing the intracellular calcium ion concentration, wherein at least one amino acid is replaced by a modified amino acid and/or a non-amino acid compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.07-28-2011

Hiroshi Hosoda, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090170763Modified gherlin peptides - The present invention provides a novel peptide-type compound which induces secretion of growth hormone and which has the activity of increasing the intracellular calcium ion concentration, wherein at least one amino acid is replaced by a modified amino acid and/or a non-amino acid compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.07-02-2009

Hirotsugu Hosoda, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110056256SEAT BACK LOCKING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE - A seat back locking device for an automobile for a seat back 03-10-2011

Hiroyuki Hosoda, Hiratsuka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120088859CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - A curable resin composition, comprising 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylic polymer (A) having, at a terminal thereof, at least one crosslinkable silyl group; 0.1 to 100 parts by mass of a diamine compound (B) having a monovalent or bivalent aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group that has 8 or more carbon atoms and may be branched and having at least one primary amino group; and 0.1 to 100 parts by mass of a diamine compound (C) having a monovalent aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon group that has 8 or more carbon atoms and may be branched, and having a crosslinkable silyl group and/or a (meth)acryloyl group.04-12-2012

Joji Hosoda, Higashihiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090066120ROOF PANEL FOR VEHICLE - A carbonic acid gas or a nitrogen gas is dissolved into a polyurethane material. The thus prepare polyurethane material is injected into a cavity of a mold which is formed around the periphery of a glass panel 03-12-2009

Jun Hosoda, Saitama-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100201830COMPOSITE STILL-IMAGE CREATING DEVICE CAPABLE OF CREATING A STILL IMAGE FROM MOVING IMAGES - Each of the frames forming moving images is decoded in sequence and while a candidate frame is decoded, a decision is made as to whether or not the motion vector variable-length decoded for each macroblock is greater than a threshold, so that if the motion vector is greater than the threshold, the decoded image of the corresponding block is decided as a partial image forming a subject portion that had motion in the candidate frame and then combined with a base image stored in a still memory in a combining unit, whereby, by repeating this process, a composite still image which allows the motion of the subject to be grasped visually is created in the still memory.08-12-2010

Jun Hosoda, Hanno-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090115871Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device - A camera device comprises an optical system driven to a predetermined position upon initialization when a photographing mode has been set, a memory including an area for storing lens information inherent to the optical system, an area for storing a file management program, and a management area which is managed by using the file management program, the area for storing the lens information differing from the management area, and a controller which controls the initialization of the optical system based on the lens information stored in the memory.05-07-2009
20090153701IMAGE FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image file processing apparatus comprises a first storage unit configured to store an image, a first data creating unit configured to create main image data or sub-image data, a second storage unit configured to store the main image data and the sub-image data as one file, a management region setting unit configured to ensure management information of the sub-image data stored in the same file as the main image data in the second storage unit by a predetermined number and set the management information in a management region of the main image data, and a storage control unit configured to control so as to store the file based upon content set by the management region setting unit.06-18-2009
20090290035METHOD OF CAPTURING STILL IMAGE DURING CAPTURE OF MOVING IMAGE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - According to an electronic camera capable of capturing a still image during capturing of a moving image, by storing the zoom lens position information at that time when capturing of the moving image is temporarily stopped for capturing of the still image and using the field angle information or the like recorded after capturing of the still image is terminated, the zoom lens can be automatically returned to the original zoom position so as to prevent the generation of an uncomfortable feeling between the moving image before capturing of the still image and the moving image of which capturing is restarted just after termination of the still image capturing.11-26-2009
20110157424IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A method includes specifying an image area which is contained in the subject-present image taken and in which nonflatness is less than or equal to a predetermined value, determining whether or not a range of the specified image area in the subject-present image in which the nonflatness is less than or equal to a predetermined value is greater than or equal to a predetermined range, generating an extraction background image used to extract a subject area in the subject-present image containing the subject, from the image area when the range of the image area in which the nonflatness is less than or equal to a predetermined value is determined to be greater than or equal to the predetermined range, and extracting the subject area from the subject-present image based on information on a difference between each pixel in the extraction background image and a corresponding pixel in the subject-present image.06-30-2011

Patent applications by Jun Hosoda, Hanno-Shi JP

Junko Hosoda, Miura JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120089489COMPONENT SAFETY INVENTORY AMOUNT CALCULATING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME, AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING SAME04-12-2012

Jyun Hosoda, Himeji-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100121485Coin processing unit - A wrapping unit for wrapping and forming a predetermined number of stacked coins into a coin-roll is arranged in a lower region of a machine body. A coin storing and feeding unit and sending unit are arranged side by side in a width direction of the machine body above the wrapping unit. Thus, the machine body is downsized in its width direction.05-13-2010

Katsuhiko Hosoda, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100056601Control agent containing N-Substituted indole derivative for acarian parasitic on animal - Conventional control agents against acarians parasitic on animals do not have sufficient selective toxicity and are hence not safe for the animals to which the control agents are applied. The control agents are not always satisfactory also in control effect and quick-acting properties. Intensive studies were made on the insecticidal activity of N-substituted indole compounds against acarians and on the safety thereof for mammals including pets. As a result, it was found that an N-substituted indole derivative, e.g., 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethylthio)indole, or 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)indole, has high insecticidal activity and quick-acting properties and is lowly toxic to mammals including pets.03-04-2010

Katsuhiko Hosoda, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090270459Flea control agent containing N-Substituted indole derivative - Conventional control agents against fleas parasitic on animals do not have sufficient selective toxicity and are hence not safe for the animals to which the control agents are applied. The control agents are not always satisfactory also in control effect and quick-acting properties. Intensive studies were made on the insecticidal activity of N-substituted indole compounds against fleas and on the safety thereof for mammals including pets. As a result, it was found that an N-substituted indole derivative, e.g., 1-(3-chloro-5-trifluoromethylpyridin 2-yl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)indole, 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(dichlorofluoromethylthio)-indole, or 1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethylthio)indole, has high insecticidal activity and quick-acting properties and is lowly toxic to mammals including pets.10-29-2009

Kotaro Hosoda, Tochigi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090276334CONTENT PURCHASING/VIEWING SYSTEM, CONTENT REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION AUTHENTICATION SERVER - A content reproducing device (11-05-2009

Kousuke Hosoda, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080257623Swing-Type Operation Machine - To realize a mounting structure on the rear side of the seat of the operator station on which the seat and equipment for operation are installed in the swing table of a swing-type operation machine, the mounting structure being simple in construction yet imparted with a sufficiently large strength without increasing the size of the swing table or without utilizing the counter weight. The swing-type operation machine comprises an under carriage, a swing table mounted on the under carriage so as to freely swing thereon, an operator station mounted on the swing table and on which a seat and equipment for operation are installed, and a heat exchanger-mounting body supporting a heat exchanger for cooling the engine that is positioned at the back of the seat of the operator station and supporting the rear part of the seat of the operator station.10-23-2008

Kuniyasu Hosoda, Hanno-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080303145Printed Circuit Board, Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Method and Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, there is provided a printed circuit board which comprises a printed wiring board, a semiconductor package having a number of solder bonding members arranged on its back side and mounted on the printed wiring board by the solder bonding members being soldered to the wiring board, and reinforcing members which are formed of a reinforcing material having a solder flux function and locally reinforce the solder bonding members in a number of places on the semiconductor package mounting portion of the printed wiring board.12-11-2008
20090001575Printed Circuit Board, Mounting Method of Electronic Component, and Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, there is provided a printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board having a component mounting surface, a semiconductor package which is mounted on the component mounting surface of the printed wiring board by solder bonding using solder balls, and reinforcement portions which locally reinforce portions of the solder bonding of the semiconductor package at a plurality of locations on the component mounting surface of the printed wiring board, the reinforcement portions being formed of a resin material having parts entering the solder balls of the portions of the solder bonding.01-01-2009
20090134529CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE, ELECTRIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE - A circuit board module includes: a printed wiring board that is provided with a plurality of solder bonding pads; a semiconductor package that is provided with a plurality of solder bonding portions on a back face thereof to be mounted on the printed wiring board by soldering the solder bonding portions onto the respective solder bonding pads on the printed wiring board; a plurality of reinforcement pads that are provided on the printed wiring board at positions along peripheral edges of the semiconductor package, each of the reinforcement pads having a solder coated layer formed thereon; and a plurality of reinforcing adhesive agents that are disposed on each of the reinforcement pads to adhere the semiconductor package to the reinforcement pads.05-28-2009
20090219703PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING FRAME GROUND FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a printed circuit board, including a frame ground portion in which conductor patterns are formed around a board-fixation hole, and a plurality of through-holes formed around the board-fixation hole in the frame ground portion.09-03-2009

Patent applications by Kuniyasu Hosoda, Hanno-Shi JP

Makoto Hosoda, Nagano JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110290543METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRING BOARD AND WIRING BOARD - The present invention provides a wiring board giving good heat dissipation over a long period of use. The present invention also provides a method for producing board, including coating a surface of a metal substrate, which is made of an aluminium plate, with a composition containing a substance having a polysiloxane structure and inorganic particles having insulating and heat-dissipating properties, curing the composition, then bonding a copper foil to the cured composition, and partially removing the copper foil, thereby forming a wiring layer.12-01-2011

Masaaki Hosoda, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090036640Oligomer Removing Agent for Polyester-Based Fiber Material - An oligomer removing agent for polyester-based fiber materials comprises a polyester copolymer which is obtained by polycondensation of a dibasic acid component containing 15-65 mol % of a sulfonate group-containing dibasic acid and a dihydric alcohol component containing polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of 900-3500, and which has a 200° C. melt viscosity of 5000-23,000 mPa·s and has 10-40 mass % polyoxyethylene chains in the molecule. The oligomer removing agent is able to overcome the problems caused by deposition of polyester oligomers, when added to the dyeing bath in a dyeing step for polyester fiber materials or for fiber materials that are composites thereof with other fiber materials.02-05-2009
20100064451DYEING QUALITY IMPROVER FOR POLYESTER-BASED FIBER MATERIALS - The invention provides a dyeing quality improver for polyester-based fiber materials characterized by comprising a polyester copolymer, obtained by polycondensation of a dibasic acid component containing a dibasic acid with a sulfonate group in an amount of 15-65 mol % and a dihydric alcohol component containing polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of 900-3500, having a molecular weight of 3000-30,000 and containing polyoxyethylene chains in the molecule in an amount of 10-40 mass %, and at least one compound selected from among styrenated phenolalkylene oxide addition products and higher alcohol alkylene oxide addition products. It is possible to solve the problem of adhesion of polyester oligomers and the problems of dye contamination and foreign matter contamination, during dyeing of polyester-based fiber materials.03-18-2010

Masaaki Hosoda, Fukui-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110107526OLIGOMER REMOVING AGENT FOR POLYESTER-BASED FIBER MATERIAL - An oligomer removing agent for polyester-based fiber materials comprises a polyester copolymer which is obtained by polycondensation of a dibasic acid component containing 15-65 mol % of a sulfonate group-containing dibasic acid and a dihydric alcohol component containing polyethylene glycol with a molecular weight of 900-3500, and which has a 200° C. melt viscosity of 5000-23,000 mPa·s and has 10-40 mass % polyoxyethylene chains in the molecule. The oligomer removing agent is able to overcome the problems caused by deposition of polyester oligomers, when added to the dyeing bath in a dyeing step for polyester fiber materials or for fiber materials that are composites thereof with other fiber materials.05-12-2011

Masaharu Hosoda, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100036555CONTROLLER FOR MOTOR, AND VEHICLE - When a short-circuit failure of any of switch portions (02-11-2010

Masakazu Hosoda, Ome-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110234501ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a keyboard provided with a plurality of keys and a plurality of LEDs arranged around each of the keys; a storage unit configured to store information indicating relationship between the keys and corresponding LEDs; a detecting unit configured to detect a key input at one of the plurality of keys; and an LED controlling unit configured to light at least one of the LEDs corresponding to the one of the keys based on the information when the detecting unit detects the key input.09-29-2011

Michie Hosoda, Shiga JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100307814ELECTRIC CONNECTION BOX - An electric connection box for an automobile effectively prevents entry of water into the box and allows water entered the box to be easily discharged. The electric connection box has a base block (12-09-2010

Minoru Hosoda, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100214004ANALOG SWITCH CIRCUIT - An analog switch circuit that includes a first field-effect transistor, a source of which is coupled to a first switch terminal, and a drain of which is coupled to a second switch terminal; a first capacitance storing electric charge; a second capacitance storing electric charge; a first switch circuit that couples the first capacitance between a direct current voltage node and a reference potential node; a second switch circuit that couples the first capacitance and the second capacitance in parallel; and a third switch circuit that couples the second capacitance between a gate and the source of the first field-effect transistor.08-26-2010

Minoru Hosoda, Sagamiouno-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110040573Diagnostic System and Method - A diagnostic system and method. In one embodiment, the invention is a diagnostic system comprising: a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user's selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay. In other embodiments, the invention is a computer-based version of the diagnostic system and a diagnostic method.02-17-2011
20110054931Diagnostic System and Method - A diagnostic system and method. In one embodiment, the invention is a diagnostic system comprising: a form comprising one or more diagnostic questions and one or more possible answers to each diagnostic question; a first overlay comprising one or more windows and one or more diagnostic fields, wherein when the first overlay is positioned over the form, the answers to the diagnostic questions that are indicative of the user having a first medical condition are visible through the windows of the first overlay; and wherein the one or more diagnostic fields contain criteria for diagnosing the user with the first medical condition based on the user's selection of answers on the form that are visible through the windows of the first overlay. In other embodiments, the invention is a computer-based version of the diagnostic system and a diagnostic method.03-03-2011

Naohiro Hosoda, Ehime JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226919Water-Soluble Film Roll and Method for Paying Out Water-Soluble Film - To provide a water-soluble film roll 09-18-2008

Naohiro Hosoda, Saijo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120121808WATER-SOLUBLE FILM ROLL AND METHOD FOR PAYING OUT WATER-SOLUBLE FILM - To provide a water-soluble film roll 05-17-2012

Naohiro Hosoda, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080233728SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device which has the following steps of forming a plurality of layered patterns obtained by stacking an insulating film, a conductor film for forming a floating gate electrode and another insulating film over a semiconductor substrate in the order of mention, forming sidewalls over the side surfaces of the plurality of layered patterns, removing a damage layer of the semiconductor substrate between any two adjacent layered patterns by dry etching, forming an insulating film over the semiconductor substrate between two adjacent layered patterns, and forming a plurality of assist gate electrodes over the insulating film between two adjacent layered patterns in self alignment therewith. According to the present invention, a semiconductor device having a flash memory has improved reliability.09-25-2008
20080293230METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A silicon-rich oxide (SRO) film is arranged over an uppermost third-level wiring in a semiconductor device. Then, a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film lying over the third-level wiring are dry-etched to expose part of the third-level wiring to thereby form a bonding pad and to form an opening over the fuse. In this procedure, the SRO film serves as an etch stopper. This optimizes the thickness of the dielectric films lying over the fuse.11-27-2008

Patent applications by Naohiro Hosoda, Hitachinaka JP

Osamu Hosoda, Inagi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090195816IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - It is analyzed whether print data includes first image data common between pages and second image data different between pages. When a specific discharge device is designated as a discharge device for discharging a printing medium printed based on the print data, and it is analyzed that the print data includes the second image data different between pages, print processing is controlled not to print the second image data.08-06-2009
20090279913PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a memory used for storing a preset temperature value indicating a preset temperature of a heating portion controlled by a CPU when print processing including transfer processing and fixing processing is performed in association with a plurality of types of sheets that are usable by the printing apparatus. The CPU of the printing apparatus calculates a maintenance temperature value, which is a temperature value to be maintained by the heating portion when the print processing is not performed, based on a plurality of preset temperature values that are set in association with the plurality of types of sheets, and controls the temperature of the heating portion to become equal to the maintenance temperature value.11-12-2009
20100189450PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides an image forming apparatus which performs fixing control complying with sheet characteristics in consideration of the productivity of a printing process and the precision of fixing control, and a control method thereof. To accomplish this, upon receiving a print job, the image forming apparatus extracts a sheet type used in the print job, and determines whether one set value in fixing control can be used for the extracted sheet type. If one set value can be used for the extracted sheet type, the image forming apparatus decides a common set value. If one set value cannot be used for the extracted sheet type, the image forming apparatus decides a set value for each type. In accordance with the decided set value, the image forming apparatus executes a printing process.07-29-2010

Patent applications by Osamu Hosoda, Inagi-Shi JP

Ryozo Hosoda, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090109819Optical pickup - A spherical aberration correction mechanism includes a plurality of aberration correction lenses, a movable portion in which the aberration correction lens is held, a fixed portion in which the movable portion is arranged so as to be slidable as well as the aberration correction lens is held, a shaft supporting the movable portion so as to be rotatable about the axis as well as to be slidable in the axial direction, a feed screw having spiral grooves, an engaging portion having convex portions to be engaged with the spiral grooves from one direction and a coil spring fitted to the outside of the shaft, pressing the movable portion in the axial direction. The coil spring has a rotation prevention portion engaged with the fixed portion and a torque biasing portion engaged with the movable portion, and the coil spring is installed in a twisted state in advance.04-30-2009
20090122662Optical pickup - A spherical aberration correction mechanism includes an aberration correction lens, a movable portion for supporting the aberration correction lens, a fixing portion for supporting the aberration correction lens, in which the movable portion is disposed in a slidable manner, a shaft for supporting the movable portion in a rotatable manner about the axis and in a slidable manner in the axial direction, a feed screw having a helical groove, an engaging portion having an engaging groove like a male thread engaging with the helical groove from an direction, and a coil spring engaging with the outer surface of the shaft, for pressing the movable portion in the axial direction. Each end portion of the feed screw is provided with a cylindrical portion having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the feed screw, and a resetting elastic portion supported by the fixing portion or the movable portion is provided for pressing the movable portion in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the coil spring.05-14-2009
20090284852LENS DRIVE MECHANISM AND OPTICAL PICKUP HAVING SAME - A lens drive mechanism includes a drive source; a lead screw that is connected to the drive source and rotated by operation of the drive source; a nut member that screws on the lead screw and moves as the lead screw rotates; a lens hold portion that is so disposed as to move as the nut member moves and hold a lens; a guide member that guides the lens hold portion to move in the same direction as that of movement of the nut member; and a leaf spring member that if the nut member is situated near one end of a thread portion of the lead screw, pressurizes the nut member toward the other end of the thread portion of the lead screw.11-19-2009
20100208570Objective Lens Actuator - An objective lens actuator includes a lens holder, a protector holder, and a protector. The lens holder in which the objective lens is provided has a face configured to oppose the disc. The protector holder is provided on the face of the lens holder. The protector is formed with an opening defined by a first inner face, a second inner face and a bottom face between the first inner face and the second inner face. The protector has a parallelepiped shape elongating in a first direction parallel to the disc. A part of the protector is inserted in the opening so as to contact the first inner face and the second inner face and to extend from the bottom face toward the disc. A first distance between an end of the protector in a second direction in which the protector extends toward the disc and the disc is shorter than a second distance between the objective lens and the disc. A gap is formed between an end of the opening and an end of the protector in the first direction.08-19-2010

Patent applications by Ryozo Hosoda, Osaka JP

Satoshi Hosoda, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090207546ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE COUNTERMEASURE DEVICE - The present invention prevents occurrence of electrical discharge on an electrically conductive structure in an environment in which high-energy electrons impinge onto the structure or on an electronic element mounted to a surface of the structure, which electrical discharge would otherwise occur when the potential of the structure or the electronic element increases in the negative direction due to a negative charge flowing thereinto. An insulating tape bonded to the surface of the electrically conductive structure is partially cut-removed; an electrically conductive adhesive is applied to an exposed portion of the surface of the electrically conductive structure; and an insulating film is bonded to the electrically conductive adhesive, such that the electrically conductive adhesive is exposed to the outside. When encountering higher-energy electrons, the insulating film is charged, so that a strong electric field is applied to the electrically conductive adhesive, and electrons are emitted from the electrically conductive adhesive through field electron emission, to thereby prevent the potential of the electrically conductive structure from increasing in the negative direction.08-20-2009

Shinya Hosoda, Fukui JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274218Gnetum Extract11-06-2008

Soichiro Hosoda, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120042128CACHE UNIT AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a cache unit transferring data from a memory connected to the cache unit via a bus incompatible with a critical word first (CWF) to an L1-cache having a first line size and connected to the cache unit via a bus compatible with the CWF. The unit includes cache and un-cache controllers. The cache controller includes an L2-cache and a request converter. The L2-cache has a second line size greater than or equal to the first line size. The request converter converts a first refill request into a second refill request when a head address of a burst transfer of the first refill request is in the L2-cache. The un-cache controller transfers the second refill request to the memory, receives data to be processed corresponding to the second refill request from the memory, and transfers the received data to the L1-cache.02-16-2012

Soichiro Hosoda, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080201558PROCESSOR SYSTEM - A processor system according to an aspect of the present invention has a pipeline. The pipeline includes a cache memory, an instruction fetch buffer which stores commands, an execution module which requests data access to the cache memory, a tag memory which outputs information related to the data access of the execution module, and an arbitration circuit which arbitrates access to the cache memory based on entry information of the instruction fetch buffer and the information related to the data access from the tag memory.08-21-2008
20090119487ARITHMETIC PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING INSTRUCTION CODE FETCHED FROM INSTRUCTION CACHE MEMORY - An arithmetic processing apparatus includes a cache block which stores a plurality of instruction codes from a main memory, a central processing unit which fetch-accesses the cache block and sequentially loads and executes the plurality of instruction codes, and a repeat buffer which stores an instruction code group corresponding to a buffer size, the instruction code group ranging from a head instruction code to a terminal instruction code among the head instruction code to an end instruction code of a repeat block repeatedly executed in the processing program, in the plurality of instruction codes stored in the cache block. The arithmetic processing apparatus further includes an instruction cache control unit which performs control so that the instruction code group stored in the repeat buffer is selected and supplied to the central processing unit when the repeat block is repeatedly executed.05-07-2009

Soichiro Hosoda, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100217961PROCESSOR SYSTEM EXECUTING PIPELINE PROCESSING AND PIPELINE PROCESSING METHOD - A processor system includes a plurality of pipeline stages, a controller, and a transfer path. The plurality of pipeline stages is subjected to processing. The controller determines whether or not each of the executable instructions to be processed in the pipeline stages requires processing in a succeeding pipeline stage. The transfer path, if the controller determines the executable instruction does not require the processing in the succeeding pipeline stage, skips the pipeline stage including the unnecessary processing.08-26-2010
20110060880MULTIPROCESSOR - A multiprocessor according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a provisional determination unit that provisionally determines one transfer source for each transfer destination by performing predetermined prediction processing based on monitoring of transfer of cache data among cache memories. A data transfer unit activates, after a provisional determination result of the provisional determination unit is obtained, only a tag cache corresponding to the provisionally-determined one transfer source when the transfer of the cache data is performed and determines whether cache data corresponding to a refill request is cached referring to only the activated tag cache.03-10-2011

Takashi Hosoda, Minamiminowa-Mura JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100127413Method for Manufacturing Plastic Lens - A method for manufacturing a plastic lens includes: disposing a pair of plastic lens molding dies in such a way that the dies face each other and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; forming a frame between the pair of dies; injecting a polymerizable composition into the space surrounded by the frame and the pair of dies; and polymerizing the polymerizable composition in the space to form a plastic lens.05-27-2010

Tatsuya Hosoda, Nagano-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090148063Edge generation method, edge generation device, medium recording edge generation program, and image processing method - A direction of an intended edge is determined, and a position of the intended edge is corrected to a position that brings a direction that connects a position of the intended edge and a position of an adjacent edge closer to the determined direction of the intended edge, and edge information representative of an area of the edge of an enlarged image is generated by using the corrected position of the edge. Gradation data before and after filtering are synthesized at a rate corresponding to a feature quantity representative of the amount of pixels within a predetermined color area. The gradation data of the plural pixels within a predetermined region including the position of the intended edge to be sharpened among the interpolated gradation data of the respective pixels on the interpolated image is sharpened at a degree corresponding to the number of pixels of the uninterpolated image.06-11-2009

Patent applications by Tatsuya Hosoda, Nagano-Ken JP

Tatsuya Hosoda, Chino JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120065780ROBOT - A robot includes a gripping section and a main body section to which the pair of finger sections are attached, having one end sections of the pair of finger sections rotatably connected to each other around a first rotating shaft disposed at a position separate from the main body section, and adapted to open and close the pair of finger sections by swinging the other side of the pair of finger sections on a plane parallel to a mounting surface on which an object is mounted centered on the first rotating shaft to thereby grip the object, a moving device adapted to relatively move the object and the gripping section, and a control device adapted to control the moving device to move the gripping section relatively toward the object, and grip the object with the gripping section at at least three contact points.03-15-2012

Tetsuro Hosoda, Saitama JP

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20090242295Saddle-type vehicle including front-end mounted radiator, controller case and controller heat shield - A saddle-type vehicle including a radiator disposed forwardly of a steering shaft for steering a front wheel, the radiator being covered by a vehicle body cover, the vehicle including a controller case which extends forwardly of the steering shaft of a vehicle body frame, formed separately from the vehicle body cover, and fixed on a frame supporting the radiator. The controller case is positioned rearward of and above the radiator, and is configured such that the controller case supports an electronic controller therein. The saddle-type vehicle also includes a heat shield disposed between the radiator and the controller, wherein the heat shield substantially isolates the controller from heat emitted from the radiator.10-01-2009
20090243275Saddle-type vehicle including wheel well shields and an underbody splash guard member - A saddle-type vehicle has an engine compartment protected from mud and water splash by wheel well shields and a centrally located underbody splash guard member, arranged to substantially block mud and water from splashing back toward an engine during operation of the vehicle. These splash guards are also configured to ensure a space for maintenance. The vehicle includes inner wheel well shields located respectively laterally inside of the front wheels, and an underbody splash guard member including first and second guard portions. The first guard portion provided on the underbody splash guard member is located laterally inside of the wheel well shields, and the second guard portion is located laterally inside of the first guard portion for covering a front portion of the engine.10-01-2009

Tomoya Hosoda, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100271268LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF - The present invention provides a resin composition containing a liquid crystalline polyester and a high dielectric material filler. The present invention also provides a molded article of the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition of the present invention comprises 50 to 80% by volume of a liquid crystalline polyester which has 40% by mol or more of a 2,6-naphthalenediyl group as an aromatic group, also has a flow initiation temperature of 280° C. or higher, and shows a melt tension of 1 g or more measured at a temperature higher than flow initiation temperature; and 20 to 50% by volume of a high dielectric material filler. The liquid crystalline polyester resin composition can be formed into composition pellets easily and stably by a strand method, and a molded article obtained from the liquid crystalline polyester resin composition is excellent in flexural strength and dielectric characteristics.10-28-2010

Tomoya Hosoda, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090163106LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYESTER FIBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid crystal polyester fiber, the method comprising a step of spinning a liquid crystal polyester that has a glass transition temperature and a melting point, both observed by differential scanning calorimetry, and that has a flow initiation temperature of 250° C. or higher, followed by a heat treatment at 230° C. or lower. Even though the heat treatment is conducted at a low temperature, the obtained liquid crystal polyester fiber has a high strength.06-25-2009
20090315783RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a resin composition comprising a liquid crystal polymer and a filler comprising a composite oxide containing Ba, Sm, and Ti. The resin composition can provide a molded article which has excellent dielectric characteristics and is excellent in dimension stability.12-24-2009
20100041855Polyester for producing fiber, and fiber and non-woven fabric using the same - The present invention provides a liquid-crystalline polyester having a structural unit represented by the formula (i), a structural unit represented by the formula (ii) and a structural unit represented by the formula (iii):02-18-2010
20110240353METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYESTER POWDER - The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester powder, the method comprising: carrying out melt polycondensation of monomers and/or its acylated monomers to obtain a corresponding polyester having a flow initiation temperature of 240 to 300° C.; spreading and solidifying the polyester so as to be a layer thereof with a thickness of 1 cm or more: crushing the solidified substance to obtain a powder having a volume average particle diameter of 3 to 30 μm; and subjecting the powder to a heat treatment to obtain a powder having a flow initiation temperature higher than the flow initiation temperature of the liquid-crystalline polyester after the melt polycondensation.10-06-2011

Patent applications by Tomoya Hosoda, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Toshio Hosoda, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120031329ELECTROSTATIC COATING APPARATUS - Provided is an electrostatic coating apparatus capable of insulating an electric motor electrically from a member, to which an electrostatic high voltage is applied, and reducing the size and weight of the electrostatic coating apparatus. This electrostatic coating apparatus comprises a rotary atomizing head, to which high voltage is electrostatically applied, an electrostatically grounded AC servomotor, and a spindle and a fixed insulating member for insulating the AC servomotor electrically from the rotary atomizing head and a speed-increasing device to be set at the same potential as that of the former. The spindle and the fixed insulating member have insulation distance enlarging portions of the mode, in which the creepage insulation distances from the speed-increasing device to the AC servomotor are enlarged.02-09-2012

Toshio Hosoda, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090308949ROTARY ATOMIZER HEAD, ROTARY ATOMIZER PAINTING DEVICE, ROTARY ATOMIZATION PAINTING METHOD - An annular dam portion is formed along a circumference of an inner peripheral face of a rotary atomizer head and has a plurality of paint supply holes formed along the circumferential direction at the boundary between the annular dam portion and the inner peripheral face. The annular dam portion is disposed between the bottom of the inner peripheral face and the tip of the inner peripheral face. The dam portion is formed such that a substantially constant distance separates the inner peripheral face from the dam portion.12-17-2009

Tsutomu Hosoda, Yokohama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110272742COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFCTURING SAME - A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate; a compound semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; a first insulating film formed on the compound semiconductor layer; a second insulating film formed on the first insulating film; and a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, each being formed on the compound semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode is formed of a first opening filled with a first conductive material via at least a gate insulator, and the first opening is formed in the first insulating film and configured to partially expose the compound semiconductor layer, and wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed of a pair of second openings filled with at least a second conductive material, and the second openings are formed in at least the second insulating film and the first insulating film and configured to partially expose the compound semiconductor layer.11-10-2011
20120091986SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes a first transistor including a GaN-based semiconductor stacked structure formed over a substrate, a first gate electrode having a plurality of first fingers over the semiconductor stacked structure, a plurality of first drain electrodes provided along the first fingers, and a plurality of first source electrodes provided along the first fingers; a second transistor including the semiconductor stacked structure, a second gate electrode having a plurality of second fingers over the semiconductor stacked structure, the second drain electrodes provided along the second fingers, and a plurality of second source electrodes provided along the second fingers; a drain pad provided over or under the first drain electrodes, and coupled to the first drain electrodes; a source pad provided over or under the second source electrodes, and coupled to the second source electrodes; and a common pad coupled to the first source electrodes and the second drain electrodes.04-19-2012

Yasuhiro Hosoda, Yokohama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080307521IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING ACCESS CONTROL OF DOCUMENT INCLUDING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE - An object of the present invention is to improve usability of a copying machine. In order to achieve the object, an image processing apparatus according to the present invention has: accepting unit that accepts setting of a function from a user; first obtaining unit that obtains information of a function usable by the user; second obtaining unit that obtains information of a usable function by using a two-dimensional code of a document as an object of the function; and first executing unit that, even when the function that the accepting unit accepts setting thereof from the user is not included in the information of the usable function obtained by the first obtaining unit, executes on the document the function that the accepting unit accepts setting thereof when the function is included in the information of the usable function by the second obtaining unit.12-11-2008
20100037156PROGRAM AS DEVELOPMENT TOOL KIT FOR SUPPORTING APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT - A problem of the present invention is to provide a development tool kit for supporting development of a GUI. In order to solve the foregoing problem, a program according to the present invention is provided with a program used as a development tool kit for supporting development of an application, wherein the program is configured in such a manner that when the application associates a GUI component arranged on a display screen displayed on display unit with function information, a computer performs an association step of automatically associating a command for making an inquiry to managing unit of managing information on availability of a function specified by the function information, with the application.02-11-2010
20100162407APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It requires a lot of money to newly develop a management application operating on an apparatus or an information device for managing the function of the multifunction peripheral from a remote place. To a management apparatus already existing in the market, information including function information which is not an object of management of the management apparatus requested by the management apparatus is returned in a format interpretable for the management apparatus. Further, a function of an apparatus which is not an object of management of the management apparatus is managed by carrying out processing which is not a processing requested by the management apparatus.06-24-2010
20120096544INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - There are provided an information processing apparatus which provides a user credential sharing service on a user credential sharing condition intended by a vendor that creates an application, and a control method for the information processing apparatus. To accomplish this, the information processing apparatus generates sharing settings which defines a sharing condition for each item of a user credential among applications according to a manifest file acquired from each application. Upon receiving a request of a user credential from one of the applications, the information processing apparatus provides the user credential to the requesting application according to the generated sharing settings.04-19-2012

Patent applications by Yasuhiro Hosoda, Yokohama-Shi JP

Yasuo Hosoda, Tsurugashima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226946Magnetic disc, stamper for making magnetic disc, and method for making magnetic disc - A magnetic disc has a data area including a magnetic data zone and nonmagnetic portions for physically separating the magnetic data zone, and also has a servo area provided with a magnetic pattern made up of magnetic portions and nonmagnetic portions. The servo area includes a belt-like area elongated in a radial direction of the magnetic disc and having a circumferential length at least twice as long as a unit length readable by a magnetic head in a circumferential direction of the magnetic disc. The belt-like area is provided with magnetic regions and nonmagnetic regions alternating with each other in the radial direction of the disc, where each of the magnetic and nonmagnetic regions extends from the first end to the second end of the belt-like area that are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction of the disc.09-18-2008
20090272947POLYCRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM THIN FILM AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A polycrystalline aluminum thin film is made of polycrystals of an alloy of aluminum. The polycrystalline aluminum thin film includes a first additive which is distributed with even concentration over an inside of each crystal grain and an interface of the crystal grain and a second additive which is distributed with higher concentration in the interface of the crystal grain than in the inside of the crystal grain.11-05-2009
20100310895POLYCRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM THIN FILM AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A polycrystalline aluminum thin film is made of polycrystals of an alloy of aluminum. The polycrystalline aluminum thin film includes a first additive which is distributed with even concentration over an inside of each crystal grain and an interface of the crystal grain and a second additive which is distributed with higher concentration in the interface of the crystal grain than in the inside of the crystal grain.12-09-2010

Patent applications by Yasuo Hosoda, Tsurugashima-Shi JP

Yuji Hosoda, Sagamihara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100257926DOWNHOLE SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF - A sensor module for a sensing apparatus configured for operation downhole, within a borehole. The sensor module comprises a sensor array having a plurality of sensors to sense selected formation parameters and a control system for selective and independent operation of each sensor of the sensor array. Each sensor of the sensor array is configured or designed as a discrete sensor unit for individual and independent communication and control. Each sensor of the sensor array may have an associated electronics module that provides standardized electronic connectivity with the control system.10-14-2010

Yuji Hosoda, Kasumigaura JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090062974Autonomous Mobile Robot System - An autonomous mobile robot system having plural mobile robots and integrative planning means to plan the moving zone of the plural mobile robots, wherein: the integrative planning means is installed on the plural mobile robots including a main mobile robot to travel autonomously and a subordinate mobile robot to travel on the basis of the instructions of the main mobile robot; and each of the plural mobile robots is provided with, at least, measurement means to measure the situation of ambient environment, communication means to communicate between the integrative planning means and the other mobile robot, main device position recognition means to recognize the position of the mobile robot, subordinate device position recognition means to recognize the position of the other mobile robot, travel planning means to plan travel routes of the mobile robot and the other mobile robot, and travel control means to control a drive mechanism in accordance with the travel planning means. A guided vehicle and a truck or the like can travel autonomously and cooperatively while obtaining information on ambient environment without mechanical connection and can automatically be separated from and merged with each other.03-05-2009
20100201509COLLISION AVOIDANCE ASSISTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A collision avoidance assisting system for a vehicle, for expecting a risk of colliding upon a moving object (or a moving obstacle), including a pedestrian, more correctly, but without annoying a driver, excessively, by estimating the risk to be excessively high, comprises a moving object detecting means for detecting a moving object existing on periphery of the vehicle; a footway boundary detecting means for detecting a position and a configuration of a footway boundary object on periphery of the vehicle; a risk estimation means for estimating a risk that the moving object detected by said moving object detecting means collides on the vehicle; and an alarm means for calling an attention to a driver of the vehicle, upon basis of the risk of collision estimated by the risk estimation means, wherein the risk of collision between the moving object, which is detected by the moving object detecting means, and that vehicle is estimated by taking at least the position information of the moving object, the position information of the footway boundary object and conditions of the circumferences thereof.08-12-2010
20100222954AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT APPARATUS AND A RUSH-OUT COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD IN THE SAME APPRATUS - An autonomous mobile robot apparatus and a method for avoiding collision due to rush-out, being applicable under the circumstances where persons and robots come and go each other, comprises an obstacle detector unit 09-02-2010

Patent applications by Yuji Hosoda, Kasumigaura JP