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Ichihara, Tokyo

Hirofumi Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080274670Substrate Peripheral Portion Measuring Device, and Substrate Peripheral Portion Polishing Apparatus - A projecting/receiving unit (11-06-2008

Jun Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090301211CAPACITANCE TYPE PRESSURE SENSOR - A capacitance-type pressure sensor for measuring a change in a physical volume of a medium to be measured, by measuring two capacitances wherein the capacitances vary differently from each other in accordance with a change in the physical volume of the medium to be measured, provided with a function for measuring independent values for each capacitance and determining that there is an disconnect failure when at least one of these capacitance values falls below a capacitance value that indicates the normal operating range of the capacitance-type pressure sensor, to thereby provide a pressure sensor with higher reliability through performing the disconnect detection robustly.12-10-2009

Masahiro Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090235173IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION-SCREEN CHANGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of sets of flow definition data and screen definition data are stored in associated manner in a storage unit. A client device selects one of the sets of the flow definition data. Screen definition data corresponding to a process defined by the selected flow definition data is acquired from the storage unit and an editing screen is created from this screen definition data. The editing screen is sent to the client device and a predetermined operation with respect to a component of the editing screen is received from the client device. Screen definition data is created based on the changed editing screen in accordance with the predetermined operation, and the new screen definition data is stored in the storage unit so as to be associated with the flow definition data.09-17-2009

Masakatsu Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100284685Focal Plane Shutter For Cameras - A focal plane shutter for cameras includes: a shutter blade assembly; an electromagnet assembly; driving means that includes a mounting member mounted with an iron scrap member that cooperates with an iron core member of the electromagnet assembly; and a setting member that operates the driving means to a set position. The iron scrap member includes a shaft fitted in a mounting hole of the mounting member, an iron scrap portion provided at one end of the shaft and brought into contact with the iron core member, and a removal preventing flange provided at the other end of the shaft, a collar member is fitted to the shaft between the mounting hole and the flange, an edge of the mounting hole is formed to have an arcuate surface protruding toward the collar member, and the collar member is formed to have, on the edge side, an arcuate surface protruding toward the flange and substantially perpendicular to the arcuate surface.11-11-2010

Masaki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090011731DIVERSITY RECEIVER AND GAIN ADJUSTING METHOD THEREFOR - Reception levels are measured in respective branches to compare the results of the measurements with one another to select the result of the measurement of a maximum reception level which is the highest reception level. The gains of variable gain amplifiers (01-08-2009
20090202017Distortion Control Device and Method - This invention includes a waveform analyzing means (08-13-2009
20090285340RECEIVING AMPLITUDE CORRECTION CIRCUIT, RECEIVING AMPLITUDE CORRECTION METHOD, AND RECEIVER USING THE SAME - Input average levels and output average levels of digital channel filters 11-19-2009
20100296609OFDM RECEIVING DEVICE, OFDM RECIEIVING METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR OFDM RECEIVING DEVICE - An OFDM receiving device for settling a problem of complicated configuration is provided, in that the OFDM receiving device receives an OFDM signal where no smaller than one specific sub-carriers among plurality of sub-carriers are modulated by a known modulation signal s11-25-2010
20110038403ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX MODEM CIRCUIT - To provide an orthogonal frequency division multiplex modem circuit which can multiplex signals, whose bit rates and QoS are different from one another, and can transmit the signals via one OFDM line. A serial/parallel converter converts input signals into a complex parallel signal respectively, and a sub carrier and a modulation system are assigned every communication channel. A randomizer changes the alignment sequence of the signal, a discrete inverse Fourier transformer processes the signal, a parallel/serial converter converts the signal into a serial signal, and a transmitter performs the orthogonal modulation of the signal to output the signal from an antenna. A receiver performs orthogonal demodulation of the signal received with an antenna, a serial/parallel converter converts the signal into a parallel signal, and a discrete Fourier transformer processes the parallel signal. In addition, a de-randomizer restores the alignment sequence of the subcarriers into the original condition, and a parallel/serial converter decodes and outputs the signal.02-17-2011

Patent applications by Masaki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Masayuki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090091616INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided, in which content and position information generated independently of each other are recorded in a recording medium. The apparatus includes a recording medium in which the content and the position information are recorded and a deletion unit deleting position information temporally associated with a piece of the content from the recording medium when the piece of content is deleted from the recording medium.04-09-2009

Motoyuki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100309680VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A projector headlight for a low beam can include a light source, an ellipsoidal reflector, a projector lens and a shade. Light emitted from the light source can form a fundamental light distribution pattern from the projector lens via the ellipsoidal reflector by shielding an upward portion of the light with the shade. The shade can form a blurred part on a horizontal cut-off line using a radiused R surface between a top and front edge lines of the shade. Therefore, a contrasting difference between the upper and lower sides of the horizontal cut-off line can be reduced so as to be able to conform to a light distribution standard for a headlight. The R surface can be configured with a reflex surface or a non-reflex surface to match the light source. Thus, the projector headlight can perform a favorable light distribution pattern utilizing a simple structure.12-09-2010

Reika Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080254581SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer.10-16-2008
20080258230SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer.10-23-2008
20100155851SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a semiconductor device comprising a P-channel MIS transistor which includes an N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer formed on the N-type semiconductor layer and containing a carbon compound of a metal, and an N-channel MIS transistor which includes a P-type semiconductor layer, a second gate insulating layer formed on the P-type semiconductor layer, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer.06-24-2010
20100171184Semiconductor device - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an nMISFET formed on the substrate, the nMISFET including a first dielectric formed on the substrate and a first metal gate electrode formed on the first dielectric and formed of one metal element selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Ta, Sc, Y, a lanthanoide and actinide series and of one selected from boride, silicide and germanide compounds of the one metal element, and a pMISFET formed on the substrate, the pMISFET including a second dielectric formed on the substrate and a second metal gate electrode formed on the second dielectric and made of the same material as that of the first metal gate electrode, at least a portion of the second dielectric facing the second metal gate electrode being made of an insulating material different from that of at least a portion of the first dielectric facing the first metal gate electrode.07-08-2010

Patent applications by Reika Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Shigeru Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090034122STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A structure has projecting structural members perpendicular to a substrate, the projecting structural members having respectively a curved top-end face covered continuously with a magnetic material. A process for producing a structure comprises the steps of placing an underlying metal layer and an anode-oxidization layer successively on a substrate, anodizing the anode-oxidization layer to form a porous film having pores perpendicular to the substrate, growing an oxide of a metal of the underlying metal layer from the bottoms of the pores of the porous film to outside of the porous film to form projecting structural members through the pores, each constituted of a columnar structural portion and a curve-faced top-end portion, removing a part or the entire of the porous film, and placing a magnetic material on the top-end portions of the projecting structural members.02-05-2009
20100319453PHOTOACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Disclosed is a photoacoustic measurement apparatus that irradiates a light beam onto a subject, from a same side as that of an acoustic wave detector, and that measures photoacoustic waves. The photoacoustic measurement apparatus has: an acoustic wave detector; a diffraction grating member provided in front of a detection surface of the detector; a light source that generates a light beam; and an optical system that guides the light beam from the light source towards the diffraction grating member. The diffraction grating member is configured such that the light beam led to the diffraction grating member is outputted by the diffraction grating member towards a subject surface that opposes the detection surface of the detector. As a result, light beams can strike a biological body in a near-perpendicular angle. This affords greater illumination efficiency, and allows light of substantial light energy to be irradiated deep inside biological structures.12-23-2010
20110088477ULTRASONIC PROBE, AND PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASONIC SYSTEM AND INSPECTION OBJECT IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ULTRASONIC PROBE - Provided are an ultrasonic probe capable of forming an image without degradation even when the frequency band of a photoacoustic wave and the frequency band of an ultrasonic wave used in ultrasonography are separated from each other, and an inspection object imaging apparatus including the ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe includes a first array device capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; and a second array device capable of receiving a photoacoustic wave. The first array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction, the second array device includes plural electromechanical transducers arranged in a two-dimensional manner, and the first array device and the second array device are provided on the same plane and in the scanning direction.04-21-2011
20110102797BIOINFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - provided is a bioinformation acquisition apparatus in which a flux of light emitted outside from a test object through diffusion effect when light is radiated thereto can be reused, improving use efficiency of the radiated light. The apparatus having a light source for radiating a flux of light to a test object, and a detector for detecting a signal output based on the radiation, and includes: a reflection type polarization element adapted that at least a part of the flux of light from the light source can be transmitted through, and a flux of light emitted outside from the test object by the radiation can be reflected, in which the reflection type polarization element is disposed at a position opposite to an irradiation area of the flux of light on the surface of the test object to cover the irradiation area.05-05-2011

Patent applications by Shigeru Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Takayuki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090052074Perpendicular magnetic recording media and magnetic storage apparatus using the same - Embodiments of the present invention provide a perpendicular magnetic recording media having excellent resolution, signal to noise ratio (S/N), and a small adjacent track erasure. According to one embodiment, underlayers for controlling the orientation and segregation of a magnetic layer, a magnetic layer including an oxide and an alloy of magnetic materials mainly composed of Co, Cr, and Pt, and a ferromagnetic-metal layer which does not contain oxygen, are formed over a substrate. The magnetic layer has at least two layers including ferromagnetic grains and oxides, a first magnetic layer, which is the part of the magnetic layer closer to the substrate, has grain boundaries mainly composed of Cr oxide and at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta, and grain boundaries of a second magnetic layer at the ferromagnetic-metal layer side includes at least one oxide selected from Si, Ti, Nb, and Ta in which Cr oxide is less than the first magnetic layer.02-26-2009
20090086372Perpendicular magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording device - Embodiments of the present invention help to provide a discrete track medium for realizing a high track density in a low price by adopting a configuration, in which filling of a non-magnetic material into a guard band portion and smoothing processing of a medium surface are not required. According to one embodiment, a perpendicular magnetic recording medium, on the non-magnetic substrate, includes at least: a soft magnetic underlayer; a first recording layer including a crystal grain having a magnetic property and a non-magnetic grain boundary having an oxide, as a main component, surrounding the crystal grain; a second recording layer containing a ferromagnetic metal as a main component and not containing an oxide; and at least one non-magnetic layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer. A recording track portion for magnetically recording information and a guard band portion provided between adjacent recording track portions are included in the perpendicular magnetic recording medium. The relationship between the total thickness t04-02-2009
20100110576THERMALLY ASSISTED RECORDING MEDIA AND SYSTEM - A thermally assisted magnetic recording medium includes a substrate and at least two, i.e., first and second magnetic recording layers. These layers are hard magnetic layers and contain magnetic grains and a non-magnetic substance magnetically segregating the magnetic grains at grain boundaries. The first magnetic recording layer has a magnetic anisotropy energy K05-06-2010
20100165500Thermal Energy Assisted Medium - In order to provide a thermal energy assisted medium capable of improving anti-sliding reliability over long periods of time in low flying head conditions, while also maintaining a high SNR, a unique medium is proposed. A soft magnetic layer is formed on a substrate, a soft magnetic layer is formed thereon via a non-magnetic intermediate layer, and an intermediate layer, a crystal oriented control intermediate layer, an artificial lattice intermediate layer having an artificial lattice film in which a first layer comprising Co and a second layer comprising Pt and Pd are laminated repeatedly to form a recording layer, and a cap layer and an lubricating layer are formed. The concentration of Pd comprising the second layer is from about 20 atomic % to about 40 atomic %. Other mediums and systems are also described.07-01-2010

Patent applications by Takayuki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Toshiro Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110036529CASTING DIE DEVICE - A casting die assembly which does not produce any burrs includes a stationary die and a movable die that are clamped in a condition in which a slide core is caused to move toward a center of a movable die, and a back surface of a protrusion of the slide core contacts a stopper section provided on a frame section. The stopper section is subjected to the pressure applied to the slide core during a casting operation. Since the stopper section is provided on part of the frame section, which is integrally formed on the periphery of the stationary die, the stopper section is not caused to retreat or deform by the casting pressure and as a result, the slide core is not moved and burrs are not produced.02-17-2011

Toshirou Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100071865CASTING METHOD03-25-2010
20100297284CASTING MOLD DEVICE - A metal mold device for casting that is adapted to prevent a casting sleeve from falling and that keeps even spacing between an inner circumferential wall of the casting sleeve and an outer circumferential wall of a bore pin. Ball plungers are provided at regular intervals in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential portion of the bore pin in the vicinity of a distal end of the bore pin and on an outer circumferential portion in the vicinity of a basal end thereof, respectively, with respect to the axial direction of the bore pin. Three distal ball plungers are provided on the outer circumferential portion in the vicinity of the distal end of the bore pin and three basal ball plungers are provided on the outer circumferential portion in the vicinity of the basal end thereof. The distal ball plungers are 60° out of phase with the basal ball plungers when viewed in the axial direction. Further, the distal ball plungers are provided in an area where a piston ring, in the vicinity of a top dead center position of a piston, is located.11-25-2010

Yuki Ichihara, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110038911PROSTHETIC MATERIAL FOR LIVING ORGAN - It is an object of the invention to provide a prosthetic material for living organs, which can sufficiently withstand the arterial pressure and thereby can prevent leakage of blood or rupture of blood vessels, and which serves as a scaffold for vascular tissue regeneration, and does not necessitate repeated surgeries or the like.02-17-2011