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Ishida, Tokyo

Akihiro Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090295832	DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A display processing device includes a face image detecting unit detecting the user's face image based on imaging data output from a camera unit provided on a cabinet, a position/angle change detecting unit detecting a change in the position of the user's face image and a change in the face angle, and a display control unit that displays a predetermined image on a display unit, moves the position of the display image in accordance with a change in the position of the detected user's face image, the change occurring in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, performs enlargement/reduction processing based on a position change in the Z-axis direction, performs rotating processing in accordance with a change in the face angle so that an image viewed from the face angle is obtained, and displays the obtained image on the display unit.	12-03-2009

Akira Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090103901	CONTENT TAG ATTACHMENT SUPPORT DEVICE AND CONTENT TAG ATTACHMENT SUPPORT METHOD - There is provided a content tag attachment support device enabling a person to perform both tag attachment work and correction word and suppressing increase of the work time. In this device, audio recognition means (	04-23-2009

Atsuki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100054250	RELAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CLIENT DEVICE WITH SERVER - A simple means is used to realize a virtual network communication via an home network and Internet. A relay device	03-04-2010
20110138058	Server for routing connection to client device - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an Internet connection system capable of performing bidirectional communications between a home network and the Internet by relatively simple means and enabling manufacturers of client-side home network appliances to find a unique added value.	06-09-2011
20110167162	System for the Internet Connections, and Server for Routing Connection to a Client Machine - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an Internet connection system which is capable of benefiting from the IPv6 by relatively easy means and in which manufacturers of client-side devices can create added values for users. IPv6 packets are transmitted by a tunneling connection between a home network and a server on the Internet. Also terminal devices present in the home network can be uniquely recognized and controlled from outside via the server. Since all communications are performed via the server on the Internet regardless of the carrier and the ISP, the terminal device and all connections to the terminal device can be freely configured and controlled by the owner or the manufacturer of the server on the Internet.	07-07-2011

Fumio Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110065565	ALUMINA CERAMIC - An alumina ceramic contains a Ba	03-17-2011

Haruhiko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080198154	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus of the invention has an object to provide an image processing apparatus enabling the user to improve the operation ability even when furnished with a wide variety of capabilities, and a method for supporting an operation of the image processing apparatus, which is formed by including: an instruction unit configured to provide plural operation instructions to a user by displaying one of plural operation screens and plural operation items; an operation skill level calculation unit configured to calculate a level of skill of the user for an operation instructed by the instruction unit for one of each operation screen and each operation item displayed by the instruction unit according to an operation by the user; and an operation support unit configured to support the operation instructed by the instruction unit according to the level of skill calculated by the operation skill level calculation unit.	08-21-2008
20080199199	AUTOMATIC JOB TEMPLATE GENERATING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC JOB TEMPLATE GENERATION METHOD - In order to provide an automatic job template generating apparatus capable of making operations simpler by reducing the steps in the user interface operation to match a frequently used capability of an MFP, an automatic job template generating apparatus of the invention is formed of an operation history acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation history of a multi function peripherals for each user according to information accessed to the multi function peripherals on the Web, an operation frequency analysis unit configured to analyze an operation frequency at regular timing according to the operation history acquired by the operation history acquisition unit, and a job template generation unit configured to newly generate a job execution parameter having a high operation frequency on an operation screen as a job template button according to an analysis result of the operation analysis unit.	08-21-2008
20080231882	DIGITAL MULTIPLE APPARATUS - In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit.	09-25-2008
20080232827	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method in the invention include a scanner unit, an image forming unit, and a discarding unit. When time during which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is discharged to a paper discharge tray has exceeded a set time set in advance, the recording medium is discarded to the discarding unit to prevent the recording medium from being inspected by a third party and secure confidentiality.	09-25-2008
20080304109	IMAGE-SORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-SORTING METHOD - An image-sorting apparatus includes a feeding unit to feed printed sheets sequentially carried in from an external print unit, in which an electronic watermark is added to an important printed sheet. Particularly, the image-sorting apparatus includes a read unit to read the electronic watermark from the printed sheet fed by the feeding unit, and a control unit to control the feeding unit to feed the printed sheets to one of a first and a second transfer position based on a read result of the electronic watermark.	12-11-2008
20100221023	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method in the invention include a scanner unit, an image forming unit, and a discarding unit. When time during which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is discharged to a paper discharge tray has exceeded a set time set in advance, the recording medium is discarded to the discarding unit to prevent the recording medium from being inspected by a third party and secure confidentiality.	09-02-2010
20110235121	DIGITAL MULTIPLE APPARATUS - In a digital multiple apparatus, at least two different jobs are processed by at least two job processing units, and while job processing by one job processing unit, if there is an interruption by job processing by the other job processing unit, an end time of the job processing by the one job processing unit is predicted on the basis of job processing time required for the job processing by the other job processing unit.	09-29-2011

Hideki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090216705	METHOD FOR PREDICTING SUGAR CHAIN STRUCTURE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for conveniently analyzing sugar chain (isomer) structure using a sample of approximately 1 picomole, which is generally subjected to analysis in proteomics without using any sugar chain preparation. The present invention relates to a method for analyzing sugar chain structure, comprising a step of obtaining the fragmentation pattern of a test sugar chain through fragmentation of the test sugar chain and a step of predicting the structure of the test sugar chain through comparison of the sugar chain predicted fragmentation pattern data generated based on fragmentation pattern templates with the fragmentation pattern of the test sugar chain.	08-27-2009

Hirohiko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090238847	Deodorant Particle - Disclosed is a deodorant particle having a BET specific surface area of 10 m	09-24-2009

Hisashi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090183899	PRINTED WIRING BOARD - When soldering is performed, heat transferred from through hole	07-23-2009

Junko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100197784	NOVEL CURCUMIN ANALOGUES AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to compounds capable of acting as androgen receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, and methods of use thereof. Such uses include, but are not limited to, use as antitumor agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers such as colon, skin and prostate cancer and to induce androgen receptor antagonist activity in a subject afflicted with an androgen-related affliction. Examples of androgen-related afflictions include, but are not limited to, baldness, hirsutism, behavioral disorders, acne, and uninhibited spermatogenesis wherein inhibition of spermatogenesis is so desired.	08-05-2010

Junya Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100120672	CYCLIC PEPTIDE COMPOUNDS - The present invention relates to a new cyclic peptide compound or a salt thereof, which has anti-hepatitis C virus activities based on inhibitory activity against the RNA replication of hepatitis C virus replicon, a process for preparation thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and a method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of hepatitis C in a human being or an animal.	05-13-2010

Katsuhiko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080313444	MICROCOMPUTER AND DIVIDING CIRCUIT - Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.	12-18-2008
20100191934	MICROCOMPUTER AND DIVIDING CIRCUIT - Herein disclosed is a microcomputer MCU adopting the general purpose register method. The microcomputer is enabled to have a small program capacity or a high program memory using efficiency and a low system cost, while enjoying the advantage of simplification of the instruction decoding as in the RISC machine having a fixed length instruction format of the prior art, by adopting a fixed length instruction format having a power of 2 but a smaller bit number than that of the maximum data word length fed to instruction execution means. And, the control of the coded division is executed by noting the code bits.	07-29-2010

Katsushi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080255474	TEAR MENISCUS TEST DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tear meniscus test device	10-16-2008

Kazuhiro Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090135953	Receiving circuit - A receiving circuit includes a frame memory to store received data of one frame, a de-rate matching circuit to generate data before encoding by reading the received data from the frame memory and performing de-rate matching in a reverse manner to rate matching performed on the received data at a transmitting end, and a TTI memory to store the data before encoding.	05-28-2009

Kazuyuki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100239263	OPTICAL RELAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL RELAY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A control-target-value setting unit sets a control target value corresponding to the number of multiplexed wavelengths measured by a number-of-multiplexed-wavelengths measuring unit. A controller controls the variable optical attenuator based on the control target value. An optical amplifier performs an optical amplification with a constant gain regardless of power of a wavelength-multiplexed light. The controller performs feedback control of the variable optical attenuator such that a result of measurement of the total power of the wavelength-multiplexed light coincides with the control target value.	09-23-2010

Keitaro Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090060048	MOTION DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A motion detection circuit calculates and updates a first Sum of Absolute Differences (SAD) between a reference macroblock stored in a reference macroblock buffer and a coding macroblock stored in a first coding macroblock buffer and calculates and updates a second SAD between a reference macroblock stored in the reference macroblock buffer and a coding macroblock stored in the second coding macroblock buffer. The motion detection circuit detects a reference macroblock, corresponding to the smallest of the updated first and second SAD values of each coding macroblock, as a predictive macroblock corresponding to the coding macroblock.	03-05-2009

Koichi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100291363	ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING SHEET AND RECORDED MATERIAL - An electrophotographic recording sheet having, on a water-resistant support, a toner-receiving layer containing a liphophilic polymer antistatic agent with a specific surface resistivity of from 1×10	11-18-2010
20110260781	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - The interposer is disposed on an upper surface of the stacked structure formed by stacking a plurality of a DRAM chip and a plurality of a flash memory chip. Thus down-size of an entire device is accomplished. A boost converter having an inductor is used as a voltage boost circuit. Thus down-size of the entire device is accomplished in comparison to a voltage boost circuit using a charge pump connected in parallel with a plurality of a capacitance.	10-27-2011

Koji Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090280128	ANTI-ILT7 ANTIBODY - An antibody binding to IPC was obtained by using an animal cell in which a cell membrane protein associatable with ILT7 was co-expressed as an immunogen. The antibody of the invention has a high specificity which allows immunological distinction between other ILT family molecules and ILT7. The anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention bound to IPC and inhibited the activity thereof. With the anti-ILT7 antibody of the invention, the IPC activity can be inhibited and an interferon-related disease can be treated or prevented. ILT7 expression is maintained even in IPC in the presence of IFNα. Therefore, an inhibitory action of IPC activity by the anti-ILT7 antibody can be expected even in an autoimmune disease patient with an increased production of IFNα.	11-12-2009
20100278832	ANTI-BST2 ANTIBODY - BST2 antibodies were selected by using as an indicator the binding between BST2 antibodies and various splicing variants of human BST2 antigen. As a result, the present inventors successfully obtained BST2 antibodies that specifically recognize BST2D, which has been reported to be expressed at high levels in cancer cells. The antibodies of the present invention specifically bind to cells expressing BST2D. Non-specific antibody binding to non-target tissues, which results in the decrease of antibody concentration in blood, can be prevented by using the antibodies of the present invention therapeutically. Alternatively, the present invention provides diagnostic agents comprising an antibody of the present invention, which specifically detect tissues expressing BST2D.	11-04-2010

Kouji Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090092515	HIGH STRENGTH THICK STEEL PLATE SUPERIOR IN CRACK ARRESTABILITY - The present invention provides high strength thick steel plate superior in crack arrestability high in strength, free of deterioration of HAZ toughness, and free of anisotropy, that steel plate containing, by mass %, C: 0.03 to 0.15%, Si: 0.1 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, P: ≦0.02%, S: ≦0.01%, Al: 0.001 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.02%, Ni: 0.15 to 2%, and N: 0.001 to 0.008% and having a balance of iron and unavoidable impurities as chemical components, having a microstructure of a ferrite and/or pearlite structure with bainite as a matrix phase, and having an average circle equivalent diameter of crystal grains with a crystal misorientation angle of 15° or more of 15 μm or less in the regions of 10% of plate thickness from the front and rear surfaces and of 40 μm or less in the other region including the center part of plate thickness.	04-09-2009
20100165073	Projector, Terminal, Conferencing System, Tree Structure Switching Method and Recording Medium - A conferencing system, which can prevent useless data processing that accompanies data communication from occurring even when a presenter's device that outputs image data is switched, is provided.	07-01-2010

Kouzou Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090130332	COATING FILM DRYING METHOD AND COATING FILM DRYING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for drying a coating film (	05-21-2009

Kozo Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100020205	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus (	01-28-2010
20100132933	METHANE HYDRATE DISSOCIATION ACCELERATING AND METHANE GAS DERIVING SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide a deriving technique with economy and technical difficulty improved without depending on fuel consumption for a heat source when methane gas is derived from a methane hydrate layer. Warm water is pumped up by a pump from an underground aquifer present 1000 to 1500 m below the seabed, geothermal energy is caused to flow through a permeable layer below a methane hydrate layer, a dissociation boundary surface of an un-dissociated area of the methane hydrate layer is dissociated to generate methane gas, the methane gas is led into a production well from peripheral areas and through a gas inlet screen and caused to rise so that the methane gas is collected on the sea.	06-03-2010

Kunio Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110220919	FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FLUORESCENT SUBSTANCE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE - The embodiment provides a process for production of an oxynitride fluorescent substance. An compound containing In or Ga is adopted in the process as a material thereof. The red fluorescent substance produced by the process can be combined with a semiconductor light-emitting element, so as to be used in a light-emitting device or a light-emitting module.	09-15-2011

Mariko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110049104	ETCHANT FOR COPPER OR COPPER ALLOY, LIQUID FOR ETCHING PRETREATMENT, AND ETCHING METHOD - An etchant for copper or copper alloy, which contains water as a main component and comprises (1) 1 to 20 mass % of iron (III) chloride and (2) 5 to 100 mass %, based on the iron chloride, of oxalic acid, and an etching method using the above etchant are provided, and the etching method includes pretreatment to be carried out with an aqueous solution containing at least one component selected from a component that dissolves copper or copper alloy and an acid, whereby well yields can be materialized.	03-03-2011
20110056910	ETCHING METHOD - Etching is carried out with an etchant that reacts with a metal to be etched to form an insoluble compound. After the etching using the above etchant, etching is carried out using an etchant that does not form an insoluble compound through a reaction with the metal to be etched, whereby the form of an etched portion comes close to a rectangular form, and the side surface of a conductor pattern becomes smooth. Further, after the etching of one surface of a material to be etched is carried out using an etchant that reacts with a metal to be etched to form an insoluble compound nearly from below, the upper and lower sides of the material to be etched is reversed, and the etching of the opposite surface is carried out nearly from below, whereby fine conductor patterns can be formed on both of the surfaces.	03-10-2011

Masahiko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090309091	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device having good switching characteristics even metallic CNTs are included and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a source electrode; a drain electrode; and a channel layer formed between the source electrode and the drain electrode and including a carbon nanotube group. The carbon nanotube group includes conductive carbon nanotubes having a characteristic of a conductive material and semiconductive carbon nanotubes having a characteristic of a semiconductive material. The density of the carbon nanotube group is the density where the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to each other through all of the carbon nanotube group and not connected to each other only through the conductive carbon nanotubes.	12-17-2009
20100102324	SWITCHING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a switching element provided with a gate dielectric film and an active layer disposed in contact with the gate dielectric film. The active layer includes carbon nanotubes, and the gate dielectric film includes non-conjugated polymer containing an aromatic ring in a side chain.	04-29-2010

Masashi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090302351	BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A bipolar transistor (	12-10-2009

Masayuki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090319174	NAVIGATION APPARATUS - A navigation apparatus includes an unregistered road detecting means for setting up a detection start point and a detection end point for an unregistered road on registered roads which are respectively located before and behind sections in which matching result data indicates a free state, respectively, the matching result data indicating a matching state when the vehicle is traveling each of the registered roads, for performing a coordinate transformation on a traveling path which is created from positioning data and which is extending between the two points so that the traveling path has coordinates which match with the coordinates of a registered road between them, and for detecting the coordinates of the unregistered road from a portion of the coordinate-transformed traveling path which does not overlap any registered road, and a road data generating means for creating road data about the unregistered road from the coordinates of the unregistered road.	12-24-2009

Mayuko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100186632	Method of manufacturing a rock slurry - A rock slurry having a negative oxidation reduction potential, including a Bakuhan-seki rock slurry having a negative oxidation reduction potential may be manufactured or processed using granite porphyry or quartz porphyry. A resulting product may be useful in medical, health, and/or cosmetic applications.	07-29-2010

Miki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090139536	Lip categorizing method, makeup method, categorizing map, and makeup tool - A lip categorizing method uses the size and shape of the lips as viewed from the front of the face as a first categorization index and the three-dimensional form of the lips as a second categorization index. The lip categorizing map is composed of a first coordinate axis showing the degree of the first categorization index and a second coordinate axis showing the degree of the second categorization index and has a coordinate system in which the first and second coordinate axes are orthogonal. It also generates makeup information for two-dimensionally correcting the lips of a subject based on preset reference by setting a plurality of points for determining the form features of lips on an image that depicts the lips, and judges the form features of the lips of the subject based on analytical values of the two-dimensional features of the lips measured from the set points.	06-04-2009

Minoru Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110043669	IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that respectively generates, with imaging devices different from one another, a first captured image with a specific direction of a subject set in a longitudinal direction, a second captured image with an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the specific direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to one side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image, and a third captured image with the orthogonal direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to the other side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image; a detecting unit that detects a state of the imaging apparatus; and a control unit that determines, based on the detected state, a range of a target image as a target of display or recording among the first to third captured images.	02-24-2011
20110234640	Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An image processing apparatus includes: an operation receiving section that, when an enlarged image of a specific region in a first captured image having a predetermined size or an enlarged image of a specific region in a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image is displayed on a display section, receives an operation input for changing a display state of the enlarged image; and a display control section that changes a control amount based on the operation input in accordance with whether or not the enlarged image displayed on the display section when the operation input is received is the enlarged image of the specific region of the second captured image, thus changing a display state of the enlarged image being displayed on the display section.	09-29-2011
20110234852	Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - An imaging apparatus includes: an image generation section that generates at least one of a first captured image having a predetermined size and a second captured image having an aspect ratio different from that of the first captured image; a recording control section that, when an instruction operation to record the generated captured image is received, records the generated captured image based on the instruction operation; and a display control section that, when a captured image to be displayed at the time of displaying the recorded captured image on a display section is the second captured image, displays the second captured image and an enlarged image of a specific region in the second captured image are displayed on the display section in a correlated manner.	09-29-2011

Mitsuyoshi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080303643	INDIVIDUAL-IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM EXECUTED IN INDIVIDUAL-IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An individual-identifying communication system of the present invention comprises: plural light-emitting devices; an imaging device; a display device capable of displaying an image based on image data obtained by said imaging device; a selection device for selecting a predetermined area within the displayed image; a storage device storing plural identification information data for specifying a mobile terminal to communicate with, each of the identification information data being associated with a unique data indicating a lighting pattern of each light-emitting device; an acquisition device acquiring acquisition lighting pattern data from the image data from the imaging device; a determination device determining the unique data corresponding to the acquisition lighting pattern data, based on the acquisition lighting pattern data acquired from selection area image data and plural unique data; and a communication device communicating with a mobile terminal assigned with identification information data corresponding to the determined unique data.	12-11-2008
20080304715	INDIVIDUAL-IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM EXECUTED IN INDIVIDUAL-IDENTIFYING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An individual-identifying communication system of the present invention comprises an imaging device; a display device capable of displaying an image based on image data obtained by said imaging device; a selection device for selecting a predetermined area within the displayed image; a storage device storing plural standard face information data and plural identification information data for specifying a mobile terminal to communicate with, each of the identification information data being associated with each standard face information data; an acquisition device acquiring acquisition face information data from image data; a standard face information data determination device determining the standard face information data corresponding to the acquisition face information data, based on the acquisition face information data acquired from selection area image data and plural standard face information data; and a communication device communicating with a mobile terminal assigned with identification information data corresponding to the standard face information data.	12-11-2008

Mizuho Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090275268	METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK - In the production of a glass substrate for magnetic disk, the present invention provides a method for producing a glass substrate for magnetic disk including a step of polishing a main surface of a circular glass substrate using a polishing pad made of a foamed resin while feeding a polishing liquid containing an abrasive, in which a polishing pad made of a foamed resin having an international rubber hardness of 45 IRHD or less, the hardness being measured at a dry state before contact with a slurry by the M method defined in JIS K6253, is used as a starting polishing pad and polishing is started after a polishing surface of the starting polishing pad is subjected to a dressing treatment to adjust the pad so that an open pore area ratio is 8% or more and an average circle equivalent diameter of open pores is 10 μm or more, in order to suppress an increase in roll-off in the polishing step of the main surface of the circular glass plate.	11-05-2009
20100136372	GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk, the method including a step of polishing a main surface of a circular glass plate while supplying a polishing slurry containing a polishing material, in which polishing is performed, after a polishing surface is subjected to dressing treatment, by using a polishing pad having: a first resin foam layer which forms the polishing surface, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of more than 20 μm and has a thickness of 400 μm or less; and a second resin foam layer which is provided between a platen for fixing the polishing pad and the first resin foam layer, includes a resin foam having pores with a pore diameter of 20 μm or less and has a thickness of 50 to 250 μm, and in which a total thickness of the first resin foam layer and the second resin foam layer is 550 μm or less, and a international rubber hardness degree of the polishing pad measured by the M method according to JIS K6253 is 40 IRHD or more.	06-03-2010

Naho Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080233317	Recording Medium for Water-Based Ink and Method for Determining Ink Absorbing Characteristic Thereof - A mat type recording medium for ink jet printing is provided which exhibits optimum printability no matter which of dye ink and pigment ink may be used in printing. The recording medium, which is for recording with use of water-based ink containing an ink colorant, comprises a paper base and an ink receptive layer formed on a surface of the paper base, the ink receptive layer comprising a porous layer containing an inorganic pigment and also containing a substance reactive with the ink colorant. The recording medium is characterized in that a droplet of 4 μl distilled water dropped onto a surface of the ink receptive layer is absorbed in a first absorbing stage of absorbing the droplet at a first absorbing speed V	09-25-2008

Natsuki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100017860	AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The security of an authentication system using a one-time password is increased, a shift from an authentication system using a fixed password is simplified, and a range of use is increased. An authentication system wherein a one-time password is synchronized with time, or an authentication system wherein a one-time password is synchronized with the number of online service authentication requests, is provided. When a one-time password client	01-21-2010

Noriyuki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110234149	PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A photovoltaic power generation system in which an electricity generated by solar cells and a remaining battery level can be checked at once, thus enabling the photovoltaic power generation system to be efficiently operated. The photovoltaic power generation system is provided to charge a battery of a vehicle and is equipped with solar cells for feeding an electromotive force to the battery. The photovoltaic power generation system includes LEDs to make the remaining battery level and the electricity generated by the solar cells visible. Without taking the trouble to prepare a measuring instrument or to push a button of an indicator, a user of the vehicle can immediately check the remaining battery level and the electricity generated by the solar cells by visually checking the display of the LEDs, thus enabling the photovoltaic power generation system to be efficiently operated.	09-29-2011

Osamu Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080300957	Simulation Apparatus, Effect Measurement Apparatus, and Sales Promotion Support System - There is provided a simulation apparatus that predicts an effect of sending out a direct mail for a product of a specific brand, including a planned budget acceptance unit	12-04-2008

Ryohei Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090051687	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device includes a shader processor for carrying out a vertex shader process and a pixel shader process successively, a rasterizer unit for generating pixel data required for the pixel shader process on the basis of data on which the vertex shader process has been performed by said shader processor, and a feedback loop for feeding the pixel data outputted from said rasterizer unit back to said shader processor as a target for the pixel shader process which follows the vertex shader process.	02-26-2009
20100271382	GRAPHIC DRAWING DEVICE AND GRAPHIC DRAWING METHOD - A distance information generating unit	10-28-2010

Shimpei Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090230541	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device in which a chip is embedded in a wiring board and bump electrodes formed over the front surface of the semiconductor chip are flip-chip coupled to wiring formed in the wiring board and the entire back surface of the semiconductor chip functions well as a back electrode and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device. A semiconductor chip is embedded inside a wiring board. The semiconductor chip is flip-chip coupled (face down) to a base substrate as the core layer of the wiring board through bump electrodes. A conductive film is formed over the semiconductor chip's surface reverse to the surface over which bump electrodes are formed. The conductive film functions as a back electrode which supplies a reference voltage to the integrated circuit in the semiconductor chip. The conductive film is electrically coupled to third-layer wiring through vias.	09-17-2009

Shingo Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090242291	ELECTRIC VEHICLE - To ensure that an energy supply operation can be performed safely and smoothly on a vehicle having a plurality of energy ports such as a charging port, charging ports for supplying electric energy to a high voltage battery and a fuel supply port for supplying fuel to a fuel tank are provided in a vehicle body as energy supply ports. The fuel supply port and charging ports are respectively provided with lid members that are switched between a closed state and an open state by respective lock mechanisms. When closure of one lid member is released, all of the other lid members are prohibited from being switched to the open state, and therefore the number of energy supply ports having an open lid member is limited to one.	10-01-2009

Shinji Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090291725	GAME MACHINE - A game executer is operable to sequentially execute a plurality of racing games in which a plurality of racing members compete to each other. An instruction receiver is adapted to receive, from a player, a first instruction for causing a personal racing member prepared by the player to participate at least one of the racing games as one of the racing members, while being associated with a player identifier identifying the player. A processor is operable to increase a winning probability for the racing games of the personal racing member when it is executed, as one of the racing games, a first racing game in which the personal racing member satisfying a prescribed requirement participates. A prohibiter is operable to prohibit the personal racing member having participated the first racing game from participating the racing games executed subsequently to the first racing game.	11-26-2009

Susumu Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100034811	THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR DISEASES INVOLVING CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION - The present inventors focused on the fact that inflammation at the subretinal macular area enhances choroidal neovascularization, and developed pharmaceutical agents that suppress initiation or advancement of neovascularization by angiogenic factors such as VEGF. More specifically, the present inventors revealed that administering anti-IL-6 receptor monoclonal antibodies to mice treated with laser photocoagulation inhibits the development of choroidal neovascularization.	02-11-2010

Tadahiro Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080240787	Image Forming Method and Recorded Matter - An image forming method is provided to attain a higher security for preventing forgery and falsification of information by using an optical diffraction structure. In a body (	10-02-2008

Takahito Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100006261	Moving Body Cooling Apparatus - To obtain a moving body cooling apparatus which can improve cooling performance through efficient use of traveling wind produced as a moving body is running. The direction of grooves	01-14-2010

Takehisa Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090294817	FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE - A ferroelectric memory device comprising a dielectric layer comprising a mixture and/or a compound that comprises a ferroelectric organic polymer and an oxidiser and/or deioniser, and a pair of electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the dielectric layer. Also a method of fabricating a memory device.	12-03-2009
20090294818	FERROELECTRIC POLYMER - A ferroelectric film comprising polyaminodifluoroborane (PADFB). Also a memory device utilizing the ferroelectric film, a method of fabricating a ferroelectric polymer and a ferroelectric solution.	12-03-2009

Takuo Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110038838	Probiotic enhancement of steroid and immune suppressor activity in mammals with chronic diseases - Embodiment include methods for treating cats and dogs with inflammatory bowl disease or inflammatory-like bowl disease or immune mediated hemolytic anemia or atopic dermatitis which are being treated with steroids or immune suppressors which involves the step of administering to the animal a probiotic comprised of	02-17-2011

Tatsuya Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100108957	OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter containing at least a clay mineral complex (A). The clay mineral complex (A) comprises a layered clay mineral (B) intercalated with a dye cation (C), and an organic cation (D).	05-06-2010
20110049446	COLOR CORRECTION MATERIAL, FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL FILTER - A color correction material contains at least one type of cyanine compound composed of a cyanine cation represented by general formula (I) below (wherein the symbols are as defined in the description) and a q-valent anion represented by pAn	03-03-2011

Tetsuo Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090005180	Game Machine And Self-Running Body For Use Therein - The invention provides a game machine enabling a self-running body to smoothly run even in a corner section by using a plurality measurement lines provided at a constant pitch with reference to the inner circumference of a round track.	01-01-2009

Tetsuro Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080236889	Connection Structure for Small Diameter Shielded cable - A shielded cable connection structure includes a plurality of shielded cables. Each of the shielded cables has a center conductor, a shielding conductor, and an insulative jacket. A metal grounding member has at least two rows of mutually parallel substantially comb shaped teeth. The comb shaped teeth in each of the rows have a wire receiving portion formed there between that receives at least one of the shielded cables. A holding member mates with the metal grounding member to clamp the shielded cables between the metal grounding member and the holding member. The center conductor is directly clamped by the comb shaped teeth in one of the rows, and the shielding conductor is clamped through the insulative jacket by the comb shaped teeth in the other row.	10-02-2008
20110174785	Laser Welding Structure - A laser welding structure includes a housing, a lower metal terminal, and an upper metal terminal. The upper metal terminal is positioned above the lower metal terminal and has a smaller width than the lower metal terminal. The housing includes a groove and a sidewall that extends from the groove to an upper surface of the housing, wherein the sidewall faces the upper metal terminal and is inclined at an angle θ.	07-21-2011

Tetsuya Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110032567	JOB PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A job processing system including; an operation section accepting an operation of setting of job; a generate section generating a job data based on a setting information related to the setting of the job which accepted a setting completion in the operation section; a first storage section storing the generated job data; an execution section executing the job based on the job data; a detection section detecting computer viruses within the job processing system; and, a control section deciding necessity of the detection based on the job data related to the job.	02-10-2011

Tomoharu Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100206736	METHOD FOR ANALYZING METALLIC MATERIAL - A method for analyzing a metallic material includes the steps of electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolyte; removing the electrolyzed metal sample from the electrolyte; immersing the metal sample removed from the electrolyte into a dispersive solution that is different from the electrolyte to separate at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion deposited on the metal sample; and analyzing the at least one selected from the group consisting of a precipitate and an inclusion extracted into the dispersive solution.	08-19-2010
20100291692	METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL SPECIMEN - A method for analyzing a metal specimen includes an electrolysis step of electrolyzing a metal specimen containing a reference element and a target element in an electrolytic solution, a sampling step of sampling a portion of the electrolytic solution, an analysis step of analyzing the sampled electrolytic solution, a concentration ratio-calculating step of calculating the concentration ratio of the target element to the reference element in the electrolytic solution on the basis of the analysis results, and a content-calculating step of calculating the content of the target element present in the form of a solid solution by multiplying the content of the reference element in the metal specimen by the obtained concentration ratio.	11-18-2010
20110240477	METHOD FOR ANALYZING METAL MATERIAL - A method for analyzing a metal material includes electrolyzing a metal sample in an electrolytic solution, immersing a remaining portion of the metal sample taken out of the electrolytic solution in a dispersible solution to separate at least one substance selected from the group consisting of precipitates and inclusions attached to the remaining portion of the metal sample, filtering the dispersible solution containing the at least one separated substance through filters having straight pores and a porosity of 4% or more to obtain residues trapped on the filters and filtrates, and analyzing at least one of the residues and the filtrates.	10-06-2011

Tomohiko Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080237455	LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS - A light receiving apparatus includes a holder made of metal and a light receiving element that is attached to the holder, receives laser light reflected by an information medium, and outputs an electric signal. The light receiving element is constructed of a bare chip, is attached to the holder, and parts of the light receiving element aside from a part on which the laser light is incident are sealed using resin.	10-02-2008
20100224767	PHOTODETECTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM - A photodetector used in, for example, an optical pickup device includes: a photodetection unit including a plurality of photodetection elements and provided on a semiconductor chip; a light transmitting unit formed on the upper surface of the photodetection unit; and a light shielding layer having an optical aperture and disposed on the upper surface of the light transmitting unit, with these components being formed integrally. The light transmitting unit is configured such that the distance between the optical aperture and the photodetection unit is maintained constant, and the optical aperture is formed such that the inner portion of an incident light beam passes therethrough. The positioning of the photodetector and the positioning of the optical aperture such as a pinhole or a slit for adjusting the light beam entering the photodetection elements of the photodetector can be made at the same time.	09-09-2010

Tomotaka Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090050301	ELECTRONIC DEVICE COOLING APPARATUS - A liquid storage tank	02-26-2009
20100039767	EXPANSION TANK DEVICE, PROCESS FOR FABRICATING EXPANSION TANK DEVICE, AND LIQUID COOLING RADIATOR - An expansion tank device	02-18-2010
20100155035	Liquid-Cooled Heat Radiator - A liquid-cooled heat radiator	06-24-2010
20100328894	OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICE - Provided is an optical interconnection device in which a volume required for cooling is reduced. In the optical interconnection device, a plurality of optical modules (	12-30-2010

Toru Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100324886	PARALLEL TRANSLATION INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, PARALLEL TRANSLATION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A parallel translation information generation device includes a bilingual dictionary storage portion in which are stored three or more types of bilingual dictionaries that link all two-language combinations of a first language, a second language, and a third language; a trilingual parallel translation information generation portion that generates trilingual parallel translation information that is a set of a word in the first language, a word in the second language, and a word in the third language having a relationship such that all sets of words in two languages among the first-language word, the second-language word, and the third-language word are linked by the bilingual dictionaries, and a trilingual parallel translation information output portion that outputs trilingual parallel translation information.	12-23-2010
20110046940	MACHINE TRANSLATION DEVICE, MACHINE TRANSLATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A machine translation device includes: an accepting portion that accepts a first-language document; storage portion in which are stored one or more pieces of multilingual parallel translation information that are each a set of synonymous words in the first language through the Nth language (N is 3 or more integer); a selecting portion that selects the multilingual parallel translation information including a word included in an ith-language document (i is an integer of 1 to N-1) from the one or more pieces of multilingual parallel translation information; a machine translation portion that repeats processing of machine translating the ith-language document into an (i+1)th language document until machine translation into the Nth language has been performed, so as to use parallel-translation relation between two languages included in the selected multilingual parallel translation information; and an output portion that outputs the Nth-language document.	02-24-2011

Toshinobu Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090247878	PROBE FOR INSERTION INTO A LIVING BODY - A probe for insertion into a living body includes a sheath configured to be inserted into a living body, and a shaft positioned in the sheath. The shaft includes a tip portion configured to obtain diagnostic data at a distal portion thereof. The sheath includes a resin layer or a metal layer of at least one layer, and wherein the resin layer or the metal layer includes a spiral-shaped slit which is continuous from a distal portion to a proximal portion. The spiral-shaped slit includes a distal slit portion having the highest slit density, a middle slit portion which is continuous with the distal slit portion and which also has a lower slit density than the distal slit portion, and a proximal slit portion which is continuous with the middle slit portion and which also has a higher slit density than the middle slit portion.	10-01-2009

Yasushi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110242571	IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document set on a reading surface, a pressing plate capable of opening and closing relative to the reading surface, and an operation device provided on an upper surface of the pressing plate and including a plurality of capacitance touch switches each having a backlight. A control unit of the apparatus changes states of the backlights according to operation modes.	10-06-2011
20110242612	IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet.	10-06-2011
20110242613	IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - A plurality of touch switches includes a first switch and a second switch provided adjacent to each other. A distance between an electrode and a surface of a cover at the location of the first switch is smaller than a distance between an electrode and the surface of the cover at the location of the second switch.	10-06-2011

Yoichi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090159542	Electronic Equipment and Shelf Member - The present invention includes flat-panel type display section (	06-25-2009

Yoshihito Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110281085	POLYMER THIN FILM, PATTERNED MEDIA, PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF, AND SURFACE MODIFYING AGENTS - The objects of the present invention are to provide a polymer thin film having finer structure than the conventional product, excellent regularity over a wide range and only limited defects, patterned media, methods for producing the thin film and patterned media, and surface modifying agent used in these production methods.	11-17-2011

Yoshinari Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110253691	STAINLESS STEEL FLUX-CORED WELDING WIRE FOR WELDING OF ZINC-COATED STEEL SHEET AND ARC WELDING METHOD OF ZINC-COATED STEEL SHEET USING SAME - A stainless steel flux-cored welding wire for zinc-coated steel sheet welding use which gives a weld zone where no zinc embrittlement cracking occurs and the corrosion resistance and ductility are excellent and which is good in weld work efficiency and a welding method using the same, the welding wire characterized in that total amounts of elements which are included as metals or alloy compositions in the sheath and flux are, by mass % with respect to a total mass of the welding wire, C: 0.01 to 0.05%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 3.0%, Ni: 7.0 to 10.0%, and Cr: 26.0 to 30.0%, an F value is 30 to 50 in range, further, the wire contains, as slag forming agents, in the flux, by mass % with respect to the total mass of the wire, TiO	10-20-2011

Yoshinori Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080202166	METHOD OF DEHYDRATING AND SINTERING POROUS PREFORM FOR OPTICAL FIBER AND DEHYDRATION-SINTERING FURNACE - A dehydration-sintering furnace includes a muffle tube that accommodates therein the porous preform, a heater that heats the porous preform from outside of the muffle tube, a furnace body that accommodates the heater at an outer periphery of the muffle tube. When a gas required for dehydrating and sintering the porous preform is supplied in the muffle tube, and a pressure in the muffle tube is measured, an average value of the pressure in the muffle tube P	08-28-2008
20100043497	OPTICAL FIBER FOR WDM SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical fiber having a length of 1 km or more with average transmission loss in a wavelength band of 1383 nm being less than average transmission loss in a wavelength band of 1310 nm, wherein a maximum value of any 1 km section loss in the wavelength band of 1383 nm does not exceed the average transmission loss by 0.03 dB/km or more.	02-25-2010

Yuichi Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110165809	SOLUBLE TERMINALLY MODIFIED IMIDE OLIGOMER USING 2-PHENYL-4, 4'-DIAMINODIPHENYL ETHER, VARNISH, CURED PRODUCT THEREOF, IMIDE PREPREG THEREOF, AND FIBER-REINFORCED LAMINATE HAVING EXCELLENT HEAT RESISTANCE - A novel terminally modified imide oligomer having excellent solubility in organic solvents, excellent solution storage stability, and excellent molding properties such as low melt viscosity. Also, a varnish obtained by dissolving the terminally modified imide oligomer in an organic solvent; a cure product obtained by using the terminally modified imide oligomer and having excellent thermal and mechanical characteristics such as heat resistance, elastic modulus, tensile strength at break and tensile elongation at break; a prepreg; and a fiber-reinforced laminate. The soluble terminally modified imide oligomer is represented by general formula (1). In the formula, R	07-07-2011

Yujiro Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080232877	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus including an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet and a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, the conveyance section includes: a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor. The conveyance roller is swung in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction.	09-25-2008
20080232878	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, having a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls a driving of the conveyance section. The control section controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor.	09-25-2008

Yuki Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110189369	BAKED CONFECTIONERY - The present invention provides baked confectionery, including (A) wheat flour, (B) a gelatinized modified starch, and (C) oils and fats and satisfying the conditions of (1), (2), and (3):	08-04-2011

Yuuya Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090185032	IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE AND LENS UNIT - An image pickup apparatus of the present invention varies optical properties by moving a part of lenses of an objective lens, and includes a solid-state image pickup device unit that is disposed at a rear-end section and that subjects a subject image to photoelectric conversion, a fixed lens frame that retains the objective lens that is disposed in front of the solid-state image pickup device unit, a movable lens frame that retains the part of lenses that moves along a photographing optical axis O inside the lens frame, and an actuator having one end connected to the movable lens frame and that moves the movable lens frame forward and backward. The actuator includes a rigid member provided so as to extend to the vicinity of the rear end at which the solid-state image pickup device unit is disposed and a shape memory alloy that is coupled to the rigid member.	07-23-2009
20090303619	ACTUATOR APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - An actuator apparatus of the present invention includes a movable body that is arranged so as to be movable forward or rearward, and a shape memory alloy wire that is provided directly or indirectly to the movable body so as to enter a non-tension state at an ordinary temperature. The shape memory alloy wire is subjected to expansion/contraction control in which an electric current is applied thereto from a power supply portion of an external control circuit portion to change a temperature thereof to a predetermined temperature.	12-10-2009

Yuya Ishida, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090268019	IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes a solid-state image pickup device chip, an FPC whose terminals are connected to the solid-state image pickup device chip, and a plurality of electronic components mounted on a front surface of the FPC, wherein behind a back face of the solid-state image pickup chip, the FPC is disposed by being folded in such a way that the FPC will provide mounting surfaces for the plurality of electronic components in a plurality of layers and that the plurality of electronic components will be superimposed via the FPC.	10-29-2009