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Iwai, Osaka

Akio Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100044201CONTROL KEY UNIT FOR TELEVISION RECEIVER - A control key unit for a television receiver includes a rectangular wiring board, a key switch and a frame. The frame is configured to be attached to a cabinet of the television receiver and supports the wiring board. The frame is integrally formed as a one-piece, unitary member. The frame includes a front panel, a clamping section, a lengthwise positioning section and a lateral positioning section. The front panel has a push operated key top overlying the key switch. The clamping section clamps the wiring board in a thickness direction of the wiring board. The clamping section positions the wiring board in the thickness direction. The lengthwise positioning section positions the wiring board in a lengthwise direction of the wiring board. The lateral positioning section positions the wiring board in a width direction of the wiring board.02-25-2010
20100045880ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR CONTROL KEY UNIT - A control key unit attachment structure includes a control key unit, a base component, a retainer, an engagement member, a board receiver, and a positioning member. A frame of the control key unit is placed on the base component. The retainer and the base component sandwiches the frame of the control key unit in a first direction of the frame therebetween. The engagement member engages with the frame of the control key unit. The board receiver and the engagement member clamp the frame of the control key unit in a second direction of the frame therebetween. The positioning member positions the frame of the control key unit with respect to the board receiver in a third direction of the frame.02-25-2010

Patent applications by Akio Iwai, Osaka JP

Daisuke Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110019914METHOD AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR OPTICAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A method and an illumination device is provided for optical contrast enhancement of an object through a spatially and/or temporally modulated illumination of the object by way of at least one light projection unit, wherein the spatial and/or temporal modulation of the illumination of the object is determined using a set of image data associated with the object.01-27-2011

Kazumi Iwai, Osaka JP

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20110008502PROCESSED FOOD COMPOSITION CONTAINING DEXTRIN - The present invention relates to a processed food or beverage composition containing a dextrin having the following characteristics (a) to (d): (a) the dextrin has a blue value within the range of 0.4 to 1.2, (b) having a gel strength of 4 N/cm01-13-2011
20110189348COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer.08-04-2011

Kazuya Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090010904Immunostimulating Agent and Method for Production Thereof - The object is to provide: a safe immunomodulating agent which can be used as a pharmaceutical or a food material; a method for production of the immunomodulating agent; and a novel application of a coffee extract residue. Disclosed is an immunomodulating agent comprising a coffee extract as an active ingredient. Preferably, the coffee extract is an extract containing arabinogalactan. The immunomodulating effect of the immunomodulating agent relies on the promotion of the proliferation of an immunocompetent cell such as a macrophage. The immunocompetent cell is preferably any one selected from a macrophage like strain RAW264 or J774.1, a murine splenocyte, a murine peritoneal macrophage and a murine dendrocyte. A composition containing the immunomodulating agent can be used as a composition such as a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition and a cosmetic composition.01-08-2009

Kengo Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100073531OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT WAFER, OPTICAL ELEMENT WAFER MODULE, OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT WAFER MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC ELEMENT MODULE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT MODULE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - An optical element according to the present invention includes: an optical surface at a center portion thereof; a spacer section having a predetermined thickness on an outer circumference side of the optical surface; a support plate including one or a plurality of through holes penetrating a portion corresponding to the optical surface, provided inside a transparent resin material, wherein the support plate has light shielding characteristics, an outer circumference portion side of the through hole of the support plate is provided inside the spacer section, and the outer circumference portion side of the through hole is configured to be thicker than a further outer circumference portion side thereof.03-25-2010

Kunihiro Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110159363COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRODE OF NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A composition for an electrode of a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery contains an active material and a binder resin. The composition contains a vinylpyrrolidone-based polymer as the binder resin. The hydroxyl group equivalent of the vinylpyrrolidone-based polymer is within the range of 250 to 2500.06-30-2011

Mitsuru Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090122467ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an electric double-layer capacitor, resistance of a polarizable electrode layer is reduced and gas generation inside a case is suppressed in an attempt to improve reliability. On that account, an electric double-layer capacitor is provided, which is obtained by housing in a case, together with a driving electrolyte, a capacitor element wound with a separator interposed between electrodes being paired anode and cathode electrodes in each of which polarizable electrode layers are formed on and lead wires are fixed to both sides of a current collector made of metallic foil, such that the polarizable electrode layers are opposed to each other. Further, an electric double-layer capacitor is provided in which the lead wire is fixed to a polarizable-electrode-layer-removed section on the electrode where the polarizable electrode layer has been removed, and an area of the polarizable-electrode-layer-removed section is not smaller than 1 and not larger than 2.0 when a project area of a portion where the lead wire is connected with the current collector is set to 1.05-14-2009

Nobuo Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100073526DEFECTIVE PIXEL DETECTING DEVICE, DEFECTIVE PIXEL DETECTING METHOD, RECORD MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE PIXELS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A defective pixel detecting device determining defective pixels as correction targets in an imaging device that produces image signals is provided, and the device includes: defect information storage configured to store priority of defective pixels to be corrected; a defective pixel detector configured to detect defective pixels by comparing levels of imaging signals from the imaging device with a predetermined detection level; a priority setter configured to set priority of the detected defective pixels, based on the levels of the imaging signals of the defective pixels detected by the defective pixel detector; and a correction target determiner configured to newly determine defective pixels to be corrected based on the priority of the defective pixels out of the defective pixels that are currently detected by the defective pixel detector and the defective pixels to be corrected stored in the defect information storage, determining priority of the newly determined defective pixels to be corrected, and storing the priority of the newly determined defective pixels to be corrected in the defect information storage.03-25-2010

Takaki Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090032896OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a phototransistor for receiving incident light. The phototransistor includes a collector layer of a first conductivity type formed on a semiconductor substrate, a base layer of a second conductivity type formed on the collector layer, and an emitter layer of a first conductivity type formed on the base layer. A thickness of the emitter layer is equal to or less than an absorption length of the incident light in the semiconductor substrate.02-05-2009
20090115016OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical semiconductor device is provided with an n-type epitaxial layer (second epitaxial layer) 05-07-2009
20090140367OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical semiconductor device is provided with a low concentration p-type silicon substrate (06-04-2009
20090230498OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light receiving element formed on the semiconductor substrate; a light absorbing element formed on the semiconductor substrate and located adjacent to the light receiving element; and a semiconductor element formed on the semiconductor substrate and used for signal processing. The light absorbing element includes a fifth semiconductor layer, and a light absorption region in the light receiving element has a different structure from a light absorption region in the light absorbing element.09-17-2009
20090261441OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device includes a light-receiving element on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, the light-receiving element including a light-receiving portion for converting incident light to an electrical current signal and performing a current amplification. The light-receiving portion includes: a semiconductor layer formed on the semiconductor substrate and having an impurity concentration substantially equal to or less than that of the semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor region of a second conductivity type formed on the semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor region of the first conductivity type selectively formed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer and having an impurity concentration higher than those of the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor layer.10-22-2009
20100301442OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An optical semiconductor device that performs photoelectric conversion, comprising: a semiconductor substrate that includes (i) a first conductivity-type semiconductor region, (ii) a second conductivity-type semiconductor region that is positioned on the first conductivity-type semiconductor region and has a light receiving surface, and (iii) a first conductivity-type contact region that penetrates, from an upper surface of the second conductivity-type semiconductor region, the second conductivity-type semiconductor region so as to be in contact with the first conductivity-type semiconductor region; an electrode pair for drawing current obtained by performing photoelectric conversion of light incident on the light receiving surface, the electrode pair being composed of (i) a first electrode that is positioned on the first conductivity-type contact region and (ii) a second electrode that is positioned on the second conductivity-type semiconductor region so as to be separated from the first electrode; an insulating film that is positioned on the second conductivity-type semiconductor region and in an area between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a third electrode that is positioned on the insulating film.12-02-2010
20110062544OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical semiconductor device is provided with a low concentration p-type silicon substrate (03-17-2011

Patent applications by Takaki Iwai, Osaka JP

Takeo Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080297013Assembly structure of a cabinet and thin display device - A projection is formed on the upper edge of the side wall of a front cabinet, a depression is formed on the upper edge of the side wall of a front cover, and a protrusion is formed on the upper edge of the side wall of a rear cabinet. The front cabinet is supported between the front cover and the rear cabinet, such that the projection of the front cabinet is pressed against the depression of the front cover by the protrusion of the rear cabinet and the upper edge of the side wall thereof, and the projection of the front cabinet is locked by the depression of the front cover.12-04-2008

Patent applications by Takeo Iwai, Osaka JP

Takumi Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090080447RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An IP address and a MAC address of each of communication devices connected to a plurality of communication ports provided in a switching hub device are associated in an ARP table. Also, priority information representing the communication priority of each communication device is received, and the received priority information is associated with the MAC address of the communication device. When no IP address of a transmission source included in a data packet received at each communication port exists in the ARP table, the IP address and the MAC address of the transmission source are added to the ARP table and priority information is attached to the ARP table.03-26-2009

Toru Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080230332BICYCLE DISK BRAKE PAD - A bicycle disk brake pad basically comprises a backplate part and a friction part. The backplate part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy. The friction part is made of a copper-based sintering alloy that is integrally sintered with the backplate part.09-25-2008
20090084642BRAKE PAD ASSEMBLY FOR A BICYCLE DISC BRAKE - Disclosed herein is a brake pad assembly for a disc brake on a bicycle, the brake pad assembly comprising a brake friction pad and a back plate. The back plate includes a first layer deposited onto the brake friction pad and a second layer deposited onto the first layer. The first layer is made of an aluminum alloy and the second layer is made of a stainless steel.04-02-2009

Toshio Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090256717BATTERY AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BATTERY, AND BATTERY CHARGER - A battery authentication system according to the present invention includes a battery and an electronic device. The battery includes a battery authentication portion that includes battery identification information and performs authentication between the battery and the electronic device. The electronic device includes: a power source that supplies electric power from the battery to respective portions in the electronic device; a storage portion that stores the battery identification information of usable batteries; a device authentication portion that performs authentication of the battery; and a control portion that compares the battery identification information of the battery with the battery identification information stored in the storage portion. The control portion compares the battery identification information of the battery authenticated successfully in the device authentication portion with the battery identification information stored in the storage portion, and controls the power source based on a result of the comparison. According to the battery authentication system of the present invention, it is possible to recognize whether a battery mounted is authenticated or not, and accordingly to determine whether the battery can be used or not. Therefore, it is possible to permit the use of a genuine battery and a non-genuine battery and to eliminate a counterfeit battery.10-15-2009
20100052608ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - During charging of a battery, the start-up of the main body of an apparatus due to the switching on of a controller leads to increased consumption of power and also leads to heating of the battery, and therefore it is not possible to pass a sufficient charging current. A main microcomputer 03-04-2010
20100088051ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BATTERY, AND BATTERY REMAINING CAPACITY DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides an electronic device capable of displaying a remaining capacity of a battery 04-08-2010

Toshiyuki Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110267301Protection Panel Having Touch Input Function of Analog Resistance Film Method - A protection panel having a touch input function of the analog resistance film method for detecting an X-Y coordinate representing an operated position by a potential gradient based on a touch operation relative to the front substrate 11-03-2011

Yasuhiro Iwai, Osaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090049487ROUTER APPARATUS AND NETWORK TROUBLE DETERMINING METHOD - The router apparatus monitors packets among plural networks and relays the packets among the networks based on information obtained from the packets. The router apparatus includes an HTTP server and a speed measuring page. The HTTP server monitors a transmission request from an HTTP client and transmits information to the client on the basis the request. The speed measuring page includes information on which the transmission speed of data is measured in a storage device controlled by the HTTP server. A terminal requests transmitting the speed measuring page and measures a bit rate between the router apparatus and the terminal according to information in the speed measuring page transmitted responding to the request.02-19-2009