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Iwai, Tokyo

Daisuke Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110066263AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE AND AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD - An audio playback device has an importance degree calculator configured to set an importance degree of a digital audio signal based on a playback sound volume of the digital audio signal, and a frequency converter configured to convert a sampling frequency of the digital audio signal to a predetermined frequency with sound quality and power consumption according to the importance degree.03-17-2011

Kanako Iwai, Tokyo JP

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20100229231LICENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND LICENSE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A license management system is connected to an authentication database holding information about license and user and manages a plurality of licenses. The system comprises a data receiving section, a data reading section and a license confirmation section. The data receiving section receives a user ID which is a code to identify a user. The data reading section reads out from the authentication database a user-type ID which is associated with the received user ID and is a code to identify the type of the user, and reads out from the authentication database a license ID which is associated with the user-type ID and is a code to identify the license. The license confirmation section confirms the content of a license which is associated with the read-out license ID and whether the license is correct on the basis of the confirmed content, and allows login by the user only when the license is correct.09-09-2010

Katsumi Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080228542Method and apparatus for cultured sea algae - A method and apparatus for utilizing, processing, distributing and an accompanying business model for sea algae, particularly forced cultured kombu, to prevent the expansion of global warming, by encouraging a re-purchase of the cultured sea algae, by paying the purchaser back, in a constant rate, a part of the profit from the sales of a CO2 omission right, which right depends upon the CO2 absorption and fixation ability.09-18-2008

Kazuhiro Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090102618Uninterruptible Power Supply Unit - [Object] To allow multiple power line communication (PLC) devices to communicate with one another via power lines without being affected by the power supply state of an uninterruptible power supply unit coupled among the PLC devices.04-23-2009
20100183006Signal Relay Device - The invention is to provide a relay signal system or a device which enables the use of signal related services such as IP phone services even if a supply of power from a commercial AC power source is stopped, for instance, due to a power outage. The signal relay device comprises: a power reception terminal that is coupled to an AC power source, a plurality of connectors containing a plurality of terminal pins for receiving and transmitting signals such as packet signals in which the terminal pins are coupled to each other by wire, and a power charging unit, which is coupled to the power reception terminal by wire and stores a backup power charged by an AC power provided from the power reception terminal by wire and supplies the backup power to wires coupled to a part or all of the plurality of connectors.07-22-2010

Kazuya Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100035754AGENT FOR IMPROVING ALKALI RESISTANCE OF PLANT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING ALKALI RESISTANCE OF PLANT - The present invention is directed to an agent for improving alkali tolerance of a plant and to a method for improving alkali tolerance of a plant through application of the agent to the plant.02-11-2010

Kuniyoshi Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110167372APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMBINATION MODULE DATA - A combination module (CM) database (07-07-2011

Nobuki Iwai, Tokyo JP

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20090002809Glass Plate Having Thin Film Formed Thereon - There are provided a glass plate having a thin film formed thereon that can reduce a change in reflection color caused by a change in angle to a glass plate surface on which a thin film is formed, and reduce the change in reflection color even if an uneven thin film having a difference in thickness is formed on the glass plate surface. The glass plate 01-01-2009
20090007490Vehicle Window Pane and Manufacturing Method Therefor - There is provided a vehicle window pane that can be manufactured at low cost and can reduce burning sensation of the skin of a passenger in the vehicle, and a manufacturing method therefor. With a glass plate 01-08-2009
20090080066Vehicle Window Glass and Manufacturing Method Therefor - There is provided a vehicle window glass that can be manufactured at low cost and can efficiently cut off infrared rays impinging on passengers sitting on window seats most susceptible to sunlight exposure, and a manufacturing method for the same. With a glass substrate 03-26-2009

Shigeru Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110017328MIXING FAUCET - The present invention provides a mixing faucet that can use a low-cost temperature sensing spring. A mixing faucet (01-27-2011

Shingo Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110282561CONTROLLER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE11-17-2011

Takashi Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090160404INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a connector for connecting an electronic device; a communication path for communicating a data signal with the electronic device connected to the connector; a power supply path for supplying and receiving electric power to and from the electronic device connected to the connector; a detection unit that detects a power state of the information processing apparatus; and a switching unit that switches a direction of electric current flowing on the power supplying path according to the power state detected by the detection unit between one of a first direction in which the electric current flows to supply the electric power from the information processing apparatus to the electronic device and a second direction in which the electric current flows to receive the electric power from the electronic device.06-25-2009

Takayuki Iwai, Tokyo JP

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20090073778SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of submacros mutually connected via global data lines. Each of the submacros includes a first and a second memory block, and a memory block control circuit arranged between the first and second memory blocks. The memory block control circuit includes a DQ buffer block connected to the first memory block via first complementary data lines and connected to the second memory block via second complementary data lines. It also includes a dynamic data shift redundancy circuit block connected to the DQ buffer block via local data lines and operative to relieve the first and second memory blocks.03-19-2009
20100157693SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory cell array including a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines intersecting the plurality of word lines, and a plurality of binary-data holding memory cells arranged at the intersections of the word lines and the bit lines; and a control unit operative to change in the storage capacity of the memory cell array and change in the address space required for access to the memory cell based on a control signal.06-24-2010
20100246299SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND REDUNDANCY METHOD - A semiconductor storage device includes a normal area that contains a plurality of memory cells and a redundancy area that contains a plurality of memory cells. The semiconductor storage device further includes a delaying unit that changes, between a first mode in which both the normal area and the redundancy area are used and a second mode in which only the normal area is used without use of the redundancy area, a timing for issuing a cell-array control signal for selecting a memory cell from among the memory cells used in a corresponding mode.09-30-2010

Tatsuhiro Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090289508Permanent magnet member for coil motor and Voice Coil Motor - The permanent magnet member 11-26-2009

Toshimitsu Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110211172PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a projection image display device capable of both minimizing a decrease in a cooling ability and simplifying maintenance of a filter. The projection image display device according to the present invention includes a filter material for filtering external air taken into a casing, a loop-shaped filter frame onto which the filter material is mounted, a drive mechanism for rotating the filter frame in a loop direction of the loop shape, and a dust removal brush to be brought into contact with the filter material while spinning at a predetermined position. The filter material is mounted onto a part of a loop-shaped surface of the filter frame. The filter material is not mounted but a ventilation part is provided in the other part of the loop-shaped surface of the filter frame.09-01-2011

Yoshiaki Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080205764Information processing apparatus, method, and program - An information processing apparatus that compares an input image with a model image to identify the subject of the input image with the subject of the model image. The apparatus includes feature value extraction means for setting feature points, each of which is on an edge of the model image and provided to extract a model image feature value, which is the feature value of the model image, and extracting the model image feature value from each of a plurality of feature value extraction areas in the neighborhood of each of the feature points, and matching means for checking if an input image feature value, which is the feature value of the input image, at the point that is on an edge of the input image and corresponds to the feature point matches any of the plurality of model image feature values at the feature point.08-28-2008
20090103814Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Program - An information processing apparatus that compares a query image and a model image and provides support information for discriminating a subject of the model image from a subject of the query image is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes: a feature point extracting means extracting one or more feature points from the model image; a feature describing means describing features of the one or more feature points extracted by the feature point extracting means; and a discrimination capability value calculating means generating correlation images among the features described by the feature describing means, the extracted model image, and one or more other model images for the one or more feature points extracted by the feature point extracting means, and calculating a discrimination capability value indicating the degree of contribution to discriminating the subject of the model image on the basis of the correlation images.04-23-2009
20090141984Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Image Identifying Apparatus, Image Identifying Method, and Program - An information processing apparatus includes a model image obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of model images; a model image feature quantity extracting unit configured to extract feature quantities of the model images obtained by the model image obtaining unit; a matching unit configured to perform matching on the feature quantities of the model images extracted by the model image feature quantity extracting unit; and an identifying feature point extracting unit configured to extract, as a result of the matching performed by the matching unit, feature points having a low correlation with a predetermined model image in similar model images that are the model images having a predetermined number or more of the feature quantities that match feature quantities of the predetermined model image, the extracted feature points being regarded as identifying feature points used for identification of the respective similar model images.06-04-2009
20090316990OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE, OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, PROGRAM FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD - An object recognition device includes: a model image processing unit having a feature point set decision unit setting a feature point set in a model image, and detecting the feature quantity of the feature point set, and a segmentation unit segmenting the model image; a processing-target image processing unit having a feature point setting unit setting a feature point in a processing-target image and detecting the feature quantity of the feature point; a matching unit comparing the feature quantities of the feature points set in the model image and in the processing-target image so as to detect the feature point corresponding to the feature point set, and executes a matching; and a determination unit determining the processing result in the matching unit so as to determine presence/absence of a model object in the processing-target image.12-24-2009
20100208983LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A learning device includes a feature-point extracting section extracting feature points from a generation image, a feature-point feature-quantity extracting section extracting feature-point feature-quantities representing features of the feature points, a total-feature-quantity generating section generating a total feature quantity represented by a multi-dimensional vector, and an identifier generating section generating an identifier using the total feature quantity and a true label indicating whether or not the generation image is a positive image or a negative image.08-19-2010
20110010363INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage section for storing a plurality of images and a plurality of related terms related to each of the plurality of images, the plurality of images being associated with the plurality of related terms, an input section for inputting a concept term indicating a predetermined concept, an extraction section for extracting, when the input concept term corresponds to the related term, the plurality of images each associated with the related term, a selection section for selecting an image which matches the concept of the concept term from the extracted plurality of images, a collection section for collecting a related term associated with the selected image which matches the concept of the concept term, and a calculation section for calculating a term feature amount of a term group of the collected related term.01-13-2011
20110176725LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A learning apparatus includes a learning section which learns, according as a learning image used for learning a discriminator for discriminating whether a predetermined discrimination target is present in an image is designated from a plurality of sample images by a user, the discriminator using a random feature amount including a dimension feature amount randomly selected from a plurality of dimension feature amounts included in an image feature amount indicating features of the learning image.07-21-2011
20110182515LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, IDENTIFYING DEVICE, IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A learning device includes: a feature point extracting unit for extracting a feature point from each of multiple generated images; a feature point feature amount extracting unit for extracting feature point feature amount representing the feature of the feature point from the generated image; a whole feature amount calculating unit for calculating the whole feature amount representing the feature of the whole generated image from the feature point feature amount of the generated image based on a shared code book including generated feature amount to be commonly used for generation of an identifier for identifying each of different identified objects; and an identifier generating unit for generating the identifier based on the whole feature amount of the generated image, and a correct answer label representing whether the generated image is the positive image or the negative image.07-28-2011
20110182516LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, IDENTIFYING DEVICE, IDENTIFYING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A learning device includes: a feature point extracting unit for extracting a feature point from each of multiple generated images made up of a positive image including an identified object, and a negative image excluding the identified object; a feature point feature amount extracting unit for extracting feature point feature amount representing the feature of the feature point from the generated image; a whole feature amount calculating unit for calculating the whole feature amount representing the feature of the whole generated image based on the feature point feature amount of a feature point existing on a feature point selection range determined based on the multiple generated images, of the generated image range; and an identifier generating unit for generating an identifier based on the whole feature amount of the generated image, and a correct answer label representing whether the generated image is the positive image or the negative image.07-28-2011
20110231018CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a control apparatus comprising an executing unit for allowing a movable body to perform a predetermined process, a storage unit for storing an environment map of a movable area of the movable body, a detection unit for detecting information on the surroundings of the movable body, an update unit for updating the environment map based on the information on the surroundings of the movable body, which is detected by the detection unit, and an acquisition unit for acquiring instruction information representing an instruction of a user according to user input, wherein the executing unit allows the movable body to perform the process based on the instruction information with reference to the environment map, and the update unit updates the environment map based on the instruction information and the process performed by the movable body based on the instruction information.09-22-2011
20110238212ROBOT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD CARRIED OUT BY THE ROBOT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA - A robot apparatus, method and computer program storage device use a memory that stores cueing point information and user information to assist a user in an external environment. The cueing points are distributed within an environmental map held by the robot apparatus, and when the user is detected by the robot apparatus as approaching a predetermined region within the external environment classified as a cueing point, the robot apparatus reacts by providing a cue to the user. The cue may user-specific, or optionally provided based on a level of care required by the user.09-29-2011
20110249899RECOGNITION DEVICE, RECOGNITION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recognition device includes storage unit that stores information of a cluster to which a model feature point belongs; extracting unit that extracts a feature amount of a query feature point; generating unit that determines a first set of the query feature point including a reference point and a dependent point, and generates geometric information; clustering unit that clusters the query feature point; correcting unit that sets up the model feature point as a nearest candidate of the reference point, sets up the model feature point as a nearest candidate of the dependent point, determines whether or not the nearest candidate of the reference point is present, and corrects the model feature point; and similarity degree calculating unit that calculates a similarity degree of the first set and a second set and determines the second set nearest to the first set.10-13-2011

Patent applications by Yoshiaki Iwai, Tokyo JP

Yuichi Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110160700DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREPARING EMULSION DRUG - In preparation of an emulsion by causing a mixture to flow from one syringe through a connector into another syringe, an object is to prevent the air from being entrained into cylinders and prepare the emulsion containing no air bubble, and another object is to easily prepare a homogeneous emulsion. Provided is a syringe pressing apparatus, including: a syringe fixing mechanism for fixing two syringes to a casing, the two syringes being coupled to each other through a connector; a pressing mechanism for alternately pressing syringe plungers of the two syringes; and a plunger-pressure-measuring device for measuring a pressure with which the pressing mechanism presses the syringe plungers.06-30-2011

Yuka Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090260703Resin Pipe with Mouthpiece and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed is a resin pipe with a mouthpiece comprising: a mouthpiece; and a resin pipe of which one end is joined to the mouthpiece, wherein the one end is disposed in the mouthpiece, and an outer peripheral surface of the one end is joined to an inner peripheral surface of the mouthpiece by fusion.10-22-2009
20090260745Method of Manufacturing Resin Pipe - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a resin pipe, including: heating a sheet member after winding the sheet member around a bar desired multiple times and holding the sheet member, wherein the sheet member is melted and molded into a resin pipe by the heating, and the bar is removed from the resin pipe after the heating.10-22-2009

Yuko Iwai, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100016567PROCESS FOR PRODUCING DI(PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE 5'-)POLYPHOSPHATE - A di(pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-)polyphosphate is synthesized by converting a pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-triphosphate into a pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-cyclic triphosphate by use of a condensing agent, and subsequently reacting the pyrimidine nucleoside 5′-cyclic triphosphate with a pyrimidine nucleotide in the presence of a salt of a metal selected from among magnesium, manganese, and iron.01-21-2010