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Akihiro Iwanaga, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130046545	DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION DEVICE - A digital broadcast reception device, provided with a first audio decoder for expanding and outputting a compressed digital audio signal included in the transport stream of a received digital broadcast; an encoder for encoding at least the digital audio signal outputted by the first audio decoder; and a second audio decoder for decoding the compressed digital audio signal outputted by the encoder.	02-21-2013

Daigo Iwanaga, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120177797	TASTE ENHANCING AGENT - Disclosed is a taste enhancing agent for achieving sufficient saltiness or sweetness even in cases where the salt content or sugar content in food is reduced. Specifically disclosed is a taste enhancing agent which contains one or more substances selected from among linear aliphatic aldehydes having 3-10 carbon atoms and linear aliphatic alcohols having 4-10 carbon atoms as active ingredients. The amount of salt content or sugar content added to food can be reduced by adding the taste enhancing agent to the food.	07-12-2012

Ema Iwanaga, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100270232	FIBER CONSTRUCT FOR TREATING BIOLOGICAL COMPONENTS - A fiber construct for treating biological components, including fibers having an average diameter of less than 50 μm, wherein at least some of the fibers are crimped.	10-28-2010

Hidenori Iwanaga, Ibaraki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100196021	POWDER CONTAINER APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container apparatus for containing a powder material removed from a cleaned body using a cleaning unit includes a casing having an opening at the top; a collecting bag made of a soft and freely deformable material detachably disposed within the casing, the collecting bag being configured to contain the powder material that is dropped via the opening of the casing; a displaced member disposed between the collecting bag and the casing and configured to be horizontally displaced by the collecting bag when the collecting bag is inflated by the powder material contained in the collecting bag; a displacement amount detecting unit configured to detect the displacement of the displaced member; and a collected amount detecting unit configured to determine a collected amount of the powder material in the collecting bag based on the horizontal displacement of the displaced member detected by the displacement amount detecting unit.	08-05-2010

Hiroki Iwanaga, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110057150	LUMINOUS MATERIAL USING FLUORESCENCE AMORPHOUS SOLID - An amorphous luminous material, which is substantially composed of only rare earth complex compounds, wherein the compounds are two or more kinds of rare earth complexes, and rare earth metal ions, which are center ions of the two or more kinds of rare earth complexes, are different ions.	03-10-2011

Hironori Iwanaga, Sakai-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090167015	Pipe Joint Cover Structure and Pipe Connection Method - To mount a partition cover (	07-02-2009

Hironori Iwanaga, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080286096	DRAIN PUMP, AND AIR CONDITIONER PROVIDED THEREWITH - A drain pump is provided that reduces the operating noise when the head is low. The drain pump has a pump casing, and an impeller. The pump casing has a drain inlet for sucking in drain water at a lower end part and a drain outlet for discharging drain water at a side part. The impeller has a shaft part disposed extending in a vertical direction inside the pump casing, a main blade disposed on the outer circumferential side of the shaft part, an auxiliary blade disposed on the lower side of the main blade, and a disc shaped dish part disposed between the main blade and the auxiliary blade. The dish part has an annular partition part extending upward from the outer circumferential edge part of the main blade, which is disposed at a position lower than the upper end part of the partition part.	11-20-2008

Hiroshi Iwanaga, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080215073	TISSUE CONSTRUCT-FORMING SUBSTRATE, TISSUE CONSTRUCT-FORMING KIT, METHOD FOR FORMING TISSUE CONSTRUCT USING THE SAME AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT FORMED BY THE METHOD - The present invention provides a tissue construct-forming substrate for forming a three-dimensional tissue construct containing proliferating cells, the substrate including a porous film having through-holes, and the porous film having, on the surface of the film, a cell adhesive region capable of retaining cells and a cell non-adhesive region located at a peripheral region of the cell adhesive region, a tissue construct-forming kit comprising the above-mentioned tissue construct-forming substrate and a frame, and a method for forming the above-mentioned tissue construct.	09-04-2008

Hiroshi Iwanaga, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100028369	Hazardous substance removing material and method for removing hazardous substance - It is an object of the present invention to provide a hazardous substance removing material, which efficiently captures hazardous substances derived from microorganisms such as bacteria or viruses and rapidly inactivates them, so as to minimize the their influences on human bodies, and which is able to allow an antibody to be supported on a carrier by a simple method, and which has an improved antibody use efficiency. The present invention provides a hazardous substance removing material consisting of a carrier on which an antibody and a polymer material having an affinity for Fc region of the antibody are supported.	02-04-2010
20100196694	PRODUCTION METHOD OF POROUS FILM, AND POROUS FILM, COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A solution (	08-05-2010
20110073169	GAS BARRIER COMPOSITE, BACK SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A back sheet for a solar cell module excellent in barrier property and adhesiveness is provided. The back sheet for a solar cell module comprises two gas barrier films, wherein the gas barrier films each have a substrate film and a barrier layer comprising an inorganic layer comprising an inorganic oxide, an inorganic nitride or a mixture thereof on the substrate film, the outermost barrier layers each have an outermost surface having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1 to 3 nm, the barrier layers face to each other through the adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer is obtained by curing a two-liquid type polyurethane adhesive.	03-31-2011
20110150960	HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE REMOVING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR REMOVING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a hazardous substance removing material, which efficiently captures hazardous substances derived from microorganisms such as bacteria or viruses and rapidly inactivates them, so as to minimize the their influences on human bodies, and which is able to allow an antibody to be supported on a carrier by a simple method, and which has an improved antibody use efficiency. The present invention provides a hazardous substance removing material consisting of a carrier on which an antibody and a sugar chain affinity substance having an affinity for a sugar chain in the Fc region of the antibody are supported.	06-23-2011
20110262325	HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE REMOVING MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE - An object to be solved by the present invention is to provide a highly reliable hazardous substance removing material capable of efficiently capturing and quickly inactivating hazardous substances of microbe origin such as viruses and bacteria, so as to minimize influences on the human body, such material being unlikely to be influenced by, for example, dimensional changes derived from dynamical and physical properties or a use environment (particularly humidity). The present invention provides a hazardous substance removing material which comprises a support having antibodies supported thereon, wherein a support is composed of a fiber which comprises at least one polymer having a carbonyl group and/or an ether group and has a volume swelling degree of not less than 1.1% to less than 10% in a water at 20° C.	10-27-2011

Hiroshi Iwanaga, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120121086	IMAGE ENCRYPTION/DESCRYPTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - At the time of marker attachment (at the time of encryption), for example, image conversion in which pixels to be overwritten by a marker are selected and pruned in a distributed manner and the pruning positions are moved to a marker attachment position is performed, and the marker is attached to the marker attachment position obtained as a result. At the time of marker elimination (at the time of decryption), for example, image reverse conversion in which each pixel of the marker is moved to the original position before the marker attachment is performed, each moved pixel of the marker is recovered, and the marker is eliminated.	05-17-2012

Hiroyuki Iwanaga, Troy JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120199771	SOLENOID VALVE - Provided is a solenoid valve stable in response performance, whose quickness and damping performance are appropriate. In the solenoid valve, a respiration port (	08-09-2012

Hiroyuki Iwanaga, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100021002	PRINTED MATTER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTED MATTER AUTHENTICITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PRINTED MATTER AUTHENTICITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printed matter, wherein a line latent image and a digital watermark are printed in a predetermined region in an overlapping manner, the line latent image becoming visible when a line filter provided with a line pattern formed on a transparent film is superimposed thereon.	01-28-2010

Junko Iwanaga, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110244645	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate in which a trench is formed; a source region and a drain region each of which is buried in the trench and contains an impurity of the same conductive type; a semiconductor FIN buried in the trench and provided between the source and drain regions; a gate insulating film provided on a side surface of the semiconductor FIN as well as the upper surface of the semiconductor FIN; and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film.	10-06-2011
20120001223	NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device	01-05-2012
20120085986	GALLIUM NITRIDE-BASED COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - The light-emitting diode element of this invention includes: an n-type GaN substrate (	04-12-2012
20120113656	LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A light-emitting diode element includes: an n-type conductive layer	05-10-2012
20130009196	LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DEVICE - A light-emitting diode element disclosed in the present application, comprises a first semiconductor layer made of a gallium nitride-based compound and having first and second front surface regions and a rear surface, a second semiconductor layer at the first front surface region and an active layer interposed therebetween. A first electrode is provided on a principal surface of the second semiconductor layer. A second electrode is provided at the second front surface region. A third electrode is provided on the rear surface. A thorough hole having openings in the second front surface region and the rear surface is provided in the first semiconductor layer, and a conductor portion is provided in the through hole.	01-10-2013

Kazuhiko Iwanaga, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080231898	Print control apparatus and computer-readable recording medium storing print control program - A print control apparatus is connected to a printing apparatus and controls printing operations of the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus has a printing device to print characters on a print medium. The print control apparatus includes a print medium setting acquisition device that acquires print medium setting information, the print medium setting information being identification information set for each of a plurality of edit areas and identifying a print medium on which each of the plurality of edit areas is to be printed, the plurality of edit areas constituting a document, and a print control device that controls the printing device to successively print same-setting edit areas, the same-setting edit areas being edit areas for which the print medium setting information acquired by the print medium setting acquisition device is set the same.	09-25-2008

Keiji Iwanaga, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090190078	FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY MEMBER AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention relates to a flat-panel display member, including at least an anti-reflection layer, an electrically conductive layer and a transparent resin layer, having the anti-reflection layer disposed on a first face of the electrically conductive layer, and having the transparent resin layer disposed on a second face on the other side of the first face of the electrically conductive layer, wherein a peripheral portion of the above flat-panel display member has an electrode reaching the above electrically conductive layer or the above transparent resin layer from the outermost surface of said first face side. The present invention provides a flat-panel display member capable of being produced with good production efficiency and excellent in electromagnetic wave shielding performance and visibility, and its manufacturing method.	07-30-2009

Kengo Iwanaga, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120094147	HIGHLY CORROSION-RESISTANT AND WEAR-RESISTANT MEMBER WITH THERMALSPRAYED LAYER FORMED THEREON AND THERMAL-SPRAYED LAYER FORMING POWDER FOR FORMING THE SAME - Provided is a corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant member where a thermal-sprayed layer having corrosion resistance and wear resistance is formed on a surface of a metallic member which is brought into contact with a resin which generates a highly corrosive gas. Also provided is a thermal-spraying powder. The highly corrosion-resistant and wear-resistant member having a thermal-sprayed layer is one obtained by thermally spraying metallic powder on a metallic base material to form a thermal-sprayed layer on a surface of the metallic base material. The member is characterized in that the thermal-sprayed layer is a composite boride cermet of a tetragonal Mo	04-19-2012

Kensuke Iwanaga, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090004790	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a junction semiconductor device having a drain region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on one surface of a semiconductor crystal, a source region including a low-resistance layer of a first conductive type formed on the other surface of the semiconductor crystal, a gate region of a second conductive type formed on the periphery of the source region, a high-resistance layer of a first conductive type between the source region and the drain region, and a recombination-inhibiting semiconductor layer of a second conductive type provided in the vicinity of the surface of the semiconductor crystal between the gate region and the source region.	01-01-2009
20110169015	BIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Disclosed is a bipolar semiconductor device which is capable of reducing the surface state density of a bipolar transistor and increasing the current gain of the transistor, thereby improving the transistor performance. A bipolar semiconductor device (	07-14-2011

Kensuke Iwanaga, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110198617	ELECTRODE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is a semiconductor device comprising a p-type SiC semiconductor and an ohmic electrode having an Ni/Al laminated structure provided on the p-type SiC semiconductor. The semiconductor device simultaneously has improved contact resistance and surface roughness in the ohmic electrode. The semiconductor device comprises an ohmic electrode (	08-18-2011

Kohei Iwanaga, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120029220	TITANIUM COMPLEX, PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, TITANIUM-CONTAINING THIN FILM, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A subject for the invention is to provide novel titanium complexes which have a high vapor pressure and high thermal stability and serve as an excellent material for producing a titanium-containing thin film by a technique such as the CVD method or ALD method and to further provide processes for producing these complexes, titanium-containing thin films produced from the complexes, and a process for producing the thin films. The invention relates to producing a titanium complex represented by general formula (1):	02-02-2012
20130123528	HYDROSILANE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON-CONTAINING THIN FILM - This invention aims at providing a material from which a silicon-containing thin film can be efficiently produced at a low temperature of 500° C. or less without using plasma or the like. The invention relates to produce a hydrosilane derivative represented by the general formula (1′) by reacting a chlorosilane derivative (	05-16-2013

Kouichi Iwanaga, Osaka-Shi JP

Kouichi Iwanaga, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090156612	Substituted imidazole compound and use thereof - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula:	06-18-2009
20100121048	Cyclic Amine Compound and Use Thereof for the Prophylaxis or Treatment of Hypertension - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula: (I) wherein ring A is a 5- or 6-membered aromatic heterocycle optionally having substituent (s); U, V and W are each independently C or N, provided that when any one of U, V and W is N, then the others should be C; Ra and Rb are each independently a cyclic group optionally having substituent(s), a C	05-13-2010
20110178057	HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - Compounds represented by the formulas (I) (II) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, and a pro-drug thereof have a superior renin inhibitory activity, and are useful as agents for the prophylaxis or treatment of hypertension, various organ damages attributable to hypertension and the like.	07-21-2011
20120264733	HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - Compounds represented by the formulas	10-18-2012

Masaki Iwanaga, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100320137	HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE ELEMENT, FRAME FOR HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE ELEMENT, AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPARATUS - A membrane filtration apparatus is provided in which a hollow fiber membrane element	12-23-2010

Masakuni Iwanaga, Akishima-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110292098	PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A LIGHT SOURCE FOR USE WITH THE PROJECTOR - A projector has a storage unit storing data on a plurality of different light emission patterns each occurring in a period based on a plurality of different-colored lights, wherein each light emission pattern corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of different projection conditions of a color image. An acquiring unit acquires a present projection condition of the color image, and a controller controls a light emission operation of the plurality of different-colored light emitting elements in the period in accordance with data on a lightemission pattern corresponding to the present projection condition of the color image.	12-01-2011
20110317247	PROJECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a projection apparatus including a light source, a micromirror element which tilts a plurality of micromirrors arranged in an array +A° or −A° (A>0) separately from an array surface to form a light image with light components reflected by the plurality of micromirrors, an illumination optical system which uses light emitted from the light source and causes illumination light whose incidence angle is (2A+α)° (α>0) to enter the micromirror element from a direction to which a less than 45° turn is made from a narrow side direction of the array surface of the micromirror element, and a projection optical system which a light image output from the micromirror element enters and which projects the light image onto a projection object.	12-29-2011
20120147335	PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A LIGHT SOURCE FOR USE WITH THE PROJECTOR - A projector has a storage unit storing data on a plurality of different light emission patterns each occurring in a period based on a plurality of different-colored lights, wherein each light emission pattern corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of different projection conditions of a color image. An acquiring unit acquires a present projection condition of the color image, and a controller controls a light emission operation of the plurality of different-colored light emitting elements in the period in accordance with data on a light emission pattern corresponding to the present projection condition of the color image.	06-14-2012

Mitsuhiko Iwanaga, Uji-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120183664	Liquid seasoning, beverages, method of seasoning food, and seasoned food - With a conventional method of causing impregnation of a liquid seasoning into food, it takes many hours for the liquid seasoning to substantially make permeation. Occasionally, impregnation was not at all attained. Such proposals have been made that food soaked in a liquid seasoning is pressurized, or that water content of food is dehydrated. An apparatus and a facility for carrying out processing to food need to be larger in size, thereby taking cost and being not suitable for mass production. Also, uniform permeation of the liquid seasoning in a short time was not achieved.	07-19-2012

Mitsuo Iwanaga, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090082056	TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - In a transmission power control method, a receiver receives user data transmitted intermittently from a transmitter to a receiver and control data transmitted continuously from the transmitter to a plurality of receivers including the receiver via a DPDCH and a CPICH, respectively; and generates, when the receiver is receiving the user data from the transmitter via the DPDCH, a command for controlling transmission power of the transmitter of a DPDCH in a manner that an SIR of a received signal of the DPDCH by the receiver becomes equal to a target SIR, and generates, when the receiver is not receiving the user data from the transmitter via the DPDCH, a command for controlling the transmission power of the transmitter of the DPDCH by updating the target SIR by using received quality of the CPICH.	03-26-2009

Naoki Iwanaga, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090216078	ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL - Endoscopic biopsy forceps as one of endoscopic treatment tools of the present invention include a flexible insertion section. The proximal end portion of the insertion section is received in an operating section. A closely wound coil is exposed to the proximal end portion of the insertion section, and the proximal end portion of the coil is enlarged in diameter to form an enlarged-diameter portion. A protrusion is formed in an operation section body, and the enlarged-diameter portion of the coil is locked by the protrusion to restrict the movement of the coil, thereby preventing slipping off of the insertion section.	08-27-2009

Noboru Iwanaga, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100180479	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, AND LIGHT EMITTING SIGN USING THE LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - The present invention reduces generation of unevenness on a surface by adjusting unevenness of a reflection pattern in a case where the reflection pattern is formed by an ultrasonic process.	07-22-2010
20120091604	MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - A method for manufacturing a light guide plate, such as a sign or guide display board, that guides light incoming from a side surface of a substrate thereof and guides the light outgoing from a major surface thereof. The method includes arranging fabrication dots in a matrix shape at a rectangular distal surface of a ultrasonic fabrication horn, forming, on a major surface of the light guide plate substrate, reflection dots corresponding to the fabrication dots on the distal surface upon pressing the distal surface of the ultrasonic fabrication horn to the major surface of the light guide plate substrate, and forming the reflection dots in a prescribed range on the major surface of the light guide plate substrate by repeating formation of the reflection dot upon correlative movement of the ultrasonic fabrication horn within the major surface with respect to the light guide plate substrate.	04-19-2012

Noboru Iwanaga, Miyoshi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120112496	Roof apparatus for vehicle - A roof apparatus for a vehicle, includes a pair of guide rails, a movable panel, a housing, a casing, and a first spur tooth rack belt and a second spur tooth rack belt for transmitting a drive force of a drive mechanism to the movable panel. The first spur tooth rack belt includes plural first spur teeth and the second spur tooth rack belt includes plural second spur teeth, and a slope portion inclined upward toward a rear side of the vehicle is provided forward of each of the pair of guide rails. A pair of guide portions is provided at each of the guide rails for guiding the first spur tooth rack belt and the second spur tooth rack belt. A cutout portion is formed at a front end portion of each of the guide rails.	05-10-2012

Sadamu Iwanaga, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080289893	VEHICLE BODY COOLING STRUCTURE FOR MOTORCYCLE AND MOTORCYCLE - A vehicle body cooling structure for a motorcycle comprises a cooling air passage that extends between an engine and a fuel tank in the front-and-rear direction. A cowling covers the front part of the vehicle body, which contains the engine. The vehicle body cooling structure also comprises a heat blocking member that covers an upper part of the engine. The cooling air passage is separated into an engine side cooling air passage and a fuel tank side cooling air passage by the heat blocking member.	11-27-2008

Sadamu Iwanaga, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090095553	Straddle Type Vehicle - A straddle-type vehicle with a radiator having heightened support stiffness. An engine bracket extends vertically and has an upper portion mounted to a front end of a body frame and a lower portion suspending a front wall of an engine. The radiator includes an upper radiator arranged along a front surface of and mounted to the engine bracket, and a lower radiator.	04-16-2009

Shigeki Iwanaga, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120080324	METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE, METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING ANALYTE, TEST CHIP, AND DETECTION SET - The present invention provides a method for electrochemically detecting a target substance and a method for electrochemically detecting an analyte using a probe holding substrate with a probe for trapping a target substance or an analyte held on the substrate body as well as a test chip and a detection set using the above detection methods.	04-05-2012
20120132543	METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING A SAMPLE SUBSTANCE - A sample substance S is captured by a capture substance	05-31-2012
20120161268	PHOTOCURRENT DETECTION ELECTRODE, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND WORKING ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE - To provide an electrode and working electrode substrate capable of detecting a sample substance, and a manufacturing method capable of producing the electrode by simply operations, the present invention provides, in a photocurrent detection electrode, an adhesive layer containing linker molecules interposed between an electrode body constituted by a semiconductor for receiving electrons released from a test substance by photoexcitation, and a metal layer constituted by a metal.	06-28-2012
20120267258	METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING ANALYTE - In order to provide a method for electrochemically detecting an analyte which can detect an analyte with high detection sensitivity, when detecting an analyte S trapped on a working electrode, a label binding substance	10-25-2012

Shigeru Iwanaga, Osaka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100005902	ULTRASONIC FLUID MEASURING DEVICE - An ultrasonic fluid measuring device capable of improving a measuring accuracy is provided. An ultrasonic fluid measuring device	01-14-2010

Shigeru Iwanaga, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090095330	DISH WASHER/DRYER - A dish washer/dryer includes a washing tub for accommodating an object to be washed, a washing section for washing the object to be washed, a heater for heating washing water, an exhaust port for discharging moisture inside the washing tub, an air blower for blowing outside-air, a mixing section disposed at an upstream side of the exhaust port and mixing the outside-air with washing-tub-inside-air, and an air volume distribution section for changing the feeding ratio of outside-air into the washing tub and the mixing section. This configuration provides a dish washer/dryer, in which a sufficient amount of outside-air is mixed with exhaust air in the washing tub so as to promote the temperature reduction of the exhaust air and the reduction of the moisture content in the exhaust air during drying operation, thereby enhancing the comfort of the exhaust air.	04-16-2009

Shin-Ichiro Iwanaga, Chuo-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090288855	POSITIVE-TYPE RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING A METAL-PLATING FORMED MATERIAL, TRANSCRIPTION FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF A METAL-PLATING FORMED MATERIAL - The positive-type radiation-sensitive resin composition for producing a metal-plating formed material relating to the present invention comprises (A) a polymer containing a structural unit having an acid-dissociative functional group, which is dissociated in the presence of an acid to generate an acidic functional group, and a crosslinking structure; (B) a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and (C) an organic solvent. The positive-type radiation-sensitive resin composition is excellent in sensitivity and resolution, exhibits excellent adhesion to a substrate, leaves no residue at an opening after development, and is capable of preventing occurrence of crack in the resin film after metal plating and push-in of plated metal into the resin film.	11-26-2009

Shiroh Iwanaga, Mie JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130078635	RAPID METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DRUG-RESISTANT GENE USING ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME OF PLASMODIUM, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING RECOMBINANT PLASMODIUM - The present invention relates to a rapid method for identifying a drug-resistant gene using an artificial chromosome of a protozoa. Specifically, it relates to a method for screening for a drug-resistant gene, which involves preparing a recombinant	03-28-2013

Shuji Iwanaga, Koshi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100141755	SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD, SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate inspection method capable of accurately inspecting a substrate is provided. A jig having reference points represented by known coordinates in a three-dimensional world coordinate system is photographed by a camera and coordinates of the reference points in a pixel image coordinate system defined by pixels of an image forming device is determined. The coordinates in the pixel image coordinate system are transformed into those in a camera coordinate system set on the camera, and world-camera coordinate system transformation parameters are calculated. Image data in the pixel image coordinate system obtained by photographing a substrate to be inspected is transformed into image data in a world coordinate system for inspection. The accurate inspection of the substrate to be inspected can be achieved because distortion in the image of the substrate to be inspected in the world coordinate system attributable to the position and attitude of the camera is reduced.	06-10-2010
20100266195	DEFECT INSPECTING METHOD, DEFECT INSPECTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DEFECT INSPECTION PROGRAM - There is provided a database storing reference data including a plurality of reference image data, which are obtained by imaging reference substrates, respectively, wherein each of the reference substrates lacks only one of the films of different kinds but includes remainder of the films of different kinds, and wherein in the reference substrates the lacking films are different from each other, and wherein the plurality of reference image data is classified into categories according to the kinds of the films. Difference degrees between color information of a defect area extracted from an image data of an inspection target substrate and color information of corresponding areas of the reference substrates are calculated. Based on the difference degree, the defective film is identified.	10-21-2010
20110270465	TEMPERATURE SETTING METHOD OF HEAT PROCESSING PLATE, TEMPERATURE SETTING APPARATUS OF HEAT PROCESSING PLATE, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM THEREON - An object of the present invention is to perform temperature setting of a heating plate so that a wafer is uniformly heated in an actual heat processing time. The temperature of a wafer is measured during a heat processing period from immediately after a temperature measuring wafer is mounted on the heating plate to the time when the actual heat processing time elapses. Whether the uniformity in temperature within the wafer is allowable or not is determined from the temperature of the wafer in the heat processing period, and if the determination result is negative, a correction value for a temperature setting parameter of the heating plate is calculated using a correction value calculation model from the measurement result, and the temperature setting parameter is changed.	11-03-2011

Shuji Iwanaga, Kumamoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090254226	TEMPERATURE SETTING METHOD OF HEAT PROCESSING PLATE, TEMPERATURE SETTING APPARATUS OF HEAT PROCESSING PLATE, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM THEREON - An object of the present invention is to perform temperature setting of a heating plate so that a wafer is uniformly heated in an actual heat processing time. The temperature of a wafer is measured during a heat processing period from immediately after a temperature measuring wafer is mounted on the heating plate to the time when the actual heat processing time elapses. Whether the uniformity in temperature within the wafer is allowable or not is determined from the temperature of the wafer in the heat processing period, and if the determination result is negative, a correction value for a temperature setting parameter of the heating plate is calculated using a correction value calculation model from the measurement result, and the temperature setting parameter is changed.	10-08-2009
20110007961	DEFECT CLASSIFICATION METHOD, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEFECT CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS - A defect classification apparatus of the present invention includes a design unit and a diagnosis unit. In the design unit, a model creation unit combines a defect template in a template storage unit with a teaching image to create a defect model, and a classification class setting unit calculates feature amounts of a defect in the defect model and sets a classification class of the defect. The relation between the feature amounts of the defect and the classification class is stored in a storage unit. In the diagnosis unit, a feature amount calculation unit calculates feature amounts of defects from a captured inspection object image of the substrate, and a classification unit classifies the defects of the substrate into classification classes from the relations between the feature amounts of the defects and the classification classes in the storage unit based on the calculated feature amounts of the defects.	01-13-2011

Shuji Iwanaga, Koshi City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120328194	IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method of picking up an image of a substrate and converting pixel values of the picked-up substrate image makes the pixel values of the picked-up substrate image into a histogram, and creates a tone curve T composed of a periodic function of a predetermined amplitude and a predetermined period based on a distribution of the pixel values in the histogram. The pixel values of the picked-up substrate image are converted using the tone curve T to obtain a substrate image with a high contrast.	12-27-2012

Shuzo Iwanaga, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080239004	INK JET PRINT HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INK JET PRINT HEAD - An ink jet print head is provided which allows an ejection opening-formed surface to be cleaned well and can improve a precision with which ejected ink lands on a print medium. For this purpose, conductive layers of a conductive material are formed on the support substrate and planarized. The liquid ejection substrates are mounted on the support substrate with high precision, without a sealing agent, that protects electrical connecting portions on the liquid ejection substrates, protruding from the ejection opening-formed surface.	10-02-2008
20080309730	INKJET PRINT HEAD, INKJET PRINT HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD AND INKJET PRINT HEAD MOUNTING TOOL - An inkjet print head for which an ink flow path formation member, arranged on a printing element board, is prevented from being peeled off or being damaged, and the printing element board in an appropriate state can be mounted on a support member. According to the present invention, an ink flow path formation member is arranged on one face of a printing element board, and a peripheral area extending outward from the ink flow path formation member is prepared. Since pressure is applied to the peripheral area using a mounting tool, to bond the first terminals of the printing element board to the electrode terminals of the support member, damage to the ink flow path formation member, caused by the mounting tool, can be prevented.	12-18-2008
20080309731	INK JET PRINTING HEAD - A printing head is provided in which a distance between an ejection port face of the printing head and a print medium is reduced to improve an ink ejection accuracy during a printing operation. The printing head of the present invention is a back shooting-type printing head. The heater and an electrode connected thereto are formed at the back face of the substrate. The electrode and an in-support-base wiring for supplying electricity to the heater via the electrode are connected to each other at the back face side of the substrate. The substrate and the support base have therebetween a liquid chamber wall member including therein a space. The substrate, the support base, and the liquid chamber wall member constitute a liquid chamber that communicates with the ejection port and that stores ink supplied to the ejection port.	12-18-2008
20090179965	LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head is constituted by a liquid ejection substrate comprising a liquid supply port for supplying liquid, an ejection outlet for ejecting the liquid supplied from the liquid supply port, and ejection energy generating devices for generating energy for ejecting the liquid; and a supporting member having a supporting surface for supporting the liquid ejection substrate and a liquid supply hole for supplying liquid to the liquid ejection substrate, the liquid supply hole communicating with the liquid supply port of the liquid ejection substrate to form a communicating portion, a periphery of which is sealed by a sealant. The liquid supply hole of the supporting member has an opening larger than that of the liquid supply port of the liquid ejection substrate. The support member has an inner wall portion including an edge line portion defined by the liquid supply hole on a side where the liquid ejection substrate is to be disposed. The inner wall portion is covered with the sealant.	07-16-2009
20090267994	LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides an ink jet recording head, in which, for improving heat-dissipating property and electrode terminal connectivity and reducing production cost, second electrode terminals provided on a supporting surface of plural laminated sheets for supporting a liquid discharge substrate and to be connected with first electrode terminals of the liquid discharge substrate are provided outside an ink supply aperture formed in an outermost sheet constituting the supporting surface, and are supported by the outermost sheet and at least a sheet laminated thereunder.	10-29-2009
20090303293	LIQUID DISCHARGE SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid discharge substrate includes a first substrate having an element, on a first surface, that generates energy for discharging liquid; a plurality of first electrodes electrically connected to the element and passing from the first surface to a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface; a second substrate that is in contact with the second surface to support the first substrate; and second electrodes provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of first electrodes.	12-10-2009
20100309258	INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head includes a supporting member, a plurality of recording element substrates secured to the supporting member while being arranged along a lengthwise direction of the supporting member and including a discharge port configured to discharge a droplet and an electrode formed at an end in the lengthwise direction and receives an electric signal that controls the discharge of the droplet from the discharge port, an electric wiring member secured to the supporting member and including a plurality of device holes configured to individually expose the plurality of recording element substrates and an electrode terminal formed in the periphery of the plurality of device holes in the lengthwise direction to transmit the electric signal to the electrode, and a wire configured to connect the electrode and the electrode terminal, and the electric wiring member is at least discontinued between the adjacent device holes in the lengthwise direction.	12-09-2010
20110273497	RECORDING HEAD - A recording head includes: a recording element substrate having a recording element and a logic circuit cofigured to control driving of the recording element; and an electric wiring member cofigured to provide a wiring layer that has a first group of a plurality of terminals, a second group of a plurality of terminals, and a plurality of signal lines configured to connect the first group of terminals to the second group of terminals; wherein the plurality of signal lines includes a plurality of logic signal lines including a logic power source line, a logic ground line, and at least first and second logic signal lines, and wherein, on the wiring layer, a line pattern connected to one of the logic power source line and the logic ground line is disposed along the first and second logic signal lines.	11-10-2011
20120033017	LIQUID DISCHARGE RECORDING HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid discharge recording head includes: a recording element substrate, an electric wiring board, and a supporting plate that supports the recording element substrate and the electric wiring board, wherein a gap is formed between the recording element substrate and the electric wiring board; the liquid discharge recording head further including: a connecting member that electrically connects, across the gap, an electrode provided in the recording element substrate and an electrode terminal provided in the electric wiring board; and a first resin agent that is filled in the gap, a second resin agent that seals the electrode, the electrode terminal, and the connecting member, and a third resin agent that is provided between the first resin agent and the supporting plate and has a lower modulus of elasticity than the first resin agent and the second resin agent.	02-09-2012

Taishi Iwanaga, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110285333	MOTOR DRIVE UNIT - A motor drive unit includes a position detection section configured to detect a rotor position by detecting a zero cross of a counter electromotive voltage during a de-energizing period to output a position detection signal, a current waveform generation section configured to generate, based on a torque command signal and the position detection signal, a current waveform which is to flow through the motor and includes the de-energizing period, an energizing control section configured to generate a control signal for controlling energizing of each of motor coils, and perform switching of an energizing phase of the motor based on the position detection signal, and a drive section configured to supply a current to each of the motor coils according to the control by the energizing control section, and the current waveform generation section changes a start timing of the de-energizing period according to a given control signal.	11-24-2011
20110310714	SENSORLESS MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A sensorless motor drive device has: a first operation mode of generating current waveforms including non-energizing times based on a first rotor position signal generated by detecting zero crossings in windings of a motor as a signal indicating the rotor position of the motor, and supplying currents to the windings of the motor according to the current waveforms; and a second operation mode of generating current waveforms including no non-energizing time based on a second rotor position signal generated without use of zero crossings as the signal indicating the rotor position of the motor, and supplying currents to the windings of the motor according to the current waveforms. The first and second operation modes can be switched to each other.	12-22-2011

Takashi Iwanaga, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120184587	NOVEL PHENOL DERIVATIVE - Disclosed are a novel compound and a pharmaceutical product, each having a remarkable uricosuric effect. Specifically disclosed are: a novel phenol derivative represented by general formula (1) that is shown in FIG.	07-19-2012

Takehito Iwanaga, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090254243	ON-BOARD MACHINE, FREQUENCY COLLECTING DEVICE, AND FREQUENCY COLLECTING METHOD - Provided is an on-board machine capable of readily examining whether a self-diagnosing mechanism operates in a normal manner while satisfying statutory requirements. The on-board machine includes an EEPROM for storing a failure diagnosis executing frequency calculated on the basis of a failure diagnosis executed by an electronic control device under a predetermined travel condition set in advance, and a control portion for transmitting the failure diagnosis executing frequency stored in the EEPROM in response to a transmission demand for the executing frequency of the failure diagnosis from an external frequency collecting device	10-08-2009
20100079105	CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CABLE CONNECTION STATE DETERMINING METHOD - A vehicle-side connector included at one end of a cable through which a power source outside a vehicle feeds a power storage device, includes a signal pin, a resistive element R	04-01-2010
20110193532	CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARGE CONTROL - A device controls charging a battery with power supplied from a power supply located outside of a vehicle through a charge cable. The device includes a first microcomputer and a second microcomputer. The first microcomputer is configured to turn on a charge mode signal upon detecting a change in a pilot signal output through the charge cable, and to turn off the charge mode signal when a charge completion signal output from the second microcomputer is turned off. The second microcomputer is configured to charge the battery through the charge cable when the charge mode signal is turned on, and to turn off the charge completion signal when the charging is complete. When the charge completion signal is turned on at the time of the first microcomputer turning off the charge mode signal due to sudden fluctuations, the charge mode signal is turned on again.	08-11-2011

Takehito Iwanaga, Kobe JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090240392	CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - Provided is a control device including: a storage portion for storing binary data transmitted from outside and received successively; and a control portion for carrying out processing including: production processing of producing a frame where of the stored binary data, pieces of data expressing events occurring in a predetermined period are placed into a group among which pieces of data expressing events each having a small degree of variation are arranged so as to be close to each other; difference computing processing of arranging the frames produced at intervals of the predetermined time in a predetermined order and of computing a difference between two adjacent frames; compression processing of compressing a result of the computation by a run length method; and recording processing of recording, to a recording portion, a first frame in the difference computing processing, a number of difference computations, and the compressed data.	09-24-2009

Tomoko Iwanaga, Niihama-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120292561	POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME - A positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery composed of a lithium nickel composite oxide having high capacity and superior heat stability, a production method that is suitable for its industrial production, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having high safety. The positive electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium nickel composite oxide having by the following general formula (1):	11-22-2012

Tomoko Iwanaga, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090130559	METHOD OF PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a positive electrode active material that has rate characteristics suitable for nonaqueous electrolyte batteries and particularly nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, a method by which this positive electrode active material can be easily mass produced, and a high-performance nonaqueous electrolyte battery that has a positive electrode active material obtained by this method.	05-21-2009
20100148114	POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY HAVING POSITIVE ELECTRODE CONTAINING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - The present invention provides an olivine-type positive electrode active material that is an inexpensive and very safe positive electrode active material that also exhibits excellent battery properties even at high energy densities. The present invention also provides a method of producing this olivine-type positive electrode active material and a nonaqueous electrolyte battery that has a positive electrode that contains this olivine-type positive electrode active material. The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that comprises an olivine-type lithium manganese phosphate compound represented by the following general formula (1)	06-17-2010

Toshiyuki Iwanaga, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110255209	CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element including opposed side surfaces, an inner electrode, and an external terminal electrode. The external terminal electrode includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed by plating so as to be electrically coupled to an exposed section of the internal electrode exposed to the side surfaces. The second conductive layer is arranged so as to cover the first conductive layer and includes conductive resin. The value of T	10-20-2011
20110309718	CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - When an external terminal electrode of a ceramic electronic component such as a laminated ceramic capacitor is formed by plating, plating growth may be also caused even in an undesired location. The ceramic surface provided by a component main body is configured to include a high plating growth region of, for example, a barium titanate based ceramic, which exhibits relatively high plating growth, and a low plating growth region of, for example, a calcium zirconate based ceramic, which exhibits relatively low plating growth. The plating film constituting a first layer to define a base for an external terminal electrode is formed in such a way that the growth of a plated deposit deposited with conductive surfaces provided by exposed ends of internal electrodes as starting points is limited so as not to cross over a boundary between the high plating growth region and the low plating growth region toward the low plating growth region.	12-22-2011
20120019100	LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for manufacturing a laminated ceramic electronic component, when a plating film to define an external terminal electrode is formed by plating exposed ends of a plurality of internal electrodes at a WT surface of a component main body, ingress of a plating solution may be caused from a gap between an end edge of the plating film and the component main body to decrease the reliability of a laminated electronic component obtained. An internal dummy electrode is provided around a region where the exposed ends of the plurality of internal electrodes are distributed in the WT surface of the component main body. The internal dummy electrode includes two LW-direction sections extending parallel or substantially parallel to each other in a direction along the LW surface, and two LT-direction sections extending parallel or substantially parallel to each other in a direction along the LT surface. The plating film is formed at least over the exposed end of the internal dummy electrode. The internal dummy electrode is formed by wrapping an outer layer sheet with the internal dummy electrode formed around a laminate composed of ceramic layers and the internal electrodes.	01-26-2012
20120188683	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component includes the steps of preparing a ceramic body including a plurality of first internal electrodes and a plurality of second internal electrodes, processing the ceramic body to an internal electrode exposure rate of about 102% to about 153%, and plating the processed ceramic body to form a plated layer thereon.	07-26-2012
20120194031	LAMINATED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method of forming an external electrode by growing plated depositions on exposed ends of a plurality of internal electrodes in a component main body, the component main body is polished to increase exposure of the internal electrodes. To prevent decreased external electrode fixing strength, a radius of curvature is reduced to about 0.01 mm or less for an R chamfered section formed in a ridge section of the component main body during polishing by ion milling, and exposed ends of the internal electrodes are recessed from end surfaces of the component main body with a recess length of about 1 μm or less. Plating films to serve as external electrodes are formed to extend from the end surfaces of the component main body across the R chamfered section, and include end edges located on at least one of the principal surfaces and the side surfaces.	08-02-2012
20120236461	CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A ceramic electronic component includes a substantially rectangular ceramic element assembly, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The first external electrode includes at least one plating film including a first plating film disposed directly on the ceramic element assembly from outside. Likewise, the second external electrode includes at least one plating film including a second plating film disposed directly on the ceramic element assembly from outside. The first and second plating films each have a surface area per unit area equal to or larger than about 1.02 in plan view.	09-20-2012
20120243143	ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component that is prevented from being inclined with respect to a circuit board during and after mounting includes a laminated body that is preferably configured by stacking a plurality of insulator layers, and includes a lower surface with depressions provided thereon. The lower surface includes a series of outer edges of the insulator layers. Capacitor electrodes are defined by internal conductors incorporated in the laminated body, which respectively have exposed sections that are exposed from between the insulator layers in the depressions on the lower surface. External electrodes, which are preferably formed directly by plating, are provided in the depressions to cover the exposed sections.	09-27-2012

Tsutomu Iwanaga, Suwa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090195593	LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus discharges liquid onto a target, thereby forming dots. The apparatus includes a discharge head, a capping unit for moisturizing, a lifting and lowering unit, and a lid member. The discharge head has a discharge surface from which liquid is discharged. The capping unit is disposed substantially just below the discharge head when the discharge head is located at a predetermined reference position. The capping unit has an opening that comes into contact with the discharge head and seals the discharge surface. The lifting and lowering unit lifts and lowers the capping unit, thereby bringing the capping unit into contact with the discharge head and taking the capping unit out of contact with the discharge head. The lid member rotates around a rotating shaft using the lifting and lowering of the capping unit, thereby opening and closing the opening of the capping unit.	08-06-2009

Tsutomu Iwanaga, Kita Kyusku-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100073419	Printer - When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of sheets guaranteed for printing has been set, but when the number of sheets printed has not reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, performs printing of an image onto a recording sheet S by using the ink cartridge, the ink jet printer determining the number of sheets remaining N on the basis of the number of sheets printed that have been printed, and displaying on a display unit	03-25-2010

Tsutomu Iwanaga, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100097420	Printer - When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of sheets guaranteed for printing has been set, but when the number of sheets printed has not reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, performs printing of an image onto a recording sheet S by using the ink cartridge, the ink jet printer determining the number of sheets remaining N on the basis of the number of sheets printed that have been printed, and displaying on a display unit	04-22-2010
20110199408	IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When power is turned “ON”, power starts to be supplied to a reading unit and a display unit so that images stored in a storage unit can be displayed, and when the images are instructed to be displayed, a viewing system screen is displayed. The power starts to be supplied to an image forming mechanism at a timing when an instruction for switching the viewing system screen to a formation screen, and when an instruction for forming the image being displayed on the formation screen is provided, the image is formed by the image forming mechanism. In this manner, it is possible to prevent wasteful power consumption caused when the power is supplied to the image forming mechanism while the image is displayed on the viewing system screen.	08-18-2011
20120063791	PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - The printing apparatus includes a transport mechanism that feeds the recording medium to a printing position along a transport route, a carriage disposed so as to oppose the recording medium placed on the printing position, and a driving unit that drives the carriage to reciprocate in a main scanning direction different from the transport direction of the recording medium. The carriage moves when the front edge of the recording medium reaches a predetermined position on the transport route, and jam detection is performed by deciding whether the recording medium is jammed, on the basis of a physical amount that changes with the movement of the carriage.	03-15-2012

Yasuhiro Iwanaga, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130122586	METHOD OF CULTURING PANCREATIC ISLET-LIKE TISSUES BY A TISSUE COMPLEX OF PANCREAS-DERIVED NON-ENDOCRINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS AND VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS - According to embodiments, a method of producing insulin-producing tissues (IPTs) by culturing comprises: preparing non-endocrinal epithelial cells (NEECs) and vascular endothelial cells (VECs), which have been isolated or originated from postnatal pancreata, preferably by capturing of NEECs by collagen; culturing in vitro the NEECs and the VECs at least partly separately from each other; and then generating in vitro a tissue complex (IPTs) that contains both the NEECs and the VECs. In another embodiment, the native islet cells are seeded on a monolayer of VECs that have preferably been separately cultured and purified. In a further embodiment, a method of enriching NEECs comprises: culturing NEECs adhering to a container or substrate; removing NEECs by treating with a tissue-dissociation enzyme to leave left-over cells (LOCs) still attached on the container or substrate; and culturing NEECs in a medium conditioned by, or in the presence of the LOCs.	05-16-2013

Yoshihiko Iwanaga, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100094036	PRODUCTION METHOD OF ASYMMETRIC COPPER COMPLEX CRYSTAL - A method of producing an asymmetric copper complex crystal comprising reacting an optically active salicylidene amino alcohol compound with a copper compound, then, performing a crystallization treatment in the presence of an alcohol solvent.	04-15-2010

Yoshihito Iwanaga, Kawasaki-City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100020080	IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation system includes a virtual camera control section that controls a virtual camera, a distance calculation section that calculates a distance between the virtual camera and a model object, and a drawing section that draws a plurality of objects including the model object. The drawing section decreases a density of a shadow image that shows a self-shadow or a shadow of another object cast on the model object as the distance between the virtual camera and the model object decreases.	01-28-2010