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Kawanishi, JP

Atsuya Kawanishi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090207298FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A focusing apparatus is configured to execute a focusing operation without using any auto-focus evaluation value obtained from an auto-focus evaluation value detection area set for an object other than that of an intended object when a plurality of objects is detected.08-20-2009
20110149133IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS FOR FINDING IN-FOCUS DIRECTION BASED ON FOCUS SIGNAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric conversion elements, the image pickup unit being configured to perform an photoelectric conversion of an object image formed on an image pickup plane and to output an image signal, a detector configured to detect a focus signal based on the image signal obtained by moving a focus lens, and a controller configured to find an in-focus direction based on the focus signal and to provide a control so that the focus lens can be moved in the in-focus direction. The controller selects one of a plurality of interruption timings that occur in a synchronization signal in moving the focus lens, and starts moving the focus lens with a selected interruption timing.06-23-2011
20120013786FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A focus adjustment apparatus comprises a detection unit that detects a subject/subjects having a predetermined characteristic from an image obtained while shooting a moving picture, a selection unit that, in the case where a subject/subjects having the predetermined characteristic have been detected by the detection unit, selects, from the detected subject/subjects, a subject that also fulfils a predetermined condition, and a focus adjustment unit that controls a focus lens to focus on the subject selected by the selection unit. The focus adjustment unit does not control the focus lens in the case where no subject having the predetermined characteristic has been detected by the detection unit.01-19-2012

Patent applications by Atsuya Kawanishi, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Atsuya Kawanishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120113315FOCUSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - A focusing device includes a first focus-position determining unit configured to determine a focus position based on a change in a radio-frequency component in an image signal obtained with movement of a focusing lens, a second focus-position determining unit configured to determine a focus position by using a different process from a process performed by the first focus-position determining unit, a mode setting unit configured to select at least a first mode which uses a result with the first focusing-position determining unit together with the second focusing-position determining unit or a second mode which uses a result with the first focus-position determining unit without the second focus-position determining unit, and a control unit configured to control driving of the focusing lens according to selection by the mode setting unit such that the focusing lens is driven in the first mode at a higher speed than in the second mode.05-10-2012

Daisuke Kawanishi, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110015012BELT-DRIVE CVT - A belt-drive CVT includes a pair of pulleys, each of which has a stationary pulley and a movable pulley that moves toward or away from the stationary pulley in an axial direction of the pulley, a belt that is wound around the pair of pulleys and a rotation state detecting device for detecting rotation of the pulley. The rotation state detecting device has a tone wheel that rotates integrally with the pulley and a sensor that faces the tone wheel. The tone wheel has a cylinder portion that extends along a moving direction of the movable pulley. The cylinder portion is provided with a plurality of detection portions which are arranged at regular intervals in a circumferential direction throughout an entire circumference of the cylinder portion and which extend along the moving direction of the movable pulley.01-20-2011

Eiji Kawanishi, Kitamoto-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110105424GLUCOPYRANOSIDE COMPOUND - A compound of the formula:05-05-2011
20120058941GLUCOPYRANOSIDE COMPOUND - A compound of the formula:03-08-2012
20120258913GLUCOPYRANOSIDE COMPOUND - A compound of the formula:10-11-2012

Patent applications by Eiji Kawanishi, Kitamoto-Shi JP

Hidekazu Kawanishi, Miyagi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100290493LASER DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A laser diode includes an active layer, a strip-shaped ridge provided above the active layer, a pair of resonator end faces sandwiching the active layer and the ridge from an extending direction of the ridge, and an upland section provided being contacted with both side faces of the ridge in at least one of the resonator end faces of the pair of resonator end face and in the vicinity thereof. A thickness from the active layer to a surface of the upland section is larger on the resonator end face side and is smaller on a central side of the ridge, and the thickness is continuously changed from a thick portion on the resonator end face side to a thin portion on the central side of the ridge.11-18-2010
20120008657Laser diode - A laser diode with an improved kink level in the L-I characteristic and capable of obtaining a stable high output in a horizontal transverse mode is provided. The laser diode includes an active layer made of nitride III-V compound semiconductor containing at least gallium (Ga) in 3B-group elements and at least nitrogen (N) in 5B-group elements, an n-type compound semiconductor layer provided on one of faces of the active layer, and a p-type compound semiconductor layer provided on the other face of the active layer. A region closest to the active layer, in the n-type compound semiconductor layer is a high-concentration region whose impurity concentration is higher than that of the other n-type regions.01-12-2012

Hidenori Kawanishi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110148280VEHICLE HEADLAMP AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE - A headlamp 06-23-2011
20110157865ILLUMINATION DEVICE - Provided is an illumination device capable of reducing coherence of laser light emitted from a laser irradiation device to ensure safety to the eye at low cost. In the illumination device for exciting a fluorescent substance by irradiating the fluorescent substance with the laser light from the laser irradiation device to emit visible light for use as illumination light, a light scattering material is placed on and around an optical axis of the laser light.06-30-2011
20110280033LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A headlamp includes: a laser diode for emitting laser beam; a light-emitting section for emitting light when irradiated with the laser beam emitted from the laser diode; and a cooling device for cooling the light-emitting device by use of a fluid. With the arrangement, it is possible to prevent an increase in temperature of the light-emitting section which is irradiated with excitation light, and thereby to realize a light source of long lifetime.11-17-2011
20110292636LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A light emitting device capable of improving light extraction efficiency is provided. The light emitting device includes: a laser generator which outputs linearly polarized laser light; a fluorescent body which is irradiated with the laser light from the laser generator; and a reflective polarization filter which is arranged in a region through which the laser light outputted from the laser generator passes. The reflective polarization filter is formed to transmit linearly polarized light of the laser light and reflect linearly polarized light having a polarization plane which is perpendicular to a polarization plane of the linearly polarized light of the laser light.12-01-2011
20120057364LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, VEHICLE HEADLAMP, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A headlamp disclosed includes: a laser diode for emitting a laser beam; a light emitting section including a fluorescent material which emits light in response to excitation light emitted from the laser diode; a light-transmitting heat conducting member which is provided so as to face a laser beam irradiation surface of the light emitting section and receive heat of the light emitting section; and an adhesive layer filling a gap between the heat conducting member and the laser beam irradiation surface. This arrangement improves efficiency of the heat conducting member in absorbing the heat of the light emitting section, and consequently cools the light emitting section efficiently.03-08-2012
20120106185LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATING EQUIPTMENT, AND VEHICLE HEADLAMP - A headlamp of the present invention includes: a laser diode for emitting a laser beam with coherence; and a light emitting section which, upon irradiation with the laser beam from the laser diode, emits light so that the light is outputted from the light emitting device. The headlamp further includes an excitation light output prevention member for preventing the laser beam from the laser diode from being outputted from the headlamp while the laser beam maintains coherence.05-03-2012

Hiroki Kawanishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090310793AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An audio signal processing device includes: a microphone configured to collect noise; an analyzing unit configured to analyze an audio signal collected by the microphone to detect the level and frequency property of the collected audio signal; and a signal processing unit configured to subject an audio signal to be reproduced to signal processing based on the analysis results of the analyzing unit.12-17-2009

Hiroyoshi Kawanishi, Daito-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100201642TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - The portable electronic device of the present invention comprises a touch input apparatus including a touch panel installed on a surface of a display. The touch panel has a lead part projecting at the end of a detecting section. The detecting section includes a matrix area A where X value detection lines and Y value detection lines are arranged in matrix, and a lead area B where a plurality of lead lines extending from the matrix area A in the same direction as the X value detection lines to reach the lead part are arranged. A first touch input section is formed by the matrix area A of the touch panel, and a second touch input section is formed by the lead area B.08-12-2010

Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080226888Cellulose Acylate Film, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - A cellulose acylate film comprising a cellulose acylate satisfying formulae (I) to (III),09-18-2008
20080227881CELLULOSE ACETATE PROPIONATE FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ACETATE PROPIONATE FILM, OPTICAL COMPENSATION SHEET, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acetate propionate film has a density νe of entanglement points of a polymer chain of cellulose acetate propionate represented by the following expression (A) of from 0.3 to 2.0 moles/dm09-18-2008
20090163703Phase difference plate comprising polymer film containing compound having rod-shaped molecular structure - A phase difference plate which comprises one sheet of polymer film containing a compound having a rod-shaped molecular structure and exhibiting a maximum absorption wavelength (λmax) of less than 250 nm in an ultraviolet spectrum of its solution and which exhibits a retardation value as measured at a wavelength of 450 nm (Re450) of 60 to 135 nm and a retardation value as measured at a wavelength of 590 nm (Re590) of 100 to 170 nm, where the relationship: Re590−Re450≧2 nm is satisfied. The phase difference plate functions as a λ/4 plate.06-25-2009

Patent applications by Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Minami-Ashigara-Shi JP

Hiroyuki Kawanishi, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110222013LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates placed so as to face each other; a frame-shaped sealing member provided between the first and second substrates, and configured to bond the first and second substrate together; and a liquid crystal layer formed by enclosing a liquid crystal material inside the sealing member. A display region configured to display an image is defined inside the sealing member, and a non-display region is defined outside the display region. The non-display region is also provided in an inner periphery of the sealing member. The first substrate is provided with a plurality of wall-shaped portions formed in the non-display region in the inner periphery of the sealing member so as to extend along the sealing member and to be separated from each other.09-15-2011

Isao Kawanishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110181177FLUORESCENT LAMP ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND A FLUORESCENT LAMP - Provided is a fluorescent lamp electrode, having excellent sputtering resistance and able to retain excellent dark-start characteristics over a long period of time when used as an electrode in a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, and which can be produced inexpensively. A fluorescent lamp of this invention has a prolonged life resulting from the use of said electrode. Said electrode is made by dispersing in a nickel or nickel alloy base one or more rare earth metals selected from among lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, samarium, praseodymium, niobium, europium and gadolinium in the form of a precipitated boride phase.07-28-2011

Isao Kawanishi, Minato-Ku JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100277058COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP - There is provided a cold cathode fluorescent lamp that has excellent sputtering resistance and long life, even if high tube current is applied, and can be easily manufactured at low cost. In a cold cathode fluorescent lamp comprising a transparent tube having a fluorescent layer provided on an inner wall surface, containing a rare gas and mercury inside, and having both ends enclosed by sealing members, electrodes provided near both ends inside the transparent tube, and lead wires connected to the electrodes and provided through the sealing members, the electrode contains nickel as a main component and contains cerium metal or cerium oxide.11-04-2010

Jouichi Kawanishi, Isehara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120145871VEHICLE OUTSIDE MIRROR DEVICE - It is important to mount a mirror assembly on a shaft in such a manner as to enable tilting without a backlash. According to the present invention, an inner circumferential face of a cylinder portion 06-14-2012

Kenichi Kawanishi, Kobe-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100122972APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RESIDUAL STRESS IN TUBULAR BODY AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAME - Aims are to provide a tubular-body residual-stress improving apparatus and an adjustment method thereof capable of adjusting irradiation position with favorable reproducibility, even when an optical fiber is eccentric. In the tubular-body residual-stress improving apparatus, an optical control unit (05-20-2010

Masako Kawanishi, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120116706Analysis Device and Analysis Method - Provided is an analysis device or an analysis method, by which highly reliable analysis results can be obtained even in the circumstances where environment temperature changes, while reducing load on the user. The analysis device (05-10-2012

Masami Kawanishi, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090191360STRIP CROSSBOW REDUCTION AND STRIP VIBRATION REDUCTION METHOD AND HOT DIP COATED STRIP MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE STRIP STABILIZATION METHOD - Provided is a strip crossbow reduction and vibration reduction method (strip stabilization method) including of controlling an exciting current to an electromagnet based on a distance to a strip being conveyed, the first distance being detected by a displacement sensor, and performing crossbow reduction and vibration reduction on the strip by means of an electromagnetic force of the electromagnet. The method is characterized in that the exciting current applied to the electromagnet is controlled based on the distance and a target position corresponding to the distance, and that the exciting current is applied to the electromagnet when the strip is present within detectable range of the displacement sensor whereas the exciting current is not applied to the electromagnet when the strip is not present within the detectable range of the displacement sensor.07-30-2009

Masaru Kawanishi, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080214069BOAT PROPULSION APPARATUS AND BOAT - In a boat propulsion apparatus including an engine control device for controlling operation of an engine, the engine control device includes a first ID storage and a second ID storage, a first ID is stored in the first ID storage beforehand, and the engine control device is communicably connected to a controller of a remote control device over a network. A signal containing a second ID is received from the controller when the engine control device and the controller are connected to the network for the first time and is stored in the second ID storage. Thus, maintenance and management of the engine are easy, and also it is possible to prevent a mischievous operation or theft of the boat propulsion apparatus.09-04-2008
20080215230ENGINE ROTATION CONTROL DEVICE AND BOAT - In an engine rotation control device, a remote control operation device is provided with a remote control side ECU and an engine side ECU so that an outboard motor can be remotely controlled. The remote control side ECU and the engine side ECU periodically communicate a control signal. A gauge includes a slow-speed operation section that changes the engine rotational speed during slow-speed cruising. The slow-speed operation section outputs a change command signal to change the engine rotational speed, and a rotational speed change signal generated by a signal output section based on the change command signal is transmitted to the engine side ECU as a periodic control signal. A reset section of the remote control side ECU resets the rotational speed change signal to an initial state in response to a request from a reset request section.09-04-2008
20080233812CONTROLLER FOR BOAT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND BOAT PROPULSION SYSTEM - A controller for a boat propulsion system has an adjusting device arranged to adjust an inclination angle in the vertical direction of the boat propulsion system by a drive unit, the controller arranged to perform drive control of the adjusting device, a storage section provided in the controller and arranged to store a limit value of the inclination angle, and a connector arranged to communicate with a service tool, wherein the controller is arranged to set the limit value from the service tool and stop the drive unit when the inclination angle reaches the limit value.09-25-2008
20080268727BOAT - An engine ECU provided in a boat propulsion system is connected to a remote control ECU provided in a remote control device, the remote control ECU is connected to a gauge ECU provided in an information display device, and control is performed so as to start communication between the remote control ECU and the gauge ECU after a power supply is turned on and after authentication of the engine ECU and the remote control ECU is completed. Accurate information on the boat propulsion system can be transmitted in response to a request from the information display device at a time of initialization at a system start.10-30-2008

Masashi Kawanishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090192154SULTAM DERIVATIVES - A sultam derivative of Formula (1) described below having inhibitory action for aggrecanase activity is provided. The sultam derivative of Formula (1) and a salt thereof exhibit strong inhibitory action for aggrecanase activity in a living body of a mammalian animal including human, and is useful, for example, as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical agent for preventing and/or treating various diseases caused by degradation of aggrecan.07-30-2009

Michirou Kawanishi, Ibaraki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120270036PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for an electrochemical device that has an extremely low water content, that is unlikely to lead to “adhesive protrusion”, and that is not removed even when it is in contact with an electrolytic solution. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for an electrochemical device of the present invention includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer composed of an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive on at least one side of a plastic base, and is characterized by including the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a gel content of 60% or more and a thickness of 1 to 15 μm, and by having a water absorption rate of 0.2% or less after immersion in water at 23° C. for 24 hours.10-25-2012
20120270042PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for an electrochemical device that has an excellent adhesive strength and that achieves, for example, the protection of an electrode, the suppression of active material separation, and the fixing of a wound end of a laminate composed of electrode plates, a separator, and the like when the laminate is wound and packed into a battery case, without adversely affecting the electrochemical device.10-25-2012
20130011634PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET AND LAMINATE - The invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which is to be attached to a member having a connecting terminal (e.g., FPC connector) in an end area thereof and allows the connecting terminal to be easily used without shape processing of the sheet. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is to be attached to a region of a member having a connecting terminal in an end area thereof, which region includes the connecting terminal. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes an adhesive face to be attached to the region including the connecting terminal, and the adhesive face having a non-adhesive region as a region corresponding to the connecting terminal.01-10-2013

Minoru Kawanishi, Niigata-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090026712Sliding Member - A sliding member is characterized in that a sliding surface of the sliding member is coated with an amorphous hard carbon film, and a surface of the amorphous hard carbon film has a ten-point mean roughness of equal to or less than 0.7 micrometers and an initial wear height in a range of 0.07 to 0.14 micrometers.01-29-2009

Mitsuhiro Kawanishi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090242846TRANSPARENT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR - There is provided a transparent electric conductor with reduced variation in electrical resistance in high-temperature environments. The transparent electric conductor comprises conductive particles 10-01-2009
20120104266RADIATION DETECTING ELEMENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, RADIATION DETECTING MODULE, AND RADIATION IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A method of producing a radiation detecting element with an improved resolution property, a radiation detecting element, a radiation detecting module, and a radiation image diagnostic apparatus are provided. The radiation detecting element includes a scintillator layer on a substrate. The scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar crystals having substantially no irregularity on each side.05-03-2012
20120228509RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A radiation imaging device includes: a sensor substrate having a pixel portion including a photoelectric conversion element; a scintillator layer provided on the pixel portion of the sensor substrate; and a sealing layer with which at least a part of the scintillator layer is sealed, in which the sealing layer includes a first wall portion disposed on the sensor substrate away from the scintillator layer, and a moisture-proof layer provided between the scintillator layer and the first wall portion.09-13-2012

Nao Kawanishi, Shiki-Gun Nara JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090145257Extendable shaft for steering vehicle and motor vehicle steering system - An extendable shaft for steering vehicle rotated according to the steering of a steering member comprises: an inner shaft and a tubular outer shaft fitted with each other in a manner to be capable of relative sliding movement; a rigid coupling element for rigidly interconnecting the inner shaft and the outer shaft in a circumferential direction of the inner shaft when a relative phase of the inner shaft and the outer shaft with respect to the circumferential direction exceeds a predetermined range; at least three pairs of axial grooves individually formed on an outer periphery of the inner shaft and an inner periphery of the outer shaft and opposed to each other; and a plurality of elongate resin rods as elastic coupling elements for elastically interconnecting the inner shaft and the outer shaft in the circumferential direction when the relative phase thereof is in the predetermined range. Each of the plural resin rods is interposed between the mutually corresponding axial grooves. At least one of the resin rods has a different specification from that of the other resin rods in order that an axis of the inner shaft and an axis of the outer shaft are tilted to each other.06-11-2009

Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Moriya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090149470Novel aminopyridine derivatives having aurora a selective inhibitory action - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula (I):06-11-2009
20100016335NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES HAVING AURORA A SELECTIVE INHIBITORY ACTION - The present invention relates to a compound of formula I:01-21-2010
20120004240INHIBITORS OF AKT ACTIVITY - The instant invention provides for substituted fused naphthyridine derivatives that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.01-05-2012

Patent applications by Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Moriya-Shi JP

Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090192174Novel Aminopyridine Derivatives Having Aurora a Selective Inhibitory Action - The present invention relates to a compound of general formula I:07-30-2009
20110003833NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES HAVING AURORA A SELECTIVE INHIBITORY ACTION - The present invention relates to a compound of formula I: wherein: R01-06-2011
20110082135INHIBITORS OF AKT ACTIVITY - The instant invention provides for substituted [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]-1,5-naphthyridine compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms, preferably Akt1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity, especially Akt1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.04-07-2011
20110092511INHIBITORS OF AKT ACTIVITY - The instant invention provides for substituted naphthyridine compounds that inhibit Akt activity. In particular, the compounds disclosed selectively inhibit one or two of the Akt isoforms, preferably Akt1. The invention also provides for compositions comprising such inhibitory compounds and methods of inhibiting Akt activity especially Akt1 by administering the compound to a patient in need of treatment of cancer.04-21-2011
20120015940NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES HAVING AURORA A SELECTIVE INHIBITORY ACTION - The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I): wherein: n is 0 or 1; X is O or CH01-19-2012
20120029004NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES HAVING AURORA A SELECTIVE INHIBITORY ACTION - The present invention relates to a compound of Formula (I): wherein: R02-02-2012

Patent applications by Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Ibaraki JP

Nobuhiko Kawanishi, Tsukuba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090137597Novel quinoxalinone derivatives - A quinoxalinone derivative of the formula (I):05-28-2009

Noriyuki Kawanishi, Sakura-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100158452METHOD CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBER OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT, CONNECTOR-ATTACHED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT, OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - A connection method connects an optical connector and an optical transmission element. The optical connector includes a connector housing, a stop-ring structure, and an optical fiber which protrudes from an end part of the stop-ring structure. The optical transmission element includes a tensile-strength fiber body. The connection method includes fuse-connecting a first end of the optical fiber with a second end of an optical fiber protruding from a transmission element terminal part of the optical transmission element; inserting a fuse-connected optical fiber part and the tensile strength fiber body inside a reinforcing sleeve provided with a hot melt body, and covering and bridging the transmission element terminal part and at least the end part of the stop-ring structure; and integrating the fuse-connected optical fiber part, the tensile strength fiber body, the transmission element terminal part, and the stop-ring structure, by a hot melt resin melted from the hot melt body.06-24-2010
20110217004DEVICE FOR BENDING OPTICAL FIBER AND RECEIVING LIGHT - A device for bending an optical fiber and receiving light is provided with a recessed holding member having a recess, a projecting holding member having a projection projecting toward the recess, light receiving elements for receiving leak light from an optical fiber held between the recess and the projection, and a supplemental support mechanism that is substantially independent of the recess or the projection and supplementarily supports the optical fiber between the recess and the projection such that the leak light from the optical fiber is received by center of the light receiving elements.09-08-2011
20110308358SHEATH REMOVING UNIT AND OPTICAL FIBER-SHEATH REMOVING DEVICE - A sheath removing unit according to the invention includes a sheath removing blade that includes a pair of blade bodies disposed so as to face each other, and an optical fiber guide that includes first guide body and the second guide body. The first guide body includes a first protruding portion that is disposed so as to be superimposed on a first blade body of the blade bodies and protrudes from the first blade body toward a second blade body. The second guide body includes a second protruding portion that is disposed so as to be superimposed on the second blade body and protrudes from the second blade body toward the first blade body. The first protruding portion includes a lower inclined portion, which is inclined outward toward a protruding direction of the first protruding portion, on the surface thereof facing the second guide body. The second protruding portion includes an upper inclined portion, which is inclined outward toward a protruding direction of the second protruding portion, on the surface thereof facing the first guide body.12-22-2011

Patent applications by Noriyuki Kawanishi, Sakura-Shi JP

Ryouichi Kawanishi, Kyoto JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110069201IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging device of the present invention comprises: an imaging mechanism; a sound acquisition unit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; and a setting unit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism.03-24-2011
20110154196INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide an information display device for easily changing a scrolling speed and a display mode. The information display device receives an instruction for displaying a plurality of contents, via a move operation on a two-dimensional plane defined by first and second axes; determines a moving speed for moving the contents, based on a motion component of the move operation along the first axis, and determines a display mode for displaying the contents, based on a motion component of the move operation along the second axis; and displays the contents in the display mode on a screen, by scrolling through the contents at the moving speed.06-23-2011
20110167384CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD - The invention aims to provide a user interface for efficiently displaying desired content from among a large number of contents.07-07-2011
20120117069DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a data processing device that provides a result of categorization that is satisfactory to a user, even when user data includes an object specific to the user. The data processing device stores therein model data pieces each indicating detection counts of feature amounts; judges, for each target data piece, whether the target data piece is a non-categorization data piece including an uncategorizable object, using the model data pieces and the detection count of each of at least two feature amounts detected in the target data piece; when, as a result of the judgment, two or more of the target data pieces are judged to be non-categorization data pieces, specifies at least two feature amounts that are each included, and detected the same number of times, in a predetermined number or more of the non-categorization data pieces, and newly creates a model data piece based on the at least two feature amounts that have been specified, using a class creation method, and stores the model data piece into the storage unit.05-10-2012
20120230546GENERIC OBJECT-BASED IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS WITH EXCLUSIVE CLASSIFIER, AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides an image recognition apparatus with enhanced performance and robustness.09-13-2012
20120272171Apparatus, Method and Computer-Implemented Program for Editable Categorization - The information appliance displays content in a visually perceptible grid from which the user selects a target content and upon selection of the processor automatically identifies related content each with an associated relatedness score. Movement by the user of the target content causes the related content to move and follow the target content as if attracted by an invisible spring force or tensile force. The system thus presents the user with a graphical representation of moving items of content which are attracted to the related content based on the degree of relatedness. In this way the user quickly learns how to control selection and organization of related content by mimicking movement of physical objects acting under kinematic forces that mimic natural objects.10-25-2012
20120301032IMAGE CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND MODEL CREATION APPARATUS - The image classification apparatus extracts first features of each received image (S11-29-2012
20120321282INTERESTING SECTION EXTRACTING DEVICE, INTERESTING SECTION EXTRACTING METHOD - Interesting section extracting device 12-20-2012

Shingo Kawanishi, Sayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110260586Piezoelectric Device with Tuning-fork type Piezoelectric Vibrating Piece - The piezoelectric device comprises a piezoelectric vibrating piece having a base portion, a pair of vibrating arms extending in a specified direction from the base portion, and a pair of connection portions disposed on the pair of the supporting arms; a package having a bottom surface which accommodates the piezoelectric vibrating piece and side faces surrounding the bottom surface, in which a pair of electrode pads corresponding to the connection portions are formed on the bottom surface; and adhesive for bonding the pair of the electrode pads with the pair of connection portions. One electrode pad and the other electrode pad, with adhesive applied to the electrode pads, are shifted with respect to each other in a predetermined direction.10-27-2011

Shingo Kawanishi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090009037PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES - The piezoelectric vibrating piece (01-08-2009
20090289530PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - Piezoelectric vibrating pieces are disclosed. An exemplary piece includes a base and at least a pair of vibrating arms connected to the base. The vibrating arms extend from one end of the base in a first direction. A vibrating root portion is situated between the vibrating arms. A pair of supporting arms extend, outboard of the vibrating arms, in the first direction from the one end of the base. Respective supporting root portions are situated between each vibrating arm and its outboard supporting arm, at the same position (denoted, e.g., K11-26-2009
20100096954PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES, FRAMES, AND DEVICES - Piezoelectric vibrating pieces are disclosed that have a base and a pair of vibrating arms extending from one end of the base in a designated direction. A respective groove is defined in each of the upper and lower surfaces of each vibrating arm. The grooves extend in the designated direction and have a first width. Each groove includes a respective rib feature having a second width that is narrower than the first width. A piezoelectric frame includes the piezoelectric device and an outer frame surrounding the device. A piezoelectric device includes the piezoelectric vibrating piece or piezoelectric frame, a lid, and a base.04-22-2010
20100164332Piezoelectric vibrating pieces, and piezoelectric vibrators and oscillators comprising same - Piezoelectric vibrating pieces are disclosed that include a base portion and first and second vibrating arms extending in a longitudinal direction from the base portion. Each vibrating arm has first and second main surfaces, a first groove on the first main surface, and a second groove on the second main surface. The grooves extend in the longitudinal. By adjusting the length and shapes of at least the first grooves relative to each other, the rigidity of the vibrating arms can be balanced and adverse effects of deformed regions between the vibrating arms caused by anomalous etching can be reduced.07-01-2010
20110241496TUNING-FORK TYPE PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PIECES AND DEVICES COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - An exemplary tuning-fork type quartz-crystal vibrating piece includes a base, a pair of vibrating arms, and a connecting electrode electrically connectable to an internal conductive member of a package. The base and vibrating arms are made of a piezoelectric material. The vibrating arms extend in a prescribed direction from the base and have at least one excitation electrode that is electrically connected to the connecting electrode. Each vibrating arm has an upper and a lower axis main surface each defining a respective groove extending in the prescribed direction. Each vibrating arm also has axis edge-side surfaces extending between the first and second axis main surfaces. The excitation electrode includes a surface electrode located inside the grooves on the axis main surfaces of at least one vibrating arm and a side electrode located on the axis edge-side surfaces of the at least one vibrating arm. The surface connecting electrode.10-06-2011
20110316391TUNING-FORK-TYPE PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATING PLATE AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A tuning-fork-type piezoelectric vibrating plate with a suppressed CI value and a piezoelectric device using thereof are provided. The tuning-fork-type piezoelectric vibrating plate includes: a base section formed by a piezoelectric material; and a pair of vibrating arms extended from the base section along a predetermined direction. On a front surface and a back surface of the vibrating arms, a first excitation groove is formed at the base section side, a second excitation groove is formed at a tip side of the vibrating arms, and a partition section is formed to separate the first excitation groove from the second excitation groove. A length from the base section side of the first excitation groove to the tip side of the second excitation groove in the predetermined direction is L12-29-2011
20120248938TUNING-FORK TYPE QUARTZ-CRYSTAL VIBRATING PIECES AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES HAVING LOW CRYSTAL IMPEDANCE - Tuning-fork type quartz-crystal vibrating pieces are disclosed, of which the vibration frequency can be adjusted without increasing CI. An exemplary piezoelectric device has a pair of vibrating arms extending in a predetermined direction from a first edge of a base. Respective first grooves are defined in a first principal surface of the vibrating arms. The first grooves extend in the predetermined direction, and have first excitation electrodes extending from a back-edge surface but not completely to a front-edge surface of the grooves. Respective second grooves are defined in a second principal surface, opposite the first principal surface, of the vibrating arms. The second grooves extend in the predetermined direction, and have second excitation electrodes extending from a back-edge surface completely to a front-edge surface of the second grooves.10-04-2012
20120293048PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device including a tuning-fork piezoelectric vibrating element having a base and a pair of vibrating arms positioned parallel to each other and extending from the base at right angles. The piezoelectric device further including a pair of support arms extending from the base positioned parallel to each other and in the same direction as the vibrating arms. A package is included having a lid and a housing recess sealed by the lid wherein the tuning-fork piezoelectric vibrating element is housed. A pair of supports are provided on a bottom face of the housing recess for fixing the tuning-fork piezoelectric vibrating element by the support arms. A clearance groove is formed in the bottom face of the housing access to prevent the tuning-fork piezoelectric vibrating element from colliding against the bottom face of the housing recess.11-22-2012

Patent applications by Shingo Kawanishi, Saitama JP

Shinsuke Kawanishi, Hitachinaka JP

Shozo Kawanishi, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100096192Combination Weigher - A combination weigher includes a plurality of upper collecting chutes disposed below weighing hoppers, a plurality of upper collecting hoppers provided at discharge outlets of the upper collecting chutes, a lower collecting chute provided below the upper collecting hoppers, a lower collecting hopper provided at a discharge outlet of the lower collecting chute, and a control unit which repeatedly performs a combination process to determine one discharge combination of the weighing hoppers, a discharge process for discharging the objects from the weighing hoppers onto the upper collecting chutes, and a discharge process for discharging the objects simultaneously from the upper collecting hoppers, and a discharge process for discharging the objects from the lower collecting hopper.04-22-2010

Shozo Kawanishi, Akashi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080319338Visceral Fat Determining Device - A visceral fat determining device is disclosed which can be used easily at home for example and can obtain information on visceral fat. The visceral fat determining device comprises input means for inputting personal data that represents vital characteristics of the patient; a data processing unit capable of performing various calculations; and a display device capable of displaying the personal data and results of the calculations. Upon inputting of a waist size which is a girth of the trunk of the patient, and a hip size which is a girth of the buttocks of the patient, quantitative information on abdominal visceral fat of the patient is given through a calculation based on WHR which is a ratio of the waist size to the hip size (waist size/hip size).12-25-2008

Takayuki Kawanishi, Hyogo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100286989RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An audio data processor (11-11-2010

Takeshi Kawanishi, Ogaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090053910PRINTED BOARD WITH COMPONENT MOUNTING PIN - A printed circuit board according to the present invention is a printed circuit board (02-26-2009
20090053911PRINTED BOARD WITH COMPONENT MOUNTING PIN - A printed circuit board according to the present invention is a printed circuit board (02-26-2009

Takeshi Kawanishi, Ibi-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090084594HEAT RESISTANT SUBSTRATE INCORPORATED CIRCUIT WIRING BOARD - This invention provides a multilayer printed wiring board which achieves fine pitches. A heat resistant substrate is incorporated in a multilayer printed wiring board and interlayer resin insulation layer and conductive layer are placed alternately on the heat resistant substrate. A built-up wiring board in which respective conductive layers are connected by via hole is formed. A via hole is formed on the surface of a mirror-processed Si substrate by using a heat resistant substrate composed of Si substrate so that finer wiring than a resin substrate having unevenness in its surface can be formed, whereby achieving fine pitches. Further, by forming the wiring on a mirror processed surface, dispersion of wiring decreases thereby decreasing dispersion of impedance.04-02-2009
20090255716HEAT RESISTANT SUBSTRATE INCORPORATED CIRCUIT WIRING BOARD - A circuit wiring board including a wiring substrate, and a heat resistant substrate accommodated in the wiring substrate and having a thermal expansion coefficient in a range between 3 ppm to 10 ppm and including a core substrate and a built-up wiring layer formed over the core substrate, the built-up wiring layer including conductive layers, interlayer resin insulating layers and a via hole conductor connecting the conductive layers through one of the interlayer resin insulating layers.10-15-2009
20090260857HEAT RESISTANT SUBSTRATE INCORPORATED CIRCUIT WIRING BOARD - A circuit wiring board including a wiring substrate, and a heat resistant substrate accommodated in the wiring substrate and including a core substrate and a through hole conductor formed in the core substrate, the core substrate having a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, the through hole conductor providing electrical connection through the core substrate between the first surface and the second surface of the core substrate.10-22-2009
20110063806HEAT RESISTANT SUBSTRATE INCORPORATED CIRCUIT WIRING BOARD - A circuit wiring board including a wiring substrate, multiple electronic components provided on a surface of the wiring substrate, and a heat resistant substrate accommodated in the wiring substrate and having a core substrate and a built-up wiring layer formed over the core substrate. The built-up wiring layer includes a conductive layer and an interlayer resin insulating layer, and the electronic components are electrically connected to the conductive layer of the built-up wiring layer.03-17-2011

Patent applications by Takeshi Kawanishi, Ibi-Gun JP

Tetsuro Kawanishi, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080319288Saccharide-measuring fluorescent monomer, saccharide-measuring fluorescent sensor substance, and implantable, saccharide-measuring sensor - A saccharide-measuring fluorescence sensor substance including a copolymer of at least the following two compounds (I) and (II) is provided:12-25-2008
20100331875PUNCTURE DEVICE - The present invention provides a puncture device and an administration device in which a puncture needle can be stuck certainly to a predetermined region of a skin. The puncture device and the administration device of the present invention are provided with a puncture needle moving means for retaining aforesaid puncture needle to be movable and a skin deforming means for deforming the skin, wherein it is constituted such that the puncture needle is moved by aforesaid puncture needle moving means and punctures the skin deformed by aforesaid skin deforming means.12-30-2010

Patent applications by Tetsuro Kawanishi, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Tetsuya Kawanishi, Saitama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090021739IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a light source unit that selectively outputs white light and light in a different wavelength band to an observation target, an imaging unit including an imaging device, and a spectral image formation circuit that generates a spectral image signal for a specified wavelength by an operation using an image signal based on an output from the imaging unit and predetermined matrix data. The imaging unit selectively obtains an image of the observation target for each of first, second and third light components in a visible light region and an image for each of at least fourth and fifth light components in a near-infrared region. Further, the imaging unit includes first spectral devices that make only the first and fourth light components enter first pixels of the imaging device and second spectral devices that make only the second and fifth light components enter second pixels thereof.01-22-2009

Patent applications by Tetsuya Kawanishi, Saitama-Shi JP

Tetsuya Kawanishi, Koganei JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080212915Nested modulator - A nested modulator is provided where the circuit arrangement of modifying electrodes including signal electrodes is simplified, and at the same time, the drive voltage can be lowered.09-04-2008

Tetsuya Kawanishi, Koganei-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090304393SUPER HIGH SPEED OPTICAL FREQUENCY SWEEPING TECHNOLOGY - It is an object to provide an optical frequency control device or the like which can quickly carry out control over a wide frequency range. The object is achieved by an optical frequency control device or the like comprised of an optical SSB modulator (12-10-2009
20110242644High-Speed Multiplied Signal Generating Method And Device - It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus that can obtain a multiplied harmonic signal fast and with ease, and the method using the apparatus.10-06-2011

Patent applications by Tetsuya Kawanishi, Koganei-Shi JP

Toshiaki Kawanishi, Ageo-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110272768Lead Frame and Method of Producing Lead Frame - Provided is a lead frame, an electronic device provided with a lead frame, a method of producing a lead frame, and a method of producing an electronic device provided with a lead frame that has been produced by the method of producing a lead frame, in which a lead frame is not corroded, a mechanical strength of the lead frame is not lowered, it is not necessary to carry out the conventional plating processing steps composed of two stages, the processes are simple, a cost is lower, and a large amount of waste liquid such as plating processing liquid is not generated, thereby preventing an environment from being affected. The lead frame includes an outer lead part and an inner lead part, and plating is carried out on at least a part of one or both of the outer lead part or the inner lead part.11-10-2011

Toshiaki Kawanishi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090056437Liquid Level Detecting Method and Liquid Level Detecting Device - A liquid level detecting method is provided for detecting the level of a liquid at a high accuracy by performing correction by using the density of the liquid, in the case of detecting the liquid level by using a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor (03-05-2009
20090100911Method for producing synthetic resin mold package, alcohol concentration sensor and apparatus for measuring alcohol concentration - Disclosed is a method for producing a synthetic resin mold package at high yield from which package a pair of the surface of an internal device is exposed. A to-be-exposed part of the surface of the internal device composed of an insulating substrate (04-23-2009

Patent applications by Toshiaki Kawanishi, Saitama JP

Toshiaki Kawanishi, Ageo-Shi, Saitama JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090000396Device and Method of Detecting Flow Rate/Liquid Kind, and Device and Method of Detecting Liquid Kind - A flow rate/liquid type detecting method for detecting the flow rate of a fluid and, at the same time, detecting any one of or both the type of the fluid and the concentration of the fluid, characterized in that, by using a flow rate/liquid type detecting apparatus comprising: a main passage through which a fluid to be detected flows, an auxiliary passage branched from the main passage, and a flow rate/liquid type detecting sensor device provided in the auxiliary passage, is provided, and in conducting any one of or both the detection of the type of the fluid and the detection of the concentration of the fluid, the auxiliary passage opening/closing valve is closed, and the fluid is allowed to temporarily stay within the flow rate/liquid type detecting sensor device to conduct any one of or both the detection of the liquid type and the detection of the concentration, and in detecting the flow rate of the fluid detected, the auxiliary passage opening/closing valve is opened to allow the fluid to flow into the flow rate/liquid type detecting sensor device to detect the flow rate.01-01-2009

Yasuyuki Kawanishi, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090043094PROCESS FOR TRANS-4-AMINO-1-CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES - A process for the preparation of Compound (I) comprising reacting Compound (II) with a base in an aprotic solvent, which is represented by the following scheme:02-12-2009
20090221817PROCESS FOR TRANS-4-AMINO-1-CYCLOHEXANECARBOXILIC ACID DERIVATIVES - A process for the preparation of Compound (I) comprising reacting Compound (II) with a base in an aprotic solvent, which is represented by the following scheme:09-03-2009

Patent applications by Yasuyuki Kawanishi, Amagasaki-Shi JP

Yuji Kawanishi, Tsukuba-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100331540METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND HAVING DEUTERATED AROMATIC RING OR HETEROCYCLIC RING - A method for producing a compound having a deuterated aromatic ring or heterocyclic ring according to the invention includes heating a compound having an aromatic ring or heterocyclic ring in the presence of heavy water, a transition metal and a metal which generates deuterium. As the metal which generates deuterium, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, magnesium, zinc, iron, lead and tin is preferred. As the transition metal, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium and rhodium is preferred. The heating is preferably carried out by microwave irradiation.12-30-2010

Yuji Kawanishi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100253361SENSOR, SENSOR SYSTEM, PORTABLE SENSOR SYSTEM, METHOD OF ANALYZING METAL IONS, MOUNTING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF ANALYZING PLATING PREVENTING CHEMICAL SPECIES, METHOD OF ANALYZING PRODUCED COMPOUND, AND METHOD OF ANALYZING MONOVALENT COPPER CHEMICAL SPECIES - This invention provides a sensor having such a structure that the area in which a sensor electrode comes into contact with a liquid, a mist or a gas containing an analyte has been previously specified. The sensor comprises at least an electroconductive first electrode, an electroconductive second electrode, electroconductive first and second wirings connected to the first and second electrodes, and an insulating part for insulating the first and second wirings from each other and from a liquid, a mist or a gas containing the analyte. The insulating part is formed of an organic material. In the first and second electrodes, at least the surface, which comes into contact with a liquid, a mist or a gas containing the analyte, is formed of a material which is insoluble in a liquid or a mist containing the analyte, or is not attacked by a gas containing the analyte.10-07-2010

Yutaka Kawanishi, Ibaraki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120021547INK-JET INK FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES - The problem is to provide such an ink-jet ink for organic EL devices that a jetted droplet trails no ligaments and wet-spreads well upon adhering. The solution is an ink-jet ink for organic electroluminescent device comprising water, a surfactant and an aqueous macromolecular material, wherein the ink has a static surface tension of 40 mN/m or less and a dynamic surface tension, measured by a maximum bubble pressure method at 100 Hz, of 55 mN/m or more.01-26-2012