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Aikihiro Kawano, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120062222MAGNETIC DETECTION DEVICE - An aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a magnetic detection device including a magnetic detection unit including a magnetic sensor unit and a comparison unit, the magnetic sensor unit detecting a magnetic flux density, amplifying the detection signal and outputting an output signal to the comparison unit as a mode selected from one of a first mode and a second mode of which power consumption is lower than that of the first mode, the comparison unit comparing the output signal and a reference voltage as a threshold level which determines magnetic field being formed or not, and outputting a comparison result, a conversion gain control unit outputting a mode signal based on the comparison result to the magnetic sensor unit as the second mode when the mode signal is larger than the threshold level or as the first mode when the mode signal is smaller than the threshold level so as to control the magnetic sensor unit.03-15-2012

Akihiko Kawano, Kashiwara-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120128513ELECTRIC PUMP UNIT - An electric pump unit for a transmission, which supplies a hydraulic pressure to the transmission, includes: a pump which takes in and discharges oil; and a pump driving electric motor including a motor shaft connected to the pump, a motor rotor fixedly provided on the motor shaft, and a motor stator disposed around a circumference of the motor rotor. The pump and the electric motor are integrated with a lid that tightly closes an opening in a recess portion which is formed on a transmission housing of the transmission and into which the oil is introduced, and are accommodated within the recess portion.05-24-2012

Atsushi Kawano, Takarazuka-Shi JP

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20110237963ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer determines whether a position of a measurement site falls within a proper range, and notifies whether the position of the measurement site falls within the proper range. When determination is made that a time in which the position of the measurement site falls within the proper range is not less than a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), measurement of a blood pressure is automatically started. When determination is made that a time in which the position of the measurement site is out of the proper range is not less than a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds), the measurement of the blood pressure is started. Further, whether the position of the measurement site falls within the proper range is notified while correlated with the measurement result.09-29-2011
20110245695ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a pressure control unit configured to conduct pressurization control on a cuff (pressure control toward a specific direction) and acquire a cuff pressure signal at a time of the pressurization control to thereby measure a pressure pulse wave; a displacement decision unit configured to decide whether displacement has occurred between a position of the cuff and a virtual position of the heart based on an output from an angle sensor when the pressurization control is being conducted; and a return processing unit configured to, when it is decided that displacement has occurred, stop the pressurization control and conduct depressurization control on the cuff to thereby return an intra-cuff pressure to a specific pressure value that denotes a pressure value before the occurrence of the displacement. The pressure control unit resumes the pressurization control after processing by the return processing unit.10-06-2011
20120004560CUFF FOR BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A cuff for a sphygmomanometer includes an air bladder for compressing a living body, an exterior cover including the air bladder, and a fixing unit arranged in the exterior cover. A portion closer to an end of the exterior cover is inserted between a roller arranged in the fixing unit and a stopper, and is fixed by being pushed against the roller by the stopper. The roller is rotatable only in a direction of reducing the size of the annular portion of the exterior cover. Accordingly, the cuff for the sphygmomanometer has a simple configuration, is inexpensively manufactured, and easily carries out and stably reproduces attachment with respect to the upper arm.01-05-2012

Bunki Kawano, Sunto-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120132172HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE - A hydraulic control device is equipped with an oil jet that injects oil to a piston, an oil gallery through which oil injected by the oil jet and oil supplied to a lubrication part of an engine pass, an oil pump that pumps oil to the oil gallery, and a switching valve that is provided on an oil jet passage connecting the oil gallery and the oil jet together and leads oil supplied from the oil gallery to either the oil jet or an oil pan disposed at an upstream side of the oil pump. An ECU controls the switching valve on the basis of an engine speed and an engine cooling water temperature.05-31-2012

Hajime Kawano, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110260057CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - According to a charged particle beam apparatus of this invention, an inspection position on a test sample (wafer coordinate system) is converted to a setting position of an inspection mechanism (stage coordinate system (polar coordinate system)), a rotating arm (10-27-2011

Hiroaki Kawano, Miyazaki JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110254616Boosting circuit of charge pump type and boosting method - A boosting circuit of charge pump type includes: charging portion for applying an input voltage to a first capacitor; double boosting portion for applying the input voltage to a second capacitor and applying a sum of the input voltage and a voltage across the first capacitor to an output capacitor in a first predetermined period after start of a boosting operation; and triple boosting portion for repeating in order, after end of the first predetermined period, a step of applying the sum of the input voltage and the voltage across the first capacitor to the second capacitor and a step of applying a sum of the voltage across the first capacitor and a voltage across the second capacitor to the output capacitor.10-20-2011

Hiroaki Kawano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110318426ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An antibacterial agent of the present invention contains a metal-containing compound containing a metal other than aluminum, and a phosphorus-adsorbing material. A method of using an antibacterial agent of the present invention is a method for improving an antibacterial property of a metal-containing compound containing a metal other than aluminum, wherein the metal-containing compound and a phosphorus-adsorbing compound are used in combination. Thus, the present invention provides an antibacterial agent, and a method of using an antibacterial agent, wherein an antibacterial property of a metal-containing compound containing a metal other than aluminum, particularly a silver-containing compound, is improved significantly.12-29-2011

Hironao Kawano, Machida-Shi, Tokyo JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120101333CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE ACTIVATION SYSTEM - A capsule endoscope that includes a capsule-shaped casing and a detecting unit that is provided inside the casing to detect a magnetic field orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the casing, the endoscope being activated when the detecting unit detects a magnetic field of a threshold or more; a capsule container that houses the endoscope; a route portion in which a route is formed on which the container moves on a planar face; an activation magnetic field generating unit that is arranged at an interval along the route, and includes magnets for generating magnetic fields in a direction vertical to a direction in which the container moves on the route, the magnets being arranged such that respective magnetization directions are different; and a response unit that has a magnetization direction orthogonal respectively to a center axis direction of the longitudinal direction and a direction of the detected magnetic field.04-26-2012

Hiroshi Kawano, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120001513STATOR FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE - Disclosed is a stator for an electric machine. The stator is provided with a stator core, and first and second series of coils each formed into a predetermined shape. Each of the coils in the first series is provided with a pair of first coil ends which respectively protrude from both end faces of the stator core. Each of the first coil ends is provided with a pair of bent portions which extend outward in the radial direction of the stator, and a bridge portion which connects the bent portions. Each second coil end is provided with a pair of upright portions and a bridge portion which connects the upright portions. The bridge portions of the coils in the first series are disposed outside the bridge portions of the coils in the second series in the radial direction of the stator. The bridge portion of each of the coils in the second series extends across the bent portions of two adjacent coils in the first series. The coils in the first series and the coils in the second series are configured so that each series includes a mixture of coils of at least two phases among a U-phase, a V-phase, and a W-phase. Each of the coils in the first series is connected to a coil of the same phase in the second series.01-05-2012

Hiroshi Kawano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110243591IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus in which one of developing units that respectively contain visible toners of black, yellow, magenta, and cyan other than the developing unit that contains the visible toner of black is replaced by a developing unit that contains a transparent fluorescent toner. Consequently, a document image can be expressed by the visible toner of black and a designated color which falls within a color reproduction range determined by two of the visible toners of yellow, magenta, and cyan, and an additional pattern which is an additional information image for preventing falsification and forgery can be printed on the document image with the use of the transparent fluorescent toner.10-06-2011

Hiroshi Kawano, Shizuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120015546CONNECTOR - To provide a connector able to be surely fitted with a mating connector by absorbing a position gap generated between a terminal and a terminal of the mating connector.01-19-2012

Hiroyuki Kawano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110158934FLY ATTRACTANT COMPOSITION AND FLY ATTRACTING METHOD, AS WELL AS FLY EXPELLANT COMPOSITION AND FLY EXPELLING METHOD - Provided are a fly attractant composition containing a ligninsulfonate as an active ingredient, and a fly expellant composition containing 5 to 20% by weight of a ligninsulfonate and at least 0.1% by weight but less than 5% by weight of an insecticidal active ingredient.06-30-2011

Hiroyuki Kawano, Ashigarakami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110188088IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSES, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA STORING PROGRAMS - An image processing apparatus includes: a calculating unit that sequentially selects pixels as a target pixel, on binary image data composed of plural color plates for each printing color after having been subjected to halftone-dot processing, and calculates a characteristic amount in each of plural preset areas around the selected target pixel on the basis of states of pixels in the areas; a determination unit that determines, on the basis of the characteristic amount in each of the areas calculated by the calculating unit, whether or not the target pixel is a pixel to be subjected to overlay processing; a decision unit that decides, for each of the color plates, a position of a pixel to be referred to when changing a pixel value of the target pixel, on the basis of a halftone-dot processing attribute for each of the color plates; and a changing unit that, if it is determined by the determination unit that the target pixel is the pixel to be subjected to the overlay processing, changes the pixel value of the target pixel of the image data of the color plate for a printing color to be changed in pixel value in the overlay processing, to a pixel value at the position decided by the decision unit.08-04-2011

Kazuhiro Kawano, Tokushima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110275774ORGANOANTIMONY COMPOUND, PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME, LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYMER WITH USE OF SAME, AND THE POLYMER - An organoantimony compound represented by the formula (1), processes for producing polymers with use of the compound, and polymers11-10-2011

Kegan Kawano, Boston, MA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080209033Event monitoring and management - Described are techniques used in monitoring the performance, security and health of a system used in an industrial application. Agents included in the industrial network report data to an appliance or server. The appliance stores the data and determines when an alarm condition has occurred. Notifications are sent upon detecting an alarm condition. The alarm thresholds may be user defined. A threat thermostat controller determines a threat level used to control the connectivity of a network used in the industrial application.08-28-2008
20100023598Event monitoring and management - Described are techniques used in monitoring the performance, security and health of a system used in an industrial application. Agents included in the industrial network report data to an appliance or server. The appliance stores the data and determines when an alarm condition has occurred. Notifications are sent upon detecting an alarm condition. The alarm thresholds may be user defined. A threat thermostat controller determines a threat level used to control the connectivity of a network used in the industrial application. 01-28-2010
20100064039Event monitoring and management - Described are techniques used in monitoring the performance, security and health of a system used in an industrial application. Agents included in the industrial network report data to an appliance or server. The appliance stores the data and determines when an alarm condition has occurred. Notifications are sent upon detecting an alarm condition. The alarm thresholds may be user defined. A threat thermostat controller determines a threat level used to control the connectivity of a network used in the industrial application.03-11-2010

Patent applications by Kegan Kawano, Boston, MA US

Koji Kawano, Chiba JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110319566SHEET FOR SOLAR CELL ENCAPSULANT AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a sheet for a solar cell encapsulant containing (A) an ethylene-based polymer having a melting point of 90° C. or higher and containing an ethylene-derived constituent unit as a main component; (B) an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate-derived constituent unit at a content ratio of from 19% to 40% by mass; and (C) a silane coupling agent having an amino group. The sheet for solar cell encapsulant has the excellent transparency and flexibility possessed by an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. Furthermore, a crosslinking treatment is substantially unnecessary, and adhesiveness and adhesion stability that are appropriate for practical use are obtained.12-29-2011

Michihiko Kawano, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110241334DISCHARGE ELBOW PROVIDED WITH GUIDE VANES - A discharge elbow provided with guide vanes comprises an elbow of rectangular cross section and magnification f of 110-06-2011

Rumiko Kawano, Koshigaya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110151089COMPOSITION CONTAINING MAGNESIUM GLUTAMATE WHICH CAN ENHANCE THE SALTINESS OF FOODS AND DRINKS - A composition which enhances the saltiness and the salty flavor of food or drink, and a method for enhancing the saltiness and the salty flavor of food or drink are described. The composition contains magnesium glutamate, and can be used to improve a decrease in the taking ratio of a food or a drink, which contains sodium chloride in a reduced amount, because of the lack of the salty taste thereof.06-23-2011

Ryuji Kawano, Salt Lake City, UT US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120091005DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID LESIONS AND ADDUCTS USING NANOPORES - Methods, systems, and compounds for detecting modified nucleic acid bases are disclosed and described. The methods provide for detecting a nucleic acid lesion and can include directing a nucleic acid adduct into a channel, wherein the nucleic acid adduct includes a nucleic acid having a lesion and a current modulating compound coupled to the nucleic acid at the lesion (04-19-2012

Seiji Kawano, Wakayama-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120029215METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRIMELLITIC ANHYDRIDE ARYL ESTER - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a trimellitic anhydride aryl ester in an efficient, high-yielding manner, wherein carboxylic acid lithium salt is used as a catalyst when a carboxylic acid aryl ester and trimellitic anhydride are caused to undergo an ester exchange reaction to manufacture a trimellitic anhydride aryl ester.02-02-2012

Shigeru Kawano, Chiryu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120107164VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A stationary base plate includes a sub-bypass hole, which communicates between a suction chamber and a first compression chamber, and a main bypass hole, which communicates between the suction chamber and a second compression chamber. A rotational center of the orbiting scroll and the sub-bypass hole are located along a first imaginary line. The rotational center of the orbiting scroll is also located along a second imaginary line, which is perpendicular to the first imaginary line. The main bypass hole opens at a location of the stationary base plate, which is on a side of the second imaginary line where the sub-bypass hole is located, so that timing of communicating between the suction chamber and the first compression chamber with each other is deviated from timing of communicating between the suction chamber and the second compression chamber with each other.05-03-2012

Shin-Ichi Kawano, Atsugi-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110259818FILTER MEDIA FOR LIQUID PURIFICATION TO REMOVE TRACE METALS - Filter media for liquid purification, which can remove metal compounds or metal ions containing in polishing or washing liquids such as alkali, acid solution or ultra-pure water used for silicon wafers of semiconductors. Removal of metals from various kind of liquid such as inorganic chemicals, organic solvent, or industrial waste water are also the subject of the present invention.10-27-2011

Shin-Ichiro Kawano, Nagoya JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110152491NOVEL POLYMERS - The present invention relates to polymers comprising repeating unit(s) of the formula (I), and their use in electronic devices. The polymers according to the invention have excellent solubility in organic solvents and excellent film-forming properties. In addition, high charge carrier mobilities and high temperature stability of the emission color are observed, if the polymers according to the invention are used in polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs).06-23-2011

Shizuo Kawano, Asaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110233250ELECTRICAL ACCESSORY MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - There is provided an electrical accessory mounting device capable of adjusting an electrical accessory to the position viewable from a rider. The mounting device of the navigation apparatus 09-29-2011

Takafumi Kawano, Yamaguchi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110236634Dielectric Ceramic Composition for High-Frequency Use and Method for Producing the Same, as Well as Dielectric Ceramic for High-Frequency Use and Method for Producing the Same and High-Frequency Circuit Element Using the Same - There is provided a dielectric ceramic composition for high-frequency use represented by a composition formula of a(Sn,Ti)O09-29-2011

Takahiro Kawano, Aichi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110260062INFRARED SENSOR AND INFRARED SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD - An infrared ray sensor and a method of fabricating the same is provided to increase detection sensitivity and to be easily fabricated with high yield rate. Provided herein is an infrared ray sensor having a frame-shaped substrate section formed in a square frame shape, a projecting base material section formed inside the frame-shaped substrate section and elongating to an incident direction of an infrared ray, and an infrared ray detection section provided on at least an upper lateral surface of the projecting base material section. The projecting base material section is made up of a plurality of rib-like element base material sections having a plurality of vertical base material sections and horizontal base material sections combined in a lattice shape.10-27-2011

Takanobu Kawano, Obu-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110197850FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM - A sub-injector injects liquid fuel into a vaporized-fuel chamber of a vaporized-fuel tank. The injected liquid fuel is vaporized in the vaporized-fuel chamber. The generated vaporized fuel is supplied to a combustion chamber through a vaporized-fuel passage. A supply of the vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber is controlled by a purge valve. Thereby, the vaporized fuel can be precisely supplied to the engine at a start of engine, so that emission can be reduced.08-18-2011
20110197853WASTE HEAT CONTROLLER - An ECU controls waste heat quantity of an engine according to a required heat quantity in response to a heat-utilize requirement. The ECU controls a valve opening period of an intake valve based on an engine driving condition and an ignition timing based on a most efficient timing at which fuel economy is highest. The ECU determines whether there is an ignition advance margin relative to the most efficient timing. When there is no margin, an actual compression ration of the engine is decreased by advancing or retarding a valve close timing of the intake valve and the ignition timing is advanced relative to the most efficient timing in order to increase the waste heat quantity.08-18-2011

Takanori Kawano, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120094117CARBON MATERIAL COVERED WITH DIAMOND THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A carbon material and a method of manufacturing the carbon material are provided. By affixing diamond particles onto a carbonaceous substrate in a condition in which etching caused by hydrogen radicals is unlikely to occur, the substrate etching rate can be suppressed, and the carbon material is allowed to have a diamond thin film having excellent adhesion capability. The carbon material has a carbonaceous substrate showing a weight decrease under a diamond synthesis condition, diamond particles disposed on a surface of the carbonaceous substrate, and a diamond layer having the diamond particles as seeds. The weight of the diamond particles per unit area is set to from 1.0×1004-19-2012

Takenari Kawano, Port Washington NY

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090265223ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL (ETA) SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system on a network provides estimated time of arrival information to a client located on the network. The system is adapted to present to the client pages for eliciting a product inquiry including a product number. The system receives the product inquiry, determines estimated time of arrivals for various destinations for at least one in-transit unit having the product number, and transmits to the client the estimated time of arrivals.10-22-2009

Takenori Kawano, Hiroshima-City JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120000309RANGE SENSING APPARATUS - A housing slidably guides a slider, which is driven in response to selection of a shift range of an automatic transmission. Upper and lateral sides of a movable range of the slider are covered with the housing. Thereby, application of hydraulic fluid and foreign objects to guide rails is limited to limit malfunction of the slider. Furthermore, even when the hydraulic fluid and foreign objects adhere to the guide rails, the hydraulic fluid and foreign objects can be collected at ends of the movable range of the slider and can be expelled to an outside of the housing through open ends of the housing.01-05-2012

Takenori Kawano, Hiroshima-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110232409CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - There is provided, in one aspect of the present description, an automatic transmission. In one example, the automatic transmission comprises a transmission case, a valve body which is arranged in the transmission case, a control valve mechanism which controls oil pressures in parts of the automatic transmission and is installed in the valve body, and a solenoid valve which is attached to the valve body and is arranged at a first side of the valve body and in the transmission case. The automatic transmission further comprises an electronic control unit which controls the solenoid valve, is attached to the valve body, and is arranged at a second side of the valve body that is opposite to the first side across the valve body.09-29-2011

Tatsuo Kawano, Hitachinaka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120090708High-Pressure Fuel Supply Pump Having Electromagnetically-Driven Intake Valve - It is an object of the present invention to improve responsiveness in valve opening and valve closing of an electromagnetically driven intake valve unit in which a valve is provided on a pressurizing chamber side of a valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts the valve seat to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat, and the outer surface of an end part of the bottomed cylindrical part is exposed to fuel in a low pressure fuel chamber provided upstream of the fuel introduction hole.04-19-2012
20120093670High-Pressure Fuel Supply Pump Having Electromagnetically-Driven Intake Valve - The present invention eliminates a valve holder and accommodates a valve guide in a small space provided between a valve seat and a peripheral surface part of a pressure chamber to reduce the size of a pump. The valve guide guides a stroke of the valve and is provided inside the valve seat. The valve includes an annular abutting surface that abuts a valve seat formed in a valve housing to shut off a fuel intake passage and a bottomed cylindrical part is provided at an inner peripheral part of the annular abutting surface. The bottomed cylindrical part is inserted into a fuel introduction hole formed in the valve housing inside the valve seat. A member having a cylindrical surface part that supports a reciprocating motion of the valve, is fixed to the valve housing, face-to-face with an inner peripheral part of the bottomed cylindrical part.04-19-2012

Tomoki Kawano, Fukuoka JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110185556ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCT - A robot system includes a robot, a controller, a workbench, and a workpiece component supplier. The robot includes a body, a first arm, a second arm, a first hand, and a second hand. The robot is configured to transfer at least one of a plurality of types of workpiece components from the workpiece component supplier to the workbench by simultaneously holding each of the plurality of types of workpiece components with the first hand of the first arm and the second hand of the second arm. The robot is configured to transfer remaining types of workpiece components among the plurality of types of workpiece components from the workpiece component supplier to the workbench by holding each of the remaining types of workpiece components with only one of the first hand of the first arm and the second hand of the second arm.08-04-2011

Tsuyoshi Kawano, Oura-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110211166PROJECTOR DEVICE - A projector device including a light source, a plurality of panels for modulating light emitted from the light source in accordance with video information, the panels containing a liquid crystal panel and a plurality of polarizing panels arranged in parallel, an air blower for blowing air to the liquid crystal panel and the plurality of polarizing panels, a housing in which the light source, the liquid crystal panel, the polarizing panels and the air blower are mounted, and a turbulence promoting member for disturbing an air stream flowing between two adjacent panels is provided at an upstream position of the air stream in a gap between the two adjacent panels so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the air stream.09-01-2011

Yasuhiro Kawano, Iwata-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120011988ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT - When musical performance data is input to the electronic musical instrument in accordance with user's operation for musical performance, the electronic musical instrument detects a chord in accordance with the input musical performance data at the defined timing T01-19-2012

Yasuhiro Kawano, Hamamatsu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110317852FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS CONTROL DEVICE - A frequency characteristics control device of a mixer mixes a first audio signal and a second audio signal inputted to the mixer. In the frequency characteristics control device, a characteristics detection section detects a first frequency characteristic of the first audio signal and a second frequency characteristic of the second audio signal. Based on the first and second frequency characteristics, a removal band detection section detects a removal band in which a level of the first audio signal is higher than a level of the second audio signal. A filtering process section performs a filtering process on the second audio signal so as to attenuate a component of the second audio signal in the removal band. A output section mixes the first audio signal inputted to the mixer and the second audio signal on which the filtering process section has performed the filtering process.12-29-2011

Yoichi Kawano, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120094179NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY FOR VEHICLE INSTALLATION USING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery include: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke, and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90; a phosphorous compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to phosphor relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes; and a boron compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to boron relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes.04-19-2012
20120112126NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY FOR VEHICLE INSTALLATION USING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery includes: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke; and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90 which are fired.05-10-2012
20120119138NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A negative electrode active material of lithium secondary battery includes: at least one of a petroleum-derived green coke and a coal-derived green coke, and at least one of a petroleum-derived calcined coke and a coal-derived calcined coke within a mass ratio range of 90:10 to 10:90, and a phosphorous compound within a range of 0.1 to 6.0 parts by mass in amount equivalent to phosphor relative to 100 parts by mass of the at least one of the green cokes and the at least one of the calcined cokes.05-17-2012

Yoshihiro Kawano, Bethlehem, PA US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100091101MICROSCOPE FOR VIRTUAL-SLIDE CREATING SYSTEM - A microscope for virtual-slide creating system has a stage for holding the specimen, a transmitted-light illumination optical system for illuminating the specimen with transmitted light, an objective, a tube lens and an image capture unit. The objective is configured as a dry system of infinity-corrected type with an object-side numerical aperture of 0.8 or greater and a focal length for d-line rays in a range from 8 to 20 mm. The tube lens has a focal length in a range from 160 to 280 mm. The image capture surface of the image capture unit has a long side of 12 mm or longer and a pixel size (μm) satisfying the following condition:04-15-2010
20110081060Pathological-Diagnosis Support Device and Pathological-Diagnosis Support System - An object is to reduce the burden on pathologists and to improve the efficiency of pathologist's diagnoses. Provided is a pathological-diagnosis support device including a reference-information storing portion in which reference information referred to by a pathologist when making a pathological diagnosis is stored in association with the names of illnesses and the names of tissue sites; a diagnosis-request-information acquisition portion that acquires diagnosis request information including the name of the illness of a patient and the name of the tissue site; a diagnosis-content extracting portion that extracts the name of the illness and the name of the tissue site from the diagnosis request information acquired by the diagnosis-request-information acquisition portion; and a reference-information searching portion that searches the reference information stored in the reference-information storing portion using the name of the illness and the name of the tissue site extracted by the diagnosis-content extracting portion.04-07-2011
20120092477WIDE FIELD MICROSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wide field microscopic image acquisition apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus is configured to acquire images of a specimen on a microscope slide and includes first and second illuminators each having unique illumination characteristics. The apparatus includes a microscope imaging system with an imaging device, an objective lens and a stage configured to digitally acquire a plurality of images of the specimen using the first and second illuminators. A controller is configured to automatically control the microscope imaging system and acquire the plurality of images of the specimen using the first and second illuminators. The first and second illuminators can be bright field, dark field or fluorescent illuminators.04-19-2012

Patent applications by Yoshihiro Kawano, Bethlehem, PA US

Yuichi Kawano, Takasago-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120125891PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method wherein particles generated due to the inner potential of an inner cylinder disposed inside of a vacuum container are reduced. The plasma processing apparatus has, inside of a metal vacuum chamber (05-24-2012