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Kenichiro Fukuda, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100177207	Image-capture device, image-capture method, and image-capture program - An image-capture device includes: an image-capture section that captures an image of a subject; a detector that detects a portion of the subject, the portion having a specific feature, from the image captured by the image-capture section; an evaluator that determines a numerically expressed evaluation value of the specific feature of the portion detected by the detector; a buffer section that temporarily stores delayed images corresponding to a predetermined amount of time; and a recording-operation controller that controls the image-capture device to record image data including a predetermined delayed image in the buffer section, upon determining that the evaluation value satisfies a predetermined condition.	07-15-2010
20100245274	ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes: an input/output unit that displays operation markers, used for performing an operation input, on a display surface and detects an object in proximity to or brought into contact with the display surface; a selection mode determining unit that determines, based on a detection state of the object on the display surface, either a multiple selection mode in which selection targets are set to be plural operation markers or a single selection mode in which the selection target is set to be one operation marker, as a selection mode; a selection unit that selects one or pluraloperation markers among the operation markers based on the selection mode and the detection state; and a display control unit that changes display forms of the operation markers selected among the operation markers into a display form indicating a selected state and displays the selected operation markers on the display surface.	09-30-2010

Kenichiro Hijioka, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110235302	Semiconductor device and semiconductor device manufacturing method - A semiconductor device and manufacturing method to effectively suppress the problem of mutual interaction occurring between an inductor element and wires positioned above the inductor element formed over the same chip. A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a multi-wiring layer formed overlying that semiconductor substrate, and in which the multi-wiring layer includes: the inductor element and three successive wires and a fourth wire formed above the inductor element; and two shielded conductors at a fixed voltage potential and covering the inductor element as seen from a flat view, and formed between the inductor element and three successive wires and a fourth wire formed above the inductor element.	09-29-2011

Kenichiro Hijioka, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090315662	INDUCTOR ELEMENT, INDUCTOR ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INDUCTOR ELEMENT MOUNTED THEREON - An inductor element is formed in a multiple layer lead structure including a lead, an insulative layer that insulates leads above and below, and a via provided in the insulative layer and connecting leads above and below wherein lead layers are multiply laminated layers, characterized in that: at least a portion of at least a pair of vertically adjacent leads are coiled leads; the coiled leads are connected in series, wherein current directions of vertically adjacent coiled leads are the same by a via provided on an end portion thereof, and form a serial inductance; and an inter-lead capacitance of the vertically adjacent coiled leads is larger than an inter-lead capacitance between other coiled leads formed in the same lead layer.	12-24-2009

Kenichiro Ide, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080223043	FILTERING APPARATUS, BACK WASH METHOD THEREFOR, FILTERING DEVICE AND POWER PLANT - A filtering apparatus having a vessel and a filter made from fluororesin and treated before filtering operation by at least one of adding thermal treatment in gas or liquid and penetrating with fluid composed of hot water or steam at a temperature of less than melting point of the fluororesin.	09-18-2008
20090151355	FILTERING APPARATUS, BACK WASH METHOD THEREFOR, FILTERING DEVICE AND POWER PLANT - A filtering apparatus having a vessel and a filter made from fluororesin and treated before filtering operation by at least one of adding thermal treatment in gas or liquid and penetrating with fluid composed of hot water or steam at a temperature of less than melting point of the fluororesin.	06-18-2009

Kenichiro Igashira, Akashi-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110108478	Hydrophilic Polyethersulfone Filtration Membrane, Process for Producing the Same, and Dope Solution - A hydrophilic filtration membrane having high chemical resistance, high strength, high water permeability and high blocking performance, and being superior in fouling resistance is provided. A hydrophilic filtration membrane containing a hydrophilic polyethersulfone having a contact angle of 65 to 74 degree, a molecular weight of 10,000 to 100,000, and the number of hydroxy groups of 0.6 to 1.4 per 100 polymerization repeating units. The hydrophilic filtration membrane may additionally contain a polyvinylpyrrolidone having a molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,300,000.	05-12-2011

Kenichiro Imai, Middlesex GB

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090309988	Recording apparatus and method, reproducing apparatus and method, and program - The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method, a reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that make it possible to photograph and record a still image and moving images before and after the still image as well. In step S	12-17-2009

Kenichiro Imamura, Fukuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080308969	Mold Apparatus for Resin Encapsulation and Resin Encapsulation Method - To provide a mold apparatus for resin encapsulation, which is small in number of components, has a simple driving mechanism, is easy in assembly or disassembly work, requires no labor for maintenance and has good workability; and a resin encapsulation method. Therefore, of a lower cavity bar	12-18-2008

Kenichiro Inagaki, Hikone JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090255361	Electric power tool - An electric power tool includes a motor, a speed reducer unit arranged to deliver the rotational power of the motor and provided with gears, a housing arranged to accommodate the motor and the speed reducer unit, and a speed changing unit for changing a gear reduction ratio of the speed reducer unit. The speed changing unit is arranged in such a position as to be operable outside the housing. The speed changing unit includes an operation lever slidingly operable in a speed changing direction when pushed, an operation detector unit for detecting the operation lever to control electric power supplied to the motor, a shift unit for changing the gear reduction ratio of the speed reducer unit in response to sliding movement of the operation lever, and a slide restraint unit for restraining the sliding operation of the operation lever until the operation detector unit detects the operation lever.	10-15-2009

Kenichiro Inagaki, Hirakata JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100186976	Changeover operation device - A changeover operation device, for changing over the positions of at least two components to establish three or more speed modes in a speed changer mechanism accommodated within a housing having an opening, includes operation handles arranged in a corresponding relationship with the components. Each of the operation handles is movable between two specified positions along a specified operation direction to change over the positions of the components. The operation handles are continuously arranged within the opening of the housing, one of the operation handles being partially overlapped with the other.	07-29-2010
20100186978	Rotary impact tool - A rotary impact tool includes a drive power source for producing rotational power, a drive shaft driven by the rotational power supplied from the drive power source, an output shaft operatively connected to the drive shaft for receiving the rotational power, an impact mechanism operatively couplable with the drive shaft. The rotary impact tool further includes a changeover unit for changing over an impact mode in which the impact mechanism is operated and a drill driver mode in which the rotational power produced by the drive power source is transferred to the output shaft without operating the impact mechanism and a multi-stage speed reduction mechanism for transferring the rotational power produced by the drive power source to the output shaft through the drive shaft at variable speeds in at least three speed modes including a low speed mode, a middle speed mode and a high speed mode.	07-29-2010

Kenichiro Inagaki, Shijonawate JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160371	Electric power tool - An electric power tool includes a motor, a reduction mechanism, a driving unit, a bearing unit, a housing, a speed changing unit, a power switch, and an operation detecting unit which detects a reduction ratio changing operation performed by the speed changing unit to control electric power supplied to the motor. The reduction mechanism transfers the rotating power of the motor, and the driving unit transfers the rotating power of the reduction mechanism to a tip end tool. The bearing unit rotatably supports the driving unit, and the housing accommodates the motor, the reduction mechanism, the driving unit and the bearing unit. The speed changing unit changes a reduction ratio of the reduction mechanism, a power switch for turning on and off a power source of the motor.	06-25-2009

Kenichiro Ishikawa, Shizuoka JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100266839	GASKET MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a gasket material including: a metal plate; and a fluorine rubber layer having a Vickers hardness of 15 to 30 N/mm	10-21-2010

Kenichiro Isobe, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080203653	SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a first intermediate stacking portion which stacks a conveyed sheet and which performs process to the sheet, a stapler which performs process to the sheet on the first intermediate stacking portion, a second intermediate stacking portion which is located on an upstream side in a conveying direction of the stapler and which is capable of temporarily storing the conveyed sheet, and an intermediate roller pair which conveys the sheet on the second intermediate stacking portion to the first intermediate stacking portion. The sheet stacked on the first intermediate stacking portion and the sheet temporarily stored in the second intermediate stacking portion overlap each other.	08-28-2008

Kenichiro Iwata, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100327690	LAMINATED STATOR CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A laminated stator core	12-30-2010

Kenichiro Kaneko, Kiyosu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110226352	FLOW CONTROL VALVE - A flow control valve includes a first passage portion having a seal portion formed at the rim of the opening of an outlet port of a first passage, a second passage portion having a second passage inflected from the first passage, and a valve plate. The valve plate has a valve body for opening and closing the outlet port, and a mounted portion formed at the outside peripheral end of the valve body and adapted for mounting to the mounting portion, and is adapted to open and close with mounted portion as the fulcrum point. The valve body includes a seat portion adapted to seat onto the seal portion, and an extension portion integrally formed with the seat portion and protruding towards the outflow side of the second passage from the seal portion.	09-22-2011

Kenichiro Kaneko, Aichi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090000669	Fuel cutoff valve - A fuel cutoff valve	01-01-2009

Kenichiro Kano, Shiga JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090247030	Fabric For Airbags - To provide at a low cost a fabric for airbags, one of safety devices for automobiles, in which both edgecomb resistance and tear strength (factors affecting inflating properties of an airbag) are improved. Preferably, to provide a fabric for airbags which is capable of being recycled as easily as an uncoated fabric and a fabric for airbags which has self-extinguishing property.	10-01-2009

Kenichiro Kasai, Gifu JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090079111	Drying jig, drying method of honeycomb molded body, and manufacturing method of honeycomb structured body - A drying jig of the present invention is a drying jig for a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a large number of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a cell wall therebetween, comprising: a fixing member for preventing separation or opening of the drying jig; and a piling member which enables the drying jig to be piled up in multi stage at the time of drying.	03-26-2009

Kenichiro Kato, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080248870	Game Device, Information Storage Medium, and Game Device Control Method - A game device allowing a player to enjoy the process of acquiring information on an input procedure of operation data corresponding to a predetermined event is provided. A game device including a controller allowing input of operation data comprises judgment means for judging whether or not an operation data sequence input with the controller matches a predetermined operation data sequence, event triggering means for triggering a predetermined event (special technique or the like) corresponding to the predetermined operation data sequence in accordance with a result of judgment by the judgment means, operation guidance means for displaying on a guidance screen (FIG.	10-09-2008

Kenichiro Kawamura, Kyoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100215522	CHECK VALVE, FLUID DEVICE, AND PUMP - A check valve is housed in a valve chamber and includes a support portion and a flexible portion. The support portion extends along a principal axis thereof. The flexible portion is supported by the support portion in a manner extending from the principal axis. A diaphragm defines a lower wall of the valve chamber, and includes an inflow port for fluid at a position that is closed with the flexible portion when the flexible portion is displaced. A bottom plate defines an upper wall of the valve chamber, and faces the diaphragm with the flexible portion arranged therebetween. An uneven portion is provided in at least one of mutually facing areas of an upper principal surface, which is one of two principal surfaces of the flexible portion and faces the bottom plate, and a lower principal surface of the bottom plate, the uneven portion being partially uneven.	08-26-2010

Kenichiro Kawamura, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110171050	PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP - A piezoelectric pump is capable of reliably discharging gas and reliably transporting liquid even when intermittently driven. The piezoelectric pump includes a piezoelectric vibrator, a diaphragm deflected and deformed by the piezoelectric vibrator, a pump chamber including at least one wall surface defined by the diaphragm, an inlet through which liquid, gas, or a mixture of liquid and gas flows into the pump chamber, an outlet through which the fluid is discharged, and a liquid holding member arranged to provide a gap between the liquid holding member and the inner surface of the pump chamber and to maintain the liquid in the gap using capillary effect or surface tension. A flow passage plate includes a flow passage groove provided therein.	07-14-2011

Kenichiro Kawazumi, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080214866	Distillation Process - A mixture containing hydrogen iodide and water and having a water content of not more than 5% by weight (particularly not more than 3% by weight) in a distillation system is distilled to prevent condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system. The mixture may comprise hydrogen iodide, water, methanol, methyl iodide, acetic acid, and methyl acetate. Even when the mixture contains hydrogen iodide at a concentration of 1 to 3000 ppm on the basis of weight, an acetic acid product having a concentration of hydrogen iodide of not more than 50 ppm can be obtained by withdrawing a fraction containing hydrogen iodide from the top of the column, and withdrawing acetic acid as a side-cut stream or a stream from the bottom of the column. Such a process (distillation process) effectively inhibits condensation of hydrogen iodide in the distillation system and corrosion in the distillation system.	09-04-2008

Kenichiro Kigo, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110016521	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, a computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to perform a process. In the program, the process includes receiving an instruction from a user, determining a rule based on a strength of authentication information of the user, and executing information processing according to the received instruction and the determined rule.	01-20-2011

Kenichiro Kimura, Wako-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090112386	ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND REGENERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle includes a device which determines, on the basis of the gradient of a road surface, a target acceleration of the vehicle in the case where the operational states of an accelerator (gas) pedal and a brake pedal of the vehicle are an OFF state when the vehicle is traveling on a down-slope road, a device which determines the correction amount of a regenerative torque for bringing the actual acceleration of the vehicle close to the target acceleration, a device which determines a basic target torque of an electric motor, which becomes a regenerative torque when the operational state of the accelerator (gas) pedal is the OFF state, on the basis of the operational state of the accelerator (gas) pedal, and a device which determines a target torque by correcting the basic target torque on the basis of at least the aforesaid correction amount. The output torque of the electric motor is controlled to the determined target torque. Thus, when the electric vehicle travels on the down-slope road, the regenerative operation of the electric motor is accomplished such that an acceleration suited to the gradient of the road surface can be generated in the vehicle while minimizing the influences of disturbance factors.	04-30-2009

Kenichiro Kimura, Tokorozawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090237380	Optical Modulation Apparatus - An optical modulation apparatus includes a light irradiation section, a plurality of rectangular pixel electrodes arranged on two lines separately at regular intervals in such a manner that short sides of adjacent pixel electrodes face each other and drive an optical modulation substance; a driver element is disposed below the pixel electrode and drives the pixel electrode; and a pixel electrode connection that electrically connects the pixel electrode and the driver element, wherein the pixel electrode connection is disposed outside the light irradiation section.	09-24-2009

Kenichiro Kitamura, Kumamoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090170126	Prostasin Partial Peptide and Anti-Prostasin Antibody - An object of the present invention is to provide an antibody that can be stably supplied and can react with prostasin under non-denaturation and denaturation conditions, and an antigen peptide for preparation of the antibody. The present invention relates to a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence that has a deletion, a substitution, or an addition of one or several amino acids with respect to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and having antigenicity of prostasin. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an antibody prepared using the peptide as an antigen.	07-02-2009

Kenichiro Kobayashi, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080256120	Document processing apparatus, document processing method, document processing program and recording medium - The text format of input data is checked, and is converted into a system-manipulated format. It is further determined if the input data is in an HTML or e-mail format using tags, heading information, and the like. The converted data is divided into blocks in a simple manner such that elements in the blocks can be checked based on repetition of predetermined character patterns. Each block section is tagged with a tag indicating a block. The data divided into blocks is parsed based on tags, character patterns, etc., and is structured. A table in text is also parsed, and is segmented into cells. Finally, tree-structured data having a hierarchical structure is generated based on the sentence-structured data. A sentence-extraction template paired with the tree-structured data is used to extract sentences.	10-16-2008

Kenichiro Komatsu, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100302974	METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION DATA, DATA GATHERING SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE OBJECT, A DEVICE ON THE MOBILE OBJECT FOR THE DATA GATHERING SYSTEM, A NETWORK SYSTEM FOR ORGANIZING VEHICLES, AND A ON-VEHICLE DEVICE FOR THE SYSTEM - There are provided a method and a device for providing communication data that provide communication data for identifying a device on a mobile object that communicates through an LAN in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol to the device on a mobile object installed on a mobile object without a communication data provision problem caused due to a manual operation, a data gathering method and a system for a mobile object using the method and the device, the device on a mobile object for the system, a network system for organizing vehicles, and an on-vehicle device for the system.	12-02-2010

Kenichiro Kondo, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100043683	FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION SYSTEM - A fluidized bed gasification system is provided in which bed material and raw material are passed throughout a fluidized bed gasification furnace so that raw material is gasified with higher gasification efficiency to improve gasification productivity.	02-25-2010
20100101146	FLUIDIZED BED GASIFICATION METHOD - Provided is a fluidized bed gasification method wherein an amount of solid particles to be circulated in a fluidized bed combustion furnace is controlled to enhance gasification efficiency in the furnace.	04-29-2010
20110020145	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURGING GAS PRODUCTION FURNACE - A fluidized bed gasification furnace has a fluidized bed formed and a freeboard section F above a bed material so as to produce a produced gas by a reaction of raw material with a gasifying agent and take out the produced gas through the freeboard section. Upon shutdown of the furnace, inert gas is fed from below to the furnace for purging of gas in the fluidized bed with inert gas while steam is supplied to a freeboard section above the fluidized bed to purge a gas in the freeboard section with steam.	01-27-2011
20110120007	FLUIDIZED-BED GASIFICATION METHOD AND FACILITY THEREFOR - Provided are a fluidized-bed combustion furnace	05-26-2011

Kenichiro Kurada, Kagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100305541	ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article including an absorbent article main body which is extended in a longitude direction and having a front end portion and a rear end portion, and which includes an absorber of liquid-retaining, a topsheet of liquid-permeable covering a surface of the absorber, and a backsheet of liquid-nonpermeable supporting the absorber from a back surface of the absorber, the absorbent article includes: a belt-shaped member extended in the longitude direction of the absorbent article main body, including a base end portion fixed to any one of the absorber and the backsheet and a tip portion not fixed, and being stretchable in the longitude direction; and an attaching sheet provided on a back surface of the belt-shaped member and configured to be attached to clothing, wherein the attaching sheet is extended in a width direction of the belt-shaped member and both end portions of the attaching sheet are fixed to the belt-shaped member.	12-02-2010

Kenichiro Makino, Gamagori-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100069737	Non-Contact ultrasonic tonometer - A non-contact ultrasonic tonometer for measuring intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye in a non-contact manner by use of an ultrasonic wave comprises: a probe that emits an ultrasonic beam to be allowed to enter the eye and detects the ultrasonic beam reflected by the eye; and an arithmetic section that determines the intraocular pressure by processing an output signal from the probe, the probe including a broadband air-coupled transducer that transmits and receives the ultrasonic beam having a broadband frequency component.	03-18-2010
20100249569	Non-contact ultrasonic tonometer - A non-contact ultrasonic tonometer for measuring an intraocular pressure of an examinee's eye in non-contact manner by use of an ultrasonic wave, comprises: an ultrasonic transducer including a transmitter which emits an ultrasonic transmission pulse wave to the eye and a receiver which detects an ultrasonic reflection pulse wave from the eye, the transducer being arranged to be placed in a position apart from the eye and to transmit and receive the pulse wave with respect to the eye through the medium of air; and a calculation part being arranged to obtain a peak amplitude level of the reflection pulse wave based on an output signal from the ultrasonic transducer and measure the intraocular pressure based on the obtained peak amplitude level.	09-30-2010

Kenichiro Matsubara, Kasumigaura-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090039702	BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - A brake control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a master cylinder for raising a wheel cylinder pressure according to operation of a brake pedal; a booster for raising the wheel cylinder pressure by operating the master cylinder independently of operation of the brake pedal; a pressure regulator provided with a hydraulic pump for raising the wheel cylinder pressure independently of operation of the master cylinder; and a control section including: a first controller for controlling the booster; and a second controller for controlling the pressure regulator. The control section detects that at least one of the booster and the first controller is in a state of malfunction; selects one of backup modes according to the state of malfunction, wherein the backup modes restrict operation of at least one of the booster and the pressure regulator in different manners; and controls the wheel cylinder pressure in the selected backup mode.	02-12-2009
20090045672	BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A brake control system includes a master cylinder to produce a master cylinder pressure, a brake booster to assist the master cylinder, a first control unit to control the booster, a hydraulic modulator to supply a wheel cylinder pressure to a wheel cylinder, and a second control unit to control the hydraulic modulator. The hydraulic modulator includes a pressure source, such as a pump, to increase the wheel cylinder pressure. The first and second control units are connected together by a communication line. The brake control system may further include a boost condition transmitting section to transmit, through the communicating line, a condition of a boost system formed by the brake booster and the first control unit.	02-19-2009
20090179627	ON-VEHICLE ELECTRIC POWER SOURCE SYSTEM - In an on-vehicle electric power source system, a power source control device is configured to supply an electric power from an electric power supply source to an actuator by means of a dual-circuit power supply line. The dual-circuit power supply line includes a bypass line and a charge-up line arranged in parallel with the bypass line. A first shut-off circuit is disposed in the bypass line. A booster circuit, an electricity storage device, and a second shut-off circuit are disposed in the charge-up line. The storage device is provided for storing an electric power boosted up by the booster circuit. Also provided is a control unit, which is configured to perform switching between an electric power supply through the bypass line and an electric power supply through the charge-up line by a changeover of a shutoff-circuit established/blocked state between the first and second shut-off circuits.	07-16-2009

Kenichiro Matsubara, Kasumigaura JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090026835	Hydraulic Braking Device - The first control is to displace the primary piston by the amount obtained by multiplying the input rod displacement quantity by a proportional gain. The second control is to propel the primary piston by a prescribed offset thereby executing the first control. The third control is to displace the primary piston by the amount obtained by multiplying the input rod displacement quantity by a proportional gain specifically at a pressure decrease request. The brake force control device properly selects a control method from the first to third control methods to control the primary piston based on the automatic braking release conditions and a driver's brake request when a driver executes a brake operation during the automatic braking.	01-29-2009
20100066163	Brake Apparatus - A brake apparatus is provided that can make a ratio between a front wheel braking force and a rear wheel braking force that is actually generated into an arbitrary ratio. This brake apparatus includes a pedal operation detection section that detects a pedal stroke or a brake pedal force produced by a brake pedal operation; a brake caliper that is provided in each wheel of a vehicle and that generates a caliper force that is in accordance with a detection value of the pedal operation detection section; a load estimation section that estimates a load of each of the wheels; and a force generation section that, after judging that braking is performed in a state in which a load difference exists between left and right wheels of the vehicle based on a value that is estimated by the load estimation section, even if the pedal operation detection section detects a pedal stroke or a brake pedal force that is the same as for the braking at a time of judging or for braking prior to the judging, generates a caliper force that is different to the caliper force before the judgment.	03-18-2010

Kenichiro Matsumura, Aichi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080283154	HOT DIP GALVANIZED HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN PLATING ADHESION AND HOLE EXPANDABILITY AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME - The present invention provides hot dip galvanized high strength steel sheet excellent in plating adhesion and hole expandability and a method of production of the same, that is, hot dip galvanization steel sheet excellent in plating adhesion and hole expandability containing, by mass %, C: 0.08 to 0.35%, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.8 to 3.5%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.25 to 1.8%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.35%, and N: 0.010% or less and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, said hot dip galvanized high strength steel characterized in that the steel sheet has a metal structure having ferrite, bainite, by area percent, 0.5% to 10% of tempered martensite, and, by volume percent, 5% or more of residual austenite, and a method of production comprising annealing by a continuous annealing process at 680 to 930° C. in temperature, then cooling to the martensite transformation point or less, then hot dip galvanizing the steel during which heating the steel to 250 to 600° C., then hot dip galvanizing it.	11-20-2008

Kenichiro Matsushima, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090130711	Recombinant vector capable of increasing secretion of koji mold protease - To improve the activity of a Koji mold protease in a solid or liquid culture medium in the production of foods (e.g., a seasoning), pharmaceuticals (e.g., a digestive agent), protease for use in a detergent and the like. Disclosed are a recombinant vector having capability of increasing the secretion of the Koji mold protease, a Koji mold which is transformed with the vector and has an increased expression of a gene for a protease or an increase secretion of the same, a method for the production of a protease by using the transformed Koji mold, and the like.	05-21-2009

Kenichiro Matsuzaki, Osaka-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100073849	SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - The solid electrolytic capacitor according to the present invention comprises a capacitor element including an anode section, a cathode section, and a dielectric oxide film provided between the anode section and the cathode section. The solid electrolytic capacitor further comprises an anode lead frame connected to the anode section, a cathode lead frame connected to the cathode section, and an exterior resin covering the capacitor element and a part of the anode lead frame and cathode lead frame respectively. The anode section comprises an anode body including a sintered body of a valve action metal, and an average particle diameter of particles of the valve action metal of the anode body is 0.43 μm or smaller.	03-25-2010

Kenichiro Miyamoto, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090274573	Machine Structural Steel Excellent in Machinability and Strength Properties - The invention provides a machine structural steel excellent in machinability and strength properties that has good machinability over a broad range of machining speeds and also has high impact properties and high yield ratio, which machine structural steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.85%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.2%, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, total Al: greater than 0.05% and not greater than 0.3%, Sb: less than 0.0150% (including 0%), and total N: 0.0035 to 0.020%, solute N being limited to 0.0020% or less, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.	11-05-2009
20100054984	MACHINING STEEL SUPERIOR IN MANUFACTURABILITY - The present invention provides machining steel superior in machinability, accompanied with little melt loss of plate refractories of continuous casting sliding nozzles, and superior in ductility in hot rolling and able to prevent deterioration of the surface properties due to hot rolling, containing, by mass %, C: 0.005 to 0.2%, Si: 0.001 to 0.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 3.0%, P: 0.001 to 0.2%, S: 0.30 to 0.60%, B: 0.0003 to 0.015%, O: 0.005 to 0.012%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0010%, and Al≦0.01%, having an N content satisfying N≧0.0020% and 1.3×B−0.0100≦N≦1.3×B+0.0034, and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein, regarding the MnO in the steel, in a cross-section of the steel material perpendicular to the rolling direction, the area of MnO of a circle equivalent diameter of 0.5 μm or more being 15% or less of the area of the total Mn-based inclusions.	03-04-2010
20100124515	Machine structural steel excellent in machinability and strength properties - The invention provides a machine structural steel excellent in machinability and strength properties that has good machinability over a broad range of machining speeds and also has high impact properties and high yield ratio, which machine structural steel comprises, in mass %, C: 0.1 to 0.85%, Si: 0.01 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.2%, S: 0.001 to 0.15%, total Al: greater than 0.05% and not greater than 0.3%, Sb: less than 0.0150% (including 0%), and total N: 0.0035 to 0.020%, solute N being limited to 0.0020% or less, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities.	05-20-2010

Kenichiro Miyazawa, Niigata JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100292464	OPTICAL-ISOMER SEPARATING AGENT FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A novel optical-isomer separating agent for chromatography is provided which has, as a chiral selector, a macrocyclic amide compound having the ability to function as a chiral shift agent. The optical-isomer separating agent for chromatography is formed by bonding, with a carrier by chemical bonding, a specific ring structure containing an asymmetry recognition site, an amide group as a hydrogen-bond donor site, and a hydrogen-bond acceptor site.	11-18-2010

Kenichiro Mori, Utsunomiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090086185	ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical system comprises a first polarization control unit which is located between a light source and a pupil of an illumination optical system, and a second polarization control unit which is located between the first polarization control unit and the pupil, wherein a region on the pupil includes a plurality of partial regions which are classified into a first group including a partial region having a largest area, and a second group including a partial region different from the partial region having the largest area, and the second polarization control unit controls a polarization state in the partial region which belongs to only the second group.	04-02-2009
20090180097	EXPOSURE METHOD - An exposure method for exposing a pattern of a reticle onto a plate using a light from a light source and an optical system includes the steps of obtaining a relationship between an exposure parameter that determines a mode to expose a plate, and an electrical characteristic of a device derived from the device, determining whether the device obtained from the set exposure parameter has a predetermined electrical characteristic, and adjusting the set exposure parameter based on the relationship between the exposure parameter and the electrical characteristic, if the determining step determines that the device does not have the predetermined electrical characteristic.	07-16-2009

Kenichiro Morita, Ebina City JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100027081	Image reader, auto document feeder, and image forming apparatus capable of generating shading data - In an image reader, a reading member fixedly mounted in the image reader reads an image on a sheet conveyed into the image reader. A guide is disposed opposite the reading member to support the sheet with respect to the reading member. A guide moving member moves the guide with respect to the reading member in a main scanning direction in which the reading member reads the image on the sheet. A guide rotating member rotates the guide in a sub-scanning direction perpendicular to the main scanning direction. A controller controls the reading member to scan different positions on the guide moved by the guide moving member and rotated by the guide rotating member to generate shading data.	02-04-2010

Kenichiro Morita, Fujisawa-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100225983	Deep focus image reading system and image forming apparatus - An image reading system reads an image of an original document by conveying the original document through a fixed reading position along a platen glass. The image reading system includes a conveyance device that conveys the original document keeping a prescribed distance from the platen glass at the reading position. The contact glass is arranged outside a depth of focus at the reading position.	09-09-2010

Kenichiro Nagano, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080316881	Recording Apparatus and Recording Method, Reproducing Apparatus and Reproducing Method, and Program - The present invention relates a recording apparatus and a recording method, a reproducing apparatus and a reproducing method, and a program that make it possible to easily judge whether data was recorded in a recording medium by an apparatus of own model. An own model/another model information generating unit	12-25-2008

Kenichiro Nagao, Chiba JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080259174	Image recording apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, image recording method, and image reproducing method - An image recording apparatus recording motion picture data and still image data includes a management time adding unit that adds frame image display management times to temporally continuous multiple pieces of frame image data in the motion picture data; a management time detecting unit that detects the frame image display management time as a still image display management time; a presence indication data generating unit that generates presence indication data indicating that the still image data exists on the basis of the still image display management time; a multiplexing unit that outputs the motion picture data as recording data while only the motion picture photography is performed and that performs time division multiplexing to output the presence indication data and the motion picture data if the still photography is performed during the motion picture photography; and a recording unit that records the recording data.	10-23-2008

Kenichiro Nakagawa, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090109297	IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus of this invention includes an audio acquisition unit which acquires audio data, an speech processing unit which analyzes the acquired audio data and detects predetermined audio data, an image capturing unit which captures image data by activating a shutter when the speech processing unit detects the predetermined audio data, and a storage unit which stores the audio data acquired by the audio acquisition unit before the shutter is activated in association with image data captured upon activating the shutter.	04-30-2009
20090259952	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - UI widget content includes reference information by which its own UI widget refers to a child UI widget, and a description of an initial-focus designation for designating which of its own UI widget and child UI widget will have initial focus. A self-UI widget is generated, a child UI widget associated with the self-UI widget is generated based upon the reference information, and a UI widget hierarchy is thus built. A path is followed from a root of the UI widget hierarchy to a child UI widget designated by the corresponding initial-focus designation information. When a UI widget for which a child UI widget has not been designated in the corresponding reference information is retrieved, it is determined that this UI widget is the UI widget having the initial focus.	10-15-2009
20100194764	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store information representing a plurality of screens in each of a plurality of groups to which priorities are previously set, a determination unit configured to determine a group which is assigned the highest priority, and a control unit configured to display on a display unit a representative screen of the group assigned the highest priority.	08-05-2010
20110157188	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus comprises: a storage unit adapted to store information that associates information representing the key frame with information representing the display form of the object of the key frame; an assignment unit adapted to assign, to the time-points corresponding to the key frames, indicators with which a difference between the display forms of the objects is identifiable; and a control unit adapted to, when a new key frame is set at a time-point of interest on the time axis where no key frame is preset, and the same indicator as one of the indicators is assigned to the time-point of interest, cause the storage unit to store information representing the newly set key frame in association with information representing the display form of the object of each preset key frame, which is information representing the display form of the object at the time-point to which the same indicator is assigned.	06-30-2011

Kenichiro Nakarai, Gunma JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110097155	ARTIFICIAL MULTI-BARRIER FOR A RADIOACTIVE WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY - A concrete pit containing radioactive waste is surrounded by a low diffusion layer of cement-based material, which in turn, is surrounded by a low water permeability layer of sodium-type bentonite and the leaching out of calcium ions from the low water permeability layer is inhibited by mixing sodium bicarbonate or sodium carbonate with the sodium-type bentonite/sand mixture of the low water-permeability layer so that leached calcium ions form a barrier layer having calcium carbonate as the main component in the vicinity of the interface between the layers.	04-28-2011

Kenichiro Ogawa, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090252522	Recording Apparatus, Computer, and Recording System - A recording apparatus connected to a computer executes jobs in a desired order at the time of carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer. A printer for carrying out plural jobs transmitted from the computer and recording an image on a recording medium registers the jobs transmitted from the computer as object jobs corresponding to a first LED and a second LED for displaying job states and a first instruction button	10-08-2009

Kenichiro Oka, Mito JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090299018	Polylactide manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing polylactide - In a process of manufacturing polylactide, synthesis of high-quality polymers is achieved with a sufficient degree of vacuum secured. Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing polylactide which includes the steps of preparing lactide through oligomerization of lactic acid and depolymerization of the resulting oligomers, effecting ring-opening polymerization of the lactide, and removing unreacted lactide. The apparatus comprises an exhausting gas treatment device for reducing pressure in the step of removing unreacted lactide. The exhausting gas treatment device includes boilers (	12-03-2009
20100076165	EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYHYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID - This invention provides an equipment and a method for producing polyhydroxycarboxylic acid whereby the yield of a starting material in the process can be improved.	03-25-2010
20100249362	APPARATUS AND METHOD BOTH RELATING TO POLYMER SYNTHESIS - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for producing polylactic acid by depolymerizing lactic acid oligomers and subjecting the obtained lactide to ring-opening polymerization, through which lactide can be efficiently obtained. The present invention relates to a lactide production apparatus for continuously or intermittently producing lactide, comprising: a depolymerization device	09-30-2010
20110160447	METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING ACROLEIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for commercially manufacturing acrolein in a large flow rate by making supercritical water and an acid interact with glycerin, wherein by efficiently mixing high-concentration glycerin and supercritical water with each other, the method is made capable of making the synthesis stably proceed with a high yield while the occlusion and abrasion of the pipes and devices due to the generation of by-products are being suppressed. The method for synthesizing acrolein of the present invention is a method for synthesizing acrolein by making supercritical water and an acid interact with glycerin, the method using a reaction apparatus including: a cylindrical mixing flow path for mixing a fluid including glycerin and a fluid including supercritical water with each other; a first inlet flow path, disposed offset from the central axis of the mixing flow path, for making the fluid including glycerin flow into the mixing flow path; and a second inlet flow path, disposed offset from the central axis of the mixing flow path, for making the fluid including supercritical water flow into the mixing flow path, wherein the first inlet flow path and the second inlet flow path are each provided in a plurality of numbers in such a way that the first inlet flow paths and the second inlet flow paths are alternately arranged so as to encircle the central axis of the mixing flow path.	06-30-2011

Kenichiro Ono, Hagagun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100274514	VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A vehicle wheel alignment measuring method and apparatus capable of measuring wheel alignment of a vehicle body with high accuracy without wheels mounted in an assembly line. A dummy wheel (	10-28-2010

Kenichiro Ono, Tochigi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110245052	FASTENING DEVICE, METHOD OF LOADING FASTENING MEMBER, AND DEVICE FOR LOADING FASTENING MEMBER - A fastening device includes a rotational drive portion that rotationally drives a socket, an advance/retract drive portion that causes this socket to advance or retract along a rotational axis thereof, a magazine that retains a plurality of heads that retain bolts, and a switching portion that moves this magazine to selectively position one of a plurality of heads ahead and on the rotational axis of the socket. One of the heads is selected and positioned on the rotational axis of the socket by the switching portion, then the socket is advanced by the advance/retract drive portion and the head thus selected is retained by the socket, then the socket is advanced further by the advance/retract drive portion and the head to detach is detached from the magazine, and then the head is rotated by driving the rotational drive portion, thereby fastening a bolt retained in the head.	10-06-2011

Kenichiro Sakai, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090191176	Chondroitin sulfate synthesis promoter - The invention provides a chondroitin sulfate synthesis promoter useful for the treatment of diseases such as articular disease and discopathy. The chondroitin sulfate synthesis promoter contains, as an active ingredient, chondroitin sulfate glucuronyltransferase protein and/or chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-1 protein, or a gene encoding the enzyme protein(s).	07-30-2009

Kenichiro Sasaki, Ube-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090018349	PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 2, 3, 3', 4', -BIPHENYLTETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE - 2,3,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid is heat-dehydrated in a molten state at a temperature not lower than 200° C. in a flow of an inert gas in a reactor	01-15-2009

Kenichiro Sato, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090031989	IGNITION TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS AND IGNITION TIMING CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an ignition timing control apparatus for an engine, a KCS learning value learned when the engine is in a given operating state is used in an ignition timing control executed when the engine is in the other operating state. An estimated knocking occurrence ignition timing is set based on a most retarded ignition timing using the KCS learning value. A final ignition timing is set by changing a KCS feedback correction value based on whether knocking occurs when ignition is performed at the estimated knocking occurrence ignition timing. When a point indicating the engine operating state moves into a region where it is difficult to set the estimated knocking occurrence ignition timing, the KCS feedback correction value is changed to retard the final ignition timing, and the final ignition timing is set using the KCS learning value and the changed KCS feedback correction value.	02-05-2009

Kenichiro Sato, Haibara-Gun JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090325103	ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes (A) a resin having at least two of repeating units represented by general formula (1) below and exhibiting increased solubility in an alkali developer when acted on by an acid, and (B) a compound that generates an acid when exposed to actinic rays or radiation.	12-31-2009

Kenichiro Sato, Tokyo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100261701	8-Substituted isoquinoline derivative and the use thereof - The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (1):	10-14-2010

Kenichiro Sekiguchi, Tochigi-Ken JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090025349	CERAMIC HONEYCOMB FILTER - A ceramic honeycomb filter comprising a honeycomb structure having a large number of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls; and plugs formed in the flow paths alternately on the exhaust gas inlet and outlet sides; the thickness W (mm) and permeability κ (μm	01-29-2009

Kenichiro Shinoi, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090040956	PACKET TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD - There is provided a packet transmission device capable of receiving an MBMS service packet which could not be received for level measurement of a different frequency in a mobile station device, by using the current scheduling information. In this packet transmission device, an empty section search unit (	02-12-2009

Kenichiro Suzuki, Otsu-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090272635	MEMS SWITCH PROVIDED WITH MOVABLE ELECTRODE MEMBER SUPPORTED THROUGH SPRINGS ON SUBSTRATE HAVING BUMP - In a MEMS switch including a movable electrode member, a substrate, a transmission line electrode, and a fixed electrode, the substrate includes a bump formed at a predetermined position to support the movable electrode member at application of a driving voltage. The transmission line electrode is formed on the substrate, and the fixed electrode is formed on the substrate. The movable electrode member includes a movable electrode opposed to the fixed electrode, a first contact opposed to the transmission line electrode, and a second contact opposed to the bump. The movable electrode member is supported between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode at a predetermined initial gap. At application of a predetermined driving voltage to the fixed electrode, the movable electrode member moves in a direction of the substrate by an electrostatic force generated between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode.	11-05-2009
20100327992	MEMS RESONATOR INCLUDING MAIN AND SUB MOVABLE BEAMS, AND EXCITING ELECTRODES EXCITED BY ALTERNATING-CURRENT SIGNAL - A MEMS resonator is provided a main movable beam, at least one sub movable beam, and at least one exciting electrode. The main movable beam is electrically insulated from a substrate and fixed to at least one fixed end, the sub movable beam is formed to extend from the main movable beam. The exciting electrode is provided to be close to the sub movable beam. The sub movable beam is excited by an electrostatic force to oscillate by exciting the exciting electrode using an alternating-current signal, such that the MEMS resonator resonates with at least one of a fundamental resonant frequency and harmonic frequencies thereof. The resonant frequency is changed by changing at least one of number of the at least one exciting electrode and a position of the exciting electrode relative to the sub movable beam.	12-30-2010

Kenichiro Tada, Saitama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090027547	RATE CONVERTER - A rate converter includes: picture configuration judgment elements for identifying a picture configuration containing at least a picture type for a plurality of pictures classified into one of the preset picture types contained in a unit data group of inputted video data; and rate conversion elements for selectively rate-converting the bit rate of the picture with a predetermined rate conversion ratio. Furthermore, the rate converter includes picture selection elements for selecting a picture to be rate-converted by the rate conversion elements among a plurality of pictures according to at least the picture type in the picture configuration identified by the picture configuration judgment elements.	01-29-2009
20090129754	Recording/reproducing device recommending preferable operation - A recording/reproducing device includes: attribute information storage for storing attribute information on content information to be recorded; operation history storage for storing operation history information indicating a history of a decision operation of the recording mode by a user; a recommendation element for specifying a preferable recording mode according to the attribute information and the operation history information on the preceding content information before recording the content information and recommending the recording mode to a user; first recording element for recording the content information on a first recording medium at the decided recording mode; second recording element for recording from the first recording medium to a second recording medium at the recording mode at which the content information has been decided; and reproducing element for reproducing the content information.	05-21-2009

Kenichiro Takagi, Hino-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100216747	PREVENTIVE AGENT OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DISEASE CAUSED BY ABNORMAL BONE METABOLISM - An object of the present invention is to provide a preventive drug and a therapeutic drug for diseases caused by abnormal bone metabolism, especially osteoporosis, which is more effective than conventional drugs. Combined use of N-hydroxy-4-{5-[4-(5-isopropyl-2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)phenoxy]pentoxy}-benzamidine, or a salt thereof; and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of etidronic acid, clodronic acid, pamidronic acid, tiludronic acid, risedronic acid, minodronic acid, ibandronic acid, zoledronic acid, and salts thereof can exert higher bone resorption inhibitory effect and provide a preventive effect and a therapeutic effect for diseases caused by abnormal bone metabolism, especially osteoporosis as compared with administration of the respective agents respectively.	08-26-2010

Kenichiro Tami, Kanagawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100230501	COIL ANTENNA AND NON-CONTACT INFORMATION MEDIUM - Without using a component such as a chip coil, a winding pattern is formed with a wire with which a main wiring pattern is formed. This enables to deal with the flexibility by realizing a thin product using a coil antenna. Further, the wiring pattern is designed such that the winding pattern is provided and distributed to the main wiring pattern forming a loop, and is formed with the wire so as to have a wound shape small enough compared with the main wiring pattern. In this way, the ratio of the self-inductance to the mutual inductance is appropriately made further large, so that the mutual inductance is made comparatively small.	09-16-2010

Kenichiro Terada, Shinjuku-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090277222	METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR MAGNETIC DISK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC DISK - The present invention provides a method for producing a glass substrate for a magnetic disk in which the occurrence of micro-waviness on the glass substrate is prevented in a cooling step after a chemically strengthening step so that the glass substrate has a significantly smooth principal surface, and provides a method for producing a magnetic disk in which head crash, thermal asperity failures, and the like are prevented, the flying height of a magnetic head can be decreased, and high-density recording is enabled.	11-12-2009

Kenichiro Togoe, Hyogo JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100203288	SPRAY-COATED MEMBER HAVING AN EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO PLASMA EROSION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A spray coated member having an excellent resistance to plasma erosion is produced by irradiating an electron beam to an outermost surface layer portion of a ceramic spray coated portion covering a surface of a substrate to form an electron beam irradiated layer.	08-12-2010

Kenichiro Tomita, Matsumoto-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100332714	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM, AND DATA READOUT METHOD - An integrated circuit system includes: a first integrated circuit that is connected with a first data bus having first bus width and requires first time to perform data transmission and reception once; a second integrated circuit that is connected with a second data bus having second bus width larger than the first bus width in bit width and requires second time longer than the first time to perform data transmission and reception once; and a relay circuit that is connected with the first data bus and the second data bus and transmits and receives data to and from the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit respectively via the buses.	12-30-2010

Kenichiro Toyoshima, San Diego, CA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090031387	Hardware Module for Adding Functionality to Television - A modular interface allows new functionalities to be added to a television receiver. A module can be added to the television receiver through the interface that will enable additional functionalities on the television. The interface allows copy protection of digital video and audio content by incorporating HDCP technology, thereby also allowing the manufacturer of the interface to control the access to the interface.	01-29-2009

Kenichiro Tsuji, Ashiya-Shi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090100952	Speed Change Device for Traveling Vehicle - 1. A speed change device for a traveling vehicle comprising:	04-23-2009
20100331131	Hydraulic Pump Device for Work Vehicle - A hydraulic pump device for a work vehicle having a transmission case that houses a PTO shaft (	12-30-2010

Kenichiro Ueno, Nara JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110251714	APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING WORKPIECE ON MACHINE TOOL - A workpiece measuring apparatus has an external module provided outside an NC device to acquire position data of one or more movable axes of a movable unit having a measuring head attached thereto. The position data of the measuring head is acquired at the same time interval as that for the distance measurement by the measuring head. The position of the workpiece is acquired by calculation from the acquired distance measurement data and the position data of the measuring head. The continuous shape of the workpiece can be measured by performing continuous measurement while moving the measuring head. Therefore, no modification or change is required such as adding a new function to the NC device. In addition, the present invention is applicable to any machine tool equipped with an NC device of any configuration, without being restricted by constraints of the NC device.	10-13-2011

Kenichiro Ueno, Yokohama JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100268952	Optimization of Signing SOAP Body Element - An XML digital signature mechanism for providing message integrity. A sending party serializes a source XML document into a serialized byte array, calculates the source offset and length of the array of the signed part in the serialized byte array, and calculates a source hash value using the serialized array and the source offset and length. The serialized byte array is a non-canonicalized array. The array and source hash value used to sign a part or the whole of the serialized byte array is sent to a receiving party. The receiving party calculates the target offset and length of the signed part in the serialized byte array and calculates a target hash value of the signed part by using the array and the target offset and length. The receiving party compares the target hash value and the source hash value to verify the integrity of the target XML document.	10-21-2010

Kenichiro Watanabe, Tachikawa JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090006155	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INFORMATION ASSOCIATION MATRIX - A method for generating an information association matrix for assisting service design includes the steps of extracting a DFD number corresponding to an indication number displayed on the matrix from a DFD set master and storing the DFD number in a sub-task master; extracting an action number corresponding to the indication number from an action set master and storing the action number in a setting table; extracting a sub-task name corresponding to the indication number from a DFD set master and storing the sub-task name to a position on a diagonal of the matrix; and reading an action number stored in the setting table, acquiring an information transmitting service DFD number, an information transmitted service DFD number and an information name each corresponding to the action number from an action master and storing the information name to the matrix.	01-01-2009

Kenichiro Yamada, Chigasaki JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110096647	Optical Disc Apparatus - An optical disc apparatus including means for calculating a spherical aberration correction quantity of an object lens, reproduced information signal generation means and spherical aberration correction means conducts spherical aberration correction, finds a spherical aberration correction quantity suitable for another layer by calculation on the basis of the obtained spherical aberration correction quantity, and sets the correction quantity as an initial correction quantity of spherical aberration correction. An optical disc apparatus including tilt correction quantity calculation means, reproduced information signal generation means and tilt adjustment means conducts tilt adjustment, finds a tilt correction quantity suitable for another layer by calculation on the basis of the obtained tilt correction quantity, and sets the correction quantity as an initial correction quantity of tilt adjustment.	04-28-2011

Kenichiro Yamaguchi, Shibuya-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080257133	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING MUSIC PIECE DATA - A plurality of template data files are provided, each designating a structure and conditions of a music piece, and having a plurality of tracks, each track being assigned to a particular instrument group and defining a time progression structure of music to be performed by the assigned instrument group by setting performance sections at time positions to be performed by the assigned instrument group along the time progression of music. A plurality of component data files are provided, each representing a length of musical phrase that constitutes a predetermined tone progression pattern of a predetermined tone color for a performance by a particular instrument group. When conditions such as a tempo for a music piece to be created are given, a template data file that satisfies the given conditions is selected. Then, component data files are picked up according to the conditions designated by the selected template data file and the musical phrases are placed on the tracks in the template data file. Thus, data files of many and versatile music pieces are automatically created, satisfying the given conditions.	10-23-2008

Kenichiro Yamaguchi, Ome JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100072821	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Operating speed as well as output accuracy of a D-A converter is enhanced. With a semiconductor device including unit current sources, and unit current source switches, plural current source elements constituting each of the unit current sources are disposed so as to be evenly dispersed, thereby reducing errors of the current source element, dependent on distance while the unit current source switches are concentratedly disposed in a small region, thereby mitigating delay in operation, attributable to parasitic capacitance. In addition, with the semiconductor device including R2R resistance ladders, the R2R resistance ladder is provided on the positive and the negative of each of the unit current source switches, and the respective R2R resistance ladders are shorted with each other at respective nodes on a unit current source switch-by-unit current source switch basis, are rendered identical in length, thereby cancelling out a nonlinearity error attributable to wiring parasitic resistance.	03-25-2010

Kenichiro Yamane, Hitachi JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080294331	Method of Estimation of Traffic Information, Device of Estimation of Traffic Information and Car Navigation Device - There is provided a method and a device for accurately estimating traffic information of a link having no traffic information even if different types of roads are mixed. The device finds a parameter characterizing a damping curve of a quantity of change of relative speed based on stored traffic information for links on a city center side on a minimum-time cost route connecting the city center and suburbs, finds a quantity of change of relative speed of the link having no observed traffic information and estimates its traffic information based on the damping curve. The device also calculates a ratio of quantities of change of relative speed of two links whose road types change as a speed change similarity ratio and estimates traffic information of the link of a second road type from known traffic information of the link of a first road type by using that ratio.	11-27-2008
20110112753	Traffic Information Providing System and Car Navigation System - A traffic information providing system externally acquires traffic information including information relating to the travel time of a link, calculates a travel time for a non-provision link to which no travel time is provided through estimate/complement operation. The estimate/complement operation is carried out with use of travel times, emergencies, travel times of links in the vicinity of the non-provision link, and so on, obtained in the near past. The system stores and statistically processes the externally-acquired traffic information, and also estimates a travel time in the near future. When there is an abnormality in the acquired traffic information, the system deletes the abnormality, regards the information as a non-provision link, calculates a probability distribution of travel times of links, calculates a probability distribution of travel times of the entire route made up of a plurality of links, and also calculates a probability for a specific travel time range.	05-12-2011

Kenichiro Yamane, Paris FR

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080312811	TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAFFIC INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for generating traffic information to be used in a car navigation system, comprising the steps of acquiring traffic information data including information relating to a travel time of links making up a road on a map and for acquiring map data relating to the link, the map data comprising at least information on a road type of the link and checking if a volume of the traffic information data available in is sufficient for performing a statistical estimate for the travel time. In order to enhance the traffic information generated, it is proposed to use the steps of checking if the volume of traffic information data relating to links located in a target area is sufficient and adapting a size of the target area depending on the amount of available traffic information data.	12-18-2008
20100036594	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC DATA - Method and apparatus for determining traffic data The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining traffic data. The method comprises the steps of providing statistical data relating to traffic at links of a street map, providing condition data relating to links of the street map, and determining traffic data based on the statistical data and the condition data.	02-11-2010

Kenichiro Yamauchi, Kyoto JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080260157	Recording Apparatus and Recording Medium - A recording apparatus includes an encryption/decryption section for encrypting first and second contents obtained from the same content, using first and second keys, respectively, and outputting the results as first and second encrypted contents, respectively, and a recording medium. The encryption/decryption section encrypts the first and second keys using the second and first keys, respectively, and outputs the results as first and second encrypted keys, respectively, to the recording medium. The recording medium records the first and second encrypted contents and the first and second encrypted keys.	10-23-2008
20080285941	REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AV DATA SWITCHING METHOD, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND INPUT APPARATUS - In jumping reproduction, when an MPEG transport stream processed by the jumping reproduction is decoded and displayed, many noises occur in the video and the audio corresponding to the vicinity of the jumping.	11-20-2008

Kenichiro Yoshino, Itabashi-Ku JP

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100091263	Laser surveying system and distance measuring method - A laser surveying system, comprising a light source for emitting a laser beam, a projection optical system for turning the laser beam from the light source to a parallel luminous flux, a scanning unit for projecting the luminous flux of the projected laser beam for scanning, a scanning direction detecting unit for detecting a scanning direction, a photodetection optical system for receiving a reflected light of the projected laser beam from an object to be measured, a photodetection element for performing photo-electric conversion of the reflected light received via the photodetection optical system, and a distance measuring unit for measuring a distance based on a signal from the photodetection element, wherein the projection optical system has a luminous flux diameter changing means, and a luminous flux diameter of the projected laser beam is enabled to be changed.	04-15-2010